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GRAMMY.com Exclusive First Look: Jupiter Project
Auckland, New Zealand-based indie electronica duo Jupiter Project recently released their latest single, "Celebration." GRAMMY.com has your first look at the premiere of the video for the infectious party anthem.
"Our plan for the music video was to take our friends and viewers with us through America," said Jupiter Project's Marty Rich. "We've also included fun intimate moments of our trip in each city. It's almost like a video diary.
Jupiter Project is the moniker for the collaborative musical project between producer Rich and vocalist Correia, who met in college at an end-of-semester party. Sharing a common bond of music, the duo went into a recording studio in 2009 to try their hand at producing some tracks. The result was a refreshing mixture of indie rock, alternative, hip-hop, and electronica, a sound that has garnered the duo comparisons to the likes of N.E.R.D., Theophilus London and Phoenix.
In March Jupiter Project released the single "Catch Me," which was produced by Rebel Rock Entertainment's Finatik. In June the duo released the single "Hook Up Girl" featuring Jessie G. The video for "Celebration" was filmed in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Miami, and New York during the duo's recent tour. Jupiter Project have live dates scheduled in Australia and New Zealand through December.


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Amid talk of apathy and despair on the part of Detroiters frustrated with the current state of affairs in the city, tens of thousands gathered at the intersection of Mack and Woodward Avenue to march in the in the Detroit Freedom Walk, commemorating the 50th anniversary of Dr. King's walk in 1963.
Lead by a contingency of present day civil rights leaders including Martin Luther King Jr., Rev. Al Sharpton, Rev. Jesse Jackson and Dick Gregory, Freedom Walk marchers made their way down Woodward Avenue to Hart Plaza in a show of solidarity and voice their support for the principles of freedom and equality.
Organized by the Detroit Branch of the NAACP, participants voiced their opposition to revisionist policies regarding voters' rights, immigration reform and affirmative action recalls.
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Researchers and market advocates in a recent Detroit News interview argue that the electric
vehicle movement is reaching the point where it will become an unstoppable
force on the market before. Describes, Genevieve Cullen, the vice
president of the Electric Drive Transportation Association, an advocacy group for
electric cars, "We think that increasing electric is inevitable. The speed
is variable."
I. The EV Movement has Faded Before -- Will
History Repeat Itself?
The question of whether the electrification
movement will stick this time around is a compelling one.
In the early 1900s electric vehicles were
extremely popular, outselling gas vehicles in some areas until the advent of
mass production. With the arrival of modern engine designs, electric
vehicles quickly faded from the mind of the auto industry and the public.
In the 1960s interest in electric cars once again
rose, with concepts like the 1967 Comuta from Ford Motor Company (F).
These efforts failed to gain traction, though. In the 1990s there
was yet another electric revivalist movement with General Motors Company's (GM)
EV1. And yet again EVs were met with apathy and a hasty demise.
Today EVs are once more on the market, with the 2012
Chevy Volt from GM (a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle; PHEV) and
2012 Nissan (NSANF)
LEAF EV (a battery-electric vehicle; BEV). However, the sales
aren't looking great, largely due to the manufacturers' inability to put
out significant volume to the public.
But many are convinced that this time EVs may hang
in there. Oil is off highs of $147 USD/barrel reached in July 2008.
But it's still relatively high, hovering at around $100 USD/barrel.
II. Increasing Infrastructure
They key to the survival of the EV movement
arguably lays in the significant uptake in EV infrastructure. Thanks in
part to a $2.4B
USD government investment program in the battery industry, six major battery plants are
open or are near opening. And Tesla Motors Inc. (TSLA),
Ford, and Toyota
Motor Company (TM) will look to jump into the mass market next year
with new electric vehicles. Ford is planning to release the 2013
Focus Electric and Toyota plans to release a 2013
Prius Plug-In. Tesla meanwhile is planning to launch its first
mass-market EV, the
2013 Model S.
The real key to increasing promise for the mass
market is dropping batter prices and increased battery production.
Analysts estimate that in 2011 50,000 EV batteries will be produced and
in only three years -- by 2014 -- that number will rise to 500,000 batteries a
Meanwhile costs are dropping. Eric Isaacs,
the director of the Argonne National Laboratory -- a government research
institution located outside of Chicago, Illinois -- states, "The question
is: Can these guys make a battery that is five times cheaper? I think yes. I
think we can do it."
One major obstacle to the fledgling movement is
the availability of charging stations. EVs, like gas vehicles need to be
"fueled up". Standard chargers can take hours to completely
charge a vehicle. A dedicated high-voltage charging station can mostly
charge a vehicle within a half or so.
The need for chargers is more critical when you
consider that the "tank" on EVs (battery) only holds one or two days
worth of "fuel" (charge) for the average commuter.
Here, again, the government
is looking to help spur the market by investing $400M USD to deploy chargers to public
Two of the leading firms include SemaConnect and
ECOtality Inc. (ECTY).
SemaConnect was installing chargers in Maryland this week.
Meanwhile ECOtality in recent weeks has installed its BLINK charging
stations in California, Washington state, Oregon and Arizona.
III. The EV Outlook
There are telltale signs that the new EV trend may
be a bit different. Anecdotal examples can be found in the retail and
fleet markets.
Fleet giant Hertz is offering rentable EVs in New
York City and will soon be offering them in Washington, D.C. and San Francisco,
States Company spokeswoman Paula Rivera,
"Currently, we have a few dozen vehicles. By the end of the year we
anticipate having hundreds of them available. We do view this as the future of
transportation, and see adoption coming not only from having the cars
available, but the ecosystem to charge them. ... As the ecosystem builds out,
our fleet will increase."
Similarly, electronics retail giant Best Buy says
it is considering selling recharging stations and is training its "Geek
Squad" service team members to ready them for the possibility. Chad
Bell, the senior director of Best Buy's New Business Solutions Group states,
"We dedicated a significant amount of resources to help this technology
come to market. We think these (home charging-stations) will be purchased and
sold in the future similar to how electronics are sold today."
Some analysts are more
pessimistic about the movement. Still it's hard to argue that
the industry isn't showing an awful lot of interest in it, this time around.
To borrow a chemistry analogy, it appears that EVs
are currently are entering a transition state. They aren't over the
energy barrier (sales hump) yet, but they may soon get there. If they can
keep up their momentum, perhaps the EV movement can finally survive and thrive.


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Traditional White Decorating Ideas
"Pure white blooms on a dining table are always the straight line to chic for me," says New York City event producer David Stark. Repeating the same arrangement—a few stems of one flower type (white mandevillas in this case) with a couple blades of beach grass—in simple glass vases demonstrate sophisticated simplicity with lots of impact.
Eddie Ross canvasses flea markets, thrift shops, and antique stores dozens of times a year. At the top of his wish list during each trip: white China, porcelain and ironstone. "White serving pieces and dinnerware create a no-fail collection in any kitchen, hutch or bookshelf," the style expert and magazine editor says. Too much stuff can look cluttered and messy, but lots of functional pieces in an all-white scheme appear edited and cohesive. Ross loves the juxtaposition of new and old. "If everything's white, it's easy to mix a modern pitcher from Crate and Barrel with a beautiful vintage ironstone platter."
