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Anthropogenic US greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) amounted to a CO2-equivalent 6,702.3 million metric tons in 2011, down 1.6 percent from 2010 and 6.9 percent below 2005 levels. Longer term, US GHG emissions have increased at an annual average rate of 0.4 percent since 1990, according to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) 18th annual US Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks (Inventory) report, which was released April 15.
A decrease in the carbon intensity of fuels used in electricity generation due to increased use of natural gas as opposed to coal, a "significant increase in hydropower" generation, and "relatively mild winter conditions, especially in the South Atlantic Region of the US" were the main factors underlying the drop in national GHG emissions in 2011, according to the EPA's "The Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2011."
Longer term trends from 1990 through 2011 were attributed to lower emissions from electricity generation, higher vehicle fuel efficiency and less in the way of miles traveled, and year-to-year changes in weather patterns.
Anthropogenic, or human-caused, GHG emissions have been identified as the main drivers of climate change, the immediate economic, social and environmental costs and long-term threats of which have become increasingly apparent.
For 18 years, the US EPA has been tracking total emissions of the six main GHGs in its annual Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks (Inventory) reports: carbon dioxide (CO2), methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), and sulfur hexafluoride.
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Single Mother Bristol Palin Tells Obama Same-Sex Marriage is Wrong Because Kids Need a Mom and Dad
Bristol Palin finally — finally — weighed in on President Obama's same-sex marriage stance and, guess what? She's against it.
Didn't see that coming, huh?
In a new blog post entitled "Hail to the Chiefs – Malia and Sasha Obama," Bristol takes issue with the influential role Obama's daughters supposedly played in helping him "evolve" his opinion on same-sex marriage.
"In this case, it would've been helpful for him to explain to Malia and Sasha that while her friends parents are no doubt lovely people, that's not a reason to change thousands of years of thinking about marriage," she writes. "Or that – as great as her friends may be – we know that in general kids do better growing up in a mother/father home. Ideally, fathers help shape their kids' worldview."
Says the unwed single mother of one whose baby daddy is the living embodiment of Goofus from Highlights.
Sadly, she goes on:
Sometimes dads should lead their family in the right ways of thinking. In this case, it would've been nice if the President would've been an actual leader and helped shape their thoughts instead of merely reflecting what many teenagers think after one too many episodes of Glee.
OK, enough.
Go after the president, fine. Object to his worldview, no sweat. Use an antediluvian argument about an institution that has been constantly shaped and reshaped — even within Christianity itself — in order to excuse your blatant discrimination of taxpaying American citizens, that's your thing. But don't you dare speak ill of Glee.
That show is great.
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./configure --enable-kpdf-drm=no
you still get the old behaviour. IMHO that rules out any possibility of a fork.
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./configure --enable-kpdf-drm=no
Hi Albert,
I'd like to give you a different recommendation. Implement the DRM "parsing" as usual but simply give the user the possibility to override it. So when the user asks to print a file, he gets a dialogbox which says "The author of the document has asked not to print this file. Do you want to print it nevertheless?" or something like that.
Simply forbidding it while lead to nothing as the code will simply be forked.
I agree with the above. I'd like to see a warning given that the document is protected by DRM, but be allowed to continue anyway. I also understand why some sysadmins would want to force DRM.
There could be an entry in the global kdmrc with options, such as:
DRM=[yes,no,warn]The default setting could be DRM=warn, to produce the warning dialog. It would be nice if this dialog had a HELP button, linking to the DRM section of the KPDF manual.
If the sysadmin wanted to force DRM (e.g. for corporate installations or kiosks) they could do this by setting DRM=yes.
Sometimes DRM just doesn't matter: Teachers are always allowed to make copies of things for educational purposes, lawyers can copy documents as part of legal filings, writers can excerpt for reviews, and so on. They could set DRM=no so they don't have to click through a useless dialog every time they need to print/copy/etc.
That way everyone's happy. It shouldn't be too hard to implement. Just an idea.
Hi Albert
It must be sucky that people tell you what and what not you should do. I am sorry about that, but I am really glad you made it optional.
How many lines of code have DRM owners contibuted to KPDF? How many lines of code have other depelopers contributed?
So, do you really want to annoy anybody who just wants to print a PDF? Do you really want to annoy anybody who just wants to use copy/paste?
Maybe someone is going to do a fork with DRM=no or DRM=ask as default.
KDE or the distributions should not be making choices for the users. Let the user decide. If you do not, I plan to fork KPDF under FreePDF and put out rpms for all the major distributions.
I consider DRM like this as similar to other annoyances like pop-up ads, letting people on MSN change their display name, and WMV being able to open web pages automatically.
Just because technology adds a capability, does not mean it is good and won't be abused.
I'm fairly sure that everyone (except advertisers) would agree that popups were a bad idea (hence pop-up blockers). The WMV thing was definitely a bad idea - you don't see mplayer etc. implementing it.
And even Microsoft has implemented aliases in MSN 7 (I think). It is available in MSN Plus at least.
I think this switch will change nothing.
The only hope is, that all distributions will use this switch by default.
If not, there will be users who can't make with their copy of an pdf what they wan't.
So they will look for an other pdf viewer.
By the whole thing nobody can win and only one can lose -> kpdf.
So i can just recommend you to remove the DRM implementation or make it configurable for normal users without re-compile it.
I think this are the only two valid options without endanger the future of kpdf as the default pdf-viewer
I think it would be immediately better if the default compile was to turn the DRM off (as opposed to on by default), with users given the option to add the flag at compile time to enable it, for any users with the particular use cases that require it (eg in an office setting).
Otherwise, this is pretty analogous to the pop-up problem. Advertisers obviously intended you to see pop-ups, and content providers obviously intended you to see the ads. But it's widely agreed that they go over the tolerable line, and that therefore pop-up blocking is fine and good. Limiting in software what a user can do with their printer and a file on their machine is akin to the same principle.
Hi anonymous, feel free to do your fork, that is where GPL force resides, the only problem i see is who wants a fork whose life is dead, are you going to backport all our features and all our bugfixes?
For those who ask a configuration option (instead of a configure switch) keep in mind we have a STRING FREEZE in KDE right now that means you can not add any NEW string before 3.4 release that is comming in a few weeks. We may add it after STRING FREEZE is over.
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"How many lines of code have other depelopers contributed?"
Almost 95% of current code on kpdf is coded by Enrico and me or comes from xpdf, only some code of the shell code remains from old kpdf.
Hi Albert,
DRM is an interesting technology for big companies who want to control the access or diffusion (leaking) of information. For the home user, it is a different story.
If we don't have a DRM infrastructure in KDE, these companies will just not switch to OpenSource software.
Andrea's solution is in my opinion the best to implement post 3.4. Having a central configuration place for enabling / disabling / warning of DRM. Sysadmins who wan't to enable DRM in their organisation will juts set the option and lock it with kiosk. The default option could be 'warning'.
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Saline County Sheriff Bruce Pennington said in a letter dated Friday that he will retire effective Oct. 1.
Pennington said the same thing on Aug. 30, but he later changed his mind and said he wanted to finish his term and run for re-election.
Pennington didn't immediately respond to a phone message on Friday, and his latest letter doesn't explain why he changed his mind again.
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Marvel Studios' Phase Two is right around the corner and has plenty to be excited for, but today there's some veeeeeeery delightful news about Phase Three!
MTV News had a chance to chat with Marvel's President of Production Kevin Feige and he confirmed that we'll see Edgar Wright's (Scott Pilgrim vs. The World) Ant-Man in 2015.
I've known Edgar since our first lunch together at Comic-Con in 2004," he continued. "He asked me what Marvel was doing with 'Ant-Man' — we weren't even a studio then; what a difference eight years makes! It's very much an 'Ant-Man' origin movie from the perspective of Edgar Wright and his co-writer Joe Cornish. It will of course be firmly planted in the MCU, but a different corner than we've seen before.
When asked about other characters, Feige said, "you probably don't have to look too far to guess at the next list of characters we're toying with and beginning to develop." Shortly after, he said Doctor Strange is "definitely one of them."
He's a great, original character, and he checks the box off this criteria that I have: he's totally different from anything else we have, just like 'Guardians of the Galaxy.' He's totally different from anything we've done before, as is 'Ant-Man,' which keeps us excited.
So yeah, Phase Three sounds incredibly promising. Not only will we have Avengers 2, but we'll also have these two films which could potentially bring a drastically different vibe to the bring screen. How do you feel about a Doctor Strange and Ant-Man solo film finally heading our way, Viners?
