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Musikmesse 2010 - Spectrasonics announce New Update for Omnisphere and Trilian
Spectrasonics announce new update for Omnisphere and Trilian
Version 1.3 offers new performance features including real-time performance sync capabilities allowing all three Spectrasonics instruments to be used together in some unique ways, Groove Lock Envelopes, new sounds, videos and more.
The new version 1.3 updates offer innovative real-time performance sync capabilities, which allow all three of Spectrasonics virtual instruments to be used together in some unique ways. The new 'Latch' and 'Trigger' modes are ideal for Electronic Music performers since they allow remarkable real-time creation of complex, multi-layered performances with full synchronization between multiple Omnisphere, Trilian and Stylus RMX parts without the need for traditional sequencing techniques. New performance and live remixing techniques are now possible, since any incoming MIDI data to these instruments can now be quantized in real-time - making it very easy to experiment, jam and improvise with any other clocked sources without losing any synchronization.
"We are excited to be able to continue the development of these powerful synths and offer new features and sounds to our users which really take these instruments to a whole new level," notes Eric Persing, Founder of Spectrasonics. "We've always thought that electronic music should be fun and these new performance features are really a blast to play, jam and build up ideas quickly. We can't wait to see how our customers use these new features in creative ways."
Spectrasonics has also taken its innovative Groove Lock™ technology further in v1.3 and applied it to the powerful multi-stage envelopes in the STEAM engine. This advancement allows all of the envelopes in Omnisphere and Trilian to be 'Groove Locked' from external sources and will automatically create rhythmic envelope patterns simply by dragging standard MIDI files from Stylus RMX and dropping them on the Envelope displays - dramatically reducing the time it takes to create rhythmic envelopes.
As in many past updates, Spectrasonics is including new patches from their renowned sound design team that use and show off the new features of version1.3. A new concept this time is that the team is also including a special new ´VIP´ Omnisphere Library they´ve created for users who own both Omnisphere and Trilian. The ´VIP´ library utilizes the core libraries of both instruments together with Omnisphere´s advanced synthesis to create powerful new sounds.
Specifically for Trilian users, the sound design team has created new "produced" multis for the electric and acoustic basses in the 1.3 update which are designed for instantly cutting through heavier rock and pop mixes.
Many other additional features, fixes and enhancements are included in version 1.3 as well, including a new 'Sustain-2' mode which allows even more realistic Rock-style Bass playing in Trilian and also offers expanded performance capabilities in Omnisphere. Two new user-requested Browser features, 'Search Lock' and 'Search Clear' allow in-depth browsing and make workflow simpler and faster.
In addition to all the new software features and sounds, updated versions of the Omnisphere and Trilian reference manuals are included in the free download, as well as new tutorial videos for Omnisphere and Trilian demonstrating how to make the best use of the new capabilities.
Spectrasonics also announced that their free iPhone App "Omni Live" – which turns the iPhone into a wireless remote control for Omnisphere's "Live Mode" page – will now be cross-platform compatible with Windows and OSX versions of Omnisphere v1.3.
The Omnisphere and Trilian version 1.3 updates will be released on April 20th as free downloads for all registered users.


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Kaiser Chiefs kick off Glastonbury Festival
LONDON (AP) — An unannounced set by Kaiser Chiefs has kicked off Glastonbury, Britain's leading summer music festival.
The British rockers played a surprise morning gig Friday, the first full day of the event. Dolly Parton, Arcade Fire, Blondie and Metallica are among the other headliners playing a festival famed for music — and mud.
More than 150,000 ticketholders have descended on Worthy Farm in southwestern England for the music extravaganza, which ends Sunday. Many sported the Glastonbury fashion staple — rubber Wellington boots — as rain began to turn the 900-acre (364-hectare) site into a mudbath.
Police said a 26-year-old man died on Friday after having a bad reaction to ketamine, and a 67-year-old woman died at the site of natural causes.

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Angry Judge Tells Prenda To Stop Falsifying Alan Cooper's Signature; Calls It Fraud
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Another person in the courtroom, Matthew Sparby noted that the judge was a bit confused at the beginning, apparently misreading Judge Otis Wright's infamous order to also implicate Cooper as well, and while that was eventually cleared up by Cooper's lawyer, Paul Godfread, Sparby thinks that may be why no damages were awarded.
She apparently also closed by telling Hansmeier to "never EVER send" fraudulent letters "EVER again" and noted that she was "offended this case is here" before abruptly ending the whole thing. Seems like another bad day for Prenda.


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I was in the oil patch late last month in North Dakota watching a side of the fracking revolution that is culturally unacceptable in Boulder. North Dakotans talk of enormous wealth for this dirt-poor region, a chance for coming generations to stay on the land, and the larger national benefits of energy independence. They were concerned about traffic and permanent development not man camps, but in the context of sudden wealth.
Longmont has just "banned" fracking. The tired arguments of prohibition versus pollution were fairly predictable in the campaign. The legal arguments were even less interesting. But what is interesting is why would one community react so differently to the same extractive mineral rush?
In North Dakota huge tracts of land are owned by the same families that have scraped out an existence for generations dry farming and ranching. Over a century of worry and debt was the family heritage. But unlike most landowners here in Boulder County, the North Dakota families have retained the mineral rights. It is literally the Klondike Gold Rush meets "Fargo" and changes the future from debt to wealth.
You can feel differently about truck traffic, noise, and even emissions if you are getting paid life changing royalties.
There are four basic pollution issues most commonly cited in popular and scientific literature regarding fracking:
Gas or fracking fluid migration up the rock formation or drill hole fouling drinking water;
Truck traffic;
Conventional water pollution from spills, illegal dumping, and pipeline ruptures; and
Wellhead emissions.
Contrary to "Gasland" and much of the press coverage there is no scientific evidence yet for the first concern. Science-based research and monitoring should continue for this legitimate issue, but using the existing body of research to ban fracking can only be explained by an anti-fracking bias. You can not constitutionally ban mineral extraction without compensation anymore than you could take a person's house without compensation. And it is especially true when the science remains charitably "unsettled."
But the next three areas of pollution are different. There is no scientific disagreement that the enormous increase in truck traffic for intensive drilling and production create increased air and noise pollution plus road damage. The same applies to water and wellhead pollution. The good news is that these are not new challenges for the U.S. economy or its regulatory environment.
Since the 1960s the United States has made enormous progress in air and water pollution regulation. We know that technology and innovation combined with responsible conservation (ie. not dumping and having funded spill response plans) can mitigate extraction and related industrial development. If you are ready to use the science to responsibly produce energy, the real impacts of fracking development are challenges to conquer not a basis to confiscate private property.
We know smart traffic routing, four lane highways over two lane highways, trains, pipelines, and other methods can mitigate traffic impacts. We know that funded enforcement plus innovative technology can impact water quality without crippling development. The emissions challenge at the well head is tougher.
The existing process of natural gas production, not just fracked wells, but natural gas production under current practices releases a variety of by-products such as methane. In North Dakota because of the lack of pipelines, I saw wells flaring methane. What an even greater waste.
The president needs to take the environmental community, industry, and the EPA by their noses and put the best minds in the world pursuing the right technological innovations necessary to capture these by-products. Then he needs to drive the development of modern pipelines to transport them to market. To intentionally flare and waste natural gas for a lack of infrastructure is the opposite of conservation.
