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No one was happy when they walked off the Lewis Mills High School soccer field Tuesday. The Spartans and the Nonnewaug Chiefs had just played a rollicking 1-1 tie. Both teams believed, and justifiably so, that they should have won the game.

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I've read some books on the subject and they always seem to state that you shouldn't really go looking for a woman to date, you should just "let it happen".
However I've also read some books that say that "just letting it happen" is a bit like sitting outside the bank and wishing all the money was yours: you're not going to get any money if you don't take action.
I've decided that the taking action bit doesn't work, but at the same time, the "let it happen" makes no sense to me.
Can somebody please clear this up?


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The 19th-ranked Evangel University (EU) Crusaders swept a pair of softball games from the
Peru State College (PSC) Bobcat softball team on March 30 in Peru.
The Crusaders took the double header 3-2 and 4-0 to improve to 21-7 overall and 6-2 in the Heart of America Athletic Conference (HAAC). PSC fell to 2-2 in the HAAC and 18-13 for the season.
Game One Action
Both teams had opportunities to take over the first game, but neither really capitalized as the Crusaders left five runners on base while Peru State stranded seven.
The Bobcats took the first lead of the game in the bottom of the third inning. Toni Moffatt (Morden, Manitoba, Canada) reached base on a Crusader error. Moffatt went to second on a sacrifice bunt by Tesla Oldfield (Nebraska City) and then scored when Miranda Lyndes (Peyton, Colo.) singled up the middle.
Neither team scored in either the fourth or the fifth innings even though the 'Cats had a good opportunity to do so in the bottom of the fourth.
The Crusaders took the lead in the top of the sixth with a two-run home run by Evangel's three-time player of the week.
Peru State responded in the bottom of the inning. Emily Maresh (Central City) tripled to deep right and scored on a wild pitch to tie the game at 2-2. The 'Cats did have another base runner, but were not able to capitalize.
In the top of the seventh, Evangel scored one run and it was enough to take the first game 3-2.
Brittany Hoock (Elkhorn) went two for two to lead Peru State while Lyndes was credited for PSC's lone RBI.
Devon Massengale (Elkhorn) pitched a complete game and took the loss. Massengale gave up just four hits, but was tagged for three runs –all earned. Massengale added two strikeouts to her team-leading total and now has a 6-3 pitching record.
Game Two Action
It was the classic pitching duel in the second game as it was scoreless through five innings. Again, the teams had opportunities to score, but could not capitalize until Evangel hung up a four-spot in the top of the sixth and it was enough to win 4-0.
Alexa Johnson (Fremont) and Hoock garnered the lone hits for PSC in the game.
Lyndsay Drumm (Bennington) pitched the first five innings and suffered the loss as she started the sixth and gave up three runs – none of which were earned. Drumm struck out two and is 3-6 on the season.
Upcoming Games
The Bobcats are scheduled to play another HAAC foe on April Fool's Day as they host the Central Methodist University Eagles. Game time is scheduled for 2 p.m. for the double header.
Page 2 of 2 - On Wednesday, PSC will host a former Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference (MCAC) foe, the College of St. Mary. Game time for the double header is 3 p.m.
Then, on Friday, the 'Cats will travel to Omaha to take on the NCAA Division I University of Nebraska Omaha Lady Mavs in a single game beginning at 5 p.m.
Another HAAC double header will face the Bobcats, but this time on the road on Saturday, April 7. Peru State will travel to Baldwin City, Kan., to play the Baker University Wildcats beginning at 1 p.m.
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12 Classic Movie Moments Made Possible by Abuse and Murder
#8. Singing in the Rain, Dancing in Blood
Gene Kelly was basically a tap dancing Don Draper. Having utterly conquered the Broadway scene, Kelly moved on to become a successful actor and, later, co-director of classics such as Singing in the Rain, in which he danced alongside the lovely Debbie Reynolds. It includes one of the most famous scenes in entertainment history:Of course, that shit comes at a price.
Wait, what?
You don't get that good without being just a little bit crazy, and Gene Kelly fit the bill; he was a tireless workaholic who would constantly put in 16- to 18-hour days, and God help anyone who couldn't keep up. The fact that co-star Debbie Reynolds was just a 20-year-old with no dancing experience didn't stop Kelly from insulting her and making her work until her feet bled.
Fred Astaire found Reynolds in the studio one day, hiding under a piano and crying.
Fred Astaire wasn't involved in the movie, but he magically appears in situations that require an uplifting musical number.
Reynolds says she spent the shoot being terrified and crying, and later, Gene Kelly admitted he had been an asshole to her and said he was amazed that she even talked to him afterward. So, yeah, fix that in your mind and then go watch that classic clip again of him happily splashing around in the puddles.
That also makes you wonder how many of those kids on Glee would secretly love to beat the living crap out of Ryan Murphy.
They can probably take him if they band together.
#7. The Director of Casablanca Sends Extras to a Watery Grave
Hungarian-born director Michael Curtiz made 173 films in his lifetime (it is unclear how many he's directed since), but he's remembered for one: Casablanca. A timeless classic, Casablanca is such a genius film that it completely makes up for the fact that he made 172 others nobody cares about. It doesn't, however, make up for the fact that he should have been in jail at the time he made it.
He looks like a man who's earned jail time for a whole host of fascinating reasons.
Wait, what?
Curtiz was known for being extremely prolific and efficient, often completing films ahead of schedule and under budget. That's how he managed to make 44 films in the 1930s alone, an impressive output for a director of movies where people keep their pants on. Of course, some of that superhuman efficiency came at the expense of basic safety. Early in his Hollywood career, Curtiz took over the filming of Noah's Ark and, determined to finish the film on time, cut a few incredibly crucial corners when it came to the flood scenes..
Well, it's not like it was the great deluge or anything ... wait.
For one, he failed to inform the actors that he would be spilling gallons of water on them. When cinematographer Hal Mohr asked him what would happen to all the extras, Curtiz replied: "Oh, they're going to have to take their chances." Mohr pointed out that they could do the exact same scene with miniatures and overlays and it would be just as realistic, but Curtiz insisted on doing it his way. Apparently, filming just isn't as rewarding for a director if there's no real death involved.
As a result, 15 cameramen and countless extras got knocked into the water and thrashed about for hours. The leading lady caught pneumonia, and one of the actors broke two ribs. According to one of the stuntmen on the scene, three extras drowned and one had to have a leg amputated (reports of that kind of thing kind of got swept under the rug back then).
Mohr later said about Curtiz: "The goddamned murderous bastard never should have permitted a thing like that to happen." But he did, and since this was before the Screen Actors Guild was formed (believe it or not, its original intent was to prevent this sort of thing), he got away scot free and was allowed to go on to direct one of the greatest movies in history.
And all it took were a few conveniently dog food-ed corpses.
By the way, one of the extras in the flood scene who didn't drown was a young John Wayne.
#6. The Director of Three Kings Basically Punches Everyone He Sees
Besides the Academy Award-nominated The Fighter, David O. Russell's impressive credits include the revolutionary Three Kings (basically, the blueprint for every war movie you've seen this century) and the mindblowing I Heart Huckabees. That's right: David O. Russell is almost singlehandedly responsible for the fact that people now respect Marky Mark as an actor. Also, he's crazy.
And he appears to be on Thorazine in all of his pictures.
Wait, what?
The guy has a bit of a short temper, apparently. During the production of Three Kings, he verbally and physically abused his crew members, at one point kicking a young extra on the ground while yelling at him. When George Clooney told Russell to cut it out, the director reacted like any mature 14-year-old would: by calling Clooney a pussy and daring him to throw a punch. Russell then lunged at Clooney and grabbed him by the throat -- which proved to be a mistake. Clooney went nuts and proceeded to thoroughly kick the director's ass.
"I am, after all, technically Batman."
And then things got really bizarre.
For I Heart Huckabees, Russell plunged into full-on lunacy before the cameras even started rolling, tracking down Christopher Nolan at a party and putting him in a headlock when he heard that Jude Law would be abandoning the movie to appear in The Prestige. Law went back to Huckabees, but that didn't exactly quell the director's craziness. A New York Times set visit article claimed that Russell "rolls on the ground, dances, does push-ups," strips down to his boxers and is seen "rubbing his body up against the women and men on the set."
