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Washington: Rangers not seeking revenge
By T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com
OAKLAND -- The Rangers made their first appearance at the Oakland Coliseum on Monday night since being swept by the Athletics in the final three games of the 2012 season. That sweep cost the Rangers a third consecutive division title, but manager Ron Washington said his team didn't come here seeking revenge.
"We're here to play baseball," Washington said. "They beat us last year. We understand that. We can't do anything about it. I'm not thinking about what happened here in the past. That's not what's fueling us. I'm just happy we're healthy and playing good baseball. If you play for revenge, you stop thinking about what's ahead. It's like frustration. You go blind."
The Rangers had a five-game lead in the American League West with nine to play before getting passed by the Athletics on the last day. This time the Rangers came to Oakland with a six-game lead in the division but with 125 games left to play.
"I don't look at the standings," Washington said. "If we keep doing what we're supposed to do, that will all take care of itself. The standings don't mean anything right now. Those guys were 13 games behind us last year. We just worry about today and the game we're playing."
The Athletics started off well but have struggled lately and the Rangers have been in first place since April 21.
"I think it's more about they're playing well and we haven't played as well coming into this series," Athletics manager Bob Melvin said. "We're home now, and we like to think this is a good place for us. They're probably playing better than we are now, but it's time to start playing better and turn the tables. There's probably no better team to play at this point to try to get things right than these guys."
Melvin said the Athletics can't rely on the dramatic turnaround they achieved last season.
"You don't want to fall back on that crutch, too, because then you say it's no big deal and find yourself 10 games back again," Melvin said. "To be able to duplicate that is difficult to do. We need to play with some urgency and put ourselves in position where we don't have to do that again."
Murphy is playing through pain
OAKLAND -- Rangers outfielder David Murphy still had a sizable black-and-blue mark in his tailbone area and was still in some pain resulting from a collision with the left-field wall on Saturday in Houston, but he was back in the lineup on Monday night against the Athletics.
"It's still hurts. but it's better," Murphy said. "It's just another something you have to deal with over the course of a 162-game season."
Murphy hit a two-run home run in Sunday's game and also made a nice running catch in the first inning. He had to go far to his left and reach down to snag Jose Altuve's line drive in the gap. The catch saved the Rangers from giving up an early run.
"I was laughing when Altuve hit that line drive to me," Murphy said. "That was definitely a test early on. I felt stiffness in general, but I felt good enough to play. I wasn't 100 percent, but I was good enough."
The home run extended Murphy's hitting streak to seven games and his batting average is at .200 for the season. That's the highest it has been since he went 1-for-3 on Opening Day.
"I feel pretty good, and the results have been good," Murphy said. "I feel like I'm in a good place. I'm a lot more comfortable, and the results are better. I'm making adjustments better, and everything is more focused."
Lewis gets anti-inflammation shot
OAKLAND -- Rangers pitcher Colby Lewis, who is in the final stages of recovering from flexor tendon surgery, has been diagnosed with a mild case of tendinitis in his right triceps muscle. Dr. Keith Meister, who examined Lewis on Monday in Arlington, said the issue was not related to the surgery.
Lewis was given an antiinflammatory injection and temporarily recalled from his 30-day medical rehabilitation assignment. The plan is for Lewis to have a throwing session this weekend in Arlington and then possibly make his next start early next week.
Lewis, who underwent surgery on July 27, had pitched in two extended spring training games before making his first rehab start for Triple-A Round Rock on Thursday. He threw 41 pitches over two innings, then was shut down on Saturday when he felt some soreness. The Rangers are hoping Lewis can throw four innings and 60-65 pitches in his next start.
Right-handed pitcher Kyle McClellan has taken another step in his rehab process. McClellan, who suffered a strained lat muscle in his right ribcage during Spring Training and has been working out in Arizona, made his first appearance in a game on Monday. He pitched one inning in an extended spring training game.
The Rangers are also preparing to put pitcher Martin Perez in the Round Rock rotation. They made room for him by sending pitcher Richard Bleier to Double-A Frisco on Monday. Perez, who is recovered from a broken arm, made two starts on rehab assignment for Frisco and was activated off the disabled list on Saturday. He is expected to be assigned to Round Rock and pitch on Thursday.
Kirkman is trying to get turned around
OAKLAND -- Rangers reliever Michael Kirkman had an eventful weekend in Houston. On Saturday, he pitched to two batters in the Rangers' 8-7 victory over the Astros, allowing a single and a double in the ninth inning before being replaced by closer Joe Nathan.
On Sunday, Kirkman came into the game in the seventh inning with the Rangers holding a 12-1 lead. This time he set down the side in order, striking out two in the process.
"A real confidence booster," Kirkman said. "I threw some good pitches and got some results, so it was definitely a confidence booster."
Kirkman still has a 7.36 ERA for the season, while opponents are hitting .333 off him. He averages 18.41 baserunners per nine innings, which is the third-highest rate among relievers in the American League. That's not what the Rangers were expecting after Kirkman pitched so well in Spring Training, holding opponents to 6.55 baserunners per nine innings.
"A lot of the year, I've thrown better pitches than in Spring Training and balls have scooted through," Kirkman said. "I just have to keep making pitches and get outs. I've had a few bad games, but overall I've thrown the ball well."
Manager Ron Washington said Kirkman's biggest issue has been missing location, but there was significant improvement on Sunday.
"I thought he recovered well, kept the ball down and focused on spotting his fastball and snapping off his breaking ball," Washington said. "It never has been his stuff. It was his location. That's what he has to continue to do. Hopefully yesterday was a good start."
Worth noting
• Frisco pitcher Randy Henry has been placed on the disabled list with tightness in his right forearm. He is 1-0 with a 0.74 ERA in eight relief appearances for the Frisco and part of a bullpen that has been outstanding.
• Nelson Cruz had played in 137 consecutive games before sitting out Sunday's game against the Astros.
• Adrian Beltre is the only Rangers player to have started all 37 games. Beltre has started 36 games at third base and one at designated hitter. Manager Ron Washington said Beltre is getting due for a day off but it won't be against the Athletics or the Tigers this week.
T.R. Sullivan is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Postcards from Elysian Fields, and follow him on Twitter @Sullivan_Ranger. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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Have you ever wanted to be a rollercoaster conductor? Now you can!Over 3 million downloads and over 18 million game sessions!Drive wild rollercoaster rides using a unique, swipe-based control system. Let the tightly tuned physics engine create the most thrilling rides of your life!Perfect your skills in over 30 tricky rides, from classic wooden coasters to steel speed demons! Use rockets, Jump jets and magnets, earn hearts and coins, run huge loops, massive jumps and stomach-turning, upside-down tracks!REVIEWS & PREVIEWS" These fluffies are a highly memorable bunch, even if they are a bit nutty."-Arcade Sushi.com"A tightly tuned physics engine that underpins some wonderfully silly gameplay."-Mojodo.com"Nutty Fluffies is simply fun to play thanks to its strangely intuitive physics that make it easy to almost think your way through its challenging stages."-AppSpy.com" Nutty Fluffies offers lots of fun and definitely comes recommended."-Slide to Play"Intuitive and immediately accessible" -Pocket GamerCreated by RedLynx:The developer of DrawRace 2, MotoHeroz and Trials Evolution.COOL FEATURES•Touch-based Gameplay:Control your coasters with a simple touch-based interface that controls your gas and brakes. Get ready for new power-ups like rockets, jump-jets and magnets on the most challenging tracks!•Wacky Worlds of Wild Rides:Take your Fluffies on a tour, from rickety wooden roller coasters to jet-fast joyrides. The Fluffies keep coming back for more fun on Wooden Ways, Metal Mayhem, Loonie Loops, and the extreme Rapture Rides. More to come in updates!•Meet the Nutty Fluffies:When the fair shuts down for the winter, the stuffed animals come out to play! They climb out of their midway booths and take a ride on the wildest roller coasters around!•Collect hearts with five unique animals:The Mouse, Cat, Dog, Pig and Elephant will help you to gather hearts and earn coins from the wild rides. Use them to build even longer trains with more carts or unlock exciting new tracks to play!• Wanna ride with no ads? Just buy some coins and they will ALL disappear! Ain't that swell ? ___________________Keep in Touch!twitter.com/redlynxgamerredlynx.com/nuttyfluffiesGet Help!redlynxgame.com/forum/
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So today I was in my room when this insect flew in and scared the life out of me. I have never seen it before and am so curious as to what it is. I have captured it in a plastic container with air holes and before any one tells me I am evil and cruel and horrible i'm going to set it free when I find out what it is lol
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- 6 red legs with black tips
- A long black thin body with yellow stripes
- And what appears to be a stinger trailing behind the body
Lol I know this is a bit weird but i'm bored and its a really pretty fly X) I live just outside of London if that helps, which is where I found the fly. Its also quite large around an inch i'd say, also should I be afraid of its stinger?
