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Crockett, Hand, Mayea, Evans, And T. Swaim Pick Up 2014 Season Opener Victories At CGS
By Ben Deatherage
(Photo Courtesy of Madman Photography)
The weather was absolutely perfect on Saturday April 12th as the Cottage Grove Speedway hosted their first race of 2014. The 360 Sprints, IMCA Modifieds, Street Stocks, and Hornets were the four original classes on the schedule but Late Models were added shortly before Saturday. A large crowd and a large field of cars were both on hand to welcome in the new season.
Four-time and defending 360 Sprint champion Roger Crockett of Medford, in his Rocket Designs/Parker Racing Engines/Omlid & Swinney Fire Protection and Security #11 KPC, dominated the feature as he performed a banzai move from his third starting position on the opening lap in the first set of turns to obtain the race lead. From there on he would set a rapid pace as Garen Linder of Central Point and Cottage Grove native Colin Baker tried their very best to keep up with him.
A late race caution on lap twenty-three would briefly allow the Linder Powdercoating/Speedmart Inc./Rodgers Racing Engines #22 KPC of Linder an opportunity to challenge for the lead but Crockett would be too quick on the restart. Crockett would cross the line first to capture his first win of the entire 2014 campaign and his fifteenth straight feature triumph at CGS.
Garen Linder would end the evening in second while the Steelhouse Metal Roofing Supply/Hedge Carter Continuous Gutter Service/Huddle Automotive Repair/Oregon West RV #71 XXX of Colin Baker was third. The balance of the top five would consist of Seth Nunes from Medford in the Napa Auto Parts of Klamath Falls/Lucas Oil Products/Rodgers Racing Engines #5N Maxim in fourth and fifth place would go to the K&S Motorsports/Grant Springer Racing Engines #10 XXX of Eugene's Kyle Miller.
Garen Linder was quick time of the night while Roger Crockett would win the trophy dash. Heat race winners were Linder and Colin Baker.
Despite performing a clean sweep and leading every single lap Cottage Grove's Braedon Hand managed to hold on to win the opening leg of the season in the IMCA Modifieds. Hand, piloting the D&D Automotive/Vintage Inn Family Restaurant/KNND 1400 AM #5 Shaw by S.D.M.F., took full advantage of his pole starting position. Before too long Hand would literally have his hands full with Collen Winebarger of Corbett and Crawfordsville native Kyle Yeack.
While Hand eventually would develop some breathing room an epic battle for the runner-up position would ensue between Winebarger, in the Discount Race Car Parts/Gordy Lee Photography/Frisbie Motorsports #SW Shaw by Jeff Taylor mount, and Yeack in his Fastenal/Cascade Outdoor Power & Equipment/Radiator Supply House #47 Pro entry. Yeack would secure second and began to gain on Hand but would get too high in the first set of turns in the last half of the race allowing Winebarger to once again challenge Yeack.
It appeared that the whole feature would go non-stop but a caution on lap twenty-one would bunch up the field one last time. Unfortunately Kyle Yeack would get caught up in the incident when mechanical problems would bring Springfield's Dustin Comer to a halt, in his S.D.M.F. Race Cars/Mid Valley Metals/K.C. Race Engines #ZERO S.D.M.F. machine, and Yeack would have nowhere to go and the two would make heavy contact on the front stretch.
On the last restart of the main event Collen Winebarger would pull out all the stops as he put Braedon Hand under enormous pressure in the final four circuits. Winebarger would stay on Hand's rear bumper but couldn't quite get side-by-side to try and make a pass. Hand would hold on to start his title defense as he looks to capture his fifth career CGS championship.
Collen Winebarger was a respectable second followed by the Dog House Racing/Payroll Specialties Inc./Hoppes Construction #M1 Impressive of Jacksonville driver Mark Wauge in third. Albany driver Craig Cassell, in his Ester Lee Motel of Lincoln City/Dr. Mary Harada Breast Cancer Specialist at Samaritan Health Services/Debra Herndon Family Nurse Practitioner #5N Rocket by Ruhlman, ended the night in fourth while crossing the stripe in fifth was the Mountain View Woodworking Inc./Cascade Outdoor Power & Equipment #49 Pro of Tom Yeack from Crawfordsville.
The evening's quick time award would go to Braedon Hand while he would also win the trophy dash presented by Highoctane Die Cast. Heat race winners were Hand and Collen Winebarger.
With the late notice of the Late Models being added to the card it would make their appearance on April 12th a non-point affair. A good crop of cars were on hand for competition as there was an additional $500.00 bonus to the winner courtesy of the fine folks at X-Factor Race Cars. Come feature time Bend driver Thomas Hunzikar, but born and raised in Seegräben, Switzerland and making his Cottage Grove Speedway debut, would lead the opening leg as he would utilize the bottom of the race track to get his Spirit Filled Racing/Grays Racing Engines #38 Victory Circle to the front.
Fellow Bend driver Rob Mayea would make a pass around the outside to obtain the lead from Hunziker. Mayea, chauffeuring his J&S Farms/Cornett Racing Engines #37 Victory Circle, set a quick pace but a handful of laps later was overtaken by Collen Winebarger in the Discount Race Car Parts/Gordy Lee Photography/Frisbie Motorsports #SW MasterSbilt. A lap twelve caution would bunch up the field allowing for Mayea to challenge Winebarger for the lead.
Mayea would eventually get the lead back on lap fifteen when Winebarger would get a little high in turns three and four. Another caution would occur on lap seventeen bunching up the field for a showdown in the last half of the main event. Mayea would keep his mount in front despite Winebarger putting considerable pressure on him on several occasions. But Mayea would maintain his lead and would pick up the victory.
Winebarger was second and behind him in third was Thomas Hunziker. The Schram Brothers Excavating/Century III Stables/Bodies by Steve-O #16 MasterSbilt entry of Jerry Schram from Vancouver, Washington was fourth followed by Sodaville's Tony Brakehall in fifth despite coming from the back twice in his Sure Flow Concrete Pumping Services/Swing Construction/Liberty Automotive #13 Swartz.
Fast time of the night was Portland native Joey Tanner in his Jody's Nothin' But Fun Bar & Grill/X-Factor Race Cars/Schram Brothers Excavating #111 X-Factor who would also win the Superior Fuel Cells sponsored trophy dash. Earning victories in the Quality RV sponsored heat races were the Schram Borthers Excavating/Herz Precision Parts #09 MasterSbilt of Ryan Bothwell from Aurora and Rob Mayea.
The Street Stock class would see quite a few of new faces from all sorts of different race tracks. Visiting from Vanouver, Washington for the first time ever three-time Sunset Speedway Park Street Stock champion Craig Loomis would gain the race lead in the opening lap. He would set a rapid pace in his Liberty Welding/Old Iron Classics/City Sprint Deliveries #01 Camaro until Justin Evans of Lebanon would seize the top spot on lap three. Evans, driving once again for car owner Al Flora and his Albie's Medical Transport/Allied Medical Transport/X-Factor Race Cars #99 Cougar, would set the pace with Loomis right behind him.
The two drivers would have a see-saw battle exchanging the lead a total of six times. Only one caution would occur, on lap five, in the twenty-lap affair. Evans would hold on to the lead after finally securing it on lap twelve to earn his first career Cottage Grove Speedway victory.
