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"Anything you do has to be personnel-driven," Kelly said, when asked a question about offensive adaptations flowing out of the college game into the NFL. "You've gotta be able to adapt to the personnel that you have. There's a lot of great offenses out there, but does it fit with the personnel you have? I think the key is being sure what you're doing is giving your players the chance to be successful."
Kelly's innovative, run-based spread offense is a huge unknown, when it comes to the pass-driven NFL. Some of Kelly's ideas have filtered into the league, but recent NFL rules changes have heavily tipped the pro game toward passing. It has been suggested that Kelly's offensive acumen could lead him to design something substantially different, if he were faced with NFL challenges.
"I don't think anybody knows any answers, until someone does it," Kelly said when your Eagletarian asked him how he thought his offense might work in the NFL. "I think the Washington Redskins (with Robert Griffin III) are doing a pretty good job -- I forgot the name of their quarterback -- but he's done a decent job, and the kid at Carolina (Cam Newton) has done a pretty good job. It depends. I don't know. I've never coached in that league. I've visited practices and talked to people about it, but the one thing about that, the one thing about everything is, you've got to have good players. I think sometimes the coaching aspect is way overrated. We don't play the game. College football is a personnel-driven game, the National Football League is a personnel-driven game. Your job as a coach, very simply, is to put your players in position where they can make plays, then get out of the way so they can go make 'em."
The "personnel-driven" part might be especially pertinent to Eagles fans; slow-footed Nick Foles would seem to be the polar opposite of a prototypical Kelly quarterback.
Kelly talked about how he developed his spread attack.
"It really started for us, to be honest with you, when we were at New Hampshire and we were running out of fullbacks," he said. "We still wanted to be able to run the ball, but we wanted to be able to get our best 11 guys on the field. It really just started to develop more out of necessaity than that we wanted to change. It was just, 'how can we still be an effective team?' We were in the Northeast. You've got to be able to run the ball when you're in areas like that, because of the weather ... 'What's the best way to try to expand our running game, but still get our best personnel on the field?' "
Kelly showed a flash of wit when asked about recruiting fullbacks.
"That's a tough sell. 'Come to our program. You're 6-foot-2. We want you to be a glorified guard in the backfield. You'll graduate at 5-foot-10. You're just going to run full speed and slam full speed into people. No one's going to know who you are. We'll put a 30 number on you, but you really should have a 60 number.' There's not a lot of kids out there that want to play that position ... most of those guys want to be linebackers. I don't fault them, either."
Kelly has not addressed whether he will be willing to move to the NFL after wrapping up his season Thursday, but people around the Oregon program seem to assume he will. Kelly came close to taking the Tampa Bay Bucs coaching job last year.
It's interesting that Kelly is in the Phoenix area right now, because a source close to former Eagles coach Andy Reid confirmed Wednesday that Reid was heading to the Valley of the Sun to interview with the Cardinals for their vacant head coaching job. Reid met with Kansas City Chiefs officials in Philadelpbhia before beginning his journey, the source confirmed.
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The ancestors of Eradan were members of a noble family from Númenor, who served Elendil. After the Downfall of Númenor they went in exile to Middle-earth and lived in Arnor, where they served the heirs of Elendil. After the fall of that kingdom they continued to serve the Chieftains of the Dúnedain.Dúnedain settlement in the Angle, while his father, Baranor, served Aragorn as an Ranger. While Baranor and a company of Dúnedain patrolled the Misty Mountains he didn't return. After the lose of his father, Eradan was fostered by his uncle, Dunhir.
Life as a Ranger
After he was grown up he started his training to be a Ranger. After only two years he completed his training and started to fight the Orcs of the Misty Mountains and Trolls who roamed the eas tof Eriador. Eradan gained a high reputation as swordsman and archer, and his skills as outdoorsman and tracker were exceptional high.
When Aragorn doubled the defenses of the Shire Eradan served as one of the guards of Sarn Ford for many years under the command of Halbarad. In T.A. 3016 Aragorn became more active in the Shire's defense. In this time Eradan impressed Aragorn with his skills and bravery. Eradan accompenied Aragorn on many of his travels, on which Aragorn taught him even more about tracking.[1] In T.A. 3018 he met Farin and Andriel as they joined the guards of the Sarn Ford.[2]
War of the RingNazgûl attacked the Sarn Ford all three fought under the command of Halbarad in an attempt to prevent them entering the Shire. They were defeated and most of the rangers were killed. After the attack, Eradan, Andriel and Farin saw and overheard a meeting between the Witch-king and Agandaûr. Agandaûr told the Witch-king he had assembled an army of Orcs and Goblins in Fornost.
Halbarad sent the three to Bree, where they meet with Aragorn in the Prancing Pony. They tell Aragorn what happened, who sends them to Fornost, where they have to stop Agandaûr's army before it attacks Bree.[3]
One of his most unique skills is envision, which allows him to move undetected behind enemies and attack them in the flank. He fights with both a bow and a sword, and is good in tracking enemies.[4]
The player is able to change and customize the look of Eradan. Although Eradan is only his thirties he looks older, because of his life in the wilderness.[1]
See Also
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Human Character: Eradan's History", War in the North (accessed 24 December 2011)
- ↑ "The Road to War", War in the North (accessed 24 December 2011)
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, Prologue
- ↑ Gamespot Asia, The Lord of the Rings: War in the North Q&A, dated 31 January, 2011 (accessed at 23 July, 2011)