I think it is a wasp-bettle, they pretend to be a wasp so they don"t get eaten, (nothing eats a wasp lol).
They don"t sting as they are just pretending to be a wasp.
It's some sort of cranefly. This isn't my area of interest but Ctenophora pectinicornis looks similar
Ctenophora pectinicornis is correct
Could it be a female Ctenophora atrata. Crane Flies are a minefield and some are very rare. All are harmless, unless you get hit in the eye by one while doing 50 on a motorbike.


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DSC Labs, an eco-friendly developer of innovative products for image quality improvement, is pleased to announce NorthernLights, a unique new test target designed to help optimize image quality in digital cinema and HD television. Named after the stunning Aurora Borealis light display, NorthernLights shatters the typical test chart handicap of "narrow color gamut." NorthernLights provides test elements that function well outside the Rec. 709 color space, which is particularly useful for those working with digital cinema and other high-end camera systems. "Camera and sensor technology have evolved way beyond the level of color saturation capable of being reproduced in typical test charts," comments DSC Labs President, David Corley. "Through ongoing research, our engineering group developed the answer to this age-old dilemma. NorthernLights effectively combines DSC's trusted front-lit technology with innovative self-illuminated high gamut colors, giving camera users a meaningful new way to calibrate and test their cameras in color space well-beyond typical front and rear-lit test systems." NorthernLights Features:
Availability NorthernLights will be on display at NAB (April 11–14). Attendees will be able to see its unique capabilities demonstrated at the DSC booth, C10215. DSC Labs produces a wide range of precision tools for image control in broadcasting, digital cinema, corporate production, medicine, security, and more. Many of these tools have been designed with suggestions and input from experts for particular applications — NorthernLights is no exception. About DSC Labs DSC Labs has been dedicated to image integrity in visual communications for more than 48 years. The company's pioneering engineering achievements include patented image processes and the development of standardized industry-wide test patterns, earning DSC the Fuji Gold Medal for outstanding contributions to television. Using ground source heat/cool technology at the lab, DSC is known for its environmentally friendly production processes and materials, and whenever possible, for designing recyclable products. "Better Images through Research" articulates the company's continuing commitment to making innovative products for image quality improvement. For more information, please visit: http://www.dsclabs.com.


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Devon Aoki: Better Than a Barbie
If you haven't seen Devon Aoki in DOA: Dead or Alive, you need to open a new tab in your browser and add it to your Netflix queue right now. It is the ultimate man movie. It incorporates video games, hot babes, and whole lot of ass kicking. You also get to see the thirty-one year old actress in a ton of revealing outfits. Now if the schoolgirl look is more your thing, Devon's got that one covered in 2 Fast 2 Furious, and D.E.B.S. Watching Devon's movies is like having your own personal dress up doll. If you want to see what else she wears, or doesn't wear, you can check out her IMDb profile or check out her sexy gallery below. She seems to be doing the wife and mother thing recently, and hasn't appeared in a flick since 2009, so we'll just have to rely on the 100 photos below until she comes back to us.


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Mary-Kate and Ashley Thank Each Other For Womenswear Win at Exciting CFDA Show
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen posed with their coveted CFDA award for best womenswear designers of the year at last night's big event in NYC. MK and Ashley won the statue for their work on The Row, and while accepting the honors on stage, Mary-Kate turned and thanked her twin, saying, "I'd like to thank you — you." Check out all the 2012 CFDA winners and behind-the-scenes details on Fashionologie, who was on the scene yesterday evening. Mad Men's Jessica Paré is making quite the splash on the fashion scene this Spring, and she was once again looking stunning as she presented Reed Krakoff with his accessories designer of the year award. Jessica was coming off a shocking Mad Med episode on Sunday night to lead into this weekend's season finale. As for the other Jessica at the CFDA show, Jessica Chastain was one of two ladies looking lovely in Prabal Gurung. Zoe Saldana's daring cutout black gown was the sexy to Chastain's sweet Prabal concoction. Check out tons of additional pictures from the event, and from there they were all off to let loose at the CFDA Awards afterparty!


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Fashion week this year was amazing, even though I say that everytime, I really mean it this time. Spring 2012 still has beautiful bright neons in its future! There will still be full skirts with beautiful tops, ikat patterns, lace, fringe and suprisingly nailheads. Scroll down to view highlights from New York and London Spring/Summer 2012 Fashion Week! Paris and Milan to come.
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Lmfao that was a funny ending.
i want some of that pussy I will give it a baby
Hahahahaha! Karma at it's finest!
Ja, Ja, Ja, Ja, She fucked him!!!
The title made me laugh. Also, "Jim" sure gets a lot of pussy.
Im so happy jeje
"I need baby" haha
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i can cum inside you if you want :)
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it's awesome when you fuck with a girl you don't know, and you cum inside her pussy, it's not a problem when they don't take the pills, so i inpregnated 5 girls but i'm happy
Hello, new father!
"You cannot keep my sperm" lol
I would have no problem at all helping her make a baby.
Hahaha since she said that she want a baby and she only needs sperm she just got that bastrad and using him XD
go wash his stuff out of your pussy, and come here you can have my baby! :-)
no husband xD fking baby whore
Give her a BABY man!!!!
But I'm happy! I lol'd so much :D
First time he got really nervous! Hahahaha "No, i'am Happy" >>BAZINGA!
Ha ha ha, couldn't have happened to a nicer guy!
so finallly this ends in 9 month
She got it jejejem
looking forward to FakeAgent junior xDD
I would gladly give her a baby
Bitch 2 Guy 0 "but I'm happy" that's dedicated trolling right there
Father of mine, tell me where have you been?
All the time he´s lying to the girls and fucking without condom, now finally justice comes :-)
hahaha bitch
gran cazzo
funny shit, never trust a bitch they all lie... but this guys did deserver it..
Now he knows what it feels like to be used lol :)
You're gona be a great father ;D
ROFL thats what this bitch gets for using bitches lol
would love to see the end..
Amazing girl, very pretty and the best tits...ill make many babies with her.
HAHAHA ! now your'e the victim.
Wow, very strange girl, weird video
i lol'd at the end :D
hahahah wow this guy has a new baby on the way
gorgeous bitch
:)) hmm...this stuff is for real?!
hahaha ownd by a slut
Don't worry it's just as likely that you're not the father. I'd take a deep vaginal swab and test for other sperm donors! Dud should have kept the rubber on!
The end is the best :)
WOW!!!! Je veux une cochonne comme elle!!!
menn thats funny fucking whore..hahaha
LMFAO!!! one word describes this video... "Karma"
i need baby mais quelle salope
amazing if real. the guy looks seriously worried
what comes around go around Jim.Too bad for you.
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Da fuck?!
hahahaha... busted !!!!
she is like the girl i fucked yesterday!
haha love the end
It's like an episode of Dallas... what a cliffhanger!
no need to go pharmacy jim... that was great love it
hahahahahahaha, she got you.!!!!!
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in all possible position
what the hell did i just saw ?
Ha ha ha !!! A future father...
LoL!!! xDDDDD
Haha, nice nice its a joke :D good job girl :)
damn whos playing who???? GIRL WON! seemed like he shit himself when she was like haha joke no pill thats one funny girl
"I Giev you dyldo y c mastubate" -priceless
LOL at the dialog at the end!
wer andern eine grube gräbt ...
Hahahaha serves him right!
he got fucked
Funny Shit!! Hahahahahahaha....
I love baby.
Owned ^^
The funniest video on here....dummy shoulda never took that rubber off, he knew she was pressed for a baby. That's what he gets!
HAHAHHAHAHA...this shit is hilarious. Can't believe she just hustled him like that! Damn!
She is a professional porn actress.
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Pussy Fart @ 06:47 ahahah
Thats awesome at the end! " it was a joke " she hot though, ill donate my sperm anytime...!
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A computer may help autistic youth
By Steve Marschke
13-year old Qais Kakar is new to this country and new to the concept of school – he has just started his second year of formal education at Riverbank Elementary School. But those difficulties may pale in the face of another challenge Qais experiences.
Qais is autistic – unable to relate to the world in the ways most people take for granted. (His name is pronounced like "Case.")
One of the things that works for him at school is the shared use of an iPad tablet computer, which he uses for, among other things, watching videos explaining how to have a simple human conversation.
