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Johnny's First Phone: A Guide for Parents
Unlike R-rated movies or a learner's permit, there are no clear rules that dictate when a child can or should have a phone.
August 9, 2012, Thursday
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Wi-Fi Helps Appliances Think for Themselves
Several new gadgets use Wi-Fi networks as a framework to allow homeowners to control thermostats, sprinklers and even washers and dryers.
August 2, 2012, Thursday
Clearing Away the Clutter From Tech Shopping
Using a series of steps, a buyer can find a tech product, confirm a choice, locate a retailer and search for discounts.
July 26, 2012, Thursday
MORE ON: Computers and the Internet , Shopping and Retail , Electronics
How to Put Your Hands on Someone Else's Computer
A guide to remote-accessing other computers, and a patch of family peace.
July 19, 2012, Thursday
MORE ON: Computers and the Internet
Seeking a Laptop? What You Need to Know
A step-by-step consideration of the features to think about in choosing a new laptop.
July 12, 2012, Thursday
MORE ON: Laptop Computers , Computers and the Internet
Less May Be More for 3-D TV
The introduction of 3-D TV has been a bumpy one but development of a glasses-less 3-D technology, and more subtle use of the 3-D effect, may help speed its adoption.
June 28, 2012, Thursday
Filling a Room With Wireless Sound
How to get the music that lives on your computer onto speakers scattered throughout your home.
June 28, 2012, Thursday
MORE ON: Speakers (Audio) , Bluetooth Wireless Technology , Sonos Inc , Apple Incorporated , Jawbone , Bose Corp , Samsung Group
Good Features Demand Good Design
Manufacturers have to weigh the desire to have devices do a lot of things against the simplicity that consumers demand - and deserve. They keep loading on features that drag down a product's usefulness rather than adding to it.
June 21, 2012, Thursday
Digital Wizardry Meant to Impress the Cook
Three gadgets represent small steps by technology into the kitchen: a rice cooker, a kitchen thermometer and an espresso coffee maker.
June 21, 2012, Thursday
MORE ON: Kitchens , Cooking and Cookbooks , Home Appliances
Microsoft's Not Competing With the iPad — Not Entirely
Surface is not just an iPad competitor. It's an ultrabook competitor. Microsoft seems to be going after a broader market than Apple does with its iPad. Microsoft is aiming at people who do work on laptops but want something even lighter.
June 18, 2012, Monday
C.E.S. Daily Journal: Day 2
Sam Grobart, The Times's personal technology editor, takes a look at new gadgets from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
C.E.S. Daily Journal: Day 1
Sam Grobart, The Times's personal technology editor, looks at some of the products and spectacle at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
While You Were Out: Apple's Years With and Without Steve Jobs
Sam Grobart reviews Steven P. Jobs's time at Apple.
C.E.S.: Everything and Less
Sam Grobart, The Times's assistant technology editor, in search of the best that the Consumer Electronics Show had to offer this year.
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Gunnery trio hopes to provide offensive fireworks
The Gunnery School football offense will have a familiar look this fall, thanks to three former area standouts joining forces.
Second-year quarterback Kellen Croce of Middlebury, tailback back David DiGiorgi of Watertown (Holy Cross graduate), and wide receiver D.J. Ellis (Sacred Heart graduate) of Waterbury are joining forces. The trio report Sept. 3.
The left-handed Croce played three years at Pomperaug before transferring last summer to Gunnery, where he repeated his junior year. DiGiorgi, the MVP of the 2011 CIAC Class SS state championship game, and Ellis are post-graduates.
"It's going to be a lot of fun," said DiGiorgi. "I used to play youth baseball against Kellen and gone against D.J. in football. Kellen is a real smart quarterback with a strong arm and is always accurate. I've seen him play football and seems like a great leader.
"D.J. is so fast," added DiGiorgi. "If you play off the line against him and give him a cushion, he can still go by you and even if you try to jam him at the line, he has good enough balance that he'll keep his feet and spring past you. You could try to play a safety over the top on him, but it's still tough. I'm just glad he's on my team now."
DiGiorgi compared Croce and Ellis to his former Holy Cross teammates, Zach Brown and receiver Isaiah Wright. He'll likely benefit from playing with his two new teammates.
"I see us having a lot of potential," said DiGiorgi.
Last season, the Highlanders struggled through a 1-5 season with two other games canceled because of the October snowstorm.
Two games were lost to Canterbury and Westminster in the final minutes when rallies came up short.
The 6-foot-3, 180-pound Croce expects that his second prep season will be a lot better with the local additions.
"I helped recruit both of them," said Croce. "David has been a good friend for a long time. As a football player, I know what he is capable of doing on the field. He's just a tough football player."
The same can be said of Ellis.
"I have played baseball with D.J. and his athleticism is absolutely incredible," said Croce. "He has soft hands, runs precise routes and can help make a team better in everything that he does."
Ellis, DiGiorgi and Croce have been working out for weeks in preparation to improve their timing connection. Gunnery works out of the shotgun formation with a single tailback slot.
"Because Kellen and D.J. are so good in the passing game, I feel that it will help open things up for me," said DiGiorgi.
Add that will help Croce's passing arsenal even more.
"The best thing about Kellen is his poise," said Ellis. "Kellen is always composed and doesn't seem to flinch when he is under pressure."
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Given the differences between Etruscan civilisation and other Italian peoples of the same period, is the conclusion that Etruscan civilisation was autochthonous sensible?
It depends entirely on your definition. Before the Etruscans there probably lived some other group of people in Tuscany, and before them another.
If you consider where Etruscan culture developed as we know it, Wikipedia has a fairly good answer:
However, it is unknown where the Etruscan people came from genetically, or at least not their typically Etruscan genetic origin (they no doubt mixed blood with various other groups in the area). There are two hypotheses (from Wikipedia on Etruscan Origins):
Recent DNA and mitochondrian-DNA research provide some tentative evidence for the migration hypothesis: various genetic similarities have been found between Etruscan bones, modern Tuscans, and modern Tuscan cattle on the one hand, and people and cattle in Turkey and the Caucasus on the other. — Wikipedia.
The term "autochthonous" basically means the same as indigenous. Therefore, I interpret your question as asking if it is valid to claim that the Etruscan Civilization could be considered to be indigenous to the portion of Italy where they resided. The answer to that would be "yes".
The Estruscans were a unique civilation that resided in the northern part of Italy. they had their own language, their own forms of government, and their own distinct culture. According to wikipedia, they had existed for about 600 years before they became a part of the Roman Republic.
Roman mythology tells the story of Romulus and Remus and how they founded Rome. The manner in which they selected the location appeared to follow Etruscan tradition, and the name Rome is believed by some to be Etruscan.
It is my understanding that genetic research now tentatively supports Herodotus's claim (previously considered just another of his wild concoctions) that the Etruscans had originated in Asia Minor. Moreover, the same is true of Tuscan cattle as opposed to cattle in other parts of Italy.
The Lemnos stele inscribed in a language very similar to Etruscan does not contradict this theory, either, given the position of the island of Lemnos.


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It's been 4 years since I stopped working on my Linux internet radio box. My Linux box was Ubuntu 6.04 with Ext3 fs. At user-space, everything works perfectly except I occasionally bumped into corrupted fs issue if I disconnect the USB forcefully.
I'd love to hear recommendations from experts on which fs would suits my case. I also heard about compress the whole system into a file then uncompress them during bootstrap phase, then again I am clueless and really appreciate if someone could point me to right direction.
