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Preview: Whitecaps FC prepare for Cascadia clash
This is not only a rivalry game, but a game both teams need to win to turn the momentum around in a tight Western Conference. Our 'Caps have lost their last two games, while the Timbers have suffered two losses in their last four – scoring only three goals in the month of July.
As always, there is a lot on the line and there is sure to be some nerves heading into this match so getting off to a fast start and getting into the game quickly will give our boys a lift playing in a hostile environment.
Portland is a team that thrives on pressuring the opposition and getting their crowd behind them. If we can turn the tables and put them under pressure early it will cause some doubt in their minds, as they are on a bit of a shaky run. It will also take the crowd out of it a little and put us on the front foot. Much like the 'Caps, Portland has been very good at home – losing only once – and we definitely do not want to be chasing the game by coming out of the gates slow.
Johnson and Nagbe
Nagbe finds the back of the net versus San Jose
Johnson and Nagbe sounds like the name of a law firm, but the fact is they are Portland's joint leading scorers with six goals apiece and are very key players for the second-place Timbers.
Will Johnson, a box-to-box midfielder, drives the Timbers with his all-action style game and is having an MVP type season. He is an agitator who can get under a player's skin, his range of passing creates good opportunities for his teammates, and he makes dangerous runs into the box as he looks to get on the end of crosses.
Darlington Nagbe, meanwhile, is a player with blazing speed. He likes to run at defenders and has a knack for scoring spectacular goals. He can be out of the game for long periods of the game and then make something out of nothing to give his team a lift.
Keeping these two players quiet will go a long way in helping the 'Caps get a positive result.
Big-time goalkeeping
Brad Knighton comes up big against Seattle
As with any derby match, there is no doubt that Portland – being the home team – will throw everything at us.
The Timbers have a lot of offensive weapons and are very dynamic going forward, but our 'Caps have looked very solid defensively of late and will need to continue that trend on Saturday.
I feel whoever is in goal will have to play big for us. I don't think they will have to come up with a number of stops, but rather a big save at a key moment.
Being on the road, you expect to be under pressure in large parts of the match and we will have to be resolute in our defending and have our keeper help us out with at least one big-time save.


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Clayton Donaldson expands on a conversation once held with Xander Davis as to what steps can be taken to save the Final Fantasy Series
FF13 fails because they couldn't use the hardware involved properly.
It failed because it tried to appeal to a lager/casual audience instead of focusing on it's strengths from past iterations. Also the dvd9 format didn't help at all.
I played through a few parts at a friends house and i'm glad i still haven't bought it. There are better rpg's out there which could use the attention
The choice of taking a break from the main storyline and screwing around everywhere in the world instead.
They went from making the most open-world FF game (XII) to the most linear one.
who ever thought making a RPG linear was good idea should never work in this industry
Simply, boring and very linear.
I want old FF games style next-gen, VI, VII, VIII, IX. But i think its only dream..

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Alcoholic beverages could soon be banned from Fishers Landing in the Croatan National Forest.
Alcoholic beverages could soon be banned from Fishers Landing in the Croatan National Forest.
The U.S. Forest Service announced Monday that it was looking at a proposed "closure order" to prohibit alcohol from the popular recreation site along the Neuse River in Craven County.
Stevin Westcott, public affairs officer for the U.S. Forest Service, said the proposal is the result of damages to facilities and visitor complaints about alcohol-related incidents at the recreation site, which is located in the Riverdale area off U.S. 70 between Havelock and New Bern.
"We want to try and make camping areas family friendly and not party zones," Westcott said.
The U.S. Forest Service will receive comments from the public for two weeks. After the comments are reviewed, Kristin Bail, N.C. forest supervisor, could consider an order for Fishers Landing, Westcott said.
Westcott said banning alcohol in national forests is nothing new. It has been done in some of the other three national forests � Nantahala, Pisgah and Uwharrie � in the state.
Nearby Flanners Beach in the Croatan National Forest is also alcohol free.
Debra Walker said one of the first things she heard about when she became the acting district ranger for the Croatan National Forest two months ago was the growing problem at Fishers Landing.
"It�s become a little party spot," Walker said. "Typically on the weekends, a group of young adults will be down there partying and drinking, and then a mom and dad will show up with their kids and want to use the site. They get intimidated by the rougher group and end up leaving."
The forest service receives a "fairly good" number of calls from upset visitors of Fishers Landing, Walker said.
"It�s that mix of people causing the issue," she said. "We are not trying to provide party spots. We are trying to provide for a family-oriented recreation facility."
Although Fishers Landing is mostly a day recreation site within the Croatan, people occasionally camp overnight. They would still be able to do that, Walker said.
"The area is becoming an increasing problem with the interaction of drinking and non-drinking people," she said. "In other areas of the forest, there is not an alcohol issue. � Hopefully, folks understand a few bad apples can change it for everybody."
If the order is approved for Fishers Landing, it will remain in effect unless rescinded. The public may comment on the possible order by email at firstname.lastname@example.com, by mail to Croatan National Forest, 141 E. Fisher Road, New Bern, N.C. 28560, or by fax to 637-9113. Comments should be submitted within the next two weeks for consideration.
If approved, the ban could go into effect as early as Memorial Day, Walker said.


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Robin Wright shows off her fabulous figure in a tight white dress at the United Friends Of The Children Brass Ring Awards Dinner held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on Tuesday (June 3) in Beverly Hills, Calif.
The 48-year-old actress was joined at the event by Netflix's Ted Sarandos, her House of Cards co-star Constance Zimmer, Will Arnett, Veep's Matt Walsh, and more.
Ted was presented with The Brass Ring Award that evening – congrats on the accomplishment!
FYI: Robin is wearing a Reed Krakoff dress, Stuart Weitzman heels, a Cecelia clutch, and Dana Rebecca Designs earrings.
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Cars? In Berkeley? Specifically, My Old Red Van?
So okay, has anyone seen a 1995 red Honda Odyssey, a small van, that doesn't belong on their block?
Someone stole (or "borrowed") my car on Wednesday night, darn it.
This is not the first time I've had a car stolen, nor will it be the last, I expect.
The pleasant officer who came promptly, arriving very soon after I called the Berkeley police, said that these old Hondas and Toyotas are easy to steal because many keys will work in them. In fact, our even older car, the '88 Toyota, was stolen four times. It was found twice in Richmond and once in the Elmwood, seemingly borrowed by someone who just wanted transport for the evening. A new owner is dealing with that one now.
This one, the erstwhile "new car", has never before been taken— we tried a club on the old Toyota, but I didn't think my van needed one. Somehow I thought Hondas were more secure, but evidently I was wrong.
Our previous really old car, a Ford Econoline, was stolen a couple of times in Ann Arbor in the early 70s, by a smart alec who first stole the keys. After its second outing the resident engineer jerry-rigged an alarm system which sounded the horn if a key was turned in the ignition without turning off a switch. When the horn eventually went off, we rushed out to see the back of a very surprised young man who left behind his key chain with dozens of keys to other people's cars. But we don't hold with commercial car alarms here, because vibrations from the constant traffic on Ashby Avenue set them off all the time, much to the annoyance of the neighbors.
It's just urban living at its best, and we're used to it. Living as we do on one of Berkeley's small number of sacrifice streets, we see more of this kind of thing than our friends who are privileged to live behind barriers or in the hills do, though it happens everywhere.
This city is a living testament to failed planning of all kinds. Woe to those who make friends in neighborhoods not their own—typically, you can't get there from here. It's possible to expel endless carbon and expend endless hours trying to figure out how to drive to the home of a new acquaintance in another part of Berkeley.
Oh, you say, you should be biking instead? Well, sure, if you're fully able-bodied and preferably young, but riding a bicycle is a luxurious option with diminishing availability as life's vicissitudes take their inevitable toll on your body.
Or perhaps a bus? It's a continuing mystery to me that as propaganda for public transport increases in frequency and volume, bus routes continue to shrink and vanish. When my kids were at Berkeley High, they could jump on a 65 bus at our front door and be there in 20 minutes. I could take the E bus at all hours of the day and night to my job in San Francisco. The 51 bus went from Alameda to the Berkeley marina with no need to change at Rockridge BART. These buses were modest in size, frequent, speedy and usually full. And there were even clean, safe and reliable Greyhound buses that my daughters could take from Oakland to visit their grandparents in Santa Cruz, but no more.
Now AC Transit has sunk untold millions into gigantic ocean liners that can only be accessed on major streets like Telegraph, and can be seen, often travelling in pairs, using huge amounts of energy on warming the planet, with at most four passengers on board. The well-concealed fact about current state-of-the-art public transit is that it uses MORE energy per passenger mile than efficient automobiles with multiple passengers.
Nonetheless, huge sites in and near downtown Berkeley have recently been rezoned, both locally and per operation of California law, as targets for what is euphemistically called "transit-oriented development" (TOD). The philosophical underpinning of TOD legislation seems to be "if we build it they will come"—contrary data be damned. It's a kind of cargo cult, like those of natives of South Sea islands who built elaborate constructs anticipating the arrival of ships with lavish gifts. But though "transit villages" are proliferating, the transit never comes.
In downtown Berkeley, the latest promoted project (with skids well-greased by hiring an ex-City-of-Berkeley planner to "expedite" the permit process) aims to construct luxury apartments to serve as bedrooms for highly paid commuters to San Francisco and Silicon Valley. Will they take buses? Maybe to and from work, but on their ski weekends or day trips to Point Reyes? I doubt it. Never fear, they'll have ample cars to keep in the commodious planned on-site garage.
Yet and still, Berkeley is also spot zoning sites in West Berkeley which are close to the freeway and far from BART or buses, for office projects which will inevitably be peopled by high tech employees driving down from the hills or on freeways through tunnels and over bridges to get to work. There's no sign of imminent arrival of transit down there.
So the bottom line seems to be that it's still mighty hard and getter harder, not easier, for most people to navigate the Bay Area without a car, and Berkeley's not much better than the 'burbs despite a lot of pious rhetoric. Yes, the mayor does occasionally walk from his Berkeley digs to City Hall, just a few blocks, but he's often seen in his wife's car (state-supplied?) on other excursions. And frankly, he's even older than I am, so why should I begrudge him that convenience?
I guess that I'll just have to hope that the cheerful police officer was right in his estimation that my own car will soon be found, since I need to travel to points farther than downtown Berkeley where public transit really doesn't function. He said that mostly these old Hondas and Toyotas are just taken by someone who needs quick transportation, and they're abandoned at the destination.
It's possible that the problem of casual car theft by stranded travelers would be alleviated if AC Transit beefed up its totally inadequate late night service to the remoter reaches of Richmond and Oakland. Worth a try, anyway. But in the meantime, until the cargo ship arrives, please do let me or the police know if you spot an old red Honda van somewhere.


