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To launch its first flagship store in New York City, New Balance is asking runners to hunt virtual batons for a chance to win some shoes (and maybe $20,000.)
The promotion requires you to download the Urban Dash App, which will notify you when there are "batons" nearby. Once you get within 100 feet of them, you can pick them up.
You then run to the New Balance store on Fifth Avenue where you can redeem a pair of shoes. But beware of other players -- if they get too close to you, they can steal the baton away from you. The person with the most virtual batons will win a 14K gold baton valued at $20,000.
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You hear it all the time: the old beliefs aren't believable any more. But what if you've never even learned what the old beliefs are?
"Professor Theonomous?"
"Thee — ahh — fill — uss."
"Now you've got it. Have a seat."
"Thanks. My name's easier. Russell Esau." He was a reddish, hirsute sort of fellow; the name suited him.
"I recognize you from my 9:30 class. Good morning."
"Hi," he replied.
"What's on your mind?"
"I don't exactly have a question," he said. "I just like to get to know my professors. My next class doesn't meet for a little while, so I thought I'd drop in."
"Coffee?" I indicated the pot.
"No, thanks." He watched as I filled my own mug. "Your course is really different from others I've taken so far."
"How is it different?" I returned to my chair.
"For one thing, all those old books you make us read. I took the required ancient history course, but that was different. We read about those old guys, but we didn't read them, if you follow me."
"I follow you."
"It's a lot more interesting than I thought it would be."
"Is it?"
"Yeah. But kind of weird."
"Take that guy we're reading now. The Confessions guy."
"That's the one. Except that you say aw-GUSS-tin. I've been saying AW-guss-teen."
"You can place the accent on either syllable. Do you mean that Augustine is weird, or that his book is weird?"
"How so?"
"It's sort of like an autobiography, but it's sort of not. It's more like a prayer, isn't it?"
I smiled. "It isn't like a prayer. It is one."
"That's what I mean. I thought the guy would be telling me about his life. Instead he's telling God about it. I'm just getting to listen in."
"So what's the weird part?"
"That's the weird part."
"That you're getting to listen in?"
"No — that he takes a whole book to say one prayer!"
"You find it surprising that someone would have that much to talk about with God?"
"I'm not knocking prayer."
"I didn't think you were."
"Actually I'm a very spiritual person."
"Are you?"
"Sure. My Mom was Mentalist and my Dad was Pretzelterian, so when they married, they compromised, and I was brought up in the Prunitarian church."
"Interesting family history."
"Mom and Dad always say that God is an important part of life."
"Ah, now there's a difference. Augustine wouldn't have said that God is a part of life."
"What would he have said?"
"That God is what life is all about. He wanted his whole life to be a prayer. To him, God was everything."
"The minister at University Prunitarian Church said something like that a couple of weeks ago. I go there sometimes."
"What did he say?"
"That everything is God."
I winced. "I'm afraid that's not the same idea. Augustine is very sure that God is distinct from His creation. What else did the minister say?"
"That every sincere act is a prayer."
"Every sincere act?"
"Sure. Having a quiet cup of coffee. Going to see a movie with a friend. A kiss."
"Suppose I assassinated someone."
Russell hesitated. "Well — if you sincerely assassinated him —"
I laughed. "For Augustine, the important question isn't whether you mean something sincerely, but whether it conforms to God's truth."
"But doesn't everybody have his own truth?"
"Everybody has his own beliefs, but that doesn't make them true. I may sincerely believe that the tuna fish is fresh, but that doesn't mean it doesn't stink."
"Yeah, but that's tuna fish. God — isn't that different?"
"God is sort of vague."
"Don't you mean that your thoughts about God are vague?"
"Maybe my thoughts about Him are vague because He's vague."
"Augustine wouldn't think so."
"Why not?"
"God is the Creator. The only reason tuna fish even exist is that He made them. Their very being is derivative. He's different. Nothing created Him. He has being in Himself. Does that make Him less real than tuna fish?"
"No, I see your point. It would have to be the other way around. He'd be more real than tuna fish."
"In fact He would be the realest thing there is."
"I guess that's right."
"That's what Augustine thought too."
He ruminated on the idea. "But how can we know any truth about God?"
I replied, "What does Augustine say?"
"From the Bible?"
"Who does Augustine think the Bible points to?"
"Did you say 'who' or 'what'?"
"I said 'who.'"
"But there have been lots of holy men in history, haven't there?"
"Of course, but Augustine doesn't think Jesus is just another holy man."
"He doesn't?"
"No, he views Him as the God-man."
"I've heard that expression. What does it mean?"
"It means that Jesus is how God revealed Himself. God became man — truly man, but still truly God as well."
"Did Jesus actually say that?"
"Yes, He said 'I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no man comes to the Father, but by Me.' Another time He said 'He who has seen Me has seen the Father.'"
"And Augustine believed that was true?"
"Of course."
"Oh, well. That was a long time ago, wasn't it?"
"What was?"
"When he wrote his Confessions."
"Yes, about sixteen centuries ago."
"We've come a long way since then, haven't we?"
"What do you mean?"
"We're more scientific now."
"I still don't follow you."
"We don't believe in things like a 'God-man' any more."
"Who's 'we'?"
"None of my professors do."
"I know at least one of your professors who does."
"Who?" I raised an eyebrow. "You?" I nodded. "How can you? Most Christians don't believe that stuff any more, do they?"
"What makes you think a thing like that?"
"That's what the minister at University Prunitarian Church says."
"What else does he say?"
"'The mythical phase of Christianity is all over.' 'The old myths aren't believable any more.' 'We have to update eternity.' 'Christianity must change or die.'"
"I see. And what is Christianity supposed to change into?"
"What will the members of this altered Christianity believe?"
"Um — in justice, and in progress, and in treating people equally, and things like that."
"Salvation through being nice, is that it?"
"Yes, but it sounded better the way he said it."
"How did he say it?"
"'We have to save ourselves.'"
I laughed.
"I guess you're more pessimistic than he is," Russell said.
"Depends. I'm more pessimistic about the power of man, but I'm a raving optimist about the power of God."
"This is getting interesting." He glanced at his watch. "But I've only got a few minutes before I've got to run. Just tell me this. How can you deny the social trend?"
"What social trend?"
"Away from religious faith."
"In the first place, social trends aren't the test of truth," I said. "But in the second place, there is no trend away from religious faith."
That caught him up short. "There isn't?"
"No. By and large, churches that have walked away from the ancient Christian teachings are shrinking, but churches that have held onto them are growing. So when your minister says 'Christianity must change or die,' he has it exactly backward."
"That amazes me."
"But it's true."
He scanned his watch again, started to rise, hesitated, and sat back down. "Just tell me this," he said again. "What is it that people are getting from these churches? What's the attraction of a God-man and cross and resurrection and all that?"
"The attraction is what Christians call the Gospel. That means 'good news.'"
"Is there a bad news?"
"I think everyone knows the bad news already."
"People are messed up, if that's what you mean."
"Yes, and we can't fix ourselves. We can make some things better, and that's good — but we can't get to the root of the problem, which is separation from God."
"So what are you calling the good news?"
"That there is a way to get back."
"But you just said —"
"Not through our power. Through His. The way back is through Jesus Christ. All the rest of Christian teaching is about how that works."
"I've never heard this."
"Nevertheless, that's the Gospel."
He stood up and moved toward the door. "I've got more questions, but now I've really gotta go. I'm going to be late as it is. Is there someone else I can ask about this — someone who isn't — you know —" He looked apologetic.