The answer to the gift of energy independence is not a choice between wide-open pollution and bans. The answer is the traditional American method of solving an engineering problem with technology that promotes both profits and conservation. The problems in Longmont and North Dakota are in one sense exactly the same -- they are solvable if we have the will to unite behind responsible conservation based development.
John Howard, of Boulder, blogs on politics, business, and foreign policy at jumbotale.com


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How To Boil Eggs
Growing up my favorite part of Easter was decorating the eggs (okay, actually, it may have been the chocolate bunnies, but eggs were right up there). Even now that we're grown up, whenever my family has the opportunity to be together for Easter, we always end up boiling up a batch and dying them. Just in case I'm not the only one who's into dying eggs, I thought I'd give you a few tips on how to boil eggs.
- Place eggs in a saucepan with enough water to cover the eggs by 1 inch.
- On high heat, bring to a boil.
- Cover pan, remove from heat and let sit for 10 minutes (3-4 for soft-boiled and 5-6 for medium-boiled).
- While eggs are sitting, fill a medium bowl with ice and water.
- Use a slotted spoon to transfer eggs from pan to ice bath. Let sit for 5 minutes.
- Remove from ice bath and enjoy!


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As a former QNX desktop user (during the dark, dark days after the BeOS' demise), the PlayBook has always been an interesting device. The device runs QNX, and that alone makes my geek heart tingle - but at the same time, it doesn't make it tingle enough to shell out (at the moment) €300, especially since the device didn't even come with a native email client.
Well, it just became a little harder for me not to set aside some money for the PlayBook, because version 2.0 of its operating system has been released. One of the prime features of this new release is the brand-new native email client, which comes with tabs for keeping multiple messages open, a rich text editor, and several other goodies.
There's more, though. Documents To Go has been updated as well, and it comes with Print To Go, allowing users to print documents wirelessly. BlackBerry Bridge has been extensively updated, adding the ability to use your BlackBerry phone as a remote control for your PlayBook. In fact, with this update, you can use your BlackBerry to remote control Android tablets or even a PS3.
I'd really love to write a review of this thing, since its more alternative nature (compared to Android and iOS) fits well on OSNews. I obviously can't justify spending €300 on a tablet when I already have an iPad 2, but if an opportunity arises, I'll be sure to grab it with both hands.


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Checking the levels for Nevsun Resources Ltd (NSU), we have made a note that the UO level is currently over 60. With the UO reading over 60, traders may be alerted that the stock is potentially in the overbought region.
As many veteran investors have already seen, market movements are extremely hard to accurately predict. Financial news outlets are always producing headlines and offering predictions for future market performance. Sometimes the predictions are right, and sometimes the predictions are wrong. Investors may have a hard time separating fact from fiction when it comes to bullish and bearish sentiment. Adjusting the portfolio based strictly on headlines can be tempting for the amateur investor. Filtering out the noise and focusing on the pertinent data can help keep the individual focused and on track. Straying from the plan and basing investment decisions on news headlines may lead to portfolio confusion down the road. Crunching the numbers and paying attention to the important economic data can greatly help the investor see through the smoke when markets get muddled.
Checking in on some other technical levels, the 14-day RSI is currently at 59.31, the 7-day stands at 60.54, and the 3-day is sitting at 67.42. The RSI, or Relative Strength Index, is a commonly used technical momentum indicator that compares price movement over time. The RSI was created by J. Welles Wilder who was striving to measure whether or not a stock was overbought or oversold. The RSI may be useful for spotting abnormal price activity and volatility. The RSI oscillates on a scale from 0 to 100. The normal reading of a stock will fall in the range of 30 to 70. A reading over 70 would indicate that the stock is overbought, and possibly overvalued. A reading under 30 may indicate that the stock is oversold, and possibly undervalued.
When applying indicators for technical analysis, traders and investors might want to examine the ATR or Average True Range. The current 14-day ATR for Nevsun Resources Ltd (NSU) is currently sitting at 0.06. The ATR basically measures the volatility of a stock on a day-to-day basis. The average true range is typically based on 14 periods and may be calculated daily, weekly, monthly, or intraday. The ATR is not considered a directional indicator, but it may reflect the strength of a particular move.
Nevsun Resources Ltd (NSU) currently has a 14-day Commodity Channel Index (CCI) of -35.62. Active investors may choose to use this technical indicator as a stock evaluation tool. Used as a coincident indicator, the CCI reading above +100 would reflect strong price action which may signal an uptrend. On the flip side, a reading below -100 may signal a downtrend reflecting weak price action. Using the CCI as a leading indicator, technical analysts may use a +100 reading as an overbought signal and a -100 reading as an oversold indicator, suggesting a trend reversal.
The Williams Percent Range or Williams %R is a technical indicator that was designed to measure overbought and oversold market conditions. The Williams %R indicator helps show the relative situation of the current price close to the period being observed. Nevsun Resources Ltd (NSU)'s Williams Percent Range or 14 day Williams %R presently is at -12.50. In general, if the reading goes above -20, the stock may be considered to be overbought. Alternately, if the indicator goes under -80, this may show the stock as being oversold.
Moving averages can help spot trends and price reversals. They may also be used to help find support or resistance levels. Moving averages are considered to be lagging indicators meaning that they confirm trends. A certain stock may be considered to be on an uptrend if trading above a moving average and the average is sloping upward. On the other side, a stock may be considered to be in a downtrend if trading below the moving average and sloping downward. Shares of Nevsun Resources Ltd (NSU) have a 7-day moving average of 4.47. Taking a glance at the relative strength indictor, we note that the 14-day RSI is currently at 59.31, the 7-day stands at 60.54, and the 3-day is sitting at 67.42.
As we move closer towards the end of the year, investors may be undertaking a portfolio review. Reviewing trades over the past six months, investors should be able to see what has worked and what has not. There might be some stocks that have outperformed the market, and there might be some underperformers as well. Focusing on what has worked so far this year may help provide a clearer picture for future moves. Pinpointing what went wrong can also help the investor see which areas of the portfolio need improvement. If the stock market continues on to reach new heights, investors might be looking to lock in some profits before making the next big trade.


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Nebraska Burning-Volunteer Firefighters Come Through
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In large rural states like Nebraska, we depend heavily on volunteer firefighters to protect our homes and property. These are very special people who deserve our gratitude and respect because of their selfless devotion to a part time job that requires extensive training and doesn't pay anything.
Their courage and bravery have never been more apparent than during the raging wildfires that have swept across parts of Nebraska this summer. In the face of unknown dangers, hundreds of volunteer firefighters answered the call. They left their paying jobs, their homes and their families to try to quell the dangerous fires.
Heroic Effort
Several hundred volunteers joined forces with federal firefighters and National Guard troops on the front lines of the wildfires. They came from more than 30 communities from all over Nebraska; some traveling hundreds of miles to help out.
They are our heroes. They do what they do out of a sense of duty to their communities and now their state. It is a calling that reaps them no financial rewards. They ask nothing in return for risking their lives, giving of their time and talents to fight the fires and the hours and hours of intense schooling required before they can do what they do. They cannot just get on a truck and put out a fire, especially fires as sprawling and fast moving as these.
