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Jo-Ann Fabrics - 60% off one regular priced item
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Also includes coupon for free shipping online.
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Good TODAY ONLY. There is also a free shipping coupon that cannot be combined with this offer.
The list of things that this DOES NOT apply to comprises half the store, most of the other half of the store is always on sale so it wouldn't apply to that either. They don't even make an exception allowing it to apply to the regular price.
I certainly try never to talk bad about any business but I have to agree with the last comment. I read all of the items that were not allowed for this coupon. I called them and wanted to pick up the Crayola Digital Light Designer that retails there for 79.99. It does not show on sale on their website. The said they had two in stock but could not tell me if it was on sale over the phone. I drove to the store and found one which also did NOT show it was on sale on the shelf. No other signs anywhere on the entire shelf showed it was discounted so I take it up to the counter and she rings it up and says I'm sorry this is on sale for 55. Not a bad price on sale but it's the principle. So I did what any shopper has the right to do, I didn't buy it.
I would love to hear of anyone who got a good deal with this coupon. Is it only good for 5$ non sale items? wow! end rant :)
Oh and thank you still for posting it was worth a shot!
@cwhitlow1180: Well, I took this coupon to an art supply store, which accepts coupons from their competitors. I was able to get a 36"x62" piece of unprimed canvas for about $3.80 ;). I have found it tough to use coupons at Jo-Ann Fabrics.
@kirika: Wow that is an awesome deal! Thanks for the reply and sharing!
@cwhitlow1180: I bought 11 yards of black fabric, and saved $26 with this coupon. I didn't even know about it when I went the store, and just showed the cashier the coupon on my iPhone.
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The Worst Case Scenario for U.S. Open Ticketholders
Anyone who bought a seat for the U.S. Open's night session on Wednesday was one round away from seeing Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal meet for the first time ever in New York.
But with Federer's stunning loss to Tommy Robredo on Monday, the price of non-courtside seats in Arthur Ashe Stadium plunged Tuesday, down 22% to $166 from a three-day average price of $212, according to SeatGeek. The average ticket in the upper deck for Wednesday's lineup featuring Nadal vs. Robredo even dipped below $100—with some available for as little as $45.
—Ben Cohen
The Worst Saturday Ever?
College athletic directors, take a bow: You've put together what just might be the worst day of games in college-football history.
On Saturday, there will be 34 games pitting Football Bowl Subdivision teams against lower-level Football Championship Subdivision teams. This is the most on any Saturday since the Bowl Championship Series era began in 1998, according to Stats LLC. Since such matchups have only recently become common practice, it stands to reason that this is the least appetizing college-football Saturday ever.
Never mind that FCS teams scored some upsets last weekend. No one looks forward to these games, in which big schools pay little ones six-figure sums to (hopefully) take a beating. But since these 34 games represent nearly half of Saturday's 71-game schedule, there is little else to look forward to.
—Darren Everson
The Worst News for Oracle
Oracle Team USA, the defending America's Cup champion, was penalized two races in the yachting competition's upcoming finals after a sailing jury found them guilty of cheating. The jury said Tuesday that in less-prestigious competitions a year ago, Oracle illegally added performance-boosting weights to their yachts. Those boats are different than the ones used for this year's Cup.
The first-to-nine-wins finals between Oracle and Emirates Team New Zealand are scheduled to begin Saturday. Oracle will start at minus-two wins. The jury also fined Oracle $250,000 and banned one of its sailors. "While we disagree with the unprecedented penalties imposed by the jury, we have no choice but to make the necessary changes to personnel on our race boat and do our best," Oracle team CEO Russell Coutts said in a statement.
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It appears from Wikipedia that the oldest theater in continuous use is in Denmark, but since so much of the film industry is dominated by Hollywood, I was wondering what is the oldest movie theater in the United States.
The Scenic Theatre in North Dakota claims to be the oldest continually operating theatre on its website. From their website footnote
They claim they opened in 1911.
The Newtown Theatre also claims to be the oldest.
If true this would make it older than the Scenic Theatre.
Both of these however, don't say whether they regularly showed movies to the public in the early days or not.
The Nickelodeon Theatre in Pittsburgh was the first genuine movie theatre in the US. It opened in June, 1905 so you're not going to get any earlier than that. It shut down in the 1910s, I think.
The Park Theatre in Estes Park, CO is the oldest continually operating theatre west of the Mississippi that was originally built as a motion picture theatre. Its owners now believe that all theaters east of the Mississippi that were older and originally built to be motion picture theaters have closed down in recent years
It started playing first run pictures in June of 1913 and just upgraded to digital this year for its 100th year anniversary
Sorce: former employee
Additional source: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Theatre_(Estes_Park,_Colorado)
Also see the theatre's website: http://www.historicparktheatre.com
In the San Francisco bay area, California - the Roxie Cinema built in 1909 is the oldest continiously operating theater, changed it's name 7 times starting with the name of C. H. Brown Theater in 1933 the name changed to the Roxie to this day.
Another theater in the bay area in the town of Vallejo (V-Town), Ca. as it is known is the Empress Theater. Opened in 1911 with the Empress name and today it has the same name.
The Ruby Theatre in Chelan, Washington was built as a movie theatre by the Kingman brothers and opened in 1914. It has operated as a movie theatre since than. It is privately owned and continues to shown first run films. It has recently installed digital equipment in anticipation of its 100th birthday next year. Its auditorium is essentially the same as when it was constructed. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in about 1990. The Ruby is believed to be the oldest continuously running movie theatre in the Northwest. Source: Rubytheatre.com
Yes, It was originally thought that the building housing the Priest Theatre, and built in 1910, was a storage facility for automobiles and not used as a theatre until 1926. However, during a campaign to do a required upgrade to digital projection, it was discovered during a history search of the building (via artifacts and articles found) that the theatre building has been used a a theatre since it's construction in 1910. A link to the kickstarter campaign they used for the building fundraising is included below. It has the complete updated history of the building.
The Graham Opera House, now known as the State Theater, in Washington, IA has been showing movies since 1894. At that time a local couple (Frank & Indiana Brinton) toured 35mm nitrate cellulose films and magic lantern slides around the Midwest in what were called 'Tab Shows'. The movie industry at that time was not taken seriously and was sometimes considered questionable entertainment. The couple were part owners of the Graham Opera House.
The Graham Opera House showed both movies and live plays/operas up through the depression. Sorry, I do not know the exact date it switched to only showing motion pictures or when it became known as the State Theater.
The State Theater still maintains it's opera house look as it did when it was first built in the 1890's. I am not claiming this is the oldest continuously run movie theater in the US, but I would say that it is at least in the running.
Very little is mentioned about Frank Brinton's Tab Shows online. Here is a link from the Washington County Historical Society that mentions his "moving pictures" in the second to last paragraph--the rest of the article tells about a flying machine he made. http://washingtoncountyhistoricalsociety-iowa.org/feature4_aug_09.html
Here is another link from the Kalona News (Washington County, IA) in July 2013 mentioning the current owner of the Brinton films (which survived the past century) and how Brintons toured the Midwest. http://www.kalonanews.com/articles/2013/07/24/news/doc51efed904b0b0238005517.txt
I hope this information helps determine the oldest continuously operating movie theater in the US!
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I had worked at the Newtown Theatre for a bit and yes it has shown movies since 1906. A couple years back for our 100th year anniversary we actually went back and found all the newspaper clippings of the movies we showed.
The Elks Theatre in Middletown, Pennsylvania has been open since October 1911. There actually was a movie theatre at this location before 1911 but had burned down in the great fire of Middletown in 1910. I am not sure when that theatre was built. The Elks Theatre has continuously run movies however in the early 1900' to the 1940's it also offered stage performances. It is the goal of the current owners; non-profit Greater Middletown Economic Development Corporation to restore the theatre and eventually bring back stage performances as well as continue to show movies.
Funny, the oldest still operating cinema (nickelodeon) is in KANSAS! Can you believe it! Once called "the Bijou". Opened in 1905. It is now called the Plaza Grill and Cinema. It is a twin, but you can see the original stage where the piano played to silent films. It is located in Ottawa, Kansas.
Not quite as old as some of the others mentioned, but the Strand Theater in Brockport, NY has been in continuous operation as a movie theater in the same building since 1916. They have a display of their history in the lobby.
The Lund theater in Viborg, South Dakota, started showing movies in 1911 and is still in operation today! Not bad for a town of 800.
The oldest continually operating movie theatr is in Ottawa Kansas. They opened in 1905(not sure what month) and is still operating today.
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A Johnson City murder trial enters its sixth and possibly final day today.
Dale Larkin faces first degree murder and insurance fraud charges for the death of his wife Terri.
The jury has heard from several medical experts from both sides saying how they believe Terri Larkin died and what caused several broken bones.
She was found unresponsive in a bathtub in their home in 2003.
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Is there any resource that might help non-experts gains some understanding of why the Kervaire invariant problem remains open now only in dimension $126$? ($126 =2^7-2=2^{j+1}-2$; whether $\theta_j=\theta_6$ exists in the "$128$-stem"), i.e., why the celebrated Hill-Hopkins-Ravenel proof technique fails in this last remaining case? I read a delightful exposition by Erica Klarreich ("Mathematicians solve 45-year-old Kevaire Invariant Puzzle," The Best Writing on Mathematics, 2010, 373ff, Simons Foundation link), which piqued my interest. But Michael Hopkins' online presentation slides announcing the result in 2009 ("Applications of algebra to a problem in topology") are beyond my ken. Perhaps this an area too abstruse for all but the experts? I'd appreciate pointers to expositions. Thanks!
I'll give a shot at an answer. The relevant dimensions are of the form $2^j-2$. For $j\leq 4$, it is easy and classical that we can construct manifolds of Kervaire invariant one. The problem was ``reduced'' from differential topology to pure stable homotopy theory by Browder in 1969. Direct calculational methods in homotopy theory were used by Barratt, Jones, and Mahowald to construct a cell complex that can be used to solve the homotopy theory problem and prove that such manifolds also exist in dimensions 30 and 62. I believe a construction of such a manifold has been worked out in dimension 30, but that has certainly not been done in dimension 62. Periodicity phenomena play a huge role in modern stable homotopy theory, and a crucial feature of the Hill, Hopkins, Ravenel proof is a periodicity of order $2^8 = 256$. That enables them to solve the stable homotopy problem and prove there is no manifold of Kervaire invariant one for $j\geq 8$. The reasons $j=7$ is so hard are several. Nobody has a really good reason for guessing which way the answer will go. There is no reason to expect a relevant periodicity of order $2^7$. Direct calculation of the Adams spectral sequence through dimension $126$ is just plain hard: the calculations blow up. There is a chance that the methodology of Barratt, Jones, and Mahowald might extend to prove existence (if that is how the answer turns out!), but it will probably be much harder to prove nonexistence (if that is the answer).
More detail on Jones's 30 manifold and analogous constructions can be found in my Extended powers of manifolds and the Adams spectral sequence , Cont. Math. 271, 41--51. The basic idea in it dates from 1979 or so (immediately upon seeing Jones's construction) but didn't make it into print for another 20 years. There are also comments about the homotopy theoretic approach to the problem in the talk I gave in Edinburgh in 2011 at the workshop on the Kervaire invariant.
The main point is that there is a small set of homology classes in low dimension (dimension 2 for Jones' construction) which one wants to realize as the fundamental class of a manifold with tangent bundle realized by a permutation representation of $\pi_1$. To get the 30 dimensional Kervaire manifold from $S^7$ one only needs a two manifold and an appropriate representation in $S_4$. ($D_8$ will do: only the Sylow 2-subgroup matters.) To get from $S^7$ to the 62 dimensional Kervaire manifold requires a 6-manifold with a representation of $\pi_1$ in $S_8$. Unfortunately, no such manifold exists. In dimension 126, one would need a 14 manifold, and presumably such also fails to exist. So, one needs to find another approach that relaxes the input data needed.


