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This boggles my mind. AA pretty much played the entire 2nd half tonight without doing anything. Incredible.
Also, remember when Casey said that the acquisition of Gay will not affect Ross mins? well, Ross only played 5mins tonight. So there goes that.
Raps 4th quarter issue is just becoming comical. Because the same mistakes happens every game. Turnovers after turnovers. Inability to inbound the ball. Inability to execute late in teh game. Bad play calls after timeout. Baffling.
It's hard to hate on Casey because he seems like a real good guy. But some or most of his coaching decisions just boggles my mind.

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not sure if this was already discussed in a thread, but in this interview with FAN590, BC seems to be implying that after the all-star break when bosh got injured, it was "supposedly" a sprained ankle, but there were no significant swelling or muscle damage that was revelaed, but Bosh still took 6 days off to so-called "rest" the ankle, and then BC also said that when Bosh came back after the injury, he wasnt himself anymore and he was not sure if it was because of the injury or his head wasnt just with the season anymore. he also mentioned whatever was discussed during the all-star break may have affected Bosh (meeting with LBJ and wade)
he used phrases like "bosh took the easy way out" and "this was obviously been brewing for some time now" (joining forces)
WOW. was BC subtly accusing Bosh of tanking last season???
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Despite limited swelling and any kind of excessive damange on an X-Ray or MRI, he felt like he needed to sit for six more games. That was a very important period for us and coming back from not working out, his timing was off, his conditioning off and so we were set back even further. So six games were stretched to maybe 8, 9 or 10 games.I talked so much about those voices that might have been speaking to him at the All-Star [game], I think it's pretty obvious right now what some of those voices were. Whether he was mentally checked out or wasn't quite into it down the stretch, he wasn't the same guy and everybody saw that and everybody saw that and nobody wanted to acknowledge it. At the same time I really don't feel we were quite in the game, there was too much out there, too much built up for him to take an easy out here, and he decided to do that and that's his choice. Obviously, it's a choice that someone else made, LeBron made the same choice in Cleveland.I'm not even questioning Chris' injury. He was basically cleared to play subject to tolerance on his part and the tolerance just wasn't there and he chose not to play. But, the fact that our season was spiralling downward and we were hoping that he came back sooner.


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July 26, 2012
Rob Moves Out.
"Following Kristen Stewart's public apology for having a fling with her Snow White and the Huntsman director Rupert Sanders, the 26-year-old actor has left the Los Angeles home he shared with Stewart, PEOPLE has confirmed.
In seclusion and not in contact with Stewart, 22, the British star 'is heartbroken and angry,' says the source."
Read the full story here. Sigh.
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So very sad :( As I said before, I wish all involved the best.ReplyDelete
I've seen a lot of people saying this affects the last movie for them. Whatever, I'm so going to be there lol. Their private life has nothing to do with the movie. It's Edward and Bella, not Rob and Kristen. Who cares if they are together or not.Replies
- AnonymousJuly 26, 2012 at 11:07 PM
I second this!! They are not Edward and Bella in real life...we need to get over this ladies!!!Delete
- DaniyahJuly 26, 2012 at 8:33 PM
I'm still gonna see the movie too...but I do care of they're together or not! I LOVED them as couple!! It made EVERYTHING better ! And now! How could she cheat on the sexiest man alive?! I'm so sad :( if they break up twilight world is going to be so different :( ughhhh & I respected kristen so much! This is so sad :(ReplyDeleteReplies
- ChristyJuly 26, 2012 at 9:43 PM
100% agree! Poor Rob :-(Delete
Hey...her loss lol xDDelete
If Rob really is who she respects most in the world than why do this? And with a married man no less that has kids! For a single moment of pleasure she and Rupert screwed up their lives and careers up, Robs faith and trust in her, two little kids trust in their daddy, and a wifes faith in her husband. Shame on them both! I just cant imagine how betrayed Rob must feel.ReplyDelete
The BD pt2 premire is going to be soooo awkward. And of course I'll still see it. Theres no question. But the whole time I'll be watching KStew I'll be thinking about what a selfish immature slut she is.Replies
I agree. except i wont be seeing the movie, it has nothing to do with whats going on in their personal life though.Delete
- AnonymousJuly 26, 2012 at 9:41 PM
This isn't the first time KStew has done this. She cheated on her last boyfriend and they broke up cause of Rob and now she just did the same thing to rob except this time it was with a married guy and instead of just screwing over one person she screwed over 4! I'm happy for Rob that he is moving out now he'll be able to be with someone who will actually respect and love him the way KStew said she did!! I just wish he would have kicked her a** out instead of him having to leave!!ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousJuly 27, 2012 at 1:19 AM
I just saw all the pictures of Kristen and Rupert and it looks like they knew there were being photographed, it's like they just didn't care if they got caught.. I'm so confused and angry that she actually apologised her behavior when she was clearly enjoying herself and could not give a damn about the repercussions. Damn you Stewart for ruining Twilight for me, I can never see you as Bella anymore, not without being reminded of this bullshit!ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousJuly 27, 2012 at 7:14 AM
The problem here is a lot of us, myself included, closely associate the characters with the actual people. Shame on Kristin Stewart for ruining my image of Bella. As a fanfiction writer it is going to be hard to write about the two of them now as I will forever picture her in my head when I think of Bella and Rob as Edward. I will go see the last movie but it will be the last thing I ever see Kristin Stewart in. She took a man who was in love with her and threw him away like trash. She ruined his trust in her and their relationship, the lives of Rupert's wife and children and her reputation with a lot of fans. Nothing is as ugly as a cheater in my book. Rob deserves better.ReplyDeleteReplies
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- AnonymousJuly 27, 2012 at 10:50 PM
I never pictured Kristen Stewart as Bella in the books. As far as Im concerned, she is an actress playing a part. I dont care who she sleeps with. The same goes for Rob. This doesnt change me going to see the movie. People need to get a life if they are going to boycott the film because of their personal problems...seriously people?? They broke up...get over it!!!Delete
- DaniyahJuly 27, 2012 at 6:27 AM
Hopefully...they are just taking a break? bd2 press is gonna be so differnt :( no cute/funny moments!? are you serious im gonna cryReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousJuly 27, 2012 at 7:18 AM
Nope, Rob can't take her back after this.Delete
Taking a break. Made a mistake. She's young. Wow don't insult RP. A mistake is forgetting to buy celery...and saying she's young is an insult to decent young people everywhere.Delete
Well Rob could take her back if he leaked info about him supposedly having an affair in the same time period, that would keep him from looking like a sap but then he would look like a manwhore. He has been with her long enough, I think he would be better with someone a little older and not in the public eye. He should at least give some other women a chance. I do like how discrete he is being. Generally Brit actors seem to have more class than American actors. Does anyone know where to find Ted Casablanca these days. I would love to hear his comments.ReplyDelete
Looks like she wanted to get out of the relationship. How to get a guy to dump you? Humiliate him in public by kissing another man.ReplyDelete
BD2 premiere should be interesting.
