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Each organization has its own site where members can collaborate in discussion posts, events, photos, and other online features. As a student leader, you control the majority of these features.
Access your organization's site
1. Log in to Marquette Involvement Link.
2. In the top bar, click on My Shortcuts to view all current organizations you are a member of.
3. Click on the name of your organization and you will be taken directly to your organization's site.
4. Go to My Involvement at the top of the page, then select Memberships.
5. Click on the name of your organization to expand the options.
6. Click on "Organization Site" to the far right.
As a student leader, you can manage the appearance of your organization's site, including color scheme and organization logo.
From your organization's site:
1. Go to Manage on the left side of the page.
2. Click on "Organization Styles".
To update the font type:
3. Select the radio button next to the style you'd like to update the text to.
To update the colors:
4. Enter the hexadecimal number for the color you'd like to update to. (An index of hexadecimal colors can be found at http://colour.pro/ or http://0to255.com.)
5. Click the colored box and select a color from the 16 color options.
6. Click "Submit" at the bottom of the page to save your updates.
To update the header image:
7. Click on the "Organization Header Images" link in the Manage navigation on the left side of the page.
8. Click the "Add Header Image" button to select the image file.
** You may upload a 960px wide by no more than 150px high "jpg", "png", or "gif" file. The image can be smaller than these specifications, but it cannot be any larger. It is important to stay within the height boundary, keeping the width at 960, and making sure it is RGB and not CMYK graphic (if using a JPG format). The file size limit is 100KB. **
Each organization has the ability to associate itself with interests. Each user also associates themselves with interests and can have organizations/events with the same interests recommended to them. It is highly encouraged that you associate interests with your organization to increase participation.
From your organization's page:
1. Go to Manage on the left side of the page. Organization Interests are displayed by default
2. Available interests are displayed in the left module. Interests currently associated with your organization are displayed in the right module.
3. Click on an available interest for your organization to add it to the right module.
** Once interests have been associated with your organization, you can rank those that are the most pertinent to your organization. **
4. Use the arrows (which will appear when you hover over the interest) on each interest to arrange them in the ranked order most appropriate for your organization.
** The site updates automatically with every action. **
You can update the status of current members, whether removing them or identifying their role in specific positions. You can also invite other people on campus to become members of your organization.
Every student organization should have the following three positions identified on their organization roster at all times:
To update these positions, please complete the Student Organization Contact Information form found on the Office of Student Development's Marquette Involvement Link page. Completion of this form notifies OSD of an officer change, and OSD staff will update your organization profile accordingly.
Access your Organization's Roster
From your organization's page:
1. Go to Roster on the left side of the page.
2. The complete Roster for your organization is now displayed. The Officers are listed at the top with their position identified.
Invite New Members to Join
From the Roster option on your organization's page:
1. Click "Manage Roster" at the top of the page.
2. Click on "Invite People" at the top of the page.
3. You may invite people by entering individual e-mail addresses for invitations to be sent to.
4. As you add e-mail addresses, they will be moved below the invitation module to the complete list of people to be sent invitations.
5. Select a position for specific users to join the organization as, including Member.
6. Click "Send Invitations" when all people have been added to this list.
Approve New Members
New members can join by locating your organization on the campus site. You must approve these new members before they are added to the organization's roster.
1. Go to Roster on the left side of your organization's page.
2. Click "Manage Roster" at the top of the page.
3. Go to the Prospective tab.
** Pending members are those you invited and must accept your invitation. Prospective members are those who found the organization and indicated they wanted to join. **
4. Review the users who are awaiting membership approval.
5. Click "Approve" or "Deny" next to each user.
6. Confirm action.
Create New Positions Specific to your Organization
From the Roster option on your organization's page:
1. Click the "Manage Positions" link.
2. A list of all the current positions available for your organization will be listed. Some of these may be organization created, while others may system-wide positions.
3. Click the "Create New Position" button at the top of the page.
4. Identify the name of the new position.
5. Select the type of position most appropriate for the new position.
6. Set the following options as appropriate:
7. Grant the position No, All, or Limited access to the organization's site. Limited access allows you to select each aspect of the organization's site that the position should not access, have Full access to, or only be able to View.
8. Click "Create".
Promote Members to Positions
From the Roster option on your organization's page:
1. Click on "Manage Roster" at the top of the page.
2. Locate the member you'd like to promote to an officer position on the Current tab.
3. Click "Edit Positions" to the right of the member's name.
Update Primary Contact
From the Roster option on your organization's page:
1. Click on "Manage Roster" at the top of the page.
2. Click "Change" to the right of the current Primary Contact.
3. Select the new primary contact from the drop-down menu.
Remove Members from your Organization
From the Roster option on your organization's page:
1. Click on "Manage Roster" near the top right corner of the page.
2. Locate the member you'd like to remove.
3. Check the box on the far right of the member's name.
4. Click "Delete" at the top of that tab.
5. Confirm deletion.
** This will remove the user completely from your organization. To remove just a position, go to "Edit Positions" for that user and uncheck the appropriate positions. **
Specific content can be added to round out your organization's site. These include wall posts, news articles, photos, and documents.
1. Log in to Marquette Involvement Link.
2. Go to your organization's page.
3. Type in the text field below "Wall".
4. Click "Post".
** Your post will automatically be added to your organization's wall. Anyone in your organization can post/comment on your organization's wall. However, only primary contacts and other officers can remove any post or comment that is inappropriate or unwanted. **
1. Log in to Marquette Involvement Link.
2. Go to your organization's page.
3. Go to "News" in the left navigation
4. Click on "Create Article".
5. Enter the Title, Summary, and the full Story (text) of the article. You can use the text editing features to customize the style of the Story of your article.
6. Upload an image to be displayed with the Summary in the News ticker.
7. Specify who can view the article.
8. Click "Save Article".
** Only officers of your organization can post News Articles. Your article will automatically post to your organization's wall and will appear in the news ticker on the Home page for members of your organization only. **
1. Log in to Marquette Involvement Link.
2. Go to your organization's page.
3. Go to Photo Gallery on the left side of the page.
4. Click "Create Album".
5. Enter a name for the album and a brief description.
6. Indicate who can view the photo album.
7. Click "Create Album".
8. Click on the title of the album
9. Click "Add Photos".
10. Click "Choose Files" to select all of the files you'd like to include in an album.
11. Click "Back to Album" once all photos have been uploaded to the album.
Photos can also be removed at any time.
From the Photo Gallery option on your organization's page:
1. Click on the photo to be removed within an album.
2. Click the red X just above the photo.
3. Confirm deletion.
1. Log in to Marquette Involvement Link.
2. Go to your organization's page.
3. Go to Documents on the left side of the page.
** Constitutions can only be updated during the registration process. **
To upload a new document:
4. Click "Upload" in the upper left corner.
5. Click on "Choose File" to select a file to upload. Files must be less than 4 MB in size.
6. Provide a title and brief description of the document.
7. Indicate the type of document from the drop-down menu.
8. Click "Submit Request".
To edit the information associated with a document:
1. Locate the document you'd like to update information for.
2. Click the "Edit" icon on the far right side of the document listing.
3. Update the title, description, and/or type of the document.
4. Update the Security options for which positions can view the document.
5. Click "Update Document".
To replace existing documents:
1. Locate the document you'd like to replace.
2. Click "Delete" on the far right side of the document listing.
** Once a document is deleted, it cannot be recovered. **
3. Confirm deletion.
4. Upload the new version of the document you were replacing.
Click here to view a video on managing your organization's page.
