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Cyberchase "Step By Step" In the company of the ghostly pirate Ivanka, the elusive Doctor Marbles is back, and this time he's discovered a powerful cybermineral he can use to help Motherboard. Located deep inside a volcano on the cybersite Corsario, this "Magmalux" is strong enough to override the virus Hacker inflicted on the beloved Cyberspace ruler. Unfortunately, Hacker is on to Marbles and traps him on Skull Island so he can retrieve the Magmalux for his own evil purpose. D
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NASA's Curiosity rover has found definitive proof that water once ran across the surface of Mars, the agency announced today. NASA scientists say new photos from the rover show rocks that were smoothed and rounded by water. The rocks are in a large canyon and nearby channels that were cut by flowing water, making up an alluvial fan.
"You had water transporting these gravels to the downslope of the fan," NASA researchers say. The gravel then formed into a conglomerate rock, which was in turn likely covered before being exposed again.
The agency's scientists presented their findings of the former streambed on Mars at a news conference today.
"A River Ran Through It," Curiosity's operators tweeted Thursday. "I found evidence of an ancient streambed on Mars, similar to some on Earth."
"From the size of gravels it carried, we can interpret the water was moving about 3 feet per second," said Curiosity science co-investigator William Dietrich, "with a depth somewhere between ankle and hip deep."
The rocks have not undergone scientific analysis. But the NASA team says that taken with geographic data from Mars orbiters, the photographs tell a story all their own.
The images show rocks with round, smooth surfaces; many of them have been broken down into sizes smaller than one inch in diameter.
"The shapes tell you they were transported and the sizes tell you they couldn't be transported by wind," co-investigator Rebecca Williams said. "They were transported by water flow."
"There is earlier evidence for the presence of water on Mars," the agency said in a press release, "but this evidence — images of rocks containing ancient streambed gravels — is the first of its kind."
NASA's team has named the rock outcrop that reveals the former streambed "Hottah," after Canada's Hottah Lake.
Scientists have not yet estimated the age of the rocks, which may have been buried beneath the surface. Their age could be several billion years.
The next step will be to find a good spot to drill into the rock, NASA says. And they'll be looking for possible carbon deposits to determine whether the water on Mars once supported life.
The photographs released Thursday are among more than 13,000 raw images Curiosity has captured. The rover took the photos during its mission to Mars' Gale Crater. The rocks in question lie between the crater's north rim and Mount Sharp, a mountain inside the crater.
NASA investigators presented the results of their analysis at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. You can read other posts about Curiosity in our archive.
Scientists announced today they now have confirmation that water once flowed vigorously across the surface of Mars. The evidence comes from pictures taken by NASA's 1-ton, six-wheeled rover Curiosity that's been crawling around the floor of a Mars crater named Gale since mid-August.
NPR's Joe Palca has more on what it's found.
JOE PALCA, BYLINE: In a way, today's announcement is no surprise. When scientist chose Gale crater as the rover's landing site, they did so because pictures from orbit showed what appeared to be an alluvial fan on the floor of the crater. As the name suggests, an alluvial fan is a fan-shaped formation that forms when rapidly moving water suddenly pours down a slope or the side of a mountain.
This formation occurs in several places on Earth. The pictures taken from Mars' orbit show a channel leading to the edge of Gale crater and then the distinctive fan shape formation spreading out onto the crater floor.
The rover is still in its checkout phase, so scientists weren't expecting any major discoveries, at least until they reached a spot about 500 yards from the landing site called Glenelg.
JOHN GROTZINGER: As we were driving along on the way to Glenelg, we encountered some really interesting outcrops that were surprising to the team.
PALCA: John Grotzinger of the California Institute of Technology is the lead scientist on the Curiosity mission. He spoke at a news conference held at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena. Curiosity's landing site is on the bottom edge of the alluvial fan. Scientists were hoping to find rocks that might have been carried along the crater floor by the alluvial fan's streams of water.
The rock outcrop presented a perfect opportunity for study. Rebecca Williams is at the Planetary Science Institute in Tucson and a member of the Curiosity science team.
REBECCA WILLIAMS: When a geologist goes into the field, what they want to do is see a fresh exposure of rock to look at things like the grain size, the shape, the color and the arrangement of those grains, and that tells you a lot about the formation history of that rock.
PALCA: Williams says the pebbles in the rock have rounded edges, something that's consistent with being tumbled around by rapidly moving water.
Michael Malin of Malin Space Science Systems is the chief scientist for two of the rover's cameras. He says pebbles and larger rocks got smushed together as they rolled down the side of the crater and across the crater floor.
MICHAEL MALIN: Other materials were deposited on top of them. Eventually, they were cemented together by salts or some other material to act as a means of holding the rock together.
PALCA: This formed basically a new rock made out of other rocks.
Caltech's Grotzinger says it would be nice to have chemical or mineralogical evidence that confirmed water played a role in the formation of this rock. That's something the rover will be able to do later. But there are times in geology when the picture say it all, and this is one of them.
GROTZINGER: This is a rock that was formed in the presence of water. And we can characterize that water as being a vigorous flow on the surface of Mars.
PALCA: This isn't the first time scientists have seen signs of water on the now cold and dry planet. But evidence like this that there was once huge floods of water increases the chance that life might have once existed on Mars.
Seeing this rock may not be a surprise, but Rebecca Williams says it's gratifying all the same.
WILLIAMS: This is just wonderful ground truth confirmation of water-transported material that was predicted based on analysis of orbital images.
PALCA: Now, scientists will go back to testing instruments on the rover, pleased to have their first scientific discovery under their belts.
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It's Tom Huber's car, and was extensively restored with all GM parts allegedly. It is a lot of money, maybe more than the market will bear certainly in a Craigslist ad anyway. The only way to get that much green out of it is at a high end auction like a Mecum event, but I don't think the market is there either. Not just for this car, but for anything that isn't a COPO (and even those are not really pulling this kind of dollars anymore), or something special. I think getting 6 figures for anything that isn't a COPO is going to be tough, and getting anything over 150K would require something like a ZL1, old known drag car or really high end L72's. I know i would like to see the market for the first gens to come back to what it was 6 years ago, but it's not back and most likely won't come back as the buyer base is moving one, and the younger buyers just don't care about these cars as much.
These are not the cars the "younger crowd" grew up with so they don't have the want or need for them the way we did, or do. I'm 55, and my high school car was a 68 Camaro, it was only 6 years old when i got it (from a bone yard) and theres been a Camaro of one kind or the other in the yard or driveway since then. People tend to stick with the cars of their youth when they are having that mid life crisis or just want to relive the old times and these cars are getting further away from the people who have the spare cash laying around to buy them. Thats not going to change.