Craig Loomis unfortunately was disqualified giving second place to Steve Begley in the Nathan Anderson Dentistry/Platinum Hair of Creswell/Stacy Graves Massage Therapy #00 Nova followed by Bend driver Ethan Landers in third piloting his Swan & Sons Woodworking/Smart Solutions #17Z Camaro. The rest of the top five would consist of the Siskiyou Insurance #50 Camaro of Brett Provost from Grants Pass in fourth and Vancouver's Washington's Joey Cannon in fifth driving the Cannon's RV #11 Camaro.
Fast time of the night would go to Justin Evans while Craig Loomis won the trophy dash. Picking up the heat race victory was Evans.
The Hornets were back in action and despite the low car count the feature was pretty entertaining. Dexter's Mike Swaim, driving the Rapid Delivery/Bigg Dogg Recycling/DT Machine & Fabrication #48 Tacoma, would grab the early race lead. He would be off to a good start but his son Taunton Swaim, also from Dexter, would overtake him on lap four.
Taunton Swaim would cruise to victory as he would lead the rest of the distance without any issues. Swaim would put the Bigg Dogg Recycling/DT Racing & Fabrication/Big B Tire #17 Tacoma in victory lane for owner Randy Kuhl to open the season up.
Mike Swaim would end the evening in second while third place would go to the Dr. Vape Products/T.L. Morgan Motors/Dalton Carpet #30 Protégé of K.C. Scott from Springfield. Jessi House in the #46 would complete the finishing order in fourth despite being involved in an incident on lap six.
Taunton Swaim would set fast time as well as win the trophy dash. Mike Swaim would prevent his son from picking up a clean sweep by winning the heat race.
Next Saturday evening April 19th the Cottage Grove Speedway will be back in action for the first Pepsi Family Night of the year. We will offer our normal family pass for two Adults and up to four Youths for just $35.00 but being that it is Pepsi Family Night complimentary small soft drink beverages will be included with the admission. Also don't miss our extra special Easter Egg Hunt that we will be hosting too.
Classes on tap will include the Northwest Extreme Sprints, Late Models, IMCA Modifieds, and Street Stocks. Also the Northwest Extreme Late Model Series will take on the local Late Model contingent as they start their 2014 season. Pit Gates will open at 2:00 PM, Front Gates open at 4:00, and racing starts at 6:45. Tickets for this event are Adults $12.00, Seniors/Military/Juniors (13-18) $10.00, Youths (Ages 12-6) $5.00, and Children under the age of 5 are FREE. For more information log on to www.cottagegrovespeedway.com.
Race Summary:
2014 Season Opener
Saturday April 12th, 2014
Cottage Grove Speedway
Cottage Grove, Oregon
360 Sprints
Feature: 1. 11-Roger Crockett[3]; 2. 22-Garen Linder[1]; 3. 71-Colin Baker[2]; 4. 5N-Seth Nunes[6]; 5. 10-Kyle Miller[12]; 6. 22R-Mike Romig[4]; 7. 70-Raquel Ivie[7]; 8. 4-Jesse Thistle[5]; 9. 28-Mark Herz[11]; 10. 6A-Kady Adelman[9]; 11. 71JR-Colby Carter[8]; DNS 16-Nick Tomlinson
Late Models
X-Factor Race Cars Feature: 1. 37-Rob Mayea; 2. SW-Collen Winebarger; 3. 38-Thomas Hunziker; 4. 16-Jerry Schram; 5. 13-Tony Brakeall; 6. 13B-Randy Barley; 7. 44T-Brian Thompson; 8. 09-Ryan Bothwell; DNS 78-Ed Peters; DNS 111-Joey Tanner
IMCA Modifieds
Feature: 1. 5-Braedon Hand[1]; 2. SW-Collen Winebarger[2]; 3. M1-Mark Wauge[6]; 4. 5N-Craig Cassell[3]; 5. 49-Tom Yeack[7]; 6. 47-Kyle Yeack[4]; 7. 11X-Tom Berry Jr.[8]; 8. 68-Jesse Bailey[9]; 9. 85-Gene Ashley[11]; 10. 73-Bryan Gray[10]; 11. ZERO-Dustin Comer
Street Stocks
Feature: 1. 99-Justin Evans[1]; 2. 00-Steve Begley[4]; 3. 17Z-Ethan Landers[6]; 4. 50-Brett Provost[3]; 5. 11-Joey Cannon[8]; DNS 97-Ryan Emery; DNS 68J-Stacy Hiatt; 8. 01-Craig Loomis[2]
Feature: 1. 17-Taunton Swaim[2]; 2. 48-Mike Swaim[1]; 3. 30-K.C. Scott[4]; 4. 46-Jessica House[3]
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I have bought a computer with Ubuntu 11.10 and now I need to install Windows XP alonside it. Is it possible to save my certified Ubuntu configuration onto a usb stick, then unistall Ubuntu, install Windows and reinstall Ubuntu? If so, can you tell me, how to do it? Thanks for any hints without using complicated terminology.
View months ago, i used DAR to backup my whole Linux partion. Here is the tutorial site and here a Mini-HowTo. After the dar file is created you can save it on a USB-Dongle/HDD.
You can install the DAR package with:
As your Ubuntu root Partition may be ext4, you should use fsarchiver.
It's a great commande line tool that will save and compress the content of a partition into an archive file.
When you are done you will be able to restore your archive in a new partition with different size without problem.
I advise you to use it from a liveCD although liveBackup is possible


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From the energy functional, we can derive the Euler-Lagrange equation and its corresponding gradient flow equation. My question is, what is the physical unit for ``time'' in the gradient flow equation?
For example, the Oseen-Frank energy for liquid crystal is given by $$\int_{\Omega} \frac{1}{2} K |\nabla u|^2,$$ where $u$ is the angle of the director with the $x$-axis, and $K$ is an elastic constant with unit Newton. The corresponding gradient flow equation is $$\frac{\partial u}{\partial t} = K \triangle u.$$ But then what is the unit of time $t$? It seems that it does not have the unit of time. What am I missing here?


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MARS is a 128-bit block cipher with variable key size of between 128 and 448 bits. It has a heterogeneous structure: several rounds of a cryptographic core are "jacketed" by un-keyed mixing rounds, together with key whitening.
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I need to join a .csv table into an attribute table of a shapefile. I wanted to do this with QGIS and i don't seem to find anyway of doing it. I know that the mmqgis plugin does it, but my shapefile has 6000 records and this plugin crashes at 2000 and something... Any ideas?
In QGIS 1.7 you'll find Table Joins in Layer Properties. Load the CSV file using "Add vector layer".
Thats one way if the csv file has location data. I think you should also be aware that |VECTOR|DATA MANAGEMENT TOOLS|JOIN ATTRIBUTES will join non-located data to an existing GIS layer. For instance you have a road layer which was created only with a name attribute. In another data table you have names and road surface but no location data. The join field will be the name attribute, and the output layer will have a new attribute showing road surface. This new layer can then be symbolised to display road surface. In JOIN ATTRIBUTES the dialog asks for a dbf file but .csv files are also supported.
If you need to manipulate your join attribute to ensure the values are identical, open the csv and the dbf of the shapefile in LibreOffice and manipulate them there.
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Why if in a formal system the Peirce's law $((P\rightarrow Q)\rightarrow P) \rightarrow P$ is true, the law of excluded middle $P \lor \neg P$ is true too?
