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Boise State returning focus to Utah
The Associated Press
BOISE, Idaho -- In between trips to Florida and New York and walking in graduation ceremonies, Boise State's Kellen Moore is trying to squeeze in a little football. It's been that kind of month for the Broncos' star quarterback, where getting ready for the Las Vegas Bowl against No. 20 Utah almost seems like an afterthought.
"Now, we can just focus on the game and there are no awards to worry about,'' he said. "It's nice. It simplifies your life.''
The 10th-ranked Broncos left Saturday for Las Vegas and their Wednesday night matchup against the Utes, a meeting that makes up for Utah's move to the Pac-12 starting next season, which forced the cancellation of two scheduled games against the Broncos.
And after a hectic couple of weeks for the Broncos -- and no one more than Moore -- the focus is back on football. "I do feel pressure to finish this season off with a win,'' head coach Chris Petersen said. "I feel like it's important to win a bowl game and they've got a magic formula on how to get that done. Our challenge has gotten greater. I think it's really important to finish this season off like we want to.''
Just 48 hours after Moore and the Broncos closed out the regular season with a win against Utah State, Moore. a junior, was named a Heisman Trophy finalist and invited to New York for the award presentation. That trip was added to the backend of his trip to Florida for an awards show and sandwiched into an already crazy schedule that included taking finals and getting ready for graduation ceremonies that took place on Friday.
Boise State didn't hold its first full team practice with specific regard for the Utes until Thursday night, six days before the game. The Broncos are somewhat use to the schedule, having played in the Poinsettia Bowl two years ago against TCU in a game played before Christmas.
But that year, the Broncos were done with the regular season on Nov. 28.
"It's different because it's one of those early bowl games and we played into December,'' Moore said. "This year, we really only had one weekend and then we're getting into it. We didn't have time to add more practices in there.''
While Moore was shuttled up and down the East Coast and paraded before the national media as part of Cam Newton's crowning as the Heisman winner, his teammates back in Boise were getting a good laugh at seeing their quarterback being forced out of his normal, laid-back element. "It was real funny because you know Kellen, and Kellen is not that type of guy at all,'' receiver Austin Pettis said. "He doesn't want to be in the spotlight and he's getting all this recognition and he's really just about the team and winning games.''
Moore finished fourth in the Heisman voting, but the experience was one he relished. Moore heads into the bowl game against the Utes with 3,506 yards passing, 33 touchdowns and only five interceptions. While he doesn't lead the country in any one category, Moore ranks in the top 10 in six different statistical areas.
"When you're at the Heisman ceremony, you meet all the former winners. They're a lot of those guys you get to meet and you grew up watching them and then you get to meet then. It's a lot of fun,'' Moore said.
Playing in Las Vegas, as opposed to the Fight Hunger Bowl in San Francisco on Jan. 9, was clearly the preferred option for the Broncos. While they miss a chance to face a team from a BCS conference -- Nevada is playing Boston College -- the Broncos get a ranked opponent and give many of their seniors a chance to rest up before moving on to the postseason showcase games.
Receivers Titus Young and Pettis, defensive backs Brandyn Thompson, Jeron Johnson and Winston Venable, and defensive end Ryan Winterswyk likely are bound for some type of postseason showcase. This year could become the Broncos' largest draft class, another sign of the progress they've have made in becoming a national program.
Boise State had four players -- defensive back Gerald Alexander, wide receiver Legedu Naanee, fullback Korey Hall and tight end Derek Schouman -- drafted in 2007.
"It's going to be very beneficial for a lot of our seniors,'' Pettis said. "It gives you that much more time to train and more importantly a chance to relax and take a little time off and let your body heal up and be able to train real hard.
"It will benefit a lot of guys, and we got a better game location, opponent and timing -- all three.''


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Pollution is not the only thing wrong with the U.S. power system. It is also governed by inconsistent rules and opaque, unaccountable organizations. The average citizen has little understanding of how it works, who is in charge, or how it might change for the better. The financial benefits of electricity, like power generation itself, tend to be centralized, concentrating in the hands of shareholders and executives.
Just as a cleaner electricity system would be preferable, so too would a more small-d democratic system, one that distributes economic and social power more widely.
One measure that serves both those goals at once is simply to get renewable energy in more people's hands. Let more people get jobs in it, invest in it, receive tangible benefits from it. Nothing diminishes partisan opposition like an income stream. That's why renewable power remains untouchable in German politics — lots of Germans are directly involved with it.
The biggest barrier to spreading renewable energy is its high up-front costs. Some of that is helped by state and federal financial incentives, but those are expected to decline sharply in coming years. However, there is a positive countervailing trend: innovations in the financing and ownership of solar projects that are opening distributed solar PV to a wider and wider market. Here are three financial models that are helping to drive this solar expansion.
The conventional route to rooftop solar is to buy some panels and enjoy the payback … in five to 10 years. This restricts solar PV to those willing and able to a) cobble together enough cash or get a home equity loan in crappy economic times, b) stay in the home long enough to earn positive returns, and c) take on the responsibility of operating and maintaining a small power plant. That's a comparatively small segment of the public.
With a lease, you don't own the panels on your roof; they are owned, operated, and maintained by a solar leasing company like Sunrun, SolarCity, or Sungevity. The solar company effectively becomes a utility. You pay them a monthly fee for the electricity the panels produce. At the end of the lease period (typically 15-25 years), depending on the details, you can re-up the lease, buy the panels, or have them removed.
Ideally, a homeowner will be paying less for electricity than they were before. Their utility bill will be lower because the house is now getting some power from the solar panels on the roof; those utility-bill savings should be enough to offset the lease payment. For now, though, that math depends on solar being subsidized with state mandates or rebates. This AP story lays out a typical scenario:
The leasing model is taking off like crazy, particularly in southern California, where it has generated some $1 billion in economic activity since 2007. A recent study by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory found that solar leasing "has enticed a new demographic to adopt PV systems that is more highly correlated to younger, less affluent, and less educated populations than the demographics correlated to purchasing PV systems." In reaching farther down the income scale, "third-party PV products are likely increasing total PV demand rather than gaining market share entirely at the expense of existing customer owned PV demand." According to Sunrun President Lynn Jurich, "about 75 percent of Californians switching to solar now choose solar power service" over ownership.
The biggest states for solar leasing are California and New Jersey, but leases are also available in Arizona, Colorado, Massachusetts, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Texas. Here's a Solar Lease 101 that can compare products and generate a free quote.
The growing popularity of leasing (along with falling panel prices) is one reason that U.S. solar installations more than doubled in the second quarter of this year, bringing the total capacity to 5.7 gigawatts.
Between 70 and 80 percent of people in the U.S. aren't in a building suitable for rooftop solar. However, many of those people would like to be able to invest in distributed solar, not only for the financial returns but for civic or environmental reasons. "Community solar" refers to the many ways that groups of individuals can pitch in together to buy or lease solar.