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This is my first attempt to do a night shot and get a starry sky in the back ground.To the left of the tower you can see the Big Dipper Constellation. Built In 1858 tower is 150 feet (46 m) tall, and also sits on a 40-foot (12 m) bluff located on the Pensacola Naval Air Station, placing the light 190 feet (58 m) above sea level. The Lighthouse is open to tours seven days a week(wikipedia)
The United States is one of the most diverse countries on earth, jam packed full of amazing sights from St. Patrick's cathedral in New York to Mount Hollywood California.The Northeast region is where it all started. Thirteen British colonies fought the American Revolution from here and won their independence in the first successful colonial rebellion in history. Take a look at these rolling hills carpeted with foliage along the Hudson river here, north of New York City.The American south is known for its polite people and slow pace of life. Probably they move slowly because it's so hot. Southerners tend not to trust people from "up north" because they talk too fast. Here's a cemetery in Georgia where you can find graves of soldiers from the Civil War.The West Coast is sort of like another country that exists to make the east coast jealous. California is full of nothing but grizzly old miners digging for gold, a few gangster rappers, and then actors. That is to say, the West Coast functions as the imagination of the US, like a weird little brother who teases everybody then gets famous for making freaky art.The central part of the country is flat farmland all the way over to the Rocky Mountains. Up in the northwest corner you can find creative people in places like Portland and Seattle, along with awesome snowboarding and good beer. Text by Steve Smith.


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Peanut Butter and Juli has a beautiful post on the Hawaiian word ahonui. Ahonui can be translated as patience, perserverence and many breaths. It was the breath part that caught my attention and made the connection to the practice of yoga. At its core, ahonui means yoga, and yoga means ahonui. The power of patience, perserverence and breath can take you through challenges you never thought possible.
I'd like to re-echo Juli's question here, for my yogis and readers:
What does ahonui mean to you?


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Guillen to attend sensitivity training
Manager regrets word choice, but still fired up
By Scott Merkin / MLB.com
He's going to remain the same outspoken voice of the White Sox that he has been for the past three years as the team's manager, to some extent. He intends to continue waging his battle against Sun-Times columnist Jay Mariotti.
But Guillen certainly plans to be more careful with his choice of words in the future.
The White Sox manager actually made these same points prior to Wednesday's game. They were reinforced Thursday after Commissioner Bud Selig fined Guillen an undisclosed amount and ordered him to attend sensitivity training for making offensive comments in a media session before Tuesday's series opener.
The comment in question centered on Guillen referring to Mariotti with a slur to describe a homosexual. Guillen apologized to anyone he offended in the gay community once again on Thursday, and added that he not only understood Selig's decision but completely expected it.
"I think they did a good job," said Guillen, dressed in street clothes, talking about Selig and Major League Baseball. "The commissioner [does] what he [has] to do. They don't agree with what I say. Me either. I agree with what I say about Jay.
"The commissioner did what was great for baseball. Mariotti and his partners should be happy. I talked to the commissioner and I expect them to move on and continue with the season. I don't regret what I say about Jay. I regret what I say about the community."
Selig and Guillen talked briefly by phone Thursday afternoon, where the commissioner expressed his disappointment and displeasure with Guillen's comment. Guillen said that White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf also reprimanded him for his word choice, as both his boss and his friend, and completely agreed with Selig's decision.
The fine from Selig comes along with a one-game suspension for Guillen and a second fine in relation to the beanball incident with David Riske and the Cardinals late in Tuesday's contest. Riske was suspended for three games for his role, although the reliever is appealing the decision.
"I hope it's not too much money," said Guillen with a smile of the impending fine from Selig. "I'll be working two or three weeks without getting paid."
In a statement from Major League Baseball, Selig explained his reasoning behind the fine and the decision for the sensitivity training.
"On Tuesday night, Ozzie Guillen used language that is offensive and completely unacceptable," Selig said. "Baseball is a social institution with responsibility to set appropriate tone and example.
"Conduct or language that reflects otherwise will not be tolerated. The use of slurs embarrasses the individual, the club and the game."
Even in the midst of this serious situation, Guillen brought a little levity to the proceedings when the topic of the sensitivity training was brought up. Guillen honestly explained that he had no idea what the training entailed, and then added that he hoped the sessions would start after noon because he doesn't get up before that time of the day.
Scott Reifert, the White Sox vice president of communications, quickly added that there was no set amount of classes for the training sessions or a time frame given for them to be completed. The White Sox would handle the schedule of said sessions for Guillen.
"The commissioner's office has asked us to set it up," Reifert said. "What we will do is we will call EAP, employee assistance people, and they are on staff.
"If I had an issue, I could go to the EAP folks and they would connect us through their network to who we needed to talk to. We will go to them and tell them we need to find a sensitivity trainer and they will recommend someone. We would like to find someone who is bilingual, but we haven't made those calls yet."
The bilingual trainer squelched Guillen's slightly tongue-in-cheek worries about not having a strong enough grasp of the English language to understand everything the person had to say. But Guillen clearly understood that his slur used in his diatribe against Mariotti is and always will be unacceptable, even as the feud with Mariotti burns on.
"It's not good for baseball because I put Bud Selig in a spot he's not supposed to be," Guillen said. "It's done and hopefully we will learn from this and move on.
"I learned one thing [that is] real important in my career. Don't talk to anyone off the record. I trust a lot of people here because I [have] called Jay worse names than that. A lot worse.
"But we are in the country where you have to be careful what you say," Guillen added. "I have to pick my friends and who are the people I can trust. And that's it. You might hear less quotes from me than in the past. I think Ozzie won't be the friendly person he was in the past and that will hurt a lot of people."
Scott Merkin is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I will be putting together an Ivy Bridge system on a (probably) MSI Z77 board. I'd like to use a heatpipe cooler (ie Corsair A70 or Coolermaster Hyper 212) but I've heard that they can sometimes have problems with overlapping the RAM chips, especially those with tall heatsinks. A few questions:
1) Is the interference generally avoided by using regular profile memory? 4x4Gb appears to be cheaper than 2x8GB and more options are available for bargain hunters like myself.
2) If there is a physical conflict with tall RAM heatsinks, is it usually limited to just the first first RAM slot? If I need to get 2x8GB to avoid problems, I will.
3) Is the interference usually just due the 120mm fan? If so, then I can just run a single fan config and just get whatever good RAM is on sale at the time and not worry about it?


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Today on March 17, 2009, sent the following to Tech Support via their special online form at www.zonealarm.com/tsform:
About 6 months ago, my Anti-Virus and Spyware definitions started to always update hourly, even when set I set them to update every 24 hours.
I have uninstalled ZASS 8.0.059.00 and reinstalled a fresh clean installation (twice) with no change.
I really like ZASS and have used it for many years. I would like to keep using it and it would be a shame if this hourly update bug leads me to try another product when my ZASS 3-License Key expires in 78 Days.
I've see many others complaining of this same issue over the last 6 months in the ZA Support Forum and still no resolution has been reported (other than to report this to technical support).
Six months now without resolution?
Please advise .... Should I finally try Kaspersky Internet Security when my ZASS subscription expires in 78 days? I have a new unopened 3-License Retail Box of Kaspersky sitting next to my desk (from a Christmas present).
Thank you
I hope ZA can finally fix this bug within the next couple of months .... I really want to keep using ZASS, but the hourly AV/Spyware Updates are annoying.
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text: Thank you. Nadal is a great clay courter, and so was Bjorn Borg. You could argue that Federer would have won more FO titles had it not been for Nadal, but you can make that argument for other players as well. You still have to win that final match, even without a tough rival facing you. I agree though, every player has pluses and minuses, including Federer, Nadal, Sampras, Borg, and perhaps Laver as well. Nadal does have a very good record versus Federer, on every surface besides indoors. Federer has only slight edge over Nadal on hard courts (head to head).


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Even when I remove the the network cable I still get a low beep. This never happened to me before. I had Linux installed using this card with out a network hook-up and I never got a low beep. All I am trying to connect to is a shared printer, not really a network.
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He doesn't fit the definition whether it's a little or a lot.
He doesn't fit the definition whether it's a little or a lot.