Events can only be created by student leaders and must be associated with an organization. Events that have an image or flyer uploaded along with it will appear on the Event Flyerboard on the Home page after approval. You can set who can see and RSVP to the event during the creation process.
1. Log in to Marquette Involvement Link and go to your organization's page.
2. Go to Events on the left side.
3. Click on "Create Event".
4. Enter the Name, Location, Start Time, and End Time. These fields are required.
5. Enter a brief description of the event.
6. Indicate if you'd like to include a link to Google Map to the location of the event.
7. Indicate if you'd like to include a link to the weather information regarding the event.
8. Attach a flyer to associate with your event. Supported files include image files (.jpg, .jpeg, .tif, .tiff, .gif, .png, .bmp), office files (.xls, .xlsx, .ppt, .pptx, .doc, .docx, .pub, .rtf) and .html, .htm, .mht and .pdf.
** If a flyer is not uploaded, the event will not display on the Event Flyerboard on the Home page. **
**You must still submit ALL print publicity to OSD for approval**
9. Specify the type of event:
10. Identify any Categories that the event falls under. You can add as many Categories as appropriate by continually selecting them from the drop-down menu.
11. Specify the RSVP Option for the event: None, Open, or Invite.
12. Indicate if anyone is able to self-report their attendance to the event.
13. Indicate if you'd like to create a QR code for students to access to receive the details of the event.
14. Add any additional information that is required by Marquette University (based on event type).
15. Click "Next".
** Your event will need to be Approved by a campus administrator prior to sending invitations. You will be notified when your event has been approved or if any changes need to be made to the event. **
16. Identify who you'd like to invite to the event: by username, or e-mail address.
17. Click "Add" to include those you selected/identified in the invitee list.
18. Click "Send Invitations".
As people RSVP for your event, you can view and manage the attendance.
From the Events option on your organization's page:
1. Click on the name of the event you'd like to manage.
2. Click on the "Track Attendance" button on the right side of the page.
3. The page displays who is attending your event. Click on "Export" to download a file containing a list of people who RSVP'ed to your event.
4. Click "Add Attendance" to include additional participants at your event.
5. Each tab allows you to add attendees who had not previously RSVP'ed, either by typing in the appropriate identifiers or by uploading a CSV (comma delimited) file containing just the identifiers.
6. Select the appropriate Status.
7. Click "Upload".
8. Click "Back To Track Attendance" to return to the full attendance list.
9. Click "Back To Event" to return to the event page.
1. Click on "Manage Invitations".
2. Indicate which attendees will be hidden from public view as attending the event.
3. View comments made by the attendees.
4. Invite additional people.
5. Export those who have RSVP'ed to the event.
Edit Existing Events
From the Events option on your organization's page:
1. Click on the name of the event you'd like to edit.
2. Click "Change" below the name of the event.
3. Update any of the details of the event, including the date, time, or location.
4. Click "Next" at the bottom of the page.
** You will also have the option to edit the details on the following pages of the Event Form. Click "Next" to advance through the form. **
5. Click "Submit".
** Your changes will require final approval before it is posted. **
Cancel Existing Events
From the Events option on your organization's page:
1. Click on the name of the event you'd like to edit.
2. Click "Cancel" below the name of the event.
3. Include any comments that you'd like sent to any individual who RSVP'ed to the event.
4. Confirm cancellation.
Each spring, organizations that would like to be recognized for the following academic year must go through the re-registration process. If you are the primary contact of your organization, you may have the opportunity to re-register your organization prior to anyone else. The user that completes the registration process will automatically become the primary contact.
1. Log in to Marquette Involvement Link.
2. Go to your organization's site.
** If your organization must register, a Register button will display during the appropriate time period in the top right corner of the Home page for your organization. **
3. Click "Register".
4. Follow the steps as they are outlined, updating any information as needed.
5. Click "Next" at the bottom of each page to continue to the next step.
6. You will have the opportunity to review each step prior to submitting the completed registration.
7. Click the link associated with each step to review and update the information.
8. Click "Submit for Approval" when all information has been included.
** All registration submissions must be reviewed and approved by a campus administrator. You can view the status of your submissions and/or update any submissions still in "In Progress" status. **
View/Update Submissions
1. Log in to Marquette Involvement Link.
2. Go to the My Involvement tab at the top of the page.
3. Select the Submissions option.
4. Select the Organization Registrations tab.
5. Locate the submission you'd like to view/update in the list.
6. The current status is listed in the second column.
7. Click "View" to the far right of the submission to review your submission and/or any comments a campus administrator made regarding your submission.
If still "In Progress":
8. Click "View" to the far right of the submission.
9. You will be taken to the final review screen where you can return to any step to make the appropriate updates.
10. Once all steps have been updated, click "Submit for Approval".
Create a form for your organization to gather specific information, such as application information.
Create a Form
1. Log in to Marquette Involvement Link.
2. Go to your organization's page.
3. Click on Forms on the left side of the page.
4. Click on the "Manage Forms" link in the left side navigation.
5. Click the "Create Form" button.
6. Identify the Name of the form, if it should be Active, and the date range you'd like the form to be available during.
** The form will only be accessible if Active and during the specified date range. **
7. Identify if the form should accept multiple submissions from the same user.
8. Identify any access restrictions based on positions in your organization that should be in place for this form.
9. Click "Save".
You are now taken to the Form Creation tool.
1. Click the format on the left side of the page of the question you'd like to add to the form:
2. Type in text for the question and answer set, if applicable. Click "OK".
** Text fields can be associated with an answer, e.g., Other (please specify), if needed. **
3. Click on a question and then "Edit" to make any adjustments to the question as a whole.
4. Click "Ok" when all edits have been made.
5. Repeat steps 1-4 for each question you'd like to add to page 1.
New pages must be created in order to apply conditions. See below for instructions on conditions.
1. Click the "Page List" button on the top right side of the page to add more pages to the form.
2. Click "Page" under Add New on the left side of the page.
3. Repeat steps 1-4 above for each question you'd like to add to the additional pages.
Forms can include conditions that specify what should be seen based on previous answer selections.
While accessing your form:
1. Go to the page you'd like to apply conditions to by accessing the "Page List" or scrolling through the pages.
** Page 1 cannot have conditions applied to them. **
2. Click the Page Properties button in the top right corner.
3. Go to the Conditions tab.
4. Click "Add Condition" then select the question and answer the page should display based off of.
5. Repeat step 5 to add multiple conditions to display the page.
6. Click "Ok" when all conditions have been added to the page.
** Please note that the page will display if the conditions are met. **
Conditions can be grouped together to add greater specificity.
To group conditions:
1. Go to the page with the conditions applied.
2. Check the box to the left of each condition that should be grouped together.
3. Click "Group Selected".
4. Indicate if the grouping should be True or False.
5. Repeat step 4 for each needed grouping.
6. Click "Ok" when all conditions have been grouped.
You can update the title, date range, and/or description for an existing form.
