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Women's Tennis completes Mountain InvitationalSeptember 6, 2008
BREVARD, N.C. - The Brevard College Women's Tennis squad wrapped up their first fall tournament of the year, the BC Mountain Invitational, this weekend at the Brevard Tennis Courts. Coach Paul Thomson sent six ladies into action this weekend.
After winning her first match on Friday, Lindsay Shaffer faced Georgia Southern's Kegeris Saturday in the quarterfinals of the A draw. Kegeris advanced with a 6-0, 6-3 victory, and eventually went on to capture the A draw championship Sunday morning. Shaeffer played West Virginia's Dantovic in an exhibition match Sunday, winning a pro-set match, 8-5.
Lindsay Hostetter faced Carson-Newman's Bartlett Saturday in the back draw of the A flight and lost a close one, 4-6, 6-4, 10-8. Sunday Hostetter won a pro-set exhibition over West Virginia's Wickline, 8-5.
In the B draw, Brevard's Jennifer Nyman fell Saturday to West Virginia's LaFortune, 6-1, 6-1. Nyman then was beaten in her back draw match, 6-2, 3-6, 10-8, by North Georgia's Dreaden. West Virginia's Elkin took home the B draw title.
After dropping her opening B draw match Friday, Brevard's Kayley Duval faced North Georgia's Boteva Saturday in the back draw. Duval took the first set but not the match, falling 2-6, 6-2, 10-8.
Both of Brevard's C flight players competed in the back draw Saturday after losing on Friday. Kim Dixon fell to Carson-Newman's Moulton, 7-6, 3-6, 10-8, and Merek Slagle lost to North Georgia's Cash, 6-0, 6-2. Georgia Southern's Fuller won the C draw championship.
The Tornado tennis squads return to the court next week and the second BC Mountain Invitational.

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In his two seasons at Texas A&M, Walters coached school-record setting receivers Ryan Swope and Jeff Fuller. In 2010, both players set the school record for single-season receptions with 72, while Fuller set the school mark for reception yardage with 1,066. Last season, Swope broke both of those marks with 89 grabs for 1,207 yards.
Before his two-year stint in College Station, Walters spent the 2009 campaign as the offensive coordinator, quarterbacks and wide receiver coach at Indiana State.
"I'm excited to be a part of the Wolfpack family," said Walters. "NC State has a great staff, great players and great fans and I like the direction that Coach O'Brien has the program headed. I'm looking forward to being a part of something very special here."
"I coached against Troy Walters- the player- when I was Head Coach in Green Bay and he was playing for the Colts and the Vikings," said Mike Sherman, former head coach at Texas A&M and current offensive coordinator for the Miami Dolphins. "Even though he was somewhat undersized, he was a relentless competitor. He played with great fundamentals and mental toughness. When I hired him as a coach he brought those same qualities. I can't imagine Coach O'Brien finding a better fit - Troy embodies class and character. He is a great teacher and role model."
A 1999 graduate of Stanford, Walters set the Cardinal and Pac-10 career record for receptions with 244 grabs for 3,986 yards. In 2000, he was drafted in the fifth round of the NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings. In addition to being a receiver, Walters averaged 23.1 yards per kickoff return and 14.5 per punt return during his rookie season, seeing action in all 12 games for the Vikings.
From 2002-05, he played for Indianapolis, helping the Colts reach the playoffs every year. In 2003, he caught 36 passes for 456 yards and three touchdowns. He spent the 2006 season with the Arizona Cardinals and then finished his playing career with the Detroit Lions in 2007.
As a senior at Stanford, Walters had 74 receptions for 1,456 yards and 10 touchdowns, earning consensus All-America and Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year honors, as well as the Biletnikoff Trophy. An Academic All-American, he earned his undergraduate degree in communication and a master's in sociology in 2000.
The son of a coach, Walters' father Trent was an assistant football coach at Indiana, Louisville, Washington, Pittsburgh, Notre Dame and Texas A&M during his career. During his stint with the Aggies (1991-93), A&M never lost a conference game and won three consecutive Southwest Conference titles, while Troy served as a ball boy. Trent Walters also coached in the NFL, with stops at Cincinnati, Minnesota and Philadelphia.
"He grew up as a coach's son, so he understands the demands of the profession and what it takes to be a championship team," said O'Brien, who added that running backs coach Des Kitchings will add tight ends to his coaching responsibilities.
The 35-year-old is a native of Bloomington, Ind. Walters will marry Josephine Jackson on Saturday in Seattle, Washington.
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On paper, Bisping wuld look like the strongest candidate. However, you also have to take into account the extent to which his UFC career may have been planned and managed by Zuffa to promote the UK market. Maybe not that much has gone in that regard; maybe it has and even it has maybe he would have as good a record anyway. Nevertheless the doubt is there.
Therefore on the basis of a better win-lose ratio to date, I'd have to say Hathaway
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March 30, 2009
Contact: Robert Lesino, 202 501-1231
WASHINGTON — The U.S. General Services Administration's (GSA) Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) announced today that John C. Johnson, Assistant Commissioner for the Integrated Technology Services (ITS), will retire on May 2, 2009 after 33 years of distinguished federal service.
"John's leadership and deep industry knowledge have been critical to GSA's ability to respond and adapt to customers' rapidly changing information technology (IT) needs," said GSA Acting Administrator Paul Prouty. "He will be missed."
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The movie starts out with a space view of the earth with Toorop (Vin Diesel) doing a voice over about how he laughs when he sees a bumper sticker that reads "save the earth" and as the monologue progresses the camera zooms into the eastern seaboard and then on to the city street of New York where Toorop is kneeled on the street and his voice speaks of dying that night to save a life... the camera zooms into his left eye as an explosion engulfs the girl he was looking at. Fade to black.
**FYI, this movie takes place in the distant future**
As the credits start, we see Toorop in what is best described as an Eastern European refugee village (probably Russia) walking through the rain and mud while people approach him showing him guns and rifles...etc. He finally comes to a little tent and grabs an Asian male and demands a refund for a gun he sold him that didn't work... after taking the money, he then proceeds to a meat vendor who sells him a carcass and asks the vendor throw in an onion as part of the deal... as he walks up the steps to his place, he bums some smokes off a kid on the steps and tells him he'll pay him back later and before entering his apartment, a girl tells him someone was looking for him. As he enters his apartment, there's not much (refugee camp and all). He cuts up the meat and onion and just as he sits down and takes a bite, he hears a rattle... BOOM! He covers his food just as the door behind him explodes and a group of men dressed in army garb burst in and demand he come with them. Without looking Toorop knows that it's "Carl" a mercenary like himself and reminds him of the warning that next time he pointed a gun at him, he'll kill him... he turns around and tells Carl that there are two things that make a mercenary good... balls and credibility... he goes on to tell him he has neither and before killing him, finds out that a man named Gorsky wants to see him.
The armed escort takes him to a back of a tank where we meet Gorsky (Gerard Depardieu), who Toorop worked for 10yrs earlier. They don't trust each other from the past but each knows the other well enough to do business together and Gorsky tells Toorop that this is the job that will earn him freedom from a life of survival and hiding and tells him that he needs Toorop to deliver/escort a girl to New York in 6 days. He gives him a little device telling him that it's his passport for freedom (it's actually a passport because he's a known terrorist in the US and can't get in via his own identity). Gorsky tells him to wait for a car and that everything he needs for this assignment is in the trunk. Toorop is dropped off and waits for a car to come.