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New for 2017 – teams in each league will draft 5-player minor league rosters, drawing from players appearing on the Prospects list for the appropriate major league. To qualify for the Prospects list, a player must appear on the spring training roster of a major league team AND have had no pitching or fielding appearances in the major leagues in 2016. The minor league roster may consist of any five qualified players – there are no position restrictions or requirements. Salaries of these players are determined by the round in which they are selected, unless the player has been frozen on the minor league roster from the previous season. Players chosen in Round 1 will have a salary of $5; Round 2 players will have a salary of $4, and so on.
Minor league players will be chosen in what will function effectively as an offline draft. Teams in each Mocksports league will draft in auction order (i.e., in reverse order of the previous season's standings). To draft a player, team owners will post in the appropriate Mocksports league forum; the post must identify the drafting team, the player's name and the major league organization to which that player belongs; for example: SECTION 431 drafts Christian Walker CIN. (The schedule for each league's draft has been posted in the various league forums.)
Owners who currently have players on their roster who appear on the Prospects list for their league may choose one of three options for that player for 2017.
1) The player may be frozen on the major league active list (i.e., frozen for the league auction) at his rollover salary (2016 auction price + $4).
2) The player may be frozen on the minor league roster. The owner must designate which draft slot (#1, #2, #3, #4, or #5) the frozen player will occupy; the player's salary will be the higher of his 2016 auction (NOT rollover) salary or the salary associated with his minor league roster slot.
3) The player may be allowed to return to the free agent pool for the 2017 minor league draft.
WHAT IF I MISS MY DRAFT WINDOW? - Note the revision to this section!
If an owner misses his time window for a draft pick, he may choose a player at any time after that period. Players are available on a first-come, first-served basis; the owner choosing in the next time window does not have priority for his choice. Owners who anticipate not being able to make a timely post may either send their selection to the League Administrator in advance for posting or may publicly designate another Mocksports owner to post selections for them. (Owners should, in either case, provide their designee with multiple player options in case the desired player is chosen by another team in the league.)
Minor league players may be traded (either as part of a trade involving major and minor leaguers or as part of a minor league only transaction). Minor league players may be waived (without replacement); this transaction is NOT considered a charge. Minor league players may be activated, if they are activated to the major leagues by their MLB team.
If a minor league player is activated by his major league team during the regular season, he may be (but is not required to be) activated by his Mocksports owner. (Autowaivers DO NOT APPLY to players while they are on a minor league roster.) In order to activate a player, another player currently active on the Mocksports major league roster must be reserved or waived (i.e., roster balance must be maintained). Players activated to the major league roster retain their minor league salary; their salaries count against the salary cap upon activation. Whether the player is activated or remains on the minor league roster, he retains his draft salary. Players activated from the minor league roster may not be replaced on that roster until the next season's draft unless the team acquires a minor league player via trade. Activated minor league players may NOT be demoted back to the minor league roster during the current season. If they become inactive in the major leagues, they must be reserved or waived.
Minor leaguers may be retained on their Mocksports team's 2018 minor league roster if they had fewer than 20 at-bats or 5 appearances as a pitcher in the 2017 MLB season AND were not activated in 2017 by their Mocksports owner. If the player was activated or if their MLB appearances exceed the limits above, they must be either frozen (or topped) for 2018 or allowed to reenter the free agent pool prior to the 2018 auction. A player frozen to a minor league roster retains his draft slot; the owner may not make a selection for that slot during the next season's draft. The frozen player's salary will increase $1 for the new season.
- - Ask the Commish: http://forums.mocksports.com/phpBB3/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=17!
- - Ask the Realist (he's responsible for the confusion, after all): http://forums.mocksports.com/phpBB3/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=157!!
- - Post here so everyone knows they're not the only ones I've confused!!!
- - Consult the rules summary posted a few days ago: http://forums.mocksports.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=18453


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It's True: You Talk Too Much
How to achieve the optimal 50-50 conversation flow
I'm sorry to be the one to tell you, but you talk too much. I know you think you don't, but seriously, you do.
Take this simple test: After your next long conversation with someone, estimate what percentage of it you spent talking. Be honest. No, you're already underestimating. How do I know? Because it's more fun to talk than to listen. Talking is like drinking a great Cabernet. Listening is like doing squats.
Add another 20% to your total.
If you talked more than 70% of the time, you jabber too much. I know, because my son has Asperger's syndrome, and part of his education was learning conversational dynamics.
People with Asperger's tend to give monologues about their obsessions, which can be problematic socially. It's hard to get a date after you've just told a girl all the subway stops in North America.
Dr. Lynn Koegel, who is clinical director of Koegel Autism Center at the University of California, Santa Barbara, says that an optimal conversation flow has each person talking about 50% of the time. This is the Ali-Frazier of good give-and-take.
But, you say, what if your talking partner is just quiet and loves to listen? Stop it. She doesn't. Listening is like reading a corporate report. Talking is like eating a cinnamon bun.
So how do you achieve this 50-50 conversational ideal? Easy: ask questions. But don't think that one "How are you?" is going to turn you into Oprah. Actually listen to what the other person is saying, and find openings.
For instance: Your friend says, "I think that Henry the intern is probably a psychopath."
Now if you're inclined to say, "So's my mother! Yesterday, at the museum, she…" don't. You're talking too much. Instead, try, "Why do you think Henry's a psychopath, and if he's cute, would he be good for my niece?"
Now you're doing great. Your friend will love telling you about Henry. When she's done, if you really must, you can tell the anecdote about your mom. But if you're talking about someone whom your conversation partner doesn't know, especially a mother, keep it short—one minute tops, unless it's a truly fantastic story. And to qualify as such, at least five people need to have said to you in the past, "Wow, that's a fantastic story." Not "a great story" but "a fantastic story."
I can hear you complaining already: "One minute? But I need to include all the details." No you don't. Just get to the part when, on a crowded elevator, your mom turned to you and said, "I wish I could press the up button on your boobs." Your job is to quickly entertain and inform, and then to ask good questions.
Also, let your chattering breathe a little. One dastardly arrow in the big talker's quiver is to slow down in the middle of his sentence, then to blow through the period so that there's no opening for anyone to squeeze a word in. Secretly tape one of your own conversations, and if you realize you do this, stop it or never go out in public again.
Another essential rule is to monitor your audience. Is the guy you're talking to glancing at his cellphone, spinning his Dorito like a paper football or making his tie into a noose? If so, pull the ripcord and ask him if Heineken is his favorite beer, since you've just seen him drain five of them. Watch how relieved he is to have a turn to talk! Talking is a Miguel Cabrera home run. Listening is getting hit in the head by it.
But, you say, this conversational paradigm sounds like work. And talking feels so good! Besides, people don't seem to be complaining about you.
Oh, but they are.
If you don't let others participate in conversations, I promise they are hatching schemes against you. Fevered discussions are happening over where to put your place card at the dinner party—"Not next to Uncle Joe! He's only got six months to live!" Colleagues at nearby cubicles tell you they have to wear headphones to "concentrate on work." At parties people always say to you, "Excuse me while I grab another drink." People at parties are so thirsty!
So when reading this piece, did you recognize yourself? Did it perhaps make you think of someone else? If so, wouldn't it be great to send it to him? But you don't want to hurt his feelings, so how would you go about it?
Decent questions, right? Now I'll sit back and let you talk.
—Mr. LaZebnik is a writer on "The Simpsons."