It's difficult to find just the right words to describe Nebraska's volunteer firefighters, especially those who rose to this occasion. There are times when the actions of some are so heroic and extraordinary that a simple thank you doesn't seem to be enough even though it's about all we have to offer other than the food and water that so many generous Nebraskans donated.
Natural Disasters Require Help
When natural disasters like wildfires and drought strike we pull together as Americans and put political differences aside but we also need a little help from Washington.
That's where the Farm Bill comes in. On a strong bipartisan vote, the Senate passed the Farm Bill that includes a number of provisions for financial relief for those suffering from drought and wildfires. Relief provisions include an authorization of direct and guaranteed loans for recovery from wildfires and drought. Funding for the construction and rehabilitation of fire breaks, and other pre-suppression efforts. Compensation for ag producers that have incurred livestock and livestock feed losses resulting from wildfires and much more.
But, while Nebraska burns the House plays politics and refuses to bring the bill modernizing farm programs for the next five years to a vote. There's talk of just extending the last farm bill for a year, which would be another half-hearted move by this Kick the Can Down the Road Congress and wouldn't provide the certainty our producers need or all drought and fire assistance needed after this summer's disaster.
I have called on the Speaker of the House to put politics aside. Think of the agriculture producers who are in need of help. Show the same courage as all the volunteers who pitched in to fight the fires. There was no political gamesmanship there. Just a common goal to do the right thing. Now, it's Washington's turn to do the same.


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Dishwasher & Sink Combo: Colo by Wachs
The Colo Sink and Dishwasher concept combines a deeper-than usual sink with a hood with water jets: "The colo-concept breaks with the handling-habits of an old-fashioned dishwasher. it's a reduction of the machine to its essentials. 'colo' merges the dishwasher with the sink. at this, handling-complexity is also reduced to a minimum. there is no need to sort in the dishes piece for piece, simply place the tray with all of it in the sink, and simply put the tray back on the wall when it's done."
The Wachs concept is an interesting one — it's basic premise of combining the sink and dishwasher into a single unit is a good one. (though I am lost on the idea of storing the dishes in the rack on a wall or in a cabinet — not practical!) The concept reminded me of these small countertop dishwashers I spotted at Yodoboshi Camera in Tokyo:
Now, there needs to be a dishwasher sink combo that is much more straightforward than the Colo — would you agree? Would you use it?
Via: DailyTonic and notcot.org
(Images: Wachs, Aaron Able)


text: Science, Tech & Environment Researcher looks for new ways to repel sharks PRI's The World April 06, 2012 Scientist Eric Stroud spent years as a pharmaceutical chemist. But, after an unpleasant cruise the Bermuda, he gave that up in order to pursue research in ways to protect humans from sharks. But his work has also shifted to ways to protect sharks from humans. And he's made fascinating findings.


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For years U.S. catfish farmers have complained about unfair Asian aquaculture management and the dangers it poses U.S. consumers. U.S. farmers have charged Chinese and Vietnamese operations with improper use of antibiotics and chemicals and using unclean water supplies.
But even as Chinese aquaculture imports topped 4.5 billion pounds in 2006 (representing 80 percent of U.S. imports and up 1 billion pounds since 1995) few in government listened. Even after the FDA was alerted in 2002 of European tests on Chinese shrimp showing the antibiotic chloramphenicol (and periodic, similar alerts from the agency since then) there was no governmental move to halt the imports.
Then, in late spring, Fido keeled over, muzzle-deep in tainted, imported Chinese feed. At that point, with distraught pet-owners barking in its collective ear, the U.S. government finally took a closer look at exactly what Chinese imports contained.
What it found in fish — including banned contaminants like malachite green, fluoroquinolones, nitrofurans and gentian violet — proved the U.S. catfish industry hadn't been crying wolf. Some of the banned substances are carcinogens; others increase the risk of antibiotic resistance and the development of a super bug.
Sufficiently alarmed, on June 28 the FDA announced an alert and the imposition of stricter import guidelines on Chinese farm-raised catfish (basa or tra), bass, shrimp, dace and eel.
"We're taking this strong step because of current and continuing evidence that certain Chinese aquaculture products imported into the United States contain illegal substances that are not permitted in seafood sold in the United States," said David Acheson, FDA's assistant commissioner for food protection.
Shortly thereafter, attempting to show it took the charges seriously, Chinese officials announced 180 food production plants had been closed and more than 23,000 food safety violations had been found. Even so, the new FDA rules stand.
"I applaud the FDA for imposing a nationwide ban on importing fish from China to help ensure the health and safety of all Americans," said Rep. Mike Ross, an Arkansas Democrat with fish-farming operations in his district. "Our food supply is critical to our national security and we must not allow foreign producers to provide us contaminated foods that do not meet the FDA standards.
"We require strict guidelines from our local farmers and we must demand the same accountability from our imported food sources as well. The FDA's swift action on this matter is greatly appreciated and I want to thank them for recognizing the health risks these imported fish pose to American consumers."
But the FDA is late to the game, said Sen. Tom Harkin, Iowa Democrat and chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee. "This latest crisis is further proof that FDA has serious catching up to do. There is a pattern emerging here. Over two months ago several states in this country had to step in and take action when they found unapproved drugs in farm-raised seafood from China. With the largest pet food recall in American history originating in China — and with proof from states that producers in China are using banned drugs in aquaculture — why is FDA just now banning these products from China?"
Roger Barlow is just happy the ban is now in place. "This is a food safety issue," says the president of the Catfish Institute and executive director of Catfish Farmers of America. "They're doing what's right … We're not saying there shouldn't be (Chinese) product allowed in. What we are clearly saying is any product allowed in must be held to the same high standards as (U.S. farm-raised) catfish. The public has a right to be protected."
A key part of that protection is Country of Origin Labeling (COOL), says Keith King, president of the Catfish Farmers of Mississippi. "The steady stream of discoveries — almost daily, it seems — about substandard or tainted products being imported from China continues right along. The last problem is on Chinese tires. Those are jeopardizing U.S. roadways and their catfish is jeopardizing U.S. health."
COOL proponents believe catfish restaurants should inform consumers where the fish was raised. Would that be best done with a menu sticker? A sign on the door?
"Either way, as far as I'm concerned. It can be anything simple and obvious. Some eating establishments don't even have a menu. Maybe they can put a sticker on the menu board. We don't want this to be burdensome or draconian. The folks serving catfish are our friends. At the same time, it would serve the consumer well to know what they're eating."
COOL legislation is "imperative," says Barlow. "The consuming public has a right to know what they're eating and where it's from."
Catfish Farmers of Mississippi has called for a special state legislative session to address COOL labeling. In addition, a COOL bill "was introduced that never made it into law in Alabama. There is a COOL law in Arkansas that will soon be enforced.
"There's a lot of momentum behind this. Whenever we do a focus group — and we just completed a national survey — U.S. consumers want U.S. farm-raised catfish. And, overwhelmingly, they want to know where their catfish comes from."
A coordinated effort among catfish-producing states to push COOL is under way.
"The state catfish organizations of Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana and Alabama have already met," says Barlow. "We'll meet again soon and further discuss this and some type of unified effort. We're all in this together and all the states need laws that are very similar."
