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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – On Monday night, the Tennessee State men's basketball team will take on Lemoyne-Owen in an exhibition game in preparation of its season opener on Nov. 8. The Tigers will tipoff against the Magicians at 7 p.m. in the Gentry Center before traveling to the University of Hawai'i to take part in the Rainbow Classic.
Coming off a stellar first season at the helm of the Tennessee State men's basketball program Travis Williams is looking to build the Tigers into a consistent OVC threat year in and year out.
The Tigers are coming off an 18-15 season finishing third in the OVC East division with an 11-5 conference record.
Williams' undeniable team leader will be All-OVC point guard Patrick Miller who will now be the Tigers most experienced player on a young team.
"When you look at a point guard that's usually the most important position on the court and to have that caliber of player returning his senior year is going to be a tremendous asset for our team," Williams said of his veteran floor general.
The senior point guard is a potential OVC player of the year candidate who returns to the reigns of an offense that will rely on a lot of newcomers to shoulder heavy production losses. Miller averaged 14.8 points, 5.9 assists per game as well as recording a 1.7 assist-to-turnover ratio. The Chicago native's junior season will go down as one of the best for a point guard at TSU after Miller set the single season assist mark with 195.
Miller's record breaking junior season earned him a spot on the All-OVC first team. The 6-1 guard enters the season as just one of two holdovers from the '12-'13 All-OVC first and second teams and the only member of the first team to return.
Coach Williams is now asking his savvy point guard to focus even more attention to another aspect of his game.
"He's been able to show a lot of leadership in helping the younger guys along but I think he's welcoming the challenge," said Williams on Miller's vocal role on this year's team. "I want him to have more of a voice this year to develop the makeup of this team. He's been thrust into that role and I think he's looking forward to that challenge."
The supporting cast around Miller will be a more youthful unit than the senior is used to with the loss of All-OVC second team members Robert Covington and Kellen Thornton as well as Jordan Cyphers and Tashan Frederick to graduation. Overall the Tigers will be replacing 62.2% of their scoring and 44.5 points per game.
Coach Travis Williams will turn to both a combination of veteran talent and youthful newcomers to pace the 2013-14 Tigers team.
Junior M.J. Rhett will pace the Tigers in the post after a strong sophomore campaign averaging 5.3 points and 6.0 rebounds per game. Rhett's most impressive performances came at the beginning of 2013, recording back-to-back double-doubles in wins over OVC rivals Tennessee Tech and Jacksonville State. The performances earned Rhett the accolade of OVC player of the week for Jan. 7.
Seniors Michael Green and Chaed Wiellian will join Rhett in the frontcourt. Both served in reserve roles off the bench backing up the solid performing Thornton and Covington. The two are in line for more playing time this season filling the void left by the former Tigers.
Green averaged 3.2 points and 2.2 rebounds a game off the bench for TSU a year ago.
The guard position will have welcomed depth for Coach Williams' team with Miller, junior Jay Harris, sophomore Jordan Gaither and the return of Jacquan Nobles. Harris spent last year as a reserve playing behind Miller. During Harris' sophomore season the Philadelphia native averaged 3.2 points, 1.1 assists and 1.2 rebounds per game. Harris was a key defender off the bench for the Tigers a season ago.
Nobles rejoins the TSU roster after spending the past two seasons away from basketball. The 6-3 guard began his career for Tennessee State in 2009 earning a spot on the OVC All-Newcomer team that season after averaging 11.2 points per game while shooting 44% from the field. During his second season in Nashville Nobles led the team with 59 three pointers made while averaging 7.5 points per game.
Forward Alex Bates will join this year's squad after sitting out last season due to NCAA transfer rules. In his two-year stint at Northeastern, Bates played in 26 games, making one start.
Williams will also welcome his first full recruiting class after being named the head coach in 2012. The class includes four freshman and two JUCO transfers.
The freshman class is highlighted by the addition of Ugo Mmonu a wiry 6-7 combo guard from Decatur, Ga.
"I think he's an incredible talent his best basketball is ahead of him. He has incredible versatility with the ability to play inside-and-out from multiple positions," Williams said of the newcomer.
Mmonu is joined by fellow freshmen Jamonte Green, Jaylen Reid and Rhyan Townes.
Reid is a 6-7 forward who can also play the small forward position and should battle for minutes in the post.
Green and Townes will provide viable depth in the backcourt while gaining valuable experience learning from Miller.
Kennedy Eubanks and Jaleel Queary round out the recruiting class and will add experience to both the frontcourt (Eubanks) and backcourt (Queary).
All of this year's Tiger team will try to build off of last season's success in hopes of winning the OVC and clinching a berth in the NCAA Tournament. TSU will begin its quest of achieving those goals on Monday night at 7 p.m.


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Archive for Thursday, August 25, 2011
After slow start, some sunflowers are blooming at Grinter farm south of Tonganoxie
August 25, 2011
Ted Grinter's sunflower crop had a slight Goldilocks complex this summer — but he hopes his bounty of the state flower now has found that everything is just right.
When Grinter and his wife, Kris, planted 27 acres of sunflowers on the family's southwest Leavenworth County farmland, 3 1/2 inches of rain fell the next day, providing too much rain for the fledgling crop. After his second planting came a dry spell and a streak of triple-digit temperatures. Sunflowers can handle some dry weather, but it wasn't ideal for normal growth.
"Dry seed setting in dry ground, they just did not like that," Grinter said.
He replanted five of the 27 acres a third time and, slowly but surely, the entire crop continues to grow.
"I'm hoping they'll turn yellow and at least be pretty to look at," Grinter said.
This year's crop is near 24154 Stillwell Road, a rural Lawrence address.
Jim Grinter, Ted's father, started planting sunflowers nearly 40 years ago in hopes of using the sunflower oil for fuel, but there was nowhere in the area in which to process it. Now, the family harvests and sells the seeds and opens the field up to visitors.
Jane Blocher, executive director of the Douglas County chapter of the American Red Cross, said she and fellow northwest Lawrence neighbors take a pilgrimage to the sunflower field each year.
"We always look forward to this time of year," Blocher said. "And it is, I think, the most wonderful photo opportunity in northeast Kansas."
Ted said he's had inquiries from as far away as Michigan and Texas about visiting the sunflower field.
For more information about the sunflower field's progress, see Kris' blog, krisgrinter.blogspot.com.
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Water hammer shouldn't be capable of breaking anything, if the pipes are properly secured. ...
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Water hammer can most certainly break something.
Water hammer is basically the release of all the energy of the moving water that was suddenly brought to a stop. That energy has to go somewhere, and one of the ways it disipates is by causing a water pressure spike in the system. Pressures can momentarily be in the hundreds of pounds per square inch, far exceeding any pressure specifications for plumbing fixtures. Securing the pipes just avoids the energy from being disipated by physically moving pipes. But that's not going to change the pressure wave that travels down the pipes. For that, that where you install one of those water hammer arrestors. They are supposed to absorb some of that pressure wave like a shock absorber. But of course pressure spikes can be so high that many times these arrestors are virtually useless. After all, when was the last time the shock absorber in your car prevented you from noticing when you ran through a 4" deep pot hole?
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I'm trying to deliver real-world advice. If the water hammer was extreme beyond common experience, it would have already done physical damage, like blowing a zone valve apart, or completely off its threaded supply connection.Securing the indoor plumbing from movement is job one.
Also, note that there is banging when the zone is first opened, and that is not water hammer. It is something of an oscillation you can sometimes see when a system is first opened in the spring, where there is no water in the zone for the supply to 'push' against. When it happens on a recurring basis, you look to make changes. Installing check valves in the heads is one obvious choice nowadays, to keep a zone full of water, so there's something to 'push' against. Throttling down a zone valve flow control is another option. Changing zone valves is another.


