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Re: If Gaither showed up to practice...
So to insinuate everyone from the OL coach to Harbaugh to Ozzie has been the LEAST bit unfair to Gaither is a massive stretch at best, laughable at worst.
And if he some how resurrects his career and image as a lazy undisciplined player in KC, then more power to him. But that wasn't happening to anyone's eyes that makes decisions for the Ravens.
Re: If Gaither showed up to practice...
Sure pro bowler
Starter for a number of years
Potential to start within a year or two
Developmental player
Special teams role player
Something like that.
I think where they got into trouble was pushing some players higher based on some tantlizing trait they measured.
I will say that I've detected a slight change in philosophy since 2007. I think they've taken more solid, less boom-bust second and third rounders in the last four drafts (Rice, Kruger, Cody, Torrey Smith). These players strike me as more productive in college and less of a shot in the dark. Maybe not first year starters, but ready to start in year two or so. Kruger, as I said, is different, but only because I think they mis-identified him as a pure hands-in-the-dirt DE who they needed to bulk up.
I wouldn't necessarily call it ego. I think I would say that Ozzie is trying to define value, and they got into the habit of putting value on traits that are not very projectable (size, speed, mainly).
So while it looks to us like they are being cute, I think it's simply the tendency to find hidden value. It's easy to define value in the first round. Harder in the second and third. What you call "bluechip" players are usually gone by then, so you're forced to find a starter when few are there.
The other factor I see is that it becomes easier to find value in the later rounds. That's where you have the luxury of patience because the player doesn't have to be a starter right away. A player like JJ can develop. You also have a lot of special teams players who can add value in other ways than starting. A player like Nakamura can be pegged as a special teams contributor, and can stick around for three or four years and maybe be Ed Reed's replacement some day.
You can't do that with offensive linemen. So a player like David Hale has no value unless you can develop him quickly.
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Re: If Gaither showed up to practice...
I told you this would happen.
Just because Gaither had to wait forever to get some crappy one year deal from a non-contender, and he shows up looking like his water is about to break, doesn't mean some people won't continue to point the finger at the Ravens.
And he still hasn't stepped onto the field for a regular season game, and I'm still not confident he will.Festivus
His definitions and arguments were so clear in his own mind that he was unable to understand how any reasonable person could honestly differ with him.
Re: If Gaither showed up to practice...
I really, really like being right.
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Re: If Gaither showed up to practice...
seem to agree.
I remember back when you were up in arms about getting as little as pick #36 overall for Gaither and you wouldn't trade Okung for Gaither straight up. You had at least one post saying you thought he'd be getting $8MM per year. I thought you'd believed he would be making $10MM/year cause I believe I countered saying I would be surprised if he got offered more than $7MM per, but I just spent about 20-30 minutes looking for that and couldn't find it so I won't swear to it.
But seriously, how is this even a discussion anymore? Gaither got booted out of Oakland's front door, and signed a one year deal for something damned close to vet min. The article I linked above puts it nicely...this is a low risk, high reward play for the Chiefs. But the fact that he got a good bit less than a million bucks indicates just how low the likelihood is that the Chiefs believe it will work out that way.
Then, Gaither walks onto the field with a beer gut that would put a week 39 pregnant-with-twins mother to shame, and you think Ravens fans have some sort of vendetta against him?
Pioli put the argument that Gaither's a top ten tackle to bed the minute he inked Gaither to a deal equivalent to what Yanda will make before the start of the fourth quarter of the Titans game.
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Re: If Gaither showed up to practice...
Dee. He knows why Ravens were discouraged with him so why would he sign
him even at the min rate after OAK kicked him out too and then he shows up
on the field looking like that.
Two years ago we had a great o-line with Gaither at LT and Oher at RT where
he still belongs. The average sacks given up that year for LTs were 6 and
Gaither had 3. One writer called him the best LT in the game.
But after last year and showing up like that in KC Gaither won't even be able
to play.
Re: If Gaither showed up to practice...
Well, maybe next year we can draft a true left tackle and then we will indeed have our "bookends". And then I would do this:
And then we can start up Crazy Edgar's Right Tackle Sale in the offseason. Our mistake is your gain! We've got too much right tackle in our inventory so we're pricing it to move! We've got Reid! We've got Harewood! We've got Cousins at prices that are in-SAAANE! (Small print: The Michael Oher floor model is for display and 2012 RT-starter purposes only and is not for sale).
We got a short burst of quality LT play out of Gaither and it gave us a taste of what that's like. I sincerely hope that Oher can develop into a good left tackle but I have serious doubts. I wish we could find a real LT so Oher could move back to where he kicks ass: RT. Then let Reid be a backup (probably a good one, maybe even starter-quality). Well, it's nice to dream.
For now the Ravens staff is squeezing the Oher square peg into the left-tackle round hole. It's stubborn and I fear it won't work, but they don't really have much alternative at the moment. Maybe Shas is right and we should try Yanda at LT.
Re: If Gaither showed up to practice...
I'm willing to give Oher another year to settle in and see what happens at left tackle.
Here's my bet: Oher stays at left tackle, Yanda at right guard, and they sign a veteran to play right tackle. (if Cousins fails to show much at right guard they may cut him and sign a second veteran to play behind Yanda -- and perhaps start the season at center).
I think Ozzie is just waiting another couple weeks for roster cut downs and he'll pounce on a veteran or two.
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Thanks, Ravor! I hadn't known the vet minimum scale.


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Throughout testimony presented by several witnesses before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) last week, one theme consistently resurfaced – cap and trade will spur investments in clean technology and increase jobs in certain sectors by putting a price on carbon. It is a simple formula: a price on carbon will create certainty, certainty will lead to increased investments in clean energy technology, and increased investments will lead to a larger share of the clean technology market.
As Kate Gordon, Senior Policy Advisor of the Apollo Alliance, testified, the United States is already losing ground on the international front. Clean energy investments are the key to our new economy and have been growing even in the face of inconsistent federal incentives, but without true federal commitment, clean energy technologies will not reach their full potential. According to the UN Environment Program, investments in renewable energy technologies in 2008 increased by 2 percent in Europe to $49.7 billion, decreased in North America by 8 percent to $30.1 billion, and grew by 27 percent in developing countries to $36.6 billion. Specifically, investments in China grew by 18 percent to $15.6 billion and in India by 12 percent to $4.1 billion.
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This is my third C section. My doctor said this should be my last pregnancy because there is a risk of Placenta accreta or abnormal deep attachment of the placenta into the uterus. Is there a way to prevent Placenta accreta?
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I may be wrong, but from what I understand of it there is very little a women can do to prevent placenta accreta from occurring. However, this disorder is very rare. It only occurs about 1 time in every 2,500 pregnancies.
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I agree with Mom2Many; I don't thnk there is anything you can prevent it. Did he say why he thinks you are risk of having placenta accreta?


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With the housing market improving in some regions of the country, many people are becoming new homeowners.