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How many words in 350 pages typed and double spaced? I want to know because I am 66 of those into my first novel, and I set my goal at 350. I'd like my word count to be epic novel sized.
This isn't a simple a math question as much it is a "How long should my book be?" question.
If it's a simple math question, the answer is easily found by using the word count function in your word processor. Take the total word count, divide it by number of pages you've written and that's your individual word count per page. Then divide your goal by that number and that will give you an idea of how many pages you need.
If you're not a big fan of math, then you can eliminate the guess work by using standard manuscript format. In standard manuscript format, your word count becomes "about 250 words per page" which makes 350 pages about 87,500 words. If your goal is 100,000 words then you're going to be looking at 400 standard manuscript pages.
But what you're really looking for isn't a word count. What you're looking for is how much you need to write before your regular novel is considered an 'epic' novel. And there is no straightforward answer.
But one thing you can do is to look at previously published 'epic' series to get an idea of what readers expect when they want to read an 'epic'.
One of the most prominent epic fantasy series is A Song of Fire and Ice (also known as A Game of Thrones). The five books in that series (to date) average between 300-450,000 words each. That epic length is 3-4 times what you're setting your goal at.
So a story on the scale of Game of Thrones might be a tad much. But there is another prominent epic fantasy series that might be a little closer to what you're thinking.
At 450,000 words, the Lord of the Rings trilogy is almost certainly considered an epic fantasy tale (if not, the epic fantasy tale). Most people think of it as three books of about 150,000 words each but it's actually 6 books of about 75,000 words each. Despite the original plan of combining all 6 (plus one other, The Silmarillion) into one giant book it was instead collected into the three volumes that we're more familiar with.
Compared to Lord of the Rings, your 100,000-word, 5-book goal is certainly within the realm of 'epic' tales, albeit a little on the short side for the genre.


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When is it appropriate to 'auto advance' from one text field to the next, as in phone numbers and SSN?
Because this behavior is rare and therefore unexpected, it will surprise most novice users, which can cause them to misunderstand how to use the interface, and interfere with usability.
(An example of this interference might be if the user fills out the field and presses tab, while you have auto-advanced, and while they think they are typing in the next field, they discover that they are actually typing in the field after the next field).
However if you have very experienced users who use your form every day, they will grow accustomed to this behavior and appreciate the shortcut.
So I would say
With one of my previous assignments, this issue came up with our users. It turned out frustrating for both beginner and advanced users. Here are some major issues with auto-advancing:
With these in mind, I can't think of many benefits to auto-advancing fields. Just make sure your tab order is appropriate and it should be ok.
Very often we are trying to make it easier for the user to solve a problem for us, when really we should be solving the problem ourselves.
In this case, the auto advance technique is used to make it easier for users to fill in multiple form fields, but why not make it easiest of all and skip the multiple form fields entirely? In the case of a phone number, for example, why not just have one form field for all numbers and then separate them programmatically on the backend if needed?
This simplifies the task for the user, which is better than trying to make a more complex task easier.
See this take on why Mint beat Wesabe (it's a little broad as it relates to this subject but is definitely relevant) for an example of this principle in action: Mint focused on doing everything for the user so they didn't have to do it themselves:
I think you should always auto-advance to the next field, and include measures to guard against inadvertent user tabbing, eg. block the tab key for half a second or so after the last auto-advance if the current field is empty, etc. That way you get the best of both worlds and handle the expectations of both kinds of users.
I personally find it somewhat frustrating when I try to fill out forms quickly then find out that there is no auto-advance. Not knowing what to expect, I always end up pausing for a second after typing the first part of a phone number or SSN.
Excellent answers on whether you should use the common auto-advance has already been written. Instead, I'll propose a bit of an alternative to the regular auto-advance.
Instead of sending the user to the next field automatically after having typed in the mandatory 6 letters in the field (or whatever), you should keep the cursor in the first field. Only when a new key is pressed, the cursor should be moved to the next field, unless that key is backspace.


