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Is it March yet? Hardly. With the NCAA tournament in the rear-view mirror and Midnight Madness several months away, USA TODAY Sports examines several story lines for the 2013-14 college basketball season.
Remember that team that shocked the world a few months ago? Sure, the Big Dance is a distant memory, but the imprint of Florida Gulf Coast's magical Cinderella run will return once November nears.
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The main question at the beginning of each season seems is difficult to answer: Which team will wear the glass slipper next?
With Andy Enfield moving to USC and the bulk of FGCU's roster chopped in half, it's time to search for candidates.
1. Harvard: FGCU hogged the spotlight during last year's NCAA tournament, but one of the biggest upsets came with Harvard knocking out New Mexico in the second round. The momentum for something greater is in reach next season. The Crimson won their third consecutive Ivy League title despite losing two key players — catalysts Kyle Casey and Brandyn Curry left the team after being implicated in academic cheating — before the season started. In 2013-14, Harvard only loses one key player but returns Ivy Rookie of the Year Siyani Chambers and the Ivy League's top scorer Wesley Saunders. Coach Tommy Amaker's biggest challenge won't be filling voids, it'll be mastering team chemistry, as Casey and Curry return to a fully blossomed roster after watching last season's team excel.
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2. Creighton: The Bluejays will get tested on a more nationally-driven scale as they enter the new Big East Conference. Technically, Creighton no longer falls under the mid-major tag, but there's no arguing an Elite Eight or Final Four run would fall under the Cinderella umbrella. This will be an opportunity for the 'Jays to show how underrated the Missouri Valley Conference was on a nightly basis, something Wichita State helped prove with its Final Four finish last season. Creighton beat the Shockers in both the MVC regular season and tournament titles games but didn't have the same Big Dance fate, bowing out in the third round. They key for Creighton, as it has been for the past three seasons, is returning two-time All-American Doug McDermott, who bypassed the NBA draft for his senior season. The 'Jays will have a reshuffled roster but coach Greg McDermott knows his son's return will make a transition into a power conference all the more easy.
3. SMU: The Mustangs haven't reached the NCAA tournament since 1993 but the future looks promising under hall of fame coach Larry Brown, who returned to the college ranks last season. After a mediocre first season, Brown's biggest accomplishment at the school thus far includes landing McDonald's All-American and top recruit Keith Frazier. Additionally, all five of SMU's starters — including Nick Russell and Jalen Jones — return. Top junior college prospect Yanick Moreira will join the roster and Illinois State transfer Nic Moore is now eligible. Other starter candidates include top recruit Sterling Brown, Illinois transfer Crandall Head, and Villanova transfer Markus Kennedy. Unlike last season, Brown will have depth to work with. With all the returning and arriving talent, it'd be difficult to label this team a Cinderella, but a huge turnaround might not come to fruition until March. SMU could easily be that No. 8 or No. 9 seed that advances farther than expected in the field of 68.
4. UTEP: The Miners' biggest returnee comes with its coach, Tim Floyd, who was considering returning to his old school, USC. Floyd returns a talented core that has the forces to make noise in Conference USA. Last season, UTEP was only a few missing puzzle pieces away from being an NCAA tourney team. This season, a highly-regarded recruiting class — compliments of Floyd — meshed with returning double-digit scorers Julian Washburn and John Bohannon could make for a sleeper team with the necessary talent to stun teams come postseason time.
5. Stony Brook: If you're looking for a team similar to FGCU — on no one's radar — this team has the anatomy to shock the world. Playing in the America East, one win in the NCAA tourney would turn heads. With Jameel Warney, Dave Coley and Anthony Jackson returning, there's potential for something greater, even though the path to making the NCAAs isn't clear by any stretch (Vermont could play spoiler). Still, Steve Pikiell's squad loses Tommy Brenton, the America East player of the year. That could pave the way for more opportunities or plague the team without a do-everything offensive and defensive spark plug.
Honorable Mention: Fresno State: The Mountain West saw five of its nine schools reach the Big Dance last season, and that's a credit to the league's depth and parity. Yet it's important to understand that conferences like the MWC are cyclical and this Fresno State team has the recipe to turn the tide as a surprise team atop the league in 2013-14. The Bulldogs return their top two scorers — Tyler Johnson and Allen Huddleston, while welcoming a strong recruiting class, but lose a much-needed Kevin Olekaibe, who transferred to UNLV.


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No excuse for animal cruelty
"But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you."— Job 12:7
Likely, if one were able to ask the dogs, cats and other animals at the Port Arthur Animal Control, they would say the conditions there have been cruel and inhumane for some time. And it would be no surprise if these living creatures would rather die than suffer at the hands of those who seem to have such a callous disregard for innocent creatures that have done nothing more wrong than to become a stray.
This week, The Examiner exposed the horrors it uncovered in Port Arthur and is now calling for a criminal investigation into what even the police department has documented as "cruel."
Leaving animals to rot in the back of a pickup truck in the sweltering Southeast Texas sun not only shows a lack of decency, but it is also dangerous and unsanitary. But what is even more unforgivable is locking animals in cages without food or water and forcing them to endure the smell of the decaying carcasses piled just a few feet away.
One would think that society would be better than that, but it certainly isn't the case with Port Arthur Animal Control. And when the inhumane treatment was pointed out to the employees of that department, they were more concerned about filing trespassing charges against a reporter than they were about the half-dozen cats and other animals they had left overnight in cages for hours without food or water.
Regardless of whether the people reading this editorial consider themselves animal lovers, surely everyone can agree there is no excuse for what has been found in Port Arthur.
There is only one way to describe the conditions at Port Arthur Animal Control, and that is "horrific." While Port Arthur's city leaders are outraged over what has been uncovered, the investigation into the animal control division must go beyond some simple administrative review. It is the hope of this newspaper that the city manager will enlist the help of the Port Arthur Police Department to ensure those responsible for the mistreatment of these animals are brought to justice.