An "Air Wolf" type helicopter lowers a beat up P.O.S. car in front of Toorop... he steps in and the helicopter lifts him away from this refugee area to a monastery in Mongolia. It is here we meet Sister Rebecca (Michelle Yeoh) who introduces herself and tells Toorop her 3 rules... 1) Wherever the girl goes, she goes... 2) He's to help Sister Rebecca keep the girl pure not allowing her to experience any of the real world... and as Toorop swears about how REAL the real world is Sister Rebecca says the 3rd rule is no foul language... Toorop responds with 1 rule, which is to stay the F*ck out of his way... While Sister Rebecca goes to get the girl, Toorop opens the trunk and sees guns, rifles and a briefcase... he opens the briefcase and finds maps and stuff so he opens a map and it's an electronic map with TouchFLO technology (uses his finger to click and drag the map images and he knows he needs to cross the Bering Strait). Aurora (Melanie Thierry) is introduced as the girl that needs to be escorted to New York. Aurora seems like a very curious girl not having been outside the monastery grounds and Toorop seems irate about this. They get in the car and drive to Kazakhstan, where they go through a market type area to catch a train... they buy new clothes for Aurora so she can blend in and as they near the train station, Aurora gets distracted by a cage and walks over to see two surly Siberian Tigers who scowl at her and as they near the station, the crowd gets bigger and bigger and overwhelms Aurora to the point that she runs away from the station screaming and so Sister Rebecca and Toorop chase after her and when they reach her to question what she's doing... BOOM! An explosion goes off and most of the crowd is dead... Toorop begins to think something is up with her but says they still need to catch this train... they do and it's a bullet train.
Inside the train, Aurora asks about the Tigers and how even though the species went extinct in 2017, they're God's creation to which Toorop responds that they are 2nd generations clones (clones of clones) and that they're man made... Aurora responds that man was made by God and so man's creation is an extension of his... After this conversation, there is still more mystery in regards to Aurora... They reach another Refugee camp in Russia where Toorop takes the ladies into a Club/Entertainment place where there is music and a sideshow where people try and survive in a glass cage wrestling a muscleman... Toorop is looking for a guy he deals with in his smuggling and the ladies sit and wait for Toorop... All the while, the muscleman keeps looking at Aurora (innocently) and she notices... Toorop has his contact arrange passports for the ladies, a means to cross the Bering Strait into Canada and snowmobiles to take them into the US. As they are leaving a team of men come in an offer Toorop $1 Million dollars to just walk away... he doesn't take their offer and a fight ensues with one of the men taking Aurora and as the fight progresses, Aurora is taken by the muscleman into the cage and he beats off one of the men and basically is interested in who she is... he tries to protect her but Toorop comes in and against Aurora's wishes, kills him even though it seemed he was trying to protect her... Aurora is devastated by the muscleman's death and then the group of men confess that they were sent by Aurora's Father... Aurora curious about this voluntarily goes with them and Toorop chases them down and threatens them to return her... they do and they leave.
As they meet with the contact in the morning, we see the four of them walking on the snow with a group of people and they all stop at a certain location. While they are walking, Sister Rebecca turns and asks Toorop if he trusts the contact, and Toorop simply replies, he trusts no one... it turns out that they're all trying to board passage on a Russian Submarine and the Sub rises out of the ice and declares there is only 2 minutes before they go down... All the people scramble to climb the nets and get into the Sub... some people fall and drop into the Icy waters and Aurora is devastated by the people who can't get on board (the four do get on) and so she goes under into the main bridge of the Sub and basically disarms a soldier, takes his hand gun and begins to raise the Sub, all the while kicking and screaming... she is subdued and the four go down to the cargo hold where Toorop learns that Sister Rebecca was originally from San Francisco and escaped an abusive marriage to the monastery that is run by a religious group known as the Noelites .
While she was healing with the other women at the monastery, Aurora was brought in as a baby and Sister Rebecca cared for her as her own... sometime in the last 3 months, a doctor from the Noelites visited Aurora and that's when she became emotionally unstable... we also learn that Aurora is mentally gifted as she was able to speak 19 languages at the age of 2yrs. The contact guy then whispers at Toorop that she might be carrying a doomsday virus and if that happens, Toorop tells the contact he will personally kill her and burn her body... Aurora was listening to that part of the conversation...
The next morning, the four of them take off on the snowmobiles and zooming across the arctic when they come across three polar bears that were shot dead... They realize that drone fighters scan the area and kill anything that moves... they're only 10 miles from the border city and so they make a run for it... during this intense chase, Aurora hops to the contacts snowmobile and Toorop tries to lure the drone fighters away... he is successful in destroying both drones but was hit in the process... the other snowmobile goes back to check on Toorop at Aurora's request and while she saves him (through her advanced brain, takes out the metal stuck in Toorop and bandages him) the contact begins to monologue how Toorop knows the rules and so he's ready to take Aurora for himself and collect the money and points the gun at Sister Rebecca saying she's no longer needed and BANG! The contact is dead as Toorop raised his gun and killed him... he reiterates how he doesn't trust anyone... and thanks Aurora for saving his life.
At night, the three are huddled in a tent brought by Toorop (he's quite the mountaineer and is conveniently supplied by Oakley) and the three have a little family bonding moment (although Aurora lets it slip that they'll all die in New York)... later on, Toorop is outside throwing away bullets when Aurora comes out to talk with him... she is named after the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis)... Toorop explains that his family has land and a cottage in upstate New York and that he hopes to go there and live out his days back "home" (important later) and then Aurora wonders aloud if Toorop really will kill her and burn her body... (cute)
They enter KITIMAT Canada where they shower and get ready to enter into the US and at this point, Toorop finishes showering/shaving and then injects himself with the device for his passport identity... Aurora sees him in just his towel and is curious... just before they kiss, Sister Rebecca walks in and has a look of disapproval...
They enter into the US fine and take a plane into New York City where they take a cab into a nicely furnished condo. It is here that the TV shows that the monastery was burned to a crisp and Aurora is devastated... she goes into the other room where Toorop gets a call from Gorsky explaining that once Toorop makes the delivery, he'll be paid and is no longer needed... as he finishes his call, he sees a limo pull up across the street from the condo and on the left side a group from the Noelites comes out of a line of SUV's and on the right side, a group of Bikers from Gorsky show up. Toorop calls Sister Rebecca over to the window and she recognizes the man coming out of the limo as the doctor who visited them at the monastery... Toorop knows something is up and they let the doctor see Aurora and afterwards they try and question him about it but lets him leave. Toorop knows that once she is delivered, he and Sister Rebecca will be killed... the truth about Aurora is revealed... she is PREGNANT with twins and because she's a virgin, it's considered a miracle and we learn that she is being transported to the Noelites headquarters under the High Priestess (Charlotte Rampling) who will be using the virgin birth to usher in a new era for the Noelites... turns out that they are a cult looking for validation in the world...
Toorop knows that they'll al be dead and so as they escort Aurora to the limo, at the last moment, Toorop pulls her away and grabs the guards gun and begins a wild gun fight with all parties shooting away... while this happens, the three of them are fighting their way out when Sister Rebecca is shot and killed and as Toorop sees her, he is shot in the leg and hand... the Gorsky guys fire a seeker missile that hones in on the passport device implanted in Toorop and the first one is blasted when Toorop hides behind a car but the second is headed straight for him when Aurora looks at him and tells him she needs him alive... she shoots Toorop so the missile won't go for him and instead we're brought back to the start of the movie where we see Aurora engulfed in the explosion through Toorop's left eye... black screen.
Toorop wakes up in a lab with a new metal leg and a prosthetic device on his hand. He is then introduced to Darquandier (Lambert Wilson... the Merovingian from the Matrix Reloaded/Revolution) and he is Aurora's "father" from the beginning of the movie... turns out that Darquandier genetically developed Aurora to be who she is making her brain like a super computer and programming her since she was fetal... this was ALL for the Noelites who intend to use Aurora's virgin birth to become a legitimate religion and cash in on that theme so the High Priestess had been planning this for 20yrs...Darquandier uses his technology (he himself is rebuilt after Gorsky tried to kill him) to see what Toorop saw in the last seconds of his life to find the whereabouts of Aurora who he knows is still alive... through this procedure we see that Aurora detonated the missile through there telepathy and whispered to Toorop to "go home"... Toorop knows where she is and takes the men to find and protect her... The High Priestess kills of Gorsky for incompetence and tracks down Darquandier and kills him... she sends out her Noelite Goons in their SUV's to hunt down Toorop and Aurora and after a WILD chase through Upstate New York, the SUV's are blown up and Toorop drives away with Aurora by his side...
The movie ends in a hospital room where Aurora knows she was designed to die when she gave birth to the twins and asks Toorop to look after them as their father and he agrees... the final scene is the two kids playing (they're about 4yrs old) and Toorop getting them and telling them a storm is coming... they each grab a hand, say, "Ok Dad!" and head into the newly built cottage at his home in Upstate New York.