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I was looking at this graph of turnip peroxidase activity and I saw that they use units of 1/sec for enzyme activity. What does this unit intuitively represent and how is it calculated?
This refers to the turnover number (a.k.a kcat or k2) of an enzyme and is usually calculated using Michaelis-Menten kinetics. Jump to the summary at the end if you want a simple answer. If you want a more thorough answer, consider the following chemical equation:
This says that a certain concentration of enzyme mixed with a certain concentration of substrate will first combine and form a complex depending on the enzyme's affinity for the substrate. Then the enzyme complex will generate a product depending on the enzyme's ability to convert the transition state into product. The k1 constant is the arrow moving from [E] + [S] → [ES] and the k-1 is the arrow moving from [ES] → [E] + [S] (they oppose each other). The k2 constant is the arrow moving from [ES] → [E] + [P].
This can also be expressed in terms of maximum rate:
So k2 is basically an indicator of how efficiently or quickly an enzyme operates. Not all enzymes follow standard Michaelis-Menten kinetics. For example, the allosteric properties of some enzymes cause a non-linear saturation curve. Because of this, the turnover number is commonly referred to. The turnover number's units of s-1 indicate one product molecule per second, so a turnover rate of 3000 means you can create 3000 products in 1 second at Vmax.


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So, I'm in love with Dungeon World, but I have a quick question about forwards. Do they stack? The +1 suggests that they do, but I just want to be sure.
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"Stacking" is a concept that is not touched very much upon. Searching through the PDF, the only place it shows up is on page 327:
Bold font added for emphasis. Here, it is mentioned that +n Armor stacks with your highest n Armor item/rule/whatever.
Now, why is this relevant to your question? On page 21, the rules explanation for take +n forward reads:
The issue of stacking is not mentioned here at all. The bonus is applied to your next (relevant) roll, no matter what.
In conclusion, yes. Bonuses stacks, unless otherwise stated in the rules. As an example of when two seperate bonuses doesn't stack, look on page 72, at the bottom of the page dedicated to the move Aid or Interfere:


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Integration with YUI compressor - feature request
I didn't see any development in jsbuilder but is it possible that YUI compressor will be integrated with it the same way jsdocs is?
You might consider allowing any third party command line action during the build process.
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i 2nd this...I use yuicompressor as the last step of compressing all the js code before packaging our Adobe AIR app, so integration with yuicompressor would be nice (or the ability to turn off compression in jsbuilder)What are you playing? http://raptr.com
Raptr Adobe AIR desktop client powered by Ext JS
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Here is a thread that explains an Aptana feature that uses yui compressor..


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Putting the CX Puzzle Together: Connect Customer Touch Points by Combining Oracle WebCenter Sites with Other Oracle CX Solutions
By Christie Flanagan on Apr 25, 2013
Oracle WebCenter Sites + Oracle Real-Time Decisions
Oracle's web experience management solution, WebCenter Sites, already includes robust capabilities for marketer managed segmentation and targeting, however, a whole new level of optimization can be achieved by combining WebCenter Sites with Oracle's decision management solution, Real-Time Decisions. Using the power of statistical data models and historical and real-time analytics, Real-Time Decisions automates what would otherwise be the manual task of sifting through volumes of customer data, determining likely and potential customer segments, and determining the best content to present to a given site visitor. As customer interactions take place, Real-Time Decisions continuously refines its data models, automatically adjusting and learning over time to achieve the optimal content selection for each site visitor. Marketers have multiple levels of control when using Real-Time Decisions. They can opt for full automation and let Real-Time Decisions handle all decision making. In this case, Real-Time Decisions infers segmentation and uses automation to make decisions about what content to display to the site visitor. Or, marketers can opt for a more controlled approach and specify performance goals that will help steer the Real-Time Decisions model in the direction of desired business objectives such as maximizing revenue or maximizing conversions. Together, Oracle WebCenter Sites and Oracle Real-Time Decisions provide marketers with the ability to determine the best approach for realizing their segmentation and targeting objectives, whether that means managing the process manually or by instituting some level of automation
Oracle WebCenter Sites + Oracle Endeca
If you're a business that has a large product catalog, integrating faceted search into the web experience can be an effective way for potential customers to dynamically explore your site and find relevant and desired items more quickly and easily. During the product selection process, site visitors want the ability to navigate based on their own unique preferences and to view content and search results that are most relevant to them. Often, the search experience on a website frustrates potential buyers or provides them with too many irrelevant results to wade through. A solution such as Oracle Endeca Guided Search can be integrated with your WebCenter Sites deployment to optimize the search capabilities on your web presence, so you can deliver more precise, more relevant, and more complete results that help guide and influence product selection, leading to increased conversion rates and customer satisfaction.
Oracle WebCenter Sites + Oracle ATG Web Commerce
If your business model includes an eCommerce component, speeding and simplifying the purchase process is critical. A streamlined and efficient online purchase process is vital to preventing shopping cart abandonment. The purchase process can even become another opportunity for engaging customers and influencing them to purchase more or related products; it can also be structured to incentivize customers to take action now through the offer of various promotions. Oracle's ATG Web Commerce is a top ranked commerce solution that enables you to deliver an engaging and efficient online buying experience. When combined with Oracle WebCenter Sites, these solutions bring together best-in-class web experience management and ecommerce capabilities, assuring that your site visitors have a personalized, interactive, and multichannel experience as make their way through the customer journey.
Oracle WebCenter Sites + Oracle WebCenter Portal
For some business models, online self-service is the primary channel through which business is conducted. In others, online self-service represents an opportunity to lower the cost to serve by migrating customers from high cost customer service channels to the more cost-effective online channel. Oftentimes, in industries like financial services, healthcare, or even government, you'll want to provide your customers, patients, or constituents with both a public online presence where they can find information and engage with your organization early in the customer journey, and also an online self-service presence that enables your customers to access secure services where they can conduct financial transactions, look up personal health information or take advantage of government services. In cases like this, the combination of Oracle WebCenter Sites and Oracle WebCenter Portal is ideally suited to helping you meet both of these objectives and ultimately deliver an online experience that is unified, consistent and seamless as those visiting your web presence evolve from prospects into active customers.
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- Unify the online customer experience by bringing together best-in-class web experience management, eCommerce, and faceted search capabilities
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ABILENE -- The Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum has created an original exhibit featuring documents and artifacts from its holdings commemorating the Pearl Harbor 70th anniversary today.
This special exhibit will be on display through December in the Library and Museum building lobbies. Some artifacts in the exhibit include Pearl Harbor posters, buttons, sheet music and commemorative stamps, as well as Japanese military items.
December 7, 1941, is "a date which will live in infamy" as described by President Roosevelt in the famous speech he delivered to Congress the following day. On that infamous date, the U.S. Pacific Fleet was based at Pearl Harbor. As the Japanese Ambassador prepared to meet with the Secretary of State in Washington, D.C., the first wave of Japanese aircraft headed towards the island.
Though the American government expected war, it did not believe Hawaii, America's fortress in the Pacific, would be Japan's first target. America was caught by surprise when Japanese bombers and fighters swept overhead soon after daybreak on Dec. 7.
Army Air Force planes were parked wingtip-to-wingtip, and Navy ships were moored side-by-side. In slightly over two hours, 2,400 Americans were killed and the Pacific Fleet sustained vast losses.
The Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum, a nonpartisan federal institution, is part of the Presidential Libraries network operated by the National Archives and Records Administration. Presidential Libraries promote understanding of the presidency and the American experience. We preserve and provide access to historical materials, support research, and create interactive programs and exhibits that educate and inspire.


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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Unable to recover from an early deficit, Anderson University women's basketball fell to Queens University of Charlotte, 68-57, in its regular season finale Saturday evening at Curry Arena-Levine Center.
With the setback, the Trojans close the regular season with a 15-13 overall record and an even 11-11 mark in SAC play. Despite the loss, AU will take part in next week's Food Lion SAC Tournament, earning the sixth seed and looking to upset No. 3 seed Lincoln Memorial in Harrogate on Wednesday night.
After having four players record double figures in its last three contests, sophomore guard Madison Floyd was the lone Anderson player to reach double digits, finishing the game with 12 points in 23 minutes. With the one Trojan in double figures, Anderson shot just 27.1 percent from the field, its lowest mark of the season. With the poor performance shooting the ball, AU also dropped the rebounding battle, 47-43.
"Madison Floyd was a big part of the scoring with 12 points," Anderson head coach Jimmy Garrity said. "We could never get over the hump and take the lead. It's hard to make a run when you shot 23 percent in the second half and 27 percent for the game. We had good looks, but our shots weren't falling."
Despite playing just eight players for the night, Queens recorded three players in double figures, as substitute Nikia Squire dropped in a game-high 20 points on 8-of-14 shooting and added eight rebounds. Squire was joined by Micha Cox with 18 points and Shonice Pettaway with a double-double 17 points and 17 rebounds as the Cox-Pettaway duo saw the floor for the full 40 minutes.
The Queens trio combined for just under 81 percent of the scoring for the evening, as the rest of the team combined for 13 points. For the game, the Royals shot 42.6 percent from the field and 40 percent from behind the 3-point line.
The Trojans began the game with one of their slowest starts of the season, spotting Queens 13 points in the first 4:10 of the game. In the span, Anderson was 0-for-4 from the field, committed two turnovers and was called for a foul three times.
After Queens took an early 17-4 lead, the Anderson offense began to come alive as junior Sierra Simpson answered the Royal attack with a steal and a lay-in. Following the basket, the Trojans conducted a 13-0 run which would even the score at 17-17. The spurt was capped off by a lay-in by junior center Jaclyn Moore.
Queens pushed its lead back out to six until AU countered with its second significant run of the half, tying the game at 25-25 with three minutes remaining. In this run, Anderson got points from Katie Davis, Simpson and Jennifer Monroe.
Despite evening the tally, Queens scored on back-to-back possessions, capped off by a 3-pointer from Abby Pettit, her only 3-pointer of the game, giving the home side a five-point edge. Pettit would close out the game with nine points. Facing the deficit, Floyd answered Pettit's trey with her 3-pointer, bringing AU within two points.
Floyd tried to give Anderson its first lead on their next possession, but missed on another three-point attempt. Squire took advantage of the misfire and gave the Royals a four-point cushion at the end of the first half with a late lay-in. Squire would finish the first half with eight points, while Floyd closed the opening period with a game-high 12 points.
Anderson's offense started quickly out of the locker room for the second half as junior Lesley Woods connected on back-to-back field goals, including her lone 3-pointer of the game at the 16:03 mark to even the score at 35-35. Woods, who found herself in foul trouble for the majority of the first half, never found a rhythm for the final 20 minutes, closing the contest with a 1-for-8 mark from behind the 3-point line.
After the 3-pointer, Pettaway connected on a free throw to give the Royals a one-point advantage, but a lead it would never give back. After Moore made two free throws at the 13:19 mark, Anderson was outscored 11-0 with AU's next points not coming until the 8:58 point.
The Royals maintained their lead throughout the period, as the Trojans would come as close as five for the remainder of the game. Senior Emily Willoughby, who played her final regular season game, added a 3-pointer with 40 seconds left to bring the score 62-57, but clutch free throw shooting by Squire and Pettaway sealed the win in Queens' final game of the 2013-14 season.
"This was a disappointing loss on the road," Garrity said. "I give a lot of credit to Queens. They outplayed us and stepped up and made plays when they had opportunities. The good news is that we get to play another game. We need to put this loss behind us and get excited about the conference tournament."
The Trojans shift their focus to the SAC Tournament, which they won a season ago. The matchup with LMU will be the first time AU will face the Lady Railsplitters in the conference tournament since joining the SAC prior to the 2010-11 season. Tip-off from Tex Turner Arena is set for 6 p.m.


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Republican presumptive presidential nominee Mitt Romney attends a fundraiser at Woodfield Country Club in Boca Raton, Florida on Friday, May 17, 2012.
(CNN) -- The Republican National Committee brought in $34 million last month, marking the best May in the RNC's history, according to an official with the group.
In total, the RNC has raised $81.3 million in 2012. The group said Wednesday they surpassed their entire 2011 fund-raising figure in mid-June.
Wednesday's numbers represent a spike for the group, which began a joint fund-raising effort with Mitt Romney in April when it became clear the former Massachusetts governor would become the presumptive GOP nominee. Filings with the Federal Election Commission indicate the Romney Victory fund transferred nearly $26 million to the RNC in May.
The Democratic National Committee brought in almost $20 million in May, according to their FEC report. That included more than $13 million that was transferred from the Obama Victory fund.
In total, Romney for President, Romney Victory, and the Republican National Committee brought in just under $77 million in May, according to Romney's campaign, topping their Democratic rivals by more than $10 million.
When added together, President Barack Obama's re-election campaign, along with the Obama Victory Fund, reported raising $63.6 million last month. The money is divided between the re-election campaign, the Democratic National Committee and affiliated Democratic state parties.
The RNC said Wednesday they had $60.8 cash on hand, compared to just under $30 million in the bank for the DNC.


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The title says it all really. I've taken the front wheel off my mountain bike to get it in my car. When I get it out and try and put the front wheel back on the space between the brake pads isn't wide enough for the rotor. Whoops! I must have pulled the front brake.
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Serra 205 Project
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Serra 155 is an ideal room for collaboration and full class participation with a variety of software and software to help you hold innovative classes. Below is a list and brief description of the available technologies installed in Serra 155.
After each description you will find links, documents and contact information to get assistance with any the technology.
To schedule the room, contact Maureen at ext 2765 or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
If you would like to arrange for a technician to walk you through the room, contact Instructional Media Services by calling x 4567 (http://www.sandiego.edu/its/ims/).
What is it?
The SMART Sympodium is an interactive display that, when connected to a classroom computer, can be controlled using either touch or the interactive pen attached to the unit. Enhance your slides with digital ink, share and annotate Web pages, take and save notes, record portions of your presentations, and create a truly interactive experience for your students. Sympodiums operate on the same software as SMART Board interactive whiteboards and are projected onto large screens via LCD projection.
How do I get help with it?
Schedule a time to get acquainted with the Sympodium in Maher 194 by contacting one of the iTeam staff:
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What is it?
The lectern in Serra 155 is as functional as it is beautiful. It accommodates the
How do I get help with it?
Contact Instructional Media Services by calling x 4567 (http://www.sandiego.edu/its/ims/)
Interactive SmartBoard
Document Camera: Ceiling Mounted
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David Leonhardt, economics columnist, thinks giving social security recipients an extra $250. is money badly spent. "A Drop in the Wrong Bucket" http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/28/business/economy/28leonhardt.htmlAnd in LA, over 65s are being asked to return for their H1N1 vaccine after priority persons have had their "shots" and after more vaccine becomes available: "Anxious Crowds Meet Ad Hoc Swine Flu Police" http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/28/health/28flu.html?ref=usBoth seem like reasonable ideas. Let's hear it from the unreasonable!