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Is there any halachic problem with singing or playing the song "haTikvah," considering that it was written by a secular Zionist and is the national anthem of the State of Israel?
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HaTikva is the Israeli national anthem. Certainly, how one views the State of Israel will have bearing on how one views its national anthem.
HaTikva was written by a secular Jew, and it speaks of a Jewish dream "to be a free people in our land", omitting any religious language.
Some religious Zionists will thus sing HaTikva with the modification from "am chofshi" to "am kodshi", a holy (instead of free) nation.
Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, Chief Rabbi of what is now Israel, proposed a different anthem with more religious overtones. Yet as it didn't really catch on, he was not opposed to singing HaTikva.
I suppose the reasons one would find it halachically problematic to sing HaTikva would therefore have to be one (or more) of the following beliefs:
The question of #1 is far beyond the scope of mi.yodeya.
As for #2, Rav Kook and his followers didn't think so; I'm not sure the question can be "answered" any better than that.
And regarding #3, R' Moshe Feinstein was asked about songs that became very popular in the Orthodox world that were composed by someone less-than-Orthodox. He writes that if the composer was just a sinner and not a heretic, it would be no problem. If the composer was a heretic, then his music would be prohibited from "religious use", but playing music at a wedding isn't "religious use." It would be proper, however, for a Torah scholar to avoid it.
I think all would agree that singing HaTikva is not done as "religious use", so therefore not completely prohibited. The only quesion remaining is whether it's "preferably avoided by Torah scholars", and how to weigh that preference against the value of recognizing the anthem. So see #2.


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Interview with Magic Lantern Creator
Several months ago we posted an article about the Magic Lantern firmware for the Canon 5D Mark II video DSLR. This open source software adds functionality to the 5D that Canon didn't provide out of the box. There has been quite a lot of progress on Magic Lantern over the last few months. The latest release is version 0.1.6, but even since then further enhancements have been made, including Autoboot.
The originating creator of Magic Lantern, Trammell Hudson, recently participated in an interview available on the Cinema5d website. Here are some short excerpts from Trammell's responses:
4. What plans do you have for the new 5d firmware update? Can we expect anything beyond 24p/25p?
You would have to ask Canon about their plans… I'll update my code to work with their new firmware once it is available. It would really please me if Canon incorporated all of the features from Magic Lantern into their firmware.
On my roadmap for upcoming Magic Lantern releases:
* 1080i HDMI output (still having technical problems)
* SMPTE timecode jamming
* Scripting
* USB control from the Impero remote follow-focus
* Waveforms and vector scope
* Autoboot (now available)
5. On your Wikia Page you describe the Magic Lantern as " an enhancement atop of Canon's firmware that makes your 5D Mark II into the 5D Mark Free" What exactly do you mean?
Most equipment is "closed" in that what you buy is what you get. Sure, you can put it on rails, add a follow focus and mattebox, but you can't really change what is going on inside the box. With Magic Lantern, however, the internals of the camera have been opened up so that it is possible to add new features that the manufacturer might not have ever imagined.
Read the full text of the interview over at Cinema5d.
A potentially useful enhancement to the Magic Lantern firmware would be the ability to change the codec used in the 5D Mark II. Currently, content is stored as H.264 at around 40Mbps. While this provides for some very nice high quality footage, it'd be nice if additional open source options were included, like Lagarith and Dirac Research. The Magic Lantern Wikia Discussion page has a few comments around this idea already.


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Please tell me how to open or access Exe files on Ubuntu 13.04 desktop.
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You cannot run them inside directly using Ubuntu (or any Linux distro for that matter) as they are designed to run on Windows DOS OS, but you CAN run some EXE's using this Ubuntu program called WINE for Linux.
Repeating again, the scope of wine is limited. The EXE may not run or may run but not work correctly.
You need to install Wine or PlayOnLinux (I would recommend this one) from Ubuntu Software Center. Also worth attention is CrossOver software, but it isn't free.
Please notice that not all Windows programs are easy to run in Linux environment.
WINE stands for Wine Is Not an Emulator, it is in fact a compatibility layer and is capable to run .EXE files in a Linux environment, by installing this you will be presented with a program which holds an icon displaying a wine glass containing red wine. Installing this will allow the use of many Windows-like programs, directories etc and is required for PlayOnLinux; be aware that WINE has limited capability and may run slower than that of a Windows machine but this is to be expected.
I used to run Steam using Wine and didn't achieve nearly the performance of that the Steam for Ubuntu provided. You may use:


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I have a few ceiling registers which are not flush with the ceiling since the duct has loosened over time. What's the best way to get them flush with the ceiling? I thought about driving several sheet metal screws into them but they would go into drywall which has only so much holding strength. Is there a better method? Thanks
Drill a hole on either side of the register. Mark the holes on the ceiling with a pencil, drill and install a drywall anchor in each location. Secure the register with screws into the anchor.
Some people paint the ceiling and the register so it blends in better (and covers the screw heads).
I found some more registers that the previous homeowner completed stripped the screws on. I put a glob of JB weld on the problematic hole, completely covering it. Came back the next day and drilled a small hole through it and carefully screwed in the register. I was skeptical but it held very well and tight! On another register I drilled another hole into the sheet metal to solve the same problem. BTW, I highly recommend a socket and not screwdriver for removing/tightning.


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Sam's Club's decision to open at 7 a.m. on Black Friday is a definite "swim upstream" move on the part of the warehouse club operator given retail industry trends and Walmart's decision to offer its Black Friday deals on Thanksgiving.
"Swim upstream," is one of those references to Walmart culture that basically means doing the opposite of your competitors. So when Sam's said it wouldn't open until 7 a.m. the reaction was one of shock because for the past decade retailers have sought to trump one another with earlier and earlier opening hours. At some point it was inevitable that the boundaries of Black Friday would give way and merge into Thanksgiving which is what happened last year and this year. Not at Sam's.
"Our members pay a fee to shop in our clubs, so they expect a sensible, hassle-free holiday shopping experience alongside an exciting assortment of gifts at great prices. At Sam's Club, they'll find free breakfast, hot coffee and award-winning member service," said Sam's EVP of operations Todd Harbaugh. "The Black Friday shopping experience is our annual 'thank you' to members, providing access to extraordinary prices, quality brands our members trust like Samsung, Dyson, and Vizio, and the assortment of gifts to bring cheer to all of our members' family and friends."
What a novel idea. At many retailers Black Friday is a grueling, unpleasant experience bubbling with hostility. In other words, pretty much the opposite of the romanticized notion of how many folks think Christmas should be. Besides, 7 a.m. is plenty early and Sam's won't be leaving money on the table because it didn't open earlier or follow Walmart's lead.
That's because many shoppers approach Black Friday with the precision of a military exercise so if they are going to go to Sam's there will be specific items on their list and they will have optimized the routing of store visits based on opening hours and items desired. Understanding this list-making behavior, Sam's has already published its Black Friday deals and it is leveraging technology. Mobile shoppers can access Black Friday deals on-the-go through Sam's mobile app with new updates that include a holiday giftfinder and "how-to" videos and photo guides to tree trimming and home decor.  Members can also upload special holiday photos directly from their smartphone to the Sam's Club Photo Center.
After shoppers have endured the pre-dawn lunacy at other retail outlets they can hit their local Sam's for a dose of sanity, free breakfast and Starbucks coffee. Or if they choose to sleep in, Cyberweek promotions kick in November 24 through December 2.