I hope Jose is a Raptor lifer ... he is already the best Raptor PG ever, judged on time wearing the dino - and is a class act. If he could start another year or two and transition into a leadership and stability role as a back-up ... why not?
The only way to bag a classy lady is to give her two tickets to the gun show... and see if she likes the goods.
Clearly I'm kidding with this, but seriously, I understand the technicality, but lets say we keep Jose until his final year, and then trade him because we know he's done, or he wants to go somewhere else(maybe we'd be bad again by then, and since Jose's game is not very athletic to begin with, he may still be useful as a 2nd or 3rd PG), and he's traded away for 40-50 games...would you then disqualify him as a lifer? I think there needs to be some flexibility. If your definition is very rigid, I'd say I doubt Jose will be a lifer, and these days it's usually just franchise guys like Duncan, Kobe, etc...who can be and usually choose to be. And even some of those calibre players just choose to go elsewhere.
Sorry, I think I dissed PJ Tucker, who played a whole 17 games for us before washing out of the league and going to Europe.
Source: The SunDon't hold your breath on the Raptors using the amnesty clause this season.
Certainly where Jose Calderon is concerned, you can pretty much forget about it.
Calderon, who has a year left and 10.561-million on his contract has been speculated in the past as a potential amnesty target.
The amnesty clause was included in the NBA collective bargaining agreement signed in December and allows teams a one-time only opportunity to get out from under their worst contracts.
The Knicks did it with Chauncey Billups and the Orlando Magic did it with the Gilbert Arenas deal. Toronto could use it to free up more cap space, but Colangelo sounds very reluctant to use it at all and even more reluctant to use it on Calderon's final year.
"There is no promise or assurance there and I'd say based on the progress of Jose Calderon — he's the one that everyone targets as that potential amnesty piece — I can share with you that there is tremendous value on this team for Jose Calderon within the coaching staff, within the management team, within the locker room," Colangelo said. "All of our post-season meetings with the players led us to a clear conclusion that there's a few leaders in that locker room and one of them is Jose Calderon. The players have a tremendous amount of respect for him."
Somebody in here was questioning Jose's leadership but they had no backup. Here's some more information counter to your point.
I don't think Colangelo wants to amnesty Calderon, but if a player becomes available (say Rudy Gay), who requires an extra $10 million in cap space to obtain, I bet Colangelo thinks long and hard about it.
Jay Bay can take over next season
Sure but that doesn't mean he would do a good job at it. I could take over next season but believe me, you don't want to see that.
Hey don't hate on Mr.Bigshot Bayless. He's the next Chauncey Billups, future starting pg
Expiring contracts ARE valuable, IF you are willing to bring back a multi-yeared contract. In Barbosa's case Colangelo was doing him a favour.
Good point. There were probably better offers for Barbosa with salary commitments beyond next season (which goes against what Colangelo was looking for).
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text: I wrote this for my blog but wanted to post it here as well... Before I begin, I am not suggesting this is easy, but it can be done, and if you take the time to do it, it can be a very big step for your business. That being said, this industry certainly has changed over the last 15-20 years. It is far more competitive and even easier to get into the business. Add these facts to a struggling economy and you are going to see plenty of people jumping into the industry with high hopes and very little understanding of how to operate and grow a business that actually makes money. People like this don't always have bad intentions. In other words, they may drive prices down in your area and certainly that is never a good thing. But for now, let's chalk this up to just not knowing any better. But before long, these people are in deep and have very little to look forward to. They are in over their heads, probably have some debt they wish they didn't have (trucks and equipment) and a customer list they are not sure they are going to be able to service come spring time. But because they see no way out, many of them will just trudge along, get back to work in the spring and cross their fingers hoping things will change or an option will be presented. This is where you come in. I will give you an example of my own - the exact way I did this so it makes sense. I knew in my area that there were a few recent start-ups. I also heard what they were charging and I certainly could see them driving around in their trucks with new equipment. This was a green light for me. Did I have a couple people tell me to get lost? Yes, they weren't happy with me. Reason being is I suggested they sell me their business. Some were offended because they had yet to experience the pain of no profit. Others were just too embarassed to admit defeat. But several were all ears. I approached them with a letter (the letter I have used successfully is included in The Lawn Letter). I asked them to contact me if they wanted to talk. The phone started ringing. The usual first words were... "Got your letter, what do ya have in mind?" I explained to them the benefits of me taking over their business, why it made sense, why it would be a huge load off their shoulders and how they could get out from underneath their situation and even make some money in the process. I was willing to take it all - trucks, equipment, and especially the customers. Of course things needed to make sense for me as well as them. If I determined they had equipment and vehicles worth taking, I took them. If the customers were not horribly underbid, I took them. This requires some math which I get into in The Lawn Letter, but once the math checks out, I gave them the final proposition. One business owner I acquired had a used truck, 3 mowers, hand held equipment and 45 clients. He told me he felt the truck was worth $2,500, he said he paid $14,000 for the equipment, and the clients made him around $32,000 the year before. So I asked him what he wanted total for the business. His response.... "I don't know, I guess what it's worth - $48,000." I explained to him in detail what things were really worth - used kbb.com to show him the truck value, explained what equipment with one season's use was worth and then broke down that the clients were not worth what he generated in gross revenue. Instead they were worth a multiplier per mowing price. I suggested 2.5 x the mowing price. The average mowing price was $35. With 45 clients, $35 per mow multiplied by 2.5, the price I suggested was $3,937.50. He wasn't thrilled and countered with $6,000. We met in the middle at around $5,000 for the customers. When it was all said and done, we agreed the truck was worth $2,100, the equipment was worth $8,500 and the clients were worth $5,000. The total would be $15,600. He was anxious at that point. His initial assumption was that I was going to give him a check for $15,600. I asked him if I could see the signed customer contracts. Uh oh... He said he didn't have any signed contracts, but they were good customers and they would definitely stick with me after the acquisition. I frowned and told him I could not buy the business, truck, and equipment without signed contracts. The mere thought of going from selling his fledgling business for $15,600 to having to go back out in the field and do it again in the spring put an immediate look of pain on his face. I looked at him and said... "Maybe we can still make this work." I proposed to him that he sell me his truck, equipment and customer list for $14,000 and I would pay him in 18 equal monthly installments of $778. He wasn't thrilled with the idea, but I explained once again, the benefits of choosing this option. He agreed. Those 45 customers ended up being 38 customers - we lost 7 before we even got a chance to do anything for them - that happens. The remaining 38 clients that year generated $106,400 in revenue for us. He got paid monthly, I didn't pay a penny out of my pocket, the clients were happier being with a full-service professional company and the equipment and truck found a good home. I've bought out companies in this fashion 9 times now. You can do it too.


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OCEAN CITY – "This year we ride," is the theme that aptly sums up the driving force behind the new Delmarva Bike Week itinerary, with the traditional anchor location at Ocean Downs out and six different locations across Delmarva in for the 2008 motorcycle event.
Delmarva Bike Week, typically the banner event for the fall season in the resort, will be held from Sept. 11-14 this year, but with a unique twist.
Delmarva Bike Week started in 2001 and was held in Whaleyville for two years before moving to Ocean Downs, where it has been held for the past five years. However traffic issues related to Route 589 as well as the aim to allow bikers with more opportunity to ride, prompted the decision to spread the event out across Delmarva, providing various stopping points.
Delmarva Bike Week organizers announced the locations this week, which will include stops in Ocean City, Seaford and a major gathering in Salisbury.
''Riders will not be bottled up in just one location as before,'' said Delmarva Bike Week's Bruce Bennett. ''This will be an even better opportunity to not only enjoy Ocean City, but travel to Wicomico County and then up to Harley-Davidson of Seaford and get a taste of the heart of Delmarva."