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10 "Simple Chic" Children's Rooms
Of all our style categories, "Simple Chic" may be the most difficult to peg. It's defined almost by the negative space, the absence in an uncluttered room, rather than the things that are there. It's exactly those stylistic things, however, that can play a pivotal role in creating a calm, soothing atmosphere, something that's suited especially well for young child. These rooms run the gamut in terms of specific pieces included, but they are all, indisputably, simple and chic.
1. Collin's Fresh White Room
2. E's Room
3. Kid's Room Tour: Eva's Pale Blue Beauty
4. Scandinavian Nursery On a Budget
5. Kenzie's Fresh and Fabulous Room
6. My Room: Muller Grey
7. Asher's Modern & Clean In Aberdeen
8. My Room: Abe
9. Eden's Work In Progress
10. Sebastian's White Nursery
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It appears the college conference realignment carrousel finally has reached Boone.
According to a report in the Winston-Salem Journal, Appalachian State will join the Sun Belt Conference, moving the Mountaineers� football program up to the sport�s highest level � the NCAA�s Football Bowl Subdivision.
It�s a move Appalachian State has been aiming for since 2011, when a school feasibility committee recommended the football program make the jump from the Southern Conference, which plays at the lower Football Championship Subdivision.
A spokesman at Appalachian State said officials would have no comment on the move to the Sun Belt, which could come this week, according to the Journal.
Another Southern Conference school, Georgia Southern, also is reportedly moving to the Sun Belt, which has lost several members recently.
The additions of Appalachian State and Georgia Southern eventually would bring the number of Sun Belt football-playing schools to 10, joining Arkansas State, Georgia State, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, South Alabama, Texas State, Troy and Western Kentucky.
Although it is uncertain when Appalachian State would leave for the Sun Belt, the Mountaineers will join Charlotte as the Carolinas� newest FBS members. The 49ers, who will begin football this coming season, will play two seasons as FCS independents before going to the FBS� Conference USA in 2015 (the school�s other sports are joining the league in 2013-14).
Appalachian State had also pursued C-USA membership but was turned down because of its relatively small media and television market, a reason that frustrated athletics director Charlie Cobb.
In addition to Charlotte, Conference USA also is adding several former Sun Belt schools this school year: Florida Atlantic, Florida International, Middle Tennessee State and North Texas.
Appalachian State has been a member of the Southern Conference since 1971. Only three current Southern Conference members � Davidson, Furman and The Citadel � have been in the league longer than the Mountaineers.
Appalachian State has won 12 conference football championships, including at least a share of seven of the past eight. The Mountaineers won three consecutive FCS titles in 2005-07 and beat Michigan in 2007 in one of college football�s great upsets.
George Mason to Atlantic 10
In other realignment news, the Atlantic 10 announced it will add George Mason, currently in the Colonial Athletic Association, in 2013-14. The A-10 is facing the losses of Charlotte to C-USA, Temple to what�s now the football (and yet unnamed)-portion of the Big East and Xavier and Butler to the new basketball-only Big East.


