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NLDS Game 3: San Francisco Giants 2, Cincinnati Reds 1
Game 1: Reds 5, Giants 2
Game 2: Reds 9, Giants 0
Game 3: Giants 2, Reds 1
Game 4: Giants (Zito) at Reds (TBA), 1:07 p.m. Wednesday (TBS)
Game 5: Giants at Reds, 10:07 a.m. (or 11:07 a.m.), Thursday (TBS)
Incredibly, inexplicably, the Giants are not dead yet.
Buster Posey scored on an error by Reds third baseman Scott Rolen, who could not field a grounder off the bat of Joaquin Arias cleanly enough to throw him out with two out in the top of the 10th.
And the Giants won 2-1, despite the fact that they didn't record their first hit until the sixth inning, despite the fact that they only managed three hits total, despite the fact that in seven of the 10 innings Tuesday the Giants went down in order, despite the fact that the Giants did not get a run-scoring hit.
The Giants still aren't hitting, but they're still playing.
They won because of a solid five outings from Ryan Vogelsong and five more shutout innings from the bullpen.
It was a very 2010 pitching performance.
But it was a very un-2010 performance by manager Bruce Bochy. Watching the game, we kept wondering if the skipper's questionable move were eventually going to end the Giants' hopes.
Ultimately, it was a questionable call by the former Giants manager in the Reds dugout that helped them win the game.
We'll get to that eventually. But we'll start with Vogelsong.
After giving up three singles and a run in the first inning, it looked like it was going to be another sub-par postseason outing by a Giants starter. Vogelsong was actually aided by Brandon Phillips' decision to advance from first to third on a pitch that got away from catcher Buster Posey. Posey threw out Phillips at third for the inning's first out.
After Zach Cozart walked and a Joey Votto fly out, Vogelsong gave up singles to Ryan Ludwick and Jay Bruce, scoring Cozart. But Vogey fanned Scott Rolen to end the inning.
But after the first, Vogelsong did not allow another hit to the Reds.
Meanwhile, the Reds' Homer Bailey didn't allow a hit to the Giants for 5 2/3 innings. But that didn't keep the Giants off the board.
In the third, Gregor Blanco was hit by a pitch and Brandon Crawford walk. After a Vogelsong sacrifice, Angel Pagan flied to center to score Blanco.
From there it was a combination of heroes, botches by Bochy, and goofs by the Reds.
BOCHY BOTCH NO. 1: This one came even before the game started, before the series started, when Bochy decided to go with 12 pitchers on his postseason roster. He went with 11 in 2010, when he left Barry Zito off the roster. But this season, he decided to leave all five starters on the roster, meaning one would act as a long man out of the pen, completely negating the need to carry Guillermo Mota. The Giants would have been better off leaving Mota off the roster and carrying Francisco Peguero to give them a second reserve outfielder on the bench.
HERO NO. 1, RYAN VOGELSONG: Vogelsong settled down after the first, working around two walks in the third and setting down the final seven batters he faced. He finished with 5 IP, 3 hits, 1 ER, 3 BB, 5 K.
BOCHY BOTCH NO. 2: With Vogelsong sailing and the Giants hitless, Bochy opted to pinch-hit for Vogey with Aubrey Huff leading off the sixth. TBS analyst Ron Darling said Bochy made the move because "the Giants can't waste outs." Well, that's all they have been doing all weekend. The more important goal is keep the Reds from scoring. He should have let Vogelsong hit and stay in the game for another inning. He was at 95 pitches. But his high-pitch innings came early. Instead, Huff came to the plate and struck out. Now your starter is out, you're digging in your dugout and one of your pinch-hitters is done. Marco Scutato got the Giants' first hit two batters later.
HERO NO. 2, JEREMY AFFELDT: Affeldt came in relief of Vogelsong and threw two shutout innings, allowing just one hit. A shutdown performance very similar to Game 6 of the 2010 NLCS in Philadelphia.
BOCHY BOTCH NO. 3: When Reds manager Dusty Baker pulled Bailey after seven one-hit innings (and 10 strikeouts and just 88 pitches thrown — thank you Dusty), lefty Sean Marshall came in the game. With two lefties (Gregor Blanco and Brandon Crawford) and the pitcher's spot due up, Bochy gutted his bench, sending up three pinch-hitters to hit to get the OVERRATED righty-lefty. I can see sending up two pinch-hitters, but not three, especially with only four players left on the bench. The best move would have been to let Blanco hit, keeping Xavier Nady in reserve. Instead, Nady, Joaquin Arias and Ryan Theriot were all retired.
HERO NO. 3, HUNTER PENCE: Pence was hitless — for the series — when he came to the plate in the top of the 10th. He fouled off a pitch and landed awkwardly on his left leg, which was cramping up. Trainers came out to talk to him and he stayed in the game, eventually slapping a single into left to put runners on first and second with no out. Pence hobbled to first. In the bottom of the 10th, Pence chugged a bottle of Gatorade and made his way out to right. Luckily, the Reds never hit the ball his way.
BOCHY BOTCH NO. 4: OK, I don't think Bochy actually botched this one, but I thought I should address it. After Pence's single put runners on first and second with no outs, Bochy did not have Brandon Belt sacrifice. I believe it was the right call. Belt does not have a sacrifice bunt in his two years with the Giants. He hasn't even attempted one. He has zero sacrifices in three seasons as a pro. With Pence hobbled at first, a bunt attempt that is struck too hard could have easily have turned into a double play. Fans were screaming for a sacrifice after Belt struck out, but in this case it was a good call.