"Someone who isn't your teacher?" He nodded. "Of course. I can —"
At that moment Don poked his head around the door. "You in, Prof? Oh, sorry — didn't know you were with someone." He withdrew.
"Don!" I commanded. He reappeared. "Exchange email addresses with this man."
"What? But —"
"Quickly. He has to go."
Russell was amused. Don was bewildered, but obeyed. They both scribbled like madmen, then shoved slips of paper into each others' hands. Russell vanished.
"What was that all about?" asked Don.
"Ask him," I grinned. "He'll tell you."
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I've been writing a lot about the ways that the Amazon Appstore has been outperforming Google Play in terms of making money for developers. TinyCo, makers of a bunch of social games with the word "Tiny" in their title, such as provide some interesting evidence as to what these revenue splits mean – and why it may just be possible to make money on Android by actually focusing on it as a platform.
In particular with their title Tiny Village, TinyCo is outperforming the average on Google Play, with revenues on there representing 65% of their total on the iOS App Store. Compared to Flurry's quoted 23% number, this is a marked improvement. But the real stunner comes from TinyCo's revenues on the Amazon Appstore: 180% of the revenue that they get on the App Store. As a more apples-to-apples comparison, the game makes 143% of the revenue on the Kindle Fire as it does on the iPad.
So what does TinyCo credit their dramatically above-average success on Android to? They actually focused on Android as a release platform. They claimed that at one point in time, "80-90% of our time and resource was focused on iOS leaving little for Android, our games worked perfectly on iOS but crashed on Android, and our Android version lacked many of the features found on iOS."
However, they have begun to equalize the time they spend on each platform. In particular, they've build a cross-platform engine named Griffin that they claim "that enables us to write code once, then deploy and make content updates on iOS and Android simultaneously." They also claim that as it runs natively on each device, they get "top-notch performance on both platforms."
The ability to deliver content simultaneously to each OS is a huge boon – even now, games like Death Rally release long after their iOS counterparts and ship with fewer features on Android, meaning the platform's players get second-class experiences.
Now, remember that TinyCo is a well-funded developer, and not a smaller studio that can't ship content and support multiple platforms because they just don't make the revenue to have the manpower to support it. However, with the rise of the Amazon Appstore and with many more cross-platform tools coming out, it may just be getting easier to actually make money on Android. The end of its time as a second-class citizen for gaming may just be on the horizon.


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Sunbeams events
We organize different types of events on a more eco-friendly lifestyle - in English - at different locations in and around Brussels. Here are some of the events we have organised or been involved with in the past.
February 2010
- Friday 05 : Sunbeams, in collaboration with R99 Wine Consulting, invited to a very unique and special wine tasting evening. By joining us for this event, you will not only learn the differences between eco friendly, organic & biodynamic wines by tasting great examples from all over the world, but you will also help a great cause. Profits of this event will go towards the Red Cross for helping survivors following the recent devestating earthquake in Haiti.
- Tuesday 09 - 9h15 am : workshop on eco-labels at the International Montessori School, Savoorke, Bergestraat 24, 3080 Tervuren. If you register, an information pack will be set aside for you.
- Wednesday 10 - 16h30 to 18h00, Audergem : sunbeams crochet class, team member Nickie will teach young people from 12 to 18 years old, as well as interested adults, how to do crochet - all abilities are welcome!
January 2010
- Thursday 28 - 19h00 to 20h30, Tervuren - sunbeams crochet class, team member Nickie will teach young people from 12 to 18 years old, as well as interested adults, how to do crochet - all abilities are welcome!
- Thursday 28 at 20h30: Energy saving event. Learn easy tips on how to save energy at home. A specialist trained by the IBGE/BIM will answer all your hot questions related to energy savings and investments. Emma Davies of The Bulletin wrote about his presentations in December. Learn easy ways to reduce your energy bill and lower your carbon footprint! Taking place in Ixelles/Elsene. Registration required.
December 2009
- Sunbeams had a stand at the Christmas market organized by the International Montessori School. Lists and samples plus addresses for eco-friendly presents and wrapping were available.
- Sunbeams had a stand at the welcome day for families organized by the European Commission.
- How to have an eco-friendly holiday season. What can you do to make your celebrations more eco-friendly? Demonstrations on alternatives for wrapping, many ideas on eco-friendly presents and how reduce the eco-footprint of your party dinners. Making this season great with a good conscious, lots of fun and saving some money as well.
- Sumbeams Enegy Challenge - easy tips on how to save energy at home. A specialist trained by the IBGE/BIM will answer all your hot questions related to energy savings and investments. An easy way to reduce your energy bill and lower your carbon footprint.
November 2009
- Sunbeams had a stand at the Christmas market of the British School of Brussels in Tervuren. Ideas, samples, addresses on eco-friendly presents and wrapping will be available.
- Workshop on Eco-friendly Living in Belgium at the International School of Brussels (ISB), Kattenberg 19, 1170 Brussels, from 13.00-15.00. The workshop focussed on the small steps we can take towards sustainable living through healthy gardening, 'greening' the holiday season, home health and energy efficiency. The event was open to all.
- Weekend 21-22 a weekend organized by Natuurpunt to lend nature a hand. Everyone can help to clear areas, plant plants and trees and have fun at one of the hundreds of activities in nature reserves. More info: www.natuurpunt.be/dagvandenatuur and click on the map to find your nearest activity.
- Week of 21-29 European Week of Waste Reduction. See the article on page 3 of our November 2009 Newsletter.
October 2009
- Welcome Fair of The Bulletin Group at Area 42. Sunbeams had a stand. More info at www.welcomefair.be
- Expatica Fair at Autoworld (Cinquantenaire/Jubelpark). Sunbeams had a stand. More info at www.expatica.com/iamnotatourist_be
- Workshop on protecting wildlife in Belgium. Two presenters, an ornithologist and a nature lover, gave demos on how to build simple shelters for small creatures, what to feed them in winter time and what you can do for biodiversity in your own garden.
September 2009
- Parents coffee/tea morning at the International Montessori School in Tervuren �How to get a green start in Belgium�.
- car sharing event to Bioplanet in Mechelen.
June 2009
- Brussels Environment Fair - sunbeams had a well atttended stand during this annual event.
- European Commission Green Week Conference taking place at the Charlemagne building with info stands, discussions, working groups and panels with high-level speakers.
- Composting Toilet Demonstration organised by the Tervuren Transition Town group.
- Composting Workshop. In a private garden, Tervuren. Informal format, sharing experiences, asking questions. Approx one hour.
- Sunbeams had a stand at the Expatica Fair in Espace 53/Autoworld at the Cinquantennaire.
- Sunbeams was at the European Parliament to greet the newly elected MEPs.
April 2009
- Visit to the �March� Biologique� Weekly organic market of Mandala Organic Growers at the Ateliers des Tanneurs. Fruit and vegetables, fruit juice, jams, honey, bread, wine and other organic products. (Rue des Tanneurs 58, 1000 Brussels, open Sunday 10am to 4pm)
- Wednesday 22 April - Earth Day.
- Visit to Bio-Planet supermarket in Mechelen.
March 2009
- Outing to exhibition �C�est notre Terre� at Tours et Taxis, Brussels.
- Energy saving challenge - how to save electricity, heating and water at your home with small, big and bigger investments.
- Earth Hour - 20:30 - 21:30, Saturday 28 March. Earth Hour 2009 is set to switch off the globe. Already 377 cities, and double the number of countries that participated in 2008, are committed. With hundreds more cities expected to sign up to switch off in the coming months, Earth Hour 2009 is setting the platform for an unprecedented global mandate for action on climate change. earthhour.org and earthhour.be
February 2009
- Outing to Bio-Planet in Mechelen.