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Clinton, MO -- (SBWIRE) -- 09/03/2012 -- Tommy Johnson, a 10-time winner in National Hot Rod Assn. events who raced for Gibbs, Prudhomme, Bernstein, and Schumacher Racing Teams started his racing supply warehouse over 20 years ago. Today it is managed by a new entity titled TJ's Motorsports Warehouse, Inc. You can visit TJ's at 4128 North Highway 16; Denver, NC or by phone at 704-489-2015 or on-line at https://www.tommyjohnsons.com
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DiMaggio/Mantle/Williams Signed Large-Format Photo Collection (3)
Starting Bid - $500, Sold For - $1,800
Collection of three identical 11 x 14-inch sepia-toned photographs, each flawlessly signed by Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, and Ted Williams across his respective image. All of the signatures have been scripted in blue Sharpie and grade a perfect "10." The image in these three signed photos dates to the 1951 season, which was the only year in which DiMaggio and Mantle played together. Three examples of this iconic photographic image, each featuring the rare combination of the three most desirable baseball signatures of the postwar era. All three signed photos are in Near Mint condition. LOA from James Spence/JSA. Total: 3 photos. Reserve $500. Estimate $1,500+. SOLD FOR $1,800
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So eBay recently announced its new 3D printing app, eBay Exact, where we can customize jewelry (among other things). Jewelry from a printer? How neat is that? To think this is no hologram-ish or sci-fi thing – it's totally wearable jewelry made with the help of some concepts, spiffy software and a 3D printer.
I checked out the app and found it so intriguing that I couldn't resist scouring the internet to take a closer look at more 3D print jewelry. Wow. This is anything but run of the mill. We're talking bold rings, funky necklaces and lots of geometric patterns. 3D printed jewelry definitely makes a "dare to be different" statement.
While I found eBay's customizing aspect to be similar to what already exists (options like choosing a color or varying the length of a necklace weren't customization biggies in my book), the sheer fact that this jewelry comes from a 3D printer is enough of a wow factor to make it all worth checking out. However, a lot of 3D printed jewelry can be extremely pricy (not just from eBay Exact, but pretty much everywhere . . . a $240 ring? Um . . . no).
So, I scoped out some affordable 3D print jewelry that's worth checking out.
Dare to Be Different with these 3D Print Jewelry Picks
Here are a few pieces of 3D print jewelry that caught my eye. Go bold, ladies!
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I'm curious: what do you think of 3D print jewelry? Any here that make you want to embrace your funkier side?
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So then you admit that the God of the bible is imaginary just like Santa Claus?
And I'm trying to see how many posts I can make it before someone seriously insults me, in good sport of course
By a close examination, it becomes very fast clear here, that strong atheism is the position hold by most atheism forum participants, even if they deny this.
Weak atheists do not debate in forums, because the issue of God is irrelevant for them.
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Quote from: median on April 24, 2013, 06:02:24 PMSo then you admit that the God of the bible is imaginary just like Santa Claus?So then you admit that you can prove a universal negative?I didn't come here to defend theism, I came here because I'm procrastinating and I'm trying to have fun, and my idea of fun, among other things, is nit-picking blanket statements. And someone said "You can't prove a negative" - and that was just too juicy of a target.p.s.: Also note that your statement doesn't follow from what I said. If you think it does, please provide the argument.p.p.s: It's also fun to see the really terrible apologists squirm. And I'm trying to see how many posts I can make it before someone seriously insults me, in good sport of course
Sorry, forgot to include this, but it's a pretty different note, so I'll do a separate post.I think the deductive argument from naughty presents is valid and sound, so it firmly disproves the existence of Santa.I do not think that the deductive argument from evil is sound, and that is in fact the consensus in the phil. religion philosophical literature.I do think that some of the probabilistic arguments from evil have some force to be reckoned with. But even if I admit that a probabilistic argument succeeds, then this only lowers the probability of God's existence, it does not firmly establish his nonexistence like a deductive argument would. Given enough of those arguments and not enough arguments in favor, you could make the probability of God's existence so low that it would fall under what I would call "disproven." Hence, you can, in principle, and if the arguments against succeed and the arguments in favor fail or don't add enough probability, prove that God does not exist.I don't think that on balance the probabilistic arguments against win out, but I don't have time or capacities to go through all them. I know that if I started, I wouldn't finish the thread, so I won't even try, at least not now.But that answer should suffice to show why I can say that the argument from evil succeeds to some extent without being committed to the non-existence of God.Or, againTl:DrI'm a Beyesian evidentialist
Actually it doesn't. One could conceivably be all-powerful but not exceptionally intelligent.
My point was this:"You can't prove a universal negative" is false. If you claim its true, then you're wrong. I don't see any good way to accept the principle, so you shouldn't on those grounds argue that the burden of proof is on the theist alone.I do agree that theists have the greater burden of proof, but not because "You can't prove a universal negative."In fact, the whole point of WWGHA is to give an argument that God doesn't exist, and to give an argument just is the same thing as offering proof.
I wouldn't regard disproving that Yahweh as being anything to do with a universal negative....I certainly can't prove the universal negative that there is no god.
But if the two of us are in a room, and you say "there is a table there" and I do NOT see a table.....ah, then the burden of proof IS on you to prove there is a table there. Because we have moved out of the realm of reasonable claims, and into the realm where you are making a claim that IS unreasonable - namely, that there exists in this room a solid presence that I am unable to detect.
The "hologram" thing is a red herring, in this instance. Because I would not be denying that you SEE a table (which was the claim you were making in your example), I would be correcting you on the nature of what you saw.
So if you say "I see a table", and I say "what table? I see nothing", then the onus IS on you to prove you see something that I can not.
I still don't know what role the word "universal" is playing here. Maybe you mean that you can't prove a vague negative. In other words, you say that you can prove that a god with more specifically defined attributes doesn't exist, but you can't prove that a very vaguely defined thing doesn't exist. I have yet to hear a good definition of a universal negative. I fully agree that there are some things you can't prove not to exist. I can't prove there are no epiphenomenalons. But this isn't because they are part of some magical category that demand the proof of a universal negative, but because of their specific features. I can give you a reason why I can't prove they don't exist. So again, what is the definition of a universal negative (not examples, definition), and what is the reason these cannot be proved? I don't buy it, so you'll have to give me an argument.
I always say what I mean. But sometimes I'm a sarcastic prick whose tone can't be properly communicated via text.
Suppose we walk into a room, you see a table and point out that it goes quite lovely with the carpet and I say "There is no table in this room." You see a table and are quite baffled at my denial of its existence. You wouldn't believe me, and you would require some proof for me to show that the thing you see doesn't exist. You wouldn't say "But of course, how unreasonable of me to make this table claim, here, let me proceed to give you evidence." You would just say "You're nuts, obviously there is a table in the room. I don't believe you if you try to tell me you don't see it." Actually, you would probably think it is more likely that I am lying to you, or maybe that I am hallucinating or that something is wrong with me, and you would feel no obligation to prove to me that there is a table there. Tables are the kind of things that are there when you see them, so when you see a table and I deny that it's there, you'll think something is wrong with me.
Thanks Azdgari,
That specifies it better. I still think it is, as a general principle, false.For example, we can prove that there are no round square objects anywhere in the universe.Too cheap?
We can prove there are no 20 mile spheres of pure Uranium. Physics tells us they would explode before they got that big.
How about non-located things?Philosophers go on arguing about numbers, properties, sets, facts, events, and whether those exist, often making arguments that they do not exist (anywhere).
So it isn't true that in general it is impossible to prove that something is not anywhere at all. There have to be further restrictions.I think this is good progress though.
Your point (assuming we're not treating seriously the argument to popularity) seems to be that if a person believes something thinks something exists, then they are under no obligation to prove to anyone else that what they think exists actually does.
Can we prove that the laws of physics as we observe them apply equally everywhere? No. It's a reasonable inference that they do, but it is not proven as a matter of formal logic. And that's what we're talking about.
"Exist" is a category error when applied to such things. Events happen to things that exist; they do not exist as entities in themselves. Facts are descriptions of what exists. Properties are...well, properties of things that exist (or that don't). Numbers are a way of describing things, not entities in and of themselves; their existence (or lack thereof) is as subjective as anything else I've listed. Same with sets.
Quine's slogan, "To be is to be the value of a variable," means that we only commit ourselves to an ontology by claims that say things like "There is something (bound variable) that is ..."For example, "There is something that is a prime number greater than a million" commits us to believing that such numbers are entities. And "There is some property (or characteristic) that red houses and red cars have in common" commits us to believing that properties (or characteristics) are entities.
Quote from: mango on April 28, 2013, 01:06:25 AMSo it isn't true that in general it is impossible to prove that something is not anywhere at all. There have to be further restrictions.As long as the subject in question is a "something", it applies. As you've said, when we're not talking about a "something", of course it doesn't apply.
So it isn't true that in general it is impossible to prove that something is not anywhere at all. There have to be further restrictions.
You just raised the standard way too high. By that standard not a single scientific claim counts as proven because science proceeds by abduction (or induction), not deduction. Just because we measure gravity every time we measure for it does not, by deductive logic, prove that it ever holds anywhere or anytime we haven't measured. If you throw out induction you should be a skeptic about pretty much everything besides your own existence and theorems in math derivable from axioms.
Do you have some alternate way that you can say that physics works in your backyard but not on the other end of the universe? Both are inductive claims, so just denying induction isn't going to get you what you want.
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At this point at least, we know the skeptic is not rationally permitted to suggest that he "cant prove a universal negative." He must provide a negative reason, or a counter-factual to the given proposition. If he cannot do so, then he has no reason to call himself an "Atheist".


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HSAAs finish first day at Rosslyn Park Sevens undefeated
BOULDER, Colo. – The USA Rugby High School All-Americans, sponsored by Aircraft Charter Solutions, went 4-0 today at Rosslyn Park Sevens Open Division in London, England. The HSAAs were in Group C with London Oratory School, Kirkham Grammar School, Robert Clack School and Tasker Milward School.
"This week has seen the players struggle in training as they have tried to adapt to the cold and wet conditions," HSAA Head Coach Salty Thompson said. "However, today saw the team come together as they felt more at home and comfortable in the foreign conditions."
First up for the HSAAs was Kirkham Grammar School. Kirkham, predicted to finish atop Group C, was runner-up in 2009 and has only suffered one defeat this year. The HSAAs handed the English side its second defeat thanks to tries from Zack Webber, Joe Kelly, David Kucharski, Calvin Whiting, David Todd and Niall Barry. Mitchel Gusman added two conversions for a 34-5 final score.
In the second match of the day, 2002 runner-up London Oratory followed up its 50-0 win against Tasker Milward School with a 17-0 shutout defeat to the HSAAs. Billy Maggs, Kucharski, and James Viafale scored the HSAA tries and Gusman converted another.
In their closest match of the day, the HSAAs downed Robert Clack School 17-4 to move to 3-0 with one match left to play. Like London Oratory, Robert Clack School was handed its first loss of the afternoon by the HSAAs, who received tries from Gusman, who also supplied another conversion, Barry, and Kelly.
The HSAAs continued their hot streak with a 50-5 win against Tasker Milward School to finish as the only undefeated team in Group C. The only Welsh side in Group C, Tasker Milward School has not won a single game. Maggs and Kucharski each scored two tries, Gusman scored a try with six conversions, and Kelly, Barry, and Adjei also added to the scoring.
By winning the group, the HSAAs advance to the knockout stage at Rosslyn Park Sevens for the second year in a row. The HSAAs will face Wales' Ysgol Gyfun Gwyr on Friday in the first elimination match. Ysgol Gyfun Gwyr also went through the group stage undefeated.
To see all results from Rosslyn Park Sevens and keep up with the High School All-Americans, visit the team's page on the tournament's website. The Rosslyn Park Sevens Twitter will also update results live.
Match 1 | vs. Kirkham Grammar School
Tries: Webber, Kelly, Kucharski, Whiting, Todd, Barry; Conversions: Gusman (2)
Match 2 | vs. London Oratory School
Tries: Maggs, Kucharski, Viafale; Conversions: Gusman
Match 3 | vs. Robert Clack School
Tries: Gusman, Barry, Kelly; Conversions: Gusman
Match 4 | vs. Tasker Milward School
Tries: Maggs (2), Kelly, Barry, Kucharski (2), Adjei, Gusman; Conversions: Gusman (6)
High School All-Americans | Rosslyn Park Sevens
Sondai Adjei
Niall Barry
Mitchel Gusman
Joseph Kelly
David Kucharski
Billy Maggs
Jesse Mander
Austen Middleton
David Todd
James Vaifale
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Library Art Galleries
Marx Library is home to the Mary Elizabeth and Charles Bernard Rodning Gallery of Art, located on the library's third floor. This bright, open area with ample wall space for art exhibits also features twelve modern display cases for the exhibition of jewelry, crafts, small works of art, sculpture, or other objects. Marx Library also exhibits works of art in a gallery located in the hallway near the circulation desk and Starbucks on the first floor. Watercolors, oils, acrylics, quilts, etchings, engravings, and multi-media are featured year-round in the galleries. The galleries are open and free to the public (see Marx Library's website for hours). Throughout the library, many gifts of art and images from the Doy Leale McCall Rare Book and Manuscript Library are on display year-round as well.


