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Rare Cancer Hit Cattle Barons Honoree At 4 Months
By REBECCA HOEFFNER
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Occasionally, a stranger will stop Delana Cochran and her 8-year-old daughter in the grocery store.
"They'll say, 'Oh, your daughter's hair is so beautiful,'" she said. "I'll use that to share my testimony from there and say, 'She didn't always have this hair.'"
Brandelyn Cochran was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer when she was only 4 months old. She was selected to share her story this year as the Li'l Wrangler for the American Cancer Society's Cattle Barons' fundraising event. The Li'l Wranglers event today recognizes pediatric cancer survivors in East Texas.
Brandon Cochran, Brandelyn's father, took her to the doctor the day of the diagnosis; Mrs. Cochran's maternity leave was over, and she had to return to work as a kindergarten teacher.
"The one doctor's appointment I have to miss, and they find a tumor," Mrs. Cochran said.
The doctor's appointment was for the routine 4-month shots. When Coch-ran asked the doctor why Brandelyn's stomach stayed firm even after she digested her food, he sent father and daughter to have an ultrasound.
"I wouldn't have asked about that if Delana was there, I wouldn't want to worry her," he said.
Brandelyn had a tumor on her kidney the size of two grown men's fists. It was a Stage 1 malignant Wilms tumor.
"About 500 new cases of Wilms tumors are found each year in the United States. About 5 percent of all cancers in children are Wilms tumors," according to the American Cancer Society.
Brandelyn, now cancer-free, makes routine visits to an oncologist to keep it that way.
"Cancer isn't just an adult disease," Li'l Wrangler event chairwoman Meredith Roberts said. "What happens with a child affects the whole family -- parents' and siblings' lives are changed forever."
Brandelyn's older brother, Marshall, is now 12, but remembers when his parents told him to tell his little sister he loved her in case he didn't see her again, he said.
Brandelyn and her parents were sent to Children's Hospital in Dallas, where family and friends had prayed for a bed to free up the night before. About "30 seconds" after they arrived, they had a bed, Mrs. Cochran said.
The child's doctor suggested surgery right away. Before the operation, Cochran stepped into the hall with the doctor -- away from his wife's ear.
"He said, 'If we get inside and it's spread, we'll just sew her up and send her home with you to have the time you have left with her,'" Cochran said.
Luckily, the tumor was contained, and the surgeon was able to remove it all at once, along with the kidney it was attached to.
"It was so big to be in someone so little," Mrs. Cochran said.
Brandelyn still had to go through six months of chemotherapy -- an unpleasant experience for anyone, let alone a baby. But the Cochrans saw God in almost every moment.
"Six weeks into the chemo, she rolled over," Mrs. Cochran said. "I knew it was God saying, 'She's going to be OK.'"
At the invitation-only Li'l Wranglers event today, Brandelyn and other children will have an opportunity to play skee ball, ride a mechanical bull, tie-dye pillowcases, play carnival games, take wagon rides, watch pig races, have their photo taken in a photo booth and win door prizes. It's an event Brandelyn looks forward to every year, she said.
"For them to be able to come to the party is a great thing, to celebrate that they've beaten cancer," Ms. Roberts said.


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Bing, the search engine created by Microsoft, is gaining traffic, although it's no Google yet. However, not many e-commerce companies are placing their product videos on this newer search engine.
Now that Bing is powering searches on Facebook's Graph Search, it's a good time to get your videos indexed in Bing. Here's how to do it.
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by Melody King 16 May 2013 17:10pm 4 comments
As content marketing and SEO grow in importance for all sorts of online business, so does the need for real-time keyword analysis.
Rankinity allows you to check positions of a website for certain keywords in all popular search engines in real time.
The founders of Rankinity are hoping that flexible reports and wide means for joint operation (it can take a lot of cross-department teamwork to successfully manage SEO) will make their service "an irreplaceable assistant both for a SEO savvy and a website owner".
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Digital is no longer just a channel, but instead is becoming the center point for customer behavior both on and offline.
This is one of several themes that will be explored at Integrated Marketing Week (#IMW13) and below Shawn Burns, Vice President SAP who is speaking at the event, tells us why.
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It's the final working week of 2012 for a lot of people, so it's a great time to round up the biggest trends from the past 12 months.
We've already rounded up the top mobile trends from 2012, as well as asking people to name their favourite mobile innovations.
And here we ask four SEO experts to look back at the most important search trends from this year, as well as doing a bit of future gazing to 2013...
by David Moth 17 December 2012 09:13am 5 comments
Many of the millions of consumers shopping this holiday season will turn to the world's most popular search engine, Google, in search of the perfect gift at the perfect price.
But Microsoft has a message for those consumers: be careful, you might get Scroogled.
by Patricio Robles 29 November 2012 16:24pm 3 comments
2013 will be the year that Microsoft becomes relevant once again.
It will begin to use its dominant position on the desktop and in gaming to build an exciting ecosystem that will make Microsoft a compelling choice for consumers, and by extension an increasingly important advertising partner for marketers.
by Andreas Pouros 28 November 2012 08:55am 8 comments
More than 75% of searches in July resulted in clicks through to websites, underlining just how adept search engines are at delivering relevant content.
Stats from Experian Hitwise show that Bing and Yahoo had the highest proportion of 'successful searches', meaning searches that resulted in a click-through, with 84% and 86% respectively.
Ask and Google both achieved a success rate of 76%, however it should be noted that it is increasingly common for Google to give users the answer to a query without them having to click on something.
As part of its new Knowledge Graph that was rolled out in May, Google now shows information relevant to search queries in a column to the right of the search results.
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With the Microsoft Yahoo Search Alliance having finally made it to Europe, we looked at whether companies and agencies would be considering spending more money on the platform, particularly given concerns about Google's near-monopoly within the UK search engine market.
