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Blender is a free 3D animation studio. It includes tools for modeling, sculpting, texturing (painting, node-based shader materials, or UV mapped), UV mapping, rigging and constraints, weight painting, particle systems, simulation (fluids, physics, and soft body dynamics and an external crowd simulator), rendering, node-based compositing, and non linear video editing, as well as an integrated game engine for real-time interactive 3D, and game creation and playback with cross-platform compatibility.
Asymptote is a powerful descriptive 2D and 3D vector graphics language for technical drawing, inspired by MetaPost but with an improved C++-like syntax. It provides for figures the same high-quality level of typesetting that LaTeX does for scientific text. Asymptote is a programming language as opposed to just a graphics program. It can exploit the best features of script (command-driven) and graphical user interface (GUI) methods. High-level graphics commands are implemented in the language itself, allowing them to be easily tailored to specific applications.
graphviz is a set of graph drawing tools and libraries. It supports hierarchical and mass-spring drawings; although the tools are scalable, their emphasis is on making very good drawings of reasonably-sized graphs. Package components include batch layout filters and interactive editors for X11, Java, and a TCL/tk extension. The batch filters can be configured as a web visualization service (using GIF and click-maps). Typical applications include display of finite state machines, software diagrams, database schemas, and communication networks.
QCAD is an application for computer aided drafting (CAD) in two dimensions (2D). With QCAD, you can create technical drawings such as plans for buildings, interiors, mechanical parts, or schematics and diagrams. QCAD can be easily extended through plugins and its very powerful and complete ECMAScript (JavaScript) interface.
GNU TeXmacs is a free wysiwyw (what you see is what you want) editing platform with special features for scientists. The software aims to provide a unified and user friendly framework for editing structured documents with different types of content: text, mathematics, graphics, interactive content. TeXmacs can also be used as an interface to many external systems for computer algebra, numerical analysis, and statistics. New presentation styles can be written by the user and new features can be added to the editor using Scheme.
PasTmon (Passive Application Response Time Monitor) passively monitors your application servers, measuring and reporting user response times, throughput and congestion. It currently works with HTTP, telnet, rlogin, rsh, FTP (control channel), SMTP, POP3, and IRC. Measurements are recorded in a PostgreSQL database and are presented graphically via a PHP Web front-end using R statistical analysis scripts to create the plots.
Armadillo is a C++ linear algebra library (matrix maths) aiming towards a good balance between speed and ease of use. The API is deliberately similar to Matlab's. Integer, floating point, and complex numbers are supported, as well as a subset of trigonometric and statistics functions. Various matrix decompositions are provided through optional integration with LAPACK and ATLAS numerics libraries. A delayed evaluation approach, based on template meta-programming, is used (during compile time) to combine several operations into one and reduce or eliminate the need for temporaries.
Pybliographer is a tool for managing bibliographic databases. It supports several bibliography formats (BibTeX, Refer, Medline, ISI, Ovid) and can be used for searching, editing, reformatting, etc, through its nice graphical interface for GNOME. Due to its nature, it can be extended to many uses (generating HTML pages according to bibliographic searches, etc). It is provided with sample scripts.
nut is nutrition software to record what you eat and analyze your meals for nutrient composition. The database included is the latest USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference. This database contains values for vitamins, minerals, fats, calories, protein, carbohydrates, fiber, etc., and includes the essential polyunsaturated fats, Omega-3 and Omega-6. Nutrient levels are expressed as a percentage of the Daily Value, the familiar standard of food labeling in the United States, but also can be fully customized. Foods can be added from recipes or food labels, and nutrient intake can be graphed. The program is completely menu-driven and there are no commands to learn.
A concatenative language with roots in Forth
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Scholarships for short-term job training are available through the JobLink Career Center at Blue Ridge Community College.
These scholarships, funded by the N.C. State Employees' Credit Union Foundation, may be used for the college's N.C. Back-to-Work Program which provides training in advanced manufacturing, automotive systems, computer systems and brewing technology.
The deadline to apply is today. For more information about eligibility requirements and course registration, contact Blue Ridge Community College at 828-694-4770 or 883-2520 or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com
Blue Ridge Community College will hold a business conference May 23 at the Transylvania County library.
The conference and lunch on site is free. www.surveymonkey.com/s/GrowYourBusinessin2013
Harris Teeter today is donating more than $340,000 to JDRF, the world's largest charitable funder of research toward curing, treating and preventing type 1 diabetes and its complications.
The donation was made possible thanks to generous contributions from Harris Teeter customers during the company's point of purchase campaign to benefit JDRF. Harris Teeter hosted the point of purchase donation card campaign in March, during which time Harris Teeter customers were invited to make $1, $3 or $5 donations to JDRF at checkout.
In addition to the donation from the point of purchase donation card campaign, Harris Teeter also is sponsoring the Harris Teeter Celebrity Golf Classic benefiting the Greater Western Carolinas Chapter of JDRF on Thursday in Charlotte.
For more than 10 years, Harris Teeter has been a proud sponsor of the golf classic, and in that time, the Greater Western Carolinas Chapter of JDRF has generated more than $900,000 for T1D research thanks to proceeds from the golf tournament.
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Scholarships for short-term job training are available through the JobLink Career Center at Blue Ridge Community College.

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MuDownManager is a program for managing downloads from Megaupload and Rapidshare for premium members. It is lightweight and cross-platform. Downloads can be started in a batch by specifying a list of URLs. Links can be copied directly from your preferred Web browser and pasted into MuDownManager. MuDownManager lets you skip LinkBucks. It has a very simple and intuitive GUI. It is pluggable, allowing support for other download sites to be added in the future.
CloudLinux is a Linux operating system designed to improve control in the shared hosting and data center arena, while simultaneously increasing control and stability, as well as improving overall performance. It employs kernel level technology called LVE to allow Web hosting companies to control QoS of each individual Web site as well as each section of the Web site. The technology can be used for any multi-tenant environment, where it is beneficial to control resource usage of individual tenant. With CloudLinux, hosting companies can make sure that a single site cannot slow down or take down other Web sites. The OS is interchangeable with CentOS.
Plesk Sync is a WHMCS add-on module that imports, controls, creates, and synchronizes client hosting accounts on Parallels Plesk servers. It finds orphaned hosting accounts that are active in Plesk but not in billing and attempts to locate the real owner of the hosting account. It also imports and creates new clients with invoiced hosting accounts, including passwords. All client servers running the Plesk OS are displayed along with detailed statistics such as uptime, load averages, memory, disk, clients, domains, databases, and mail.
Kloxo is a lightweight and powerful Web hosting panel that has been in development since 2002. It was formerly known as LxAdmin. It allows for adding customers, resellers, and wholesale resellers with few clicks. Clustering functions are also built in, so you can expand and add servers whenever you need. Migrating customers between servers is easy and automatic, making it the most extensible panel to date. The services installed by default are Apache, BIND, MySQL, Pure-ftpd, Qmail, and Bogofilter. You can also switch between Apache and Lighttpd, BIND and djbdns, Bogofilter and Spamassassin. All configuration files are converted automatically in the process.
A tool to retrieve Revelation-stored passwords from the command-line.
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Racor's 36" Tool Organizer Bar holds up to 23 items - 11 long and/or short handle items and 12 hooks hold hanging items.
The Racor Bike Lift allows you to store one bike securely by lifting it to the ceiling without needing to climb up a ladder. Lift a 50lb bike 12 feet.
The Racor 450 Rack multi-purpose wall storage solution can hold the heaviest of items–up to 150lbs on each of three tiers for a total of 450lbs.
The Racor Golf Storage Hanger mounts to the wall and holds two golf bags and two pairs of shoes.
The Tornado Large J-Hook is ideal for multiple chairs, leaf blowers, fertilizer spreaders, and sleds.


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The H Street entrance to Southwestern College's Chula Vista campus reopens when students return from Spring Break on Monday, April 21. Parking in Lot J will remain closed through the summer, however, as the college begins installing a series of solar panels.