How should the FDA handle Asian aquaculture imports?
"I think from a government inspection standpoint, there's got to be some ramped up efforts," says King. "That's a given. I know the FDA doesn't have extra personnel or budgets for that. But they'd better find the personnel and budgets.
"What's the alternative? Continuing to accept the risk of tainted products coming into our country isn't an option. We can't turn away from this. We have to protect our citizens — it's vitally important the government do that."
Barlow says the problem with Chinese fish imports has been obvious for a long time.
"Forty-nine shipments of Asian catfish were turned back in 2006 alone … Those results occurred with only 1 percent to 1.5 percent (of imports) being inspected. It was time for something to change and we're very pleased with the actions taken. Let me emphasize again: this is a food safety issue."
It's unfortunate pets had to die to make the public aware of the Chinese import issues, says Barlow. However, "There is no question that when Fluffy died, the world changed."


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PRAGUE (AP) Tomas Berdych beat Nicolas Almagro 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3 to give the Czech Republic a 1-1 tie with Spain after the opening singles matches Friday in the Davis Cup final.
Earlier, Spain's David Ferrer topped Radek Stepanek 6-3, 6-4, 6-4. The fifth-ranked Ferrer has won a tour-best seven titles this season.
The Czech Republic is trying to win its first Davis Cup title as an independent nation since the former Czechoslovakia split in 1993. Spain, playing without injured star Rafael Nadal, is bidding to win its fourth title in five years.
In the doubles match Saturday, the Czech Republic's Ivo Minar and Lukas Rosol were scheduled to play Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez, who won the ATP World Tour Finals title in London on Monday. However, Czech captain Jaroslav Navratil is expected to bring in Berdych and Stepanek, who are 11-1 in Davis Cup doubles.
``I'll definitely be there,'' Berdych said. ``I think that the human body is a very strong engine. I will definitely get everything what I get there. Whatever, four hours, five hours. Just need to get ready again and tomorrow is another.''
In Sunday's reverse singles, Berdych is scheduled to face Ferrer, and Stepanek will play Almagro. Czechoslovakia won its only title in 1980, when Ivan Lendl led the team to victory.
``I hope the (Czech) guys will win,'' said Lendl on Friday. He was watching the finals with all the other members of the 1980 team.
The sixth-ranked Berdych remained undefeated in Davis Cup play since 2010, handing Almagro his first loss in the competition this year. Berdych is 5-1 against Almagro this year.
``The point is extremely important for us,'' Berdych said. ``Under the circumstances ... that's the maximum what we could get today. I'm extremely happy for that. We're one all. That's a good step for us.''
In the first match, Ferrer took control after making seven unforced errors in the first five games on the fast hard court in front of more than 13,000 fans at O2 Arena.
``In the important moments, I played better than Radek,'' Ferrer said.
Ferrer also beat Stepanek in five sets in the 2009 final that Spain swept 5-0.
Racing into a 5-2 lead in the third set with a forehand return winner, the Spaniard made sure he avoided a drawn-out contest. Though Ferrer subsequently double-faulted to allow Stepanek to reduce his lead to 5-4, Ferrer prevailed when Stepanek's backhand hit the net.
``I won in three sets. That's perfect. I'm very happy to win my game,'' Ferrer said.


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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - State officials say they are soliciting bids from school districts and others for pilot projects to overhaul pre-kindergarten classes in Louisiana.
The Advocate reports the changes stem from a 2012 state law, which assigned details of the do-over to the state Department of Education and the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.
The new setup is aimed at revamping what critics call a pre-kindergarten system that features uneven quality, standards and availability.
The rate of children entering kindergarten ready to learn is 54 percent. State officials hope to get that number to 70 percent.
The information released by the state Department of Education on Wednesday is called a request for applications.
It invites school districts, child care providers, Head Start programs and others to offer child care plans for review by state officials before the overhaul is started statewide in 2015.
Groups that take part are supposed to identify children from infant to age 5 who attend or need publicly funded child care and education services.
They are also to use new state learning and development standards; take part in program and child assessments; receive a quality rating; and develop a common application process for all programs.
Those picked to take part are eligible for up to $350,000 over two years.
Pilot projects are set to begin with the 2013-14 school year.
The state will establish early learning performance guidelines for those from birth to age 3 and academic standards for 3- and 4-year-olds.
Pre-K centers and schools will get letter grades, and state aid will be linked to how the centers perform.
BESE approved the initial plans in December amid concerns that additional state dollars will be needed to make the improvements a reality.
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Chapter XXXIV.
The Clothes of a Gentleman
would seem that some of our great clothing establishments, with an eye to our polyglot ancestry, have attempted to incorporate some feature of every European national costume into a harmonious whole, and have thus given us that abiding horror, the freak American suit, You will see it everywhere, on Broadway of every city and Main Street of every town, on the boardwalks and beaches of coast resorts, and even in remote farming villages. It comes up to hit you in the face year after year in all its amazing variations: waist-line under the arm pits, trick little belts, what-nots in the cuffs; trousers so narrow you fear they will burst before your eyes, pockets placed in every position, buttons clustered together in a tight little row or reduced to one. And the worst of it is, few of our younger men know any better until they go abroad and find their wardrobe a subject for jest and derision.
If you would dress like a gentleman, you must do one of two things; either study the subject of a gentlemans wardrobe until you are competent to pick out good suits from freaks and direct your misguided tailor, or, at least until your perceptions are trained, go to an English one. This latter method is the easiest, and, by all odds, the safest. It is not Anglomania but plain common sense to admit that, just as the Rue de la Paix in Paris is the fountainhead of fashions for women, Bond Street in London is the home of irreproachable clothes for men.
And yet, curiously enough, just as a woman shopping in Paris can buy frightful clothesor the most beautiful; a man can in America buy the worst clothes in the worldand the best.
The ordinary run of English clothes may not be especially good, but they are, on the other hand, never bad; whereas American freak clothes are distortions like the reflections seen in the convex and concave mirrors of the amusement parks. But not even the leading tailors of Bond Street can excel the supremely good American tailorwhose clothes however are identical in every particular with those of London, and their right to be called best is for greater perfection of workmanship and fit. This last is a dangerous phrase; fit means perfect set and line, not plaster tightness.
However, let us suppose that you are either young, or at least fairly young; that you have unquestioned social position, and that you are going to get yourself an entire wardrobe. Let us also suppose your money is not unlimited, so that it may also be seen where you may not, or may if necessary, economize.
Your full dress is the last thing to economize on. It must be perfect in fit, cut and material, and this means a first-rate tailor. It must be made of a dull-faced worsted, either black or night blue, on no account of broadcloth. Aside from satin facing and collar, which can have lapels or be cut shawl-shaped, and wide braid on the trousers, it must have no trimming whatever. Avoid satin or velvet cuffs, moiré neck ribbons and fancy coat buttons as you would the plague.
Wear a plain white linen waistcoat, not one of cream colored silk, or figured or even black brocade. Have all your linen faultlessly cleanalwaysand your tie of plain white lawn, tied so it will not only stay in place but look as though nothing short of a backward somersault could disarrange it.