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So on my desktop, I decided to install Ubuntu 10.10, so I wiped it, the 10.04 system wasn't working anyway, but whenever I try to boot from a USB it tells me that there's a boot failure issue, and to hit enter, and when I put in a disk, the hardware doesn't load; keyboard, mouse, and the like, anything I can do? this hasn't happened before
First thing to do is create another boot USB using the ISO you downloaded. If you used the "Create a Startup Disk" option from the Ubuntu menu, then try using
If it boots, select "Verify Disc" (Can't remember the exact name) to check that your ISO is valid. If this works, install again. If your boot-USB-stick does not pass the test, then download the ISO again, as it may have been corrupted. (You can check the ISO on-disk using the
Be sure to MD5 test the ISO you put on the USB stick
Did you completely 'wipe' your computer with DBAN < http://www.dban.org/ >? If not, download and burn this program to a disk. Then set your BIOS to open first with your DVD drive and restart your computer with this DBAN disk in place.
After several hours (depending on the size of your hard drive), your computer will be totally 'wiped' and you can then place your Ubuntu disk in your drive and restart your computer.
If everything is okay, Ubuntu should install normally.
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RASCALS Awards Gift to SLU Researchers
Robert A. Stehlin (center) and Michael Brand (far left), of the Robert A. Stehlin Campaign for ALS Foundation (RASCALS) presents a $15,000 check to SLU researchers. Accepting the check from left are Amanda Michael, M.D., Aman Gill, M.D., Virginia Kellner, M.D., and Ghazala Hayat, M.D. director of the Neuromuscular Division. The money will help Hayat fund her research on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).


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This salsa is fresh and creamy. It's great as a chip dip or as a topper for tacos and other Mexican dishes. You can adjust the spiciness to your liking. —Nanette Hilton, Las Vegas, Nevada
- 8 tomatillos, husks removed
- 1 medium ripe avocado, peeled and pitted
- 1 small onion, halved
- 1 jalapeno pepper, peeled and pitted
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- In a large saucepan, bring 4 cups water to a boil. Add tomatillos. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes. Drain.
- Place the avocado, onion, jalapeno, cilantro, salt and tomatillos in a food processor. Cover and process until blended. Refrigerate until chilled. Serve with chips. Yield: 2-1/2 cups.
Editor's Note: Wear disposable gloves when cutting hot peppers; the oils can burn skin. Avoid touching your face.
Originally published as Salsa Verde in Taste of Home October/November 2010, p47
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Laryngeal cancer trials have foreshadowed these two papers with respect to the role of combined chemoradiation treatment. Prior to 1990, laryngeal cancer was commonly managed with total laryngectomy, however, the Veterans Affairs (VA) trial (NEJM, 1991) compared total laryngectomy with induction chemotherapy and radiation therapy. The chemotherapy regiment consisted of Cisplatin and fluorouracil, and responders received definitive radiation therapy after three cycles of chemotherapy. Two thirds of those treated with combined chemoradiation benefited from organ preservation and showed equivalent survival to those patients treated with total laryngectomy. This trial provided the basis for routine use of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in hopes of organ preservation. In 1991, the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) initiated a randomized study that built on this foundation of neoadjuvant chemotherapy for laryngeal cancer. Results show that the highest rate of organ preservation was in patients treated with concomitant RT and chemotherapy with no significant difference in overall survival. With this understanding of the background for the presumption that combined chemotherapy and radiation may be more effective in head and neck cancers, in 1991, a European and an American trial were undertaken to evaluate if concomitant Cisplatin and radiation were beneficial in locally advanced head and neck cancers.
Prior to the publication of the results of these studies, another study (Intergroup study 0099 [Al-Sarraf et al., JCO 1998]) showed an improvement in combined therapy for advanced nasopharyngeal carcinomas. Intergroup study 0099 results argued for a change in the standard of care, however due to poor results in the radiotherapy alone arm and the small size of the trial (150 patients analyzed), many questioned the strength of these data.
The preliminary report from the American study (RTOG 95-01) showed an improvement in local regional control but there was no statistically significant difference in 2 year disease-free survival or overall survival. An interim report of the this paper (EORTC 22931, Ann Oncol 2002) showed statistically significant improvements in local regional control, disease-free survival and overall survival. Thus the uncertainty created by the divergent results from the interim analyses of RTOG 95-01 and EORTC 22931 left doubt as the role of combined chemoradiation.
An update to the American study (RTOG 95-01, NEJM, 2004) was published back to back with this European study (EORTC 22931) and both suggest a paradigm shift is in order. The issues raised by the interim analysis results seem to be resolved after longer follow-up. Now, both groups find a statistically significant survival improvement with the addition of chemotherapy to definitive radiation.
Many argued that the EORTC results initially showed statistically significant improvement with combined therapy due to the different nature of the patients enrolled in that study as compared to those of the RTOG 95-01 study. In generally, the EORTC study patients has worse prognostic indicators such as margin status, degree of differentiation, and percent of patients with poorer prognosis (e.g. hypopharynx cancer). Those in opposition to changing patterns of care argued that chemotherapy was thus only significant for high risk patients with locally advanced disease. Now, however, results seem to suggest the addition of chemotherapy may benefit selected patients with head and neck locally advanced squamous cell carcinomas.
In this study, only 49% of patients receiving the planned three courses of chemotherapy without any delay or dose reduction, and thus the benefit of combined chemoradiation may be understated in this study.
Caution must however be exercised before undertaking such a regimen. The extent of benefit from combined therapy at particular head and neck sites cannot be reliably assessed in these studies. Furthermore, many find combined chemoradiation with cisplatin is difficult to tolerate, often requiring delays or interruptions in radiation therapy. The unconfirmed assumption is often made that treating with carboplatin may show similar benefits while being better tolerated by patients. With either chemo-therapeutic regimen, the increased toxicity of a combined chemoradiation therapy is more difficult for the patient to tolerate. With head and neck cancers, delays in treatment are thought to have adverse affects on outcome, and thus risks and benefits must be weighed. It thus becomes an important clinical decision to determine if the patient can tolerate a combined chemoradiation regiment, and whether or not the toxicity profile is acceptable.


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Let, $V$ be a vector space over a field $K.$ Let, $T$ be a function from $V$ to $V$ such that $T(kX) = kT(X)$ for all $k \in K$ and for all $X \in V$ and also $T(k + X) = T(X)$ for all $k \in K$ and for all $X \in V$.
If $X = (x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_n)$, then $k + X = (k + x_1, k_ + x_2, \ldots, k + x_n)$.
I would like to know how to study the behavior of $T$ and its effect on the vector space $V$ be studied.