January 2009
- Energy saving challenge: how to save electricity, heating and water at your home with simple gestures! Initiative of Brussels Environmental Institute - IBGE/BIM.
December 2008
- Friday 5 - Volunteer get together
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November 2008
- Saturday 22 November 10-17h: Sunbeams will be present at the Christmas Fair held by the International Montessori School with info and ideas for original presents (Savoorke, Bergestraat, 3080 Tervuren). We will provide you with lots of ideas and samples of original presents and wrapping, food suggestions and we will do some sales for the Jane Goodall Institute !!!
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- 12 November - Volunteer get together (Oudergem)
- 5 November - Volunteer Recruiting Event
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- 25 October - Nature Walk with forest ranger
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The Mad Men star found herself at the center of a saucy picture scandal on Sunday (04Mar12) when a photo which appears to show the actress topless emerged online.
Her representative moved swiftly to brand the image a fake, but revealed that Hendricks' phone had been improperly accessed recently and several shots, including a snap of the redhead barely dressed, were stolen.
The rep tells GossipCop.com, "Christina's phone was in fact hacked and photos were stolen. The proper authorities have been contacted in hopes of rectifying this situation. The topless image is fake and not an image of Christina."
Hendricks' photo scandal came hours after shots purportedly showing fellow actress Olivia Munn in a state of undress hit the web, but the brunette beauty has since taken to her Twitter.com page to brush off the rumors.
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Ashford, settled in 1710, was incorporated in October 1714. The town covers an area of 40.3 square miles, about 32 miles east of Hartford. The University of Connecticut, located in the neighboring town of Mansfield, is a major influence on the character of the community.
Ashford has a town meeting form of government, with a board of selectmen, consisting of three elected members serving concurrent two-year terms, and a board of finance, consisting of six elected members and three elected alternates serving overlapping six-year terms.


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Monday, November 25, 2013
25 tags of Holiday Countdown
It's time, for me the Christmas season has arrived too. Maybe a bit later then for you guys, but just in time for this week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Fellow DT member Ashli challenges us to use holiday countdown as inspiration. What a wonderful idea. For example, by making an advent calendar or perhaps making a holiday countdown journal.
I made a tag countdown calendar. It's made from #8 Manila tags. The holder is made from foam board.
The backgrounds are done with the Gelli Plate. I'm really addicted to the Gelli Plate. It really creates such beautiful backgrounds. I keep it very simple by appling only one or two layers of single color paints. With these tags I only just one color of paint. I chose or a red background with Modern Red or black background color with Charcoal Black. I just love the sort of simplicity of it.
To join in all you need to do is make a project that fits this weeks challenge and you can be the winner of the $50 gift voucher that our amazing sponsor Simon Says Stamp offers. This prize will go to a random entry. So go over to the Stamp and Show Monday Challenge blog, let the DT members inspire you and join in the fun!
Thank you for stopping by! Love to see you next time!
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Leuk idee en mooi gemaakt!!!ReplyDelete
Wat mooi zeg Sandra!!!ReplyDelete
Gave uitwerking.
Gr Patricia
Superb Sandra! Love the fact that you've done this on a black base to really make the red and white pop. Jenny xReplyDelete
Sandar...what a clever idea; to do a tag calendar! Your colors of your background are really bright and cheery. I love the bits of washi tape you've added to each one. So cute! And your snowflakes and numbers really compliment each calendar page perfectly. <3 CandyReplyDelete
Fantastic backgrounds with the bright holiday colors. The black with white is a striking combination. Love the washi tape embellies! Beautiful tag countdown book.ReplyDelete
very cool! Love that Bold red!!ReplyDelete
Fabulous project Sandra! Beautiful backgrounds! Love the burst of color with the striking contrast of black!ReplyDelete
Hi Sandra, fabulous idea a tag countdown calendar. I love the black combined with the red, very striking. Love the Washi tape too. Tracy xReplyDelete
The backgrounds you created on these tags are fantastic! Sandra. I love the beautiful black and red color combo. <3ReplyDelete
Fab countdown tag idea, Sandra! I love the design!ReplyDelete
Simon Says Stamp!
Great project, Sandra! I love the foam board. That was a really clever idea. And it looks like you've really been enjoying the Gelli plate. You are really, really good at it!ReplyDelete
Wonderful Calendar Sandra and the amazing colours/design are stunning. SuperbReplyDelete
TFS and crafty hugs
Annie x
Wow! I love the bold colors you used on this project! It takes the traditional holiday theme to a whole new level! You are always daring and successful in whatever you attempt and I have so much admiration for the artist that you are!ReplyDelete
great project love itReplyDelete
This is fabulous - such glamorous, dramatic colours. I love the gilding on the black on the cover -wow!ReplyDelete
Alison x
FAntastic backgrounds! Red black and white is a very cool colors palette!! BArbarayayaReplyDelete
Tag calendar - awesome idea!ReplyDelete
Ohhhh I love the red and black! What a cute idea. I adore tags and you really made this one special. Thank you for popping into my blog and checking out my crafty goodies.ReplyDelete
This is fantastic Sandra! Love the red and black colour combo and your gelli backgrounds are wonderful. Hugs!ReplyDelete
This is gorgeous, Sannie! I love how you took the idea to a tag book. And the gelli background looks awesome!ReplyDelete


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Third-period spurt lifts Isles past Penguins
PITTSBURGH -- With a three-goal flurry in a wild six-minute span of the third period, the New York Islanders defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 on Friday night.
Third-period spurt lifts Isles past Penguins
PITTSBURGH -- With a three-goal flurry in a wild six-minute span of the third period, the New York Islanders defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 on Friday night.
The Islanders handed the Penguins their second straight loss thanks in large part to a goal and two assists from Frans Nielsen and two assists from veteran defenseman Radek Martinek, making his season debut after signing a one-year deal earlier this week.
This was the first meeting between the two teams since their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series last spring.
The Islanders scored the winning goal at 18:20 of the third period when a blocked Kris Letang shot led to an odd-man break the other way.
While goaltender Jeff Zatkoff made a spectacular save initially, the Penguins never recovered to get into good defensive position and Josh Bailey took advantage, knocking in a rebound.
"Even when we're not playing our best, we've found a way to stay in games and give ourselves a chance, and that was the case tonight," Bailey said.
At 12:46 of the third, the Islanders had tied the score at 2 on a perfectly executed shot-pass from defenseman Thomas Hickey to the stick of Nielsen, who deflected it on his backhand and into the net.
But the score wasn't tied for long. Just 16 seconds later, Deryk Engelland drove hard to the net and one-timed a Joe Vitale pass from below the goal line past Islanders netminder Evgeni Nabokov's glove hand to put Pittsburgh back ahead 3-2.
However, with seesaw swings in momentum, the Islanders came right back and tied the score at 3 when Pierre-Marc Bouchard registered his first goal of the year, sliding the puck through Zatkoff's pads from in tight.
"We had some chances to build on our lead and we didn't," Penguins captain Sidney Crosby said. "We made some mistakes and they made us pay."
The Islanders got on the board first while working with a man-advantage.
John Tavares pushed a puck toward that net that was deflected by Nielsen, hitting Zatkoff near the top of his chest protector. Zatkoff was unable to corral the rebound and it bounced to his left, where Matt Moulson was positioned. As Moulson was being shoved down by the Pittsburgh defense, he managed to bat the bounding puck into the net as he fell to the ice. The goal at 10:14 of the first was Moulson's sixth of the season.