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Its clear that everyone needs to nock this playoff certainty down a notch. I think it should go from probable to possible, which is better than improbable but still not good enough where I am anywhere near certain that we can make it. Now I know you isiah haters would love nothing more than for isiah to fail and be out of the league but I like the knicks, I dont wanna hope they ever lose and to me getting artest right now would propell this teams prospect up to probable instantly, I know he has issues, I know that offensively he is a little wild but this guy can change a teams gameplan if that team intended on scoring from the perimeter. Thats what we missed today. A guy who can be in Lebrons face the whole game, making everytime he faced the knicks one of his hardest challenges. I love Balkman, I love Q but against the best Rnaldo's not ready and Q's already over the hill with all the injuries. This proposed trade would upgrade our team and sure we give up some players but overall we're still keeping the BEST players right now.
Balkman- he has to go. Its just logical. By getting Artest we'd be upgrading the position, nobody argue here, there isnt much doubt. Artest is better than Q and Balkman. Matter of fact he'd be the second best player on our team considering his play on both ends of the floor. Balkman has the highest trade value of all our players besides Lee right now, and he's one of the only reasons this deal could go down for Sacremento. And it feel bad saying it but Chandler makes for the better hier to the starting position down the road anyway when you take into account his defense and ability to score.He's less experienced but considering you still got Q and Artest in front of him, he has time to learn.
Randolph Morris- isnt really ready to contribute but he's more ready than spencer Hawes who's in a cast, he's a young player that wouldve been lottery bound, worth working with
Mardi Collins- hate to lose this dude but I guess I gotta say, Nate has shown me some things and if we want value we gotta give up enough value and sacremento could probably use a defensive minded pure PG to add to the stable of young players theyre stockpiling. Mardi doesnt look like he's gonna play much in NY anyway this year.
Fred Jones- teams like expirings when thier rebuilding.
Curry/Lee/James should stop eating
I like this because our main guys would be Marbury, Crawford, Artest, Randolph & Curry with Q as the 6th man. I know we all want Q at SG in this scenario but lets face it, he's not in starting conditioning anymore. The muscles are all chissels but the bones are weary. I'd use him at SF when Artest gets tired and at SG if we wanna play some physical defense for stretches. We still get to keep Lee and we still keep Nate, we get to the playoffs, make some noise and build from there.


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Famous hairstyling pioneer Vidal Sassoon died in his California home on Mulholland Drive this morning. Sassoon, 84, died of natural causes with his family at his bedside. According to the AP, there will be no police investigation and no further details are available at this time.
Sassoon was born in England in 1928, and after his father's early death, his impoverished mother placed him and his brother in a Jewish orphanage for seven years. Upon his return to London he left school at the age of 14 and began a hairdressing apprenticeship at his mother's request. Later he fought in the Israeli army before fulfilling his mother's dream and becoming a hairdresser.
He opened his first salon in London in 1954, and in 1963 he revolutionized the current popular hairstyles with modern, angular bob cuts. This style was made famous by British designer Mary Quant, the woman responsible for popularizing mini skirts. Sassoon's geometric wash-and-wear hairstyles drew lots of attention, as they were so perfect they required little to no styling–ideal for the women's liberation movement going on at that time.
Sassoon rose to international fame in 1968 after giving actress Mia Farrow her pixie cut in the film "Rosemary's Baby." He flew to Hollywood and cut off her long hair for a whopping $5,000. The style is still imitated to this day. He opened more salons in London and the United States, and in 1973 Sassoon launched his own line of hair care products with the slogan, "If you don't look good, we don't look good." He also established Vidal Sassoon Academies to teach young stylists his perfected technique.
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Software up sells (navigation please!)
Software up sells (navigation please!)
It isn't clear that is just a software upgrade. At the very least, you probably need additional storage in the on-board computer to hold the maps.
My understanding is the storage is 16 GB for non-sound studio and 32 GB for sound studio. No changes otherwise, so a software upgrade to have nav should be doable. Since it is licensed from Garmin, there are fees that Tesla would have to pay.
Sorry to say, more likely it's not worth the engineering time as it's not going to make much money for Tesla.
@Frank2 My understanding is that audio storage is 16GB w/o tech package and 32GB w/tech package.
I'll be happy with a google maps app for turn by turn nav (like the one you can get on smartphones) without the stored maps.
Any rumors re availability of such an app?
@amirm - no, as that would require either being able to run Android or iOS apps or getting Google to port their maps to a completely different system.
@Frank2 - it isn't Garmin, but Google map tiles and Navigon routing software modified by Tesla.
Isn't Navigon owned by Garmin?
@DouglasR - you're right, Garmin bought them a year and a half ago.
@hnashif - where did you hear the space was by tech package and not sound studio?
I heard it from a Tesla employee,that the size was related to the sound system selection (i.e. you get much more space for songs with the sound studio). He was the first I found to identify the size of the SSD several months ago. He seemed to know what he was talking about, but he was not an engineer. Of course different employees may have different info (right or wrong), so I don't trust that I've got it 100% right.
Navigon software is a $30 piece of software for the US on my Android Tablet. $45 for US and Canada.
The US version takes 1.2GB of space. It is all stored on the Tablet so it is fully an off line mapping solution. I have used it quite a bit in the past before Google would allow you to cache large areas.
I recognized it clearly when I saw some pics of how the S shows exits and stuff. I am curious if Tesla rewrote bits so it would work on their OS or if they wrote some kind of emulator that the program runs in.
I am curious in the future if Tesla allows other people to write apps if mapping solutions will be allowed. Navigon may sell something for the S for those who didn't opt for the tech package.
Day2 since we got our car. Used the nav for the first time. Not too pleased with accuracy. Way too late in announcing up coming turns. Does not mute radio enough for nav directions to be clearly heard. Slow map update in bad 3G coverage. Does the system have no local map cache memory??
I have used Microsoft's Streets and Trips extensively. It has done everything I have asked of it. I doubt that Tesla would ever use this program. But it would be nice if the program could be loaded into the car's memory and used from there. Or if it could be run from an external hard drive via usb.
I am not excited about subscribing to 3G so hope the entire map doesn't disappear.


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Day 17: Homemade Dishwasher Detergent
I found this great homemade dishwasher detergent recipe from Young House Love. I had most of the ingredients on hand anyway (since I had bought Borax for making my own Laundry Detergent).
You will need:
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- 4 little packages of unsweetened lemon Kool-Aid (or generic)
Mix together and store. You can substitute ½ c. of citric acid for the Kool-Aid but it's harder to find.
Doesn't look too interesting when mixed together:
The results?
Well, I wasn't too impressed. Some dishes came out sparkling and others didn't. I've not been to happy with recent results in my dishwasher anyway, so I'm thinking I need to cycle some vinegar through my dishwasher to clean it up. Also, it might have been placement of some dishes. I don't know.
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This is Lexus's answer to the BMW 4-Series coupe and Audi A5. This is the RC Coupe, due to be officially unveiled at the Tokyo show later this month. It looks pointy. It looks interesting.
The RC Coupe is, in essence, the new two-door Lexus IS. But, just as BMW upgraded its 3-Series coupe to 4-Series, so Lexus too has decided its IS coupe, with its bold new face, needs a bold new name
The RC Coupe takes styling cues from the lovely LF-LC concept, and gets Lexus's new Predator-spec 'spindle grille' atop a mouth large enough to swallow pedestrians.Does it have the power to match its visual, erm, grrrr? Well, though Brit-spec engines are yet to be announced, we know the RC will be unveiled in two petrol-gargling guises: the 179bhp RC300h hybrid, which mates a 2.5-litre four-cylinder to Lexus's leccy motor tech, and the more powerful RC350, with a 3.5-litre V6 driving the rear wheels.
Lexus hasn't revealed any performance figures, but we'd expect the RC350 to make around 300bhp, which should be good for a 0-62mph time somewhere in the six-second region, if not a little quicker.
At some point down the line, we'll see the BMW M4-rivalling RC-F, expected to pack a naturally-aspirated 4.5-litre V8 making some 450bhp, along with even more aggressive styling.
What else do we know? That the RC Coupe is just a couple of centimetres bigger in every direction than the 4-Series coupe. That you can't have it with any wheels smaller than 18s. And that it benefits from 'a new Lexus painting process' that apparently produces paint more, um, painty than normal paint.