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I have a question about complex analysis. I am trying to get some intuition about residues and integration.
Let $c(t) = e^{2\pi it}$ be the unit circle of the complex plane.
I consider the following functions :
$f(z) = z$
$g(z) = 1/z$
Integrating $f$ around the $c(t)$ circle yields $0$ because f has no pole inside the unit disk.
Integrating $g$ around the $c(t)$ circle yields $2\pi i$ (residues theorem).
But $g(c(t)) = f(c(-t))$ : intuitively, I should be integrating the same function around the same circle, but in opposite directions. I would expect the integral values to be opposite, but I don't understand why one is null and the other not!
There is surely an obvious reasoning or calculus error, and I can't see where.
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5 Ways Evolution Has Screwed Us Over
Evolution is a fickle mistress. On the one hand, we can't complain, since humans ended up with opposable thumbs and huge brains (and relatively hairless). On the other hand, we can't fly and our heads hurt if we eat ice cream too fast.
But some of the everyday annoyances that drive us crazy are exactly what made modern humanity possible. For example ...
#5. Getting Kicked in the Junk Hurts Because It Makes Sperm Work Better
As decades of America's Funniest Home Videos have taught us, the only thing funnier than seeing someone else get hit in the junk is a baby who's scared by his own farts. But the hilarious act of hitting a man in the ballsack reminds us of a baffling evolutionary defect -- after all, when's the last time you've seen a shark rolling around on the beach because it got nailed in the balls? And you would have seen it if it'd happened, somebody would have put that shit on YouTube.
Or maybe one of the more specialized porn sites.
Well, the human crotch has two problems: One, unlike with some animals, the nuts are on the outside of the body. And two, the family jewels are so disproportionately sensitive to pain that just the thought of a wayward hit to the groin will have you doing a crotch block. But why?
It Has to Be That Way Because:
Scientists think a big part of it is the fact that sperm really prefers hanging out at lower body temperatures, and the last time we checked, lower body temperatures are impossible to accomplish from the inside of the body without some kind of weird crotch-mounted air conditioning. So, the sperm has to be suspended in orbs out where the air can get to them (this is why, as we mentioned recently, a laptop can cook a man's sperm to death).
"It just felt as if my scrotum cried out and then was silenced suddenly."
It's not until you get aroused that things tighten up downstairs, and the best part is that it's actually the woman's (or guy's?) body heat that jump-starts the process that will eventually end with a baby or a mess or both. Because even though sperm production is best at lower temperatures, ejaculation requires some hopped up, crazy-excited spunk. So at the key moment, the testicles retreat, get hot, and you probably know the rest. You also might have figured out that this retreat kind of protects the dangly parts during sex, which is a win-win for everyone.
Which brings us to extreme ball sensitivity. What's the deal with that? Well, it's not that other animals just love being smacked in the balls, it's that, well, try it. Go find a bull and try to nail it in the nuts with a dodge ball. You can't, can you? Its legs and tail are in the way.
And with that, a beautiful sport was born.
Humans, however, decided at some point that walking upright would be a great idea, so now we have the perfect storm of external testicles and a posture that literally has us walking balls-first into danger.
#4. We Need Dentists and Braces Because We Evolved Big Brains
Don't let Hollywood fool you, guys -- most people in this world are sporting teeth that are as crooked as an Illinois governor. If you see someone with a perfect set of chompers, either they or their parents shelled out some dollars to make it happen. The rest of us have more teeth than our little orifices can handle, which is why some of us end up with snaggletooths and fangs and whatever is going on with Steve Buscemi's mouth.
Complete dental anarchy?
Not to mention the nightmare that is wisdom tooth removal -- those bastards try to cram their way into the jaw so tightly that nothing short of surgery can remove them. Again, it seems like a straight design flaw -- why in the hell would you not have room in your mouth for your own teeth?
It Has to Be That Way Because:
Before humanity got a taste for flesh, vegetation was our only source of nutrition. But the thing about roots and leaves and nuts is that you need a lot of it to get enough protein to keep on living. So imagine the teeth it would take to grind down that kind of diet all day long. You can go look at a horse, if it helps.
Oh hey, we loved you in Reservoir Dogs, Mr Buscemi.
Once our big ol' Chiclet teeth had their way with wood pulp or whatever else we were managing to swallow for sustenance, our digestive systems went to work. Digesting all of those twigs and shit sapped whatever energy we had left -- which left zilch for our brains.
And then something happened. Someone somewhere figured out, "Hey, meat!" And then they learned how to cook it. Beginning about 2.3 million years ago, humanity started getting enough protein to direct a little more to the brain and a little less to the shitter. It didn't take too long to figure out tools that made our fangs even more worthless.
As a result of this softer brain-fuel diet, our jaws are shrinking, crowding out the worthless teeth and inflicting headgear on scores of awkward preteens. At least we have the brain power to generate the income that it takes to pay for the headgear, though.
And the strong tool-using hands to bully someone into a miserable childhood.
#3. We Choke on Food Because We Evolved the Ability to Speak
Quick! When was the last time you had to give your dog the Heimlich maneuver? Never? (Please say never.) The idea of animals choking to death is as foreign as the idea of humans who can lick clean their own crotch, yet more than 3,000 people a year manage to accidentally choke to death.
Eating in a hurry, eating while laughing or just plain old not chewing enough can end it all within minutes. How in the hell did we evolve so that you can kill a healthy man just by tickling him while he's trying to swallow some falafel?
"My other technique involves asking the victim for the time while he's carrying a scalding hot drink."
Ask your larynx. You can literally do that, because you have one, and it happens to be the reason you can't breathe and swallow at the same time.
It Has to Be That Way Because:
You hopefully already know that the only reason you can talk is because you have vocal cords (or folds), which are located a couple of inches down your throat, in your larynx. The cords are down there instead of, say, right at the back of your mouth, because being down there lets you make a much wider range of sounds (think of your head as a musical instrument). That design means that instead of crude grunts, you can spit the kind of sick rhymes that let humans consistently win battle raps against almost every other species on earth.
But this kitty can play the trumpet real fine.
But that setup also lets food get caught in there, and stops you from breathing in the process.
You know from basic biology that inside your neck meat are two tubes. One, the esophagus, sits in the back of your throat and carries food down to the digestion parts. The other, the larynx, sits on top of the trachea, which takes air down to your breathing parts. Because the larynx is positioned down in the throat a bit to give us the ability to say fancy words to each other, the air tube can't connect directly to our sinuses (which would let us keep breathing through our nose whether or not we had a doughnut crammed in the other tube). Instead, the two tubes share a little hallway before branching off to go their separate directions, and one hunk of bratwurst can block them both.
And that's exactly what will happen if a chunk of food starts to go down the wrong tube -- you'll choke, and choking is our mechanism to prevent something much worse, which is aspiration pneumonia, otherwise known as "French Fry in the Goddamned Lung Syndrome." Which will kill you dead.
"We've identified the fry. It was a 9-centimeter hollow-point with extra salt."
So choking is unique to humanity, but so is our ability to talk to each other. It's not a bad trade-off if you can remember to chew your damned food.


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COPPERAS COVE (February 8, 2013)—Authorities have identified the police officer who was involved in a shooting last week that left a bi-polar Copperas Cove man dead.
Coryell County District Attorney Dusty Boyd, in a news release, said Copperas Cove patrol Officer Billy J. Ray, III was involved in the Saturday shooting death of Kristofer Charles Gagliardi, 24, of Copperas Cove.
Ray has worked for the Copperas Cove Police Department since February 2011, according to Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education records, which show no disciplinary actions of suspension or revocation on Ray's law enforcement certification.
Boyd said Ray has been assigned to restricted duty at the department, which is protocol in such incidents, until the completion of an investigation that now is underway by Texas Rangers.
The findings of that investigation will be presented to a Coryell County grand jury to decide if any charges should be levied, Boyd said.
Coryell County Justice of the Peace John Guinn pronounced Gagliardi dead at 9:50 p.m. Saturday.
Guinn said when he arrived, Gagliardi's body was in the yard of the duplex and there was a knife with a blade about five inches long next to him.
Guinn said it appeared Gagliardi had been shot twice in the chest.
"Officers were responding to a domestic violence call and when they arrived Gagliardi came out of the duplex with a knife," Guinn said.
Guinn said that the first officer on the scene retreated to the street in front of the duplex and that at some point fired the shot that killed Gagliardi.
Authorities ordered the body sent to Southwest Institute of Forensic Science, in Dallas, for autopsy.
On Monday Guinn said the preliminary autopsy report showed the cause of death was the two gunshot wounds to the upper body.


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New Jersey Capitol Forum
This Heartland Policy Forum aims to educate those inside and outside the capitol building about the empirical research behind empowering parents, school choice, and charter schools. Heartland will offer a roadmap on how New Jersey can put its educational system back in order.
According to Marc Oestreich, legislative specialist on education policy at The Heartland Institute, state Sen. Joe Kyrillos has offered "a bold plan for student-centered education reform in New Jersey."
"With his version of the Parent Trigger, Sen. Kyrillos has big plans to take New Jersey public schools from ranking among the least efficient in the nation to among the most," Oestreich said. "The policy works on a simple set of ideas: empower parents with proven reform options and localize control over education. Research tells us that Kyrillos' simple plan would result in monumental advances for public education where they are needed most."
The Parent Trigger, which originated in California and has since been refined by The Heartland Institute, allows a simple majority of parents at a school to "trigger" one of three reform options: close the school and allow students to transfer to better-performing public schools, convert the school into a charter school, or give parents vouchers to use at the schools of their choosing.
Bruno Behrend, director of the Center for School Reform at The Heartland Institute, said: "This is a powerful, positive step toward real educational transformation. The Parent Trigger, augmented by other robust reforms, empowers parents to take control of their child's education from the system that is failing so many."
Similar legislation is being drafted in more than a dozen states.