Peirce's law is of the form $$\big((A \to B) \to A\big) \quad \to \quad A,$$ that is, given $(A \to B) \to A$ we could deduce $A$. Therefore, we will try to construct $$((P \lor \neg P) \to \bot) \to (P \lor \neg P).$$ The trick is that for any $A \to B$ we can strengthen $A$ or relax $B$, for example:
\begin{align} P\lor \neg P &\to \bot &\text{implies}&& P &\to \bot,\\ P &\to P &\text{implies}&& P &\to P \lor \neg P. \end{align} So we could start with a tautology (I assume that negation is just a shorthand for $\to \bot$) \begin{align} \neg P &\to \neg P \\ (P \to \bot) &\to \neg P \end{align} strengthen left side $$(P \lor \neg P \to \bot) \to \neg P$$ and relax right side $$(P \lor \neg P \to \bot) \to P \lor \neg P.$$
Now we apply Peirce's law, and we are done ;-)
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The proof:
The premise
$$ \dfrac{ \dfrac{ \dfrac{ \frac{}{P \to P \lor \neg P}{[\delta,\iota]}, \quad \frac{}{P \lor \neg P \to \bot \vdash P \lor \neg P \to \bot}[\alpha] }{P\lor\neg P \to \bot \vdash P \to \bot}[\gamma] }{(P\lor\neg P\to \bot) \to \neg P}[\iota], \quad \dfrac{\quad}{\neg P \to P \lor \neg P}[\delta, \iota] }{(P \lor \neg P \to \bot) \to P \lor \neg P}[\gamma] $$
and final derivation
$$ \dfrac{ \dfrac{\text{from above} }{(P \lor \neg P \to \bot) \to P \lor \neg P}, \ \dfrac{}{((P \lor \neg P \to \bot) \to P \lor \neg P) \to P \lor \neg P}[\pi] }{P \lor \neg P}[\beta] $$
There are various shortcuts, and implicit assumptions, most notably negation $\neg P$ is a shorthand for $P \to \bot$, be careful! Nevertheless, I hope it still helps $\ddot\smile$
This is probably what you're looking for: Peirce's Law Equivalent to Law of Excluded Middle. Note, however, that this proof depends on a few assumptions which are not embodied in every logic. For instance, in relevance logic, the move from $\neg p$ to $p \rightarrow q$ is invalid, since $p$ may not be relevant to $q$.
Why? Because you can prove it. A formal system has no (or minimal) reference to meaning, and consequently any logical theorem holds, because you can prove it given the axiom set and the rules of inference of the system. I'll outline a formal system where you can prove the law of the excluded middle ApNp and Peirce's law CCCpqpp. First formation rules:
The system (and almost all of the proofs below can get credited to the work of Jan Lukasiewicz and the publishers and translators of Lukasiewicz's Elements of Mathematical Logic) has three axioms:
1 CCpqCCqrCpr (hypothetical syllogism)
2 CCNppp
3 CpCNpq
In words you can translate the first axiom as saying "if the first (proposition) implies the second, if the second implies the third, then the first implies the third". The second axiom can get translated into English as saying "if the negation of the first implies the first, then the first." The third axiom can get translated as saying "if the first, then, if not the first, then the second." The system has one definition
4' Apq:=CNpq
It has three inference rules
S: For any lower case letter $\lambda$ within any axiom we may uniformly substitute it with any other formula, provided that such substitution happens for all lower case letters equiform with $\lambda$ in that formula. For instance, were it the case that CpCqp came as an axiom of our system, we could substitute p with Cpp in CpCqp (substitutions will get abbreviated by the notation p/Cpp hereafter) and obtain C Cpp Cq Cpp, but not C Cpp C qp. We can also apply such uniform substitution to any theorem we have derived already.
R: For any formula where Xpq, or some substitution instance of Xpq, we may replace Xpq with Yrs, where we have a definition such that we have definition Yrs:=Xpq, where the variables of Yrs contain only equiform variables with Xpq. Such replacement does not have to happen uniformly for the formula. It can happen only in one place within a formula. In particular here this means that if we have some theorem like CCNpqCqCNpq, we may replace either instance of CNpq in CCNpqCqCNpq with Apq, to yield CApqCqCNpq.
D: If we have a theorem C$\alpha$$\beta$ and $\alpha$ qualifies as a theorem also, we may detach $\beta$ as a theorem also.
So, first we'll prove the law of the excluded middle, in symbols ApNp. The notation "1, p/q" indicates that we will uniformly substitute formula p in the formula reference by the numeral 1 with q. The "=" sign gets used to indicated that the formula on the left of the "=" sign comes as equiform with the formula on the right side of the "=" sign. The notation C1-2 indicates that formula 1 comes as the antecedent or first formula which the C on the leftmost of the formula connects, 2 comes as the consequently or second formula which the C on the leftmost of the formula connects, and the "-" indicates that we will detach formula 2 as a theorem. The notation 3 R = 4 indicates that we will replace formula 3, which comes as a substitution instance of CNpq, with the formula Apq (p and q remain equiform throught CNpq and Apq) and obtain theorem 4.
1 CCpqCCqrCpr axiom
2 CCNppp axiom
3 CpCNpq axiom
4 C CpCNpq CCCNpqrCpr
5 CCCNpqrCpr
6 C CCNppp Cpp
7 Cpp
8 CNpNp
9 ApNp
Next we'll prove prove CqCpq so that we can prove any two theorems from another theorem within this system.
10 C CCpqCCqrCpr CCCCqrCprsCCpqs
11 CCCCqrCprsCCpqs
12 C CCCCqrCsrCpCsrCCsqCpCsr CCpCqrCCsqCpCsr
13 CCCCqrCsrCpCsrCCsqCpCsr
14 CCpCqrCCsqCpCsr
15 C CCCqrCprCCCprsCCqrs CCpqCCCprsCCqrs
16 CCCqrCprCCCprsCCqrs
17 CCpqCCCprsCCqrs
18 C CCpqCCCprsCCqrs CCtCCprsCCpqCtCCqrs
19 CCtCCprsCCpqCtCCqrs
20 C CCNpqCCCNpppCCqpp CpCCCNpppCCqpp
21 CCNpqCCCNpppCCqpp
22 CpCCCNpppCCqpp
23 C CCNppp CCCNCCNpppCCNpppCCNpppCCqCCNpppCCNppp
24 C CCNCCNpppCCNpppCCNppp CCqCCNpppCCNppp
25 CCNCCNpppCCNpppCCNppp
26 CCqCCNpppCCNppp
27 C CCNtCCNpppCCNppp CtCCNppp
28 CCNtCCNpppCCNppp
29 CtCCNppp
30 C CtCCNppp CCNpqCtCCqpp
31 CCNpqCtCCqpp
32 C CCNpqCtCCqpp CCCtCCqpprCCNpqr
33 CCCtCCqpprCCNpqr
34 C CCNCCqppCCqppCCqpp CCNpqCCqpp
35 CCNCCNqppCCNqppCCNqpp
36 CCNpqCCqpp
37 C CCNpqCCqpp CpCCqpp
38 CpCCqpp
39 CqCCNpqq
40 C CqCCNpqq CCpCNpqCqCpq
41 C CpCNpq CqCpq
42 CqCpq
In words theorem 42 can get translated as "The first proposition implies that the second proposition implies the first proposition." Or equivalently, "The first proposition implies that if the second proposition, then the first proposition." On the strength of that you can show any proposition on the basis of any other proposition within this system (you might want to note exactly what the rule of substitution S says and what it does not say). Now we'll prove Peirce's law CCCpqpp.