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Are they moving that old church?
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a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Feb 2, 2007 at 5:39 pm
That Church has been like that for several months, if not years. I'm not sure what they're doing with that land, and I too would like to know.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Feb 2, 2007 at 11:12 pm
The AME Zion church on Ramona and the French Laundry building are both being rehabilitated as part of a new mixed use development. Last I heard the French Laundry was being taken away during the initial stages of construction, but parts of it will be returned and incorporated into the design.
An Architectural Review Board report is available with excruciating :) detail of the project:
Web Link
a resident of Crescent Park
on Feb 4, 2007 at 10:17 pm
Thanks for the web reference. I see they are expected to have a public plaza. I hope their architect does better than the so called plaza on the corner of High and Channing which is the most unfriendly unusable public plaza imaginable.
a resident of Downtown North
on Feb 6, 2007 at 11:15 am
No, believe it or not, the buidling that no one wanted, even the owners of the church and the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, was saved because of a 'passionate' crusader for 'historic preservation. The then-city council caved in to the emotion of the moment and voted to save it - for what they didn't say. Just do it. So it sat there for years. disintegrating after having been mandated to be saved by the City of Palo Alto. Same for the French Laundry. Now it is being integrated into a larger mixed use complex. When is the City Council going to get out of the minutiae like who gets a free cup of coffee and start solving this city's problems.
a resident of Leland Manor/Garland Drive
on Feb 6, 2007 at 12:33 pm
Well, Kate, the answer is never. Solving the city's problems would involve having to go up against the NIMBYists, so-called neighborhood leaders and "historical preservationists" and that will never happen. It is better to give the previously mentioned troika whatever they want and deal with important issues like preventing a city council member form getting a free doughnut. This continue for the time being, especially with Mayor Yoriko "I Love the Plao Alto Process" Kishimoto
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Feb 18, 2007 at 8:08 am
Max, what do you consider "a city problem" and what do you think the City Council should do about that problem?
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My problem is this , i give my renault megane 1.5 dci to a local garage for an 80k cam belt service cost of £180 . i get a call the next day to inform me that they made an error in the fitting and the new fitted belt jumped off and bent all the parts inside the engine . they said it would be delayed for about about 3 days and they would cover the cost of there errors . so ok i will have to go with what they say . 2 weeks later after me trying to call them and them not picking up the phone when they saw my number i had to make the trip to find out what it was taking so long . i was then told that the 3rd party company that was rebuilding my damaged engine had to replace the cam as it was part of the warranty rules to cover there job and that i had to pay them an extra £600 or i would not get my car back . i was advised to pay this even if i did not want to just because it was seen as an unpaid bill in the eyes of the law . then i could claim it back via small claims. ( advise from trading standards) anyways i arrive to collect my car , they take cash and they don't want to give me a receipt for the money and state that they never give out breakdown reports on the work done for service records . they said they would make one up but that never happened . anyway on the way home after about 5 mins drive the car lost all power due to the turbo blowing up with a banging sound coming out from the engine . i informed the garage with a letter that i was going to find out the problem via a check over at my local renault dealer . ( who where the garage who found the turbo had blown ) this was due to incorrect re fitting when the engine was put back and they had bent the oil in pipe to the turbo and starved it of oil. after 4 letters asking them to put good the problem or i would have to employ another garage still no return letter and they say that i have not sent then any letters even thou they have signed for them all .latest twist is after the new turbo has been fitted at the main dealer they just called me and said that the bent pipe is also blocked with silicone from within the head after re fitting so would have to re strip the engine and find the problem . the trading standards people have said that the 2010 car could be a right off as the cost so far is over £3500 of repair to put right the errors made by the garage . im not sure where to turn now. any angle on this would be a great help guys


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On Saturday, Becket Town Meeting to review Police Department's funding
BECKET -- Funding for the Police Department will be one of the key decisions facing residents when they convene for the annual town meeting this weekend.
Voters will act on 20 articles when they gather at Becket Washington School on Saturday at 7 p.m., including a $4.93 million budget that represents a decrease of $55,000, or 1.1 percent. The budget includes varying pay raises for town employees so each employee receives a combined 3 percent raise between this year and 2013.
All the budget requests are recommended by the Select Board and Finance Committee, with the exception of the Police Department's salaries. The Select Board approved a request of $219,600, while the Finance Committee recommends spending $203,000.
The discrepancy pertains to the likely hiring of the town's first full-time police chief in the coming months.
The Select Board is supportive of the idea, though Chairman George Fuller has voted against the move, and they want to do so while retaining the existing complement of full- and part-time officers.
The Finance Committee, meanwhile, wants to offset spending increases incurred by hiring a full-time chief -- the town is budgeting a salary of roughly $58,000 for the position -- by reducing the remaining staffing levels.
The town expects the new chief to work in patrol and administrative capacities.
This will also be the first year the Becket Ambulance Department's budget is taken out of the town's general budget following the establishment of an ambulance enterprise fund. A requested appropriation of $294,000 for salaries and expenses is projected to be covered by $204,000 in town funds, $70,000 from receipts and $20,000 from the enterprise fund.
Special warrant articles include a request of $150,000 to purchase a new dump truck to replace a 1992 vehicle used by the Highway Department. The purchase is contingent on a Proposition 2 1/2 debt exclusion vote at the town elections on May 19.
Another seeks to petition the Legislature for special legislation that would reduce the speed limit to 25 mph on Fred Snow and Johnson roads. The state speed limit on gravel roads is 40 mph.
If you go ...
What: Becket annual town meeting. Highlighted requests include a $4.93 million budget, potential funding for the town's first full-time police chief, $150,000 for a new dump truck, and reduced speed limits on Fred Snow and Johnson roads.
When: Saturday, 7 p.m.
Where: Becket Washington School, 12 Maple St.
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Were You The One?
Recently columnist John Romano of the "St. Petersburg (Tampa Bay) Times" wrote an editorial stating the Tampa Bay Rays possibly could be one bat away from reaching the last series again in late October. Some have chuckled at this notion while others have taken his conjecture with a grain of salt, possibly whisking the sodium chloride over their left shoulder for luck just in case he is right.
I know Romano's main premise is encircling the Rays need for one consistent weapon that empowers this team and acts as their point man during struggles and setbacks. A player of stature and confidence that evokes fear in other team's, possibly with good reason. Names like Ivan Rodriguez, Carlos Beltran and even former Ray Carlos Pena quickly come into my mind, but will the price for their services be more than the Rays can muster? Will they quickly be termed "not the one's".
Could it be possible my own ideals are more far-fetched than Romano's? Maybe I am insane to think the entire 25-man roster can transform into one cohesive and consistent unit that nightly can get the job done. For 2 MLB seasons we have seen this Rays club get battered and beaten early in contests and somehow get back off the turf and watch as a Rays du Jour hits the plate or mound and deliver the final death-blow to an opponent. Maybe it is time for this team collectively to take a giant leap of faith in regard to reaching the individual zenith.
Maybe it is as simple as each member of the Rays 25-man roster to take their own game to their next level, to bring about a rude awakening of the slumbering weapons already harnessed within the Rays arsenal. Maybe Rays Manager Joe Maddon should adopt a "Were You the ONE Today?" mantra for his 2012 squad. Possibly that is why this mantra speaks to me in such a way. A total unit is only as strong as its pieces, and this Rays squad has shown in the past it can play with anyone on any given night and post a "L" up on their side of the scoreboard. Did you forget, the Rays did beat the eventual World Series winners in their InterLeague series at the Trop, and outscored them 16-9
Because the Rays payroll is already hovering over $50 million mark for 2012, is there realistically room enough under their ceiling for another impact bat? Considering the potential power and hitting on this team, when all their cow-nosed Rays line up in a row and consistency rules the day, this team is a run scoring machine. The current 2012 roster has the talent, the potential and the ability to combine and prove sometimes the unit as a whole is better than the "one".
Over the past few seasons we have seen players like Cliff Floyd who showed so many on this team how to be clubhouse leaders and professionals but did not translate that on the field with authority. We saw the Trop termites seemingly destroy "Pat the Bat", and saw pieces of the puzzles like Brad Hawpe, and Hank Blalock post high hopes, but quickly that balloon burst and again this team was as square one. The "one" big bat concept has not evolved here, possibly doomed to fail from its onset.