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If you do find that itemizing is best for your tax situation, here's a look at homeowner expenses you can deduct on Schedule A, ones you can't and some tips to get the most tax advantages out of your new property-owning status.
Your biggest tax break is reflected in the house payment you make each month since, for most homeowners, the bulk of that check goes toward interest. And all that interest is deductible, unless your loan is more than $1 million. If you're the proud owner of a multimillion-dollar mortgaged mansion, the IRS will limit your deductible interest.
Interest tax breaks don't end with your home's first mortgage. Did you pull out extra cash through refinancing? Or did you decide instead to get a home equity loan or line of credit? Generally, equity debts of $100,000 or less are fully deductible.
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But be careful. If you don't vacation at least 14 days at your second property, or more than 10% of the number of days that you do rent it out (whichever is longer), the IRS could consider the place a residential rental property and ax your interest deduction.
Did you pay points to get a better rate on any of your various home loans? They offer a tax break, too. The only issue is exactly when you get to claim them.
The IRS lets you deduct points in the year you paid them if, among other things, the loan is to purchase or build your main home, payment of points is an established business practice in your area and the points were within the usual range. Make sure your loan meets all the qualification requirements so that you can deduct points all at once.
A homeowner who pays points on a refinanced loan is also eligible for this tax break, but in most cases the points must be deducted over the life of the loan. So if you paid $2,000 in points to refinance your mortgage for 30 years, you can deduct $5.56 per monthly payment, or a total of $66.72 if you made 12 payments in one year on the new loan.
The same rule applies to home equity loans or lines of credit. When the loan money is used for work on the house securing the loan, the points are deductible in the year the loan is taken out. But if you use the extra cash for something else, such as buying a car, the point deductions must be parceled out over the equity loan's term.
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Interview with Ken Starks
It's fairly common knowledge that if anyone on the planet eats, drinks and breathes Free/Open Source Software, it's Ken Starks. A tireless advocate for FOSS and Linux, Starks is the poster boy for walking the FOSS walk after talking the talk. In the Austin, Texas, area he provides underpriviliged kids with Linux boxes through the HeliOS Project, which takes donated hardware, refurbishes them and gives them to needy children in the Austin area.
Starks had overcome a cancer diagnosis in the past, but he is now engaged in fighting a new battle with throat and neck cancer. While the HeliOS Project is the sum of its parts, Starks is the voice and face of the organization he founded. With a health condition possibly sidelining him for the time being – and possibly longer – this interview provides the most current information on his medical situation, and also provide a report on the direction of the HeliOS Project going forward.
In this interview, we take a look at where Starks and HeliOS has been, where it is now, and where it's going.
Q: Let's go back to the beginning and bring us up to where we are today at HeliOS Solutions. How much of an impact has The HeliOS Project made in the Austin area?
Ken Starks: Statistically, we have placed just under 1,500 computers to underpriviledged kids since 2005. Over-all impact is honestly hard to measure. Sure we can give the tools to build but how many use them to their full potential? We are just not big enough or funded enough to track that info with any science. However, If the weekly feedback we get from our kid's parents us any indication, we can measure ate least some empirical evidence of an increase in both math and reading skills.
Outside of cold, hard statistics though, you really need to take into account that "aha" moment. That moment when a child glimpses the possibilities at their fingertips. I cannot measure that Larry, and I don't think anyone can. Still,that does not make it unimportant.
Q: You've won local awards, you helped organize the Lindependence Project a few years ago, and you've keynoted last year's Texas Linux Fest. You've had a very busy few years recently.
KS: Thanks for noticing and it really was accidental notice. I take some pride in being awarded The Dewey Winburne Community award more than anything but the rest of it has been fun, too … but onward. Laurels wear out quickly in this business and resting upon them just crushes them to the ground.
Q: The HeliOS Project is all about providing Linux boxes to kids. Can you explain how the concept of providing children with technology resonates with people and why it's a necessary goal for HeliOS?
KS: It's really the only goal for HeliOS, Larry. When I first got involved with this project, it was something to do while I healed from a work-related injury. But when I began placing the computers, and seeing the huge "digital divide," it rang a clear, concise and commanding bell within me
Q: Over the years, you and the HeliOS Project team have grown the project to where it stands today. In large part, the project has flourished under your leadership. How does this change with your current health condition?
KS: It leaves much unanswered, Larry, and to this point we've always had a pool of great volunteers to rally and help us get the job done. However, out of all of them, should I have to step aside for any period of time, I can't think of anyone that could take a full lead position. I'm not saying that it's that hard, but if you have other things pulling you in other directions, you are not always going to be focused where the project needs you.
I was in the hospital for just under two weeks and in that time, we have fallen 20-some installs behind, we have received machines for donation that are just lying about without triage and our landscape has grown to jungle proportions outside of our facility. I am amazed the City of Taylor hasn't contacted us. I am receiving both chemotherapy and radiation Treatments and to be honest, Larry, I am mostly dead inside. I just don't have the energy to
go from the bed to the bathroom until I can complete this treatment. And hopefully, we will kill this frickin' monster forever.
Hopefully, we can gather a small pool of volunteers to go do the installs but if not, it's just going to have to wait until I can get better. Honestly, the last thing I want people to imagine is that HeliOS is languishing.
Q: Is there a real chance of that, Ken? Languishing, or worse?
KS: Larry, I think so. When you have a project who's vision and dream are guided by one person, then if that person disappears, the void takes its toll. Again, I don't know anyone that is in the position to step in and take it over. It is an unpaid position at this point and even with some upcoming funding, the Facility Administrator job will pay tops of 28K. I can work for that but most people can't or won't. I do have some very real concerns over HeliOS lasting this health problem. I have to balance my life right now with the needs of the project and the demands on my health.
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This is a rich chocolate cake, the center is filled with heavy cream whipped together adding 2 tablespoon of unsweet cocoa powder and 3 tablespoons of sugar...Chocolate curls for garnish. For variations, this cake is wonderful with sliced strawberries added to the middle layer.
Cake Batter
1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1-1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1 cup half and half
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon almond extract
1 cup boiling water
CHOCOLATE FROSTING(recipe to follow)
Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour two 9-inch round non stick pans or a bundt cake pan 13x9 or cupcakes.
Stir together sugars, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl.
Add the liquids except for boiling water, beat on medium speed of mixer 2 minutes. Stir in boiling water (batter will be thin).
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1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
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1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
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Melt butter. Stir in cocoa. Alternately add powdered sugar and milk, beating till consistency is easy to spread. Add small amount additional heavy cream and confectionery sugar to desired thickness, if needed. Stir in extracts. decorate with almonds, chocolate curls, sprinkle or just plain.
10 comments:
- MaryMoh said...
wow...that choc cake looks so gorgeous and tempting! I would love to make. Just wonder how to eat & yet not put on weight....hmmm. Thx for the recipe.
- August 20, 2009 at 7:53 AM
- TheChocolatePriestess said...
I'm almost tempted to suggest this for my birthday cake but then I couldn't have brownies, and I almost always have brownies on my birthday.
- August 20, 2009 at 8:21 AM
- citronetvanille said...