While accessing your form:
1. Click the "Properties" button in the top left corner of the page.
2. Update the name, active date range, and description as needed.
3. Also update the Access Restrictions and other settings as needed.
4. Click "Save".
Publish Form
From the Forms option on your organization's page:
1. Locate the form you'd like to publish.
2. Click the "Publish" link to the far right of the form name.
3. Update the Form Status to "Active".
4. Copy the form link to provide access to the form via another area from your organization's form listing.
5. Click "Publish Form".
** Forms will also be available under the Forms option in the left navigation for all members of your organization to access during the Active date range. **
Review Form Submissions
From the Forms option on your organization's page:
1. Click on the "Manage Forms" link in the left side navigation.
2. Locate the form you'd like to review submissions for.
3. Click the "Submissions" link to the far right of the form name.
4. Click on "View" to the far right of each pending submission.
5. Click the link for each page to review the submission.
6. Make any changes as you review the submission.
7. Click "Next" at the bottom of the page to move to the next step for review.
8. A comment can be added prior to approval or denial of the submission.
9. Click "Approve" or "Deny" after review of the entire submission.
10. You will return to the Form Submissions page to review the remaining submissions.
11. Repeat steps 3-8 as needed.
Export Form Submissions
From the Forms option on your organization's page:
1. Click on the "Manage Forms" link in the left side navigation.
2. Locate the form in the list and click on the "Submissions" link to the far right of the form.
3. Click "Export All" at the top of the list of submissions.
** All submissions will be included in the export file, no matter the status. **
4. Indicate to Open or Save the file, and click OK.
Elections can be created for your organization. You are able to decide who will be eligible to submit entries for the ballot you create.
Create an Election for your Organization
1. Log in to your Marquette Involvement Link.
2. Go to your organization.
3. Click on Elections on the left side of the page.
4. Click the "Create Election" button.
5. Identify the Name of the election, if it should include instructions, and any additional instructions that should be included.
6. Indicate if the election should be active and the date range you'd like the election to be available during.
** Once the election is set to Active and it falls within the date range, a prompt will display on the Home page of your organization's site for eligible users to vote. **
7. Indicate if the election is for Members Only.
8. Click "Save".
You can create as many ballots as needed. Each ballot can be accessible to the general user population or any number of the eligibility lists. A user will see each ballot they are designated to see.
9. Click "Create Ballot".
10. Enter the name of the ballot.
11. Indicate if this ballot should be available to all users by clicking on Enable or Disable.
IF you Disable the General access, THEN:
12. Indicate for each Eligibility List who should access this ballot:
13. Click "Save" when all access has been identified.
** You are now taken to our form builder, with limited question types. Please see the forms section for complete instructions on creating/editing questions. **
** You can always access the ballot title and eligibility list settings via the "Properties" tab when first accessing the election. **
14. Click "Back to List" when you have created all of the questions for this ballot. Confirm action.
15. Repeat steps 9-13 for each ballot needed.
You have now built your election. Be sure that it is set to Active so that the prompt will display on the main page of your organization's site for members to vote.
View Ballot Results
1. Log in to Marquette Involvement Link.
2. Go to your organization.
3. Click on Elections on the left side of the page.
4. Click on the name of the election.
5. Go to the Results tab.
6. A snapshot of the current results will display, including the total number of eligible voters, the number of current entries, and the current percent of completed entries.
7. Click the "Export" button to download an Excel file of all the ballot entries.
As a Student Leader, you have access to the messaging page for your organization. From this area messages can be composed and delivered to various combinations of organization members and officers. There are two criteria that you can use to define the message recipients:
1. Positions (Primary Contact, Member, President, etc.)
2. Specific Members
Using these two criteria, you can construct a delivery statement that reads as follows:
Send this message to the following [positions] as well as any of these [specific members].
Messages can be sent to all members of your organization, excluding specific individuals as appropriate.
To create a message:
1. Log in to Marquette Involvement Link.
2. Go to your organization's page.
3. Go to Roster on the left side of the page.
4. Click on the "Messaging" link.
5. Click "Send Message" under the appropriate delivery method.
6. Create a delivery statement using the criteria lists by clicking "Edit" on each component.
7. Enter a Subject line for the message and the body of the message.
8. Click "Preview" to send yourself the message for review.
9. Click "Send" to send the message to your indicated recipients.
Q: How do I change my organization's officers / primary contact?
A: In order to update an organization's officers, you must be listed as the primary contact, president or representative 1, vice president or representative 2, or treasurer or representative 3. If you are not listed as one of these positions, you will need to contact someone who is and have them make the changes. If the primary contact has graduated, please contact Matt Lengen, Coordinator for Student Organizations and Leadership, to make the change for you.
Q: How do I change signers at US Bank?
A: Search for the Office of Student Development on Marquette Involvement Link. Once there, go to the forms section, and complete the Organization Bank Form. After the form has been submitted, simply go to the Office of Student Development (AMU 121) and have the office assistant print out a copy of the form for you. Take this form to the bank to update your account signers.
Q: How do I get my print publicity approved?
A: In order for publicity to be approved, the event MUST first be approved, and appear on Marquette Involvement Link with the publicity attached to the event. If the publicity is not included on the MIL event, the publicity cannot be approved.
If an event is submitted and approved without publicity, students may go back and upload a flyer later. To do this, simply log into MIL, click on 'My Involvement' in the black toolbar at the top of the screen, and select 'Submissions.' Under the 'Events' tab, students can then select the event they would like to edit and resubmit.
Please note: All publicity must be removed from campus posting locations one day following the event.
Q: How do I know if my event has been approved?
A: You can check on the status of your pending events at any time by clicking on the 'My Involvement' tab at the top of your screen, and selecting 'Submissions.' This section will give you a snapshot of all the forms, elections, organization registrations, and events that you have submitted.
Q: Why did my event not show up on the flyer board?
A: In order for an approved event to show up on the flyer board, you must include a flyer with the event, and mark the event type as public. A listing of what each event type means is below:
For a list of more Frequently Asked Questions, please click here.
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Sandy Koufax
- Position(s):
- Nicknames:
- The Left Arm of God
- Born:
- December 30, 1935
- Bats:
- Right
- Throws:
- Left
- Height:
- 6' 2"
- Weight:
- 210 lbs
- Major League Debut:
- 6-24-1955 with BRO
- Allstar Selections:
- 1963 BR, 1963 CY, 1963 ML, 1963 MVP, 1963 TC, 1963 TSN, 1963 WsMVP, 1964 TSN, 1965 BR, 1965 CY, 1965 ML, 1965 TC, 1965 TSN, 1965 WsMVP, 1966 CY, 1966 HA, 1966 TC, 1966 TSN
- Hall of Fame:
- 1972
Sandy Koufax
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" I knew every pitch he was going to throw and still I couldn't hit him."
— Willie Mays
Some baseball historians object to the idea of Sandy Koufax being included among the very greatest pitchers of all time since the Dodger lefthander was a successful pitcher for only the second half of his relatively brief 12-year career. They point to the mediocre 36-40 record Koufax compiled during his first six seasons and suggest that such a mark should preclude him from being mentioned with the all-time greats. However, even Koufax's harshest critics tend to agree with the general concensus that the Brooklyn-born lefty may well have been the most dominant pitcher in baseball history over the second half of his Hall of Fame career. Between 1961 and 1966, Koufax led all National League hurlers in wins three times, earned run average five times, strikeouts four times, shutouts three times, and complete games and innings pitched two times each. He also won three Cy Young Awards and one MVP trophy during that period, while leading the Dodgers to three pennants and two world championships. No other pitcher ever dominated the game more than Koufax did when he was at his peak. And no other player ever left the sport when he seemingly still had so much to give.
Born in Brooklyn, New York on December 30, 1935, young Sanford Braun lived in a single-parent household for six years until his mother decided to remarry when he was nine years of age. Taking the name of his stepfather, Irving Koufax, Sandy moved to Long Island with his family shortly thereafter, before the Koufaxes decided to return to the borough of Brooklyn some five years later.
Koufax attended Brooklyn's Lafayette High School, where he developed a reputation for excelling in both basketball and baseball. Although basketball remained Koufax's first love throughout most of his teenage years, he gradually began gravitating more towards baseball after being recruited to pitch for the Coney Island Sports League's Parkviews as a 17-year-old.