But over that same period of time, the Rays Top 5 have produced some impressive numbers and have grown on and off the field. Young players like Matt Joyce, Desmond Jennings and Jeremy Hellickson have shown the 5 can expand into even larger omnipresent spectacle possibly becoming a shimmering 25-point star. We have seen shining bursts of the talent and power from players like Evan Longoria, Ben Zobrist, B J Upton plus pitchers David Price and James Shields as they have all shed brilliant light upon the Trop.
Maybe this is insanity speaking, but these five points of the Rays star need to shine brighter in 2012. The great thing about elevating your game is it becomes infectious to your team. Each player on the Rays roster wants to be the "one" on a daily basis. Could it really be as simple as combined pitching energies and offensive forces combining to add up to one win, one defining moment, one potentially moment of clarity for this team? If this 2012 Rays team can harness that and mold it into a consistent vessel of power, then the sky is the limit for this team in 2012.


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05/17/2011 11:04 AM - Mike Peck
In what's becoming almost an annual event, last week the Quad City Mallards of the Central Hockey League announced that they were suspending operations. Now raise your hand if you even realized that the Mallards were, still around, let alone in the CHL.
This is very sad for a once proud and mighty franchise. If you want a bit of a Cinderella story, look at how things have played out for the Mallards, IceHogs and Missouri River Otters.
Back in 1999-00, United Sports Venture owned and operated all three franchises. The Mallards were a model minor league hockey franchise averaging nearly 7,000 fans per game and the River Otters weren't too far behind.
The IceHogs, in a much smaller market, older venue and saw little success on the ice, was kind of the black sheep of the teams. Quad City played in the shiny Mark of the Quad Cities while Missouri called the brand new Family Arena home.
The was why USV was able to sell both the Mallards and River Otters before selling off the IceHogs in 2002 to Dr. T, Jim McIlroy and Jeff Smith. But the dedicated fans stuck with the IceHogs through the good times and bad, and the attendance here has increased in three straight seasons and five of the last seven overall.
Missouri was the first team to fall. Whether it was bad business decisions, poor management, a subpar market, or a combination of all three, the River Otters attendance plummeted. The team folded in 2005-06 and pro hockey hasn't returned to St. Charles since.
Closer to home, the Mallards began their slow decent into a hockey abyss in 2004-05. I know some people might blame the AHL and the name change to the Flames, but the decent started before the 2007-08 campaign.
Attendance was slipping and casual fans in the QC weren't showing up. I remember Quad City used to be the measuring stick for us here in the IceHogs office. Their promotions, merchandise, game operations, just about everything was compared to them.
Was it complacency? Bad business deals that finally caught up with them? Whatever the reason, the second coming of the Mallards has come and gone and I'm not sure that it would be worth putting professional hockey back in Moline for a while.
The market has seen four leagues (UHL, AHL, IHL, CHL) in five seasons, three name changes (Mallards, Flames and then back to Mallards), so any brand they established has been thrown in the trash.
Now a big turning point for the IceHogs in their battle to pull even the Mallards came on August 4, 2004. That was the day that Steve Martinson signed forward Jason Ralph.
Ralph was courted hard by Howard Cornfield and the Mallards. I know he was flown to the Quad Cities for a little wining and dining, but Ralph ultimately chose Martinson and the IceHogs.
That might have been the first time that a player had outright chosen Rockford over Quad City and from the IceHogs gained ground on the franchise, eventually passing them attendance wise.
Ralph spent three seasons in Rockford and captained the team to the final Colonial Cup in 2007.
If you would have told me back in 2001-02 that the IceHogs attendance would surpass the Mallards, I would have called you crazy. If you would have said that Quad City would be without hockey in 10 years, I would have thought you were a complete lunatic.
This is why we try not to take anything for granted here. Attendance, Booster Club, support in the community all has been tremendous here. Once you rest on your laurels in minor league sports, all of your success can disappear.
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A few months ago, Media Piston founder Joe Heitzeberg and I had the crazy idea to assemble a team to run in last Saturday's Tough Mudder race, an 11+ mile obstacle course designed by British Special Forces. It is billed as "probably the toughest event on the planet." You scale walls and ropes, slog around in pungent mud, and jump into ice-filled ponds — 25 obstacles in all. Along the way, you get water, bananas, and electrical shocks.
We extended an open invitation to GeekWire readers, and dubbed our motley crew "The GeekWire Mudders." We embraced the startup philosophy: "It's only interesting if it's hard to pull off."
Or, as team member Bob Thordarson, the CEO and founder of BluCapp, put it:
"It's not the things in life that come easy that I remember," he says. "It's the things that scare the shit out of me, keep me up at night and make me feel unsure of my ability to succeed that push me to play and work at my highest level."
Tough Mudder does that.
We wouldn't be geeks without thinking through a challenge like a startup, so here are some of the dirty little startup secrets we used to make it through the mud and across the finish line:
Be clear about your mission and goals
We wanted to have a great time as a team and make sure everyone finished. The goal was not time or speed. We targeted a team size of 15 and ended up with 23 people as we got closer to the race. This led to discussions about dividing into smaller groups. We referenced our first principles and nixed the break-up.
"This turned out to be a good move because every obstacle appealed to different strengths and weakness, and everyone relied on the support and encouragement of teammates to complete the course," says Heitzeberg.
Take a hand
The course was no joke, most everyone that participates is in good shape and yet still 22 percent of people do not finish the race.
EveryMove CEO Russell Benaroya explains: "Everest was a half-pipe. It was extremely hard to do on your own but there were loads of hands reaching down to grab someone. It is not only okay to grab a hand, it was expected. Start-ups are like that. Many are often outstretched and want to help. Don't have so much pride that you won't grab a hand."
There's more than one way to climb a wall, notes public relations and political consultant Charla Neuman. "Know your strengths and weaknesses, and have a strategy to work with, around, or without them," said Neuman. " I have no arm strength. However, my core strength dramatically improved during training. As others pulled themselves over walls, I used my core to swing my lower body over the top. My business and my clients are the same: I figure out how I'm going to use my strengths, compensate for my weaknesses and work with amazingly talented people to fill in the rest."
Prepare and train
To prepare, we read the blogs and studied YouTube videos. Big Fish General Manager Will O'Brien, Joe Heitzeberg, and I ran a Spartan sprint in June.
This experience helped us model our training.
Tiny HR founder David Niu notes: "Just as soldiers train and retrain, we invested and trained individually, and as a team. Every wall became a wall to scale. Every bar became a chance to work on pullups. Every piece of dirt became burpee breeding ground. Just like a product or marketing launch – luck favors the prepared."
Embrace your community
Mudder camaraderie was bigger than us geeks. "There are other teams who have similar goals, more than willing to help out if you're willing to accept it," said Northbynine CEO Chris Lynch. "The team had gone over a wall and I was stuck behind unable to get over by myself. All of a sudden from behind a guy in a mask yelled out….Can I push you up there? You're probably not going to be the first or last startup to face similar obstacles."
Celebrate your success along the way
Allow your startup to recognize that it's improving, pushing and starting to see results.
"We did this in little ways — high-fives, atta boys and fun post-training breakfasts," says design advisor at BigDoor Matt Shobe. "Too many startups stay in crisis mode, even when things are going swimmingly, because that's become their default success response to adversity. Not getting above that self-inflicted fray from time-to-time leads to burnout and, well, living a bummer life."
One step at a time
"Mudder is a great reminder of doing one thing at a time…the difficult task that is right in front of you," says David Wickwire, an attorney at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and a member of the GeekWire Mudders. "We all knew the dangling wires would be there at the end, but we had to approach each obstacle as the next thing to overcome…we could only focus on the obstacle in front of us."
Spiral of Life owner and fitness expert Kyle Davis added: "You will adapt to the cold by jumping into that icy water, not by over-thinking it. Spending time in advance worrying about what it's going to feel like doesn't make it easier in the moment."
Choose your 'tude
Many start-ups are fueled by the tension of fear and confidence and having the right attitude helps you move those opposing forces in the right direction. "Having a positive attitude is infectious and makes for more fun getting through tasks and challenges," says Chrisann Raushenbach, owner of Madison Valley Massage. "We all create a "ripple effect" with our actions and attitude. Being mindful of the impact we make on each other."
Blood, sweat, & tears
Like any startup, it is really about hard work and never giving up. On game day, Will O'Brien posted on Facebook, "Today is the Tough Mudder! Over the last 4 months, I've done over 80 hours of exercise including 3000 burpees and 800 pull-ups, and ran over 150 miles, along with my 23 teammates. Today we will tackle 11+ muddy miles and 25 obstacles. Let's do this!"
