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We need to re-sign Lin, and if JR gets in the way of that, screw him.
What's up with guys evoking this 'loyalty' ****?
Guys in the league are loyal to only one thing, the cash dollar money.
Go JR, Go! I know he can get more than the 2.5m$ he's pulling with Knicks.
What did ya'll expect him to do, he's got to feed his family, you can only play for so long.There's no loyalty in sports, on both ends, if someone offered you more money than your jobs are paying you, what would you do?It's the right move JR, get payed.
Im kind of disappointed because he is a good 6th man and previously said he wanted to stay here and was happy with his role.
Also saw the rumour on Bleacher Report, not that they are ever much to go by.
i wont miss him, we gotta spend more effort developing shump and teaching landry how to shoot whether we keep him or just build up some trade value. JR is a distraction to himself and a his team, this is a business and these guys dont play for free, 2.5 mil for a player of his caliber is about 3 - 4 mil short.
He has every right to test Free agency as does any player in the NBA, i would rather he stayed but he's his own man he has his choices.
I honestly think he stays... He gets to play with his boy Melo & woodson has the utmost trust in him and he knows that.
Has JR touched the ball & controlled the ball (no homo) as much as he did in this short time with the Knicks than he did with Denver, the man basically has freedom to do what he wants out there him & melo have the ultimate green light i just cant see him walking away from this role + he's close to home...whats not to love but knowing JR Job security and money>>>>having fun in NY lol
I agree he's in a nice situation here with his role and a team that WILL be one of the top teams next season. BUT we can all agree that he is being underpaid by a good amount. We're talkin underpaid by about 3-5 million! I'm sure if he took the player option the team would give him the multiyear deal he wants next year but you can't really trust that if you're him.
Hate to lose him but that's the business of the NBA.
Real Talk
If we play well in the playoffs... I expect him to stay at least another year. I know Melo had a big part in bringing him here so I expect other guys on the team to leave before J.R. does.
I dont see JR going anywhere, his deal in NY is to sweet for him to make any sudden moves....I dont see Walker, Bibby, or Davis returning to NY next season....how we are going to resign Lin, Novak, Fields, Jefferies, and a decent FA PG & FA bigman? I dont know how? but....it will be done to enhance (please) Melo/Stat/Tyson this offseason.
I was so frustrated over the long lock-out with all the player-hater rules added by Stern's under the table dealin with the cheap-owners....I didnt bother to read any of the new CBA rules set for the next decade.
Im expecting all of the big $money$ rollin owner$$$ to break every one of the new CBA's rules throughout the next 3 seasons....its call $$$money$$$ TALKS...
The foolish writer who wrote this article is clueless of Minny coach Adelman, he will not let JR interupt the great season job Rubio & Love been doing to make the team into playoff contenders.
The writer also forgot CP3 had JR kick off the Hornets....The Orlando Magic will be a big mystery question mark next season.
He gotta do whats best for him and his family...........which is staying in New York getting bird rights and getting a fat contract from James Dolan
I'd rather keep him than Landry and Lin(both are so ****ing overrated its funny) but its unlikely
I dont think any playoff bound player with any decent IQ will talk about his contract at this crucial time of the year. Nothing is confirmed in the article. The writer used words like, "chances look slim....Smith is expected...blah blah." Many of the KOers couldve written a better article than that!
Some of the NYC sportswriters really have nothing better to write but feed poison to the Knicks fans.
Did anybody think otherwise, he intentionally structured his deal to give him and out. Please stop with the Woody treated him like a son garbage as a reason for him to stay.
I would love to bring back this entire team next year and see what Woody or another real coach could do with them with an entire off season program. We'd probably win 60 games easy...


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Wasatch Range (Central) > Mount Olympus > Climber's Log
Mount Olympus Climber's Log
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|Easy walk in the woods!
Date Climbed: Oct 15, 2011
|After a fairly grueling Lone Peak trip, this was over sooner than expected. When we reached the shoulder, I turned to my buddy and asked "is this really it?" I didn't believe it.
Unfortunately, once back to the Jeep, I left my Oregon GPS on the back bumper and drove away. Half an hour later, I returned, but it was long gone. I left my name, number, email and a plea to return it on the startup screen, but I have not gotten a message yet. I guess I shouldn't be surprised, as it was well over $400. Drat.
All the way down, nearly everybody we passed asked the same question, "how much longer to the shoulder?" I gave up estimating and gave the same answer after a dozen.
|Posted Nov 6, 2011 3:48 pm
|Ted Eliason
|First Climb
|First mountain I ever went up without skiis
|Posted Oct 12, 2011 11:11 am
|Once is good
Date Climbed: Jul 23, 2011
|This was a rough steep hike. The saddle is beautiful and the view from the top is only unique to Mt Olympus. Glad I took a lot of pictures cause I wont be going back up again
|Posted Sep 29, 2011 2:49 pm
|always a fun one
|when in need of a quick mountain hike
|Posted Sep 19, 2011 5:38 pm
|Hiking Route
Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2011
|Try to hike it every year. Some of the best views of the valley and the central Wasatch.
|Posted Sep 14, 2011 4:34 pm
|Mt Olympus Trail
Date Climbed: Jun 18, 2011
|Hiked and scrambled with a friend up Mt. Olympus Trail to the south summit, beautiful summer day. Snow was clear enough to only set foot on it once on the summit itself. Few bugs even with lots of runoff and vegetation. View to the rest of the central Wasatch to the south was striking.
|Posted Aug 2, 2011 10:36 am
|The first summit in my life, I think
Date Climbed: Aug 15, 1987
|Started on a trail not knowing where it went. Somehow got off the trail and climbed the slabs to the summit. Probably not the smartest thing, but hey, kids do dumb things all the time and survive! The challenge of this peak got me hooked on climbing rocks.
|Posted Jul 20, 2011 9:08 pm
|Nice Afternoon
Date Climbed: May 27, 2011
|Left work at noon and was back to the car before dark. Beautiful view. A little bit of snow up near the top. Nothing major, but it made me take the scrambling section more slowly.
|Posted Jul 5, 2011 12:38 pm
Date Climbed: Jun 29, 2011
|Steep, then steeper. It was fun when it was over. Great mountain. Nice assortment of snakes and birds. Scrub oak on side hills about as thick as I've ever seen.
|Posted Jun 30, 2011 12:41 pm
|Wildcat Ridge
Date Climbed: Jun 17, 2006
|06/17/06 First summit on the route across Wildcat Ridge. Great day. One angry rattler.
09/28/13 Another trip to the top with a good friend. Skiff of snow. Fall is in and winter is on the way.
09/26/14 With Miko and Nala. They get better and better at scrambling.
01/08/15 Wore snowshoes from the second stream all the way to the summit.
02/20/17 with Michael
|Posted Jun 10, 2011 10:51 pm
|Warm and sunny day w/snow on the summit
Date Climbed: Apr 17, 2009
|Nice steep grade on this 3,5 miles trail with a beautiful view over the Salt Lake City. Gorgeous weather hiking in the t-shirt! Last third of the hike in the snow up to 3 feet still warm enough for the shirt.
|Posted Feb 28, 2011 7:12 am
Date Climbed: Aug 27, 2011
|Guert's Ridge (5.5 II) 8/2011, Normal route 8/1997. Joseph Bullough is a stud!
|Posted Feb 25, 2011 2:46 am
|Up I Go
|January 2010 x1
Febuary 2010 x1
March 2010 x2
06/05/2010 as part of WildCat Rigde with WMC Club,
07/16/11(Wildcat Ridge to Reynolds Peak)
01/26/12 Took 2 hours 3 mins to the top, RT was 3:15 mins My dog Nebo's first ascent of Olympus.
02/25/12 Took 1 hr 44 mins to summit. At the summit I meet up with Joe Bullough, and a bunch of others, for his 400th summit. Congrats Joe! You are the god of Olympus
11/05/12 Despite not having summited a mountain in 2 months I still put up my own PR. Took 1 hr 39 mins from the car to summit.
01/.../13 up the standard route with friends
03/25/13 via Guert's Ridge with snow... That Slabby ridge is HARD to climb when wet and covered in snow... in boots.
05/27/13 Via Kamp Ridge. My favorite route up the Mountain I think. We continued to the Goddess Traverse and descended the main trail
9/30/13 via Kamp Ridge. Freed the whole way with a descent of the west slabs
12/26/13 via main trail with Stef S. It was her first winter ascent
00/00/14 via main trail with nebo and natasha
00/00/14 via main trail with Sam
02/12/17 via main trail solo
|Posted Oct 29, 2010 4:47 am
|hiking route
Date Climbed: Oct 16, 2010
|Beautiful hike with beautiful weather. Fun scrambling @ top!
|Posted Oct 18, 2010 10:03 pm
Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2008
|I solo hiked it, because it had to be done.
|Posted Oct 10, 2010 2:55 am
|Why do i keep doing this to myself
Date Climbed: Sep 16, 2010
|WORST.TRAIL.EVER. 7 miles of stair master climbing. Second time on the summit. I wonder why I did it again. Hurts the knees. Saw some tarantulas, sunset photos from the saddle were spectacular.
|Posted Sep 17, 2010 12:33 pm
|Oly Poly
Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2008
|Hiked with Jon W. Both our first ascent of Oly and maybe the last. We made summit in under 3 hrs but it was a tough stair master session. We had just gotten laid off from Fidelity Investments a few days prior. Good view of the valley! Had some trouble finding the trail back down initially but a good scramble!
#2. 7/29/15 - Solo trail run attempt. Got lost toward the top. Too damn hot.
|Posted Sep 12, 2010 1:46 pm
|West Slabs Forever
|This route is a little bit slabby!
|Posted Jul 5, 2010 2:04 am
|Mount Olympus
Date Climbed: Aug 24, 2008
|South Summit
|Posted Jun 29, 2010 1:59 pm
|My Mountain!
Date Climbed: May 24, 2010
|One of my favorite hikes....! mostly because it's 2 seconds from my house! I've had a goal for 2 summers to be able to run the entire way but i haven't quite been able to do it at a good pace without stopping...2010 will be the year though!
|Posted May 29, 2010 1:24 pm

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Russia Evacuates Entire Bushehr Staff
Iranian and Israeli news outlets are reporting that Russia has evacuated its entire staff of nuclear engineers and experts who were working at the Bushehr nuclear reactor, increasing speculation that the United States is preparing an imminent military attack on Iran.
According to the Khorramshar News Agency, which represents ethnic Arabs in opposition to Ahmadinejad's regime who live near the reactor, the Russians packed their bags and left on Friday.
DEBKAfile offers three different scenarios to explain the sudden withdrawal of the experts.
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a) Russian-Iranian negotiations about how work will proceed on Bushehr have again hit a roadblock. This is highly unlikely because Vladimir Putin is set to visit Iran later in the month to sign a set of nuclear accords.
b) The Russians have learned that an Iranian attack against American interests in the Persian Gulf or Israel is imminent. This is extremely doubtful because any preemptive Iranian attack would give Israel and the U.S. the pretext they are desperately searching for to launch a devastating bombing campaign.
c) Moscow or Tehran have been tipped off that an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities is imminent and the Russians are getting their people out of harm's way. This seems to be the most plausible scenario, especially since reports emerged Friday from numerous "unnamed" worldwide intelligence sources that military action is just around the corner.
With every passing week, war rhetoric and maneuvering escalates as an assault on Iran seems all but inevitable.
This past weekend, Former US ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton said there was no alternative to a military option and that plans should be enacted for a "limited strike against their nuclear facilities."
Veteran newsman Seymour Hersh reports that the Bush administration has switched targets from Iran's nuclear facilities to instead target the Revolutionary Guard in a series of planned "surgical" air strikes.
"During a video conference over the summer, Bush allegedly told Ryan Crocker, the US ambassador to Iraq, that he was considering striking Iranian targets across the border and that the British "were on board," reports AFP.
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Thank you Robert Pattinson Who - this pic makes me *giggle* :D
- Lorabell
UPDATE: Sorry, I just have to add this one too *melts* oh to run my fingers through that hair... then his hands can be somewhere else... what? Oh, nothing :D
July 23, 2009
This pic needed its own post!
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Aww how adorable does he look? ^_^ReplyDelete
Nice. Is there a complete video posted yet?ReplyDelete
CHiP really adorable.I (heart) that sexy beast who's name is Rob!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 23, 2009 at 11:09 PM
Unfortunately I couldn't go to comic con but it's weird.....I actually had a dream that I went and that Rob was wearing flannel like this, omg! I know I'm crazy!ReplyDelete
He looks so adorably sleepy. I want to give him a pillow and a blanket. Poor Rob. He's probablly has jet lag. He doesn't even have to try to look hot...he just is!ReplyDelete
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Dodgers ready for camp battle -- in ping-pong
By Ken Gurnick / MLB.com
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- The ping-pong table that is the focal point of the Dodgers' clubhouse becomes the official venue of the club's annual double-elimination Spring tournament on Monday.
Clayton Kershaw is the tournament organizer and self-proclaimed commissioner, mostly because he's the best player in the room.
He also takes pride in the way the game has helped bond teammates and provide a competitive diversion from the monotony of early camp.
"It's a fun idea," Kershaw said. "It's a good way to get to know guys, especially the new guys in camp. The younger guys really like it and it's a good way for them to get to know everybody."
Sixteen players were randomly paired for the doubles tourney. Playing rules and the draw were displayed on hand-drawn posters provided by assistant commissioner, Ellen Kershaw.
"If Ellen doesn't make the posters," said her husband, "this thing is not nearly as official."
Koufax back in Dodgers camp as advisor
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Dodgers pitchers returned to camp on Sunday and the greatest Dodger of them all was right behind them.
Sandy Koufax arrived to begin his second season as special advisor to chairman Mark Walter. Koufax will spend a portion of Spring Training working with the club's pitchers at Camelback Ranch-Glendale and consult during the season.
Along with former teammate and current Dodgers bunting instructor Maury Wills, Koufax brings to Spring Training the quality of a champion. He was a member of the Dodgers World Championship teams in 1955, '59, '63 and '65, earning MVP honors in 1963 and '65. His postseason record was 4-3 with a 0.95 ERA. He was selected to seven consecutive All-Star games from 1961-66.
In 1979, Koufax began an 11-year stint with the Dodgers as a Minor League pitching instructor. He was estranged from the organization while it was owned by News Corp., which also owned publications that delved into Koufax's private life. He resurfaced when the club was bought by Frank McCourt and was an occasional Spring Training visitor, as he has been with the New York Mets, who are owned by Koufax's childhood friend, Fred Wilpon.
Koufax, now 78, had a playing career that blossomed late because of wildness and ended early because of injury. But in between, he displayed an unmatched overpowering brilliance that made him the youngest player ever voted into the Hall of Fame.
Koufax was a three-time unanimous Cy Young winner with four no-hitters, an MVP award, three 25-win seasons and five consecutive ERA titles to his credit. In each of his Cy Young seasons, he led the league in wins, ERA and strikeouts. He threw 54 complete games in his last two seasons, led the league in strikeouts four times and innings pitched his last two years.
Koufax has the rare ability of translating mechanical themes and mental approach into simple language easily understood by pitchers young and old.
"For our young players and our veterans to be able to tap Sandy's expertise and counsel during Spring Training and throughout the season will provide yet another tremendous resource in our efforts to strengthen our club," general manager Ned Colletti said last year.
Dodgers' two Garcias battling injuries
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- The Dodgers have two pitchers in camp named Garcia and both are hurt.
Right-handed prospect Yimi Garcia has been sidelined with a sore right knee and the club is awaiting test results. The 23-year-old was protected from the Rule 5 Draft after being a Southern League All-Star with a system-leading 19 saves. He also pitched in the Arizona Fall League.
Meanwhile, left-hander Onelki Garcia is throwing on flat ground as he continues to recover from two surgeries -- a left elbow procedure to remove a spur in November and arthroscopic surgery to repair torn left knee cartilage last month.
The 24-year-old Cuban, who pitched only one professional game in 2012, raced through the system last year with 25 games at Double-A Chattanooga, 10 games at Triple-A Albuquerque and three games with the Dodgers.
Ken Gurnick is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Jessica Dorrell's decision to step down as the football team's student-athlete development coordinator was mutual and there are no immediately plans to re-fill the job, Athletic Director Jeff Long said in a statement.
Dorrell will be paid about $14,000 to settle "all matters between the parties."
"While Ms. Dorrell had a legitimate right to apply for and accept a position within the football program, the circumstances surrounding the former coach's decision to hire her compromised her ability to be effective in such a position," Long said. "She and I believe she should have the opportunity to move on."
As part of her resignation, Dorrell agreed she would not attempt to sell or profit from her affiliation with Razorback athletics, officials said.
Dorrell didn't immediately return a message seeking comment Tuesday night.
Long fired Petrino last week for not disclosing that he was having an extramarital affair with Dorrell, as required by conflict of interest rules at the school.
Dorrell, a former Arkansas volleyball player, was a Razorback Foundation fundraiser before she was hired over 158 other applicants for the coordinator position. Petrino announced March 28 that Dorrell would take over the position at a salary of nearly $56,000.
Their affair became public after the two went for a motorcycle ride April 1 and skidded off the road, putting Petrino in the hospital and resulting in a police report that contained her identity.
Long has said the two were in a relationship for a "significant" amount of time. Phone records show they exchanged more than 4,300 text messages and nearly 300 phone calls over the past seven months, and possibly photo and video content.
She was placed on leave after news of the affair broke.
Petrino has apologized and said he would not appeal his firing and seek any of the $18 million buyout that was part of his contract. He had the option to appeal as part of the seven-year contract he agreed to in December 2010. The contract was for more than $3.5 million annually and carried the $18 million mutual buyout clause in 2011 and 2012.
Gilbert arrested
Arkansas backup linebacker Tyler Gilbert was arrested and charged with aggravated residential burglary and theft of property for his role in an apartment break-in.
Fayetteville police arrested Gilbert Tuesday morning and booked him into the Washington County Detention Center. A court date is scheduled for Friday.
Arkansas assistant head coach Taver Johnson said through spokesman Zack Higbee that Gilbert has been suspended indefinitely for the incident last Friday.
A police report says that Gilbert and Arkansas students Jesse Booker and Ryan Graves kicked in the front door of the apartment of Mbato Nkwocha and took items from Nkwocha's room. The report valued the stolen property at $285.
Golf event canceled
A charity golf tournament that bears the name of Bobby Petrino will be canceled.
Arkansas Children's Hospital Foundation officials announced Tuesday after consulting with the Petrino family, foundation officials had no choice but to cancel the June 18 event, which was intended to benefit Arkansas Children's Hospital.
Officials said Petrino apologized for any inconvenience the cancellation may cause.
Arkansas Children's Hospital and the foundation thanked the Petrino family for their personal support. Petrino and his wife, Becky, donated $250,000 to Arkansas Children's Hospital in September and pledged to help the hospital raise money.
Coaches keep focus during search
A week after Bobby Petrino's firing, Arkansas football is in a state of flux as athletic director Jeff Long searches for a new head coach.
The Razorbacks wrap up spring practice with their Red-White scrimmage Saturday. In the meantime, assistant coaches are doing their best to hold the program together, and they're doing so while awaiting their own fate.
Long hasn't offered an update on the coaching search since firing Petrino on April 10, but he said last week that he would consider hiring both a proven, permanent head coach now as well as promoting a current member of the staff on an interim basis.


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Kansas City gives Francoeur grand introduction
Despite short contract, right fielder plans on staying for long haul
By Dick Kaegel / MLB.com
Now they've come full circle. Moore was at the oufielder's side as Francoeur officially joined the Kansas City Royals on Monday.
In 2002, Moore was in the Braves' front office and Francoeur was the club's first-round Draft choice. Francoeur was just 18, but Moore was impressed by the kid's passion for the game and his leadership potential. They clicked.
"We just kind of developed a close relationship coming up through the Minors," Francoeur recalled. "Many times I used to call him and say, 'Why am I not up in Double-A already?' and bugging him about that. But he was always very forward and truthful with me, and that always went a long way with me."
Moore brought in Francoeur, now 26, to play right field in what the Royals' general manager views as a team that is about to reap the results of a rejuvenated farm system. In the past, Francoeur has shown he could hit with authority, field with finesse and inspire in the clubhouse.
"The more passionate people are, the better leaders they are -- and he's someone that's demonstrated that his whole career," Moore said. "He's exactly what our organization needs as we bring in a lot of young players."
Francoeur, who'll play all of next season at 27, is still pretty young himself -- another reason that Moore signed him along with center fielder Melky Cabrera, who's 26.
"It makes perfect sense for us," Moore said.
Francoeur came to Kansas City on Monday to undergo a physical examination, which he passed, and to try on Royals uniform No. 21 before he chatted with reporters at Kauffman Stadium.
He believes the Royals are on the right track with their development plan.
"I grew up an Atlanta Braves fan and I saw how it was done, and it was built through the farm system and bringing young guys together to play," Francoeur said. "And I know there are a lot of good, young guys sitting in Double-A and Triple-A and a lot of guys are already here -- from Billy [Butler] to Alex [Gordon]."
Because Francoeur was a high school hero around Atlanta and came up with his hometown team, there was extra pressure on him. He survived nicely, especially in his first three years. He broke in by hitting .300 in half a season. The next year he knocked 29 home runs. The year after that he had 105 RBIs.
"When I was 21 years old and came up in Atlanta, I had a lot of mentors from John Smoltz to Chipper [Jones], and a lot of those guys who took me under their wings and showed me the way to do it," Francoeur said. "And here you've got a lot of 21-, 22-year-old guys getting ready to come up and have a big influence on this club and probably be stars for years, so, hopefully, I can help those guys out."
Francoeur certainly can point out some mistakes he made, like all the weight he added after those first three years in an effort to become a home run blaster. The 6-foot-5 right-handed hitter had been playing at about 215 pounds.
"I got up to 242 going into Spring Training and had about three chins -- kind of got a little too big," he said.
So in 2008, the bulked-up Francoeur fell to 11 homers, 71 RBIs and .239 -- and he also fell out of favor. Midway through the 2009 season, the Braves traded him to the New York Mets.
Now recapturing the retro Francoeur look, he's down to 217 and wants to be at 210 when Spring Training begins.
"I want to get back to being an athlete," he said. "Am I going to go out there and hit 40 home runs? There are maybe three or four guys, from Adam Dunn to Prince Fielder, that I consider the true home-run hitters.
"My whole goal every year is to hit around 20 home runs and try to hit 40 doubles. I want to be a gap-to-gap guy. Even coming up, my home runs were always line-drive home runs. I've never been a guy to hit long fly balls, so I want to get back to working on that."
The spaciousness of Kauffman Stadium doesn't bother him.
"For me, it works here," Francoeur said. "I know this ballpark can play big at times, so I'll hit 40, 45 doubles. If you drive the ball gap-to-gap these days with the wood and the athletes being big and strong, I don't think the ball will have a problem going out if you hit it."
Francoeur has amassed 81 outfield assists in his 845 big league games -- including 19 in one season for the Braves -- so his arm should be a welcome weapon for a team intent on improving its defense.
"I take a lot of pride in the outfield, and it's always fun for me when a guy's at second and the ball's hit to me," he said. "You take it as a personal thing to throw the guy out at home or, even better, see the third-base coach throw his arms up."
Francoeur wound up with the Texas Rangers in the World Series last season. The Royals haven't been in that event since 1985, so that experience will be something he can share with his young teammates.
Although the man known as Frenchy is signed to a one-year contract with a mutual option for 2012, he sounds like someone who's settling into Kansas City for the long haul.
"It was a great fit," Francoeur said. "I don't look at it as just one year. I don't want to come here, have a great year and say, 'See ya,' and go somewhere else.
"I'd like to be here for a while and see this thing turn around, see us start winning games and get a chance to go to the playoffs."
Dick Kaegel is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I think a lot of people get confused between "noting" and "labelling" in the Mahasi technique, they are two different things. I think it arises because noting has to be taught in words and words are labels, so when the teacher says "note hearing, hearing" the student thinks that repeating the words "hearing, hearing" in his mind is noting.mikenz66 wrote:Well, I guess the topic was Ven Mahasi. I think that fixating on the labelling aspect would be analogous to saying that Thanissaro Bhikkhu's entire approach is based on breath manipulation or Ajahn Chahs' on [insert random Ajahn Chah one-liner here].
Noting is just being aware of and observing the process of hearing, labelling it with words might be helpful for a beginner or when attention is scattered but should be dropped when not needed, before it becomes too habitual.
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Wild Card comes up aces in playoffs
October has wide-open feel since three-tier system began
By Mark Newman / MLB.com
"This has been an incredible run. We played so long where, if we lost, our season was over. We've been playing every day like that's still the case."
Tulowitzki and the Rockies survived their way right into the postseason, earning the National League Wild Card with that unforgettable tiebreaker victory over the Padres on Oct. 1 and winning every game since to reach the World Series.
It marks the sixth consecutive year that a Wild Card has been in the Fall Classic, and that makes it eight over the eight events in this decade (including the one to come). That's half of the 16 participants, which is even more amazing when you consider that Wild Cards comprise only one-fourth of the postseason field each year.
If you go all the way back to 1995, when the Wild Card was instituted, there will be nine Wild Cards out of 26 World Series participants over the 13 postseasons including this one. Nine out of 26 makes mathematical sense, because there are six division champs and two wild cards, so one out of three would be the probability.
But throw all that out the window, because the past several years have marked a new age for the sport. Wild Cards have been powerhouses. The only time in this decade that a World Series was Wild Card-free was the 2001 event between the Diamondbacks and Yankees. For an equalizer, that was followed by the 2002 World Series featuring a pair of Wild Cards, the Angels and the Giants.
It remains to be seen if the Rockies can return the Wild Card to its World Series winning ways, though. After the Angels, Marlins and Red Sox won it all in succession, making it almost appear that a team should get in as a Wild Card rather than as a division champ, the White Sox and Cardinals parlayed division titles into rings.
"When we implemented the Wild Card and three-division play, we were a target for some national criticism," Commissioner Bud Selig has said in the past. "Critics accused us of cheapening the pennant races and the World Series. Now ... it has worked out brilliantly, as we thought it would."
Tulowitzki is a rookie who showed plenty of experience with his aforementioned quote that perfectly described the Wild Card mindset. The Rockies put together their run with the constant overhanging threat of watching the playoffs on TV. While the 2003 Marlins were putting together that surprising run, Derrek Lee, then their first baseman, said they felt like they had an advantage "because it makes you big-game ready."
It would not be surprising if that perceived advantage wanes a bit now, though. After all, the Wild Cards were not exactly the only postseason berth being pursued. This year, it was more wide-open than ever in the overall standings during that final week. Six races were still up for grabs. Only the Angels in the AL West and Indians in the AL Central were safe leaders heading into that last week. Those other division champs weren't resting their regulars and kicking back down the stretch, but rather, they were needing the same killer edge that it takes to be "big-game ready."
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|With their victory in the NLCS, the Rockies became the sixth straight Wild Card team to advance to the World Series.
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|*Won the World Series
"I believe in confidence and I believe that this team has great chemistry," NLCS MVP Matt Holliday said. "I do believe in that. You can call that mojo or whatever you want to call it. It's a lot of fun coming to work with these guys and spending time with them."
Spoken like a true Wild Card.
Mark Newman is enterprise editor for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Victoria High grad beats out Ivy-League rivals in Department of Energy competition
Dec. 21, 2010 at 6:21 a.m.
Jennifer Robles Chancellor, a 35-year-old Victoria High School graduate, drew on theater and dance experience to win $10,000 at a November U.S. Department of Energy competition.
"It took a lot of work," she said. "I had to learn all these techniques and study background information. It's a lot of everything you learn at school, and then I learned stuff I hadn't learned at school yet."
Chancellor, who now studies biochemistry and forensics at Texas A&M - Kingsville, beat nearly 100 competitors, including some from Ivy League schools, with her research and presentation.
The research detects radiation sensitivity in people who have genetic mutations.
Chancellor found a way to use proteins that would glow green to show if a cell was normal. The research was essential because people with severe combined immunodeficiency often need bone marrow transplants and use radiation to make the process more effective.
"Those individuals with this mutation can't tolerate the radiation that comes before the bone marrow transplant," she said.
Chancellor, a 1993 Victoria High School graduate, studied choir, theater and dance.
She later moved to Houston, started a family and waited tables to make ends meet before deciding to study science.
"I realized what I was doing was not going to take me anywhere," she said. "I need to do something to take care of myself and my daughter."
She decided to pursue medicine and science, but her love of the stage never left.
"When I go up on stage in my mind I think, 'I want you to look at me, and I want you to pay attention because I have something you want to hear,'" she said.
That same attitude combined with a competitive spirit guided her winning with her presentation.
"I'm a competitive person, and if I'm going to compete I'm going to win," she said. "I study everything. I practiced what I was going to say, standing in front of nothing, acting. When I went there I pulled everything together."
Chancellor is a single mother and hopes to eventually get a master's degree in forensics. She wants to someday work as a medical examiner.
"I wanted to find a way where I could put law and medicine together," she said. "I believe my purpose in life is to help that, and I felt the best way to do it was solving crimes using science."
She now lives in Corpus Christi and still keeps up her skills. Recently she performed in a Corpus Christi "Cats" musical production and sings karaoke regularly.
"If I get a chance and I'm not busy with school I will audition for plays," she said. "I still go to karaoke, and if there's talent shows around I'll do talent shows."


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In 2010, Avis was the winning pitcher in an 8-2 victory over Hillsdale. Last season, Avis pitched the first 5 2/3 innings before reaching his limit of innings per week but still earned the win in a 4-0 triumph over Santa Cruz.
Avis started Tuesday's 8-2 victory over No. 3 seed Monte Vista Christian, but left after two innings due to soreness in his right arm. That gives him eight innings on Saturday, if he's ready to go or Schoof needs him that long.
Second-seeded Menlo (22-7) will be seeking its third straight CCS Division III title against No. 9 seed Pacific Grove (19-10) when the teams meet at San Jose Municipal Stadium at 4 p.m.
"We're the returning champs," said Avis. "People are going to be out to get us — we have to be ready to play Saturday."
Senior lefthander Jake Batchhelder was ready to play on Tuesday as he threw five relief innings, struck out three, and allowed just two hits to lead Menlo to its semifinal victory. He retired 14 of 16 batters.
"That says a lot about our team," said Avis. "We have a lot of guys that can step up in the situation and Batch got it done today -- he was absolutely stellar."
Menlo's offense struggled in the first two innings, then came alive in the third when sophomore Mikey Diekroeger led off the inning with a double to the right-field corner. Senior infielder Carson Badger roped a base hit to center field driving in Diekroeger and tying the game at 2.
Graham Stratford singled with one out in the fifth inning and Avis lined a triple over the center fielder's head for an RBI that sparked a four-run inning. Batchelder added a two-run, bases-loaded single to put Menlo up 6-2.
The Mustangs couldn't stop the Knights' offense, which produced eight runs on 10 hits. Senior outfielder Chris Zeisler went 2-for-3 with a stolen base and made a spectacular diving catch in the fifth inning. He also singled home Stratford and Avis in the sixth to cap the scoring.
Pacific Grove bounced No. 5 Carmel, 3-2, in the other semifinal to reach the section finals for the first time since 2002, when Pacific Grove lost to Carmel.
While Menlo will be playing for its sixth CCS title, there will be no history-making back-to-back titles for top-seeded Palo Alto (27-7), which saw its season end in a 4-2 loss to Valley Christian in eight innings in the Division I semifinals on Wednesday night.
Sophomore righthander Theron Kay made sure of that as he threw a complete game, struck out eight batters, and allowed only three hits to lead Valley Christian at San Jose Municipal Stadium.
Palo Alto needed a victory to have an attempt at winning consecutive CCS titles for the first time in program history.
"It stings and it will always sting," said Paly senior pitcher Ben Sneider. "To lose to an opponent that flat out beat us -- that's the way you want to go out."
The Vikings' offense looked promising in the first inning when senior center fielder B.J. Boyd ripped a triple off the top of the right field fence on the second pitch of the game. Boyd came in to score on a ground ball to shortstop from senior Jack Witte putting the Vikings up 1-0 after the first inning.
Palo Alto's bats were quiet following the Boyd triple, connecting for just three hits total. Boyd scored the first two runs of the game, the second one coming on a steal of home in the third inning. The Warriors, however, tied the game at 2 in the fifth and won it in the eighth on a two-run double by Kay.
The Vikings' outfield defense was stellar, saving runs on diving catches and assists from seniors Boyd, John Dickerson, and Justin Grey. The infield wasn't as solid as the outfielders, committing two errors - one accounting for the tying run.
"It's tough to lose," said Raich. "It's one of those games that could go either way, whomever gets the big knock is going to get the win and they got that one."
Preventing Palo Alto from reaching a third straight CCS championship game. During the past three seasons, the Vikings have compiled an 84-20 record under Raich.
"They're a great group of kids," Raich said of his seniors. "I'm sad to see them go."
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User Group events: See below for Seminars, Shows, Learning, etc. Tue AUG 26, 2008 PDA Developers, "iPhone app 'Theta Poker'", 7PM, MIT room 3-133 Wed AUG 27, 2008 Boston Scalability UG, "Akamai solutions and technologies in depth" 6pm, IBM Innovation Center, Waltham Metrowest Ruby Users Group, "Ruby, Agile Software", 7PM, Natick Thu AUG 28, 2008 Boston Plone Meetup Group, "lift up the hood and demonstrate features...", 7PM, Betahouse, Cambridge NH Python SIG, "BOSS: Build your Own Search Service", 7PM, Amoskeag Incubator, Manchester NH Wed SEP 03, 2008 Boston Area Windows Server User Group, "TBA", 6 pm, Microsoft, Waltham NH SQL Users Group, "SQL Server and Hardware Best Practices", 7 pm, New Horizons Learning, Nashua Boston PHP Meetup, "come see what PHP is all about", 6:30 pm NE SMS User Group, "Hot from the Documentation Desk!", 6:30 pm, Microsoft, Waltham Thu SEP 04, 2008 New England Visual Basic Professionals, "ASP.Net Dynamic Data", 6:15-8:30, Microsoft, Waltham Mon SEP 08, 2008 Boston MySQL Meetup Group, "Meet nearby MySQL Users", 7 PM, MIT campus Cambridge Enterprise Web "current issues developing web applications" 7:30, Tavern In the Square, Cambridge Boston jQuery, "jQuery JavaScript, iPhone, and Rich Internet Applications" 7 PM. Panera, Needham Tue SEP 09, 2008 Boston CHI, "Regular Meeting", Details TBA. @ Sun Microsystems, Burlington NE M Users' Group, "Something Interesting (details to be provided)", 6 or 7 pm, Wellesley Gateway Building Gr Boston Network Users, "NetClarity", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham Boston-area chapter of Perl Mongers, "Technical Meeting", 7:15, MIT, Room E51-376 Boston Voice Users, "Putting Utter Command to the Test", 7:30, MIT, Room 2-135 RI .NET User Group, "Introduction to Game Development with XNA", 5-8pm, Roger Williams University room SE-201 Thu SEP 11, 2008 NE Java Users Group, "BIRT (Business Intelligence and Reporting Technology)", 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington Boston MySQL Meetup Group, "Meet nearby MySQL Users", 7 PM, MIT campus BostonPHP User Group, "Show us your stuff" 6:30 pm, IBM/Lotus, Cambridge from WindowsBoston:, "O'Reilly is hosting Ignite Boston 4", 6-10pm, Hooley House, Boston CocoaHeads: Boston, topic TBD, 6PM, MIT Building E51/Room 149 RI Mac Users, "Microsoft Office 2008", 7PM, RI College, Bldg 6 Sat SEP 13, 2008 Visually Impaired and Blind User Group, "Check in September", 1-4 pm, National Braille Press, Boston Digital Media Users, "The Connected Home Day", full day training, Microsoft, Waltham Mon SEP 15, 2008 Web Innovators Group, "a forum for entrepreneurs", 6:30pm in Cambridge Tue SEP 16, 2008 Cold Fusion Users, topic and location TBD, 6PM Boston SPIN, "Safety-Critical Applications built via Agile Discipline", 6-8:30 PM, MITRE M Bldg, Bedford Wed SEP 17, 2008 Access Day, Intro & Intermediate sessions, 1-4PM, Microsoft, Waltham Access Day, Developer sessions, 4-8:30PM, Microsoft, Waltham Boston Linux & Unix, "PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party", 6:30, location TBD So NE Network Users, "SharePoint 2007", 7PM, @NEIT, Warwick RI Worcester Linux Users, topic TBD, 7:00 PM, Morgan Hall, WPI Cambridge Python Meetup Group, "TBA", 7 pm, Cambridge Midrange Users, "LDAP on the iSeries", 5:15, Old Grist Mill Tavern, Seekonk Thu SEP 18, 2008 G Boston Chapter of ACM, "Evolvability and Robust Design", 7-9 PM, Broad Inst Auditorium (MIT building NE-30) Boston chapter of National Information Security Group, "Topic to be announced", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham Fri SEP 19, 2008 Boston Red Hat Meetup Group, "keep informed of what's going on with Red Hat Linux", 7PM, Somerville SIBMUG: A PC User Group, "Lotus Symphony", 7PM, Adult Learning Ctr, Dover NH Sat SEP 20, 2008 Software Freedom Day, Watch for more information Tue SEP 23, 2008 New England SharePoint User Group, "TBA", 6-7:30, Microsoft, Waltham Independent Computer Consultants (ICCA), "Become the Go-To Authority ", 6-9, $ Rebecca's Cafe, Burlington Wed SEP 24, 2008 Boston Area SAS Users, "Multilevel modeling/SAS Text Miner", 8:45AM, Holiday Inn Brookline Boston Scalability UG, "WebSphere eXtreme Scale" 6pm, IBM Innovation Center, Waltham Thu SEP 25, 2008 NE Visual Basic Professionals, "Come Build the NEVB Site with DotNetNuke", 6:15-8:30, Microsoft, Waltham Thu OCT 02, 2008 NE Visual Basic Professionals, "Literals in VB – XML and Text Processing", 6:15-8:30, Microsoft, Waltham Wed OCT 08, 2008 Rhode Island and SE Mass SolidWorks Users Group, "TBA", 5:30-9:30, Ramada, Seekonk Tue OCT 14, 2008 Boston CHI, "Regular Meeting", Details TBA Wed OCT 15, 2008 Worcester Linux Users, topic TBD, 7:00 PM, Morgan Hall, WPI Central MA / Northern CT SolidWorks User Group, "TBA", Metso Automation, Shrewsbury Thu OCT 16, 2008 Boston Final Cut Pro User Group, "An Evening With Larry Jordan" 6:30-9:30, Location TBA Boston Computer Measurement Group, "Agenda Coming soon...", 8:30-4:30, Doubletree Hotel, Westborough Tue OCT 21, 2008 NH SolidWorks Users Group, "TBA", 6-9:15, Nashua Community College Thu OCT 16, 2008 Final Cut Pro, "An Evening With Larry Jordan", 6:30, location TBD Thu NOV 06, 2008 NE Visual Basic Professionals, "How to Defend Against Stupid Hacker Tricks", 6:15-8:30, Microsoft, Waltham Tue NOV 11, 2008 Boston CHI, "Regular Meeting", Details TBA Wed NOV 19, 2008 Worcester Linux Users, topic TBD, 7:00 PM, Morgan Hall, WPI Thu DEC 04, 2008 NE Visual Basic Professionals, "TBA", 6:15-8:30, Microsoft, Waltham Wed DEC 17, 2008 Worcester Linux Users, topic TBD, 7:00 PM, Morgan Hall, WPI
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BRADENTON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--For the first time in the company's brief history, First Titan Corp. (OTCBB: FTTN) is exploring the acquisition of producing oil and gas wells.
"Due to its steady production numbers and geographic proximity to our other projects, this well looks like a smart, natural addition to First Titan's asset base"
FTTN is concentrating its initial exploration to southern Louisiana, one of the nation's richest energy producing regions. The company is already evaluating the purchase of part of existing production from a well pumping out 200 barrels of oil a day and three million cubic feet of gas.
"Due to its steady production numbers and geographic proximity to our other projects, this well looks like a smart, natural addition to First Titan's asset base," said FTTN CEO Robert Federowicz. "We look forward to evaluating many such opportunities as our company grows."
FTTN owns a working interest in a production well in Alabama, with plans to drill a second in Louisiana before the end of the year. The promising reserve estimates for both assets have FTTN predicting a highly successful 2013 for the company and its shareholders.
For more information on FTTN's oil and gas projects, please visit www.firsttitanenergy.com/investors.html.
First Titan is working to develop new energy solutions to compete in a booming global industry alongside Occidental Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: OXY), Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: APC), Energen Corp. (NYSE: EGN) and Apache Corp. (NYSE: APA).
About First Titan Corp.
First Titan Corp., through its wholly owned subsidiary, First Titan Energy, LLC, is committed to the exploration and development of oil and natural gas resources around the globe. The company continually seeks to partner with energy developers that are pursuing innovative new methods of oil and gas extraction, including the development of new technologies, cleaner methods and unconventional resources.
For more information about First Titan Energy, please visit www.firsttitanenergy.com. Follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/firsttitancorp.
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Martis rising through Nationals' ranks
Unheralded acquisition picks up save in Futures Game
By Bill Ladson / MLB.com
Stanton was back with the Nationals the following season, only to be traded to the Giants for right-hander Shairon Martis on July 29, 2006. It turned out that Martis is a keeper for Washington. So much so, that Martis played for the World Team in the XM All-Star Futures Game at Yankee Stadium on Sunday.
Before the game, Martis was relaxed, sitting by his locker. He spoke softly and was willing to talk about any topic involving himself. However, his arm spoke loudest in the game. Martis, 21, entered the contest in the ninth inning, picking up a save as the World Team blanked the U.S. Team, 3-0.
Martis got off to a slow start by giving up a ground-rule double, but he retired three of the next four hitters to close out the game.
Martis received the game ball and it was already in a case. Although he's a starter, Martis knew beforehand that he would close the game if the World Team had the lead.
"I was trying to locate the ball and I got the job done," Martis said. "Since we got to Yankee Stadium, the coaching staff had a meeting. They told me I would close the game. If we were losing, I was going to come in the eighth inning and pitch to two batters."
For the season, Martis is a combined 4-5 with 3.94 ERA for Double-A Harrisburg and Triple-A Columbus. He has 78 strikeouts in 98 1/3 innings. But what opened a lot of eyes was that Martis added velocity to his fastball. The righty's fastball clocked in at 94 mph this year after registering in the high 80s last season.
It helped that Martis changed his mechanics. He is now using the lower half of his body a lot more and is no longer rushing to throw his pitches.
"We are excited about his development," Bowden said. "This is a guy with three plus pitches. He has a great frame. He goes right at them. He has always been one of our favorites. He is already in Triple-A at age 21. This is a Major League starting pitcher. He is going to pitch in the big leagues and be successful."
Despite the increase in velocity on his fastball, Martis prefers to get ground-ball outs instead of strikeouts.
"Whenever I throw, I try to keep my team in the ballgame," Martis said. "I try to keep the team close. I try to get as many ground balls as I can get."
Martis started making a name for himself in the World Baseball Classic as a Giants prospect. While representing The Netherlands, he pitched a seven-inning no-hitter against Panama. The game was stopped because of the 10-run rule.
Prior to that start, Martis hadn't played an inning in the World Baseball Classic and was surprised to learn from manager Robert Eenhoorn the previous day that he would pitch the final game. Martis vowed The Netherlands would not lose another game, and he was true to his word.
Martis didn't realize he was throwing a no-hitter until infielder Yurendell De Caster, now a Nationals Minor Leaguer, told him in the sixth inning.
"He looked at the score and Yurendell said, 'No way, Martis, you are throwing a no-hitter,'" Martis said. "That was a big thing for me that I did it for my country."
When Martis returns to Columbus, he will be playing with his childhood friend, Roger Bernadina, who played in 10 Major League games with the Nationals before returning to Triple-A. He's had problems with the bat, but Bernadina's cup of coffee in the Majors has motivated Martis to continue to pitch well. Martis may get a call up in September.
"The day Roger got called up, I said, 'I have to be there also,'" Martis said. "When I talked to him, he would say, 'You should be here.' That's why I'm excited to play harder."
Bill Ladson is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Tribal leaders sent three clear messages to the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs at a hearing on Internet gaming: They want Congress to enact federal legislation that will provide a single set of Internet gaming regulations across the country; the legislation must adhere to the principles unanimously adopted by National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA) members; and the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) should provide regulatory oversight as it does for brick-and-mortar facilities.
The SCIA's Chairman Sen. Daniel Kahikina Akaka opened the committee's Oversight Hearing on the Regulation of Tribal Gaming: From Brick & Mortar to the Internet on Thursday, July 26, with his characteristic greeting, "Aloha and welcome to you all!" He reminded the committee and audience that Indian gaming is a $27-plus billion industry that now comprises 40 percent of the total gaming industry in the United States and provides hundreds of thousands of jobs for non-Indians as well as funding education, health care and housing through tribal governments. "With these types of economic tools comes great responsibility," Akaka said. "Tribes are the first regulators for tribal gaming. We in Congress—and especially on this committee—also have a responsibility to ensure that tribal views and priorities are part of any legislation that could impact tribal gaming," he said.
The committee has held a number of hearings on Internet gaming but this was the first since a December 2011 Department of Justice (DOJ) opinion that opened Internet gaming, with the exception of sports betting, to tribes and states. Since then Delaware has legalized all forms of online gaming, New Jersey's bill unanimously passed a state senate committee and will go to a vote in the fall, and Nevada enacted Internet gaming regulations in 2011 and began accepting applications for online operator gaming licenses this year. Other states are also exploring online gaming as a way to bolster sagging state revenues. The Pascua Yaqui Tribe's Casino Del Sol already has become the first land based casino in the U.S.—as well as the first Indian country casino—to offer free online gaming through its website, beginning in August. The tribe will be well positioned to convert to pay-for-play when such legislation is enacted.
The vision of states creating a "patchwork" of different regulatory systems all over the country is worrisome to tribal leaders. "Tribes should be extremely hesitant to entrust their economic futures to the tender mercies of the 5-0 states, many of whom are still in financial crises and looking for new sources of revenues," Mohegan Tribal Council Chairman Bruce "Two Dogs" Bozsum said. He said the Mohegan Tribe has done everything in its power to prepare for Internet gaming while protecting tribal governments and the commerce they depend on. "We will never forget that our sovereignty is not negotiable," Bozsum said.
The Mohegan Tribe participated with "our fellow tribes" with the NIGA and the National Congress of American Indians to develop a unified position on Internet gaming for Indian country, Bozsum said. He compared the current situation with the aftermath of the 1987 Cabazon case, which opened the door to Indian gaming. Instead of allowing tribal gaming to evolve overtime creating a patchwork of regulations subject to ongoing litigation and "the changing whims of political leadership," Congress and some tribal leaders forged the 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA), Bozsum noted. "I believe in the wake of the game-changing DOJ opinion on Internet gaming, Tribal leaders and federal legislators should follow the same approach," Bozsum said.
Glen Gobin, secretary of the Tulalip Tribal Council told the committee that his nation's position opposing Internet gaming has changed since the Justice Department opinion has provided the opportunity for states to participate in internet gaming. "Tribes must have equal footing to participate . . . and compete while protecting and respecting tribal sovereignty," Gobin said. The Tulalip secretary noted that the IGRA had anticipated changes in gaming, including electronic, computer and other technological advances, although the ability to fully access the internet gaming market may be subject to interpretation. "Clarifying legislation will minimize conflict and litigation, which often puts Tribes and states at odds," he said. Gobin said the six principles developed by NIGA are "critical for Indian country" because they respect tribal sovereignty. "Their principles represent core values that respect tribal sovereignty," Gobin said. According to the principles, any legislation must assure that: sovereign Indian tribes have the right to operate, regulate, tax and license Internet gaming; Internet gaming must be available wherever it's not prohibited; Indian gaming revenues are not taxable; state compacts and IGRA must be respected; IGRA must not be opened for amendments; and Internet gaming must provide economic benefits for Indian country.
Gobin said that Tulalip believes—as do other tribes—that only the NIGC has the knowledge and experience to oversee internet gaming for the tribes. "The NIGC is an independent agency, able to review, amend, and can promulgate regulations in an effective and timely manner. It has over 20 years of extensive regulatory experience in gaming, and it is the only federal agency with that experience," Gobin said.
Elizabeth Lohah Homer (Osage), an Indian law attorney gave a passionate endorsement of the NIGC, where she formerly served as vice chair for three years as well as stints with the Justice and Interior departments. Homer, like Bozsum, also compared the current era with the late 1980s prior to the enactment of IGRA. "It's an exciting time, but it is a challenging one," Homer said. She told committee members that although the technology of Internet gaming is new, the underlying legal and policy issues are familiar. She urged the committee to consider that the NIGC has a mature, effective gaming regulatory structure already in place and functioning. "Any legislation that would operate to bifurcate federal regulatory oversight responsibilities between the NIGC and another federal agency should be avoided as it would create uncertainties; increase the potential for inter-agency conflict; and subject tribal governments to oversight by federal personnel inexperienced in Indian Affairs, Indian law and policy, the federal-Indian relationship, and the regulation of gaming. Having two regulatory agencies regulating essentially the same function would be redundant and problematic," Homer said.
NIGC Chairwoman Tracie Stevens gave the committee an overview of the progress the agency has made in developing meaningful consultation and relationships with the tribes, training and technical assistance, regulatory review, and the way the agency operates. The fact that tribal leaders are so supportive of the agency attests to the improvements that have been made under Stevens' leadership in the past four years.
"How we doing on compliance?" Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM) asked Stevens. "I think we're doing fairly well," Stevens said. "Tribes are coming to us when they need technical assistant and training. We have staff on the ground that are always willing to help. We're working with tribes frequently to make sure the regulations are relevant and provide regulators with the tools they need to regulate."
Stevens would not be pinned down on whether NIGC would have the capacity to regulate Indian Internet gaming. "Well, without legislation it's hard to say, but I will say we're the only federal agency that is solely dedicated to regulating Indian gaming. We have a well trained staff, experienced professionals who are well versed in Indian gaming."
Asked by Akaka if the NIGC is sufficiently funded at $18 million, Stevens said she believes it is.
Watch video coverage of the SCIA hearing here.


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Carl Wayne Tarkington, 26, 53 White Road, Russellville — Possession of controlled substance.
John Jenkins, 25, 903 E. Aspen, Russellville — Commercial Burglary.
Robert House, 53, 190 Sims Hollow Road, London — Possession of controlled substance.
Matthew Madrga, 18, 402 Ave. 1 N.E., Atkins — Theft of property (value more than $1,000, but less than $5,000).
Andrew Don Helton, 31, 265 Postal Road, Hector — Possession of firearm certain persons, terroristic threatening I.
Lenard L. Scholz Jr., 34, 2017 S. Arkansas — Theft of property (value more than $1,000, but less than $5,000).
Joshua Martin Crouch, 29, 55 Vance Lane, Russellville — Criminal Mischief I.
Sky Blackshear, 31, 804 Pisgah Road, Pottsville — Battery II.
Joshua David Schulz, 30, 1305 Parker Road, Russellville — Possession of a controlled substance, drug paraphernalia.
Brandon S. Fannin, 19, 306 S. Washington, Plainview — Flasely making a terrorist threat.
Scott Alexander McKinley, 37, 252 Wiley Lane, Atkins — Appeal of Battery III.
Jessica Hamilton, 28, 108 Love St., Dardanelle — Delivery of methamphetamine or cocaine.
Jessica Hamilton, 28, 108 Love St., Dardanelle — Drug paraphernalia.
Gus Ford Sprague, 63, 67 Lemley Road, Dover — Possession of a controlled substance with purpose to deliver and drug paraphernalia.
Alisa Kisling, 20, 1001 East I, Russellville — Delivery of methamphetamine or cocaine.
Keith Star, 42, 2621 West C, Russellville — Delivery of methamphetamine or cocaine.
Elton Heflin, 47, 111 Amy Lynn Place, Russellville — Delivery of methamphetamine or cocaine.
Micheal Bubbus, 50, 3640 E. Main, Russellville — Appeal of DWI.
The following civil cases were filed in Pope County Circuit Court from July 26 through Aug. 2:
Cases assigned to the Fourth Division:
Commerce Bank, a Missouri Banking Corporation F/K/A Commerce Bank NA v. Aarom W Hillis.
Craig Witcher v. Landon Grigg.
American Express Centurion Bank v. Michael Clark.
Arvest Bank v. Gary Tramel and GT Industries.
Nicole Framel, Individually and as next friend and Natural Parent of Xavier Framel, a minor v. Bradley Tucker and Diane Yager.
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corportaion v. Tito Zarate or Marie D. Carmen-Zarate and/or Occupants of 128 Conzort Place, Russellville, Arkansas 72803.
Pope County Clerk Laura McGuire issued marriage licenses to the following couples from July 26 through Aug. 2:
Jerry D. Allen, 25, and Tiffany Nichole Estes, 19, both of Dover.
Michael John Chiuminatto, 25, and Allison Grey Hill, 25, both of Burlington, N.C.
Daniel R. Clutter, 27, and Elissia L. Webb, 27, both of Atkins.
Michael A. Duncan, 33, and Stormy Eve Allen, 36, both of London.
Michael Vernon Hall, 24, and Jerica Nicole Harris, 22, both of Dover.
Sage Marley Riverbear Magner, 19, of Lexington, Okla., and Lacy Noel Fischbauer, 19, of Russellville.
Lacy John Noble, 37, and Amanda Gayle Cash, 29, both of Russellville.
Benny Eugene Oberley, 75, and Bonnell Crabtree, 75 both of Senatobia, Miss.
Rosalio Sanchez-Gonzalez, 37, and Veronica Salazar Medina, 32, both of Russellville.
David Wade Sheaffer, 33, and Katlin Paige Breashears, 24, both of Russellville.
Darrel Shane Whiting, 43, and Julie Angela Campbell, 41, both of Dover.
Vincent J. Wornick, 38 and Jamie Marie Hilburn, 31, both of Russellville.
The following divorces were filed from July 26 through Aug. 2:
Angela Cook v. Joe Cook.
Michael Rhinehart v. Lana Rhinehart.
Laura Beth Manning v. Charles Michael Manning.
Jo Ann Rickman v. Paul Rickman.
Janelle A Boze v. Jessie Boze.
Joseph Brewer v. Jami Brewer.
Miranda Collins v. James Collins IV.
Jennifer Cawyer v. Lloyd Cawyer.


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also, this is subjective, but the running "jaime pressley is smokin hot" joke in the film, when the female lead is RASHIDA JONES? O_o maybe, if you are racist, jaime pressley is the hotter lady.
― he sounded italian enough to give me something (the schef (adam schefter ha ha)), Saturday, 21 March 2009 20:21 (eight years ago) Permalink
rudd's dude was overly sincere was the problem i think, it robs him of his essence to not be a little cynical/hateful, too many "i love you so much you pretty lady!" kind of romcom lines that i have to wince at as a rule, but segal was great in this and i thought it was cute if a bit cutesy at times.
had read there was not a lot of improvisation here and it shows.
― Marrakesh and Ashley Olsen (m bison), Saturday, 21 March 2009 20:53 (eight years ago) Permalink
love the dog named 'anwar sadat'
haha the dog was a funny thing yeah.
― he sounded italian enough to give me something (the schef (adam schefter ha ha)), Saturday, 21 March 2009 20:54 (eight years ago) Permalink
also i could rly relate to paul rudd's inability to leave a message on voice mail because that is how approximately 96.71% of my messages sound of ppls phones
― Marrakesh and Ashley Olsen (m bison), Saturday, 21 March 2009 21:07 (eight years ago) Permalink
schef, I went into it really expecting to laugh at least once. Found nearly all the Rudd stumblebum cutesy stuff way too self consciously look-at-me, not funny.
Some blogger said the writers learned everything they knew about men from beer commercials. Thw women were all cardboard cutouts.
Did none of these folks expect the goodwill gesture of Andy Samberg playing a "regular guy" gay would be wiped out by horrific "eww my mouth tastes like the homo who kissed me, I better use Comet" gag? I gagged.
― Past a Diving Jeter (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 21 March 2009 22:03 (eight years ago) Permalink
thread for i love you man starring paul rudd jason segel rashida jones lou ferrigno
― Past a Diving Jeter (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 22 March 2009 00:09 (eight years ago) Permalink
Role Models was funnier to me than anything up there since Clueless, and he wasn't old enough in that to be as funny as he is now.
― Pete Scholtes, Sunday, 22 March 2009 17:55 (eight years ago) Permalink
would like to revise this with addition of role models plz
Do not endorse anything that might rescind any win by Wet Hot American Summer.
― Nurse Detrius (Eric H.), Sunday, 22 March 2009 17:58 (eight years ago) Permalink
I bet "the goodwill gesture of Andy Samberg playing a 'regular guy' gay" is a totally hollow gesture unless we get to see Samberg wrapping those pillowy lips around some other guy's face.
― Nurse Detrius (Eric H.), Sunday, 22 March 2009 17:59 (eight years ago) Permalink
point taken, we don't
― Past a Diving Jeter (Dr Morbius), Monday, 23 March 2009 13:51 (eight years ago) Permalink
sounds like 'i love you, man' should have been directed by david wain.
(btw i watched role models over the weekend, so great. whoever said that the outtakes were the best was right, like paul rudd and elizabeth banks kissing for the last scene and busting out the old "you taste like a burger/i don't like you anymore" bit)
― i'm grand like auto theft 3 (Jordan), Monday, 23 March 2009 14:40 (eight years ago) Permalink
It's just barbecue sauce!
― Nurse Detrius (Eric H.), Monday, 23 March 2009 15:02 (eight years ago) Permalink
Yeah I complained about this in my review, though I went with a gay friend who found that scene unfunny but not homophobic.
― Simon H., Monday, 23 March 2009 15:15 (eight years ago) Permalink
i get why youd read that subtext into that scene but i thought they made it pretty clear that it was the taste of cigarettes not the homo kiss
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Monday, 23 March 2009 15:16 (eight years ago) Permalink
^lame dodge! only homos smoke anymore
― Past a Diving Jeter (Dr Morbius), Monday, 23 March 2009 15:25 (eight years ago) Permalink
oh come on, the cigarette taste is mentioned 3-4 different times in a 2-minute scene. it wasnt ace ventura, thats for sure.
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Monday, 23 March 2009 15:26 (eight years ago) Permalink
i'll take yr word on that
― Past a Diving Jeter (Dr Morbius), Monday, 23 March 2009 15:29 (eight years ago) Permalink
wo ist shape of things?
― bnw, Thursday, June 14, 2007 3:37 PM (1 year ago)
― Eazy, Monday, 23 March 2009 15:57 (eight years ago) Permalink
― meat of beef (Jordan), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 14:26 (eight years ago) Permalink
― Mr. Que, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 17:16 (eight years ago) Permalink
― bnw, Thursday, June 14, 2007 3:37 PM (1 year ago)
did this get answered? really shitty movie, is what
― goole, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 17:19 (eight years ago) Permalink
needs to play l. buckingham in any future stevie nicks biopic
― buzza, Thursday, 16 December 2010 07:42 (seven years ago) Permalink
― adult music person (Jordan), Thursday, 7 April 2011 20:28 (six years ago) Permalink
now tayne i can get into
― cum dude (Princess TamTam), Thursday, 7 April 2011 20:38 (six years ago) Permalink
― goole, Tuesday, April 14, 2009 1:19 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
yes this movie sucked. neil labute should go ahead and quit. (maybe he already has?)
― horseshoe, Thursday, 7 April 2011 20:46 (six years ago) Permalink
oh man - t-shirt, trenchcoat, eager fresh face, playing pilotwings - i love him
― tangelo amour (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 7 April 2011 20:47 (six years ago) Permalink
i have to admit to a soft spot for those crappy neil labute cruel-privileged-people movies. it's pretty indefensible but, c'mon, that ending of shape of things is so lol. his career has really taken a turn for the nutty btw:
2010 Death at a Funeral 2008 Lakeview Terrace 2006 The Wicker Man
― cum dude (Princess TamTam), Thursday, 7 April 2011 20:52 (six years ago) Permalink
wow I had not realized until now that the Wicker Man was him
he really does hate women doesn't he
― in my world of loose geirs (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 7 April 2011 21:02 (six years ago) Permalink
Our Idiot Brother is an enjoyable film albeit slight.
― akm, Tuesday, 13 September 2011 19:24 (six years ago) Permalink
the first film he's done that's gotten decent reviews in eons
― incredibly middlebrow (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 19:28 (six years ago) Permalink
elizabeth banks does a credible parker posey impersonation through the entire film
― akm, Tuesday, 13 September 2011 19:55 (six years ago) Permalink
paul rudd does a very good dude from leibowski
― akm, Tuesday, 13 September 2011 19:57 (six years ago) Permalink
basically the entire movie seems like other movies, but I liked it.
― akm, Tuesday, 13 September 2011 19:58 (six years ago) Permalink
― am0n, Tuesday, 13 September 2011 20:04 (six years ago) Permalink
my butt itches
― am0n, Tuesday, 13 September 2011 20:06 (six years ago) Permalink
I kind of miss the early days of the Daily Show when they would get Paul Rudd as the guest any time the real guest had to drop out for whatever reason.
― ¯\(°_o)/¯ (Nicole), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 20:10 (six years ago) Permalink
saw 'our idiot brother' and i just want to cuddle paul rudd so bad right now
― zubaz fupa (elmo argonaut), Monday, 23 April 2012 17:10 (five years ago) Permalink
his role as the creepy lamaze instructor on Reno 911 was pretty fantastic
― Moodles, Monday, 23 April 2012 17:24 (five years ago) Permalink
Also, this is amazing:
― Moodles, Monday, 23 April 2012 17:27 (five years ago) Permalink
eh, no embedding...
just got no love for this Rudd guy
― PSOD (Ste), Monday, 23 April 2012 17:35 (five years ago) Permalink
― zubaz fupa (elmo argonaut), Monday, 23 April 2012 17:37 (five years ago) Permalink
Our Idiot Brother would've been great, if it hadn't had the "happy ending for everyone" Hollywood ending. It was still okay (and Rudd was indeed endearing in it), but it was no Role Models.
― Tuomas, Monday, 23 April 2012 17:53 (five years ago) Permalink
paul crudd
― Spectrum, Monday, 23 April 2012 17:55 (five years ago) Permalink
― Tuomas, Monday, April 23, 2012 1:53 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark
Tuomas as Francesca Fiore and Bruno Pontz Jones in a Kids In The Hall sketch: "They would never kill hero in American movie, ah? No. With them, it's always the happy ending. Always the football player throw the ball for the big win, ah? Yes. Always the puppy, licking the face."
― Poor Turrican (some dude), Monday, 23 April 2012 18:03 (five years ago) Permalink
I saw Our Idiot Brother last night and it was pretty nice (the "slight" assessment above is in the right direction though, but I don think that's a real problem)but that end scene where they talked about the candle recycling is one of the funniest things I've seen in a comedy film in years.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 2 June 2014 19:13 (three years ago) Permalink
Tuomas, I'd say Role Models suffered worse for the forced happy ending.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 2 June 2014 19:15 (three years ago) Permalink
"just a couple of guys and a dog makin' candles""what a cliche!"
― take a load off, Whiney, and and aaaand you put the load right on me (some dude), Monday, 2 June 2014 19:25 (three years ago) Permalink


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Anglo-Saxon origin and comes from the family once having lived on the outskirts of a village. The surname Towensen literally refers to a dweller "at the town's end." The name belongs to the class of topographic surnames, which were given to people who resided near physical features such as hills, streams, churches, or types of trees.
Towensen Early Origins
Norfolk, at Snoring Magna (Great Snoring) where one of the first records of the name was found there in 1377. "In 1398, John Townshend settled at Rainham, which according to some accounts accrued to them by the heiress of Havile. " [1]CITATION[CLOSE]
Shirley, Evelyn Philip, The Noble and Gentle Men of England; The Arms and Descents. Westminster: John Bower Nichols and Sons, 1866, Print. Another source confirms this noble family's status. "In 1398, the ancestor of the Marquis Townshend was at Rainham, the present seat of the family." [2]CITATION[CLOSE]
Lowe, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print. Actually the first record of the name was listed before the two aforementioned worthy sources. The Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 lists: Geoffrey de le Tuneshende in Norfolk; Henry atte Tunesende in Oxfordshire; and Alice atte Tunishende in Buckinghamshire. Years later, the Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379 listed: Ricardus atte ye Thounhende; and Johannes atte Tonehende. [3]CITATION[CLOSE]
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6) Raynham Hall is a country house in Norfolk, England. Completed shortly after the death of Sir Roger Townsend's death in 1637, it has been the seat of the Townshend family for nearly 400 years. The Hall is reported to be haunted, and was the scene of the famous ghost photo of the Brown Lady descending the staircase.
Towensen Early History
Towensen Early History
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Towensen Spelling Variations
Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Towensen family name include Townsend, Townshend and others.
Towensen Early Notables (pre 1700)
Towensen Early Notables (pre 1700)
Notables of the family at this time include Sir Roger Townshend (ca. 1430-1493), who was knighted by Henry VII in 1486; Sir John Townshend (c.1568-1603), of Raynham Hall in Norfolk, an English soldier and Member of Parliament, killed in a duel with Sir Matthew Browne in August 1603; Sir Roger Townshend...
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For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Towensen surname or a spelling variation of the name include: James Townsend, who settled, with his wife and five children, in St. John Island in 1775; Francis Townsend settled in Virginia in 1635; William Townsend settled in Boston Massachusetts in 1630.
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Personal computing discussed
Moderators: Captain Ned, emkubed
"We have not seen any reported issues. From what the article states, this only occurs when both the lowest resolution settings and the highest compression settings are being used together. The JBIG2 compression is a standard being used throughout the copier industry, particularly with faxing. My personal thought on this is that some of the Xerox products (7845, for example) allow scan resolutions down to 72 dpi, and that at those lower resolutions, the compression algorithm does not have enough pixel data to make the correct conversions each and every time.
We almost always leave the default resolution at 200dpi, so I am not surprised that we have not heard of this issue. If customer's are concerned, they need only stay away from the 72 dpi setting, and they will not have any problems."
Voldenuit wrote:FWIW, I've tested our 7535 (one of the known affected models) on 'Normal' at 300 dpi and was unable to reproduce the error, although it is harder to prove a negative. Perhaps if I'd scanned it at 72 dpi (which sounds like a poor choice anyway).
We shipped it in a way that doesn't mess up, so that's YOUR problem. Also, we used INDUSTRY STANDARDS so don't blame us fer NUTHIN'.
Voldenuit wrote:
The Xerox design utilizes the recognized industry standard JBIG2 compressor which creates extremely small file sizes with good image quality, but with inherent tradeoffs under low resolution and quality settings.
The Xerox design utilizes the recognized industry standard JBIG2 compressor which creates extremely small file sizes with good image quality, but with inherent tradeoffs under low resolution and quality settings.
For data integrity purposes, we recommend the use of the factory defaults with a quality level set to "higher." In cases where lower quality/higher compression is desired for smaller file sizes, we provide the following message to our customers next to the quality settings within the device web user interface: "The normal quality option produces small file sizes by using advanced compression techniques. Image quality is generally acceptable, however, text quality degradation and character substitution errors may occur with some originals."
There is actually no identified "bad compression" setting on its own. If you keep your DPI default at 200dpi or greater with any compression setting, Xerox or other manufacturers aren't experiencing any issues. Quality of the original scanned document isn't really referenced in this material but I feel it is a very important factor. If the resolution is set at 72 with compression the quality of the scan is degraded and potentially isn't able to read the document accurately. I have actually experienced this on other manufacturers devices over the years in both copy or scan mode. If the original has background, grayscale and/or poor quality the multifunction device in either copy or scan mode isn't always able to read the original accurately. For example, if an organization is scanning documents as pdfs or tiffs and in the future wishes to OCRs these files, the minimum industry standard is 200 dpi. Most organizations use 300 dpi just to be safe. Anything lower than 200 dpi results in characters not being read accurately. This is not unique to Xerox but common in the industry with copy/scan technology.
Scrotos wrote:My main issue with this at this point is that Xerox doesn't have a list of affected models and how to mitigate this. Where in the web admin interface or control panel can I lock out certain known-bad settings? I don't want our users to accidentially select this stuff. And the presets don't really correlate to DPI. What the hell is "archival" quality? It says "smallest file size" whereas when I think of archives, I think of pristine replications of items for long-term storage. That doesn't jive with "smallest file size" in my mind.
just brew it! wrote:Producing an illegibly blurry scan at low settings is acceptable -- you will look at the scan, and increase the settings. Producing a silently altered (but still legible looking) scan is unacceptable, at ANY settings.
I received the following information today and will provide you with additional information as it is released by Xerox.
The following is a list of available information that I just received:
• Real Business blog site with the latest public updates (http://realbusinessatxerox.blogs.xerox.com/)
• A Q&A document which includes the solutions Xerox is providing and the impacted products
• A how to guide for checking and setting device defaults for scan settings
Please let me know if you have additional questions and/or would like to work with a Lewan/Xerox system engineer.
Here are the two solutions:
• Reset Scanning Defaults: Xerox is providing a guide demonstrating how to check the current device scan settings and how to return them to factory default.
• Apply a Software Patch: Xerox is developing a software patch that can be remotely downloaded to each device. The software patch will disable the highest compression mode thus completely eliminating the possibility for character substitution. Xerox will begin rolling out the patch within a few weeks.
It is important to know that Xerox® devices shipped from the factory are set with the compression level and resolution settings that produce scanned files appropriate for viewing or printing—while maintaining a reasonable file size. You will not see a character substitution issue when scanning with the factory default settings.
We apologize for any confusion and inconvenience this may have caused our customers. We are working closely with our partners and customer service teams across the globe to proactively inform customers as well as help them resolve the issue.
Scrotos wrote:I doubt it. From what I understand, it takes too much memory for that and you can't collate anything. It would take a few GB of RAM for only 5 or 6 pages from what someone wrote who claimed to work at Xerox many years ago.
Scrotos wrote:I doubt it. From what I understand, it takes too much memory for that and you can't collate anything. It would take a few GB of RAM for only 5 or 6 pages from what someone wrote who claimed to work at Xerox many years ago.
just brew it! wrote:Collation was done with mechanical sorters/stackers.


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Shining light on cancer awareness
A word often feared by many now joins people together. Cancer is still a scary word, but through support groups the fear is often lessened.
The Sun City Breast Cancer Round Table offers no pity party atmosphere. Instead, the 30 women embrace the diagnosis through laughs, education and support.
Vicki Mack never was one who joins groups. Diagnosed with invasive breast cancer at the age of 52, she underwent a radical mastectomy so chemotherapy wouldn't be necessary.
It was the happiest yet scariest day of her life. Mack sold her restaurant to a buyer and thought to get her doctor visits out of the way before to Sun City.
She had missed three mammograms, but never expected any problems.
"I was in total shock," Mack said. "I told my husband I was really scared and once I had finally said it, it felt like the worst part was over."
After a quick recovery, she moved from Pittsburgh, Pa., to her new home in Sun City in June 2010. Jokingly, she told her mother she found a group she could join after reading about the Sun City Breast Cancer Round Table.
Three years later, Mack is president of a group who has helped her move forward as a breast cancer survivor.
"We're a positive, upbeat group," she said. "When we see someone new, there's that initial shock look on their face and by the end after we've introduced ourselves, they're laughing."
There are three main missions of the group: Education, support and fundraising. In connection with the American Cancer Society, the support group began selling luminary bags. The bags give the opportunity to family members of friends purchase a bag and decorate it in the person affected by cancer's honor.
The luminaries are often lit at Relay for Life events, which the group participated in for many years. The group also held a luminaria ceremony but stopped in 2007 to support the Relay for Life event at Bluffton High School.
This year, the group decided to return to their special ceremony inside the gates at the Pulte model home park. Last year, Wendy Shepard decorated 435 luminaries, raising more than $5,000 for the American Cancer Society which benefits cancer research.
With others helping decorate the bags, Shepard anticipates 1,000s of bags to be lit along the 14-home driveways at the model home park.
Shepard joined the Sun City Breast Cancer Round Table shortly after moving to the community in 2002. She was diagnosed the day after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Joining because the support given among the members, Shepard said they have lost their breast not their sense of humor.
"We joke and laugh, it is no time for pity parties," Shepard said. "There are even meetings where we discuss funny things that happened to us on our road to recovery. We might not think they're funny at the moment, but we all laugh about the stories we have."
The group also holds meetings for family members and spouses to share their experiences of coping with a loved one who is battling cancer.
Whether it is through education or just the company of each other, the Sun City Breast Cancer Round Table is determined to raise awareness.
"Breast and cancer were two words you just did not mention back in the early 1980s," Mack said. "Now we can openly talk about what we've gone through and help each other through our experiences."
What: Luminaria ceremony
When: 6-9 p.m. May 16
Where: Pulte's model home park
Details: To purchase a luminary bag, call Wendy Shepard at 705-5607.


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Post pics of your Famicom game collections in this thread. Original Famicom only!
Heres my humble, growing collection:
Motocross Mania (awesome game! This is what Excitebike 2 would have been!), Ducktales 2, Donald Land, Mickey Mouse, Little Nemo, Rockman 4, Xexyz, Hammerin' Harry, Parman
Mad City (Bayou Billy), Warwolf, Crossfire, Wanpaku Kokkun No Gourmet World (Panic Restaurant), Dynamite Batman (Return of the Joker), Time Zone, New Ghostbusters 2, Dead Fox (Codename: Viper), Ninja Crusaders
Doki Doki Panic (Super RARE pirate cart of the FDS exclusive game!), Legend of Almana (RARE pirate cart of the FDS exclusive game!), Super Contra 8 (Weird, all new Contra hack game), Kero Kero Keroppi 2, Mr. Gimmick! (RARE Polish pirate cart titled "Pipe V"), Contra 4-IN-1 (Super C, Contra Force, Final Mission, and Super Contra 7, an all new Contra Hack), Alien Syndrome, MC Mario (Rare Mc Kids Hack with Mario as main character!), 76-IN-1 (all classic titles! Mario Bros. Ice Climber, Circus Charlie, Mach Rider, Balloon Fight, etc. The games repeat but each different version starts you off with extra lives or different power ups, or higher levels to start off! Cool!)
And thats my little collection. Ill be sure to update, I have some COOL and Incredible games coming my way!


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how do we call a windows function in c?
lets say the "Sleep" function, which is a Kernel function. am i right in thinking this function is in kernel32.dll?
anyway, in VB this is very easy. we put the name and/or path to the dll containing our function and as long as we call the function by its proper name and pass it proper arguments, all is well. i have no clue how to do this in c. do i need the "#import" tag?
it would be very appreciated if someone could provide a very small example.