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They always say "I cannot afford the Camaro". Why is that I ask? The answer is usually along these lines: "You old guys still fight over these cars and we are priced out of the market..I cannot afford a Camaro that is not a 1975-1977 but I still want a good one.The follow up is the kicker...I ask what are you going to do about it.... the reply is "get a better job and wait you guys out - we will get your cars eventually".


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Any idea on the best and safest way to dewater oil for transesterification after AE made the water jump to >1.4%?
Using a BioPro 190 setup, I obtained some grease which titrated to 8ml and 0.14% water (using Sandy Brae) after pretreatment. Then after centrifuging, measured the water at just <0.08% water.
For AE, using the BioPro 190 after having heated the 50 gallons to 130F, I added 4 gallons of methanol and 140ml of Sulfuric Acid, and mixed for 30 minutes.
24 hours later, titrating from the top of the BioPro exceeded 0.15%. After draining all the liquid back to BioPro fill line, it titrated past 1.4% water.
Graydon mentioned it would not be a good idea to run it through the centrifuge given the methanol. As such, other than heat & settling, is there another way to dry this oil? As per Norm's presentation if I understood correctly, I need to keep the heat on until T to not let t shoot up again.
sulfuric acid being a water mop should allow most of the water created during the reaction to be drained off in the junk after settling. Starting water plus created water is what causes the ae process to stop. How accurate is the sandy brae when there is methanol and sulfuric acid in the mix? I have and hate the sandy brae.
" I don't know what I don't know until I know"
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Thank you! Interesting insight on sandy brae accuracy.
I will run a small test batch and see what happens with the 3/27 test.
Forget about the 20 mins when using s/b to test for water in bio or wvo.
The instructions do say about 20 mins or when the pressure stops rising, in the case of oil/bio 12 hours is better!
Only then will it read very similar to K/F
Sandy Brae and Karl Fischer measure two different things.
They should not read the same.
please explain.
Hi Dgs,
As per Graydon Blair's post to this forum on 1-22-2008;
"Also, it should be noted that the Karl Fisher test will detect both Bound and Free water. The Sandy Brae Tester only detects Free water."
I thought that is what you would say, Tilly.
There have been other discussions since then. One where Graydon contacted the S/B people and they did confirm that their meter would detect dissolved water.
I can assure you that the s/b does detect dissolved water if the test is left long enough and that the readings are very similar to the K/F
Why can I be so sure---- because I have both types of instrument.
Hi Dgs,
I did not say dissolved water.
From Sandy Brae website-
"A. The water must be in the form of free molecules or droplets and not be chemically or physically bound."
"Not All Water Is Equal
Water in a system may be thought of as present in three
general forms: bulk or "free", absorbed, and "bound" or
monolayer water. Bulk or "free" water has the same
energy and properties as pure water. Absorbed water is
held less tightly, but still has reduced energy and
different properties than pure water. "Bound" water has
reduced energy as the result of direct physical binding of
water to the matrix by hydrogen or ionic bonding. In
reality, water molecules readily move between each of
the forms and it is impossible to quantify the amount of
water in any one form. Rather, the overall energy status
of water is determined by the relative contributions of
each of these water layers. A reduction in the energy of
the water, (i.e. lower water activity), results in less
available water for influencing biological and chemical
reactions. Moisture content analysis provides the total
amount of water, but does not differentiate the type of
Karl Fischer titrations are effective at quantifying even
the tightly "bound", and are often considered a better
moisture analysis method than loss on drying. In fact,
this extra water that is measured using Karl Fischer is
often referred to as the "bound" water. Although a Karl
Fischer analysis may provide a more complete
determination of total water content, it still only provides
the amount of water and not the energy status of the
water. Water activity measures the energy or
"availability" of water and is not dependent on the
amount of water, but the relative contributions of each
type of water. Consequently, water activity provides
better correlations to biological and chemical reaction
rates than Karl Fischer analysis.
What is Water Activity?
Water activity describes the thermodynamic energy
status of the water in a system. Though not scientifically
correct, it may help to picture water activity as the
amount of "available" water in a system. It is not
determined by how much water is present in a product,
but is a comparison of how much the water in the
product resembles and behaves like pure water. Water
activity values range from 0 (bone dry) to 1.0 (pure
water). As water activity decreases, the water in a
product decreases in energy, is less "available" as a
solvent, for microbial growth, chemical reactivity, or for
moisture migration. For example, water in a product that
has a water activity of 0.80 has enough energy to support
mold growth while the water in a product with a water
activity less than 0.60 cannot support the growth of any
microorganism. Water also becomes more mobile as
water activity increases, which influences molecular
mobility as well as chemical and enzymatic reaction
More scientifically, water activity is defined as the vapor
pressure of water (p) over a sample divided by the vapor
pressure of pure water (po) at a given temperature. By
measuring this vapor pressure relative to the vapor
pressure over pure water at the same temperature, it is
possible to determine the energy of water in the sample.
This is reasonable since water that is associated
chemically or physically in a sample has lower energy
and will not readily move into the vapor phase, thereby
decreasing the vapor pressure above the sample."
Hi Dgs,
So your position is that if you modify the procedure and do not follow the instructions for the Sandy Brae apparatus, you have been able to get the Sandy Brae test to read similar the the Karl Fischer.
Is your modification of the operating instructions for the Sandy Brae test reliable according to the people at Sandy Brae?
Re your last statement it is reliable when compared to the k/f
The hypothesis you indicate re the reactions with the S/B suggest an intelligent reagent--- it can differentiate between water molecules that are physically bonded and those that are free--------CLEVER!!!
Hi Dgs,
So you claim- however you make the proviso that instead of waiting 20 minutes to read the results as per the instructions, you need to wait around 12 hours to read the results.
Please describe the test series you performed and the results obtained that shows this procedure you recommend does give an accurate reading and that the Sandy Brae Laboratories instructions are wrong.
The situation is more likely to be that you do not understand the chemistry involved.
After all, it is the people at Sandy Brae Laboratories who specifically warn in their instructions In Bold black Letters-
"A. The water must be in the form of free molecules or droplets and not be chemically or physically bound."
the simple fact is that if you leave the sandy brae sit over night the pressure goes up that means that the regent is still reacting with water. how can you stop the test at 20 minutes if the regent is still producing gas. this tester rates junk status IMO. Or should we just blindly follow the instructions and fuch the total pressure rise over time?