That is a good looking piece of cake!! Love it.
- August 20, 2009 at 10:17 AM
- Sunshine Mom said...
oh, wow, that looks good!!! I am always on the lookout for new chocolate cake recipes. Have you ever tried adding a bit of instant coffee to the boiling water? I love to do that, but I'm going to make your cake without. Sounds perfect just the way it is! :)
- August 20, 2009 at 10:23 AM
- Andrea@WellnessNotes said...
I don't bake a lot, but I'm saving this recipe... :) Sounds delicious!
- August 20, 2009 at 11:53 AM
- Kamran Siddiqi said...
Looks great! :D I love chocolate cake! heck, I love anything with chocolate!
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- Jessie said...
great chocolate cake, totally digging the frosting and sprinkles!
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- lululu said...
i've been thinking about what kinda cake im making for my son's very first bday (though he's not gonna eat much), i will definitely think about making yours. delicious!
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This looks great....I have to try it.
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Anaheim, CA (SportsNetwork.com) - T.J. McConnell stripped the ball away from Winston Shepard near halfcourt, dove to retrieve it and alertly found Gabe York with a bounce pass from his back. York then left a pass for Nick Johnson, whose layup finally put him in the scoring column.
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Kendall Pollard scored 12 points off the bench, Devin Oliver chipped in with 12 points and seven rebounds and Matt Kavanaugh added 10 points for Dayton, which last reached the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament in 1984, when they lost to Georgetown in the regional final.
They'll face another perennial power next in the winner of Thursday's nightcap at FedEx Forum between top-seeded Florida and fourth-seeded UCLA.
Stanford's leading scorer, Chasson Randle, needed 21 shots to score 21 points, and the 10th-seeded Cardinal (23-13) had three other double-digit scorers in Dwight Powell, Stefan Nastic and Josh Huestis.
Powell finished with 17 points and nine rebounds, Nastic had 15 points before
fouling out and Huestis netted 13, but Stanford only received two points from its short bench as opposed to Dayton getting 34 from its reserves.
Final Score: Wisconsin 69, Baylor 52
Anaheim, CA (SportsNetwork.com) - Bo Ryan may have his most offensively gifted team yet.
The defense is still there too.
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Wisconsin's crisp ball movement and passing picked apart Baylor's zone and the Badgers' third Sweet 16 appearance in the last four years finally resulted in a win.
Frank Kaminsky had 19 points and six blocks and Wisconsin routed Baylor, 69-52, in a West Region semifinal from Anaheim.
Second-seeded Wisconsin, which hasn't reached a Regional Final since 2005, hasn't made the Final Four during Ryan's tenure since he took over the program in 2001.
It'll get a shot Saturday against the winner of the Arizona/San Diego State game later in Anaheim.
Ben Brust tallied 14 points and six rebounds, while Nigel Hayes added 10 points and six boards for the Badgers, who tallied 18 assists on 26 made field goals (26-of-50).
Final Score: Florida 79, UCLA 68
Memphis, TN (SportsNetwork.com) - Another Florida-UCLA meeting in the NCAA Tournament went the way of the Gators.
Michael Frazier II made five 3-pointers and scored a team-high 19 points and top-seeded Florida ousted the Bruins for the fourth time in the past eight years with a tense 79-68 victory in a familiar Sweet 16 showdown.
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Florida has now reached the Elite Eight four straight years, and while the previous three all ended in defeats, the Gators get another shot at a Final Four appearance on Saturday against upstart Dayton. The 11th-seeded Flyers beat Stanford, 82-72, in Thursday's other South Region matchup at FedExForum.
The nightcap was a tight affair despite what the final score may indicate and the fact that Gators (35-2) never trailed in the second half.
UCLA (28-9) was within one with 10 minutes to go before SEC Player of the Year Scottie Wilbekin stepped up and scored eight of his 13 points in the final six-plus minutes to help Florida pull away for its 29th consecutive win.
Casey Prather added 12 points and Dorian Finney-Smith netted 10 in the win.
Jordan Adams led the Bruins with 17 points, while Travis Wear had 14 for the Pac-12 Tournament champions, who also lost to Florida in the 2006 title game, the 2007 Final Four and the 2011 round-of-32.


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Thursday, April 14, 2011
Meet the Twins New Back-Up Catcher: Steve Holm
He joined the Twins this offseason from the Giants organization. He spent all of last season at AAA Fresno and in the first half of the year he split time at catcher with Buster Posey, the eventual NL Rookie of the Year and World Series Star.
He was a 17th round draft pick coming out of college and made the switch from infielder to catcher very early in his career. The early portion of his career he spent bouncing between A and AA. In 2008, he was invited to the Spring Training Camp of the San Francisco Giants. He played well enough that spring to make the Opening Day roster as the back-up catcher. His firsts from that season include:
First Appearance: Pinch-runner, April 4 at Milwaukee
First Hit: Double off of Ben Sheets, April 6 at Milwaukee
First HR: Off of JC Romero, May 11 vs. Philadelphia
The Twins will be looking for more firsts out of Holm as he and Butera will be the only catchers for the Twins until at least the month of May.
In the mean time, enjoy some more information about Mr. Holm.
Bats/Throws: Right
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 206 lb.
2010 AAA Fresno
Games: 82
4 comments:
- Musterd Chad said...
Check your facts. Buster Posey (2010 NL ROY) did not spend all of 2010 in AAA Fresno, but you probably know. With that said, I like Steve Holm - he is from my neck of the woods and I hope he gets a shot with the Twins instead of that guy who can't seem to break the Mendoza line... Drew Butera. Just hope the Twinks don't get desperate and sign another SF castoff in Bengie Molina.
- April 15, 2011 at 2:36 PM
- NoDak Twins Fan said...
Yeah, I was saying that Holm spent all of last season at AAA, not Posey.
- April 16, 2011 at 12:02 PM
- Musterd Chad said...
It's all good, Go Twinks!
- April 16, 2011 at 6:12 PM
- NoDak Twins Fan said...
I tried to fix the sentence so it makes a little more sense. Thanks for visiting the site. Check back often.
- April 19, 2011 at 7:06 AM
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LISTEN: The Chainsmokers Unveil New Single 'Kanye'
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The Chainsmokers are back with a brand new single. The guys have released the follow-up to their hit "#SELFIE," and it's called "Kanye."
The duo's Alex Pall explains the new song in a press release:
"We look at the word 'Kanye' as an adjective. The song is about what it means to be like Kanye. It's about just owning it no matter what you're doing. Whether you're on top of the world partying in a penthouse or you're driving an old car playing your favorite song, it's about enjoying the moment you're in and feeling like you're the king. You embrace that confidence. We didn't want to do something to left field after '#SELFIE,' but we wanted to show another side of ourselves. What Siren does is just beautiful, and we built the production around that. It gets the message across. Own your shit, be self-assured, and remain confident in everything you do."
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That's like a 50 percent off sale, if you consider that BofA and jp morgan are pretty much the same size.