43 C CqCpq CCCpqrCqr
44 CCCpqrCqr
45 C CCNqpCCpqq CpCCpqq
46 CCNqpCCpqq
47 CpCCpqq
48 C CqCCqrr CCpCqrCqCpr
49 CqCCqrr
50 CCpCqrCqCpr
51 C CCpCqrCqCpr CCCqCprsCCpCqrs
52 CCCqCprsCCpCqrs
53 C CCNpCpqCCCpqpp CCpCNpqCCCpqpp
54 CCNpCpqCCCpqpp
55 CCpCNpqCCCpqpp
56 CCCpqpp
So, now we'll prove the law of the excluded middle ApNp from Peirce's law CCCpqpp in this system.
57 C ApNp CCCCpqppApNp
58 CCCCpqppApNp
59 ApNp
But, even here, there exists a catch...
What what if we only had Perice's law with the rules of inference S, D, and R above? Could we prove the law of the excluded middle? Prover9 gave me the following matrix (with condensed detachment as a rule of inference, but that won't end up mattering here):
I've starred 0 to indicate it as the designated element here. If you write out the truth tables for CCCpqpp and ApNp here, you can see that CCCpqpp always evaluates to the designated element 0. However, when p=0, ApNp=A0N0=A00=1. Also, and it does come as important to check this also, if Cpq=0, and p=0, then q=0, so rule D comes as valid for this system. Rules R and D hold for this system, since the matrix above implies A, C, and N as truth-functional. Thus, from Peirce's law "alone" (the rules mentioned above preferably will get understood as implicit in this statement), you simply cannot derive the law of the excluded middle.


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The future groom is the son of Adrian and Barb Teunissen of Hudsonville.
Jessica is employed with Ventra in Ionia, and Daniel is employed with CRST Transport in Iowa.
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Make sense out of data. Learn about Microsoft Office Excel 2007 PivotTable reports, a fast and powerful way to analyze data and answer questions you have about it.
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40% of shoppers recalled seeing an outdoor advertisement. 8% of shoppers had heard a radio ad, 4% each had seen a TV or internet ad, 3% a newspaper ad and 2% a magazine ad. Of all the 274 respondents who said they had seen or heard an advertisement in the half hour preceding shopping, 88% had seen outdoor advertising. The Drum
Research from the Outdoor Media Centre has found that in the run-up to shopping, 88% see outdoor ads, and 72% of shoppers can be swayed towards a product by outdoor advertising. The Drum
As the economy began to bounce back last year, the top 50 b2b advertisers spent an estimated $3.74 billion on b2b ads, up 7.5% from $3.48 billion in 2009, according to an analysis of ad spending data from Kantar Media. BtoB Online
Global advertising spend rose 8.8% year-over-year in Q1 2011 to total $118 billion USD based on published rate cards, according to Nielsen Global AdView Pulse data. Nielsen analysis indicates heavier TV spending, as well as increased investment in the Latin American and Asian consumer markets, drove growth. MarketingCharts
Spending among the 10 largest advertisers in the first six months of 2011 was about $8,.2 billion, a 0.5% decrease compared to a year ago. MarketingCharts
Within the TV sector, which experienced 1.8% growth overall, expenditures on cable networks increased 11.8% during the first half of the year while network TV spending fell 7.6 percent. MarketingCharts
Among the top 100 marketers, a diversified group accounting for more than two-fifths of all measured ad expenditures, budgets rose a "miniscule" 0.8%, Kantar reported. MediaPost
While Kantar's total measured media ad spending rose 3.2% to $71.5 billion during the first half of 2011, budgets for the top 10 advertisers actually fell 0.5% from the first half of 2010. MediaPost
National cable ad spending for 2011 is estimated to increase by 12%. MediaPost
US advertisers are expected to spend nearly $77 billion on interactive marketing by 2016—as much as they now spend on TV—according to a new report by Forrester Research. MarketingProfs
By 2016, search, display, mobile, email, and social media together are expected to constitute 35% of all ad spending, up from 19% in 2011. MarketingProfs
Mobile and online video viewing continues to increase, while TV advertising spending went up 8 percent in 2010, per Nielsen. Mobile Marketer
Total TV use in the United States averages more than five hours per day, according to Nielsen data from April. Mobile Marketer
Eighty-five percent of online US adults have viewed a digital ad of some type in the past seven days, according to other study data which indicates affluent Americans (those with a household income of $100,000 or more) have viewed digital ads at a slightly higher rate (88%), while other Americans have viewed them at a slightly lower rate (84%). MarketingCharts
Data from "Affluent Consumers in a Digital World" indicates 41% of both video and search ad viewers have taken some type of action resulting from the ad in the past six months. MarketingCharts
82% planned no immediate changes to their budgets. If cuts were made to ad budgets, 50% of media buyers said that spot TV would be cut and 40% said print was likely to be cut. BtoB Online
About 7% of advertisers cut ad budgets and 11% warned of budget cuts in the wake of the financial gyrations that followed the U.S. debt downgrade, according to an online survey of media buyers conducted this month by Strata, which markets media buying software. BtoB Online
Millennials are much more likely to consume TV on their laptops (42% versus 18% of other generations), and somewhat more likely to watch it via DVR (40% versus 36%) or on-demand (26% versus 18%). MediaPost
Media-wise, Millennials watch significantly less TV than do other generations. Just 26% report watching 20-plus hours per week (versus 49% of the rest of the population). MediaPost
Millennials also report greater exposure to such campaigns through social media (40% versus 22%) and online news (28% versus 22%). MediaPost
As far as on-air promotions - the most effective way to promote a show - millennials not surprisingly appear tougher to reach. That's based on data showing about 25% only watch TV 5 to 10 hours a week. About the same percentage of non-millennials view between 21 and 30 hours. MediaPost
37% of affluent consumers say they are most likely to pay attention to an online ad that relates to whatever website they are on (such as a car ad on a car site), almost 16% more than the 32% of overall consumers who say this. MarketingCharts
Overall, six in 10 members of the total population who have viewed a digital ad in the last six months have taken some action in response. Affluent Americans slightly underindex (59%) for total response rate. MarketingCharts
Affluent Americans are also slightly more likely than the overall average to have viewed a web/banner ad (80% compared to 75%), search ad/sponsored listing (77% compared to 72%), video ad (65% compared to 62%), and mobile/smartphone ad (42% compared to 39%). They have the same rate of viewing a social media ad (59%), and are slightly less likely than the overall average to have viewed an email ad (69% compared to 71%). MarketingCharts
Eighty-five percent of online US adults have viewed a digital ad of some type in the past seven days. MarketingCharts
Two-thirds of those polled said they preferred to work with specialists versus full-service shops. MediaPost
While marketers wish their agencies would always work well together, close to two-thirds (62%) said they had experienced more "poor" agency integration than "great" agency integration. MediaPost
Nearly 90% of the survey respondents said that agencies are more likely to work together on specific projects and not on a regular basis. But just over one-third indicated that agencies that do focus on collaboration are most likely to ensure a "seamless multi-agency approach. MediaPost
(70%) said they believed their firms would be working with fewer agencies within the next five years. When asked why, nearly half (49%) cited the lack of time to manage multiple agencies, while almost as many (48%) pointed to reduced budgets. MediaPost
In-Stat says consumers now favor both traditional pay-TV and online video services, which have risen to 30% in 2010 from 18% previously. MediaPost
Right now, In-Stat says 22% of U.S. TV households already own an HDTV with integrated TV apps. Connected TVs with integrated TV applications will grow by an average 36% over the next five years. MediaPost
Over 60% of Internet-connected TV households use TV apps at least once per week, according to Scottsdale, Ariz.-based In-Stat. New wave TVs allow consumers to connect with Netflix, YouTube, Facebook, and more. MediaPost