All of us made it with no major injury and crossed the final electric shock obstacle together.
"We came, we saw, we conquered….and we supported the Wounded Warrior Project," says AT&T Wireless manager and Army veteran Michael Curry.
Friendships and bonds are formed
Just like a startup, words fall short of conveying the Tough Mudder experience. The only way to know is to just go out and 'effin do it.
In addition to participating in Tough Mudder competitions, Kevin Nakao is a startup veteran who is now working on a new Seattle area startup, Meritshare. You can follow him on Twitter @knakao.


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Berkman could return Sunday for Astros
First baseman says calf strain feeling a 'little better'
By Brian McTaggart / MLB.com
Berkman, who was held out of Friday's game, took batting practice in the cage and on the field prior to Saturday's game. Before taking his swings, Berkman said he was making progress with his injury.
"It feels a little better," he said. "It still feels like I have a charley horse in my calf, but I don't think it's as bad as it was yesterday, so I'm hopeful."
Berkman leads the team in nearly every offensive category but doesn't want to rush himself back into the lineup with three crucial games looming against the National League Central-leading St. Louis Cardinals beginning Monday.
"I'd like to play as soon as I can, but it's hard to say," Berkman said. "If it improves as much between now and tomorrow as it did between yesterday and today, there's a decent chance I could play tomorrow. It still doesn't feel like it should. It's an aggravation more than anything else."
With Berkman out of the lineup, Chris Coste made his first start at first base for the Astros.
Brian McTaggart 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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Discussion in 'Science Fiction & Fantasy' started by Gotham Central, Jul 14, 2012.
Not Totally.
She was eaten by a large group of zombies.
If zombies ate a person and literally all that was left was the brain which the zombies couldn't get to through the skull, that brain would be an active walker brain with no body to control.
And to address a few misconceptions relating to zombies I'd suggest checking out the early Romero moves this series is based on, to clear up a few points;
* Anyone who dies through any means will reanimate as a zombie unless there has been brain trauma.
* Being bitten by a zombie doesn't give you the 'zombie virus', but it will lead to death due to infection which cannot be treated (aside from immediate amputation), it is this death which leads to the inevitable reanimation.
* Zombies behavior is controlled by instinct and they have a drive to eat, but the food they swallow is not in any way processed by their body, which is dead and doesn't have working digestion etc. You can remove a zombies stomach and it will still eat, with the chewed up food falling out onto the floor, this would not lead to a quicker decomposition.
* It is unknown whether zombies continue to decompose or at what rate, they do become damaged over time though as their bodies cannot heal as they are dead.
* Most importantly, nobody knows why everyone reanimates and they never will. The zombie plague isn't an important part of the story, it is a plot device to justify an apocalypse in a horror setting. The story is always focused on the characters and how they react to the situation.
The virus allows them to decompose enough to be wicked scary, but no more.
No, that's completely different. Flying would violate laws of physics. There are many ways to mummify a body or prevent or slow decomposition. The toxic cell idea is a good one.
Zombies flying would be ridiculous, but zombies spontaneously developing a perpetual, self-sustaining energy system is totally believable?
Requires energy to move the muscles in a human body. Zombies aren't eating, or at least aren't getting anything from it, as stated above. Where's this energy source? Perfectly believable under current laws of physics that the virus could provide a boost, and this would keep the zombies going as it burned through all the reserves and the zombie ran out of gas eventually. Not something that can be maintained forever, though, unless the magic virus also has the key to unlimited energy sources that require no input or fuel to maintain.
So really just a matter of which laws of physics you're ok with breaking. Flying isn't any more or less impossible, just sillier. Mumifying a body requires drying it out, and NOT having it running around anymore. Slowing decomposition is all well and good, but still need fuel for the electrical energy moving those muscles requires. If you don't put more wood on the fire, it'll eventually burn out. Even if you treat the wood to burn slower, it's still consumed eventually...
Max Brook's argument makes sense and works for me. I really think that alot of people have mistaken drying out for decomposition. If we assume that the bacteria responsible for decomposition will not consume zombies, the only thing that will ultimately impact the zombie is drying out (this is kind of supported by the fact that zombies can also be destroyed by fire). Actually the one thing that they might get from consuming bodies is water (though they have no functioning digestive or cirulatory system). Once free of the spectre of decomposition, zombies in temperate and colder climates will have an advantage over those in warmer, drier climates.
Zombies in the desert out to just dry out including the brain. Zombies in temperate/cold climates might freeze in the winter but they will benefit from enough atmispheric moisture to keep them "viable".
Flying zombies might look silly to me but I have no objective reason to oppose the concept since its already a creature that operates outside of normal biological processes.
No one seems to think its weired that Vampires, which when you think about are nothing more than high functioning zombies, have superpowers. Hell Vampires, who are dead, have no circulatory system, and don't need to breathe manage to heal, have super strenght and speed, sometimes fly (depending on the mythos)...and all of them seem to have sex.
Like I said, though, the trick is getting the energy required to MOVE (or lurch) that undead citizen around. You're not taking anything new in, so you're stuck with the energy you started with. Once you burn through the reserves, no more functioning zombie. You aren't pulling energy from a ZPM, it's gotta come from something. And that jellifying of the blood is fine as far as that goes, but it also means it's not circulating, so no new oxygen or blood to those cells. Like the ones in the brain. So they'd be borked almost within minutes. Since they are ok without even HAVING lungs, they don't appear to need oxygen. No blood circulating means body temp won't regulate either, so they'd be even MORE screwed with hot and cold, things would be falling off everywhere! You appear to still need a functioning brain (even if they don't really use it) to be a live zombie, the jelled, non-circulating blood won't lead to that, it'll lead to dead zombies.
So: no oyxgen to tissues, no circulating blood, no new energy into system. Kinda bad that by trying to explain why they don't rot, you killed the thing that was allowing them to MOVE.
You're into just accepting "a wizard did it" within about an hour of infection. Hand-waving part of it away just makes more obvious problems in other areas.
In the Walking Dead however on the CDC episode, Jenner says that ..'the French were close,' to a cure.
Maybe they thought they were on to something, but that facility fell as did the CDC, and there's nobody left with that kind of technology. It's also entirely possible that they would've eventually run into a brick wall with their possible solution.
Jenner didn't even know if it was a virus/ microbe/ bacteria etc with all of his resources, he had been in contact with the French and if they knew this basic bit of information one would have expected them share it with him.
I think that's why they went with an entirely different type of outbreak in such as the 28 Days Later movies, the zombie outbreak isn't remotely plausible due to basic thermodynamics.
Really, and this theory has its own flaws, but the most 'realistic' explanation for how the virus works is that it's some sort of nanotechnology gone horrily awry.
I'll just go with "a wizard did it".
for all we know the "wizard" really did do it! This all could be supernatural we just don't know it yet
Is there any other sort?
Yea, you can't appreciate Trek without accepting Warp Drive, likewise, Zombies Reanimate and have an unquenchable hunger and drive wether they should've burned out by now or not, if you can't accept that, you can't enjoy Zombies
What if whatever the infection is, it possesses photosynthetic capabilities? So that the infection itself can get energy from the Sun and it shares some with its host so its host can still somewhat function?
Also the way Jenner explained it, the brain stem is reactivated. Which means that all lower functions like respiration, digestion, pulmonary should still work.
^^ I thought about the photosynthesis angle as well.
No, just easier to spin. You can say that the Zombies are eating rodents or bugs when no one is looking. Or perhaps they are absorbing or somehow feeding from the very bacteria that would cause decomposition. There's really no good way to spin a flying Zombie (so to speak).
Maybe the Zombie outbreak was the result of cold fusion experiments gone awry.
Nope those systems don't work. A zombie is perfectly capable of functioning without a heart, lungs, stomach etc. Hell in last weeks ep, we saw a head still chomping without a body.
Speaking of which is seems inconceivable to me that with the vast resources the US government has - especially the multiple safe houses the President and his staff in the case of nuclear war that someone out there hasn't made more progress on the infection.
In the novel series World War Z the US government has transformed a aircraft carrier to the new seat of power and Hawaii is zombie free.
Yet, in the Walking Dead the whole world has gone to shit and there doesn't seem to be any organized military effort to eradicate the problem. Why?