The solar panel project is part of Proposition R, the $389 million bond measure to improve college facilities. The solar project is expected to save the college more than $8 million over the next 20 years.
The temporary parking spots created in Lot O while the H Street entrance was closed will remain available until November 1. Paid parking in Lot O will resume April 21, however. Lots M and N will return to their original status as staff parking lots on April 21.
Over the next year, the solar project will require other parking lots to be closed temporarily. On May 12th Lot A will close all but 40 staff and visitor parking spaces until August 15, 2014.
May 19th will see the closure of lots B and C, which will not reopen until August 22, 2014.
Completion is expected in late September of 2014.
Lots F and G will be closed starting June 9th and will not reopen until September 19, 2014.
Throughout the project, portions of each parking lot will become available as the major construction is completed.
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"The Portageville Bridge Replacement Project is essential to maintaining the competitive balance of freight rail transportation in New York State and the rest of New England," said Jim Carter Jr., chief engineer bridges and structures for Norfolk Southern. "Now is the time to complete this project as demand for rail service is rising. Bridge construction costs have more than tripled since 2000, and so has the importance of the rail line to the local communities it serves. Modernizing the bridge is vital to ensuring affordable and efficient rail access for shippers and shortlines that rely on the Southern Tier."
The proposed project will build a new bridge just to the south of the existing structure. Norfolk Southern will move forward into final design with an arch structure that will provide a safer, more modern rail bridge. A small amount of land will need to be acquired by the railroad where the new bridge will be located.
The existing bridge was built in 1875 after a fire destroyed the former wooden bridge structure. NYSDOT is soliciting comments about the fate of that existing structure after the new bridge is in operation. The bridge, which is on the National Historic Register, could be preserved or demolished.
The bridge was identified in the 2009 New York State Rail Plan as one of the 10 most significant rail bottlenecks in the state. In 2011, the Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council identified replacement of the bridge among its five-year projects to address barriers to economic growth in its Strategic Plan.
The project to build a new rail bridge is expected to cost approximately $69 million. NYSDOT has contributed approximately $3 million in design costs and has secured $2.5 million for construction costs. The balance would be provided by the railroad and possibly by additional public funds. The funding includes a grant of $2 million from the Regional Economic Development Council.
Construction could begin in 2013 or 2014 and would last at least three years..
A joint DOT/Norfolk Southern public hearing will be held on Jan. 10 at 6 p.m. at the Genesee River Restaurant and Reception Center, 134 North Main Street, Mount Morris, 14510. Based on the findings of the DEIS, the written and oral comments received during the public hearing and comments received during the public comment period, NYSDOT will select an alternative and prepare a Final Environmental Impact Statement.
The DEIS is available for review on the DOT website at www.dot.ny.gov/portagevillebridge


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INDIANAPOLIS — Authorities launched a homicide investigation Monday into the house explosion that killed two people and left numerous homes uninhabitable in an Indianapolis neighborhood.
Indianapolis Homeland Security Director Gary Coons made the announcement after meeting with residents affected by the Nov. 10 blast and just hours after a funeral for the husband and wife who were killed. The couple lived next door to the house where investigators believe the explosion occurred.
"We are turning this into a criminal homicide investigation," Coons said, marking the first time investigators have acknowledged a possible criminal element to the case. Read More


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A recent toast to James Watson highlights a tolerance for bigotry many want excised from the scientific community.
Interactome Analysis
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Study examines tissue-specific protein interactions linked to hereditary diseases.
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Study examines tissue-specific protein interactions linked to hereditary diseases.
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A study implicates the breaking up of bacterial biofilms on fatty plaques in arteries as causing stroke or heart attack following stress.
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Scientists generate tumor-targeting molecules that can be used for imaging and treatment.
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Two papers on the same Middle East respiratory syndrome victim hint at uncouth scientific competition and possible laboratory contamination, plus illuminate potential issues within the Saudi Arabian health ministry.
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Although it's far less populated than the mouth community that helps feed it, researchers increasingly appreciate the role of the lung microbiome in respiratory health.
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Two new drugs—one a single-dose antibiotic—have been developed to treat skin infections, including methicillin-reistant Staphylococcus aureus.
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A study documents boys with autism who were exposed to elevated levels of testosterone, cortisol, and other hormones in utero.
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Drinking green tea appears to boost the activity of DNA repair enzymes.
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Meet some of the people featured in the June 2014 issue of The Scientist
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By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press
A court in South Africa found a hip-hop star guilty Tuesday of the murder of four schoolchildren in a drag-race crash that had victims' families worried that wealth and fame would get the accused off easy.
Molemo Maarohanye, best known by his stage name Jub Jub, faced charges of murder and attempted murder stemming from a March 8, 2010 drag race in which he and his co-accused drove cars that ploughed into a group of schoolchildren, killing four and seriously injuring two. The crash happened in Soweto, not far from the magistrate's court where they would be charged.
A magistrate ruled that the men had been driving under the influence of drugs, finding both guilty on four counts of murder and on two counts of attempted murder. Read More


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Fotoxx navigates an image collection using a thumbnail browser to choose images to view or edit. Edit functions include brightness, contrast, color, gamma, white balance, tone mapping, red eyes, sharpen, blur, noise suppression, smart erase, trim (crop), resize, rotate, add text, bend/warp, many art effects, HDR, HDF, stack, and panorama. Edit functions use movable curves and sliders. Feedback is live using the whole image. RAW files can be edited and saved with deep color. Areas or objects can be selected using freehand draw, follow edge, and tone matching. Selections can be edited in place with adjustable blending. They can also be cut and pasted into other images. Any metadata can be edited, reported, and searched (filenames, tags, dates, geotags, comments, captions, ratings, etc.). Collections (arbitrary subsets) can be defined and viewed. Batch functions are available for rename, resize/export, RAW conversion, and more.
GraphicsMagick is a robust collection of tools and libraries which support reading, writing, and manipulating an image in over 90 major formats including popular formats like DPX, DICOM, BMP, GIF, JPEG, JPEG-2000, PDF, PNG, PNM, SVG, and TIFF. A high-quality 2D renderer is included, which provides a subset of SVG capabilities. C, C++, Perl, Tcl, and Ruby are supported. Originally based on ImageMagick, GraphicsMagick focuses on performance, minimizing bugs, and providing stable APIs and ABIs. It runs on all modern variants of Unix, Windows, and Mac OS X.
GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software suitable for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, a image format converter, etc.
GTKRawGallery is a workflow-oriented photo retouching program with the necessary tools to quickly process camera raw images. It brings together Dcraw, Imagemagick, and Exiftool. Important features include an image browser and manager for popular formats, a full-featured Dcraw GUI for fine-tuned raw image pre-processing, image modification tools for 16-bit/channel post-processing, batch conversion with single workflow applicable, a batch processor to speed up the workflow, fast tagging, an advanced metadata editor with EXIF, IPTC, and XMP write support, color management, and print support, Facebook, Flickr, and Picasa Web Albums publishers, and a Dropbox uploader.
Evolvotron is an interactive "generative art" application to evolve images/textures/patterns through an iterative process of random mutation and user-selection driven evolution. If you like lava lamps, and never got tired of the Mandelbrot set, this could be the software for you. It's implemented using Qt, and is multithreaded.
Geomajas is an extensible spatial application framework, enabling integrated GIS solutions for businesses and government. It has an integrated client-server architecture, with a high focus on server-side integration of your data (be it through GeoTools or Hibernate). This means that you apply your security and business logic on the server before anything gets sent to the client, resulting in robust applications and a real thin client.
Citra FX is a set of image filter effects for digital photos or images. It allows anyone, regardless of experience, to turn digital images into unique artistic looks. Citra FX comes with many prebuilt filters from color adjustment, contrast, and exposure to advanced filters like water ripple, emboss, etc. You also get instant visual feedback on what you changed. It is well suited for both simple and advanced digital photo or image filtering.