Harley Davidson of Seaford and Ocean City will serve as the headquarters for the week, with the rest of the event centered around six other locations, chosen partly on their long-time support of Delmarva Bike Week.
Locally, Bike Week activities will be held at Seacrets and the Francis Scott Key. The largest county event will take place at the end of Sunset Avenue in West Ocean City, home to Sunset Grille, Teasers and Sunset Marina.
The largest location will be in Salisbury, at Winter Place Park, where events such as Pork in the Park are held.
''It really is the best of both worlds: the resort beaches and great scenic riding," said Bennett.
While Bike Week will consist of anchor locations, riders will stop intermittently throughout town as usual, staying at hotels, dining out, and visiting a variety of the local bars and retail stores.
Ocean City Hotel-Motel-Restaurant-Association Executive Director Susan Jones commented on the new set-up this week, predicting business as usual for Bike Week this September.
"I think it will be okay. Certainly bikers like to ride so this will give them a chance to move around more," said Jones.
Jones added that an increase in motorcycle travels throughout the area could benefit local businesses.
"There might be some businesses that will be seeing more business, whereas before they were all concentrated at Ocean Downs," she said.
Bike Week has grown significantly over the past seven years, starting out with 20,000 visitors and growing as large as 150,000 visitors in some years.
While gas prices and the economy have been anticipated as major factors in tourist travel this year, Jones predicts it will not have much of an affect on the bike week crowd, who generally plan all year for Delmarva Bike Week.
"We should hopefully still see the same amount of people this year. Time will tell though," she said.


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A Bombardier spokesperson told Railway Age the Edmonton stop is one of four planned by the company. The tour began July 1 (during Canada Day festivities) in Surrey, British Columbia, moving to Granville Island (Vancouver, B.C.) July 6-8, before visiting Edmonton.
The Flexity Freedom tour visits Calgary, Alberta, July 18-20.
The model on tour boasts the ability to cut energy costs by 30% hold up to 1,000 people, and even be designed for driverless operation, according to Steve Hall, Bombardier general manager for Western Canada. Hall also noted simple passenger amenities also matter. "If you want to get people out of their cars and attract more people, you've got to offer them an attractive alternative. That's why you see the big windows, it's light, it's airy, it's comfortable," he told local media in Edmonton.
Edmonton is weighing its design approach to a light rail transit extension planned for the city's southeastern area. The city was the first to launch a modern light rail transit line in North America, opening its initial system in April 1978. Current system ridership is estimated at about 95,000 passengers per day.


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AIF321 - Contemporary Issues in Indonesia
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As an advanced third year unit, Indonesian language is used to explore and analyse a range of contemporary issues in Indonesia. Issues studied will have relevance to various professional settings including education, development and the media. Content will extend to complex issues where students will undertake individual research to report on an area of interest in greater detail. Discussion and analysis will be undertaken in writing and in spoken form. This unit is highly suitable for students who are considering further study, such as Honours.
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Is this the same package as the level 5 "linux-image-generic" package, or something differentThe following package will be installed:
A level 3 update should not trigger a level 5 update, so it would be reasonable to assume that they are different packages. If so, the level 5 package would have to be the real kernel. But then what is the level 3 package? Or is the level 3 update actually triggering a kernel update?


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All The Dumb Things Facebook Wants Celebs to Post for the Super Bowl
Facebook has brokered a Superbowl deal with a short list of semi-famous athletes, one CNN anchor, and Fergie's husband. If these stars use Facebook to share a specific kind and number of posts during the big game, the company promises "amplified distribution" and "exposure to new FB fans."
Re/Code's Peter Kafka got his hands on the pitch letter Facebook was sending out to talent agents. It really helps explain why so few celebs agreed to this. Facebook's list of demands is very specific and lame, and will look even lamer now that Re/Code has exposed the strings moving their social media mouths.
Scrolling through backstage riders to critique a celebrity's insane demands has been a venerable American tradition since at least Van Halen's aversion to brown M&Ms. This is the creepo tech version.
"Commentary on performance by National Anthem singer and/or Bruno Mars"? That could have been written by Dave Eggers. Or a robot. Who knows, maybe Google X is working on some hybrid of both:
Public Figure to provide:
Target of 5 – 10 posts during SB using #SB48. Posts should be mix of status updates, photos, and/or short form video. Post topics could include:
o Pre-game photo of your viewing party
o Questions to fan asking them who they thing will win the game
o Commentary on performance by National Anthem singer and/or Bruno Mars at Halftime
o Commentary on big momentum plays (scores, turnovers, penalties)
o Analysis of what you think the teams should be doing (e.g. "John Fox has to run a fake punt here to get the Broncos back in the game")
o Commentary on funny SB commercials
o Congratulatory note to winning team/ specific players at end of game
Encourage fans to upload comments with #FBSBWatch on your page or to their timelines and @reply to their comments
Facebook to provide:
Amplified distribution on posts to your current FB Page fans via our internal organic and ad credit tools
Exposure to new FB fans including:
o Fans of SB athletes you mention in posts (e.g. mention Russell Wilson or Richard Sherman and we show the posts to those fans)
o Fans of SB teams you mention in posts (e.g. mention the Broncos and we show the posts to those fans)
Exclusive access to new FB Pages app to facilitate the posting via mobile and enable fan engagement
Press partnership to highlight your participation in "Watch With" program and your FB posts
Amplified promotion and features on Sports on FB Page
Re/Code says this is all part of Facebook's plan to encourage stars to post "public content" on their platform. You know, the way they naturally do on Twitter and Instagram, nudged along by a few thousand dollars here or there.
As I've noted in the past, Facebook has been explicit about its pitch: Publish with us, and we'll pay you back with eyeballs.
Maybe Facebook should try mellowing out its demands. You're never gonna get the cool celebrities by being so uptight about it.
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The Reality TV I'll Admit to Watching
I have to admit it...I'm a Shark Tank addict. Even though I wouldn't buy a lot of the products on the show, one of the things I love about it is how the program champions the value of the "speed pitch", a concept most entrepreneurs struggle with. Getting quickly to an easy-to-understand value proposition is the first place most pitch folks trip. I always know when the Sharks ask a presenter, "what are you actually selling?" that things will go south fast.
Another common refrain that forebodes "no deal" from the Sharks is "what you are saying is that you want me to work for my money?" Sharks then go on to lament that the entrepreneur is merely a poseur, and not adequately driven to make their potential business successful.