Because outside of the quick CDC arc, they've just ignored the outside world and focused on our small merry band of zombie slayers. While it's more intimate this way, I wouldn't mind a peek at the larger issues occasionally, even if it's just showing us that the world is borked and not coming back any time soon. At least show us some more failed attempts, or to use your example, that the US tried to hang on, but that carrier eventually failed too...
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Rosalind, the daughter of a banished duke, falls in love with Orlando at a wrestling match, but her usurping uncle, jealous of her popularity, banishes her from court. Disguised as a boy she seeks out her father and his friends in the Forest of Arden. Here she meets Orlando again and, under the guise of a young man, counsels him in the art of love.
With warring brothers, clowns, comic peasants, romance, death threats, escape and even a wrestling match there is something for everyone here. This is one of Shakespeare's most beloved comedies containing some of his most memorable lines. Let the players whisk you away to the forest court of the exiled Duke of Arden.
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Friedel's future is unclear as Villa searches for replacement.
Howard concedes bad PK, goal; Everton still draws 1-1 with Chelsea.
Friedel considers return to Columbus Crew as player-coach.
Spector's first two goals in six years lead West Ham to shocking rout of Man. U.
Dempsey assumes Fulham lead in goals, provides draw with Birmingham.
Riding the bench in Greece, Adu tries to find home in Denmark.
Holden's scores first EPL goal, adds assist in Bolton triumph.
Edu's goal before early exit gives Rangers 1-1 draw with Inverness.
With Edu in midfield, Rangers down Celtic to stay atop Premier League.
Neck injury to disable Bocanegra for at least three weeks.
Dempsey strike helps Fulham to another draw, 1-1 with West Ham.
Feilhaber's four goals (two winners) lead to pair of Aarhus victories.
Dempsey's first goal allows Fulham to draw 1-1 with Rovers.
Howard helps Everton pick up surprise point from Manchester United.
Villa beats Everton; Friedel bests Howard in meeting of American keepers.
Hahnemann, Howard meet; Everton, Wolves draw 1-1.
Altidore scores for Villareal, hopes it's his ticket to stay.
Adu is looking for team after Benfica cuts him loose.
Bocanegra moves across France to Saint Etienne.
Americans Abroad
(Thursday, December 16, 2010) -- United States midfielder Stuart Holden's smash in the 88th minute found net, allowing the shorthanded Bolton Wanderers to quickly to a tying goal by Blackburn, good for a 2-1 victory over Rovers Saturday in the English Premier League.
Bolton was reduced to 10 men when Blackburn midfielder Mark Davies was sent off with a red card, apparently for throwing an elbow in the 56th minute.
Still, Bolton took a 1-0 lead nine minutes later on reserve midfielder Fabrice Muamba's goal. Rovers pulled level at 1-1 on a goal by midfielder Mame Biram Diouf in the 87th minute.
On the ensuing Wanderers kickoff , the ball was played back to a defender, who launched a long, high kick that came down to striker Kevin Davies. He in turn headed the ball back across to the right side where Holden ran onto it, controlled the ball and, in one motion, drilled his shot past goalkeeper Paul Robinson for the 2-1 final.
It was Holden's first league game after missing the past couple weeks with a thigh injury. The goal was his second this season, both match-winners.
Blackburn manager Sam Allardyce was fired after the game. Meanwhile, Bolton is in sixth place at 6-3-8 with 26 points, one point behind Tottenham Hotspur (7-4-6), which occupies fifth place and its attendant berth in the second-tier Europa Cup.
In the German Bundesliga, U.S. defender Steve Cherundolo, the Hannover 96 captain, was taken off with a knee injury 23 minutes into a 2-1 triumph Friday over VfB Stuttgart.
Hannover is hoping he'll be fit for Saturday's visit to FC Nürnberg. "The info until now says he will miss a few days of training," the club's press officer Oliver Rickhof told MLSsoccer.com. "Normally, we would expect him to play on the weekend, but we'll check to see if there are any more problems."
U.S. midfielder DaMarcus Beasley did not dress for Hannover because of an ailing thigh. "He has some problems with his leg muscle," Rickhof said.
Hannover moved up to third place at 10-5-1 with 31 points, one point behind Bayer Leverkusen.
In England, U.S. defender Eric Lichaj received his first Premier League start for Aston Villa, a 2-1 winner over West Bromwich Albion on Saturday.
The 22-year-old back got the nod from new manager Gerard Houllier because of a groin injury to usual starter Luke Young. Lichaj had a strong match, making several fine defensive stops. His 90-minute performance is likely to win him more playing time.
U.S. keeper Brad Friedel needed one save in Villa's victory, boosting Villa (5-7-5, 20 points) into 14th place, four points clear of the relegation zone.
U.S. keeper Tim Howard had a pair of saves for Everton in its 0-0 draw Saturday with visiting Wigan Athletic.
U.S. midfielder Clint Dempsey went 90 minutes Saturday for host Fulham, which drew 0-0 with Sunderland. He had a couple of chances to score, but both fell short.
The English media has been filled with speculation that former Fulham manager Roy Hodgson, now at Liverpool, will move to buy Dempsey when the transfer window opens in January. But new Fulham manager Mark Hughes says the club will not listen to any offers for Dempey, who remains Fulham's top scorer with six goals this season.
U.S. forward Eddie Johnson came off the bench and played the final 18 minutes for Fulham.
U.S defender Jonathan Spector played 90 minutes for West Ham United, which dropped a 3-1 decision Saturday to Manchester City.
With American keeper Marcus Hahnemann benched three weeks ago by manager Mick McCarthy, Wolverhampton Wanderers recorded first clean sheet since last April in a 1-0 triumph over Birmingham City Saturday
Birmingham hit the woodwork twice, but for the most part did not challenge Wayne Hennessey in Wolves' net.
In the second-tier English League Championship, American striker Conor Doyle played the final four minutes for Derby County, which went down 2-0 Saturday to Bristol City.
In third-division League One, American defender Frank Simek went the distance and received a yellow card for Carlisle United, a 2-0 loser Saturday to Dagenham & Redbridge.
American forward Mike Grella played the final 22 minutes for Carlisle.
American midfielder Anton Peterlin did not suit up for Plymouth Argyle Saturday, as was the case for attacker Jemal Johnson for Milton Keynes Dons.
In Scotland's Premier League, U.S. midfielder Maurice Edu was again held out by Glasgow Rangers from its 1-1 draw Saturday with Inverness Caledonian Thistle on a poor field. Edu is still recovering from a knee injury, but had been expected to play.
In the German Bundesliga, U.S. midfielder Michael Bradley played 90 minutes in woeful Borussia Moenchengladbach's 3-0 loss to SC Freiburg on Sunday.
German-American defensive midfielder Daniel Williamsdid not dress for Freiburg.
U.S. midfielder Ricardo Clark watched from the Eintracht Frankfurt bench a 1-0 loss Saturday to FC Cologne.
German-American midfielder Jermaine Jones' fourth-division match with Schalke 04's reserve team was postponed because of weather. He has yet to play since his demotion from the first team.
In the 2.Bundesliga, American keeper David Yeldell posted a shutout, needing to make a single save for MSV Duisburg, which drew 0-0 draw with SC Paderborn 07 on Saturday.
American keeper Luis Robles had a busier afternoon, making five saves while also keeping a clean sheet in Karlsruhe's 1-0 decision Friday over Arminia Bielefeld.
American striker Kenny Cooper is back in training after a long injury absence, but didn't leave the bench for TSV 1860 Munich, which drew 1-1 Sunday with FC Ingolstadt 04.
American defender Amaechi Igwe remains sidelined from a knee injury and did not dress for Ingolstadt.
In France, U.S. back Carlos Bocanegra helped spearhead a fine defensive effort for visiting Saint-Étienne, which defeated AS Monaco 2-0 on Sunday. Saint-Étienne's snapped a nine-match winless streak, going back to September 25.
Bocanegra found himself in the middle of some controversy early in the second half when his rather obvious hand ball in his penalty area went uncalled by the referee. Television replays showed the ball striking his arm, but no call was made to the dismay of the Monaco players and fans.
Saint Etienne climbed into a three-way tie for seventh place in the Ligue 1 standings at 6-4-7 with 25 points.
American keeper Quentin Westberg made his second start of the season for Evian of Ligue 2 and registered a 2-0 shutout over lower-division Semmoz Vieugy, advancing to the third round of the Coupe de France.
Evian had some problems with the club from the small town of Vieugy, near the Swiss border and needed a pair of second-half tallies to secure the win. Westberg made several good saves when the ball took crazy bounces on the frozen field.