His older sister, Waheeda, has been in the country longer than Qais, and helped explain his situation to the News-Ledger. Qais, his mother, and another sister came to the U.S. from Pakistan in 2010, after the children's father died. Their native language is Pashtoo, and before coming to the U.S., Qais had never been to school.
He now has limited language skills and limited means to interact.
"He has severe autism. He started in 7th grade here, and is now in 8th," said Waheeda Kakar. "The iPad seems to help. When I go to my mom's, I sometimes give him my iPhone (a computerized smart phone) and he really enjoys that. He knows how to work with (the website) Youtube – I type in a musician's name, and he scrolls through that musician's videos."
Qais also uses computers for simple videos on language skills, and for Sesame Street.
The family has limited income, and would like some help providing Qais with an iPad computer of his own.
"We hope that while he's at home with the computer, he could learn more from his English videos, and his language skills could get better," said Waheeda Kakar.
Anyone interested in helping can go online to www.giveforward.com/qais
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OCEAN CITY- The Maryland Saltwater Sportfishermen's Association's 22nd Annual Tuna-ment Tournament held last weekend in and around the resort area was a big success with dozens of big tuna caught and thousands of dollars in prize money doled out.
The MSSA held the annual tournament last weekend with three days of fishing. Captain Sam Fisher and the crew on the "Right Hook" were the big winners, taking first-place in the main tournament, the single heaviest tuna category and the three-heaviest tuna category and collected $10,854 in prize money. Ocean City Captain Tommy Baldwin and the crew on the "Lady Luck V" also enjoyed a big weekend, finishing first or second in almost every category to take home $5,213 in prize money.


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8/24/06 - Episode 8 has been submitted - thank God for sick days! Also, you may or may not have noticed that I've downgraded the rating from Professors to 6th-7th Years. I just didn't see this story going in that dirty of a direction. Although... what would a soap opera be without a little shagging? :)
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Developer's kit for ZigBee wireless applications
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Anaren announced a family of four Anaren Integrated Radio (AIR) modules designed specifically to help OEMs develop products that wirelessly communicate in compliance with the ZigBee standard.
Based on the Texas Instruments (TI) CC2530 low-power RF SoC (which operates using TI's Z-Stack firmware), the new family of AIR modules is bundled with AIR Support for ZigBee - a total solution that includes time-saving AIR-ZNP firmware (including 30+ code examples), pre-certification to applicable global, regulatory standards, and development tools like the company's new BoosterPack for TI MSP430 and Stellaris LaunchPad development kits.
The AIR modules A2530x24xxx measure 11 x 19 x 2.5mm. They offer excellent receiver sensitivity and robustness to interference (-95dBm average) and operate from a wide input voltage range of 2.2 to 3.6V. They are 100% RF tested in production. As well as low-power active modes, the units come with three low power/sleep modes from 1uA to 200uA.
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That new Sabbath song is pretty good.
That new Sabbath song is pretty good.
I don't think a requirement of employment should be that you can never offend people. It's high time folks deal with being offended. It's another example of how we're becoming a bunch of wimps. - Person offended by NFL players not standing for national anthem.
Also does anyone else hear the resemblance to "phantom of the Opera"?
What if this is as good as it gets?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S3fpgrZ9ys ) . In God is Dead? I hear it in the chorus, it isn't exact but there is a resemblance.
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What if this is as good as it gets?
I never made the Echoes/Webber connection before, and I love Echoes.
Anybody like Pain of Salvation? I know they aren't METAL per se, but they started out as kind of a prog metal band that evolved into something else. I'm going to Chicago to see them in 2 weeks and I'm mucho excited. They haven't played the States in YEARS!
Grabbed this bit from a amazon review about the concept behind this Disc.
The radioactivity in Lake Karachay in the former USSR. Most of us might have heard of Chernobyl, for example, because it was very apparent. But learning that a lake covered in concrete had such a high level of radioactivity that it could still kill someone after only an hour standing near it .
Jeff Hanneman has died. Boo.
Barry On Baseball Also blogging at Banished to the Pen.
What if this is as good as it gets?
He died the most Metal way you can die though, a flesh eating disease followed up by liver failure.
James and Kirk from Metallica did a great version of the National Anthem before last night's Giants game:
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Video Card Testing Methodology
Benchmark Reviews has high hopes that one day we will be so giant and world famous that every combination of the graphic card available will be on-hand for our product testing... and we're getting closer! I envy the review sites that have twenty other video cards tested in stand-alone, SLI, and CrossFireX arrays for each and every review. Eventually we will be that big, and offer all of those configurations. Readers can help us grow to that size by spreading the word, but for now we'll have to make due with what our budget can afford. In this article, Benchmark Reviews is going to test and compare the Palit Radeon HD 4870 Sonic Dual Edition graphics card against several other closely-ranked products from within the GeForce family.
At the start of all tests, the previous display adapter driver is uninstalled and trace components are removed using Driver Cleaner Pro.We then restart the computer system to establish our display settings and define the monitor. Once the hardware is prepared, we begin our testing. The synthetic benchmark tests in 3DMark06 will utilize shader models 2.0 and 3.0. In our higher-end VGA products we conduct tests at the following resolutions: 1280x1024 (19" Standard LCD), 1680x1050 (22-24" Widescreen LCD), and 1920x1200 (24-28" Widescreen LCD). In some tests we utilized widescreen monitor resolutions, since more users are beginning to feature these products for their own computing.
Each benchmark test program begins after a system restart, and the very first result for every test will be ignored since it often only caches the test. This process proved extremely important in the World in Conflict and Supreme Commander benchmarks, as the first run served to cache maps allowing subsequent tests to perform much better than the first. Each test is completed five times, with the average results displayed in our article.
Our site polls and statistics indicate that the over 90% of our visitors use their PC for playing video games, and practically every one of you are using a screen resolutions mentioned above. Since all of the benchmarks we use for testing represent different game engine technology and graphic rendering processes, I feel that this battery of tests will provide a diverse range of results for you to gauge performance on your own computer system. Since most gamers and enthusiasts are still using Windows XP, it was decided that DirectX 9 would be used for all tests until demand and software support improve for Windows Vista.
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Some of these definitions I looked up in sanskrit and got their meanings!(*) p.486ff.; in the Sutta Nipāta (vv. 153, 177) and again in the Samyutta (i. 33) the Buddha is spoken of as Anomanāma.
Buddhaghosa (SA.i.67) explains this as meaning having no "defect," endowed with perfection
sabbagunasamannāgatattā avekalla - -nāmam; name possessing all virtues in perfection
paripūranāmam - the supreme name, also glorious name, perfectly whole.
Bhikku Bodhi translates it as "the perfect name".
And how is this name is abused by being mispronounced!
Buddha is pronounced from everthing as "Booo-dah" to "budah"
In fact there is no "ooo" sound, it actually rhymes with "shoulda, coulda, woulda - buddha"
the DDH sound is not found in the english language!! However, the closest word that has this sound is "the".


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A BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER ... Palo Alto has no shortage of grand plans when it comes to bridges, from a proposal to construct a $10 million bike-and-pedestrian bridge over U.S. Highway 101 at Adobe Creek to a controversial plan to expand the narrow Newell Road bridge along the border with East Palo Alto. All the bridge hoopla doesn't sit well with some Crescent Park residents, whose neighborhood suffered heavy damage in the flood of 1998 when water spilled over the narrow Pope-Chaucer Bridge in their neighborhood. Norman Beamer, president of the Crescent Park Neighborhood Association, expressed the neighborhood's frustration in a recent email to the city, writing that he "can't help feeling frustrated that the city has not come up with $10 million for fixing the Chaucer Ave. bridge, which in its current state actually floods people's houses, and threatens human life, as opposed to inconveniencing cyclists." The good news for Crescent Park is that help is on the way. City Manager James Keene replied to Beamer that the Pope-Chaucer Bridge has secured funding and "is currently in design, with a completion of construction by 2015/2016" — a year after the Newell Road Bridge is reconstructed, Keene wrote. "This is a cause of celebration." Keene also warned against lumping all the bridge projects into one argument. "The City has always placed the utmost priority on addressing the flooding problems, including these crucial bridge projects which will now happen," he wrote. "It is mistaken anyway to confuse these with the bike pedestrian bridge, which has a separate funding source — not needed for Pope-Chaucer anyway but also not fungible."