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For bedroom and dining room, home office and kid's room, our modern storage options are designed for minimalists and pack rats alike.
In a contemporary home, practical but stylish modern storage can be a challenge. Ideally, storage solutions shouldn't look like last minute additions, but, in fact, as integral to the design and composition of a room as any other essential piece of furniture.
Because there's such a wide range of inventive storage solutions available to the modern design enthusiast—shelving, sideboards, armoires, bookcases—it may be helpful to think less about a specific storage need, and focus, instead, on a few standard, timeless pieces of modern storage that offer long-term practicality and flexibility.
Besides a bed, modern dressers and nightstands comprise a basic contemporary bedroom ensemble, and investing wisely in both these storage elements will pay long-term dividends. Depending on the size of your bedroom and your volume of clothes and accessories, you may need more than one contemporary dresser with ample drawer space, and a pair of handsome, well constructed modern nightstands with drawers or shelves.
Consider bedroom storage that transcends bedroom décor, and opt for furniture that can easily blend into other rooms. For instance, a low-profile horizontal modern dresser can do double duty as modern sideboard in a dining room or media console in the living room; while a chic, well-proportioned contemporary nightstand may just as easily work as entryway table or occasional table in a living room. By thinking about storage in a less specific way, you'll gain a longer lifespan from your modern storage selections, making them worthy investments.
Modern storage solutions for the living room, dining room, or home office include contemporary shelving and display cabinets, modern media consoles and dining room sideboards. There's no shortage of elegant storage solutions out there, but it may be useful to think carefully about the purpose of each storage piece you buy to avoid purchasing something that, while visually compelling, may not be particularly useful or built to last.
Today's range of contemporary bookcases and shelving is vast and varied, extending from basic to artful—and that's both good news and bad news. It's easy to fall for a striking, sculptural piece of modern shelving, but if your needs are both practical and esthetic, you may find yourself compromising functionality for form.
As with all modern furniture, buying with both form and functionality in mind is always a smart decision. If practical storage is your main consideration, opt instead for dual purpose shelving, like a large, modern shelving system that acts as both room divider and holder of books and objects. If your space is limited, choose a vertical contemporary bookshelf with a narrow footprint, which keeps books and objects organized in the most spatially economic way.
When choosing a modern media console, imagine how it might look outside that specific context, as say, contemporary cabinet for tabletop items in the dining room. A flat surface area and concealed shelving has myriad applications, so look beyond furniture labels. A tall and elegant modern armoire and low-profile modern sideboard might be ideally suited to their original function, but may just as easily solve a host of other storage needs.


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Falstaff Motorcycle Jacket
- Product Review (submitted on August 30, 2012):
After a 22 year break from Continental touring,my wife boldly agreed to do pillion duty on the V strom down to Southern Spain.We knew it would be hot but not the record busting 116F that we experienced on the run into Cordoba.The Falstaff jacket allowed enough air through when moving to keep one just about cool enough but obviously one began to boil once stopped. Strange looks from T shirt and short clad local riders was hardly suprising but I did not experience clamminess and the cotton liner is less sticky than skin on goretex.The (slightly baggy) liner probably did impede air flow up the sleeves a bit compared to the other Darien jackets but on balance I would say cotton is always more comfortable than goretex when wearing a short T shirt at those temps.
Didn't get a chance to test waterproofedness and the ''just in case'PVC overcoat stayed at the bottom of the pannier for all the trip.


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TI SENTO - Milano rings are available in 6 different sizes. The sizing starts
at size 50 and goes up to size 60. In case you are not sure which size is right
for you, you can determine your size using the following guide.
You can use different approaches to determine your size.
Take a ring you are currently wearing, place this on a ruler and measure its inside diameter in millimeters. In case you do not have a ring, you can use a measuring tape to measure the circumference of your finger in millimetres. If you do not have a measuring tape either, you can use the printable ring sizer.
The inside diameter is given in the sizing table as EU, the perimeter in millimetres you can also find in the table.
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KeePass is a light-weight and easy-to-use password manager that removes the need for you to remember many different passwords and makes it more feasible to use different passwords for each account. It manages your passwords in a secure database encrypted with AES and Twofish, which is locked with one master key or a key file.
Jquery Slider Shock is a powerful slider extension which works with any website powered by WordPress or jQuery. It allows you to quickly and easily enrich your site's content by adding text, images, audio, or video from both local sources and external ones such as Flickr or YouTube.
Shiny Menu Icons is a unique icon library covering an extremely wide range of topics, from standard file operations, navigation, and document processing to user management, online communications, security, and a lot more. Each of the 1014 icons in this collection is available in 4 popular file formats (PNG, GIF, BMP, and ICO) and resolutions (48x48, 32x32, 24x24, 20x20, and 16x16). The set can be efficiently used in the interface of any modern software.
The IDAutomation MICR E13B Font Advantage package includes a single precise MICR E-13B font which usually avoids the need to calibrate the font to the printer, calibration software for printers that are out of alignment, 24 additional MICR fonts at various widths and intensities, security fonts for printing secure names and amounts, MICR E13B print specifications and an easy to use Bank Check Design and Printing Software application.
All Menu Icons provides over 13,000 icons for only 3 cents apiece. Design desktop and mobile applications, develop Web sites, or use icons in printed media with no royalties or usage restrictions. This extensive bundle includes thousands of icons in a number of variations, supplying each menu icon in various sizes, file formats, color resolutions, and visual states.
The Rove Mobile Admin Client is a smartphone- and tablet-enabled client for the Rove Mobile Admin mobile IT management solution. It provides secure access to IT servers and services including Microsoft Exchange, Active Directory, BlackBerry Enterprise Server BES, VMware and Hyper-V, Novell NetWare, Domino, Oracle, Nagios, BMC Remedy, CA Service Desk, Windows Server, RDP, VNC, Telnet, SSH, TN3270 and TN5250, HP iLO, and System Center Operations Manager.
Large Business Icons is a collection of royalty-free icons that includes a wide variety of images related to business and banking. It includes icons representing various financial operations, documents, and people. Each image is provided in 6 resolutions (16x16, 24x24, 32x32, 48x48, 256x256, and 512x512 pixels) and 4 image formats (GIF, PNG, ICO, and BMP). You can use these icons for desktop and online applications.
AnyChart is a flexible Macromedia Flash-based solution that allows you to create animated, compact, interactive, and attractive charts. Driven by an XML interface, it has no installation and is easily used. There is no need for Active-X on the server since graphics are rendered on the client. All scripting languages (ASP, PHP, ColdFusion, Perl, etc.) are supported. You can easily add your own custom images, sounds, texts, etc.
An easy-to-read, HTML-based, mostly logic-less DOM templating engine.
An administration tool for DNS, LDAP, PostgreSQL, and more.


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Before Jersey Boys debuted on Broadway in '05 there was a fair amount of anticipation about the show and many industry experts expected it to post solid numbers when it came to ticket sales, but no one could have predicted that Jersey Boys would become one of the biggest shows of the past decade. Based on the story of rock 'n roll pioneers the Four Seasons, Jersey Boys won four Tony Awards in '06, including Best Musical. The show has also broken numerous box office records and the show's soundtrack has been certified platinum with well over one million copies sold. The soundtrack even won a Grammy Award for the Best Musical Show Album. If you want to see one of the hottest Broadway shows in recent years, then get your Jersey Boys musical tickets from GoTickets.com.
Jersey Boys chronicles the amazing story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, who came out of New Jersey in the early 1960s and forever changed the world of music. They sold more than 175 million records around the world and remain one of the most popular musical acts of all time. As you would expect, Jersey Boys is loaded with some of the best music from that era, including "Sherry," "Big Girls Don't Cry" and "My Boyfriend's Back." Whether you grew up in the 1960s or not, you'll love the music of Jersey Boys. Even though Jersey Boys is all about great music, it also has a story to tell, because the rise of the Four Seasons was not always smooth. You can find out the whole story, and get to hear some great music in the process, with Jersey Boys show tickets.