A good place to start learning is this Department of Energy-funded guide to community solar [PDF]. It divides projects into three kinds:
See also this report from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR), which "examines nine community solar projects, the policies that made them possible, and the (substantial) barriers that remain." Here are the three policy solutions ILSR's John Farrell recommends to unlock community solar:
Expanding and simplifying community solar will enable anyone who supports renewable energy to invest in it — kind of like carbon offsets, only with tangible results and and financial returns!
A power purchase agreement (PPA) works similarly to a lease — both fall under the rubric "solar as a service," under which a customer contracts to buy power from solar installations owned and run by third parties — but typically at a larger scale. (Here's a primer on solar PPAs.) For example, the military is in the process of signing PPAs with SolarCity to cover 120,000 military residences with solar panels that are expected to eventually generate some 6,400 megawatt hours of electricity a year.
It's a great model, one the military very much favors, but some states make it difficult or impossible. A Department of Energy white paper [PDF] on the subject notes that …
" … many states, including North Carolina, have legislative barriers which impede the Army's ability to utilize all of its available authorities by effectively eliminating the ability of rate payers in the state to enter into power purchase agreements with third party developers/operators of distributed generation. Typically, these legislative barriers take the form of definitions which define any entity which sells electricity as a public utility and places such an entity under the jurisdiction of the state's Public Utilities Commission or Public Service Commission. …
Other barriers such as state laws and rules on interconnection procedures, net metering laws, the ability of electric utilities to charge onerous standby charges and limits on the ability to wheel power over private wires must also be addressed in order to remove uncertainty from the marketplace. (emphasis mine)"
PAs are not new, but they've generally involved utilities and large amounts of power. It's only recently, in the late 2000s, that third-party (non-utility) PPAs became popular in solar markets. Though they've gotten more common, the fact that the amounts of power involved are typically much smaller and the number of parties greater means that much work remains to standardize them.
One nifty innovation, or at least new market, for solar PPAs involves a bunch of separate businesses and/or nonprofits leasing their rooftop space to a single solar developer (or a utility), which then treats the distributed panels as a single "virtual power plant." (Here's some research on the development and future of virtual power plants.) This market can draw in owners of large buildings or facilities who may not want to bother with owning solar panels, but will be attracted to a low-risk, predictable (if modest) flow of revenue.
In closing … [applause, applause]
The thread that runs through all of these innovations in finance and ownership is energy democracy. They open up the social and economic benefits of solar power to a much broader (less rich, less elite) audience. That, not some grand federal bill, is likely the first step on the road to real political change.
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West Ham beaten by quickfire Malaga double
Ezequiel Rescaldani and Luis Alberto scored in quick succession as Malaga beat West Ham 2-0 in the Schalke Cup on Sunday.
The Spanish side, fresh from a 3-1 win over Newcastle United, made it back-to-back victories over Premier League opposition and it could it have been more convincing had Luis Alberto not missed from the penalty spot.
West Ham, who named a completely changed starting XI, needed a shoot-out to overcome the hosts in their tournament opener, and they were toothless in front of goal again, adding to manager Sam Allardyce's pre-season worries as his side remain winless in normal time.
Malaga scored twice in as many first-half minutes as Rescaldani and Luis Alberto found the net to put the Spanish outfit in control.
The Liverpool loanee spurned the opportunity to make it 3-0 when his tame spot-kick was saved by Adrian.
It was Malaga who made the brighter start, with Rescaldani flashing an effort wide of Adrian's goal after seven minutes following a dangerous delivery from recent signing Roberto Rosales.
Ricardo Vaz Te almost connected with Matt Jarvis' delivery soon after but Malaga took a firm grip on the game with two quickfire goals.
After Rescaldani had coolly side-footed home inside the area in the 23rd minute, Luis Alberto produced a fine finish when Juanmi's cross was not cleared by the West Ham defence.
The 21-year-old striker had a great opportunity to make it three from the spot after drawing a foul from debutant Carl Jenkinson, but Adrian denied him.
Luis Alberto thought he had doubled his tally when he had the ball in the net eight minutes after the break - only to be flagged offside - before Rescaldini and Pablo Perez forced Adrian into smart saves.
Arsenal loanee Jenkinson then gave Allardyce cause for concern when he was taken off after requiring attention from the physio.
The West Ham manager introduced youngsters Amos Nasha and Josh Cullen for a taste of the action in the second half ahead of his side's final friendly against Sampdoria on Saturday.


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Seattle mayor says obstacles removed for police reform
SEATTLE -- Seattle Mayor Ed Murray held a first-ever summit on police reforms Tuesday and said the meeting led to a breakthrough agreement on how to move forward.
The mayor was joined by federal law enforcement officials, who say everybody is on the same page when it comes to working toward reform.
"We've made much progress toward that," said Jocelyn Samuels with the civil rights division of the U.S. Attorney General's office. "There is much more that remains to be done."
Seattle is 18 months into a Department of Justice mandated effort to curb excessive force and bias in the police department. Local and federal law enforcement leaders who participated in the summit say they made a breakthrough to remove the last of the obstacles.
"I cannot understate the importance of this meeting," said U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan.
The focus is to regain community trust, which has been compromised over the years and culminated in a DOJ report that found one in five police contacts led to excessive force. The summit meeting was meant to assure the public the effort is on track.
"I will do what needs to be done to make sure police are fulfilling their jobs," said Seattle Mayor Ed Murray.
Murray says much work still lies ahead. Foremost is translating new reform policies into practical training guidelines. The other is in upgrading computer technology the department uses.
"The technology alone that we need to put in place will have significant costs," the mayor said.
Seattle will remain under federal oversight until all the terms of the DOJ Settlement Agreement are met. That could take years to achieve.
"This isn't just about getting the Justice Department and the monitor to go away," Murray said. "This is about creating a model for the nation."
So far Seattle has spent more than $6.4 million to pay for DOJ mandated reforms. The mayor says his office is aggressively seeking grants to help offset the growing costs of compliance.


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Gothenburg SMAC-down canceled; campaign for monkeys continues
NoMo and Phoenix aren't going to be able to visit Gothenburg next week but a campaign to bring them to life will continue through the end of the month.
Former Gothenburg resident Jennifer Stauss Windrum of Omaha launched an online campaign to raise $35,000 to begin manufacturing Sock Moneys Against Cancer.She calls it SMAC! and her goal is to put a huggable, lovable, colorful sock monkey in the hands of every person facing cancer.
Windrum's mother, Leslie Lehrman, is her inspiration. Lehrman was diagnosed with lung cancer nearly seven years ago.
Since Lehrman lives in Phoenix and Windrum resides in Omaha, it has been difficult and much of the time impossible for Windrum to be present for her mother's treatments.