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It's that time of year – where even the die-hardest fantasy basketball fan gets their bracket pool together one the best tournament in all sports. You know it's true. And you know it's still fantasy. I can fantasize over another UNC title in one of the most unlikely runs in tournament history…. OK so Kentucky fans don't have that luxury, but they can suck it up!
Challenge yours truly in the ultimate Razzball Nation pool right here. Winner will get some well-deserved Razzball love (who doesn't wanna get absolutely smothered in it?) and I'll keep up with some status updates as we plow through the fantasy playoffs.
My bracket is already up, and apparently I think it will be all Big East and Big Ten. Last hurrah for the former Big East soon to be the Small-to-Medium East. Gimme G'Town! It's really anybody's year, although I doubt my hometown Davidson Wildcats can do as much damage as the Curry years. Now that was March Madness!
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NeoOffice Download and Installation Issues
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Downloading NeoOffice Professional Edition or Classic Edition from our website
To download NeoOffice from our website, use the following steps:
- Go to the NeoOffice download page and press the NeoOffice Professional Edition or NeoOffice Classic Edition button.
- Login using the e-mail address that you used when you made your last PayPal payment.
- If you purchased NeoOffice Professional Edition or Classic Edition within the last year, NeoOffice will begin downloading. If you did not purchase NeoOffice Professional Edition or Classic Edition within the last year, press the Pay with PayPal or credit card button and, after you complete your payment, NeoOffice will begin downloading
Download fails or cannot open downloaded file
This error usually means that the NeoOffice .dmg file was not completely downloaded. The NeoOffice download file is very large and some internet service providers disconnect your connection to our web server before the download has finished.
To fix this problem, try the following steps. These steps will use Safari to resume the download without starting a new download. Safari has the ability to resume the download if your internet service provider disconnects your connection. Note: these steps only work in Safari and they do not work in Firefox or Chrome:
- NeoOffice download page in Safari
- Start a new download of NeoOffice by clicking on the NeoOffice Professional Edition or NeoOffice Classic Edition button and logging in using your e-mail address
- Every few minutes, check on the download by clicking the Downloads toolbar button as shown in the screen snapshot to the right. If the progress bar in the Downloads popup window is replaced by an error message, press the Resume downloading icon that is circled in red.
- After pressing the Resume downloading icon, the download progress bar should reappear and the download should resume. If the download stops again, repeat the previous step.
NeoOffice installer fails to launchOpen With > Installer menu item.
If selecting the Open With > Installer menu item does not open the NeoOffice installation file, reboot your computer into "safe mode" using these steps. Rebooting into safe mode forces OS X to clear and recreate the security files that control launching and verifying the NeoOffice installer.
I want to download NeoOffice Classic Edition but I only see NeoOffice Professional Edition
If you are running Mac OS X 10.8 - macOS 10.12 and you do not want to upgrade to NeoOffice Professional Edition, you can download the older NeoOffice Classic Edition version here.
I want to download NeoOffice 3.4.1 but I only see NeoOffice Classic Edition
If you are running Mac OS X 10.6 - 10.10 and you do not want to upgrade to NeoOffice Classic Edition, you can download the older NeoOffice 3.4.1 version here.
Downloading NeoOffice from the Mac App Store
A version of NeoOffice is in Apple's Mac App Store which you can download from here. Although our Mac App Store version costs more than our Professional Edition or Classic Edition versions, you only need to purchase the Mac App Store version once and then all upgrades to future Mac App Store versions will be free.
NeoOffice Profession Edition and Classic Edition Installation Issues
Cannot save documents
If you have already installed NeoOffice Professional Edition or Classic Edition, you can fix this problem by deleting NeoOffice Viewer using these steps.
When double-clicking on the .dmg file, there is an error about "image not recognized"
This error usually means that the NeoOffice .dmg file was not completely downloaded. To fix this problem, try these steps.
Installation stalls when it gets to the "Select Destination" panel
The installer sometimes hangs when it gets to the "Select Destination" panel and no drives in that panel will be selectable.
Unreachable or unreadable volumes on your Mac
The Apple Installer is known to hang when probing all of the volumes on your system if any of your volumes are unreadable.
Try opening each of the volumes on your desktop in the Finder and unmounting any iPods. Once you can open all volumes, then try rerunning the installer. If opening any volumes causes the Finder to hang, you have found the cause of the problem and you might need to reboot to force Mac OS X to unmount the offending volume.
Virus Barrier X6 software
VirusBarrier X6 is known to crash while scanning NeoOffice's pre-installation scripts, thereby blocking the Apple Installer from continuing. Sometimes after a period of 10 minutes Apple's installer will recover.
You may be able to prevent this problem from occurring by temporarily disabling the "Scanning & Firewall" feature of VirusBarrier X6 before trying to install NeoOffice or a NeoOffice patch.
If neither temporarily disabling the "Scanning & Firewall" feature of VirusBarrier X6 nor waiting 10 minutes of the Apple Installer to recover works, you may have to completely uninstall VirusBarrier X6.
Installation fails with a "Install Failed. The source media you are installing from is damaged" error message
For some users, installation will fail and the following error message will appear:
Install Failed. The source media you are installing from is damaged
If you see this message, most likely the disk image you downloaded is corrupted. We recommend that you delete the corrupted file and redownload NeoOffice.
Why does the NeoOffice installer request my administrator password?
The NeoOffice installer is designed to not only support launching NeoOffice on a single user machine, but also to support launching NeoOffice from a shared network volume and launching NeoOffice by any user on a multi-user machine. We have found that installing as an administrative user is the only reliable way to handle all of these types of installation.
Mac App Store Installation Issues
NeoOffice does not launch or NeoOffice Viewer launches
If NeoOffice does not launch or NeoOffice Viewer launches, we recommend that you try the following steps. These steps will force Apple's App Store application to redownload NeoOffice:
- Quit NeoOffice
- Move NeoOffice to the Trash and empty the Trash
- Reboot your machine (note: this step is very important because if you do not reboot, the steps below may not work)
- Launch Apple's App Store application, select the Store > Sign In menu item, and login using your Apple iTunes account
- In the App Store application, click on the Purchases toolbar button and press the Install button to the right of NeoOffice
- Wait for NeoOffice to finish downloading before you try to launch NeoOffice
The Mac App Store has not finished installing NeoOffice after several minutes
If you see the Installing button in Apple's App Store application for more than a few minutes, this usually means that the App Store application is still downloading NeoOffice from Apple's servers. NeoOffice is a very large download so Apple's App Store application will show the Installing button for at least a few minutes and, if you have a slow internet connection, 15 minutes or longer.
To see the NeoOffice download progress, click on the Purchases toolbar button in the App Store application as shown in the screen snapshot below. The App Store application will usually finish the installation within a minute or two after the download is finished.
Post-Installation and First Launch Issues
Cannot save documents
To fix this problem, right-click or Control on the NeoOffice icon in the Dock while NeoOffice Viewer is still running. In the popup menu that appears, select the Options > Show in Finder menu item. A Finder window will appear. Quit NeoOffice, drag the NeoOffice application in that Finder window to the Trash, and empty the Trash.
If you have not already installed NeoOffice Professional Edition or Classic Edition or NeoOffice from the Mac App Store, install either now. If you already installed one of them, double-clicking on a NeoOffice file in the Finder should now launch NeoOffice Professional Edition or Classic Edition or NeoOffice from the Mac App Store.
Check your language settings before launching NeoOffice
NeoOffice uses the first language in the Preferred languages: list in the Language & Region panel in the System Preferences application.
Some languages have more than one form (English has US English, British English, Australian English, etc.). To add another language or language form, launch the System Preferences application, click on the Language & Region icon, and click the + button below the Preferred languages: list. After adding a new language, move that language to the top of the Preferred languages: list and restart NeoOffice.