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Sorta. I was translating it from one language to another to another to another to another yadda yadda yadda.
If only you had invoked your gut, then people may have believed you.
Maybe I did, but nobody could understand me.
But really though I didn't. Glad Byron's been busted, in any case.
We should definitely switch to military time so ZP is right only once a day.
As I understand it I am very witty.
I'm right at least thrice a day. At least.
For serious: I'm kind of getting sick of being a bad guy every time.
I used random.org for the roles. It's weird how both you and Hatman are so locked into certain roles.
I'm totally locked into the vanilla villager role.
Hey noobspoon, what tipped you off that I was the person to kill?
Floomtacos should have murdered ClownBaby.
I was almost going to go for the clown. It being his first time back, I felt bad though.
So you killed the most awesomest werewolf player in the history of histories instead.
Three bad dudes with only seven players was waaay overkill.
That, and I fucked us over.
It could have gone either way really.


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E3 2014: New DriveClub trailer and screens released, rain and snow effects confirmedWritten by: / / 3 Comments
DriveClub is one of Sony's upcoming first-party games that didn't feature during the platform holder's E3 press conference but thankfully a new trailer and some screens have now been released for this community-focused racing game.
The latest batch of screenshots reveal that weather effects including rain and snow will be present in the game, and Evolution Studios has revealed that the weather will dynamically change while you're out on the track rather than being locked to one condition for the entirety of the race.
Here's the new media for DriveClub:
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DriveClub will be released on October 7th in North America and October 8th in European territories. Head over here for El33tonline's previous coverage of the game for news, screenshots, trailers and previews of Sony's debut PS4 racer.
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What does backslash really escape? It's used as escaping character. But I always wonder what's escaping?
I know "\n" is a new line character. But what in it is escaping? Why is it called like that?
What does backslash really escape? It's used as escaping character. But I always wonder what's escaping?
I know "\n" is a new line character. But what in it is escaping? Why is it called like that?
The backslash is used as a marker character to tell the compiler/interpreter that the next character has some special meaning. What that next character means is up to the implementation. For example C-style languages use \n to mean newline and \t to mean tab.
The use of the word "escape" really means to temporarily escape out of parsing the text and into a another mode where the subsequent character is treated differently.
It is a term related to that of an escape sequence and an Esc (escape) key.
The character itself isn't "running away" from any other character. One might say the character following the escape character (say, \n from your example) escapes the fate of being used as an ordinary n in some application, and is used instead as a newline.
It's an escape from the parsing context, that is demanding (what a villain)
Yeah no one talks anymore about parsing contexts, as much as no one seems to write parsers anymore, since the xml advent. Some problems stop being mainstream, go into a niche and weird niche concepts like that remain lingering around.
Escape sequences have a lot in common with the concept of out-of-band communication:
Let's say you're doing a file transfer over a serial port and you negotiate with the computer on the other end: "OK, here comes the file". Since in the general case all characters might be valid file characters (if it's an ASCII file) you have some problems:
Various people throughout the history of computing have implemented lots of different methods to get around this problem.
In the case of literal strings in a programming language, it's a similar problem. The first quote says "here comes the string - start reading until you get another quote". Of course, then you have the problem of sending a quote character, so they invented the slash escape sequence. If you see a slash and then a quote, then that's a literal quote, not the end of the string. Unfortunately you just swallowed a spider to eat a fly, because now you can't send the literal slash-quote combination. So, you can escape a slash with another slash. So slash-slash means slash, slash-quote means quote. That allowed them to use slash for other unprintable or hard-to-print characters like carriage returns, line feeds, tabs, etc.


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I have the standard lattice L defined over partitions of $1\ldots n$ under the split-merge relation. I also have an antimonotone function from L to R that's submodular, and so gives me a metric on L via the construction $d(x,y) = 2f(x \wedge y) - f(x)-f(y)$.
In general, but on this lattice specifically, I'm wondering if there's a construction that allows me to define a continuous lattice C with the property that L behaves like the "integer points" on C, and a metric $d'$ can be induced on C that when restricted to L behaves like $d$.
For example, if I have two points $x \le y$ in $L$, I'd like to construct a point $z$ "halfway" between $x$ and $y$ such that under the metric $d', d'(x,z) = d'(z,y)$, and under the ordering that defines $C, x \le z \le y$.


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The Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, or "supercommittee," will meet today for the first time, beginning a three month process to reign in the nation's deficit. Considering the flurry of fundraisers some members of the committee are lining up, they better make the most of their time.
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Lucas Signs Multi-Year Contract with Abu Garcia and Berkley Justin Lucas has asserted himself as a dominant force on the B.A.S.S. Elite Series Tour. The Northern California native has renewed with fishing industry leaders, Abu Garcia and Berkley Fishing. Read More
Bertrand Signs with Abu Garcia and Berkley Brands Josh Bertrand is dedicated to the sport of fishing, and has developed an impressive list of accomplishments. Through his young career, the Arizona native has developed a reputation on tour as a leader that strives to give back to the sport he loves and as a relentless competitor. Read More
Lucas Earns First BASS Victory on Sacramento River Justin Lucas has had many milestones over the past few years. He became a B.A.S.S. Elite series pro, fished in his first Bassmaster Classic and now has won his first Elite series event. On Sunday, the young pro claimed his first B.A.S.S. title on his home waters of the Sacramento River. Read More
Abu Garcia Sponsors American Bass Anglers Legendary fishing company Abu Garcia and American Bass Anglers have entered into a multiyear sponsorship agreement. Through the partnership each entity is set to provide support to advance growth and participation in sport of fishing. Read More
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Ike Rises to Top on Delware As a Philadelphia native, Michael Iaconelli is a natural fighter. After the first day of competition on the Delaware River Ike would have to fight his way back from 21st place. That is exactly what the Abu Garcia pro did, and he didn't look back. Read More
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17th-Ranked Trojans Drop Doubleheader at Georgia SouthwesternMarch 10, 2014
AMERICUS, Ga. – Georgia Southwestern rallied twice in the late innings to claim a pair of one-run decisions, 6-5 and 4-3, over 17th-ranked Anderson in nonconference softball action Monday afternoon at Lady 'Canes Field.
Anderson (18-4) had its two-game win snapped and suffered back-to-back losses for the first time this season, while Georgia Southwestern (14-8) improved to 6-0 at home with its fourth win in the last seven outings.
"Sometimes you just get out played and that's what happened today," said Anderson head coach Tommy Hewitt.
Game #1
Georgia Southwestern 6, Anderson 5
Junior second baseman Jessica Neidigh was 3-for-4, with a double in the opener and scored three times. She also recorded a pair of stolen bases. Junior pitcher Katelynn Howser was 2-for-3 at the plate and scored once. Senior first baseman Danielle Swygert drove in a pair of runs.
Howser (7-1) suffered her first loss of the season, surrendering six runs (one earned) on six hits in 6 2/3 innings of work. The right-hander struck out seven and walked just two. She allowed just one hit over the first five frames and lost the shutout in the sixth inning.
The Trojans suffered a heartbreaking loss, as senior Nellie Moore notched a two-out, two-run walk-off homer to give Georgia Southwestern the win, as Lady 'Canes rallied for five runs in their final at-bat.
Anderson opened the scoring with a solo run in the first inning after Neidigh pulled a single into right-center, stole second, moved to third on Abby Child's fly out to center and scored when Swygert bounced out to second.
The Trojans added two more runs in the third when Swygert brought Howser across the plate by getting hit by a pitch with the bases loaded. Senior Laura Jansky followed with a sacrifice fly to center, bringing home Neidigh to give AU a 3-0 lead.
Anderson pushed its lead to 4-0 with another run in the fourth, as junior Bri Cason led off the frame by getting hit with an errant pitch and crossing the plate on Neidigh's opposite-field single down the left-field line. The Trojans garnered a 5-0 advantage in the sixth when Neidigh led off by reaching on an error and crossed the plate on Abby Child's single to the left side of the infield.
Georgia Southwestern countered with a single run in the bottom of the sixth and after the Trojans went down in order in the seventh inning, the Lady 'Canes added three runs to pull within one and senior Hayley Knight's two-out RBI-double set up Moore's heroics.
Game #2
Georgia Southwestern 4, Anderson 3
Neidigh continued with her hot bat in the nightcap, extending her hitting streak to five games with three singles in four trips to the plate. The left-landed leadoff hitter has boosted her batting average more than 50 points over the five-game stretch. Junior outfielder Rebecca Martin was 2-for-3, with a first-inning double, while Swygert drove in three runs with her second home run of the season. Sophomore Molly Child extended her team-high hitting streak to eight games with a seventh-inning single.
Freshman Lauren Rudesheim (8-2) suffered the loss after giving up four earned runs off seven hits and struggled in the circle with a season-high seven free passes, while striking out one.
Swygert's one-out homer plated both Neidigh and Molly Child to give the Trojans a quick 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning, but Anderson was unable to push across another run on the afternoon, as the GSW hurlers allowed just four more hits over the remaining six frames.
The Lady 'Canes scored once in the third and drew within 3-2 with another run in the fourth inning. They sent eight batters to the plate in the decisive sixth, but senior Ashley Clifton's one-out, two-run homer proved to be the difference.
The Trojans threatened in the top of the final inning, as Cason led off with a walk and moved into scoring position on Neidigh's one-out infield single. She went to third when Molly Child pulled a single to right, but GSW junior right-hander Ashley Cavender ended the threat by inducing back-to-back fly outs.
Anderson will look to get back in the win column by wrapping up the six-game road swing with a doubleheader at Clark Atlanta on Tuesday. First-pitch versus the Panthers is slated for 2 p.m.