For our UK Search Engine Marketing Benchmark Report, published in association with NetBooster, we asked companies how they had changed their paid search budgets across Google, Microsoft/Yahoo, and other search engines.
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Is a big part of search's future based on content partnerships?
You might think so looking at the recent deals Bing has struck with Encyclopaedia Britannica and Yelp.
by Patricio Robles 21 June 2012 17:02pm 0 comments
When Google announced that it was acquiring Zagat, it looked problematic. After all, Zagat was a publisher struggling to stay relevant in the digital age and Google was the world's biggest search engine. The potential conflicts the deal could create were huge.
One of the companies likely to have been most concerned with the acquisition was Yelp. Along with other popular user-generated reviews sites, it has arguably played a key role in Zagat's woes. With Google behind it, would the Mountain View-based company push Zagat content at the expense of a company like Yelp, which it once reportedly looked to buy?
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Since its introduction, the Paul Rodriguez Signature Collection has defined skate-travel through its skateboard-specific, yet versatile designs that meet the daily needs of skaters and travelers alike. New this Fall is the Skate Pack Lite and the Protective Sleeve for MacBook/MacBook Pro, providing your essentials complete coverage during your travels in Paul's signature style.
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Size Available | 162,170,178,186 |
Structure | MINICAP SANDWICH |
Core | WOOD FIBERGLASS |
Camber height | HIGH |
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Camber length | *70%* |
Rocker length | *30%* |
Tip | CASCADE TIP |
Sidecut | 135-88-124 |
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Ski Radius | 16,5m |
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The 88 is a great all round ski perfect for resort bashing anywhere....
Skied it on hard packed groomers, soft new snow groomers and the ski rips...
In boot deep fresh the ski was great, don't now about deeper cause that's all there was but I'm sure would be fine....
I would recommend this ski to anyway that loves to rip around the whole mountain from blues to double blacks and a little of piste....
Remember skis are only as good as your ability will allow ...... So buy accordingly !!
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This is the best all mountain ski by far. It's fun, super-quick/snappy, smooth yet powerful. It really is a carving machine with a free-ride touch. It carves like no other in the all-mountain category and it has amazing edge hold. Soft snow, hard pack, and ice are not a problem for this beast, and I loved the way that it just plowed through the chopped. The tip dove on me a little bit in the really deep (shallow pow was not a prob), but it has so many other positive trade off's that I really did not care. Usually all mountain skis lack quickness carving fun. This one is a machine. Simply Awesome***
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I am a volunteer Mountain Host and ski approx. 4 days per week. This ski will handle powder, crud, moguls, and groomers. There is little underfoot surfing feel when the ski is flat. On edge it turns like the ski is on rails. This ski has outstanding performance at slow to medium speed. I am 5'9" and weigh 178. I skied it in both 170 and 178. The 170 would be an outstanding ski for an instructor. Both lengths will ski backwards and sideslip to the left or right.
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I skied this ski and just loved it. I do lot's of masters racing and looking at them i wasn't sure what to think? But they were awesome on ice and hard packed snow. There was no powder that day.
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This ski is great for skiing on piste (although far wider than necessary). I was looking for something with more off piste/powder ability and have been disappointed. I would say it's 80% Piste:20% Off piste rather than the advertised 50:50. I should have bought the S3!?
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Conditions can vary very quickly on the east coast. I ski at the largest ski area east of the rockies and need a ski I can count on to have fun with. Experience 88 is the ski that I have waited decades for. I took a pair out for a demo and found that Rossi has this rocker thing right compared to the competition. Whatever you come across, blue ice to deep powder, the Experience 88 handles it with ease. My son, who is a high level USSA racer told me that "those skis" gave me "super powers."
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By: Jessica Reyes & Tim Johnston
Updated: March 27, 2011
December 27, 2010, was the last time anyone saw Hailey Dunn.
Law enforcement first classified the 13-year-old as a runaway, but the case quickly turned into a criminal investigation.
On January 5th, Hailey's mother, Billie, and her mother's boyfriend, Shawn Adkins, failed polygraph tests relating to Hailey's whereabouts.
It was later reported that Adkins told investigators Hailey told him she was going to her father's house and later to a friend's for a sleep over. Neither the father nor the friend saw or heard from Hailey.
Many began to raise questions about Adkins, after he told one story about that December day, but the records suggested another story, all together.
HLN's "The Nancy Grace Show" featured the story for several weeks following her disappearance, bringing the story nationwide.
On January 14th, law enforcement officially named Adkins a suspect in the case, and remains the only named suspect.
Since Hailey was first reported missing, search groups have combed through areas of Mitchell, Scurry, and Howard Counties for months, looking for any sign of of the missing girl. Whether by horse, vehicle, foot, or through the air, nothing has been found yet.
In the course of looking for the teen, other family secrets have been revealed.
Affidavits released late last month show investigators found child pornography on electronics seized from Adkins' grandmother's home in Dunn.
On March 17th, Billie spent the night in jail after lying to police about having Adkins in her home.
Dunn said later the next day she filed a "no-trespassing order" against Adkins, but she was reportedly seen with him that same weekend.
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In this series, Dennis Venema describes his personal journey that took him away from the Intelligent Design arguments toward the evolutionary creation worldview. Through careful and honest research, he discovered ID scientific reasoning to be analogy-based, in sharp contrast to evolutionary science, which was supported by concrete data. After accepting this view, God's presence ever strengthened him as he explored the compatibility between the Bible and God's creative mechanism.
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Polkinghorne discusses the origins and aims of natural theology in this series. It does not offer truth, but rather a "best explanation" for the world, answering primarily meta-questions. Two such questions asked by Polkinghorne are, "Why is science possible at all?" and "What makes the universe so special?" To explore the answers, he looks at the ability of human minds to penetrate mysteries of the natural world as well as the fine-tuning of the universe necessary to produce the fruitfulness of life.