See Troubleshooting Spellcheck for further details on issues with certain languages.
Why doesn't NeoOffice let me run it as "root"?
Running as root is disabled on purpose. Several years ago we found that when running as root, NeoOffice's underlying OpenOffice code would modify files in the NeoOffice application folder. This, in turn, caused NeoOffice to not be launchable from a shared network volume or launchable by any non-root user on a multi-user machine.
If you are logged in as "root", you can run NeoOffice as a non-root user using the following steps:
- Go to the Finder and launch the Terminal application (/Applications/Utilties/Terminal)
- Execute the following command in the Terminal window. Note: replace "<non-root user>" with the name of a non-root user on your machine:
sudo -H -u <non-root-user-name> /Applications/NeoOffice.app/Contents/MacOS/soffice.bin
Why does NeoOffice Professional Edition and Classic Edition access the internet after the first launch?
When you first install a version of NeoOffice Professional Edition or Classic Edition and once a week thereafter, NeoOffice will connect to our servers to check if there are any NeoOffice updates. If an update is available, NeoOffice will display a dialog prompting you to download the latest update.
If you do need to disable this update checking feature (for example, you are in a managed environment and will be handling mass-deployment of NeoOffice patches yourself), see Disabling Patch Checking for instructions. If you disable patch checking, we recommend that you to follow us on Twitter @NeoOffice to get notified of all NeoOffice release announcements.
Troubleshooting tips for other common problems can be found on the Troubleshooting Tips page.
Java Installation Issues
NeoOffice Professional Edition and Classic Edition
Some features in NeoOffice Professional Edition and Classic Edition require Java. If you see the dialog shown below while running NeoOffice Professional Edition or Classic Edition, you need to install the Java SE Development Kit (JDK) from Oracle.
To download the Java SE Development Kit (JDK) from Oracle, press the Download button in the dialog shown below or download it from here. Note: only Oracle's JDK will work NeoOffice Professional Edition and Classic Edition. Neither Apple's Java nor Oracle's Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE) will work.
Mac App Store
Apple does not allow applications in the Mac App Store to use Java so all features that require Java have been removed from the Mac App Store version of NeoOffice.
Patch Installation Issues
The patch installer refuses to start the installation.
If none of the volumes in the installer's "Select a Destination" panel are selectable, there are possible causes for this:
The patch is for a version of NeoOffice newer than the version installed on your computer
Patches for the latest version of NeoOffice will not apply to earlier versions of NeoOffice. Patches can only be installed when a specific version of NeoOffice is already installed. For example, NeoOffice 2017 Professional Edition must already be installed before you can install NeoOffice 2017 Professional Edition Patch 1.
To fix this problem, download and install the latest version of NeoOffice from the NeoOffice download page. After installing the latest version, select the Help > Check for Updates menu to check if you have the latest patch.
NeoOffice is not located in the Applications folder
The message will also appear if you have moved NeoOffice from your Applications folder, or if you have renamed NeoOffice. The patch installer will only search the Applications folder for NeoOffice installations. If you have moved NeoOffice out of the Applications folder, quit the installer, move NeoOffice back into your Applications folder, run the installer, and then move NeoOffice back to its original folder.
How do I uninstall NeoOffice?
To uninstall the NeoOffice application, go to the Finder and drag NeoOffice from the Applications folder to the Trash and empty the Trash. If you also want to remove any folders that contain your NeoOffice user preferences, macros, and extensions, see Uninstalling NeoOffice.


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Jongmyo Daeje 종묘대제
Jongmyo Daeje is royal ancestral ritual to honor the past kings and queens of the Joseon Dynasty, being held five times a year during the Joseon era. In 1969 the ceremony began again and is held the first Sunday of every May. In 2001 it was added to UNESCO's Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.Read More
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With "The Karate Kid" remake hitting theaters Friday, we're getting a big kick out of the latest work from the original film's star, Ralph Macchio.
The actor, still baby-faced at 48, posted a comedy comeback video of sorts on Funny or Die to coincide with the new flick's opening – showing he's got a great sense of humor about his place in pop culture history.
The short is a mock movie trailer for a documentary whose premise is that Macchio needs to shed his nice-guy image and become a bad boy to regain Hollywood stardom. His loved ones stage an intervention, telling him he needs to go rogue. "How's he going to have a career? He's not an alcoholic, he doesn't do prostitutes," his manager gripes.
There's a clever "Karate Kid"-like training sequence showing Macchio's pathetic attempts to transform into a headline-grabbing Hollywood degenerate (He makes a smiley face out of a pile of cocaine and pays a hooker for a hug – where's Mr. Miyagi when you really need him?).
The point is reinforced in funny cameos by Kevin Connolly ("Nice guys finish last – it's a cautionary tale") and Molly Ringwald ("He tried to get into the Brat Pack, but he tried to change the name to 'The Smile Bunch'").
"I don't want to be happy!" Macchio cries. "That's all I ever am!"
The video is a reminder of the likeability projected by Macchio that helped make the original 1986 film an icon – giving young Jaden Smith, the scion of Hollywood royalty, a lot to live up to in the new version.
It's also refreshing to see an actor who got his start in the 1980s secure in himself and still productive – especially when some other young stars of that era didn't escape with their heads on straight. You need look no further to the recent sad ends this year for Corey Haim and Gary Coleman for genuine Hollywood cautionary tales.
But that's getting a little heavy for a discussion of a light, fun video. Check it out below (warning: there are some NSFW moments) and you'll find that the original Karate Kid is alright:
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I've made a lot of compromises to live in harmony – it's a necessity for any household, especially a bi-cultural one. Most of the compromises cease to even feel like compromises because I've embraced them to the point that they've become second nature, but there is one thing that still makes me a little crazy.
The phone rings, I answer it.
"Hello?" I say.
"Hello?" I say again.
Nervous shuffling. Someone is there but they aren't answering me.
I sigh, knowing what I must do.
"Aló?" I say – as if English is not my native language.
Suddenly the caller comes to life speaking rapid-fire Spanish, now confident that they haven't accidentally called a gringa's house.
The next time the phone rings, I sigh.
"Aló?" I say, cutting to the chase.
On the other end, I hear my Anglo mother giggle.


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After an ugly public feud where accusations of racism were thrown around, Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry now claims all is settled between her and model Gabriel Aubry regarding their 3 year-old daughter, Nahla.
Berry seemed relieved that the situation was able to be resolved in her first public statements about the court battle.
"When there's a child involved, it's a relief when you can resolve things in a good way. Our issues were never about fighting for her," she said, in an interview with Extra.
U.S. & World
"We both know a child needs both her parents," she continued. "But what I want to say about it is sometimes, as a couple, you reach an impasse. We need a court and a judge to help us work out some of the delicate issues."
Part of the issue involved where Nahla should reside - in Los Angeles with her father, or in New York where her mother is currently working. Although the matter was apparently resolved, no further details were given.
"I'm so happy we've arrived at that place -- because for her sake, this is the best way. We both love her more than life," said Berry.
Selected Reading: Us Magazine, Extra, People


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Discovery, competitiveness and European identity at the Berlin Air and Space show
This week at the International Aerospace Exhibition and Conference (ILA) in Berlin a new 'International Space Village' groups together space agencies and industry from around the world.
ILA is organised every two years by the German Aerospace Industries Association, BDLI, to highlight the latest developments in the international aerospace industry and in civil, military and private aviation fields.
ESA is participating together with the German Aerospace Centre (DLR), BDLI and the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Innovation (BMWI) in a special pavilion within the village in Hall 9, entitled Space for Life, Europe in Space, Deutschland in Weltraum.
ESA's presence at the exhibition aims to enhance public awareness regarding the strategic importance of space for the consolidation of Europe's position and for the improvement of the quality of life of its citizens in a rapidly changing world.