- AnonymousJuly 27, 2012 at 8:40 PM
This definately affects the way I feel about Kristen. I think she made a horrible mistake and I think Rob would be a fool to take her back. When you are in a position of notoriety you need to be concientious of your every move. I think she must have wanted to be caught. If she and Rob could hide that they were together for 3 years (just recently letting down thier guards) then I am sure she could have hidden an affair much more so. I feel so badly for what Rob is going through but also for the backlash Kristen will endure. "Let he who is without sin be the first to cast stones".ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 27, 2012 at 10:57 PM
This is really sad. This is a board about Twilight. Not Rob and Kristen's Bedroom.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 28, 2012 at 6:16 PM
This is about the Twilight Saga and Kristen has certainly managed to taint that perfect world we all love to live in. What a stupid and selfish thing to do. Talk about shooting yourself in the foot. I am so saddened by this, I can't even tell you. I have defended her to the wire when others have castigated her acting and her actions but this is totally beyond the pale. I can no longer defend her actions. To cheat with someone who has a wife and two children is horrible and to top it off to have acted in the movie with the wife shows a total disrespect for herself and everyone who ever had any respect for her. I only hope Rob knows that I, as a Twilight fan, stands behind him 100%. I hope he takes comfort in his wonderful family and friends and I know he will!!ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousJuly 29, 2012 at 1:08 AM
lol this is funny...how do we know that Rob is an angel?? We dont. Cause guess what?...we dont know them. Saying that Kristen is ruing the Twilight saga is crazy. We should be a little more grown up here. These are kids that make mistakes and most of us have all made them. I for one think its nuts to judge actors based on their personal choices in life. oh boy, the premiere is going to be interesting. I hope women can contain themselves and not yell at the screen in the theater.Delete
- AnonymousJuly 29, 2012 at 2:26 AM
Yes, they are actors and their personal life shouldn't ruin it for us. However, to a lot of people, the Twilight Saga is what put them on the map. The fans are close to them for that. So I understand what everyone means by it tainting the film. I think if this went down after all the films were out and done, it wouldn't have been so bad.Delete
True, we don't know Rob and their home life. But in this case, it was all Kristen. Everyone needs to stop saying she's a kid, she's old enough to know better. She kept her relationship with Rob under wraps. I'm sure she could have cheated better. She knew what she was doing.
In the end, everyone needs to just try to forget this and enjoy our movie :) I'm not going to let Kristen's bad mistake bother me. I never went to see her anyway lol. Team Edward! ;)
- AnonymousJuly 28, 2012 at 10:09 PM
They are actors...their personal stuff shouldn't even taint what we view on screen as they are acting. Regardless of who is at fault, Im sure nobody is perfect. We do not know them personally and I think that to say that Kristen has ruined Twilight is going a bit to far.ReplyDelete
- Danielle HJuly 28, 2012 at 10:11 PM
They also are not married and so very young. I agree.ReplyDeleteReplies
You are just old and deluded. Young people are insulted that people would lump her behavior on them.Delete
- CharlotteJuly 29, 2012 at 5:29 PM
Proof that the pic's aren't real..................!
U totally see it!Replies
- AnonymousJuly 30, 2012 at 1:13 AM
It doesn't matter if the photos are real or not, they have both admitted to cheating on their partners.Delete
They are real no magazine would risk the law suit a rich Hollywood bimbo could sue them out of business.Delete
They are real no magazine would risk the law suit a rich Hollywood bimbo could sue them out of business.Delete
- AnonymousJuly 30, 2012 at 4:18 AM
Well...well. first off I have to say that if you feel like you have been living in this perfect little twi-bubble that has now burst due to this unfortunate event...I know a great doc that can help you with that. To watch or not watch bd2 based on the personal lives of actors ... bizzare. Ks is a 22yr old with a pattern of self sabotaging her relationships. If we look inside ourselves we will find that we have all carried shame due to being our worst enemy. at least to one degree or another. Those who throw the first stone people... seriously, who are we to judgeReplyDelete
- lovethedogJuly 30, 2012 at 10:38 AM
What about Bear!?!ReplyDelete
Update Everyone: Gossip Cop just confirmed that Rob has asked Kristen to move out. (Hints the moving van this past weekend) As soon as she's out, he'll be back in the house, which he owns.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Sissy_camarilloJuly 30, 2012 at 11:14 PM
I think if they had been a little older they would have more of a chance to work it out. It's just different if you've been aroudn for awhile, had your ups and downs, know what's worth fighting for or not. But they're só young! It's all passion and ego now..don't get me wrong, what Kristen did was terrible but she is human and can make a stupid mistake as much as anyone. Let's hope they come out of this allright and there are no Britney-like meltdowns..Delete
- AnonymousJuly 30, 2012 at 11:14 PM
The media has a way of blowing these kinds of things out of proportion. How are we to know what REALLY happened? Because like many stated above, we don't know Rob or Kristen personally, and don't know what really went on in their relationship (they weren't very public about it). Many people have had the ability to move past these kinds of things and forgive, in relationships or as friends. So it's really up to them, to reconcile or not. Whatever they choose, I hope it's really what THEY want. I frankley feel sorry for them, having these private details exploited for the world to see. Sad. As for this ruining "Twilight" for everyone: come on people, they are human beings, who make mistakes (who hasn't made mistakes in their life?). We can't expect them to BE Bella and Edward, because... they aren't. They are just flawed people, like the rest of us.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 31, 2012 at 3:35 AM
The person I am most dissapointed with is the forty something year old married man who people seem to forget took advantage of a 22 year old woman. Shame on himReplyDelete


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Owners Rodney and Kristie Karriker have been serving up chuckwagon meals in Utah, Durango and Cortez since they started their backcountry trips.