Washington Mutual, another recent ward of the government, was restructured and quickly sold to jp morgan Chase.
In this climate, both jp morgan and Wells Fargo can afford some minor-crisis cleanup.
The bailout crybabies of Goldman Sachs, jp morgan Chase, Wells Fargo, and all the rest are easy targets—and deserving ones, too.
But last year it was an amazing 77%, because jp morgan now can fund itself from the Federal Reserve almost for free.
At normal funding costs, jp morgan would still be racking up huge losses.
Major financial institutes, including jp morgan, ceased doing business with the IOR in 2012 because of a lack of transparency.
It is not known what possible criminal actions at jp morgan Chase the Department of Justice is investigating.
The bill was also, however, a potentially good development for mega bank jp morgan Chase.
Just one jp morgan employee and five to ten state employees, according to Florida officials.
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Envelope, postmark celebrate national championship
The celebration for the USC baseball team continued Monday, when the U.S. Post Office unveiled a commemorative envelope and a special postmark in honor of the national champions.
President Harris Pastides and Coach Ray Tanner were in attendance to help celebrate Gamecock College World Series Champions Day at the Main Columbia Post Office on Assembly Street.
"The state is on fire with a passion for this team and its accomplishments," said Columbia Postmaster James Antill.
Pastides spoke of his love for the game, going back to his days growing up in New York City.
"Baseball was not only a pastime," Pastides said. "For me, it was a passport to growing up as part of an immigrant family, for being a true American, because it is the quintessential American sport. Whereas my parents had an accent and maybe they talked a little bit funny, if I could hold a bat or do something with a glove or a ball, I was going to be accepted into that community. That's what baseball meant to me."
Pastides also spoke of his pride in the baseball team's academic accomplishments, noting that USC had the highest team GPA of the eight teams competing in the College World Series in Omaha, and the highest of the baseball teams in the SEC.
"We would have been winners even without the College World Series championship," Pastides said. "As the Postmaster said, what a great thing this is for Columbia and our state."
The front of the envelope features a graphic marking USC as the NCAA Baseball National Champions, while the back includes a synopsis of Carolina's run through the College World Series. The envelopes are available for $5 at the USC Post Office at 1600 Hampton St. and the Main Post Office on Assembly Street. Mail-in orders can be sent to Gamecock Envelope, PO Box 69, Columbia, SC 29202-0069.
The special postmark – National Champions Station – is available free for items bearing first-class postage at the Main Post Office and the USC Post Office on Monday. It will also be available by mail for 30 days. To mail in items for the special USC postmark, send to USC Postmark, PO Box 69, Columbia, SC 29202-0069 or send to Gamecock Postmark, 1600 Hampton St., Columbia, SC 29208.


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When Red Tape Means a lot of Green
American executives routinely complain about the regulatory burden their businesses face. They cite red tape and the legal costs of complying with the myriad securities laws that have piled up over the last seven decades. But while American executives find our regulations burden some, many foreign companies have voluntarily listed their stocks on United States exchanges. When they do so, they put themselves under the jurisdiction of U.S. securities laws, U.S. regulators, and, potentially, U.S. courts. Why would they do this when they could so easily avoid this web of oversight by staying out of U.S. stock markets? The answer is that it saves them a lot more than it costs.
Paying the Price
Paul Vaaler, an associate professor of international business, has spent years researching the influx of foreign listings on American stock exchanges. As a lawyer, he has an appreciation for the role the regulatory environment plays in a firm's operation. He believes investor psychology plays an important part in the growth of such listings and the willingness of foreign companies to take on the burden of regulation.
According to Vaaler, investors are willing to accept lower returns on corporate bonds if they think their money is safe. And it is more likely to be safe when invested in companies that are under tough regulatory oversight—as are companies that register their stocks on U.S. exchanges. Lower interest on bonds translates into hefty cost savings for the corporations that issue them.
Vaaler offers this example. "Let's say you're a one billion-dollar-a-year company, and your weighted cost of capital is 10 percent before you list here. After listing, it goes down to nine percent. You could save millions of dollars in financing costs. These savings far outweigh the legal fees and other costs associated with complying with U.S. laws."
And by listing on U.S. exchanges, you increase the number of potential investors who will bid on your stock.
"Whenever you bring more people into an auction, the price goes up," Vaaler says.
This means that a growing company based in a country with lax regulations isn't stuck with the financial consequences. "Our research shows these companies can go abroad by establishing a U.S. presence legally and financially and still keep their offices and their factories back home. For example, the headquarters can remain in Sao Paolo, even as the company maintains a securities listing on the New York Stock exchange. Where you're from doesn't necessarily determine the corporate rules of the game your company will follow."
So even if investor protection in many foreign countries is flimsy at best, companies from those countries can gain a seal of approval by listing their stocks on U.S. exchanges. Of course, U.S. laws and regulations don't guarantee absolute security for investors—witness the huge investor losses from the debacles at Enron, WorldCom, and other companies caught up in recent waves of corporate accounting scandals. But this happens much less frequently here than it does in countries with less stringent investor protections. When investors do get burned here, they can seek redress in American courts and criminal action by federal and state prosecutors. Conspirators in the Enron scandal, for instance, received long jail sentences. In other countries, they might have escaped punishment.
The Need to Raise Money
The ability to raise capital and sell stock is vital to a growth company. But investors won't buy if they fear they will lose their shirts because of an inadequate regulatory and legal system. This is a particular problem for growth companies located in emerging markets such as Brazil, Russia, India, and China. To get that capital, they need to go global, at least in terms of where their securities are registered.
"This is part of globalization," says Vaaler. "It means that standards of corporate governance across the world have some tendency toward convergence. But it's not a race to the bottom (in terms of standards). It's more of a race toward the top."
There are, of course, many other reasons why foreign firms might want to list their stocks here. Listing increases name recognition among investors. It also increases the ease with which stocks can be bought and sold and makes it easier to facilitate overseas mergers and acquisitions. Some firms choose to list on U.S. exchanges to take advantage of the bigger and deeper capital markets in this country—there's simply more money to be invested. But Vaaler's research finds that the primary reason firms in emerging markets "bond" with—that is, agree to adhere to—the U.S. system of regulations is because it improves their financial position. "This factor—and this factor alone—would cause firms from emerging markets to list their stocks here," says Vaaler.
"Our hypothesis asserts that companies from certain countries have trouble attracting small shareholders. Growth companies need to raise a lot of money at reasonable costs, and they need small shareholders to do that. Right now firms in Brazil, Russia,
India, and China—together known as the BRIC nations—tend to be owned by one big, dominant shareholder, along with a few management insiders, and their family members and close associates. If these companies want to grow, they need to bring in a lot more investors."
Vaaler's research helps to explain the explosion of foreign listings on U.S. exchanges since the early 1990s. The number of foreign firms listed on the New York Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ grew from 170 in 1990 to 750 in 2000. The cumulative trading volume in these firms exceeded $750 billion.