Visitors enter the pavilion through a surprising oasis of calm within the busy air show - an 'Earth tunnel' - to explore innovative, state-of-the-art technology in the space sector and the supporting scientific and industrial capabilities at both European and German national level.
Here they discover how space can:
- achieve greater security for all: prevention and management of conflict and natural disasters; meteorology; environmental security; rescue
- develop economic growth; navigation, telecommunications, management of natural resources, meteorology
- contribute to social progress: equal access to information, distance learning, telemedicine
- push back the frontiers of knowledge and inspire future generations.
The exhibition starts with an overview of Europe's access to space - the successful Ariane 5, and the future launchers to be used from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana - Vega and Soyuz.
Next is Europe's contribution to the International Space Station (ISS) – the recently completed Columbus module and the Automatic Transfer Vehicle (ATV).
The voyage of discovery continues with a display on the exciting data being sent from a host of missions currently exploring the Sun and our neighbouring planets including Mars Express, Venus Express, Smart-1, Rosetta, SOHO and Cassini-Huygens. This section also features Europe's highly ambitious Aurora programme for future exploration of Mars and the solar system, including the ExoMars rover which will be the first mission ever to drill under the Martian surface.
The challenges of controlling such missions from the ground can be seen in a mockup of a mission control centre.
On the navigation side the exhibit features Galileo, the world's first global satellite navigation system for civilian use, an EU and ESA joint initiative, with test satellites Giove A, and Giove B, as well the first steps in developing four in-orbit validation satellites.
Other exhibits of interest to all our daily lives include new developments in satellite communications for a fast-changing world, with AlphaBus and the Small Geostationary Satellite initiative. Satellites are also used to help predict more accurate daily and mid-term weather forecasts, and for long-term climate change studies. Europe's Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) satellites will soon be joined this summer by MetOp. Europe's first polar-orbiting satellite dedicated to operational meteorology.
Stunning results from ESA's environmental satellite, Envisat, show how we can successfully monitor even slight changes in oceans, atmosphere land and ice-cover, from space. Our understanding of our our planet will be furthered by the upcoming Earth Explorer missions.
The new space element for the EU-led initiative Global Monitoring for Environment and Security with a range of Sentinel satellites to be launched in the coming years, is also introduced.
The space pavilion at ILA is open from Tuesday 16 to Sunday 21 May 2006. Throughout the week, a stage set up in the space pavilion will host a number of presentations and events. Trade days are Tuesday to Friday. Public days are Friday 19, Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 May.


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How to Cut Back (and Give More) during the Holiday Season
Slow down, you say? Yes, it's possible with these charitable and de-stressing tips from Social Q's: How to Survive the Quirks, Quandaries, and Quagmires of Today by Philip Galanes.
When you see an opportunity for slowing down during the holidays, grab it! If your shopping list is too long (or you're invited to too many parties, or you're actually contemplating two cross-country trips in the span of six weeks to accommodate family and friends), don't!
Cut back instead. Sit down quietly and evaluate your holiday party and travel schedule, as well as your gifting program. Be honest with yourself: Is it really reasonable to push yourself as hard as you have been? And once you've decided, don't be guilted into backing down. Remember: This is supposed to be fun!
I promise: A $100 gift, in your friends' names—to the American Cancer Society or the Worldwide Orphans Foundation—creates far more good in the world than that Shetland sweater or those shearling slippers you were going to buy. (Plus, you can make the gift online in just a few minutes, leaving plenty of time for a relaxing shiatsu massage!)
So take it easy on yourself, okay?


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I have heard from a couple people in Kentucky and that makes me happy! I have recently sent an email to all the folks I have on my email list from this website. If you live in Kentucky and you have not received an email from me, you may email me from this forum or you may post to this thread and I will make sure you stay in the loop for future events! I think we can start to plan Kentucky's first meeting and eventually get to planning your May 13,2006 Walk-a-thon event! Fellowship is the main reason for getting together at this time. I look forward to working with you! Go Wildcats! hehehe
I'll keep in touch while I await to hear from anyone else in Kentucky over the next week.
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We are counting down to college baseball's 2011 opening day with position-by-position looks at some of the top college baseball players to keep an eye on this year. With some 9,000 Division One players out there, we have pared the list of candidates down as best we can.
Let's start with the guys who have their eyes on everything that happens on the diamond: Catchers.
1. Peter O'Brien – Bethune-Cookman
The Daytona Beach, FL school is small, but the 2011 list of top catchers starts with this big man. At 6'5, 220 lbs., O'Brien is one of many on this list whose size defies what used to be the mold of the prototypical sub-6'0 squatty catcher. His bat defies most pitchers' best pitches as well. O'Brien batted .386 with 56 RBIs, while swatting 20 home runs with an 1.193 OPS as a sophomore last season. His efforts helped the Wildcats to an 18-0 MEAC record. O'Brien was also the USA Collegiate National Team's catcher over the summer.
2. Jett Bandy – Arizona
Bandy batted .356 with six home runs and 42 RBIs in 2010, up from .299 with 39 RBIs as a freshman in 2009. His .982 OPS, helped by a team-high 23 doubles, was the second-best on the Wildcat roster. In fact, he has stroked a whopping 44 doubles in 108 games in his first two seasons in Tucson. The junior was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 41st round coming out of high school, but the preseason All-American looks to be a much higher selection when this June's draft roles around.
3. James McCann – Arkansas
Catchers are known as "field generals", but it says something that, as a sophomore, McCann was named a captain of a 2010 Razorback squad that was coming off a trip to the College World Series. The 6'3 backstop started 35 games as a true freshman, including all four of Arkansas' games in Omaha. He kept that going last year by starting in all but six of his team's 64 games. The junior batted .286 with nine home runs and 34 RBIs. The 2008 draft pick of the Chicago White Sox has committed just five errors in 108 career games to date.
4. Mac Doyle – Wofford
Doyle grew up in the shadow of Coastal Carolina Conway, SC. However, a move across the Palmetto State has served him well. Doyle smacked a grand slam against Virginia Tech in his first game in a Wofford uniform, and he hasn't looked back since. Doyle totaled eight home runs and 30 RBIs in 2009 and then batted .375 with 16 HR and 75 RBIs and a 1.204 OPS last year. His long ball total was nearly a fourth of his team's home run production. After off-season shoulder surgery, Doyle is expected to start the season at DH and transition to catcher as his health allows.
5. Tyler Ogle – Oklahoma
After serving primarily as a part-time DH and pinch-hitter as a freshman in 2009, Ogle took over a more full-time role behind the plate last year. Ogle was OU's top pinch-hitter in '09, batting .545 (6-for-11). His overall numbers were even more impressive last year, after batting .336 with 11 HR and 36 RBIs en-route to the program's first College World Series berth in more than a decade. He made a splash last year by going 5-for-9 in Oklahoma's Super Regional upset at Virginia. He started behind the plate in all three of those games as well as all four of the Sooner's games in Omaha.
6. C.J. Cron – Utah
The big man (6'4-230) has split time catching and at first base over his first two seasons at Utah, but no matter where he's played he has hit…a ton. Cron led the Utes with 11 home runs, 19 doubles and 58 RBIs while batting .337 as a freshman in 2009. He was also the only player in the nation to get three hits in a game off future 2009 overall #1 draft pick Stephen Strasburg. He suffered no sophomore slump last year, batting .431 with 20 HR, 16 doubles and 81 RBIs (all team bests). He also managed an astounding 1.304 OPS. The reigning Mountain West Conference Player of the Year also played for the USA Collegiate National Team last summer.