So she gave her mom the pair of sock monkeys as buddies, something she could hug to remind her that Windrum is always with her.
"I wanted to give my mom something she could keep," Windrum said, "something filled with comfort that she could hold onto."
That's where the SMAC! campaign began.
Using online crowd funding, a relatively new entrepreneurial concept, Windrum is collecting pledges so she can begin manufacturing large numbers of the monkeys.
She has used social media, such as Facebook and Twitter, to get the word out about her campaign and she is encouraging others to host SMAC!-down events to collect more pledges.
Windrum intended to bring her prototype monkeys to Gothenburg for a SMAC!-down at Wild Horse Golf Club next week.
Unfortunately, she said, her mother's health has deteriorated to the point where Windrum needs to travel to Arizona and can't come to Gothenburg.
While disappointed she can't come back to the town she considers home, Windrum is no less driven to bring the sock moneys to life.
"I'm still hoping to make this thing a reality while my mom is still here," she said.
So while there will be no event at the golf course on Thursday, pledges are still encouraged.
Those who would like to contribute to help get the SMAC! monkey product line off the ground and get them into the arms of cancer patients can still do so.
The easiest way is to pledge online through PayPal via the website startsomegood.com.
Those who are not Internet savvy can contribute by sending a check to Leslie Lehrman SMAC! Memorial Fund, Gothenburg State Bank, Box 81, Gothenburg, NE 69138.
Checks should include a note to be deposited into account #944041 and must reach the bank by Nov. 28 to be included in the campaign.
In six days, the campaign has reached $9,400.
For more information, go online to www.smacancer.com.
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SEYMOUR, Ind. (November 1, 2011) -
Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) announced today that the new QSK95 engine will provide a 4000-hp (2983 kW) capability for ultra-class mine haul trucks, representing the highest-ever power output introduced by the company for severe duty-cycle operation. The 95-liter displacement QSK95 is purpose-designed to provide enhanced strength for 360-ton and 400-ton (327 and 363 metric ton) payload-class trucks, with the capability to increase truck speeds for climbing steep-gradient haul roads and boost hauling productivity with reduced operating cycle times. The QSK95 will be available as a global mining engine platform capable of operating at mine sites anywhere in the world and meeting all emissions standards, including Tier 4 Final in North America by using Cummins proven Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) aftertreatment. The 16-cylinder QSK95 reaches the mining power output previously available only from 20-cylinder engines. High power density is achieved with a hardened power cylinder featuring the strongest single-piece forged-steel piston available in the industry. Deep structural strength is provided by an all-new ductile iron skirted block. This increased strength contributes to higher engine uptime availability, extended life-to-overhaul and more cost-effective rebuilds. "The QSK95 is designed to meet the highest expectations in the mining industry for uptime availability, reliability and durability that will exceed all other previous engines intended for ultra-class haul trucks," said Jason Rawlings, Executive Director – Cummins Mining Business. "This combination of deep inherent strength and proven systems means that the QSK95 will be ready to provide outstanding performance on the mine site from Day One. The QSK95 will fully complement the success of the QSK60 and QSK78 engines in ultra-class haul truck applications. These engines offer the widest and most flexible power choice in the industry," added Rawlings. The 4000-hp (2983 kW) output of the QSK95 engine is well within its design capabilities, with potential power increases available in the future to provide the possibility for the next generation of ultra-class haul trucks to move beyond 400-ton (363 metric ton) payload capacity. The stronger engine design of the QSK95 means more reliability in-service and less to rebuild at engine overhaul, considerably reducing total life cycle costs. The QSK95 will provide an exceptionally long life-to-overhaul, capable of achieving 1.7 million gallons and above of fuel consumed before rebuild, with the added advantage of no mid-life intervention required. Cummins next-generation Modular Common-Rail System (MCRS) enables the QSK95 to achieve high fuel-efficiency, even when operating at maximum power output. With up to 2200-bar high-pressure fuel injection, MCRS reduces noise, offers smooth idle stability and eliminates visible smoke across the entire operating range. Cummins new NanoNetTM fuel filtration gives superior fuel cleanliness and enhances the durability of the MCRS system – an important advantage for mining engines required to operate anywhere in the world with varying fuel quality. A quad-turbocharging system brings the simplicity of a single-stage air handling system already proven on the QSK60 engine. The four compact turbochargers, one arranged for each bank of four cylinders, provide outstanding step-load acceptance and transient response. This enables the QSK95 to deliver more rapid power across the entire rpm range to improve haul truck speed at full payload capacity. The QSK95 engine is configured to provide faster and easier servicing procedures, with simple access to all cooling, oil and fuel system maintenance points on the engine. 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Hello there! BIG changes for AO`13. Hope you don't mind me posting the following double announcement in here, only it's to everybody's benefit. Ta!
As always, the club is welcome to have a free promotional pitch at the show – email if interested.
ADVENTURE OVERLAND … The National 4x4, Bike & Trekking Travel Show
has moved to:-
Stratford Racecourse
28-29 September 2013
Having outgrown Whilton Mill Karting Centre, Northants before the inaugural show was even over, the intention was to move next year's event to Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground in Leicestershire.
However, due to other event organisers having recently moved their dates for 2013, Bruntingthorpe is no longer able to accommodate us – hence the permanent move to Stratford Racecourse.
By way of an added bonus …
We are also delighted to announce that Stratford Racecourse has been secured for the next 5 years … and well beyond should we wish! This allows ADVENTURE OVERLAND to not only become a fixed date within the event calendar, but with acres of space available, also grow year on year at it's new home.
Don't forget – it's 50% off camping/day admission advance-booking for AO`13 before end of this month, then 40% off in February … and so on throughout the year.
Great news …
To allow clubs and groups to book 'en masse' at sensible rates for ADVENTURE OVERLAND, a Club/Group Discount Scheme has been introduced for the show.
Call it a 'Late Summer Camping Weekend' or even a 'Club Rally' if you like. The fact is, in Stratford Racecourse we have hired a prestigious, centrally-located venue with excellent facilities. The grass campsite is massive, meaning that all the members can camp together, plus you just happen to have the bonus of a major bike/4x4 event directly alongside to visit over the weekend … and all at down-to-earth prices!!!
NOTE: The latest date for booking this scheme is 1st September 2013. All clubs and groups are eligible for this scheme whether they have booked a Club Display Stand at AO`13 or not. This is a separate 'stand alone scheme' so can't be run in conjunction with any other promotion or advance-booking discount scheme. Even for a single adult, this scheme still works out cheaper than the standard rate!