Interestingly, Google+ demonstrated strong intent coming out of the gate, with 27% of agency executives stating that they plan to utilize it in their client's campaigns. MediaPost
Print advertising continued to struggle this quarter, with 56% of agencies saying they are less focused than a year ago. MediaPost
While TV remains the most important medium for advertisers overall, constituting 41% of the budgets reported in the Strata survey, the media processing firm said it is "steadily losing ground" to digital, which accounted for 24% of budgets. Radio ranked third at 13%. MediaPost
Many senior broadcast and cable network executives forecast -- and then claimed big CPM increases for this upfront period, anywhere from 11% to 13%. MediaPost
Donnie Williams, executive vice president, chief digital officer for independent media agency Horizon Media, estimates some clients shifted 8% to 13% more dollars into premium digital platforms during the recent upfront sales. MediaPost
52% of television customers reporting that they still watch regularly scheduled programming as it is broadcast, the current model will remain viable for the next two to three years, at a minimum. MediaPost
Just 3% of subscription TV consumers are "cutting the cord" of TV distribution systems -- cable, satellite, or telco -- per a survey from consumer researcher J.D. Power and Associates. MediaPost
Advertising revenues grew 4.4% to $32.5 billion in the first quarter of 2011. By comparison, the fourth quarter of 2010 witnessed a 7.0% hike and the third quarter stood at a strong 8.7% increase, with the second quarter at a 5.1% addition. - MediaPost
Television grew 9% to $18.8 billion in the first quarter of 2011 over the first quarter of 2010, according to the Nielsen Company. - MediaPost
TV advertising surpassed $18 billion in the first quarter of 2011, growing almost 9% versus the same period in 2010. - TVNewsCheck
Across 12 broadcast and major cable networks in primetime, there were 5,381 major product placements in 2010, up 22% since 2006. - TVNewsCheck
On average, ads that aired during the Super Bowl were 58 percent more memorable than all commercials that aired during regular programming in the first quarter of 2011. - TVNewsCheck
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Monday, December 6, 2010
Controversy at the National Portrait Gallery
Catholic League president William Donohue called the piece "hate speech," and he urged the House and Senate appropriations committees to reconsider future funding for the Smithsonian Institution. Additionally, the presumptive incoming House speaker John Boehner added to the criticism saying that the exhibit is a "misuse of taxpayer money." Boehner's official statement about the exhibit also said that "while the amount of money involved may be small, it's symbolic of the arrogance Washington routinely applies to thousands of spending decisions involving Americans' hard-earned money." Other conservative leaders and organizations added to the fray, suggesting that the exhibit was a deliberate assault on Christianity, especially during the Holiday Season.
In response to this pushback, Smithsonian Institution officials removed the film, stating that they did not intend "to be offensive by showing the work," and that by removing it, they could "better focus on the exhibit's strengths." Museum officials said they "are sensitive to what the public thinks about our shows and programs. We stand behind the show. It has strong scholarship with great pieces by artists who are recognized by a whole panoply of experts. It represents a segment of America."
We encourage you to take the time to read about this incident, watch the video, and decide for yourself if this was anti-LGBT censorship or a museum responding to legitimate concerns over a potentially offensive video.
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I feel the actions of the Smithsonian are appropriate. Many Christians will feel that ants crawling over a crucifix is sacriligious; sinc the Smithsonian is for all our people, it would seem prudent and fair to consider their feelings.
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- December 6, 2010 at 4:28 PM
To put my following comments in conext...
I am an ordained Christian pastor in a mainline Protestant tradition and a former Roman Catholic "religious" who prepared for the priesthood and I was, years ago, the Director of Religious Education at a Roman Catholic parish and, full time, at a Roman Catholic school.
My degrees and studies are from both Roman Catholic and Protestant institutions and I have served a number of congregations either on the pastoral staff or as senior pastor. I've taught in Higher Education as Adjunct Faculty.
The image may be jarring, but I did not find it particularly offensive. From the small clip I was able to see, I am not sure how the images reflected the pain and suffering those who live with AIDS, but perhaps the artist makes that more clear in context of his entire video.
Often times things seen as sacred when juxtaposed with things seen as profane can make a point which we may not always think about or see. It can, by shock value, sometimes spur discussion and reflection. Just because something is offensive to certain segments of our society or our faith community, does not mean it should be censored.
The Catholic League, which filed the complaint, is an extremely conservative activist group within Roman Catholic circles. It is not surprising that this was the group that filed the complaint.
The cross, in itself, is an image of the sacred for many of us -- myself included. It is, in itself, not holy. It reminds us and represents for many of us something holy, but in itself, it is an art piece.
I probably would not ever portray ants crawling over a crucifix in an art piece that I was doing as part of a sermon or religious work.
Jesus, as portrayed in the Christian Scriptures, often challenged notions of the sacred in his parables and in his actions, to make moral points. This, of course, offended the religious leaders of his day who saw Jesus and his followers as profaning the sacred traditions of the Jewish faith and those challenges are now seen as wise and holy teachings from the Savior.
Was the artist/videographer prophetic, probably not. But like many things reported in the press (and I still work as a journalist in addition to my pastoral work), we're only seeing one side of it, a clip out of context, as released by Associated Press and on the Washington Post website. Maybe in the broader context, I, too, would be offended; maybe not, but perhaps the images and ideas would spark reflection and discussion -- and that might be a very good thing.
- December 6, 2010 at 7:08 PM
The Smithsonian should champion it's strength as a gallery inclusive of all facets of America vis s vis freedom of speech, and not open itself to further criticisms vis a vis preferential religious favouritism! This us outrageous!!
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Fourth-Seeded Trojans Fall in NCAA Southeast Region QuarterfinalsMarch 15, 2014
AIKEN, S.C. – GRU Augusta forward Devon Wright-Nelson's lay-in with less than five seconds on the clock lifted fifth-seeded GRU Augusta past fourth-seeded Anderson, 86-84, in quarterfinal action of the NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Southeast Region Tournament, Saturday night at USC Aiken's Convocation Center.
Just 12 seconds before Wright-Nelson's game-winner, Anderson senior Chandler Hash's fifth 3-pointer of the night capped a furious rally that saw the Trojans erase an 11-point second-half deficit to even the score at 84 apiece.
GRU Augusta improved to 24-7 on the season and advances to meet fifth-ranked and top-seeded USC Aiken in Sunday night's semifinals. With the win, the Jaguars avenged an early-season loss at the hands of the Trojans, who finished their season with a 22-10 record.
Senior guard CJ Gleaton tallied a team-high 24 points and pulled down five rebounds, while senior guard Chandler Hash added 21 points, including 18 in the second half. Junior guard Myson Jones also posted 21 points and dished out a career-high 10 assists. Senior forward Kyle Sledge pulled down a team-high seven rebounds.
Wright-Nelson finished with a game-high 28 points, while GRU Augusta senior Ryan Weems added 22 points. Junior Devonte Thomas chipped in 11 points for the Jaguars and senior Harold Doby grabbed a game-high 10 boards.