There are also benefits for the United States when foreign firms list their stocks on American exchanges, says Vaaler. One is that it helps to financially strengthen U.S. stock exchanges because the new foreign firms pay hefty fees for stock listings here. The new arrivals also help to pump up trading volume, which generates business for brokerage houses, and the influx of foreign listings helps to keep American stock exchanges at the center of the financial world.
The Common Law Advantage
Of course, tough regulations on paper are meaningless unless they are enforced, and that's where the United States, Britain, and Canada often have a decided advantage. Their legal systems are grounded in common law, which is based on local legal customs and on precedents established by court decisions. It evolved over many centuries in Britain and was incorporated into the laws of the United States and Canada. For investors, common law provides a day in court and a legal framework for seeking to be made whole when they have suffered losses as a result of illegal behavior. When a corporate scandal hits in common law countries, it doesn't take long for investors who have been burned to stream into court seeking justice. Investors in civil law countries, which is most of the rest of the world, don't necessarily have the same right of redress.
"In civil law traditions, you might not be able to go to court," says Vaaler. "You might have to go to legislators or regulators. The net effect is that in civil law traditions, there are fewer judicial remedies for the aggrieved shareholder. The common law tradition means more protection, particularly for aggrieved small shareholders."
What's the Bottom Line?
The U.S. regulatory environment is particularly demanding, a fact foreign companies have come to accept. Yet it is a system that American companies often resent, and one that may not be fully appreciated by American investors who don't understand how tough U.S. standards are in comparison to most other countries—and the benefits of those tough standards. "People complain about the scandals at Tyco, and Enron, or WorldCom," says Vaaler. "But these are exceptions. In many emerging markets, these types of self-dealing and corruption are all too frequent, and they are accepted."


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Taff Presents Paper on Alaska Native Language Documentation at National Linguistic Conference
In Honor of the 20th Anniversary of the LSA Panel on Endangered Languages.
Alice Taff in her office working with Tlingit elder Margaret Dutson on translations.
Research Assistant Professor of Alaska Native Languages Alice Taff gave a paper at the Linguistic Society of America's annual meeting in Pittsburgh January 7. The paper, "The science of endangered language documentation: DEL Products from Alaska," was presented in the panel Documenting Endangered Languages: NSF-NEH DEL Projects in Honor of the 20th Anniversary of the LSA Panel on Endangered Languages.
Taff shared scientific documentation processes and video with bilingual text for three projects:
- Digitization and metadata documentation of 500 Tlingit audio tapes of fluent speakers recorded by Nora Marks Dauenhauer since 1960 for which 450 hours of audio is digitized and catalogued.
- Thirty hours of video-recordings of 40 fluent speakers engaged in unscripted Tlingit conversation with time-aligned bilingual text. Thirty-four percent of the speaker population resides in the US and Canada. With their help, transcriptions and translations are being made using ELAN software. Video and time-aligned text is subtitled for web and CD using CuPED software.
- Time-aligned bilingual text for five shours of Deg Xinag (Ingalik Athabascan) audio recordings of traditional stories, history, and personal narratives which is subtitled for web and CD using CuPED software. The text is formatted for print.
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5th Committee: Statement by Ambassador Berger
(Statement as delivered by the Chair of the 5th Committee, Ambassador Berger)
"Dear colleagues, after consultation with the members of the Bureau and speaking to anumber of delegations, I would like to make the following statement in my capacity as Chair of the 5C:
Following our formal meeting on the 4th of March we have seen a broad public coverage on how budget negotiations are supposedly conducted in the 5th Committee. As Chair I would like to state that the public perception created does in my view not reflect the professional and dedicated work that is done by this Committee.
The 5th Committee being the Main Committee of the General Assembly for all budgetary and administrative questions bears a high responsibility for the functioning of the United Nations.
Delegates in the 5th Committee are working very hard and in a professional manner in order to achieve the outcomes which keep the United Nations working. Many colleagues are sacrificing part of their family life. It is for this reason that I want to take this opportunity to express my sincere appreciation to you, the delegates of the 5th Committee, for the work you have done and the long hours invested in the negotiations, and for the results achieved.
Having worked in parliament for many years, I know that budget negotiations are difficult everywhere. Our additional challenge and objective is to reach a consensus outcome. Last December this Committee, despite all the differences, has proven again that it is capable of achieving the necessary results.
On Tuesday the Bureau was informed on the position of one regional group that negotiations in the 5th Committee should not be extended after 6 p.m., that they should not be held on weekends and that there should be no extension of this session. In my view this opens an important discussion on how we want to conduct negotiations. But we all know that this is also a very challenging proposal, because it would mean that in order to achieve the same results, the Committee would have to reorganise the way it´s doing business.
Given the special nature of the 5th Committee, the working methods are different from those of other Committees. They will never be perfect, but I do believe that we can improve the way in which we conduct our negotiations and I am looking forward to a serious discussion about it.
In this first resumed session we have ten more working days in order to finish on the 28th of March and we still have 16 items on the table. I would like to take this opportunity to call an all delegations to work together – like usual – in a spirit of compromise and to make the best use of the available time."


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Kayaking Italy's Cinque Terre
Updated 7:34 am, Sunday, December 23, 2012
New tour
Italy: Cinque Terre's hiking trails may remain closed after the 2011 landslides, but a new sea kayaking tour provides a different perspective of the picturesque region. Genoa and Sardinia are also on Tofino Expeditions' 11-day itinerary ($4,495, including boutique lodgings and local cuisine), departing June 3 and Sept. 16. www.tofino.com.
Wine region
Arizona: There's more to the Verde Valley than red rocks and the New Age oasis of Sedona. One of Lonely Planet's top U.S. destinations for 2013, the region also offers a wine trail with four wineries and six tasting rooms among the distinctive canyons. www.vvwinetrail.com.
Mexico: More than 25,000 gray whales are migrating from the Bering Sea to Baja California Sur. Brendan Vacations' seven-day tour (from $3,225) is one way to share close encounters with them in the warm waters off Isla Espiritu Santo and Puerto San Carlos. www.brendanvacations.com.
New hotel
Malaysia: For decades, Kuala Lumpur's Hotel Majestic was the equivalent of Singapore's Raffles - a colonial-era gem and cultural hub - until it closed in 1984. After lavish renovations, the renamed Majestic Hotel has reopened with 300 luxurious rooms and suites. Introductory rates start at $163. www.majestickl.com.
Uganda: Got any souvenir shillings? If issued before 2010, they'll no longer be legal tender after March 30. Outdated bills may be exchanged for newer versions at local banks through May 30, and then only at Bank of Uganda branches through Dec. 31, 2013. www.bou.or.ug.