We're sorry for that mental image. Here's a pretty girl.
He also had a tendency to grope cast members (including Mark Wahlberg), all the while continuing to be abusive to them -- at one point Russell had an argument with actress Lily Tomlin that led to one of the most infamous temper tantrums recorded on a Hollywood set:
After throwing a bitch fit Russell left, yelling, "I never fucking yelled at you!" at Tomlin (seemingly unaware of the layers of irony) and locked himself in his office, refusing to come out.
"You! You beat me up next!"
#5. The Chariot Race From Ben Hur Looked Strangely Realistic ...
The 1925 version of Ben Hur was an early Hollywood blockbuster and the most expensive silent film ever made. The famous chariot-race scene looks epic even by today's standards; it's been recreated virtually everywhere, from the Charlton Heston remake to the pod-racing scene in The Phantom Menace.
The hats in all those movies paled by comparison.
Want to guess how you got a realistic-looking chariot kill-or-be-killed race back in 1925? You pretty much just held a kill-or-be-killed chariot race.
Wait, what?
At least one guy died during the making of the chariot scene. But, undaunted, director Fred Niblo continued shooting the sequence later and noticed that the stunt drivers were driving much too carefully and responsibly, which didn't make for a good spectacle. So he decided to make matters more interesting by simply letting them race and offering $100 to the winner. The drivers went "Holy shit, that's like $1,200 here in 1925!" and proceeded to crash in a horrendous pileup where several horses died -- which a satisfied Niblo kept in the movie.
But the race wasn't even the most dangerous part of the shoot (and Snopes.com points out that there could have been more deaths that were covered up, which as we mentioned was apparently a common occurrence in Hollywood back then).
The plot of Ben Hur also involved a giant freaking sea battle, so naturally, the producer decided the simplest way to film it would be organizing a giant freaking sea battle and pointing some cameras at it. Since the scene was shot in Italy, the casting director capitalized on local tensions by dividing the extras up along political lines, intentionally pitting pro-fascists against anti-fascists. Also, apparently he gave them prop swords that had been sharpened for real -- why spend money on making the extras look all bloody and beaten when they can do that themselves?
"Yours is the only sharp one. Promise."
Since things clearly weren't insanely dangerous enough (or perhaps feeling encouraged by the general atmosphere of homicidal carelessness), the director Niblo tried to spice things up by setting one of the ships on fire. The fire blazed out of control, sending extras diving into the sea (some of them reappeared days later). Niblo, when told that the armored men were falling off and possibly drowning, reportedly answered, "I can't help it, those ships cost me $40,000 a piece" and kept filming.
Then he killed six kittens and made a hat out of them.


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Originally Posted by venamiWe can drop all the ICMP requests that comes from a particular IP address using the firewall settings. So there is a possibility of the host dropping the ICMP requests from the pinging machine and responding to other machines.
1) as per my question the user has called up a help desk. Someone calls a help desk only when the person is unable to access a computer or service and was able to do that before.
2) If the user access to the host computer had been restricted then the help desk would have informed the user that the user has been restricted to access that computer. But instead the help desk is trying to help out the user. Mind it the help desk is belonging to the same subnet so it better knows which users has what access.
3) you point is correct that ICMP packets can be dropped based on the IP address. But you know very well that IP address verification is done in the third layer of the network that is the network layer. The devices that works in the network layer are routers, L3 switches and the computer configured with firewalls,NATing and routing. But my dear frnd the computers are belonging to a subnet. Here it is no point in doing such IP verifications. You can set logic to L2 swithches,rather, for the purpose. But in that case it is not IP, it is MAC address..nd my 1st point clearly indicates that the user is noway restricted by host computer..
What is the answer?
explaination:- the "arp" command supports the ARP service of the TCP/IP protocol suite. It enables an administration to view the ARP cache and add or delete cache entries. Any added entry becomes permanent until it is deleted or the machine is shut down.
c:/>arp -a interface: 192.168.1.200 ---- 0X2 Internet address Physical Address Type 192.168.1.25 00-aa-00-62-c5-09 static 192.168.1.50 00-60-08-cd-34-54 dyanamic 192.168.1.51 00-60-08-cd-34-52 dyanamic
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The NCOE cross country practice meet was held last week and the runners battled the heat to get their runs in on the 2.95 mile course.
NCOE did not place in the boys or girls team standings, but individual runners did finish well.
For the girls, Riley Cozart was third with a time of 22:46 and Melanie Ellison was 11th with a time of 28:58.
For the boys, Matt Long was ninth with a time of 20:36, Nolan Sutton was 24th with a time of 23:16 and Jonathan Kemper was 29th with a time of 25:58.
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The fourth annual International Refining and Petrochemical Conference kicked off Tuesday with a tour of Indian Oil's integrated complex near Panipat in northern India.
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PANIPAT, India -- The fourth annual International Refining & Petrochemical Conference (IRPC) kicked off Tuesday with a tour of
Indian Oils prized Panipat refinery and petrochemicals complex in northern
Though the conference itself opens Wednesday in New Delhi,
about 80 attendees also registered to attend the precursor
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industrys top facilities.
Delegates were bused about 100 kilometers north of New Delhi to
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integrated complexes in Asia. It has 300,000 bpd of refining capacity, 800,000 tpy of
ethylene output and numerous derivative and secondary
processing units.
The tour is always exciting because it gives guests the
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They get to see first hand what makes these facilities tick, and it gives them
new ideas and perspectives, he added.
Panipat became the 7th refinery of Indian Oil when it
started operations in 1998, with an initial installed capacity
of 6.0 million tons per annum (MMTPA). That has since been
expanded to 15.0 MMTPA, with secondary units such as the
catalytic reforming unit, once-through hydrocracker unit, resid
fluidized catalytic cracking unit, visbreaker unit, bitumen
blowing unit and a sulfur block.
But by the early 2000s, the company began to see margins
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Oils S.N, Vaidya, deputy general manager of technical
services at Panipat. Vaidya gave the keynote presentation at
Tuesdays event.
In turn, Indian Oil turned to petrochemicals in recent years,
crafting both an aromatics complex (PX, PTA) as well as an
olefins complex. The latter facility was based on the 800,000
tpy naphtha cracker, which launched in March 2010 and is
currently Indias largest operating cracker.
Vaidya explained that a large part of Indian Oils success
comes from its integrated operating strategy. For example, the
naphtha feedstock for the cracker is sourced
internally from Indian Oils Gujarat, Panipat and Mathura
Other petrochemicals units include a
350,000 tpy LLDPE/HDPE swing unit, two 300,000 tpy
polypropylene (PP) plants, a 300,000 tpy HDPE unit and a
300,000 tpy monoethylene glycol (MEG) plant.
IRPC delegates were given an up-close look at all of those and
more on Tuesday, with Indian Oil shuttling two trams full
of industry professionals -- including 20 foreign nationals --
directly through the complex.
Better yet, the engineer-heavy crowd was escorted into the main
control rooms of both the refinery and petrochemical complexes, allowing a
thorough examination of the sites impressive process
It was a lot of fun, said Mayur Ingole, a delegate
from Sulzer Chemtech who works as a business development
manager for the company. Very impressive.
For more information on the Panipat complex, visit Indian Oils website.
The conference portion of IRPC occurs Wednesday and
Thursday at the Taj Palace in New Delhi, with hundreds of
delegates scheduled to attend and network while listening to
presentations from some of the industrys top executives.
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Just thought I would post some mid-day whining. I am on a committee here at the university that is having a lunch meeting on Monday. I emailed the coordinator to let her know I am a vegan. She emailed back saying the lunch would be "vegan friendly" and that there would be "a salad with dressing on the side, fruits, vegetables, assorted pastries, croissants." Oh, great . . . so while everyone else gets some entree, I get a salad and some veggies. Dude, I am 6' 5"! Man cannot live on salad alone! I don't even like salad! Plus, why would they think pastries and croissants (especially croissants!) are vegan? Where are they getting these magical eggs and butter that don't come from animals? And do they think salad and a croissant resembles some sort of healthy lunch? I am just extra bitter because I recently went to a lunchtime research talk where everyone else got lasagna and salad (liberally doused with Parmesan cheese), and I was left munching on a bun of questionable origin. Phweet.