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|2011-03-05, 03:25
|Link #22182
Thought Being
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Canada
Meta-World Theory: Reality-Fantasy Perspective
I just picked up reading one of the later chapters on EP3, "Real Magic", and it got me thinking about the meta world. Over the series of Umineko and Higurashi, Ryuukishi has presented situations where higher consciousness-level beings form out of people experiencing varying situations in real life. There are many aspects that can be regarded in a similar fashion, but I'm thinking specifically of three sets of people
Furude Rika ---> Frederica Bernkastel
Yasu ---> Beatrice
Eva ---> EVA-Beatrice
Higurashi as a whole shows the formation of Bernkastel from Rika`s fate in Hinamizawa. Evidence is the plot of Higurashi. Umineko as a story is based around the events of Beatrice`s formation. Evidence is exactly what we are told and what is shown in Umineko. But Umineko also manifests other, varying situations where the concept of these higher level consciousness' inhabit and exist.
One such situation seems to be out of Eva`s mind, who's creation is heightened by the atmosphere of the situation Yasu set up.
The concept of Beatrice in the context of being a title is interesting as it shows how these beings form and then `hide`themselves behind the title of Beatrice, and the veil of legend. I don`t suggest this is all Ryuukishi is saying though, as he does much more by creating a whole level of reality where living beings form and are on a plane of existence where this type of activity is even possible.
And if this idea is accepted, as prominently shown through the main characters Beatrice and Rika, then a similar form of the idea behind these beings can be applied to many different characters throughout the When They Cry series. Erika being a product of Bern's creations is another main example, along with the scenarios of ANGE and Sakutarou, respectably. The 'magic' or fantasy Ryuukishi talks about is having a human consciousness create something out of their mind, either through emotions, imagination or reality-crushing life situations. It's a form of fantasy that doesn't conflict with the normal world in any way except people's physical actions, but it's still there.
This leaves room for lots of speculation about the series, with a 'fantasy' oriented mindset that creates it's own set of answers, separate from the more real life 'mystery' perspective that could be held towards the series. This is exactly what Ryuukishi was talking about in the side TIP, Anti-Mystery vs. Anti-Fantasy. I think the reason he didn't include it in Tsubasa is because it doesn't matter anymore, because the dice have been cast and the perceptions of his fans have been hard fit over the months through Chiru's release.
With this mindset, there is room to examine what Kanon and Shannon really are, and how their existence within the cat box has meaning. It offers interesting questions in what a 'backwards' relationship down from the higher plane to the normal reality works, as with
Featherine ---> Hachijo Tohya
As well as the interesting question of if this sort of reality-fantasy existed, and could theoretically bring happiness to girls like Maria and Ange, is that a bad thing that should be mocked? It also contains the themes of how other people wouldn't (don't) understand it, and the whole idea of perception clashing and disagreements of truth.
It also seems to suggest that the situation Takano Miyo went through in Higurashi, parallel to Rika's situation, was equally as reality-crushing. Enough to have a similar being born out of Takano's self and set of experiences. This would certainly show the link between Lambda and Bern. This idea is interesting enough to give Higurashi another look back as well.
I'm very excited to see what other aspects Ryuukishi chooses to show of his crafted world and setting. His pocket of 'fantasy' within reality.
|2011-03-05, 03:56
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Ange was given power by Bernkastel though, and you could perhaps argue that Maria shared benefits through Mariage Sorciere; MARIA also being a witch is a necessary component of Beatrice's self image.
|2011-03-05, 04:59
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|2011-03-05, 10:04
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In my opinion Bern and Lambda don't do anything. They simply respectively self-style themselves as success obtained against overwhelming odds and success obtained through strong determination. Once someone manages to do so, they simply claim they lent them their power even if they actually didn't move a single finger.
That discussion Lambda and Beatrice had in the EP3 tea party was simply a warning from Lambda. "You managed to get this far because you had a strong will to achieve this, if your determination wavers you'll ruin it all, and things will go awry for you".
That's how I see it.
|2011-03-05, 11:00
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Thought Being
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Location: Canada
The only thing I'm suggesting is that one accepts the existence of this parallel meta world, which I think is a fundamentally different perspective then one that denies it as simply delusions and presentational trickery. This is Anti-Mystery versus Anti-Fantasy.
|2011-03-05, 14:43
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I thought that Lambda's contribution was basically the ensuring that the bomb would go off. Or to put it in the metaphorical sense, the bomb going off implies the metaphor of certainty, as it was portrayed that the bomb never fails to go off.
(And not just the bomb going off but the whole situation that occurs because of it.)
|2011-03-05, 15:34
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The True Culprit
It's been stressed that a witch has to acknowledge you in order to be a witch. Perhaps you can't enter the Meta-World or ascend to that plane without an invitation.
As for Lambdadelta in the metaworld and shit from an in-narrative perspective; she knows all the truth and she oversees Beatrice to make sure she don't do no bullshit, so she seems to act as a publisher. "Don't fuck with me or your series is cancelled, yo."
|2011-03-05, 18:43
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|2011-03-05, 19:12
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"It's almost as if Kinzo had Shannon running around in a Beatrice dress." -- Natsuhi from early in EP1.
|2011-03-05, 19:17
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|2011-03-05, 21:53
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Location: forever lost inside a logic error
Uhm what am I missing? What is that line about George shaving 3 years of Battler's life foreshadowing?
There are other lines like that, for example Krauss says "My father is already dead".
Then in EP3 pretty much all the adults theorize that the servants just played dead as part of a game and that Nanjo just lied (implying that they weren't sure at all that the servants were actually dead)... sadly it was outright denied. Sadly because at least in Shannon's and Kanon's cases it's most probably true.
In the end Bernkastel is the witch of something that she doesn't even acknowledge existing.
|2011-03-05, 22:32
|Link #22194
The True Culprit
Gaap and the Stakes, and Bern and Lambda are different classes of beings even within the context of an Anti-Fantasy perspective though, and it bothers me that people don't take this to it's logical conclusion. While Gaap and the others are creations of Yasu's mind, Bern and Lambda are NOT, and are infact implied to be from another story. At best they're personifications of higher forces or characters that stepped out of a story and gained true independence, or they're just inserts from a higher level of published fiction and have different rules to play by.
|2011-03-05, 22:48
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I don't really think it's a foreshadowing, probably just a coincidence.
Of course Bernkastel was tailored around her cat.
|2011-03-05, 23:24
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The True Culprit
This is of course assuming that the Meta-World narrative is in the writings. Otherwise, the fuck do they come from? If they ARE in the writings, then they predate Ikuko because of Beato's message bottles, so...
|2011-03-06, 01:02
|Link #22197
Thought Being
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Location: Canada
I was going to say that I was presenting my reality-fantasy theory in opposition to the author theory, but that's not quite right. I more think that the author aspects aren't a very important detail for interpreting what goes on in the series. I'm not saying there is no written versions of the Fragments, as the story says there are. I'm simply saying that the multiple worlds exist, as the story presents. I'm saying that a Sea of Fragments exists, as shown.
My speculation is that Featherine observed the fragments, and wrote them out as forgeries. And before people say that this is fantasy manifesting itself and that couldn't possibly happen, let me explain. With this reality-fantasy existing on the level of consciousness, the fact that Featherine is retelling them is not breaking any kind of physical laws or making magic real. She would simply be telling a story, which people could (and do) think she just made up as normal stories are. This is what Author theory presents. I argue that it doesn't change very much if instead of it simply being a product of Hachijo's mind, it's rather what her mind viewed on this higher plane. It's similar to the state of Sakutarou. You could look at it as simply a delusion in Maria's mind. Or, if you subscribe to the idea that this different plane of reality exists, Sakutarou is simply there but can only be accessed through Maria's mind. The difference in how you regard it is huge, but the end result is the same.
I'm not saying I can explain or even understand all the nuances of what Ryuukishi has created. There's a lot of really deep philosophical issues, and there's definitely more to the whole author idea then I'm fully putting together when you start looking at it through different perspectives of reality. But I strongly believe that the events are real and that the fact they are also recorded does not make them fictional.
|2011-03-06, 01:42
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Join Date: May 2009
As Lambda says to Ange in ep4, it wouldn't matter if everybody came home to "an" Ange, because they didn't come home to her. Rika has a similar revelation in reverse in Higurashi.
Whether they exist as "alternate universes" or "fictions" is pretty much irrelevant. They can influence the "real world" only informationally. We can read about another world, but we can't do anything to that world and it can't do anything to us save by the knowledge of its existence communicated to us; that is, knowing how another reality might play out can influence our behavior, but the people there can't reach out and smack us upside the head. So whether they "really exist" or are "just fictional characters" makes no difference at all.