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It was only four days after she died that somebody first broached the subject of the next phase of my love life. The funeral service had been that morning. Afterwards, in the midst of people offering their condolences, one of the guests told me, "One day, if you're ready, you'll find love again."
I appreciated that the sentiment was couched in a hypothetical statement, particularly since such concerns were the farthest thing from my mind.
It didn't come up again until the summer. I was at a party where many of the guests were her friends -- including Rachel, one of her sorority sisters. We talked about her job, her husband and her son. With a mix of hope and concern, Rachel asked me, "Are you seeing anybody?" It wasn't a casual question.
"No," I replied. "I'm not really interested in that."
Rachel looked a little surprised and disappointed. "It's been eight months," she said. That's how I found out about the timeline people expected me to be on. At some point prior to eight months, my status was supposed to change from widowed to single.
Her friends mean well when they want me to "move on" this way, but it still strikes me as strange. There are a whole host of unwritten rules about relationships that people begin learning in high school through trial and error. Seeing her friends trying to play matchmaker for me instinctually feels like a violation of the code. But of course, there is no betrayal here -- this is just a situation that we never had to think about as teenagers.
Why do her friends want to set me up with other women? I try to understand what motivates them to bring it up, and the reasoning shifts over time. In Rachel's case, I think she wanted some evidence that I was getting better, that I was no longer the shell-shocked man who fumbled his way through the eulogy.
The dating question makes me anxious every time it pops up. It forces me to reveal more than I want to. Admitting to my lack of interest in rebuilding my life is like confessing that the months and years aren't helping me heal. Nevertheless, the questions keep coming and, as time passes, people become more direct. Simple questions about dating (Are you dating?) grow into opinions (You should be dating) and requests (Let me set you up with somebody).
Kimberly, another one of her friends, is passing through town. We haven't seen each other since the funeral, so we meet at a diner for breakfast to catch up over scrambled eggs and pancakes. Since Kimberly's six-year-old daughter is also there, our conversation leans heavily on implications. "How are you doing?" she asks, looking into my eyes for a real answer. When I tell her I'm doing as well as I can, she understands what I mean.
Kimberly wants to know if she can set me up. I politely decline the offer with the same explanation I gave Rachel: I'm not really interested in that right now. Kimberly accepts my answer without objection.
After we finish eating breakfast, we walk to a playground. I push Kimberly's daughter on the swings, but not as high as she wants to go. Her dad probably pushes her harder, but I'm nervous about breaking somebody else's child. People seem so fragile to me.
Kimberly and I watch her daughter play on the slide. We're standing just far away enough for us to have an uncensored adult conversation. "You're really good with kids," she says as she looks at me with unmasked sadness. "Are you sure we can't set you up with somebody?"
Why do her friends want to set me up with other women? Earlier over breakfast, Kimberly was asking the question because she wanted to fix my widowhood with another woman. Later on the playground, after sensing my untapped potential as a father, her concern shifted from me being alone to me having no future to call my own.
Whatever their reasoning is, people inevitably come to the same solution: they can cure me with a woman. The problem is that this prescription is based on a misdiagnosis of my condition. Yes, I am alone, but I am not lonely. I do not yearn to build a new future with somebody, whoever she may be. I do, however, miss the very specific future I once had with her.
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No. 10 Louisville downs Seton Hall 79-61
No. 10 Louisville downs Seton Hall 79-61
Feb. 24, 2013
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Gorgui Dieng liked every aspect of his jump shot on Saturday, from how the ball felt in his hands to his release.
That was clear from the number the 6-foot-10 Louisville center took against Seton Hall, to say nothing of his range. Dieng scored a career-high 23 points on 10-of-11 shooting to help the No. 10 Cardinals pull away from Seton Hall for a 79-61 victory.
Seven of his Dieng's baskets were medium range, catching the Pirates off guard. The shot itself was nothing new, but he needed to take it more often. At the urging of Louisville coach Rick Pitino, he did it frequently.
"To be honest with you, I was very frustrated because I worked so hard in the summer to get that shot," said Dieng, who also grabbed eight rebounds and blocked three shots. "I started making it at the beginning of the season, then I broke my (left) wrist. I came back and I was missing it, kept missing it.
"Coach told me, 'I know you can make it, don't worry about it. If you miss it, you miss it. If you make it keep playing. One shot in the game isn't going to change the game. So today, I was wide open. I just shot it."
Russ Smith added 19 points and Luke Hancock made three 3-pointers and finished with 13 points as the Cardinals (22-5, 10-4) won their third straight to move into a three-way tie for second place in the Big East with Syracuse and Marquette — both of which lost Saturday — and a game behind first-place Georgetown, which beat Syracuse.
Against Seton Hall, Louisville wanted to firm up its game ahead of an important stretch run including next week's showdown at No. 8 Syracuse. The Cardinals succeeded on just about every count, forcing 21 turnovers including 12 steals and shooting 26 of 57 (45.6 percent) in sweeping the season series.
Their total included 7 of 15 from 3-point range, but the main topic afterward was Dieng's confidence with his shooting and the way it could benefit Louisville down the road.
"It opens up the floor in a way that you really can't describe," Smith said. "They have to come out. I can slash and get some easy layups off Gorgui's man. He's going to knock it down every time. That's Gorgui's shot. When I go one on one, I tell him to shoot that shot, even when he's in the post. When he goes over that right shoulder he's always going to knock that down."
Aaron Cosby scored 14 second-half points for 17 to lead Seton Hall (13-15, 2-13), which dropped its ninth straight.
Eugene Teague added 16 points, Brian Oliver 12 and Fuquan Edwin 11 for the Pirates, who shot 23 of 52 (44 percent).
Louisville's offensive effort followed Pitino's recent practice shift toward players working on their respective strengths. Dieng, for example, has focused on shooting jumpers, which has been effective for him when used.
The individualized effort clearly benefited Dieng, who sank two jumpers from the foul line along with a tip-in to give Louisville an 8-2 lead. Oliver, Cosby, Edwin and Karlis Haralds combined for four jumpers including three from beyond the arc, keying Seton Hall's 17-9 spurt to put them up by two.
Seton Hall's zone defense also stifled Louisville during that run, no doubt due to coach Kevin Willard's familiarity with Pitino's system as a former Cardinals assistant.
Louisville snapped out of it and took over from there, closing the half with a 23-7 run over the final 9:40 of the half for a 40-26 lead at the break. Four 3-pointers helped — notable for a team hitting just 32 percent from beyond the arc coming in — while Dieng added a couple more soft jumpers en route to a 10-point half.
"I knew he was good, but tonight he was just automatic from mid-range," Teague said of Dieng. "The kid didn't miss."
The Cardinals made five of seven from long range and 13 of 28 overall from the field (46 percent), while their signature defense made seven steals and forced 11 turnovers leading to 10 points. Seton Hall hit just 10 of 26 field goal attempts.
Injuries have plagued the Pirates, with Brandon Mobley's season-ending shoulder surgery being the most recent. And that lack of depth became a factor as they fell behind by 19 several times in the second half.
"That's the tough thing for us. We get out of gas quickly," Willard said. "That's been our issue. We have to battle so hard to stay in it because we're not playing with a power forward and we only have one guard substitute. I'm really happy with the way the guys are still fighting out there."


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Those who knew Arthur Lee Brown described him as talented, generous and charismatic, a man willing to share the meat from a newly killed hog with everyone in his rural community. They wonder why in the world anyone would want to kill him and his best friend, David Eugene McKoy.
Brown was 78; McKoy, 66. Wake County sheriff's investigators ruled their deaths on July 19 a double homicide and have arrested three men.
The three are accused of robbing and killing Brown and McKoy at Brown's home on Howard Road, off Wagstaff Road. Investigators believe the men were shot to death either late July 17 or the morning of July 18.
Deputies arrested Gregory Adalverto Crawford, 21, of Fuquay-Varina and Kevin Bernard Britt, 20, of Holly Springs on Saturday. The third man, Donovan Jevonte Richardson, 21, of Holly Springs surrendered at the Wake County jail Sunday morning.
Crawford, Britt and Richardson each face two counts of murder, robbery with a dangerous weapon, conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon, burglary, and conspiracy to commit burglary.
The evident sadness and occasional laughter heard at Brown's funeral last month was tempered by anger and calls for justice.
David McKoy's nephew, James McKoy, a 48-year-old Cumberland County pastor, struck a vengeful note when he said, "I hope they catch the dogs who did this. I pray they don't get no sleep. I pray when they look in the rearview mirror they see Arthur and David behind them.
"I pray when they cross the street someone walks up to them and says, 'I know what you did last summer.' "
The pews at St. Augusta Missionary Baptist Church overflowed with more than 350 mourners, including Fuquay-Varina Mayor John W. Byrne.
"Fuquay-Varina is a lot like Camelot – a wonderful, wonderful place," Byrne said. "Arthur Brown was one of those people who made it wonderful."
Byrne described Brown as a true boulevardier – a man about town – "the dresser, who always polished up good" and seldom went anywhere without a sporting hat atop his head. Byrne noted that an official "Mayor of Fuquay-Varina" pin was affixed to the lapel of the suit that clothed Brown's body at the funeral service.
"He deserved it," Byrne said. "Everybody in Fuquay-Varina loved Arthur Brown. Arthur was a special man."
The mayor described McKoy as a muscular man with Bunyanesque strength, who could lift a tree that took seven men to put into the bed of a truck.
McKoy worked in tandem with Brown doing jobs "that nobody else wanted to be bothered with," said Byrne, who added that the two men "deeply … cared for one another."
'Like brothers'
Brown and McKoy's relationship had deepened in recent months after Brown's sister in-law and McKoy's mother both died of natural causes. Before his mother's death, McKoy had split time living with her and Brown.
"They were like brothers," James McKoy said. "We were trying to find my uncle an apartment, and Arthur told me, 'Well, Rev., I don't know. I don't want David to have no apartment, because I don't want nobody taking advantage of him.' "
Brown was a native of Waxhaw, grew up in Union County and was raised by his aunt and uncle after his parents died. He apprenticed under his uncle, Roosevelt Brown, in the cement and concrete trade and eventually started his own company, A.L. Brown Cement Contractor Grading & Hauling.
Brown and McKoy worked together for more than 35 years.
Giving back to the community where he lived and prospered was important to Brown.
In the 1980s, Brown lent Carl Trice, the funeral home director who buried him Sunday, $10,000 because he was having financial difficulty. Brown gave Trice the money even though he never asked for a loan.
"My daddy had just died," said Trice, director of Trice Funeral Home in Fuquay-Varina. "He asked me what was the problem. I told him I was 'money sick.' He asked me what did I need and told me to meet him at the bank in the morning. I met him at 10:00 and he loaned me $10,000 without blinking an eye."
Several years ago, Marion Funderburk was appointed pastor at Rogers Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church where Brown was a member.
"He was one of the first people I met," Funderburk said. "He and his wife allowed me, my wife and our daughter to stay at their house for a little over a year. Not only that, but they didn't charge me one, red cent. … He was good to me."
Brown's first cousin, Vincent Cassell, 62, of Virginia, heard what Funderburk said and softly murmured from the back of the church, "Arthur was good to everybody."
An annual party
Two months before the shootings, McKoy moved in to Brown's Howard Road home, a sprawling cream-colored house with a red-tin roof. The site remained a secured crime scene last week; yellow police tape encircled the home and Brown's work trucks, trailers and heavy equipment. The sheep and goats that he sometimes kept in a pen in the backyard were gone.
Less than a month before the men died, Brown hosted a party at the home. It was an annual, daylong affair that attracted well over 100 people.
On July 19, Brown's family members who lived near him on Howard Road called 911 to report the fatal shootings. A basement door had been kicked in, and several family members recalled a pre-dawn disturbance before finding Brown's body stretched across his bed, dead of at least one gunshot wound.
"There were things thrown on the floor in the bedroom, like they were looking for something," said Chelsea Elliot, Brown's 20-year-old niece. "Was it money from the company, or did someone have it in for him?"
Brown's family found McKoy's body in a smaller room. Elliot said McKoy appeared to have been shot while he was still asleep because his blanket was still up to his chest.
Brown's nephew, Carl Diggs, who also lives on Howard Road, thinks the killers knew the layout of the home. Diggs said surveillance cameras that flanked the front of Brown's home had been disconnected and were pointed upward.
News researcher Peggy Neal contributed to this report.