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Owl and the Sparrow Trailer (2009)
Trailer for Owl and the Sparrow courtesy of Apple:
A beautiful flight attendant is looking for love. A lonely zookeeper is hiding within his animal kingdom from a changing society. A little orphan girl is selling roses on the streets who relies on the kindness of strangers to survive. It's modern-day Saigon, where eight million people are just trying to keep up with the pace.
Thuy, a scrappy ten year who old who lives on the outskirts of the city, has no choice in life but to work in her uncle's bamboo factory. That is, until she packs her bags to run away into the city. Now forced to survive on her own, she first sells postcards then flowers on the streets. Lan, the flight attendant, arrives at Ho Chi Minh airport on a five day layover, checking into the same family-run hotel every week. She doesn't tell them that she's having a secret affair with the airline pilot. Hai, a zookeeper living on the park grounds in a shack, is nursing a broken heart after his fiance left him.
In four days, the young runaway will play matchmaker to these lonely hearts in hopes of forming a surrogate family. The only thing that might stop her is city authorities who want her in an orphanage and an overbearing uncle tracking her down in the big city.
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A reduction linocut of my local woods in the spring.
A reduction print is a relief print formed with layers of colour that are cut and printed from the same block, in this case, from lino. This is one of a small edition of prints, all of which are printed by hand so small variations occur between them making each one truly original.
This work is printed with water-based, light-fast inks on Somerset Satin paper and has a beautiful matt finish. It is numbered, titled and signed at the bottom, mounted in a neutral colour and wrapped in cellophane to keep it clean. The mounted work will fit straight into a standard off-the-shelf 10x12inch frame.
This artwork will be packaged in a bubble envelope with plenty of card support for safety.
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Printed on Somerset Satin with water-based light-fast inks. Mounted to fit into a standard 10 x 12 inch frame.
Stoke Woods in Spring (2012)
Linocut by Alexandra Buckle
- Linocut on Paper
- From a limited edition of 10
- Size: 10.24 x 8.27 x 0.2 in (unframed) / 7.87 x 5.91 in (actual image size)
- Signed and numbered on the front
- Style: Impressionistic
- Subject: Landscapes, sea and sky
- Hurry only 1 left in stock
This artwork is sold by Alexandra Buckle from United Kingdom


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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee Tech senior forward Alfred Jones will be playing in the 4th Annual Music City All-Star Classic, which will take place on Saturday, April 16 at 8:00 p.m. at Fisk University. The Classic - which is comprised of a 3-point contest, slam dunk contest and all star game – puts Jones in the company of some of the best senior college basketball players in Tennessee in 2011 including Jordan Campbell (Belmont), Jon House (Belmont), Justin Tubbs (ETSU), Caleb Brown (Austin Peay), Jeremy Saffore (UTC), Joe Duffy (Vanderbilt), Josh Slater and Brandon Brown (Lipscomb) to name a few.
Previous Golden Eagles who have played in the Music City All-Star Classic include Amadi McKenzie, Anthony Fisher and Daniel Northern. McKenzie won the slam dunk contest in 2008.
Jones finished his career as Tech's all-time leader in shooting accuracy, recording a percentage of .640 (288-450) over his three seasons at Tech. During his senior campaign, Jones recorded 275 points and 150 rebounds for an average of 8.3 points and 4.7 rebounds per game. Over the course of his career he scored 689 points and grabbed 388 boards in 95 games played for the Golden Eagles.
Other schools participating in the classic are Cumberland, Trevecca, MTSU, Freed Hardeman and Martin Methodist, among others. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students with IDs.
This event is a great event for the Nashville community and provides an opportunity for the Music City to host senior athlete talent from various Universities in Tennessee. This classic will exemplify the "Last Show Off of Tennessee Talent" before they move to the next level or further their careers in another field.


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Fine Arts & Crafts
The library has an excellent collection of art and craft books. If you want to learn more about a particular artist, browse through art history, paint a masterpiece, create a mosaic, weave a tapestry, or just make a creative gift for that special someone, the library has the books for you. Thanks to the generosity of The Friends of the Library, our collection has developed and blossomed.
The art books are on permanent display on the second floor of the library, wrapped around the light well. The collection is easy to view and quite extensive, and books can even be checked out from the library.
Another art opportunity at the library is the display of local art shown in the main stairway of the library.
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Staying at the very best B&Bs during your time in England can transform a "good" hiking tour into a "great" hiking tour.
That's why we have personally checked each B&B you will stay at.
As keen hikers ourselves we know you'll want somewhere relaxing to put your feet up in the evening.
A place where a warm smile from your hosts makes you feel welcome as soon as you step through the door.
If your hiking gear gets wet, it's nice to know that it will be taken from you and returned nice and dry the next morning.
Comfy beds, en-suite bathrooms, an interesting breakfast menu – these are all things that we like so you can rest assured that we'll do our best to find them for you as well.
If you'd like to stay an extra night at any location during your hiking tour, just let us know.
* Due to limited accommodation options along the South West Coast Path, we may need to book you into a location for more than one night, with transfers to/from the trail. These transfers are usually carried out by the B&B owner or a local taxi company, and the cost is covered in your tour price. This will not affect your trail itinerary.
In general, we try to book accommodation which is as close to the local amenities as possible. If you are staying in a remote location (where access to local pubs/restaurants is not feasible), the owner of the B&B that you are staying at will ensure that you are well fed.


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HAYWARD — Seb Flores scored 16 points and Steven Daily added 14 as the College Park High boys basketball team led from start to finish in a 67-59 win over Mt. Eden on Saturday in the second round of the Northern California Division II regional playoffs.
No. 11 College Park (25-5) now goes on to play at No. 10 St. Francis-Mountain View, an upset winner over No. 2 Antelope, in the regional semifinals Tuesday.
Daily, whose previous scoring high this season was 10 points, scored eight points in the first quarter as the Falcons grabbed a 18-5 lead over the third-seeded Monarchs (19-11).
The Falcons flew out to an 8-0 lead in the first period before Stevenair Young scored Mt. Eden's first points with 4:20 left in the quarter.
The Monarchs, behind Eghosa Edogun's eight points, outscored College Park 18-10 in the second quarter to cut the lead to 28-23 at the half.
The Falcons, repeatedly penetrating the soft Monarch defense for easy baskets, got balanced scoring in the third period to take a 45-36 lead.
A frantic Monarch effort cut the lead to 59-55 with 1:56 left, but College Park's Joe DeMers dropped in three free throws with under 20 seconds left to seal the victory.
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Parts of the internet were understandably confused this week when a Research In Motion job post revealed that the company was looking for an iOS developer. But you can put those dreams of a cross-platform BBM client to rest—it's the enterprise market that RIM has in mind.
As first reported by John Paczkowski at All Things D, the Canadian mobile giant is looking for "an experienced iOS/Objective-C developer capable of architecting, designing, developing and testing complex applications for iPhone and iPad devices." While some speculated that RIM was perhaps finally planning to port its proprietary BlackBerry software to other platforms, the reality is actually quite tame.
The Waterloo-based company clarified that the listing is related to RIM's upcoming BlackBerry Mobile Fusion platform, which will allow IT administrators to manage not just BlackBerry and PlayBook devices, but those running Android and iOS operating systems as well.
Perhaps the writing was on the wall all along—the listing itself explicitly mentioned that candidates would be expected to create "exciting enterprise applications for distribution on the iOS platform."