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Organic Supply and Demand
Organic ingredients are ramping up to meet processors' needs. Advance planning is the best sourcing ingredient.
Not too long ago the only place you could find organic products was at a farmers market or natural foods store. But after watching sales of organic foods steadily grow at 15-20 percent for the past decade, these days everyone wants a piece of the organic pie.
Top processors including Kraft and General Mills have started organic lines or are buying organic companies to add to their portfolios. Wal-Mart is planning to double its organic offerings this year. Retailers such as Safeway and Super Target have launched their own private labels, with Super Target having gone the extra step to get USDA certification as an organic retailer. McDonalds is serving organic coffee. The shelves at 7-Eleven are stocked with organic snacks.
Kellogg developed its own line of organic cereals, while Kraft bought an organic company.
According to the 2005 Manufacturer's Survey from Organic Trade Assn. (OTA, www.ota.com), U.S. sales of organic products have surpassed $14 billion a year, with processed foods (foods other than produce, dairy or meat) representing more than 42 percent of sales. Compared to the 2 percent annual growth of conventional groceries, organic offers an exciting opportunity. However, although the green organic seal has the potential to generate a lot of green, can the organic supply keep up with the ever growing demand?
The answer from those in the industry is an enthusiastic yes. But before you try to order 5 million pounds of organic flour, you must first understand the organic world and how it differs from the conventional food world.
The organic supply chain
Organic may be a big opportunity, but at roughly 3 percent of the market it's still a small industry compared to conventional foods. And while there are some who have been pioneering the grass roots organic movement for decades, the U.S. National Organic Program (NOP) is a mere five years old. As a result, there are fewer suppliers to choose from and a less formal infrastructure than that of the conventional processing world. This means you have to go about sourcing in a different way.
"To source organic ingredients effectively, processors must look at the supply chain with a different lens. Sometimes it means connecting with the source at the ground level, planning and making a commitment," said Grace Marroquin, ingredient broker and president of Marroquin Ingredients (www.marroquin-ingredients.com), Santa Cruz, Calif. "To truly be successful in organic processing, it takes commitment both to the suppliers as well as to the organic industry itself. You must see organic as long term, not just some fad, and be willing to weather a few growing pains along the way."
The supply situation changes from season to season depending on weather, demand and other factors; what is in short supply now could be in surplus next year. Some items that have been more challenging to source include hazelnuts, apricots, brown rice syrup, oats, blueberries and some exotic fruits such as goji berry. Because of skyrocketing demand for organic dairy product, byproducts such as organic lactose and whey protein concentrates have not been commercially available in the U.S. Other minor ingredients such as colors and flavors also have been challenging to source, but lately more and more suppliers are coming out with organic versions.
Overall, those in the organic world are responsive to demand and have made great strides in a short time. In 2005 alone, more than a million new acres were converted to organic for a total of 4 million acres of farmland, 2.3 million in cropland and 1.7 million in rangeland and pasture, according statistics released just this past December by USDA. Trade organizations like OTA are working to get more research dollars to aid farmers in transitioning to organic.
Horizon Organic and other milk suppliers have been so successful at cultivating an organic milk supply there may be a surplus this spring and summer.
Industry leaders such as Stonyfield Farm and farmer-owned cooperative Organic Valley spent an estimated $2 million on incentives and technical assistance to help dairy farmers convert or boost their production in 2006, and Horizon Organic Dairy's "HOPE" program has helped some 250 family farms convert to organic since 1991.
As a result, organic milk is expected to have a surplus in the spring and summer of 2007. Strong demand could catch up with supply by early 2008, according to Stonyfield Farm officials, but in the meantime this surplus could likely result in production of other organic dairy byproducts that have been scarce.
"It is all interconnected, and as the demand in one area grows and suppliers rise to meet it, other areas will grow and expand as well," says Marroquin.
Suppliers around the world are ramping up production to help meet the supply needs of organic. Reports from The Organic Monitor show organic ingredients such as beans, seeds and nuts are increasingly coming from China, Turkey, Brazil and other countries. Organic herbs and spices are being imported from India, Paraguay and Ethiopia. Increasing volumes of organic fresh fruits and vegetables are coming in from African and Asian countries. Latin America and Australia are established sources of organic meat products.
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Free wine tasting at Blue Water Seafood
Blue Water Seafood and Wine Cellar at 532 Kanuga St. will host Thomas Meunier of Authentique Vin for a customer-appreciation wine tasting from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday.
Meunier, who grew up in France, imports wines from all regions of France. His business is headquartered in Chapel Hill, but his wife is a Hendersonville native. He will pour and discuss wines from most regions of France. Blue Water's kitchen will prepare seafood snacks.
The public is welcome, and there is no charge for the event.
For more information, call 828-697-0503.
'Food Is Good to Eat' lecture at UNC-A
Paul Rozin, University of Pennsylvania professor of psychology, presents "Food Is Good (Not Bad) to Eat, and Natural Isn't Always Good" at 7 p.m. Tuesday in UNC Asheville's Humanities Lecture Hall.
Rozin, who has studied attitudes toward chocolate, meat, water, the evolution of disgust and other related topics, will address the debate over benefits of natural food, and psychological factors involved in the pleasure of eating. Rozin has been a member of the University of Pennsylvania faculty since 1970; he earned his doctoral degree in biology and psychology from Harvard University.
The event is free. Call 828-250-2359.
Herb festival set for Sept. 29 at Lake Lure
Friends of the Mountains Branch Library will host an herb festival beginning at 9 a.m. Sept. 29 at the Lake Lure Inn, 2771 Memorial Highway, Lake Lure.
Booths will be brimming over with culinary and medicinal herbs and products made from herbs, plus speakers talking about raising and using herbs.
The luncheon speaker will be Nan K. Chase, author of "Eat Your Yard: Edible Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Herbs and Flowers for Your Landscape."
"Eat Your Yard" has information on 35 edible plants that offer the best of landscape and culinary uses. Edible plants provide spring blossoms, colorful fruit and flowers, lush greenery, fall foliage and beautiful structure, but they also offer fruits, nuts and seeds that you can eat, cook and preserve.
The event is a fund-raiser for the library. Tickets are $5 and $25 for the luncheon; children younger than 12 get in free. Tickets are available at the library on Bills Creek Road in Lake Lure or Medina's Bistro in Chimney Rock.
Call 828-625-0456.
Garlic-growing class at Hendersonville Co-op
The Hendersonville Community Co-op will host the Growing Great Garlic class from 1 to 3 p.m. Sept. 29 at the Co-op, 715 S. Grove St., Hendersonville.
Garlic is an ancient medicinal, edible, nourishing food that can be grown easily in a home garden. Autumn is the time to plant garlic.
In the class, students will cover all the basics of growing garlic, including choosing varieties, preparing beds, planting, mulching, overwintering, harvesting and curing, and saving seeds.
It costs $15 for co-op owners, $20 for non-owners. Call 828-693-8557, Ext. 102, or email hendersonville.coop.
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Horrorfest '07: Mulberry Street (US - DVD R1)
Gabe starts the new After Dark Horrorfest running from rat people...
A normal day in New York City is interrupted when a glut of diseased rats begins biting the natives, spreading a virus that causes humans to act rather inhuman towards each other. In one dilapidated Manhattan apartment complex the residents must ban together and defend themselves against the sudden outbreak of violence.
I started this year's Horrorfest at my house with Mulberry Street, and I was off to a good start. Mulberry Street was the kind of film I expected out of last year's promise of fun, low budget genre entrees. It isn't the most original movie, and it defiantly isn't the most professional looking movie, but it's full of compassion for genre and character.
The filmmakers take the very familiar themes of viral outbreak and zombies and manage to put just enough of a twist on them for even a connoisseur like myself to have a good time. The twist is two fold—first is the kind of infected flesh-eaters we're talking about, which are less of the living dead variety and more of the werewolf variety. More specifically we're talking rabid wererats here, kind of like the weresheep of Black Sheep, only with the tenaciousness of the 28 Days Later 'infected'. It seems like a small thing, but after years of the same old moaning gut munchers a small thing is really all you need.
The second fold is the characters, which fulfil the archetypes of the whole trapped by the undead subgenre in original ways. Rather then a bunch of nubile teens having sex when they should probably be running away, Mulberry Street employs real New York people and sticks them in a real New York apartment. The love interest looks like a real, hard working mom, her son acts like a real, awkward teenager, the neighbours are real bickering old guys, and the bar owner probably actually owns the bar. The hero's daughter is a buyable Iraq vet (even if her scare make-up isn't too real), and the fact that she's a woman isn't a plot point or something the filmmakers want to make a big deal out of. The gay maternal figure is an original, and not played for cheap laughs or lame stereotypes (much). Best of all, the pre-monster scenes set up our hero (who's also really real) as the nicest guy on this real New York block, so we're more then willing to root for him when the rats hit the fan.
Mulberry Street is very obviously a lower budgeted feature. Co-writer/director Jim Mickle steals several shots and methods from Danny Boyle, but mostly to a positive effect. There are a couple of shots that'll probably roll some 28 Days Later eyes, but nothing too conspicuous. The film is shot pseudo-documentary style utilizing a lot of shaky, hand held camera work, which can be a bit overbearing at times, but the low key and sometimes surrealistic lighting adds strong ambiance and helps the lacking fear quotient.
Like 28 Days Later, Mulberry Street suffers from some obvious digital video artefacts. Edge enhancement is everywhere during daylight scenes, as are high contrast flares which occasionally ghost ever so slightly. The lighting is really low key, which adds that semi-documentary feel, but does nothing for the transfer's quality. Some shots are so dark one can hardly tell what's happening at all, and the screen is consistently flecked with compression noise and heavy grain. Colours are genuine blacks are the transfer's strong suits. I'm assuming that there's been some post-production tweaking of elements, as seen in the intense green hues, which really pop against the otherwise dark amber colour pallet.
Mulberry Street holds a budget expanding Dolby Digital 5.1 track, though a lot of the more overt sound effects are obviously 'canned' or from some kind of effects CD ROM. There are some issues with the clarity of the sound, and anything not added obviously in post is usually centred. This roughness actually ends up adding to the film's hectic documentary approach, though some viewers may be a bit jostled. The film's score is well represented throughout—a bassy mix of understated quiet scenes and bombastic chases.
First up on this reasonably well stocked disc is a collection of storyboard to film comparisons. These aren't the most well drawn or scene specific boards, but there's a kind of quaint interest. These are not interactive, rather they run a course. These are followed by a collection of two short deleted scenes. The scenes are not anamorphically enhanced, and one carries some misaligned ADR, but aren't as rough as others I've seen for more pricy films. The director's sketches section contains a slide show of quick and dirty illustrations of creatures and action. This is followed by video test footage of the basic rat make-up and some amusing outtakes. 'Behind the Scenes: The Rats' is a rough look at the training and filming of the film's real rats, not a proper making-of documentary or anything. It runs a paltry and rather bland two and a half minutes. The disc finishes off with a couple trailers and the 'Miss Horrorfest' webisodes, which aren't really that interesting (next year there really should be a stripping event).
Mulberry Street probably won't rock everyone's world, but I found it an effective and fun distraction, with some bona fide thrills and pathos. This is what low budget horror filmmaking should be—energetic and exploitative but not without a dash of originality and dignity. I'm off to a good start, but given last year's collection, I can only expect to roll downhill from here, right?
Review by Gabriel Powers
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so, should we try it?
i mean last year's HORRORFEST was kinda alright movies...
i liked 'TOOTH AND NAIL' (the only one i got right now)
and from last year's i owned:
'DARK RIDE' (much like a descent slahser flick)
'THE GRAVEDANCERS' (not as good as i thought)
'UNREST' (very original and disgusting, yet good enough)
'THE ABANDONDED' (really didnt watch it completelly, but my brother said it was "cool"
and i also owned 'CAPTIVITY' and it was better that other movies released las year...
which ones u think are the best?
i mean last year's HORRORFEST was kinda alright movies...
i liked 'TOOTH AND NAIL' (the only one i got right now)
and from last year's i owned:
'DARK RIDE' (much like a descent slahser flick)
'THE GRAVEDANCERS' (not as good as i thought)
'UNREST' (very original and disgusting, yet good enough)
'THE ABANDONDED' (really didnt watch it completelly, but my brother said it was "cool"
and i also owned 'CAPTIVITY' and it was better that other movies released las year...
which ones u think are the best?
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I think that Mulberry Street, Borderland, and Deaths of Ian Stone are the only three I'd even rent if I were you. Unearthed has a couple fun moments, but I thought the rest were pretty bad.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 18th March 2008
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, single layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 1.85:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
Extras: Storyboards, Deleted Scenes, Production Sketches, Make-Up Tests, Outtakes, The Rats, Trailers, Webisodes
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Jim Mickle
Cast: Larry Fleischman, Antone Pagan, Ron Brice, Larry Fessenden, Debbie Rochon
Genre: Horror
Length: 85 minutes
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We don't know if you've heard yet, but the 90's are very hot right now. So is Halloween! You may have done all your themed partying this weekend, but there are still two days until the actual holiday, you know.
And yes, Halloween specials of beloved TV shows are a longstanding tradition, not confined to everyone's favorite nostalgia decade of the moment. However, in the interest of narrowing things down and revisiting the spooky joys of my youth, we're confining this particular best-of to the 1990s. Truly, it was a golden age for this stuff. Plus, as long as the internet is up and the MTA is down, you'll need something to keep you busy during this (spookily named) Frankenstorm.