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19 comments:
- Anonymous said...
If I were you, I would brown bag it and make such an awesome looking lunch that everyone will wish they had yours instead.
- February 29, 2008 at 11:00 AM
- Jeda21 said...
I'd have replied: oh just salad then? That's too bad, I usually have a two course meal and all with no eggs, butter, or dairy.
That way you kind of let them know that air ain't enough for vegans!
- February 29, 2008 at 11:16 AM
- Jamie said...
It always seems odd to me that universities are so unfamiliar with what makes a satisfactory vegan meal. I mean, these are supposed to be institutes of higher learning, right? And they think dry salad is a reasonable choice for lunch? goodness.
- February 29, 2008 at 11:19 AM
- Courtney said...
I feel your pain. I hate large, university-catered meetings.
Thank you for this blog. My husband and I read it daily (and we absolutely love the pretzel bites, even though we're currently childless!). :)
- February 29, 2008 at 12:19 PM
- arthursmommy said...
I feel your pain. That happens everytime they cater a party at my work. And my husband deals with it on a daily basis. The doctor's office he works for has drug reps that cater and when they do remember to bring veggie food, it si a crappy iceberg lettuce salad. Yuck! We stick to the safe and sure, a lunch from home. Sorry to hear about the mediocre choice you had. Have a great weekend.
- February 29, 2008 at 12:20 PM
- TofuParty said...
Once, I had to go on a little boat trip with my work. They promised me their would be a vegetarian meal for me. Well, they give me a plate full of raw vegetables, a potato salad and some pasta. But on top was a nice piece of meat. They told me I only had to put the meat away. I refused. So I didn't have any food during all the day. But as a statement I didn't mind starving a little bit. And it worked, now they check it out if there will be a descend vegetarian meal.
- February 29, 2008 at 12:39 PM
- pleasantly plump vegan said...
my hubby is in the same kind of situation. he's a big ol' 6'4 vegan man who works as a stock broker in an office where people eat Mc Donald's everyday. when they bring in food, he is always left eating salad or veggies. he keeps snacks in his cubicle for situations like that. it is frustrating when you aren't accommodated and should be.
- February 29, 2008 at 1:35 PM
- kitsune-stars said...
Wow, it sounds like the coordinator is not even trying to accommodate you. Can you stick to your guns and insist on something more substantial than salad? That's an appetizer at best. If not, you could always brown bag something from home to go with the salad like falafel or those chickpea cutlets. Good luck!
- February 29, 2008 at 1:54 PM
- Jenn said...
Arthursmommy, I know the same frustration - I am at the point where I don't even request the reps bring in a vegan alternative, because it's normally laden with dairy or eggs - and that's even after specifying that I'm allergic to both - which I am - still no point - so I bring my own lunch, as I do every day to make sure my coworkers look at their greasy takeout with displeasure...
As to universities and vegan acceptance - Simon Fraser while they are veggie friendly are still not really vegan friendly - they have very limited options and all of them calorically are awful, so I still have to pack my own when I'm up there.
- February 29, 2008 at 2:09 PM
- robiewankenobie said...
yeah, ya know what? i'd say something. you seem like a pretty tactful guy. i think it is important for people to accommodate other belief systems. if this was a religious belief? you better believe that the university would honor it. grrrrrrr.
- February 29, 2008 at 3:54 PM
- robiewankenobie said...
oh! and my favorite trick? is to email/contact whoever is making the food. they're usually much cooler about things. and that way you can tell her that you were able to make arrangements with the caterer or cafeteria staff should she ever need vegan meals in the future. because you're helpful like that. ::grin:: i did that for a work banquet at a hotel once? best daggone meal on the planet.
- February 29, 2008 at 3:56 PM
- Anonymous said...
Hi there,
I recently stumbled across your blog and have been checking in quite frequently since finding out I have IBS and basically had to become vegan overnight since dairy and eggs are no-no in controlling symptoms. Anyway, I understand your frustration with the "vegan" offerings. I now find eating out to be comedy...vegan means vegetarian to most people which means salad, beans, or bread. I get offered salad with ranch dressing, fruit with cottage cheese/yogurt, oatmeal with milk, and all kinds of pastries. I have explained vegan to so many food establishments recently that I think I should record it and just hit the play button!
- February 29, 2008 at 6:29 PM
- Karen said...
That's completely unacceptable. She seems to have little clue as to what a vegan is. She really should be more accommodating. As part of my job, I arrange lunch meetings all the time and we're always willing to have the caterer make special meals for vegans, vegetarians, celiacs, allergies, etc. You should tell her you're allergic to salad. See what happens then :)
Great blog (long time lurker, 1st time writer).
- February 29, 2008 at 6:59 PM
- Happy Herbivore! said...
I was in a wedding recently and has spoken with the bride AND groom AND the caterers about a vegan plate for me... come the day of the wedding, they gave me baked beans (the same beans everyone else had with bacon chunks mine just didnt have the chunks - no thanks), coleslaw (because that's so clearly vegan) and some celery.
I'm only 5;7" but I out eat many men I know... a salad would hold me for maybe 10 minutes...
- February 29, 2008 at 8:30 PM
- Michelle said...
I hear you. Sort of like the party we went to shortly after becoming vegetarian and the host couldn't understand why we wouldn't eat shrimp, which was their one concession to our "strange lifestyle." We ate carrots and celery while everyone else feasted. I try to keep good humor, but it does get really old to be hungry alone. I always expect to take something now just to be sure the husband and I get to eat.
- February 29, 2008 at 8:53 PM
- John Plummer said...
Phooey on them. I have this problem all the time, too. Makes me want to say "Oh, I have no idea if this lunch is omni. For all I know it might have veganism hidden in it, and then you will be infected, and become part of our hippie cult! So there!" But it's Lent and I am trying to be kind.
- February 29, 2008 at 9:47 PM
- Gabriel said...
Seems many have similar stories and I'll throw mine in. Our company always has its winter party at the country club the owners belong to. Three years ago they served the general manager, his wife, and myself a plate of steamed veggies. They were good, no doubt, but lacked substance. Everyone else had steak, chicken, mashed potatoes... the meat-eater works. I found out later each plate cost $85! The last two years I have thankfully been provided some pasta after stating my case.
- March 1, 2008 at 4:59 PM
- Jan Scholl said...
when I was in the hospital for an extended stay-perforating ulcers-I was getting yelled at for not eating. I told them I was a vegetarian, so instead of steak, they brought me eggs or chicken broth. when did the chicken become a vegetable?
my daughter finaly went to a local middle eastern place and got me some carrot juice and brown rice. I said I would never go in hospital again!
- March 2, 2008 at 8:16 PM
- Vegan Dad said...
That sounds like when Vegan Mom gave bith to Son #3. We kept asking for vegan meals. They kept sending chicken noodle soup and Jell-O. We finally sat down with the nutritionist who concluded that there was very little they could feed Vegan Mom other than veggie broth, salad, and fruit. Pathetic.
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Michael Brown is no stranger when it comes to running at state running events, however, he has added a new accomplishment to his resume; cross-country sectional champion. In the process, he set a Class A Sectional course record.
Brown finished the Edwardsville Class 1A sectional course with a time of 16:14, which was 10 seconds faster than second place finisher Kenny Heaton of Sparta. Brown's friend and fellow BDC runner Corbin Kakac of Fairfield was third with a time of 16:32.
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In the girls division, Eva Ochs finished 42nd with a time of 22:38.
Sophomore standout runner Riley Cozart of Norris City Omaha Enfield High School also qualified for sectionals as an individual, but she did not advance as a top 10 runner among the girls.
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I recently heard that one is forbidden to get any benefit from a church (or any other place of worship other then a shul). They went on to say that the prohibation included while giving directions "turn right at the church". Has anyone else heard of this prohibation being that extreme and what sources that?