Jersey Boys has been a remarkable success at the August Wilson Theatre in New York City, and the Jersey Boys national tour has been filling up theaters around the country. Jersey Boys has proven to be so popular that besides being a permanent fixture in New York City, there is an ongoing production in Las Vegas at the Palazzo Hotel and Casino. GoTickets.com has Jersey Boys Broadway show tickets as well as Jersey Boys National Tour tickets for any performance you want to see.


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The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is used to synchronize the time of a computer client or server to another server or reference time source, such as a radio or satellite receiver or modem. It provides client accuracies typically within a millisecond on LANs and up to a few tens of milliseconds on WANs relative to a primary server synchronized to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) via a Global Positioning Service (GPS) receiver, for example.
qpimd aims to implement a PIM (Protocol Independent Multicast) daemon for the Quagga Routing Suite. Initially, it targets only PIM SSM (Source-Specific Multicast) mode as defined in section 4.8.2 (PIM-SSM-Only Routers) of RFC 4601. In order to deliver end-to-end multicast routing control plane, qpimd includes the router-side of IGMPv3 (RFC 3376).
skd is a small daemon which binds to a UDP, TCP, or Unix-domain socket, waits for connections and runs a specified program to handle them. It is ideal as a secure, efficient replacement for traditional inetd. It is also an easy-to-use tool for non-privileged users wanting to run their own network services. Datagram and stream sockets are available in both the Internet and Unix namespaces, each with the expected inetd behavior. In the Internet domain, IPv6 is supported in addition to IPv4. skd also supports connection limits, verbose logging of connections, dropping of privileges, forking into the background with a pidfile, and redirecting stderr to syslog or a file. Some of these facilities (such as forking into the background, privilege dropping, and logging) are also useful for standalone, non-network services and can be used without binding any socket.
Memventi is a Venti daemon. It speaks the same Venti protocol as the real Venti in Plan 9 from Bell Labs. It is a storage server that stores data blocks up to 56KB using its SHA-1 hash (called its score) to address it. It keeps a mapping of score to disk location in memory (in a memory-efficient manner). Blocks written cannot be removed, and blocks are only written once. Memventi writes new blocks to an append-only file, thereby making file corruption due to bugs practically impossible.
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ITC is back and badder than ever!
And to kick off a new story I would like to say Kudos to my favorite stories on here, Senior Year and Touching Nick. Great stories guys!
Chapter One:
My heart was pounding as I walked into the stadium on the morning of June 4th 2004. I was walking beside my best friend Cameron and my twin sister, Alexis, who walked closely behind us.
"We made it! Graduation, can you believe it?!" Cameron said
"Are you kidding, I couldn't believe you made it through freshman year," I joked.
"I'm going to ignore that since this day is what we've been waiting for for 4 long years!" he said.
"Long for you," Alexis said smiling.
Cameron and I met as freshman in Algebra. I wasn't what you would call the "popular" type. I was smart, nice, and most of all I was gay. No one, not even my sister, knew the real me. But I was okay with that. Cameron's friends however, were not. They constantly teased me because I was scrawny and I couldn't put up much of a fight, so I played the psychological games until they started beating me up. Cameron was never aware about this though. He was completely oblivious to whatever his friends did to me.
It wasn't until before Christmas Break he figured out what was going on. I was assigned to be his tutor when his parents figured out he was failing Algebra. Every Tuesday and Thursday I went over to his house and tutored him. One of those days was a day I was beaten up on the way over to his house...
"What the Hell happened to you?!" Cameron asked.
"Nothing, it's fine," I said, wiping the blood off my lip.
"It's obviously not fine, you look like you were hit by a truck"
"Look would you just drop it? We aren't even friends, I'm just your ticket to stay on the swim team."
He had a weird expression on his face when I said this, like he cared or something.
"I'll go get you a wet cloth and an ice pack," he said, "Lay down on the couch."
Not questioning him, I did as I was told. I looked around his house and noticed a picture on his mantle with candles around it. It was a picture of a boy who looked a lot like Cameron. I walked up to it and noticed that there was a memorial pamphlet sitting next to the picture. I was about to open it when I heard Cameron drop something and I turned sharply to see him staring at me.
"I told you to lay down on the couch," he mummbled.
I looked at him closer and he had tears in his eyes.
"Who's this?" I asked pointing at the picture.
"My little brother, Jake. He was killed last month."
"Oh, Cameron, I'm so sorry."
"Just sit down and I'll clean your face up."
We spent the rest of the afternoon on the couch as he cleaned up my lip and the cuts on my face. He told me about how his little brother was playing in the neighborhood when a drunk driver came speeding around the corner and hit him. Cameron told me how guilty he felt about it for not keeping a closer eye on him. It was at that moment he shattered the image of the Heartless Jock I saw him as, and started falling for him.
Every week he and I studied on Tuesdays and talked on Thursdays. It wasn't long before he and I started hanging out at school and on weekends. His parents had to go to Boston for Christmas so he spent it with my family, which became a yearly ritual. On Saturdays he and I went to the gym where he would help me buff up so I could defend myself against his former friends. By the beginning of Sophomore year I could kick their asses without thinking twice about it. Eventually they started leaving me alone and Cameron and I became best friends who had one common goal: To graduate.
The three of us walked up to the seats that were lined up on the Football field. Alexis and I sat next to each other, while Cameron sat one row in front of us. We sat down and looked out in front of us. There was a stage with a podium, 6 seats on either side.
Man Grad Practice Sucks, I heard my Calculus teacher say. This made me laugh because he spent the last two weeks talking about how unnecessary the Practice was.
Man Mr. Hoover over there is sure showing his school pride, Cameron said.
Ive asked you a hundred times not to call him Hoover, I said.
Why not? HE SUCKS! Cameron yelled laughing.
My tutoring helped Cameron get up to Calculus, but both of our schedules got really busy when we both got jobs. He had to drop his class after 2 months because he couldnt keep up. After that hes been calling my Calculus teacher, Mr. Hoover for the obvious crude double entendre.
Grad Practice dragged on for hours. It was about Noon when we got out of there. Alexis was going off to a salon to get prettied up for Graduation, and the dance afterwards, which left Cameron and I to get lunch alone.
We stopped off at a nearby Quiznos and sat down outside. Cameron was very quiet though, which worried me considering how energized he was just a few hours ago.
Whats wrong? I asked.
Nothing Its just all hitting me you know?
No, Im psyched for that. Its everything that comes after, he said.
What do you mean?
Well after we graduate we have three short months before college starts. Youre going to Stanford, Alexis is going to that University 200 miles away Im gonna be all alone here.
Well youll be busy here man. You have work, classes, and before you know it well both be home. I told him.
Josh, thats really not whats worrying me.
What is then?
Im worried that you and I are gonna start drifting apart. Youre really the only friend I have left here
Stop, I said, cutting him off, There is no possible way that were gonna drift, youre my best friend, youre almost my brother. Youre family to me and theres no way I can ever let that happen.
Thanks buddy.
Youre welcome, I said slapping him on the wrist.
I dont think I could ever tell him why I really wouldnt forget him. Over the past three years Ive fallen so madly in love with him that I didnt want to risk telling him the truth and having him flip out and run away from me. My heart couldnt take that hit.
On the drive home, Cameron was even quieter. When we got to his house, I looked at him. I stared deep into his eyes and could tell he was in pain.
Cam whats wrong?
He said nothing
Are you in trouble?
He looked down
You can tell me anything
He put his left hand on my shoulder, and his right hand on top of mine on the gearshift. I looked him in the eyes and he leaned in and kissed my cheek.
Please dont talk He said.
He began to unbuckle and get out of the car. I was stunned. I didnt know what to do. All I could think was Dont let him leave. I got out of the car and met him at his front door.
He looked at me again as I grabbed his wrist and turned him around.
What was that? I asked.