" I don't know what I don't know until I know"
1994 GMC 6.5 Tubo 2005 Dodge ram 3500, 3 VW's 2000, 2002, 2005.
...and how many angels can dance on the head of a pin is another pedantic argument of no consequence to reality.
The SB and carbide-manometer test for the kinds of water that cause 99% of the 'wet biodiesel' fuel problems.
People who dry their fuel to <250ppm indicated moisture won't have fuel problems relating to water unless it's introduced after testing, such as condensation of atmospheric moisture in the fuel tank.
Biotom and john galt, yes I agree with you both.
Tilly, put your money where your mouth is. Buy a Sandy Brae, do some testing for yourself, then you will realise I am correct.
Hi Dgs,
I am waiting for you to put your test procedure and results where your mouth is.
Just describe the test series you performed and the results achieved that showed the Sandy Brae test will accurately measure Bound" water if you let it sit 12 hours
I am sure you have not performed any meaningful test series to back up your claim.
Hi Dgs,
I see you have deleted your offer to post all the tests you claimed to have performed.
Why am I not surprised
No point in posting my tests Tilly, you would only find a reason why you didn't like the results.
Far better is this post by Graydon, look at the last paragraph.
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Cool! You found the old research on it!
Short Answer:
- I don't know for sure on the Sandy Brae test yet. I wasn't able to get in touch with Bob today.
- If Karl Fisher and Sandy Brae get the same results, then Sandy Brae is able to detect Dissolved and Free Water.
- If Sandy Brae results are significantly less than Karl Fisher on the same samples, then we can theorize that the Sandy Brae test isn't able to detect dissolved & bound water like Karl Fisher can
I also called Gorge Analytical to refresh my memory on the ASTM Standard for water in Biodiesel.
The test ASTM calls for is ASTM D2709 - Water & Sediment
- It uses a special centrifuge with special centrifuge tubes that "spins" the sample for a specified time to force settling of the water out of the sample. The test is ONLY looking for water that can settle out of Biodiesel, or, Free Water.
- The purpose of the test is to detect water & sediment that could settle out of Biodiesel in storage or in your fuel tank and thereby cause water related problems in the vehicle or storage tank.
- The test DOES NOT look for bound or dissolved water
If Sandy Brae and ASTM match, then Sandy Brae is only detecting Free Water
If ASTM is significantly less than Sandy Brae, Sandy Brae is detecting more than just free water
If Sandy Brae is less than Karl Fisher but more than ASTM, then it's somewhere in between
What exactly? Not sure. I need to visit w/ Bob at Sandy Brae to discuss it more with him.
I remember his saying years back that there are situations where Sandy Brae can't detect water in the solution, but exactly what that is, I don't remember.
Now, for the REAL answer to all of this.
Free water is really all we care about. Bound water/dissolved water really doesn't mean squat as far as using Biodiesel goes. Why? Because it stays bound/suspended in the Biodiesel and doesn't do any harm.
Couple caveats:
Temperature plays a role in how much water Biodiesel can "suspend" or dissolve.
The hotter it is, the more water it can dissolve (think salt in water, water has a higher saturation level when it's hotter--same with Biodiesel).
Anyway, that's what I have so far. I have a note to call Bob on Monday & follow up.
In the past, the Sandy Brae was tested multiple times by multiple people against the Karl Fisher and found to report nearly identical results to what a Karl Fisher showed. Which may lead us to theorize that the Sandy Brae can indeed measure bound water in Biodiesel.
Good stuff!
Hi Dgs,
No, really, I would like to see how you designed the tests, what the controls were and your results.
You were the one making the claim that it takes 12 hours for the Sandy Brae test to achieve the same results as the Karl Fischer test.
Yes, well, I take things Graydon says with more than a pinch of salt too.
I can not imagine that all the Sandy Brae tests Graydon speaks of that were "tested multiple times by multiple people against the Karl Fisher and found to report nearly identical results" actually left the Sqandy Brae test run for 12 hours before reading the results.
I can show you a test result I found on line that shows the Sandy Brae and the Karl fischer test do not both achieve the same test results.
So you take things that Graydon says with more than a pinch of salt, yet choose to not believe his last paragraph.
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hey Scott that is great info thanks,
btw does anyone know wtf is with the Africans? I cant imagine any African believing ANYTHING Europeans had to say!!!!
Scott, was this homosexuality commonly practiced in Ancient Egypt before Europeans entered? Like Ptolomy coming to Egypt and becoming Pharoah (sp). Before that time? I am gonna read your link, as well. Thanks for the info share!!! I find this all interesting!
Yes, of course.
Since homosexuality is largely inborn, the "practice" of homosexuality naturally occurs in virtually every society. The differences arise from how it is dealt with culturally, and the evidence suggests that it was accepted in ancient Egypt as it was in Europe.
I read somewhere that in Ancient Egyptian's African dialect, before the Ptolomy's rule that there was no term for homosexuality. I read that several times. In the hieroglyphics, the homosexuality depicted was not that of the African Egyptian but of the invaders. Can you direct me to info that proves different?
the ancient Spartans, it was the standard training practice for the army that a new recruit would become the... ahem... "apprentice" to an older soldier who would, more often than ..
Can you give sources for this statement?
I've read somewhere I'm too lazy to now substantiate that the Spartans encouraged their soldier to have love relationships because one will fight harder for a lover than for a "buddy."
On another note, Wilfred Owen was a GREAT WWI poet. He wrote of the horrors of that war, but, since he was "gay," some christ-tard said on Fox that his poetry was slanted because Owen was more affected by mutilated young men than average soldiers would be. Sounds very christian to me.
Then there's this that is some relevance to this thread:
http://articles.sfgate.com/2010-08-29/opinion/22949948_1_karzai-fam...Western forces fighting in southern Afghanistan had a problem. Too often, soldiers on patrol passed an older man walking hand-in-hand with a pretty young boy. Their behavior suggested he was not the boy's father. Then, British soldiers found that young Afghan men were actually trying to "touch and fondle them," military investigator AnnaMaria Cardinalli told me. "The soldiers didn't understand."
All of this was so disconcerting that the Defense Department hired Cardinalli, a social scientist, to examine this mystery. Her report, "Pashtun Sexuality," startled not even one Afghan. But Western forces were shocked - and repulsed.
For centuries, Afghan men have taken boys, roughly 9 to 15 years old, as lovers. Some research suggests that half the Pashtun tribal members in Kandahar and other southern towns are bacha baz, the term for an older man with a boy lover. Literally it means "boy player." The men like to boast about it.