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Borger Lady Bulldogs ready to take on Lamesa in Bi-District Playoff
On Saturday morning, the Borger Lady Bulldogs Softball team (17-14) will begin its best of three 3A Bi-District playoff series against the Lamesa Golden Tornadoes in Littlefield.The Lady Bulldogs, after posting a 15-7 non-district record, were poised to make a run for the District 1-3A title. However, the Lady Bulldogs had to make their road to the playoffs dramatic by dropping their first four district games and needed a strong finish to clinch the final district playoff berth over Dalhart. On the difference between the start and end of district play, Borger Head Softball Coach Steve Watkins said it wasn't about adjustments from the team but more about staying focused and playing hard. Watkins said, "The team really made no adjustments, they just kept grinding and working hard and got it done. I am very proud of them, because they showed a lot of character by not giving up."Clinching a playoff berth in the final week is nothing new to the Lady Bulldogs, as the team faced a similar scenario last season. Last season, the Lady Bulldogs were able to carry the momentum of ending the regular season strong with them into the playoffs by beating Levelland in the Bi-District Round, before falling to a good Andrews team in the Area Round.The playoff experience has seemed to help this year's squad prepare for the post-season, with Watkins saying, "Now that we have 'been there and done that' so to speak, the girls know what it takes to be successful, hard practices. We were a little wide-eyed last year, but they seem to have a little more confidence going into this year's post-season." Watkins went on to say he feels confident about his team's chance to win the series with Lamesa, but knows his team will have to come out ready to play. Watkins said, "Like I told the girls, once you make it to the post season, everyone is good, it boils down to who plays consistent."The first game of the series will begin at 10:00 a.m. followed by game two starting around noon. If game three is necessary, it will be played on Monday at 6:00 p.m. in Littlefield.


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2012: Played in all 28 games for the Gauchos...Scored 33 goals, which was third on the team...Tallied 21 assists, which was second on the team...Drew 14 ejections... Had 16 steals and seven field blocks...Had two six-game scoring streaks from Sept. 9 through Oct. 7 and again from Oct. 27 through Nov. 23...Had a season-high four goals against Whittier (Sept. 9).
2011: Played in all 28 games for the Gauchos…Posted 24 goals, which was fourth on the team…Drew 14 ejections and penalties…Was second on the team tallying 11 steals…Had four field blocks and 14 assists…Had a season-best five-game scoring streak running from Oct. 2 through Oct. 22…Had a season-high three goals in a win against UC Irvine (Oct. 2)…Scored multiple goals on seven occasions.
Played for Murrieta Valley High School…Was coached by Bryan Lynton…Was the 2010-11 Murrieta Valley Male Athlete of the Year…Helped lead both the water polo and swim teams to Southwestern League Championships all four years of his prep career…The Nighthawks were CIF finalists all four seasons he played…Led his team in assists as a junior and senior, was second in goals both years as well…Earned All-CIF Division III First Team Honors as a junior and All-CIF Division II accolades as a senior…Named an All-American his senior year…An All-American breaststroker during both his junior and senior years, he won the CIF Division II title in the 100 breast as a junior and took second senior year…Helped set a Murrieta Valley school record in the 100 medley relay, swimming 25.67 seconds breaststroke leg.
Played for Elite Water Polo Club.
Eric Matthew Van de Mortel was born on Feb. 1, 1993 in Murrieta, Calif.…Parents are Ted and Sue Van de Mortel…Has three older siblings: Adam, Chelsea and Denise…Has yet to declare a major at UCSB, but would like to pursue a career as a physical therapist…Enjoys wakeboarding, snowboarding, BMX biking and surfing.