7. Matt Rice – Western Kentucky
The senior has started in 118 of his team's 120 games over the last two seasons, and he has been a vital cog in the Hilltopper offense. Rice batted .399 with 10 home runs and 72 RBIs for WKU's 2009 NCAA Regional team. His sophomore campaign was also highlighted by a school-record 31-game hitting streak. For an encore, the 6'3 backstop hit .369 with 10 HR, 16 doubles and 65 RBIs (all team-highs) last season. He even had three triples and wound-up with a 1.031 OPS.
8. Robert Brantly-UC Riverside
A guy like Brantly might get lost in the shuffle a little in the always competitive Big West Conference, but he made a name for himself as a sophomore in 2010. Brantly was named to the All-Big West First Team after batting .373 with seven home runs, 18 doubles and 39 RBIs for the 32-win Highlanders. Brantly was one of 16 semi-finalists for the Johnny Bench Award last year. The 6'2 junior was also named Baseball America's top prospect in the Northwoods Summer League.
9. Derek Trent – East Tennessee State
Trent was a 2010 Johnny Bench semi-finalist as well. In 2010, his .348 average made him one of five Bucs to hit .344 or better on the season. Trent launched 13 home runs with 66 RBIs and 17 doubles during his junior campaign. Along with Trent's bat, ETSU has four players who combined to hit 71 home runs in 2010. He was also one of four Bucs to start all 60 games last season.
10. Kevan Smith – Pittsburgh
Smith split time behind the plate in 2010 with Cory Brownsten, who is now gone. The 6'4, 240 lb. senior earned All-Big East First Team recognition after more than doubling his RBI total to 46 in 2010. He also batted .361 with five home runs and 16 doubles. His efforts helped his team to a 38-18 mark that just missed an NCAA, thanks in part to St. John's Big East Tournament championship run. Smith looks to pick-up where he left off at the end of a 2010 season that ended with a 20-game hitting streak.
11. Coley Crank – Michigan
Crank was Michigan's primary DH last season, but he looks to get more playing time behind the plate this year after the departure of 2010 Johnny Bench semi-finalist Chris Berset. Crank got his sophomore season started on the right foot in '10 when he cranked three home runs in one game on opening day against Jacksonville State. The 6'0, 220 lb. junior batted .324 while leading the Wolverines with 14 HR and 65 RBIs. He was the only player on his team to reach double-digit home runs.
Worth noting…
Curt Casali – Vanderbilt
Casali was Vanderbilt's primary catcher two years ago, but he delayed arm surgery until after last season so that he could primarily DH and play first base. The move paid-off in spades for both he and his team. He batted .309 with eight home runs and 42 RBIs while helping the Commodores reach the Super Regionals. Casali had an RBI and scored the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning of Vandy's Regional title game win over Louisville. He also went 7-for-14 with six RBIs, three doubles and a home run in three Super Regional games against Florida State. Now a senior, Casali hopes to get back on the field and behind the plate again this season.
Others To Watch…
Tony Caldwell – Auburn
Chris Cowell – Richmond
Beau Fraser – Portland
Chadd Krist – Cal
Jeremy Rodriguez – Cal State Bakersfield
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Drinking with Will Gordon: Samuel Adams Recreates New Albion Ale
Pull up a stool next to your drinking buddy Will.
On Monday afternoon my wife and I toured our favorite brewery, Allagash, in Portland, Maine. It was a great tour because it scored highly in the most important category—liberal pours of excellent beer—but it was also very educational. We learned about yeast and things, you know, beer stuff, wort and fermentation and grain and the like.
I used to be wary of acquiring too much actual beer knowledge for fear that education would undercut enjoyment. I never wanted to be outright ignorant concerning my favorite food, but I also didn't want to become one of those joyless types who spends too much time reading and arguing about beer and not enough time drinking and loving it. I think I've let the pendulum swing way too far over to the recreational side of things, though, so it's time to focus more on education. My hour at Allagash got me up to speed on production matters—mash tun!—so the next step was to learn a bit of history.
I like history in general, because it seems important to know what went down before I started paying attention, but I'm not a nostalgist. As pertains to beer, I have no interest in reliving the days before reliable carbonation and decent bar dishwashers. I don't want to go to a Prohibition reenactment fantasy camp any more than I want to bleed to death on an old-fashioned pull-tab. But I do wish I was on the scene at the beginning of the modern American craft brewing movement, which is why I was excited to learn that Samuel Adams has teamed up with Jack McAuliffe to recreate New Albion Ale.
McAuliffe founded New Albion in Sonoma in 1976 and kept it afloat until 1982, when it succumbed to the usual combination of market forces. Though the company was never a financial success, most authorities now consider New Albion's pale ale to be the first modern craft beer, and more than 30 years later, brewers still commonly cite it as the most influential beer in the industry's history.
The Boston Beer Company (makers of Samuel Adams) has quietly owned the New Albion name for years, and last summer BBC head Jim Koch finally decided to do something about it, and in the most honorable way possible: He brought McAuliffe to Boston to help with the recreation of New Albion Ale, which will be sold nationally for a limited time, with all profits going to McAuliffe.
Working from the original recipe, including the New Albion yeast strain that's been preserved at the University of California at Davis since 1977, Sam Adams and McAuliffe have produced a very good pale ale that is easily recognizable as the blueprint for the excellent California pales that came to define American craft brewing in the decade after New Albion's demise. It feels lazy and simplistic to say New Albion tastes like a proto-Sierra Nevada, but that's about the best description I can come up with.
New Albion pours a handsome light-honey color, with a thin white head and a small dose of tiny, persistent bubbles. The Cascade hops are front-loaded, starting the beer off with a bitter kick before mellowing into a nice floral complement to the two-row malt blend. New Albion Ale is 6.0% ABV, which was heavy in its day but is relatively approachable for a flavorful West Coast ale in 2013. This would be well worth the suggested retail price of $7.99 per 6-pack for research purposes alone; compound the history lesson with the fact that it's a really good, easy-drinking beer, and New Albion becomes borderline required drinking for any serious beer student.
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If Google's Not Worried About Bing, Why Is It Talking About It So Much?
Microsoft's recently unveiled search engine, Bing, has piqued Google's interest, but the search sovereign isn't losing any sleep over it–or it would like us all to think that, anyway. In an interview with Fox Business Network Tuesday, Google (GOOG) CEO Eric Schmidt dismissed Bing as the latest in a string of feeble search efforts at Microsoft (MSFT). "It's not the first entry for Microsoft," he said. "They do this about once a year. From Bing's perspective, they have a bunch of new ideas and there are some things that are missing. We think search is about comprehensiveness, freshness, scale and size for what we do. It's difficult for them to copy that."
Not so difficult, apparently. As I noted yesterday, early data from market researcher comScore (SCOR) show Bing boosting Microsoft's share of the search market to 11.1 percent from 9.1 percent since May 26.
Schmidt's remarks recall a CNN interview he did earlier this month in the aftermath of Bing's debut. Then as now, the Google CEO went to great lengths to tar Microsoft and its search products. "Microsoft has announced a Google killer search product about once a year for the past six years," Schmidt said at the time. "And they need to offer a better product than the one they did last year. I think it's too early to say with Bing how well it will do. They have some advantages because of the Windows monopoly where they can encourage people–in our view unfairly–to use Bing, but let's see what the end users choose. We always start from the premise 'what do the end users want' and we continue to find in our studies that what Google offers is what they want."


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Miguel Maestre's secret ingredient for Christmas dinner
Left Christmas dinner to the last minute and, even though the pressure to impress is building, you're lost as to where to begin?
What's more, do you struggle to cook the perfect turkey at the best of times? Or are you still tossing up whether or not to have a very Australian barbecue instead?
Well, according to celebrity chef Miguel Maestre the secret to the perfect festive feast is not in the choice of meat.
The Australian-Spanish chef says the secret ingredient to a perfect Christmas meal is mushrooms.
Aside from being the perfect addition to any barbecue – whether in a salad or grilled on skewers – he said the ingredient fits perfectly with a traditional Christmas meal as well.