"Having a boy has become a custom for us," Enayatullah, a 42-year-old in Baghlan province, told a Reuters reporter. "Whoever wants to show off should have a boy..."
..."There's no issue more horrifying and more deserving of our attention than this," Cardinalli said. "I'm continually haunted by what I saw."
As one boy, in tow of a man he called "my lord," told the Reuters reporter: "Once I grow up, I will be an owner, and I will have my own boys..."
Surprise!!!! different cultures do different things.
we can frown upon it, and talk bad about it but the bottom line is that it is their country.
I say , if you dont like it , DONT GO THERE!!
Hell that could be an excuse / reason to withdraw from their country (hint to Obama)
rome fell because of the newly introduced metal that could be formed into wonderful shapes for goblets; of course the ruling class made its use exclusive.
unfortunately the beverage that was consumed in this marvelous new metal was highly acidic which reacted very strongly with this metal. this new metal was LEAD, which meant that the entire ruling class, generals , thinkkers, emperors business men, etc. was not only drunk but crazy as hell from LEAD POISONING. with the understandable internal chaos , loss of control and confusion that the enemies took advantage of.
this was discovered by testing the bones of the ruling class who were buried in tombs which kept the skeletons safe
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The closely watched San Joaquin Valley congressional race between Rep. Jeff Denham, R-Calif., and challenger Jose Hernandez has veered again into court, with the incumbent suing Democratic operatives for defamation.
Angry over what he calls a misleading political ad, Denham filed suit late Thursday against Sacramento television stations and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. The unusual campaign-season libel suit came after Democrats and the TV stations declined to pull the 30-second spot.
"Not only is the ad a flat-out lie, but it's malicious, and they should be held accountable," Denham said in a telephone interview Friday.
The ad, at the very least, is selective in its use of facts. It accuses Denham, an Air Force veteran, of refusing to guarantee salaries for the military in the event of a government shutdown last year while opposing a Democratic measure to stop congressional pay during a shutdown.
Democrats are standing by the ad.
"No matter how hard Congressman Denham tries to cover up his record and distract from his votes, he voted to protect his pay and not the pay of our troops," Jesse Ferguson, the communications director of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said Friday, repeating the gist of the disputed ad.
Legally, Denham faces high hurdles. As an elected official, the quintessential public figure, Denham must demonstrate that the statements about him were made by individuals who knew the assertions were false or who acted with reckless disregard for whether they were false. Judges often give wide leeway to heated and even misleading political speech, in particular.
"Debate on public issues should be uninhibited, robust and wide-open," the Supreme Court noted in a landmark 1964 free-speech case, adding that "erroneous statement is inevitable in free debate."
Former Valley Congressman Gary Condit, for instance, struggled to prevail in court when he filed multiple defamation lawsuits against tabloid newspapers a decade ago, in part because of the high bar the Supreme Court has set for determining defamation of a public figure or official.
Denham said Friday that Republican attorneys told him that it was very rare, if not unprecedented, for an incumbent to file a defamation lawsuit over a campaign ad. He said he was motivated to act because "this was personal."
Politically, the lawsuit that Turlock-based attorney Michael Warda filed electronically in federal court Thursday night in Sacramento sends a definite signal about Denham's convictions. It also sheds a brighter light on how political ad designers cherry-pick facts to convey arguably misleading impressions.
"Just because I'm a political figure does not give them a right to lie about my record," Denham said in Friday's interview.
A Hernandez campaign representative declined to comment Friday.
The two men are wrapped up in an expensive race that's gotten snippy on both sides. Political parties and outside groups already have spent more than $6.4 million on the race, according to figures compiled by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics.
The money has funded ads such as one sponsored by the Republican group American Action Network that depicts Hernandez in what appears to be a cartoon low-rider car driving across a border into California.
The lawsuit is the second that Denham or his allies have filed in the race for the 10th Congressional District, newly redrawn to include Stanislaus County and part of San Joaquin County. A Sacramento County judge rejected an earlier lawsuit challenging Hernandez's ability to identify himself as an astronaut.
The ad in question, citing a previously obscure procedural vote, accuses Denham of "turning his back" on members of the military and says he "won't defend our troops." Citing another vote, the ad further charges that Denham "wouldn't guarantee pay for troops" even as he "guaranteed pay for himself."
Denham is a member of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee and has authored several bills on behalf of veterans. Enlisting at the age of 17, he served 16 years in the Air Force and Air Force Reserve.
The ad relies on an April 7, 2011, funding package to keep the federal government running. Democrats in the House of Representatives proposed sending the package back to committee to add a guarantee that troops would be paid if the government shut down. The minority party often offers this so-called "motion to recommit" as a symbolic gesture, and it always loses.
All but two House Republicans voted against this motion to recommit, after a debate that lasted about a minute. All but four Democrats – one of whom was Democratic then-Rep. Dennis Cardoza of Atwater – voted for the motion. Two days later, the gamesmanship ended when the House voted by a bipartisan 348-70 to keep funding the government.
The other House vote the anti-Denham ad cites, also held last year, involved some convoluted political theater, as well. Denham voted against one symbolic Democratic measure that purported to withhold congressional pay in the case of a government shutdown but then voted for a Republican measure that essentially did the same.
The GOP measure passed the House and then, as everyone knew would happen at the time, it died in the Senate.


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A calm has again settled over markets after Monday's freak out on the fear gauge. The VIX /quotes/zigman/2766221 VIX , which calculates what traders are willing to pay for protective options, has slid 22% in the past two days.
Judging from yesterday's market euphoria, that's catnip for stocks, and the fun doesn't look to be over just yet.
"Like any good hockey players who try to skate where the puck is going to be rather than where it's been, it's not likely, in our opinion, the market will retreat without taking a clear shot at new highs," writes Gary Evans of the Global Macro Monitor blog.
He's on point so far. Highs are a mere wrist shot away and, with Ben Bernanke on their side, stocks are setting up for another positive performance.
Key market gauges: After a massive advance in Asia /quotes/zigman/6959860 XX:ADOW , where the Nikkei /quotes/zigman/5986735 JP:100000018 surged 2.7%, attention turns to Europe /quotes/zigman/2380150 XX:SXXP . While buyers are a bit more hesitant over here, all major indexes are up, except for that slight retreat on Italy's FTSE MIB /quotes/zigman/1482176 XX:FTSEMIB . As for U.S. markets, early indications on the Dow /quotes/zigman/9049316 YMH3 and the S&P /quotes/zigman/8751039 ESH3 are showing that there may be more upside to yesterday's whopper of a rally.