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When the ID movement first burst on the scene in the mid-1990s, it lacked the amateurishness of the creation-science movement while at the same time making its main goal to unseat philosophical naturalism. As a philosopher who had critiqued one sort of naturalist project in his doctoral dissertation, ID intrigued me.
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SALT LAKE CITY -- Mark Lyons scored 23 points and red-hot Arizona used its superior athleticism, size and shooting to dominate Belmont in a 81-64 victory Thursday in an NCAA Tournament game at EnergySolutions Arena.
Lyons put an exclamation mark on his performance and his team's opening-round showing with a soaring one-handed jam with just over a minute remaining to put sixth-seeded Arizona into a Saturday matchup with 14th-seeded Harvard, which upset third-seeded New Mexico 68-62.
"We're very excited to still be in the tournament," Arizona coach Sean Miller said. "Our players really locked in."
The quick 6-foot-1 guard hit 8 of 15 shots from the field, including 3 of 7 from beyond the arc, to lead four Arizona double-digit scorers.
Wildcats starters Kevin Parrom, Nick Johnson and Kaleb Tarczewski each scored 12 points, and the red-hot Pac-12 squad shot 56.9 percent from the field.
The 7-foot Tarczewski, 6-8 Brandon Ashley and 6-6 Parrom combined to grab 23 rebounds for the Wildcats, who held a dominant 44-18 advantage on the boards.
Kerron Johnson scored 22 points and Ian Clark had 21, but the Bruins (26-7) were outmatched early by Arizona (26-7). Belmont only shot 39.2 percent for the game, and that was after hitting 54.2 percent in the second half.
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By Zane (Mar 13, 2008) (#1)
I picked up the first God of War when it was released, and while I didn't think it was worth the $50 I had some good fun with it. I've been dying for an action game with solid production values, so I was thinking about checking out GOW2. I haven't thought much about the series in the past year or two, but I'm curious to see if anyone has any opinions on the series.
So. Have you played GOW? How does GOW2 hold up? What about GOW PSP? Should I just play POP Sands of Time again?
By Jay (Mar 13, 2008) (#2)
I really liked the first one but felt the first half was far more interesting than the second. I gave the sequel a miss but have just started playing the PSP version and its remarkably impressive. I'm not far into it but it seems like more of the same, which for me is no bad thing. I have heard it's really short though.
By Cedille (Mar 13, 2008) (#3)
I think that's one of the most accomplished PS2 game, visual-wise (though I'm not a fan of a skin-head lead) but the gameplay was not my cup of tea. It was for the most part just pressing the buttons 10 to 20 times to kill one enemy, which might be stress-relieving but made me a little bored. The boss battles and puzzles were, while very interesting, small in number. I hear the series was much inspired by Devil May Cry, and that's convincing.
By allyourbaseare (Mar 13, 2008) (#4)
Cedille wrote:
I hear the series was much inspired by Devil May Cry, and that's convincing.
That's really dead-on. At least in the psp version, you wander around a huge romanesque cathedral and eventually some rooms are blocked off by red stuff (a la DMC) and once you beat the enemies, you get to leave. As your combo counter increases, you get more red orbs (once again, DMC) and so on and so on. Oh wait, God of War has boobies.
Really, if you like a good hack 'n smash 'em with a little bit of sophisticated-ness thrown in, you'd be hard pressed to find something better. But please, don't spend 50 bucks on it.
By csK (Mar 13, 2008) (#5)
I don't like it. The games are fun for what, as others have said, they are - simplistic, fairly easy, hit-a-key 20 times affairs, but I don't feel they deserve the huge praise they get. The setpieces are sometimes also pretty interesting, but it mires itself in tedium when you are forced to do the same 'fatality' some ten times in a row (forced, also in the sense that its otherwise it takes forty some swipes to defeat an enemy otherwise.) It may be inspired by Devil May Cry, but DMC is by far a much better game (and I really don't even like DMC.)
EDIT: I was just thinking, Bare Knuckle and Final Fight are also called simplistic, but compared to God of War they've got quite a lot of depth (well, the original Final Fight/F.F.2 are maybe on par with GoW.)
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By Wanderer (Mar 13, 2008) (#6)
I've played both GoW and GoW2 and I think both games are entertaining. The second one is better than the first. Bigger set-pieces, larger bosses, just more interesting in general.
By avatar! (Mar 13, 2008) (#7)
I haven't played GoW, but I would like to try it. So, if someone has a copy of the first FS or FT, drop me an email
By Zorbfish (Mar 13, 2008) (#8)
csK wrote:
I don't like it. The games are fun for what, as others have said, they are - simplistic, fairly easy, hit-a-key 20 times affairs, but I don't feel they deserve the huge praise they get.
Well, playing God of War on anything but Heroic or Spartan difficulty (whatever the two names for the hardest difficulties were) and yes it does degenerate into just a button masher.
Never found a copy of GoW2, and I'm too lazy to order it, so I never played it.
By SonicPanda (Mar 14, 2008) (#9)
I've only played the first of the series, but I'm willing to put myself down as a steadfast hater.
I could discuss the game from a critical angle and rant about the shallow gameplay or dull soundtrack, how the most interesting part of the game is the first half-hour, etc...but absent of everything else, my main complaint is this (spoilertagged for the easily offended):
Kratos is a f---ing douchebag.
I hate him more than any other video game character ever, even eclipsing previous titleholder Shion Uzuki. He's stuck in Gravelly Fury mode, kills everyone he encounters even (or especially?) if it's unnecessary, and the less said about the sex minigame, the better. The game tries to offer an allegedly shocking explanation for his rage (which you can see coming from ten miles away) but it's no excuse for repulsiveness on this level.
I'm OK with a character who's a bit of a prick, so long as they aren't nasty for nastiness' sake. But Jaffe seems addicted to this idea that sociopathy is a perfect substitute for characterization.