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Using CVS together with Debian packages
This short document is only intended to give a short help in
converting packages to CVS management. It is probably only
interesting for a few people who are not very familiar with CVS and
version management. Also, there is a script in
cvs-pkginit (both the script and the man page are
gzipped), which will print out a synopsis of this HOWTO document.
For example, to convert a package foo, version bar1, Debian revision 3, try:
% cvs-pkginit foo bar1 3and look at the synopsis.
Oldenburg, 6/2/97 Joey (firstname.lastname@example.com) / Martin Schulze / Mobile, Manoj Srivastava email@example.com
Note: in the following discussion, the entities in angle brackets <> are meant to be changed for each case, everything else is to be taken literally. For example, if you are talking about a package with upstream version 2.1.82, then <$version> means 2.1.82, and upstream_version_<$version | tr . _> means upstream_version_2_1_82.
- Set up CVS
$ CVSROOT=/where/your/repository/will/be $ export CVSROOT $ cvs init $ mkdir $CVSROOT/debian
This allows you to separate your Debian packages from anything else in your repository, either currently or in the future. Even if you think you may not need CVS for anything else, it is easier to classify your repository now than to be sorry later (it is a mess moving things around in your repository later).
If more than one person is supposed to use CVS, you have to makes sure they can actually modify the repository using CVS. Choose a group (or a set of groups) that have access to a part of the repository, and set the permissions:
# chgrp <archive> $CVSROOT/debian # chmod g+ws $CVSROOT/debian
This makes sure that members of the archive group are allowed to configure the repository. Now you have to make sure that the correct groups of people are able to modify parts of the repository.
# mkdir $CVSROOT/debian/<package1> # chgrp <group1> $CVSROOT/debian/<package1> # chmod g+ws $CVSROOT/debian/<package1> # mkdir $CVSROOT/debian/<package2> # chgrp <group2> $CVSROOT/debian/<package2> # chmod g+ws $CVSROOT/debian/<package2>
As a normal user you should also make your CVS repository public, either by using "-d /where/your/repository/will/be" or by putting such a fragment into your profile.
$ CVSROOT=/where/your/repository/will/be $ export CVSROOT
- Use Modules
# cvs checkout CVSROOT # cd CVSROOT # vi modules
In the following, <package> should be the package name as in debian/changelog file.
Add the following lines, the first is essential, the second can be duplicated and is self-explanatory:
modules CVSROOT modules <package> debian/<package>
# cvs commit -m 'Define first modules'
- Prepare to use CVS
Insert your source tree with the following commands (assuming you already have debianized it, and there is on orig.tar.gz file). Note that the upstream sources are imported with a -ko (take care of binary files), but not local changes we make. Please note that epoch numbers are ignored while determining the CVS tag name (they are generally used to change dpkg's opinion of package ordering, and are generally not relevant for CVS tags).
Change directory to where you have your non-cvs unpacked debianized development source tree, which is what we are trying to inject into CVS (this is not under CVSROOT, generally).
I REPEAT: In the following, <package> should be the package name as in the debian/changelog file.
$ cd /where/your/source/tree/resides/ $ tar zvfx <package>_<version>.orig.tar.gz $ cd <package>_<version>.orig $ cvs import -ko -m 'Import of bare source' debian/<package> source-dist upstream_version_<version|tr . _>
You may change the branch tag source-dist to whatever you wish. (The cvs-buildpackage maintainer habitually uses the tag upstream (which is a study in redundancy ;-))).
If you have set up CVS as root, and have not set group writability, you need to create $CVSROOT/debian/<package> as root and change the group or user ownership in the repository to the particular group or user respectively. The CVS import will print one warning that it cannot create the debian/<package> directory, but that's ok.
The next step is to check out the whole tree and incorporate all of your changes.
$ cd /where/your/source/tree/will/reside $ cvs checkout <package>
If you have already created a debianized version but haven't used CVS before you might want to run the following commands to incorporate your changes. After that you should tag that release to be able to check it out sometime later.
$ cd /where/your/source/tree/resides/<package>-<version> $ diff -qrBbw . /where/your/source/tree/will/reside/<package>/ | grep -v CVS $ FILES_CHANGED_LOCALLY="<output from above>" $ tar cf - $FILES_CHANGED_LOCALLY | tar -C /where/your/source/tree/will/reside/<package> -xvpf - $ cd /where/your/source/tree/will/reside/<package>
Please make sure that the file debian/rules is executable, since this way it shall be executable when exported, and there will be no problems running dpkg-buildpackage on the exported sources. In general, make sure all files have the right permission before you add them to the CVS repository.
$ cd /where/your/source/tree/will/reside/<package> $ cvs add debian <any other files added as well>
Also, please note that you have to add all additional files manually which should be placed in the repository, especially all files in the debian subdirectory. Also, please note that the cvs add command does not work recursively, so you shall have to manually add whatever subdirectories you have. (cd debian; cvs add *)
A nice thing is that running cvs update will show you the status of all files in the directory.
$ cd /where/your/source/tree/will/reside/<package> $ cvs update
The output looks like:
cvs update: Updating . M Makefile cvs update: Updating debian A rules ? example1M means modified (has to be committed), A means Added (has to be committed), ? means CVS does not know about the file (needs to be added, maybe?). When you are satisfied that nothing has been missed, and all files have the required permissions, you are ready to commit.
$ cd /where/your/source/tree/will/reside/<package> $ cvs commit -m 'Made all debian changes' $ cvs tag debian_version_<version|tr . _>-<debian-revision|tr . _> .
The new source tree will reside in a directory that doesn't contain the version number. This is no problem as we'll see later.
If instead you are creating the debian directory from scratch (may be simpler, though less automated):
$ mkdir debian
Create all needed debian files and add them into source control.
$ cvs add debian $ cd debian $ cvs add *
After that the next check in will include all your files.
$ cd /where/your/source/tree/will/reside/<package> $ cvs commit -m <some message>
- Prepare a release
Before you can run some of the Debian commands that will build a package you have to check out the module without all the CVS subdirectories. This is done with the `export' command. But first of all you need to check in all your modifications and mark it with a release number.
$ cvs commit -m <message> $ cvs tag debian_version_<version|tr . _>-<debian-revision|tr . _>
- Make a release
You could either use the cvs-buildpackage mechanism (preferred), or a manual export. First test the cvs-buildpackage stuff as a dry run (make sure that the tags match) like so (Should have configured /etc/cvsdeb.conf):
$ cvs-buildpackage -d -n -rsudo
Then do the real run with, expecting sudo being a program with which you could gain root access.
$ cvs-buildpackage -rsudo
Or, to do it all manually:
Check out the package.
$ cvs export -d <package>-<version> -r debian_version_<version|tr . _>-<debian-revision|tr . _> <package>
Now you can go on with the normal release export mechanism.
You are done! Congratulations! Here are a few tasks you can do on your source tree:
- Remove or rename a file
The normal way to move a file is to copy OLD to NEW, and then issue the normal CVS commands to remove OLD from the repository, and add NEW to it. (Both OLD and NEW could contain relative paths, for example `foo/bar.c').
$ mv OLD NEW $ cvs remove OLD $ cvs add NEW $ cvs commit -m "Renamed OLD to NEW" OLD NEW
This is the simplest way to move a file, it is not error-prone, and it preserves the history of what was done. Note that to access the history of the file you must specify the old or the new name, depending on what portion of the history you are accessing. For example, `cvs log OLD' will give the log up until the time of the rename.
- Updating a module with the import command
When a new release of the source arrives, you import it into the repository with the same `import' command that you used to set up the repository in the first place. The only difference is that you specify a different release tag this time, and a different message.
$ cd /where/your/source/tree/will/reside/<new source directory> $ cvs import -m 'Import new release' debian/<package> source-dist upstream_version_<version|tr . _>
Now, we have to incorporate the changes we made into the new revision. The best way to do this is to move aside our working copy (based on the older upstream source), and check out a new copy of the package incorporating the changes made in the upstream source. This is how to do it:
$ cd /where/your/source/tree/will/reside $ mv <package> <package>.old $ cvs checkout -jsource-dist:yesterday -jsource-dist <package> $ cd /where/your/source/tree/will/reside/<package>
The above command will check out the latest revision of <package>, merging the changes made on the vendor branch `source-dist' since yesterday into the working copy. If any conflicts arise during the merge they should be resolved in the normal way. Then, the modified files may be committed.
Using a date, as suggested above, assumes that you do not import more than one release of a product per day. If you do, you can always use something like this instead:
$ cvs checkout -jupstream_version_<oldversion|tr . _> -jupstream_version_<newversion|tr . _> <package>
In this case, the two above commands are equivalent.
For files that have not been modified locally, the newly created revision becomes the head revision.
So, check and see if all the files have been correctly updated. Especially, remember to change the debian/changelog file!
When you are satisfied, you may remove the old version of the working directory. Be very sure you are removing the right directory!
$ rm -rf ../<package>.old
Now you are ready to prepare a release.
- Remove the source tree to conserve disk space
To remove the actual working source tree you are advised not to use rm -rf but use the CVS command that also tests if you have made any local changes that are not committed yet.
$ cd /where/your/source/tree/will/reside/ $ cvs release -d <package>
- Glossary
Tags symbolic names for revisions Repository Archive of source files
- Appendix:
|======================================================================| |Upstream Version | <version> | |Debian Revision | <revision> | |Orig tar file name | package_<version>.orig.tar.gz | |Debian package name | package_<version>-<revision>_<arch>.deb | |CVS Vendor tag | upstream_version_<version | tr . _> | |CVS current tag | debian_version_<revision | tr . _> | |======================================================================|
|======================================================================| | | upstream sources | Debian only package | |======================================================================| |Upstream Version | 2.76 | 3.38 | |Debian Revision | 1.2 | | |Orig tar file name | make_2.76.orig.tar.gz | | |Debian package name | make_2.76-1.2_i386.deb | kpkg_3.38_i386.deb | |CVS Vendor tag | upstream_version_2_76 | upstream_version_3_38 | |CVS current tag | debian_version_2_76-1_2| debian_version_3_38 | |======================================================================|
Note that the epoch numbers are ignored while determining the CVS tag name (they are generally used to change dpkg's opinion of package ordering, and are generally not relevant for CVS tags).