The economy: The government is expected to report at 8:30 a.m. Eastern that the U.S. economy actually grew in the 2012 fourth quarter instead of declining 0.1% as originally reported. The reversal from contraction to growth is a result of higher levels of U.S. exports and construction spending than previously thought. At the same time, the Labor Department will report jobless claims, with analysts looking for the to be unchanged from the prior week's big increase. After that, the February reading for the Chicago PMI will come out. Read: What to watch on the U.S. economy.
Earnings: Barnes & Noble /quotes/zigman/132169 /quotes/nls/bks BKS , Sears /quotes/zigman/95136 /quotes/nls/shld SHLD , Gap /quotes/zigman/227242 /quotes/nls/gps GPS and Salesforce.com /quotes/zigman/338061 /quotes/nls/crm CRM highlight a mixed bag of late-season quarterly results. For more on what's expected from these guys, check out Stocks to Watch.
While the Fed tends to get the credit/blame for much of what we're seeing in the market in recent years, Joe Weisenthal points to "an easy datapoint to counter with," relating to the strength of corporate profits. He cited a note from BTIG's Dan Greenhaus in saying that the S&P 500's four-quarter trailing earnings per share has risen 129% since March 2009. Tellingly, the S&P 500 itself is up 128%.
The buzz: Groupon shares /quotes/zigman/7212269 /quotes/nls/grpn GRPN enjoyed an 8% gain yesterday, but then all hell broke loose after the market when the online coupon peddler reported a surprise loss. This morning, the stock is down 26% and MarketWatch tech columnist Therese Poletti says the CEO may be in the hot seat again.
J.C. Penney /quotes/zigman/237947 /quotes/nls/jcp JCP , another victim of of disappointing results, is also in focus with its stock off more than 14% premarket. Other top trending tickers on StockTwits include Sturm, Ruger /quotes/zigman/242215 /quotes/nls/rgr RGR , a beneficiary of strong gun sales, and Facebook /quotes/zigman/9962609 /quotes/nls/fb FB , which is facing a competitive charge from LinkedIn /quotes/zigman/5131883 /quotes/nls/lnkd LNKD .
The chart of the day: Let's not get ahead of ourselves. Take what we're seeing on the Nasdaq-100 /quotes/zigman/12633930 NDX , which has lead the way in the current bull market. It's getting tired and could be heading for a correction, according to this illustration via the Short Side of Long blog. "To see a leading sector fail in its new bull market high confirmation, should be a worrying sign," the author wrote in his chart-heavy post.
The call of the day: The action in Apple /quotes/zigman/68270 /quotes/nls/aapl AAPL shares yesterday "shows there is still too much hope left in this stock," according to the CrackedMarket blog. Apple was in rally mode early Wednesday when rumors of a stock split started to spread, a move that "reeks of desperation as bulls grasp at straws." In other words, after CEO Tim Cook failed to impress traders at the annual shareholders meeting yesterday, it's best to stay away. "When all the faithful already own the company, who is left to buy?"
Random reads: "Losing money never means having to give anything back." Here's why "the asymmetry in pay" is the engine that drives Wall Street's mistakes.
How not to keep your job, a lesson in corporate faux pas, courtesy of Chelsea FC interim (and getting interim-er) manager Rafael Benitez. The odds don't favor him.
Gotta love Mexico. The leader of the country's teachers union was arrested on suspicion of embezzling $200 million in union funds to help pay for plastic surgery, seaside homes and shopping sprees. She also offered regional union leaders 59 brand new Hummers in an effort to buy their loyalty. Read the whole crazy story.
Bill Ackman scored a 1530 on his S.A.T, and he's still a bit miffed about missing those four questions. Read about that and also how he "wrote a check that his body couldn't cash" in this excerpt from the upcoming April issue of Vanity Fair.
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William Martin, Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry
Project summaryRecent studies have started to demonstrate the role of the coastal ocean in the earth-surface CO2 cycle. In addition, a small number of studies have shown that the acidification of the ocean as a result of elevated atmospheric CO2 levels can have important effects on the chemical and ecological balances of the coastal ocean. However, these studies have made it apparent that, since regional and local effects are important, and since short-term fluctuations (tidal, diurnal) and discrete events can be of paramount importance in coastal systems, autonomous, in situ measurements for extended time periods are essential for understanding the coastal environment.
Here at WHOI over the last several years, Fred Sayles (with recent help from Martin and Dan McCorkle) has developed an instrument ("RATS") that meets the requirements for study of the CO2 system in coastal (and other) environments. It measures TCO2 and pH with a time resolution of ~ 2 hours, over unattended deployments as long as 6 weeks. In addition to direct measurement of pH, its data can be used to calculate both pCO2 (needed to assess air-sea exchange) and the carbonate ion concentration (needed to assess the saturation state of seawater with respect to carbonate minerals) with the accuracy and precision needed for oceanographic studies. This instrument is now ahead of others in its development, and the time is right for demonstration of its capabilities in a scientific study. We will use RATS to examine the CO2 cycle in Waquoit Bay, a well-studied example of a coastal water body that is heavily impacted by groundwater. The study will have local significance, as preliminary work indicates very low pH values during summer in the Bay; and will have broader significance as a study of a groundwater-impacted coastal system. The work will enable Martin and McCorkle to establish a track record in the collection and interpretation of data from an autonomous, CO2-system instrument. It will serve as a "demonstration project" to show the effectiveness of RATS. We expect that the results of this study will place us in a strong position to apply for funds to use RATS in a broad range of biogeochemical studies requiring autonomous instrumentation.


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Nintendo 3DS Sales Beat Out PS3 Lifetime Sales
As of this week, the Nintendo 3DS has exceeded the PlayStation 3 in lifetime sales in Japan.
According to VGA247, a report from Media Create says that 8,799,378 3DS units have sold since the handheld's launch in early 2011. Sony was reported to have moved 8,716,260 PlayStation 3 units since the console's launch in 2006. This means that the 3DS has sold more in almost two years than the PS3 has in its six years of being in the market.
Media Create's stats for the last week of sales is shown below, with the lifetime sales for each console in the brackets.