Really, I'd recommend DMC 1/3 (haven't played 4) or Ninja Gaiden Black over GoW in an instant. Not only is the gameplay richer and the challenge deeper, but you won't hate yourself for playing them.
By Zane (Mar 14, 2008) (#10)
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my main complaint is this (spoilertagged for the easily offended):
Kratos is a f---ing douchebag.
Hahahahahaha! Awesome.
By Ashley Winchester (Mar 14, 2008) (#11)
I really didn't have a problem with Shion until Xenosaga II where they made her look like a bus station skank, but then I had a problem with that entire game.
As for character characterization, some of the villians in WA5 were terrible: it's one thing to have a psychopathic villian but it's another thing to have a cardboard cutout psychopathic villian that seems there mainly for shock value even if he acts as a antagonist to one of the better fleshed out characters. Psycho for psycho's sake is boring!
By Amazingu (Mar 15, 2008) (#12)
100% Agreed on the Kratos thing, Sonic.
That said, I REALLY liked GoWII though.
The first game didn't do much for me, but they definitely improved on it for the sequel.
He's still a Douchebag though. Perhaps even more so.
By csK (Mar 15, 2008) (#13)
SonicPanda wrote:
Really, I'd recommend DMC 1/3 (haven't played 4) or Ninja Gaiden Black over GoW in an instant. Not only is the gameplay richer and the challenge deeper, but you won't hate yourself for playing them.
Not even considering DMC3's Dante? Wow, he must really be bad.
By Jay (Mar 15, 2008) (#14)
I quite like it that Kratos is a dick. I just finished the PSP version. Yeah, it's an enjoyable game but ridiculously short. It's not just short (I don't mind short in this day and age), it feels short. Like it wasn't quite complete or something. But what's there is enjoyable and pretty amazing for the PSP.
God of War never had the depth that DMC had but then it never really went for that. It has things I hate (like QTE commands) but what it does I think it does well.
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Smogon's 5th Generation Course of Action
Hello, my name is Philip7086. For those of you haven't heard, I was recently asked to lead Smogon's Pokemon Policy for the 5th generation. I accepted.
Heading Smogon's Pokemon Policy is a huge task, though, and in the past was done by two people, not one. However, the problem with having a co-leadership is that if the two leaders disagree on something, it could become very problematic and create a road block for the entire system. This is why for 5th generation Pokemon policy, I have decided to adopt a different system of leadership. Instead of choosing a co-leader, I decided it would be better to pick a team of five people to help me with my decision making (a "brain trust" as Jabba would say, or as I like to call them, "my right hand men"). These users will be who I go to before making any judgment calls, and are people I can completely trust to be honest, logical, smart, and active. After carefully considering many users using a list of criteria I came up with, I decided on these five individuals to be a part of my policy making team (in alphabetical order):
Now, onto the real purpose of this topic. As some of you have probably noticed, Smogon is currently suffering from a lack of direction. Policy topics are created almost on a whim, even when we don't really have one unified plan for it all. My job is to fix that. This topic is the first step towards getting back on track -- a course of action. Before we start setting up votes or implementing results, we need to decide how exactly we want to do things. I have outlined what I believe to be the logical and necessary chronological process to shaping the 5th generation below. Consider this course of action to be the map to our (un)charted territory. Smogon's 5th Generation Course of Action
The secondary purpose of this topic is to document my plans for Smogon. Should something happen to me in the future, I want someone to easily be able to see what I envisioned and pick right back up where I left off. That being said, I wanted to add that it is an honor to have been asked to lead this area of Smogon. I will do my best to serve the community and make sure we are on the right track.
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Excuse me if I sound a little jaded, but with there being a "leader" and all (I thought that we were doing things democratically from now on), are our votes on issues present and future going to matter, or is the policy-making process going to degenerate into another "convince Jump and Aeolus" type of decision-making that caused me to more or less leave Smogon for several months during Gen 4?
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Nov 2nd, 2010, 12:15:38 AM | #4 |
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i think having a cabinet is stupid. having two co-leaders is bad cause they'll disagree but having a side bar of 5 isn't? sounds like a friendship circle entourage if anything. if you have the sole responsibility of this then you better damn well not just put that 'groups' opinion above everything else otherwise this plan will just fuck up as well
also definitions seriously? like 70% of every damn suspect thread we ever had ends up in arguments of what a definition of a counter is. fuck that. if you're too fucking ignorant to 'get the gist of it' then fuck off. we do not need to define shit worth of anything. everything is so politically driven that's it bound to fail. you have the power, set it straight. if people dont like it, get them the fuck out. having to justify shit to dumbfucks is the most annoying shit ever when you have the power to do whatever you please. smogon is dictatorship, not democracy
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Also, thanks jrrrrr for volunteering. I think in the near future I'm going to be looking for some extra help in certain areas. I'll let everybody know.
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Why, exactly, would you need to "put your foot down" on certain issues? Is it because you do not have enough faith in the Smogon community, more specifically those who have been given access to post in this forum because they know what they're talking about, to "get things right?" I was very much hoping that the fact that things were being put to a vote now meant that we had perhaps moved past the stage of arbitrary administrative decisions. I don't see why you even need a "cabinet" if you have just expressly given yourself the right to overrule them (what does this sound like, anyone?), and surely I am not the only one who questions your desire to give the opinions of certain people more weight than those of others. Please do not give us the illusion of having a say in a democratic process when what you have outlined speaks to the contrary.
I would, of course, argue for a straight vote system to decide everything much like we've just done (though not necessarily requiring a 66% supermajority, as I fail to see the logic in reaching, as we just have, a decision which 65% of the voters are unhappy with), and proven that it works.
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Nov 2nd, 2010, 1:58:38 AM | #7 |
I don't have any specific examples or plans for when I will put my foot down, but I am reserving the right to do so. I don't anticipate it will ever come to that, though, considering that even on issues that I am very stubborn about (for example, I firmly believe Smogon's simulators should strictly follow in-game mechanics), I am willing to leave it up to the community to decide.