REDS GAFFES NO. 1, 2 and 3: After Xavier Nady followed Belt's whiff with one of his own, Jonathan Broxton's first pitch to Joaquin Arias ticked off catcher Ryan Hanigan's glove for a passed ball and both runners moved up. It was at this point that I thought Baker would walk Arias with the open base. This would accomplish three things: 1) set up a force at any base; 2) force Bochy's hand to use his final hitter on his bench — Hector Sanchez — to bat for Sergio Romo; 3) Get Romo out of the game. Instead, he pitched to Arias, who hit a chopper to Rolen, who charged but was unable to come up with it cleanly and Arias beat out the throw, scoring Posey from third.
Romo then came back out in the 10th and set the Reds down in order, completing a six-up-six-down night.
And the Giants survive.


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There's Only One Universe
by David F. Coppedge *
Recently a new word has appeared in cosmological literature: multiverse. You won't find it in the dictionary, because it contains a contradiction in terms: multiple universes. By definition, the universe is supposed to include everything. One cannot have multiple everythings. The story of how this new word came about reveals the desperation of atheists trying to escape overwhelming evidence for design.
Naturalists want to explain the universe as a necessary outcome of laws and initial conditions, instead of a "roll of the dice." The Big Bang theory, inflation, and the search for structure in the cosmic background radiation are all part of this tradition. Everyone knows the universe looks designed. The design argument took on renewed urgency in the 1930s when quantum physicists realized that certain constants, like the force of gravity and the charge on the electron, could have taken arbitrary values—yet most values would never produce a universe with atoms, stars, planets, or observers. The universe appears finely tuned for our existence. To naturalists, this looks disturbingly unnatural.
One early escape from the design inference was the so-called Anthropic Principle. In its weakest form, it dismissed design by saying that if the laws and constants weren't what they are, we wouldn't be here to worry about the question. Stronger forms have asserted that our existence determines the laws of physics, or even that we create the universe by existing to observe it. Needless to say, most naturalists have dismissed such speculations as metaphysical fluff. The Anthropic Principle became a spent fad by the 1990s.
Something was discovered in 1996 that brought cosmologists kicking and screaming back to the Anthropic Principle: the universe is not only expanding, it's accelerating. The acceleration parameter, or cosmological constant, appears so finely tuned (nearly zero, but slightly positive) that almost any larger value would prohibit the formation of stars and galaxies. Theoretical predictions are off by 120 orders of magnitude.
Some hoped that superstring theory would come to the rescue, but its champions found that their equations permit 10500 different sets of initial conditions—most of them life-prohibiting. The only way our universe could be explained, therefore, was either by a Designer who chose the right values or by luck among untold numbers of alternate universes with random values.
Sadly, this is the escape hatch many have chosen. With his 2005 book Cosmic Landscape: String Theory and the Illusion of Intelligent Design, Leonard Susskind launched a passionate schism among cosmologists. Growing numbers are caving in to his multiverse concept with its anthropic overtones, while others, with no explanation for the fine-tuning of the universe, cling to their faith in naturalism. They argue that multiverse theory relies on alternate realities that are unobservable even in principle.
Occam's Razor would surely prefer a single Designer to uncountable universes. These are good days for churches to preach out of Isaiah 45, with its winning scientific cosmology: "|He| formed it to be inhabited."
* David F. Coppedge works in the Cassini program at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Cite this article: Coppedge, D. 2006. There's Only One Universe. Acts & Facts. 35 (12).
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from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and the Université de
Lausanne in Switzerland have used simple robots to study the evolution of
altruism in social animals.
Floreano, study leader and EPFL robotics professor, and Laurent Keller, a
biologist from the Université de Lausanne, have joined forces to study how
altruism came about in social creatures that were born to understand
"survival of the fittest."
is the selfless concern for the welfare of others. It is demonstrated in
animals like worker ants, which are sterile and give up the transmission of
their own genes in order to guarantee the survival of the queen's genetic
makeup. This type of altruism is known as kin selection, where the individual
makes personal sacrifices in order to insure the survival of a relative's
genetic code.
In 1964,
a biologist named W.D. Hamilton proposed that if an individual member shares
food with its family, it decreases its own survival yet increases the chance of
survival for family members that can pass along family genes. Hamilton's rule
of kin selection states that an organism is more likely to share its food with
another that is genetically close rather than those who are not.
and Keller began experimenting with this theory using robots. In previous
studies, the robots would perform simple tasks like pushing seed-like objects
across the floor to specific destinations. The robots would evolve over several
generations, and those that could not push the objects to the correct
destination were pulled from the study, unable to pass their code along. On the
other hand, robots that were able to perform the desired task were allowed to
pass their code on, and this code was mutated and recombined with other robots in
the next generation.
Floreano and Keller are testing the evolution of altruism through the use of
robots that evolve quickly. The robots are able to evolve through
the use of simulated gene and genome functions. Some robots are created as
clones, siblings, cousins, and complete strangers. The difference between this
new study and the older ones is that robots now have the option to share a seed
once it is pushed to the desired destination. Over the course of 500
generations of experiments, the researchers observed when robots would share,
when they wouldn't, and what the consequences were for both options.
results of the study showed that Hamilton's rule of kin selection was exactly
right. Groups of robots that were related shared the seed, and the family
became strong and was able to pass its code to the next generation. Hamilton's
original theory takes into account both a limited and isolated vision of gene
interaction while these gene simulations in robots "integrate effects of
one gene in multiple other genes," and Hamilton's theory was still
have been able to take this experiment and extract an algorithm that we can use
to evolve cooperation in any type of robot," said Floreano. "We are
using this altruism algorithm to improve the control system of our flying
robots and we see that it allows them to effectively collaborate and fly in swarm formation more
study was published in PLoS Biology.