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Sports world reacts to Manny suspension
Leading voices in sportswriting give their thoughts on news
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Here are excerpts from some of the leading voices in American sportswriting offering their responses to Thursday's news:
"He has been suspended for 50 games after testing positive for a banned substance, but it could be 500 games for all I care. The Dodgers need to get rid of this knucklehead. They need to get rid of him now. They can't build their team on fakery. They can't win championships with a charlatan. They can't fall for his act again. ... In earlier columns I warned the Dodgers against giving Ramirez a long-term deal because of his potential for combustion, but I never thought he would be suspended for something like this. Nobody whispered his name as a juicer, and everybody's name has been whispered. His body didn't look like it belonged to a juicer, and I'm always looking. I never believed in his flirtations with teammates and media, but I always believed in his training regimen and baseball acumen. I was worried about him dogging it, not drugging it. No more." --Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times
"No, somewhere between Rafael Palmeiro wagging his finger at congressmen and Mark McGwire saying that he didn't want to talk about the past and Jason Giambi saying he was sorry without saying what for and Alex Rodriguez telling Katie Couric that he didn't use steroids at all, our obligation to believe any my-dog-ate-my-homework story ended, and now we can assume the worst. Manny made a statement, and in it he stated that a physician gave him a medication, 'not a steroid,' that 'was banned under our drug policy.' At some point in the future, Manny may also say that he never touched steroids before, and that his production into his late 30s was a complete coincidence. Our response will be this: Whatever." --Buster Olney, ESPN.com
"Whatever you've thought of baseball's testing program, Ramirez's suspension Thursday adds credibility to it. Loads. Because this side of A-Rod or, perhaps, Albert Pujols, there is no bigger fish in the game. For baseball to whack an impact player like Manny, Lordy, Lordy. The reverberations will be felt deep into the corners of every clubhouse in the game. ... All we know for sure is, the game suffered another cataclysmic earthquake on Thursday. Manny, dreadlocks and all, will never be viewed the same again." --Scott Miller, Sportsline.com
"You have to be an idiot to flunk a drug test. You have to be an even bigger idiot to flunk one at a time when baseball players are under greater scrutiny than ever. Which brings us to Manny Ramirez. As if there was any doubt, he is now the village idiot of baseball. Maybe the Dodgers can make a T-shirt out of that, replacing all of their "Mannywood" paraphernalia. ... Step right up, Manny, to the Hall of Shame. You've got plenty of company -- A-Rod, Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens; Rafael Palmeiro, Gary Sheffield and Mark McGwire. Your basic A-list, courtesy of the Steroid Era. With, surely, more to come." --Ken Rosenthal, FoxSports.com
"The Steroid Era is lingering a lot longer than hoped for, but the era of naïveté is over. It's pretty hard for a player to now claim that he's being shot up by a doctor with some unknown substance. It's too late for that story. It's pretty hard to believe now that Manny's numbers aren't tainted. The half-season he played in Los Angeles is beyond explanation, at least, until today, quite possibly. He is hitting almost .400 since he got to L.A., and he resurrected a storied organization's latest team. He hit .520 in the playoffs last year, he's a superstar in his 30s and he achieved the inexplicable. Now we may know why." --Jon Heyman, SI.com
"Think about the group stained now. Arguably the best pitcher since World War II, Roger Clemens, The all-time homer leader, Barry Bonds. The two players who captured America's attention in 1998 by dueling for the single-season homer mark, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa. Alex Rodriguez, the presumptive heir to Hank Aaron and Bonds. Two other 500-homer men, Rafael Palmeiro and Gary Sheffield. The 500-homer club used to be exclusive and bathed in great glory. It is now a rogue's gallery. It is a symbol of a time in baseball history not to be believed, a time of artificial muscle and fairy tale results." --Joel Sherman, New York Post
"We look at the 2004 banner again. I always thought that, for the rest of my life, I would look at that banner and think only good thoughts. Now, there's a mental asterisk that won't go away. I wish I could take a pill to shake it from my brain. I see 2004 and 2007, and think of Manny and Papi first and foremost. The modern-day Ruth and Gehrig. One of the great one-two punches in sports history. Were they cheating the whole time? Was Pedro cheating, too? That 2004 banner makes me think of these things now. I wish it didn't, but it does. This makes me sad. This makes me profoundly sad. My son can read it in my face. I am sad. He can see it. 'That's OK, Dad,' he says, rubbing my shoulder. 'Everyone cheated back then.'" --Bill Simmons, ESPN.com "If any baseball superstar is capable of taking a medication in all innocence, and then finding out that something in it is included on Major League Baseball's banned list of substances it is Manny Ramírez. It certainly fits the profile. After all, who should know better than us? If there's a profile of a banned substance abuser -- and I'm not sure there is -- Manny does not fit it. Sudden change in body configuration? Nope. Big surge in power output? Nope. Manny never even hit 50. He did have a homer jump from 26 in 1997 to 45 in 1998, but that was after hitting 31 in 1995 and 33 in 1996. He was a maturing young slugger; that's all. I think." --Bob Ryan, The Boston Globe
"Manny went out to Los Angeles and had himself a few wonderful weeks last autumn. The Dodgers have built their offense around him and are selling a pair of left-field seats for $99 and calling the section Mannywood. Lately there were suggestions in the Los Angeles press that the Dodgers lock up Manny for the long run. At the same time, his samples were simmering in a test tube, with bells and whistles going off, conferences behind closed doors ... Maybe he comes back. Maybe the Dodgers hang on through the suspension. Maybe he can still play without whatever he was taking. But down the line comes a jury of sportswriters, who wish they had been a little more astute back in 1998, and now have the chance to vote Manny on or off the island known as the Hall of Fame. Good luck with that. Rooms facing the lake in Cooperstown, coming up soon." --George Vecsey, The New York Times
"MLB must stop this assault on its game by the drug-using narcissists intent on ruining it. The slow burn of star after shamed star will come to roost unless MLB saves itself by doing what it should have so long ago. Banish the cheats. Forget suspensions. Kick them out of the game. Forever. On the first positive. Take their money, their fame, their livelihood. Punish them for the disrespect they showed a sport that deserves so much better." --Jeff Passan, Yahoo! Sports
"At least, Ramirez's lie is better than Mark McGwire irritating those on Capitol Hill by saying again and again, 'I'm not here to talk about the past.' It's also better than Roger Clemens throwing his mother, wife and best friend under the bus when the feds suggested that he won all of those games and all of those awards beyond doing an extra set of bench presses. Even so, Ramirez resides in McGwire and Clemens territory, which means, just like those two, every team and every player that Ramirez has shared a uniform with through the years is tainted forever. Is that fair? No, but neither was Manny being a fraud along the way to helping to propel his teams to victories they didn't deserve." --Terence Moore, Fanhouse.com
"As you watch the latest baseball icon of this tainted era crash and burn, tip your cap to Ken Griffey Jr. Today it was Manny Ramirez, the goofy but hugely productive outfielder for the Dodgers. He violated baseball's drug policy, and now will try to convince an increasingly cynical populace that it was all a mistake. We've heard that one before. My hunch is not many will buy it. ... And Griffey? I'm not so naïve as to make a blanket declaration that any player of this era is clean. But I know this: his peers believe he's clean. And he is the one superstar that is not surrounded by innuendo, whispers and doubts. ... So while you ponder the batting average hovering around .200 and the declining bat speed, remember that Griffey is doing what 39-year-old players do. He's slowing down. It's the natural way of the world -- far more common than the unbelievable late-career surges by the likes of Bonds and Clemens." --Larry Stone, The Seattle Times
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There's lots of exciting new research in breast cancer reduction. First, a technique to produce 3D breast X-rays was developed to help researchers spot tumors they might otherwise have missed. Then there was the slightly more questionable claim by a British researcher who claimed to have developed cancer-detecting bras.
Now there's world of another more technical exciting advance in breast cancer detection. Researchers from Helsinki University Central Hospital, Turku University Central Hospital (Finland), the Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (Finland), the University Hospital of Grenoble (France), the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Hamburg (Germany) and the Biomedical experimental station (beamline) at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) have developed a new 3D scanning technique that will allow significantly higher resolution images than traditional X-rays.
Traditional breast cancer checks with X-rays fail to detect 10 to 20 percent of breast cancer, due to the fact that some women, particular younger women have denser breast tissue. More accurate results are possible with X-ray computed tomography (CT) -- 3D X-ray scans, as discussed in the prior article here at DailyTech. The problem with CT is that its accuracy is dependent on the dose of radioactive tracer used, and the breast is extremely radiosensitive -- in other words the scan to fix breast cancer, could cause cancer. Thus CT scanning is limited to only use on tissue samples.
The researchers developed a new CT technique, which allows the researchers to view the breasts at unprecedented resolutions. Not only that, but it did it all with clinically acceptable doses. The new technique, dubbed Analyzer-Based X-ray Imaging (ABI) is expected to soon be able to be used in vivo (on a patient's living body). Its accuracy was verified by a preliminary in vitro (tissue sample) test on a woman at the ESRF.