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And he needs to reserve the right to put his foot down. Otherwise we get that clusterfuck that we had a couple weeks ago. No one had that right. We were split on every single minute detail of every minute detail. We could not get anything accomplished. At least if Phil says "this is what we're doing" we know that it is an 100% educated and dialectically reasoned decision and that we don't need to argue about it any longer. He will point us in the direction if need be. I don't even understand how there's any opposition to this if you've been here for more than a week, and I could not be more pleased with Phil and his choice of "right hand men". When is the plan for UU to branch off?
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One thing we can learn form the Jumpman / Aeolus reign was that "dictatorship" didn't work. In theory it is possible, but one of the goals at the end of the day was to still have some of the people weigh in on an opinion and defining "why we did shit". If Smogon was a dictatorship, or should I say, "If Policy Review was a dictatorship", we wouldn't even be allowed to post in here in the first place (unless you were the leader of course, then I guess you would). While democracy does not work in every possible way on a forum, it at least opens up more diverse opinion and helps us define issues that have sprouted from the past generations that were left unanswered. I firmly approve of this cabinet. It has people who are open with the metagame in general while showing new faces to the table as well. They also seem to at least be willing to accept some of the people's opinion, and at the very least take it into consideration. I think people are expecting a lot from you 6, and I believe that you won't disappoint often either. It's time that we answer questions and not play based on theory, so to speak. We should have reasoning behind our policies, and I hope that we can accomplish this in an efficient matter as well.
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This is a more minor point, but in case there is any general misconception about "clogs" I wanted to make clear that no disagreements between Aeolus and myself ever caused any clogs or other delays in the process. You should consider reaching out to either of us if there are other past process issues of whose origins or fixes you may not be sure.
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I think one user having the ultimate judgement on the process is neat and it saves a bunch of time! I also can't see anything hugely controversial being decided when you have such a solid team either, so it looks pretty win/win. I think your idea will work fine so long as people understand their "place" for lack of better word in the system. I'm assuming the role of PR users will be to vote in polls and give their opinions in threads which then gives yourself and the council members an idea about how people feel generally towards the issue in question.
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The idea is, obviously, that we want to shed the image we've had in the past (yes, during 3rd gen) of being an elitist dictatorship. I myself have carried this opinion for much of my time here.
Just because an attempt at democracy was done inefficiently (and I can point to the fact that voters were filtered based on who-knows-what-biased-opinions-of-one-person, and the fact that many of our "votes" were meaningless except to try and "convince" one or two admins to change their mind as two of the primary reasons for this inefficiency) does not mean that it should be abandoned. I take a look at this forum and I see six key issues that are either resolved or on their way to being resolved by simple and relatively quick votes. I also find it necessary to point out that 3rd gen decisions were made 5+ years ago, when we were all a little younger and probably a little less mature than we are now. If you don't have faith in the Smogon community, or at least that part of it which has been deemed reasonably intelligent (I don't see randomx092320ssj2colinisafaggotxrandom2093 voting in our polls here), then come out and call us idiots to our face. But know you're talking right back to yourself as well.
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Although I was not a headline leader of the 4th Gen tiering effort (Aeolus and Jumpman were), as an admin of the community, the head admin of the battle server, and the programmer who made all the specific programs used in support of the entire tiering effort -- I consider myself to be very much a part of how 4th gen tiering was conducted, and I get a bit defensive at some of the characterizations being made in this thread about how the 4th gen tiering process turned out. Considering the countless hours I spent working to help organize and manage the 4th gen process, I think it is reasonable if I take it a bit personally when people paint the entire 4th gen tiering effort as a total failure, or anything of the sort.
Was 4th gen tiering executed perfectly? No. Could the process be improved? Definitely. Might we want to overhaul or completely replace the 4th gen process with something different? Maybe. But don't call the entire 4th gen process a failure. At the very least, the 4th gen process was massive leap forwards towards making tiering a community-driven democratic process. As Mop points out, prior to the 4th gen, there was NO democracy in tiering at all. None. People characterize 4th gen tiering as a "dictatorship', which I find to be laughable, particularly in light of the tiering process that was used for every previous generation. The previous process for tiering was a completely closed process with no general community input or voting whatsoever. The 4th gen process completely changed that. A great deal of time, processes, and effort were put in place to give the community a voice and impact in the definition of Smogon tiers. Was it the "complete democracy" that some people would have liked? No. But don't call it a "dictatorship". And don't defend the use of the word "dictatorship" by quoting me some academic definition of the term. I know damn well what a dictatorship is, and I know when people are using the term in this thread they are using it as a pejorative description. So, yes, I take offense to the term because the use of it is intended to offend. I realize it has become the latest trend to take potshots at Jumpman and Aeolus for the way they handled 4th gen tiering, and I'm getting sick of it. Jumpman and Aeolus are big boys and they can defend themselves, but I really think people need to look back at the 4th gen situation and realize what a huge contribution the 4th gen tiering leaders made to this community. It's not like chaos appointed Jumpman and Aeolus to lead a community tiering effort. In fact, there was not some burning desire amongst Smogon's so-called "inner elite" to get the community involved in tiering AT ALL. Prior to Jumpman and Aeolus' involvement -- tiers were not made by the community, and many Smogon leaders were JUST FINE WITH THAT. Jump and Aeolus did it on their own, with their own initiative, because they felt that tiering should be a huge community-based effort. Jumpman is the one that made this entire subforum for Policy Review. And, without really asking for permission or anything, he took it upon himself to grant posting access to people that were NOT badgeholders in the community, which before and since has been considered the line of demarcation for determining if someone's opinions are "relevant" to anything of importance in Smogon. I don't know why Jumpman did it. Maybe he wanted to have his own little forum and appoint his own private band of debate geeks. Maybe it was just a big ego trip for Jumpman. I doubt it, but even if it was -- it was a HUGE turning point for Smogon. And the tiering processes that were debated in this forum, and all the subsequent votes, which were open to every warm-blooded battler on the planet -- that was all a consequence of Aeolus and Jumpman stepping up and deciding to make a community-driven process when there previously was NONE. I can make a very long list of things I don't like about about 4th gen tiering. I can make a list of decisions made by Aeolus and Jumpman that I disagree with. Jumpman and Aeolus have character flaws, just like we all do, and those flaws really bug me sometimes. I can point out many things in 4th gen tiering that did not turn out the way we expected. But, 4th gen tiering was not a failure. Far from it. It was a grand experiment, and a giant leap forward for the community and how we make policy. I don't think we need to be hoisting Aeolus and Jumpman on a pedestal and thanking them with every breath. But, don't drag their names through the mud (and everyone else, like myself, who also contributed to the process) by casting the entire 4th gen process in a despicable light or calling them "dictators" with all the offensive connotations that come with it. I think there were many things that we can learn from the 4th gen tiering effort. By tossing the whole thing off as a failure, I think we are "throwing away the baby with the bath water". We should look to improve on the 4th gen process, and we should look to preserve many of the good things that came of it.