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Hey girl, speaking of Ryan Gosling, did you know that I wrote movie reviews from time to time too? Here is one I wrote about the film Lars and the Real Girl (starring Ryan Gosling) in which I praised it for the moving way it depicted a humanist ideal for caring for those with mental illness: "Therapeutic Projection" or "How Lars and the Real Girl Made Me Cry". I cried because I'm sensitive like that.[caption id="attachment_27418" align="alignnone" width="600"] Dan Fincke Says "Hey Girl", I cry at movies that treat mentally ill people like they matter.[/caption]
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Friday, October 21, 2011
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Constance Jablonski by Paola Kudacki for Harper's Bazaar US November 2011
I always love an editorial featuring the classic investment pieces of the season on a fabulous top model, even if they always seem to be the same - the top model looking fresh and commercial, jumping around in a perfectly lit studio, being photographed by a famous and brilliant photographer. There is nothing edgy, nothing over the top and nothing minimal. It's like the American fashion magazine's trademark editorial, I don't remember an American issue without one. And it's beautiful every single time, even though I feel like I've seen it all before. There is something incredibly genius in that....
Happy weekend everyone! xx
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magnifique, et je trouve le mannequin vraiment superbe, j'adoreReplyDelete
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omg! white dress is stunning!ReplyDelete
This is certainly very refreshing, I love her hair it's so crazy yet conceivable. Thank you for your comment, I actually paint portraits by commission :)ReplyDelete
FABULOUS editorial! just love love love it. :) xReplyDelete
beautiful pics!!ReplyDelete
I love all of these looks!ReplyDelete
Some of these dresses are really extraordinary. The pyjama looking outfit is really not something I'm seeing myself able to wear out in public. I've noticed the trend and seen some people even wear it on the red carpet but no matter how cute the ensemble is I can't get into it. I adore the red dress. It's probably my favorite. And the first white dress with the black detailing is so incredible. I think I'm just addicted to clothes. So many look so good.ReplyDelete
stunning collection.ReplyDelete
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I totally agree. A perfect editorial is hard to find, but when there's a classic model, timeless clothing and a legendary photographer thrown into the mix, a perfect shoot is almost guaranteed :) Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
xoxo, Veena
I totally agree with you, it's nice to see clean, simple and classic images, and i always love those pics taken in movement ^^ReplyDelete
amazing photos! xoxoReplyDelete
Super cool blog, my dear!ReplyDelete
You are so right - seen it all but love it still - have a fab weekend xReplyDelete
Love the white flared pants and the mustard dress!!!ReplyDelete
Ahh 40s & 50s - esque. I wish my grandmother was still alive - she'd love these outfits and probably make me go buy some for myself :pReplyDelete
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since you asked me to, i went to check your blog!i like the minimal design and this last post was very very cool!here's my little new blog, come check on it when you have a chance<3ReplyDelete
wonderful everything!! bianca from http://cactusfashion.blogspot.com/ReplyDelete
love the black sheer shirt:) wow the red outfit is incredible. such movement!ReplyDelete
What a lovely set of photos. I did really like this spread.ReplyDelete
Aww these are such chic pieces! The movement on the silk pieces are freakin insaaaaaaaaaaane! lol. Lovely editorial, you're right PERFECT investment pieces ^_^ReplyDelete
Amazing editorial, haven't got to the November issue, who styled it? It's funny with HB I can guess stylist by just looking at the clothes, oh how those internships pay off. Now I really want to know the stylist. Thanks for posting.ReplyDelete
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These are all so awesome. I love the bold colors.ReplyDelete
Styled by Brana Wolf, Fashion EditorReplyDelete
amazing shoot!!!ReplyDelete
all of Harper's are perfect!
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NSFW: Justin Timberlake's NEW Video is Basically a Porno [WATCH]
Justin Timberlake must be sharing notes with Robin Thicke, because JT's NEW video for "Tunnel Vision" is chock full of nudity.
YouTube's first instinct was to pull the video because of the explicit material, but it was allowed to be republished because they "make exceptions when [nudity or sexual content] is presented in an educational, documentary or artistic context."
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Sometimes in Savannah our theatre options are limited. So it's always great to see some fantastic options when it comes to music. I am so looking forward to V.O.I.C.Experience coming to Savannah on Thursday, June 7th at the Christ Church Savannah, GA; 28 Bull St at Johnson Square. This will be a benefit concert featuring the rising stars of Opera from around the nation with special guests from the Savannah Philharmonic Chorus and area High Schools. V.O.I.C.Experience was formed by Metropolitan Opera/Grammy Award Winner Opera Star, baritone Sherrill Milnes when he decided to create a means for singers to advance in their careers he did so by giving them the highest level of educators and more importantly, the opportunity to perform for people who might not ever see a Broadway show or Opera… with the help of his wife, soprano, Maria Zouves, V.O.I.C.Experience – "VE" – was founded in 2001. They work in several intensive programs throughout the year and guide singers in directions that lead to their success, including a program oat our own GA Southern University. One of my favorite parts of this upcoming performance is that on Sunday, June 3 area High School students get to have their own performance and receive feedback from the same vocalists that will be performing on Thursday, June 7th. This I am sure will help instill some new passion with our own upcoming coming stars from Savannah.
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In his 68 years, Jim Capehart of Gregory has voted Republican every election except one, including for Congressman Mike Rogers (R-Lansing). However, the federal shutdown has put that streak in jeopardy.
"I'm tired of listening to all of the rhetoric back and forth between the democrats and the republicans," said Capehart, a former government employee.
Capehart broke his silence Wednesday morning, when he saw a post on Rep. Rogers Facebook page, blaming the shutdown on the president's refusal to compromise on a plan to fund the government.
Capehart responded, arguing provisions to delay Obamacare never had a chance and now, the Republicans are holding the country hostage.
"The Affordable Care Act is the law of the land, whether you like it or don't like it," he said.
And Capehart isn't alone in that thought. Other posters expressed their frustration, as well. Many of them, Republicans. Realtor Ray Guest of Hartland, also posted against the shutdown. Although he's a Democrat, Guest says he never really had a problem with Rep. Rogers, until now.
"I believe he's probably a moderate guy in his heart, but if he wants to stand with the extremists in his party, he needs to fall with his party," said Guest.
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Richard White of Mason agrees, but also says both sides need to compromise. Still, he thinks Rep. Rogers seat should be safe.
"If he faithfully represents the people the way he's supposed to. Do it morally, honestly and upright, then you can't come out wrong," he said.
A statement from Congressman Rogers' office says he's keeping his phone lines open for concerned constituents to call. So far, the office has heard thoughts and concerns from both sides of the issue.
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Samsung Electronics America announced their first 3D monitor, the 2233RZ, which is compatible with Nvidia's new GeForce 3D Vision graphics card.
The Samsung 2233RZ features 1680x1050 resolution, 300 cd/m2 brightness, 20,000:1 contrast ratio, GTG 3ms(3D)/5ms(2D) of response time, and 120Hz dual engine.
The monitor also has a built-in off time function for energy-saving benefits. Unlike many other widescreen monitors, the Samsung 2233RZ displays 5:4 and 4:3 images without enlargement or distortion, the company said.
The 120Hz 2233RZ, in conjunction with Nvidia's software, automatically converts over 350 games to stereoscopic 3D without the need for special game patches. High-tech active shutter glasses deliver double the resolution per eye and wide viewing angles than passive glasses.