"I am extremely proud of our guys," said Anderson head coach Jason Taylor. "You know how badly they wanted it. I agree [with Coach Metress] that both teams played very well. Credit [GRU Augusta] – they are really good. I have all the respect in the world for Coach Metress and his program. Defensively, I thought our guys did what we wanted them to. With [GRU Augusta] shooting the way they did and for us to hang in there punch-for-punch, I could not be more proud."
"We just wanted to win. We worked pretty hard to get where we are," added Jones.
After Hash dropped in a 3-pointer for the game's first basket, the Jaguars countered with seven unanswered points over the next two minutes to claim an early 7-3 edge.
But in a preview of the contest's final hectic moments, the Trojans battled back to take a brief 14-12 edge with 13:26 left in the first half on Jones' trey. Later, GRU Augusta snapped a 24-24 deadlock – the fourth tie of the contest - with back-to-back 3-pointers, first from Thomas, then from Weems to take the largest lead by either team through the opening 20 minutes.
The Jags still led, 36-30, with just more than three minutes remaining in the opening frame, before the Trojans countered with a 9-2 outburst over the next 2:06 to take just their second lead since the opening moments of the contest, 39-38, as Gleaton fueled the comeback with four points. But GRU Augusta countered to close the half with four straight points to take a 43-39 lead to intermission.
Clinging to a one-point lead with 17:20 left in the game, the Jags posted a 14-4 surge to claim an 11-point advantage, the largest of the game. But AU refused to surrender and chipped away to pull within three on two occasions inside the final seven minutes of the contest, before Hash's third trey of the game evened the score for the sixth time of the night at 71-71 with 3:34 on the clock.
The Trojans stayed close but were unable to wrest the lead away from GRU Augusta, as the Jaguars rebuilt an 81-76 edge with less than a minute remaining on a pair of free throws from Wright-Nelson. Jones connected on a 3-pointer and following two from the line by Weems, Gleaton drained a pair of free throws to pull the Trojans within 83-81 with 28 seconds left.
After Jaguar junior D'Angelo Boyce hit one-of-two from the line, Hash knocked down his fifth 3-pointer to knot the score at 84-84 at the 17-second mark. The Jaguars hurried the ball upcourt with Wright-Nelson dropping in the game-winner before Gleaton got one last attempt at the buzzer that caromed off the backboard.
"We knew coming out in the second half that we had to battle," said Hash. "They are a great team. We knew we had to give our best effort. We came up a little short but we battled back in the second half."


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Italy's Lombardy Area Is Battleground in Vote
MILAN—Lombardy, Italy's wealthiest region and the land where Silvio Berlusconi got his start, is shaping up as a main battleground in coming elections—serving as a platform for the former prime minister's surprising return to national politics.
Voters in the northern area that is home to Milan—Italy's banking and fashion capital—and to millions of small businesses harbor long-standing resentment toward the central government in Rome and toward southern regions they blame for taking more than their fair share of the nation's tax revenue.
Lombardy is the epicenter of national anger at tax increases introduced by Italy's departing government to meet Europe's fiscal requirements. It is fertile territory for the populist, antitax message of Mr. Berlusconi's conservative People of Freedom party and its longtime ally, the Northern League, which together are polling head-to-head against Italy's center-left coalition in the region.
Though nobody expects Mr. Berlusconi's conservative group to win at the national level or form a government, the former premier's resurgence has made Lombardy a key factor in Italy's elections next month. The region is likely to determine two critical outcomes: whether Italy faces a hung Parliament, and if so, the possible role of departing Prime Minister Mario Monti.
"It's like Ohio because the vote is so close and like California because so many seats are in play," says Roberto D'Alimonte, professor of political science at Rome's LUISS University. "Berlusconi owns the tax issue and for the constituency in Lombardy, it is the issue."
When Mr. Berlusconi stepped down in late 2011 amid accusations by other European leaders of having brought Italy to the brink of a Greek-style meltdown, most expected the now 76-year-old media billionaire's political career to be over. For months, he kept a low profile, while his party made headlines for internal feuding and two continuing criminal investigations into how local units of the party used political expenses.
Mr. Berlusconi jumped back into the fray in December, largely because party officials realized he was their best chance: Despite his legal problems and a poor economic record, Mr. Berlusconi remains popular here because of his showman's personality and ability to make people see him as a regular guy, though he is Italy's sixth-richest man. As he was introduced by one talk-show host recently, Mr. Berlusconi stopped her excitedly to make an announcement: "I have become a grandfather for the sixth time," he beamed.
Amid a theatrical blitz by the former premier on all the nation's main television shows in recent days, his party has made rapid gains. A Jan. 12 poll by the Tecnè research group showed Mr. Berlusconi and his allies with 26% of the national vote. While that trails the center left's 37.8% and is well below the 47% Mr. Berlusconi's coalition won in the last elections in 2008, it is far higher than just one month ago.
The rise in popularity could make it impossible for Democratic Party leader Pier Luigi Bersani to form a government even if, as expected, the center-left party and its far-left coalition partner win the largest number of votes in total. A close race between Mr. Berlusconi and Mr. Bersani's parties could open the door for Mr. Monti and the motley crew of centrist parties supporting him to provide the decisive votes and be a strong influence in the next government.
More specifically, while Mr. Bersani's Democratic Party is expected to win a clear majority in the lower house of Parliament, the battle will be played in the upper house, or Senate. There, Lombardy's votes will be crucial because of Italy's complex electoral math: Whoever wins Lombardy, by even a single vote, will claim 27 of the region's 49 Senate seats, while any runner-up would garner no more than 12 seats. The Italian Senate has 315 seats.
Two other large regions—Campania and Sicily—could also serve to swing the outcome, but the races so far aren't as close as Lombardy's and only about half the number of seats are up for grabs in each of those regions. One recent poll by agency ISPO put Mr. Berlusconi and the Northern League at 35.7% of the vote for Senate candidates in Lombardy, with the center-left bloc at 32.2%.
If Mr. Bersani weren't able to form a government, he would likely have to turn to a coalition with Mr. Monti and other centrist politicians. But that alliance could be fragile, given tensions between the more left-leaning officials of the Democratic Party and Mr. Monti, whose recent pension and labor reforms drew howls from unions.
Further complicating the picture is the large protest vote gravitating to the anti-establishment party founded by comedian Beppe Grillo, which is luring millions of Italians angry at politicians in Rome. Mr. Grillo's Five Star Movement stands at 14.3% of the national vote, according to polls, but he has said he won't join other large parties in forming a new government.
As they have campaigned, officials from Mr. Berlusconi's party and the Northern League have hit hard on tax issues—in particular small businesses, which in Italy already pay among the highest taxes in the developed world. Mr. Berlusconi has pledged to abolish a controversial property tax introduced by Mr. Monti's government. He has also promised Lombardy voters that the region will be able to keep 75% of the taxes it gathers; by some estimates, it currently keeps about 65%.
"At a time like this, in the middle of a recession, raising taxes has only worsened our situation," says Massimo Mazzucchelli, owner of a small business outside Milan that makes industrial tape dispensers. He says his property taxes have doubled and his transport costs have soared because of new taxes on gasoline.
Mr. Monti last week branded Mr. Berlusconi a "Pied Piper" who has repeatedly promised to cut taxes, without following through. The former premier was quick to respond: Mr. Monti "wants to tax even my pipe."