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ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite spam filter in Outloook Express 6 claims it has detected 5 junk messages so far,
today. Since I know from other spam filtering programs I've tried, that the spam detection is
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perceives as junk mail.
Could there be, some settings I've overlooked? And where have the 5 alleged
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Ninety Mile Beach (Te Oneroa-a-Tōhē in Māori) is a beach located on the western coast of the far north of the North Island of New Zealand.The name Ninety Mile Beach is a misnomer because it is actually 55 miles (88 km) long.The beach can only be visited while low-tide and is considered as a highway.
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• See the best pictures from all Saturday's games in our gallery
It is amazing the difference a £35m striker can make. Without Andy Carroll, West Ham's season had rather ground to a halt, winning only twice while the striker recovered from the knee injury he suffered at the end of November.
Carlton Cole and Marouane Chamakh had turned out to be rather underwhelming deputies and West Ham were in danger of being dragged into a relegation battle, so imagine the relief around Upton Park when Carroll found a way past the magnificent Gerhard Tremmel to end Swansea City's stout resistance with 13 minutes remaining.
Despite starting Carroll after his return to fitness, Sam Allardyce did not expect the striker to last 90 minutes but he was the game's outstanding player, a threat in the air and surprisingly nifty on the ground too. His contribution was vital and the West Ham manager knew he could not take him off, not while the game remained so delicately poised.
"It's his first full 90 minutes in nine weeks," Allardyce said. "The only other participation he's had was a few minutes at Fulham. There didn't look to be any fatigue there, so we left him on." The gamble paid off and West Ham are nine points clear of the bottom three.
This was inevitably billed as "A Clash Of Styles", West Ham's blood and thunder against Swansea's slick ball-hoggers, and the game largely lived up to expectations. West Ham were intent on finding Carroll and his partnership with his old pal, Kevin Nolan, was fruitful. Nolan went close three times in the first half, but saw one volley deflected wide and another saved by Tremmel. His best chance, though, came after Joey O'Brien fooled Ben Davies on the right and whipped a low cross towards the near post, only for Tremmel to deny Nolan with his feet.
Swansea, looking to extend a run of seven matches unbeaten in the league, were disappointing. They passed the ball impressively but struggled to test Jussi Jaaskelainen and West Ham, who had not kept a clean sheet in their previous 10 matches, were comfortable for long periods. It was difficult to agree with Michael Laudrup's assertion that Swansea merited more. This was a sixth consecutive game without a goal for Michu and when the opportunity presented itself midway through the second half, first he slashed wide from an angle and then headed over from Pablo Hernández's cross.
Hernández, a constant thorn in Matt Taylor's side, was Swansea's best outfield player but too often his team-mates were not on the same wavelength and Tremmel was by far the busier goalkeeper. Standing in for the injured Michel Vorm, he also pushed out a firm drive from Ricardo Vaz Tê just before half-time and West Ham's exasperation grew when he stuck out a foot to divert Carroll's shot with 20 minutes remaining.
Allardyce has bemoaned the failings of his forwards this season and it seemed like it was going to be one of those days when Carroll blazed over from 15 yards out, before Mohamed Diamé's overhead kick went the same way.
On came Joe Cole, against the side who were the opposition when he made his professional debut for West Ham in January 1999, and on 77 minutes he won a corner on the left. Mark Noble swung it in and Carroll towered above Ashley Williams, heading firmly past Tremmel from six yards. It was his second goal of the season and his first at Upton Park. "We know how good he is in the air," Laudrup said. "Inside the box he's very dangerous."
The goal roused Swansea and West Ham endured some nervy moments in a frantic finale. Ki Sung-yueng shot from 25 yards out, Jaaskelainen saved and then held the follow-up from Davies. West Ham seemed certain to crack, but, after two absurd goalmouth scrambles in the dying minutes, they clung on.
"We were under pressure today to produce a result," Allardyce said. "Our performance today deserved a victory. It's a relief having gone eight games with only five points. For us we should be looking up now rather than down. The way we've played at home all year has been fantastic. It was just a shame it couldn't be by more goals."


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My gut feel right now: I'm not very interested in improving the Perl 5 CPAN. Instead, I think we should make the Perl 6 CPAN, or whatever it is, be a leapfrog over current goodness.
I specifically limited my ideas to searching because, while I too think that the entirety of CPAN could use some rethinking, it isn't something any one person can do. Providing a different front end search engine is something anyone should be able to do without ruffling any feathers.
I am not sold on the idea perl 6 is taking regarding modules will make choosing a module any easier. Providing a more flexible search engine now isn't going to be wasted in that regard.
I will reserve my opinions on the rest of
I've always thought this was a BS argument. Sometimes the "do something about it" is "come up with the brilliant idea." It's all a matter of your expectations.
There's nothing at all wrong with saying "Here are some ideas I have for what I'd like to see CPAN to do." That's why I started the rethinking-cpan list.
Anyone who has a problem with pie-in-the-sky imagining
I agree that it is BS to not offer up an idea for improvement because you are concerned about not being able to help do it.
That's not where I was coming from here. Reserving my opinions means not complaining. I don't have any ideas about how to make it better, I just know what I don't like.
The argument then could be made that there is still value in even that - pointing out the things that could use improvement. Again, I have to counter with I would only be echo'ing what I have heard others already say m
They key with complaining about what you don't like is.
1. Don't say things like "it should be better", because if you are complaining, clearly it SHOULD be better, saying so is just bait for trolls and nitpickers.