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Please ask your rabbi; I've heard of this practice as well; if it's actually a law (and not just a recommendation), there are two sources that I know of, and I suspect it's a combination of them. I hope this provides a good starting point.
A.) Saying the name of a heathen deity
Talmud Sanhedrin 63a (also Rashi on Chumash):
The Rambam rules (Avoda Zara 5:14) that any idol mentioned in Tanach is okay to say. Only other names are prohibited.
I suspect this is the source. The Gemara above would seem to be stating it's a problem when naming the specific deity; I'm not sure how that translates into "turn right at the church on Main St.", where no deity is mentioned.
B.) Deriving benefit from an idol
We're prohibited from deriving tangible benefit from an idol. A building that was built to house and protect the idol would be prohibited as well.
To extend this prohibition to saying "turn right at the church" , you'd have to argue that:
It could also be that for some of the reasons that it's a problem to enter a church (looks wrong, bad influence, etc.), it's recommended not to signpost them, but I'd have to see a source for this.
Many years ago I wrote this question in to an author of a sefer on Hilchos Akum. I argued that it should be permitted based on the reasoning Shalom provided in his excellent answer.
The Rabbi responded that although my argument seems correct, since there is a minhag to refrain from using Avoda Zara in this manner, it should be avoided. He added that in general, the practice of Jews throughout time was to steer clear from anything that smacked of Avoda Zara.
(To illustrate, A relative of mine who lived long ago in Europe told me that the practice back then when passing a church was to cross the street and refrain from looking at it.)
It is clearly stated in the Talmud Bavli, Sanhedrin 63b. The Rambam codifies it in Hilchos Avodas Cochavim, Chapter Five, 11
I stand corrected by Shalom, below, that this prohibition is only when mentioning the Avodah Zarah's name.


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Small Firms React to President's Proposals
President Barack Obama spent little time in his State of the Union speech Tuesday night directly addressing small businesses. But he touched on many policies that could impact how small-business owners run their firms in the future.
One of those policies was minimum wage. The president called for the federal minimum wage to increase to $9, up from $7.25, as a means of addressing poverty and helping low-income Americans. Administration officials believe the proposal would lead to higher wages for at least 15 million Americans by 2015. The federal minimum wage was last increased in 2009 as part of a three-step phase-in that became law in 2007.
But some business groups, including the National Federation of Independent Business, a conservative-leaning small-business advocacy group, denounced the proposal as hurtful to small firms and the economy.
"Small firms are going to pass on the cost," said Bill Dunkelberg, chief economist at the NFIB. "Every dollar more a minimum wage worker gets will come out of a customer's pocket."
For many business owners, the devil is in the details, such as whether part-time workers or "tipped employees" would be permitted to work for less.
David Koch of Rockford, Ill. hopes a higher minimum wage would only impact full-time employees. His 10 food franchises -- seven Culver's restaurants and three Taco John's restaurants – have about 375 employees, most of whom are part-time college and high-school students.
"Nine dollars for a no-experience high-school student would not be appropriate," he said. "We'd have to use fewer employees and more technology to offset the cost and that would damage the opportunities for young people."
Carl Schanstra, owner of Automation Systems LLC, a parts-assembly factory in the Chicago suburbs, has 24 full-time minimum-wage workers who are paid $8.25. Illinois is one of nineteen states that have a higher minimum wage than the federal threshold.
"Raising the minimum wage will raise the cost of everything else in the country," he said. "It takes more money out of [my] savings."
An increase to $9 would cost roughly $60,000 more in payroll each year, he estimates, but it could be more when taxes and unemployment compensation are factored in because those costs are determined based on wages.
"It will have a cascading effect," says Mr. Schanstra.
Mr. Obama also touched on the need for comprehensive immigration reform. Congress has already started tackling the issue and is expected to formulate various legislative proposals in the coming months. It remains uncertain whether entrepreneurs will ultimately be considered in a broad immigration package, but Mr. Obama made it clear in a speech last month that he wants comprehensive reform to include provisions that would allow immigrant entrepreneurs to stay in the U.S. to grow their companies.
Entrepreneurs and technology advocacy groups are descending on Washington D.C. this month to show support for standalone bills like the Startup Act 3.0, which would grant "entrepreneur visas" to entrepreneurs who can successfully raise money and hire U.S. workers. (See related story, A New Push for Entrepreneur Visas.) These supporters are also pressing Congress to integrate such provisions into a comprehensive bill.
Mr. Obama directly addressed small businesses at one point in the speech, when he called on Congress to focus on tax reform.
"The American people deserve a tax code that helps small businesses spend less time filling out complicated forms and more time expanding and hiring," he said. "[They deserve] a tax code that lowers incentives to move jobs overseas, and lowers tax rates for businesses and manufacturers that create jobs right here in America."
It was a welcomed message for some, including David Ickert, chair of the National Small Business Association, a nonpartisan trade group.
"Our small businesses are more concerned with the tax code" than paying the taxes, said Mr. Ickert, who is also vice president of finance at Air Tractor Inc., a firm in Olney, Texas, that manufactures agricultural and fire-fighting aircraft.
In considering tax-related burdens, 56% of business owners say the administrative headaches imposed by the federal tax code are the largest burden on their business, according to a March 2012 survey of 350 NSBA members. Only 44% said the largest burden was the financial cost of the taxes.
But Mr. Ickert said he believes that comprehensive tax reform should reduce taxes and also address the time and complexity of filling out tax forms.
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The characteristic function of a complex-valued random variable $X$ with pdf $\mu$ is given by $$ \phi(t) = \int \exp[i \Re(\bar{t} X)] \; d\mu $$ (or, so says Wikipedia). How does one recover the pdf from $\phi$, i.e., what is the Fourier inversion formula for measures on $\mathbb{C}$? The $\mu$ I am working with is as "nice" as one could ask for.
P.S. Where would I find such a result? (Of course, I could try to work out the exact form of Pontryagin Duality for $\mathbb{C}$ from the definitions, but presumably somebody has done this before.)


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The following conditions on an $n$-dimensional simplicial complex $S$ are equivalent: a) $S$ is an $n$ manifold; b) The link of every vertex of $S$ is homeomorphic to the $(n - 1)$-sphere; c) The link of every $k$-simplex is homeomorphic to the $(n - k - 1)$-sphere.


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In this remarkable oral history collection, thirty-three participants in the turbulent epic that began with the day of infamy at Pearl Harbor and ended with the signing of the surrender documents in Tokyo Harbor tell their stories. Their remembrances of heartbreak, frustration, heroism, hope, and triumph were collected over a period of twenty-five years by John T. Mason. Their recollections reveal perspectives and facts not included in traditional works of history. Each selection, introduced with a preface that places it in the context of the Pacific War, takes the reader behind the scenes to present the personal, untold stories of naval history.
Included are Admiral William S. Sullivan's account of the problems involved in clearing Manila Harbor of some five hundred wrecked vessels left by the departing Japanese and Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid's description of the communications breakdown at the Battle of Leyte Gulf. There are also the very personal recollections of humor and horror told by the unknown actors in the war: the hospital corpsman, the coxswain, and the machinist's mate. Originally published in 1986, this volume is an unusual and lasting tribute to the ingenuity and teamwork demonstrated by America's forces in the Pacific as well as a celebration of the human spirit.
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The splash screen at the moment for my application is far from catching, but I'm no graphic designer and apart from the fact it looks bland and boring, I can't really work out what I need to do in order to make it look more appealing and modern.
I've tried to change the background to an image, but that seems to make it look quite busy - and I've tried changing the font and position of the logo but I've never been able to come up with much better.
Any ideas? And also in general, what principles should be followed in order to create a good splash screen? I've found articles about designing various other things such as icons, logos and so on but never found anything referencing splash screens in particular.


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Bellaire council made the right call
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BELLAIRE VILLAGE Council did an about face on the proposed Zombiefest planned for August of 2014 for the village's historic park. Council members initially voted to approve the festival....