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The Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium in Ruidoso, N.M., sees close to 22,000 visitors every year.
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I was talking with one of the judges and he made it clear to me that they were very serious about this competition, Rodney says.
Winslow said theres quite a difference between the Durango and New Mexico cook-offs. There are a lot more rules in the Ruidoso competition. The mother-of-all chuckwagon cook-offs is a melting pot of true cowboy society.
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You cant use cheese, says Winslow. No potato salad, coleslaw or chili. They didnt eat those things.
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We made fresh whipped cream for our dessert in our first competition, Kristie says with a laugh. I dont think they liked that very much. We didnt get any points.
This was their first time to compete at the cowboy symposium and the crew walked away with the shock of their lives. Canyon Trails Ranch left with first place overall winner and the coveted title, World Champion Chuckwagon.
We were so surprised, said Kristie.
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Researchers are developing a new invisibility cloak that has multiple uses ranging from cloaking submarines for stealth operations all the way into the health industry, researchers say.
Along with the ability to bend sound waves around shaped cavities thanks to sonic metamaterial, it's possible to focus the sound waves into areas smaller than what regular ultrasound machines can handle: sub-millimeter-sized locations.
"Our focus is not about dampening noise, but to guide sound waves around structures," University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign professor Nicholas Fang told Discovery. "If we have a coating on a submarine that bends acoustics waves before they hit the surface, guiding them around the submarine smoothly, then you won't be able to detect a submarine using sonar."
It's possible that the same technology, instead of being used to cloak a submarine from sonar, may also be used to develop high-definition in-utero baby pictures or be used to detect tumors. The technology needs another three to five years before a "practical structure" can be developed for wide-scale testing.
Research and development into invisibility cloaks and similar technology is extremely popular at the moment, though this invisibility cloak is a bit different because of the size difference between electromagnetic waves and sound waves.
Traditional cloaking science, called "transformation optics," normally relies on metamaterials to redirect light. However, there have been great breakthroughs in a new "tapered optical waveguide" in development at Purdue University.
The ultrasonic metamaterial is much smaller than optical metamaterials with an ultrasonic metamaterial made of "tens or hundreds of microns," while an optical metamaterial is hundreds of nanometers.
The Discovery report describes the following:
The sonic invisibility cloak works a lot like a musical instrument.
Musical instruments amplify sound waves using shaped cavities. The sonic metamaterial uses cubes and octagons to create holes that can then bend the wave around the structure. The most obvious application would be as a coating for submarines that want to avoid detection from enemy sonar.
Other researchers have applauded the work done by UI researchers, and look forward to seeing how the technology develops. The actual technology for the metamaterials may not be overly difficult to manufacture, so it can be moved to real-world use much faster.


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By using 1000 lines worth of code over several Perl scripts, former hacker and currrent Wired editor Kevin Poulsen was able to identify 744 sex offenders with MySpace profiles. 497 MySpace users are registered for sex crimes against children, with six of them listed as repeat offenders. At least 243 of the 497 have convictions in 2000 or later. Poulsen reveals in a Wired article how he helped to indentify and catch a known sex offender who was preying upon young boys through MySpace.
"In May, I began an automated search of MySpace's membership rolls for 385,932 registered sex offenders in 46 states, mined from the Department of Justice's National Sex Offender Registry website -- a gateway to the state-run Megan's Law websites around the country," Poulsen wrote. "I searched on first and last names, limiting results to a five mile radius of the offender's registered ZIP code."
The code that Kevin Poulsen quickly wrote was far from perfect and turned up many false or unverifiable matches. Poulsen then worked part-time to sift through the data and manually compare photographs, ages and other data.
"For every profile with warning signs, I found eight without," he continued. "In many cases, the sex offender's MySpace profile is a window into a seemingly normal life: Their comment board is innocent; their image gallery contains a wedding photo or two; the underage friends on their list, if they have any, turn out to be relatives, or adults lying about their age to game MySpace's old security model -- in which only 14- and 15 year-olds enjoyed private profiles."
The result of all that work culminated on October 2, 2006 when New York's Suffolk County Police Department apprehended 39-year-old Andrew Lubrano, who now faces his his fourth arrest for a sex crime over the last 20 years.
Today, Kevin Poulsen is releasing to the public the code he wrote that helped to identify sex offenders on MySpace. The download link may be found here, along with a few pages of explanation on exactly how the code works.


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Topiramate is approved to treat seizures . Some information has suggested that this drug may also decrease heavy drinking days in people with alcohol dependence . More studies need to be done to confirm this effect and understand any risks of this type of treatment. Until more research is confirmed, the use of topiramate for people with alcohol dependence is considered an off-label use.
Researchers from the department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia wanted to examine the drug's impact on alcohol addiction. In the study, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine , the researchers found that patients treated with topiramate had better psychological and quality of life outcomes.