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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A woman and her two toddler children were found dead Tuesday in a violent and horrific scene that authorities said has shocked even veteran law enforcement.
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — A southern Illinois prosecutor says a freeway wreck that killed five van passengers returning from a California ministry conference was a tragic accident and the driver won't be charged.
Fayette County State's Attorney Joshua Morrison says Malcolm Purnell of Camden, N.J. had no alcohol or illegal drugs in his system during the May wreck on Interstate 70. He was driving with a suspended license.
Morrison says toxicology tests showed the 45-year-old had medications in his bloodstream, but those were given to him while he was hospitalized after the accident about 70 miles east of St. Louis.
The five people killed in the crash, all from Baltimore, were among 11 passengers in the van.
Purnell has declined repeated requests by The Associated Press for an interview.


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I first met TNA Knockout Lisa Marie Varon (AKA "Tara") at Wizard World Chicago Comic-Con a few years ago. She was seated in the autograph area that was set up for all the pro wrestlers who attended the annual pop-culture convention in Rosemont, IL. When I approached her, I fessed up to being a "total mark" for her, having been a fan since her days in the WWE as the Diva named "Victoria." She humored the awkward geek that I was, and we did an interview for Youtube, where she talked about her experiences in WWE/TNA, moving away from Chicago and being my date to the prom (see video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDBWZ0MJKKM). Soon after, Varon became a fixture in the world of Geek To Me when she stepped up and helped run the "Geek Fit Challenge." (If you're wondering who won the GFC, I'll give you a hint: it wasn't me.)
Since then, Varon has returned to Chicago with her husband and dogs after they moved to the South in the 90's. Along with working a full schedule with TNA, she is opening a pizza place named The Squared Circle (2418 N. Ashland Ave., Chicago, IL). And for the first time in years, she will be wrestling in front of her hometown fans when TNA Impact is broadcast from the Sears Center in Hoffman Estates on Thursday, March 14th.
I was able to catch her while she was on the road, traveling to one of her many appearances. We spoke by phone about the move back to Chicago; the challenges of going from WWE to TNA; and what advice she had for female athletes wanting to follow in her footsteps:
Geek To Me: You're living back in Chicago again, what made you decide to come back?
Lisa Marie Varon: I lived here in the 90's and lived here for 5 years, but I had to move to Kentucky for wrestling. (I was) working in a territory there, so I learned to wrestle there. We opened a pizza place there, and opened a custom car shop. Once that closed down, I saw my husband looking at Chicago real estate and said "Oh my god are we going to move back?" and he said "Do you want to?" I said "absolutely!" The next weekend, (we) got a rental car, drove to Chicago, met with a real estate agent about looking for homes, for permanent residency.
I cannot tell you how much I love Chicago. When I drive into the city and see the skyline, my heart quivers and I get super, super excited. It's my home. I love the people there, people are super nice there. I love the city life, and it's clean. The summers are terrific. I'm a Cubs fan, a Bulls fan, a Bears fan. There's nothing like Chicago.
Geek To Me: What kind of challenge has it been for you making the transition from WWE to TNA?
Lisa Marie Varon: Oh gosh, no difficulties at all. I had a lot of freedom going to TNA. They told me to do what I do best. And I wasn't used to that, having so much freedom. Its heaven, I'll be honest with you. Don't get me wrong, I loved WWE too, I learned all my craft and psychology - how to be fierce in the ring - from Fit Finley. I don't have any hard feelings. (But) I wasn't used to getting that much time on TV, having Dixie Carter - our boss - who is very "pro-woman", she gave us a lot of time on TV.
And that's what I say about the WWE girls, people are like "you need to help the WWE Divas", I get tweets like that all the time. I'm like "it's not their fault, it's their time on TV!" They don't get to showcase their talent; there are very talented girls there. And there aren't very many places where girls can go, so, I love both (WWE and TNA).
Geek To Me: What can we expect at the TNA event in Chicago?
Lisa Marie Varon: I don't know what to expect, but expect whoever I'm facing to get a beat down of their life! I am not going to hold back, especially in my home town. Performing in front of your home town, there's no feeling like that, the fans are crazy. I've been doing a lot of media, especially with my restaurant (The Squared Circle) opening. I'm super stoked about it. I don't know who I'm facing, but expect a beat down.
Geek To Me: What advice do you give to young female athletes who want to get into the business?
Lisa Marie Varon: I always suggest (getting) a college education. I'm very pro college education. You never know how long this business is gonna last. You can tear your knee; you'll be out of business. You could break your neck, you're done. What are you going to do? You always have to have a backup plan. And I think that people need to learn to be level-headed business people.
I extremely believe in living your dreams. Look at me, I get to wrestle for a living, and this is heaven for me. I think that you can tell I have the passion. I love what I do. Thirteen years in this business and I'm in the best shape of my life!
There are some girls who get into this business and don't really take care of their bodies. Your body is your temple. You know from me training with Joey Thurman I take it serious. I'm 42 and I feel like I'm 20. That's how you have to look at it. You have to go in it thinking that you're a fighter and need to be in the best shape of your life.
You have to be able to mesh well with the travel schedule, being away from your family, and putting this business in front of your family. This is not a 9 to 5 job, this is your life. I love what I do and I think my fans know that. Expect it to not be a 9 to 5 or three day a week business, it's 24/7.
Every second of the day I need to think - I'm getting my nails done "I have to look good for my fans." I'm working on my body. These fans are expecting entertainment, extreme hardcore, even for female athletes. You've gotta be ready to throw down.
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Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Saban Gone, Certainly Not Forgotten at LSU
Finebaum points to LSU boosting Les Miles' salary to $3.751 million, $1,000 more than Alabama's Saban. Writes Finebaum:
"Nobody over in Louisiana cares about Saban, right? It sounds more like being on the schoolyard in third grade when some kid pushes another, saying: 'My daddy can beat up your daddy.' How petty."
He adds:
"Why can't they embrace Miles? Perhaps the fact he desperately wanted out to leave for Michigan — that is until the story blew up on ESPN — might have something to do with the uneasiness and insecurity.
"Since taking over Saban's recruits, Miles is 34-6 and has finished No. 5, 3 and 1 in the final AP poll.
"Understandably, LSU fans are still obsessed with Saban and queasy with Miles.
"LSU fans may still yearn for the day when Saban roamed the sidelines. They remain embarrassed about Miles — even with the national title — like family members regard the crazy uncle stowed away in the attic.
"Don't forget people: Les Miles makes $1,000 more than Saban. Ain't it great to be on top?
"Nick Saban has been gone nearly four years. When will LSU fans get a life?"
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Miles had a clause in his contract that if he won a NC he would be at least the 3rd highest paid coach. Weiss and Carrol are #1 and #2, Saban was #3. LSU bumped Miles just over the #3 coach.
Paul Finebaum is the only one obsessed with Saban.
That comment about the 25,000 people who showed up to celebrate? Heck, why show up a second time when everyone was already in New Orleans for the actual event. Puh-leeze. This is nothing but red meat to try to erase the fact the Tide lost to La-Monroe.
- Bruce said...
Last I checked, the LSU Fans have a pretty good life. They are the best College Football Program in America with a loyal coach that isn't threatening to leave each year. They are building, what looks to be, the highest quality recruiting class in the nation. And, as typically so, they are the most passionate fans in all of sports (not just CFB). The villain in all of this is Nick Saban. He left the best job in the world for green grass. When the green grass turned out to be astro turf, he bailed and landed in godforsaken Tuscaloosa. Well, now that Saban is being exposed for being no more than a regular "Joe", that isn't that great of a coach, and Finebaun looks like an idiot for going out on a limb and saying the opposite, we get this sour grape article to ease his pain.
Well, just for the record, you still look like an idiot, Finebaum, and Nick Saban is still an average coach that needs more talent and depth to win games. The NFL proved that quite clearly.
We remember all our coaches. It's the Finebaum's that are obsessed! It may be the fact he can't repeat what he did at LSU in Gump Land.