In the meta-world, they can be whatever they want to be, and ep6 seems to treat them as anything, nothing, and everything all at the same time.
EDIT: On the counterpoint, Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius. Damn you, Borges!
|2011-03-06, 01:44
|Link #22200
Thought Being
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Location: Canada
My problem is that saying the things are 'fictional' creates the wrong perspective towards the events, and I believe is missing the essence of what's being shown. But I whole heartedly agree the theories coexist, because being a reality at the level of consciousness is really the same level as imagination, as a feature of consciousness. This idea is even shown by the fact that events can be interpreted (read: recreated) however you want, and Mariage Sorciere showcases this feature of the meta world.
You also say it only affects things informationally, but I think that is also disregarding the 'love' side of the story, how these things create happiness and meaning for people like Ange and Maria.
In short, I think your perspective isn't wrong, but rather is limiting the message that Ryuukishi is giving out, emotionally and philosophically.
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|Revision of the stick insect genus Leptynia: description of new taxa, speciation mechanism and phylogeography
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|chromosome speciation; karyotype evolution; Leptynia annaepaulae spn.; Leptynia attenuata sspn.; SEM morphology
|Leptynia specimens were analyzed by karyotype analysis, mitochondrial gene sequencing and SEM of bodies and eggs. Here we describe a new species, Leptynia annaepaulae, and three subspecies of L. attenuata Pantel (L. attenuata attenuata, L. attenuata iberica, L. attenuata algarvica). The phylogeny of the genus Leptynia is congruent with a karyotype trend toward a reduction of chromosome number and the shift from the shared XX/X0 sex chromosome formula to the unusual XX/XY one. Chromosome repatterning appears to occur ahead of genetic differentiation, following a chromosome model of cladogenesis. Chromosome and genetic differentiation, in turn, appears to precede morphological distinction, thus realizing a condition of incipient species for most of the Leptynia taxa. Actually, morphological analyses revealed that, only rarely clear cut differences exist among and between taxa, while, more often, just trends in the differentiating traits occur, since the investigated characters generally suffer from some overlapping: In this study, only the 10th:9th ratio value and the subanal vomer appear to be diagnostic for L. annaepaulae against all other Leptynia taxa. As a consequence, the subanal vomer as well as cercus tooth features with egg chorion traits are not sharply diagnostic for the remaining co-generic taxa; however, comparisons are quite helpful in reducing uncertainties. A likely phylogeographic scenario for the genus supports that Leptynia ancestors spread from Northern Africa into Southern Spain where an ancestral taxon originated L. annaepaulae (2n = 40/39, XX/X0, with 2 large dibrachial pairs). Later on, a northbound colonization, should have originated L. caprai (2n = 40/39, XX/X0, all acrocentrics), from which L. montana (2n = 38, XX/X0) and L. attenuata (2n = 36, XY/XX) originated; supporting instances of chromosome repatterning have been actually observed. In this connection we like to stress that, particularly in stick insects, androgenesis has been a preferential pathway to quickly make homozygous those odd chromosome rearrangements likely responsible for low fitness in the heterozygotes.
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copyright the Chronicle February 5, 2014
by Bethany M. Dunbar
WESTMORE — Linda Schneck's father died, in front of her, when she was nine years old. The family was on vacation in Florida and he died suddenly and unexpectedly, and she was there. That changed her life in all sorts of ways.
At first, she became withdrawn and uncommunicative. She had been extremely close to her father and was devastated at the loss.
Her family did all they could to console her.
"My uncle traded a woman a roof for a piano," she said. Her uncle was a roofer, and he put a roof on the woman's home in trade for a player piano. Young Linda had been begging for piano lessons for a long time. Her uncle made it happen.
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Our guest on "Around Town" over the weekend was Texas Prison Museum Director Jim Willett.
Jim projects the number of visitors will be up this year . . . .
Jim tells us they're also doing well-enough financially to put away some money for future plans . . . .
The Texas Prison Museum is open 7 days a week. Monday through Saturday they are open at 10 and close at five. On Sundays, they are open noon to five.


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If you're a die-hard "Full House" fan (and even if you're not), you probably know that the show was chock-full of catchphrases that are still used today such as, "No way, José."
From "You got it, dude!" to "Cut it out," every character had his/her own memorable saying, except maybe for Danny Tanner.
We've argued before that "Have mercy!" was the iconic catchphrase of the '90s. Why did it become such a phenomenon? Well, some have said it's because of the phrase's lack of meaning and its versatility. And in case the mystery behind the words has been keeping you up at night, fear not – TV Land Icon Award Honoree John Stamos has finally set the record straight about the origins of his recurring "Have mercy" saying.
During his acceptance speech at the awards ceremony, which taped last Sunday, Stamos admits that it was Garry Marshall, celebrated creator of "Happy Days" and winner of TV Land's Legend Award, who convinced him to coin a catchphrase.
"He always said, 'Get a catchphrase, you need a catchphrase.' I'm not kidding you. The 'have mercy' thing came out of, 'Oh s--t, Garry told me I had to have a catchphrase."
Stamos clearly has a lot of respect for Marshall, whom he credits for suggesting him for "Full House."
Marshall was the one to present Stamos with the Icon Award at the ceremony.
Stamos, as usual, was all jokes. Thanking TV Land, the 52-year-old actor laughed and said, "You really outdid yourself here. They know I'm not dying, right? This is like the Bar Mitzvah I never had, hosted by George Lopez!"
The TV Land Icon Awards, which are indeed hosted by George Lopez, air Sunday, April 17, at 9 p.m. on TV Land.
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By Susan Black
As a child, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson gazed at stars from the rooftop of his family's Bronx apartment building.
He didn't know it then, but his view of the night sky was obscured by city lights. It wasn't until he was 9, when his parents took him to the Hayden Planetarium, affiliated with the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, that Tyson saw a star-filled sky.
He was sure that his rooftop observations were correct, and the planetarium display was wrong. "I've seen the real universe, and it has just 12 stars in it," he recalls saying to himself.
Intrigued, the young Tyson delved into learning more about stars and their place in the universe. He saved money from after-school jobs to purchase an old telescope that he lugged to the rooftop, and he pored over science books his parents purchased from remainder shelves in city bookshops. "I'm going to be an astrophysicist," he proclaimed.
Tyson achieved his goal, earning a doctorate in astrophysics and publishing scientific papers and books on exploding stars, the Milky Way, dark matter, and other far-ranging topics. Today, he appears on the Nova "ScienceNow" programs on PBS. And he's the director of the Hayden Planetarium, the very spot where he first confronted the truth about stars.
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I stand there chest out, and I rep Jersey
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LADIES!! If you in the club right now
Posted up at the bar
Gettin yo' FULL drink on
Aiyyo, that's where I be, UH-HUH~!
Aiyyo fellas, now you in the club
Poppin big bottles
Makin it rain ALL OVER THE PLACE
That's where I be!!
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Discussion in 'Pros' Racquets and Gear' started by tomas9848, Jan 25, 2009.
If you where sponsored by any company for clothing what would it be?
Nike! They make the best everything!
Because my high school's uniform is Adidas brand and I lost my warm up pants
nike or adidas but i might choose an easier one first like fila or even athletic dna or ua
I'd bring Polo into sponsoring tennis players! My favorite brand.
I think Polo tried to enter the tennis market and haven't done very well. Tennis needs affordable clothing manufacturers--not the pretentious country-club image.
they sponsor nick bolleteri after fila was dropped
I would have Adidas or Reebok and get them to make me a signature line.
Adidas ....
Either a Head/Fischer/wilson racquet sponsor, and probably Adidas clothing sponsor.
Nike or Lacoste
Adidas, but I wouldn't mind Lacoste.
I picked Nike. Maybe they would make me some personal gear that was never ever releaased to the public.
I love Reebok shoes but their clothing sucks design-wise, so Nike.
Nike, or Fred Perry!
Or Fred Perry while continuing to wear Barricades/Feathers.
nike shoes are awful with an exception of vapor 4's, their clothes are too plain. adidas all the way.
yeah adidas edge line was awsome last ao this year is ok but last years was better imo...
Nike = the best a man can get or is that gillette
They tried signing Federer a few years back.
Adidas everything except for shorts. i have to say nike makes nice shorts.
Oh never knew that. That would have been awesome. Everyman has to have a Polo in his closet.
Any company?
Hmm, possibly J. Lindeberg...Maybe something like A&F.
Tennis companies; Lacoste,Nike or K-Swiss I think.
I know, I've not done well here :-D:-D
It would of suited him, there stuff would of cost a lot tho. More then Lacoste i reckon.