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What Mr. Leonhardt neglects - and I believe the President's plan does indeed recognize by implication - is that the repricing of money beginning in 2010 will have a disproportionatly negative impact on precisely this population.
I do think there has got to be a better way of handling vaccinations than having huge crowds show up, standing in line for hours and most getting turned away. Let people fill out a form on the web and those who qualify can be given a code or a ticket to print out if they are in the high-priority group. If there's any vaccine left over, dispense it by lottery. There must be a hundred different ways to avoid these kinds of situations. Remember when jury duty was two weeks of sitting around doing nothing? Now it's a few days, and some people never have to show up, just check in by phone.
To many ss beneficiaries $250.00 is something they look forward to. This is a smart political move to get that significant group on the side of the White House. Soften the impact of Fox News which is enjoying lambasting the administration on anything and everything.
I'm in the odd position of agreeing with Bill. Some need that money for their medication.
Based on reductions in energy costs and many consumer items the average ss beneficiary will has around $750-1000 more disposable income then last year. Bill gets it exactly - the $250 is a political payoff. So his party can saddle future generations with another 13 billion in debt to curry political favor with elders. It's shameful.
Now, now, Sean. I know you are more objective than most Republicans and disagreed with some of W's policies. But never did I see you call that shameful politico, shameful.
"Based on reductions in energy costs and many consumer items the average ss beneficiary will has around $750-1000 more disposable income then last year."The purchasing power of that money is going to disappear shortly though. While it is true the drop in American and global GDP growth has tempered demand for energy and we have seen concomitant reductions in energy prices, we are already seeing a pick-up in Chinese economic growth which will bring that demand back up again. Given the leadership in India, I am fairly certain they will be soon to follow. There are also certain policies which will likely be implemented domestically which will price energy costs up beyond their demand driven prices. And then the real killer for seniors - all of us really, but seniors disproportionately - will be the cost of money. We already see on the institutional side double-digit increases in the cost of money today and that will be seen in the cost of money to consumers in 2010 and in the producer prices and consumer prices we see next year. I can't speak to motives but seniors are in for some serious pain for the forceable future if you ask me. There are certainly better ways of helping them than borrowing money from China to directly transfer to them, but while you are correct that people on fixed incomes benefit from the slight deflation we saw over the last twelve months driven by the drop in energy prices, those same people are going to see their incomes and savings ravaged by the coming pick-up in energy prices as China and India get their economies going again and the painful raters of increase in the cost of money we will be enduring for years to come.
MATI agree with you that inflation is probably "going to" eat away at the value of the dollar in a big way at some point, but there are two points to make.First, the system is not based on what we think might happen, but what we know. And right now we know there has been deflation. Inflation will happen once the economy heats up, but who knows when that will happen.Second, the people who are proposing this are the ones saying their proflagate spending won't result in inflation, so their motive clearly can't be avoiding the pain of inflation. This is classic Chicago style politics - spread a little walking around money to make people beholden to you. Unfortunately, to do it they are doing more of the same that you say will cause the inflation in the first place.
Sean --The system is based on what we know??? Aw, c'mon. Economics decisions are made on the basis of projections into the future all the time. These can of course be wrong. But the projections include non-facts.Is a conservative someone who thinks it is always best to preserve the status quo rather that act on perceived probabilities? What you said seems to imply that. It's a theologically unsound position, I think. Christians must always preserve some optimism about the future, even the future of this miserable world. But this implies that we must be willing to be agents of change, to take a reasoned chance.
This is classic Chicago style politics spread a little walking around money to make people beholden to you. And how would you characterize the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit? Texas-style politics?
And of course tax cuts for the wealthy don't make anybody beholden to you.
MAT, aren't social security payments tied to inflation? I thought the purpose of this $250 payout was because ss payments would not increase this year because of negative inflation.
AnnThe system is based on laws that Congress passed, which raises or does not raise the amount based on the previous year's CPI. And if anything, the scenarion MAT outlines is pesimistic and my take is the optimistic one.David,I won't defend the drug benefit since it isn't defensible. Although I will point out that even though Bush signed it, the only opposition he faced was from conservatives - and if the Dems had their way it would have been even worse.And you have revealed the classic progressive mindset - when the state lets people keep their own money it's a payoff. Given that the wealthy - until this recession - paid a larger portion of the tax burden after the cuts than before, I don't think of this as a payoff - it's just good economic sense.
And you have revealed the classic progressive mindset when the state lets people keep their own money its a payoff. Sean,No, I disagree. When the state gives unjust tax breaks to some, that is a payoff. The classic conservative mindset is that it is always a sign of good government to lower taxes. All taxes are bad. People shouldn't have to pay taxes. And it is just plain old American to believe government should provide services and not expect to collect enough in tax revenue to pay for them. We need excellent schools and low property taxes. And so on.And in any case, giving tax cuts is just as political as sending out checks. It is not "Chicago politics" to try to make the people feel they got something from you. It's just politics.
DavidFirst, tax cuts are not the same things as giving out checks unless you are the one who paid the money in the first place. Given that ss already rel;ies on inputs from current contributers to meet its obligations to people who no longer pay into the system (Bernie Madoff would be proud) . . . . well.Second, most conservatives are not "against taxes" they are against excessive taxes. More importantly, they don't view taxing as a means to "justice." It's for raising revenue, pure and simple. Your discussion of schools is a great example. The US spends more per student than almost every country on the planet and we spend more than twice as much as we did thirty years ago in real - inflation adjusted - terms. Are the schools twice as good? I'd be very happy to spend as much as is reasonable for a good system, but shouldn't we do something about the system before we turn to higher taxes as a fix given they haven't been the fix before?Finally, and I ask this in all sincerity - What is an "unjust" tax cut? What is a "just" tax level? A tax that maximizes revenue - something good for everyone - and does the least harm to the productive economy - also something good for everyone - to effectively meet the bona fide needs of society in general - wow, a trifecta of common good - that I get as a goal. But justice? Why should the fact that Warren Buffet pays a top rate of 37 instead of 39 concern me one whit unless it is necessary to acheive those three goals?


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Steve Jarvis, a retired high school teacher and coach, grew up watching Willys coupes race at California's San Gabriel Raceway, igniting his passion for Gassers. He bought his first Willys in 1968, a $150 coupe that was missing its front clip, and hoped to finish it, but his military service prevented him from ever building the race car he'd long wanted. It wasn't until his tenure was up at Baldwin Park High School that his truck got underway.
Steve bought this 1941 Willys truck in Las Vegas in 1986 and has kept it in his garage in Southern California ever since. The truck was a driver, but the process of shortening the bed had already been started when he purchased it, and the original rear fenders looked like the result of a demolition derby. It would take a miracle to get the fenders back to their original contour, but the shortened bed wasn't a problem, since the plan had always been to build a Gasser.
In 2006, Steve finally got his long-hibernating project started. He made the three-hour drive to Rods West in Ridgecrest, California, where Don Waldron, Larry Wagner, Sean Waldron, and Randy Coffee lent their experience in building Gassers to transmogrify the anonymous Willys into a dragstrip time machine over the course of three years. The guys would work on it for a few months at a time as Steve had the budget, then backburner it as Steve painted houses on the side for extra money to fuel the project.