Standard Weekend Family Package at AO`13:-
Up to 3 nights (Fri, Sat, Sun) for 1 camping unit (caravan or tent)
@ £10 per night = £20
Day Admission for up to 2 adults Sat & Sun (children under 16 years free)
@ £12 per adult, per day = £48
Block booking fees for the AO`13 Club/Group Discount Scheme:-
5 camping units (and over) Weekend Family Packages @ £40
10 camping units (and over) Weekend Family Packages @ £35
15 camping units (and over) Weekend Family Packages @ £30
20 camping units (and over) Weekend Family Packages @ £25
Like I say, everyone wins!


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Polar Bottle once again transforms the look of our popular 24oz Sport with new colorful opaque materials. These new colorful materials give the 24oz Color Series an updated look from our other sport bottles. However, rest assured that they feature the same dual-wall insulation design to keep water cold twice as long. Plus, the Color Series features our high performance ZipStream™ High Flow Cap.
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A tiny, still-elegant woman with red hair, Mary O'Callaghan has been baking her mother's recipe for brown soda bread through 45 years of marriage and 12 grandchildren. "It takes me five minutes now to make. I like it with just some butter and a bit of the marmalade we get right in Doolin. Or it's lovely with a slice of salmon for lunch." Mary made all five of her children's wedding cakes and did all the baking for the hotel, but now, it's just the brown bread. She leans close. Her hazel eyes are dancing. "Denis likes it," she whispers. And it's easy to see what wowed her husband 45 years earlier, when Mary's mother was Denis's teacher at school.
If you are afraid of yeast breads (which, fortunately, I am not), this is super easy to make. I'm not Irish, but but my visit to Ireland has left a special place in my heart for this Green Isle, the people and the food. For that reason, I like to make Irish recipes for St. Patrick's Day. It won't be corned beef and cabbage, but I'll think of something. I always do! To read the full article on Soda Bread, and how Andrew McCarthy decided that Mrs. O'Callaghan's Soda bread was the ultimate recipe, click here. I concur. It's pretty darn good.
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DescriptionFairy Shrimp are about 1 to 1 ½ inch in length and spend their entire lives in vernal pools. Adult fairy shrimp have compound eyes, two sets of antennae, and 11 pairs of swimming legs. The body is divided into three parts: head, thorax, and abdomen. The two sets of antennae are called antennules, which are usually long. The second one (not named) is usually more muscular, especially for the males. Usually reddish-orange color but also can be gray or a translucent white color, or blue/green. The coloration of the fairy shrimp depends on what they eat or what's in the water. Fairy shrimp swim on their backs using their multiple legs.


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NEW ORLEANS — Coach Roman Banks warned his team.
Southern's foe Saturday night, Tulane, was known for going on runs, especially at the start of games.
Southern eventually came up short as Tulane won 68-65 at Devlin Fieldhouse. The hole the Jaguars dug themselves at the beginning did them in, Banks said.
"I was very displeased with our effort early," he said. "I knew they would go for the kill early."
Tulane ran out to an 11-0 run in the first 31/2 minutes. It was an uphill battle from there, but Southern nearly caught up. It wasn't over for the Jaguars until shooting guard Derick Beltran missed a 3-pointer with two seconds left.
"Southern just kept coming, and they made some big shots in the second half and kept the energy up," Tulane coach Ed Conroy said. "Our guys, it was important we got off to a fast start, get some energy in the building, but our energy waned in the second half and we almost paid a price for that."
Tulane forward Josh Davis did all he could to keep that energy flowing. Davis had 20 points and 16 rebounds and made putbacks that kept the Wave in front.
"He was a matchup problem all night," Banks said.
Guards Ricky Tarrant and Jordan Callahan each scored 16 for Tulane, and forward Kendall Timmons had 10.
Southern was led by point guard Jameel Grace with 18 points, Beltran with 14 and forward Javan Mitchell with 13.
Timmons sank three free throws in the last 1:43 that provided the margin of victory. But his misses each time he made one gave the Jaguars a chance.
Timmons made one of two free throws for the third consecutive time with 12.9 seconds showing, preceding Beltran's last-second shot.
Timmons made a free throw with 1:43 left that gave the Wave a 66-60 lead. After a Southern turnover at 1:16, the Wave held the ball until the shot clock ran down but wound up turning it over. Southern's Malcom Miller sank a 3 with 29.2 seconds left, cutting the Wave's lead to 66-63.
After another Timmons free throw, Grace drove for a basket, bringing Southern to 67-65 with 15.3 seconds left.
Tulane scored the first 11 points. Southern's first point came at 15:34, when Mitchell was fouled and made the first of two free throws. The Jaguars' first basket didn't come until 13:39, a layup by Mitchell. At that point, the Green Wave led 14-3.
Southern mounted a run behind Mitchell, coming to 15-10 with 11:24 left. It trailed 34-21 at halftime.
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edit: not the best result, for sure, this was very relaxed. lets see what i can do with pure rush.
edit: yeah, half an hour is enough for anything. well, at least i tested the video recorder ...
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George Plimpton ran the Paris Review, played with the Detroit Lions, wrote books, and interviewed Hemingway.
On Sept. 26, George Plimpton died in his sleep, at the age of 76. Plimpton was a writer-raconteur and dilettante in the best sense of the word: He co-founded an important literary magazine, the Paris Review, and tried his hand at everything from quarterbacking for the Detroit Lions (which he wrote about in Paper Lion), boxing with light-heavyweight champ Archie Moore (which became Shadow Box), and becoming New York's unofficial "official fireworks commissioner." His exploits were such that at one point, The New Yorker ran a cartoon in which a patient eyed a surgeon with misgiving and said, "But how do I know you're not George Plimpton?"
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Gay Talese, author:
As a young man not long out of university, at 26, 27 years of age, George Plimpton went with his friends to Paris to be benighted in the tradition of Paris culture. And they founded this thing called the Paris Review and published poetry and short story writers and did interviews. In the '50s Plimpton and staff came to New York, where they kept the Review going for half a century. The Paris Review was a testimony to his literary taste and his sense of glamour. It evoked a sense of Paris from a time when Paris was still the literary capital of the world, publishing literary giants who were considered obscene—Henry Miller, D.H. Lawrence. Plimpton brought the Left Bank to NYC—people like Peter Mathiessen, William Styron, Terry Southern. The Left Bank really became East 72nd Street. And his apartment, with those windows that looked out onto the East River, became a famous landmark in NYC. That's where there was that cross-section you once found in Paris—of literary people, of people who were illiterate, of people down on their luck, and people of status. They all gathered there. His friendships testified to what an eclectic man he was. He was equally at home on a bicycle or getting out of a limousine with a Saudi Arabian prince.
Robert Silvers, editor, the New York Review of Books:
I met George on the Ile Saint-Louis in 1953 as I was leaving NATO headquarters. We worked at the Paris Review on the Rue Garançere for several years together. He was immensely generous in every way—generous about sharing the work and about giving one a chance to edit things. In 1955 or '56, he went back to New York. When I eventually went back to be an editor at Harper's, I arrived at his flat, not having been in New York for eight years. He said, "You better stay here," and I did, for a while. At the time, he was getting ready to pitch for the Yankees,and we would throw pitches across 72nd Street in preparation. It was always as if one were setting out with him on a special adventure.