2. Don't demand that the people make it better, don't make a request that someone write a better replacement.
Just keep the complaint tightly focused on your opinion, and what you don't like, and you've provided the data point that the people responsible for the problem are interested in. When you d


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This thread is for any and all questions you may have for us. We would like you to get to know us.
First a bit of an introduction for those who may not know us.
I will start, and Hannah will add hers in a bit.
Okay, Hannah, your turn...Let's see... I am a grandmother of seven who is obsessed with HP. I wish I could say I read the books because of my grandchildren or even my nephews, but alas, I read them a bit over a year ago after watching the first two movies. I knew from reading LOTR then watching the movies, the books would be better. And I was right.
I have my favourites of course. Though I have a close friend n the boards who will argue this with me, I should let you all know, Sirius Black fell through the Veil and landed in the USA with me. He is very happy here and quite often finds his way into my stories.
I am in Hufflepuff and I am known in there for being the Canon Queen. I have read the books probably over 50 times each with Deathly Hallows being read about twice as much as the others as I always have to read it twice in a row.
So, ask away. If you would like ideas for questions, read the Ask Sarah thread. There are quite a few great questions in there.


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Girl adoption due to grooming fears
A family court judge has ruled that a toddler whose maternal grandfather is a suspected child abuser must be placed for adoption.
Judge Richard Scarratt was told that the grandfather associated with "known sex offenders" and he said the little girl had to be guarded against grooming.
The judge said the grandfather was suspected of abusing his daughter, the toddler's mother, when she was a child - although there had been no criminal proceedings.
And he said a psychiatrist had told how the toddler's mother had a "very close relationship" with the grandfather and "could turn a blind eye to the risk posed by him and his associates".
The judge said his inexorable conclusion was that the toddler should be "placed outside of her family" despite her parents' opposition.
Detail of the case has emerged in a written ruling published on a legal website after a county court hearing in Canterbury, Kent, in February.
No-one involved was identified.
Judge Scarratt said Kent County Council started care proceedings after social workers raised concerns about the welfare of the little girl, who recently had her first birthday.
Social workers told how they started care proceedings because of the mother's involvement with "her father's associates" who were "known sex offenders", said Judge Scarratt, in the ruling.
They said they were concerned about the mother's "vulnerability" and feared that she would not "see through" grooming.
And they said the mother had left the toddler "in the care" of a convicted sex abuser.
The mother had also accepted her "emotional dependency" on her father, said the judge.
"I am particularly concerned that the mother does not appear to appreciate the concerns of the local authority in respect of her father and his associates and the importance of guarding against grooming by potential abusers," said Judge Scarratt.
"The evidence … leads me inexorably to the conclusion that the (toddler's) best interests - her welfare being paramount - lie with her being placed outside of her family."
He said he was satisfied that all "avenues and options" had been explored.
The judge said other concerns relating to the toddler's parents' "ability to provide good parenting" had been raised.
Doctor had raised health concerns about the mother, saying she probably suffered from epilepsy and "possible non epileptic attacks with a psychological basis".
A psychiatrist had described the mother as "immature and child-like" and said she "struggled to keep herself safe" and had self-harmed.
Worries had also been raised about the toddler's father.
A psychologist said he had "domestic violence" issues and problems with "inter-personal relationships".
The judge also said concerns had been brought up relating to the father regarding "anger management" and "violence to women".
And a social worker had said the parents lived in "filthy" home circumstances, had "deep-rooted" difficulties and a "fragile relationship".
The parents had wanted to care for their daughter and said, if that was not possible, the father's mother should care for her.
But the judge decided on adoption, saying the toddler would be at "risk of significant harm" if returned to her parents' care.
"I am quite satisfied that all the avenues and options have been analysed," he added. "I am wholly satisfied that (the toddler's) welfare now and for the remainder of her minority will be an adoptive placement."
He acknowledged the parents "love for their daughter" and said he appreciated how "sad" they would be.
But he added: "I hope that once the dust settles, if it ever does, that they will appreciate that this court has done what is best for (the toddler) and not necessarily what the parents might wish. She is the first priority in the court's eyes."


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Intra-Community trade in bovine pure-bred breeding animals
Cattle production occupies a very important place in European agriculture. Its success is closely related to the use of pure-bred breeding animals. However, disparities between Member States as regards breeds and standards hinder trade within the European Union (EU). To remedy this situation, the EU is harmonising standards on trade in these animals which are used for breeding. It thus contributes to lifting restrictions on intra-Community trade and increasing the productivity of this agricultural sector.
Council Directive 2009/157/EC of 30 November 2009 on pure-bred breeding animals of the bovine species.
The European Union (EU) defines rules applying to trade in pure-bred breeding animals of the bovine species. It will thus allow intra-Community trade in all pure-bred breeding animals to be gradually liberalised.
Bovine animals and their cells
The Directive applies to:
- pure-bred breeding animals of the bovine species, including buffalo, the ancestors of which are entered or registered in a herd-book * of the same breed, and which are themselves either entered or registered and eligible for entry in such a herd-book;
- the semen, ova and embryos of these animals.
Measures to liberalise trade in the European Union
Member States shall guarantee free trade in pure-bred breeding animals of the bovine species, their reproductive cells or their embryos.
States shall also ensure that there are no obstacles to the establishment of herd-books pursuant to Article 6 nor to the recognition of the organisations or associations which maintain these herd-books.
However, Member States may require pedigree certificates to be presented in cases of intra-Community trade in pure-bred breeding animals of the bovine species, their semen, their ova or their embryos.