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& **"te»<a Central I ICC Michigan LITE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1996 VOLUME 78, NUMBER 73 MOUNT PLEASANT. MICHIGAN 48859 ©1996 CM LIFE (517)774-3493 14 PAGES SPORTS Sibling rivalry highlights CMU softball game CMU player Jill LeBourdais will face her sister. Lane, as the Chippewas take on Saginaw Valley State in a contest scheduled for today. PAGE 8 LIFESTYLES Local Organization works to save lives The Central Michigan Gift of Life Organization will sponsor a bone marrow drive from 1-7 p.m. on April 2 and 3 at the Student Activity Center. PAGE IO CAMPUS New group commits to political, social change You Beautiful Black Women became one of Central's registered student organizations March 13. The group has committed its efforts to political and social changes on campus. PAGE 3 MlJ\ J'l J: TODAY - 30/20 partly sunny THURSDAY- 35/25 rain showers- Officials unveil parking proposal By Heather N. LaFave LIFE Staff Writer The Student Government Association announced that the action it will take on the university^ new parking proposal depends on what the students want. At Monday's SGA meeting, Kim Ellertson, vice president of Business and Finance, and Jean Lindley, assistant vice president of Facilities Management, presented the President's Planning Council's proposal. The proposal will raise the cost of commuter parking to $100, institute a $100 parking fee for employees and open 525 parking spaces to commuters through reallocation and construction. Ellertson said the proposal would make parking lots 6, 18 and 28 available to commuting students only; open Lot 8 to any one with a parking permit; and expand Lot 33 by 102 more spaces to the southeast and 158 spaces to the west for commuter, faculty and staff parking. The construction of a parking lot in the vicinity of soon-to-be- demolished Barnard and Tate halls would create 375 spaces for commuters, faculty and staff, he said. The proposal will double the cost of the commuter parking permit, but Ellertson said he still believes it is a "pro-student project" because the students will get what they pay for. He said the reallocated spaces will be made available to students right away if the proposal is accepted by the Board of Trustees at its April 26 meeting. At Tuesday's Academic Senate meeting. President Leonard Plachta said a new lot will be built, and the area occupied by Tate and Barnard would be landscaped. "We intend to occupy not the space where the buildings themselves sit, but in the surrounding area." The construction on other lots will be completed during the next three summers. But the See PARKING Page 6 Bellows St. Proposed Parking Changes open to anyone with a parking permit <3 open to commuters only addition of 258 more spaces totai p&i b^v telK^ ... ART ON THE MOVE LIFE Photo/Gabriel Guerrero Andrew Riedner (left). Grayling freshman, and Andrea Hunter (right).Troy senior, help Randy Hilliker (back), Hastings senior, move his sculpture into the University Art Gallery Sunday afternoon. Hilliker is displaying his sculpture at his fine arts exhibition this week. Residents promise $300,000 donation By Doug Fisher LIFE Staff Writer With $300,000 promised by area community members, ice skating aficionados may be a little closer to lacing up their skates year round. If all goes well, and the Cultural and Recreation Commission meets its goal of $450,000 from the community, an indoor ice facility could be completed as early as next winter, according to Bob Weisenburger, CRC board member The CRC has generated more than $300,000 in pledges from community members in the last month that will go toward construction of the rink. The CRC originally received $500,000 from the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe, as well as an additional $250,000 from the State of Michigan. Weisenburger said construction on the multi-million dollar project may begin this summer, "but nothing is set in stone." Steve Martineau, CRC board member, said the goal must "absolutely" be met before construction can begin. Martineau said at this time he could not give out the names of the individual community members that have committed to giving money for the venture. "The names will presumably be on plaques in front of the building for helping to get it started," he said. "Some of them don't want their names out now, but we have nothing to hide." He said some of the donors are doctors, another is a corporation, while others are community members that believe strongly in the project. "The citizens of this community have given commitments towards construction of the facility in upwards of $300,000," Martineau said. "But I don't have the money sitting in a bank account." The CRC recently received an allocation of land from the city of Mount Pleasant. The city granted 9.8 acres of land to be used for the project on Isabella Road north of Broomfield Road. Weisenburger said although the site has been chosen, the commission is still looking for more land. "The city promised us the land some time ago, but with the rising cost of land . . . we're still looking for more acres but money is a big issue," he said. "We're happy to have 10 (acres), but we're looking for more." The project started in December 1993, after a group of citizens voiced concerns for the needs of youth in the area and discussed the possibility for an indoor center because of the lack of alternative activities in the Isabella County community. See SKATING Page 13 Trullinger attends last city meeting By Lenny Padilla LIFE Staff Writer It was a bitter-sweet occasion for most of the Mount Pleasant City Commission Monday as most things were back to status quo. The meeting was the first following an attempt by a group of local residents to recall Commissioners Kenneth Bovee, Gerald Cassel,. Donald Sowle and Robert Trullinger for their recom-1 mendation of J the widening I of an eight-1 block section of | High Street. M o n d ay' s | meeting also marked the last meeting for Trullinger. Trullinger, who was a member of the City Commission for more than four years and served one term as mayor of Mount Pleasant, announced in February he accepted the position of vice president of Adult Programs at North Carolina Wesleyan College in Rock Mount. In addition to serving on the City Commission, Trullinger served as an employee of CMU for 16 years before being relieved of his duties last December as director of Regional and Special Programs for Alumni Relations and Development. "(Mount Pleasant) is home to me," Trullinger said. "It's going to be strange for me. I will miss my friends on the commission. There were times when I talked to them two or three times a day." According Susan Smith, Mount Pleasant mayor, the vacancy left by Trullinger will be filled within 30 days. Whomever is appointed will See LEAVING Page 2 TRULLINGER Trial date set for lawsuit accusing CMU of breaking agreement By Rebecca Messer LIFE Assistant News Editor A trial date has been scheduled for a lawsuit accusing CMU of breaking the silence it agreed to in an Oct. 12 settlement. A non-jury trial is scheduled for Sept. 16 in the Ingham County Court of Claims. According to the lawsuit, CMU violated the settlement of another suit, this one claiming gross negligence against CMU and sexual harassment against former legislative counsel Greg Morris. Under the agreement, parties involved were not to discuss the settlement terms. The stipulation states that anyone who breaches the clause could be fined $55,000. The lawsuit was filed Jan. 10 by Natalie Alane, former assistant for governmental relations; Maureen Daugherty, former administrative assistant for Morris; Sandy Mumford, former administrative secretary for Morris and current administrative secretary of music; and Noelle Schiffer, former consultant to CMU. The lawsuit provided some exceptions to the confidentiality clause, including responding to Freedom of Information Act requests and giving information to accountants, attorneys and the Internal Revenue Service. The settlement claims information released under the Michigan FOIA by Jonas Cook, CMU's Freedom of Information officer, to CM LIFE and the Morning Sun included more details than were requested, which violates the settlement's confidentiality clause. Cook could not be reached for comment. Also named in the suit is Eileen Jennings, University Counsel. Jennings was directly quoted in the Morning Sun, a violation of the confidentiality agreement, the suit stated. Jennings would not comment. In a response to the lawsuit, filed Feb. 12, CMU denied violating the confidentiality provision of the settlement. According to the response, CMU claims Cook and Jennings were well within the provisions of the original settlement agreement when they provided information to the press. Randie Black, attorney for the plaintiffs, and Robert Vercruysse and Ann Kelly, attorneys for CMU, could not be reached for comment.
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Concord Monitor says Medicaid handouts should include dental care
The split between general medical coverage and dental coverage – both in the Medicaid program and in the world of private insurance – has always seemed like a false division. Health is health, after all.
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Christmas light contest scheduled
STEUBENVILLE - Mayor Domenick Mucci announced today the judging for the annual city Christmas lights contest will be held Sunday and Dec. 17.
"We are asking all participating residents to keep their holiday lights on from 5 p.m. until 11 p.m. on those two days so judges can view the displays. The winners will be notified," said Mucci.
Health department announces schedule
STEUBENVILLE - The Jefferson County Health Department will offer immunizations, flu shots and tuberculosis testing from 9 until 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. on Tuesday.
Information about the county health department nursing division activities is available by calling (740) 283-8530.
County PERI Chapter 5 to meet
WINTERSVILLE - Jefferson County's Public Employee Retirees Chapter 5 will meet at noon Wednesday at Zalenski's restaurant.
The program will be provided by members, including a social time with Christmas cookies.
Cadiz man charged with drug possession
CADIZ - Village Police arrested a man Sunday after a routine traffic stop on Jamison Avenue.
Officers said Charles Hython had marijuana, a scale and three Percocet pills in his car. Following his arrest, Hython turned over about 50 other pills. Police said Hython admitted he planned to sell the drugs.
According to officers, Hython faces a charge of possession with the intent to deliver. He also was driving with a suspended license and was taken to the Harrison County Jail.
The Cadiz K-9 unit was called and the dog searched the vehicle, finding the marijuana and Percocet pills.
Harrison coal park calendars available
CADIZ - The 2013 Harrison Coal and Reclamation Historical Park calendars are available.
Each costs $10, and those ordering by mail must include another $2 for postage and handling.
All photos are black and white and feature the early 1940s and '50s shovels first put into use in Harrison County by the Hanna Coal Co.
Consolidation Coal Co. is sponsoring the calendar.
To order, send a check to: HCRHP, c/o Dale Davis, 456 Park Ave, Cadiz, OH 43907.
For information, contact Don Richards at (740) 937-2178.
Calendars also can be purchased at the Puskarich Public Library, 124 S. Main St., or the visitors center, 143 S. Main St.