Lacoste is just so much more classy than the rest.
under armor, only company I respect.
lacoste is classy but nike and adidas have a bigger selection
nike all the way
i would prob go for lacoste, because i would have better off-court clothes to use...
Lacoste.... no doubt... otherwise nike or adidas
adidas all the way.....
What no Le Coq Sportif or Tacchini? Come on man... incomplete poll! Who wouldn't feel fly sporting the rooster? Tacchini has made some nice stuff recently...
...but I voted for Fila. It's pretty tight looking stuff and it's not the same ol same ol that the big two put out.
See what I"m talkin' 'bout...
Yes, I agree.
Adidas always seem to put these 90s-looking patterns all over everything. Lacoste has been ruined in the UK by chavs. Nike all the way; smart cuts, great colourways... what more could you want?
They are a table tennis brand, but their Polo Shirts are the best I have ever owned, so soft and comfortable.
^^ they make very good table tennis bats.
Never actually used a Stiga blade, I use a Butterfly Michael Maze and I used to use Stiga Neos Sound Rubbers glued on with Stiga Energy but since the glue ban I've had to change. Sorry, I digress
Oh, the old stiga shorts were also the most comfortable shorts ever, once you remove the silly lining. If they made a longer version with bigger pockets, they would be superb tennis shorts.
I want a full cotton tennis outfit, that would be sooo nice.
If I was a pro, I'd only sign with adidas. I'd sign for less just to wear their gear. Really.
I would go with either Under Armour or Puma. I wish Puma would come back the the tennis market.
nike has the best looking stuff imo
i vote addidas. i've been wearing them since the mid 90s.
Nike because they make good apparel, but Adidas because of their shoes, and because I always wear it.
well i like nike athletic clothes the best but.... lacoste has much better non-tennis stuff which u'd prob get for free too! and i do like lacoste tennis stuff too
well, probably asics. but since that's not on the list, then k-swiss because i like their shoes.
edit, above poster is right. lacoste it is, i want some of those sweet santoro threads.
I'm going to buck the trend here...
I would go with Champion or Starter. I simply like their designs better than any "official" tennis clothing out there.
Lacoste ablosutely....
Whoever paid the most. Simple.
Guinness & Co.
adidas seems to have most of the hot babes, so I'd go with them. You never know who you're gonna bump into at the company mixer...
I would sponsor myself, put my initials on my strings, and date Vaidisova . . Bud
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The University of Iowa Libraries is pleased to announce the two winners of Creative Scholarship Innovation Awards, aimed at supporting significant digital humanities projects with the potential for national recognition. The award will fund hardware, software, and personnel; additionally, awardees will be paired with a team of librarians and technologists who will work as collaborators to develop the projects. Winners are:
- Julie Hochstrasser, School of Art & Art History—$8,585 toward hiring a graduate assistant with subject matter expertise to work on a collection of documentary text, bibliography, photographs, and video accumulated during research, including travel to key sites of 17th century global Dutch trade and colonization.
- William Davies, Linguistics –$2,080 to supplement other award monies toward hiring a graduate assistant with subject matter expertise to caption videos of Madurese storytellers and create a digital collection that includes Davies' transcription of Madurese with interlinear English and Indonesian translations.
"University of Iowa librarians have a long history of close collaboration to support faculty who incorporate technology into their teaching and research, reaching as far back as the 1992 launch of the Information Arcade®," said Library Director Nancy Baker. "This award is a continuation of our commitment to supporting digital scholarship."
In late 2008, the Council on Library and Information Resources released "No Brief Candle: Reconceiving Research Libraries for the 21st Century." In this report, Rick Luce, Vice Provost and Director of Libraries at Emory University, notes that the e-research developments initially seen in the science, engineering, technology, and medicine disciplines are now penetrating the social sciences and the humanities. Luce describes how e-research will profoundly shape the research libraries of tomorrow: "Instead of simply storing objects of assorted types, researchers need libraries that reflect a Web 2.0 service environment in which communication is continuous and synchronous. This reality introduces significantly greater complexity to digital capture, curation, and preservation."
To align with emerging e-research trends and the Libraries' current strategic goals, the Libraries is transforming the Information Arcade space to reflect a renewed focus on faculty support for e-research, including but not limited to support for new forms of scholarly publishing, digital humanities, data curation, and open/linked data. Toward that end, Digital Library Services (DLS), in collaboration with ITS and the VPR's office, hosted a series of AHI grant preparation workshops in January. DLS has also begun new collaborations with humanists and social scientists on projects ranging from capturing Twitter feeds in support of political science research to hosting peer-reviewed online journals such as the Walt Whitman Quarterly Review.
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Challenge doesn't go Giants' way on play at first
By Ryan Hood / MLB.com
OAKLAND -- Trailing the Oakland A's, 4-0, with one out in Tuesday's fourth inning after losing eight of their last 11 games, the Giants really needed a break. They didn't get it via replay challenge.
Pablo Sandoval hit a looper that dropped in front of shortstop Jed Lowrie, who threw to first. First-base umpire Mark Ripperger ruled that Sandoval was out on a close play. After video review, the umpires ruled that the play would stand.
Giants manager Bruce Bochy is now 16-for-25 in replay reviews this season.
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Leyland: Coke's success essential for Tigers
By Jason Beck / MLB.com
DETROIT -- It was just one inning, but Phil Coke's relief appearance was one of the bright sides of Saturday's loss for Tigers manager Jim Leyland.
Leyland wants to get his lefty reliever on a roll. To hear him say it, he has to.
"He's important for us; if we're going to be good, he's going to have to be good," Leyland said. "At the end of the day, in the grand scheme of things, he's going to have to be good for us. He's a key component."
He does not mean just against left-handed hitters.
"I don't care if they're ambidextrous," Leyland said. "I don't care how they hit."
The three batters Coke retired in Saturday's eighth inning were two left-handed hitters and a switch-hitter. He got away with a pitch to Justin Morneau, who flied out to center, before getting switch-hitter Chris Colabello and lefty Chris Parmelee to strike out on offspeed pitches -- Colabello on a changeup, Parmelee on the slider.
The latter has subtly been a different pitch for Coke. He is throwing fewer sliders now (23.5 percent, according to fangraphs.com) than last season (37.1 percent), and he is throwing it a few miles per hour slower. He is throwing it for a higher strike percentage, according to STATS, but getting fewer swings and misses.
"I think he has to complete the mission," Leyland said Saturday before the outing. "I think he throws two good ones, and then he'll throw one that's not so good."
Coke's splits, meanwhile, are starting to drop, small sample size as it is. After a miserable 2012 season against right-handed hitters (.396 average, three home runs in 101 at-bats) and a rougher start this year, Coke has tempered the numbers a bit, allowing opponents a 10-for-29 performance with four doubles and a home run from the right side.
Left-handed hitters, meanwhile, are 3-for-19 with a double, three walks and seven strikeouts against him.
Pena's role shifting, if not expanding
DETROIT -- The Tigers signed Brayan Pena to ease some of the wear and tear on Alex Avila and give Detroit a viable right-handed hitter against left-handed pitchers.
On Saturday, the switch-hitting Pena started against a right-handed starter for the second time in four days. Add in his start against Minnesota lefty Scott Diamond on Thursday, and Pena started three of Detroit's previous four games before Avila returned to the starting lineup Sunday against Twins righty Mike Pelfrey.
Against the two right-handers, Pena had two three-hit games.
Pena, manager Jim Leyland said, "has done a very good job settling in the backup role."
The starter-backup format, however, is a little skewed at the moment. Meanwhile, the mix of starts Leyland talked about doing with Pena and Avila seems to be taking shape.
"I'm trying to have a little bit of one [day] on, one [day] off just to see if we can get [Avila] going a little bit," Leyland said.
Leyland tried something similar in 2008, when Ivan Rodriguez was slumping. When it began, Pudge was batting .245 in early June. By mid-July, Rodriguez had raised his average to .295. Of course, the Tigers traded him at the Trade Deadline later that month, in part because he was unhappy with playing time.
Any change would more likely be in a timeshare like the Tigers have going right now. The goal of the timeshare so far, though, has been to try to get Avila out of his nearly season-long slump by reducing the wear and tear.
It would not be a surprise at all if the timeshare continued for a while. Remember, Leyland mixed Avila and Gerald Laird behind the plate for a good chunk of the summer. If Avila gets going and Pena is still hitting, it is easier to maintain.
Oddly enough, the years when Pena had the most playing time in Kansas City were the years when he had lesser production. The years when Pena caught 60 to 65 games were his best seasons.