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Lizzie Cundy amped up the tough-chic factor with a pair of black leather pants.
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For a flash of color to her all-black outfit, Lizzie Cundy accessorized with a red patent envelope clutch.
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After years of successful research and applications in the area of geospatial information for humanitarian aid and emergency response, UNOSAT has acquired considerable technological and inter-agency knowledge in this complex and often misunderstood activity field.
With a service active 24/7 and available to the entire humanitarian community since 2003, UNOSAT has supported humanitarian agencies and programmes in some 200 disaster response and complex emergency operations worldwide, deploying to the field each time it was requested and working in close cooperation with emerging in-field mapping realities like MapAction, CartONG, iMMAP and others.
The research and study work underpinning these successes have taken UNOSAT in contact with other large entities and in particular with Google. After working in close consultation and event cooperating on several "live cases", Google and UNOSAT have undertaken to rationalise and plan their cooperation. In November last year, wishing to focus on some vital research and applications areas, Google and UNOSAT elaborated a cooperation plan including the study of innovative applications of MapMaker, which UNOSAT was able to successfully test in a full range of real crisis situations.
The future of the Google-UNOSAT cooperation looks bright as the two entities are engaging in 2010 in additional innovation with a view to bringing more edge and efficiency to an area developing particularly fast but not always in adherence with the requirements of the user community. The latter is of paramount importance to UNOSAT and has been at the basis of all the Team's work since its inception. The importance of this strong link with the user community was most recently highlighted by Sir John Holmes, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, in a letter underlining "the contribution made by UNOSAT to humanitarian responses (...) and its efforts to coordinate the academic and operational partners involved in the production of satellite-derived geographic information".
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Today I have the distinct pleasure of introducing you to one of the most charming and delightful people I've had the pleasure of interviewing. He is the fantastic artist, Jezza Smilez. I know you will love getting to know him (and his artwork) as much as I have.
Jezza is here as part of The Erotic Mind series, don't cha know. I've been presenting these conversations with noted erotic artists, both visual and literary, from all over the freakin world for over three years now. They are presented as a means of uncovering something of the creative process involved in this specialized art form. And Jezza does not disappoint. He is very insightful and so forthcoming. It is truly a joy being in his company.
Jezza and I discuss:
- His interviews with other artists that he posts on his site;
- The common ground he shares with his fellow erotic artists;
- His early life, stint in the military, being a cop and travels in Australia;
Being a child artist;
- When the erotic element began to show up in his work;
- His nom de plume;
- The distinction, if any, between being an artist and an illustrator;
- His superior erotic imagination.
Be sure to check out Jezza and his delicious artwork on his site HERE! He's on Facebook too. Find him HERE!
(Click on the thumbnails below to see a slideshow of some of Jezza's artwork.)
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Collection Agencies
With the enactment of AB 3072 (Seastrand), Statute of 1988 Legislative Session, Chapter 338, the Legislature deregulated the Collection Agency Act that required registration for licensing and regulation of collection agencies (July 1, 1992). With this deregulation, consumers must address violations of their rights through civil remedy. What follows represents only a portion of the information available in the bill.
The federal Fair Credit Reporting Act was adopted in 1970 and the California Consumer Credit Reporting Agencies Act was adopted in 1970, revamped in 1975 and supplemented in 1976, 1980, and 1982.
The Federal Trade Commission cannot provide information on the registration of collection agencies and individual collectors. With deregulation of the industry, there is no agency that would have this information. Collection agencies need only a local business license to operate. Anyone can be a debt collector.
Fair Credit Reporting Act:
Chapter 22 Section II Validation of Debt
22.2 California Debt Collection Practices Act
(Robbins-Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act) (Civil Code 1788-1788.32)
22.3 Legislative Purpose and Intent
The legislature has acknowledged that the economy is dependent upon a credit system in which debts that are just and owing can be collected. It has also recognized that unfair or deceptive collection practices undermine the public confidence which is essential to the credit system, and that there is, therefore, a need to ensure that "debt collectors and debtors exercise their responsibilities to one another with fairness, honesty and due regard for the rights of the other". (Civil Code 1788.1[a].)
22.4 Overview of Functions of Act
The California Debt Collection Practices Act regulates the form and content of communications by a debt collector to the debtor and others, prohibits a variety of deceptive debt collection practices, and outlaws a variety of other practices.)
22.24 Collection Agency Must Verify Debt
If a debtor disputes a debt in writing, the collection agency must obtain verification of the debt and mail a copy of the verification to the debtor.)
22.28 Duty to Stop Collection Efforts
The collection agency must stop efforts to collect the debt, or any disputed portion thereof, if the debtor gives written notice to the collection agency within 30 days after receiving the written notice from the collection agency, informing the collection agency either that the debtor disputes the debt or any portion thereof, or requesting the name and address of the original creditor. The prohibition of efforts to collect the debt continues until the collection agency obtains verification of the debt or a copy of a judgment and mails a copy of the verification or judgment to the debtor.)
22.31 When Requested by Debtor's Attorney
With certain exceptions, the California act prohibits a debt collector from initiating communications with the debtor regarding the debt at any time after the debtor's attorney has made a written request to the debt collector to direct all future communications to the attorney. (The debt collector can contact the debtor if the debtor's attorney does not answer letters, return telephone calls, or discuss the debt).)
22.35 At Debtor's Place of Employment
A collection agency must honor a debtor's request not to contact the debtor either in person or by telephone at the debtor's place of employment. However, the debtor may revoke such a request either orally or in writing at an time.)
22.38 When Debtor Denies Liability or Requests Communications Cease
With certain limited exceptions, a collection agency may not communicate with a debtor with respect to a debt anytime after the debtor notifies the agency in writing that (1) the debtor would like the agency to stop communicating, or (2) the debtor does not owe, or refuses to pay, the debt. If the debtor's notice is given by mail, the prohibition is effective upon receipt.)
The collection agency may, however, communicate with the debtor to advise the debtor that:
- No further attempt will be made to collect the debt.
- The collection agency may invoke specified remedies which are ordinarily invoked by the agency (or the creditor), such as filing a suit.
- The collection agency intends to invoke a specified remedy, such as filing suit.
- The prohibition on communication with the debtor also extends to communications by a collection agency to the debtor's spouse, parent, guardian, executor, or administrator.
Collection agencies may not do the following:
Anonymous Calls:
A debt collector may not make anonymous calls without identifying self by a name (or alias) as well as the agency.
Long-distance Charges:
To cause the debtor expense for charges, telegram fees, or charges for other similar communications.
Repeated/Continuous Ringing or Frequent Calls:
To cause phone to ring continuously to annoy debtor or with frequency that becomes harassment.
To engage in conduct in an effort to oppress, or abuse any person.
To threaten use of physical force or violence; threaten to use criminal means to cause harm to the person, reputation, or property of anyone; threaten to accuse the debtor of the commission of a criminal offense if the debt is not paid (where the accusation, if made, would be false).
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) enforces federal standards for the debt collection industry as a whole but does not represent individual consumers. No agency can provide information on individual agencies or collectors.
Federal Trade Commission
Consumer Response Center
600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20580
(202) 326-2222
A consumer may retain an attorney or file in small claims court to obtain legal remedies or assistance with debt collection agencies; in addition, the consumer may request the Better Business Bureau's (BBB)] arbitration/mediation services. The BBB can assist a consumer if complaint is filed before a collection agency gets involved but not afterwards. Additional resources are listed in "A Guide to Alternative Dispute Resolution".
Since the deregulation of the collection agency industry, collection agency records kept by the state have been placed in archive storage. The California Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) continues to receive requests for information from these files. Some of the file data is public information; however, other information deemed confidential may only be accessed by a subpoena. Questions about historical records may be address by contacting the following division in the DCA.
Questions relative to collection agencies formerly licensed by the California Department of Consumer Affairs:
California Department of Consumer Affairs
Central Records
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"Garry's Choice": A Great Succesor!
In my review of Informant 113 I noted a new column by Garry Kasparov entitled "Garry's Choice", where he looks at pretty much whatever suits his fancy. I subsequently elaborated on the subject of his first column, where he found a beautiful queen sac that could have arisen in the recent game Paragua-Debashis, New Delhi 2012, but, alas, was missed. He was unable to think of any suitable predecessor, but that's only because the remarkable game MacDonald-Burn, which isn't in the best-known commercial database, had escaped his attention.
What's even more remarkable, perhaps, is that today's action at the U.S. Women's Championship provided a great successor, or at least the potential for one. (A big tip of the lid to Danny Olim for mentioning this game.) Here's the position after White's 34th move in the game Alena Kats - Camilla Baginskaite:
Black's last move was 33...b2-b1Q, to which White replied by smashing the door with 34.Nf4xg6. The door may be smashed, but the doorway is not yet open and the invaders remain outside. Baginskaite couldn't find a solution, and resigned after 34...Qxh2+ 35.Kxh2 Qc2+ 36.Kh1. Alas, she missed her chance. The right move was...well, you've probably already guessed it, based on the previous posts, but try to work out all the details for yourself before checking out the solution. Interestingly, part of the solution itself has a "great predecessor", and I think that predecessor bears some resemblance to the tactic Kasparov highlighted in his column. We've come full circle, and so I'll disembark the merry-go-round here.