The 3D glasses are easily powered over a standard USB cable and can last an entire week without a recharge
The 2233RX will be available for purchase in April 2009 and with a manufacturer's suggested retail price (MSRP) of US$399.
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The late hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur will be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame next year. Walk of Fame committee chairman David Green announced the 2014 list of honorees during Thursday's star dedication ceremony for Jennifer Lopez.
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Hi everyone,
First sorry for my english. I am currently testing Backtrack 5 R2 on my new laptop, which has a Nvidia Geforce 610M graphic card. As I want to test GPU acceleration, I have installed nvidia drivers (downloaded on nvidia website) and cuda toolkit, then I have installed bumblebee and bumblebee-nvidia packages. I think installation has been correctly performed (for information, I leave xorg.conf empty when I startx because I meet some problems - "screen is not found" - when nvidia-xconfig writes it).
Here are some samples:
Code:root@self:~# cat /proc/acpi/bbswitch 0000:01:00.0 ONCode:root@self:~# pyrit benchmark Pyrit 0.4.1-dev (svn r308) (C) 2008-2011 Lukas Lueg http://pyrit.googlecode.com This code is distributed under the GNU General Public License v3+ Running benchmark (3920.8 PMKs/s)... | Computed 3920.77 PMKs/s total. #1: 'CUDA-Device #1 'GeForce 610M'': 3033.5 PMKs/s (RTT 2.8) #2: 'CPU-Core (SSE2/AES)': 163.9 PMKs/s (RTT 3.0) #3: 'CPU-Core (SSE2/AES)': 160.9 PMKs/s (RTT 3.0) #4: 'CPU-Core (SSE2/AES)': 159.9 PMKs/s (RTT 3.1) #5: 'CPU-Core (SSE2/AES)': 158.5 PMKs/s (RTT 3.0) #6: 'CPU-Core (SSE2/AES)': 161.2 PMKs/s (RTT 3.3) #7: 'CPU-Core (SSE2/AES)': 159.0 PMKs/s (RTT 3.0) #8: 'CPU-Core (SSE2/AES)': 161.9 PMKs/s (RTT 3.0)At first sight, the nvidia card seems to be well recognized and used by the system. However, there is something which troubles me:Code:root@self:/pentest/passwords/oclhashcat+# ./cudaHashcat-plus64.bin ~/hash.txt ~/Desktop/HuegelCDC-clean.lst cudaHashcat-plus v0.07 by atom starting... Hashes: 1 Unique digests: 1 Bitmaps: 8 bits, 256 entries, 0x000000ff mask, 1024 bytes Rules: 1 GPU-Loops: 128 GPU-Accel: 8 Password lengths range: 1 - 15 Platform: NVidia compatible platform found Watchdog: Temperature limit set to 90c Device #1: GeForce 610M, 2047MB, 1700Mhz, 1MCU Device #1: Allocating 1MB host-memory Device #1: Kernel ./kernels/4318/m0000_a0.sm_21.64.cubin [...] Speed........: 2392.4k c/s Real, 2102.2k c/s GPU
Here again, the nvidia card seems to be well recognized, but I think there is a problem because the screen (glxspheres) literally runs in slow-motion (only 17 frames/sec). When I use bumblebee and launch "optirun glxsphere" under Debian Squeeze (on the same laptop), the glxsphere video is much better and faster.Code:root@self:~# optirun glxspheres Polygons in scene: 62464 Visual ID of window: 0x21 Context is Direct OpenGL Renderer: GeForce 610M/PCIe/SSE2 16.708605 frames/sec - 14.316601 Mpixels/sec 16.602246 frames/sec - 14.225468 Mpixels/sec 17.418694 frames/sec - 14.925034 Mpixels/sec 17.051183 frames/sec - 14.610135 Mpixels/sec 16.977838 frames/sec - 14.547291 Mpixels/sec
In addition, there is no performance difference between John 'simple' and John 'jumbo' benchmarks (john --test), so I think GPU is not used by john jumbo .
So here are my questions: is Optimus limited? What about John? And the most important, what I am doing wrong?
Thanks for your help,
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Jennifer Boettcher, Georgetown's business librarian, has won this year's Emerald Research Grant Award. The grant is given yearly to support research in the field of business librarianship by the Business Reference and Services Section (BRASS) of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) division of the American Library Association. Boettcher will use the grant to create a Web-based finding aid that will help both business librarians and patrons use core business titles that have been discounted, sold or recreated into new formats. The database will track these sources and provide a list of where to find similar information that these seminal works provided. In selecting Boettcher's proposal for this year's award, the committee highlighted the thorough and detailed methodology, scope, timetable and projected outcomes for the project. Keep an eye out for this excellent project!


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Fairest of All
Reading Level: Grades 3-5
"Once upon a time my life was normal. Then the mirror in our basement ate us."
When a magic mirror transports 10-year-old Abby and her little brother Jonah to the forest next to the cottage of the seven dwarves, they stop Snow White from eating the poisoned apple. Now Snow White has two problems: 1) The evil queen keeps trying to kill her and 2) Since she didn't eat the apple, the prince didn't kiss her so she has lost her chance to live happily ever after.
It is up to Abby and Jonah to help the clueless Snow White stay alive AND get her happliy ever after. Then they can try to get back home.
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Books by Sarah Mlynowski
For more fractured fairytales try:
The Frog Princess by E.D. Baker
Into the Woods by Lyn Gardner and
Little Wolf's Book of Badness by Ian Whybrow


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Saturday, July 18 2009 - Legal Response to 9/11
Specter questions Sotomayor on 9/11 lawsuit
By Chris Mondics
Sen. Arlen Specter suggested during Judge Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearing yesterday that the Obama administration sought to block Supreme Court review of lawsuits blaming Saudi Arabia for the Sept. 11 attacks for fear of offending an important ally.
The remark came as the Pennsylvania Democrat questioned Sotomayor on whether the Supreme Court, by deciding ever fewer cases, had effectively ducked important constitutional questions left unresolved by lower courts.
In a July 7 letter to Sotomayor, Specter also raised the issue of Saudi involvement in the attacks, asserting that "plaintiffs' counsel had developed considerable evidence showing Saudi complicity."
Law firms representing thousands of victims of the 9/11 attacks and their families, along with insurers and other interests that suffered economic losses, sued the government of Saudi Arabia and senior members of its royal family, alleging that they financed Islamic charities that, in turn, bankrolled al-Qaeda.
On June 29, the Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal of lower-court rulings that the Saudi government and members of its royal family cannot be sued under U.S. law for allegedly supporting terrorism. Shortly before that ruling, the Obama administration filed a friend-of-the-court brief urging the court to reject the case, in part because the administration had not given its sign-off.
The Center City law firm Cozen O'Connor represents most of the insurers in the case and led the Supreme Court appeal. The South Carolina-based firm Motley Rice represents thousands of 9/11 victims and their families.