The Penguins evened the score just over three minutes later when Brandon Sutter unleashed a hard wrist shot from the left faceoff circle that hit Nabokov high. The rebound popped in the air, but Nabokov lost track of it, allowing Olli Jokinen to streak down the slot and bat in the loose puck. Islanders defenseman Andrew MacDonald tried to swat away the rebound before Jokinen could get to it, but he swung and missed at the bouncing puck.
The Penguins took their first lead of the night, 2-1, at 5:59 of the second period when Crosby, the NHL's points leader, and Chris Kunitz broke in on a two-on-one.
With Crosby breaking down the right wing with the puck and Kunitz on the left, Crosby cut toward Nabokov and fired a laser of a wrist shot from the dot of the right faceoff circle past the New York netminder's blocker and just inside the left post for his eight goal of the season.
The goal gave Crosby 76 career points against the Islanders, more than any other opponent.
Nabokov had a chance at redemption against Crosby just over five minutes into the third period when he broke in alone on a breakaway. This time, Nabokov was equal to the task, making a save on Crosby's attempt at sliding the puck between his pads.
"The save on Crosby to me is the turning point," Islanders coach Jack Capuano said.
The Islanders' penalty kill also played a big role in the victory, killing off all five Pittsburgh power plays.
"I felt like after the second period (the penalty kill) is what kept us in the game," said Nabokov, who made 39 saves.
Zatkoff, meanwhile, turned aside 21 of 25 Islanders shots in his home debut for the Penguins in his second NHL start.
"We controlled the whole game except the last 10 minutes we kind of got away from what we were doing," Zatkoff said. "They got a good set of forwards, you give them too many chances they're going to strike eventually."
NOTES: The Penguins announced Thursday that 19-year-old rookie D Olli Maatta will remain with the team and not be returned to his junior club. ... Islanders RW Michael Grabner served the final game of his two-game suspension for an illegal hit in a game on October 19th versus Carolina. ... Scratches for the Penguins were C Dustin Jeffrey and D Robert Bortuzzo. Scratches for the Islanders were LW Eric Boulton, Grabner (suspended) and D Brian Strait (upper body). ... Both teams will be in action again on Saturday. The Penguins will travel to Toronto and the Islanders will play host to the Flyers. ... The official attendance was 18,664, giving Pittsburgh its 293rd consecutive sellout.


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Ok Adbusters,
I just finished#130, fresh out of the mailbox this morning. Started with the Impeachment side because I knew it would fan my flame. The fire that started with Occupy, the fire that took me to DC on 1/21, keeps me in the streets with my banners, makes me send to PP, NODAPL, ACLU, MOAS and keeps me on the phone with my Reps. And this side of #130 did not disappoint. Flame rages.
Then onto the Hamlet side which reinforced what I already knew to be true.
Here is the problem; after reading every word, absorbing every graphic cover to cover, all I want to do right now is go vomit in my toilet, climb onto my couch and pull the quilt up over my head. Middle page of #130 … where's my tiny flower poking up through the asphalt? I need that image. I'm going to a political huddle with my people from the women's March tomorrow night. But I just may need a cold IPA tonight.
yours, on fire,
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Vladimir Build
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The Quintessential Vlad
Intro: I love playing Vlad. With the game the way it is currently, he is by far my favorite tanky-dps champion. So, I thought I would show you how to play him and succeed like me.
1. Runes, Masteries, and Summoner Skills
Basic AP DPS rune set. I prefer Dodge in the yellow slots as AD carries are going to tear you a new one. You have a lot of health, but you have almost no armor, which equals lots of big numbers for enemy carries that are built properly. You could trade them for health or AP, but I don't see the point. Dodging one attack is going to be greater in terms of EHP than the 48.15 health you will get from 9 straight health yellows, and the 2 AP you gain from his passive is just a waste, in my opinion (which is the only one that matters in this guide, write your own guide if you want to be wrong) . The Reds and Blues are a must, do not change them. Quints can be changed if you like. I enjoy starting with +100 health. It makes the early game for Vlad a lot easier (considering he is far-and-away the worst champion early game).
The masteries here focus on increasing your damage and lowering your cooldowns. Getting Vlad as much cooldown reduction without needing to buy CDR items is key. The more Vlad can spam his abilities, the more damage he is doing, and the longer he is living. Utility is just the best tree to have when playing Vlad. We go 21 points down utility because when Vlad has both Ghost and Ignite available it should be a guaranteed kill (I would have said 'is a guaranteed kill', but I didn't want to make you feel bad when you mess it up; cause I know you, and you will).
Ignite and Ghost are the only two summoner spells you should have. The rest of them do too little, or don't give Vlad as much functionality. The only arguably useful summoner skill is Flash. However, when playing Vlad, Ghost is much better than Flash (so stop arguing with me and sit down). Vlad requires the ability to stay with enemies over sustained periods of time, and he also requires a way to get in and out of tower range as fast as possible. Vlad does not need another escape ability. Pool should be more than sufficient, and most of the time you shouldn't be attempting to get away from the fight anyway. Vlad spends most of his time in the middle of the fight, soaking up all the glory (if glory is blood, and soaking up is... soaking up, that got away from me there).
2.Item Build
The item order is highly dependant on how badly you've messed things up. Vlad should always start with Warmog's, Sorcerer's Shoes, and Spirit Visage (math below, I don't think I like you questioning me all the time). These items are essential to keep you alive while you dish out your damage. Warmog's gives you survivability and massive health regen, and obtaining the required 125 creep kills to max it is a breeze (assuming you can press two buttons, when we are talking about you I prefer to not get my hopes up). Sorcerer's Shoes are obvious. Spirit Visage is the second best item for Vlad under Z-Ring, everything on it is useful to him and it is the best 1325 gold you could possible spend (I am not doing the math, you do the math if you want to be proven wrong so badly). After those items are complete, ~17 minutes, you should start building into one of three builds. Below, I've laid out the three styles of Vlad item builds (I call them styles because calling them the "three 'how-****py-are-you' builds" put me over my quota for hyphens in a single sentence).
Doing Extremely Well - A kill before you hit level 9 and no deaths.:
If you use this build and finish your Z-ring with >5 charges on Mejai's - you win. At that point you should be snowballing so hard that the enemy team will be calling you OP for the rest of the game. Once you pull this off you completely understand how Vlad should be played, and I can only hope this guide helped you get there (otherwise why would you be reading it?).
The downside to this build is you MUST have mastered how to use all of Vlad's abilities, and have the timing down perfectly. This build requires that you know how to time a Pool-Ring-Pool combo as you will be missing ~800 health from not having Rylai's early, and you will be below level 18 with a Z-Ring means a longer pool cooldown (or pool-down! What? That was funny. No, screw you!).
Doing well - No kills before 9, but a few after. Low deaths (0-2).:ororor
This build skips Mejai's completely. Chances are you will get a few kills, but after you get them you are more than likely going to die. It's not your fault (unless it is, you should really get better, it's embarrassing). If you lane against someone that knows how to counter early Vlad (more on that later, regrettably) then there isn't much you can do to avoid this scenario (except for the deaths I suppose, really embarrassing).
You still get a Z-ring first in this scenario as it is the most key item for Vlad to have after his initial build up. The Pool-Ring-Pool combo is too strong to pass up, and you are doing well enough that you can build into it and start your Rylai's relatively early in the game. If you find after you've finished the Rylai's that you are completely unstoppable, you can choose to get Mejai's then. It is still the most powerful item if you can keep it above 10 charges (I won't do the math on this for you, you made me work really hard convincing you Warmog's is amazing on Vlad, do it yourself).