Nintendo Wii U - 308,142 (308,142)
Nintendo 3DS – 211,499 (8,799,378)
PlayStation 3 – 36,994 (8,716,260)
PlayStation Vita – 11,039 (1,074,621)
Nintendo Wii – 6,714 (12,608,700)
Xbox 360 – 1,216 (1,608,399)
PlayStation 2 – 904 (21,829,112)
Nintendo DS – 424 (32,875,469)
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KENNESAW, Ga. – Kennesaw State outrebounded Lipscomb by 37 boards as they Lady Bisons fell 70-52 Saturday evening at the Convocation Center in Kennesaw, Ga.
Kennesaw (4-4, 1-1 A-Sun) had more offensive rebounds (26) than Lipscomb had overall (20).
Leah McAlister hit 3-pointers on back-to-back possessions to tie the game after Kennesaw opened the contest up 6-0.
Kennesaw State went on a 12-0 run over 3:42 before Hannah Phillips hit a jumper to end the streak at the 6:55 mark.
Phillips basket started a 14-2 run for Lipscomb (2-8, 0-2 A-Sun) to tie the game at 26 at the 2:05 mark. Kennesaw hit two free throws to take a 28-26 lead into the locker room.
Jenna Bartsokas gave Lipscomb its first lead of the evening with a 3-pointer on the first possession of the second half. Lipscomb took its largest lead of the game, 32-28, with a free throw by Brittany Duerk and two free throws by Valerie Bronson.
Lipscomb missed eight of its next nine attempts and turned the ball over three times as Kennesaw went on a 12-2 run over the next 4:57.
McAlister made a basket with 13:18 left close Kennesaw's lead to four, 40-36.
Kennesaw was able to expand its lead by connecting on 26-of-30 second half free throw attempts. Kennesaw was 29-of-40 for the game.
McAlister led Lipscomb with 11 points. Duerk had 10 points and a team high eight rebounds.
Montinique Nixon and Sametria Gideon each posted double-doubles for the Lady Owls. Nixon had 10 points and 14 rebounds. Gideon had 10 points and 10 rebounds.
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Two New Cases of Meningitis Among Men Who Have Sex With Men Were Reported Over the Past Five Weeks
November 29, 2012
The Health Department issued new recommendations today for vaccinating against invasive meningococcal disease -- commonly known as meningitis -- after an increase in cases. Vaccinations are now advised for men, regardless of HIV status, who have had intimate contact with another man that he met through a website, digital application ("App"), or at a bar or party since September 1, 2012 AND live in the following neighborhoods: Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brownsville, Bushwick, Clinton Hill, Crown Heights, Downtown Brooklyn, Dumbo, East New York, Prospect Heights and Williamsburg.
Two new cases of meningitis among men who have sex with men were reported over the past five weeks, bringing the total to 11 cases over the past 12 months. Many of the reported cases involve men who live in the aforementioned Brooklyn neighborhoods.
The Health Department continues to recommend vaccinations for any New York City man who is HIV-positive and has had intimate contact with another man that he met through a website, digital application ("App"), or at a bar or party since September 1, 2012. Individuals who meet some, but not all, of the criteria are advised to discuss their need for vaccination with their health care provider.
Vaccination prevents, but does not treat current infection. Common symptoms of meningitis are: high fever, headache, stiff neck, and rash that develop rapidly upon onset. Symptoms may occur two to 10 days after exposure, but usually within five days. People who experience these symptoms should seek medical care immediately.
People should first ask their health care provider if they have the vaccine. For those who cannot obtain the vaccine from their health care provider, Health Department clinics can administer the vaccine. Locations are listed here.
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The natural ice industry created a number of specialized tools. The man standing over the block of ice is holding the steering bar of a grapple. The grapple is attached by chain to a horse that hauls the block onto the ramp. The man ready to guide the block onto the ramp is holding a set of ice tongs. The men here are using a horse to hoist their ice. That would have been typical for a small ice harvesting operation, but large ice operations of the late 19th century used steam power to haul ice blocks. Large warehouses stood next to rivers and ponds ready to hold ice until it could be sent to the city. Unlike the blocks here, ice blocks would have had the snow shaved from their surface before they were harvested. The ice industry had to make standard-sized blocks to fit into the nation's ice boxes.
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- May 27:
- Boulder County OKs new Red Lion bridge, construction to begin in weeks
- Mar 25:
- Boulder's Red Lion to stay open past April 1
- Feb 23:
- Boulder County sues to close Red Lion's temporary bridge
- Jan 18:
- Boulder County threatens legal action over Red Lion bridge
- Jun 18:
- Red Lion to build permanent bridge over Boulder Creek, stay in business
- Jun 16:
- Red Lion neighbors fight for access to their homes after Boulder Creek bridge washout
- Jun 9:
- Red Lion closed this weekend, will lose $30,000 in wedding business
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- Boulder Creek bridge collapse threatens Red Lion's business
On a day when all eyes were on the turbulent Boulder Creek -- which threatened to send a calamitous gush of backed-up water downstream after a bridge collapsed a few miles up Boulder Canyon -- events ended with just a temporary rise in water levels.
Emergency crews managed to avert what they believed could have been a major surge on the creek by painstakingly removing the remains of a partially washed-out bridge at the Red Lion Restaurant on Tuesday.
"The water is flowing now," said Boulder County sheriff's Cmdr. Rick Brough after the final piece of the bridge had been plucked from the water by a massive track hoe shortly after 5 p.m. "We're not concerned about the surge anymore. Everything is good."
Boulder spokeswoman Sarah Huntley said officials would continue to keep a close eye on water levels. Continued high temperatures, a large rainfall or a debris dam behind another bridge all could increase the flooding risk again over the next few days.
Nothing was left to chance earlier in the day, when it was far from certain that the culvert-style bridge -- clogged with debris and damming a growing pool of water on an already-swollen river -- would hold together for much more than a few hours.
A massive 20-foot by 15-foot section of the bridge had collapsed by mid-morning, and the downstream side of the bridge was obliterated, with pieces of rebar sticking up out of a concrete foundation.
Officials feared that a total washout of the bridge would send 2 feet of water downstream, overflowing the creek's banks and threatening unsuspecting pedestrians and cyclists down in the city.
Authorities closed bike paths along the creek -- from Red Lion to 30th Street in Boulder -- and stationed divers along the fast-moving stream.
"It could be strong enough to sweep someone off the bike path," Boulder County sheriff's Deputy Marci Linton said of a potential surge.
The Sheriff's Office also conducted a "reverse 911" -- calling people who live between the mouth of Boulder Canyon and the Red Lion Restaurant -- to advise them to stay away from the creek.
"It's been pretty low-key," said Tom Albert, a member of the Boulder Fire Dive Rescue team who stood on the walking bridge near the Boulder Public Library's main branch as thunder rumbled in the distance. "We're just on stand-by."