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A Golf Course Experiment: Why Not Five, Seven, 12 Holes?
A Michigan course owner offers shorter loops to make the game friendlier
Centreville, Mich.
Anyone who shows up at Island Hills Golf Club here without clubs can use a top-of-the-line set from Adams Golf at no charge, with a few balls thrown in for good measure. Need a lesson? You can get one free, including a free mini-round and $5 credit in the restaurant. Families play free on Sundays after 4 p.m. Kids under 13 play free anytime when accompanied by a paying adult. Replay rounds are less than half price.
But Island Hills' most out-of-the-box innovation is its Quik Courses—designated loops within the 7,074-yard championship layout that golfers can buy a la carte. Depending on how much time they have, they can play five-hole, seven-hole, nine-hole, or 12-hole rounds.
"The fewer holes you play, the less you pay," said Bob Griffioen, the owner. Each of those loops has its own scorecard, as does the 18-hole "mini course" for kids or beginners with tees in or near the fairways. It plays at 2,946 yards long. Colorful signs on every hole provide overview maps that help golfers navigate the appropriate loop.
How do golfers playing different loops keep from logjamming? "Well, we don't offer the short courses on weekends when the course is crowded," Griffioen said. The rest of the time, he is counting on the judgment of the pro-shop staff and the starter to keep chaos at bay. His hope is that the Quik Loops, formally unveiled this spring, will help fill out the tee sheet on the "dog days," Monday through Thursday. "But remember, everything about this is a work in progress," Griffioen said.
Griffioen is a high-energy, straight-talking engineer from nearby Sturgis who made a modest fortune for himself manufacturing ignition parts for gas-burning appliances. Now 67, he bought Island Hills three years ago, at auction for $550,000, to see if he could tackle golf's growth problem the way an engineer would, by analysis, hypothesis, prototype and finally tweaking. Griffioen isn't much for talk. He likes to fix things. "Rosy remarks don't make anything happen," he told me when I visited Island Hills, a rolling, well-maintained course on the shore of Lake Templene, 40 miles south of Kalamazoo and two hours east of Chicago.
Griffioen's idol since childhood is Jack Nicklaus, and he takes Nicklaus at his word about what ails the game he loves. "Jack says, and all the experts say, that the three big uglies in golf are—it takes too long to play, it costs too much money, and it's too difficult and intimidating for newcomers," Griffioen said.
His initial idea was to build an adjacent "kiddie" course. Some short learner courses have been successful in this country, when attached to an 18-hole course, but Griffioen decided it would cost too much for the potential impact. Besides, he and architect Ray Hearn, who originally designed the course (it opened in 1999) and returned under Griffioen to redo the bunkers and generally perk the place up, felt they had a better idea with the internal loops. "It wouldn't work everywhere," Hearn said, "but we're fortunate here that the course returns to the clubhouse or parking lot area at multiple points."
For Griffioen, the idea held special appeal because he knew that his idol's beloved Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, site of the annual Memorial tournament and this October's Presidents Cup, features an internal 12-hole loop, complete with its own scorecard.
Nicklaus often touts the concept as a model, sometimes mentioning that the first British Open, in 1860 at Prestwick in Scotland, was played on a 12-hole course. Larry Dornisch, Muirfield's head pro, said the loop is a popular late-afternoon choice for members who want to play more than nine holes but less than 18. It skips from the second green to No. 5 and plays through No. 14. "What we've done is create options so members can do what they want to with their golf," Dornisch said. "Anything that creates more interest, and gets people out of their routines, is good for the game."
Once a year, just for fun, Muirfield stages a tournament on its 12-hole loop using 8-inch cups. Last Sunday, Island Hills did the same, only with 12-inch cups. (The diameter of normal golf holes is 4¼ inches.) The Island Hills event, capped at 177 participants, was a sellout despite the rain. It helped, of course, that no one had to pay a dime and lunch was included. It was all part of Island Hill's marketing push this year to spread the word about its Quik Courses and make newcomers and occasional golfers, especially women and kids, feel right at home.
Thus far, it would be hard to call the Quik Courses a raging success. Through July, only about 100 players have paid to play the shorter rounds, mostly women who live locally. "Overall our play is up dramatically, but a lot of our customers drive in from Grand Rapids or Battle Creek or Elkhart (Indiana)," said Andy Mears, Island Hills' chief operating officer. "They're all curious about the short loops, and think they're a great idea, but when you drive 30 minutes or an hour to get here, you want to play 18 holes." He thinks the concept might work better in a metropolitan setting, where more people live close by and could squeeze in a one- or two-hour golf experience.
Griffioen isn't discouraged. "Honestly, we don't have enough data yet to know where we stand," he said. "Golf is slow to change. Long term, I'm still hoping the short loops will catch on."
If they do, he said, he won't consider his efforts a success unless other courses follow his lead. "That's why I'm doing this, to develop a model that works," he said.
"And if it doesn't fly, after we've done all this and finished all our tweaking, then you have to wonder—are they right when they say golf's problems are that it's too expensive and too slow and too difficult? They may be wrong, you know?"
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