The cons of this build come in the reduced damage from the loss of Mejai's mid-game (which is only partially true, it's a loss of damage mostly because of you, if you want the damage so bad why don't you get better?). Unfortunately we can't completely wreck every game (especially you, yeah you, you know who you are). You should still be a massive threat to the enemy team with this build, and you should still have the power to change the game in your favor given your team provides fodder (I may have set my expectations a little high there, I apologize if I made you feel inadequate).
Doing awful - No kills before level 11, and you've died so much your team is calling it a 4v6.:oror
If you are taking this build route then you have completely failed in your laning phase, and have fed the enemy champions so much so that you feel you should uninstall the game, but don't give up just yet (or do, I don't care)! You still have hope of being useful to your team and not making them wish they were never born (like that would ever happen)!
Fortunately for you, and unfortunately for the enemy team, Vlad can only get stronger (even when doing extremely poorly, which is likely when you are playing him). He is never a detriment to a team (the champion, generally YOU can be, I don't vouch for you). First we need to fix that pesky dying problem and start actually helping the team (instead of doing whatever it is you've been doing, you worthless sack of ****).
Rylai's will make all of your problems go away (Rylai's will not actually make all of your problems go away). It will provide the extra health boost you need to stay alive longer, and it will provide utility in the form of slowing down the enemy. We then build the Z-Ring, as I have stated earlier (God, you are slow) it is the most powerful item for Vlad to have after his initial build up. We get the Z-ring second here because if you are doing this poorly, chance are you aren't going to live long enough to Pool-Ring-Pool before you hit level 18.
Once your ring is done you should have turned the game around, or lost and your team completely blames you (you probably deserve it). If by some miracle you stop sucking (unlikely, knowing you), you then need to choose which item you are going to get last. We can't get a Mejai's, you will never be a ROFL-stomper in this game, and you are going to be dying quite often. You're last item choice is going to be whichever will help your team the best.
Void Staff - You are the only caster DPS and the enemy team is stacking magic resistance heavily.
Abyssal Scepter - There are multiple AP DPSers on your team.
Hextech Gunblade - Neither of the above are true.
Like I said, you should still be able to turn the game around at this point as Vlad's ultimate is one of the best team-fight abilities in the game. It is really going to depend on which champions you fed, and how well your other lanes are doing. If it seems like you still have a chance, farm as much as possible and only get into fights after you hit level 11.
3. Opening Strategy and Laning Phase (Levels 1-5) Part 1:
First things first, determine before the game if you will get the solo lane; whichever, it doesn't matter. Vlad MUST have a solo lane. He is extremely selfish. If you try to lane with someone, that person is going to be extremely starved for gold. On top of that you are staying in your <9 stage of the game far too long to be useful. If you haven't realized by now, Vlad is absolutely God-awful from levels 1-5, and lesser so from 6-8 (but still fairly awful). You need to get to level 9 as fast as possible, but why you ask (put your hand down, I can't see you, what are you doing)? At level 9 you get the 5th rank of Transfusion. This is important because we now have a spell on a ~2 second timer that not only does a good amount of damage, but also heals you for around 80-100 every time.
So, let's get to it. Once you have finagled a solo lane, buy your regrowth pendant and go there (duh). If you have failed to secure a solo lane, play something else; you don't deserve to play Vlad (also prepare for a loss, your team is kind of dumb).
Your first job in your lane is to determine how well your enemy knows you (the champion, not you you; no one cares what your favorite color is). You can do this by gauging their reaction to seeing you in the lane (Read 'Countering Vlad' below). On the first wave, run up to the enemy and Q them. If they back up as you are coming in to attack, or retreat after you have hit them, welcome to Easy-Town, Population: You (what I am saying here is you are laning against a moron). If, instead, they proceed to attack you and hit you with whatever ability they took first, prepare for an extremely difficult lane. If after they hit you they continue to chase you down, prepare to hate that person for the next ten minutes as they will be the bane of your existence and you will swear revenge on their firstborn (they know how to counter you, is what I am getting at here).
So now that we know what we are dealing with we have to formulate strategies to deal with our opponent. If you find yourself in Easy-Town with a blood margarita in one hand and the skull of your enemy in the other, proceed to harass the **** out of them for the rest of the laning phase. Spam Q and E on them whenever available and generally act like a giant ******. Back up if they get you below 40% and last hit creeps with Q and E to refill your health. Then go back to harassing them.
However, if you find yourself with someone that seems to know that you aren't a threat early and starts to harass you when you go in to Q, just play it cool near your creeps. You are going to focus on using your Q to last hit as much as possible and only use E to last hit when Q is on cooldown. You can go back and forth with the enemy, but generall you want to completely focus on farming and forget damaging them.
If you find yourself in the worst possible situation, the enemy is standing between you and your creeps and will not let up on harassing you for one second, you might as well whip-out the gimp mask as that will be your role for the next 10 minutes. This situation is only mitigated through smart last hitting and damage mitigation. The enemy knows your weakness, they know how to exploit it, and they are going to be ****ed if you turn into a blood-sucking wrecking ball. Basically, you desperately need your lane pushed up to your tower as that will be your only safe place. Again, focus exclusively on last hitting. Try your best to keep the enemy creeps out of your tower range, and call in a gank if your teammates are doing well. As soon as you get some breathing room you will be in much better shape for the rest of the game.
4. Laning Phase (Levels 6-8) Part 2
You have now hit 6 and have a few new options open to you. If you are laning against a complete moron, it is time to get your first kill. No doubt you have heard of Vlad's extraordinary tower diving ability, well now you get to add to that legend (unless you mess it up, try not to do that, it makes the rest of us look bad).
Once you have hit 6, and are dominating your lane, the enemy champion(s) should have either gone back to base, or they will be hiding near or behind the tower trying desperately to get away from your shear awesomeness. We can't have that, and no stupid tower is going to deny you what is rightfully yours. Once you find you have an opening, the enemy champion either makes a mistake or just over-extends a tiny bit, it is time to pounce. Hit Ghost, as soon as you are in range drop your ult on them, then hit them with a Q and ignite. By now they should be running in horror, a blood-drained, flaming, panicking, bag of sweet, sweet gold. Unfortunately, they are probably in tower range now. Fortunately you are Vlad! You don't give two ****s (possibly even three) about some stupid tower. If the enemy still needs some coaxing to hand over their milk money, hit W and head behind their tower. This solves two problems. First, it stop the tower from hitting you (duh). Second, it gives your Q time to reset. A bit of warning here, your W is going to do almost no damage to the enemy, don't expect it to lower their health more than 50. Once you come out of pool, hit the enemy with another Q and you should have gained your much deserved reward. The next step is to get out of tower range and back to the lane for more farming.
However, if you have just hit 6 and the enemy champion is making you earn every bit of gold. There isn't much you can do unless they mess up. If you see an opening, take it, but generally you are going to focus on farming as much as possible until you hit 9.
5. Mid-game (levels 9-17)
Congratulations! You are now into Vlad's golden phase (or crimson if you are really into the blood puns)! Nothing but smooth sailing for you from now on (unless you really sucked getting here, prepare for verbal harassment instead). Once Vlad hits 9 you should have your Warmog's. If you don't you didn't farm anywhere near enough and you need to try harder. The other thing that should happen when you hit 9 is your first kill, if you haven't gotten it already. You should be able to follow the directions above and net yourself a nice champion kill in your own lane. If that doesn't work, go abuse a different lane! You are Vlad, you do what you want, you own the map, literally (you don't actually literally own the map, Riot does, you just wish you did).