Your handkerchief must be white; gloves (at opera or ball) white; flower in buttonhole (if any) white. If you are a normal size, you can in America buy inexpensive shirts, and white waistcoats that are above reproach, but if you are abnormally tall or otherwise an out size so that everything has to be made to order, you will have to pay anywhere from double to four times as much for each article you put on.
When you go out on the street, wear an English silk hat, not one of the taper crowned variety popular in the movies. And wear it on your head, not on the back of your neck. Have your overcoat of plain black or dark blue material, for you must wear an overcoat with full dress even in summer. Use a plain white or black and white muffler. Colored ones are impossible. Wear white buckskin gloves if you can afford them; otherwise gray or khaki doeskin, and leave them in your overcoat pocket. Your stick should be of plain Malacca or other wood, with either a crooked or straight handle. The only ornamentation allowable is a plain silver or gold band, or top; but perfectly plain is best form.
And lastly, wear patent leather pumps, shoes or ties, and plain black silk socks, and leave your rubbersif you must wear them, in the coat room.
The Tuxedo, which is the essential evening dress of a gentleman, is simply the English dinner coat. It was first introduced in this country at the Tuxedo Club to provide something less formal than the swallow-tail, and the name has clung ever since. To a man who can not afford to get two suits of evening clothes, the Tuxedo is of greater importance. It is worn every evening and nearly everywhere, whereas the tail coat is necessary only at balls, formal dinners, and in a box at the opera. Tuxedo clothes are made of the same materials and differ from full dress ones in only three particulars: the cut of the coat, the braid on the trousers, and the use of a black tie instead of a white one. The dinner coat has no tails and is cut like a sack suit except that it is held closed in front by one button at the waist line. (A full dress coat, naturally, hangs open.) The lapels are satin faced, and the collar left in cloth, or if it is shawl-shaped the whole collar is of satin.
The trousers are identical with full dress ones except that braid, if used at all, should be narrow. Cuffed trousers are not good form, nor should a dinner coat be double-breasted.
Fancy ties are bad form. Choose a plain black silk or satin one. Wear a white waistcoat if you can afford the strain on your laundry bill, otherwise a plain black one. By no means wear a gray one nor a gray tie.
The smartest hat for town wear is an opera, but a straw or felt which is proper in the country, is not out of place in town. Otherwise, in the street the accessories are the same as those already given under the previous heading.
The house suit is an extravagance that may be avoided, and an old Tuxedo suit worn instead.
A gentleman is always supposed to change his clothes for dinner, whether he is going out or dining at home alone or with his family, and for this latter occasion some inspired person evolved the house, or lounge, suit, which is simply a dinner coat and trousers cut somewhat looser than ordinary evening ones, made of an all-silk or silk and wool fabric in some dark color, and lined with either satin or silk. Nothing more comfortableor luxuriouscould be devised for sitting in a deep easy-chair after dinner, in a reclining position that is ruinous to best evening clothes.
Its purpose is really to save wear on evening clothes, and to avoid some of their discomfort also, because they can not be given hard or careless usage and long survive. A house suit is distinctly what the name implies, and is not an appropriate garment to wear out for dinner or to receive any but intimate guests in at home. The accessories are a pleated shirt, with turndown stiff collar, and black bow tie, or even an unstarched shirt with collar attached (white of course). The coat is made with two buttons instead of one, because no waistcoat is worn with it.
Formal afternoon dress consists of a black cutaway coat with white piqué or black cloth waistcoat, and gray-and-black striped trousers. The coat may be bound with braid, or, even in better taste, plain. A satin-faced lapel is not conservative on a cutaway, but it is the correct facing for the more formal (and elderly) frock coat. Either a cutaway or a frock coat is always accompanied by a silk hat, and best worn with plain black waistcoat and a black bow tie or a black and white four-in-hand tie. A gray silk ascot worn with the frock coat is supposed to be the correct wedding garment of the brides father. (For details of clothes worn by groom and ushers at a wedding, see chapter on weddings.)
Shoes may be patent leather, although black calf-skin are at present the fashion, either with or without spats. If with spats, be sure that they fit close; nothing is worse than a wrinkled spat or one that sticks out over the instep like the opened bill of a duck!
Though gray cutaway suits and gray top hats have always been worn to the races in England, they do not seem suitable here, as races in America are not such full-dress occasions as in France and England. But at a spring wedding or other formal occasions a sand-colored double-breasted linen waistcoat with spats and bow tie to match looks very well with a black cutaway and almost black trousers, on a man who is young.
The business suit or three-piece sack is made or marred by its cut alone. It is supposed to be an every-day inconspicuous garment and should be. A few rules to follow are:
Dont choose striking patterns of materials; suitable woolen stuffs come in endless variety, and any which look plain at a short distance are safe, though they may show a mixture of colors or pattern when viewed closely.
Dont get too light a blue, too bright a green, or anything suggesting a horse blanket. At the present moment trousers are made with a cuff; sleeves are not. Lapels are moderately small. Padded shoulders are an abomination. Peg-topped trousers equally bad. If you must be eccentric, save your efforts for the next fancy dress ball, where you may wear what you please, but in your business clothing be reasonable.
Above everything, dont wear white socks, and dont cover yourself with chains, fobs, scarf pins, lodge emblems, etc., and dont wear horsey shirts and neckties. You will only make a bad impression on every one you meet. The clothes of a gentleman are always conservative; and it is safe to avoid everything that can possibly come under the heading of novelty.
In your jewelry let diamonds be conspicuous by their absence. Nothing is more vulgar than a display of ice on a mans shirt front, or on his fingers.
There is a good deal of jewelry that a gentleman may be allowed to wear, but it must be chosen with discrimination. Pearl shirt-studs (real ones) are correct for full dress only, and not to be worn with a dinner coat unless they are so small as to be entirely inconspicuous. Otherwise you may wear enamel studs (that look like white linen) or black onyx with a rim of platinum, or with a very inconspicuous pattern in diamond chips, but so tiny that they can not be told from a threadlike design in platinumor others equally moderate.
Waistcoat buttons, studs and cuff links, worn in sets, is an American custom that is permissible. Both waistcoat buttons and cuff links may be jewelled and valuable, but they must not have big precious stones or be conspicuous.
A watch chain should be very thin and a mans ring is usually a seal ring of plain gold or a dark stone. If a man wears a jewel at all it should be sunk into a plain gypsy hoop setting that has no ornamentation, and worn on his little, not his third, finger.
Gay-colored socks and ties are quite appropriate with flannels or golf tweeds. Only in your riding clothes you must again be conservative. If you can get boots built on English lines, wear them; otherwise wear leggings. And remember that all leather must be real leather in the first place and polished until its surface is like glass.
Have your breeches fit you. The coat is less important, in fact, any odd coat will do. Your legs are the cynosure of attention in riding.
Most men in the country wear knickerbockers with golf stockings, with a sack or a belted or a semi-belted coat, and in any variety of homespuns or tweeds or rough worsted materials. Or they wear long trousered flannels. Coats are of the polo or ulster variety. For golf or tennis many men wear sweater coats. Shirts are of cheviot or silk or flannel, all with soft collars attached and to match.
The main thing is to dress appropriately. If you are going to play golf, wear golf clothes; if tennis, wear flannels. Do not wear a yachting cap ashore unless you are living on board a yacht.
White woolen socks are correct with white buckskin shoes in the country, but not in town.