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I have faith in the community (not that we'll always make the "right" choice, but that it would be best to use the choice which is most widely supported by intelligent posters) and believe we should make decisions as a community wherever practical. But agree that it is better to have one person with the final say and responsibility, not so much to take decisions on their own (indeed, I would be very disappointed (and surprised) if phil decided to overrule a vote, or ban something without community consultation), but so they have the necessary authority and freedom to guide the process as they feel is best without getting too bogged down at any point. I trust Phil to do this, and he has already demonstrated that he is willing and able to put the communities interests above his own strongly held feelings about strict adherence to mechanics. We need someone with the authority and inclination to do what they feel is needed (and the ability to tell if it really is needed), but one who knows how to behave responsibly with that authority and not to use it in a way that loses the trust of the community. It would be hard to find someone who fits that better than Phil.
And yes, yes, yes, to Doug's post. I have privately thanked both for their work during the fourth gen suspect process. It was not perfect by any means, but it was the first time this community (or any other Pokemon community as far as I know) had ever made a serious effort to improve the ruleset. And they did it not privately, not with admin consensus. Not by badgeholder discussion. But by a series of votes open to those who were ranked highly on the ladder. Open to anyone who could qualify. When I speak to people from other forums and Smogon tiers come up, this openness is always key to the almost universal acceptance of our tiers. "If you don't like it, go there, prove yourself, and vote.". It was too slow for some, yes. But given that it was a first, they were working from scratch, the number of voting methods they tested, and the extras that came up (Shaymin-S, Pt moves), this is unsurprising. If you disliked part of the process I'm sure you will have a chance to argue against it being in the fifth gen process when we reach that stage. We have learned a great deal from the fourth gen suspect process, and though we can improve on it considerably lets give credit where credit is due.
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The purpose of this thread is to discuss the course of action I have outlined and bring up concerns, additions, or general comments about it. I do not want to see anymore complaints about how things were done in the past, and all posts doing so from here on out will be deleted. There was a mix of successes and failures in the last generation's policy making, IMO, and both are just as important to learn from when proceeding in the future. Let's just leave it at that.
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I support what Philip7086 is trying to accomplish, and believe it will be of great benefit. I myself, at least, have high expectations from the six of you.
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I think that, if we have a leader who knows when it is appropriate to use their power and put their foot down and when to let debates resolve, and who can run things efficiently without being heavy-handed, the system will work well. I have no reason to believe Philip won't lead in this way. It will bring some much-needed structure and organisation to PR discussions and resulting Smogon policy.
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I see nothing wrong with this cabinet, so long as you solicit the advice of PR users via polls and IRC.
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So far, so good!
By Mark the storage man
from Grand Rapids, MI Area
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Comments about ShelterLogic 10 ft. x 20 ft. AutoShelter® Portable Garage:
If you take the time to lay out the top frame parts and the side parts, it goes together pretty quickly. The parts have numbers on them and the instructions were clear to me. If you look at the pictures and guess... expect a bad time. I think the frame is sturdy and the design is good. I wish the back had a skirt extension on the back cover bottom like the sides do. Overall I would say it is a good deal. I am not worried about it lasting as long as I will need it. Time will tell.
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cheaper then rent
By kj
from fullerton CA
cheaper then rent on a storage 10 x10 for $130just needed a storage place for 2 or 3 months and they were $130 a monthand then I stumble on this baby a 10 x 20 and i keep it !and they make a 13 x20 & 15x28 could you imagine! I could buy a lot more stuff!
This garage is strong
By Glenn
from Sandy Hook, CT.
This portable garage is great. I live in the northeast with all kinds of weather. The garage stood up to 70 mile an hour winds during Hurricane Sandy and didn't move or tare. We just had the blizzard of 2013 and it held up to 19" of snow on the roof with heavy winds.It's still standing strong..Excellent product.
(21 of 21 customers found this review helpful)
By Kenny
from Versailles ,Ky
great storage room. cheaper than renting
By leon the handyman
from beebe ar.
this is a great shelter. easy to put together. instructions need to indicate which direction elbows need to turn. easy to square.seems like good quality. would recommend to any one.
(0 of 1 customers found this review helpful)
Portable Garage 10 x20
By Cden3543
from Texas
The Portable Garages are ideal for a compact car. This Instant Garage/Carport is descent for the price.
(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)
Protection from the Elements
By Gamfhat
from Aurora, CO
Shelter seemed to be very well made and sturdy. Came together fairly easily with instructions. Could have suggested stronger anchors on corners and duct taping any bolt locations which might rub canvas fabric. Also a rod or tube is needed for door (pvc, etc.) which should be suggested. In Colorado, did not even last a year and is tearing severely. Stress areas have ripped. Overall not too happy with longevity.