Koufax continued to play both sports while attending the University of Cincinnati, making both the freshman basketball and the varsity baseball teams. However, his attention turned primarily to baseball after the young pitcher received tryouts with the New York Giants at the Polo Grounds and the Pittsburgh Pirates at Forbes Field. During his tryout with the Pirates, Koufax made enough of an impression on Branch Rickey, Pittsburgh's GM at the time, for the legendary general manager to tell his scout Clyde Sukeforth that the lefthander had the "greatest arm (he had) ever seen." Nevertheless, the Pirates failed to offer Koufax a contract until he had already committed himself to the Brooklyn Dodgers.
After hearing about Koufax from a local sporting goods store owner, Dodger scout Al Campanis invited the fireballing lefthander to a tryout at Brooklyn's Ebbets Field. With Dodgers manager Walter Alston and scouting director Fresco Thompson watching, Campanis assumed the hitter's stance while Koufax started throwing. Campanis later said, "There are two times in my life the hair on my arms has stood up: The first time I saw the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, and the first time I saw Sandy Koufax throw a fastball."
The Dodgers quickly signed Koufax to a huge signing bonus, but they subsequently found themselves unable to send the inexperienced pitcher to the minor leagues after he joined them in spring training prior to the start of the 1955 campaign. As a "bonus baby," Koufax had to remain on Brooklyn's major league roster for at least two years before he could be sent down to the minors. Unable to either hone his skills at the minor league level or earn a spot in the Dodgers starting rotation, Koufax languished in the Brooklyn bullpen for weeks at a time. Manager Walter Alston had little patience with the hardthrowing rookie, who found it extremely difficult to locate home plate. Hall of Fame outfielder Duke Snider was with the Dodgers when Koufax first joined the team. Snider later recalled, "When he (Koufax) first came up he couldn't throw a ball inside the batting cage."
Koufax saw limited playing time his first three years in the league. Working primarily out of the Dodgers bullpen during the team's final three years in Brooklyn, he posted a combined record of only 9-10, with an ERA well over 3.00 each season. In 203 total innings of work, the struggling lefthander struck out 182 batters, but also walked another 108.
Koufax occasionally showed flashes of brilliance after the team moved to Los Angeles at the conclusion of the 1957 campaign. In June 1959, he set the record for a night game with 16 strikeouts. A little over a month later, he established a new career high with 18 strikeouts, setting the N.L. record and tying Bob Feller's major league mark for most strikeouts in a game.
Overall, though, Koufax's performance remained extremely inconsistent. He compiled a record of 27-30 between 1958 and 1960, while posting an ERA near or above 4.00 in each of those three seasons. Koufax averaged slightly more than a strikeout an inning during that time, but he also allowed more than one walk every two innings.
Koufax became so frustrated with his lack of success that he seriously considered leaving the game before he even turned 25 years of age. But everything began to turn around for the lefthander during spring training in 1961, when Dodger catcher Norm Sherry taught him to grip the ball less tightly on the mound, and to relax his body before releasing the ball. Koufax later noted, "I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the ball and started trying to make them hit it."
The results were immediate and startling. Koufax finished the 1961 campaign with a record of 18-13, an earned run average of 3.52, 255 innings pitched, a league-leading 269 strikeouts, only 96 bases on balls, and his first of six straight selections to the N.L. All-Star Team. Koufax's 269 strikeouts broke Christy Mathewson's 58-year-old National League mark of 267.
Koufax continued his progression during the 1962 season. Despite being limited to only 26 starts and 184 innings due to an injured pitching hand, the 26-year-old lefthander finished 14-7, led the league with a 2.54 earned run average, struck out 216 batters, and threw his first no-hitter.
Koufax established himself as baseball's dominant pitcher the following year. With an arsenal that included a tremendous fastball and the sharpest-breaking curveball in the sport, Koufax was practically unhittable. He captured the first of his three pitcher's triple crowns by leading the league with a record of 25-5, a 1.88 earned run average, and 306 strikeouts. He also led all pitchers with 11 shutouts, and he placed among the leaders as well with 311 innings pitched and 20 complete games. Koufax's fabulous performance earned him his first Cy Young Award and N.L. MVP honors, and also helped lead the Dodgers into the World Series, where they faced the vaunted attack of the New York Yankees.
Behind Koufax and the rest of their superior pitching staff which allowed New York a total of only four runs during the Fall Classic, the Dodgers ended up sweeping the Yankees in four straight games. Koufax set the tone for the entire Series in Game One, striking out a then-record 15 New York batters during the Dodgers 5-2 victory. After Los Angeles won the next two contests, Koufax returned in Game Four to clinch the Series for the Dodgers by striking out another eight Yankee batters during his team's 2-1 victory.
After Koufax's victory in Game Four, Yankees Manager Yogi Berra commented, "I can see how he (Koufax) won 25 games. What I don't understand is how he lost five."
Although the Dodgers failed to return to the World Series the following year, Koufax had another magnificent season. Despite being limited to 28 starts by pain in his pitching arm, Koufax compiled a record of 19-5, struck out 223 batters, and led the league with a 1.74 ERA and seven shutouts.
The pain in Koufax's pitching arm grew increasingly worse in 1965. A growing arthritic condition in his elbow forced the lefthander to resort to taking pain-killers and anti-inflammatories regularly, and to soaking his arm in a tub of ice after every start. Nevertheless, Koufax was baseball's greatest pitcher again in both 1965 and 1966. Dominating the statistical categories for pitchers, he won two more triple crowns, two more Cy Youngs, and finished second in the league MVP voting both years. Koufax led all major league pitchers in 1965 with a record of 26-8, a 2.04 ERA, 382 strikeouts, 335 innings pitched, and 27 complete games. He followed that up by topping all hurlers with a mark of 27-9, a 1.73 ERA, 317 strikeouts, 323 innings pitched, and another 27 complete games in 1966. Between 1963 and 1966, Koufax posted a combined record of an amazing 97-27.
The degree to which Koufax dominated the baseball world over the course of those four seasons earned him the admiration and respect of opponents and teammates alike.
Hall of Fame outfielder Richie Ashburn stated, "Either he throws the fastest ball I've ever seen, or I'm going blind."
Philadelphia Phillies Manager Gene Mauch commented, "He (Koufax) throws a 'radio ball,' a pitch you hear, but you don't see."
Willie Stargell expressed his admiration for the lefthander by saying, "Trying to hit Koufax was like trying to drink coffee with a fork."
John Roseboro was the Dodgers primary receiver during Koufax's peak seasons. He recalled, "Catching him (Koufax) was like, 'Well, we're gonna kick someone's ass tonight.'"
Duke Snider, who saw Koufax closeup during the various stages of the lefthander's career, said of his former teammate, "He was a fantastic pitcher...the best I've seen."