If some semi-formal occasion comes up, such as a country tea, the time-worn conservative blue coat with white flannel trousers is perennially good.
The well-dressed man is always a paradox. He must look as though he gave his clothes no thought and as though literally they grew on him like a dogs fur, and yet he must be perfectly groomed. He must be close-shaved and have his hair cut and his nails in good order (not too polished). His linen must always be immaculate, his clothes in press, his shoes perfectly done. His brown shoes must shine like old mahogany, and his white buckskin must be whitened and polished like a prize bull terrier at a bench show. Ties and socks and handkerchief may go together, but too perfect a match betrays an effort for effect which is always bad.
The well-dressed man never wears the same suit or the same pair of shoes two days running. He may have only two suits, but he wears them alternately; if he has four suits he should wear each every fourth day. The longer time they have to recover their shape, the better.
The appropriate clothes for various occasions are given below. If ever in doubt what to wear, the best rule is to err on the side of informality. Thus, if you are not sure whether to put on your dress suit or your Tuxedo, wear the latter.
At the opera.
At an evening wedding.
At a dinner to which the invitations are worded in the third person.
At a ball, or formal evening entertainment.
At certain State functions on the Continent of Europe in broad daylight.
At the theater.
At most dinners.
At informal parties.
Dining at home.
Dining in a restaurant.
At a noon or afternoon wedding.
On Sunday for church (in the city).
At any formal daytime function.
In England to business.
As usher at a wedding.
As pall-bearer.
All informal daytime occasions.
The coat of a blue suit with white flannel or duck trousers for a lunch, or to church, in the country.
A blue or black sack suit will do in place of a cutaway at a wedding, but not if you are the groom or an usher.
in the country.
To wear odd tweed coats and flannel trousers in town is not only inappropriate, but bad taste.
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Seven suburban Chicago mayors are signing on in support of same-sex marriage.
Nonpartisan officials largely comprise the group from Plano, Geneva, North Aurora, St. Charles, Elburn, DeKalb and Sleepy Hollow.
They released a letter Tuesday morning through the gay marriage advocacy group Illinois Unites for Marriage. The mayors say same-sex couples and their families are denied full protection under Illinois law.
Same-sex marriage legislation got a February Senate OK but has not been called for a vote in the Democratic-controlled House.
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Ding dong, the witch is mutilated.
Kinji Fukasaku must have had it rough as a child. He made a name for himself by
gleefully unleashing a torrent of death and destruction upon scores of youthful
adolescents in the cult favorite Battle
Royale. As director of the in-game cinemas in Clock Tower 3, he
has continued his dark, macabre torture of innocents to great effect. Never before
has a video game fully earned its Mature rating with such gusto. None of the maggot-ridden,
zombie-infested, mutating toothy slime beasts of the Resident
Evil or Silent Hill series of games can hold
a shaky candle to the graphic depiction of sinister murder perpetrated by the
bad guys in Capcom's Clock Tower 3.
Sweet little old ladies are liquefied in vats of acid, and other hapless citizens
are chopped, sliced, diced and pureed with reckless abandon. Not even a cute
12 year-old girl is spared from being whopped on the head with a huge sledgehammer.
Kind of makes you wonder just how long Fukasaku sat on the bench when they were
choosing sides for dodgeball.
this most recent installment in the Clock Tower series, you play as 14
year-old Alyssa Hamilton, a nobody in the real world but an apparent celebrity
in the land of the dead, as everybody there seems to know her name and damn
near wears it out. After receiving a letter from her mother warning her to stay
away, Alyssa returns home to find out what the hoo-hah is about. While there
she encounters a mysterious "Dark Gentleman" with a head like a canned ham and
begins her joust with fear, mayhem and death.
Alyssa comes from a private boarding school; she's no alumnus of West Point.
The intricacies of firearms, explosives and hand-to-hand combat were not in
the curriculum. In fact, she doesn't actually have any real means of defending
herself – except in Boss Battle mode, in which she will suddenly find herself
equipped with a magical bow and a neverending supply of Spirit Arrows. She doesn't
even have a decent melee bookbag.
Instead, she must rely on rationed Holy Water and a variety of unremarkable
objects scattered throughout the environments. If your idea of a good time is
some wacko tailgating your helpless butt with the intent of doing you grave
physical harm, then you should enjoy this frustrating romp through murky old
London, because that is basically the gist of this game.
In a departure from previous Clock Tower games (which were all point-and-click),
Clock Tower 3 opts for a more Resident Evil-style control set
up. Although direction is confined to the slippery analog stick, all other buttons
are completely configurable. Control is simple and incorporates just a few buttons.
And since you are incapable of doing anything like jumping or climbing without
a prompt screen, it won't take you more than a second to get the hang of it.
Through most of the game you have a Panic Meter instead of a standard life
bar, although in Boss battles your life bar will replace your Panic Meter. During
regular play, the Panic Meter functions to let you know just how frightened
Alyssa feels. This is key because once your Panic Meter is maxed out, Alyssa
basically loses it. Her vision becomes blurred, she will run out from any place
she happens to be hiding, pause at inopportune moments to quiver in terror,
and will generally become quite obstinate when it comes to control – very similar
to the insanity effects in the GameCube's Eternal
Darkness, though not as well done. While the baddies cannot literally wound
Alyssa, she will perish from fear with a single blow while she is freaking out.
Managing her Panic Meter is a major factor of gameplay.
The puzzles are fairly simple. If you happen upon a locked door, the key is
dependably close at hand. Even if doors are magically sealed, a little dab of
Holy Water will get you on the other side (if that's where you need to be).
As in Resident Evil, items will generally glow to indicate their usefulness.
You can be guaranteed that you will not be up all night looking for a pair of
pliers or a diagram to solve a tricky wire hook-up puzzle. A handy map helps
you to navigate through detailed environments. Save rooms abound, as well as
locations to refill your always-diminishing supply of Holy Water.
time to time you will encounter a horribly murdered body with a restless spirit
lurking nearby. You merely need to figure out what object they are missing and
return it to them. Whatever it is, it's probably not far from the corpse and
it doesn't take a genius to surmise that an 'empty ring box' will require a
ring. Often a note of some kind will let you know what item goes where, anyway.
Without these items the spirits remain in wickedly bad moods and can hinder
your progress. In fact, you cannot finish the level as long as even one of them
is missing their item. The benefit to helping them out, aside from the warm
and fuzzy feeling you get from doing a good deed, is that each of them will
leave something behind that you will find useful during the course of the game.
Fairly early on in each level, the crazed killer who created the corpses will
pop in to introduce himself to our intrepid heroine, and then proceed to chase
her relentlessly as she's busy trying to locate "sentimental items" and solve
the various puzzles. Rather than being necessarily creepy, these "Subordinates"
of the Dark Gentleman are more of the lunatic variety. They are always heralded
by special "danger music," which is far too much of a tip off as to whether
the evildoer is still prowling around looking for you or has paused for a few
minutes to take a well-deserved toilet break.
Not a single bad guy is capable of blending into a crowd. They come in outlandish
costumes and wield obvious and malignant weapons. The fear factor is much more
reliant upon your attacker's sheer agility, speed and sometimes Matrix-like
talents coupled with the limited options in your own movement palette. You are
restricted to hiding in plain sight, flinging sprinklings of Holy Water, crawling
through tight spaces and the old, faithful standby of simply running away. It
doesn't help that most of your pursuers seem to be faster than you are.