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Toorop is hired to take Aurora who is a genetically engineered human carrying twins to New York from Mongolia so a religious cult can use her virgin birth to gain credibility as a religion and money.
Along the way, he runs into lots of trouble and in the end, gets her to New York but protects her from the cult who was going to kill Toorop, Aurora and her guardian Sister Rebeka.
Toorop survives and looks after Aurora's twins as the father at his home in upstate New York.
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Cloning the Ice Age.
Japanese researchers are launching a project to revive the extinct woolly mammoth, using cloning technology to bring it back in an estimated 5-6 year's time. They will do this by using the tissue obtained from a mammoth carcass that has been preserved in a Russian research laboratory, the Yomiuri Shimbun (a mass-circulation daily) reported.
The team has invited a Russian mammoth researcher and two US elephant experts into the project and has already established a technique to extract DNA from frozen cells.
Researchers had once given up on cloning the mammoth after mammoth skin and muscle tissue were found damaged and proven unusable. Teruhiko Wakayama of the Riken Centre for Developmental Biology then succeeded in cloning a mouse from the cells of another that had been kept in deep-freeze for 16 years.
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Blow up your own pictures, inflate your own studio.
Yes, there are have been inflatable photo studios before this (I didn't know that), but nothing like this one.
If you're a photographer who needs more space to do your developing and want to (for whatever reason) do it outside, you might want to check out the Inflatable Photo Studio (I.P.S), created by New York City-based photographer Brian Hedenberg. The studio can be installed outside – even on a sidewalk (who does that?) in just minutes. The Inflatable Photo Studio is made from a thick black plastic material that is designed to block out sunlight, and it's available in different sizes. The studio has two entrances, an air vent and can be folded into a 2′ x 2′ x 4′ box. Weighing in at 40 lbs., it's easy to carry, as well. There are ventilation holes, so you can attach a fan to increase air circulation inside the booth.
Several words of caution from the makers of the I.P.S:
DO NOT ALLOW ANYONE INSIDE WHILE DEFLATING! It is recommended that in the event there is a power failure, you crawl on your hands and knees to the nearest exit. In the event of a rapid deflation is best to NOT PANIC, keep your arms up at an angle in front of you.
It is not recommended that you smoke, cook or have any open flames in the studio. Also lights can become very hot and melt the studio. Do not rest lighting or position it against the sides. Curling irons, hair driers, and steamers can also melt the plastic causing rapid deflation or possible fire.
That second warning pretty much bummed me out, because one thing I always do when I am developing photos is blow dry and curl my hair. Guess I am no-go on this one.
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Hi all,
First, I must say that you guys did an amazing job on BT4! GZ!
I'm doing some experiments using BT4 Live DVD, and I successfully downloaded and compiled OpenCV sources (a framework for video/image processing), and also installed via apt-get nvidia-driver and cuda-toolkit, but the system complains of "No space left on device" while installing cuda-sdk.
I am wondering if there is a workaround for this problem. Maybe I could attach a 8GB pendrive/thumbdrive, and mount it in a way it would give the system a little more memory to work with. That's just a thought.
I appreciate any help you guys could give me.
# apt-get install cuda-sdk
Fetched 37.1MB in 5min19s (116kB/s)
(Reading database ... 227713 files and directories currently installed.)
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NEW GLASGOW - Protestors from the Clean Up the Pictou County Pulp Mill group demonstrated and rallied for signatures on a petition outside Minister Peter MacKay's office on Saturday.
As they stood on the sidewalk on East River Road with signs, they said they wanted a cleaner pulp mill immediately.
"We want it cleaned up. We want the process started right away," Dave Cullen said, referring not only to the Boat Harbour Treatment Facility, but also air emissions.
Northern Pulp began the preparations on a new precipitator earlier this month, expecting it to be completed and reducing dust from the mill in spring 2015.
The provincial government and the band council for Pictou Landing First Nations signed an agreement in principle last week in relation to the effluent entering Boat Harbour.
The province committed to drafting legislation by June 2015 to end the use of Boat Harbour as a treatment facility.
If an agreement isn't reached after good faith negotiations, they will pay the band $1 million.
"I want to believe in (the government's latest offer). I honestly do … the thing is, each government continues to pass the buck, nothing's been done and it's always been false promises so nobody believes anything they're saying," Cullen said about the offer.
Cullen said the protest was inspired by the blockade in Pictou Landing, and they wanted to make sure it wasn't portrayed as simply a Pictou Landing First Nations issue.
Another protestor, Sara MacKay, stressed that she didn't want to see the mill shut down, noting that she knows many people that work there and believes it's an important part of the local economy.
"I also think it's important to honour our environment and to be responsible, to be responsible and to clean up after the mess that we've made in this county and that we've allowed to happen in this county," she said. "This is not a bunch of people getting together just saying, 'shut the mill down,' because that doesn't make any sense either in this county. There's got to be some kind of compromise that everybody can live with."
The group ranged in size throughout the day with an average of approximately a dozen protestors.


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the BBOC is to old school , it needs another new governing body , using the BBOC rules and regs as a good place to start.
If anyone has seen the rule book , its pretty good and I would recomend a read.
the BBOC is to old school , it needs another new governing body , using the BBOC rules and regs as a good place to start.
If anyone has seen the rule book , its pretty good and I would recomend a read.
The biggest problem we face trying to get a national governing body is " Money " ~ most promotors will not want to pay a slice of the takings just to be registered with the governing body.
They make money from the shows in their current state so they are going to be very unwilling to change.
Karate tried to do this back in the early 80's and it went to shit because no one wanted to give up the control and money.
We do need a governing body for MMA if we are to keep the fighters safelong term but I personally cant see it happening.
but that governing body provides refs, rules, safety , registers, etc etc etc..
administering that costs money
i'd certainly love to be involved if this ever did get off the ground
Strategy can subsitute for talent, but talent will never subsitute for strategy.
"Sometimes hype just isn't enough" Jens Pulver
Just to point something out, what makes the British Boxing Board of Control Ltd run so smoothly is Worldwide co-operation between all of the regulating commissions or private companies in a particular Country... The BBBoC is only a private limited company and a self-appointing regulator of professional boxing. It is the BBBoC themselves that coin the term 'unlicensed' for fighters that fight outside of the BBBoC in the UK.
The BBBoC is a partnering founder of the European Boxing Union which obviously sanction the European titles. It's also worthwhile noting that because the BBBoC promoted itself as THE regulating body for pro boxing in the UK, and because it has so many influential people on their 'board' (ie Peerage folk like Lords, etc) they have strong ties with the media who are under this illusion that anything outside of the BBBoC is not legitimate.
For any other sport to try to emulate what the BBBoC does would be a very large task in itself. It takes a global partnerships and agreements between the National & International bodies - if the BBBoC withdraws a license from a boxer they then write to all of the other recognised bodies such as the EBU, WBC, WBA, and the National bodies of other Countries, stating that X boxer has been denied a license and that they should also enforce this. Which in most cases they do.
Indeed even in pro boxing a world sanctioning body could impose a suspension on somebody - an example could be the WBC suspending Riddick Bowe - of which the BBBoC would also refuse to license Riddick Bowe to fight in the UK. But sometimes the other world bodies don't acknowledge the suspensions and allow them to fight for their titles. So even that system is not perfect.
Lastly, i don't think Sport England has anything to do with pro boxing / BBBoC, i think they are pretty much amateur orientated (ABAE) though i may be wrong.
Sorry for the long-winded answer.


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My boys are fidgety, forgetful, goofy, distracted, impulsive and many more adjectives that some may judge as problematic. But aren't these also the traits of boys just being boys?
I recently had several conversations with other mothers who have boys, conversations that swirled around boy behavior and the swift suggestions of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and medication. We talked about how our boys behave, and wondered what medication would help and what it would take away.
My boys are fidgety, forgetful, goofy; distracted, bossy, competitive; daydreaming, messy, impulsive. Sometimes these qualities don't jive with the average American elementary school.
If I get an email home from school detailing an unwelcome incident (most recently, my youngest added an extra "t" to the word "but" in a school library book about sharks), I wonder if there is truly a behavioral issue, or if my boys are just being boys.