What I was really worried about, he said, with tears forming in his eyes.
I didnt say a word. I just looked at him with my hand still on his wrist. I pulled him into me and hugged him. I whispered into his ear.
Lets go inside
Theres Chapter One guys! Tell me what you think and be brutal. Yes the back story was necessary and next chapter will be much better.


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Team enters holidays at 12-5 overall
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I wanted to highlight the discussion of Mormons:
GREGORY: I want to ask you something a little bit more personal. You-- you both are guarded about in your faith. You talked more about it in the course of the convention. We came across a-- a quote from a biography written about your father in 1968 and he said about being a Mormon, "I'm a member of a religion that is among the most persecuted minority groups in our history." And here you are, the First Mormon to be the nominee of the Republican Party, you could be the first Mormon president. I wonder how much pride that gives you, how much pride you think it gives others in the church? Is it similar to what many Catholics felt with President Kennedy?There will be a first, whichever way it goes, either the election of the first Mormon President or the first black President to be
MR. ROMNEY: Well, I can't speak for all the members of the church, but I'm sure a number of members of my faith are proud of the fact that someone of my faith and our faith is able to run for president. My own reaction is I've got so many challenges ahead of me I don't think so much about the impact this has on-- on the church day to day but more about what kind of impact I want to have on-- on the electorate and what it takes to become elected president. But I'm-- I'm convinced that-- that my background and my heritage and my faith has made me the person I am to a great degree. The Judeo-Christian ethics that I was brought up with, the-- the-- the sense of obligation to one's fellowman, an-- an absolute conviction that we are all sons and daughters of the same God and therefore in a-- a human family is one of the reasons I am doing what I'm doing. It would have been very easy for me to just stay in business. I like business. That's fun. But when the Olympic request came along, Ann said you've got to do this, this is important. And when I ran for governor, this is important, and now when I'm running for president. I think that comes in part from this Judeo-Christian ethic of-- of service and commitment to one's fellowman.
GREGORY: Mrs. Romney, do you think that-- that Mormons in America and around the world, for that matter, have gotten past a level of persecution that they can very openly be-- be proud of what the two of you are doing?... This journey that you're on?
MS. ROMNEY: …I -- I certainly hope so. I mean it's always wonderful when milestones like that are accomplished. And I think that was why we were all so pleased with so many Americans. We're so pleased with the -- the last election and seeing that a black man was elected as president of the United States. It made us proud as Americans to know that those prejudices that we've had in the past are -- are falling away.
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Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Once again, real life has intruded on my blogging life. This seems to be happening more and more. And I don't want this site to start sucking as a result. Thus, I need to do some serious thinking here about the future of the MZone.
My sincere apologies for the spotty blogging of late and thanks for understanding.
63 comments:
- Out of Conference said...
It's the new girlfriend not giving you your space isn't it?
Yost - it's the off-season, I for one don't expect mind-blowing articles every day and there really isn;t that much CFB related info out there right now. It's cool.
In the meantime, maybe you could have some guest commentators. They could send you articles and you could review them to see if they'll work. After a while you'll be able to trust certain guest commentators enough that you wouldn;t need to review their stuff and give them the password so that they could post in your absence.
Or tell that damn Benny to get off his ass and start earning his keep. I had a roommate who's Dad told him one summer in college when he was staying at home, "Son, if you're staying in my house for more than a week, you're either paying me, working for me, or f$%#ing me, and frankly you're not that good looking, so let's get some work done around here." Maybe you need to have "The Talk" with Benny.
Sorry you didn't win any of the blogger awards. Believe me, a lot of the reasons I like it here are for things they don't have awards for. I really thought you had the "best community" award in the bag though.
- March 05, 2008 9:23 AM
- WingRG said...
lol @ the roommate dad story. Just proves once again that on this blog you don't even need a real thread to laugh at the posts.
- March 05, 2008 9:36 AM
- Frankly, Scarlett said...
Real life takes precidence over blog life I'm afraid - I for one am willing to grant you some vacation time...until pre-season anyway
- March 05, 2008 9:48 AM
- beast in 'bama said...
Not good-looking enough? That hurts, Dad.
I'm betting girlfriend and promotion. Nothing can sap spare time more than that combination. And then there's the whole secret NSA operative thing...but he probably doesn't want to discuss it.
- March 05, 2008 9:55 AM
- surrounded in columbus said...
letting things drift isn't the same as making them suck.
aside from a couple weeks of spring practice, there isn't much from signing day to the start of fall practice anyway. post a "talk amongst yourselves" comment once in awhile, and leave things on idle until the season starts.
and BTW, has there been a coach since Barry Switzer that has had so much trouble understanding the NCAA rules as sweaterboy???
he can't even do charity work w/ out violating something.
- March 05, 2008 9:58 AM
- Out of Conference said...
Look on the bright side, Yost, the less you post, the longer it will take the Natalie golfer chick photo to be relegated to the archives.
- March 05, 2008 10:20 AM
- Papa Steve said...
No way, I expect daily posts at least, if not multiples.
I want my money back.
- March 05, 2008 10:29 AM
- surrounded in columbus said...
here's something extraordinary- Drew Sharp wrote a decent column today about Favre's retirement:
maybe Yost is just passed out from amazement & shock?
- March 05, 2008 11:30 AM
- BARman said...
Yost--everyone else has said it better--but don't beat yourself up so. The MZone is the best whether it is "fresh" every day or not. We all understand real life, sir. Well, OK, at least most of us.
- March 05, 2008 12:30 PM
- whetstonebuck said...
Dude, c'mon. Pick a better example.
From the article: "The only thing clear is that no one seems clear on exactly what the rules allow."
After reading the article it is apparent that even the Athletic Depts. charged with knowing the rules are flummoxed.
"But because of concerns that such events might violate murky NCAA rules, this decades-old tradition of inviting college coaches to school fundraisers might soon come to an end."
If you read the article without your teeth set on edge (sour grapes) it all makes perfect sense. The bottom line being the NCAA needs to clean up and streamline its murky rule book. No one (actually moving)can seem to pass through the minefield unscathed.
However, if your coaches or Athletic Depts. are lazy or operate out of fear of even appearing *shudder* shady, I suppose your program could stay under the radar.
My favorite statement: "'I sincerely believe he (Tressel) has a mission to help people,' Crabtree said."
That has always been my opinion. Sometimes it comes back to bite you, but I'll take that approach to college athletics any day.
I bought that round because this was too easy. The next one is on you and don't be cheap.
- March 05, 2008 3:56 PM
- Catie said...
Yost baby, put it out there to this "community" what you need. I think if you need some assistance from a few people to keep content coming and up, there are people who are glad to help.
That said, I also agree 100% with everyone, it is the off season, put up a "talk amongst yourselves thread" every few days and we will have a ball.
I AM saying, please don't let this die, coz we love it here and this blog at the VERY least should have won for best community. Seriously. Joshua and T9 were great supports to me during the death of my brother. Corey tutored me.....it doesn't get better than the Mzone crowd.....so.....please don't let closing this be an option. Put it out there, for people to help you.
- March 05, 2008 4:18 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
sure- assume he is the purest of souls, the most committed to compliance w/ ncaa rules coach ever to walk the face of the planet. in his spare time he's working on a cure for cancer, too. he'll get on that just as soon as he finishes that "world peace" project he's got going on in the basement. mother teresa sits in heaven, wishing she had been as good as he is.
doesn't matter. "bad luck" follows him around like his shadow.
name any current coach who has as many articles written about him & ncaa problems as sweaterboy does since coming to tosu? airplane trips to the final four, players "working" at summer camps, cell phone contracts ("can you hear me now? ..."), clarett, whatever. it's a constant.
every 6 to 18 months he's in the news. he or one of his top players is explaining, apologizing, or otherwise side stepping an ncaa "issue" of some sort contiuously. and this article proves that point. he can't even go to a high school pot luck w/ out creating some sort of ncaa stir. it's something akin to a "midas" touch. reversed.
if you think he's blameless in all of it? that's fine w/ me. but you got to admit that the volume is there, his fault or not.