I saw him [last] Wednesday night at a party; we rode home together, and he told me that he was planning to go down to Cuba, to revisit the site of his famous interview with Hemingway. He was going to put on a reading of his play Zelda, Scott, and Ernest. He'd done it in Amsterdam, Moscow, and London; he'd done it at a PEN benefit; and now he and Norman were going to do it in Cuba. He thought Castro might come.
Norman Mailer, author:
George had a rare gift. Friends were almost always happy to see him because you knew he was bound to improve your mood. He was so open to life and all its new and unexpected situations. What fine manners he had! Few could give a toast or tell a story with equal humor.
Peter Matthiesen, author, co-founder of the Paris Review:
I was in Liberia, of all places, and George met me in Monrovia. We were going to go looking for strange birds. I have a memory of George emerging out of the bush, with a terrible sunburn on his nose and face and legs; he was in safari gear, none of it hanging together very well, and over it all he was wearing a nice blue blazer. He looked like a very eccentric old Englishman. George was not vain—he didn't care a whit about his image. During our time in Paris, he had a famous little car, a dark blue Peugeot—it was mine originally; I sold it to him—and it had to be seen to be believed. It was so tiny that if you saw him in it, you couldn't believe he'd be able to get himself out of it. Everything he did was like this, just a bit odd. He looked for ways in which he could make himself a ridiculous figure, and not only on the football field, but in all walks of life. That made him a great storyteller.
Rose Styron, wife of William Styron and former Paris Review editor:
My husband Bill was with George when he started the Paris Review. Bill and I met in Rome, several months after the Paris Review was started—we were, as they say, courting—and he drove me to Paris so George and Peter [Mathiessen] could look me over. And I, of course, was looking them over, too. I thought they were terrific. Peter even came with us on our honeymoon in Ravello, though George didn't. Bill, who was from the South, kept saying to me, "Can you believe George's not English? I've known him for six months and I just now learned he's not English!"
Tom Nowatzke, fullback, Detroit Lions (In the 1960s, Plimpton briefly played with the Detroit Lions asresearch for the best-selling book Paper Lion, which was later made into a film):
I was the No. 1 draft choice of the Lions in 1965. George was the one who read my name out to the commissioner. The guys here in Detroit treated him like one of us. He was very understanding of what we did and how we did it. He knew we were just as good as he was, but in a different field. He would have a beer with you. George was a little more in-depth than a lot of us, of course, with his education and all. But he came right down to our level. I think he came down [to the shooting of Paper Lion in] Florida once. He wanted to play his own part, but they wouldn't let him.
Timothy Seldes, George Plimpton's literary agent:
Whenever George wanted me to do something for him, he would call me up and say, "Hello, Old Tim." One day, I got a call, and heard his voice, and my heart sank. I just knew it was going to be something terrible.
"I have decided," he said, "that I have got to jump from a plane. And you are going to come with me. We're taking off from Teterburo, N.J., at 4 a.m. tomorrow. OK? I'll pick you up."
I had a hard time sleeping that night, as you might imagine. Finally I did. And later I woke up—at 6 a.m. Later I called up George, I said, "What happened?"
"I thought it over," he said, "and I took mercy on you. You should be very grateful. It was horrifying."
Angelo Dundee, trainer for Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard:
George was such a great guy. He was respected by all. When he was on the scene, everything was a big happening—an event. When Muhammad Ali was fighting, George Plimpton was always there. He had a way of putting it all together, of understanding fighters in the ring; he was a good analyst of boxing. Big, tall, good-looking guy, easy-going. He had it all going! He was smooth. He was a great addition to the human race. He could have been a fight trainer, a fight manager! He could have done whatever he wanted. All the good guys have got to go.
Jay McInerney, author:
Arriving in Manhattan as a young writer, nothing was more thrilling or daunting than attending my first Paris Review party at George's townhouse on East 72nd in the fall of 1984. Realizing that I probably didn't know anyone, George took me around the room to introduce me to his guests—William Styron, Norman Mailer, Robert Stone, and Gay Talese among them. I thought I'd died and gone to Olympus. Somehow George had gotten it into his head that I was on the verge of becoming a pharmacist before he had called me up a year earlier to tell me the Paris Review was publishing a story I had submitted—perhaps because of the pharmacological bent of the subject matter. And he told everyone that night, and for many years after, that he'd diverted me from a career of filling prescriptions.
Felix Grucci Jr., of Fireworks by Grucci (Plimpton wrote about the Grucci family, widely held to be "the first family of fireworks," in Fireworks: A History and Celebration):
George had a very big passion for fireworks. He loved the ones that made a lot of noise and racket and excitement. In the early '60s, when I was working at the firework plant with my dad [Felix Grucci], George would pull up in shiny red sports car on his way to the Hamptons. He'd ask what was new in fireworks business and doodle around the facility with my dad, and he would always leave with a package of fireworks, to put on his own show.
He joined us in Monte Carlo when we won the international [fireworks] competition. I remember getting the news: It was my wife Madeleine's birthday, Aug. 7. We'd gone to dinner and the maitre d' comes over and says, "Felix, I got a call for you from Monaco."
I pick up the phone, and I hear George's Bostonian accent. "Butch," he says, because he always called me Butch. "Where are you?"
"I'm at dinner with my wife," I said. "It's our anniversary. What's the matter?"
"Well," he said. "I want you to go [to the shop] pull out the biggest firework you have and go out and light it up, because you just won the firework contest in Monaco!"
I was so stunned, all I could think to say was, "I don't think I can get a permit that fast!"
Alice Quinn, director of the Poetry Society of America, poetry editor, The New Yorker:
When I was an adviser at Columbia Magazine [a journal run out of Columbia University], we were scraping barrel, with no money in the bank, and I said to the students we should have a benefit auction. Anyhow, I asked Terry Gross from Fresh Air and George Plimpton to be auctioneers. It was a hot, sweltering day. I had made about five thousand egg and tuna sandwiches. I knew that between the time I'd asked Plimpton to do the auction and the night itself, he had probably received five invitations for a better evening, but he would never have reneged. And he stood there ebullient and charming all night; he bid on many items himself. We made $15,000-20,000. He just did it because Columbia was another literary magazine. But he could easily have said, "Alice, I have enough trouble raising money for my magazine."
Daniel Kunitz, managing editor of the Paris Review from1995-2000:
I once heard George joking with William F. Buckley on the phone about how they had the last affected accents in New York. Typical of George to laugh about something others saw as a defining trait—he never took himself all that seriously. A lifelong New Yorker, he never tasted a bagel or an olive, and he never chewed a stick of gum. If you found him at a fancy restaurant, he was there as a guest: For his own meals he preferred cheap Chinese or bangers and mash at a local Irish pub.