As great as Koufax was during the regular season, he was equally effective in the World Series. After leading the Dodgers to the National League pennant in 1965, Koufax refused to pitch Game One of the Fall Classic against the Minnesota Twins since the contest happened to coincide with Yom Kippur, the holiest of all Jewish holidays. Although he wasn't a particularly religious man, Koufax believed he needed to set an example for all the young Jewish children who looked up to him. The Dodgers lost the first contest, and they fell short in Game Two as well, even though Koufax allowed only one earned run in his six innings of work. After the Dodgers rebounded by winning the next two games in Los Angeles, Koufax took over the Series. He threw a four-hit shutout in Game Five, before the Twins won Game Six back in Minnesota. Dodger manager Walter Alston then made a somewhat controversial decision before the decisive seventh game. Although he had 23-game winner Don Drysdale ready to work on full rest, Alston elected instead to pitch Koufax on only two days' rest. Koufax rewarded the faith his manager placed in him by going the distance and allowing the Twins only three hits during the Dodgers 2-0 win. The lefthander posted a 2-1 record and a 0.38 ERA during the Series, threw two complete-game shutouts, and allowed only one earned run and 13 hits in 24 innings of work, while striking out 29 batters. Over the course of his career, Koufax compiled an ERA of 0.95 in World Series play, while striking out 61 batters and allowing only 36 hits in 57 innings of work.
After posting 49 of the Dodgers 97 victories in 1965, the tandem of Koufax and Drysdale elected to conduct a joint holdout at the end of the season. Although they ended up settling for less than the original amount they demanded from the Dodgers, the two pitchers did quite well for themselves that off-season. Koufax eventually signed for $120,000, while Drysdale's deal for 1966 netted him $105,000.
Behind Koufax's 27 victories, the Dodgers returned to the World Series in 1966. However, they were swept in four straight games by the underdog Baltimore Orioles, with Koufax losing his only start despite pitching fairly well. Although he allowed the Orioles only one earned run on six hits in his six innings of work, Koufax was betrayed by his defense, which committed three errors behind him during the 6-0 defeat.
The loss to the Orioles turned out to be the last start of Koufax's career. Warnings from doctors that he would eventually lose the use of his left arm if he continued to pitch prompted the 30-year-old hurler to announce his retirement shortly after the conclusion of the World Series. Standing before the assembled media, Koufax explained, "I've been getting cortisone shots pretty regularly, and I don't want to take a chance on completely disabling myself...I've got a lot of years to live after baseball and I would like to live them with the complete use of my body."
Koufax ended his career with a record of 165-87, an ERA of 2.76, and 2,396 strikeouts in 2,324 innings pitched. He also allowed only 1,754 hits and threw four no-hitters, including one perfect game.
After retiring from baseball, the always guarded Koufax continued to protect his privacy. Shunning the spotlight, he relocated frequently, changing his address whenever he felt the general public had become too familiar with his whereabouts. Shortly after leaving the game, Koufax signed a 10-year contract with NBC to be a color commentator on the television station's weekly telecasts. However, uncomfortable in front of the camera, he quit before the start of the 1973 season, one year after he became the youngest man ever elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Koufax subsequently remained close to the game by serving as a guest pitching coach in various training camps, including those of the Dodgers and New York Mets. He also spent 11 years working as a roving minor league pitching instructor in the Los Angeles farm system.
Of his life and career, Tom Verducci of Sports Illustrated wrote, "Koufax was the kind of man boys idolized, men envied, women swooned over, and rabbis thanked, especially when he refused to pitch Game One of the 1965 World Series because it fell on Yom Kippur. And when he was suddenly, tragically done with baseball, he slipped into a life nearly monastic in its privacy."
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Deluxe Talking Mr. Hanky Deal
Mezco Toyz announces the addition of Mr. Hankey to their deluxe talking figure line! Mr. Hankey, The Christmas Poo emerges on Christmas Eve bringing presents to the good boys and girls of South Park, with his trademark, high pitched greeting Howdyho! This 8 scale figure features famous lines directly from the show! Mr. Hanky also features bendy, pose-able arms so you can recreate your favorite scenes from the show.
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oh sh*t, really?
I have a Mr. Hanky at least once a day!
Amizon had one for $10.15 delivered(Prime)
$7.99 with $5 shipping. Not too bad a deal I guess


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Getting Up To Speed With…Rob Lindsey
By Ben Deatherage
(Photo Courtesy of Madman Photography)
Rob Lindsey has spent the majority of his career in the Midget ranks but this year has stepped up to Sprint Cars. Lindsey comes from a racing family including his Grandfather Bob, Father Joe, Uncle Bill, and even his brother Barry have all raced at one time in their lives. The third-generation driver from Wilsonville, Oregon will be competing fulltime with the Northwest Wingless Tour in 2013 and is in contention for the Rookie of the Year award presented by NWSprintCarHistroy.com. Lindsey is a former champion at Salem Indoor Speedway in the Micro Sprints and in 2010 won the title at the Cottage Grove Speedway in the Midget division.
Driver: Rob Lindsey
Home Track: Cottage Grove Speedway
Hometown: Wilsonville, Oregon
Occupation: Golf Management Team Owner
Age: 44
Years Racing: 12
Classification: Northwest Wingless Tour
Car Number: 23
Chassis: XXX Race Company
Sponsors: Maxline Cases, Competition Suspensions Inc., Speedmart Inc., Summerfield Golf and Country Club
Special Thanks: Barry Martinez
BD: You've got quite the diverse racing background spanning from Micros to Midgets and now Sprint Cars. How did that get started?
RL: I started racing with the Washington Midget Racing Association on the pavement back in 2001 up until 2007. I also ran Micro Sprints at Salem Indoor in the wintertime for Alan Norton for a few years. When I moved from Washington to Oregon I sold my pavement car and got a dirt Midget. Last year I spent most of the time with the Bay Cities Racing Association in California racing with them.
BD: I've seen you race the #23 for years. Is there a reason for that?
RL: The first car I bought had the number 23 on it so it started out random but has stuck with it. But I've always been a big basketball fan and liked Michael Jordan so it is a number that I like.
BD: You have a real interesting sponsor. A golf course?
RL: Yes, it's Summerfield Golf and Country Club in Tigard and I manage it. I have them on the car as marketing for the course and exposing it to a different kind of crowd.
BD: I see you have a former racer turning the wrenches on your car. Mr. Rich Gentes, correct?
RL: Rich actually owns the engine that is in my car. He and I have been great friends over the years. I've had a chance to run one of his vintage cars and I plan on doing that later this year in Cottage Grove.
BD: What attracted to Non-Wing Sprint Cars?
RL: I've always wanted to race a Sprint Car. I enjoy the Sprint just as the Midgets but with the Sprints you have so much power and are really fast.
The Cottage Grove Speedway returns to racing action this Saturday `June 8th. The Northwest Wingless Tour will be on hand as well as Late Models, Dwarf Cars, and Hornets. For more information visit the website at www.cottagegrovespeedway.com.
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.@NewtGingrich has brought creativity and intellectual vitality to American political life. Proud to call him a friend.
— Mitt Romney (@MittRomney) May 2, 2012
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"creativity and intellectual vitality"Didn't say he brings veracity!"proud to call him a friend"I think that meaans, "Some of my best friends are l...s."
I believe most can agree there is something familiar and sad about watching yet another fellow push his idea of perfection to its inevitable end. While inevitable I still welcomed the outcome. Seems now he is trying to find humor again. Good for him and us.
Looks like Mitts this November!
Now we can brace ourselves for some spring/summer Mormon-bashing from the Left . . . In California I have already heard a local (Dem) radio talk show host crack wise and tee hee about "Bring 'em Young University".Ugh -
Perhaps Romney would be advantaged by referencing Mormon issues, perhaspnot... The blogs will happen and I may be very naive, but I hope that I'm right as far as any other groups. I hope Obama and others shut down off-track Dem partisans on that.
Mormon bashing from the left? Where Ken? Or do you mean more bashing of Romney for hypocrisy and Bs?
Wasn't Newt suppose to be a "Catholic voice" in this election? While he was no Sanctorum, Newt seemed to have some much sympatico with Catholic hierarchs. What could have gone wrong?