- March 05, 2008 4:36 PM
- TitleIX said...
If we've said it once we've said it a THOUSAND times! do not exaggerate! sheez!!!
not posting during the off season >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>sucking
this site does not suck. ever.
post something once a week in the off season, hell with this crowd we threadjack everything so you are safe!!!!
Don't leave Yost, all the plants will die!
- March 05, 2008 6:26 PM
- whetstonebuck said...
There you go again, buying cheap-ass beer when it's your turn.
Do they monitor reading comp. at Michigan? The article proves the point that no matter what one does, one can't help but be in violation of some NCAA rule if one is active in the community. Everyone involved kept tweaking the event to fit some real or mythical NCAA infraction. The NCAA is the freaking IRS on steroids.
"Bad Luck?" No. It's the fall-out from being active in the community and in the lives of players. I don't think he gives a crap.
Granted, he doesn't seem to care about all the red tape and lives with one foot on the line. Good. I like that. Maybe his style will cause the NCAA to reign in some of their stupid rules.
I have no opinion on Tressel's purity. How would you even evaluate that? He wears a sweatervest. He must be 99% pure.
Barry Switzer, Barry Switzer...? Didn't he win a lot at Oklahoma? If I remember correctly, Nebraska and Texas were always whining about his tactics.
Who told you about the cancer cure? That was supposed to be top secret. We have to kill you now. Well, after another round and you pay the bar tab.
- March 05, 2008 7:35 PM
- Tom C said...
For starters, I'm with Catie and T9, OOC ect ect.
Been home sick for two days and boredome drove me to look for some song lyrics. I found instead an angel for rent! To heck with the Golf chick.
- March 05, 2008 8:36 PM
- Tom C said...
Ohh and no mention of Lloyd winning the Dodd award?
- March 05, 2008 8:38 PM
- Mikoyan said...
Yeah, I'm with the rest of the folks here, have guest columns and what not.
- March 05, 2008 9:11 PM
- WingRG said...
"I'm like King Midas in reverse: everything turns to shit". You gotta give credit where credit is due (David Chase).
- March 05, 2008 9:17 PM
- Joshua said...
Hey Yost-
What they said.
Go do what you have to do, We'll be here when you get back. that having been said....
- March 05, 2008 9:54 PM
- srudoff said...
i don't know - i'd say Steve Fisher gave Switzer a run for his money.
or at least a run for Ed Martin's money
- March 05, 2008 10:57 PM
- Cowbell Commander said...
There is nothing wrong with missing a few days here or there during the off-season.
You do great work...don't let having a productive and busy life make you think of stepping back from blogging. We bloggers are under no obligation to write each day - there is only an obligation to ourselves to do great work when work is done.
- March 05, 2008 11:40 PM
- Chris in NC said...
Yost, take the spring off. Take the summer off. We want you back healthy for football season! Seriously, this blog is one of the best. It doesn't suck, nor will it ever suck. The posts are great and the community is one of the best.
Take a break, get that real life taken care of. It's more important. We'll be here. Heck, you could just post Monday hello! then Tuesday Hello! then Wednesday Hello! and so on for weeks. We'll just yack until you're ready!
You owe us nothing. We owe you for giving us a place to chat about our favorite team and think we are relevant!
Thanks a bunch and take that break! We'll be here when you get back!
- March 05, 2008 11:40 PM
- Joshua said...
I mean this with all the love I can possibly muster and with no disrespect, but you're an idiot. I don't know what makes you dumb man, but it really, reallllllllyy works. Fisher had nothing to do with what happened here. I mean seriously man- if you pay someone to tutor you on making increasingly invalid comments then they deserve a raise.
j/k. But if you'd like to get into basketball coaches perhaps we could discuss Jim O'Brien? You know him right- the coach who was actually fond to be at fault in their scandal.
In unrelated news, Erin Burnett, host of CNBC's Street Signs, is on Conan tonight. This is better than skinemax.
- March 06, 2008 1:14 AM
- Joshua said...
found* to be at fault.
- March 06, 2008 1:15 AM
- Joshua said...
Possible topics of discussion for Wed! (AKA Things you can learn while playing poker until 3 am when you're supposed to be in the gym at 6:30 am......)
A. Katarina Witt retired. Now there's a name I haven't heard in a long, lonnnnng time.
B. Britney might be pregnant again. Ok seriously, has there been more of a train-wreck celebrity in the last ten years?
C. And sadly, Patrick Swayze has cancer and like 5 months to live. No man, not Swayze! Red Dawn. Roadhouse. Point Break. And I guess you gotta put in Dirty Dancing, right? The man was/is a badass. What a shame.
- March 06, 2008 3:03 AM
- Dezzi said...
I nominate joshua as a guest blogger... some of the stuff you pull out... if/when you die, you should donate your brain to science!
I remember when I used to read some message board that would post a hot woman a day, and call it the countdown to the start of the college football season... I'm just throwing out ideas!
The Geneva "Salon de l'Auto" is going on right now... I have to think of a way to steal the Bugatti...
- March 06, 2008 3:21 AM
- Feelin' Blue said...
Mike Debord was hired by the Seahawks. Expect to see Shaun Alexander run left a lot.
- March 06, 2008 8:07 AM
- srudoff said...
ummmm Fisher was getting tickets to all home games for Ed Martin and would seat him with recruits, along with the Mayor's son and other people
read a paper once in a while
- March 06, 2008 8:44 AM
- Out of Conference said...
Everytime people start talking about boxing, white people gotta bring up Rocky Marciano. Rocky
Marciano, Rocky Marciano.
He whipped Joe Louis's ass!
He gotta point, he did whip Joe Louis's ass.
Yes he did, but Joe Louis was 176 years. I tell you the man was 176 years old. F you, F you, and F you. Who's next?
- March 06, 2008 9:13 AM
- Joshua said...
Hey Dezz, would I have to be in bold the entire time? That's a lot of pressure.
Sru, you are correct, Fisher provided complimentary tickets to Martin. 26 over the course of 3 or four years I believe, so I'll give you that, but to say Fisher gave Switzer a run for his money is ludicrous. Now if O'Brien made that recruit do sprints to earn the $6,000 he paid him than I guess we could say he literally ran for his money.
- March 06, 2008 9:27 AM
- Feelin' Blue said...
I heard that Fisher was very well liked, even though he turned a blind eye to Ed Martin's shenanigans. Is this true?
Even so, I am still very disappointed in Fisher for all this. He did nothing for years yet he was not implicated for anything. IMO, he is responsible for making sure that his team is not falling out of line.
Interestingly though, SI had a slideshow of the 25 biggest scandals in sports, and the Fab Five was not mentioned at all (just like in the Michigan record books!). And this was after a Spartan fan told me that what UM did was so horrendous that it was worse than SMU and MSU during the 90s and that UM should have been given the death penalty. He went on to say that the NCAA was too afraid to do so b/c Michigan has a lot power as a major program and that the NCAA would lose too much money if Michigan athletics went belly up. Yes, he said this.
- March 06, 2008 9:56 AM
- kristy said...
This is a great Blog!! I come here every day for my daily dose of humor either at the expense of the osu organization or um, when that rarely happens. The b-ball coach going off was a bit embarrassing. Wow. Anyone say Prozac?
Anyhow, I love everyones comments and the banter back and forth. This site is great all year and during off season we'll all just find stuff to chat about, but please don't end it!!!
Side note, doesn't that golfer feel unbalanced with all the weight in the front?!:) Thanks for a great Blog!!!
- March 06, 2008 10:12 AM
- Feelin' Blue said...
And that is partly why I have such little respect for MSU. OSU just hates us but, for the most part, they won't make excuses for their hate or try to rationalize it. The Buckeyes will just throw bottles at UM fans and raid our message boards. (Fine, they have been able to beat us, too.) Yeah, we're arrogant blah blah blah, but OSU's hate is the most pure.