Harmonised rules at European level
The Commission shall be assisted by the Standing Committee on Zootechnics in order to determine:
- performance monitoring methods and methods for assessing cattle's genetic value;
- the criteria governing the recognition of breeders' organisations and associations;
- the criteria governing the establishment of herd-books;
- the criteria governing entry in herd-books;
- the particulars to be shown on the pedigree certificate.
Entry in herd-books
Breeders' organisations or associations officially recognised by a Member State may not oppose the entry in their herd-books of pure-bred breeding animals of the bovine species from other Member States provided that they satisfy the requirements laid down in accordance with Article 6.
This Directive replaces Directive 77/504/EEC.
Key terms of the Act
- herd-book: any book, register, file or data medium:
- which is maintained by a breeders' organisation or association officially recognised by a Member State in which the breeders' organisation or association was constituted, or by an official department of the Member State concerned; and
- in which pure-bred breeding animals of a given breed of the bovine species are entered or registered with mention of their ancestors.
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Name: Maggie Zentgraf
Occupation: Counselor/social worker; assistant coach for the women's lacrosse team.
Hometown: Charlottesville, Va.
What brought me to Beloit: Coaching women's lacrosse for (Head Lacrosse Coach) Meredith Newman.
What's on your desert island jukebox? "The Weight," by The Band.
What's on your bucket list? Building my own house.
Favorite meal? Shrimp and grits.
What can't you live without? Dark chocolate.
Any advice? You are what you think about all day long.
What do you do in your free time? Exercise and cook.
What do you wish you did in your free time? Read intimidatingly long books.
Who are your top-three fantasy dinner party guests? My brother, Stringer Bell, and Diane Rehm.
What gets you up in the morning? Coffee.
What's your karaoke standard? Bohemian Rhapsody.
What are you most looking forward to? Bushel & Peck's fish tacos and our first game.


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Emperor penguin males can fast for over a hundred days when breeding far from the sea during the bleak Antarctic winter. In their new Short Communication, Gerald Kooyman and colleagues report a colony, based closer to the water, that may shorten this record fast by diving at night, thus giving males a chance to snack before the egg is laid.
In our latest early-career researcher interview, Brooke Flammang, Assistant Professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, tells us about her research journey (including writing her Master's thesis in an ambulance while working as a paramedic), the importance of collaboration in integrative biology, and her approach to teaching.
"The paper provided the first quantitative field evidence of the way that animals might gain protection from predation by seeking cover in a group of other similar animals. This protection is known as the dilution effect."
William Foster discusses 'Evidence for the dilution effect in the selfish herd from fish predation on a marine insect', the 1981 classic he published in Nature with John Treherne, former JEB Editor-in-Chief.
When starting her own lab at James Cook University, Australia, Jodie Rummer applied for a Travelling Fellowship from JEB to gather data on oxygen consumption rates of coral reef fishes at the Northern Great Barrier Reef. A few years later, Björn Illing, from the Institute for Hydrobiology and Fisheries Science, Germany, followed in Jodie's footsteps and used a JEB Travelling Fellowship to visit Jodie's lab. There, he studied the effects of temperature on the survival of larval cinnamon clownfish. Jodie and Björn's collaboration was so successful that they have written a collaborative paper, and Björn has now returned to continue his research as a post-doc in Jodie's Lab. Read their story here.
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Cullowhee, NC. - On a day when Victor Roache hit home run number 16, Western Carolina (14-17-1, 5-11) took the series opener from Georgia Southern (20-15, 9-4) 12-3 on Friday, April 15th. Roache moved to within one of the Division I leader, Jake Lowery (James Madison), for the moment. GSU and WCU will continue the series today at 3 p.m. with the finale slated for 2 p.m. on Sunday.
Is it a practice? A scrimmage? An exhibition?
Georgia Southern is heading back into its comfort zone.
North Florida small-balled its way to four runs in the first three innings, and that was enough to get the job done in Georgia Southern's 7-3 loss Wednesday in J.I. Clements Stadium.
It was just another monster night for Victor Roache.
Josh Rowe is blunt about sitting out spring camp with an injury and watching his teammates out on the field hitting and tackling - he hates it.
Let's call it the "MLB Gap."
Road trips to Jacksonville, Fla. have been a nightmare for the Georgia Southern Eagles this season.
BECKLEY, W.Va. – Georgia Southern (19-13) and Marshall (11-18) got underway and the Eagles got off to a quick 1-0 lead on Friday night, but 39 hours would pass before the two teams played again. Game one resumed on Sunday with Georgia Southern taking the 9-2 game one win. The Eagles were unable to pull off the doubleheader sweep after the Thundering Herd held off a ninth-inning Georgia Southern rally to win game two 5-3. Game three of the series was canceled.
On Saturday, the Georgia Southern Eagles had their final scrimmage before next Friday's Blue and White game, and while the quarterbacks wore red jerseys and avoided contact (mostly) and most of the offensive plays were run from the shotgun, there were certainly some folks that stood out on offense.
The numbers thin today when Georgia Southern has its second spring scrimmage at Paulson Stadium.
BECKLEY, W.Va. - Rain and lightning in the area delayed the first game of the series between Georgia Southern (18-12) and Marshall (10-17) until today.
Georgia Southern resumes Southern Conference softball play on the road this weekend against Elon.
The Eagles needed some good news after the last mid-week game.
Carson Hill was arguably the most - if not only - consistency about the Georgia Southern Eagles between 2006 and 2010.
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It would be a dream come true to have success in the Major Leagues and one day be greeted in the Dominican Republic like my hero -- Pedro Martinez.