Pena's goal is to keep himself ready for whatever Leyland wants out of him.
"It's one of those [situations] where I've got the opportunity to go out and play, and the fact that I don't want to let the skipper down and I don't want to let my team down," Pena said. "I just have to go out there and grind. I never take anything for granted, just continue to work and continue to improve."
Tigers to honor veterans, active military on field
DETROIT -- The Tigers will help remember the sacrifice and contributions of veterans on Memorial Day by wearing special camouflage design home jerseys for Monday's 1:08 p.m. ET game against the Pirates at Comerica Park.
Members of the Armed Forces will be honored on the field for their service prior to the national anthem. David Van Allen of the Disabled American Veterans will throw out a ceremonial first pitch to represent veterans, and Colonel David Brooks from Selfridge Air National Guard Base will do the same in honor of active service members.
All service members and veterans in the on-field ceremony will receive a patriotic Tigers T-shirt.
The Tigers will donate 1,500 tickets to local veterans and members of the Armed Forces to attend the game with their families.
The camouflage-design jerseys are part of Major League Baseball's program to recognize veterans, active military and military families. The jerseys will be sold online, with all net proceeds donated to Welcome Back Veterans.
Jason Beck is a reporter for MLB.com. Read Beck's Blog and follow him on Twitter @beckjason. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Discussion in 'Pacific Northwet - Where it's green. And wet.' started by mtbdemon, Dec 6, 2010.
Thursday here on Bachelor - as good as it gets on this old volcano!
That's pure beauty!
Like a proper ADVer.
First action when someone falls: Take pictures
Second: Ask if help is needed
She is climbing ***up***. Kicking steps in. I am following.
You must have been talking about this photo from last season:
Bit of a hole
No skiing for me this weekend, but would anyone be interested in next weekend? Apple??
Bummer Ken, but totally understand
I'm hosting Draggs, Easy-Z, and Luke at my Co-op Cabin in Government Camp this weekend.
I'm bringing my camera for sure
We took a little post-holiday ski holiday and found fantastic weather at Mt. Bachelor. No fresh snow but acres of groomers / high speed.
and the elusive ski-a-corn (or is it a uni-skier?)
Like, Sunday the 16th?
Um.....Yeah!! That day'll do. Wifey works the night before and will want to sleep in.
That makes Sunday a good day for Skiing.
Sounds like trouble......
Sweet Sunny day.
Last time I was at Bachelor w/ friends, it was so foggy that we got lost from the very top lift. Had to hike for two hours just to get back to the lifts. Two of our group were lazy/n00bish, so when we finally got back, they were done for the day!! A one run day! Went back to the condo & drank all night.
Me and my other skiier bud went back the next day and made up for it, though. The two n00bs just went home, and haven't gone skiing since.
Nice light freshies at T-line all day yesterday. I brought two cameras and only took one picture.
Great conditions and a fun weekend.
Bachelor is frozen solid and after the holiday pow', not very inspiring so we grabbed some whiskey and shuffled up in the woods for scary/icy nordic action.
Oh yeah - Vintage 215cm Karhus with no edges are the perfect choice for an icy descent!
Snowed a little bit on the way down but not enough to make a difference.
Haven't gone nordic this year - good workout and the Maker's Mark was just the ticket!
Mt Hood Meadows tomorrow through thursday 1/13 for a competition with my kid. I'll be standing around the event (1/2 pipe and slopestyle) if anyone is up there.
Awesome weekend on Mt Hood this past weekend! Lot's-o-powder, and less crowded that over the Holidays...
Brought up Easy-Z, Draggs, and Luke and we all stayed at my co-op cabin in Government Camp. I wish I had more pics, but this is a few I managed to get on my low-res phone camera:eek1...Wox always has his good camera with him
Heading up to T-Line on Saturday am...
Nice snow at 6K feet! Low crowds after everyone went in the lodge for lunch
Saved the best for last! After Easy and Luke went back to PDX Saturday afternoon, I had the best idea! Sunday I dragged Draggs () back up to T-line early (he was wiped after Sat, his first ski in over 4 years), and we poached a free run down the Glade Trail back to Goverment Camp! We managed to get a ride from one of my cabin mates to the Lodge. What is very unique about Mt Hood are two trails out of bounds at Tline that take you to Govy. The run from 6K feet at the Jeff's flood Chair and all the way on the Glade Trail to Govy is 4+ miles and over 2K feet of vertical drop on this one run!! And, the trail ends right at the street our cabin is located, and when the street has freshies..you can ski right up to our front door. We had first tracks, 6"+ powder and one kick ass trip down the Glade!
One shot of Draggs on the Glade Fresh Tracks for 4 miles!!
This Jan/Feb is going to be epic at Mt Hood!
I'm planning to ski this Sunday morning/day. Who's in?
I'll ski any slope, where ADVers will join me.
This coming Monday at Meadows is Hood River Rotary night.
$10 lift tickets from 2pm - 9pm.
Night-time only for Rotary Fundraiser. Season Pass no good this night only.
Anyone interested? I'm going anyway.
Must get tickets from Rotary member. I'm not part of Rotary, but
I can get tickets for anyone truly interested.
I've been thinking going up on Monday. It's a holiday for some of us ya know.
Negative on that ghost rider-I think I will be skiing on Sat and working about the cabin on Sunday. Although, give me an idea on when you would be there and I could be talked into a few runs Sunday afternoon...Maybe, if I'm not too tired from the day before.
Anyone interested in skiing sat?
I have tentative plans to ski or board Friday and Sunday (have obligations on Sat). AJ, I'll ski witcha. On Sunday.
You wanna do Monday Night 2pm - 9pm for only $10?
I'll getcha a tickee from a HR local.....
I'll be there Sunday morning early @ 8:30-ish in the Main Lot. My van will be as Red as your Van, but an '07 Chevy, with Apple Jam logos. It'll be VERY easy to spot in the sea of boring grey, white, black and blue cars that people buy these days.
Smell# five4one-eight0six-thirteen-ninety-two.
Well, there ya go. See you Sunday maybe?
Wifey works all night Sat/Sun, then gets home Sunday morning about 7am. She likes it when I go do something Sunday morning so she can sleep in peace.
I get to install stair guardrails and handrails for my barn staircase on Saturday.
Almost done.
On second thought, looks kinda soggy up there this weekend. I'll save my money for better snow.
Shit. I haven't looked at the weather report. I save that until the last moment.
It'll change by then, anyway. It's only Wednesday now.
Still, Monday's only $10........
PS: We got 5" of beatiful dry powder 20 degree snow last night.....
Then it started freezing rain, and put a 1/4" slick crust on top of everything.
Ok, I'll keep watching too. How much notice do you need to get the 10 buck tikky?
I just gotta call & go to visit one of my Clients that's a Rotary Member, and pick them up.
By Friday morning-ish?
Once I leave HR on Friday, I ain't going back to town.


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An FC Dallas team made up of mostly Under-15 Pre Academy players is currently in Poland touring the country while playing games against Polish sides. For more information on the trip, click here.
Thank you to FCD U15 assistant coach Jesse Suarez for the updates!
Click here for a gallery of pictures from the games against MKS Blekitni Wronki - click here for day 1 & day 2 updates - click here for day 3 & day 4 updates - click here for day 5 & 6 updates
By Jesse Suarez
Day 9:
Saturday, May 4
We started the day with a two and a half hour drive back to the training facilities of Wronki. The boys started very quickly out of the gate. Sebastian Gordillo struck a 25 yard shot in the upper 90 to make the game 1-0 in favor of FCD in just the first minute. Lech Poznan kept an aggressive attack throughout the first half and found the back of the net in the 39th minute when Gras Ernest scored. The second half became a counter attack battle and saw even possession from both teams, but neither team could find the final touch and the game ended at 1-1.
FC Dallas 96' Pre Academy-1
Lech Poznan - 1
FC Dallas XI: Charlie Furrer, Livano Salas (Jeff Withers 56' ), Ryan Jakszta, Antonio Trespalacios, Clay Ritterhaus, Brent Mandelkorn, Reese Schattle, Martin Salas, Sergio Lara (Kody Korleski 60), Sebastian Gordillo, Christian Ramirez
1' Sebastián Gordillo
39' Gras Ernest
The 97's and Lech Poznan played hard to a 0-0 draw in the last game of the week
FC Dallas 97' Pre Academy - 0
Lech Poznan 97's(First place in Polish league) - 0
FC Dallas XI: Matthew Karasinski, Eric Davies, Phillip Ponder, Pablo Ocampo, Alex Lim, Irving Dominguez, Jason Saco-Vertiz, Bernie Zuazua (Joel Avilez 35) (Duncan James 54), Weston McKennie, Richard Tapia (Daniel Kiser 35) (Teague Loughmen 62), Alejandro Martinez
Right after the game, we drove to the Lech Poznan professional game. This was a game in which Lech won 1-0. It was an amazing experience for both the players and staff. We saw their ultra fans at their best and the atmosphere couldn't have been better!