In the offices of the Paris Review, he displayed far more discerning tastes. This kept his magazine fresh for 50 years. When he found a story to be short of the mark, he rejected it no matter who the author was—an old friend, a Pulitzer winner, an unknown. "Too old-fashioned. It sounds like Somerset Maugham," was a favorite putdown. I think all the editors who worked at the magazine can recount a time when they ascended to his office to argue for a particular story that had been submitted, certain that George hadn't read it or hadn't read it closely enough, only to stand gape-mouthed as he reeled off, from memory, its every deficiency.
Elaine Kaufman, owner of Elaine's restaurant:
Over the 40 years I knew him, George came in often, sometimes twice a week, usually on his way back from a cocktail party. His dish was Spaghetti Bolognese. He'd have that and a scotch on the rocks, his favorite drink. Over the years, we held a lot of dinner parties for him, and he brought a lot of people in—many, many writers. One night Joe DiMaggio was here, and they had never met, so I introduced them. I had George tell him the story of Sidd Finch. Sidd Finch was a fictional character George had created for a Sports Illustrated story, supposedly the greatest and fastest pitcher in the world. After it was published, all of the baseball people were trying to get in touch with Sidd, but he didn't exist—it was an April Fool's joke! And George had written it straight. When George told the story, DiMaggio laughed so hard I thought he was going to fall on the floor.
Louis Begley, novelist:
Jim Atlas interviewed me for an "Art of Fiction" piece in the Paris Review, a feature of the magazine that George invented and brought to perfection. The list of authors interviewed is extraordinary, and stretches from Hemingway years ago to Amy Hempel (in the 50th anniversary issue that has just been published). These interviews are a collaborative effort, and, I believe, a fascinating contribution to literary history. Just when Jim and I thought we had finished, and we had been working a long time, George, who loved the result of our efforts, decided he wanted to talk to me as well. This was his habit. So we got together and, after some preliminaries, he popped the question that he was really there to ask. It took the form of a statement: "I don't know writers who write about sex better than you." I rose to the bait and answered saying, "Thank you. I enjoy doing it." "That's it," George cried out. "Now the interview is perfect!"
Lewis Lapham, editor, Harper's Magazine:
George's immense enthusiasm was his primary characteristic. Whether on the football field or on a golf course or in a poem or an essay, the notion of human talent in whatever form excited him. It's a joke to say "500 of my closest friends," but that would have been true with George—1,000 of his closest friends, actually.
Jonathan Ames, author:
Back in the fall of 1999, in preparation for my one and only boxing match, I read George Plimpton's great book, Shadow Box, where he recounted his foray into the world of boxing and his famous encounter with Archie Moore.
During my fight, my nose got badly broken in the second round, but I did last all four scheduled rounds, though I lost. A few days after, I went to a Paris Review party and showed off my damaged nose and two black eyes to George. He very much approved.
George also approved, I think, of the fact that I lost. Losing, he knew, always makes a better story than winning. And being good at losing was one of George's many gifts. He had the bearing of Gen. MacArthur, but the soul of Charlie Chaplin. He liked the fact that I had broken my nose in defeat. Archie Moore, after all, had broken his nose.
Charles McGrath, editor of the New York Times Book Review:
I don't think George had played golf in years, but he used to save up oddball tips for me and others. The most recent was about how to extend the swing though impact, and the trick, George said, was to station an imaginary dwarf several feet in front of your ball and then (you have to re-create those broad Plimptonian vowels here) "smack the dwarf in the ass." I don't know whether it works, because I can't think of it without laughing. Talking about sports with George—or, even better, reading George about sports—was more fun than sports themselves.
Ken Auletta, author:
Sometime after age 70, when his reflexes dulled, George took to the sidelines in the Artists and Writers softball game in Easthampton, N.Y. Each year his name was announced, and each year he was hailed by the crowd, who paid more attention to him than to the game. He did not appear last year, or the year before, and we feared he was done with us. [Then] this August he showed up, pulled the shirt over his head, and said he was ready to bat. The coach for the Writers team announced that Plimpton would pinch-hit for the first batter of the game, Daily News sports columnist Mike Lupica, and the crowd roared.
"Would you like Mike to run for you, George?" the coach asked.
Plimpton scowled, and said he was perfectly capable of running for himself. He watched the first pitch sail high for a ball, and then hit a rope into left field. He rounded first as if he were about to go for a double, then glided back to the base, with fans waving and cheering. He smiled broadly, signaled for the coach to send Lupica in to run for him, and trotted back to the sidelines. The Writers won the game with a home run in extra innings, but the highlight was Plimpton's hit.
Several weeks later at a book party, he spotted two writers who had played in that game. Plimpton would not boast of his feat, so we did. He modestly shrugged off the compliment, but his bright smile betrayed his pleasure—and ours.
Billy Collins, poet:
I'm one of these people who went from crashing George's parties in the '70s to being invited in the '80s. We had the book party for my selected poems, Sailing Alone Around the Room, at George's house on Sept 10, 2001. To me, it meant admission to this little exclusive club at the Paris Review. It was a great party—raucous and long. Paul McCartney and his then-girlfriend Heather showed up. At one point, there was a tremendous Wagnerian thunder and lighting storm. It was so violent that it brought a lot of people to the windows. People two or three deep stood looking out at the East River. No one realized till the next day that this was the weather that created the extreme blue skies of Sept. 11—a condition I since learned that pilots call "severe clear." The next day, friends called and said, "That was the last party. That was the last party for a while."
I just got back from a road trip from Michigan. Eerily enough, one of the messages on my answering machine was from George, with that distinctive accent of his: "Hallo, it's George Plimpton. Call me back."
Richard Howard, poetry editor, the Paris Review:
I worked with George for 10 years on the magazine. I have worked as poetry editor with editors on other magazines; only with George has the experience been entirely agreeable. He was not himself interested in poetry, but he read all of the poems every quarter, and he would tell me what he thought of them. It was always a surprise. Sometimes, we used to have quarrels, because he thought I took too many poems: "Are you turning this magazine into a poetry magazine?" he would say. But he would do this in the most charming and agreeable way.
That he died in his sleep was impressive. I never thought that George slept. But dying in sleep: It was as if he was doing what he did when he tried out for all those other things as an amateur—ballooning, acting, boxing, performing at amateur night. It was as if he was trying out again.


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Johnny Depp Supports Amber Heard at the Texas Film Awards
Johnny Depp joins his fiancee Amber Heard on the red carpet at the 2014 Texas Film Awards hosted by the Austin Film Society on Thursday (March 6) in Austin, Tex.