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text: Santa Claus is getting old and fat. The old guy can't be in the best of shape and his ticker may not hold out for much longer. That means they'll be looking for a replacement for the jolly fellow any time now. May we suggest a female this time around. Now don't think we're suggesting this because we're perverted. It's because we believe in equality and it's time a woman has risen to the position of top toy giver. As far as applicants, we have a gallery filled with them. Any of these lovely ladies would make a fine Mother Christmas. But if you think mommy kissing Santa Claus was scandalous, just think what daddy will be caught doing with these ho-ho-hoes.


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"Keep on rolling; Keep on rolling; Roll with the changes." -- REO Speedwagon
On my recent vacation in Ireland, we stopped in to play golf at the New Forest golf club in Westmeath, a little south of Mullingar in the Midlands. In talking with the starter, I discovered New Forest, a public course (something of a rarity these days in any country), encountered something of a problem during construction: an ancient stone-walled orchard, located smack dab in the middle of the whole works. Historical preservation ensured that the builders couldn't touch the 10-foot walls -- even though the orchard's trees were long dead and overgrown with vines.
What to do? Well, the course's designers turned the space INSIDE the walls into the ninth hole. Rather than fit the topography to their plan, they adjusted their plan to fit the topography -- creating a one-of-a-kind golfing experience in the process. That's what adapting to change is all about.
Something similar is going on in trucking, too (minus the tee boxes, fairways, bunkers, and greens, of course) as fleets large and small are adjusting themselves to new realities in the freight market. These adjustments aren't exactly new, either: the late J.B. Hunt started making them back in the late 1980s when he began his famous experiment with intermodalism -- an experiment only now starting to benefit the company that bears his name. He could clearly see the profit potential that others didn't in working with the railroads to provide joint freight service -- buying rail capacity at wholesale prices, then sell it bundled with his truck capacity at retail prices, keeping his costs low as his trucks didn't have to run a lot of miles or burn a lot of fuel.
Now, Hunt's first stab at intermodalism wasn't a rousing success -- not in the least that railroads were considered anathema to truckers back then, as both were such die-hard competitors -- so he pulled back and waited. In fact, he'd pretty much retired by the time intermodalism finally came into its own for his fleet -- along with dedicated contract carriage services -- and none too soon.
The recent falloff in tonnage and rates in the truckload sector would have hurt the J.B. Hunt of old, but since it's worked to adapt to the changes in the freight business -- by diversifying its services and changing its freight mix -- the carrier stayed on an even keel. Though net income fell in the third quarter to a hair over $50 million, J.B. Hunt remained profitable -- bagging $892 million in revenue, 4% more than the same period last year, which was a boom time for freight.
"Our intermodal business clearly represents the foundation of our earnings resiliency and demonstrates that our company is no longer driven by the cyclicality typical of a truckload model," said Kirk Thompson, J. B. Hunt's president and CEO. The carrier added in its third quarter earnings report that its intermodal load count increased 23% over the same quarter 2006 with significant growth coming in shorter haul lanes primarily in the Eastern half of the U.S. as customers continue to convert over-the-road truck freight to the more economical intermodal service.
That's what rolling with the punches and adpating to change in the trucking business is all about -- and it's something we're only going to see more of in the future, I predict.


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What are hidden objects?
When you perform a system scan, you may get the message "Hidden objects were found.":
Usually, hidden objects are harmless. You basically have to differentiate between digital form and hidden Registry-Entries.
Hidden objects get created by the operating system or other various software, because the operating system or software needs these files to work error-free. In order that the user does not delete these files by mistake, they become hidden or invisible.
This circumstance gets utilized fully by Malware like Rootkits or other malicious software as well.
Until now, Avira is aware of following software, creating hidden objects:
- VMWare
- Alcohol
- Acronis True Image
- Nero
- The operating system itself
- Daemon tools
There is the following entry in the scanner logfile:
[NOTE] A memory modification has been detected, which could potentially be used to hide file access attempts.
To exclude, that the hidden objects are in fact malware, we suggest, to check your system again. Before you do that, you have to change the report type to get more information about the hidden objects. The instructions how to change the report type can be found in our article "Difference between report types Default, Extended and Complete".
After you have changed the report type, please check your system again. After the scan you will find the report file. In this file you find the place where the hidden objects were found.
In case you are still unsure how to proceed or you still do not know, if the hidden objects are in fact malware, we propose to use our Avira Rescue System. With Avira Rescue System you can browse your system for hidden objects and delete them, in case they are really malware. How to use the Avira Rescue System is described in this article.
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Affected products
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- Avira Antivirus Premium 2013 [Windows]
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- Avira Internet Security Suite [Windows]
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IBM chases HP (and Sun) with tiny mem prices
AIX pipeline lubrication
In an effort to boost the amount of money that IBM is getting from competitive takeouts of Unix systems from Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems, Big Blue has taken a sharp machete to the memory prices on its Power Systems, reducing prices by between 28 and 70 per cent.
The Power Systems line of servers is based on IBM's homegrown Power6 and Power6+ processors, but the DDR2 main memory used in the machines is a bit pricey. So costly, it turns out, that high memory prices can keep customers who are willing to migrate from HP-UX on PA-RISC or Itanium servers from HP or Solaris on Sparc servers from Sun or Fujitsu to AIX-based boxes from moving as many workloads as they would like over to virtualized Power boxes.
"It's a pretty radical price action," says Scott Handy, vice president of marketing and strategy for the Power Systems division within IBM's Systems and Technology Group. And the reason, Handy explains, is that the company wants to finish out 2009 with a record-breaking amount of HP and Sun server takeout revenues. In 2006, 2007, and 2008, according to Handy, IBM did approximately $500m a year in takeouts of these competitors and put customers' workloads on AIX machines as part of the deals.
As El Reg previously reported, IBM's chief financial officer, Mark Loughridge, was boasting last month that the company had done $400m of competitive Unix takeouts in the first three quarters. So maybe IBM was on track to do something on the order of $540m to $550m in takeout biz in the fourth quarter. "I checked it with enough geographies and with enough deals that I was convinced that this was the next way to put the pedal to the metal," said Handy.
While IBM will not admit this, the advent of much faster DDR3 memory, used with the "Nehalem" family of processors from Intel and soon to be used with the "Magny-Cours" and "Lisbon" family of chips, due to hit the market in volume in the second quarter of next year, has made the DDR2 memory used in Power Systems look a bit long in the tooth.
In the midrange, IBM has to make Power Systems running PowerVM look attractive compared to x64 machines running VMware's ESX Server 4.0 hypervisor. It will be many, many months before IBM has Power7 machines and their DDR3 memory into the field, and the company has to do something to compete with Linux on x64, which is trying to compete with Unix on RISC iron too.
In August 2008, in an effort to boost the usage of its PowerVM virtualization hypervisor for its Power Systems line, IBM cut memory prices on Power6-based servers (Power6+ machines were not out yet) by between 26 and 50 percent. The price cuts were deepest on midrange boxes and petered out on larger boxes, and varied all over the place.
This time around, IBM is trying to keep it simple. On entry Power 520 (up to four cores) and midrange Power 550 and 560 boxes (up to 8 or 16 cores) using 1 GB, 2 GB, or 4 GB DDR2 modules had a 28 per cent reduction in price, to 25 cents per MB regardless of capacity. (Generally, lower-capacity modules cost less than fatter ones, so this is an interesting decision).
The price of 8 GB modules, which are available only the Power 560, has been cut by 70 per cent, to 40 cents per MB. That is the same price per MB that IBM is now charging on 1 GB, 2 GB, 4 GB, and 8 GB modules on its high-end Power 570 and 595 boxes. On the Power 595, a 256 GB feature card with all of its memory activated had its price chopped by 50 per cent to $1.05 per MB. This card is only used for the biggest Power6 boxes that require more than 2 TB of main memory.
This price change is not a promotion, but rather a permanent change. IBM has not cut prices on memory for its Power-based J series of blade servers, by the way. IBM has not - and does not seem inclined to - cut prices for Power processor core activations on the machines.
While IBM has aimed this promotion at reducing the cost of AIX boxes suitable for supporting many consolidated HP-UX and Solaris workloads, IBM's proprietary i/OS customers and Linux-on-Power shops benefit from IBM's aggression in the Unix racket. ®