Day 10:
Sunday, May 5
We are now heading back to the States. We will start with a 2 hour drive to Poznan, followed by a 2 hour flight to Munich, Germany. We then had a 9 hour flight to Chicago. From Chicago, we finished our journey back home into Dallas!
On behalf of FC Dallas, the players, parents, and coaching staff, we would like to thank the following people for their great hospitality and welcoming us to their beautiful country! Without them our visit would not have been the same!
Przemek Graczyk
Piotr Kocinski
Joanna Wrotek
Dawid Wrotek
Marek Bojarski
Ewa Bojarski
Filip Bojarski
Andrzej Gryciuk
Maryla Gryciuk
Kamil Gryciuk
Zbigniew Jakubczyk
Zygi "Bus Driver"
Zbigniew Witkowski
Thank you and WE will never forget you guys!


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Art in Surprising Places: Amazing Parking Garages Around the World
Parking garages aren't always utilitarian, concrete blocks. We found innovative, artistic, and even environmentally friendly versions that stand out around the world (sorry, we can't promise it will be easy to find a spot).
Santa Monica Civic Center
The world's first LEED-certified garage, built in 2007, is covered with blue, green, and red panels; has a solar array on the roof; and includes free bicycle storage.
Veranda Car Park
Words to describe parking garages: Minimalist, maybe. Cool and sleek, not very often. But the Veranda Car Park does all three. The mirrored glass, aluminum, and steel structure blends with the skyline, and the natural light means you won't lose your bearings when looking for your car.
1111 Lincoln Road Parking Garage
Designed by the same team that created the Beijing Olympics stadium, this $70 million parking garage holds 300 cars and has a rooftop restaurant with ocean views. Natural light illuminates each level of the modern, angular building; it has a series of art installations; and the 7th floor is used for yoga classes, weddings, wine tastings, parties, and more.
Michigan Theatre
The theatre, built in 1926 where Henry Ford used his first car, has been retrofitted as a parking garage. The cathedral ceilings and gilded walls of the once-majestic playhouse have certainly seen better days, but it provides an ambience few other parking structures can give.
Burda Car Park
A winner of the RIBA Award (a U.K. architecture honor), this circular structure has steel cables supporting strips of gray Oregon pine that wrap around the building, making it elegant, open, and inviting.
Burda Car Park
An exterior aerial shot.
Car Park Two at Chesapeake
A translucent mesh wrapped around the building hides the comings and goings of the cars but still allows for light and air, plus it reflects changes in the sky.
Car Park Two at Chesapeake
Inside is a 13-foot-wide, colorfully lit atrium with cheery phrases painted on the walls.
Nutwood Parking Facility
Three of the four walls are living walls—they're covered with bamboo and flowering vines. The fourth wall of perforated metal and glass is lit at night, which makes the building glow.
Greenway Self Park
This parking garage uses corkscrew wind turbines to collect wind energy, is stocked with electric charging stations, utilizes natural ventilation, and has a rainwater collection system.
Mountain Dwellings
Consider this a hybrid parking garage and residential complex in one sleek, terraced package. An image of the Himalayan mountains, which echoes the building's mountainous shape, decorates the northern and western sides.
Mountain Dwellings
The inside of this garage was designed to be a sort of car cathedral with high ceilings, colorful lighting, and murals. Although the car park is for just residents, there's a climing wall and a public staircase on the outside.
Kansas City Public Library
Kansas City Public Library
Eureka Car Park
It's tough to go the wrong way in this garage. Graphic designer Axel Peemoeller used lines of color and a 3-D techinque to form directional words, such as "Up" and "Out" as you drive toward them.
Ballet Valet Parking Garage
Arquitectonica built this six-level garage that's been nicknamed the Chia Pet because of the plants spilling out of the roof and walls. Built in 1996, it was the first of Miami's destination garages.
Brisbane Domestic Terminal Parking
Artist Ned Kahn created an eight-story kinetic façade of 118,000 aluminum panels that ripple in the wind. On the suspended panels, you can trace the path of the Brisbane river. Plus, the wall provides ventilation and shade.
Collins Park Garage
This five-story Zaha Hadid newcomer will include a covered plaza (with features inspired by sand dunes), a spiraling staircase, and curving white balustrades that allow for natural light and hide the cars.


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Astros All-Stars all see time for NL
Oswalt, Lidge, Clemens toss inning; Ensberg plays first
By Alyson Footer / MLB.com
Both's enthusiasm was as strong after the game as it was during the pregame introductions.
"You want to win the game, and you're playing to win this game for sure," Lidge said. "I was happy with how I threw. It was a memory I'll never forget." "I think the smile was something I couldn't fight back," Ensberg said of his ear-to-ear grin during the pregame ceremony. "I was just so happy to be here."
He had no regrets about his performance, even though he popped out in the eighth and ended the game with a strikeout.
Lidge, on the other hand, used 11 pitches to strike out the side in the seventh. Later, the closer compared his nervousness to how he felt during the playoffs, which makes sense, considering he was as good on Tuesday as he was during his strikeout tear during the NLCS last October.
"Sometimes, when you have that much adrenaline, it can help you out there and get your focus a little better," the closer said.
Ensberg said he felt cool and collected during both of his at-bats, and even though he was facing one of the best closers in baseball history in the ninth, he didn't change his aggressive approach while facing Mariano Rivera.
Ensberg seemed unfazed that he swung at and missed three consecutive pitches.
"I was hacking, no matter who was up there," he said. "You saw my typcial, aggressive style. I was not going to get cheated. I just didn't get a hit. It happens."
The Astros were well-represented at this year's All-Star Game. In addition to Lidge and Ensberg, Roy Oswalt and Roger Clemens also appeared in Tuesday's contest.
Oswalt pitched the third inning and allowed two runs on two hits. Johnny Damon singled to short and eventually scored on David Ortiz's base hit to right, and Miguel Tejada drove in a run with a groundout to short.
It was the earliest a Final Vote winner has ever appeared in an All-Star Game.
Clemens appeared in the fifth and faced the minimum three batters during his scoreless inning of work.
The game, meaningless in the standings regardless of the impact it has on the World Series, is somewhat of a sideshow compared to the hooplah that ensues in the days leading up.
As late as batting practice Tuesday, Ensberg was still pinching himself that he was in Detroit, taking in the festivities.
"I still don't feel comfortable too much in here," he said, looking around the clubhouse. "I don't know what I'm doing here. You look around there's no question you see the top guys in the game. I just don't see myself as one of the top guys in the game."
Maybe not, but he was the home run leader among all Major League third baseman at the break, which more than justified his late addition to the All-Star team. Ensberg's modesty never wavered through the numerous interviews he's granted since he arrived Monday morning.
Clemens, however, didn't hold back.
"Mo's our MVP right now and one of the main reasons why we have hope again in Houston," he said.
Lidge called the whole All-Star experience "surreal," especially when the pitchers gathered for a pregame meeting to go over the opposing team's hitters.
"You're going over the greatest hitters in the other league," Lidge marveled.
Lidge said one thing he will remember from this week is sitting on the field during Monday's home run derby with his fellow National Leaguers, a group that included Mike Piazza, John Smoltz, Dontrelle Willis, Jake Peavy, Jason Isringhausen and Chris Carpenter.
"Sitting on the field when the home run derby started and looking around and seeing the guys surrounding me that are my teammates for a couple days, it was amazing," he said.
Oswalt is one who, during the regular season, has very little desire to fraternize with opposing hitters. He's old school in that way, claiming he doesn't need to socialize with players who he will be facing in the not so distant future.
But during All-Star week, Oswalt has put those convictions aside.
"We'll go back to business when we go back to the game," Oswalt said.
The All-Star experience may be all about being on the big stage, but it was also important not to forget the little things. During pregame introductions, Lidge waved to his family, tipped his cap to the crowd ands tugged on his goatee. The latter was his way of saying hello to his fellow Houston relievers.
"I have a lot of love for my bullpen mates," Lidge said.
Asked if he had a special sign for his family, Lidge replied, "My family knows I love them. [The bullpen] needs constant attention. They're insecure."
Alyson Footer is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.