About the Study
The randomized, controlled study followed 150 people with alcohol dependence. The people were split into two groups. One received topiramate and the other group received a placebo. Both groups received regular adherence enhancement therapy. The patients were evaluated at the beginning and end of the 14-week study. Compared to the placebo group, the people given the topiramate therapy:
- Had reduced body mass
- Had fewer obsessional thoughts and compulsions about alcohol
- Had increased psychological well-being
- had increased some aspects of quality of life
- Had better liver enzymes, plasma cholesterol levels, and blood pressure
Side effects such as paresthesia (odd skin sensations), taste perversion, anorexia , and difficulty with concentration were reported more frequently in the topiramate group.
How Does This Affect You?
There are many psychological, social, and physiological aspects of addiction. Topiramate has shown promise in assisting in the recovery process, however it has not been fully approved for this treatment. More studies and investigations need to be done to confirm its benefits and understand the risks associated with the use of this drug.
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p00ka, I think the issue is that most here (myself included) don't understand why you would spend this much time trying to show that anecdotal stats aren't worth much, without any care for what these stats are trying to show.
In other words, if you believe that Bargnani is indeed a net-negative player, why do you care how that message is conveyed, if you concur with the overall message? It comes across as arguing for the sake of argument.
Or, if you believe that Bargnani indeed has value as a basketball player, why hide around the idea that you're simply pointing out statistical flaws?


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The body blows just keep coming for
Apple and its iPhone 4. The iPhone 4 was unveiled to much fanfare at
beginning of June, but once customers started receiving their phones,
problems began being reported.
Customers first started complaining
about yellowed
screens, problems with the proximity sensor, and issues
with reception due to the external antenna on the iPhone 4. The
latter problem has resulted in a class
action lawsuit against both Apple and AT&T.
Earlier this month during lab testing, Consumer Reports stated that "there's
no reason, at least yet, to forgo buying an iPhone 4 over its
reception concerns."
Today, however, it is reversing its
stance after
testing more phones in a radio frequency (RF) isolation chamber. Consumer Reports' findings
pretty much mirror what everyone has been stating for the past
several weeks with regards to the iPhone
4's reception woes. "When your finger or hand touches a spot
on the phone's lower left side—an easy thing, especially for
lefties—the signal can significantly degrade enough to cause you to
lose your connection altogether if you're in an area with a weak
signal," said Mike Gikas on the Consumer Reports blog. "Due
to this problem, we can't recommend the iPhone 4."
Gikas goes on to state that an
unsightly fix for the reception issue is to put a piece of tape over
the gap between the Wi-Fi/Bluetooth and cellular radio antennas.
The iPhone 4 was rated highly due to
its sharp Retina display, Face Time video chat, and its stellar
battery life, but the lingering reception issues mean that the phone
won't be getting the recommended rating.
"Apple needs to come up with a
permanent—and free—fix for the antenna problem before we can
recommend the iPhone 4," Gikas concluded.
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Noted Hurricane Expert Kerry Emanuel has publicly reversed his stance on the impact of Global Warming on Hurricanes. Saying "The models are telling us something quite different from what nature seems to be telling us," Emanuel has released new research indicating that even in a rapidly warming world, hurricane frequency and intensity will not be substantially affected.
"The results surprised me," says Emanuel, one of the media's most quoted figures on the topic.
The view that global warming has limited impact on hurricane strength has been previously reported in numerous DailyTech articles.
Emanuel, professor of Atmospheric Science at MIT, is the author of numerous books and research papers on climate change. For over twenty years, he has argued that global warming breeds more frequent and stronger storms. In fact, his 1987 paper is often cited as the first appearance of the theory itself.
His 2005 research -- published just one month before Hurricane Katrina struck -- made world headlines, and was heralded as the "final proof" that Global Warming was already having severe impacts on daily lives. Overnight, Emanuel became a media darling. The following year, Time Magazine named him to their "100 People Who Shape Our World" list.
In 2006, Al Gore used an image of a smokestack spawning a hurricane to promote his movie, An Inconvenient Truth.
Emanuel's newest work, co-authored with two other researchers, simulates hurricane conditions nearly 200 years in the future. The research -- the first to mesh global climate models with small-scale high-resolution simulations of individual storms -- found that while storm strength rises slightly in some areas, it falls in others -- and the total number of worldwide storms actually declines slightly.
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I know this may get moved to the trade forum, but I wanted it to get some looks on the main forum.
The Bobcats need a talent upgrade to the roster, they would like to get rid of Tyrus Thomas I am sure. So would something like this be realistic:
#2 pick and Tyrus Thomas for the #8, Ed Davis, Linas Kleiza, maybe we throw in a second rounder as well.
Would that be worth it to move up from 8 to 2, We would be stuck with Thomas for 3 years, but maybe he could find a role with Coach Casey. Ed would be going back to NC and Linas will be Linas.
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So, what do you know about stop-start technology? Ever driven a stop-start car?
MADISON, Wis. – So, what do you know about stop-start technology? Ever driven a stop-start car?
Probably not. Neither have I. But a recent conversation with Cecilia Smith at Texas Instruments got me interested. Smith is vice president of the Mixed Signal Automotive (MSA) part of TI's High Volume Analog and Logic business.
The idea behind stop-start seems quite straightforward. The system automatically switches off the engine when the car is at a standstill and restarts it as soon as the driver presses the clutch pedal or releases the brake.
Imagine your car stuck in a traffic jam or waiting at a traffic light. The ability of a vehicle to automatically stop its engine when stationary and then fire up again when it's time to move could lead to significant fuel savings and reduction in vehicle emissions, according to Navigant Research.
Stop-start vehicles, in fact, might be finally coming our way, in volume, over the next several years. In its recent report Navigant Research forecasts that total global sales for light-duty stop-start vehicles will exceed 55 million by 2022, accounting for 54.3% of total vehicle sales.
Of course, today the reality is much different.
The stop-start market share in the United States in 2012 was one percent, compared to Europe's double-digit percentage, according to a report by SAE International, formerly the Society of Automotive Engineers.
So, what's stopping carmakers from going big on stop-start vehicles -- especially in the United States?
One nagging issue is the lag time between stop and start. Carmakers are worried that driver impatience (or the Jackrabbit Syndrome) might just kill the US consumers' appetite for stop-start technology.
A case in point is a Honda's decision earlier this year. The Japanese carmaker decided to drop stop-start technology for the US market in its Honda Fit when it's launched in the US market in 2014.
Automotive News reported last September:
The fuel-saving technology, which shuts off the engine at stoplights, is popular outside North America. In Japan it comes standard on all versions of Honda's new Fit small car.
But the lag between stop and start makes it slow off the line. That's partly why engineers chose not to apply it to US-bound cars.
Nobuhiko Shishido, a lead powertrain engineer at Honda for the new Fit, said that in the United States, where speed and power rule, stop-start systems mean small cars will be left in the dust.
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Principal Investigator(s): Parton, William J., Colorado State University. Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory; Gutmann, Myron P., National Science Foundation, and University of Michigan. Institute for Social Research; Hartman, Melannie D., Colorado State University. Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory; Merchant, Emily R., University of Michigan. Institute for Social Research; Lutz, Susan M., Colorado State University. Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory
This study is part of a series of studies assembled by an interdisciplinary research team led by Myron Gutmann of the University of Michigan between 1995 and 2004, as part of a research project funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (Grant Number R01HD033554 to the University of Michigan). The goal of the project was to amass information about approximately 500 counties in 12 states of the Great Plains of the United States, and then to analyze those data in order to understand the relationships between population and environment that existed between the years of 1860 and 2003. The data distributed as part of this series are all data about counties. They fall into four broad categories: information about the counties, about agriculture, about demographic and social conditions, and about the environment. The information about counties (name, area, identification code, and whether the project classified the county as part of the Great Plains in a given year) is embedded in each of the other data files, so that there will be three series of data (agriculture, demographic and social conditions, and environment), containing individual data files for each year for which data are available.
Specifically, this study contains environmental data and is meant to aid the modeling of the biogeochemical effects of cropping in the Great Plains region. These data were generated by the Daycent ecosystem model, which has been used extensively to simulate soil biogeochemical dynamics from agricultural systems throughout the United States. Variables include information on above-ground production, soil and system carbon, evaporation and transpiration data, soil temperature, nitrogen mineralization, and fluxes of various chemical compounds.
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So Casey is basically putting the blame on Big V and beleives that Bargnani is the reason why Lowry went off in the second half. Is this the proof that hes just Collangelos puppet? Or just some really bad coaching? The only time I honestly beleived that the raps were in it at all was before Bargnani came in to replace Ed Davis.Lowry almost single-handedly got the Raptors the win in the second half Wednesday, scoring 29 of his team-high 34 points. Casey believes that would not have been possible without Bargnani on the floor occupying one of the Kings' bigs, thereby freeing up lanes for Lowry to do his damage.
I understand his belief of bringing Big V off the bench in favor of Amir due to his defensive liability (which will get better with time), but his failure to ever put ANY blame on Bargnani is horrible. I get a feeling that Lowry will eventually have some negative run in with him.


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This data collection contains population and per capita income estimates for over 39,000 governmental entities in the United States, recorded for selected years from 1969 to 1975. These estimates were developed to provide updates of the data elements in federal revenue sharing allocations under the state and local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972. Estimates recorded in the data file are for July 1 of the respective years, while per capita income refers to the entire year. Data items included are population in 1970 as recorded in the decennial census of that year, population estimates for 1973 and 1975, and per capita money income estimates for 1969, 1972, and 1974.
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When you stay in Custer, you'll find a variety of lodging, unique shops and local restaurants. Plus, you'll be just minutes—not miles—from all the adventures that make a trip to the Black Hills unforgettable.
Crazy Horse Memorial, the world's largest ongoing mountain carving, is just five minutes away.
See the roaming buffalo and mountain lakes of Custer State Park, only two minutes from town.
Mount Rushmore National Memorial, our nation's Shrine of Democracy, is located 25 minutes from Custer.
The 1.2 million acres of the Black Hills National Forest surrounds the city of Custer.
Devils Tower National Monument, our nation's first National Monument is 2 hours away.
Jagged spires, eroded buttes and ancient mysteries of Badlands National Park are located 2 hours from Custer.
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I dont think Id like sasuke to get rinnegan for one simple reason.. its been done. Both obito and madara have the sharingan/rinnegan combo, I think I'd prefer to see Sasuke become stronger in a more original way. And why does sasuke need to master all 5 chakra natures. He already has lightining and fire, susanoo, and the unlimited powers of the sharingan.
Im not saying its impossible or that sasuke doesnt have a good power up coming his way to keep competitive with naruto. Im just saying that I have higher expectations


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The fire was so intense, more than 100 firefighters from several counties were called to help.
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The European Commission (EC), the executive
arm of the European Union (EU), has already brought
one mighty opponent to its knees. It fined Microsoft almost $2.6B USD
overall for antitrust violations, including fines
of $690M USD and $1.4B
USD. Microsoft tried to refuse to comply
with EC's verdict, but ended
up paying for it even more in the end.
Now the EU is pursuing chipmaker Intel for allegedly employing
anticompetitive practices such as a price slashing and illegal rebates to drive
smaller chipmakers out of business. The EU issued
formal charges against Intel in July. Intel responded quickly that
the charges
were nonsense and that AMD was the one complaining, not the
customers. AMD claimed that Intel
reaped $60B USD in monopoly profits.
Intel fought back demanding a
hearing before the EC where it could argue its viewpoint. Meanwhile,
Intel suffered another loss when its German
offices were raided last month by EU agents, who seized documents
applicable in the antitrust case. Germany was one of the countries in
which Intel is allegedly to have employed price manipulation and illegal
Now Intel has finally gotten its way, in effect, as it had a
chance to plead
its case before an EC hearing. Intel's chief executive Paul Otellini
travelled to Brussels to represent his company at the hearing. Intel,
whose chips are in four out of every five of the world's servers and PCs, has
also been accused by the EC of paying off computer manufacturers to pick Intel
chips over AMD chips. Intel has denied these claims saying it competes
fiercely and legally.
Mr. Otellini addressed Hearing Officer Karen Williams, arguing
that Intel's financial practices were well within the law and that its success
was from having a better product, not illegal maneuvers. Ms. Williams
will report to Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes on the case at the end of
the hearing.
Commissioner Kroes, who recently championed
the $1.4B USD fine against Microsoft, will make a final suggestion to the full
European Commission about Intel's fate and the amount of a possible fine.
Fines can be up to 10% of a company's global revenue, under EU business
law. Commissioner Kroes previously stated that Intel
may be a larger threat to E.U. business then Microsoft. Following
Commissioner Kroes statement, the EC will put the issue to a vote and come to a
Intel had most of the day yesterday to plead its
case. It discussed proprietary information during the hearing,
requiring several participants to have to leave for extended periods. The
U.S. Federal Trade Commission and New York attorney general's office, who are
investigating possible Intel antitrust violations within the U.S, were both
represented. It is expected that they may launch similar antitrust
campaigns following in the EU's footsteps.
Today several consumer groups will have their chance to
speak. BEUC, a European umbrella group for consumer groups, and
individual groups from the Netherlands, Spain and France will all be represented.
The groups so far have not come out with a firm stance on the allegations, but
Monique Goyens, BEUC director general assured, "We may do so later."
She further stated that BEUC wants to ensure that consumer
issues about pricing and innovation are properly examined and addressed.
AMD and Hewlett Packard are also both going to speak today. Their
accounts and testimony will be critical as their relationships with Intel
figures heavily with the charges leveled against the chipmaker.
The EU, in addition to the Intel office raids, raided multiple
retailers that sold only Intel chips and not AMD chips. The materials
gathered in these raids cannot be used in the hearing. However the EC
could elect to issue new charges against Intel at any point. It did so
three times during the Microsoft case, so such a result is not unexpected.


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Verizon wireless recently
unveiled a new teaser
campaign for its Droid handset which will be running Android 2.0
operating system and targets the iPhone directly.
Genus Report (BGR) now has a hands-on
with the Motorola Droid and posted up a few early details of the
device. The handset runs Android 2.0 and is described as only
slightly thicker than the iPhone 3GS. The Droid is the thinnest
QWERTY slider that the publication has seen. The handset runs the TI
OMAP3430 processor making it the fastest Android device BGR
has ever used.
The capacitive display gets lots of kudos and
is called the best screen ever seen on an Android device and a
fantastic screen overall. The keyboard is described as very usable
and the device has a desktop cradle/charger that turns it into a
multimedia station. Perhaps the biggest thing that BGR reports about
the Droid is that it is the most impressive handset it has used since
the iPhone. Perhaps we finally have a viable threat to the iPhone
coming to the market deserving the title "iPhone killer".
also goes into great detail
about Android 2.0. The caveat is that both the Droid and the
version of Android 2.0 are not final. Highlights include built-in
Exchange compatibility, layers included in maps, UI makeover for the
browser, YouTube widget, integrated haptics feedback capability, and
a new app for use in your car allowing voice commands presumably
while driving. A whole slew of new features have been added that
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text: McGee is interesting and could potentially be a very good center but I wouldn't touch him. The kid is an idiot and the guys in the current locker room seem like high character players and at least try to be professionals. JV has great character, work rate and has just as much potential as McGee although he will do it in a different style. I think they have a good thing at the 5 not need for McGee I'd rather them invest at the wing (SF where we need the help most).


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Day 23: Share creatively
World Vision donor Rachel Britz has established a family tradition of giving with her children, each choosing a Gift Catalog item to give every year. "This is going to be our family's legacy," she says.
Today's challenge: Be creative in how you share #joy today! Tell us what you came up with in the comments section below.
"Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another." —1 John 4:11 (NIV)
A family's legacy
When she was 11 years old, Rachel Britz organized a carnival in her yard as a fundraiser to help children with muscular dystrophy. Her mom helped her find sponsors and set up pony rides, and at the end of the day she had raised $600.
"As a child, I had such a burden of compassion for kids in need," says Rachel. "I think that every single one of us, God places certain burdens on our hearts, or calls us into all sorts of different ways we can serve Him, and this is one that has been placed on me since I was a very young child."
Today, as a mother of three, a small business owner, and a writer, Rachel's compassion for the poor and children in need has only deepened. Her family has been sponsoring children through World Vision for years, currently sponsoring three children from Myanmar, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Rachel also helped her best friend, Jill Hass, launch a music festival called Livestock that raises money to donate animals and other items through World Vision's Gift Catalog. And her family regularly donates to the Gift Catalog, each child getting to pick their own gift.
"This is going to be our family's legacy," says Rachel.
For their Gift Catalog gifts this year, Rachel's youngest daughter, Perah, 8, picked out chicks and ducks; her son, Walker, 10, picked out a goat; and her 15-year-old daughter, Lily, who recently became a vegetarian, picked out fruit trees. Rachel wants her children to care about the poor, but she also knows she needs to let them figure it out in their own way.
"I don't think you really know the impact of things you're trying to instill in your children until they're older. That's what legacy is really about," says Rachel. "It's not so much about fully understanding right now, but trying to live each day accordingly, and the rest will show itself later."
Rachel also knows that she can't fully realize the impact of her donations, her acts of kindness, or the animals she provides through the Gift Catalog. "This side of heaven, we won't know what we've done. There's something about that that I love. There's this ambiguous gift," says Rachel. "It gives me something to look forward to in the fulfillment of everything."
Rachel is grateful to World Vision for giving her an easy and effective way to respond to her burden for children in need. "With World Vision in particular, you're not having to go out and develop the program, run the business, figure out how to feed and care for that child, but you can take the burden and in your heart and come alongside and say this is what I'm passionate about," says Rachel.
"I believe God is using that burden he has placed on my heart. And here is World Vision who also shares that burden, and I can give to them knowing that I'm in partnership with whatever it is that God can do through that financial gift."
"It makes me feel like my life has a purpose, a meaning."
At the top: Rachel with her family. (Photo: Emily Neubarth/Essence Photography)
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I don't get it, pepole don't want a pick this year but I rather tank this season and lose our pick next year.
Say we get a top 3 pick, we could either pick Nerlens Noel, Anthony Bennett, or Cody Zeller to fill the position of our need(PF) or even Trey Burke if we need a PG. With the addition, we can attempt to make the playoffs (I think we will) and avoid getting a 15/16/17 pick.
What's so bad about that?


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Constant falsity is directed into subsection when rivaling the current binomial techniques at hand; Raikiri and Kirin. Theoretically speaking, Raikiri was canonically stated to have extirpated a lightning bolt; albeit bystanders seem to delude presented evidence when paralleling said methods.. Thus reasoning for said threads construction; illuminating an important misconception: Raikiri invalidly cannot extirpate Kirin, insistently deluding canonical evidence stated within the manga.. "No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it." -Albert Einstein
Raikiri is famously recalled Lightning Cutter, and is widely known due to current facts stated canonically..
- Maito Gai astonishingly stated Kakashi severed a lightning bolt with said technique.
- Raikiri constantly proclaims to presently be Kakashi's signature technique.
- Consistency of immense chakra control deems said technique an S-rank jutsu; a formidable weapon.
Knowing the above factual statements, I will momentarily list factual statements that of Kirin/Lightning itself..
- Lightning actually goes at variable speeds, because it is not just light, but electron plasma moving through charged air. It can depend on air conditions, but the typical lightning bolts move at 224,000 mph -- or about 3,700 miles per second.
- You can figure how far you are from the lightning strike by timing the pause between seeing the flash, and hearing the thunder.
- Kirin is yielded to strike the users target, Sasuke clearly provided said gestures.
Such being stated, I can deduce by the second fact of lightning that the Sharingan could highly-likely provide "extra" observation and/or enhanced prediction methods[1][2][3][4].. Thus being said, ultimately I consistently predict that Kakashi's Sharingan exceedingly allowed him to envisage an outgoing lightning bolt extirpating the current in the end.. Ongoing pandemonium about the said topic should indeed be extinguished after reading this conspicuous thread; thus one cannot inconsistently deny the proof provided within manga residents followed consistently by databook statements as well.
Kirin/Lightning can be extirpated by Raikiri by said means:
- The given visual prowess of the Sharingan, allows the user capable of envisaging movements; Kirin's wielders hand gestures would be read by Sharingan enabling a counter..
- The given visual prowess of the Sharingan, allows the user capable of foreseeing future movements; Kirin's wielders gestures would be predicted, enabling a counter..


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The new device,
the U3-X, has a seat height a bit higher than an average person's
waistline, and riders must jump up a bit before they can put their
feet on a foot rest. Honda designed the U3-X so it can move
forward and backwards, sideways and diagonally.
Riders simply
need to lean the direction they wish to go in, and it has a top speed
of 3.7 MPH.
"We believe this is the first step in
the fun of human transportation and expanding that joy
indefinitely," Honda President Takanobu Ito said during the
event. "And if my legs get a little weak, I would like to
have one of these around the house. It makes it easy to move
Honda is known for its robotics development and
similar technological advancements, though very few of its new
technologies have been made available to the public. Similar to
other breakthroughs, it looks like Honda is more interested in
showing off future technologies, not necessarily launching products
in the next few years.
In fact, the U3-X development was made
possible in part because of Honda's bipedal humanoid research robot
known as ASIMO.
Honda will show off the U3-X during the
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Washington State Legislators Get Bill That Would Let Credit Unions Pay Board Members
State legislators in Washington will be reviewing two bills that would give state-chartered credit unions the option to pay their board members, gain access to supplemental capital and expand investment options.
The Northwest Credit Union Association helped craft House Bill 1582, which will be discussed in a hearing scheduled Thursday in the state legislature's House Business & Financial Services Committee.
The NWCUA also is behind Senate Bill 5302, which is similar to the House bill. However, S.B. 5302 does not include the supplemental capital provision. The Senate bill also is scheduled for a hearing Thursday before the Senate's Housing and Insurance Committee.
In addition to giving Washington credit unions the option to provide board members with "reasonable compensation," both bills would give credit unions the option to compensate supervisory committee members as well.
Marvin Umholtz, president/CEO of Umholtz Strategic Planning and Consulting Services in Olympia, Wash., said the option to pay board members is long overdue. He also acknowledged, however, that not everyone in the credit union industry would think it is a good idea because of the long-standing history of volunteer board members.
As the proposed law is written, a credit union "may pay its directors and supervisory committee members," but there is no wording in the proposed law to require credit unions to pay directors.
The option to compensate board members has been discussed and researched at the NWCUA since 2009, said Lynn Heider, the association's vice president of public relations and communications. The association's Evolution Task Force and Government Affairs Committee earlier recommended the option to pay board members under rules that would be set by the state's regulator.
"This may help some CUs to attract and retain a more diverse board," said Heider.
Meanwhile, the House bill's provision that would enable state-chartered credit unions to pursue supplemental capital would only take effect if federal legislation opening supplemental capital to credit unions would be enacted. The proposed state legislation refers to supplemental capital as "accounts or instruments that are not shares or deposits, are not insured … and are included in the credit union's net worth."
"Should credit unions have access to additional capital beyond earnings, they could grow faster and still meet prompt corrective action well capitalized expectations," said Umholtz.
What's more, the House and Senate bills would allow Washington credit unions to make investments with a "registered investment company or collective investment fund, as long as the prospectus of the company or fund restricts the investment portfolio to investments and investment transactions that are permissible for credit unions."
The bills also include a provision that if an investment later becomes impermissible because of a change in circumstances or law or if it's determined the investment will have an adverse effect on the safety and soundness of the credit union, the state's regulator would be authorized to order the credit union to pull the plug on the investment.


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In life and baseball, changed perspective for Duncan
As mother and brother fight brain cancer, Rays slugger cherishing his time as a player
By Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- "Do you watch 'The Bachelor'?"
Up until this point, Shelley Duncan and I were having a pretty serious conversation. We were talking about how his mom, Jeanine, and his brother, Chris, were both diagnosed with brain cancer within 14 months of each other and about how Shelley's wife, Elyse, gave birth to twin boys in between those diagnoses. We were talking about how all these major life experiences added a powerful layer of perspective to what Shelley does for a living.
And now Duncan, a non-roster invitee with the Rays, wanted to talk about "The Bachelor"?
Well, OK.
"Of course I watch it," I replied.
Yes, I admit it. I watch "The Bachelor." I love the catfights. I love the manufactured drama. I love seeing the guy visit four girls' hometowns and ask four different dads if he has their permission to propose (so respectful and yet so ... dysfunctional). I love the overuse of the words "journey" and "connection." I find the whole thing phenomenally entertaining.
"Good," Shelley said. "Most people say they don't watch it, and I don't understand. I think it's awesome."
Yes, it is awesome. We could have stood there all day and talked about how awesome it is.
But why were we suddenly talking about it now?
"You know the girl with one arm?" Shelley asked.
Ah, yes. There was a contestant this season named Sarah, who only had one arm. She tried to win the affections of the Bachelor. And in her unsuccessful bid to do so, she participated in whatever stunts the producers cooked up for her and the other girls, including, most frustratingly, a game of roller derby, in which Sarah's lack of balance prompted her to fall to the floor some untold number of times.
It was typical reality TV ridiculousness, but it was spiced with a genuine human-interest component.
And as strange and silly as it may sound, that's when it hit Duncan that all the events of the last year and a half have changed him.
"Usually I crack jokes left and right watching that show," he said. "But I felt really bad for that girl. She was born like that. She can't help it. I think I'm more sensitive to other people's problems that they go through where they have no control over it. I really understand, and I feel for it."
Duncan is still trying to come to grips with what happened to his mother and brother. So are the doctors treating them.
"They've never seen it in a mother and a son before," Duncan said. "They think you have a better chance of winning the Powerball twice than this happening to a mother and son."
Naturally, Duncan worries for both of them as they continue to undergo chemotherapy treatments. He also worries about whether his family is afflicted with some sort of genetic predisposition toward the disease -- specifically, whether it's something that would or could be passed down to his 8-month-old sons, Walker and William.
And with all these thoughts, all these emotions, all this newly discovered sensitivity coursing through his mind, you can see where Duncan might have learned to put baseball in proper context.
A player with more than four times as many plate appearances in the Minors than the Majors (including parts of six seasons in Triple-A) knows all about the business end of the game. So while Duncan is here in Rays camp, trying to latch on as a right-handed corner outfielder and first baseman who can do some damage against lefties and giving his all to earn the trust of Joe Maddon and Co., he tries not to fret too much about the organizational depth chart.
Rather, Duncan tries to simply appreciate this opportunity for what it is.
"I try to say it would be easy to walk away from the game, especially with everything that's going on in my family," Duncan said. "Just have fun and live life, do all the stuff you want to do. But Chris always says he would give absolutely anything in the world to have one more at-bat. When he says that, you start to appreciate the fun of the game a little more."
Indeed, baseball is a blessing, a diversion that Duncan has been fortunate enough to turn into a career, no matter how many promotions and demotions he's received or endured along the way. He's seen his father, Dave, the legendary Cardinals' pitching coach, step down from his duties to be by Jeanine's side, and he's seen Chris' career cut short by an array of injuries.
So Shelley knows that to be the last Duncan in pro ball is to have the others living vicariously through you.
"Tomorrow is promised to none of us," Chris said. "I let Shelley know how much he should appreciate baseball. To be able to go to work as a baseball player is something extremely special that I don't think you truly appreciate until you're out of the game."
Where once the relationship of these two brothers was defined by its competitiveness, now they are pulling for each other with the utmost intensity.
Shelley was at his brother's bedside throughout Chris' recovery from brain surgery last fall at Duke University's medical facility, and he is absolutely convincing when he says, "Chris is going to beat this thing. I really believe that."
Chris, back at work as a sports radio host for WXOS in St. Louis, dutifully follows Shelley's Spring Training games, hoping his brother will land a spot on the Opening Day roster.
"He's the last person in our family in baseball," Chris said. "We're all pulling for him to go as long as possible."
What a life-altering, love-affirming couple of years it's been for the Duncan family. Shelley is, frankly, still trying to process it all. But there are moments -- like that moment when he found himself sympathizing with, rather than laughing at, a reality TV contestant or those moments when he steps into the batter's box and tries to make good on this opportunity with Tampa Bay -- when he realizes how much it's all impacted him.
As for me, well, I feel a small amount of shame in admitting that I cave to the guilty pleasure that is "The Bachelor." But I feel absolutely no shame in saying that I'm rooting for Shelley Duncan this spring.
Anthony Castrovince is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his columns and follow him on Twitter at @Castrovince. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.