The most important thing to do as Vlad once you hit 9 (other than making the enemy team hate your existence), is be sure to continue to farm. You should be easily able to clear a lane with Q & E. Vlad's items are expensive and he needs them ASAP, so keep with the money making. Also, at this point in the game. Work with your teammates to setup ganks. You should be leaps and bounds ahead of the side lanes, and you should be able to roll in like you own the place (even though you really don't, stop pretending like you do).
Once you have your Z-ring the game changes for you completely, again. The biggest problem with having your ring this early will be that you do not have Pool maxed, and you will rarely be able to Pool-Ring-Pool successfully without either dying or having the entire enemy team dead after your ring wears off (not generally a bad thing, but not as cool either, and Vlad is all about looking cool).
Your biggest and number 1 role in team fights is to drop your ult as early, and on as many enemy champions, as possible. Your second role is to suck up damage so the real carries can do some damage while your ult is up. Your third role is to not die before getting off a pool. If you successfully completely all 3 things, you did your job (pat yourself on the back). If you completed 1 and 2, you still completed your most vital functions (you can pat yourself on the back too, but not as much). If you completed 1, well you made a valiant effort, you should really try to be at the center of the fight more; after all what's the point of all that health if you aren't going to use it? If you failed at all 3, what the hell were you doing? (No pat for you, get in the corner and think about what you've done.)
6. Late Game (18 - ???)
You should now be an unstoppable killing force (or at least somewhat unstoppable, we can't all be amazing all the time, at least that is what you need tell yourself to get through the day). Know your role in team fights and try to hit all 3. With your pool now being on an 8 second cooldown you should be able to live through most fights even with a sliver of health. A small amount of health left isn't necessary a bad thing for Vlad. Firstly, you will lose less and gain more from Pool. Second, Vlad does an amazing job of regenerating his health at all game stages.
7. Pooling
Using Vlad's Pool is a bit of an art-form. Use it too early and you die when you come out, use it too late and you can't you are already dead (why did you wait so long?). Honestly, it really takes familiarity with situations and the hero to know when is the right time. The only advice I can give is DO NOT POOL EARLY. If you are above 50% health the only reason you should be hitting Pool is the enemy has a stunner/silencer and you need to get the hell out ASAP. If you are in a team fight you need to soak up as much damage as possible before you ditch your teammates. Remember, the longer you keep the enemy off your teammates the longer your teammates are killing the enemy (if you needed me to tell you that, you are worse off than I thought).
8. Countering Vlad
I hesitate to put this section in as I love being called overpowered. However, playing as Vlad you need to know when you are out-classed by your enemy, and know what they know so you know how to counter them knowing (still-with-me-five!).
The only way to successfully counter Vlad is to completely shut him down early-game. This is the one and only way to ensure that he will be a complete push-over for the rest of the game. You should generally compete with Vlad in the solo mid lane. You will probably be playing a ranged hero (or at least you should). If you are playing a melee hero you need to switch. Morde, Trynd, Shaco, they won't work. You do not have the harassing power to keep a Vlad down.
Now that you have a proper ranged hero in the solo lane, focus as much as possible as keep Vlad away from your creeps. Every time Vlad gets in range you should have a projectile headed his way. You will more than likely eat a lot of Q's while you do this, but you shouldn't care. Vlad's Q does piddly damage before he hits 7 and there is no way he can spam it enough to keep up with your damage output. Your main goal is to reduce his farming as much as possible. The best strategy is to place yourself between him and the creeps. Ensure that he has to go through you every time he wants to get at the creeps. Do not auto-attack the creeps, only last hit and keep the lane in the middle and close to your tower as much as possible.
If you have done your job Vlad should hit 9 and barely have his starting items. Unfortunately for you, unless you have killed him a few times, he starts being a threat now. Any fight with Vlad at this point is going to be life or death. DO NOT let him Q spam you and run away. Every time he comes at you to Q run him back to the tower. Vlad kills slowly, and if you let him he will slowly suck you down to nothing.
When we get to mid and late game Vlad gets easier to manage because you will have your team with you. Vlad should be priority 1 in any team fight unless you have 0 ways of stopping him from pooling, then, instead, you should worry about the enemy carry first. The main goal is to have everyone beating on Vlad and to get him down before he ever has the chance to hit W. Silence is Vlad's absolute worst enemy, and if you can get it on him you practically guarantee yourself a kill. If he does get a W off, you must focus him when he comes out. You cannot let him stick around. Vlad can and will do massive damage over sustained periods of time and the only way to deal with him is to take him out as soon as possible.
When all is said and done, if the person playing against Vlad in the solo lane has done their job, and your team is competent about handling him in team fights, even the most well-played Vlad is nothing but a minor annoyance at best.
9. Conclusion
Vlad takes some practice, but can be extremely rewarding. He is also the only hero I have played in this game that can single handedly control whether you win or lose (not all the time, but he does tend to play a big part in the overall way the game is going when things are close). So good luck, and have fun!
10. Math
Warmog's seems to be the most controversial item in the game at the moment (and by controversial I mean most people think it is bad just because they can't think for themselves). I will break the item down by cost and then show you what you get.
Warmog's - 770 health, 30 health/5, charges - 3135 gold
Giant's Belt - 430 health - 1110 gold
Ruby Crystal - 180 health - 475 gold
Regrowth Pendant - 15 health/5 - 450 gold
If we use Ruby Crystal as the standard for gold->health (as it is the cheapest +health only item) it comes out to 1 health / 2.64 gold. We do the math again for Rejuvenation Bead (same principle, lowest cost item for the single stat) it comes out to 1 health regen / 31.34 gold. Now let's apply this math to Warmog's at it's lowest form: 770 health and 30 health/5.
770 health x 2.64 gold = 2032.8 gold
30 health/5 x 31.34 gold = 940.2 gold
2032.8 gold + 940.2 gold = 2973 gold
3135 gold - 2973 gold = a loss of 162 gold.
Oh noes, we have lost money! But wait, Warmog's gains charges! Lets apply the math to the bonus health and regen you gain by killing creeps and champions.
450 health x 2.64 gold = 1188 gold
62.5 health/5 x 31.34 gold = 1958.75 gold
1188 gold + 1958.75 gold = 3146.75 gold
3146.75 gold - 162 gold = 2984.75 gold gained
Wow, when you have a maxed out Warmog's it is like gaining an extra 3000 gold over the original item! But you say, who cares about health regen, it is terrible! Bah I say to you, Vlad cares a lot. Considering at level 18 Vlad can pool for 2.5 seconds, ring for 2 seconds, and then pool again for another 2.5 seconds. That entire exchange you just gained nearly 200 health, from doing absolutely nothing. Not only is the regen useful, but a free giant's belt is extremely useful for Vlad.
1 Giants Belt = ~450 health and 18 AP for Vlad (after all is said and rounded out).
Warmog's charges = ~475 health and 19 AP for the cost of a Giant's Belt.
On top of that, lets take a look at Vlad's Sanguine Pool.
Vladimir sinks into a pool of blood for 2.5 seconds, becoming untargetable and slowing enemies above him by 50%.
Damage: 80 / 135 / 190 / 245 / 300 (+15% of bonus Health) Heal Vlad for 12.5% of the damage done.