@Ken (5/2, 4:59 pm) I'm sure there will be some "Mormon-bashing from the Left". In fact, as you note, there's already been some (including from Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer). However, it seems to me that, overall, there's more that comes from the Right---including the "summit" in Texas a couple of months ago by Evangelical and Catholic conservatives trying to unite behind a single candidate to stop Romney from getting the nomination. Would you agree?
What's interesting is that politics seems to be like kindergarten. A good nap, and a good juice box, and all is forgiven.
If you don't like Romney and/or Gingrich, this makes for a good chuckle. The more serious political lesson on display here is, to paraphrase Lord Palmerston, "no permanent allies, no permanent enemies, just permanent interests."(If you don't like Barack Obama and/or Hillary Clinton, you could probably find similar exchanges from 2007-08.)
@Cathleen: I've known politicians. I've known kindergartners. Believe me, kindergartners are far better behaved.
jbruns,And even when kindergartners act very badly, people usually don't die from it.
Cathleen Kaveny raises a question (as does the behavior of Gingrich and to a lesser extent almost all pols) as to how one can be a good Christian and a good politician? Yes, I know being in the world requires constant compromises. But being in politics requires huge bald-faced compromises, as well as requiring you to attack and tear down your opponent. And yet we Americans demand that our politicians be more Christian than anyone else. How does this sort of rationalization work? Are there spiritual guides in history (besides Machiavelli, or maybe including Machiavelli) to aid the Christian politician? That is, the Christian politician who actually hopes to be elected...
Among many other examples in our country's history: Abraham Lincoln, Harry Truman, George Washington, Bill Clinton, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt.All were good men. All did great things for our country, at great personal sacrifice. All kept their religious beliefs and practices private, yet all were public in their respect for other religions. They did not "attack and tear down" their opponents, although all were attacked by their opponents. All would serve as good guides for today's politicians (and bishops).
What I can't understand is how Card. Law has retained his power. I'm convinced that Benedict was honestly appalled by what happened in Boston, and maybe C. Law was quite remorseful. But being repentant doesn't turn you into a wise man. His judgment was rotten pre-2002, why trust it now? Or is Benedict himself just a terrible judge of human nature? Or maybe he thinks Holy Orders turns you into an Angel-god, so the laws of human nature don't apply? Special charisms trump all?
Politics is like warfare and as Sun Tzu said, all war is based on deception. That does not mean the politician or tactician needs to not have any virtue. In fact, as Sun Tzu wrote, the commander stands for the virtues of wisdom, sincerely, benevolence, and courage. However, as a strategic matter, even a virtuous person must be prepared to deceive in order to gain victory. Deception is part of the tactic and strategy. Politicians, if they wish to win, must be prepared to deceive.
Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near.Hold out baits to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and crush him.If he is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him.If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant.If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them.Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.
Or....simply put....be as wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
@George D (5/4, 11:48 pm) This probably belongs in an entirely separate thread, but there's a strong argument to be made (British military historian John Keegan is one who makes it) that politics and war are more dissimilar than they are similar---that war, rather than being "the continuation of politics by other means", is what happens when politics fails.
Luke:If that is the case, then why are political operations where strategies are developed referred to as "war rooms".Campaign people are called operatives.Surveying the landscape is referred to as "on the ground".States are referrred to as "battlegrounds".Going after specific demographics is referred to as "targetting".They certainly use the language of war, including psy ops, disinformation, and propoganda.
Nice linguistic analysis there, George D. :-)
@George D (5/5, 11:20 am) All true. (I agree with Ann Olivier, nice linguistic analysis.)If I recall Keegan's analysis correctly, he was speaking of politics in the broader Aristotelian sense---not merely to elections (which is where the militarized language you cite is most commonly used). Keegan takes issue with Metternich's famous formulation---"War is the continuation of politics by other means". Keegan argues (in his "A History of Warfare"?) that war is more accurately considered the continuation of *culture* by other means. In other words, societies will wage war in ways that are consistent with their culture. Also, Keegan argues, war is what happens when politics breaks down or fails. Politics is characterized by the peaceful resolution of competing interests and values. War is characterized by the violent resolution of competing interests and values.
Oops. It's Clausewitz, not Metternich, from whom "war is the continuation of politics by other means" comes. (Displaying once again my ignorance of central European history. Sorry for any confusion caused.)


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I need a matlab package that will make my life easier. I have quantum circuits with optical beam splitters, polarizing beam splitters and photodetectors. These circuits are getting very complicated and I am wondering if anyone knows of a matlab package that would make my life easier. A graphical package would be excellent and I suppose any software will do.
Beyond the qotoolbox, which is showing its age but still very useful, I'm not sure what to suggest. A graphical package does not exist (as far as I'm aware), and is not likely to unless you make it yourself since this not in high demand.


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Obama Administration Targets Private Schools
School Choice Weekly, Issue #6
Several commentators have justly piled on the Obama administration's craven legal challenge to a Louisiana voucher program that offers a way out of rotten schools for predominantly black, poor children. The U.S. Department of Justice's charge? Vouchers may change, by minuscule percentages, the ratio of black to white children at some schools. Therefore, it's better to keep all kids in failing schools. Cato's Andrew Coulson wryly notes this effectively tells black parents their choices hurt black people.
Furthermore, as The Wall Street Journal writes, "The evidence from around the country is that vouchers enhance racial integration. Public school attendance is mainly determined by geography, so segregated neighborhoods produce segregated schools."
There's more at work here, however. The Obama administration's Louisiana lawsuit is part of a habit of seeking to control states and private institutions. This spring, for example, the DOJ also demanded that Wisconsin impose more regulations on and inspections of private voucher schools, alleging this was necessary to alleviate discrimination against special-needs students although literally no evidence of this exists. And, of course, although no federal budget has existed since the president took office, each time it surfaces he attempts to use it to cancel vouchers for more poor, predominantly black students in Washington, DC.
Consider also the effects of the president's signature initiative, Obamacare, on private schools, which are largely religious. They're worried. Depending on how legal challenges play out, the health care law may force religious schools to hire employees whose morality conflicts with their mission, and to pay for medical procedures that violate their First Amendment freedom of conscience. Imagine a Catholic school being forced to hire a Buddhist religion teacher, or a Mormon school being forced to pay for abortions.
It is increasingly clear that, voucher regulations or no voucher regulations, private schools offer no safe place to tuck children as long as the federal government persists in overstepping the bounds of law and rationality to impose autocrats' wills on everyone.
SOURCES: JayPGreene.com, School Reform News, Wall Street Journal
- CALIFORNIA: Parents outside Los Angeles used the Parent Trigger to negotiate cooperative changes at their kids' school. This week, the children went back to their reorganized school, and parents are hopeful for a good year.
- ALABAMA: A pastor who marched with Martin Luther King Jr. says school choice extends the civil rights movement. Today is the 50th anniversary of King's "I have a dream" speech before the Lincoln Memorial.
- ALABAMA: An activist group sues to stop the state's new school choice program, arguing giving some students the ability to leave a failing school is discrimination against those who can't.
- WISCONSIN: Voucher students may not be able to attend their private schools until October. More than 2,000 students applied for the program's 500 seats, two-thirds of them students already enrolled in private schools.
- GEORGIA: Gov. Nathan Deal orders a review of Common Core and asks the state education board to immediately ditch part of the program.
- PUBLIC OPINION: A new poll finds 62 percent of the public have never heard of the new national education standards and tests. This is more awareness than the approximately 80 percent who had never heard of the initiative last year.