In Spain, U.S. striker Jozy Altidore sat on the bench for Villarreal, which fell 1-0 Saturday to Getafe.
In Belgium, U.S. midfielder Sacha Kljestan started and played the first hour for RSC Anderlecht in its 0-0 draw with KSC Lokeren on Sunday.
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Crew's miscues extra costly in Houston finale
HOUSTON -- Was this the Brewers' worst game of the year?
"Easily," said catcher Jonathan Lucroy, and manager Ron Roenicke agreed.Full Game Coverage
HOUSTON -- Was this the Brewers' worst game of the year?
"Easily," said catcher Jonathan Lucroy, and manager Ron Roenicke agreed.Full Game Coverage
"For me," Roenicke said, "that's as bad as it gets."
Lucroy was quick to count himself among the culprits after a 10-inning, 7-4 loss to the Astros on Thursday in which the Brewers' offensive and defensive deficiencies cost them their first winning road trip of the season.
Carlos Pena's three-run home run off Brewers reliever Michael Gonzalez was the only hit with a man in scoring position for either team (they were 0-for-19 before that swing, including 0-for-12 by the Brewers), but the trouble was not limited to the bats. Each club made enough defensive miscues to allow three unearned runs.
For the Brewers, there was a costly passed ball by Lucroy that led to two unearned runs, an error on second baseman Scooter Gennett that led to another, plus a series of more subtle mistakes. First baseman Juan Francisco's decision to fire a late throw home in Houston's two-run fifth inning rather than take an out first. The middle infielders' misalignment on a run-scoring double in the sixth, contributing to center fielder Carlos Gomez airing a throw over the cutoff man. And a strikeout-wild pitch in the bottom of the 10th that sparked the Astros' winning rally.
When Pena's no-doubt homer landed in the right-field seats, the Brewers slumped back to the clubhouse to prepare for another somber flight home. By the time they landed, they would have logged more than 11,000 air miles this season without a winning road trip.
Thursday's loss dropped the Brewers to 4-5 on a trek to Miami, Cincinnati and Houston. With the season's halfway point approaching fast, Milwaukee owns only one more victory (29-42) than rebuilding Houston (28-46).
"Bad game for us in all areas," Roenicke said. "Defensively, we gave them a couple of runs early. We certainly didn't do the job offensively when we had guys on third base. Our pitching was OK but, you know, you go long enough, and somebody is going to give up something.
"But that's a bad game."
For seven and a half innings, it appeared the Brewers would win despite their mistakes. Much of the credit went to their starting pitcher, Yovani Gallardo, who limited the damage to five hits and three unearned runs over seven innings, while lowering his lifetime ERA against the Astros to 2.69 in 17 starts.
Gallardo worked 21 innings on the just-completed road trip without allowing an earned run, and by protecting a 4-3 lead into the eighth, he was poised to be the first Brewers starting pitcher to win three games on a single road trip since Ron Robinson in 1990.
"He had everything working," Roenicke said.
Gallardo's bid for that bit of Brewers history was spoiled in the eighth inning, when Corporan connected against reliever Jim Henderson for a home run that struck the right-field foul pole, tying the game at 4. Roenicke had picked Henderson for the eighth even though he is the team's closer because the other option, Francisco Rodriguez, had surrendered a homer to Corporan in their only meeting.
The Astros were no less sloppy than their opponents, at least early in the game. The Brewers were 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position in the second inning and yet scored three runs courtesy of a pair of two-out errors -- one run when Astros second baseman Jose Altuve couldn't come up with a spinning, broken-bat bouncer off Gennett's bat, and two more when center fielder Justin Maxwell botched Caleb Gindl's fly ball to deep left-center field.
Gindl, making his first Major League start and still seeking his first hit, had hit a drive toward the visitors' bullpen, where it appeared Maxwell was distracted by a padded support structure that juts onto the field. The baseball bounced out of Maxwell's glove and two runners scored.
Gallardo cruised until his defenders let him down in a 28-pitch fifth inning, when Lucroy's passed ball led to two unearned runs. The catcher took the blame, saying Gallardo's pitch continued to cut inside toward the hitter, and Lucroy anticipated a deflection into his mask.
"I just screwed it up," Lucroy said. "You can't be giving bases for free and like I said, I was a big part of that today. We have to get that cleaned up."
The Brewers stranded runners at third base in the eighth inning and made an out at the plate to end the ninth before losing the game in the 10th. The first of those threats particularly irked Lucroy, who had the second of the Brewers' three chances to drive home Gomez from third base after the speedster reached there with nobody out. Aramis Ramirez grounded out, Lucroy struck out and, after an intentional walk, Yuniesky Betancourt struck out, too.
"We beat ourselves today," Lucroy said. "We have to be able to get runners in from third base when there are less than two outs. You have to at least make contact -- and I'm talking about myself right there striking out.
"I screwed up the block [on Gonzalez's] wild pitch in that last inning and I had that clank on the ball [with Gallardo pitching in the fifth]. Team-wise, we pitched decent, I thought, but we didn't hit when we needed to and our defense was not good today at all, and I'm talking about myself."
Said Roenicke: "We didn't do too many things right today, in all areas."
Adam McCalvy is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Brew Beat, and follow him on Twitter at @AdamMcCalvy.
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Ewing Athletics Unveils Its Black History Month Collection
7 hours 0 by Ben Felderstein
You know something's successful when you see it spawn sequels. In the case of Reebok ZigTech, the distinctive zig-zag cushion has attracted enough attention to its unique combination of ergonomics and support that there are more examples than you can count. In the case of this particular model, it also represents a follow-up on a variation to that successful formula, whereby the sole adds a backwards bend to achieve a more responsive ride. The Reebok ZigTech Shark Pursuit 360 makes its debut with a variety of expressive accents contrasting a tonal grey upper and white sole, and you'll find them depicted below and available now at select Reebok retailers.


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1011 Henderson Ave. K. McCusker, 196-sq.-ft. addition to a single-family residence including an interior remodel of 352 sq. ft., $83,000
1028 Ringwood Ave. V. Froelicher, replace sewer from house to street, $9,700
4 Sunset Court S. Viswanathan, kitchen, bath remodel, three new skylights (study, bath, kitchen), vaulted, coffered ceiling in kitchen and dining room, $n/a; new outdoor barbecue, $n/a
145 Gloria Court M. Berger, termite repair, $2,500
814 Roble Ave. L. Robinson, fire repair, units 1 and 3 only, $69,232
1335 Henderson Ave. J. Bower, 456-sq.-ft. addition including an interior remodel of 1,242 sq. ft. to a single-family residence, $n/a
1555 Laurel St. N. Leeper, bath remodel, $22,500
116 Durham St. C. Fichou, re-roof, $10,000
2391 Branner Drive M. Singh, single-story addition of 463 sq. ft., $95,000
565 Olive St. A. Wachter, water heater, $1,323
1790 Poppy Ave. I. Rogers, replace water heater, $968
160 Santa Margarita Ave. L. Linkletter, re-roof, $24,000
1260 San Mateo Drive K. Nilsson, add spa to pool and automatic pool cover, $18,000
658 Nash Ave. J. Seeger, remodel master bath, $14,000
760 Monte Rosa Drive K. Shaw, replace 50-gallon water heater, $2,600
332 Princeton Road T. Crockett, replace sewer lateral from left side of the house to the sewer main, $11,250
726 Partridge Ave. V. Procter, repair tree damage in family room, $6,000
872 Roble Ave. I. Teksler, re-roof apartment units 1 and 2, $4,000; re-roof apartment units 3 and 4, $4,000
240 Lexington Drive L. Lewicki, replace furnace and air duct, $7,700
193 E. Creek Drive G. Reichow, add 755 sq. ft. and alter 2,000 sq. ft. to one-story home, $500,000
1020 Berkeley Ave. C. Anderson, install level 2 EV charger in driveway, 40 amp, $1,800
25 La Loma Drive H. Cohn, re-roof, $20,000
143 Oak Court A. Brandt, convert carport, new entry overhang, $n/a
304 Market St. A. Sledge, install new wiring for microwave/fan and new flu pipe, $1,753
1315 Alamanor Ave. C. Durio, re-roof, $12,688
1305 Valaparaiso Ave.M. Polyakov, repair mansard and stucco pool house, $8,000
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975 California Ave. Merck, tenant improvement, office area remodel, $3,734,444
2275 El Camino Real C. Abell, reinstall exterior tile, $50,000
1440 California Ave. A. J. Dorthy, replace two French doors and handrail, $5,000
180 Hamilton Ave. M. Wisner, replace exterior window on eight-story building, $450,000
2450 W. Bayshore Road #4 S. Ajayi-Dopemu, remodel kitchen, electrical, lights, $8,000
2507 Alma St., Bldg. C Community Working Group, replace wood shingle roof with asphalt, repair driveway, $10,000
2517, 2507, 2509 Alma St. Bldgs. A, B and D Community Working Group, replace wood shingle roof with asphalt, replace new vinyl windows, new bathroom fan, $12,000
301 University Ave. Wells Fargo/G. Smith, tenant improvement to three floors, $750,000
527 Hale St. D. Malkovich, remodel bathroom and closet, $12,000
450 Sequioa Ave. Phillips, replace bedroom window with French doors, $7,500
869 Richardson Court C. Fuery, 361-sq.-ft. one-story addition, $59,021
398 Arboretum Road demolish interior fixtures and walls, $n/a
3931 Ventura Ave. Borrego, add new bedroom, bath, wet bar, furnace, tankless water heater and game room, $114,000
820 Palo Alto Ave. 125 amp service upgrade, $n/a
2103 Amherst Ave. A. Ross, remodel two baths, $13,915
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In ninth and tenth century Corneto (ancient name for modern Tarquinia) was fortified with the construction of surrounding walls in good part still visible today. Corneto then belonged to the Countess Matilda of Tuscany. According to tradition it was she who had built the fortress, which is visible at the end of the road heading south.