The new technique only requires one quarter of the radioactive tracer as tradition CT, while delivering 7 times the spatial resolution. The woman in the trials had lobular carcinoma (a diffusely growing cancer) a special type of hard-to-see cancer that X-ray mammograms and ultrasonographs typically miss. With the advances scans, the researchers were able to zoom in on previously unrecognizable details.
Describes Jani Keyriläinen, main author of the paper, "We can clearly distinguish more microcalcifications -small deposits of minerals which can indicate the presence of a cancer- than with radiography methods and improve the definition of their shapes and margins. If we compare the images with X-ray mammograms and conventional CT images, we can confirm that this technique performs extremely well."
Alberto Bravin explains one problem of deploying an in vivo version in clinics stating, "The technique does not require sophisticated and expensive synchrotron radiation facilities. (However) it would not be viable to use X-ray tubes, as exposure times would be too long and this would be incompatible with clinical practice."
With researchers close to achieving commercial compact high-energy X-ray generators, such as the experimental tabletop X-FEL machine of the Munich Advanced Center for Photonics- MAP, the new technology may be able to be performed on living tissue. The development of high power X-rays is the key, as traditional ones take too long, and would still be hazardous.
Despite the disclaimer, Mr. Bravin says the new technique is much safer and more accurate than the previous CT method. He states, "With these machines (high power X-rays) it would definitely be possible to apply this technique to clinical practice and, in this way, contribute actively to a more efficient detection of breast cancer."
The research is reported in the most recent edition of the journal Radiology.


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Edmonton Oilers winger Taylor Hall is leaving his American Hockey League team in Oklahoma City—briefly—in an attempt to get back on the ice.
One of the Oilers' top prospects, Hall is flying back to Edmonton on Sunday to see a doctor on Monday. If he's cleared to play, he'll rejoin his AHL teammates on the ice later in the week, the Edmonton Sun reports.
Hall hasn't played a game since March 16, when he was knocked unconscious on a hit from Calgary Flames defenseman Cory Sarich, and he is recovering from offseason shoulder surgery.
"It feels good," Hall told the newspaper. "It's felt good for a long time. I'm sure I could have started the season in the NHL. I just haven't been cleared yet. That's up to the doctor Monday. I'm pretty hopeful I will be."
In 65 games last season, Hall scored 22 goals and finished with 42 points.
The No. 1 overall pick in 2010, Hall signed a $42 million extension in August, before the lockout.
He was also the first of three consecutive No. 1 picks for the Oilers, who selected Ryan Nugent-Hopkins with the top pick in 2011 and Nail Yakupov in the most recent draft.


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Roy Oswalt Deal Is Done
The deal is done. The Phillies sent 2009 runner up for Rookie of the Year, pitcher JA Happ, minor league outfielder Anthony Gose, and short stop Jonathan Villar to Houston in exchange for Roy Oswalt and a yet-to-be-determined amount of cash. It may be around $11 million.
As I said earlier, I think Happ was too high a price to pay for Oswalt. Not to mention the depletion of the farm system that Ruben Amaro Jr. used as an excuse to send Cliff Lee packing. If he was going to rob the farm, why did he not just keep Lee? Frustrating.
How the trade pans out remains to be seen. Of course, Oswalt is a great pitcher. Just hope he stays healthy. He will pitch tomorrow in DC against the Nationals. Roy Halladay also made his debut for the Phillies against the Nats in DC. Coincidence or fate? If he pitches anything like Halladay, that would be great.
I still feel bad for Happ who I think got a raw deal here with all the Phillies have put him through the last several years. And who pitches better in the 2nd half will be interesting to see. Amaro's legacy is now riding on the combined trades of Halladay, Oswalt and Lee, plus the severely weakened farm system. Only time will tell how it all pans out.


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SANTA CLARA, Calif. — If he casts his mind back to 2010, San Jose Earthquakes defender Justin Morrow can still vividly remember being worked over in practices by the shifty moves of then-teammate Arturo Alvarez.
Alvarez may be long gone from San Jose, but the lessons he imparted on the raw rookie out of Notre Dame are bearing fruit today for the Quakes.
Drafted on the strength of his impressive speed and athleticism, Morrow has quietly and patiently developed into a solid defensive presence for the Quakes — something that was plainly evident Wednesday in San Jose's 2-1 victory over FC Dallas.
OPTA Chalkboard: Quakes keep flowing Dallas off board
HIGHLIGHTS: San Jose 2, FC Dallas 1
With Schellas Hyndman's team dominating play for vast portions the first half, it was up to San Jose's defense to turn aside dangerous passes at an alarming rate. And nobody had more such deflections than Morrow, a third-year player who dealt with the barrage so coolly that he was one shaken martini away from being mistaken for James Bond.
"Justin's playing as well as anybody, not just for us but in the league," San Jose coach Frank Yallop told reporters after the win. "Sometimes mentally, it takes a little while for the players coming out of college to come to grips with this league. And he's really got to grips with it."
Morrow and his mates helped hold the fort against an early Dallas onslaught until Marvin Chávez (12th minute) and Alan Gordon (45th) could give them some breathing room.
"He's playing great," Earthquakes star Chris Wondolowski said of Morrow. "He's been a stalwart this whole year. ... A whole lot of [his performance] doesn't go in the stat book, but you can see how well he's been playing."
Morrow is the only Quakes player to have been on the field for all 1,890 minutes worth of MLS action so far this season. That's more than double the 869 combined minutes he earned in his first two professional seasons, and he feels that playing time is a large contributing factor to the maturity in his game.
"I think it's just getting more experience, getting more games, and we have great veteran leadership on this team, so I've learned as much as I can from them," Morrow told MLSsoccer.com. "Dallas has some of the fastest guys in the league up top – Jackson, [Brek] Shea and [Fabián] Castillo, which is a really hard trio to handle. If you can play well against those guys, I think you can do pretty well in this league."
Morrow said that he apologized to Wondolowski after committing what he called a "bonehead move" -- jumping the gun on the Golden Boot leader's 61st-minute penalty kick. Wondolowski's successful strike was called back for Morrow's encroachment, and the retake was saved by Dallas goalkeeper Kevin Hartman.
And Morrow also allowed that the Quakes' defenders were not getting too caught up in patting themselves on the back after allowing an 89th-minute goal to Hernán Pertúz and a 94th-minute penalty kick -- which Jair Benítez missed, sparing San Jose the pain of losing two points at the death.
"I think a lot of guys feel like this wasn't a win tonight," Morrow said. "It almost feels like a bad result. Luckily we did get the points, and we can move on from here, but we did learn a lesson."


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– Despite UConn's lofty record, Geno Auriemma admitted something has been missing from his team. The Huskies may have finally found it.
UConn turned a two-point halftime lead into a rout playing a nearly flawless second half.
"The last 20 minutes of the game was as much fun as I've had in a long, long time," Auriemma said.
A fiery halftime speech from the Hall of Fame coach seemed to have sparked his team.
"Tonight the frustration came out of me in the locker room," Auriemma said. "Kelly (Faris) turned all that frustration into concentration and aggressiveness that helped us find a little bit of what was missing. ... Now the key is holding on to it and adding to it."
Kelly Faris was everywhere. She finished with 18 points, 12 rebounds and six assists in No. 3 UConn's 79-49 victory over the fourth-ranked Blue Devils on Monday night. It was the first loss of the season for Duke.
The senior guard seemed to get her hand on every loose ball and also shut down Duke point guard
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"There have been some legends wearing that Connecticut uniform," Auriemma said. "I don't know if anyone represented that uniform, herself, her family the way that kid did tonight. I know there are a lot of players out there that are really good. I know there are a lot of All-Americans who have played here. That was one for the ages right there."