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No. 14 Stanford (8-2, 6-1 Pac-12) at No. 1 Oregon (10-0, 7-0 Pac-12), 5 p.m. (ABC)
Line: Oregon by 20½.
Series Record: 44-30-1.
With a victory, Stanford would likely spoil Oregon's shot at the national championship, much like the Ducks did last season when they visited Stanford Stadium and beat the then-No. 3 Cardinal and star QB Andrew Luck 53-30. A victory could also put Stanford in the Pac-12 championship game, if the Ducks also lose to Oregon State in the annual Civil War rivalry game next week.
Oregon's speedy ground game against Stanford's rushing defense. Oregon's run offense is ranked third in the nation with an average of 325 yards a game. Senior RB Kenjon Barner is fourth in the nation with 136 yards a game. But Stanford is allowing opponents 58.6 yards a game, best in the country. The Cardinal have held the last four opponents under 100 yards rushing.
Stanford: RB Stepfan Taylor is 202 yards shy of breaking Darrin Nelson's school record of 4,033 yards for his career. Taylor's single-game career-high is 189 yards against Cal this season. If he doesn't reach the mark against Oregon, he'll have another chance when Stanford plays at UCLA to wrap up the regular season.
Oregon: Barner. In addition to his 136 yards rushing per game, Barner is tied for third nationally with an average of 12 points per game, and has an average of nearly 158 all-purpose yards per game.
The Cardinal also top the nation with an average of 4.3 sacks and 9.1 tackles for loss per game. ... The Ducks have scored 42 or more points in 13 straight games, and they've won all of those games for the longest current winning streak in the nation. Additionally, Oregon has scored 30 or more points in an NCAA-record 23 straight games. ... Stanford redshirt freshman quarterback Kevin Hogan is making just his second start and first on the road. ... The Ducks have won nine of the last 10 games against the Cardinal. ... Oregon redshirt freshman QB Marcus Mariota has thrown 28 touchdown passes this season, breaking the Pac-12 record for a freshman set by Arizona's Ortege Jenkins, who had 19 in 1997.