15% of bonus health from a max Warmog's alone = 183 more damage every time you pool to everything above you. On top of that 183 more damage to a single target means Vlad heals for an additional 22.875 health per target; just from the Warmog's alone. Now lets imagine 5 targets above you, fairly easy to come by late game. That is an extra 114.375 health that Vlad would have never gotten from his pool . 5 is an extremely low example number. End game, not having 10 or more total units above you is rare. This not only mitigates the health lost from pooling in the first place, depending on how low you were when you pooled, it can give you an extremely large boost of health in the middle of a fight. Throw in a Pool-Ring-Pool combo and you just got yourself a large amount of health twice, as well as doing over 800 damage to everything above you with just Warmog's before resistances. Also don't forget the health we are regenerating at all times. Warmog's alone will give you an extra 200 (absolute bare minimum) health every time you Pool-Ring-Pool combo. No other item in the game is going to do that for you. And no other item in the game is going to help keep you alive as long as Warmog's. (except maybe Z-ring, but it's not the best item for him for nothing)
A last thought, if I still haven't sold you. Vlad relies on prolonged fights. His burst is not amazing. The truth of the matter is, the longer you live in the fight, the better chances you have of winning. Vlad should never die instantly. He will never be completely obliterated before he can cast a spell. If you can't live in a team fight for more than 10 seconds as Vlad you are really doing something wrong. He is king of prolonging the encounter. Warmog's is stronger the longer Vlad is alive, and the longer he is below 100% health (which is generally all the time). You aren't going to find a better item at keeping you in the fight for as long as possible in 1 item slot. If you still disagree with me, I challenge you to make your case. I have laid out mine, so you already have an advantage. Get to it!


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Stern test awaits championship field
Club director says ladies will be challenged in title tournament
BRYAN, Texas – John Saffle's eyes light up and his southern accent sports a little bit more drawl when he talks about Traditions Club, the home course for Texas A&M and the site for this week's Division I Women's Golf National Championship.
"The course is so natural," said Saffle, the course's Director of Golf and a former member of the Texas A&M men's golf team in the mid-80s. "We didn't move a lot of dirt to design the golf course. We used the terrain. There's a lot of elevation and dips and things. So we didn't have to change a whole lot."
To that end, the course this 24-team, six-individual field will see beginning Wednesday will be largely unchanged from the course that the Texas A&M women's golf team deals with during the season.
"We've added a lot of flowers and things, but we haven't changed anything as far as playability."
Saffle says that alone produces enough of a challenge.
"It's not long, but it plays long. Does that make sense?" Saffle asked with a grin. "Jack Nicklaus designed the course, so he's really good at putting bunkers where you wish they weren't. There's a lot of obstacles on the course that make up for the fact that the fairways are a little bit generous."
And there's also a little "gift" that Mother Nature provided late last week.
"We finally got some rain, so that made the rough come up a little bit. We hadn't had any rain since January, so we'll have a little rough."
Where the course really gets tough, Saffle says, is around the greens.
"Missing the green in the right spot in important, because if you miss it in the wrong spot, it's pretty penal. Again, that's Nicklaus' design. He's a placement guy."
Golf courses usually have one hole where reputations are made – or ruined. Saffle says at Traditions Club, it's actually four.
"Any of the holes from 15 through 18 can turn the tournament around," he said. "[No.] 15 is a usually a par-5 but they're going to play it as a par-4, so it's going to be a long par-4."
To be exact, No. 15 will play 384 yards. Life doesn't get any easier from there. The par-3 16th is a par-3 with water in play with a narrow green and ominous bunkering on both sides.
"That's a game changer right there," Saffle said.
Saffle calls the par-4 17th "just a beatdown." It features a large tree in the middle of the fairway playing to a double green that's shared with the par-5 eighth over a ravine with the ever-present bunkers.
The home hole, the par-5 18th, provides an interesting, if not nail-biting conclusion. At just 447 yards, it's "risk-reward." Players will have to decide whether to try and hit the green in two and risk a mistake, or play it safe and lay-up.
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The whole field may be chasing Tennesse junior Erica Popson. Popson, a native of Florida, won the Bryan National Collegiate at Traditions Club in late March. She followed that up with victories at the Rebel Intercollegiate, the SEC Championships and the NCAA West Regional. She opened the SEC's with a 66.
"I've never seen anybody do what she's doing in college golf," said Tennessee head coach Judi Pavon. "She's been doing everything well, and she's staying confident and positive. She's hitting the ball great. I'm really proud of her and looking forward to see what she can do at Nationals."
The nation's top-ranked female, Georgia's Marta Silva Zamora, is in the field as a single. Through 29 rounds this season, she sits at 14 under par.
"Marta is wired differently than just about everyone else," Georgia head coach Kelly Hester said. "She's the type of person that psychologists write books about."
After her individual win at the ACC Championships, Cheyenne Woods got a lot of attention. Woods, the niece of Tiger Woods, sits 23rd in the Golfweek/Sagarin individual rankings with a stroke average of 71.89.
On the team side, top-ranked USC heads to Bryan riding a two-tournament win streak. The Women of Troy won the Pac-10 Conference championship, then ran away with the NCAA West Regional, besting the field by 10 strokes.
Second-ranked UCLA makes its 11th consecutive appearance in the tournament after a five-win campaign and third-ranked Alabama won the NCAA East Regional to qualify for its sixth consecutive NCAA tournament.
Two schools are making their first NCAA tournament appearance. Coastal Carolina became the first team in school and Big South Conference history to qualify for the tournament after the Chanticleers finished fourth at the NCAA East Regional on May 7th. They are led by sophomore Jessica Alexander, who was the medalist at the Big South Tournament and she tied for third at the East Regional.
Notre Dame also makes its first NCAA appearance this week after finishing fifth in the Central Regional at the Warren Golf Course in South Bend, their home course. Freshman Nicole Zhang led the Irish in that event, finishing eighth individually.


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This is the final post on the manual moderation feature, where we will cover how to deal with the case of multiple users logged in moderating or viewing the same wall. The problem was that whenever two pages of the wall were open at the same time, there was no way to tell if another page was polling for tweets, so there would be duplicate tweets added to the database, which would then show up on both walls. This had to be solved as it is expected to have multiple displays or moderators for each wall.
To solve this, we needed to be able to store the user-wall id that was currently polling from the server. Not only did an open page have to check if there was another page polling, but also when the page was closed, the store would have to remove the user-wall id, so that when another open page checked it could start polling and store it's user-wall id.
This connecting and disconnecting behavior can be detected through websocket events, and socket.io has a convenient way for us to listen to these events on the server:
[code language="javascript"]
var server = express();
var s = http.createServer(server);
var io = require('socket.io')(s);
var pollingWalls = {};
var clientIds = {};
io.on('connection', function (socket) {
// Create and join UserwallId room when user opens page
socket.on('create', function(userWallId) {
// When close window, use the socket.id to remove from maps so another poll can pass
socket.on('disconnect', function() {
var clientWallPolls = clientIds[socket.id];
pollingWalls[wallId] = null;
delete clientIds[socket.id];
// Check duplicate, start if no one else polling
socket.on('checkDup', function(data){
var clients_in_the_room = io.sockets.adapter.rooms[data.userWallId];
var isNoOneElsePolling = pollingWalls[data.userWallId] === socket.id || !pollingWalls[data.userWallId];
var result = clients_in_the_room.length === 1 || isNoOneElsePolling;
var responseEmit = 'checkDupSuccess'+ data.userWallId+ data.socketId;
socket.emit(responseEmit, result);
// Start polling and mark poller
// Pre-cond: no one else polling / previous poller leaves
socket.on('addPollingWalls', function(userWallId){
pollingWalls[userWallId] = socket.id;
var clientWalls = clientIds[socket.id];
if(clientWalls.indexOf(userWallId) === -1){
I have pasted the server events(above) and client events(below) so that it is easier to view and explain:
[code language="javascript"]
var init = function() {
// … other config
socket.emit('create', $stateParams.user + $stateParams.id);
// Timeout that checks for multiple users on the same wall
vm.update2 = function(refreshTime) {
return $timeout(function() {
socket.emit('checkDup', {userWallId:userWallId, socketId:socketId});
}, refreshTime);
// Event listener that polls if there are no duplicates
socket.on('checkDupSuccess'+userWallId+socketId, function(result){
SearchService.initData(searchParams).then(successCb, errorCb);
socket.emit('addPollingWalls', userWallId);
In server.js, we use two objects – 'pollingWalls' to map the walls that are currently polling to the userId, and 'clientIds' to map each user to the walls that has the user has opened, so we do not have to traverse the whole object.