Auriemma gave Faris a giant hug when he took her out of the game with 1:36 left. Usually that show of emotion is saved for the end of the season.
The Blue Devils were the last unbeaten team in men's or women's Division I basketball. The last time the Blue Devils came up to Connecticut two years ago they were also unbeaten and the Huskies had one loss. UConn won that game 87-51.
For 20 minutes the Blue Devils hung tough with UConn. That quickly changed in the second half. UConn (17-1) held a two-point lead at halftime and jumped right out on Duke in the second half. After trading baskets, the Huskies scored 20 of the next 25 points to take over led by Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, who finished with 21 points, and Faris.
The Blue Devils (16-1) never could recover.
"Coach was pretty mad at halftime," Faris said. "The most he's been mad in a while. When we came out in the second half, we brought the energy and all fed off each other. That's what makes us a good team when we all feed off each other."
Duke, which hadn't had a team come within single digits all season, was able to stay with UConn in the first half because of the Huskies' sloppiness with the ball. UConn had 12 turnovers at the break. Associate head coach Chris Dailey implored the crowd at halftime when she was interviewed to yell "No more turnovers." The Huskies listened, finishing the game with only three more.
The Blue Devils also contained Stefanie Dolson in the first half.
Dolson, who was scoreless in the first 20 minutes, had six points during the decisive run before picking up her fourth foul with 16:16 left in the game. That call drew the ire of Auriemma who stopped just short of picking up a technical foul.
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Williams finally ended a 5 1/2 minute drought for Duke with a hook shot with 10:41 left in the game. That only brought Duke within 17.
It didn't get any closer from there.
"It was a tale of two halves for us," McCallie said. "It's consistent for us, how we've been playing all year. We played some great 20-minute ball, but have been non-existent for 40 minutes. Give credit to Connecticut. They played well in the second half. There are some great lessons for us to learn from. It will allow us to become a better team."
With the victory, UConn kept alive its streak of 20 years without consecutive home losses at Gampel Pavilion. This was the first game played on campus since UConn lost to Notre Dame by a point on Jan. 5.
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Veteran gently worked Garner to get the start in Game 1
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Bagwell also told the skipper to make the best decision for the team and to toss the sentimental factor aside.
"He has a responsibilty for 24 other guys, and that's what's most important; not just getting Jeff Bagwell a chance to get a chance to hit in the World Series," Bagwell said. "It's a chance for us to win a World Series, and it has to be about that."
Garner did insert Bagwell into the lineup as the DH, batting sixth. Garner made the decision, he said, based on fact, not potential feel-good stories.
"There's obviously that emotion," Garner said. "I am very happy that I am able to do that. But the reason he is on the team in the first place -- and [general manager] Tim [Purpura] and I discussed it; we discussed it at length -- we all felt like he can help us, and that goes back to the playoff roster.
"The reason he's DH-ing tonight is because I think he can help us win."
Said Bagwell: "I told Phil I don't want this to be a charity case or sentimental pick. That's not what Phil is about. He's a standup guy and he's going to be honest with me. This is what he wanted. He wanted me to be here and he wanted me to get an opportunity to play, because he thinks I can do something."
Bagwell has had a limited role through the postseason, making only three plate appearances in 10 playoff games in the first two rounds -- two in the Division Series, one in the NL Championship Series.
But with 449 career home runs on his resume, Bagwell was the logical choice, in Garner's view, to bolster his lineup in preparation for two days of American League baseball.
"We're not talking about chopped liver here," Garner said. "Yeah, he had surgery and he's not swung the bat like we know Bagwell has in the past, which is with power. But he's still a guy that's going to give you a great at-bat, and he can get you a great at-bat when the game's on the line."
Plus, there's the added element of Bagwell's reputation.
"Look how he was pitched to when he came in to games," Purpura said. "You see the manager, the pitching coach run out to the mound when he gets into the box. He's still respected. He still can be a force in the lineup and he can still give you good at-bats."
What, me worry? Believe it or not, the tension level among Astros players now, compared to during the NLCS, is seemingly a lot lower.
Hitting coach Gary Gaetti, who played for the World Series champion Twins in the 1987, said the pressure to get to the World Series and the pressure to win the World Series are entirely different.
"It's not like the Championship Series, where you're so close to getting there," Gaetti said. "Now that you're here, you can relax."
Purpura agreed.
"The ultimate goal is to win the World Series," he said. "But if you don't get there, you can't win it.
"Except for the fact that there's so much more attention on our guys, the time I've spent around them, they've been pretty loose. They're enjoying the experience, but they also know they've got a job to do."
Hey now, you're an All-Star: The last thing Garner is thinking about right now is next year's All-Star Game, but he did admit it was neat that he's going to be the National League manager in Pittsburgh, the very city where he won the World Series as a player.
"That has been brought up," he said. "It's funny how those things happen."
Garner harkens back to the 1979 Pirates often, and he considers his years in Pittsburgh among the happiest of his professional life. He especially liked the Phil Garner action figure the Pirates gave away during the 2004 season, when the Pirates celebrated a season-long commemoration of the 25th anniversary of that World Series club.
Garner, as he is quick to remind folks, hit .500 in that series.
Ryan Express: After some coaxing from Purpura, Nolan Ryan agreed to fly to Chicago for Game 1 of the World Series. But it's likely he'll sneak in and out of town unnoticed, because he told Purpura that he prefers to stay in the background as the Astros begin their pursuit of their first World Series championship.
"You will not see him on the field [during batting practice]," Purpura said. "He said, 'I'll come, but I do not want to get in the way, I don't want to cause any problems.' He just wants to watch the ballgame. It's great to have him here."
Modern technology: Thanks to e-mail, several pretty busy people were able to send their congratulations to club owner Drayton McLane in a quick, concise manner.
After the Astros clinched the National League pennant Wednesday night, both former President George Bush and President George W. Bush sent congratulatory e-mails.
McLane also heard from Rangers owner Tom Hicks.
"He was one of the first to contact me," McLane said.
Alyson Footer 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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Less than $3.00 for quality stakes.
Go down to REI and buy the real steal steel pegs ....cheap!
Or even better go to hardware store and get a really big nail with a washer. These really work well especially in sand.
Lightweight AL pegs found in all good backpacking tents are great for backpacking but NOT for old guys setting up at night from a MC ride.
http://www.backcountry.com/msr-groundhog-tent-stake-kit You're welcome.
I just saw this thread. The tent the OP was referring to was a Catoma tent. Those are a little unique in that they are "60 Second Tents". The entire tent is self-contained. You just unwrap it, shake it out, and click the poles into place--tent is setup in ~one minute.
Their tents are geared more toward firefighters that have to be able to set up & break down their equipment very quickly. Weight & length is not as much of an issue as it would be for motorcycle campers or backpackers. That said, their tents are longer & heavier than most. Their 2 plus 2 model is a monster for bike camping.
I have a Catoma Falcon, which at the time was the lightest, smallest, & least expensive tent they made. I learned the hard way that when you are camping in a mosquito infested area, you want to be able to set your tent up & be inside it quickly... My friends that I was riding with were both inside their tents laughing like crazy while I was outside unfolding poles & setting my tent up in a hoard of mosquitoes while swearing a blue streak. We camped in a different place every night on the road & that tent paid off big time.
I also have a Nemo Losi 2P tent & a Marmot Limelight 3. I bought those more for use at a destination camping trip where I needed vestibule space for my gear. Both are lightweight tents with short pole sections.
My first motorcycle camping tent was an REI Half Dome bought on eBay for$80. The seller was upgrading to a newer model of the same tent & had taken very good care of this one. I figured I couldn't lose on the deal--used it for years & was hard pressed to find anything better. I replaced it with the Marmot for more floor space & headroom. That REI tent was & still is a great bargain.