Because I feel like the standards in many elementary schools are set by the behavior of girls – girls who, for the most part, can sit still and focus with a sharper acuity. Girls who aren't wrestling with each other or playing games like "Trip the Leg" and "'Slide the Person" and "Epic Failure." (The last game consists solely of falling down.)
Behavioral studies have demonstrated that there is an increase in activity of elementary school boys, and that girls don't express their energy in the same unrestrained manner. (Interestingly, if you Google "boy behavior" the first prompt is "boy behavior problems." When Googling "girl behavior," the first prompt is "girl behavior chart" followed by "girl behavior when in love.")
Recently, there has been more media focus on overdiagnosis of ADHD, including this New Republic article and another in the Wall Street Journal. Boys are diagnosed four to five times more than girls, according to various medical websites. While medication does help children with severe ADHD, it is not the panacea for every distracted child. And I have to wonder if the traits associated with ADHD — restlessness, lack of focus, impulsivity — are more likely the same species of that unrestrained energy in boys. In school, where there are shorter recesses, less gym time and strict limits on physical play, that energy needs a place to go. For my kids this week, it went into a book about sharks and an unsupervised mad dash to the school playground after dismissal.
Our guys – especially our youngest – are crackling with energy. I imagine their blood fizzes like soda and their synapses snap like firecrackers with microscopic explosions of consequence-ignorant information. They cartwheel in the dining room and spin in circles around the house. They run the hallway and slide into the kitchen. They wrestle and flip on the beds and have light saber duels and Nerf gun battles. They sing and shout and whoop and whistle. They make plenty of jokes about farts and poop.
So yes, our boys are fidgety, forgetful, goofy; distracted, bossy, competitive; daydreaming, messy, impulsive. But, as I have read in Wendy Mogel's Blessing of the Skinned Knee, in their least appealing traits (the yetzer hara) are the seeds of their best traits.
Distracted, daydreaming? Also creative and inventive. Bossy, competitive? They show leadership and determination. Goofy, impulsive? Joyful, funny.
Our boys are all of these things and more. To me, that's something to be celebrated, not medicated.


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Mount Willey Climber's Log
[ Sign the Climber's Log ]
|Mike N
|It was very cold and the ice was brittle and cracked easily. We went up 3 pitches or so and bailed before the top. Our feet and hands were freezing.
|Posted Oct 12, 2006 1:48 am
|Up from Ethan Pond Trail
Date Climbed: Feb 28, 1985
|Lots of snow, ladders buried
|Posted Jun 20, 2006 10:33 pm
|Willey's Slide Date
Date Climbed: Dec 1, 2002
|Climbed w/ EMS Guide
|Posted Jun 14, 2006 1:35 pm
|Not Quite
|Climbed Willeys Slide, partially, then bailed. Cold and windy day.
|Posted Apr 11, 2006 7:05 pm
|Matt Worster
|3 peak loop
|with dad
|Posted Mar 30, 2006 1:49 am
|Route Climbed: willeys slide Date Climbed: 2004-2005
|ice climbing - didn't go to summit
|Posted Dec 30, 2005 1:58 pm
|Route Climbed: Kendron Flume - Ethan Pond - Willey Range Date Climbed: July 18, 2003
|First peak ever - used it as a warmup for Washington. Muddy and wild. About 4 hours roundtrip with 15 minutes at the peak.
|Posted Dec 24, 2005 3:32 pm
|Route Climbed: Willey Range Trail from A-Z trail, down the Avalon Trail Date Climbed: 17 aug 05
|I did a great day hike with my girlfriend, we started by the mt Tom, field, Willey and Avalon. Nice view on each summit
|Posted Aug 21, 2005 9:39 pm
|Route Climbed: Backpack solo AZ trail to Ridge tr. Date Climbed: 7/24/02
|Hiked late in the day and did the entire range, returning in the dark. This was a great backpack.
|Posted Jul 25, 2005 2:27 pm
|Route Climbed: Willey Range Tr (southbound) Date Climbed: June 9, 1997
|Nice to be here. Limitted views to the west.
|Posted Mar 19, 2004 11:54 am
|Route Climbed: Willey's Slide Date Climbed: Dec 14, 2003
|Summit = Topout route
Great day of 600' of super ice climbing...
|Posted Jan 4, 2004 11:12 am
|Jerry L
|Route Climbed: Mount Avalon Trail / A - Z Trail Date Climbed: November 22, 2003
|It was extremely icey but a beautiful day.
|Posted Nov 26, 2003 11:43 am
|Route Climbed: ? Date Climbed: Mid 1990's
|Bagged this one several times during my White Mountain adventures of the mid '90s.
|Posted Jul 1, 2002 4:47 pm


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1. Afternoon Matinee
Some days it seems like "infrastructure" or "systems" surpass even de rigueur "sustainability" as buzzwords. The people of Rotterdam know this all too well—the origin of their city centered on an 11th-century dam on the Rotte River. It seems fitting, then, that next month's Time Machine, an architecture film festival, is taking place there. On deck are movies about cities, movies about other things (but really about cities), Drop Cities, dying cities, and, most of all, how buildings and cities share reciprocal systems that govern how we live, work, play—and do things like go to film festivals. Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam runs Oct. 10–13.
To learn more, visit affr.nl.
2. The Next 40 Years
The National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA) marked four decades last year by holding its annual meeting in Detroit, where, in 1971, 12 African-American architects met at the AIA National Convention to advance minority voices in the profession. What will the next 40 years hold for NOMA? Find out at the 41st Annual NOMA Conference in Indianapolis, Oct. 3–5.
Learn more at noma.net.
3. Getting Frisky
It's fine to look at buildings, but the DesignPhiladelphia festival organizers want you to touch them, hear them, smell them, and—yes—taste them. This year's festival theme EXPERIENCEdesign! will showcase new and old architecture in the Quaker City, but it will also demonstrate how design influences every part of our lives and each of our five senses. DesignPhiladelphia, the signature event of the Philadelphia Center for Architecture, takes place Oct. 10–18.
Learn more at designphiladelphia.org.
4. Phoenix Summit
In 2009, the Boston Society of Architects' Women Principals Group launched the first AIA Women's Leadership Summit. Four years later, the event has grown to address the challenges and opportunities of practice for women beyond the head office—interns, associates, educators, owners, and innovators. This year's summit will take place in Phoenix, Oct. 24–26, with workshops, conversations, and featured speakers Monica Ponce de Leon, Marilyn Taylor, and Billie Tsien, AIA.
Learn more at aia.org.
5. Growing Pains
As we begin to emphasize preventative medicine as much as we emphasize palliative care, the healthcare industry will generate upwards of 5.6 million new jobs by 2020, according to researchers at Georgetown University. So the question is not about how big the healthcare design sector will grow—the sky seems to be the limit—but how sustainably it will grow. Join the Center for Health Design and the AIA Academy of Architecture for Health at the Healthcare Design Conference 2013 in Orlando, Fla., Nov. 16–19.
Learn more at healthcaredesignmagazine.com.


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Amaco "Potter's choice" glazes
Posted 23 May 2013 - 08:41 PM
They are supposed to be fired at ^5-6
I fired tile samples at ^5+ and they all look so ugly! (PC-20 PC 53)
Just dark grey colors, not even close to what it looks on the pictures.
I also had the same bad experience with Laguna stain.
Any words of wisdom?
Posted 23 May 2013 - 09:16 PM
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Posted 23 May 2013 - 09:32 PM
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Must've been the application problem, although I did put 3 coats. Will reapply and re-fire.
Thank you!!
Posted 23 May 2013 - 10:30 PM
I've tried ancient jasper
I think these glazes excel when you layer, they have extensive samples on line.
What's fun is when you start to experiment with layering glazes outside of amaco potters choice line.
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Posted 23 May 2013 - 10:37 PM
Are you mixing well , the glazes settle , And need a stirring and even scraping bottom with back of wooded spoon, once mixed well we've thinned with water. I'm pleased,with series you also have to take into account different clay bodies.
I will check on that too.
Would it make a difference that I use a downdraft vent, so I have all my peep-wholes and the lids closed tight?
Besides, I live at a high elevation (3800 feet)
Posted 23 May 2013 - 11:52 PM
If you have applied 3 coats then I can think that you are not firing at the right temperature, check it out with cones to make sure
you are reaching ^5 or ^6
Good Luck.