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Terje Haakonsen and Daniel Franck invite 20 of the best riders on the planet for a different kind of get together above the arctic circle. The location is called Lofoten, Norway. It's a historical Viking fishing town.
The riders stay in fisherman cabins that have been used for many centurys.
The first challenge was getting here. Many people traveled 30 hours and took 8 planes. On arrival we were brought to dinner at a reconstruction of the largest known house of a Viking chief. Everyone dressed in gray robes and one guy with an axe was yelling at us to drink vine and eat food. Beautiful untouched blonde girls with blue eyes served us food and drinks. Most people were so jet lagged that the scene seemed surreal. The fire was burning in the middle of the room, songs of lore telling of viking adventure and history were being sung. People danced around the fire and hummed songs.
The event was explained as a loosely structured and absolutely unpolitical contest. The riders had the ability to decide when and what they ride. Daniel Franck welcomed everyone and made sure all knew that this get together was for fun. Added to the mix was a skateboard ramp, surfing in Penguin suits, and fishing trips. Pretty much the dream week for any snowboarder.
The pipe was the biggest ever. The quarterpipe was even bigger! The view of snowcovered peaks rising out of the ocean was incredible. The first day of riding was an adjustment for everyone because of the size of the pipe.
The next morning was another perfectly clear cold bluebird day. A few riders jumped in a car and drove half an hour to a surf spot including Reto, Terje, Gus Buckner, EK ¿ and Shaun White's dad. Our guide Thomas is a local surfer and enthusiastically encourages surfing above the arctic circle. The waves were head high and no one froze. Whithin two hours everyone was back riding the pipe.
A jam format decided the 6 riders that will compete in the final the next day. The riders became more comfortable with the pipe and pushed each other to new levels. Marius Sommer was ripping at his best and qualified top 3 but broke his collarbone.
Next day two more riders were added to the final. Picked out of another jam session. Ingemar Backmann and Espen Arvesen were added to the original 6 Terje, Gian Simmen , Michi Albin, Iker Fernandez, Markus Johnson, Bjorn Leines.
Terje took on all challengers in his ring. Huge backside and tucknee airs off the hip that rolled into big frontside airs and old school stales on hit two. Super stalled McTwists on hit three convinced all on hand that he is still at the top of his game. Everyone riding continued to progress and push each other to that elusive next level. Iker pushed hard, as did Albin. Gian Simmen did lots to gain some new well-deserved respect. Bjorn struggled, but put some impressive runs together after the contest was over.
The final list went like this :
1. Terje
2. Gian Simmen
3. Ingemar Backman
The "contest" was more of an attempt to get an international group of progressive riders together to push snowboarding and a new way of competing that's run by the athletes. Terje and Daniel continue to lead the sport in new directions. Tomorrow the week closes with the quarterpipe competition or, we may all just go fishing.
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Minnesota Twins Prospect Miguel Sano Makes History
Minnesota Twins top prospect Miguel Sano is turning heads in the team's farm system. Plus, he's making history, too.
Sano is having the type of summer that may deserve a September call-up, and he hasn't even reach Triple-A yet.
Sano has spent the summer of 2013 with High-A Fort Meyers and Double-A New Britain. Between the two minor league stops, Sano has smacked 31 home runs in 108 at-bats. That feat has only been done by four Twins minor-leaguers since 2000. Sano joins Michael Cuddyer, Michael Ryan, and Garrett Jones as the only players to hit 30 home runs.
This year, at High-A Fort Meyers in 56 games, Sano hit .330/.424/.655 with 16 home runs, 15 doubles, 68 hits, and 48 RBIs. At Double-A New Britain in 54 games, Sano hit .243/.344/.573 with 15 home runs, 12 doubles, 45 hits, and 44 RBIs.
Sano and Twins prospect Byron Buxton were recently featured in Sports Illustrated as well.


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Percy tries his hand at horror in his latest novel. Here, he envisions a world divided between those infected with a disease that turns them into lycans and those who are disease free.
Patrick climbs aboard a plane headed to his mother's as his military father leaves for an assignment. After takeoff, a lycan wreaks havoc, killing everyone in the cabin area except for Patrick, who hides under a pile of dead bodies. Dubbed "Miracle Boy" by the media, the teen tries to live down his instant fame but seems destined instead to be haunted by it. Meanwhile, lycan Claire witnesses the terrifying murder of her parents and flees ahead of the mysterious avenging agency that seems dedicated to killing off the lycan population. A man with questionable character who may or may not run for president, a woman married to a lycan ringleader and a lycan rebel round out the large cast of characters in this novel about the struggle between the lycans and their uninfected counterparts. At stake: the lycan nation's place in society and a country that was once theirs and the toll the escalating war between the two is taking. The smaller story follows the growing romance between Patrick and Claire. Running with gore—almost every page drips blood—and soaked in violence, the book switches back and forth between characters. Percy elbows his way into the horror genre, adding literary polish along the way, but this tale rambles on much too long, with page after page of superfluous detail. Percy leans toward colorful and obscure terms or word usages that will propel many casual readers to pause and pull out their dictionaries, often with unsatisfying results.
Percy births an interesting concept that he then submerges in a writing style that is both affected and self-consciously literary.


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The HTC Desire C is official. HTC's new entry-level Android 4.0 handset features a 3.5-inch HVGA (320 x 480) display, 600 MHz Qualcomm processor, 512 MB of RAM, 4 GB of internal storage, microSD card slot, 5 megapixel camera, Beats Audio, and a 1,230 mAh battery. For those who want to make sure they have the latest technology on their entry-level phone, HTC is also offering an NFC enabled version of the HTC Desire C. The phone will be available in white, black and red once it shows up in stores sometime in June.
The off-contract price for the HTC Desire C is set at £169.99, but UK service providers like T-Mobile, Orange and Three will be giving the phone away for free with plans starting at £15.50 per month.
While the HTC Desire C may aesthetically look like the HTC One series, the handset does not feature a dedicated imaging chip and the advanced performance of the One series. HTC has not announced any plans of bringing the HTC desire C to the U.S. market, but we wouldn't be surprised if the phone showed up on regional carriers in the next few months.
What do you think of the HTC Desire C? Does the world really need another entry-level Android device?