The 27-year-old actress, who is a native of Austin, is being honored at the event for helping the state earn some notice in the film world.
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Amber recently chatted with Moviefone about her movie All the Boys Love Mandy Lane getting a release seven years after it was completed.
"I haven't seen it in a long time but, I mean, I'm super proud of that movie," Amber said. "I feel really lucky to have been a part of it, and I am very happy it finally got its day. I thought it would never come out…It's a very weird experience to do something so long ago and then finally see it come to fruition in the way it deserves."
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Strong winds and heavy rains moved through the Mid-Atlantic and along the eastern United States Thursday as the Upper Midwest plunged into the deep freeze.
Rainfall amounts between 2 and 3 inches fell in Virginia and West Virginia before the huge weather system that sparked a deadly tornado in Georgia Wednesday began moving east, AccuWeather.com reported.
The tornado caused significant damage in Adairsville, Ga., where one person died.
The storm system also was responsible for the death of a Nashville man killed when high winds toppled a tree onto a roof, the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency said.
AccuWeather.com said the severe weather this week resembled an early-spring storm because it pulled warm, humid air from the Gulf of Mexico, which fueled thunderstorms into early Thursday as they rumbled across the Southeast, Mid-Atlantic and New England.
In North Dakota and Minnesota and elsewhere in the region, surface temperatures weren't expected to climb much above zero for the next few days, and gusting winds were forecast to drive wind chill values to minus-25 F or lower.
Across Massachusetts Thursday high winds -- sometimes reaching hurricane strength -- accompanied heavy downpours that knocked down trees and power lines, damaged buildings and slowed the morning commute, The Boston Globe reported.
Weather watchers at Blue Hill Observatory in Milton reported an 80 mph wind gust.
Along the eastern seaboard, the storm system prompted severe thunderstorm and flash-flood warnings in eastern Tennessee and western portions of the Carolinas as it pushed outward, CNN reported. Nearly 400 reports of severe wind and 20 instances of tornadoes were reported during a two-day period from Texas to Pennsylvania, CNN said.
The National Weather Service reported severe weather or damage in Texas, Mississippi and Alabama. Tornadoes were confirmed in Kentucky and Indiana.
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Cirrhosis is a disease in which the liver becomes permanently damaged and the normal structure of the liver is changed. Healthy liver cells are replaced by scarred tissue. The liver is not able to do its normal functions, such as detoxifying harmful substances, purifying blood, and making vital nutrients.
In addition, scarring slows down the normal flow of blood through the liver, causing blood to find alternate pathways. This may result in bleeding blood vessels known as gastric or esophageal varices.
Cirrhosis of the Liver
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Causes of cirrhosis include:
- Excessive consumption of alcohol
- Hepatitis C, B, and D
- Autoimmune hepatitis
- Inherited diseases, such as glycogen storage disease, hemochromatosis, or cystic fibrosis
- Galactosemia
- Fructose intolerance
- Tyrosinemia
- Wilson's disease
- Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency
- Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), associated with:
- Diabetes
- Obesity
- Heart disease
- High blood triglycerides
- Steroid use
- Bile duct blockages, associated with:
- Cirrhosis
- Congenital defects
- Scarred ducts—sometimes related to inflammatory bowel disorders
- Gallbladder surgery
- Pancreatitis
- Drugs and toxins:
- Arsenic
- Isoniazid
- Methotrexate
- Excess vitamin A
- Infections:
- Schistosomiasis
- Brucellosis
- Echinococcosis
- Advanced or congenital syphilis
- Heart failure, causing blood to repeatedly back up into the liver
Factors that may increase your chance of having cirrhosis include:
- Alcohol abuse
- Hepatitis infection
- Liver cancer
- Use of drugs toxic to the liver
- Being overweight or gaining weight
- Diabetes that is poorly controlled
- Ingestion of too much iron
Cirrhosis often does not cause symptoms early in the disease process. Symptoms start when the liver begins to fail, as scar tissue replaces healthy cells. Symptom severity depends on the extent of liver damage.
Cirrhosis may cause:
- Fatigue
- Weakness
- Poor appetite, nausea, or weight loss
- Itching
- Abdominal swelling, tenderness, and pain
- Appearance of thin, purplish-red, spidery looking blood vessels on the skin
- Menstrual problems
- Impotence
- Enlarged breasts in men
As cirrhosis progresses, it may cause:
- Jaundice —yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes
- Dark urine
- Water retention and swelling in the legs and abdomen
- Enlarged liver or spleen
- Loss of body hair
- Bleeding and bruising
- Vomiting blood
- Neurological problems, such as forgetfulness, confusion, agitation, or tremors
- Inability to process medications
Complications of cirrhosis may include:
- Ascites —accumulation of fluid in the abdominal cavity
- Arrhythmias —abnormal heart rhythms
- Sleep disturbances
- Digestive disorders, such as abdominal infections, ulcers, or gallstones
- Liver cancer
- Insulin resistance
- Hypoglycemia
- Coma
The doctor will ask about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done.
Tests may include:
- Blood tests
- CT scan, ultrasound, or liver/spleen scan—to identify changes in the liver
- Liver biopsy
- Laparoscopy —looking at the liver via a thin tube with a lighted camera
Other tests may include:
- Inserting a catheter into the liver vein and measuring the pressure within that vein; rarely necessary
- Removing fluid from the abdomen and examining it
- Other tests to determine what caused the cirrhosis and what complications may occur
There is no cure for cirrhosis. The goals of treatment are to keep the condition from getting worse, including:
- Control the cause
- Treat underlying medical conditions
- Prevent additional damage
- Treat symptoms and complications
- Liver cancer screenings
Talk with your doctor about the best treatment plan for you. Options include:
Doctors prescribe drugs to:
- Treat hepatitis and complications that arise
- Reduce the absorption of waste products and toxins in the digestive system
- Reduce the risk of a blood vessel-breaking
- Fight infections
- Shed excess fluids
Liver transplant —may be done if:
- Complications can no longer be controlled using medical therapy
- The liver stops functioning
Endoscopy —This is used to tie off bleeding blood vessels (varices) or to inject drugs to cause clotting. A thin tool with a lighted tip is inserted down the throat to help the doctor see and access the varices, which are located in the esophagus.
- Stop drinking alcohol completely.
- Do not take any medications without your doctor's approval, including over-the-counter drugs.
- Eat a balanced diet. Choose a variety of fruits and vegetables, as well as lean proteins, like beans and poultry.
- If your liver disease is more advanced, you may need to limit protein intake, because your weakened liver will not be able to process it properly.
- You may need to limit salt in your diet, because it increases water retention.
- Take any vitamin supplements your doctor recommends.
- Put your feet and legs up to decrease swelling.