Hiding is sometimes your best option, but forget about selecting a devious
spot to hide in, as the pre-rendered backgrounds are generally not interactive
and the bad guy will no doubt find you anyway. Predetermined "hiding places,"
though most likely out in the open, are indicated by incandescent swirls and
no matter how obvious you may feel you are being, enemies will be completely
mystified as to your whereabouts as long as your Panic Meter is kept in check.
Boss battles can be long exercises in tedium. You cannot move or adjust your
aim while powering up your Spirit Arrows. Of course, your foes don't seem to
possess this handicap. You can expect lots of running around, trying to discern
a pattern, and then attacking whenever you can get a clear shot.
Though the cinematics and in-game graphics are both done well, Clock Tower
3 is ultimately one of those games whose cinemas are more interesting than
the actual gameplay and from a gamer's standpoint, that's never a good thing.
If I want to watch a movie, I'll watch a movie – but I came to play.
The game is short, too, making it a bit of a rough one to recommend. It is
possibly a rental and definitely capable of being finished in a short weekend
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By Andrew George
As anticipated, the Newark City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to introduce a mandatory paid sick-leave ordinance.
Similar to an ordinance recently passed and signed in Jersey City, Newark's legislation would allow for both full- and part-time employees to earn up to one hour of paid sick time for every 30 hours worked, with a cap at 40 hours per year for businesses with 10 or more employees or that offer child care, food service or direct care.
Businesses with fewer than 10 employees would not be required to offer workers more than 24 hours of paid sick time per year.
Councilman Anibal Ramos is sponsoring the ordinance, which the council will still have to vote on before it could go into effect.
"There is a desire to ensure that we have a healthy workforce," Ramos said Wednesday.
Ramos said that the city held a roundtable discussion Monday with some of Newark's major employers, and many still have some questions as to how such an ordinance would be implemented. That's why he's stressing that the process move carefully and constructively.
When officials in Jersey City put their finishing touches on its paid sick-leave ordinance, the hope was that Trenton would take notice and move toward enacting a statewide mandate. In the coming months, the Legislature is expected to take up a bill introduced by Assemblywoman Pamela Lampitt (D-Voorhees) last spring.
RELATED: Jersey City business owner says paid sick-leave law is how things should be done
Ramos said he's not familiar with the details of the state bill and is currently focused on Newark. But having New Jersey's two biggest cities focus on the issue "kind of paves the way for some dialogue in Trenton," he said.
Ahead of Tuesday night's vote, a coalition of paid sick-leave advocates organized a rally on the steps of City Hall to show their support for the measure.
"Elected officials in Jersey City and now Newark have answered their constituents' call to take a leading role in this fight for workers' rights and basic decency," New Jersey Working Families Alliance executive director Bill Holland said in a statement. "If Newark passes this law, it will send an unmistakable signal to Trenton that our recent victory in Jersey City was just the start."
Both now in Newark and previously in Jersey City, statewide business groups have vocalized their opposition to mandatory paid sick-leave measures. They say not only would they force employers to give fewer raises and bonuses, but it could ultimately mean layoffs as well.
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If you love old westerns, you'll feel right in your element in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia's largest goldfields city. Its historic buildings and colourful pubs are the legacy of more than a hundred years of gold rush history.
Kalgoorlie was born in the gold rush of the 1880s, when hordes of fortunes-seekers from across the country descended on the region. It was a heady but tough period for the early diggers, with lawlessness and disease rife. By the 1960s the population had grown to more than 200,000 people, mainly prospectors, and the region had gained a reputation as a wild west with bandits and prostitutes.


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The Golden State Warriors have won two straight and will try to extend their winning streak Wednesday night when they host the Sacramento Kings.
The Warriors have won both of their recent games at home and need every victory they can get. Golden State is trying to stay in the sixth spot in the Western Conference playoff race. The Houston Rockets are only a game behind.
On Monday, the Warriors knocked off the Los Angeles Lakers, 109-103.
Steph Curry was questionable before the game as he tweaked his surgically- repaired right ankle Saturday night. Not only did Curry play, he scored 25 points and handed out 10 assists.
"MVP candidate, in my opinion," said Jarrett Jack. "What more could you ask of an MVP-type player? He's been having incredible performances night in and night out battling through injuries. His ankle wasn't 100 percent but he still gutted it out and had a phenomenal performance for us."
Curry has been sensational, but he wasn't the only one on Monday night. David Lee posted 23 points and 12 rebounds and Klay Thompson netted 22 points on 6- for-11 3-point shooting. Jack even contributed 19 points off the bench.
The Kings aren't going to the playoffs and have lost two straight.
On Sunday, Sacramento fell to the Philadelphia 76ers, 117-103. The win snapped a 15-game losing streak on the road for the Sixers and the Kings themselves have dropped four in a row away from Sacramento.
Isaiah Thomas led the Kings against the Sixers with 25 points. Marcus Thornton added 22 and Tyreke Evans scored 19. Patrick Patterson was the only other Kings player in double figures with 12 off the bench.
Thomas has been playing very well of late, but he'll have a tough task ahead of him Wednesday night. He'll be in charge of stopping Curry.
"You just have to make it tough for him," Thomas said of covering Curry. "I've seen previous games, guys pressure him and he doesn't really like it. For the most part, Toney (Douglas), Jimmer (Fredette) and I have to try to pressure him and make him do things he's not comfortable with."
DeMarcus Cousins will play on Wednesday despite a large gash under his right eye. Cousins said the injury came from one of his own during the Philadelphia game.
"Patrick (Patterson)," joked Cousins.
The Kings have taken two of out three against the Warriors this season, but both victories came in Sacramento. The Kings have lost three straight and seven of their last eight on the road in this series.


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Total: 55 min
Active: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Level: Easy
8 jumbo shrimp, in the shell (about 1 1/4 pounds)
3 sprigs fresh thyme, leaves stripped
Juice of 2 limes (about 1/4 cup)
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon kosher salt, plus additional for seasoning
Freshly ground black pepper
1 clove garlic, chopped
1/2 large jalapeno, with seeds
2 scallions (white and green parts)
1 cup coarsely chopped fresh cilantro leaves
Prepare an outdoor grill with a medium-high fire. Without removing the shells, slit about 3/4 of the way through the shrimp down the ridged back and remove the vein that runs down the center. Rinse and pat the shrimp dry. Whisk thyme leaves, lime juice, 1 tablespoon of the olive oil, 1/2 teaspoon of the salt and black pepper, to taste, in a shallow nonreactive bowl or dish. Lay the shrimp cut side down in the lime mixture and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
In a food processor, pulse the garlic, jalapeno, scallions, remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil and remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt to make a coarse paste. Add the cilantro and pulse just enough to incorporate into the mixture. Spoon the mixture into the opening in the shrimp and close the shrimp. Grill the shrimp shell side down (to keep filling from falling out) for 3 minutes. Turn to the other shell side, cover, and grill another 2 minutes or until the shrimp turn pink and are slightly firm to the touch. Sprinkle with salt and serve.