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Horoscopes for week of August 7, 2003
Life will bring you entertaining revelations in the coming week, Aries. To explore even deeper, dive into your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
"You may enjoy this movie if you shut down enough brain cells. I turned off all except the ones needed to remember where I parked my car." This observation comes from a critic's evaluation of the first Charlie's Angels film, but I've read similar comments in many other reviews. Indeed, it's an approach that many intelligent people employ routinely in response to all the loud, shiny garbage our culture foists on us. What about you, Taurus? Do you assume you have to make yourself dumber in order to have fun? Has the blaring inanity of the world caused you to shut down your smart sensitivity? If so, work hard to reverse this trend in the coming week. You'll receive help from unexpected sources if you do.
Want more clues, Taurus? Need further insight? I discuss your coming week in greater depth in your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
You and I and everyone else in the world talk to ourselves constantly. The conversation is mostly silent and covert, however. As a result, we get away with abusing ourselves; we assail ourselves with mean thoughts that we'd be far less likely to fling if we actually spoke them aloud. The astrological omens suggest that now is a perfect time for you to break this bad habit. In fact, I'm going to officially declare that it's Speak More Kindly to Yourself Week. For best results, shun the usual telepathic communion with yourself. Instead, say every word aloud as you carry on your dialogues. (P.S. You may want to consult the book What to Say When You Talk to Yourself, by Shad Helmstetter.)
Where do you want to go in the coming week, Gemini? Who do you want to be? For more clues, tune in to your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
"Dear Rob: In a recent column, I think you mentioned a book that dealt with making everyday tasks more spiritual. I'm gung-ho to do exactly that: give thanks before I eat, wake up laughing, bless the ground I walk on, notice with joyful appreciation the divine bounty that overflows in ordinary moments. Can you direct me to the book in question? -Grateful Crab" Dear Grateful: You must have dreamed it. Not since I touted Thomas Moore's Care of the Soul in 2000 have I made reference to any such a book. To tell you the truth, though, you don't need authorities to guide you right now. Your intuition will lead you unerringly in your quest to find sacred mojo in the smallest details.
What greater adventure is there than exploring the enigmas of your unique destiny, Cancerian? For more hints about the week ahead, listen to your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
I advise you to avoid ingesting rocket fuel in the coming days. That means you should be careful about eating lettuce grown in Southern California. Much of it contains high levels of perchlorate, a main ingredient of rocket fuel. (The Environmental Working Group says it's because defense contractor Lockheed Martin has been dumping the stuff in the Colorado River.) In any case, Leo, you won't even need metaphorical rocket fuel. Cosmic forces are conspiring to boost your physical energy and mental agility to record levels.
Need a few more whacks applied to your mental blocks in the coming week, Leo? A few more caresses administered to your growing edge? Cruise on over to your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
Mata Amritanandamayi is one of India's most beloved gurus. Also known as Amma, she preaches no doctrine but believes all religions lead to the same goal. Her renown has grown largely through the power and quantity of her embraces. She travels from city to city doling out hugs, often more than a thousand a day. Since she launched her mission as a young girl, she claims to have hugged 21 million people. Amma is your role model for the coming week, Virgo. The astrological omens suggest you'll be most likely to thrive if you suspend all your spiritual theories and ideological opinions and become a pure channel for unconditional love. Try to hug at least 20 people. For extra credit, do 40.
Got enough clues to chew on for a while, Virgo? If you need more, give yourself the luxury of your Expanded Audio Horoscope for the coming week. The reading costs $6.
George Washington was afflicted with smallpox, malaria, pleurisy, consumption, amoebic dysentery, rotten teeth, and Kleinfelter's syndrome. That didn't stop him from accomplishing feats that earned him a place in the history books. I suggest you make him your patron saint in the coming weeks, Libra. Draw inspiration from his heroic ability to overcome personal discomfort. You're in a prime position to render months of suffering irrelevant with a decisive triumph.
Want to explore the coming week even further, Libra? Dig deeper? Feel stronger? Consider tuning in to your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
In 1914, the science magazine Nature found that 30 percent of the world's top scientists believed in God. In a second survey in 1934, the number dropped to 15 percent, and by 1998 it was seven percent. From these data, we can speculate that it's getting harder for smart intellectuals to commune with the Divine Wow the way we smart mystics do. That's a damn shame. Luckily for you, though, Scorpio, you're now in an unusual phase in which there's no contradiction between cultivating both rigorous critical thinking and an intimate relationship with the nine-tenths of reality that is hidden from our five senses.
What greater adventure is there than exploring the enigmas of your unique destiny, Scorpio? For more hints about the week ahead, listen to your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
The most venerated object in Islam is the Kaaba, a large cube in a mosque in Mecca. Lodged in a corner of the Kaaba is its most sacred part, a black stone surrounded by an oval silver structure. Muslims kiss it at the climax of their pilgrimage to Mecca. Astrologer Caroline Casey points out that this holy of holies has the shape of a vulva, and suggests that it reveals Islam's unconscious yearning for the Goddess. That's ironic for a male-dominated religion, which, like Judaism and Christianity, has suppressed the feminine aspects of the divine. I offer this vignette as a starting point for this week's meditations, Sagittarius. What feminine aspects of the divine do you unconsciously long for and need? How can you bring more of their influence into your life?
How much do you want to know about your destiny in the coming week, Sagittarius? How far do you dare to go? For more insight into your shimmering, undulating fate, tune in to your Expanded Audio Horoscope for the coming week. The reading costs $6.
Frank O'Hara's poem "Meditations in an Emergency" is mostly a meandering, self-indulgent mess, but it contains three lines that should inspire you for weeks. I suggest you regard them as pithy teachings. Here they are. 1. "Each time my heart is broken it makes me feel more adventurous." 2. "I am the least difficult of men. All I want is boundless love." 3. "It is easy to be beautiful; it is difficult to appear so." By the way, Capricorn, O'Hara's poem is a microcosm of your immediate future, when small but valuable treasures will be embedded in heaps of useless nonsense.
No one knows you better than you do, Capricorn. But maybe you'll be inspired to dig up even more self-knowledge in the coming week if you tune in to your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
Last year Nigerian women launched a new form of protest against the U.S.-owned oil company that wreaked environmental havoc in their country: They threatened to get naked in public. During the invasion of Iraq, several groups of American women, inspired by the Nigerians, registered their dissent through mass nudity. More recently, Mexican farmers stripped to their underpants during a demonstration against their government's policies. From an astrological perspective, it's a perfect time for you Aquarians to further develop this new tradition. Take off your clothes to those you oppose! Or if that's too extreme, try the metaphorical equivalent: Disarm your adversaries not by attacking them but by expressing your vulnerability.
Hungry for more inspiration, Aquarius? Curious about the unfolding mysteries? For more juicy details about your destiny in the coming week, check out your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
Every Thursday night I roll my trashcan to the curb so that the sanitation engineers can pick it up next morning. Usually it's three-quarters full of garbage bags and requires no special treatment. But on some weeks I generate more than my normal share of refuse. To fit it in, I have to become a human trash compactor. I grab a low-slung branch from the persimmon tree, pull myself up, and lower myself down inside the trashcan, jumping up and down to compress the load and make room for more. I hope I can serve as an inspiration for you this week, Pisces. By my astrological reckoning, you should gather, compress, and throw away at least six months' worth of outworn junk, including both the psychic and physical varieties.
Your destiny is a gorgeous mystery, Pisces. Your soul is awakening more every day. The secrets of life are ripening right in front of your eyes. For more clues, consider checking out your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
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Evan Cherone is in her second year as Assistant Athletic Trainer.
Cherone joined Bobcat Nation from St. Andrews University, where she served as athletic trainer for the 2011-12 season. Prior to that, she served two years as assistant athletic trainer at Lambuth University.
A Certified and Licensed Athletic Trainer, Cherone received her undergrad in athletic training from the University of Wisconsin-Oskosh, adding a master's in athletic administration from the University of Kansas-Lawrence. While at UKL, she worked for two years as a graduate assistant athletic trainer as well.
Cherone will work primarily with the Bobcat soccer team, assisting with additional sports.