Waldron knows Gassers, so naturally he nailed the nose-high stance. He boxed the frame and built ladder bars to locate the Currie 9-inch rear axle, and a Don Long straight axle was installed in the front using parallel leaf springs. While planning his build, Steve had squirreled away a pair of magnesium 12-spoke American Racing spindle-mount wheels for the front and slotted magnesium Halibrands for the rear. There's just no faking the sheen of real magnesium.
Butch, Steve's friend and bodywork magician, managed to salvage the wrinkled rear fenders and keep the original steel bed. The only piece Steve had to track down was the tailgate. Butch covered his hours of bodywork in four coats of Inferno Red and three coats of red candy. Using a metallic red as a basecoat helped reduce the chance of having a tiger-stripe effect in the candy, and the look is something that can't be duplicated with your average basecoat/clearcoat paintjob. The paint has netted Steve a number of trophies at the local car shows.
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We spotted the Willys at our HOT ROD Homecoming event, where we selected it as one of the four feature cars we promised to pull from the outdoor show. This is the first of them to appear in the magazine.
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Note that this is not a firearm - it is a replacement stock for a Ruger .22 rifle.
I'm still saving for this one: http://www.blacksuntactical.com/Promag-Archangel-Marauder-Stock-25RD-Ruger-1022-AAM1022_p_91.html
Or the bullpup design from RJF (optics, fluted barrel, and non functional silencer are extra)... http://www.redjacketfirearms.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=67&category_id=11&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=19
@kvellano: We have that Archangel in stock, we actually have 330 of them in stock. They are also $14.04 cheaper than the link you showed. On EOD it is only $151.95. And since it is over $150 you can use coupon code PREPPERS for free shipping on the entire order no matter what else you get.
@wootjjk: Dammmnnnn...never seen that one before! $300!! As cool as it is...I'd rather build a dedicated .22 upper for my AR-15...still an awesome find though
@wootjjk: That thing is unbelievably overpriced.. probably cost about $8 to manufacture. Plus for $300 you can get a decked out 10/22. (lol @ patent pending) Still cool though.
Us 10/22 owners have been making bullpup's for years: You basically just take a (GOOD) P90 Airsoft gun and hollow it out.
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The 10/22 is self contained, you could actually shoot it without a stock.. or on the opposite side: use ANYTHING as a stock. You could hollow out a log if you wanted too heh..
@drchops: I'm sorry but your statement just freaks me out knowing you're converting cheap airsoft guns into real guns...not to say it doesn't work...but really, I think its irresponsible as gun owner.
@kvellano: Do you understand that you have to start with a fully functional Ruger rifle, and that the Airsoft pieces are essentially cosmetic? That is, you can't just start shooting .22s out of an Airsoft.
@kvellano: Don't apologize, just educate yourself a little more.. No need to be insulting either though. Also, nobody said anything about converting an Airsoft gun into a firearm.
Just go educate yourself a little about the subject, you seem to lack any kind of fundamental understanding about firearms you own. That cool marauder stock you're saving for is nothing more than a plastic shell - essentially a hollowed out high-end Airsoft gun.
[edit] @rpstrong: Beat me to it, thanks :).
@rpstrong: I get that. I see what you're doing. I just think its wrong. I don't buy airsoft parts for any of my firearms. Period. Have fun with your plastic 10/22.
@drchops: I built an AR-15. That's fundamentally different than converting an airsoft gun into a real one. Cosmetic or not, airsoft parts don't belong on any firearms.
@kvellano I really don't think you're understanding what we're saying here.. You're not converting an Airsoft gun into a firearm and there are absolutely no Airsoft pieces being installed in the 10/22. None. At all. Nowhere. You're putting a big plastic shell around it. Literally the exact same thing as those Red Jacket and Marauder stocks you're so fond of.
Here, I'll explain this so you can understand:
This is a 10/22. It's the whole gun - magazine, fire control group, bolt, barrel, etc. You could fire this as it sits safely - wouldn't recommend it though. .
Aftermarket stocks play no part in the operation or safety of the weapon, they're just there for aesthetics and comfort
@drchops: I get it...you're not modifying the receiver/barrel/firing components. You're modifying the stock aka "furniture". I've Disassembled/Reassembled 10/22's many a time...but what I'm saying is: Airsoft parts don't belong on firearms, so modifying an airsoft gun to house 10-22 internals is wrong.
Whatever floats your boat guys!!! Just know, any experienced gun smith or verteran shooter is gonna give you the stink eye when they see you modified an airsoft gun to house 10-22 components. I'm done. Over it.
@kvellano: Sorry if I misinterpreted your initial post. I did not intend to short change your gun knowledge, but I was not alone in thinking that you didn't understand the process.
Based on your other posts, all I can figure is that you don't want a firearm to resemble an Airsoft - that is, you don't want a 'toy' to be lethal.
Is this the case?
@drchops: Nuttin' to it. I didn't do it, but the range master at my scout camp demonstrated that a stripped down .22 could still fire. (Probably a single shot bolt action.)
Oh, and I don't have a 'plastic 10/22' - I'm more into pistols, specifically a Colt's Combat Commander .45 in stainless. Nothing fancy, but I did have a better trigger installed.
@rpstrong: No worries. I'm no expert, just a novice shooter. To answer your question, I love tacti-cool firearms haha...My 10/22 is setup for long range, but I want another one for plinking/scenario shoots. Thinking the marauder setup will be the best for me in that regard.
@kvellano "Have fun with your plastic 10/22"
So, I'm pretty sure it doesn't really matter what I say at this point lol, but just let me just take 1 last stab at this:
That Marauder - the one you're saving your hard earned money to buy - is polymer (also referred to as "plastic.") It's a "plastic gun."
Also, I'm pretty sure you didn't answer @rpstrong's question :)
Just out of curiosity, what kind of AR did you end up with?
@rpstrong: That wasn't me that said you had a plastic 10/22 :D. Plus, I like plastic 10/22s. The new takedown is a polymer!
And a stainless Commander is pretty fancy in my book. I don't have any 1911's at the moment but I'm looking at picking up an old Colt Mustang here pretty soon lol. Hopefully a full size in the near future.
This is the longest shot that's ever been shot, BUT do you build at all? I just started a new FAL build and am sans a receiver.. any chance you're a FAL builder and have any old Metric OR Inch receivers? Type doesn't matter.. 1, 2 3, etc.
OH! And on the subject of 10/22s.. The Akins Accelerator is back! They popped the spring out and put it back on the market lol (It's the full-auto stock if you've never seen it)
Has anyone actually compared the end result of a RJF bullpup furniture to that of a modified P90 airsoft gun and confirmed they are essentially the same plastic / design, etc.? I do understand that the 10/22 maybe capable of doing this with some semblance of safety but I'd rather trust the design kit of known expert gunsmiths. Plus if you line both of them up side by side I bet you'd agree as well.
@drchops: Sorry, I posted two messages and then wanted to add to the first - but I hit 'edit' on the wrong one (yours). And my Commander really isn't fancy; its a brushed SS finish - not polished. For me, SS is advised due to my skin being somewhat corrosive to other metals (I'll rot the back off a watch).
But no, I don't build, and most of what I do I know a bit about the hobby/market came from reading the above comments.
@drchops: So you're saying you'd buy a $100 polymer airsoft gun, strip the furniture off of it vs. buying a $100 stock MADE for the 10/22....