Every year, on a weekend of May, a traditional pageant of the medieval Joust of the Quarters is held at the Church of Santa Maria in Castello, in memory of the expulsion of the Moors who haunted the Italian coasts in the tenth century.


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The WiFi-enabled Hero3 Black may be roughly half the size and 25 percent lighter than the Hero2, but its upgraded resolution, fps rates, and photo modes are meaty. It shoots 15fps with 4k Cinematic (works for slow-pan shots), but running 1080p at 60fps is the real killer – on rainy rides, the Black caught everything more clearly than any other cam. Bonus: It snaps still shots while recording video. [$400; gopro.com]Back to top


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How do I show/hide a div based upon a number located anywhere in the URL such as '1234'?
Thank you
if (window.location.search.search(/1234/)) document.getElementById('idofthedivtohide').display = 'none'
this is the code I used:
this is not bar ends

But it doesn't seem to work. This a URL example that I used:http://website.com/product/s1234/martini-glass.html
any ideas why its not working for me?
window.location.search contains only the querystring part (including the question mark) of the URL. In your case it would be blank, since you don't have a querystring at all.
http://website.com/product/s1234/martini-glass.html?test=1234, for instance, would work.
There could also be a problem with using search(), since that will return the position of the first occurance of the value you're searching for. If you're searching for "1234" in a string with search() and the string you're searching in starts with "1234", the position returned would be 0, which would make the if statement return false. Probably not what you want.
You could do it like this instead:
if (/1234/.test(window.location.href)) {
document.getElementById('notBarEnds').display = 'none';
Script tags should always go just before the  tag - there should never be any page content below them.
There are a couple of exceptions where the script goes in the head but those don't interact with the content of the page.
Tried the below code neither one worked. Any ideas?
<!doctype html>
<title>My Uploads</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="my_uploads.css" />

this is not bar ends

if (window.location.search..search(/123/)) document.getElementById('notBarEnds').display = 'none'
<!doctype html>
<title>My Uploads</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="my_uploads.css" />

this is not bar ends
if (/1234/.test(window.location.href)) {
document.getElementById('notBarEnds').display = 'none';
document.getElementById('notBarEnds').display = 'none';
should be
document.getElementById('notBarEnds').style.display = 'none';
Don't know how I managed to get that wrong the first time. Anyhow, change that line in the second example and it should hopefully work.
@CletusSpuckler worked like a charm now. Guess it was just missing the style? But now I have one last request, how would I add multiple checks, for instance:
if (/56722/ || /67781/.test(window.location.href)) {document.getElementById('notBarEnds').style.display = 'none';}
The above is my attempt at saying 56722 or 67781 haha.
In other words how can I add multiple number checks?
Thanks for the help by the way guys.
if (/56722|67781/.test(window.location.href)) {
Thank you CletusSpuckler it worked perfect, I really appreciate it.
Is there a way to do this with a span tag? I have only ever seen - getElementById & getElementsByClassName (<which doesn't seem to work for the span class)
This is what I need to hide
What about straight CSS?
#hidden {display:none;}
body form[action="someurl.html?1234"] #hidden {display:block;}
some page

And if you need to change the action URL dynamically just put the CSS in the page head and Bob's someone's uncle.


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iOS App Store having issues updating apps (Gmail the cause?)
20 Comments
1. Katrina (Posts: 84; Member since: 17 Aug 2012)
title kind of misleading "iOS App Store having issues updating apps (Gmail the cause?)"
i thought all apps in Apples App store is having issues because Gmail is causing it.
when your first sentence is "We got a couple messages saying that you guys were having issues updating Gmail for iOS"
just saying ~
4. rusticguy (Posts: 2828; Member since: 11 Aug 2012)
Agree. Title is misleading. maybe a thing done on purose. Dr Mercola is famous for attracting eyebals with controversial titles of articles that he writes on his site :)
6. MichaelHeller (Posts: 2721; Member since: 26 May 2011)
If you had made it to the third paragraph, you would have seen that people think the updated Gmail app is causing the problems
18. thelegend6657 (unregistered)
He is saying your article title is misleading .
You say that your point is in the 3rd paragraph only !
So you are basicaly agreeing that your title is misleading ?
7. Brewski (Posts: 515; Member since: 05 Jun 2012)
I thought the exact same thing.
Michael H, shame on you. "If you had made it to the third paragraph..." The article is only three paragraphs long! The readers shouldn't have to read the entire article only to find out it's true meaning has changed. If that's what you have to do to get people to read your articles then maybe you should improve your writing skills or find better topics to write about.
11. Izzy_V (Posts: 216; Member since: 07 Jul 2012)
Be careful! He won't hesitate to make an article about misleading titles and make it look like he's right because he wrote up a wall of text.
8. PhoneArenaUser (Posts: 5498; Member since: 05 Aug 2011)
Agree, it is misleading.
2. Izzy_V (Posts: 216; Member since: 07 Jul 2012)
So it's either Google or apple's users? Must be Google, apple users are widely known for their high intellect and expertise of technology.
5. Hammerfest (Posts: 384; Member since: 12 May 2012)
I haven't laughed at all this week... I thank you for the comedy bit.
The majority of Apple users I meet have ZERO knowledge of technology, so the comedy of your post isnt lost on me.
Thumbs up, because it doesn't matter if you where being serious or sarcastic, Apple users being high on intellect and having an expertise of technology, oh god, im laughing and getting stared at again...
17. AWiseGuy (Posts: 68; Member since: 30 Oct 2012)
He was being sarcastic. Izzy's a fan of Android, if I remember from his previous posts.
3. darkkjedii (Posts: 26804; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
It was the gmail app, it's fine now just updated it with no issue.
9. protozeloz (Posts: 5396; Member since: 16 Sep 2010)
How's that even possible?
10. darkkjedii (Posts: 26804; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
Ask google
13. rusticguy (Posts: 2828; Member since: 11 Aug 2012)
Looks like you asked before posting. Doesn't Apple approves everything before it is available for downlaods? So answer should have been ask APPLE :)
14. protozeloz (Posts: 5396; Member since: 16 Sep 2010)
Why would I ask Google? Is not the play store ya know?
1. How is a single app capable of ruining it for the users? I know iOS does not have the same level of sandbox android has but should be able to stop a non system app from messing with core APS
2. How did it passed approval to begin with?
16. networkdood (Posts: 6330; Member since: 31 Mar 2010)
user error....
12. hutty24 (Posts: 84; Member since: 18 Oct 2011)
youtube app updated a lil bit ago
15. networkdood (Posts: 6330; Member since: 31 Mar 2010)
Time for phonearena to hire a new editor....
19. joey41 (Posts: 45; Member since: 01 Aug 2012)
Was trying to check for updates in app store. Says cian't connect. But I could search apps!
& its after downloading new gmail.