Pedro was my favorite player growing up. As a kid, even now, I just love the way he pitches. I remember when he first started with the Dodgers. I never missed a game when he pitched. He's a great pitcher and a great personality.
I should mention that Pedro is also from my hometown of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. He lives close to me -- just 15 minutes away. He's very friendly off the field. I know him, and I've talked to him at times.
Needless to say, he's very popular back home. He's one of the most popular players in our country. When he comes back each winter, fans wait for him at the airport.
That's never happened to me when I come back, but it would be pretty cool. Who knows? If I do well here in the Major Leagues, maybe someday that will happen to me. I would love it.
As a pitcher, I watch and learn from Pedro. The changeup is one of his better pitches, and it's a pitch I've added recently. He has a great idea of what to do with his changeup, so I talked to him about it for a couple of minutes during winter ball. He told me to keep it going, to keep working hard and that I have good stuff. He told me that I would do well in the big leagues, and I just needed to keep doing what I was doing.
It's amazing to me the power he generates with his small frame. It's unbelievable. We have a guy here with the Reds, Johnny Cueto, who sort of reminds me of Pedro. Like Pedro, Johnny has strong legs and a strong arm.
I haven't been in a game against Pedro in the Major Leagues or in the Dominican yet, although I've seen him pitch in the Dominican. It would be a dream to pitch against him in a game someday. It would be a great thrill.
If that game were to happen in the National League, I would have to face him as a batter, too. I don't know how well that would go, though. I'm not very good with my hitting.
Edinson Volquez has been one of this season's early success stories. Named to the NL All-Star team, the Reds' rookie leads the NL with a 2.36 ERA, is tied for second with 11 wins and is third in strikeouts with 116.
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Also known as a circus peanut, this orange peanut shaped marshmallow became one of the first penny candies after it was introduced in the mid 1800s.
To be honest, I never understood why everyone liked these things so much. Yes they have a good texture, and yes they are a classic, but what I don't understand is why the peanut shaped marshmallow taste like artificial banana. It just doesn't make sense.
If you are a fan of marshmallows that taste like bananas, then this candy might be your calling. Unless you are trying to relive memories from the past, this almost sickeningly sweet confectionary won't leave you very satisfied.
In 1963 man named John Holahan discovered that the shavings of the circus peanut are a delicious addition to breakfast cereal. Mr. Holahan was coincidentally the vice president of General Mills and these marshmallow shavings were the influence to creating the first cereal with marshmallow bits (marbits) and one of everyone's favorite cereals, Lucky Charms.
For some reason the Lucky Charms marshmallows were created without that banana flavoring. If only the Lucky Charms' marshmallows were enlarged to the size of the circus peanut… now that would be profitable product.
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Virgin athlete Lolo Jones becomes Twitter superstar
This post was originally published on Mashable.
Olympic hurdler Lolo Jones may be the hottest athlete on Twitter right now. Her witty, self-effacing humour has charmed media and fans alike.
Oh, and the attractive, single 29-year-old is also a virgin.
She discussed why she doesn't want to have sex until marriage with HBO's Real Sports earlier this week. The interview — in which she called her extended abstinence "harder than training for the Olympics" — has further fueled Jones' social media superstardom. Since May 20, her number of Twitter followers has jumped by about 20,000 — a nearly 40 per cent increase.
But the @lolojones profile has long been a source of humour and unusually blithe insight into a world class athlete's personal life. Over the past several days, for example, Jones has tweeted about her "busted runners feet", jumping over hurdles dressed as a sheep and fighting the man. She also pokes fun at her status as an Olympian who dwells below the rarefied air of megastars such as Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt:
As an athlete without the instant global recognition of someone like Phelps or Bolt, Jones' social media savvy and engagement with fans is a smart play that raises her appeal to fans and marketers who otherwise might be only vaguely aware of her.
Earlier this month, Mashable profiled swimmer Ricky Berens, whose efforts on Facebook and Twitter likely helped land him deals with BMW, Got Chocolate Milk and TYR.
Jones should be one of the top Twitter athletes to follow in the lead-up to the 2012 Olympics, which begin in London in late July.
This summer's games are being hyped as the most social Olympics ever, and the International Olympic Committee has made social engagement a high priority. Earlier this week, the IOC launched Foursquare check-ins, and last month unveiled an Olympics Athletes' Hub to connect fans with verified athlete Facebook and Twitter feeds as well as additional digital content.
Some stringent restrictions on what fans and athletes are allowed to post from where during the event, however, has some worried the Olympics won't end up being so social.
Who are the athletes you'll be following on social media during the Summer Olympics? Let us know in the comments.
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Ever thought about how well pizza rhymes with Visa, Mona Lisa, and Tower of Pisa? It's just asking to be in a jingle sung by tween girls in overalls. This 1990s throwback video starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen and a few other girls, who aren't Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, starts out pretty harmless—OMG, pizza!—until they start throwing fried chicken, ice cream, a whole fish, chocolate sauce, egg foo young, and pretty much every food they can list in three minutes on the pie. They successfully create the most narsty-sounding pizza in the history of girly sleepover song sequences, ever. Watch the video, after the jump.
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In February 2013, in a misguided effort to comply with anticipated budget cuts due to sequestration, without explanation or warning, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials released from custody 2,226 detainees into communities across the country. In response to requests for information by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has finally disclosed details about those releases. DHS disclosed that, as part of the larger release, it freed 622 detainees with criminal records - for example, pot smokers and shoplifters -- including 32 with multiple felony convictions.