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LOS ANGELES (AP) — An appellate court is refusing to grant a rehearing to Michael Jackson's doctor on the appeal of his involuntary manslaughter conviction.
A 2nd District Court of Appeal panel issued a brief ruling Thursday correcting clerical and grammatical errors in its opinion last month that denied Conrad Murray's appeal. His lawyer asked for the corrections to prepare for filing a further appeal with the California Supreme Court.
The new document concluded tersely: "Appellant's petition for rehearing is denied."
The court unanimously upheld Murray's conviction, determining there was substantial evidence of his guilt presented at trial. He served two years in jail for causing Jackson's 2009 death.
Murray was convicted in 2011 of giving Jackson a lethal dose of the anesthetic propofol while the singer prepared for a series of comeback concerts titled "This Is It."


text: KINGSTON, N.Y. -- For nearly 10 years, Mary "Chiz" Chisholm has opened her home as a shelter to people in need. Chisholm is the director of Chiz's Heart Street, which houses 39 individuals at 106 W. Chestnut St. in Kingston. Of those, 35 have been diagnosed with schizophrenia, Chisholm said. Chiz's Heart Street provides housing for people have been turned down at other shelters or who were unsuccessful elsewhere, Chisholm said. At her home, she said, she makes sure residents not only take their medications and get to appointments but also celebrate birthdays and enjoy events like barbecues. "And we're dedicated to making sure that people are as healthy and as happy as they can be," Chisholm said. "We provide a family. We're a family here. It's not just a place to lay your head." Chiz's Heart Street also has a food pantry. Chisholm's efforts were recognized on May 7 with the state Senate's annual Women of Distinction awards. She was one of nearly 60 women nominated to be honored. Chisholm was nominated by freshman Sen. Cecilia Tkaczyk, D-Duanesburg. The Senate's Women of Distinction program was created in 1998 as part of the celebration of Women's History Month to honor exemplary women from across New York state whose singular professional or personal achievements, commitment to excellence and accomplishments merit special recognition, according to the Senate's resolution. In a statement shared on her home's website, Chisholm said the plaque she received at the event might have only one name on it, but it really is for the people of Chiz's Heart Street. She said the plaque is for their tenacity in the face of suffering, their kindness in light of pain and their willingness to change their lives and find peace and happiness. Chisholm said Chiz's Heart Street shows how deeply a person can reach to heal the wounds of mental illness and drug addiction. Residents of Chiz's Heart Street are referred there by various agencies, including Adult Protective Services, the Ulster County Department of Social Services and hospitals, Chisholm said. She said for residents to remain there, they must be clean and sober because many people who are mentally ill are dually diagnosed with drug and/or alcohol addiction. "It's a requirement to live here that you need to choose to change your life," Chisholm said, adding that mental illness is not an excuse for bad behavior. If someone fails to remain clean and sober, the matter is addressed or the person is helped into rehab, Chisholm said. Chisholm said if anything can be seen at her home, it is that schizophrenia is not about being violent or angry. It is a diagnosis, she said. "This house, I think, in many, many ways, has offered people life," Chisholm said. "And a good life." Also as part of the Women of Distinction program, state Sen. James Seward, R-Milford, nominated Rosalie Burgher of Olive. In a press release, Seward said Burgher has been a fixture with a number of community organizations and helped found the Olive Free Library. "From the time of its inception to present day, Mrs. Burgher has been vital in the library's operation and growth," Seward said. "She has helped collect book donations to fill the shelves at the original library, raise funds for construction of a new building and held virtually every library position, including director. Even today, after stepping down as library director, she has stayed on in a staff position at the age of 86." Also honored at the May 7 event were: o Orange County Clerk Donna Benson, nominated by Sen. John Bonacic, R-Mount Hope. o Lea Bishop, director of the Mid-Hudson Satellite Center of Women's Enterprise Development Center, nominated by Sen. Terry Gipson, D-Rhinebeck. o Renate DeAngelis, president of the American Gold Star Mothers Inc., Hudson Valley Chapter 31, nominated by Sen. William Larkin, R-Cornwall-on-Hudson.


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By David Morgan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Monday announced a plan to help HealthCare.gov visitors cope with online glitches if traffic surges after the troubled website is working smoothly for most people this weekend as promised.
Warning that the federal healthcare website will still be plagued by delays and outages in the weeks to come, an administration official said people who log on to shop or apply for subsidized health coverage will join a new "queuing system" if traffic exceeds a benchmark of 800,000 visitors.
"Consumers may not immediately be able to complete the application. But they will be queued in order to ensure a smoother process," said Julie Bataille, communications director for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the agency responsible for HealthCare.gov.
The faulty site at the center of the rocky Obamacare rollout crashed during its October 1 launch, when 2.8 million visitors flooded the site. Most received error messages or found themselves stuck waiting for pages to load.
But if volume becomes a problem this time, the new queuing system will enable consumers to see educational material while they wait or allow them to submit an email address where they can be notified later once the system is back up, according to the Bataille.
HealthCare.gov is an online portal to a new insurance marketplace that offers subsidized private health coverage to millions of uninsured Americans in 36 states. But its troubled rollout has been a major political problem for President Barack Obama and the healthcare law known as Obamacare, his signature domestic policy.
After weeks of emergency fixes, the administration has pledged to have the website working smoothly for 80 percent of visitors by November 30. But with less than a week to go before the deadline, the administration appears to be preparing the public for problems.
"It is likely that as we move forward, we'll find additional glitches and experience intermittent periods of suboptimal performance," Bataille told reporters after HealthCare.gov's application and enrollment software went down for an hour on Monday.
"The system will not work perfectly on December 1. But it will operate much better than it did in October," she said.
(Reporting by David Morgan; Editing by Fred Barbash and Cynthia Osterman)


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Gun rights supporters turn out at State House hearingBy GARRY RAYNO
State House Bureau
February 21. 2013 1:29PM
CONCORD - Gun owners turned out in force to proclaim their natural right to bear arms, and among those showing their support was a former representative who took off his coat to show his holstered weapon in Representatives Hall where guns are not allowed.
Former Libertarian Rep. Donald Gorman of Deerfield spoke against House Bill 290, which would prohibit a person with a license to carry a concealed weapon from openly carrying a firearm in a public building or on public property.
Testimony on the bill was overwhelmingly in opposition, with former Republican Party Chair and gubernatorial candidate Jack Kimball of Dover telling the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee it needs to curtail bills that seek to take away people's God-given rights because the issue is galvanizing people like never before.
"It's up to you to end this stuff," Kimball told the committee. "If you put it in our hands, we will end it. Believe me, we will end it."
Several people testified that something has to be done about the growing gun violence in the country.
Anne Lyczak of Portsmouth, who lost her husband to gun violence, said it is just a matter of time before something tragic happens in New Hampshire.
"Do we value gun rights, or do we value public safety?" she asked. "Do we value gun rights or do we value human rights?"
The committee also had public hearings on several other gun-related bills Thursday.