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If there are 4 people involved, and every two of them should be able to know the secret (the polynomial is just a line) and you are given f(x) and x for each of those people, and you know one of them is a cheater, how do you find the cheater?
Shamir's secret-sharing scheme has $n$ shares of a secret. The shares are of the form $(x_0,f(x_0)), (x_1,f(x_1)), \ldots , (x_{n-1},f(x_{n-1}))$ where the $x_i$ are $n$ distinct nonzero elements of a finite field $\mathbb F$, and $f(x)$ is a polynomial of degree $k-1$ with coefficients in $\mathbb F$. One coefficient, say $f_0$, of $f(x)$ is the secret being shared and the remaining $k-1$ coefficients are chosen at random. Note that the while the $i$-th share is constructed as $(x_i,f(x_i))$, what the owner of the $i$-th share sees is just a pair $(x_i,y_i)$ of elements of $\mathbb F$, that is, while the owner knows that $y_i = f(x_i)$, the owner has no other knowledge about $f$.
Given any set of $k$ shares $\{(x_{i_j},y_{i_j}) \colon 1 \leq j \leq k\}$, there is a unique polynomial $g(x)$ of at most degree $k-1$ that interpolates through these $k$ points, that is, enjoys the property $g(x_{i_j}) = y_{i_j}$ for $1 \leq j \leq k$, and this polynomial can be found, for example, through Lagrange interpolation. Since $f(x)$ is of degree $k-1$ (or less if the random choice of $f_{k-1}$ resulted in $f_{k-1}=0$) and also has the property that $f(x_{i_j}) = y_{i_j}$ for $1 \leq j \leq k$, it follows that the $g(x)$ that has been interpolated is the same as $f(x)$, and thus $g_0$ is the secret. If fewer than $k$ shares are available, the $g(x)$ that is recovered is not the same as $f(x)$.
If $m > k$ shares are available, we can interpolate through any $k$ of them and recover the secret. For the application on hand, if it is known that there is one (or at most one) cheater, and the cheater's share may have the wrong value for $x_i$ or $y_i$ or both, proceed as follows.
More generally, if there can be as many as $t$ cheaters it can be shown that the secret can be recovered and the cheaters identified if $k+2t$ shares are available for reconstruction. Note that as many as $t$ of these $k+2t$ shares might be cheaters' shares. Put another way, if there can be as many as $t$ cheaters, we need at least $k+t$ honest shares available (in addition to the $t$ possible cheaters) to be able to recover the secret and identify the cheaters.
The proofs of assertions about plurality can be found in the paper I.S. Reed and G. Solomon, "Polynomial codes over certain finite fields," SIAM J. Appl. Math., v. 8, pp.300-304, 1960. The original application of Reed-Solomon codes to secret sharing (and suggestions for more efficient recovery than multiple Lagrange interpolations) can be found in R.J. McEliece and D.V. Sarwate, On sharing secrets and Reed-Solomon codes, Communications of the ACM, v. 24, Issue 9, Sep 1981.
In the scenario you describe, any of the non-cheating participants can contact each of the others and arrange to swap shares and reconstruct the secret. (Equivalently, all the participants can agree to publish their shares, at which point any of them can pair their share with each of the others.) If there's only one cheater, the participant who does this will obtain three reconstructed secrets, of which two will agree. The one that does not agree will be the one constructed using the cheater's share.
For a generalization of this method, see "Detection and identification of cheaters in $(t, n)$ secret sharing scheme" by Lein Harn and Changlu Lin (2009), Designs, Codes and Cryptography 52(1), pp. 15–24. (But see also this response by Hossein Ghodosi.)
Not enough information was provided in the question, so I'm going to assume something to fill in the hole. Let me know if this is not what you envisioned.
Assumption: The party trying to detect the cheater knows the original polynomial used to share the secret.
In the initialization phase, each party $p_i$ is given a pair $x_i, y_i$ where $y_i = f(x_i)$.
In the reconstruction phase, the cheating party (say $p_c$ would submit $x_c, y'_c$ (where $y'_c\neq y_c$).
The party trying to detect the cheater could easily compute $y_c=f(x_c)$, see that what was submitted ($y'_i$) is not equal to $y_i$.
Note: In the scenario you gave, two non-cheating parties could reconstruct the original polynomial and catch the cheater. Those two parties would have to either 1) be able to verify that they correctly reconstructed the secret (e.g., by producing a valid decryption of something), or 2) trust each other enough to believe that the other isn't cheating.
Edit: Given the additional information in the comments below, I chose to expand my answer. Let $R$ be a function which maps two pairs of input to an alleged secret using the reconstruction step. Since you have all 4 pairs $\{(x_1,y_1),(x_2,y_2),(x_3,y_3),(x_c,y_c)\}$, you can compute the following:
Comparing these values you would notice three important things:
Since when $c$ participates, the output changes depending on the other party, clearly $c$ is the cheater.
The best answer is to use verifiable secret sharing (VSS), as I describe here: http://crypto.stackexchange.com/a/6618/351
VSS gives the best parameters and best solution to this problem. If you have a $k$-out-of-$n$ secret sharing scheme, VSS can detect any cheater and enable you to reconstruct the secret as long as you have at least $k$ good shares (even if they are mixed together with any number of bogus shares, even if you don't know which are which). This is a better, more effective solution than any of the other schemes proposed here.


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Front-end Web Development
Learn HTML, CSS and JavaScript - and put them to good use! This class, taught by Jeffrey Carl Faden, is aimed at beginners who are interested in web development, as well as seasoned professionals looking to brush up on the latest and greatest.
Frontend web development is all about making code that runs in the browser (versus code that runs on the server). There isn't a big focus on web design (creating wireframes and mockups), but we do cover best practices for turning these designs into beautiful code.
This class is for everyone! Complete beginners and more experienced developers are welcome at any time. If you're new to the class, consider coming to the lecture at 7:30 for a recap.
The space and the class are entirely free to attend. You do not have to be a Noisebridge member.
Please bring any kind of laptop.
Lectures start promptly at 8pm on Mondays and go for two hours. There is a half-hour recap starting at 7:30pm. Please try to arrive early as physical space is limited.
Labs start at 8pm on Thursdays and can go up to two hours.
This class runs in a weekly series, and the curriculum takes about 5 months from start to finish. Don't let it discourage you if you're starting from the middle - attend recaps and labs and you should be able to catch up!
Noisebridge, 2169 Mission St., San Francisco, 94114 (at 18th St., near 16th St. BART station). Getting Here
The lecture is currently held in the Church classroom, which is in the back of the space.
The lab is currently held in the Turing classroom, the room past the wood shop.
Read up on getting in to the space. TL;DR: ring the bell!
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Weekly classroom-style presentation on HTML/CSS/JS. The lecture starts every Monday at 8pm. We also have a recap starting at 7:30pm, where we'll cover the (very) basics:
- Explaining "frontend" vs. "backend"
- Discussing tools of the trade
- Explaining the separation between structure, presentation, and behavior
- Writing a basic HTML page
- Styling the page with basic CSS
Class for 2013-03-18: Version control (Git) and the command line
This class is all about the seedy underbelly of web development: the backend!
I know we already have a backend class here at Noisebridge, but this one's tailored toward frontend developers wanting to get a taste of how things come together. We'll spend the first half talking about PHP, then move onto a Rails, a more complex example.
This class requires some preparation! Please follow one of these sets of steps before Monday 8pm. I think it will take about half an hour to do the easy steps, so if you want to come at the usual 7:30 recap time to install, that would work.