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can I ask you some comments about this video?
I'd like to do a video like that.. Can anybody tell me a good SW to do that?
Thank you
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This is a lot of hard work by a lot of hard working professional people that obviously love what they are doing as witnessed by how easy they made it look.
First start with this really talented band that knows their material inside and out. Take a close look, do you see any other mics in the scene beside the one for the lead vocalist?
There's no mics on the amps, or any on the drums for that mater. You can't get that sound without mic'ing everything and their brother. This band had to do a heck of a job of making it look live when indeed they are miming a master recording--not once but for possibly many takes. These are both fine musicians and actors at work and that's what you get when you have talent in the hands of good a director.
Next you have a crew that is so good you don't even know they are there. Likely two or three live camera feeds otherwise you would have to have that band play it over and over again to get all those shots with a single camera. Speaking of cameras, likely some high end gear, maybe a Canon 5d mark II or III, or maybe even a Red or who knows but it is something that has some great glass on it. Camera(s) like this cost over 2K and as much as 40K and then add the cost of the glass.
Did you notice the lighting? Perhaps not, it's so natural you would think there isn't a light on anywhere albeit there are a couple of shots with that box light on the floor in the left corner. Then there's the post production color grading, this a pro job by someone that understands and has lots of experience in color grading never mind the software.
How about that make up? Wardrobe? The decor? Who did the location scouting and pre-production planning? Guitar and amp techs? Catering? Security?
There is so much more here that is significant to speak about than the editing suite. I don't mean to chide you or discourage you as this is truly an inspiring piece of work and begs the question: "how?"
To do a video like that you can use any pro or semi-pro editing suite.
But they will not enable you to produce something like that unless you have some experience in directing and in composing.
There really is nothing deeply technical required to do this, so unfortunately you won't be able to just buy some software and assume you can do this.


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@cowboydann: Have you been watching Brokeback Mountain again? ;-)
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Does anyone else think almost every single female "model" looks kind of drugged, awkward and/or completely unhappy? The first thing that comes to mind is photos I've seen of human trafficking victims and it's really disturbing. The male models aren't much better.
Wow all of you need to relax. Its called fashion - its a medium of design and it pushes boundaries. If you are that uncomfortable seeing boobs and you are a full grown adult you need to stop being so tightly wound.
@cowboydann: Why is Sean Astin in his underwear on a kitchen countertop? What are they going to do with poor Samwise? Actually, forget it, I'm not sure I want to know....
@whispah: Oddly enough, that's often the desired look in "indie" culture right now. Any time you find a herd of fixie-bike riders, they always seem to be trying to look like that. Heck, the shots at Urban Outfitters, while far more conservative, have the models going for a very similar vibe.
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A relative let my wife's family .com domain name expire. Apart from that being annoying in itself, the domain now redirects to random spam blogs and is owned by someone with almost 5000 other domains according to DomainTools. They also want a fortune to return it.
The family name is pretty unusual and completely unrelated to the spam. So how did they manage to snap the domain name up so quickly and what value is it to them?


text: Let's start jumpin' into a tutorial that is pretty cute and cool for all those fans of fantasy, and of course the unicorn. A lot of you who are fan of horses, must be watching 'My Little Pony Friendship is Magic' a cute cartoon that fills your needs to see cartoon horses that can do many magical things (flying, casting magic, etc). This was a real treat to work on, mainly because I love drawing cartoon styled horses as well as realistic ones. You should check out my other cool tuts that feature horses, there's a lot of cool poses, especially the Pegasus. Anyways, I hope you'll enjoy this wicked tutorial, I had so much fun sketching, inking, and coloring these horses. Make sure you drop by my livestream to see more creation for future kid tutorials. Thanks for viewing and have fun with this tutorial. Peace out and good luck in your future drawing endeavors!


text: For the next few lessons I will be uploading some characters from a new Dreamworks movie that will be hitting theaters in March 2013. The movie is called 'The Croods', and it's based on a caveman tribe. The first tut to go up is "how to draw Eep", step by step. Eep is the daughter to Grug and Ugga, and she is what you call a free spirit. She loves the idea to seek out new things and to go on these adventures to fill her passion and desire. Unfortunately that is all I can tell you about her character because since the movie is not even close to being out yet, there is nothing more I can say. She does however have that excited stare to her eyes in this lesson which kind of tells you her personality. The Croods should be a different take on cavemen since I haven't seen any animated movies based on this type of premise before. Stick around there is more on the way. Peace out people and enjoy drawing Eep.


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Charlotte, NC - The Charlotte 49ers (11-1) face ACC foe Florida State (6-4) at Time Warner Cable Arena in uptown Charlotte, Saturday, December 22 at 2 pm. This game has been designated a blackout game so fans are encouraged to wear black to the game. This game will be broadcast nationally on the CBS Sports Network.
The halftime entertainment will be Bucket Drummer - Peter Rabbit. He has performed in Halton Arena on two previous occasions. Peter Rabbit began performing in the streets in New York City, only later to be discovered by Savion Glover who casted Peter as one of the original members of the Broadway Production and first national touring company of the five-time Tony Award Winning smash hit "Bring in 'da Noise Bring in 'da Funk". After six years on Broadway, he has toured with artists like the Neville Brothers and Kanye West. Currently he is one of the most requested acts within NBA and NCAA arenas and many international festivals in North America.
Chris Braswell leads the 49ers in scoring at 12.6 points per game. Braswell leads the team in rebounding at 6.5 boards per game. DeMario Mayfield is second on the team in scoring at 9.4 points per game. Mayfield's first half highlight reel dunk in the Radford game was ESPN's Sportscenter's Top Play of the Day. Willie Clayton is third on the team in scoring at 8.3 points per game. Clayton is second on the team in rebounding at 6.3 boards per game. He leads the Atlantic 10 in field goal percentage by shooting 63.5% from the field. Terrence Williams and Pierria Henry are tied for fourth on the team in scoring at 8.0 points per game. Williams, who has started all 12 games this season, has recorded four double-figure scoring games this season. Henry leads the team in assists with 42 and steals with 34. Denzel Ingram, who has started the last nine games, is sixth on the team in scoring at 6.8 points per game. Ingram leads the team with 12 three-point field goals made. Darion Clark averages 6.7 points per game. Clark is third on the team in rebounding at 5.8 boards per game. E. Victor Nickerson, who started three games this season, averages 5.4 points per game. Nickerson has connected on five of his last seven three-point field goal attempts. JT Thompson has given the 49ers quality minutes off the bench this season. He averages 4.8 points per game. Ivan Benkovic has knocked down at least one three point field goal in five of the last nine games.
This game will mark the fifth meeting between Charlotte and Florida State. The two teams have split the first four meetings. Charlotte won the first two meetings. Florida State has won the last two meetings including a 63-59 win over Charlotte in Orlando, Florida, December 19, 1992. The 49ers last win against Florida State was an 88-79 victory at the Charlotte Coliseum, February 13, 1978.


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A banner year in global education was one of the top stories of 2010 from the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University. Here's a selection of other highlights.
Senior Events will take place the weekend of April 9-10. Mom Prom, for Saint John's seniors and their mothers, will be the evening of April 9 at SJU. It is organized and sponsored by the Knights of Columbus. Father/Daughter Dance, for Saint Ben's seniors and their fathers, will be the evening of April 9 at CSB. Mother/Daughter Brunch will be April 10 at CSB. Both of these events are sponsored by the CSB Senate in conjunction with Student Activities and Leadership Development. The Leadership Banquet will be the evening of April 10. More information about Senior Events will be available in early February at the Student Activities and Leadership Development web site.