I think the council and Dan Brown ought to quit playing the little kids games, name calling and bickering back and forth. No wonder noone has any respect for this town. everyone needs to grow up or resign.
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If you want to see a Zombie Fest,, just look at our govt..
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Bubba, you have been DUPED..just like the many residents in Bellaire who want to Zombiefest.
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Bubba, I believe your comments are made based upon false data. The R rated movies that were proposed were not only not approved but were voted down at the 1st Zombie board meeting. The problem came from a few people that decided that not only this event was "a personal shot at a council person but is some kind of "demon orgy". Both of which are very untrue. Again I was out of town for the last council meeting where I could have responded to the idiocy going on in council chambers. I will gladly be at the next meeting and will answer any questions council has about the festival. Just for a note Bubba; "a simple question asked can make all of the difference in the world", but of course they did not even give the time away to ask said question. That speaks volumes!
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Where did council receive more information from? A certain person and her sidekicks? Interesting that this decision was made when the promoter of the event was not at the council meeting. Can anyone PROVE that it was intended to be an R-rated public film fest? Let's just cancel all activities in the park, including Boo in the Park and World Day of Prayer and anything else that doesn't fit into someone's idea of what is right. Wonder what kind of a reaction that would get? As for council making wise decisions, that is debatable. It is time for a new regime in this town before there is nothing left. If you don't approve of zombies, then don't attend. It is called FREEDOM, people. Not everyone has to like the same thing.
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It's my understanding that there isn't R rated movies in the plan. I would also like to know when Bellaire became so righteous and holy when they supported witchcraft and a so called haunted house that was haunted by evil beings with violent attacks. What a joke.
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29 Aug 2013 12:25 PM #81
I welcome people making actual suggestions on areas where Ext can be optimized, but I grow very tired of hearing people complaining about performance (like that one guy who wouldn't give up the mic at SenchaCon). I have built very large applications on multiple versions of Ext and I have not had any significant performance issues, even with 4.x. If a developer finds himself in a state where he can not overcome some issue with performance (or any other part of Ext for that matter) he should:
1. Be specific and try to identify the problem area
2. See if any workarounds exist
3. Seek out help from either forums/Sencha support/ or a third party consultant
4. Stop pretending 4.x is incredibly slow. Many people have written large 4.x apps.
4.x is miles ahead of 3.x. I enjoy working with it and find the improvements well worth the unnoticeable performance cost. And while I have seen some noticeably slow Ext code in the past, it has always been fixable and usually not directly caused by the framework, but by a developer blaming the framework. And if you do see something specific that is slow in Ext (in a realistic context - I don't care how many millions of times you can run something in a loop to show it is slow) you can work around it, or better yet, take advantage of the open source nature and provide suggestions/overrides to Sencha and the community.
29 Aug 2013 12:54 PM #82
Obviously you're not using IE 8. Both Chrome and Firefox have great performance with 4.x from my experience. Unfortunately many developers are still tied to IE 8. Given this, the performance difference from 3.x to 4.x was quite noticeable. I would imagine, however, that Sencha has squeezed every drop of blood trying to get IE 8 to be faster under 4.x. The only thing we can do now is wait for that browser to die, die, DIE!
29 Aug 2013 1:05 PM #83
Old versions of IE have never been speed demons and I avoid them if I can, but I have certainly supported them and they have been very usable. I am sure I am not alone.
29 Aug 2013 2:31 PM #84
There are a lot of haters around. I won't spend my precious time responding their stupid complaints about ExtJS Speed. They expect IE 6 to work as chrome. Such an idiots don't deserve an extjs forum account.
ExtJS is the best javascript framework. Like it or not.
29 Aug 2013 3:04 PM #85
That's a bit harsh. I just think that performance issues should be addressed in the proper manner rather than blaming the framework.
30 Aug 2013 5:10 AM #86
For a couple examples which have been acknowledge by Sencha to be problems:
30 Aug 2013 10:36 AM #87
I have on many occasions read useless rants about performance which are of no help. I never stated that no person has ever taken the time to point out why. Again, I welcome posts that make suggestions and pinpoint an area of concern. All I ask is that these things are handled in a professional manner. Part of that, is seeking out help or working around an issue rather than jumping on the forums and yelling about how slow 4.x is. It may often be user error. Not long ago I read a thread where a user was viciously attacking the framework for being buggy only to find out he was using the wrong stylesheet. Whether you want to believe it or not, many people have used the 4.x line with large-scale applications without issue.
I expect more features and more flexibility to come with a performance cost, but I also expect Sencha to push the limits for performance. Maybe they haven't addressed every single issue out there that you have run into, but performance is definitely something they continually work on.
3 Sep 2013 5:17 AM #88
I really hope sencha creates somekind of responsive ui features into Extjs otherwise this framework will slowly die.
3 Sep 2013 5:45 AM #89
It's also a bit disconcerting that we're now at 50 days past SenchaCon and there still hasn't been a single word from Sencha about Ext JS 5. Come on guys, we're dying out here. Pull back the curtain a little, please!
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5 True Stories That Will Make You Believe in Karma
Karma is a cosmic point system invented by the Buddhists to determine who gets the good controller when the next game of life starts. Ideally, the concept of "karmic retribution" provides incentive for one to lead a better life and consider the impact of his actions before making them -- but karma is usually a long-term thing. Rarely do you see the literal Bitch-Slapping Glove of Justice descend from the skies to smack somebody in the mouth for being a jerk. Notice we said "rarely" and not "never."
#5. Stop Sign Thief Killed in Car Accident
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Tyller A. Myers was just that guy. He stole stop signs in his spare time, because he was a 19-year-old with a Ford F-150 -- it was practically in his Dipshit Teenager contract. But Tyller's theft went beyond that standard pubescent rebel flag: The stop sign hung defiantly on his bedroom wall. Myers was a serial thief: Turns out a lot of stop signs were going missing in Norwalk, Ohio, which can obviously cause some potentially deadly traffic problems.
Never forget.
Then one night, presumably while out Robin Hood-ing some stop signs -- stealing from those who had too much traffic control to give to those poor saps with no road signs at all -- Myers ran an inexplicably unstolen stop sign. When he drove onto the highway after blowing straight through the intersection, he was hit by a semi and later pronounced dead on the scene. We're not ones to celebrate anybody's death, and we're not saying he deserved it -- but the irony just lines up so perfectly. It's like God was playing a cosmic game of irony pool, and Myers was the friggin' 8 Ball.
#4. When a Vengeful God Misfires
In 2008, right-wing evangelicals tried to keep the democrats out of the White House by turning God into a meteorological republican superweapon. The prophet behind Operation Weapons of Mass Destruction was Stuart Shepard of Focus on the Family. Stuart sent this video to his followers, urging that they pray for "biblical," "torrential," "I'm talking 'umbrella-ain't-going-to-help-you rain'" to fall on then-Senator Barack Obama during his acceptance speech on the last night of the 2008 Democratic National Convention.
So, how did Shepard's prayer-powered weather machine work? Let's put it this way ...
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"OK, which one of you smartasses prayed to the devil?"
You see that floating nightmare drifting toward Houston like something out of Independence Day? That's Hurricane Gustav, and it was set to rock the faces off the National Convention like a meteorological Bon Jovi.
... the Republican National Convention, that is.
Gustav hit so hard the republicans had to shaft most of their speakers for the first night, including Vice President Dick Cheney and President George W. Bush. The democrats, meanwhile, enjoyed such perfectly clear skies that you can't help but imagine God pulled the whole thing off just to tell republicans not to call him during dinner. It didn't last forever, though, since a thunderstorm warning forced President Obama indoors for his 2012 DNC speech four years later. But that was like getting shifted from first class to business compared to the second goddamn hurricane, which hit the 2012 RNC in Tampa, forcing republicans to reschedule and eventually cancel the first night of their second consecutive godforsaken ceremony. Jeez, God really doesn't take orders well, does he?
"Any other requests? Wait, where are you going? Don't you want to order me to fix your buildings?"