- FLORIDA: Gov. Rick Scott seems to be reassessing his support for Common Core.
- SURPRISE, SURPRISE: The Miami Herald finally notices all those opposed to Common Core are not right-wing Tea Party activists. In fact, a great many left-leaning teachers and individuals are against the initiative, too. Neither side likes the marriage of big business and big government.
- FEDERAL LOANS: President Obama promises to "shake up" higher education with a new college ratings system. Richard Vedder says the plan will further escalate college costs. Price controls and political cronyism are higher ed's just desserts for taking hits from the federal crack dealer, says Tim Carney.
- AP TESTS: Taxpayers are paying for more students to take Advanced Placement classes and tests, but that just means more students failing the exams. The nonprofit College Board receives license fees for all AP products.
- NORTH CAROLINA: The state enrolls all public schools in a unified data collection and management system run by the world's largest education company. It collects everything from student grades to bus schedules to class schedules.
- DISCIPLINE: Are schools hostile to boys? Christina Hoff Sommers says school discipline policies and political correctness are crippling a generation of young fellows.
- PRESCHOOL: The way most states rate government preschool programs does not actually consider whether students learn anything, a study finds. Most Americans believe media reports that preschool is necessary, but government preschool programs still struggle to provide solid evidence of long-term beneficial effects.
Thank you for reading! If you need a quicker fix of news about school choice, you can find daily updates online in the Ed News Roundup at http://news.heartland.org/education.
If you'd like me and The Heartland Institute to "keep up the good work " on education issues, please consider making a contribution today!


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I'd like to embed a Youtube tutorial video inside a CDF. I'm guessing this is not possible as my search for how to do this has been in vain. I'm imagining an embedded Youtube video like one sees on a blog.
It is not possible. Embedding a youtube video requires embedding some html into your webpage. CDFs are not constructed with html.
you can call a youtube video from within a notebook if you can access wi-fi where you're showing the notebook. here's an example:
if you don't have wi-fi where you use the computer, you can download and save a youtube file on your computer and then just double-click on it it to run the video. see


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The city of Hutchinson and a local shelter have been turned down for a $400,000 grant that officials hoped would go toward developing more single-family housing. The Hutchinson News reports the New Beginnings shelter hoped to use the moderate-income housing grant as part of the $1.2 million cost of developing six more single-family housing units. New Beginnings president and CEO Shara Gonzales says the project still could move ahead. The Kansas Housing Resources Corp. announced recently that it had awarded about $2 million in grants ranging from $71,000 to $400,000 for 10 other Kansas projects. Gonzales says the winning applications all came from smaller communities and many were tied to growth in jobs at specific employers.
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- I installed Ubuntu 11.10 amd64 and it used the default settings and vga driver: unknown both screens sere working regardless of the errors of turning the laptop's off then both go off forever!
- So I tried installing Nvidia driver in both ways,I. From the additional drivers current-driver way and II. The manual:
sudo service lightdm stop
sudo sh Nvidia..._.run
sudo service lightdm start
Both had the same results,
in system info : Graphics : UNKNOWN , in display settings : one UNKNOWN display is detected "the laptop's" and **cannot detect my other display**
What I did is that I modified the display's settings from Nvidia settings as a root in order to save the settings
sudo nvidia-settings
LG Display > enabled, res: 1920- 1080, 60hz, left of (separate display options)
Laptop Display > right of
Now the external screen can turn it's lights on but not useful at all I can't make it the default primary screen nor I can use it as primary if I disable the laptop's the other turns off along with it
I believe if the Graphics: unknown problem is solved then all is solved the system doesn't recognize the driver as if it is on it's own
Nvidia admins said it is a problem of the system not the driver
"it was working properly with Ubuntu 10. 04 with Nvidia manual driver installation"
Hardware info:
computer type: laptop, type: ASUS f8sn, CPU 2. 4 core 2 due T8300 santarosa penryn,
vga: Nvidia geforce 9500m gs, motherboard: ASUS, bus: Intel, chipset: Intel, external screen: LG E 2205, DVI connector: DVI-D Single link
I posted this after maybe the 15th reformat and reinstall of Ubuntu to fix this problem


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7 Items You Won't Believe Are Actually Legal
#3. The Ragnar Benson Collection
Holy Shit, Really?
Really, it's nothing more than a collection of self-help books. However, rather than dealing with broken sinks, flat tires and cracked siding, Mr. Benson's books focus on things that are somewhat more... insane. If you've ever wanted to know how to build a landmine, shoot down military helicopters, survive an atomic holocaust or make your own anti-tank rifle, the Ragnar Benson collection is for you. Ragnar's works include:
David's Tool Kit: A Citizen's Guide to Taking Out Big Brother's Heavy Weapons
Long Term Survival in the Coming Dark Age - Preparing to Live after Society Crumbles
Modern Weapons Caching: A Down-To-Earth Approach To Beating The Government Gun Grab
New And Improved C-4: Better-Than-Ever Recipes For Half The Money And Double the Fun.
And, for those of you who read Mantrapping and mastered its tenets, there's the ever-popular The Most Dangerous Game: Advanced Mantrapping Techniques.
Where Can I Get Some?
Loompanics Unlimited, the radical anti-establishment publishing house that published Benson's books, is unfortunately out of business. Some of them are available from Paladin Press. Almost everything Benson has written is also available for free on the Internet. We'd provide the link here, but we're fairly certain such an action would land us on even more government watch lists then we're already on.
WARNING: While Benson's books are legal in the United States, possessing or reading any of them makes you look as suspicious as your creepy neighbor who stockpiles fertilizer and blasting caps.
The average owner of Benson's books looks a lot like this.
What Should I Do With Them?
We don't advise you to actually do anything with Mr. Benson's books. While they are a fascinating read, many of things he tells you how to do are very, very illegal. If you do end up purchasing his works, we recommend setting them out on your coffee table. Imagine the conversations they will inspire!
Guest: "Mantrapping"? What on earth is this?!
You: Only the best guide to trapping and subduing human beings in the world!
Guest: Does this have something to do with all the home-made claymores in your front yard?
Holy Balls, Why is this Legal?
That pesky 1st Amendment makes it pretty difficult for the government to ban a book just because it has instructions for baking Pyrex explosives and crippling the drive system of an M1 Abrams. This is a good thing. People like Mr. Benson are a yardstick for measuring the extent of our civil liberties. As long as he can keep distributing his work, we here at Cracked won't have to worry about our right to continue mocking the government with list-based humor.
#2. The Mini-Gun
Holy Shit, Really?
Quite possibly the most deadly infantry weapon ever designed. The M134 General Electric Minigun is an incredibly badass-looking gun with the capacity of firing up to one-hundred-and-sixty-six times per second. In case you haven't fully realized the power of that statement, allow us to illustrate it.
We have no idea what this is, but it was one of the first results when we did a Google Image search for '166.' Just imagine these things are almost two hundred bullets heading towards your face every second.
Where Can I Get One?
Unfortunately, there are only something like eleven civilian-legal miniguns in the USA. Most of them are in private hands, but one occasionally comes back up on the market. The going rate for your average minigun is around $400,000. But that's not the only expense you'll have. The minigun will require an extensive mounting system. Contrary to what you have heard, firing one of these by yourself would lead to severe blunt trauma, and a huge machine gun shooting wildly into the air. It's also going to be expensive to feed: one second of firing the minigun will set you back about sixty bucks. That's $3600 for a full minute of shooting.
On the plus side, Bill Gates won't have to worry about muggers.
What Should I Do With Them?