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I have an Acer Aspire 7750G with AMD Radeon 6650M Graphics. About a year ago I installed Ubuntu (12.04) for the first time (This was my first experience with Linux). At that time it worked perfect with the AMD driver installed. 3 months ago there was a kernel and AMD driver update and since than I started having problems. I got these black flickering horizontal lines on my screen. I have been trying to fix this problem ever since but I can't figure out how. I tried install the driver via Jockey, the terminal, Synaptic and manualy via the drivers that you can download on the AMD site. I tried the latest one, the betas and the previous drivers, but non of them work. Whatever I do, I still get those lines, or worse. I run Ubuntu next to Windows 7. On Windows 7 the driver works, but it is a version of the driver that is modified by Acer, so it only works with that specific driver. This driver cannot be updated with the AMD tool. You can install a newer version manualy, but with the latest version I also get the flickering lines. This means that it has nothing to do with the OS, but with the driver. The Aspire 7750G also has an Intel Mobile Graphics card, which I suspect of causing the trouble.
I could use the open source driver, but it just draines my battery (1:30 with Ubuntu vs 3:30 with Windows 7)!
The reason why I what to get this working is that I'm very positive about Linux so far. Except compatibility it is in almost every aspect beter than Windows. I think Linux is the future for desktop computers and I realy want to be a part of the Linux community.
Does anyone experience the same problems and knows how to fix this? Please contact me!
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A Return To Cool: Anton Corbijn's THE AMERICAN/
Watching my business partner's production of Anton Corbijn's THE AMERICAN the other night, I was struck by how few truly cool American films there are. The American is certainly one, but cool is an aesthetic that few truly dare to tread. The cool that I refer to, is not something that is just neat or novel. My cool differs from the way my son uses the word. Cool is a committed style. Cool is a discipline. Cool embraces both content and all the elements of execution. In a cool movie, everything other than cool is truly secondary, and ideally non-existent. Cool movies thrive on an existential protagonist. Cool is about the sustain and not the flash.
What are the cool American films of relatively recent vintage?
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- Stranger Than Paradise
- Out Of Sight
- Jackie Brown
This list is far from complete. What have I forgotten? Yet, the real question is "why are there so few truly cool films?".


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I'm trying to draw some text in my picture, I normally use a Rectangle and set the Text property, but this time I don't want a background to the text. What should I use? I also don't want a border, so setting the DrawStyle of the Rectangle to Edge isn't any good. I tried a PointText, but the font is all horrible, couldn't work out why.
I've attached the file showing the result using PointText. When I use a Rectangle with Text it looks nice
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EA Sports announced the game through the official FIFA 11 web site, stating that Personality+ would distinguish individual footballers from one another and bring star players' unique abilities to life in the game.
"Personality+ is the evolution of individual distinctiveness that sees a footballer's abilities on the pitch mirrored authentically in our game, creating individual personalities in FIFA 11," said Executive Producer Kaz Makita. "We have reached a level of sophistication within our game engine where footballers in our game will behave and perform as true individuals."
Lionel Messi will change direction at pace, Kaka will deliver crisp, creative passes, and Wayne Rooney will hold off defenders to open space and deliver powerful strikes. Every player in the game is being evaluated and graded based on 36 attributes and 57 traits in order deliver on the promise of Personality+.
EA also described the new Pro Passing feature coming to FIFA 11, a system that determines pass accuracy based on a gamer's ability on the control pad, player skill, and the situation and urgency on the pitch. The publisher describes it as a "deeply rewarding" passing system.
New body types and player models will further add to the authenticity of each footballer when FIFA 11 arrives on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC, Wii, DS and PSP this fall.
Sharkey says: On paper, this sounds like a terrific addition to the franchise, one that could deeply impact the gameplay experience. One question: can they bring Zidane back and include his head-butting ability?


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Bordeaux Wines
News about Bordeaux Wines, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times. More
Bordeaux is a magic name. It's a city, a region and a source of fine wines. It's also a powerful, unassailable brand. The millionaire chateau owner in Margaux and the debt-ridden little winemaker from some distant corner of the appellation can both proudly say, "My wine is a Bordeaux."
But consistently great Bordeaux wines are a relatively recent phenomenon. There have been many memorable vintages, but until recently, excellence was not routine. The 1929 vintage was superb, but most of the wines of the 1930s were dreadful. Except for 1945, so were most of the vintages in the 1940s. Old-timers still shudder at the mention of 1951, 1954 and 1956. The 1961 vintage was a triumph, but 1963, 1965 and 1968 were barely drinkable.
Deceived by their self-image, Bordeaux winemakers were slow to profit from research and new techniques that had revolutionized winemaking elsewhere. But adapt they did, and by the 1970s their wines began to excel. The 1980s and 1990s were truly golden years in Bordeaux wine country, and the great 2000 vintage was, many Bordelais were convinced, a harbinger of lots of good vintages.
Back in 1855, a group of Bordeaux wine brokers created a five-class ranking of 60 chateaus in the Médoc, north of the city of Bordeaux (and one from Graves, Haut-Brion), that has for a century and a half largely determined how much those chateaus could charge for their wines – and, more important, how much the public was willing to pay.
Since then, with one exception, the rankings have not changed. The premier cru, or first-growth, wines are Lafite-Rothschild, Latour, Margaux and Haut-Brion, the original four, and Mouton-Rothschild, which was elevated from second growth to first in 1973.
In some ways, Bordeaux is a victim of its own success. With the most famous wines – Margaux, Latour, Pétrus, Haut-Brion, Lafite-Rothschild – selling for $800, $1,000 a bottle, many consumers find it difficult to believe that a Bordeaux at $15 or $20 is drinkable. They need not be concerned; there are approximately 7,000 chateaus in the Bordeaux appellation, and many make remarkably good wines at reasonable prices. The most famous wines are invariably excellent, but prices reflect cachet and scarcity as much as quality. Buyers are often wealthy collectors who have no intention of drinking them, or speculators who plan to sell at a handsome profit five or ten years hence.
A succession of good vintages makes specific vintages less important. Starting with 1990, and except for 1991 and 1992, Bordeaux has had a amazing streak of good years, with 1990, 2000 and 2005 ranking among the best ever. Cabernet sauvignon may be the most important grape in Bordeaux, but Americans have often been partial to the softer, fruitier, merlot-based wines of St.-Émilion and Pomerol. These days, though, it's hard to go wrong with wines from anywhere in Bordeaux in almost any price range.
Bordeaux is not exclusively a red wine region, although about 75 percent of all Bordeaux wine is red. Some of the most famous chateaus, like Margaux and Haut-Brion, produce elegant, dry, white table wines, mainly from sémillon and sauvignon blanc grapes. Sémillon is the principal grape in the incomparable sweet wines from Sauternes and Barsac, communes in the southern reaches of the Bordeaux region.