Maestre said the high water content in the mushrooms means the turkey – a meat which easily dries out – stays succulent throughout the cooking process.
"So what I do is in the food processor I get a massive amount of mushrooms, with a bit of thyme, garlic and a little bit of butter and what I do with my massive turkey is separate the skin a little bit from the breast, and then fill that up with the mushrooms and butter," he said.
"And then for the stuffing I get chorizo, chickpeas and mushrooms."
The result? A "beautiful, black caramelised" turkey, which is sure to wow even the pickiest of in-laws.
"When you cut the slice, you can see how succulent and moist the turkey is because of the mushrooms both on the outside and on the inside," Maestre said.
It sounds easy coming from a chef; of course he's going to get the perfect turkey every time.
But the truth is, Christmases in the Maestre household do not simply feature food from the man himself.
The Australian Mushrooms ambassador said it's all about the interactive dinner for him.
"It's a great way to get everyone involved," Maestre said.
"Instead of it being me being the only one cooking while everyone else is having a great time – which I'm sure happens in everyone's household – I'll prepare everything and then everyone helps out.
"So if I'm doing skewers for example, I'll prepare them with the mushroom and chorizo, and then when you get there, everyone cooks their own.
"It's almost like the food becomes the entertainment."
Miguel's Salad of Champignons
- 5 large Portabella Mushrooms
- 1 sprig rosemary
- Olive oil
- Salt and pepper
- 2 head baby cos, washed, quartered on ice
- 5 slices Serrano Ham
- 50g haloumi diced, grilled
- 2 soft boiled eggs (6 minutes) cut in quarters
- 5 crispy croutons
- Handful shaved parmesan
- 200ml Light Greek yogurt
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp grated parmesan
- 1 small garlic clove, minced
- 1 anchovy finely chopped (optional)
- 1 splash Worcestershire sauce, salt & pepper
- ½ bunch chives finely chopped
- Rub Mushrooms with olive oil, salt, pepper and rosemary.
- Place Mushrooms on barbecue and grill both sides. Season with salt and pepper.
- Cut lettuce in quarters, wash and refresh with iced water. Set on paper towel to dry.
- Place the Serrano ham between two pieces of baking paper. Lay this between two roasting trays and place on the BBQ for 8 minutes. Remove and dry on paper towel.
- To make the dressing put all dressing ingredients into a blender and mix until combined.
- To plate the salad – submerge each lettuce quarter briefly into a jar filled with the dressing, allow to drip, so they are not totally soaked. Add haloumi, soft boiled eggs, croutons, parmesan, crispy Serrano ham and grilled mushrooms
Miguel's top Mushie tips
- Mushrooms are a natural seasoning, which means you don't need to add lots of salt when you cook with them
- Cooked mushrooms have a meaty, umami-rich quality that makes any dish taste like it has been simmering for hours.
- Boost your mincemeat with extra flavour and nutrition by adding some blended mushrooms.


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Across the first week of 2014, Adult Swim's average Total Day Delivery ranked #1 with adults 18-24, and #2 (behind only ESPN) among adults 18-34 and young male demos 18-24, 18-34 and 18-49 on basic cable.
Thursday night's episode premiere of Eagleheart (12 a.m.) grew by double-digits across all targeted adult and male demos vs. the same time period last year, ranging between 31% and 77%.
Kicking off Adult Swim's popular TOONAMI block in 2014 on Saturday night, Bleach (12 a.m.), One Piece (1 a.m.), and Soul Eater (1:30 a.m.) each ranked #1 in their respective timeslots among adults 18-24 and men 18-24 & 18-34. The series premiere of Space Dandy (11:30 p.m.) ranked #1 in its time period with men 18-24 & 18-34. Naruto (12:30 a.m.) and Sword Art Online (2 a.m.) ranked #1 in their respective timeslots among men 18-24.
Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network last week scored as the #1 television network in Early Prime (7-9 p.m.) among boys 2-11 & 9-14 on Monday Night, among boys 6-11 & 9-14 on Tuesday Night, and among boys 6-11 on Wednesday Night.
Tuesday night's 7-9 p.m. performance grew by double-digits vs. the same time period last year among kids 2-11, 6-11 & 9-14 and all boy demos, ranging from 11% to 42%. The new episode premiere of the animated comedy series Regular Show (7 p.m.) ranked as the #1 telecast of the day among boys 6-11 & 9-14 and #1 in its time period among all targeted boys, scoring double and triple-digit growth among all kids and boys (38% to 136%).
Wednesday night's 7-9 p.m. performance also grew among all kids 2-11, 6-11 & 9-14, and boys 2-11 & 9-14, ranging between 6% and 13%.
TNT's hit drama Major Crimes ranked as basic cable's #1 original series for the third consecutive week. The Monday, Dec. 30, episode scored the show's best performance of the winter, with more than 7.2 million viewers in Live + 3 delivery (+20% vs. the prior week). Major Crimes also drew 2.2 million adults 25-54 in Live + 3 (+24% vs. the prior week) and more than 1.5 million adults 18-49 (+25%).
TBS's Ground Floor scored its biggest Live + 3 demo deliveries of its first season, with last Thursday's episode drawing 1.2 million adults 18-49 (+2% vs. the prior week) and 647,000 adults 18-34 (+18%). The comedy drew a total of 1.8 million viewers in Live + 3.
TBS's telecasts of The Big Bang Theory accounted for all 15 of basic cable's Top 15 sitcom telecasts among total viewers last week, as well as 9 of the Top 10 sitcom telecasts among adults 18-49.
truTV's hit series Impractical Jokers launched its third season last Thursday, drawing 1.5 million viewers and ranking among cable's Top 5 entertainment programs in the timeslot with key demos. The premiere was followed by truTV's new comedic competition series Panic Button, which drew its largest audience yet with a fourth consecutive week of growth.
truTV's digital strength continued in the first week of the new year as truTV.com scored 6 million page views (+2% vs. prior week) and 1.3 million visits (+18%). On-site video views enjoyed a tremendous boost of +141% over the prior week.


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June 28, 2005 - Above the Law
by Jeff Moss
A popular issue for the world's top security researchers is the unique relationship between security practices and their legal implications. Every aspect of today's security involves some form of legality. The justice system has allowed governments to enforce encryption bans, corporations to file mass lawsuits for identity thefts, and the U.S. Congress to debate the need for federal preemption. Jennifer Granick and Robert Clark continuously offer fresh perspectives on the ever changing legal landscape. This Black Page is dedicated to why I miss crime.
Get Out of Jail, Free.
by Jennifer Granick posted June 28, 2005
Computer security isn't just about keeping networks safe, its about keeping yourself safe from nebulous criminal laws and civil liabilities that may attach to various computer research activities. This past year, we've seen video game companies legally challenge coders who tinker with the way their games appear, Sybase threaten NGSSoftware over the publication of security flaws and the USA Patriot Act come up for renewal. These issues and more impact your life and work. Knowledge is power, and in my talk, I'll do my best to clearly explain the legal doctrines that may affect computer security experts. I'll also talk about privacy, civil liberties, free speech, or whatever else it top on the agenda of Black Hat attendees.
Spring Loaded Shotgun Security
by Robert Clark posted June 28, 2005
Is there a lesson to be learned from this early security attempt?