A crew from the Colorado Department of Transportation worked diligently all afternoon to dig out the debris that had accumulated against the upstream side of the bridge and dismantle the crumbling structure.
Emergency officials consulted with engineers and hydrologists during the project.
"They want to do enough to get backed-up water going but not enough to create a surge," Huntley said.
CDOT workers used a culvert that went under Colo. 119 to alleviate some of the pressure on the bridge. The effort allowed a 1-foot drop in water level on the upstream side of the bridge.
The crew had to trade up for a larger track hoe when the first one didn't have a long enough arm to do an effective job of removing branches and concrete from the creek.
Around 4 p.m., workers and emergency crews noticed a substantial drop in water levels and decided to pull out as much of the bridge as possible while water levels were still manageable. They pushed forward with their offensive just as rain, which threatened to make the creek more of a force to deal with, began to fall. But the storm moved on quickly.
There was a slight rise in water levels when the last of the bridge was removed, but it quickly subsided. The bike paths had reopened by Tuesday evening.
Almost exactly seven years ago, the same bridge caved in during heavy streamflow. A culvert then was also blocked up by debris, causing the bridge to sink.
Joe Paule, a resident of Boulder Canyon, lives near the ruined bridge.
"I'm not surprised it's backing up the water again," he said. "It's done it before."
Unseasonably warm temperatures have caused snow in the high country to melt quickly, swelling local creeks and rivers.
On Monday, the Boulder County Sheriff's Office closed Boulder and St. Vrain creeks to tubing after Boulder Creek reached a flow of 725 cubic feet per second at North 75th Street, and St. Vrain Creek reached a flow of 1,230 cfs below Longmont. The creeks remain closed to tubing.
In other parts of the state, rising rivers have spilled over their banks, wiping out bridges and flooding some houses.
In Eagle County, a few homes in Gypsum and Vail have suffered minor flooding damage. A pedestrian bridge in Vail has been wiped out.
Sand bags have been piled along the Big Thompson River in Estes Park.
For the first week of June, temperatures in Boulder averaged about 10 degrees above average. Temperatures are expected to rebound to 90 degrees again on Thursday.
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Smarty Pants comes into our living rooms as a new, laid-back, family-entertainment piece. It's not made for hardcore gamers,; it's made for the masses. Video games are becoming more popular, and families are starting to accept them as just another leisure activity; due to that fact, this kind of game is more successful than it used to be. It just seems right to have a trivia game as part of your game library so you can play with your family and friends.
Most families don't play board games together anymore, but video games are presenting new opportunities we should take advantage of. Thankfully, games like Smarty Pants for the Wii, Scene It? for the Xbox 360, Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree or even Rock Band and Guitar Hero are helping to get families and friends together again, providing some much-needed social entertainment.
Smarty Pants is an interesting title. It's not very good looking, super-entertaining or addictive. However, it has several good things going for it: It's user-friendly, easy to pick up and play, and the questions are tailored for each player - allowing players of all ages to compete fairly against each other. If you need a break from Big Brain Academy, this might be your best bet. Instead of testing your visual and reasoning skills, it simply tests your knowledge, just like any trivia game would do. The questions are divided into several categories, and the difficulty level depends on your age and that of your playing partners.
The title is loaded with 20,000+ questions that will make each game unique. Most likely you won't see the same question show up more than once; oddly enough, I did see one of them come up twice! The eight categories are pretty straight-forward: Science, Art, Entertainment, Sports, Places and People, Books, Games, and Fashion. Adding fashion and games to the equation was a nice addition to the traditional trivia game. The questions in these two categories go all the way from Who makes these popular fragrances? to What game franchise belongs to this publishing group?, etc. It's a nice break from typical questions like What's the capital of this country? or Who wrote this classic book?, which you'll also find in the game. Smarty Pants presents some extra pop-culture content that distinguishes it from other trivia titles, but it's not really all that casual; it actually has a good mix of questions that make the game more exciting and appealing for everyone.
There are a few game modes one can find within the Solo, Friends, or Family modes. Unfortunately, the Solo mode leaves a lot to be desired. You can only practice but not save your scores, and the character you choose comes from a pool of premade characters with little style or personality of their own. Smarty Pants was made to play with people; that's why all the fun was packed in the multiplayer modes, including the always-welcomed Mii support. Friends Mode includes the Wager and Countdown modes. Two to four people can compete in these modalities. Wager Mode will have all of you shooting at targets at the beginning of each round, right after selecting a category; the targets have positive and negative numbers and they'll determine how many points the next batch of questions will be worth. Needless to say, that's the amount of points you'll lose if you answer something wrong. It's always more convenient to aim at lower scores for categories that represent your weak spot. Countdown Mode is simple and traditional: the faster you answer the question, the more points you'll earn (or lose).
Family Mode is not nearly as fun, although it could be if you have a fun family and everyone is eager to contribute. It's cooperative trivia action for the whole family. Each player is given questions that are appropriate to their age. They all have to participate and try to get as many questions answered as possible before the timer announces you're out of time. While one player is answering a question, the others can make gestures the game prompts in order to slow down the timer. This was a bit annoying, especially because the Wii-mote itself, in addition to your TV speakers, often yells at you things like "Dance!," "Jump!," etc. I could have done without this, but at least it keeps everyone active and adds a bit more fun and goofiness to the experience.


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If you're a fan of "Downton Abbey," the hit British drama that airs in the U.S. on PBS's "Masterpiece," you know that family finances and estate planning (or the lack thereof) play a central role in the series. (And if you haven't yet seen the end of Season 3 or the beginning of Season 4, you should also be warned that some spoilers are coming up shortly.)
These pecuniary themes have made the show something of a sensation among financial planners and lawyers, who see many of the same issues – and problems – in their clients' lives. And the first installment of season 4, which premiered last night, was unlikely to disappoint this audience: During the episode's gloomy first hour, characters wrangled with the consequences of the fact that Matthew Crawley, heir to the Downton estate, has perished in a car accident without leaving a will.
For a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, columnist Kelly Greene spoke with several advisers about some of the biggest lessons that individuals and families can draw from "Downton Abbey." Indeed, the "whole plot is really about an enormous estate-planning problem," says Kenneth Brier, a lawyer in Needham, Mass.