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Everyone remembers that scene in Sex and The City the movie where Big says to Carrie, "I got it," as they were checking out an apartment they loved. AKA, Heaven on Fifth. Miranda didn't stomach this news too well because she felt like if Big bought the apartment then it meant he technically owned it. And where would that leave Carrie if her and Big broke up?! Homeless. But Miranda had the right thinking. When you're in a relationship, you need to make sure you are always financially safe.
When you're dating a guy, your lives will become intertwined. You'll need to make smart decisions that affect the both of you. And money is definitely one area that will come up, and it's not always going to be easy.
That's why we teamed up with LearnVest (the company founded by Cosmo's go-to financial guru Alexa von Tobel) to provide you with a Love & Money Bootcamp that will make sure you and your man are financially fit.
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You'll learn how to bring up money-related topics with your boyfriend, like what his dream career would be. LearnVest tells you what answers to look out for. For example, watch out for vague answers or a pipe dream that has no way of working at all. HIs answers to all the questions listed during this session will help you learn more about his financial habits.
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This session will involve you assessing your joint financial picture. You'll be able to figure out if the two of you should merge your finances. Is getting a joint bank account or credit card really a smart idea? If so, you'll get all the details on how to go about it.
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The non-profit partnership for the development of international cooperation "Saint Petersburg – London 2003" ("SPL-2003") was set up in 1999 by the order of the Governor of Saint Petersburg.
In October, 1999 "SPL-2003" opened its representative office in London (UK). The launch ceremony was attended by I. Klebanov, then Vice-prime minister of the Russian Federation Government and B. Boothroyd, MP, then Speaker of the House of Commons of the British Parliament.
The primary goal of the "SPL-2003" is to develop and strengthen business ties between St Petersburg, UK, other European countries and USA. One of the aims of 'SPL-2003" was to promote celebration of St Petersburg tercentenary which was celebrated in the year of 2003.
The main areas of the "SPL-2003" activities are the following:
Creating an image of Saint Petersburg as a large financial, economic and logistic and cultural center of Northwestern Russia;
Increasing investment attractiveness of Saint Petersburg with potential investors;
Promoting in Russia and in St Petersburg modern management techniques and advanced expertise in various sectors of the economy.
Members of the "SPL-2003" includes Saint- Petersburg Administration and a number of St Petersburg based companies and organizations.
Since the day of its establishment, Dr. Grigory Rozhkov is the General Director of the non-profit Partnership "Saint Petersburg – London 2003".
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Beijing has expressed anger after a Spanish judge sought arrest warrants for former Chinese president Jiang Zemin and four other senior officials as part of a probe into alleged genocide in Tibet.
"China is strongly dissatisfied and firmly opposed to the erroneous acts taken by the Spanish agencies in disregard of China's position," foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said.
Spanish High Court judge Ismael Moreno on Monday ordered Interpol to issue arrest warrants for the five for genocide, torture and crimes against humanity, in a case brought against them by human rights groups.
"Jiang exercised supervisory authority over the people who directly committed abuses, which makes him responsible for acts of torture and other major abuses of human rights perpetrated by his subordinates against the people of Tibet," Mr Moreno wrote in his ruling.
"He promoted and actively implemented policies whose objective was to populate the Autonomous Region of Tibet with a majority from the Han ethnic group, detain thousands of Tibetans during lengthy periods, torture the detained and submit them to other illegal abuses."
In addition to Mr Jiang, the judge ordered the arrest of former premier Li Peng and three others.
The High Court in November said it had accepted arguments from Spanish pro-Tibet human rights groups that the five men may have had a role in human rights abuses and should be questioned.
The case was brought by the rights groups under Spain's recognition of "universal jurisdiction", a doctrine that allows judges to hear certain cases of human rights abuses committed in other countries.
The theory allowed Spain's former judge Baltasar Garzon to try to arrest and put on trial the late Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.
Mr Jiang is unlikely ever to appear in a Spanish dock.
But Ms Hua blasted what she referred to as overseas groups pursuing Tibetan independence.
She's called on the Spanish government to "see through the Dalai group's attempt to split the country", referring to exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama.
"I believe this incident concerns the sound development of bilateral relations, so we hope that the Spanish government can properly deal with this matter and tell right from wrong," Ms Hua said.
While very few probes opened under "universal jurisdiction" have seen the accused brought to trial in Spain, investigations have irritated some countries.
Last month, politicians from Spain's ruling Popular Party tabled a bill to limit courts' use of the doctrine.
China angry over Spanish arrest warrant for former president Jiang Zemin - Australia Network News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)


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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Republican chairman of a House investigative panel says he's concerned about allegations that Secret Service agents cavorted with prostitutes in Colombia, saying such activities would severely compromise presidential security.
California' Darrell Issa tells 'CBS This Morning' that lawmakers will 'look over the shoulder' of the agency as it investigates the recall of 11 agents from Colombia. The Summit of the Americas, which President Barack Obama attended in Colombia, went on over the weekend without incident.
Issa says the incident is 'part of a pattern of misbehavior' involving agents.
He calls it the flip side of the so-called 'wheels-up-party', in which agents celebrate once a president's visit is complete and the chief executive has headed home. The congressman says that in the current incident, 'you had a pre-wheels-down party.'


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South by Southwest Interactive (SXSW) 2012 is right around the corner, scheduled to take place in Austin, Texas March 9-13. If you're an author and have never heard of "South by," you may want to check out the following blog post by Evo Terra entitled "7 tips for authors attending SXSW 2012." [POST REMOVED BY AUTHOR] Evo manages to give a great overview of the festival with tips catering specifically to authors. Even though SXSW is not a publishing conference, Evo correctly points out that our "world is changing faster than you imagine," and SXSW is a great way to "forward your knowledge and expertise in the interactive world."
As we all know, electronic marketing tools such as social media are very important to authors looking to promote their work. Among other things, SXSW offers you the ability to learn from interactive industry leaders who work on the cutting edge of digital technology.
So whether you're planning to attend this year or not, to add to Evo's blog post, I have outlined below some of 2012's SXSW Interactive panel discussions that are geared specifically to authors and publishers. The list below may help you save time as you plan your schedule. If you are not planning on going, hopefully, these panels will inspire you to get your late registration in … at the very least, these can help get you excited for next year.
- Discoverability and the New World of Book PR
- Publishing Models Transforming the Book
- Libros digitales para todos/eBooks for Everybody
- Rhapsody to Year 0: Music & Publishing Go Digital
- Take a Look It's in a Book or Now Tablet Devices
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Clint Eastwood is angling to direct a new J. Edgar Hoover biopic from Dustin Lance Black, the Oscar-nominated writer of "Milk."
Hoover is, for those of you who can't read and don't own a TV, one of the great -- ahem -- characters of 20th Century America. An overzealous bulldog in the fight against communism with little regard for the Constitution, a suspected homosexual cross-dresser, who spent much of the '50s and '60s going after Martin Luther King Jr. instead of, say, criminals.
It's a reasonably safe bet that Black, an openly gay man, won't shy away from rumors about Hoover's bedroom recreations. It will be interesting to see if Eastwood's involvement insulates the project from Hoover sympathizers.
In a nice turn of history, Eastwood's Malpaso production company is set up at Warner Bros., where Hoover served as a consultant on the 1959 movie "The FBI Story" and on the film's ABC spinoff series "The F.B.I.," noted The Hollywood Reporter.