One of my favorites is when MSU fans claim to own UM in basketball, when the series is pretty much even and we are 2-3 against them in the last 3 years.
- March 06, 2008 10:13 AM
- Feelin' Blue said...
Better than Skinemax? Did Erin Burnett do a live sex show or something?
- March 06, 2008 10:16 AM
- Out of Conference said...
You guys fighting over who;s more slimy are funny. Don't you just see that a girl, Kristy at 7:12 just mentioned another girls big boobs, and you missed it! Duh... it means a girl... was looking at another girl's chest... in amazement!
Kristy, as an engineer, I can explain what puzzles you. The golfer chick's perfectly arched reptilian back fully supports the inviting, cantilevered bosom through the use of that wonderfully splendid counterweight referred to by lonely engineers with pregnant off-limits wives as the booty.
- March 06, 2008 10:59 AM
- Joshua said...
...So I'll retract my "Fisher had nothing to do with what happened here" statement. The rest of the stuff I stand by. The least you could do is buy that tutor health insurance, or maybe you could have Henton pick up a date for him/her.
....Or Troy Smith could get a booster to loan her $500, and if that money gets stolen maybe AJ Hawk could help her file a police report about stolen cash. Hell, perhaps you could have a running back drive her to the police station in a "loaner" vehicle. But then you'd have to throw him under the bus if he got pulled over for a violation on the way there, right?
Look, feel free to call the kettle black on this one, but only if the Pot and the Kettle are Danny Devito and Arnold Schwarzenager in Twins. Acting holier than thou is our territory- you better come hard and fast if you're thnking about invading it.
- March 06, 2008 11:31 AM
- jcloverboi said...
oh out of conference, you are the pinnacle of just-too-muchery lol. Never have i heard the anatomy of a female golfer so eloquently described.
- March 06, 2008 11:59 AM
- Joshua said...
She did something much more tantalizing than a live sex show- she discussed the current mortgage crisis. And it was all I thought it could be and more.
Christy, I just figured Natalie fell for the old "I bet you can't touch your elbows behind your back" rooutine.
- March 06, 2008 12:26 PM
- Mikoyan said...
Enlightened Spartan? Isn't that a bit of an oxymoron.
- March 06, 2008 1:37 PM
- whetstonebuck said...
"He went on to say that the NCAA was too afraid to do so b/c Michigan has a lot power as a major program and that the NCAA would lose too much money if Michigan athletics went belly up. Yes, he said this."
Well, now, I don't know if the above is true, but if it is it would explain how Tressel escapes punishment. Like most things --follow the money. We're all in the same boat it seems: pots, kettles, etc.
f'n blue,
Thanks for the compliment: "...but OSU's hate is the most pure." It's nice to win something every now and then.
Excellent description of yon golferette. However, you need to strike a compromise with the wife before you get in serious trouble.
- March 06, 2008 1:47 PM
- Feelin' Blue said...
"you better come hard and fast if you're thnking about invading it."
That's what she said!!!!
I just read your comment for the first time no more than a minute ago.
- March 06, 2008 2:26 PM
- Joshua said...
Wow I really teed that one up didn't I?
- March 06, 2008 3:10 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
uh,, Fisher got fired. the ncaa later exonerated him of wrong doing. nobody much defends him any more.
sweaterboy & co commit ncaa violation after violation and tosu fans deny it/defend it/say it happens everywhere.
yeah. i could see where those are exact comparisons.
an even better comparison would be: tosu fans w/ pavlov's dog- ring tre$$el's bell & watch tosu fans spit all over themselves trying to deny it/defend it/say it happens everywhere.
- March 06, 2008 3:53 PM
- whetstonebuck said...
"...the ncaa later exonerated him of wrong doing."
And? Is that the measure?
One note samba.
- March 06, 2008 4:00 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
perhaps you missed the "he got fired" part? you know, the held accountable for his actions? (despite the ncaa's later findings).
he didn't get defended. no one said "that happens everywhere". fired.
like what does NOT happen when tosu football players take cash, airplane rides, and drive a lexus. see, that's NOT being held accountable.
trust me- everyone BUT tosu fans can see the difference.
and the standard in columbus is apparently - don't write a check.
- March 06, 2008 4:49 PM
- whetstonebuck said...
"trust me- everyone BUT tosu fans can see the difference."
Seems to be a common refrain as well as malady.
This "Everyone," are they related to the infamous "They?"
Again, I do not know the veracity of the following, but for chain-pulling it is interesting enough to re-paste it. Especially the parenthetical portion:
"Interestingly though, SI had a slideshow of the 25 biggest scandals in sports, and the Fab Five was not mentioned at all (just like in the Michigan record books!)."
SiC, I'm trying to pin-point the source of your incessant bitterness. Is it living in Ohio that has you bunched up? Could it be the November winning streak? Please tell me it's not tOSU spouse. That would be totally unfair. Maybe a combination of the above?
Compadre, if I was you, I would wait for the NCAA to ambush Tressel and company and then you will have your day. You need to wait in a relaxed state (AZ maybe) free from the complications of stress.
If, however, it is found that tOSU is too big a cash cow for the NCAA to go after, we both can enjoy the fact that our programs are untouchable. The playing field will be level...
except for the fact that Tressel is better at working the system than your guys.
- March 06, 2008 5:20 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
try this "everyone" or "they"-
- March 06, 2008 5:21 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
and wet, ole' buddy, it's not bitterness. it really is just amusement.
if EDSBS posts a joke about lloyd carr being a cranky old man, i don't go around hollering "oh no he's not".
sru posts a joke about Fisher & the b-ball violations, i don't run around trying to deny it happened, or say that O'Brien's check writing scandal was "worse" (dumber? maybe, but not "worse").
but if I mention swizterboy's chronic ncaa problems (as summaried nicely in the gray lady), tosu fans come running to deny it ever happened.
that's funny.
- March 06, 2008 5:26 PM
- whetstonebuck said...
Great article. I usually don't trust the NY times, but since you vouched for them, I read it.
I think the writer did a great job showing the different sides to Tressel. Loved the article.
Speaking of amusement, this was funny:
In Ann Arbor, Tressel has become a convenient foil, said Andrei Markovits, a professor of politics and German studies at Michigan. Ohio State is viewed as everything that Michigan purports not to be, Markovits said, noting that Wolverine supporters rejoice in Ohio State's highly publicized troubles and convince themselves that Carr operates a cleaner, more honorable program.
The thinking at Michigan, Markovits said, is, "They may be better than us, but Tressel is basically a weasel and an opportunist and probably runs dirty things, and we are saints." At some point, though, Markovits said, this holier-than-thou attitude becomes sour grapes, because "they have won and we haven't; that ultimately hurts."
SiC, I'll stick with my original premise: No denials. Tressel is just better at working the system than his rivals are. And that also is part of the game known as College Football. More power to him.
- March 06, 2008 5:45 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
the article is (sports aside) a good example of what the times does best- report other peoples news.
none of the information is actually original - they didn't break a story here. what they did was take all the different stories and present them in a thoughtful, reflective format. coupled w/ good writing and some solid analysis (or leading questions) they present ideas and discuss what it all means.
the times (IMO) has never been great at discovering news (ala woodward, bernstien, & the post) but analyzing and discussing news instead.
my point from that would be that yes, tosu fans see it one way. however, it's not just M fans who see it the other.
i'd close w/ "agree to disagree" but the election buzz in ohio thru super tuesday 2 has been so intense, i cant stand the thought of politics right now (and about that, i AM bitter).
- March 06, 2008 5:57 PM
- whetstonebuck said...
A toast to mi amigo, SiC: "May the bitterness of politics ferment into a bouquet of satisfaction with life."
- March 06, 2008 6:04 PM
- Joshua said...
I stand by my assertion that O'Brien was worse. And you two are cute. It's endearing. Kinda like an old married couple. Only with out all the knitting and weird old people smell. Or at least I hope without all the knitting. I mean, I can handle weird old people smell, but people who knit, man, they just creep me the fuck out.