We also use socket.io rooms to check if there is no one else polling on the same wall. socket.join allows the connected user to join an existing room or create one if it does not exist. Each room is marked by their user-wall id. In the client code, (in wallDisplay.js the controller for the wall display page), the 'create' event is emitted when a user opens a wall.
The other 2 event listeners on the server are to check if there are duplicate users.
Before each polling interval, in the timeout function below, the 'checkDup' event is emitted, carrying with it the userwallId and the socketId. The event listener on server (as seen above) checks if there are no other users in the room with 'io.sockets.adapter.rooms[data.userWallId]' or nobody polling 'var isNoOneElsePolling = pollingWalls[data.userWallId] === socket.id || !pollingWalls[data.userWallId];'. It then emits an event 'checkDupSuccess' carrying the boolean result to the specific 'socket.id' of the client that requested the check.
If the check passes then the angular 'SearchService' is called, and another event 'addPollingWalls' is emitted to store the 'userWallId' and associate it with the client's socket.id in the 'pollingWalls' and 'clientIds' object.
Create your own walls at: loklak-wall.herokuapp.com


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Managing redundancy for pregnant employees or those on maternity leave
Many employers are unsure of a woman's rights when pregnant or on maternity leave. Add a redundancy situation to the equation and what you can get are potential misunderstandings and confusion.
Acas and the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) have developed short good practice guidance to help small businesses and employers deal effectively and fairly with pregnancy and maternity when one of their employee's is facing redundancy.
The new guide Managing redundancy for pregnant employees or those on maternity leave [298kb] uses good practice examples, a flow chart and a section on "myth busting" to explain to employers their obligations and how to manage employees fairly.
It sets out four important questions you should ask when considering which posts to make redundant:
- Is the redundancy genuine?
- How do I consult employees on maternity leave?
- How do I decide the right selection criteria?
- Is there a suitable alternative?
To test yourself, try answering 'true' or 'false' to the following statements:
"If an employee is on maternity leave it is illegal for an employer to contact her about any work related issues?"
"You can't criticise the performance or conduct of a pregnant employee?"
"If I make a pregnant employee redundant, I don't have to pay them maternity pay as well?"
Find out the answers in our guidance booklet Managing redundancy for pregnant employees or those on maternity leave [298kb].


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Unrestricted Gifts
Unrestricted gifts permit TSRI to achieve landmark disease research results through the crucial research support of our world-class faculty, as well as the purchase of new state-of-the-art equipment – leading to development of new therapies.
Retention and Funding of Key Faculty
Unrestricted gifts have assisted one of our scientists, Professor Luc Teyton, during a critical gap in his funding, stabilizing his important research program so that he has been able to maintain productivity while external funding and private funding have been temporarily disrupted. Dr. Teyton has provided an answer to the 40-year-old mystery of how certain genetic mutations lead to Type 1 diabetes. This new molecular understanding could lead to novel therapies for the disease, as well as celiac disease, and other autoimmune diseases.
Young scientists face an incredibly challenging funding environment Unrestricted gifts have also assisted three of our young scientists, Assistant Professor Katja Lamia, Associate Professor Changchun Xiao, and Assistant Professor Takanori Otomo through providing critical institutional support so that they can explore new approaches and generate preliminary data in their disease research programs. As a result, these young scientists will be able to compete successfully for subsequent major federal grants and remain in clinical research – a tremendous future return on investment, which ensures leading science in the years ahead.
Dr. Lamia is a gifted young scientist involved in cutting-edge cancer research. She has demonstrated great promise and innovation in her work. She has shown that two proteins critical for maintaining healthy day-night cycles also protect against mutations that could lead to cancer. A disruption of this circadian clock means a greater likelihood of some kind of pathology, like cancer, diabetes, or heart disease. The two proteins which Dr. Lamia studied have an unexpected role in DNA repair, possibly protecting cells from cancer-causing mutations triggered by UV radiation. She might eventually harness this knowledge for pharmaceutical targeting to regulate tumor formation.
Dr. Xiao is a promising young investigator who is advancing discovery and innovation. His research suggests that small RNAs play critical roles in immune responses, autoimmune diseases, and lymphoma, which could lead to better diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to diseases of the immune system. His research has focused on a cluster of six microRNAs known as miR-17-92, which have been found to overproduce in lymphomas, leukemias, brain cancers, breast cancers, prostate cancers, and other tumor types. Dr. Xiao also studies lupus, a chronic and potentially fatal autoimmune disorder, and has found a good target for future therapies.
Dr. Otomo has determined how two proteins help create organelles, or specialized subunits within a cell, that play a vital role in maintaining cell health. This discovery opens the door for research on substances that could interfere with the formation of these organelles and lead to new therapies for cancer. The study solved a big mystery—scientists had known that the proteins were linked, but no one had explained clearly why.
Cutting-Edge Equipment for Scientists
Unrestricted gifts helped purchase a new Nikon microscope and instrumentation upgrades which allow TSRI researchers with rapid access to probe more deeply and clearly into the microscopic elements of cells by using the latest in advanced molecular and atomic imaging technology. The system provides nearly two times the resolution as conventional optical microscopes and enables detailed visualization of minute intracellular structures and their interactive functions. It also delivers a highly uniform field of illumination across a broad spectrum range into the near infra-red, previously unseen in many imaging modes.
These are just a few of the ways that unrestricted gifts are achieving breakthroughs and saving lives in critical disease areas.


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FCC filings are typically all the same. We get a model number, a few confidentiality letters and an image of where the FCC's label will be placed on handset. We're typically treated to a lot more details once the handset has launched, but who wants to scour the FCC for handset images when you can walk into your local carrier and play with the real deal?
This time around, the FCC has decided to share the whole package all at once, giving us a close look at the HTC Merge and all its internal components. It's no secret that the HTC Merge would eventually end up on Verizon, but it's amusing that the FCC went through the trouble of covering up Verizon's logo on the front of the phone in all their pictures and yet somehow forgot that the handset's manual has Verizon's branding all over it.
Verizon has yet to acknowledge that the HTC Merge is launching on their network. The official HTC Merge announcement stated that the handset would launch in early Spring. Since spring officiall kicks off on March 20th, we're guessing Verizon has plans to launch the Merge right around CTIA (March 22-24), similar to Sprints launched the HTC EVO Shift 4G at CEA back in January.


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Following the runaway success of "The Walking Dead," AMC might bring another Robert Kirkman creation to TV.
AMC has announced that Kirkman is developing a drama based on his new heist comic "Thief of Thieves," for the cable network. Published by Image/Skybound, the series follows Conrad Paulson, the world's greatest thief on a mission to steal only items that already have been stolen in an effort to atone for all of his wrongdoings. Kirkman and artist Shawn Martinbrough created the comic. It debuted Feb. 8 and sold out the same day.