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Today I would like to try to illustrate the difference between picking a good company and picking a good stock. I recently wrote about how I have a short position in Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN), and then went on to express my belief that Amazon has a bright future. No, I'm not off my meds. I just get this recurrent feeling of deja vu when I look at Amazon, and I'll try to explain the reason for this sensation in the corniest way I can come up with.
Once upon a time
A long time ago in an enchanted world referred to as the 1990's, little boys and girls had no Internet. Then, thanks to the tireless work of Al Gore (among others), this lost world began to slowly get connected computer by computer, and the worldwide web was born. Stock traders recognized the unprecedented economic opportunity that the Internet would create and began buying up shares of any "Dot Com" that moved.
Many of these companies, such as Pets.com and TheGlobe.com, were not profitable and never would be profitable. However, there were many companies with excellent business models that actually were very well-positioned to capitalize on the long-term Internet boom. Today I'm going to talk about one of these companies, and I'm going to call her "Goldilocks."
In the 1990′s, Goldilocks manufactured computer networking equipment, and her products were in high demand. Investors piled into Goldilocks' stock because they could see that her products would play an integral part in the expansion of Internet connectivity that started in the 90′s and would last indefinitely. To investors, Goldilocks looked like one of those rare companies an investor could buy and hold until retirement and never have to worry about. Let's take a look at some of Goldilocks' numbers at the time.
A quick glance at Goldilocks' share price and revenue from 1995-2000 paints a beautiful picture. With annual revenue that exceeded $13 billion by the dawn of the new millennium, this company was far from a mom-and-pop operation. And yet, the future remained so bright that many of Goldilocks' shareholders thought that its revenue would continue to grow rapidly for decades to come. It seemed clear that the Internet was the future, and Goldilocks' products would remain in high demand indefinitely.
The good news for Goldilocks' shareholders is that they were right about the future of the business. Here's a chart of Goldilocks' revenue from January 2000 to date.
Revenue has more than quadrupled to over $47 billion, with no sign of a slowdown anytime soon. That porridge tastes just right. Clearly the company has continued to perform exceptionally well over the last 13-plus years. But if you joined the other shareholders in ignoring that orange line on the first chart, you might be surprised to see what Goldilocks' stock has done since 2000.
No, that graph is not upside down. That porridge is cold. Let me summarize: for the past 13 years, Goldilocks' revenue is up about 250%. For that same period, the S&P 500 is up 34.5% as a whole. And finally, Goldilocks' share price is down well over 50% for that 13-year period.
A nearly limitless number of metrics are available for stock analysis, but I'm a big fan of keeping things simple. At the end of the day, the only two things that matter about a stock are the performance of the company and the price of the stock. If a company does not perform, it's typically only a matter of time before its stock price reacts poorly. And if a stock gets too expensive relative to the earnings that the company is generating, it's typically only a matter of time before the stock price reacts poorly.
And now for the big reveal...
For "Goldilocks," which readers might have recognized as Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO), the performance of the company was not to blame for the collapse in share price. The Dot-Com Bubble euphoria that drove Cisco's P/E ratio to 200 was to blame. That large of a multiple for that large of a company has repeatedly proven to be unsustainable over the long term, and Cisco was no exception.
And that brings us to Amazon. Let's first look at a chart of some numbers on Amazon.
Amazon is the standard-bearer for worldwide Internet retail, and I would be foolish to argue that Amazon will not continue to dominate the online marketplace for decades. However, it seems equally as foolish to me that investors are currently paying well over 500 times earnings for shares of Amazon stock.
Will Amazon follow in Cisco's footsteps?
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Cathedral City, California – UC Santa Barbara endured a tough ending to a gritty performance at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic, losing to both Tennessee on Saturday night and Nevada on Sunday afternoon to split their tournament record at 2-2.
The No. 5 ranked Volunteers downed the Gauchos 5-0 with strong pitching from Ivy Renfoe (4-0), who notched her third complete-game shutout of the season. Renfoe tossed eight strikeouts and scattered only two hits.
Shelby Wisdom (7-4) took the loss for the Gauchos, allowing five runs (three earned) in the first five innings while striking out five. Andriana Collins pitched a scoreless sixth inning in relief.
UCSB struggled to put the bat on the ball in the second game against Nevada as well, who defeated the Gauchos 7-1 in the final game of the tournament.
The matchup was a pitcher's duel for the first four innings between Collins and Wolfpack starter Karlyn Jones, as the two sides were held scoreless. Nevada broke things open in the fifth inning, however, putting together a six-run rally that would eventually carry the team to its third victory of the tournament.
Jessica Soria—who was one of two Gauchos to reach base against Tennessee in the game prior—provided UCSB with its lone run of the game in the bottom of the sixth.
After starting it off with a single to shortstop, Wisdom doubled to center to advance Soria to third, who eventually crossed the plate on a sacrifice fly from Keilani Jennings.
Jones gave up one run on four hits while walking one and striking out six for the Wolfpack. She improved to 4-3 on the year with the victory. Wisdom pitched three innings of relief for the Gauchos, issuing two hits and two strikeouts.
UCSB's next challenger comes next Friday at home against Seattle in the first game on the Gaucho Classic II, where the squad looks to improve on an impressive 9-5 start to the season.