- March 06, 2008 6:06 PM
- whetstonebuck said...
You want that sweater in maize and blue?
- March 06, 2008 6:09 PM
- Joshua said...
Yeah, lol. I think 'tis I who owe you something. I swear it's coming. Eventually. Like around 2028 or so. I swear I've been so forgetful lately you'd think it was me with the old people smell. so yeah creepy knitting guy, I'll take it in maize and blue.
- March 06, 2008 6:53 PM
- Feelin' Blue said...
No bad smell? They're in Columbus for crying out loud. Don't tell that there are no weird scents.
Oh and btw, Josh, your girl is in this month's Esquire. That's right, Kate Beckinsale appears in various states of undress, only without showing anything, of course.
She's married?! What the hell? I totally had a shot.
- March 06, 2008 8:02 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
i dunno. my disagreements on tosu w/ wtrk (or wngrg or sru for that matter) are usually more civil than the same debates w/ my tosu grad wife...
- March 06, 2008 11:23 PM
- Joshua said...
Dude SIC, I don't know how you do it. I'd like to think I could but it'd end up in at least one big blowout a year for sure. But then again maybe I'd have to pick fights just for the makeup sex. On second thought that could be rather convenient.
Yeah, I saw that Esquire. The best thing about her- she's smart as all crazy hell. She studied french and russian literature (!!!) at Oxford. Not to be creepy stalker guy, it's just nice to know that beautiful intelligent women are out there, because intelligent women are just plain sexy. When they look like that it's icing on the cake. Plus she's a brunette, which is easily the top on my list of hair colors I prefer. the list goes 1) Brunette 2) Redhead or Blonde 3) everything else. Just in case anyone's keeping score.
- March 06, 2008 11:59 PM
- whetstonebuck said...
"Dude SIC, I don't know how you do it. I'd like to think I could but it'd end up in at least one big blowout a year for sure."
It's simple. You love your wife more than you hate tOSU. If that's a problem for you date within your own kind.
- March 07, 2008 12:23 AM
- surrounded in columbus said...
funny thing is that i really didn't "hate" tosu until i married the pyscho buckeye fan....
- March 07, 2008 10:44 AM
- Joshua said...
I agree Whets, that was meant to be funny more than anything. But if it were to happen this is how I see it going down.
At the 5th annual Mzone tailgate I meet a young lady. She's funny, kind hearted, intelligent and wickedly sarcastic. She woos me with her uncommon knowledge of stocks and bonds. Unfortunately she is a Buckeye fan, but I decide to overlook this obvious character flaw and after a whirlwind courtship we are married in an exquisite ceremony which did NOT take place at White Castle. (sadly it was booked, not everything can be perfect).
A year later Michigan beats tOSU in a huge blowout (I know, this is about as likely as the scenario where I'm getting laid on a regular basis, but bear with me).
As this is the end of a 10 year losing streak I'm extremely giddy. I greet The Wife with a cheery "Go Blue" every morning for the next 312 days. I regularly send her flowers, the card reading "I love you, Go Blue." I buy her twin puppies, cute little tikes...and promptly name them "Brady" and "Desmond". On vacation in the Carribbean I hire a sky writer to profess my love for her, and punctuate it with a hearty "P.S. Go Blue!" I buy her a large house. Paint it Maize and Blue. In Ann Arbor. On day 313, during our anniversary party, she shoots me. In the back. The Sweatervest, acting as her attorney, gets her exonerated on a technicality. Even though it happened in plain view of about 745 people.
So you see, this sad story proves four things. First, if I found true love I would pursue it no matter what. Secondly, The Sweatervest will never get busted, even though he consumes the souls of young kittens. Third, it takes exactly 163 licks to get to the center of a tootsie-roll pop. And lastly, I have yet to find that true love, the kind which can have dogs and cats living together, but I can hope. Please pray for me.
You'll be happy to know that the story has a happy ending. The wife and I, we make up. I see that perhaps I pushed it a bit too far, and that I cannot live without her. As I am now a quadriplegic she spends her days feeding me ice chips, and dresses me daily in Scarlet and Grey.
- March 07, 2008 10:59 AM
- TitleIX said...
joshua you are a nut! love it.
btw--it sorta reminds me of when I dated a Palestinian guy....
Some obstacles just can't be overcome
- March 07, 2008 3:11 PM
- whetstonebuck said...
What a hoot. Thanks for the laugh.
However, there's one thing you missed. This mythical marriage could never take place. Believe it or not there's just some things even a Buckeye female won't do. You are one of them.
- March 07, 2008 3:31 PM
- Joshua said...
Touche Whets, touche.
Funny when you said that about loving the wife more than hating tOSU b/c I think anyone who'd let something as asinine as football stand in the way of happiness would be a true dolt. I happen to come from a family of extremely wonderful relationships all the way around, and at the risk of sounding like a big softy I'm extremely blessed in that regard.
Does lead to some lonely Fridays posting on the Mzone while playing poker and waiting for Mrs. right to show up, but I'm keeping the faith that she'll show up eventually. even if she does turn out to be a Buckeye.
(And yes, I'm fully aware I'm not going to meet her doing those things- that's what running 5ks and such are for. gotta hang out where my type of woman does.)
Glad I could provide a laugh or two, being such a serious guy, all doom and gloom and gravity just wears on me sometimes. *grin*
- March 07, 2008 10:09 PM


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GRAND FORKS, N.D. — If you missed out on the great food and family-friendly atmosphere at the inaugural Sioux Tailgate Cook-off Challenge last spring, there is no reason to fret because the second edition promises to be even bigger and better. This year's event is slated for Saturday, April 21 and will combine the region's best food with Fighting Sioux football once again.
The cooking competition presented by the Greater Grand Forks Convention & Visitors Bureau begins early in the day as teams will begin strolling into the Alerus Center parking lots at 7 a.m.
The distinct aroma of grilled ribs and hamburgers will be hovering around until 3 p.m. when the day's main event takes place inside the Alerus Center as the Green and White hold their annual Divide and Conquer Spring Game. The tailgate party also serves as the conclusion to the "Big Event", the largest annual single-day community service event completed by UND students, faculty and staff in the greater Grand Forks area.
The cooking teams will be vying for top prizes as they try to impress local celebrity judges in the second annual cooking competition. Area food vendors and restaurants can also get in on the action by participating in a "Taste of Grand Forks". The vendors simply provide samples to fans in a People's Choice Competition. Voting for this competition, which begins at Noon, will be conducted by the general public.
• 7 a.m. Tailgating lots open for competitors
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Football fans wanting to participate in pre-game activities, but not wanting to compete in the cooking competitions can also tailgate for free on-site in designated areas.
While the Green and White are getting ready for the Spring Game and the cooking teams are prepping their delicious foods, fans will be able to enjoy live music, interactive games and bounce houses for kids throughout the tailgating area.
A free kid's clinic featuring UND Athletes will take place at 1 p.m. inside the Alerus Center as well. Registration for the clinic opens at Noon inside the Main Entrance to the Alerus Center. Comfortable clothing appropriate for athletic activities is recommended; no cleats. All necessary equipment will be provided by UND Athletics.
Each participant will receive a free mini-football and a coupon good for discounted admission to the home opener on August 30th vs. South Dakota Mines. Parents will be required to fill out a Release and Waiver of Liability. In addition, the Sioux Kids Club end of the year party will also take place that day, in the parking lot.
Alerus Center gates open at 2:30 p.m. for the Spring Game with winners from the cooking competitions being announced at halftime.
Registration forms and full event details for both the Cook-off Challenge and the People's Choice Competition are available on-line at www.FightingSioux.com. Deadline to register is Friday, April 13.
2012 football season tickets are available for UND's inaugural season in the Big Sky Conference starting at $60 a seat. Reserve your seat today by calling 701-777-4582 or visiting www.FightingSioux.com.
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