(4 of 4 customers found this review helpful)
It's ripping on all pressure points
By E30M3
from MIAMI,FL
If this would not rip and fade it would be a great product. It only last less than a year. I wonder if the manufacture cares. I will see when I give them a call. Poor product, better off paying for something good.
(1 of 4 customers found this review helpful)
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By J.D.
from Colorado
I ordered this item on October 3rd, and the web site indicated that it was "in stock". Received an e-mail on October 11 stating that the item was back ordered until November 20th. As of October 12th, the web site still lists it as "in stock". I am canceling my order and purchasing elsewhere.
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HarrisonJ, on 26 November 2011 - 11:40 PM, said:
Felt good, man. But now I have Skyward Sword and Skyrim, so it's hard to find time for poor ol' Generations.
There's this one in the boarding section that you need to take these ramps to get to, and it's a total pain in the arse to get.


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I may be misinterpreting things, but I believe I have seen the following. Since the IMG changeover, I've bumped my energy (and mood) tank up to over 4,000. As usual, both energy and mood drop periodically regardless of activity. I believe this drop is greater than before, probably a percentage of the full tank. If I'm correct, then the downward force of mood is greater while the upward forces (petting, nibbling, etc) have remained the same. If find that simply maintaining 90% mood now is quite difficult, where previously it was fairly easy. A trip through the AL or drinking a Savory Smoothie has only part of the effect (percentage wise) that it formerly had.
I can't complain about the energy aspect, since energy at the bottom of the tank is just as valuable as energy at the top. But since mood level affects iMG rewards, it is significant.
Perhaps the Devs have thought about this and determined that the benefit of the bigger tank is greater than the need to do more mood maintenance. I dunno, but I'm curious first if my observations are correct and second if they've thought about this consequence.


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Hours: 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Closed Saturday and Sunday.
This week, on my way to the bank, that's just what happened. I saw Classy Cafe in the Scheu Business Center between Sixth and Seventh streets in Rancho Cucamonga, and zipped in to check it out.
The cafe is tucked in a corner of the business center, with easy access and plenty of parking.
The charming eatery is cheerfully decorated with small bistro tables inside, with seating also available outside.
Classy Cafe's menu features freshly prepared breakfast items like a Spanish frittata, breakfast burritos, muffins and more, plus a great selection of lunch items including salads, sandwiches and salads ranging from $6.99 to $7.99. The menu also features freshly made soup which varies each day, $4.29 for a cup, $5.29 for a bowl.
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Oct 10, 2011 10:41 AM
Back off haters, I am super excited for this game.
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From the look of this game, pics and trailers and gameplay, all I can say is I am super hyped. I'm really getting sick of all the hater threads, and I feel like we need an uplifting one. Everything in this game looks amazing, to everybody who helped create this game, you guys are AMAZING. *Puts on flamesuit*
I like the things I like about MW3 a hell of a lot more than I dislike the things I dislike about MW3. Make sense? I'm excited that I'll finally get a tangible reward for being a team-oriented objective player that will not only reward me, but punish the lonewolfing killwhores.
People can hate all they want, 99.9% of them will be buying the game.
Everytime I think of what I'm excited for about MW3, my list just grows, and I remember other things things that are just awesome. This game is going to blow my mind, and I don't know if I'm going to be able to put it down for Skyrim a few days later. (Thank god skyrim comes out on a friday, weekend gaming marathon ftw, time to set up my turtle beaches.) Really off topic, but isn't it weird a game is coming out on a friday? I understand the 11/11/11, but has this ever happened in a big franchise before?
Couldn't tell you. Cod is the only game I buy the day it releases. I wait for SP games to drop to like $30 before I buy them -- even games like Mass Effect 1 & 2 or Fallout 3 (the only "RPGs" I like) that can give you 100's of hours of gameplay, aren't worth $60 to me. I mean, for me at least, there's no advantage to getting an SP game when it launches because you're the only one playing it.
Plus, when I do finally get them, they've had a patch or two & play better (except Fallout New Vegas -- that piece of sh*t never stops freezing).
Mw2 came out on 11/10/09 so kind of like a countdown thing.
We don't need 100 I love this game/I hate this game threads.
I agree with the OP 100%! Since MW these games have been amazing! Tonnes and tonnes of awesome playtime! Multitudes of awesome moments and wicked, epic gameplay!
Im thoroughly excited for MW3! I hate people who complain about the best game on the market! Crappy people shouldnt have such high standards.
I agree 100% OP, but trolls will be trolls, regardless of whether it's MW2 fanboys wanting everything really easy again, or BF3 fanboys that for some strange reason, prefer out forum to theirs.
I just tell them what they are wrong about and ignore them from then on, otherwise it just gets me riled up.
There arethings im excited for (spec ops) and there things that im dreading (quickscoping) but it looks pretty sick all in all
Lol i love how retarded some kids are
just because somene points at the problems of some game and has some suggestions does not mean they hate the game
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ALBANY COUNTY — County legislators remain in a quandary over the final lease agreement for Upstate Services Group to run the Albany County Nursing Home as the proposal has traveled through committees and is slated for a series of public hearings in March.
The Republican minority is aligned with the Democratic county executive, Daniel McCoy, who made the proposal, although the Democratic majority has problems with the plan. The facility has been owned and run by the county.
"Would I put my parent there? Yeah, I would if USG were running it," said Republican Minority Leader Christine Benedict, who stood by the loss figures that were released by the County Executive's Office yesterday and called into question by Democrats.
Legislator Gary Domalewicz, a Democrat, referred to them as "phony numbers" — more than $1 million lost each month, with a total of $117 million in the past 10 years.
"We'll have numbers in a couple of weeks. Final numbers. But it's not the numbers he's talking about," said Domalewicz, a member of the Budget and Finance Committee and chairman of the Special Nursing Home Facilities Committee.