Career Services is working on several significant events for spring semester.
In addition to our regular series of career preparation workshops, we are preparing students for the annual Minnesota Private College Job and Internship Fair taking place Feb. 22-23 in Minneapolis. This is a very important event for juniors seeking internships and seniors seeking employment opportunities. Students have been receiving information about this event since November, including the requirements for participating.
Nothing is more appreciated during the long study sessions of finals week than a note and special box of goodies and gifts from mom and dad. We make it easy for you with the Final Exam Care Package Program sponsored by Campus Ministry. Our boxes are unique to CSB/SJU and proceeds fund important student ministry programs and service opportunities across the United States and in underdeveloped countries. Boxes can be ordered through April 14 by filling out the online order form. Students can pick up their boxes at Murray Hall May 3 through May 11 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (excluding the weekend).
All parents are invited to the fourth annual SJU Red Tie Gala that supports Johnnie athletics. We have great silent auction items available.


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I have a custom STS implementation. Currently it is configured as an additional identity provider on Azure ACS. I have a relying party website that is authenticating successfully via ACS (Windows Live, Google, etc). However, whenever I try to login using my custom STS I always get the Error 401.
- Error Code ACS20001: An error occurred while processing a WS-Federation sign-in response.
- Error Code ACS50008: SAML token is invalid.
I have searched through the forums but in my case I dont get any more detail on the error and do not know how to proceed and fix this.
My STS is currently on beta and can be reached here: metadata .
If anyone has any suggestions or wants to give it a try please contact me via email and I will open a demo login on my custom provider.
note: The case is different than similar question found here since my inner exception details do not suggest any reason.
UPDATE: check the discussion in this thread for some additional informaton and the payloads I extracted from fiddler.
Thanks in advance,


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text: On Mon, May 24, 2004 at 02:42:23PM -0700, Ziegenhorn, Eric wrote: > Speaking of 64-bit/32-bit incompatabilities, what is the status of 64 > bit support in Swish-e? Several months ago I was trying to index > several hundred gigabytes of documents, and I couldn't get it to work. > The thought then was that 64-bit support would enable me to do my job. > Since then I've tried using MySQL 4.1 and its full text indexing which > is nice but fraught with problems at this point. So, I'm wondering > how swish-e is dealing with large amounts of data on 64-bit platforms > these days. Any obervations would be appreciated! Seeing how you can't do true incremental indexing in swish-e, swish-e probably isn't the right tool for that much data. Jose did update swish-e to work with very large position numbers (someone was having problems with very large documents) and he also has done work on 64bit architecture in that past. Just seems like the time and perhaps memory required for indexing would make it not the best choice. -- Bill Moseley email@example.com on Mon May 24 15:08:14 2004


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Most websites that I have seen don't warn users when they type their passwords with capslock on. Given that it is possible to implement that function, why is this not a common practice?
It is not a common practice because, sadly, most of the web developers aren't actually concerned about the user experience and improving it.
One interesting approach, besides warning the user about the caps lock, is Facebook's "case insensitive" system.
While it is true that many sites and applications don't use the capslock capture, the idea has been around for years (especially amongst enterprise level applications).
Regarding your question whether it's a good idea or not, let me ask a question back:
Is it good UX to help the user avoid a fail state?
My answer would be yes.
Some browsers (at least Safari, Chrome and IE10) have the feature built-in. If you have caps lock on when you're typing a password, they show an icon in the password field.
The feature works in every web site without them having to implement it separately (
It is good practice to warn that CAPSLOCK is enabled because user with enabled capslock will try to enter same password each time until he notice enabled capslock. If the user cannot see what he is typing it would be good to warn user about CAPSLOCK enabled, about current keyboard language and about last typed letter.
But the easier way to avoid errors while entering password is just to unmask the password at all.
Jacob Nilsen about stop masking the password:
So the best practice for user is just unmasking the password.
There is a WordPress plugin which unmasks password field. So you may try it if you want to.


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I've been told that it's important to know modern physics, Differential Geometry and Algebraic Topology for understanding higher structures. Is there any other prerequisite for understanding Lurie's work? Since the title of the book indicates, I guess Algebraic Geometry is also important. Please tell me if I'm wrong. Moreover how deep should I known on those subjects and others I do not mention?
If I want to study Jacob Lurie's books "Higher Topoi Theory", "Derived AG", what prerequisites should I have?
To read Higher Topos Theory, you'll need familiarity with ordinary category theory and with the homotopy theory of simplicial sets (Peter May's book "Simplicial Objects in Algebraic Topology" is a good place to learn the latter). Other topics (such as classical topos theory) will be helpful for motivation.
To read "Higher Algebra", you'll need the above and familiarity with parts of "Higher Topos Theory". Several other topics (stable homotopy theory, the theory of operads) will be helpful for motivation.
To read the papers "Derived Algebraic Geometry ???", you need all of the above plus familiarity with Grothendieck's theory of schemes, along with some more recent ideas in algebraic geometry (stacks, etcetera).
Since no knowledge of modern physics was required to write any of these books and papers, I can't imagine that you need any such knowledge to read them.


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If Ubuntu can't do this natively, are there any workarounds?
closed as unclear what you're asking by Braiam, Richard, Mahesh, Andrea Corbellini, mikewhatever Feb 23 '14 at 18:39
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Notes - Always best not to have rhythmbox open before you connect your ipod/iphone/ipad Rhythmbox is only supported, rhythmbox may say the songs are transferred but the 'Sync in Progress' is usually shown on the ipod/iphone/ipad after so just wait till you no longer see this displayed.
For a more detailed how to, see hee - http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=53489
If you want to use you iPhone for USB tethering check out this blog post.
More information can be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PortableDevices/iPhone.
I have actually had success in syncing my iPhone 4 (iOS 4.2.8), with Rhythmbox on Ubuntu 11.04. I still however, cannot get Banshee to work (and that is by far my favorite player, it feels MUCH more polished). Read the all the steps before you begin, some steps are more than one procedure and require information to complete. Here is what I did:
It is a PAIN to get the UIDID from your phone unless you have iTunes, obviously we are using Linux (no iTunes), BUT there is a simple command to find it on your Linux machine: in the terminal with your iPhone connected, type:
It prints a TON of text that seems to repeat, but keep scrolling down until you see "iSerial: (40 letters and numbers in random sequence)" Copy that serial/uidid info into the website hashgenerator above, and copy it to itunes_control/Device as per the sites' instructions. After all is done above, open Rythmbox, and you're set!
If it still does not work, I can try to clarify the steps further. It was a ROYAL PAIN for me to hunt these down until it worked, but it works flawlessly in Rhythmbox. (Banshee would be better.... but beggars cant be choosers! :)
Banshee and Rhythmbow don't work with an iPad 2 at this point. I did not try the step above though ( http://askubuntu.com/a/62479/35622 ).
But it is possible to copy mp3 (m4b not supported, don't know about other formats) to Good Reader with Ubuntu and play them.
AVPlayerHD is even better ( http://itunes.apple.com/en/app/avplayerhd/id407976815?mt=8 ), this supported m4b and it is easy to copy files with file browser or via wifi.
Here's an easy way to connect an Iphone or Ipad to Ubuntu: