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ROYAL OAK, Mich. - Is your favorite golf course ready to save your life? A new study finds the response to cardiac emergencies at many Michigan golf courses isn't up to par.
"As we learn more about where people collapse and have cardiac arrest, it's important that we're prepared for that," said Dr. Robert Swor, director of emergency medicine research at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak.
Swor and his team studied 40 cardiac arrests that occurred at 39 Michigan golf courses from 2010 to 2012. The results were not reassuring.
"Very few of them had defibrillators, and even fewer actually used the defibrillators if they were there," said Swor.
An automated external defibrillator, or AED, is a portable device that delivers an electric shock through the chest to stop an irregular heart rhythm, which can be fatal. The device talks to the user, providing step-by-step instructions, and automatically diagnoses the heart rhythm to determine if a shock is needed.
AEDs are becoming more widely available at health clubs, schools, airports and many other places. But golf courses don't seem to be joining that club. Swor said having an AED on site is critical.
"Every minute you wait when you're in cardiac arrest, you decrease your chances of survival by 10 percent," he said.
Remember, most golf courses are quite large. Think about how long it would realistically take an ambulance to reach you on the course.
"The average time in our study was about nine minutes. Average. So, half the time, somebody was waiting longer than nine minutes," said Swor. "If time is critical, it's not the right place to have a cardiac arrest."
Some Michigan courses have made the investment.
"I think that an AED is something that you need to have on site in case there is a medical emergency and you need to use it," said Paul Simpson, PGA golf professional and manager of Lyon Oaks Golf Course and Glen Oaks Golf Course.
At the Lyon Oaks course in Wixom, they've had an AED for several years.
"We have it at all five of our golf courses, and we have it at a number of other Oakland County Parks facilities," said Simpson.
There are also stickers in every golf cart showing golfers exactly what steps to take in an emergency.
"Most of our staff is trained how to use the AED," said Simpson. "Our golf course sits on 230 acres. It just helps to get somebody out there and have 'em starting performing the procedures immediately because I know the time-frame is pretty short before someone can be a fatality."
Golfer Mike Head of Warren likes of the idea of having an AED nearby.
"You can't be too safe. I had a heart attack eight years ago. It was mild, but if it was anything more than what it was and I was on a golf course, it would have been a lot safer (having an AED)," said Head.
Mark Wilkie actually comes prepared for an emergency on the course.
"I do carry in my bag the little low-dose aspirin," said Wilkie.
But like many golfers we talked to, he hadn't noticed the stickers promoting the AED.
"You don't think about the heart attack," said Wilkie. "If you're worried about the heart attack, you're not out here drinking and smoking cigars."
With AEDs starting at around $1,500, many golfers wondered, why not have them?
"They're a lifesaver, basically," said golfer Nancy Abele from Ferndale.
There was one encouraging note in the Beaumont study. Even though AED use was rare, about 70 percent of the time, golfers who needed CPR did receive it, usually from another golfer. Something to think about when you're choosing your next foursome.
So what should golfers do? Before you hit the links, ask the course, "Do you have an AED? Do you know how to use it?"
Staff should have regular training in how to use the AED and a plan to get it to you in an emergency. The study also recommended golf courses have good access points for emergency vehicles and stickers on golf carts with emergency response instructions. Steps that could make all the difference in an emergency.
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Why did the toad cross the road?
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Occasionally there are groups of toads that discover they need to cross dangerous roadways to get to their mating grounds. Such is the case on the outskirts of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where every spring thousands of toads cross a rural road near the Roxborough Reservoir.
In 2009, Lisa Levinson, a local resident discovered the plight of Philadelphia's toads and started a mission to help save them from traffic. When she realized the moving leaves she spotted on the road were actually toads, she stopped her car and tried to get traffic to slow down for the crossings. Sadly, she noticed many of the toads had been run over by cars. Eventually a police officer parked her vehicle and assisted Levinson with her mission.
Realizing this job was going to last more than a day or two, Levinson set about making plans for an ongoing project. She contacted local advocacy groups and the Philadelphia Police 5th District to get permits allowing volunteers to shut down traffic in order to help toads cross the road. That first year Levinson reported they saved about 600 toads.
How Toads Mate
Toads are not fans of sunlight and they travel mostly at night and in damp, rainy weather. In the spring, from about March through June, toads return to a water source where the females lay eggs in shallow water and the males fertilize them. After several weeks, the toadlets –which are the size of a human thumbnail—return to the woods from which their parents came.
The females are larger than the males and males can be seen hitching a ride on the backs of the females. Like all animals, toads have their own unique place in the ecosystem. The toad diet consists of worms; insects like crickets, spiders and mosquitos; leaves and sometimes birds, mice and rats. Helping to control the mosquito population makes toads necessary to keep around.
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SEATAC — Two Boeing 787 Dreamliners took off Tuesday afternoon from Seattle-Tacoma airport, including the one grounded Monday by a maintenance issue.
After a welcoming ceremony at the airport Monday, the plane was grounded by a faulty valve in the cooling system for the electronics bay.
A second Dreamliner arrived at Sea-Tac from Tokyo on Tuesday morning, 77 minutes ahead of schedule.
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A young man stands in his bedroom. It just so happens that today, the 13th of April, is this young man's birthday.
Skull Man wrote:aw yiss
you're gonna be the guy! the guy who finishes just intime
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You decide to consult with the Colonel's bottomless wisdom. Good grief this thing is huge. It could kill a cat if you dropped it.
TT: I understand you have recently come into possession of the beta release of "The Game of the Year", as featured in respectable periodicals such as GameBro Magazine.
EB: that's an ugly rumor.
EB: whoever told you that is a filthy liar.
EB: and you should probably stop hitting on him all the time or whatever.
TT: I can't control myself.
TT: I must have a weakness for insufferable pricks.
EB: anyway i still haven't checked the mail, my dad has it.
EB: i'm trying to go get it from him, so brb
TT: John.
EB: what?
TT: You're wearing one of your disguises now, aren't you?
TT: You are typing to me right now while wearing something ridiculous.
EB: no, why would you even think that??
EB: that's so stupid.
TT: Ok.
TT: Why don't you go get the game from your father?
EB: alright, wish me luck.
EB: oh, btw...
EB: jk I was wearing a funny disguise this whole time.
EB: gotcha! hehehehe
TT: I know, John.
I think this is officially an understatement at this point.You have a feeling it's going to be a long day.
EB: whoa ok but i just got the most awesome present.
TT: The rabbit?
TT: I've heard tales of this wretched creature often. Its Homeric legend is practically ensconced in the fold of my personal mythology by now.
ASimPerson wrote:I think this is officially an understatement at this point.You have a feeling it's going to be a long day.
Grey Ghost wrote:Woodford Reserve is a good bourbon
GG: whoa what was that?????
EB: what was what?
GG: there was a loud noise outside my house!!
GG: it sounded like an explosion!!!!
EB: wow, really?
EB: you can see me, right.
EB: tell me what is wrong with this picture.
TT: Sorry. I keep losing the wireless signal.
TG: oh man
TG: how big is it
EB: i dunno.
EB: big, i guess.
EB: i gotta go!
EB: we'll talk later if i am still alive and the earth isn't blown up.
TG: like the size of texas
TG: or just rhode island
TG: theyre always throwing around these geographical comparisons to give us a sense of scale like it really means anything to us
TG: but its like it doesnt matter its always just like: WOW THATS PRETTY FUCKING BIG
TG: like mr president theres a meteor coming sir. oh yeah, how big is it? its the size of texas sir
TG: or, how big is it? its the size of new york city sir
TG: sir im afraid the comet is the size of your moms dick
TG: sir are you familiar with jupiter
TG: you mean like the planet?
TG: yeah
TG: well its that big sir
TG: hmm that sounds pretty big
TG: i have a question
TG: is it jupiter?
TG: yes sir, earth is literally under seige by planet fucking jupiter
TG: anyway later
Speed Racer wrote:WELCOME TO HELL
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I have never liked calling someone or something "gay" but, well... I have also been known to think to myself when seeing people who are only famous for things online: "it's that guy who has a blog".TT: In some cultures the persistent refusal of a lady's invitation to play a game with her would be a sign wanton disrespect.
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Hello, I'm in the market for some new workstations. Now seems a good time to find some good deals, unfortunately I've not really kept up to date with the going-ons in the industry since sandy bridge was released, so I'm hoping you guys can give me a little advice. My budget is $1500 to build some systems that will be used for light to moderate CAD/CAM work. I expect to do some light to moderate FEA and CFD work using these computers on Pro/E 4.0 for CAD and FEA, and solidworks for CFD. Matlab also sees a good bit of use, as well as some light work in photoshop and illustrator. I'm trying to build two computers using this budget, which I know will be very tight since it amounts to $650 retail for each after 13% HST is applied, and a monitor must be included in that price. Knowing this, I'm not exactly looking for or expecting mind-blowing performance, running solvers overnight in complex cases is not a big deal. That said, I want to see if it is feasible. If not, the option to build just one computer is still open, if the sacrifices to speed do not justify the increased productivity from having two computers.
Here's what I've (roughly) spec'd out. I've tried to cut out as many unnecessary features as possible without sacrificing performance.
$215 Intel Core i5-3570 Ivy Bridge
$34 G.SKILL Value Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600)
$70 Western Digital WD Blue 500GB 7200 RPM
$150 ASUS VS Series VS228H-P Black 21.5"
$45 ENERMAX NAXN ENP450AST 450W ATX12V Power Supply
$60 Antec three hundred two case
Prices are from Newegg Canada, in canadian dollars. Sum of all those prices, multiplied by 2 since its for 2 PCs, then multiplied by 1.13 for sales tax comes out to about $1500
It's a pretty no-frills system; considering the purpose, it does what it needs to and very little else. I've opted to forgo a dedicated graphics card in favor of a better CPU. I'm not sure how heavily the applications I've mentioned are able to make use of GPUs for computation. I believe intel onboard units nowadays are adequate to display CAD programs if they aren't super complicated. I'm also willing to live without a CD drive. Mouse/keyboard/speakers can be foraged and put together from various sources, so I've excluded them. I've opted for the non-k version of the CPU as I don't think I can get much of an overclock from the stock cooler and I'm not sure that it would be a good thing to do when performing scientific computing that values accuracy.
On newegg, the system I've spec'd out here come out to $1500.49 for two systems, including tax but not shipping. I'm only using newegg to rough out the prices right now, I can buy them someplace with local pick-up like Canada computers or NCIX. For now, I'd like some advice, specifically, am I missing any components? Will this be able to run the software I've mentioned at a reasonable pace, or would I be better off with a single computer? and can I squeeze some better performance out of this budget?
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Wildlife in the local San Juan National Forest will enjoy an extra month of peace and quiet beginning this year.
Several roads that pass through deer and elk habitat will be closed to motorized travel through May 1 instead of April 1.
The change is a result of the Boggy-Glade Travel Management Plan finalized last year.
"This is the first year the extended closure is being implemented, so we have had some calls about it," said Derek Padilla, Dolores district ranger for the San Juan National Forest.
Roads with the extended wildlife closures include Forest Road 528 (House Creek), Forest Road 529 and spurs, Forest Road 504 (Lone Dome) and Forest Road 240 (Ryman Creek Road).
The paved House Creek Road and nearby Forest Road 529 are the most frequently used routes affected by the extended closure. They are located eight to nine miles north of Dolores off of the Norwood Road. The roads offer access to McPhee Reservoir and forest service lands.
The longer closure means car camping and launching a boat from House Creek ramp will be delayed a month.
All the roads will remain open to nonmotorized uses during the extended closure, including for hiking, cycling, horseback riding, and when there is snowpack, snowshoeing and skiing.
The campground at the House Creek Recreation Area does not open to the public until mid May, at which time the road will be open for motorized use.
Boaters and anglers missing out on early season excursions from the House Creek boat ramp can access the reservoir from the recently opened McPhee Boat Ramp, four miles west of Dolores off of Highway 184.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife recommended the extended closure because it is a sensitive time for deer and elk, Padilla said.
"They have exhausted their winter reserves, and the females are dropping calves," he said. "The extended closure provides opportunity for them to recuperate from the winter and not be stressed by folks driving through the area."
Anglers on the Lower Dolores River will notice the extended wildlife closure on Lone Dome Road (FR 504) from the Ferris Campground to McPhee Dam. The closure begins four miles upstream from the Bradfield Bridge.
Also a six-mile portion of the Ryman Creek Road (FS 240) from north of a private property boundary to just before Disappointment Creek will also be gated and closed until May 1 to accommodate wildlife.
Recreation planner Chris Bouton explained the closure gates will be positioned north of private land to allow continued access to a subdivision in that area.
The extension benefits wildlife, giving them time to recover from the winter, and for hunters as well, helping to boost deer and elk populations during the Fall season.
"Deer and elk continue to lose winter range habitat, and the lower elevation areas targeted for the extended closures are a critical factor for them to thrive the rest of the year," said Joe Lewandowski, public information officer for Colorado Parks and Wildlife.
Deer and elk can lose 20 to 40 percent of their body weight over the winter, and the end of winter is when a lot of mortality occurs, Lewandowski said. During normal snowpack, winter range offers warmer temperatures for deer and elk, and more forage is exposed.
The roads wildlife closures are typically snowed in this time of year and are impassable. But a mild winter at lower elevations has dried them out, attracting more users earlier than normal.
"We see it as warm now, but wildlife still endure freezing overnight temperatures. Closing off winter range gives them a break and a better chance to survive," Lewandowski said.


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Lebron James has 11 offensive rebounds all year. 11 off. rebounds in 18 games. Danillo Gallinari has 21 offensive rebounds in 18 games. Landry Fields has 28 off. rebounds.
Amar'e has 40 off. rebounds (and he's averaging 8.6 total rebounds per game), while Bosh is averaging 7.3 total rebounds per game (and has only 25 off. rebounds in 18 games) .!.
I'm posting 2 great articles I read online today. All I can think about as I read these articles is that FINALLY.... once in the last decade.... I can be thankful for soemthing, when it comes to the NYK and having fortune smile upon this franchise.
THANK GOD we do not have to root for Lebron James! And another double-thanks that we don't have to root for Lebron James & Chris Bosh! Imagine that, and then having Maverick Carter? PLZ! I would prefer another 5 years enduring Eddy Curry injury news!
I'm loving Amar'e. Turiaf. Chandler and Gallo's growth. Felton (even though I got rough on him a while ago). And if we get Carmelo Anthony! YES!!!!!!!
It may have taken a decade.... But I think when we look back, we will pinpoint last summer.... when we were lucky enough to lose the LJ sweepstakes.... That will be the moment we highlight as the turning point, when everything started to go right for our beloved Knicks!
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King James wants Spoelstra to bow to him
Erik Spoelstra reached out to Mike Brown over the summer and searched for insight into both basketballs blessing and curse: Coaching the two-time MVP [Only registered and activated users can see links. ].
Over and over, Brown uprooted his offensive system to appease James only to have it never work. Brown praised James character publicly when he wouldve preferred to have been truthful about James narcissism. James defied Brown in public and private, disregarded his play calls to freelance his offense, and belittled him without consequence within the [Only registered and activated users can see links. ].
Meticulous in his preparation, Spoelstra spoke with several past coaches, and league sources said a clear and unequivocal picture appeared on how to proceed: End the cycle of enabling with James and hold him accountable.
And surprise, surprise: LeBron James has responded with a test of his own organizational strength, pushing to see how far the Heat will bend to his will. This season, James is hearing a word seldom uttered to him in Cleveland:
No. And it keeps coming out of the coachs mouth, keeps getting between the King and what he wants.
Can I stay overnight to party in New Orleans after a preseason game?
Can I play the clown in practice?
Can I get out of playing point guard?
No. No. No.
Wait, what?
No, LeBron.
Even within a month of the seasons sideways 9-8 start, the NBA witnessed a predictable play out of the James-Maverick Carter playbook on Monday
morning. They [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] as jokers of the highest order. They care so little about anyone but themselves. Still, no ones surprised that theyd stoop so low, so fast into this supposed historic 73-victory season and NBA Finals sweep of the [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]. They want Spoelstra and Pat Riley to bend to them, to bow to the King the way everyone has before them.
Nevertheless, heres what was surprising even troubling when the Heat talked on Monday before a victory over the [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]: In the blink of an eye, [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] signed up with Team LeBron to scapegoat and sell out Spoelstra.
Im not going to say hes my guy, but hes my coach, Wade said.
Wades always been loyal, and thats why it was so surprising to witness him bail this fast on Spoelstra, whom Wade knows too well. Spoelstra is a good NBA coach. Everyone knows that Wade isnt a star who plays hard all the time, knows that he takes plays off on defense. They know that Spoelstra did a terrific job coaching 90 victories out of that flawed Miami roster the previous two seasons.
As much as ever, the Heat need Wade to influence James. Only now, its clear James is influencing Wade. With [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] out for the regular season, the locker room misses one of its vital voices. Now, Wade is struggling on the floor and James is the devil on his shoulder, whispering that he doesnt need to be accountable, that theres an easy fall guy for everyone: Spoelstra.
Those who know Wade well, who care about him, were disappointed Monday. When Spoelstra needed Wade to stand up for him, Wade never shrunk so small. Spoelstra was Wades guy, but Wades finding it much easier to align himself with James coward act than do the right thing. This was something that youd expect out of [Only registered and activated users can see links. ], whos never been a leader, never a winner, but Wade?
He knows better than this, one of Wades former assistant coaches said. Im not saying he hasnt changed some, but he knows right from wrong. And this is wrong.
The fundamental problem for Spoelstra isnt that James doesnt respect coaches he doesnt respect people. Give LeBron this, though: Hes learned to live one way with the television light on, and another with it off. He treats everyone like a servant, because thats what the system taught him as a teenage prodigy. To James, the coach isnt there to mold him into the team dynamic. Hes there to serve him.
Wade was one of the Team USA players whod watch incredulously as James would throw a bowl of fries back at a renowned chef and bark, Theyre cold! Or throw his sweaty practice jersey across the court and command a team administrator to go pick it up. Everyone wants James to grow out of it, but hes never showed much of an inclination for self-examination and improvement. And hes never surrounded himself with people whod push him to do so.
Whats more, the timing of this leak was no accident, because James and his business manager had to like the idea of someone else going on trial this week. When the public wanted to talk about James return to Cleveland, about the callous way with which he left, about the disjointed start in Miami, they thrust everything onto Spoelstra.
Part of them believed they could deflect Hell Week at home in Ohio, and part of them probably believed they could indeed align the public with them against Spoelstra.
After all, the coach had it coming to him. Of this, LeBron James was sure. Spoelstra had the audacity to do something that Mike Brown never had ownerships backing to do in Cleveland: To push James, call him out, coach him.
The funniest part had to be how they leaked the idea that Eric Spoelstra was panicking now, behaving like he feared for his job. Truth be told, hes been behaving in the opposite way. Spoelstra isnt running from LeBron, but running at him.
Someones scared here, but it isnt the coach.
Adrian Wojnarowski is the NBA columnist for Yahoo! Sports.
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You could be sure that it wouldn't take long for Maverick Carter unnamed sources to lash back in LeBron James' defense, especially in the wake of the team's disappointing start, and the goofball [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] controversy.
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[Only registered and activated users can see links. ], Carter the source had this to say about Heat coach Erik Spoelstra's relationship with the team:"He's jumping on them," one source said. "If anything, he's been too tough on them. Everybody knows LeBron is playful and likes to joke around, but Spoelstra told him in front of the whole team that he has to get more serious. The players couldn't believe it. They feel like Spoelstra's not letting them be themselves."Carter The source went on to point out that Spoelstra singled James out during a recent shootaround, telling the Heat star that he couldn't "tell when you're serious."
Now, all this is being tossed out there to make Spoelstra look bad, as he struggles to right Miami's ship, but all this nonsense is doing is making Spoelstra look better. Of course James doesn't take these things as seriously as he should, not when he's setting up parties and appearances in clubs following road games, or taking whole possessions off to float around the perimeter. This sort of criticism, something he never got in Cleveland, is exactly what he needs.
Spoelstra doesn't need help in looking bad. Though the Heat are ranked highly offensively on sheer one-on-one talent alone, Spoelstra is still the guy calling for simplified 1/5 screen-and-rolls -- sometimes two on the same play once the first option doesn't work -- late in close games, coming out of a timeout.
Spoelstra is the guy who was handed three of the best offensive players at their respective positions (statistically last season), and watched as each has regressed significantly within his obvious offensive schemes.
And Spoelstra looks even worse while trying to laugh off BumpGate as something typical, as he did Monday morning:Spoelstra said he "didn't even notice" the bump until it was mentioned after the game."Coming out of the timeout, it's a pinball game. I'm colliding into a lot of people. So it's probably a perfect case of overspeculation from this team," he said Monday."I was fine with that timeout. The fact that guys are not happy about the play, tempers rose, you could see the fire and passion in people's eyes. That's the way it should be," he added. "None of us should be happy about what was going on in the third quarter and taking it in stride."Come on, Erik.
It's fair to say that I've watched a lot of NBA basketball through the years, and have seen my fair share of angry teams skulking back to the bench after a timeout. I never -- NEVER -- see that sort of bump from a player to coach. Is it wrong to get up in arms about it? Sure. Let's not go crazy because a coddled, churlish athlete acted the part. But let's also not pretend that this is a typical or even infrequent occurrence.
Spoelstra is not doing his job when it comes to getting the most out of the players that he's been put in charge of. But he is right to call out Miami's Big Three, each of whom have been the biggest underachievers on this team. Not the point guards, not the big men, and not the coaching staff.
If LeBron doesn't have to dominate the ball offensively, then he needs to go nuts defensively and on the glass. If [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] isn't confident in his shot, or if he should be shooting a particular shot as opposed to James, then he needs to find a way to get to the line, as has long been his custom. And if [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] doesn't even sniff the ball during a play, then he needs to crash the offensive glass, and earn his team extra possessions. None of them are giving extra, when it's obvious that the team is at nearly .500 just because the Big Three are taking turns giving what they gave while all alone in Miami, Toronto and Cleveland. And winning basketball doesn't work this way.
So Maverick Carter Chris Broussard's sources can gripe all they want about Spoelstra taking his frustrations out on the superstars, but he's right to question their commitment. There's no reason James should have just two double-figure rebound games, so far. There's no reason Wade should be playing the sort of defense he's playing, and there's no reason Chris Bosh's rebound percentage should have dropped to a mark below the percent he came through with as a 19-year-old rookie.
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Ok. So I loved the movie even though it had flaws (what movie made from a book doesn't?) and I want to see it again! I thought the casting was fantastic and couldn't have been better.
Kristen Stewert as Bella, nailed it! Some people have said that she was 'blah' but she was kinda supposed to be. She was new there. Didn't know anyone really other than Jacob. It was awkward. duhh.
Robert Pattinson as Edward, I don't think they could've done any better. He was AWESOME!
I ABSOLUTLY LOVED ALICE!! (sorry to yell. )
I didn't really like Jasper by just looking at pictures and things of that sort, but I loved him in the movie! He was a little funny with the pained look and everything, but there has to be a little comedic relief right? Even with serious love stories. He was so hot in the baseball scene.
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The Boll Weevils (11-2 overall, 1-0 GAC) went on a 21-2 run midway through the first half to claim a 26-11 lead with 7:53 left before the intermission.
Arkansas Tech (8-3, 0-1) scored the final eight points of the first half to get within 35-26 at the break. The Wonder Boys got even closer on a Matt Haney 3-pointer at the 5:55 mark of the second half. His trey cut UAM's advantage to 58-55.
But that was as small as Farmer allowed the lead to shrink. He scored six points in a span of less than two minutes, and his 12-foot jumper from right of the lane at the 3:26 mark made it 66-57.
Farmer scored consecutive field goals again to turn a 6-point spread into a 71-61 lead with 1:51 left.
It was never in doubt from there as Arkansas Tech lost for just the fourth time in its last 37 men's basketball games at Tucker Coliseum.
"Every time we would get back to that striking point of having a chance to get even, UAM would make a big time play," Tech head coach Doug Karleskint said.
"Usually it was off an offensive rebound. (UAM) wanted it more than us. It's disappointing because we had strung together several good practices and I felt good about our preparation."
Sergio Crowe scored 17 points, Kori Forge had 14 points and Ricardo Hall added 11 points to give UAM four players in double figures in scoring.
Johnie Davis led the Wonder Boys with 27 points. Tech's Will Paul recorded 13 points and 13 rebounds.
The Wonder Boys will face Southwestern Oklahoma State in GAC action at Weatherford, Okla., on Jan. 12. Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m.


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In 2006, three musicians from across the globe found themselves in the Bay Area --scouring Craigslist for other like-minded musicos, ready to take their musicianship to a different level-- and though they didn't know it at the time, these folks were on the verge of creating a previously unknown style of music: CumbiaDub. Bassist Daniel Yockey (Wisconsin), conguero Carlos Mario Aguirre (Colombia) and gaitero Adley Penner (Canada) met while playing with Colombian folklore group, Aluna. Inspired by the raw, rootsy rhythms of cumbia, yet growing restless with only playing covers, they began to experiment with the style. They applied dub studio techniques and reggae style bass lines to traditional cumbia and other Colombian rhythms, developing a completely unique style of dance music with electronic sensibilities and a live feel. Though this ground-breaking idea was first conceived in 2006, it did not reach full fruition until the autumn of 2009, when Candelaria was formed under its current name in the heart of Oakland, the Fruitvale district.
Along with Daniel and Adley, former Fuga drummer Rafael Herrera, former La Colectiva percussionist Ali Luna, and a previously unknown singer Stephani Garcia Candelaria were welcomed to the group. The band was not fully complete, however, until multi-instrumentalist/producer/recording engineer Jesse Sheehan was added to the line up in 2010. Jesse brought a new dynamic to the band: having studied tabla and bansuri flute while living in India, he helped Candelaria to transcend continental boundaries. With this new lineup locked in, the band's sound began to evolve. The originally electro-cumbia Latin dance group began to experiment with Indian Ragas, mixing African highlife guitar lines with reggaeton and dancehall beats, combining tablas and Colombian gaita flutes. While still rooted in cumbia and reggae, Candelaria began to develop a unique sound all their own.
Three years later, Candelaria is still a true independent band. They are cutting edge by going back to basics. While many other world dance bands are drifting further away from live performance and into the realm of computer driven programmed beats and effects, Candelaria has gone the opposite direction. All of their music, as well as recordings, are performed live and all effects are done in real time. The main focus is always on the keeping the dance floor hot and the party moving.
Candelaria is at the forefront of the global cumbia-fusion movement. Having shared the stage with such musical giants as Jimmy Cliff, Los Amigos Invisibles, Celso Piña, Diego's Umbrella, Junior Toots, Bituaya, Black Nature of the Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars, and La Santa Cecilia, and featuring present and past members from Colombia, Puerto Rico, Mexico, El Salvador, Canada, Malaysia, and Peru, Candelaria truly reflects the beauty of the multicultural world we live in today and the diversity of the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Talk show host Wendy Williams spoke to ET regarding celebrity chef Paula Deen having said in a deposition that she has used the N-word in the past.
"This is something that has been swirling around about Paula Deen for longer than this story. It's just a shame to hear that she has admitted in her deposition that she uses the word," Williams said, going on to say, "She seems to think that it's okay. It's not okay. It just goes to show you money doesn't buy you class, it only exposes who you really are. Stupid is as stupid does."
Williams continued: "She said a lot of ignorant things and a lot of very revealing things about who she is when she's out of the kitchen."
VIDEO: Paula Deen on How She Kept the Weight Off
Deen recently admitted in a deposition for a discrimination lawsuit filed by an employee of her restaurant that she has used racial slurs in the past. An attorney for Lisa Jackson -- a former manager at Deen's Uncle Bubba's Seafood and Oyster House in Savannah, GA -- asked the 66-year-old Food Network star during the deposition whether she had ever used the N-word. "Yes, of course," Deen replied, but she added: "It's been a very long time."
Jackson sued Deen last year, alleging that she was sexually harassed on the job and worked in a hostile environment rife with innuendo and racial slurs. The celebrity chef's attorney, William Franklin, said in a statement that Deen was looking forward to her day in court. "Contrary to media reports, Ms. Deen does not condone or find the use of racial epithets acceptable."
Deen testified that she may have also used the slur when recalling conversations between black employees at her restaurants, but said she couldn't recall specifics. "But that's just not a word that we use as time has gone on," she said. "Things have changed since the '60s in the South. And my children and my brother object to that word being used in any cruel or mean behavior. As well as I do."
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46.4630 Permitting escape.Cite as [A.S.C.A. § 46.4630]
(a) A public servant who is authorized and required by law to have charge of any person charged with or convicted by any crime commits the crime of permitting escape if he knowingly:
(1) suffers, allows, or permits any deadly weapon or dangerous instrument, or anything adapted or designed for use in making an escape, to be introduced into or allowed to remain in any place of confinement, in violation of law, regulations, or rules governing the operation of the place of confinement or
(2) suffers, allows, or permits a person in custody or confinement to escape.
(b) Permitting escape by suffering, allowing, or permitting any deadly weapon or dangerous instrument to be introduced into a place of confinement is a class B felony; otherwise permitting escape is a class D felony.History: 1979, PL 16-43 § 2.
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Education and Professional training
Sep. 2008 – Current Post-Doctoral fellow
Departments of Pathology, Division of Neuropathology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Advisor: Philip C. Wong
Mar. 2007 – Aug. 2008 Post-Doctoral fellow
Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, & National Creative Research Initiative Centre for Alzheimer's Dementia, Seoul National University Advisor: Yoo-Hun Suh
Mar. 2004 – Feb. 2007 Ph.D.
Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea Advisor: Yoo-Hun Suh
Mar. 2002 – Feb. 2004 M.S.
Interdisciplinary Program in Cognitive Science, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea Advisor: Yoo-Hun Suh
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Department of Genetic Engineering Faculty of Life Science and Technology, College of Nature Sciences SungKyunKwan University, Seoul, Korea
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1. The pathological role of TDP-43 in amyotropic lateral sclerosis (ALS) disease.
2. The effects of environmental factors on Alzheimer's disease.
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Nov. 2007 The 2nd Annual Autumn meeting of the Korean Society for Neurodegenerative disease Poster Presentation Award
Aug. 2007 The 8th Advanced Neurochemistry ISN School Award
July 2004 The 9th International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Travel Award
May 2004 The 1st ISN Special Neurochemistry Conference Travel Award
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Chiang PM, Ling J, Jeong YH, Price DL, Aja SM, Wong PC Deletion of TDP-43 down-regulates Tbc1d1, a gene linked to obesity, and alters body fat metabolism. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Jul 26. [Epub ahead of print]
Jeong YH, Kim JM, Yoo J, Lee SH, Kim HS and Suh YH Environmental enrichment compensates for the effects of stress on disease progression in Tg2576 mice, an Alzheimer's disease model. in prep.
Jeong YH, Park CH, Yoo J, Shin KY, Ahn SM, Kim HS, Lee SH, Emson PC, Suh YH (2006) Chronic stress accelerates learning and memory impairments and increases amyloid deposition in APPV717I-CT100 transgenic mice, an Alzheimer's disease model. FASEB J 20(6), 729-731
Chang KA, Kim HS, Ha TY, Ha JW, Shin KY, Jeong YH, Lee JP, Park CH, Kim S, Baik TK, Suh YH (2006) Phosphorylation of amyloid precursor protein (APP) at Thr668 regulates the nuclear translocation of the APP intracellular domain and induces neurodegeneration. Mol Cell Biol. 26(11), 4327-4338
Choi Y, Kim HS, Kim EM , Kim HS , Park CH , Shin KY, Jeong YH, Yoo J, Lee JP , Chang KA, Kim SH , Kim M, Suh YH (2007) Minocycline attenuates neuronal cell death and improves cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's Disease Models. Neuropsychopharmacology 32(11), 2393-404


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my children and I, what a troop !
And of course, I SHOULD NOT have been a-little-a-bit reluctant when they offered me a new computer for my anniversary ! BUT WHAT was it for a computer ?
i-thing ? i-tittle, i-tattle ? IT WAS in fact a MAC !
THEY found it a new opportunity - since my old laptop was, or had been, actually infected by a worm.
Not the SIMPLIEST one : Net-Worm.Win32.Nimda
PROUD of what ?
Now : a problem.
IS THERE down here a common and downloadable version of ZA internet security suite suitable for Mac OS X ?
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upgrading ZASS from 8.0.298.035 to 8.0.400.020, I noticed the following change listed in the Release History:
"Automated Windows XP Service Pack 2 upgrade option".
What does this mean?
I run Windows XP SP2, and I want to keep it that way -- not upgrate to SP3.
I don't see any new "optoins" offered in the setup or configuration... -- JClarkW
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People often say the mark of a true "master of a craft" is one who makes something ridiculously difficult look easy. Chris Thile, former member of Nickel Creek and front man for folk group Punch Brothers, is one of those people. As my buddy standing next to me at last night's Punch Brothers show in Washington, D.C. said, "It's like he's an extension of the mandolin. He can do anything he wants with that thing." I mean, the guy can almost flawlessly whoop out some Bach on the mandolin.
While musicianship is certainly present on their recorded material, the talent of each member of the five-piece band is fully realized during their live shows, which are more like jam sessions. With the encore, they ended up playing for almost two hours to a sold out crowd at the 9:30 Club.
It almost got to the point where I didn't believe they were real. They almost seemed like robots.
But there were just enough organic moments, with Thile almost violently convulsing in conjunction the fury of notes falling like raindrops from his mandolin, and — dare I say it — mistakes to quell that feeling.
And that's why I admire Punch Brothers. They walk the line between classical and bluegrass, technicality and raw emotion, and somehow make it work in a stew of moonshine sounds good regardless of whether or not you're looking at them through the bottom of a glass. Whereas Nickel Creek felt mechanical — they were almost too good at their instruments to the point where to me it lacked any real substance — Punch Brothers sounds fresh.
They're a simple act — no showy lights or distracting backdrops. Just five guys in suits wailing on their respective instruments. But they don't need anything else. They're so good at what they do that it sells itself. And that, I think, glorifies God. It's also worth seeing.
Brandon Hook is the Online Assistant at Sojourners.
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When it comes to trusted, on-the-shelf green product branding, there is Energy Star, and then there is everybody else. That's not a very controversial statement, given the program's 16-year track record.
So when the well-respected Consumer Reports magazine writes the headline: "Energy Star has lost some luster," it's an important story.
But it's the wrong story—and an especially misleading headline.
In its article, Consumer Reports pointed to what it described as lax standards and out-of-date testing procedures in the federal program administered by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy. But here's the thing: those areas aren't in Energy Star's orbit.
Criticizing Energy Star for whatever inexactness exists in the testing programs is akin to criticizing MapQuest for traffic jams.
The Department of Energy (DOE) controls minimum standards programs. The Federal Trade Commission oversees the EnergyGuide label that estimates energy consumption of various products. And Energy Star identifies—on a purely objective basis—extra levels of energy efficiency that will save customers money.
"Where they really got it wrong was blaming us for the testing procedures," said Maria Vargas, of the EPA's Energy Star program. Plus, Energy Star's data show recognition of the brand among consumers is at an all time high—74 percent.
Then there's the standards issue. Consumer Reports points to what it believes is an excessively high percentage of Energy Star products qualifying for the logo in certain categories, and it concludes that the standards are too easy. Perhaps. But these high percentages are more likely to result from Energy Star's consumer acceptance. In some categories, such as the ones with more than 50 percent Energy Star qualification, the manufacturers understand its power on the shelf. What could be better evidence that the program is working?
In the spirit of full disclosure: Home Channel News turns to Energy Star and the EPA regularly for information, but HCN doesn't receive a nickel from the agency.
The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy objects to the idea of lost luster. "While there are a few problems with the Energy Star program, overall the program is achieving large energy savings as it motivates manufacturers to produce and consumers to purchase products that are more efficient than would be produced and purchased without Energy Star."
And in an interview with Home Channel News, deputy editor of Consumer Reports praised the program. "The [Energy Star] has done a lot of good," Steven H. Saltzman, deputy editor of Consumer Reports, told Home Channel News. "We tout it, frequently as everyone does in the industry. We want it to be as effective as possible, it needs to be updated."
Perhaps it can benefit from a graded scale of qualification, whereby products would be recognized for extra levels of energy efficiency. But let's call a star a star.


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Pascal said "the sole cause of man's unhappiness" is that he doesn't know "how to stay quietly in his room." That suggests something you can do for Lent—nothing. It's not too late. If you've forgotten how, "All Nothing, All the Time," a travel article in today's New York Times, can help. "Aggressive… READ MORE >
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Discussion in 'Old's Cool' started by crazydrummerdude, Jul 27, 2007.
I've seen these things at bike shows and always wondered "what demographic is this company's marketing department aiming at?" Now I know - people who have Napoleonic Syndrome AND money to burn. But what I don't know is what that thing is doing on a cafe racer thread. Can you imagine trying to cafe a two ton pig like that??
I've seen Tom Cruise ride one of these but can't find a PIC for it.
Howz this though?
A cafe racer[1] (/ˈkæff reɪsər/kaff racer)[2][3][4] or (Ca-phay racer),[5] is a term used for a type of motorcycle, as well as the motorcyclists who ride them. Both meanings have their roots in the 1960s British rocker or ton-up boy subculture, although the type of motorcycles were also common in Italy, France[6] and other European countries. The term, which originally arose as an insult from motorcycle enthusiasts towards riders who they thought were playing at being a road racer but merely parked outside cafes,[7] refers to a style of motorcycles that were and are used for fast rides from one transport cafe[8][9] or coffee bar to another.[10]
That may be more Ducati than most ....
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Cafe Racers are modified bikes... not something you buy at the store.
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That said, the "new" Ducati is a nice lookin bike, but... it's new. Course, I know nothing about Ducati's, so take that for what its worth.
As I said above
Yeah should be on a Bike WTF thread? :huh
Boss Hogs are for people smart enough to know that if you are going to get stupid do it right. IMO, a VW engine in a /2 is only half way there!
Back to the original post, and not wanting to get toooo serious. Surely the point of the VW engine in a BMW (and latterly a soviet) frame was that when it was first done (certainly here in the UK) there were no large, i.e. 1 litre+, alternatives that provided reasonable performance and was cheap and easy to repair and maintain, and, as has been previously quoted, the potential for tuning was far out (twin downdraught, twin-choke webers!) remember until the GoldWing was announced there wasn't a suitable air cooled option.
I am sure that there are more informed minds than mine that can clarify further.
I"ll join the race; I picked up this '74 750 GT (along with the '74 Norton)recently from a friend;
And this is my ST2 currently;
Adding a Ducati Designs headlight and a few other mods, hopefully back togeather by the end of Febuary
I just picked up some gaskets from Ozzies BMW and am making slow progress on the Beemer. I have been avoiding the ST2 lately so as to spare myself the angry looks it gives me. If you will finish yours by the end of Feb. I might as well concede the victory to you JB
That's my bike!
I reposted on Craig's as I have my eye on a guzzi that I want to build.
Very nice .
I have copied your text so that I can edit and post future listings ..
I love this part : "Will not consider anything without a title. If you think it is so easy to get a title, then get one before you contact me."
That is sweet, nice work. I hope you get a respectable offer for it. Good luck.
bk brkr baker, That was awesome ! Lots of great stuff in there ,Thanks for the link!!
Gorgeous... The very top of the list of motorcycles that should have never left my possession is the T160.
One day...
Very nice build there... What are you building for a Guzzi...?


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Summaries of EU Legislation
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Community system for the identification of certain beneficiaries of transactions financed by the EAGGF Guarantee Section
As part of the campaign against fraud and irregularities affecting the Community budget, it is important to ensure that Community funds intended for the implementation of the common agricultural policy (CAP) are not granted to operators presenting a risk of non-reliability *. This Regulation therefore introduces a Community system allowing all the national authorities to identify operators who have committed an irregularity prejudicial to Community funds or who are suspected of having done so.
Council Regulation (EC) No 1469/95 of 22 June 1995 on measures to be taken with regard to certain beneficiaries of operations financed by the Guarantee Section of the EAGGF [Official Journal L 145, 29.06.1995].
In this Regulation, the Council establishes a Community system for the purpose of identifying and making known to all the competent authorities of the Member States and the Commission operators presenting a risk of non-reliability. It covers tendering procedures, export refunds and sales at reduced prices of intervention products, financed by the Guarantee Section of the EAGGF.
Identification procedures
The identification procedures and rules relating to notification are to be implemented on the initiative of the Member State in which the risk of the operator's non-reliability is identified. Where a Member State fails to fulfil this obligation, the Commission must ensure that it implements this identification and notification system.
Member States may take measures to deal with operators, in particular:
- reinforced checking of all operations performed by the operator;
- suspension, until the administrative determination of the existence of an irregularity, of payment of amounts relating to current operations to be determined, and, where appropriate, of release of the security relating thereto;
- their exclusion for a period of time from operations to be determined.
These measures must comply with the following principles, in accordance with the national law of the Member State:
- a prior hearing and right of appeal by the operator concerned;
- proportionality between the irregularity committed or suspected and the measures to be applied;
- non-discrimination between operators.
Member States and the Commission must take all necessary precautions to ensure that the information which they exchange pursuant to this Regulation are kept confidential.
This Regulation is supplementary to the specific provisions under the CAP.
Key terms used in the act
- Operators presenting a risk of non-reliability: operators who, according to a final decision of an administrative or judicial authority, have deliberately or through serious negligence committed an irregularity in respect of relevant Community provisions and have unjustly benefited from a financial advantage or attempted to benefit therefrom. They have therefore been the subject, in this respect, of a preliminary administrative or judicial report by the competent authorities of the Member State.
Entry into force
Deadline for transposition in the Member States
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Regulation (EC) No 1469/95
Official Journal L 145 of 29.06.1995
Commission Regulation (EC) No 745/96 of 24 April 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1469/95 on measures to be taken with regard to certain beneficiaries of operations financed by the Guarantee Section of the EAGGF [Official Journal L 102 of 25.04.1996]
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A mini second honeymoon awaits Prince William and his wife Kate during their upcoming tour of Southeast Asia.
On a brief respite from their official duties, they will spend a luxurious night in a remote island hideaway on the Solomon Islands. The visit, to the private island of Tavanipupu, comes towards the end of their tour that will see them visit Singapore, Malaysia, the rainforest of Borneo and the tiny island of Tuvalu. The tour is to represent William's grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, during her Diamond Jubilee.
The paradise that awaits at Tavanipupu (a former coconut plantation owned by Norwegian traders), promises seafood and homegrown organic ingredients that will excite the palate "beyond your expectations." And the sporty pair may get to sample some of the best snorkeling around – it is one of the main reasons people visit.
The action-packed 8-day tour, which begins Sept. 11, will include also a visit to Malaysia's rainforest, where they will be hoisted up into the trees to view the vast canopy of the forest at an environmental site run by the British Society – and if they are lucky spot orangutans.
Are you thrilled that our favorite royal couple is about to get a mini-honeymoon in the middle of their Asian tour this month? And another question that's a bit off topic: Should they start planning for royal kids already?
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This course introduces the practical applications and core principles that define public relations as a critical function of the management of any individual or organization. Students learn how public relations has evolved in response to changes in our culture and society. They also learn about public opinion, ethics, communication, crisis management, the media and the law as they relate to an organization's relationship with their "publics." Prerequisite: 25-200. Offered: Spring.


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NORTHFIELD, Minn. -- Mitchell Biewen (Fy./Golden Valley, Minn./Robbinsdale Armstrong) scored 17 of his game-high 19 points in the second half as the Carleton College men's basketball team erased a 12-point second-half deficit en route to its first victory of the season, a 72-68 triumph over Hamline University.
"It was the kind of battle we anticipated," said Carleton head coach Guy Kalland. "We are pleased with the bounce-back effort the guys showed tonight. It was good to get the first (win)."
After struggling in nearly every aspect of the offense during its last game, Carleton (1-4, 1-1 MIAC) looked like a completely different squad today. The team shot 55 percent from the floor and finished with 22 assists against 10 turnovers with only five fouls committed.
"Looked like a typical Carleton stat sheet," Kalland said. "Assists up, turnovers down, and we kept the opponent off the free throw line with very few empty possession on offense."
After seeing its 16-plus season streak of making at least one three pointer in every game snapped at St. Olaf on Tuesday, the Knights went 7-of-11 from the beyond the arc today, the fifth-best single-game percentage (.636) in program history. Biewen was a big part of the turnaround as he made four three-pointers in the second half.
Hamline appeared to be exerting control of the contest when the Pipers (2-3, 0-2 MIAC) put together a 13-0 run and built a 57-45 advantage with 10:15 remaining. That's when Biewen caught fire, scoring the game's next nine points by draining three consecutive three pointers to get Carleton back into the contest, 57-54 with 8:30 on the clock. Five minutes later, his fourth triple of the contest knotted the score at 66-66.
Following a Piper turnover, a lengthy Carleton possession was extended by a pair of fouls and ultimately resulted in Biewen setting up Beau Smit (Fy./White Bear Lake, Minn./White Bear Lake) for the eventual game-winning three pointer. Smit came off the bench to score five of his career-best 12 points in the final two minutes.
Hamline missed its next three shots while Smit and Shane McSparron (Jr./Apple Valley, Minn./Eastview) iced the game at the free-throw line.
McSparron finished with 13 points and five assists, while Taylor Hanson (Sr./Saint Paul, Minn./Minnehaha Academy) recorded his fifth straight double-digit scoring line with 12 points to go along with seven rebounds and five assists.
Hamline also had four players in double figures, as Marshall Jestings led the way for with a career-best 15 points.
Carleton hosts University of Minnesota-Morris on Monday, Dec. 9 at 7 p.m. Live video will be available via Knights Online.


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Ars takes a look back at the Internet of a decade ago as seen through the lens of a leading guidebook. After reading it, all we want to know is: what happened to our floating armada of Internet airships?
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"Information Superhighway"
haven't heard that one for a while!
That's because Al Gore hasn't been seen in the tech public in a while. He's to busy telling everyone he discovered Global Warming.
How many slums will be bulldozed to make way for the Information Superhighway?
1998 was when cable launched here in Portugal with 512k down/128k upload speeds. I remember pulling music off of Napster at freakish speeds (as private copies of owned music, obviously hehehe). Even today I think I don't get the same speeds I used to get back then, being one in maybe half a dozen people using that particular run of cable and with few more people online at all. Plus the always-on connection was waaaay cheaper than dial-up because there were no usage caps back then (they're basically gone again nowadays) and no phone bills.
Prior to cable even the simplest web surfing was an agonizing experience, especially image-heavy websites. I remember trying out several offline browser managers which you could configure to point to a given address and make a local copy of the entire site overnight for easier navigation. And many people actually got a second land line so that the 'net wouldn't mess up their fixed phone using habits (mobiles were rare-ish and pornographically expensive).
IRC was *the* social network of those days (MSN hadn't even shown up yet IIRC). Altavista was the only search engine of any use (what is this HotBot of which you speak?) until Google. But I do miss the sound of the modem "handshakes" hehehe.
That year I moved out of the dorms and into a house and we couldn't afford to get it. I then remember getting a Dreamcast with it's built-in 56k modem. Internet gaming for all from your couch (it'll never take off). To this day I consider the DC to be the XBOXbeta.
I remember actually using Internet Explorer and an explosion in Napster use that fall when I couldn't use it very well over a modem. God I missed that T1-like connection at school.
I have that book. I seem to remeber a section at the back about how to re-wire a hotel's telephone connection so you could travel the streets of the Information Superhighway while on a busisness trip.
It's crazy. Yesterday, I was looking for information on how Internet and computing was back in 2000. Now, reading my feeds this morning, I step on this fabulous article. Crazy stuff.
I was pretty young in 1999.. Hell, I was 14. I don't even remember if we had Internet at home. I remember we had Encarta, Microsoft encyclopedia software. Can you see how far we got? It's quite disturbing. Can anyone imagine how it will be in 10 years?
"who remembers what a 16550 UART could do for your modem?"
I believe that previous UARTs would issue a serial port interrupt for each byte coming from the modem - which could result in a deluge of interrupts on slow processors with higher speed modems. The 16550 could coalesce multiple bytes into a single interrupt.
1999? 1993 was when it really started the huge growth rates. There are some of us on here who were using it as far back as 1986 and some even earlier than that Heh... for fun times, there was a lot of 'interesting' things that went on prior to 1999, that's for sure... I personally know the guy who wrote and ran the 'Mars Hotel BBS', for example (probably too old a reference for most of you ) and sat at the machine it ran on (while it was running )
So does this mean it's almost time to break out the "All Your Base" anniversary? That must be coming up soon.
Other miscellaneous stuff: Trumpet Winsock, Forte FreeAgent, Eudora. And Opera was still crap back then.
Sorry, but your nostalgia machine must be broken; I remember many many alt.binaries.* groups for warez and pr0n back in the late 90's, hell even in the late 80's there were lots as well. I fondly remember that because it's where I spent most of my teenage years...
It is amazing to think how different the 'net is today, and as another poster posits, how will it look 10 years from now? I'm sure it'll be amazing...and hopefully without Twitter.
Urgh, I did an "all your base" reference the other day, and people just thought I was stupid.
Wow, Trumpet Winsock, that brings back memories! As for FreeAgent, I still use that today!
I guess you could consider webrings, the old search engines, and "new web media content providers" the slums that were bulldozed to make way for hollywood and network TV content, useful search engines, and social networking. For the new ways to flourish, the old ways had to die.
When I search for purely education stuff for kids nowadays, I run across oooold sites with that classic raw html look, with webrings, university hosting, full postbacks and all. In a lot ways the web's promise of being a "new teaching medium" turned out about as well as TV did.
These days, signing up for broadband no longer feels like a task from the seventh level of hell (you know, the one where Dante stuck all the ISPs).
Hmmm, I would have thought that the Eighth level of hell would be more suitable for ISPs, as its the one for Thieves (& Fraud in general).
(I currently pay US$100 per month for a 512Kb connection here in Africa)
The seventh level is for violence, & while my ISP may make me more inclined to violence (especially when i receive my bill), I don't think they will end up there.
A 16550 UART allows for full duplex operation on a serial port. The earlier UARTs only allowed half duplex operation.
The 16550AFN UART allowed reliable operation faster than 4800 bits per second, because it had larger buffers. The previous 16450 maxed out at 4800 bps, and the original 8250 could only do 2400 bps before suffering CRC errors.
You needed the AFN part because the original 16550 had a hardware bug preventing the larger buffer from being used.
I found this out the hard way, because my old Tandy 486SX-25 had a '450 or 8250 serial port & I was having a hard time getting an external 14.4 Kbps modem to work reliably with it. I don't think it ever worked quite right until we upgraded to a newer machine.
*sniff* ah the memories. I remember my first job: working at an small homegrown ISP 8th or 9th grade. The joys of Netscape's release bringing more browsing options. I'm remembering a pulsing purple N logo.
I miss free mp3s before most people even knew what they were, but I DO NOT miss the dialup speeds - 5 minutes per song if you were lucky. 400ms ping in games, ouch!
I also miss TribalWar's website, one of the most active forums on the Internet at the time, and of course I miss Tribes itself.
Ah, I cut my teeth on the internet in the late ninties and all with my dial-up modem at 36.6k. (the 56k one didn't as well as the slower modem on old copper lines.) I remember installing Linux (slackware) for the first time with my high school friends in August 1995 (Took three days for us to download it), while everyone else was inline to get win95. That and played MUDs and trade wars in the late 90s. (text based MMOs!Woot!)
Today I work with linux every day and its an essential part of my job and play full on graphical MMOs. So this are very different, but in many ways the same.
I think the thing I couldn't afford to loose is Internet HighSpeed connection (a 10mb/s is enough for my needs), I can't go back to 1999 when The Internet was sooo slow. Can't. Never. Beside, at this time, Web site was (usually) optimised for dial up connection, so it was fairly quick to load up a web page. Nowadays, loading any website with a dialup connection is something painful, with all the (useless) thingies there is on websites.
And the thing I miss is Netetiquette (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt), something lost at the early time of the 21th century. Back then, we had flamewars, godwin points and all, but with some respect (usually). Now with sms language, how can you respect someone who didn't respect you by writing something READABLE? Well, if you do, I can't.
PS: As for readable, please excuse me for my (very) bad english, it is not my native language, though I did my best to writing something readable. At least it's not SMS language
Cryptonomicon quote, ftw!
I remember the website that allowed you to "Jesusfy" any other webpage. That and Addventure....
Ah good old Netscape, you were good until version 6...
I remember when I got ICQ in 97, it was a huge deal - now you could talk to people using the internet! By 99 it was the trifecta of ICQ, AIM and IRC.
FTFY. 4.04 was the last usable version, by 4.08 (I think) it was bloated and buggy. And then IE took over. Even worse.
The kids section sounds a lot more like how a kids section should be.. damn the corporatisation on the wee ones!
LOL, Webrings! Once in a while I stumble across something that is part of a webring. It is funny to see how many times you have to click "random site" before you actually get another one that is still online. No-one ever wants to do the cleanup - some things never change!
As for the 16550 UART, the most important thing was that there was an old article on damn near every BBS that told you how to solder the chip onto your <= 9600bps modem to upgrade it to 14.4k or greater without having to lay out $200+. I have no idea if that worked or not, but that was the only reason all the computer nerds in high school knew that part number by heart.
I've been online since '87, was using Q-Link (Quantum Link) for the C-64 then!
Google had a flashback when they had their 10th Anniversary. Didn't google once not have ads and didn't they screw over yahoo (albeit, yahoo's fault)?
And now, www.warrior.com (from the last image in the article) is a parked domain. So sad.
This guide seems many years off. By 1999, there already was Windows 2000, Celeron 300A/K6-2, and Voodoo2. Every PC had a 16550-clone serial port controller, and cable internet was already common.
Do Hamster Dance and Mahir make the book?
1999 was about when I moved into my Uni and got (shared) access to something like a T1[1] on JANet in my room. Pings in the 20ms range to Barry's world happy days.
So strangely in some ways the internet has got *worse* since then
[1] not entirely sure exactly what level of access they had at the time but just being 5 hops to SUNSite UK (Imperial's massive mirror) was a big plus.
68030 with 8MB RAM? A lot of this stuff seems really quaint for that date. I would guess this book was actually written in 1996ish and was republished with a new date.
Meanwhile in 1999:
- A current system would have been a PentiumIII, or the popular new iMac G3
- The internet was way past the "buy a book to find funny webpages" stage
- Netscape was going down the tubes and had started developing Mozilla
- Google was online and had quickly become the informed user's search engine
- Napster was the hot new thing
- It was trend to have a heavy "flash splash" page
- Sites were quickly adding message boards (vBulletin etc)
- IRC and Usenet had retreated from the popular consciousness, replaced by web-based boards and ICQ/AIM/Yahoo chat, etc
- You could do AJAXy stuff with the IE browser
Those were "minimum" requirements for the internet.
And Netflix existed already, too.
Are you sure 1999 is the date of first publication? Not just a 1996 book slightly updated for 1999? A quick search shows that this book was available in many different editions, and is apparently on its 13th edition right now. (Which would, indeed, imply a 1996 first release, assuming it has been updated yearly.) I can find definitive proof of a 1998 edition, along with a "Version 2.0", plus a book cover that doesn't have a year or version on it.
You need to find the original. I'll have to see if I still have my "Internet White Pages" from circa 1995.
Yeah, 1999 seems way too late for the material described in this book, it's probably 3-5 years out of date already when it was printed in 1999.
Er, no. 3.0x was the last usable version of Netscape. I used the 4.0x (up to 4.05?) series when they were new, & they were uniformly slow and unstable. This was on Windows 95.
Netscape 4 and the fail that was IE were what drove me to buy a license for Opera 3.x.
one big change: in 1999 the office (university) had a few T1 (could do maybe 4 Mb/s as I dimly recall) and home had an Apple Graphite/dialup (32 Kb/s as I recall) which was a huge difference; now the office has about 50 Mb/s down 40 Mb/s up which is nice for video chats but I probably never max this out (can access the "Internet2" connection if needed) and while home is a lot slower it doesn't make much practical difference for what I do
a welcome change: the net connections used to have frequent wild swings in speed - at least a factor of 10 during an average day and a factor of 100 on bad days (I used to have an app for monitoring MAE-West and MAE-East that showed the "internet weather" )


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It's no secret that acquiring land can be a difficult matter for young and beginning farmers, and many discuss their experiences in depth in the Farmers for the Future network. From discovering available land to gaining landlord trust, the situation can be daunting. Such has been the case for Keith Klinghagen of Clara City, Minnesota, who recently sought advice from other network members.
"As a young farmer, what advice is out there to acquire rental ground? Asks Klinghagen. "My wife and I currently do not crop farm, but we have raised livestock since graduating college. We have been unable to rent any land, having only tried advertising. What are some creative and innovative ways young farmers can find land to rent?"
"As a rule of thumb, renting fees are usually $30 an acre per year," replies Curtis Ashley. "This has been the standard around here in North Carolina. When leasing land, make sure you have it in writing and you get the hunting rights on the land. I have seen what happens when landowners rent the hunting rights to someone else: Gates get left open and farmers working cows have had hunters shoot from any direction. Once while I was checking a cow giving birth at sunset, I had hunters spotlight over the top of me when they came out of the woods. Don't get me wrong, I am a big hunter, but people don't care what they do now days or at least around here. Good luck."
"Communication is key," says Bronson Allred. "It may be awkward to call folks you barely know to ask about renting their ground, but most people don't get too offended. If they do, don't give them your business. A lot of people will tell you custom work is a good way. But if you don't row crop, it may be a little harder to find work. The best advice I ever received is to just get your name out there by making phone calls and talking to people in person just to let them know you're interested."
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Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, March 1, 2013, 12:00 AM
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Palo Alto teachers seek pay raise
Original post made on Mar 19, 2013
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, March 1, 2013, 12:00 AM
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a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Mar 19, 2013 at 1:10 am
They aren't asking for much, it has been 5 years, and the district has the money. Just give it to them.
a resident of Midtown
on Mar 19, 2013 at 6:49 pm
Some of us haven't had a raise since the recession of 2001!
a resident of Stanford
on Mar 19, 2013 at 7:34 pm
This is not the business of the public.
a resident of Midtown
on Mar 20, 2013 at 2:48 pm
If they need more money, they can get a Su mer job and work year-round like everyone else.
a resident of Gunn High School
on Mar 20, 2013 at 4:50 pm
"When I grew up in Urbana, Ill., teachers didn't make top dollar, but they could live in the community. Now, the overwhelming majority drive in from out of town," Paley said.
Paley said the only reason he can afford a house is because of his previous work in high technology and his wife's current job in tech.
"There's no way I'd tell a young person to plan on a career in teaching. There's a principle of basic decency I feel is being violated," he said.
Hi Mr. Paley:
Well I know you don't teach geography so first of all I wanted to let you know that this is not Urbana, Illinois. Urbana sure is a nice place to live, with the University of Illinois and all -- Go Illini! But it's not Palo Alto and Illinois is not Stanford. Next time you go home to visit your parents, take a look at all that soybeans and corn and ask yourself, hey, where's facebook? Where's the bright center of the Universe? Where's the engine of economic prosperity? Is it here, hiding under this haystack? Nope. It's not. And where's Mark Zuckerberg's house and Sergey Brin's house? Don't they have hog farms around here somewhere? No, they do not.
And that's why teachers can afford to live in Urbana, and not Palo Alto. There's not really any way that PAUSD can afford to all its teachers a high enough salary to allow them to live in Palo Alto. We already pay Dr. Skelly a ton plus an interest free 2 million dollar mortgage. He's not worth it, by the way. And neither are you. Sorry to be so blunt but that's the bad news. The good news is, it's a silly thing to want and we do let you send your kids here even though other people with similar education and experience to you holding similar occupations who also work in the city like nurses and policemen and firemen can't. And they can't afford to live here either. That's because you decided to be a teacher instead of invent facebook or get a Nobel in physics. If you have a complaint about "a basic principle of decency" related to the compensation structure for the organization of work and occupations in the United States, I am pretty sure that the PAEA is not the bureau to handle that complaint.
It doesn't really take a Nobel in economics to figure this out.
a resident of Stanford
on Mar 20, 2013 at 6:05 pm
The nasty comments here are not what teachers deserve.
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Mar 20, 2013 at 7:19 pm
Work all year, get paid like other professionals.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Mar 20, 2013 at 8:55 pm
Someone needs to check out Wikipedia - there is a lengthy list of accomplished alumni from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
A few examples: Marc Andreesen/Netscape, Jerry Sanders/AMD, Steve Chen/YouTube, Jack Kilby/the IC, Thomas Siebel/Siebel Systems and the professor (or emeritus professor?) who invented the LED and commercialized it....whether there are fields thereabout, there are also many thousands of accomplished persons.
a resident of Adobe-Meadow
on Mar 20, 2013 at 10:06 pm
They graduated and left Urvana Champaign. Often for Silicon Valley where they became fabulously successful. And that is why it costs more to live here than there. Do teachers at our high school really not understand the concept of the market and why a house costs more in Palo Alto than in Urbana? Frankly teacher making this point as a reason we should pay them more is making a self refuting argument. If you dot understand such a basic idea of economics how is it that I should pay you more to teach my child?
a resident of Crescent Park
on Mar 26, 2013 at 6:53 am
First, summers should be spent working. An $85,000 school year salary is equivalent to approximately a $100,000 full year salary. Second, most people do not get pensions in this day and age. Eliminate your pension, and then a serious increase would be fair.
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Alyssa Owens scored 17 points, while Addy Hipps nailed a career-high 11 points and six rebounds.
The Lady Cyclones (1-0) pulled away in the second period behind a pair of 3-pointers by Hipps and Shelby Gray, who finished with seven points. Shameka Ealy added eight points.
The Lady War Eagles were led by Sara Giesen with nine points.
The Lady Cyclones travel to Springdale on Tuesday.
Rogers Heritage 50, Russellville 47
Russellville's Kentrell Scott missed a 3-pointer with 2.5 seconds left in Friday night's game against the Rogers Heritage War Eagles.
If the basket had landed, the Cyclones (0-1) would have forced overtime. Instead, Russellville fell 50-47 loss.
Cody Underhill and Andy Campbell led the Cyclones in scoring with 14. Campbell aslo had seven rebounds. Marquis Rhode scored six points and had six rebounds.
Underhill scored seven points in the third quarter to help tie the game at 31, but Heritage took the lead for good on a 3-pointer by Chris Olsen, who finished with 20 points.
Mulberry SG 42, Lamar 37
MULBERRY — The Lamar Lady Warriors suffered their first loss of the season to the Lady Yellowjackets. Lamar led 8-7 after the first quarter, but lost control, 21-17 by halftime and trailed 27-24 after the third.
Sarah Shaw led the Lady Warriors with 11 points. Lindy Hignite scored nine, Linsey Frost eight and Kylee Thomas scored six.
Lamar SB 46, Mulberry 39
MULBERRY — After matching each other shot-for-shot in the first quarter, the Lamar Warriors and the host Yellowjackets went scoreless in the second for a 13-13 tie at halftime.
The Warriors outscored Mulberry 12-6 in the third and 21-20 in the fourth for the 46-39 victory.
Jalen Chenault led Lamar with 12 points, nine rebounds and four steals. Brady Taylor had 11 points, Ryan Jones scored nine and Daniel McCarley had eight and five steals.
Dover SB 54, Rosebud 48
DOVER — The Dover Pirates defeated Rosebud 54-48 inside Pirate Gymnasium on Tuesday.
"It was a great game to open the season," Dover head coach Robbie Chenowith said. "The boys did a good job on defense and they moved the ball on offense, especially in the second and third quarters."
Dover trailed 13-11 after the first period but took a 26-23 lead by halftime. The Pirates led 39-23 after the third.
Dover was led by Luke Price with 13 points, six rebounds and five assists, Shawn Price with 12 points and Kyle Chenowith with nine points. Austin Turner had four steals.
JC Westside 59 SB, Cedarville 56
CEDARVILLE — The Johnson County Westside Rebels defeated the Cedarville Pirates on Tuesday.
The Rebels took a one-point lead after the first period, 12-11 and fell behind 26-19 by halftime. Westside still trailed, 40-35 after the third but outscored the Pirates 24-16 in the fourth quarter for the come-from-behind victory.
Austin Hayes scored 16 points during the game, followed by Andrew Estep who scored 14. Chase Lyle and Trey Holt each scored 10 points during the match-up.
Holt had six rebounds and four steals during the game and Estep had five rebounds and four steals.
Dylan McBee had three steals and two rebounds and Derrick McKee had four rebounds. Lyle added five rebounds.
Atkins SG 63, Abundant Life 16
The Atkins Lady Red Devils obliterated the Lady Owls 63-15 on Tuesday on the road. Atkins outscored Abundant Life 38-10 by halftime and didn't relent until the final buzzer.
Brailey Mize led the Lady Red Devils with 19 points. Emily Ward and Kaylen Martin netted nine each. Alex Webb scored seven points and Keisha Bobo added five. Brooke Mitchell had four points while Lexie Rehm and Baylee Bowden scored two points each.
Dardanelle JB 37, Morrilton 28
ATKINS — The Dardanelle Junior Sand Lizards advanced to the finals of the Atkins Tournament after defeating the Morrilton Devil Pups 37-28 on Thursday.
Dardanelle took an early 9-4 lead after the first perido and continued to a 16-10 lead by halftime. Morrilton outscored the Junior Sand Lizards 14-9 in the third, but Dardanelle held on for the victory and outscored their opponent 12-4 in the fourth.
"This was a great team win for us," Dardanelle head coach Jared White said.
Leading scorers for the Junior Sand Lizards were Landan Bryson with 15 points and Bryland Young, who hit three long 3-pointers on his way to a 13-point finish. Demetrious Scott scored five points during the match-up.
"Tonight it was Landan and Bryland leading in the scoring department," White said. "The last game it was Demetrious and Kyle, and the game before that it was Hunter Jackson. It could be a different guy every night, and that's what could help us develop into a pretty good team down the road."
Atkins JG 51, Abundant Life 7
The Junior Lady Red Devils raced to a 51-7 finish during their game against Abundant Life on Tuesday.
Atkins led 22-2 after the first period and dominated the rest of the game. Leading scorers were Stephanie Aldrete with 13 points, Jade Marrell with nine points, Syndey Webb with seven, Kelsey Dixon with six and Shelby Davis with four.
Atkins JG 33, Bigelow 22
ATKINS — The Atkins Junior Lady Red Devils opened play in the Atkins Tournament on Wednesday with a 33-22 win over Bigelow. Atkins led 8-7 after the first period, 18-12 at halftime and 27-17 after three.
"I thought our kids played very timid early in the game. We were able to play well enough to get the victory, but we never clicked like we are capable of," Atkins coach Craig Pinion said. "Hopefully, it's just a case of being at home for the first time and coming off a long road trip the night before."
Atkins JG 31, Greenbrier 9
ATKINS — The Junior Lady Red Devils defeated the Class 5A Greenbrier Junior Lady Panthers 31-9 to claim their place in today's final in the Atkins Tournament inside Red Devils Gymnasium. Atkins led all the way, 11-5 after the first period, 17-9 at halftime and 25-9 after three.
"We came out with a lot of fire tonight," Atkins head coach Craig Pinion said. "The kdis played with intensity on the defensive end the way we are capable of.
"I thought we did a great job on their main scorer and we held them scoreless in the second half, which is a nice accomplishment."


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we all agree that guys dont go along with big butts
I like big butts, and I cannot lie.
There is no such thing as spot reduction, so no. Just aim at steadily losing weight, and you'll eventually get it.
Champions are made when no one is watching
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Nokia's Lawsuit against Apple!
October 23, 2009
Now that is a news piece! It is not official yet but my readers are informing me about the news that Nokia has filed a lawsuit against Apple as the company is claiming that "all iPhones models shipped" infringe on ten of Espoo's patents which holds a relation with GSM, UMTS, and WiFi. As far