If you're asking us this question, then you are obviously retardedly wealthy. We recommend purchasing a fleet of golden limousines, coating them in tannerite and then shooting them into flames with golden bullets. Firing this weapon for any length of time is an act of such ridiculous decadence that no other behavior you engage in will seem even the least bit indulgent.
You can use this to hunt the dodos that live on your private island.
Holy Balls, Why is it Legal?
The National Firearms Act states that any fully automatic weapons constructed before 1986 are legal for a civilian possessing a Class 2 permit to own. The few miniguns that were on the market by then remained legal, and have been circulating around the country for years. No crimes have ever been reported committed by a minigun-wielding criminal, which might be because billionaires so rarely hold up 7-11's. So, until Ted Turner finally snaps, mounts a GE Minigun on his golden H2 and guns down a muffin kiosk, you can expect the 11 or so miniguns on the market to remain legal.
#1. Thermite
Holy Shit, Really?
Thermite is a composite, aluminum and metal oxide based powder. When ignited, it can reach temperatures of up to 2500 degrees Fahrenheit. For reference, that's close to half the temperature of the chucklefucking Sun. Thermite is most commonly used to cut through very strong metal, like the kind you find in the frame of a skyscraper or the body of a T-800.
Where Can I Get Some?
One way would be to start your own demolitions company. If that seems a little too time-consuming, you can always just make your own. All you need is rust and aluminum fillings. Refining and mixing them properly is kind of a chore, but it requires no more equipment then an average homeowner has in his kitchen. For the curious, you can find a concise recipe here, and pretty soon you'll have one of the hottest and most dangerous 'mites known to man, next to Dolemite.
Dolemite, mothafucka!
What Should I Do With It?
Thermite requires an incredibly hot flame to light it. Even a blowtorch won't quite do the trick. Magnesium is pretty much the only easily available substance that burns hot enough to set off thermite. You can find small bricks of the stuff in sporting goods stores.
Once you have your thermite and ignition source, there are a whole bunch of fun things to do. For example, have you ever had your parking space stolen by some asshole in an ugly old Yugo?
Holy Balls, Why is it Legal?
Thermite isn't explosive, and it is extremely stable. Anyone attempting to commit crimes with it would be limited to very small-scale property destruction. We suppose thermite would be useful for disposing of corpses in a clandestine fashion, but so is lye soap and a hotel bathtub.
In case, you know... you needed to know that.
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December 01, 2011
First impressions of COP17
Delegates of COP17 were met with a warm Kwa-Zulu Natal welcome, from the traditional Zulu dancers at King Shaka Airport to the Climate Change Response Expo (CCR) exhibition area and food court, and beyond, in Durban.
At the colourful event, the entertainment and food for delegates provide the best counter-argument to the misconception that a climate-smart life is somehow devoid of flavour and diversity. Park and ride facilities that include bike-and-ride centres, friendly volunteers to direct delegates, and ample recycling facilities, are evidence of the sustainabilty the event promotes.
The main designated areas for COP17 are the Durban International Convention Centre (ICC), which is limited to accredited delegates, and the Climate Change Response Expo open to the public from 29 November 2011, which contained destination pavilions, exhibition space and a local government pavilion.
A few other things that surprised or delighted me:
- The presence of big businesses like Coca Cola, Nedbank, Woolworths and Siemens in the exhibition space, telling consumers about their commitment to sustainable operations and carbon-efficient operations. Solar solutions company Tasol sported a solar heater installation counter with the objective of installing 8,000 solar heaters by the end of COP17; they are currently on 1595.
- The strength of partnerships across sectors, eg the biodiversity stand and 'The Good News' stand created by a partnership between the Department of Environmental Affairs, SANParks, SANBI and the Natural Resource Management Programme that includes Working for Water. Their positive message focuses on our natural resources sustaining us, and that biodiversity is "good for jobs, good for growth".
- The degree of public participation. This was evident in the steady stream of visitors to the exhibition area, and how the organisers catered for engagement outside the Durban ICC. This included a lengthy calendar of side events ranging from conferences, get-togethers on Durban beaches, and flashmobs to Freshly Ground performing their climate change song in Durban, and exhibitors taking their message to public spaces like the Living Beehive in Durban Botanic Gardens.
- Kids are incredibly smart, curious and climate savvy, but the United Nations Children's Fund this week reported on the special vulnerabilities of children to climate change, and the shortcomings of policy and programmes in addressing their needs and capacity.
A special mention has to go to the schools, teachers and volunteer groups who have already brought hundreds of primary school learners to COP17 to learn more about the proceedings and climate change, empowering them with knowledge, and shifting the ball firmly into our courts to ensure that our messages hereafter reach children and that we give them the space to make their voices heard.


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Many of us have seen real life dolphins, whether in zoos, aquariums, or animal shows, but watching schools of dolphins darting across the open sea, or swimming merrily alongside your boat is an entirely different experience altogether.
The herds of wild dolphins diving freely beneath the crystal sea, coupled with sandy white beaches against a backdrop of a clear blue sky are key elements representing the unabridged natural beauty of Kiluan Bay.Though 10 years ago Kiluan was relatively unheard of, even among the locals of the province, this beautiful and tranquil spot now attracts tourists from around Indonesia and abroad. The gulf is located in Kiluan Village in the District of Tanggamus in Lampung Province, South Sumatra.
Kiluan Bay functions as a migration path for two species of Dolphin; the Bottle-nose dolphin and the Spinner dolphin. The number of these amazing marine creaes that pass through the bay is estimated in the thousands, one of the largest number of migrating dolphins in the world. Beaches around the bay are also nesting grounds for two species of sea turtle; the green sea turtle and the hawksbill turtle.
Kiluan is often compared to Lovina Beach in north Bali which is also known as a 'dolphin spotting' area. Unlike Lovina, Kiluan has two species of Dolphin, and they are much easier to spot due to their sheer number. The dolphins are also very out-going creatures and are happy to approach the boats, beckoning to the guests with a friendly welcome.
Dolphins can be seen weaving their way between the waves just 20 minutes from the coast. A variety of boats can be chartered from the locals to take you out to sea, such as the bercadik – a small boat that carries a maximum of 3 guests plus 1 guide / boatman.
Accommodations in Kiluan Bay are limited to homestay style rooms, which are simple, yet comfortable. Rates per night are only about 150,000 Rupiah per room, which can be occupied by 5-6 people.
Homestay facilities can also be found on Kiluan Island. Four minimal and modest rooms are available at a rental price of just 150,000 rupiah a night, which again can be occupied by 5-6 people.
It's best to visit the Kiluan Gulf during the dry season, as bad road conditions during heavy rain may hinder your journey. Dry season is usually from April to September.
If you have a tendency towards motion sickness, make sure to bring the appropriate medicines.
Bring some food and snacks from the city, as there aren't many stalls or shops around the Kiluan Region.
Be sure to bring your sunblock, camera, and of course enough clothes for your trip. If you cannot swim, do bring your own life jacket as well.
The closest Airport is the Raden Inten II Airport in the city of Bandar Lampung. This is a domestic only airport, serving Jakarta, Bandung and Batam flights.
Kiluan Bay is located about 80 km from the city of Bandar Lampung. Getting to Kiluan will take approximately 3-4 hours across winding and hilly trails. Some of the roads are not in good condition, so it is advisable to hire a large car for the trip. Roads may flood during the rainy season, so visitors should take note to travel during the dry season between April and September. Despite the roads' inadequate condition, the calming sights of rolling hills and stretches of green paddy fields will help take your mind off the bumpy road.