In fact, it would be great if someone could follow the easy steps ASAP and tell me if they work and how long it takes.
If you would like to follow along and are on Windows or OS X, the easiest option is to run a virtual machine:
- Install VirtualBox AND the Extension Pack: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
- Download this (1.82GB): http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series3/class20/Ubuntu.ova
- Double-click the .ova file. You might want to check the "reinitialize the MAC address" step.
- Start the machine after installation and you're all set!
If you don't want to use a virtual machine. I haven't tried these myself, so I can't profess as to how easy or hard it is.
On Linux, you'll need to follow these steps:
- http://ryanbigg.com/2010/12/ubuntu-ruby-rvm-rails-and-you/
- https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ApacheMySQLPHP
On Windows or Mac OS X:
- Start with RailsInstaller: http://railsinstaller.org/
- And for PHP:
Install Apache, PHP, RVM, Ruby, and Rails individually. Good luck!
Join the Google+ Event to be notified of the video livestream (you don't have to be a Google+ member).
Previous classes
We discuss a different topic in-depth every week. Some previous topics have been:
- CSS selectors, positioning, floats
- Turning a professional mockup into HTML and CSS
- JavaScript
- jQuery and plugins
- File transfer and AJAX
- HTML5 and CSS3
- Mobile web
- Progressive enhancement: cross-browser compatibility and accessibility
- Web frameworks and other "backend" web development topics
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PREVIEWS: "Daredevil," "Uncanny X-Men," & More Marvel Comics On Sale August 3, 2016
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The Marvel Television series asks its viewers "Are You Inhuman?" and shows off the cast's new looks heading into Season 3.
The first poster for season three features the full cast of main characters, with Agent Coulson, Daisy Johnson and Grant Ward front and center.
The television studio reveals details about the upcoming third season premiere of the Marvel series, including details on a new villain.
Clark Gregg, Chloe Bennet, Adrianne Palicki and Patton Oswalt came in like a wrecking ball in latest Dubsmash War video against the "Agent Carter" cast.
Gal Gadot posted a candid pic of herself wearing her "Batman v Superman" hero's logo; Scott M. Gimple teases "Walking Dead" romance and more.
Fozzie Bear can't figure out how to pronounce "S.H.I.E.L.D.," and Pepe does his best to get Marvel's top spy to spill his show's secrets.
Clark Gregg, Randall Park, Kermit and Miss Piggy star in a pair of uncomfortable TV spots for the upcoming mockumentary series.
A "Flash" and "Arrow" poster flies outside of WB Studios; "Captain America" could feature a surprise partnership and more.
The casts of "Agent Carter" and "SHIELD" have announced an interactive competition with a raffle contest that will send one winner to dinner with them.
"Dredd" producer Adi Shankar shares what he'd do with Fox's Marvel characters; Daniel Cudmore almost returned as Colossus and more.
Chloe Bennet, Clark Gregg, Elizabeth Henstridge and Luke Mitchell revealed some not-so-classified information about the show's upcoming third season.
Marvel Studios' top super spy reveals where the Director stands following his major physical loss, the rise of the Inhumans and a still-splintered agency.
Bryan Singer and Channing Tatum posed for a pic at SDCC; Nicole Perlman says "Guardians" was easier to write than "Captain Marvel" and more.
Gregg and Bennet are excited to see even more superpowered elements incorporated into the series, as Skye grows into a more skilled Inhuman.
Head of Marvel Television Jeph Loeb spoke with CBR TV about his much-delayed "Captain America" book, "Daredevil's" success and Inhumans on TV.
Benicio Del Toro gives his thoughts on playing the Collector; Paul Rudd's Scott Lang spends time with his daughter in new pics and more.
"Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." star Clark Gregg discussed season three, how it may tie into "Captain America: Civil War" and if Secret Warriors are on the way.
In a new clip from "Scars," the upcoming episode of "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.," Coulson and May confront Skye about where she's been since she disappeared.
In "The Dirty Half Dozen," Coulson's original team must reunite in order to rescue Deathlok from Hydra's grasp.
In a new clip from "The Dirty Half Dozen," Coulson and Gonzales must put aside their differences in order to face down the Hydra threat together.
In "The Frenemy of My Frenemy," Coulson's team is forced to enlist Ward's help in order to track down Skye.
Series insiders offer hints as to what the abundance of new plot twists are building toward in the remainder of the Marvel drama's second season.
Marvel has released a teaser for the next full "Avengers: Age of Ultron" trailer; Stephen Amell sports a shiny accessory in new picture and more.
As Marvel's flagship TV series returns, the Director himself faces a plethora of fresh dilemmas, including his newly super-powered protégée, Skye.
Skye isn't the only one feeling the "Aftershocks" of the mid-season finale in a new clip that reveals the team's tension with one another.
Jason Momoa reveals his reaction to the first Aquaman photo; Clark Gregg discusses the Inhumans' impact on the Marvel series and more.
As S.H.I.E.L.D.'s relationship with the U.S. government improves, Coulson meets some resistance from within his team.
Britne Oldford will star as the teleporting Shawna Baez; Fox's "FF" reboot will debut footage alongside "Kingsman" and more.
"SHIELD's" leading man digs into the back half of Season Two, including Skye's Inhuman lineage and what it means for the show's upcoming direction.
A post from "SHIELD's" leading man hints that the avenging archer may appear on the ABC drama.
A leaked email reveals Marvel wanted a teenage Peter Parker in "Infinity War"; Thanos gets an intimidating toy and more.
EPs Maurissa Tancharoen & Jed Whedon tell CBR about "Agents of SHIELD's" midseason finale, and the turn of events that will affect the MCU as a whole.
New behind-the-scenes footage explores "Age of Ultron's" scope; Ivan Reis provides art for trading card-style "Flash" bios and more.
Showrunners Maurissa Tancharoen & Jed Whedon discuss "Agents of SHIELD," promising "answers are coming" regarding the mysterious writing.
Benedict Cumberbatch seems set to become Marvel's Doctor Strange; Jaden Smith is rumored to take the lead in the digital "Static Shock" series & more.
The director of S.H.I.E.L.D. and head of Marvel TV discuss maintaining the perfect level of levity in an increasingly dark sophomore season.
Just weeks into the new season of "Agents of SHIELD," head of Marvel TV Jeph Loeb takes the NYCC stage to talk the latest and debut a new episode.
Jeph Loeb, Jeffrey Bell, showrunners Maurissa Tancharoen & Jed Whedon and star Clark Gregg talk the new challenges facing "Agents of SHIELD."
Mockingbird coming to TV? CBR has the full rundown of Friday's panel featuring Jeph Loeb and the "Agents of SHIELD" and "Agent Carter" casts.
"I think you would have to be different having gone through that stuff," Marvel Studios veteran Clark Gregg teases of his character's future.
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Britt Leads Titans Against Bethany
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. – Juniors Dak Britt and Tyler Banks combined for 581 total yards and guided the Westminster College football team to a 45-28 victory against Bethany on Saturday at Harold Burry Stadium.
Westminster improved to 3-3 overall and 2-3 in the Presidents' Athletic Conference, while Bethany dropped to 1-6 overall and 1-4 in the conference.
Britt ran for 160 yards and two scores, including a career-high 73-yard touchdown scamper for the longest run by a Titan this season. Britt also had a 52-yard rushing touchdown and 143 passing yards for a game-high 303 total yards. Banks rushed for 195 yards and two touchdowns, bringing his season total to a career-high six touchdowns. Banks also had a career-high 83 receiving yards off four catches.