#3. John Sedgwick Thinks Snipers Are a Bunch of Clowns
In the Spotsylvania Court House Battle of the American Civil War, the North and the South were duking it out to see who had the biggest cannon balls. Union General John Sedgwick was directing artillery rather than fighting directly, but it wasn't exactly a cushy gig: Confederate snipers were constantly taking shots at his men as they pushed the guns into position. Earlier in the day, his chief of staff warned Sedgwick not to go near the line for fear of sharpshooters.
This is what is known in the storytelling world as "dramatic foreshadowing," and in the rest of the world as "basic goddamn sense." But Sedgwick went to the line anyway, and when gunfire rang out, he had the artillery line moved back to help keep his men safe.
Via Sedgwick.org
Of course, he didn't have to worry ... he and his horse were made of metal.
Nah! When Sedgwick saw his men ducking for cover, he berated and shamed them. He mocked his men for cowards and said, "What? Men dodging this way for single bullets? What will you do when they open fire along the whole line? I am ashamed of you. They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance."
And if you recognize that quote, you probably know what happens next ...
Nothing! In reality, Sedgwick completed the sentence unharmed and continued chastising his men. Although embarrassed by his admonitions, Sedgwick's men continued to flinch -- one soldier even stood up to the general and said that he was only alive because he'd dodged a bullet in an earlier battle. Sedgwick laughed it off.
"That's the problem, son. When you're ready ... you won't have to."
The general then repeated, "I'm ashamed of you, dodging that way. They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance." And he immediately took a bullet through his left eye.
That's right: Sedgwick stood right in the line of sniper fire and mocked Death not once, but twice in succession. The first time, Death was being pretty chill. He was all, "Hey, maybe he's just having a bad day -- I'll let this one slide." The second time, however, Death had little choice but to start buckling up the ol' Bitch-Slapping Gloves.
Via Civilwarbattlefields.us
Man, you know you screwed up when there's a memorial plaque dedicated to your dickotry.


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An Indian mathematician, Bhaskara I, gave the following amazing approximation of the sine (I checked the graph and some values, and the approximation is truly impressive.)
$$\sin x \approx \frac{{16x\left( {\pi - x} \right)}}{{5{\pi ^2} - 4x\left( {\pi - x} \right)}}$$
for $(0,\pi)$
Here's an image. Cyan for the sine and blue for the approximation.
¿Is there any way of proving such rational approximation? ¿Is there any theory similar to Taylor's or Power Series for rational approximations?


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Full-time MBA
Senior Business Analyst, HNI
Iana Stahov experienced a transformation. Until recently. she was a student in the Full-time MBA Program—the place where students build on their own individualized strengths and emerge as global business leaders.
Originally from Chisinau, Moldova, Iana came to the United States to pursue higher education and found it in the state of Iowa. After earning an undergraduate degree from a private college in Iowa, she was employed about seven months then sought a Tippie MBA degree in finance and accounting.
"I have definitely learned to work a lot faster, make quicker decisions, and better delegate work to my peers," she says.
She felt the transformation happening every day especially in what she gained from exposure to the Henry Fund as a student-analyst.
"The Henry Fund has been my most valuable learning experience. As a student-analyst of the $1M equity portfolio, I've gained applicative experience, macroeconomic drivers understanding, and sound financial assumptions and forecast development. It's all essential for any area of finance—investments or corporate."
Although she's traveled far for higher education, she knows she's in the right place to transform her career in finance.
"I have grown to appreciate the Midwest's work ethic and Iowans' sincere desire to deliver quality results, and the University of Iowa has one of the most praised MBA programs in the region. I'm so impressed by the amount of resources available to me, including support of faculty members. I am convinced a larger program would not be able to provide that."


text: I can see that a lot of you liked the lesson on drawing tiger eyes. How about today I show you folks "how to draw wolf eyes", step by step. I think I will do a series of animal eyes over this week. So if there is a certain animal that you would like to get a lesson on when it comes to making eyes, now is the time to let me know. Drawing wolf eyes is going to be as easy or even easier to draw then the tiger ones. I really do enjoy drawing animal eyes because I can really get creative and draw eyes the way I see or imagine them. The wolf is an admired animal regardless of its ferocity. They are loved for their beauty, their child like play, and their ability to make you feel like a child with just one glance of their stare. Anyways, I do hope you enjoy drawing wolf eyes. I will be back later with some more drawing fun. Peace out folks!


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PITTSBURGH - The puck ended up on Evgeni Malkin's stick, and Tampa Bay Lightning coach Guy Boucher could feel a sense of dread.
It didn't matter that the Pittsburgh Penguins center hadn't played in more than a week due to a concussion. Give the reigning NHL MVP a sheet of open ice in a tight game and things typically aren't going to end well.
"We gave it to him," Boucher said. "That's unacceptable."
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WINNER — Pittsburgh center Sidney Crosby gets off a slap shot while being hooked by Tampa Bay defenseman Eric Brewer in the second period of Monday's 4-3 win by the Penguins. Brewer received a two-minute minor penalty on the play.
-- Associated Press
So was the result for Tampa Bay.
Seconds later, Malkin split two defenders and tucked the puck into a wide-open net to tie the game, sparking a furious third-period rally as the Penguins beat the Lightning 4-3 on Monday night.
Malkin later added an assist on James Neal's empty-net goal, punctuating the Russian's return 11 days after suffering short-term memory loss and headaches when he slammed into the end boards during a win over Florida on Feb. 22. The 26-year-old was cleared to return to practice Sunday and was given the OK to play after passing the litany of NHL-mandated tests.
Considering the way Malkin dominated his teammates during workouts, Penguins coach Dan Bylsma wasn't stunned to see Malkin play so brilliantly.
"He had guys shaking their heads at how strong he was yesterday," Bylsma said. "They were pretty amazed at how physical and strong he was on the puck, so to see him come out and play that way and be confident, I'm not real surprised."
Neither was teammate Sidney Crosby, who knows a thing or two about coming back from concussions after the injury cost him the majority of two seasons.
"He looked really good, I think, for a first game back," Crosby said. "I don't know if he was doing any stick-handling while (he was out) but it looked pretty sharp. It's fun. When he's going like that it's pretty tough to stop him."
The Penguins, too.
Less than 2 minutes after Malkin put the puck by Anders Lindback, Crosby gave Pittsburgh the lead for good with a one-timer from the slot. Crosby also collected his NHL-leading 25th assist as the Penguins remained unbeaten against the Lightning at Consol Energy Center during the regular season.
Tampa Bay's Steven Stamkos scored twice to boost his league-leading total to 17, but it wasn't enough to prevent the Lightning from dropping their fifth straight.
"It's the little things sometimes you get away with in the game and nobody ever talks about it, and right now it's costing us," Stamkos said. "When you're on a streak like that, those little things, it's almost like you have to play a perfect game."
The Lightning did for the better part of two periods, taking a 2-1 lead before giving it away.
"We sabotaged ourselves with two turnovers," Boucher said. "There's no excuse. There's no reason for it. They're easy plays. Make the easy play and that's it."
Marc-Andre Fleury helped shore up a leaky Pittsburgh defense by making 25 saves as the NHL's two highest-scoring teams kept things in check until the final 20 minutes.
"We were a lot more responsible in the defensive zone," Pittsburgh defenseman Brooks Orpik said. "Once we got to the offensive zone, it wasn't like we were cheating and cheating."
Tampa Bay starting goaltender Mathieu Garon left early in the second period with a lower-body injury, pressing Lindback into action. Boucher wouldn't elaborate on the severity of Garon's injury, but said the team will promote a goaltender from the AHL just in case. The Lightning play in New Jersey on Wednesday.
Lindback stopped 16 shots, but was overmatched when two of the league's best players put on a show early in the third period.
"We're playing good against the top teams, and they've got a great lineup and our young guys are matching up with them, and we're right there and we're so close," Boucher said. "We've just got to learn to get rid of those turnovers and being impatient with our offense when we didn't need to at all."
Pittsburgh allowed the Lightning one power play and kept Tampa Bay in check for long portions - save for a brief breakdown in the second period. Stamkos scored from the front of the net when the Penguins decided to leave him by himself on the doorstep.
The goal tied it 1-1 and Tom Pyatt put the Lightning ahead with just over 8 minutes to play in the second period. Nate Thompson's wrist shot from between the circles smacked Pyatt in the face before floating softly over the head of Fleury, who was on his knees and never moved until the red light came on.
The Lightning, who blew an early two-goal lead in a loss to Boston on Saturday, again faltered in the third while Pittsburgh continued its mastery of Tampa Bay - at least during the regular season.
Penguuins 4, Lightning 3
Tampa Bay021-3
First Period-1, Pittsburgh, Kunitz 12 (Crosby), 4:13. Penalties-Labrie, TB, major (fighting), 4:02; Engelland, Pit, major (fighting), 4:02; Aulie, TB (interference), 13:57; St. Louis, TB (cross-checking), 16:18; Engelland, Pit (cross-checking), 16:18.
Second Period-2, Tampa Bay, Stamkos 16 (Hedman, St. Louis), 2:39. 3, Tampa Bay, Pyatt 5 (Thompson, Palat), 11:59. Penalties-Hedman, TB (tripping), :15; Brewer, TB (hooking), 13:47.
Third Period-4, Pittsburgh, Malkin 5, 5:38. 5, Pittsburgh, Crosby 11 (Letang), 7:29. 6, Pittsburgh, Neal 14 (Malkin, Letang), 19:08 (en). 7, Tampa Bay, Stamkos 17 (Lecavalier, St. Louis), 19:52. Penalties-Niskanen, Pit (interference), 3:00.
Shots on Goal-Tampa Bay 7-12-9-28. Pittsburgh 11-9-12-32.
Power-play opportunities-Tampa Bay 0 of 1; Pittsburgh 0 of 3.
Goalies-Tampa Bay, Garon (13 shots-12 saves), Lindback 7-5-1 (2:19 second, 18-16). Pittsburgh, Fleury 11-5-0 (28-25).
Referees-Francis Charron, Stephen Walkom. Linesmen-Derek Nansen, Derek Amell.


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STEUBENVILLE - As grant applications go, the one Jefferson County commissioners submitted two days ago to the Ohio Department of Development is modest: it's for $49,900, money they would use to develop a web-based communications system that would allow government leaders, school officials, industry and private citizens to share information and concerns as the shale oil and gas drilling industry picks up steam locally.
After just three meetings, the county's Oil and Gas Committee had identified the inability of stakeholders to communicate with each other as the most pressing, and yet most fixable, issue facing the community going forward.
And that, officials say, is what makes this grant application so very exciting and why they've tagged it Project Unite.
"It's our first effort at countywide collaboration, that's the exciting part to me, said Joy Howell, superintendent of Jefferson County Educational Services. "It's a collaboration of government agencies, the education community, including higher-ed - Franciscan University and Eastern Gateway Community College - the townships and villages, Jefferson County agencies associated with economic growth and quality of life, and some private businesses. It's a cross-section of the entire county."
The application, Howell says, represents "our first effort to collaborate and find common ground for looking at ways to share services, increase cost-efficiencies and effectiveness and really improve the quality of life for the citizens of Jefferson County."
County Commissioner Dave Maple, who has moderated the oil and gas meetings, said there's a sense of urgency within the committee, "to make sure we get something up and running as quickly as possible."
"There are a lot of probably for-profit type groups that are going to try and get out like they are a community resource," he said. "We've got nothing against that, but we don't want our citizens to think those sites are our (official) site."
Maple sees the grant as a great opportunity.
"I think we're in really good shape, we have really good justification to be awarded the grant," he said. "And we're very optimistic. But if, for some reason, we do not get it, I think we're still on a really good course regarding communicating and setting up some method for industry, private citizens and government to communicate on issues. This grant gives us the opportunity to do that, but if it falls through, we'll keep looking, keep working."
Jefferson County Regional Planning Commission Director Domenick Mucci Jr. said they received outstanding participation and cooperation from school districts and local government leaders.
"In fact, to accompany the grant, we had about 28 letters from townships, villages and cities in Jefferson County supporting Project Unite, and all five school districts," he said.
Mucci credited Howell and Jefferson County Educational Services with providing support throughout the grant application process, as well as Progress Alliance and Kim Cline, "who did a tremendous job of assisting and preparing the application so we would be able to submit it on behalf of the board of county commissioners."
If their application is funded, Mucci says they'll be able to tailor the website to local needs. They'll be able to get word out instantly when, say, rigs or water haulers will be moving into a specific region, necessitating the rerouting of school buses, or allow them to avoid a flood of calls to 9-1-1 operators when residents see something new, yet normal, like a flare burning at a website.
"There will be a host of ways people can communicate," he said. "There could even be a section where, if it's approved, citizens could express concerns. ... We'd be able to send out alerts, notices and general information, even links to job opportunities.
"We haven't really defined everything, but through our meetings we have an idea what needs to be in there," he said.
Ultimately, since it's a county grant, the county commissioners would have final say on what kinds of information are available through the website, though Maple said commissioners likely will be guided by what the oil and gas committee suggests.
Maple also said the letters of support submitted by the various townships, villages, cities, schools and from the private side sends a message to the grant committee that there's widespread support for the project, which is always a plus in the grant process.
Howell, meanwhile, said in this era of state and federal budget cuts, "the culture of collaboration that's evolving locally is something they can build on and use as a way to get the job done and improve the quality of life for all our constituents."


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Angels to sign Hamilton
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Good . . . now let's get some pitching, whether by trades or signing free agents.
This was never going to happen, but now maybe some things will start to shake loose. I would be in favor of dumping Weeks and his $10 million for some young pitching, and then spend the money on Dempster's third year. Let Scooter Gennett play second; he can get on base. We need starting pitching; it can't be Yo and four rookies. Pick up a couple more veterans for the 'pen and have at it!
Rich keep getting Richer...Poor keep getting poorer.Hide replies
funny how the only people that say things like that are the ones that don't have much money.
Shows you what a gigantic Local Cable deal can do. That's $375 million dollars invested in 2 players.Hide replies
If people think they are spending a lot of money, think of how much they are pocketing from all of that income!
MLB Network is reporting Dempster agrees to a two year deal with Boston for 26 mil.Hide replies
Good for them. He might be good for one year.
Dempster off the board -- to the Red Sox 2 / $26.5 million according to MLBTR.Hide replies
Wow, with what Melvin gave Suppan a few years back I'm surprised he wouldn't at least match this offer.
Thought a 3 deal was the big reason why we couldn't get him? Heck we gave Gagne 10 million for 1 year.
I hope Gagne saved his money because he never pitched in the major leagues after that.
Well, that didnt take long folks. After about a decade of having Miller Park open, the Brewers have returned once again to a franchise that does NOTHING all winter...except slash payroll and sign minor-league free agents.
If the Brewers arent going to bother to try and compete this year, and are too cheap to spend money on quality pitching, then trade Hart, Weeks, Ramirez and get some pitching help to this organization.Hide replies
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Did I miss Christmas, or something? Isn't it only December 13th? So the Brewers don't get some of the top-tier (read: most expensive and probalby overpaid) free agents and you throw them under the bus, accuse them of failing to try to compete this year, and claim they are too cheap to spend money on "quality' pitching when most of the top pitchers are overpaid anyways. Do you have any idea what the Brewers offer was to Dempte or that maybe he preferred Boston over Milwaukee?
Relax. Wasn't it just two years ago we made the Grienke move on December 19th?
I will take smart spending any day over throwing money around stupidly.
The Brewers have made a major signing or major trade in each of the last three off-seasons. Chill out. The Brewers made some of their moves at the trading deadline last year, getting a young shortstop and a couple of young arms. Even if the Brewers hold tight right now, they aren't in a position where they have to overpay for anything right now, so they aren't.
Really JaNelson38, you can no longer sign FA's or make trades before the start of the season? Were you one of those fools who thought the brewers were going to sign Hamilton?
the people that thought the brewers could actually sign hamilton are the ones that really kill me.
The Angels and Dodgers could support several small countries with the funds they are throwing around. La-La land time.Hide replies
They could probably help the homeless in LA too, if they were not so greedy.
If you can't beat'em, buy'em, Angels killin the Rangers. Baseball needs a hard salary cap, period.Hide replies
The Angels still don't have pitching
Um, no. There isn't anyone shedding tears for the Rangers. They have plenty of money if they choose to spend it.
Compared to the Brewers staff, the Angels staff looks pretty damn good!
why would you actually compare the two teams.? apples to oranges.
I never understood why anyone would even entertain the idea/rumor of the Brewers being interested in Hamilton. The last thing they needed was to sign a vastly over-priced OF with a shaky injury/substance abuse history to a 5 year contract.
The offense ranged from very good to excellent most of the year. The Brewers need pitching. Period.Hide replies
I think most of the national rumor reporters found out the Brewers had only $65 MM tied up for next year and were over $100 MM last year. They just assumed we had another $35 MM left to spend, which is not the case.
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6 Pieces of Fan Art That Are Better Than the Original
If 37 percent of the Internet is porn, then the other 63 percent must be people complaining about stuff. A movie that disappointed; a game that's taking too long to come out; George Lucas.
Well, sometimes the companies or creators will actually address their fans and say, "You think you could do better than us?" And sometimes the fans will answer back, "Um, actually, yeah."
#6. Star Wars Fan Remaster Looks Better Than the Real Thing
Unless you still have a working VCR, the only way to watch the original, theatrical versions of Star Wars is buying the out-of-print 2006 DVD box set, which insultingly comes with the original movies as mere bonus features on a separate disk (meaning, you had to pay for the Special Editions to get them). Also, they are in unremastered, shitty-picture-quality form, as part of George Lucas' punishment to fans for asking for them.
But what else are fans supposed to do? Edit their own trilogy?
How the Fans Made It Better:
A fan from the U.K. named Adywan did that and much more. He spent years painstakingly restoring and enhancing every frame of the first Star Wars movie, doing what fans wanted Lucas to do in the first place: clean up and restore the film without adding a bunch of blinking Ewoks. He's currently doing the same to The Empire Strikes Back.
The result is called Star Wars Revisited, and not only does it revert many of the changes made by the Special Editions, but also its picture quality puts the official DVDs and even the Blu-rays to shame.
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Hmm. Good, but it could use 30 or 40 useless dancing robots.
Adywan's website lists over 250 changes to the first movie alone, including fixing mistakes that Lucas apparently didn't notice, like making sure the opening titles actually synch up with John Williams' music ...
... making the lasers hit the right places ...
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George Lucas is an even worse shot than those stormtroopers.
ANHR Visual Comparison
We'd always assumed that guy dropped from a heart attack.
... or simply correcting minor continuity errors nobody else could have noticed.
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This makes our vintage Tatooine Bush action figure irrelevant.
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There are probably five novels about that arm.
He also performed some much needed extermination of the irritating CGI rats and whizzing droids that were added to Mos Eisley in the Special Edition:
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From a toy maker's standpoint, Adywan's version is an awful idea.
Some changes actually reference the loathed prequels, like giving Tatooine a third moon as in those movies or playing an Episode III theme during Vader and Obi-Wan's rematch at the Death Star (there's a "purist" version without most of those changes), but that's because he actually plans to tackle the entire six-movie saga: Adywan has already announced that he's "hoping to make those movies almost unrecognizable."
And yes, we're aware that a lot of his changes would make the Internet just as mad as Lucas' if they had come from him, but for our money, this is still better than any Special Edition for three simple reasons: Han shoots first, Boba Fett once again sounds like Boba Fett and, perhaps most importantly, Chewbacca finally gets a freaking medal.
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R2 and 3PO can suck it, though.
#5. Fans Make Better Movie Posters Than the Studios
It took Hollywood about 60 years to start making consistently good and entertaining superhero movies, and it looks like it's going to take them 60 more to start making good posters for those movies. With X-Men: First Class, for example, they decided to communicate the kitschy, '60s-inspired tone of the movie (since, you know, that's when it takes place) by creating the most bland posters 15 minutes on Photoshop can produce:
How the Fans Made Them Better:
Now take a gander at some of the countless posters fans made for X-Men: First Class. Many of them draw heavily from the posters of '60s artists like Saul Bass to, you know, actually acknowledge the era the movie is set in.
There are many more, and even the weakest of those is better than what Fox went with. Actually, this may be just a clever bit of viral marketing -- make the shittiest poster imaginable and convince the Internet that they can do better, then they'll promote your movie for you.
Not that fans stopped with the X-Men franchise. Check out this awesome Batman poster a fan created a few years ago when it was rumored that the Riddler would be the next villain:
~ contengan, Deviantart
The best part is that there's no way those are Jim Carrey's hands.
Or this fan-made poster for Captain America: The First Avenger that seriously looks like something they could use if the film was reissued after being nominated for Best Picture:
Movie Cultists
Or if it was directed by Clint Eastwood.
That's classy as shit. Captain America looks like he's picking up right where Saving Private Ryan left off, getting ready to storm Omaha Beach alongside WWII-era Wolverine. Meanwhile, these fan-made posters for Iron Man 2 used for special screenings play up the comic book influence while still looking professional:
Super Punch
They also play up the "He's constantly intoxicated" theme.
The Avengers inspired some pretty cool ones, too:
ninjaink, Cakes-and-Comics
They both look kinda like screencaps from The Venture Bros.
We'd put these posters up against the official posters for comparison, but the fact that you don't remember the Hollywood versions at all is kind of the point. (Hint: They mostly involve the cast all standing together and gazing vacantly into the distance.)
Come on, Hollywood, why is it up to us to do this? You'd think that with literally hundreds of comic book covers to use as reference, and an art budget of infinity, they'd borrow an idea or two from the source material to make these posters a little more dynamic. But, no, Hollywood's determination to make every poster look the same trumps that.
And we mean exactly the same.
#4. Gamers Create the GoldenEye 007 Remake Game Companies Can't Bring You
GoldenEye 007 for Nintendo 64 is one of the most revolutionary video games of all time, setting a golden standard that every FPS on every console is indebted to. Its level design is masterful; every inch of it, right down to its elevator music, is worshiped; and the damage its multiplayer mode has done to the American school system will never, ever be repaired.
Also, did you know there's apparently a movie of the same name?
However, for all its successes, GoldenEye 007 nevertheless remains one of the most impossible games to play on modern consoles -- even franchises such as Perfect Dark and TimeSplitters owe most of their success to the fact that they are the closest things on the market to modern versions of this game. There have been various attempts to make sequels or "reimaginings," but a straight remake has so far proved impossible and, since the rights are currently tied up between competing companies, will likely never happen.
How the Fans Made It Better:
Some fans, however, don't let a little thing like intellectual property get in the way of making a good game. Using the engine from Half-Life 2, a team of professional and amateur developers set out to remake GoldenEye 007 from the ground up as a modern FPS game. The result, GoldenEye: Source, is the closest James Bond will ever come to returning like he promised Sean Bean in the movie (the only one where he dies twice).
Mod DB
Whoops, Sean Bean just spontaneously combusted.
For one, just look at it. The game's visuals follow the film closer than any other use of the James Bond license in video games to date, and this time it's rendered in more than just N64 polygons.
Mod DB
We don't remember our childhood homes as well as the floor plan of this level.
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It's such a realistic Bond simulation that if you play the game for too long, you contract several STDs.
You may also notice that the characters actually look like the ones in the original game/movie, whereas every other game with "GoldenEye" in the title has been forced to awkwardly replace the actors with Daniel Craig era versions, since actor likenesses are off-limits.
Mod DB
Don't tell Mr. Bean.
But what really makes the game complete is the multiplayer mode: GoldenEye: Source is online rather than local, allows way more players than the N64 did, has added blood and rag-doll physics and features many single-player maps that were previously unplayable. Oh, and as for how all this actually plays, check out this footage of a nine-way deathmatch -- it's like classic GoldenEye on steroids.
If this had existed 15 years ago, an entire generation would have flunked college.