Among the 32 detainees, for example, ICE's Phoenix District Office released a detainee who had a felony second degree robbery prior conviction and countless convictions for prostitution and solicitation for lewd conduct. The Phoenix office releases also included an individual who had been convicted of second degree trespassing. The San Francisco Field Office released someone with a prior felony conviction to manufacture fake identifications as well as a man with two stalking convictions, the last one as recent as 2007. The Houston office deemed a person convicted of felony possession of marijuana acceptable for release.
Any right-thinking American would have to ask, "If sequestration demands cuts, why not cut security forces in the middle east, or maybe reduce the president's job to one of part-time status?" More to the point, Marco Rubio (R-Fl) stated "It's better to reduce US staff in places like Benghazi than have innocent citizens in this country forced to view lewd and lascivious acts by released immigrants."


text: Posted January 16, 2013 I have been a super Star Wars fan my whole life. I already own a couple of older Star Wars RPGs. I am excited for a new one (assuming it is better than the two I already own) But I am not supper excited about breaking it up into 3 different role playing games. I like the break up for the 40K stuff, but I am not sure if I like the idea for Star Wars. This brings me to my main question. Can you play a Jedi? Nothing I have read suggest you can. Maybe playing Jedi will be its own game latter on. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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An organization called the Susan B. Anthony List — it's an adamantly anti-choice group that has neatly named itself after an icon of women's liberation — has a wonderful president, Marjorie Dannenfelser, who not only opposes abortion, but is dead set against contraception. She argues here that increasing availability of contraception leads to increasing rates of abortion (what?), apparently because all those frisky couples losing their fear of pregnancy will fornicate more, leading to more unwanted pregnancies.
But…but…abortion rates have been going down as pregnancy rates decline. We can't therefore account for reduced pregnancy rates by claiming they've been terminated by abortion, and it seems kind of unlikely that people are having sex less often, so isn't the correlation the reverse of what Dannenfelser claims?
Also, I am greatly concerned by the implications of the statement that "to lose the connection between sex and having children leads to problems". There were precisely 3 periods in my life in which I intentionally had procreative sex, and they were both relatively brief because I married a fertile minx who got knocked up as soon as we both put our minds to it. So, maybe three months where I've had sex with reproductive intent, while the other 393 months of my married life I was entirely in frivolous sex-for-fun mode. Furthermore, we have not been the slightest bit interested in having more children for 23 years. Is Dannenfelser trying to suggest that having a monogamous and healthy sex life during those decades should be causing problems because we've lost the connection between sex and having children?


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Back better, Victorino slated to return Friday
By Chris Toman / MLB.com
TORONTO -- Shane Victorino missed his seventh consecutive game Thursday, but he should be ready to return to the Red Sox's lineup vs. the Rangers on Friday in a clash featuring two first-place teams.
The right fielder, who is dealing with lower back stiffness, is available as a pinch-hitter on Thursday, if needed, after taking batting practice for the first time since the injury.
Over the week, Victorino gradually worked himself up from hitting off a tee, taking soft toss and doing cage work before Thursday's batting practice session, which manager John Farrell said was the final hurdle he needed to pass.
"He came out of it feeling well and tried to talk his way into the lineup today," Farrell said. "Everything points to him being back in the lineup [Friday] in Texas."
Farrell complimented the work that Jonny Gomes and Mike Carp have done during Victorino's absence. Carp has hit two homers during Boston's series in Toronto and Gomes has gone deep once.
"But getting Shane back will be a boost for us," Farrell said.
The Red Sox took a cautious approach with Victorino, as he experienced some slight pains throughout the week when making certain movements. In 19 games, Victorino is batting .292 with a .358 on-base percentage in his first season with Boston.
Red-hot Papi gets planned day off vs. Jays
TORONTO -- David Ortiz was out of the Red Sox's starting lineup in Thursday's series finale against the Blue Jays, as manager John Farrell wanted to give the designated hitter a rest on Toronto's AstroTurf.
Farrell said he intended to give Ortiz, who is riding a career-high 22-game hitting streak dating back to last season, a day off coming into the series and that nothing is physically bothering the slugger.
"Today is a planned down day for him. It gives Mike Napoli a chance to DH and get off his feet on this turf," Farrell said.
Ortiz, who began the season on the disabled list with a sore right Achilles, has been on a tear since returning. The 37-year-old is batting .487 with three homers, 15 RBIs and a 1.490 OPS in just 10 games.
Farrell is quite familiar with Ortiz from his time as pitching coach Boston from 2007-10 and said age hasn't slowed the slugger down.
"No, he's better," Farrell said when asked if Ortiz is the same player now as he was back then. "Everyone probably associates extra-base and home-run power with David, but he has gotten better as a hitter, smarter as a hitter. He'll look to drive the ball early in counts, and then with two strikes, he'll look to take what opposing pitchers are giving to him -- and he uses the whole field.
"He has a rare blend of that high average and power capability."
Jarrod Saltalamacchia said teammates look up to Ortiz and admire how strong he is mentally. It's his easy-going attitude, Saltalamacchia believes, that is part of the reason Ortiz has played at such an elite level for so long.
"There is no hitter I can think of that is mentally stronger than him," Saltalamacchia said. "You may get him one time, but he's going to get you the next at-bat. That's tough to do in this game, especially when that's all you do. This is all he does, is hit. There are no other designated hitters in the game like him.
"He'll have a conversation with a guy, laughing and joking and then he'll be like, 'Oh, I have to hit now,' and he'll go out and hit a homer. He's a special breed."