Bottom line: Buy the tent that fits what you plan to do with it & that fits your budget. One friend buys Wal Mart tents & has gone through several in a year. He now has Eureka. Bought new aluminum poles to replace the fiberglass ones so it would pack smaller.
There are a ton of threads here on tents along with ten times as many opinions as to what the best one is.....
light small cheap $120 factory outlet
shown here without the fly
I like those kinds of tents though there's no room inside for gear. Does the fly create a "vestibule" out front?
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I'm a big fan of the Kelty Zenith 2, that I bought at Target for 40 bucks. It was basically the same as another Kelty tent, except it came with fiberglass poles instead of lightweight aluminum.
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I was hoping to find that one locally but had no luck. I did buy the kelty salida which is the same thing but with aluminum poles. I believe it was about $150. It met all my criteria for space/easy setup/packed size/single vestibule/and while it wasnt a big factor for me it is fairly lightweight. The packed length is 17" which was the maximum that i could fit in my bag. I've only used it on one trip so far so I can't comment on long term durability yet but I think it was a good buy (so far!)
Another one I looked at is about $40 at wally world or big5 and packs down to 13" in length http://www.stansport.com/index.php/camp-and-hike/tents/tents/723-200-63-wwd.html
Another one that seemed worth looking at is this http://www.cabelas.com/dome-backpac...1&mr:keyword=&mr:match=&mr:filter=22549717391 I found the same one a while back on amazon for $69 and it has aluminum poles and packs down to 14".
Tent on the right, Marmot 2 man, double vestibule, double door. $105 on an email deal from sierratradingpost.com . Fast setup, small pack size, I think the poles fold to 15 inch. small enough to pack in my Ventura bag. Spent several hours in an absolutely scary thunderstorm this spring and got some water inside through the screen body from splashing in the puddles and bouncing back up under the fly. 4 yr's old and going strong, Buddy with $40 colemans.......not so successful.
Your tent snob fu is weak. You should only use TITANIUM tent stakes.
It's true. Once a shelter get's to small there's a lot of surplus room inside. But there is a little, and you can supplement by putting your gear in a large dry bag just outside the zipper w/in arms reach. I have one like this, but a large garbage bag would suffice.
When packing light I have two different bivy bags that I use depending on weather and w/the dry bag combo I do OK. It's a compromise.
I'm not say'n this is the most comfortable way to bivouac, I'm just say'n that it's not as bad as some would think.
I have a UL one person tent close to the size of that LL Bean above. The rain fly usually creates two small vestibules on each side.
biggest problem with small tents is if you have to hole up for a day or two because of weather or a breakdown
Yes, that's what I do when I use my Nemo GoGo. Since I switched to Kriega soft luggage (at least, for the short, "lightweight at all costs" sort of trips where I use a bivvy), I haven't even needed to carry separate dry bags to do this; I put kit back into the bags and leave it just outside my tent.
As Jeff says, it's far from the most comfortable/convenient way of camping. It's just that it's not quite as "leave that to the hardcore" as people might imagine.
Maybe because this guy puts more emphasis on comfort? To each his own I guess.
You see? Someone could argue that you don't need a full cookset when you're camping and ask you "why?"
To each his own gain.
Well, yes but 4# is less than 14#, ergo far superior!Plus then you can carry 10# of something else, which again is superior. Funny! Just like the shot a few ago about $40 Colemans. FWIW, my $30 Coleman has never leaked a drop nor had some backsplash water inflitration because the tub doesn't go up far enough on the sidewall mesh.
When I was shopping for a tent I gave in and paid more than I wanted, after using it thru pouring rain I was glad with the money spent on the tent
Woke up one morning 3AM with rain beating on the tent roof and water running under the tent, no leaks whatsoever, it rained like a river and I was in my tent dry, it was worth every penny. REI camp dome 2.
I learned thru the years that (you get for what you pay for) IS TRUE.:eek1
Well, been searchin for perfect tent for years but No luck so far.
Here are my requirements:
- 3 seasons tent;
- 3 persons ~ 2+gear;
- dome for good windprofeness;
- minimum 48 inches inside height, ideally 50, dont like cramped spaces, i need to at least sit straight inside;
- aluminium poles with ~15inches segment length to fit most panniers;
- max 9 lbs with footprint, ideally 7.
Any matches ?
REI and Campmor have pretty good search engines to find that kind of stuff.
Edited to add pics. You can look those up to see if they meet your height requirement. They seem to meet your other ones but the drop down search thing doesn have an option to sort by height.
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In short, you do get for what you pay for. It is no fun waking up in a puddle of water. I have seen even moderatly priced tents tear apart in a gnarly wind storm.
3 season tent= summer fall spring ( winter too but no snow) it will have lots of mesh and somewhat good venting.
4 season tent= winter snow and fall. Can withstand many feet of snow on top of it. Winds up to 70mph ( think Mt Everest) and will cost at least 2X that of a high quality 3 season tent
1person tent= just you, nothing else.
2person tent= you want gear, or 2 people who don't mind cuddling
3 person tent= 2 people plus gear
If you will be camping in the desert, try and find a tent with minimal mesh that won't zip up, blowing sand comes right on it though the mesh. I woke up in Death Valley with sand in my mouth and eyes.
I myself don't like to use stakes because you can only use them effectivly in a few kinds of places. The sand can't be to soft or to hard, ground has to be almost perfect in order for stakes to work right. I tie about 24" of cord on each tie down of the tent, this lets me tie the tent to anything. The bike, rocks, trees, bushes, logs, small animals. But with that being said I carry 4 stakes that came with the tent with me, just in case I run into the perfect ground.
The only thing I use the vestibule for is boots, anything else left out there will get muddy if it rains or filled with sand if its windy.
Another thing that I don't understand is the "motorcycle" tent with the little covered parking spot. These bikes are built to drive down the freeway in all kinds of weather going 65mph, why are people scared to leave them out over night?
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I can throw in my anecdote for opting for a better-than-average tent. I went on a trip years ago where several of us were camped out at a campground. I had a "good" tent, a Sierra Designs one that would be considered low end by gear snobs, but would be considered high end from Walmart shoppers, so I guess it was middle of the road in the scheme of things. Another guy had some sort of Walmart special like a Coleman or a Wenzel. As luck would have it, a huge storm came in during the night, lots of wind and rain. It was causing all sorts of commotion with my rain fly, but everything stayed in place and dry. At one point during the night, I heard what sounded like a car accident, if cars were made out of nylon, accompanied by some colorful language. I shouted out to see if the guy was OK, and he said he was, so I went back to sleep.
The next morning, the storm had passed and I did a check around my tent, and everything looked in place and dry. I went outside to see what the noise was last night, and the first thing I noticed was the guy's rain fly hanging about 10 feet up in a tree 75 yards away. His tent was some jumble of nylon and aluminum on the ground, that looked more like a pile of laundry than a shelter. We surmised that the rain fly, which was "arched" like one of these, had actually worked as a scoop, which caught a blast of wind, flipped his tent completely upside down, and ripped the fly off. The guy, along with his cooler full of ice, beer and food, were all inside and he just said "fuck it" and dealt with spending the rest of the night soaked by rain and ice water.
I had that Sierra Designs tent for 15 years or so, and it always kept me dry, even when I pitched it in a bad spot where water pooled underneath it. I only recently replaced it because it was aging in places, like one of the zippers stopped working. That's not to say that an inexpensive tent won't work well, as I've seen some cheaper Eurekas and Keltys that are perfectly adequate for under $100, you just need to pay attention to the design of the tent and make sure it'll hold up in all conditions.
In addition to the places listed for good deals, keep an eye on steepandcheap.com as good deals can be had on there. I picked up a nice Mountain Hardware 3 person tent for ~$130 last year, and its been superb so far.