McCoy said his office and Republican Legislator Richard Mendick have calculated the figures that are conservative estimates based on higher ones from the comptroller.
County Comptroller Michael Conners could not be reached in time for print.
The lease agreement includes a $12 million loan and a $4 million Elderly Aid and Support grant "to maintain a safety net for the least able and sickest residents," with a 2.38-percent interest rate over 15 years. Two-million dollars would be allocated to repair its roof. Rent would be $400,000 a month.
Democratic Majority Leader Frank Commisso said McCoy's sessions with the legislature helped answer a lot of questions, but others remain. Among them, he wants to know why a business loan from a private bank or collateral couldn't have been used. The government's affirmative action standards and goals, he said, may need to be met by USG, as well as the Wicks Law, which requires separated, bid contracts for large government projects.
Commisso questioned whether the local development corporation, the Albany County Elderly Aid and Support Corporation, was limited to a five-year lease term, as opposed to 10 in the agreement.
"It's much easier for them to walk," said Commisso of USG. "We are the backstop for the local development corporation. It's risky."
Domalewicz would rather the county continue to own the nursing home, investing the loan money into revenue-producing renovations for rehabilitation, ventilator beds, and adult day-care facilities. He also thinks private patients could pay for any vacant beds. Eventually, he would like to see a new building.
"They're not even looking at that. And that's what bothers me," Domalewicz said of revenues.
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Video: UFC on FUEL TV 5's Brad Pickett unconcerned with unreliable rankings
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Now, "One Punch" has given up thinking about what comes next with a win.
"There's only one person in the division that's solid in the rankings," Pickett told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio).
The solid person is, of course, Dominick Cruz, who holds the UFC bantamweight title despite a knee injury that's put him on the shelf for the near future.
"Now (Renan) Barao's got the interim belt, so you would put him at No. 2," Pickett said. "After that, it's really people's opinions as to where they should be."
Pickett was told he might get a title shot if he beat Barao at UFC 138. Instead, he wound up submitted in the first round of the fight, which took place on home soil in his native England.
Moving forward, the Brit has decided it would be best not to distract himself with the meaning of a fight.
"I know I'm there, but I've fallen over at the final hurdle a couple of times," Pickett said. "For me, my job is just to keep winning and whoever they put in front of me, if it's someone in the top 10 or not the top 10, I need to win, and winning is going to put me in a better position."
Pickett (21-6 MMA, 1-1 UFC) most recently earned a submission win over Damacio Page that put him back on the right track after the loss to Barao. It's unclear what a win over his next opponent, Yves Jabouin (16-7 MMA, 3-1 UFC), would do for his career, if anything, when they meet on the FUEL TV-televised main card of UFC on FUEL TV 5, which takes place Saturday at Capital FM Arena in Nottingham, England. Both of them are known as exciting fighters that put on a show; Pickett's finishing percentage is 75 percent while Jabouin's is 66 percent.
It might be hard, however, to make an argument that a title shot hangs in the balance, and that's OK with Pickett.
"I think both of us are capable of finishing the fight," he said. "Either way, both of us have the gas tanks to go the distance. I will be trying to finish him from the start, and I know he will. If it goes the distance, it will be an action-packed fight."
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Coming off a resounding win, the Houston Rockets continue their season-long seven-game homestand Friday against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Rookie Donatas Motiejunas scored a season-high 19 points in Houston's 111-81 victory over Phoenix on Wednesday night, the Rockets' fourth win in six games. Five others scored in double figures for Houston, including leading scorer James Harden (18 points), who took seven shots, only one more than his season low. Omer Asik chipped in 14.The Timberwolves also enjoyed a recent rout at home, upending San Antonio by 24 points on Tuesday. However, they offered little resistance in the second half of the back-to-back set, falling 107-91 at Indiana one night later. Ricky Rubio followed up his first career triple-double with 21 points, 10 assists and six rebounds as Minnesota failed for the 10th straight time to put together two wins in a row. Its last winning streak was a four-gamer in early December.TV: 8 p.m. ET, My29 (Minnesota), Comcast SportsNet Houston (Houston), NBATVABOUT THE TIMBERWOLVES (22-40): It looks like it just might be the Ricky Rubio show for some time in Minneapolis. With the team sinking toward the bottom of the Western Conference and several injured players watching from the sidelines, there isn't much for the Timberwolves to do but unleash their former first-round pick. Rubio has responded, posting a season-high 21 points in consecutive games and grabbing a career-high 13 rebounds against the Spurs. He is averaging 14.4 points, 8.7 assists and 6.9 rebounds this month.ABOUT THE ROCKETS (35-30): Wednesday night was a very positive one for Houston in its efforts to make the playoffs for the first time since 2009. Not only did the Rockets thoroughly dominate Phoenix, but eighth-place Los Angeles and ninth-place Utah both lost, and the Lakers also saw superstar Kobe Bryant suffer a bad ankle sprain. Houston enters this one 1 1/2 games up on the Lakers and two ahead of the Jazz with 17 games to play. Additionally, the Rockets play 11 of those 17 at home, where the league's top offense is 21-9. BUZZER BEATERS1. Four of Houston's last 11 wins have come by at least 30 points.2. Minnesota C Nikola Pekovic (abdomen) and F Andrei Kirilenko (calf) both stayed home when the team traveled to Indiana. F Kevin Love is still two to three weeks away from returning to action after an evaluation on his broken hand Wednesday.3. The Rockets have made at least 10 3-pointers 39 times.PREDICTION: Rockets 110, Timberwolves 97


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Unified RF Control Simplifies Inventory for Food Processors
Goff's Enterprises introduced its unified RF Control which allows all Goff Door Products (G2 1800, G2 2800, G2 3600 and Legacy) to use the same family of RF transmitters.According to the manufacturer, using the unified control will not only simplify inventory but reduce setup time and streamline technical training and debugging.
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Website: www.goffdoors.com
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