The most obvious take-away: Diversify your holdings. (The head of the Crawley family, the Earl of Grantham, invests the bulk of his American wife's fortune in a single Canadian railway, which ends up filing for bankruptcy.) But let's assume you have already taken that step. Among the additional "Abbey" insights:
Sell the house: The Crawley family plots and schemes to keep control of their castle and sprawling estate. In real life, though, inheriting an old house often can be more trouble than it's worth. Parents frequently think their adult children have an emotional attachment to a home – when, in fact, those children often would prefer to sell the property and inherit the cash.
Use trusts to protect a family fortune: So-called dynasty trusts can help protect against bad management, creditors and divorce settlements, says Christine Finn, a lawyer at Marcum, a New York City accounting and advisory firm. In particular, such trusts can help prevent one person from blowing a family fortune. A professional trustee, for instance, likely would have been able to prevent the earl from plowing most of his family's funds into a single, dubious venture.
Set up a medical directive: Characters in "Downton Abbey" seem to die at an alarming rate, which keeps the show entertaining, but also highlights the need for both a will and so-called advance medical directives. These are written instructions that specify what actions should be taken if you no longer are able to make medical decisions. It's also prudent to have a health-care proxy, which appoints someone to make such decisions. In short, the more people who know about your wishes, the better.
In "Downton Abbey," there "are an awful lot of secrets," says Mary Schmidt, an estate-planning attorney in Boston. "And secrets are detrimental to proper planning."
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Islam's Intellectual Suicide—and the Threat to Us All
People are shocked and frightened by the behavior coming out of the Islamic world—not only because it is violent, but also because it is seemingly inexplicable. While there are many answers to the question of "what went wrong" in the Muslim world, no one has decisively answered why it went wrong. Until now.
In this eye-opening book, foreign policy expert Robert R. Reilly uncovers the root of our contemporary crisis: a pivotal struggle waged within the Muslim world nearly a millennium ago. In a heated battle over the role of reason, the side of irrationality won. The deformed theology that resulted, Reilly reveals, produced the spiritual pathology of Islamism, and a deeply dysfunctional culture.
Terrorism—from 9/11, to Madrid and Mumbai, to Manchester and the London Bridge—is the most obvious manifestation of this crisis. But Reilly shows that the pathology extends much further. The Closing of the Muslim Mind solves such puzzles as:
- why peace is so elusive in the Middle East
- why the Arab world stands near the bottom of every measure of human development
- why scientific inquiry is nearly dead in the Islamic world
- why Spain translates more books in a single year than the entire Arab world has in the past thousand years
- why some people in Saudi Arabia still refuse to believe man has been to the moon
- why Muslim media frequently present natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina as God's direct retribution
Delving deeper than previous polemics and simplistic analyses, The Closing of the Muslim Mind provides the answers the West has so desperately needed in confronting the Islamist crisis.
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"Brilliant and groundbreaking . . . Should be read by anyone who wants to understand one of the most fundamental causes of conflict in the 21st century." —National Review Online
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"The remarkable facet of The Closing of the Muslim Mind is that this work of theological archaeology is accomplished while leaving the audience an eminently readable book of just 200 pages. . . . This book should be compulsory reading at all institutions dedicated to preventing another 9/11." —Hudson Institute
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(Reuters) - Kevin Durant put on a second-half show to help Oklahoma City overwhelm the Los Angeles Clippers 109-97 on Tuesday in a possible dress rehearsal for this season's Western Conference finals.
Durant caught fire with 24 of his game-high 32 points coming in the final two quarters, where the league's leading scorer mixed three-point bombs with a forceful dunk to carry the NBA-leading Thunder (33-9) to an emphatic road victory.
"My shots were falling and my team mates were getting offensive rebounds and kicking it out for (three-pointers)," Durant told reporters. "When we're driving and kicking, we're pretty good."
Despite playing without injured point guard Chris Paul, the Clippers trailed by just four at halftime but were out-scored 33-23 in the third quarter to slip to a 14-point deficit.
Oklahoma City extended the advantage by a further two points early in the fourth before Los Angeles trimmed the advantage in the closing minutes.
Russell Westbrook added 26 points and six assists for the defending conference champion Thunder, who have now won seven of eight games.
The Clippers (32-11) entered the contest with the second best record in the West but slipped to third behind San Antonio (33-11) despite 31 points and 11 rebounds from Blake Griffin.
Paul was sidelined for the fourth time in six games because of a right knee ailment and Los Angeles missed his play-making ability in their second straight loss.
The Clippers kept things close until Durant sparked the visitors with 11 points in the third. He added 13 more in the fourth including a monster one-handed slam over frozen defender Lamar Odom.
Durant's shooting touch seemed to rub off on his team mates as the Thunder made 15-of-27 three-pointer attempts on the night.
"We have to run them off threes and make them beat us with something else," Los Angeles reserve Jamal Crawford said.
"(Durant and Westbrook) are a dynamic duo. We'll see them again."
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The Sangamon Sheriff's Office, serves the public offering a Patrol Division, Investigations, Civil Process, Court Security, and a Jail with a rated capacity of 314 inmates.
After twenty-eight years in law enforcement – twenty five with the Sheriff's Office – and many years serving the community with organizations like Toys-for-Tots, Habitat for Humanity and the Red Cross, on November 4, 2014, the citizens of Sangamon County honored me by electing me Sheriff. I intend to maintain and grow these relationships to foster cooperation between our office and the community and to strengthen our reputation as a community police force.
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In the aftermath of the Browns' acquisition of quarterback Jason Campbell, it's clear that someone eventually will have to go.
That someone eventually could be Colt McCoy.
Refuting a report that McCoy will soon be released or traded, CEO Joe Banner said in an interview with ESPN Radio Cleveland (the Browns' new flagship partner) that McCoy won't be cut — but that the Browns could be willing to trade McCoy.
The market for McCoy could depend on whether and to what extent teams find quarterbacks in the draft. While McCoy is unlikely to get a chance to compete to be a starter elsewhere, teams like the Bills, Bears, Saints, Buccaneers, and 49ers could still be looking backups.
As to the starter in Cleveland, Banner said Brandon Weeden will enter training camp at No. 1 on the depth chart, but that Campbell will compete with the 2012 first-round pick.
Of course, there's still a chance that the Campbell acquisition primarily was aimed at providing the Browns cover for taking a quarterback in one of the first two or three rounds of the draft. With Weeden and Campbell under contract, no one will suspect the Browns of making a play for a another passer.
If, for example, the Browns eventually decide to take Geno Smith with the sixth overall pick, it's important that the two teams immediately behind them (the Cardinals and Bills) don't see it coming — or they may try to leapfrog Cleveland in the draft order.