Posted 24 May 2013 - 08:06 AM
I've got:
-Olive speckle
-sienna speckle
-iron lustre
-blue rutile
-midnight blue
-indigo float
-frosted melon
-deep firebrick
maybe some others I've forgotten. I'm a glaze impulse buyer. You get some suprising results by layering, and in my experience, nto always what the amaco test pages show.
And I second layering with other glazes. My all-time favorite glaze is now a layer of amaco sahara oatmeal over ironstone. Looks like ancient jasper, but it turns out right every time
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Posted 24 May 2013 - 10:22 AM
So, it has nothing to do with the elevation? (A little less oxygen in the air, different barometric pressure)
Posted 24 May 2013 - 10:44 AM
Anything but the wrong cone. I am using pyrometric cones. The kiln is new and has a tendency to overfire. The cones were showing ^5+
So, it has nothing to do with the elevation? (A little less oxygen in the air, different barometric pressure)
Not that I've seen, but I'm not the expert on that sort of thing.
My guess would be that you simply didn't apply the glaze thick enough. Once you apply what you think is enough, put on like 2 more sloppy coats. I've never seen too much glaze with these.
Posted 24 May 2013 - 12:00 PM
This is a red herrring-
Nothing to do with that-application and firing schedules and temps and clay bodies-thats where to look.
Electric firing should be the same in Reno as down here by the sea-only thing is we have trees all around.
Posted 24 May 2013 - 12:32 PM
This first one has 5 coats, as you can see there was a lot of running but the colour is perfect.
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This one has four coats, less running colour is still okay but still some drips.
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when I did the three coats it was like you said muddy all of theses were fired to cone 6, all holes and lid closed tight and I have a down draft vent.
The frosted melon worked very well this has 5 coats and no drips or runs but when I fired the test tile I had a pot glazed in misty mountain blue next to it and the frosted mellon got some yellowing, I thought it looked fine but if you don't want that on your pot you should be carful what you fire next to it.
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The olive speckle needed a thick coat as well, this plater started off with four coats and the streaking was terrible sorry i don't have a photo of that but I decided to put another coat of glaze over the already fired piece and refired it, this is what I got . . . I might try another coat and another fire tho
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This one is glazed in smokey merlot I think it's called, I'll go look and update that if I'm wrong, I have four coats on this the three coated tile test was muddy
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I have a bunch more and a few layering photos if you want I can post those too but but it seems to me the four or 5 coats is what is required with all the Potters choice glazes I have . . . Now maybe what I personally think is a thick coat is actually thin by Potter's Choice standards and that's why I need to put more . . .
The other colours I have are fire brick, palladium and Art Deco green
If you are going to layer you might even want to try more than 4 coats like for example the bowl in this photo is glazed with 2 coats of frosted melon and 2 coats of firebrick I personally don't like it and might try putting another coat of firebrick or even something else just to experiment. . . .
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Posted 24 May 2013 - 02:38 PM
Posted 24 May 2013 - 05:25 PM
On the outside of the pots I used small to medium sized Japanese Hake brushes and brushed my glaze on. I dip my bush in the glaze and slosh it around good, the hard part is resisting the urge to wipe the brush off on the side of the cup I put my glaze in. Having the brush dripping with glaze on both side of the brush will get a couple nice thick strokes in before needing to dip my brush again. I brush each coat on in a different direction, brushing horizontal, vertical, diagonal then horizontal again making sure each coat is good and dry before putting on the next coat.
Here is what my glazing brushes look like, they are speendy but they really do soak up a lot. I got my brushes two years ago when I got my home studio set up and they are still working well for me but I'm just a hobbiest and not a production potter so I'm sure that makes the difference.
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Posted 24 May 2013 - 05:38 PM
Posted 24 May 2013 - 06:45 PM
Yep, that was the application! I had one tile with 3 coats on and then dipped twice, and it finally looks better than the previous attepmts.
It definitely requires REAL thick application.
Thank you for your help everybody!
Posted 24 May 2013 - 07:17 PM
Posted 04 June 2013 - 11:45 PM
Now I have to learn how to apply Antique Jasper unevenly (manufactory's recommendation)
Posted 05 June 2013 - 04:00 PM
Love this combo. What is on top? And is it layered over the Ancient Jasper?
Thank you for all your help! Especially Jo-Ann. This is what I've got so far: 100_1981.JPG 568.39KB 159 downloads
Now I have to learn how to apply Antique Jasper unevenly (manufactory's recommendation)
Dry Ridge Pottery
Posted 05 June 2013 - 08:29 PM
Love this combo. What is on top? And is it layered over the Ancient Jasper?
Thank you for all your help! Especially Jo-Ann. This is what I've got so far: 100_1981.JPG 568.39KB 159 downloads
Now I have to learn how to apply Antique Jasper unevenly (manufactory's recommendation)
Blue Rutile at the top (4 thick coats)
Ancient Jasper at the bottom.
No layering. Maybe just a little bit where these two meet each other, but I do not see the effect of that at all.
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Lymelife | 2009
Jump to
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Coast to Coast Catering, Inc.
Eat Catering
A story about the dark side of suburban paradise and the loss of innocence centers on two deeply troubled, dysfunctional families during the late 1970s. Awkward, sensitive 15-year old, Scott Bartlett's family life is turned upside-down after an outbreak of Lyme disease hits the community spreading illness and paranoia. Scott's parents-a workaholic father, Mickey and an overprotective mother, Brenda -are on the verge of divorce as his older brother Jimmy is about to ship off for war. Complicating matters, Scott has fallen in love with his next door neighbor, Adrianna Bragg. Adrianna seems to be the only person in the world who understands Scott, demonstrated by her equally troubled, less affluent family including an uptight mother, Melissa, carrying on a not-so-clandestine love affair, and a father Charlie, who is slowly slipping away from the effects of Lyme disease.


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Anna Kournikova Is Not 'The Biggest Loser'
Tennis star Anna Kournikova will not be returning to the next season of 'The Biggest Loser.' Whoops.
-Lucia Peters
File under "It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time:" Anna Kournikova made headlines when she signed on back in May to host and act as trainer on The Biggest Loser—but now it's been confirmed that she won't be returning for the next season of the show.
The tennis star was brought on to the NBC reality weight loss series following Jillian Michael's departure, and according to the Hollywood Reporter, it did, in fact, seem like a good idea at first: She's attractive, camera friendly, and a major athlete. However, while she may be camera friendly, she's not exactly people friendly—or at least, she wasn't when it came to coaching the contestants.
Jillian Michaels was known for her soothing and encouraging style of coaching. Anna Kournikova, on the other hand, was actually described by a source on the show as "a nightmare." She apparently didn't sympathize at all with her contestants and had no patience for complaints about training being hard. In fact, she would often lecture them about her own difficult upbringing, essentially telling them to shut up and deal. This, perhaps unsurprisingly, didn't sit well.
Read Suzi's Sexy Secrets: Navigating the Fem Care Aisle
There's a time and a place for tough love, but when it comes to reality TV geared towards topics like losing weight… well, these days, that's not exactly it. Though it's possible that if she wanted to go that route with her own show, she might end up being the Gordon Ramsay of the fitness world. Anna issued the following statement about her departure: "I enjoyed my time on the Biggest Loser ranch. Although I will not be returning as a full time trainer on season 13, I will always be a part of The Biggest Loser family and my commitment to bettering lives through health and fitness will continue."
Tell us: What do you think? Could a Gordon Ramsay-style weight loss show featuring Anna Kournikova work?
Lucia Peters is BettyConfidential's associate editor.


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Since his introduction, cyclops is the only mutant I can think of that hasn't undergone any significant growth of expansion in mutant ability or a lack of variance in what his powers can offer him, though with him finally gaining control of his mutant ability that may change.I have several theories on possible expansions in power if not versatility for him.
-he gains control of his apertures(his true power, to explore a possible connection he has to the universe he derives his energy blasts from)
-explore how his body metabolizes energy
-shift the point of manifestation of the blasts to his hands or other parts of his body.
These are just suggestions, what do you think?
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Spanning the globe . . .