- Due to increased risk of infections, take these steps:
- Getting vaccines for flu, pneumonia, and hepatitis
- Avoiding raw seafood
- Avoiding people who are sick with communicable diseases, like the flu or common cold
- Washing your hands often
If you are diagnosed with cirrhosis, follow your doctor's instructions .
To help reduce your chance of developing cirrhosis, take these steps:
- Drink alcohol in moderation. Moderate alcohol intake is no more than two drinks per day for men and one drink per day for women.
- Get hepatitis vaccines.
- Practice safe sex to lower your chance of getting hepatitis B.
- If you use IV drugs, do not share needles, which can spread hepatitis B, C, or D.
- Maintain a healthy weight.
- Follow your doctor's recommendations about blood tests when taking medications that may damage the liver.
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We've got a good HDTV tied to a good stereo. Love the big sound with the big screen. But I also think that sometimes a headset would be a good way to get more intimate or at least limit stray sound in the house when babies are sleeping or someone's sick.
I see there are lots of Bluetooth stereo headsets available. But none of our AV stuff has a BT transmitter.
What's a good way (reasonable cost, high reliability, low complexity) to add at least two wireless headsets to our crash area?0
The absolutely most reliable way to do this is to attach an FM transmitter to your stereo. The best FM transmitter I have found is made by C. Crane.
I use it with assorted table radios to listen to podcasts throughout the house. It is the most powerful allowed by law, and it can broadcast on any frequency, allowing you to choose a clear frequency for your area. Neighbors scanning the dial might come across your broadcast, but who cares?
That's the transmission side. For the listening side, you can use any portable radio with earbuds, like your phone or an ipod. (C. Crane sells tiny portable radios too.) The nice thing about this system is that the two halves are independent. You can use any radio and any headphones or earbuds.
There is also this:
My dad uses it because he is hard of hearing, and he says it works well. The infrared transmitter only works in line of sight, so if you turn your back or leave the room, you lose the signal. But there is never any static or interference. This system comes with both transmitter and headset, and you can use only their headsets.
Lastly, there are headphones that use digital radio transmission, either KLEER or DSSS. These are expensive, but probably sound the best. They come with their own transmitters, and are likely to be static- and interference-free also. Here is one.
(That website offers a few other options with KLEER and DSSS. Click on "wireless".)
There are many other options:
I would recommend one that uses digital transmission.
I don't see the need for Bluetooth in this application. You don't need two-way communication, you just need sound piped to your ears. Note that with all of these, you will lose some or all of the surround effect in movies.
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We thought it would be fun to play a friendly game of Draw Something right here on iReport. Here's what to do:
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However, call your doctor right away if you have any of the following:
When you go for your first gyne exam, you will be asked about your medical, family, and reproductive history. You also will be asked:
You will be asked to put on a gown for the exam. A gyne exam may include the following:
These tests and exams will depend on your doctor, your age, and your personal and family medical history.
Then, your doctor will do an internal exam. This exam checks the size and shape of your uterus, fallopian tubes, and ovaries. Because your doctor cannot see these organs, he or she also will examine you for any abnormal growths by pressing on your belly. Your doctor also may do a rectal exam. Let your doctor know if any of this is uncomfortable for you.
This exam takes a few minutes. When it is done, your doctor will tell you what he or she has found. Your doctor will tell you how to get the results of your Pap test or other lab tests. Ask your doctor any questions you may have and when you should make your next appointment.
The Pap test takes only a few seconds and is painless. Some cells are gently scraped from your cervix with a wooden spatula, cotton swab, or plastic brush. You cannot feel the scraping because the cervix has no nerve endings. The cells are then placed on a glass slide, or they may be placed in a fluid. A person who is trained to read Pap smears (cytologist) then checks the cells to see if they are normal.
Your doctor will get a report of your Pap smear. The results may be:
Like any lab test, false results are possible because of:
If abnormal cells are discovered, your doctor will recommend more tests.
Since the Pap test was developed, the number of women with cervical cancer has gone down. No test is 100 percent accurate. However, there is much less chance of missing a serious problem if you have a regular Pap test.
A Pap test and gyne exam every year, like monthly breast self-exams, are important ways to protect your health.
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Filipino President Benigno Aquino III was to declare a state of national calamity Friday after visiting towns destroyed by killer Typhoon Bopha, officials said.
Authorities said the storm on Tuesday killed at least 456 people, injured 445 and left more than 500 missing.
At least 26 municipalities and four provinces had already declared a state of calamity, Ricky Carandang, communications secretary for the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, told ABS-CBNnews.com.
Aquino visited some of the areas hardest hit by the storm, including Mindanao and New Bataan, which was nearly leveled by the most powerful typhoon to hit the island nation in decades, Voice of America reported.
The Category 5 storm, measuring more than 500 miles in diameter, roared onto densely populated Mindanao island with winds of 110 mph, forcing more than 50,000 people out of their homes and into shelters.
The storm, known locally as "Pablo," sent roofs flying, uprooted acres of coconut trees, and sent rivers and streams bursting over their banks.
Aquino said the government is investigating why an evacuation center and military camp in the gold-mining province of Compostela Valley were situated in flood-prone areas. The centers were washed away during mudslides and flash floods, Voice of America reported.
Environment Secretary Ramon Paje said there are illegal logging "hot spots" all throughout the Compostela Valley because trees are stripped from the area to create support beams for gold-mining tunnels. The lack of trees in the area could be a key factor in landslides and floods, The New York Times reported.
"In these illegally logged areas, what do you expect but landslides?" Sen. Loren Legarda asked.
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Donor challenges community to match $10K for new branch
An anonymous donor has stepped forward to challenge the community to help equip the planned Fond du Lac Public Library Express branch at Johnson Crossing Shopping Center.
The donor has agreed to match all contributions, dollar for dollar, up to $10,000.
"Our donor wants the public to support this historic expansion," said library Director Ken Hall. "If we succeed in raising the full $20,000, then we would have reached our goal of raising the $40,000 necessary to properly equip the new branch."
The 1,600-square-foot Express branch will replace and expand on services currently available at the bookmobile parked in front of Festival Foods. It will be the first standalone branch location in the library's 107-year history. Hall expects to open doors in September.
The $10,000 challenge donation comes on the heels of a $20,000 donation made in June by local business woman Judith Berger.
The library welcomes donations from the public. Donation forms – and spare change jars – are available at the library's main desk and at the Festival bookmobile. Anyone who donates $100 or more will have their names added to a plaque at the new branch. As well, Hall intends to reach out to service clubs and civic organizations.
Donations to the Fond du Lac Public Library are tax deductible. Checks should be written to Fond du Lac Public Library, 32 Sheboygan St., Fond du Lac, WI 54935.
Donation receipts are available. For more information, contact Director Ken Hall at (920) 929-7080, ext. 133, or [email protected].
A grand opening for the branch is planned for Saturday, October 22.
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