In Westminster's third drive of the game, Britt avoided a sack inside the Titans' 10-yard line and found Banks for a 47-yard completion. Two plays later, Britt rushed for a 21-yard first down at Bethany's 13-yard line. The drive, however, would end after an interception in the end zone two plays later. Westminster returned the favor after Westminster junior Gino Mariano picked off Bethany's quarterback at the Titan 20-yard line. The Titans orchestrated a 7-play, 72-yard drive and scored the first points of the game after a field goal from freshman Zack Baker with 7:45 left before halftime. Banks ignited the drive with a career-long 52 rush.
Two possessions later, Bethany took the lead when Phil Acrie scored on a 5-yard run. Westminster would regain the lead, 10-7, with 22 seconds before halftime after Britt connected with senior wide receiver Geno Pasquinelli for a 10-yard score.
The Titans scored on its second play after intermission when Britt ran 73-yards to the end zone, putting Westminster on top 17-7. Westminster scored in their second possession after a 9-play, 72-yard drive that was capped off with Britt's second touchdown pass of the game. This time to senior Connor Kobis.
Westminster had a 24-7 lead at the start of the fourth quarter, but Bethany mustered back into the game with a 21-7 run and would be only down 31-28 with 3:56 left in the game.
Titans continued on to score 14 unanswered points after two longs runs from Banks (51, 35).
Westminster junior Nate Moot and sophomore Corey Neill led the Titan defense with 6.5 tackles each. Sophomore Justin Smith added 5.5 tackles.
Titan freshman punter Jake Schnelback kicked a career-high 61-yard punt from Westminster's 1-yard line. He averaged 44.5 yards off four punts.
Pasquinelli had two catches for 57 yards and a score. He has sole possession of fifth-place all-time in school history with 131 career receptions is tied fourth with Roger Price '72 with 19 career touchdown receptions.


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Sadly Teresa had to sit this episode out but Aaron was happy to be joined by guest Eric Geller, writer at TheForce.net and host of the popular Forcecast podcast.
The discussion topic this month was the newly announced The Star Wars comics series. Aaron and Eric talk about their thoughts on the Dark Horse comic series which will adapt George Lucas' early draft for Star Wars. Han Solo was a lizard!?


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Baseball Readies for Upcoming Weekend against Nova Southeastern, North GeorgiaFebruary 19, 2014
ANDERSON, S.C. – After suffering a heartbreaking 4-3 loss at GRU Augusta on Tuesday, Anderson University baseball returns to action with four games in four days, beginning with a nonconference showdown with nationally-ranked Nova Southeastern on Thursday and following with a three-game series at North Georgia beginning on Friday.
The Trojans
With its narrow setback on Tuesday, AU is now 3-8 overall with a 3-3 mark in South Atlantic Conference play. With an uneven number of teams in the SAC this season, the Trojans are forced to step away from their conference schedule this weekend after taking 2-of-3 from Carson-Newman last weekend. The weekend series with North Georgia will be the only three-game set that will stretch over three days AU will take part in all season.
A pair of Trojans lead the team, offensively, as senior outfielder Nathan Galliford and sophomore middle infielder Kyle Bailey are both hitting over .300 this season. Galliford, who ranks 30th in the SAC, is hitting .314 for the young season, while Bailey is slotted 31st, hitting .310. Galliford is currently tied for the conference lead in home runs with three and is third in runs batted in with 11.
On the hill, junior Landon Beck ranks third in the league in strikeouts with 19, despite having the fewest innings out of anyone in the top-8 in the category (11.0). Beck's remarkable 15.55 strikeouts per game leads the conference as Mars Hill's Dale Innes is second at 11.65. The Hartwell, Ga. native carries a 2.45 ERA and is holding hitters to a .279 batting average.
The Sharks
Nova Southeastern enters the mid-week contest with an impressive 10-1 record and ranked No. 9 in the latest Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Poll, released on Monday. Despite their Florida location, the Sharks carry a 4-1 record against Southeast Region teams, grabbing a doubleheader win over Tusculum, a single game over Catawba and splitting a twin bill with Pfeiffer.
Junior outfielder Mario Urdaneta leads the Shark attack, hitting .455 with eight RBI and nine runs scored. Urdaneta's .550 on-base percentage ranks first on the team and has also posted three stolen bases. Senior Brooks Fleming currently paces the squad with two home runs and is the long Shark with double figure RBI, recording 13 for the year.
Defensively, NSU's pitchers have accumulated a 2.48 ERA and have given up just 24 earned runs in 11 games. Junior right-hander Roberto Baroniel has started three games this season and carries a 1.29 ERA with 14 strikeouts in 21 innings en route to a 3-0 record. Teammate Julian Loret de Mola is also perfect for the season, entering Thursday with a 2-0 mark with a 1.13 ERA and 13 strikeouts.
The Series vs. Nova Southeastern
Anderson and NSU will meet for the first time on Thursday, as it will also be the first time a team from the Sunshine State Conference makes the trek to Anderson Memorial Stadium.
The Nighthawks
After beginning the season being swept by Saint Leo, UNG responded with a five-game winning streak highlighted by a sweep over Salem International. Most recently, North Georgia captured 2-of-3 over Pfeiffer last weekend at UNG's Bob Stein Stadium.
Two-way player, Trevor Sames, currently leads the team at the plate, hitting .345 with seven RBI and three runs scored to go along with her two doubles and one home run this season. Tremayne Toorie and Eason Spivey follow Sames in average, while the duo is both hitting over .300 as Toorie carries a .333 mark and Spivey is third with a .303 average.
Right-hander Brandon Agar is a perfect 2-0 on the mound early on in the year, tossing 20.1 innings (first in the league) and striking out 24, which ranks second in the Peach Belt Conference. His 0.89 ERA ranks eighth in the conference.
The Series vs. North Georgia
Since 2004, UNG has controlled the all-time series with a 14-3 record against the Trojans. AU has not taken a game from the Nighthawks, originally the Saints, since 2012 with a 2-0 win in 12 innings.


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While the Left looks for more reasons to restrict our right to self defense every time an infamous shooting occurs, the standard reaction of the general population in Colorado is to stock up on guns and ammo in self defense.
It's a reaction that's uniquely American, where every man's a captain. But it's also a reaction that has a long history in the West, a history we should be proud of.
And when I say the West I really mean everywhere in America. Because at one time or another in our history everywhere from the tidewater on the east coast to the tidewater on the west coast was the West, as civilization pushed further and further westerly. And so, I believe, everywhere remains the West- at least metaphorically.
As the establishment press (hat tip to Dan Mitchell) acts shocked! yes, shocked! that people are buying guns in record numbers in the Denver area as a reaction to last week's shooting rampage in an Aurora, Colorado theater that killed or injured 70 people who were attending a screening of the newest Batman movie, I'm feeling, um, American about the sales.
Really American.
I want to go out and salute the flag and say: "Thank God for average Americans."
From the Denver Post:
"It's been insane," Jake Meyers, an employee at Rocky Mountain Guns and Ammo in Parker, [Colorado] said Monday.
When he arrived at work Friday morning — just hours after a gunman killed 12 and injured 58 others at the Century Aurora 16 theater — there already were 15 to 20 people waiting outside the store, Meyers said.
He called Monday "probably the busiest Monday all year" and said the basic firearms classes that he and the store's owner teach are booked solid for the next three weeks, something that hadn't happened all year.