. . . to bring you the constant variety of FOSS. A few morsels of FOSS news have flown by the proverbial radar this week, and you may already know these things already. But just to recap
Finishing out the alphabet: Ubuntu announced it planned to offer a five-year long-term support — up from the usual three-year LTS — with its next release, 12.04 or Precise Pangolin. Bad news or good news? Good news on the whole, unless you have to use Unity — five years with Unity seems to strike me as an act that violates the Geneva Convention. But if you're using one of the other 'buntus, like Xubuntu, Kubuntu or Lubuntu, you're in luck. You can keep using Pangolin and let Ubuntu ride out the alphabet, since Canonical's SABDFL* Mark Shuttleworth will finally reach the end of the alphabet by Ubuntu 17.04 — 17.04 is the Z adjective/animal — five years after the release of Pangolin.
Hold onto those Palms: Well, if you thought Palm OS was out the window and that HP's hardware was going the way of the Dodo and the Studebaker, think again. HP is actually going to keep its PC unit, according to ZDNet. Again good and bad news: Good news because I'm particularly fond of Palm OS and the Palm Pre 2 when I used it — and those who picked up the fire sale HP tablets have hardware that might get a new lease on life — but the bad news is that I now have to say something nice about Meg Whitman. Good call and thanks, Meg.
Meanwhile, in Los Angeles . . . : The SCALE team is busy at work setting up 2012's first event on the North American continent — SCALE 10X is being held Jan. 20-22 at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport — and their contest closes next week to design the SCALE 10X logo appearing on T-shirts, bags and other SCALE 10X swag. Details are here, and the prize is a trip to SCALE. Draw quickly.
Speaking of SCALE: Rikki Endsley wrote an exceptional piece on why kids matter in FOSS. She gives seven excellent reasons why we should be cultivating the future with a new generation of FOSS developers and advocates. Thanks, Rikki, for an exceptional dovetail into the SCALE Kids' Conference, which will be held at SCALE 10X (dates and link above). Want to make a difference in FOSS future? Here's your chance.
One more thing: I think I offer a pretty wide latitude when it comes to comments to this blog, if the FSF item is any indication. I do have a couple of rules that by which I ask folks to abide: a.) provide a name and an valid — valid — e-mail address (or a valid nameserver address), and b.) try not to be a douche. I know some people can't help violating "b." to save their lives, so I will sometimes waive that rule if they provide "a." But if you violate both, you're out of luck. That plain, that simple.
*SABDFL — Self-Appointed Benevolent Dictator for Life, a moniker picked up from Steven Rosenberg's recent blog item. Thanks, Steven.
This blog, and all other blogs by Larry the Free Software Guy and Larry Cafiero, are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs CC BY-NC-ND license. In short, this license allows others to download this work and share it with others as long as they credit me as the author, but others can't change it in any way or use it commercially.
(Larry Cafiero is one of the founders of the Lindependence Project and has just started developing software in his new home office. Watch this space.)
October 27, 2011 at 3:47 pm
The extended LTS Desktop support is specifically being provided by Canonical to go after Enterprise Desktop needs. Its far from clear that Enterprise Desktop customers are going to want Unity specifically. It will be _very_ interesting to see how enterprise customers react to Unity and more importantly what DE's Canonical is offering paid support for through its Advantage branded support program. If _paying_ support customers choose Unity then it really doesn't matter what old farts like you or I think about the interface. (And note I haven't actually expressed an opinion as to the usability of any interface I'm just lumping myself in with you as an old fart for full disclosure)
The customer is always right and if Canonical actually has customers, they'll make or break Unity as a deliverable.
October 28, 2011 at 7:22 am
Thanks for the plug! I really enjoyed writing that article, and I always love seeing Mimi and Karsten's kids at the shows!
October 28, 2011 at 8:11 am
Finishing out the alphabet: I like that idea. By the time I get my
system all set up they want me to upgrade to something new.
Let me achieve nirvana then just keep me safe, please.
Hold onto those Palms: The computer industry, Hard and Soft
will be shaking out for decades yet. Some of what goes will be
missed by the old timers. Ms. Whitman isn't the CA Governator,
that is nice to say.
Meanwhile, in Los Angeles . . . : / Speaking of SCALE:
SCALE is great, it is on the top of my Bucket List.
Taking care of the kids, the future, eh? Give your kids
Linux and an understanding of FOSS the future will be
One more thing: There is always one more thing.
In this case, please just dump anything I post that
smells bad. Sometimes the rank just takes over.
Peace, Bob
November 1, 2011 at 1:01 am


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Until the playoff system goes into effect in two years, college football's bowl picks will lack the intrigue of college basketball's Selection Sunday for the NCAA Tournament.
Yet there was some drama Sunday, mixed with the usual what-ifs for a lot of teams including Utah State. Five observations about the schedule of 35 bowls:
Utah State barely missed an Orange Bowl bid.
The Aggies (10-2) finished No. 22 in the BCS standings. To earn a BCS invitation, they needed to be No. 14 or higher ahead of Northern Illinois. The No. 15 Huskies got in as a top-16 team from a conference lacking automatic qualification, because they finished ahead of the Big East and Big Ten champions.
USU easily would have made the top 14 with wins over Wisconsin and BYU, teams that beat the Aggies by a total of five points. Just beating Wisconsin, which escaped with a 16-14 win after USU missed a field goal in the last minute, may have done it.
As it is, the Aggies can watch the Rose Bowl with a mixture of pride and angst, knowing they outplayed a team that scored 70 points against Nebraska in the Big Ten championship game.
Louisiana Tech went from BCS consideration to nowhere.
USU contributed to the Bulldogs' demise. Tech was 9-1 and leading the pack of non-AQ teams before the Aggies beat them 48-41 in overtime Nov. 17. It got worse for the Bulldogs when they lost to San Jose State the following week. Then, athletic director Bruce Van De Velde, who once held the same position at USU, apparently got burned in his effort to land in a bigger bowl than the nearby Independence, which ultimately passed over Tech in favor of Ohio.
Tech alumni, including Karl Malone, are outraged about Van De Velde, who said the bowl gave him an deadline Saturday when other options were in play before Northern Illinois took a BCS spot from Oklahoma, for example.
USC is right where Utah was last December.
Amazing, to think that USC quarterback Matt Barkley's career will include only two bowl appearances, in San Francisco and El Paso, Texas. After the Trojans were kept out of postseason play for two years by NCAA sanctions, Barkley returned for his senior season and was rewarded by getting to do what Utah's Jon Hays did last year - meet Georgia Tech in the Sun Bowl.
Actually, Tech (6-7) has an even worse record this time, thanks partly to BYU. The Cougars can take pride in shutting down a Tech offense that had some success against Florida State in a 21-15 loss in the ACC title game.
The 2009 Sugar Bowl did wonders for one team.
With Utah having gone 13-12 the past two seasons, the Utes' Sugar Bowl win over Alabama seems more and more distant. Yet the Crimson Tide keep giving Utah credibility. Alabama is 48-5 since that night in New Orleans, with the potential for a third national championship in four years.
The Pac-12 bowl schedule is attractive.
USC aside, several bowls involving Pac-12 teams will be very interesting. Oregon vs. Kansas State in the Fiesta Bowl is a matchup of teams that figured to be in the national title game - until each lost Nov. 17. Stanford vs. Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl will match two tough, physical teams. I also really like the pairings of Oregon State vs. Texas in the Alamo Bowl and UCLA vs. Baylor in the Holiday Bowl.
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WATCH: Bryan Cranston & Aaron Paul Reunite For Emmy Trailer
A comedy trailer for next week's Emmys is reuniting the stars of "Breaking Bad." Instead of taking on their former roles as meth makers Walter White and Jesse Pinkman, Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul play the hillbilly owners of the "Barely Legal Pawn Shop."
Shot in a reality show documentary style, the six-minute trailer centers around Julia Louis-Dreyfus who, as herself, comes to the pawn shop to sell off her Supporting Actress Emmy from "Seinfeld." She explains that she's strapped for cash after drunkenly buying an island online.
The actress haggles with Buzz and Randy as they quiz her about her television career, playing dumb to get a good deal. She ends up taking the Emmy back, and accidentally catches the two in the back of the shop suiting up in protective gear and masks, as Walter and Jesse did so often in "Breaking Bad." Much to her surprise, the suits and masks are for their dog grooming side business.