Jumbo shrimp in the shell can be a knife and fork sort of deal unless you're outside and it's summer and you are feeling very relaxed. Serve these with lots of napkins if your crowd is the peel-and-eat type.
Cook's Note
Shrimp cooked in the shells are more intensely flavorful. Leaving the shells on provides a buffer against overcooking, a misfortune many shrimp suffer. Shrimp, even these jumbos, continue to cook once removed from the grill. It's always best to cook them just until opaque and let the delicate shellfish finish cooking off the heat.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A petition to pardon Edward Snowden, who has acknowledged leaking secret documents from the U.S. National Security Agency, had attracted more than 30,000 electronic signatures by Monday evening, one day after it was posted on the White House website.
"Edward Snowden is a national hero and should be immediately issued a full, free and absolute pardon for any crimes he has committed or may have committed related to blowing the whistle on secret NSA surveillance programs," read the petition created by "P.M." of Rochester, New York, on Sunday.
Snowden, an outside contractor for the NSA, announced in a video on Sunday from Hong Kong that he was the source of leaks about the ultra-secret agency's surveillance programs. By Monday, he had dropped out of sight and was expected to be at the center of an extradition battle to face U.S. legal charges.
The NSA has requested a criminal probe into the leaks and, on Sunday, the U.S. Justice Department said it was in the initial stages of a criminal investigation.
If the petition gains 100,000 signatures by July 9, the White House will review it, forward it to policy experts and issue an official response as part of the Obama administration's "We the People" effort to engage Americans in government.
White House spokesman Jay Carney declined to comment on Snowden's status at Monday's briefing: "When it comes to the petitions, we obviously will wait a threshold being crossed before we respond to it. That threshold has not been crossed. ... Assessments are being made more broadly about the damage done here by the appropriate authorities."
The Snowden pardon petition was by far the most popular among those created recently on the White House site here, followed by one demanding President Barack Obama's resignation, with nearly 14,400 signatures.
A petition calling for the full or partial repeal of the Patriot Act "in order to stop secret, warrantless collection of data," had over 7,000 signatures.
A petition challenging Obama to a live, public debate with Snowden had just over 1,900 signatures by Monday evening, while one to free Bradley Manning, the U.S. soldier accused of passing classified files to WikiLeaks, had more than 2,000.
Manning, a U.S. Army private first class charged with the biggest leak of classified files in U.S. history, was in the second week of his court-martial on Monday at Fort Meade, Maryland.
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DETROIT -- The Tigers scored six runs over the course of a four-game losing streak. They ended it by driving in six runs over a four-pitch span of their first inning Wednesday night against White Sox starter Hector Noesi.
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DETROIT -- The Tigers scored six runs over the course of a four-game losing streak. They ended it by driving in six runs over a four-pitch span of their first inning Wednesday night against White Sox starter Hector Noesi.
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"We know Noesi throws hard, he throws a lot of fastballs," said Nick Castellanos, whose three-run homer in a four-RBI night powered the Tigers to a 7-2 win. "So the game plan was to be aggressive on pretty much fastballs around the plate, because he's going to give it to you.
"It's not so much swing at first pitches, it's just swing at good first pitches."
It was a little different setup than most escape plans for offensive slumps. Instead of trying to work counts, the Tigers blitzed them. It's simple to plan, but not easy to pull off.
If it backfires, the opposing pitcher gets easy innings -- like Noesi had in a six-pitch third, a three-pitch fourth and a six-pitch fifth -- and an offense looks like it's giving away at-bats.
"It just felt like one big long inning from the third to the sixth," said Tigers starter Max Scherzer. "Every time I came out, I got a drink of water and by the time I got down below [the inning was over]. Credit Noesi."
When it works, innings like Wednesday's opening frame happen.
"We all had a plan," said Torii Hunter, who had the second in the string of four run-scoring hits in four pitches. "Just to see the team stick with it, be aggressive in the strike zone today, just to see everybody go with that plan and it worked, that's awesome."
It actually has worked at a decent rate for the Tigers. Their .400 average (177-for-443), 110 RBIs and 1.090 OPS on first pitches lead the Majors, and it's not particularly close. The White Sox have the next-highest first-pitch OPS at .942 and the next-best average at .375.
It worked one inning out of six Wednesday, but it worked spectacularly.
Thirteen of the Tigers' 27 plate appearances against Noesi lasted one pitch. Five of those were base hits. Three of those happened consecutively in that opening inning.
"That first inning was just a killer," White Sox manager Robin Ventura said. "And Scherzer was good. It was that simple."
Eight consecutive Tigers reached base safely after Austin Jackson took a called third strike to lead off the opening inning, but it was the efficiency that impressed as much as the immediacy. Once cleanup hitter Victor Martinez lined a 2-0 fastball into right field for an RBI single to open the scoring, the Tigers began a string of six runs on four pitches.
Hunter got a slider and sent a ground ball through the middle to score Miguel Cabrera from second. After a mound visit from pitching coach Don Cooper, J.D. Martinez did the same with a first-pitch fastball for a grounder into left-center, bringing Victor Martinez around.
Castellanos, back in the lineup with his right index finger bandaged after a bad-hop grounder scratched him from Tuesday's series opener, jumped the first pitch he saw and lofted it out to right for his seventh homer of the season.
"It was a nice way to break the game open and kind of break out of our mini scoring slump," Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said. "But when you score like that, six runs and you don't really add on, you always feel like you've given them an opportunity to get back in."
Fortunately for them, Scherzer has had some practice at following big innings. He retired the middle of the White Sox lineup in order in the second by striking out Adam Dunn and Conor Gillaspie. Two singles from leadoff man Adam Eaton accounted for the only baserunners through five innings, and Scherzer erased him on double plays both times.
"They're a good hitting team," Scherzer said. "If I falter just a little bit, they can whack me."
So far this year, they haven't. It was Scherzer's fourth win in as many starts against the White Sox this season, accounting for nearly a third of his victories. Seven innings of one-run ball didn't even mark his best mastery of the Sox compared to last month's complete-game three-hitter in Chicago. Add up the damage, or lack of it, and Scherzer (13-3) has held the Sox to three runs on 19 hits in 28 innings, striking out 31.
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The Buffalo Sharpshooters and their family members were in Doland, S.D. for the Spink County BB Gun Invitational on Saturday March 1, in which 190 BB Gun shooters from three states competed.
The Sharpshooters, made up of Katie Zaun, Emma Tichy, Connor Drogen, Molly Anderson and Abigail VonBank, took first place as a team in the 10-to-11-Year-Old category.
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Dr. Sinan Ciddi, executive director of the Institute of Turkish Studies at Georgetown University, will address Turkish foreign policy and the impact of the Arab Spring on the region on Monday, January 23 at the Carlson School.The public forum, a collaboration between the Minnesota International Center and the Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER), will be held from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m.
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Brian A. Robinson, 30, of 328 Kirkwood Circle, was charged after allegedly having sex with an 11-year-old girl, according to Lt. Mike Rompa.
Bolingbrook Police responded to a residence in the 300 block of Kirkwood Circle in reference to a criminal sexual assault Thursday. Upon arrival, it was alleged an 11-year-old female victim was sexually assaulted by Brian A. Robinson, who was no longer at the residence, Rompa said.
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