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Irish Building Industry Directory 2018/19
Featured Companies
APA Systems Ltd
APA Systems Ltd is a privately owned Irish company founded in 1975. We are a market leader in the supply of aluminium façade and window systems for use in the Irish and UK markets.
Officeworx is at the forefront of commercial and industrial fit-out projects specializing in interior design, build & project management services. With over 30 years experience in commercial & industrial fit-outs, Officeworx located in Clonskeagh, provides easy access to Industrial and Commercial business parks in Dublin and surrounding counties.
Pat O'Donnell & Co.
Pat O'Donnell & Co is Ireland's leading supplier of heavy machinery and construction equipment. The company, which was founded in 1970, represents international market leaders in the machinery business such as Volvo, Volvo Penta and Rammer.
Holemasters Ltd
Concrete Cutting & Drilling Services. Best price. Best Service. Nationwide. Diamond Core Drilling; Diamond Floor Sawing; Diamond Wall Sawing. Call 01 4266 200
Hevac Ltd
Hevac Limited is one of Ireland's leading domestic, commercial & industrial plumbing & heating specialists. We operate in offices and warehouse facilities in Dublin and Cork.
Doyle Interior Systems Ltd
Doyle Interior Systems aims to deliver a high quality product to our clients with a minimum of disruption and stress. Sole agent for the Schäfer toilet cubicle, locker and washroom systems.
Murphy International
Murphy International Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of J Murphy and Sons Limited, established in 1973 to provide a total construction service in Ireland.
Boon Edam Ireland Ltd
Boon Edam is now trading for over 100 years and are now deemed the world's leader in entrance technology.
Oliver Crampton & Sons Ltd
We are a building contractor and interior fit out specialist based in Dublin. We have carried out numerous projects nationwide for both the private and public sectors. We are a family run business in operation for over the last 30 years.
TEC 7 - Contech Building Products
Tec 7 specialise in supplying high quality construction products for professionals. Our aim is to simplify the work of all trades-men and assist them in carrying out their job with excellence.
Thrutone ENDURANCE
Thrutone ENDURANCE is the highest density slate in the Irish market which means it offers the best resistance to Ireland's famously volatile weather. Extra fibres give the product its highest flexural strength and a specialist silicone paint provides a unique water repellence.
KCC Architectural
KCC Architectural is an international specifier and supplier of a wide range of architectural products and services. Stainless Steel Fabrications; Facades, Partitions & Doors; Automatics & Access Control.
Clonmel Enterprises Ltd
Clonmel Enterprises is one of Ireland's leading civil engineering companies. Established in 1979, the Company has constructed major projects such as road and infrastructural projects, railway station platform extensions and level crossing replacements, water supply and sewerage schemes, holiday homes and commercial business parks.
Walls Construction
Established over 60 years Walls is a privately owned company and is one of Ireland's leading building contractors. We have a proven track record in a diverse range of sectors including commercial, healthcare, education, industrial, retail, conservation and tourism/leisure.
Irish Fan Distributors
A wholly owned Irish company, Irish Fan Distributors are a one-stop-shop for all your ventilation requirements. Duct manufacturers and specialist distributors of industrial, commercial and domestic fans.
Tony O'Donovan Office Interiors
Tony O'Donovan Office Interiors - one of the leading names in Ireland for a comprehensive range of office furniture and accessories. From complete office fit outs to reception desks, counters and office partitions, you'll find cost-effective solutions that enable you to transform your workspace quickly and affordably.
Excell Sealants & Firestopping
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DS Supplies Ltd
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Cafferkey Civils Ltd
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Irish Cement Limited
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The U.S. government stands poised for its first partial shutdown in 17 years at midnight tonight, after a weekend with no signs of negotiations or compromise from either the House or Senate to avert it.
Republicans and Democrats in Congress say they don't want to close the government, though neither side is budging from their positions to avoid it. House Republicans, led by Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, want to delay President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act for a year and make other changes to the health-care law. Democrats vow not to let that happen.
Hanging in the balance are 800,000 federal workers who would be sent home tomorrow if Congress fails to pass a stopgap spending bill before funding expires tonight. Standard & Poor's 500 Index futures (CME:SPZ13) slid and Asian stocks retreated on concern of a shutdown, while Treasuries advanced.
"I'm afraid, based on what Speaker Boehner has said so far, that we are going to look at a shutdown," Representative Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, the top Democrat on the House Budget Committee, said today on Bloomberg Television.
The fallout would be far-reaching: national parks and Internal Revenue Service call centers probably would close. Those wanting to renew passports would have to wait and the backlog of veterans' disability claims could increase.
Political Blame
The political implications are much less clear. Democrats are painting Republicans as obstructionists who are trying to undo a law passed by Congress and upheld by the Supreme Court. Republicans say they are trying to save Americans from the effects of Obamacare and that Democrats won't negotiate.
A Bloomberg National poll conducted Sept. 20-23 shows Americans narrowly blame Republicans for what's gone wrong in Washington, just as they did when the government closed in 1995 and 1996 -- two of the 17 times U.S. funding stopped since 1977. A CNN/ORC International poll conducted Sept. 27-29 and released today said that 46% of respondents would blame congressional Republicans for a shutdown, while 36% would say the president was responsible.
The Senate convenes at 2 p.m. today and is set to reject the House's latest plan to delay Obamacare and repeal a tax on medical devices, and send back a temporary spending measure.
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Black Tea Yeast Water
Before I saw this beautiful yeast water bread by isand66, I had never heard about yeast water. Or if I had, I had completely ignored the topic, so new it felt to me at that time.
But when I started looking into the topic, I found that The Fresh Loaf is full of people making lovely loaves of bread with this method. And I wanted to join them.
So, after an evening of reading about YW, about a week ago, I mixed a big table spoon of black tea with a cup of water and a table spoon of honey and left to rest on my kitchen table.
For the next week, I shaked the mixture a couple of times a day and watched it ferment. I couldn't stop checking on the jar and smelling it to see if something was already happening!
In two days or so, the water started bubbling and after a few days more, it smelled like the Finnish May first drink, Sima. I suppose that would have been the perfect time to try the water, but as I was travelling (the yeast water travelled with me, naturally), so I didn't get a chance to try to bake with it until yesterday.
Here's what the yeast water looked like just before I used it:
I was worried that the YW might be overripe, but the results were very good (for a first try, at least!). Here's the formula.
- 100 g Yeast water
- 100 g White wheat flour
The starter was left to room temperature for about 24 hours. It was bubbling already at 12 hours, but I felt it could use some more time (and I was busy...), so I left it to ferment a bit longer.
In the morning of the bake day:
- All of the starter above (200g)
- 200 g Water
- 200 g White wheat flour
Again, I left the mixture on my kitchen table and went out for the day. When we came back about six hours later, the dough looked ripe and full of life (lots of bubbles and about doubled in size), so I decided it was time to mix the dough.
I aimed for a 75% hydration, and a quick calculation (in my head) gave me the following numbers:
- All of the starter from previous step (600 grams, at 100% hydration)
- 700 g flour (out of which 100 g was fine spelt flour and the rest was bread flour from Vääksyn mylly, a smallish mill near Lahti)
- 450 g water
- 20 g salt
I kneaded the dough for about 10 minutes and then added the salt just before finishing the kneading.
After two hours, I shaped the dough into two round loaves and left the rise for about two more hours. When I came back, I was surprised to see that the loaves had risen very fast, so I refrigirated them until the oven was ready and then baked in my cast iron pan (covered with a clay pot for half of the baking time).
Here's what came out of the oven:


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April 22, 2002
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - The Santa Clara University men's soccer team held its annual awards banquet Sunday afternoon at Dave & Buster's in Milpitas, Calif. The Broncos gathered to celebrate another successful season and to say thanks to its outgoing seniors.
Colorado Rapids defender Jeff Stewart was on hand for the ceremony, collecting his Defensive MVP award for the second year in a row. Stewart was drafted in the first round of the MLS Draft following a year in which he was named the West Coast Conference Player of the Year and Co-Defender of the Year. The Rapids were in town to play the San Jose Earthquakes.
Anthony Chimienti was honored as the Offensive MVP, also for the second year in a row. Chimienti led the Bronco offensive attack in each of the last three seasons and tallied a total of 62 points in his career on 25 goals and 12 assists.
The team's Most Inspirational award went to Keith Burden, who alongside Stewart, anchored the Bronco defense for the last four years. Burden appeared in 82 matches during his Santa Clara career, starting 79 of those contests. He tallied nine goals, seven of which were game-winners, to go along with five assists during his stellar career.
The Rookie of the Year and Most Improved awards went to a pair of freshmen. Ryan Cochrane took home the Rookie of the Year award following a season in which he earned All-WCC honors and started in all 21 of the Broncos' games in his first year on the Mission Campus. Zach Knight was honored as the Most Improved player as the freshman worked his way into a starting role midway through the season and tallied five points on one goal and three assists.
Head coach Mitch Murray also recognized the outgoing seniors for their contributions to the program. In addition to Burden, Chimienti and Stewart, the Broncos will also be without Justin Canel, Tony Cota and Rusty Johnson next season. Cota and Canel proved to be vital aspects of the successful seasons at Santa Clara over the last few seasons, with Johnson being one of the top netminders in the nation.
As a sophomore in 1999, Johnson led the Broncos to the College Cup where they finished the season as the National Runners-Up. During his tenure at Santa Clara, Johnson has placed himself in the upper echelon of all-time Bronco players. He currently ranks second all-time in shutouts with 23.5 and fourth in saves with 164 and in goals-against average with a 0.79 mark. Johnson was also honored by the NCAA when he was selected as a recipient of the prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. He was one of only two men's soccer players in the nation to be selected for the honor.
The Broncos finished the season with a 12-9-0 record and a 5-1-0 record in the WCC. The Broncos captured the WCC Championship in 2001 and made it to the second round of the NCAA Tournament where they eventually lost to Stanford who made it to the College Cup.


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Flora of the the 'Aina at 'Imiloa
'Imiloa Astronomy Center's award-winning landscape provides visitors with a glimpse into Hawaii's pristine, native ecosystem. Our native landscape is a living exhibit of endemic, indigenous, and Polynesian-introduced plants, or what is often called "canoe plants."
Wide variety of plants
The landscape at 'Imiloa consists of over 50 native plant species from Hawaii's different microenvironments. While some of the native plants are commonly found throughout that Hawaiian island chain, a few are extremely rare and endangered.
This includes a few endemic species over 150 years old that were growing here prior to the land being developed for construction of 'Imiloa Astronomy Center.
Plants which evolved in Hawaii and are unique to our islands.
Plants arriving by wind, ocean or animals.
Introduced by early Polynesian voyagers as early as 300 A.D.
Four different elevation groups
The native landscape is designed to replicate the types of plants that grow naturally at different elevations on the island of Hawaii. The four areas and examples of plants in these areas include:
Kahakai (Seaside)
hau, milo, kou, niu hiwa, niu lelo, naupaka kahakai, pohinahina, and loulu.
Kula (Plains)
puhala, lama, ho'awa, alahe'e, na'u, koki'o 'ula, and koki'o ke'oke'o.
Wao Kanaka (Realm of the Humans)
kamani, 'ulu, kukui, 'ohi'a 'ai, 'ohe, ki, 'uala, kalo, wauke po'a'aha, pia, 'olena, ko, 'awapuhi kuahiwi, and loulu
Wao Akua (Realm of the Gods)
'ohi'a lehua, mamo, 'ekaha, kolea, kopiko, hapu'u, hapu'u 'i'i, palapalai, pala'a, and 'ama'u.
Walk along our Canoe Plants pathway to see those plants which early Polynesians brought to the islands.
Take our garden tour. Download PDF
'Imiloa staff and volunteers provide interpretive cultural landscape tours which elaborate on the traditional uses of many of these plants and their significance in Hawaiian culture


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Coming off the high of Wreck-It Ralph, Disney is offering this teaser for next winter's Frozen, to accompany the release of Monsters University in theaters this week. This is the one previously titled The Snow Queen (as in Hans Christian Andersen), and since the teaser doesn't tell you anything of what it's about, let's let Disney itself describe it:
Walt Disney Animation Studios, the studio behind Tangled and Wreck-It Ralph, presents Frozen, a stunning big-screen comedy adventure. Fearless optimist Anna (voice of Kristen Bell) sets off on an epic journey—teaming up with rugged mountain man Kristoff (voice of Jonathan Groff) and his loyal reindeer Sven—to find her sister Elsa (voice of Idina Menzel), whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom of Arendelle in eternal winter. Encountering Everest-like conditions, mystical trolls and a hilarious snowman named Olaf, Anna and Kristoff battle the elements in a race to save the kingdom.
The film is directed by Chris Buck (Tarzan, Surf's Up) and Jennifer Lee (screenwriter, Wreck-It Ralph), and produced by Peter Del Vecho (Winnie the Pooh, The Princess and the Frog). Featuring music from Tony winner Robert Lopez (The Book of Mormon, Avenue Q) and Kristen Anderson-Lopez (In Transit).
Added to the above are the voices of Josh Gad, Alan Tudyk, and Santino Fontana. This one's due November 27th, and you'll get a full trailer in September to help you decide if you're going to see it.


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Published on June 18, 2014
The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has announced that UHS Chenango Memorial Hospital's Primary Care offices in Oxford, Sherburne and Sidney have received recognition from the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) program for using evidence-based, patient-centered processes that focus on highly coordinated care and long-term participative relationships. UHS Primary Care in Norwich was the first of the hospital's primary care sites to receive this recognition in 2012. Chris Kisacky, Vice President Operations, explained that this recognition and designation is based on a patient-focused model of care and service delivery that encourages partnerships between individual patients and their personal clinicians to improve the quality and efficiency of care. Wendy Surdoval, Vice President Quality Management, stated "Achieving this recognition was a quality initiative, and making sure that we meet these standards helps us to achieve our own patient-centered care standards." Ms. Kisacky added "The goal of the Patient-Centered Medical Home model is to improve health and health care - to keep our patients healthy and prevent illness when possible, seeking to avoid unnecessary hospitalizations and emergency room visits through more efficient, more coordinated care." NCQA President Margaret E. O'Kane stated "A...PCMH recognition shows that these practices have tools, systems and resources to provide their patients with the right care at the right time." To receive recognition, which is valid for three years, the practices demonstrated the ability to meet the program's key elements embodying characteristics of the medical home. The standards are aligned with the joint principles of the Patient-Centered Medical Home established with the American College of Physicians, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Osteopathic Association. UHS Chenango Memorial Hospital is a member of UHS, a locally owned, not-for-profit, 926-bed hospital and health care system serving the Greater Binghamton region from more than 60 locations around New York's Southern Tier.
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Explore the past and future of electronic gaming through the player's experience in Pong to Pokemon: The Evolution of Electronic Gaming, at the Bullock Museum from July 29, 2017 to March 18, 2018.
Play classic video games (no quarters required!) and view dozens of rare artifacts brought together for the first time from extensive collections across the globe.
Learn about the Lone Star State's contributions to the gaming industry, including some of the most successful games ever created. The exhibit features Texas entrepreneurs and innovators, game development and player community leaders, artifact collectors, and more, to show how Texas contributes to the fastest growing industry in the world.
Support for the Bullock Museum's exhibitions and education programs is provided by the Texas State History Museum Foundation.