Edward and Bertha Briney inherited an uninhabited old farm house and for "about 10 years, from 1957 to 1967, it was repeatedly broken into the result of a series of trespassing and housebreaking events. The Brineys had posted 'no trespass' signs for several years. But nothing secured the house. Finally, on 'June 11, 1967', Ed cleaned and oiled his 20-gauge shotgun, took it to the old house and secured it to an iron bed with the barrel pointed at the bedroom door. It was rigged with wire from the doorknob to the gun's trigger so it would fire when the door was opened. It was aimed so an intruder would be hit in the stomach but at Bertha's suggestion it was lowered to hit the legs. Suffice it to say, Marvin Katko trespassed, entered the room and now poor Marvin is six foot two inches tall when he stands on his right foot and five foot six when he stands on his left!!" Katko v. Briney,/ 183 N.W. 2d 657 (1971)
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If you've logged on to your favorite file sharing peer-to-peer network recently there is a good chance a node is waiting to log your every download. Securing and providing anonymity on p2p systems is a critical step in protecting the free flow of digital information. Luckily, Ian Clarke and Oskar Sandberg are the kind of guys that can pull something like this off. On today's page, Ian takes a look on how to keep peer-to-peer networks dark, searchable, secure and efficient. Whether it is Freenet or their work on the free music-sharing client, Indy, Ian and Oskar have the lockdown on p2p. Word... read more
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The epic conclusion to the amazing Sabina Kane urban fantasy series.
Sabina Kane is on the hunt. Her prey: Cain, the father of the vampire race and the one who murdered her family and her friends. Unfortunately, Cain is hunting Sabina, too.
The one man who holds the key to defeating Cain is, of course, Abel. A mage with secrets to spare and, hopefully, the power to match it. Unfortunately, for Sabina, he's in Rome and may not want to be found.
Sabina sets out for Italy with her friends, Giguhl and Adam Lazarus, to track down the only man who can get her the revenge she hungers for. But will he help her or oppose her? And just who is Abel, really? Worst of all, when Sabina figures out the goddess Lilith has a plan for her-she realizes this trip is getting deadlier by the minute. As they say: when in Rome-SURVIVE.
My Thoughts:
I love this series. It all started when I received the first book as a gift from a fellow book blogger. I put it in my to be read pile and then another blogger friend started a read along on the book. Next thing you know I am completely hooked on this series and sat around waiting for the books to come out so I could devour the next one.
I can't say a whole lot about this book without fear of giving too much away. The book was full of action and intrigue. All the characters came out to play I liked that. I'm sad to see the series end but it ended in a way that was appropriate and left me satisfied. I will say as much as I love Sabina and Adam, I will miss Giguhl the most. Jaye if you read this, you could always do a spin off with Giguhl and I bet all of your readers would be thrilled. I would lol.
So short and sweet, read the book and if you haven't started the series, do! You won't regret it.
Author's Website: Jaye Wells


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Robert Karlsson, Harris English share OHL Classic lead
- Karlsson and English are tied at 15 under with 11 holes left in suspended third round
- Rory Sabbatini and Kevin Stadler are tied for second place at 12 under
- None of the 78 players who made the cut were able to finish the third round
PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico (AP) — Harris English and Robert Karlsson shared the lead Saturday in the rain-delayed OHL Classic when third-round play was suspended because of darkness.
English and Karlsson were 15 under overall with 11 holes left in the round.
English matched the lowest round of his PGA Tour career in the morning with a 9-under 62 on Mayakoba Resort's El Camaleon course. The 24-year-old former Georgia star won the FedEx St. Jude Classic in June for his first PGA Tour title.
"The last three weeks, last two tournaments, my ball-striking has been unbelievable," Harris said after the second round. "Finally, this tournament, my putting has come around. I changed putters and went back to my old Ping putter that I played with in college. Just brought back some good memories."
Karlsson played 36 holes Friday, shooting 63-67. He birdied Nos. 3-5 in the third round.
"It was nice to knock in a few birdies," Karlsson said.
The 44-year-old Swede, an 11-time winner on the European Tour, tied for 10th last weekend in the McGladrey Classic — playing on a sponsor exemption — to earn a spot in the field this week.
"It's all good to be here," Karlsson said.
None of the 78 players who made the cut were able to finish the round.
More than 4½ inches of rain hit the course from Wednesday afternoon to Friday afternoon. Because of the wet conditions, players are using preferred lies.
"It's unbelievable, I think, that we're playing golf at all," Karlsson said. "The amount of rain we've had, the golf course should be unplayable. So, to just play is fantastic. It's drying out nicely day by day."
Rory Sabbatini and Kevin Stadler were tied for second at 12 under. Sabbatini completed eight holes in the third round, and Stadler played six.
Alvaro Quiros, Jason Bohn and Chris Stroud were 11 under. Quiros finished 14 holes, Bohn nine, and Stroud eight.
"The course is in spectacular shape considering how much it's rained," Quiros said. "It's tough to think that we can play a four-round tournament with all the rain that we've had. It's playing longer. I had the opportunity to play here in 2008, and it was different conditions back then. I can say that it's just playing longer."


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The email comes every year—"It's March Madness! Join my office pool! Fill out a bracket! Win tens of dollars!" But what if the last time you watched college basketball, you were nine beers deep and more interested in the halftime show?
So what? This is a great year to fill out your first bracket, because the tournament is wide open. Gonzaga is currently the consensus #1 team in the country, but at different points throughout the season, Indiana, Duke, Michigan, Kansas and Louisville have all sat atop one poll or another. This year, more than most, you don't need to known anything about college basketball to win the pool.
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And let's not have any whining about the time it takes--even President Barack Obama fills in a bracket every year; if he's got time, so do you. Plus, love him or hate him, wouldn't you relish the chance to prove once and for all that you're smarter than the commander in chief?
It's March Madness Time Again: NCAA Tournament Preview
As you approach the bracket, you should know there are some prevailing winds that blow teams to and fro, as well as some metaphysical certainties to consider when making your picks.
#1 vs. #16
First things first: Fill in all the #1s to beat the #16s. Since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985, No #16 has ever won a single game — not one.
Not only do #1's dominate the first round, they win 80% of their tournament games, and have taken 17 of 28 titles since 1985. You should have at least one #1's in your Final Four, but no more than three -- only once have all the top seeds made it to the Final Four.
#2 vs. #15
Teams seeded #15 don't fair much better than #16. In 28 years they've won six games, and two of those wins came in 2012, so the likelihood of it happening again any time soon is infinitesimal. But if Timothy Donaghy assures you a #15 is going to win a game this year, for the love of John Wooden, do not pick that team to win a second game, as that has never happened.
In Rounds 2 and 3, #2's win about three-quarters of the time, but after that it becomes a crap shoot. They win only about 40% in the last three rounds, including a wretched 4-8 in the finals — to be fair, though, a lot of those late-round losses were to #1's.
#3 vs. #14 and #4 vs. #13
It's only when you reach the 13s and 14s that you have to start doing some soul-searching. Between them, they've gone 40-184 in the 1st Round, 7-33 in the 2nd Round and 0-7 in the 3rd. So you have to pick at least one #13/14 to advance a round, possibly two--but no farther.
How do you choose? What's the secret sauce that makes such an underdog rise up? Favorites have been hampered by injuries, lowly seeds have found themselves enjoying a home court advantage… but mostly it's a matter of good old-fashioned magic.
If you're going to guess, you might be tempted to go by winning records, but not all teams play the same schedule, so you'd be just as good off choosing a team based on their colors or which mascots would win in a fight. Maryland vs. Michigan? A wolverine will beat a turtle in a fight every time — Go Blue!
You should have one #4 make it to the Elite 8, but not much farther. A #3 seed has won it all four times, but a #4 seed has only won it once.
#5 vs. #12 and #6 vs. #11
The cosmos much prefers 11 seeds to 12s. Both win opening-round games 34% of the time, but five 11s have made it to the 3rd round and three to the Final Four, where the magic inevitably stops. Only once has a 12 seed won as many as three tournament games.
Throughout tournament play, #5s have a record of 130-112 and #6s are 131-111—weird, right? You should have at least one of each in the Sweet 16, but of those two, only one is likely to advance.