At yesterday's hearing, Specter said: "There was a case in which the Supreme Court denied certiorari just a couple of weeks ago involving claims for damages brought by survivors of victims of Sept. 11 against certain individuals in Saudi Arabia. The executive branch interposed objections to having that case decided because of the sensitivity of matters with Saudi Arabia.
"Don't you think that this is the kind of case the Supreme Court should have heard?"
Sotomayor deflected the question, saying she had not been part of the Supreme Court discussion and thus could not make a judgment.
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Choose, if you like, from categories: Astronomy & Space; Biology & Nature; Environment & Climate; Health & Medicine; Economics & Math; Paleontology & Archeology; Physics & Chemistry; Psychology & Sociology. The archives seem to go back to May, 2009 at least. I ran a search on H1N1.
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Dolphins on the hunt strategize with one another.
They coordinate their movements with whistles and clicks.
But it's just as important what they don't say as what they do say.
Like any high school, being part of the in-crowd is incredibly important for dolphins.
They'll synchronize their swimming with their pals to show they're on the same wavelength.
They'll bully and they'll chase.
When alarmed, dolphins will close ranks to show solidarity.
And while some behavior may look playful, in certain contexts, it's downright rude.
Head shaking, jaw snapping and even bubble-blowing are ways a dolphin shows its annoyance...and anger.


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About The Vietnam Graffiti Project
The Vietnam Graffiti Project of the Vietnam Archive at Texas Tech University is a cooperative project between the Vietnam Archive, the U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration, and others. Created early in 2005, the project began with the intention of collecting canvas bunk bottoms from various troop transport ships used during the Vietnam War. These transports, currently part of the US National Defense Reserve Fleet and docked in various parts of the country, were all originally commissioned during World War II, and saw service through Korea and into Vietnam, generally being phased out during the late 60's and early 70's.
Journeys between the United States and Southeast Asia generally took between two to three weeks, and were periods of intense boredom for the troops onboard. The young soldiers passed the time in a variety of ways, including playing cards, writing letters home, and expressing their opinions and feelings on the canvas bunk bottom of the bunk directly above them. This "graffiti" could be anything from a simple "I Was Here" to elaborate artwork, and everything in between. These canvases provide a unique perspective on the thoughts and feelings, and the creativity, of the soldiers who served in Southeast Asia.
In spring 2005, Vietnam Archive staff and other volunteers traveled to two ships, the USNS General John Pope and the USNS General Edwin D. Patrick (see ships histories), docked in Suisun Bay, CA, as part of the National Defense Reserve Fleet. Almost 400 bunk bottoms were removed over a period of 5 days and returned to the Vietnam Archive for processing, cataloging, and preservation. All canvas bunk bottoms have been inventoried and photographed for access and viewing via the Internet.
The goal of the Vietnam Graffiti Project is to make these canvas bunk bottoms available for loan to other museums or organizations that have an interest in displaying them (see Vietnam Graffiti Project Loans Page for more information). Additionally, the Vietnam Archive hopes to create a traveling exhibit of the canvases and other materials from the ships. All canvases can be searched for and viewed in the Virtual Vietnam Archive or through the canvas bunk bottom search page created for this project.
In addition to the canvas bunk bottoms, a wide variety of other items from the Vietnam War era were found on the ships, including artifacts relating to ships operations, ship documents, and a few personal items left behind. Many of these items can be found in the Virtual Vietnam Archive in the USNS General John Pope and USNS General Edwin D. Patrick Collections. See the Graffiti Project Links Page to access these individual pages.
MARAD has given permission to the Vietnam Archive to search for and travel to other Vietnam War era ships that are currently part of the National Defense Reserve Fleet, and to remove items for addition to the Vietnam Archive collections. MARAD was able to transfer ownership of the items removed from the ships to the Vietnam Archive due to Texas Tech being a state institution, allowing us to provide access to the items through our various resources. As we travel to more ships, items from them will become available through the Virtual Vietnam Archive and will also be available on-site in our facility in Lubbock, TX. We will also add links to the items to the Graffiti Project links page.
The Vietnam Archive would like to thank a number of people for their assistance with this project: Peter Wagner of MARAD, for giving us access to the ships and helping with the transfer of the materials; All of the great employees at Suisun Bay, including Earl Johnson and our guide, Ryan; Art and Lee Beltrone who first developed the Graffiti Project concept and removed canvases from the USNS General Walker in James River, Virginia; and Craig "Spotty" Spots, a Vietnam veteran and former employee at the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet. His knowledge of the ships, as well as his connections with the fleet employees, was invaluable and this project would not have been nearly as successful without him.


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Snodgrass stifles 66ers for seven
Giants prospect allows four hits, wins third straight start
By Andrew Pentis / Special to MLB.com | August 4, 2012 10:25 PM ET
Over his next 11 outings, that's all they were hitting as the Giants prospect went 2-3 with a 7.33 ERA.
"There was a month and a half straight where I was having rough outings," he said. "The league was adapting to me. This last little push, we're throwing inside more than we did. After the first two months, guys knew I would stay away with my sinker -- and they were hitting it. Now I'm keeping them honest."
And nearly hitless.
Snodgrass matched his career high with seven scoreless innings Saturday as Class A Advanced San Jose cruised to a 10-0 road win over Inland Empire.
The shutout was the Giants' league-leading ninth of the season.
Snodgrass (10-4) gave up four hits -- a first-inning double to third baseman Kaleb Cowart and three singles -- while retiring 10 in a row in the middle innings. He sat down 17 straight in an April 20 outing at Bakersfield.
The 24-year-old left-hander, San Francisco's 27th-round pick in last year's Draft, walked one and struck out two. He recorded 12 outs on the ground and threw 64 of 101 pitches for strikes.
"We have seen these guys a few times," Snodgrass said of the 66ers, whom he beat them on May 6 but was pummeled for six runs over three innings on June 11. "We made in-game adjustments before they did. Coming in, we were thinking it can't get much worse [than the last start] tonight."
Since Snodgrass has increased his aggressiveness, the results have returned. He's 3-0 with a 1.50 ERA over 18 innings in his last three outings to lower his season mark to 4.20.
Giving Snodgrass an early cushion, the Giants scored seven runs in the second against Inland Empire starter Manny Correa (6-8).
"It's great to see that because when we're hitting the ball, we're a great team," the Austin Peay product said. "It's like, 'Just do your job.' I don't have to be spectacular for us to win."
Adam Duvall capped the big second inning with a three-run homer. He went deep twice in Friday's series-opening 11-6 win, giving him three longballs in a span of five at-bats and seven over his last 10 games. He has 23 overall, establishing a career high and tying Lancaster's Telvin Nash for the league lead.
"He is on fire right now," Snodgrass said, "and he's fun to watch."
Correa was charged with nine runs on 10 hits, recording two outs in the sixth before exiting.
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Just out of interest, looking for people's opinions here:
Should a proven drugs cheat (who received a lengthy ban) ignore that ban and swap to a new sport and be allowed to compete? Lets say someone who played an other sport at a decenrt level for example, ignore his ban and then take up another sport, say MMA?
Surely thats bad for the sport?