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Just bought '14 X3 xdrive35...oil change?
So I pick up the new X3 today- it's our 3rd BMW ('01 330Ci and '06 325i), so I figured everything would be just like we're used to. I understand the factory warranty/maintenance, and I choose not to extend it because I can't stand the service departments at either local dealerships, and I have a FANTASTIC indy that only handles BMW and Mercs, so I just take everything to him after the warranty expires...it's easier, and although it's not covered, it's still less of a hassle, stress, and frustrations so it's worth it to take it to him instead of getting the extended warranty/maintenance.
When I declined the extended warranty/maintenance, the "finance" guy strongly urged me to reconsider because he mentioned that the new cars HAVE to have their oil changes and other maintenance done at BMW due to the need to link up w/ BMW NA computers...is this true? I am old school, and love changing my own oil- find it relaxing, actually. Is BMW now forcing owners to use their dealerships' service centers for standard maintenance and repairs, or is this guy off and just trying to scare me into the extended coverage?
Scare tactics used by a finance manager? I have never heard of such a thing :) :)
If you change the oil yourself, you might not have the equipment to reset the maintenance reminder, your indy shop should be able to do it. The only thing your indy shop might not be able to do is hook up your car to the BMW's computer to check for software updates. There is really non need to buy either one of those items now, you have 4 years or 50000 miles to decide.
The finance office at that dealer has more manure than a Ft Worth feedlot.
Do your oil changes at the interval you are comfortable with, if more ferquently than BMW recommends. Do not reset the service indicator. Take it in to the dealer when the car tells you to (newfangled condition based service) or at least once per year through you 4 yr/50K free service in addition to any service you do. You decide if an extended service/warranty policy makes economic sense for you and how your indie service shop would play into that.
There's a thread around here somewhere that decsribes how to reset the service indicator. I am sure your indie shop knows how to do it on the F-series vehicles, too.
If you do your own oil changes, you'll need a new wrench for the oil filter cap - 86.5 mm, 16 flats. Several threads about that tool here, with different places to buy it. The drain is the std 17mm. Both torque to 25 Nm. Here is a great "ho to" - http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=549519. Even though this is for the old 6-cyl "2.8" engine, it is the same for the X3 35i.
Thanks for the replies, folks...and thanks for the tips on the tools Greg. I will let the service department handle everything for the next 4 years, but I can start adding to my tool collection now for birthdays, Father's Day, Christmas, etc. Most of the tools I used on my '01 330ci carry over to the '06 325i, but sounds like I get to buy more goodies for the X3. :D
I confirmed with my indy that when the warranty runs out, his computer will handle everything I need it to, unless BMW NA releases some new software updates that require connection to the NA servers. That will be 2017, though, and the F25 will be on its way out at HQ and the replacement model will be on its way in, so I doubt they'll be releasing any new software updates for it when I get to that milestone.
Far be it for me to defend a F&I guy/gal!:mad: However in this case they do make some sense in one area. By having the BMW mandated oil changes at the dealer it goes into their computer and shows the car is being maintained. It is also free for the first 50K miles, so it makes sense to do that with them. By having an "audit trail" of oil services and inspections in the computer BMW cannot come back later on when something breaks and say "you haven't been maintaining your car properly" thus freeing you from having to carry all your oil and filter receipts around with you. Enjoy your new ride!:angel:
My main worry was not being able to maintain my car myself, or even away from the dealer...I hadn't had to deal with the dealership in a few years, and was worried that BMW was turning into something I wasn't going to be happy with by FORCING customers to use dealerships for service 100% of the time, even after warranty. All cleared up now though, thankfully.
Just bought '14 X3 xdrive35...oil change?
Wow, that is full of bull crap that the finance guy just gave you. If it was me, I would say, stick that maintenance up your ass and give me my fing car~
Have a nice day :P~
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I just had an oil change at the dealer last week at 6500 miles. I paid about $90. You don't want to reset the indicator. Let it continue to count down to your freebie at 15k.
I normally do my own oil changes by sucking the oil out through the dip stick tube. Since I can't do that on the new X3 I let them do the change. I refuse to loosen another drain plug on a BMW. Steel plug and aluminum pan mean just a matter of time. It took me 25 years to strip one but I eventually did, on my M5.
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On May 28, 1453, the Byzantine emperor Constantine XI entered Hagia Sophia, "the church of the divine wisdom," to pray. Constantinople was under siege, and the fate of the great basilica was unclear. The emperor prayed there before returning to the city walls, where he coordinated the defense effort against the army of Mehmed II, who would be christened conqueror by day's end.
As the two armies struggled to outmaneuver each other, those caught inside Hagia Sophia waited anxiously, fearful of what might happen if the capital of Greek Orthodoxy fell into Muslim hands. Emperor Justinian had commissioned the church in 532 A.D.; planned by the mathematician Anthemius of Tralles and the physicist Isidore of Miletus, and built by more than ten thousand laborers, it was intended to symbolize the magnificence of Christianity and become the seat of the Orthodox patriarch. Twenty years after its completion, two major earthquakes shook Hagia Sophia and destroyed its eastern arch. After extensive renovation, it reopened in 562 A.D. to the delight of Justinian, who, three years before his death, saw his great church survive one of nature's worst calamities.
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OHIO 3D shoot-money prizes
April 1st from 8am-3pm cost is $12 per person, $7 of each person's money goes toward prize money. It is a 30 target outside course, it is challenging and so is the terrain. Money amount and places awarded depend on # of people that shoot. SO TELL EVERYONE YOU KNOW IT WILL PAY BETTER. The shoot is at Ridgetop Archery 1255 Youba Ridge Coolville OH the number there is 740-667-0708. Here are some generic directions-Ridge Top Archery /
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From Parkersburg / Belpre Area Take Rt. 7 west to Co. Rd. 62 @ Torch. Turn left, as soon as you leave 4-lane turn right on Youba Ridge Rd. Go 3 miles across ridge, driveway on the right just after Brick Home.
From Athens Area Take US Rt. 50 towards Parkersburg, after Coolville turn right onto St. Rt. 144, go to Hockingport past Ketchems Store, go through sharp left turn, then about 100 yards, go straight thru next right turn, Youba Ridge Rd. about 1 mile, gravel driveway on left, beside brick house.
From Ripley / Ravenswood Area Take Silverton exit from I-77 go into Ravenswood, and cross Ravenswood bridge into Ohio, turn right onto St. Rt. 338 this runs into St. Rt. 124, at this intersection go straight to Hockingport, about 23 miles. Turn right at Hockingport on St. Rt. 124, go past Ketchums Store go through sharp left turn, then about 100 yards, go straight thru next right turn, Youba Ridge Rd. about 1 mile, gravel driveway on left, beside brick house.
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I live in the athens area, and would be interested in shooting your 3d course. I know that your April 1st shoot is over, and hope you had a great turnout. I belong to the Hocking Valley Sportsman, and we are trying to get their 3d course set up. I would like to shoot a couple other courses to get some ideas. We shoot turkey run, but that is quite a drive. We used to shoot space mountain, outside of Carpenter ohio, but they shut it down. Our club bought all their targets, and are now in the planning stages of setting up the course. I think we will have it about ready to shoot this weekend. Pm me at email@example.com and let me know your range hours, price, etc. We will be planning a couple public shoots in the future to make some $$ to cover the costs of setting up our course. Have a good one. Scott.
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Texas will soon open a stretch of highway with the highest speed limit in the country, giving eager drivers a chance to rip through a trip between two of the state's largest metropolitan areas.
The Texas Transportation Commission has approved a speed limit of 85 miles per hour for a 41-mile toll road several miles east of the increasingly crowded Interstate 35 corridor between Austin and San Antonio.
"I would love it," Austin resident Alan Guckian said. "Sometimes it's fun to just open it up."
But while some drivers will want to test their horsepower and radar detectors, others are asking if safety is taking a backseat.
"The research is clear that when speed limits go up, fatalities go up," said Russ Rader, a spokesman for the non-profit Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. He said higher speed limits get people to their destinations faster, "but the trade-off is more crashes and more highway deaths."