#7 vs. #10 and #8 vs. #9
Things get really dicey with seeds 7 through 10. The 10 seeds win only 40% of first round games, but come alive in the second round, winning 47% of their games, before tapering off — no 10 seed has won a game in the 4th round.
Match ups between 8s and 9s are a coin toss, with the lower seed taking 52% of their games. But the #8s are 14-9 in games from the 3rd Round on, and it was an 8 that was the lowest seed ever to reach the mountaintop, in 1985, when the Villanova Wildcats upset the heavily favored Georgetown Hoyas, a team led by Hall-of-Famer Patrick Ewing.
Typically you'll be asked to guess the total number of points scored in the final. Since 1985, the average has been 77-69, so go with 146.
To Review
If your bracket has a regional with zero upsets, don't panic—it happens in the real world, too. As recently as 2007, it happened in both the East and the South, though that was a crazy year in which there were only three upsets in the early rounds. On average however, it happens about once a year.
But don't be afraid to go upset crazy -- there has twice been as many as six upsets in one regional, and as many as 13 throughout the tourney on three occasions.
If you just want to play it safe, play the percentages. Your final eight teams should include three 1s, two 2s, and a 3, a 4 and a 6. And you should have a #1 beating a #2 in the final.
And if all this is a little more than you care to deal with, just pick the favorite in every game.


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A man district attorneys call a serial perpetrator of fraud pleaded guilty Thursday in Pender County Court to selling two plots of land on Topsail Island that never belonged to him.
A man district attorneys call a serial perpetrator of fraud pleaded guilty Thursday in Pender County Court to selling two plots of land on Topsail Island that never belonged to him.
Roger Glenn Kornegay, 55, pleaded guilty to two counts of obtaining property by false pretenses in excess of $100,000 and five counts of forger of a deed. Kornegay was sentenced to from five years and seven months to six and a half years in prison. He also was ordered to pay $392,000 in restitution.
Kornegay is in the midst of a sentence in federal prison for possession of counterfeit commercial checks and is wanted in several jurisdictions for felonies related to financial card fraud and thefts. In a release, District Attorney Ben David�s office listed 11 other identities Kornegay assumed.
�Mr. Kornegay engaged in fraud across the state and indeed across the country, and the end of the road was in Pender County,� said David, district attorney for Pender and New Hanover counties. �He changed his identity, preyed on people who lost sometimes their life savings, and for the next decade he�ll have to pay for his crimes in a prison cell.�
In 2010, Kornegay traveled to Pender and Onslow Counties under the identity of John Worley, an employee of the University of Mississippi. He stole Worley�s ID by picking a lock at the university�s gym and taking his wallet.
Kornegay forged deeds for three unrelated oceanfront or ocean-view lots in Topsail and North Topsail Beach as Worley. He used three different attorneys in Pender and Onslow counties, telling them the deeds were for inter-family, in-kind swaps and no cash would be changing hands.
In February 2010, he had the deeds recorded, and he began to advertise the lots for sale in June 2010. Each lot was listed at less than retail value, as Kornegay claimed he needed the money quickly for prostate cancer treatment.
A Pender County lot was sold for $250,000, and an Onslow County lot was sold for $135,000. The money was quickly removed from a Durham bank account in large cash withdrawals and cashier�s checks, said Joe Bowman, a Pender County assistant district attorney.
Kornegay was found out when a real estate agent called the owner of one of the plots to say he�d been interested in it for a while and wanted to know why he hadn�t had a chance to bid.
Kornegay was caught after investigators found a Match.com online dating site profile listed under his brother�s name that had been bought using a gift card purchased with a stolen credit card in Mississippi, Bowman said.
Detectives contacted Kornegay�s brother who said he didn�t have a Match.com profile, but did have a brother who had stolen his identity several times in the past.
Bowman said Kornegay�s first conviction for fraud was in Oklahoma in 1986 for stolen tractors.
By pleading guilty in Pender County, Kornegay prevented a trial that a release from the district attornehy�s office said could have lasted three to four weeks and involved more than 50 witnesses, including some from out of state.
The release said the trial �would have easily run into tens of thousands of dollars.�


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Professional Community for Car Dealers, Marketing, Advertising and Sales Leaders
There has been a lot of talk about how important reviews are to consumers in the past few months, but not a lot of real data to support the anecdotal claims.
I wanted to share a few numbers with you to help reinforce the importance of review collection and marketing in 2013.
DealerRater hasn't traditionally shared the data we collect, but we feel that it is important to the industry that we do so at this time.
We recently commissioned a blind sampling of 3500 dealers nationwide to look at review counts and penetration of reviews on the most notable third party review sites. This sampling was done after August's scrub of Google reviews. The data was interesting to say the least. Google, Cars.com, YELP, Edmunds and Yahoo! Local combined for 74k reviews for this sampling of 3500 dealers. For the same set of dealers DealerRater had 79k indexed reviews.
Here is the interesting part…
As a baseline, there were 1.14 million cars sold in the month of November 2012. This was a 5 year high for Nov. according to Reuters and a 15% increase over October. During that same period of time there were 1.4 million unique views of DealerRater review content through various distribution channels.
I'm no scholar, but if DealerRater is tracking 286k more uniques than cars sold over a period of time, it seems to me that the odds are very favorable that your prospects are actively reading review content pre-purchase.
With all of the new and exciting social media tools and shiny things on the horizon for 2013, please don't lose sight of the importance of review collection and review marketing to your business. Customers demand trust before they enter the purchase funnel and more of their purchase decision is made outside of the dealership than ever before. This is what the ZMOT principle is really all about. The stairs of today's "UP BUS" are paved with STARS… if they don't see that they can trust you online, you won't see them in your dealership.
Positive reviews that are marketed well are the gateway to future appointments and sales in 2013.
More numbers to come…
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That is great information. I am going to let other people know at my dealership and stress the importance of getting favorable reviews on sites like dealerrater or google
Great intro - can't wait to see the rest.
Ryan, thank you for sharing the compelling data, and perhaps more importantly the analysis you have added to it... Although you state you are no scholar, your instincts around a valid sample size for statistical analysis are right on target. Your sample size is more than valid enough in size to yield a Standard Deviation of less than 4 percentage points, which makes the insights gained statistically accurate.
So true Ryan, it's now required for SFE that GM dealers have a reputation management tool in place. Of course Cobalt has a solution and Digital Air Strike and Naked Lime are approved vendors. Great article and Have a great New Year
Great article Ryan, as always!
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And now, a way to explore an NFL stadium without paying the $100 average ticket price: Google Maps today introduced Street View for Lucas Oil Stadium, better known as the home of the Indianapolis Colts.
It is the first U.S. sports venue to get the Street View treatment. Previously, Google created the 360-degree, interactive maps for World Cup stadiums in South Africa.
To bring the Colts' stadium to Google Maps, the Street View team showed up on a day where no sporting events were planned and proceeded to document using two key tools: the proprietary Street View trolley, a roving pillar on wheels that has a camera mounted on top of it, and more traditional tripods used for capturing the 3D imagery.
"We had the stadium as most people would never get to see it," said Evan Rapoport, product manager for Google Maps. "We got to go in on an empty day. You got a feeling of what it might be be to like to own the place."
Users can access Street View by clicking a link to it following a search for Lucas Oil Stadium in Google Maps, or by dropping the orange Pegman figure onto the stadium from the map view.
The football stadium is the latest in Google's relentless mapping of sometimes hidden places, which follow ski resorts, the Grand Canyon, North Korea, and the Great Barrier Reef.
More sports venues are likely on the way. However, getting inside requires Google to work with them individually to get permission and coordinate the shoots.
"We are just really, really excited about the level of enthusiasm that people have for Street View," Rapoport said. "People are always asking us to bring Street View to new places, whether it's in new countries or famous places around the word."