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Rockies place CarGo on DL with finger injury
DENVER -- Rockies left fielder Carlos Gonzalez said Wednesday he is aware he isn't the same player who has gone to the last two All-Star Games, and he accepted being placed on the 15-day disabled list with inflammation in his left index finger.
Gonzalez, hitting .255 with eight home runs and 31 RBIs, has left four games -- including Tuesday night's 4-2 loss to the D-backs -- with sudden and painful swelling in the finger. The exact source of the problem and how much rest will be needed are mysteries, but Gonzalez said that playing at reduced effectiveness is hurting the club.View Full Game Coverage
DENVER -- Rockies left fielder Carlos Gonzalez said Wednesday he is aware he isn't the same player who has gone to the last two All-Star Games, and he accepted being placed on the 15-day disabled list with inflammation in his left index finger.
Gonzalez, hitting .255 with eight home runs and 31 RBIs, has left four games -- including Tuesday night's 4-2 loss to the D-backs -- with sudden and painful swelling in the finger. The exact source of the problem and how much rest will be needed are mysteries, but Gonzalez said that playing at reduced effectiveness is hurting the club.View Full Game Coverage
Gonzalez's absence means more opportunities for the left-handed-hitting Corey Dickerson, who is batting .345 with seven home runs and 16 RBIs in 87 at-bats while competing for time in a crowded outfield.
"I think it was time," Gonzalez said. "We talked about it so many times and I tried not to go on the DL, but I guess it got to the point that I wasn't helping myself, I wasn't helping the club.
"I was taking [at-bats away from] a good guy that has been really hot like Dickerson. … I think he's the best option right now to play. For me, I've just got to heal and be the 'CarGo' that everybody knows."
Gonzalez has also dealt with left knee tendinitis since the second half of last season. So for now, he is not allowed to swing the bat, and to rest the knee, he isn't allowed to run. Gonzalez's exercise between now and when he is allowed to do more baseball activity is under the care of head athletic trainer Keith Dugger.
What isn't clear, however, is exactly what is wrong.
The injury originally was thought to be a broken blood vessel. During an examination on Thursday by Cleveland hand specialist Thomas Graham, the belief was there may be some sort of "foreign bodies" -- perhaps a fingernail or a splinter -- in the finger, with a soft tissue mass around it. However, no identifiable object showed up on an MRI exam or ultrasound.
Dugger said if there isn't an object identified or if the object is miniscule, surgery can do damage and unnecessarily add to a player's recovery time.
"For now, I have to just wait and see how it reacts," Gonzalez said. "I'm in that position. I don't know what we have to do. The best thing now is rest and see if it gets better in 15 days, and start swinging the bat and not worry about one finger."
Manager Walt Weiss said he presented the big picture to Gonzalez when he presented him with the decision.
"No one ever wants to go on the DL as a player, but deep down, he feels this is his best shot to get healthy," Weiss said. "I told him there are four months left to the season. A couple weeks right now, to give a couple weeks to be healthy the rest of the way, that would be a good trade-off.
"There are no guarantees he's going to be healthy after a couple of weeks, but it gives us his best shot."
A strained ligament in his right middle finger torpedoed Gonzalez's 2013 season. He hit 24 homers before the injury on July 7 and just two after.
"It's been less than a year, and I've bene dealing with two finger injuries," Gonzalez said. "It's frustrating. It sounds easy for people to say, 'Oh, a finger.' But it's not true."
Dickerson was not happy with how his opportunity came about, but he's looking forward to contributing more.
"It's a good opportunity for all the guys that need some at-bats, but CarGo is a big piece of the team," Dickerson said. "I don't look at it as trying to do anything more than helping the team by playing my game because that is what I bring and that's why I'm here."
Dickerson will be a big part of the lineup. But he is just 3-for-9 with two walks and three strikeouts this season against left-handed pitching. So against difficult southpaws, it's possible the Rockies will rely on right-handed hitters Drew Stubbs (.375 with one home run and four doubles in 48 at-bats vs. lefties) and Brandon Barnes (.294, one double in 44 at-bats vs. lefties).
Weiss still believes the Rockies' best chance to win is with Gonzalez, as long as he is healthy.
"His track record is pretty good," Weiss said. "He's going to hit. He's going to perform. It's just tough performing in this league trying to work around the nagging injuries."
To replace Gonzalez on the active roster, the Rockies recalled left-handed-hitting corner infielder Ryan Wheeler from Triple-A Colorado Springs. Wheeler went 2-for-4 with a home run during a previous callup.
The Rockies also designated backup catcher Jordan Pacheco for assignment and called up Michael McKenry from Colorado Springs.
Pacheco, 28, hit .236 with six doubles, a triple and eight RBIs in 22 games, 19 of which he started. Pacheco hit .309 as a rookie in 2012, when there was playing time at the corner-infield positions. But since then, he has struggled to find a fit on the roster that would allow him consistent playing time. The Rockies have 10 days to trade, release or outright Pacheco to the Minors.
By designating Pacheco for assignment, the Rockies have a spot on the Major League 40-man roster available for right-handed pitcher Eddie Butler, who is being called up from Double-A Tulsa to start Friday night against the Dodgers at Coors Field.
McKenry, 29, was called up earlier this season and went 4-for-19 with two doubles and one RBI in eight games, five of which he started. McKenry, who has played in 201 Major League games with the Rockies and Pirates, underwent surgery to repair a torn lateral meniscus in his left knee last July 30. Although he was back in action in Spring Training, McKenry has had to recover as the season has progressed.
Thomas Harding is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @harding_at_mlb.


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Amazon is about to release new tablets, Alistair Barr at Reuters reports.
Demos Parneros, president of U.S. retail for Staples, tells Barr Amazon is releasing "five or six tablet SKUs" of the Kindle Fire. An SKU is short for stock keeping unit.
It doesn't mean Amazon is releasing five or six different tablets. It could be three models at different storage sizes. For instance, the iPad has over a dozen SKUs between black model, white model, 16 GB - 64 GB options, and wifi versus wireless.
One of the new Amazon tablets will be a bigger screened, 10-inch model according to Parneros.
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There's no word on a release date, but we're expecting an announcement from Amazon in a few weeks.
When the Kindle Fire was released it was an exciting rival to the iPad. It sold well, but when people actually got their hands on it, they found it to be plagued by buggy software.
Since then, Google has released the Nexus 7, a critically acclaimed cheap tablet that rivals the Fire. At the same time Apple lowered the price of the iPad and word has leaked that it is working on a smaller, cheaper iPad.
If Amazon is going to maintain its position as number two tablet maker this next patch of Kindle Fires have to have better hardware and much better software.
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