A 2009 report in the American Journal of Public Health studied traffic fatalities in the U.S. from 1995 to 2005 and found that more than 12,500 deaths were attributable to increases in speed limits on all kinds of roads.
The study also said that rural highways showed a 9.1 percent increase in fatalities on roads where speed limits were raised, but did not cite specific numbers in those instances.
Most highways in the U.S. top out at 75 mph, and there are no longer any roads in the U.S. with no speed limit:
Some highways in rural West Texas and Utah have 80 mph speed limits.
The Texas Legislature last year approved 85 mph limits for some new stretches of road. The strip of toll road running from Austin to Seguin, about 35 miles northeast of San Antonio, will be the first to allow that speed when it opens in November.
The Texas Transportation Commission, which is appointed by Gov. Rick Perry, approved the 85 mph speed limit at a public meeting on Aug. 30. Commissioners would not comment on their decision.
The state contract with the toll operator allows the state to collect a $67 million up-front cash payment or a percentage of the toll profits in the future if the speed limit is 80 mph or lower. At 85 mph, the cash payment balloons to $100 million or a higher percentage of toll revenues.
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I am using the onboard video from my Asus P5L-MX motherboard. I just installed BT5... I've only ever muddled with Linux CLI but have used Ubuntu and Fedora on a few other machines. I have my machine hooked up via VGA to a TV. When I boot from the CD, it works fine. It also works at the CLI upon boot from the HDD. However, as soon as I run 'startx' my TV/Monitor reads 'Invalid Format' - I'm not sure how to get any logs to find the driver I need (I believe it's Xorg logs I need, is that right?).
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No joy for Ladies 1st against Pembroke
Ladies 1st - Bray ladies firsts took on the league leaders at their homeground in Bray last Saturday. After a two week break from matches the Bray side were slow to start and Pembroke took the lead very early on in the game.
At half-time the visitors were three goals ahead. Bray did manage to get one goal back just after half time with Bray captain Cheryl Cox striking a short corner on target and finding the back of the goal.
Pembroke were unrelentless in their attacks and their well executed short corners saw them hit the Bray goal another four times in the second half. The ladies Firsts are hoping to pick up some vital league points next weekend in their
two games before they take a break for the Christmas period.
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Bray started off strong from the very first whistle, keeping up this strength throughout the game. Both teams were evenly matched.
That said, however, thanks to our mid-fielders, Nuala McGann, Clara O'Sheaa and Clare Murray, Bray was able to keep the ball in Newbridge's circle. This lead to a numerous amount of attacking short corners for Bray, where our front line, Claire Prendergast, Erica Duggan, Aoife Gillen, Amy Robinson and Niamh Duffy, could show Newbridge just how much they wanted this win.
Unfortunately, Newbridge''s defenders were too good. Not only that, but they were a challenge for Bray, with quick passes that ultimately lead back to Bray's backs and keeper to defend, Sam Henson, Tara Smith, Molly Dodd, Sarah Finnegan, Hannah O Conor and Aisling Carthy. Unfortunately within the first few minutes of the game the deciding own goal was scored by Bray.
With our confidence slightly less than before, Bray lost a bit of overall structure in the second half. However, the ferocity and need to win soon came back to the team leading to the most intense last ten minutes of a game anyone has ever experienced. Both teams experienced injuries, with 2 of Bray's players needing to leave the pitch, Nuala McGann and Hannah O'Connor. Both girls are fine, although more than a little bit bruised.
However, that is all that was bruised this Saturday, as although Newbridge now moves forward in the cup, Bray showed great sportsmanship and will continue to move on up in the League.
Ladies 3rds
A brilliant game played by every player on Bray's team, with good, strong passes abundant throughout the match. With a score of 2-2, one can easily see how this was a very close match.
That said, Bray gave 110% with our first goal scored within the first 10 minutes of play - a rebound ball beautifully set up by Clara O'Shea and Aoife Gillen for Claire Prendergast to hit into the goals. With one goal in the bag, Bray remained calm and steady with the ball. Although UCD had a fast front line, there was no contest between them and our backs, Ally O'Leary, Molly Dodd, Tara Smith, Sam Henson and Aisling Carthy.
Our mid-fielders had a superb game, with a few of them trying out new positions.
Even with that in mind, they played really well, perfectly setting up Amy Robinson for what was to be the second goal for Bray. Woman of the match was without a doubt Erica Duggan, giving her all as right forward, she didn't back down once from UCD's backline.
That said she did have great support from Niamh Duffy and Clare Murray, both of whom made brilliantly quick passes into the circle. Although UCD did manage to score 2 goals, Bray kept up their urgency and brought the game to Newbridge.
Overall, a fantastic game played by all of our girls, with Bray able to walk away feeling more than satisfied that they gave it their all.


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Brevard, N.C.- Wingate's John Currie scored the game-winning goal at 87:54 to lift the Bulldogs to a 2-1 win over the Tornados on Saturday evening.
Gui Lima fed Currie a touch pass following a corner kick for the Bulldogs, with the shot finding the net on the high side to break the tie.
Marcelo Betcer had tied the game for the Tornados just minutes earlier, scoring on a penalty kick at 81:56 to make the score 1-1. As a team, BC put three of their five shots on goal in the contest.
The two teams played a scoreless first half, but Wingate would take the lead at 59:39 in the second half on a header from Corey McCollom. Lima picked up his first assist of the game on the scoring play.
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This is not a tool request.
@OP post in the correct section of the forum they have labels to guide you.
I am tring to crack my own WEP with GWC(gerix wifi cracker), and everytime i select [ Start false Access Point Auth on victim]
below I recieve no network selected. I go to the configuration tab and I select the network, same instance occur.
This is not a tool request.
@OP post in the correct section of the forum they have labels to guide you.
Yes, i do put the card in monitor mode.
The ESSID his hidden and no clients, still when I choose [Start false access point on Auth on victim], still error= no network selected.???
Chop Chop starts, but is useless if I dont succeed with a Deauth.
i also updated still no help.
Ya its in monitor mode,
I even updated, cuZ I saw that there was bug that was doing the same thing.
Let me know if ya hear anything.
I might email crossbower
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Try using the actual command line tools to do it. Don't rely on GUI, all in one, applications.
Yeah, you're probably better off just taking an hour or so to go through some aircrack-ng tutorials. Using the command line tools will help you to gain a better understanding of how the entire process actually works.
i have also probs using Gerix (does not find any Network)
if you want to learn about console using the aircrack-ng suite then look at the wiki there is everything explained (http://aircrack-ng.org/doku.php)
basically you will just need to read the article about attack 1 and 3 for other attack arts read 5 and 4
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I have messed around with my MP3's and labeled them, but when I play them on Windows Media Player or some other player, instead of showing e.g. Bob Day – Happy Days.mp3, it shows e.g.Track 10.mp3 . I thought it was an MP3 tag problem, so I downloaded a tag software and used that. Back to the media players and it's still track 10.mp3. Do you know how to fix this so that I can see my own labels on the songs that I have messed with? Thanks.
Greetings, sir Al of Smith! Thanks for the excellent question!
This is not only something that plagues more than just you, but also something that I struggled with myself a few years back. I listen to a lot of audiobooks, and let me tell you… when they're out of order, the book doesn't make a whole lot of sense. So I had one book where tracks 1 – 9 were labeled exactly like that: 1, 2, 3 etc. The problem is that the way that some MP3 players (including my phone) plays those is 1, 10, 11. 2, etc… reading the integers in order.
So I went through in Windows and renamed them 01, 02, 03… That should have fixed the problem, (since the integer zero comes before the integer 1), but It didn't. When I went to listen to it the next day, same problem.
So, a little dinking around with Windows and I discovered the solution. Here it is…
Open your music folder and then go to the album with the songs that you'd like to display properly. Right-click on the file and click on Properties.
Next, click on the file header Details.
The very top option here is Title. Make sure that it's correct. If it's not, skip the next step and go straight to the fix below. If it is, scroll down to the File subheader. The top option here is Name.
You'd think that TITLE and NAME would be the same, wouldn't you? In this example, they are. If they're not, then simply click anywhere in the field containing the incorrect name (track 10 in your example) and change it to whatever you want it to be. Click Apply at the bottom and you're good to go.
Hope that this helps.
~Randal Schaffer


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