Worth noting
Franklin Morales (pectoral muscle) threw long toss from 120-130 feet out on Thursday for the second consecutive day and came away from it feeling symptom-free. The left-hander, who has been on the disabled list all season, will throw a bullpen session, likely around 30 pitches, during the Red Sox's upcoming series in Texas, Farrell said. Morales will need to throw a couple side sessions before going on a rehabilitation assignment.
Chris Toman is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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i loved that alley oop pass from camby to melo...they havin fun out there
i loved that alley oop pass from camby to melo...they havin fun out there
Solid win to set us up for this road trip. We could be 10-1 by the end of the week.
can't wait for Ray to kick Lin's ass
I think if camby played against the grizzlies we would be 8-0 right now
"I'm more concern how Melo is gonna play with Lin" Joe Budden
i am sick of this actions against MELO this guy wana play own game with team but these refs is making their game why only we have this ****
dont complain bout todays games poor shooting they were flying from memphis to NY and then game @ noon now few hrs OFF and then b2b Antony Davis and rematch Mavs and then LIN and again sunday early game
u r talkin bout laggin ILP change quality to medium last year during christmas games i was watching 3 games no lagging .Diffrence quality between medium and full is huge in speed only.
Melo with 0 dimes, nobody wins, but I was close.
Chandler is too passive under own board. Center should make more rebounds and blocks. We're giving too many second chances for opponent teams.
Today was a classical "grind-out" game with poor shooting but the Defense really got us the win.
7-1 like I expected. Ugly game but we took care of business and got the W
on Tyson.. It would help if he actually grabbed the ball on rebounds more often than attempting the tip in or tap out where the ball is pretty much up for grabs at that point for both teams
Pacers are a completely different team now they've lost Collison for good and Granger through injury. This was a very comfortable and relaxed win which is just what we needed what with the busy away schedule we've got this week.


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The LA Galaxy Academy's Under-18's and Under-16's went undefeated this weekend in a pair of matches against Temecula-based Arsenal FC.
The U-18's roared to a 4-0 victory over Arsenal on Saturday with Andrew Murphy, Raul Mendiola, Sebastian Velasquez, and Justin Dhillon bagging goals.
Meanwhile, the U-16's fought to a 3-3 draw with Arsenal as Christian Chavez notched two goals while Alex Ramos added a third. Jonathan Umana tallied two for Arsenal with Martin Ruiz rounding out for AFC.
Both sides return to action this weekend with both teams taking on their counterparts from De Anza Force at The Home Depot Center on Saturday before ending the week on Sunday at The HDC against Santa Cruz Breakers Academy.


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This must have been asked before but I could not find it in the long list of topics.
ZA Free is working fine as far as I can tell(!!) but when I look a the log file to see if a particular program is being denied (for example), all the different parts of the log are empty! I would have expected to see recent events, traffic, blocked attempts, etc. There are occasional entries but nothing like I expected.


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Rick Poole Rides to Super Bike Championship
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As a child, Rick Poole was all about mini-bikes and motocross, but in 1981, he climbed off of them long enough to take his '74 Plymouth 'Cuda to Summit Motorsports Park, where he entered a race for the first time and won.
Because he had discovered that he liked racing, he decided to stay with it, but because he had also discovered that he liked motorcycles, he bought one in 1983, and before long, he was racing it at Summit Motorsports Park and with the International Drag Bike Association. He recalls wallowing in the feeling of sitting low to the ground, leaning forward and having the wind go over him as he went wide-open throttle down-track.
These days, he does so 8.90 seconds at a time in the Super Bike class, on his Suzuki bike, which he refers to as an "almost stock economical piece" with an engine slightly larger in displacement than stock but still low in compression.
He fought electrical issues throughout the 2013 season and was forced to unwire his delay box and go bottom-bulb racing for a while as he worked to uncover the culprit, but in the end, the reigning 2012 champion won two races, was runner-up at two races, made the bracket finals team and earned the 2013 Super Bike championship.
At the races with him are his girlfriend, Tabitha Gittins, who races a dragster in Super Pro, and his son, Austin Poole, who races a Yamaha FJ1100 motorcycle in Stock, and while he would like to spend more time conversing with his fellow racers, he keeps pretty busy in the pit area tending to the responsibilities of the team, which also includes fellow racer Gary Godwin.
Poole, an auto technician who works in Akron, Ohio and lives in New Franklin, Ohio, currently has his tried-and-true bike disassembled, and is weighing whether he'll ride it or the new Pro Mod-style bike he's currently building to run over the 7.50 limit.
Regardless of which path he chooses, he plans to start the season on the bike that carried him to the 2012 and 2013 championships.
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At 11 a.m. on a recent Sunday, a group of men stood outside a Henderson Drive store in Jacksonville, laughing, talking and drinking beer.
At 11 a.m. on a recent Sunday, a group of men stood outside a Henderson Drive store in Jacksonville, laughing, talking and drinking beer.
While 11 a.m. may seem early to start drinking, these men had an excuse � they weren�t just drinking beer, they were brewing it.
The men are part of a nationally recognized beer brewing club called the Beer Alchemists of Coastal Carolina (BAC2). The club gathers once a month to talk about, taste and, occasionally, brew beer.
Each of the members regularly brews beer at home, as homebrewing has become an increasingly popular hobby in the U.S. since it was legalized in most states in 1979, with an estimated 1 million homebrewers and more than 1,000 homebrewing clubs in 2011, according to the American Homebrewers Association.
Marine Gunnery Sgt. James Lafferty,31, one of the leaders of BAC2, said he started homebrewing because, to him, beer is more than just a drink � it�s a lifestyle.
�I like to be able to create something that other people can enjoy on a level further than just drinking it to get drunk,� Lafferty said. �(Beer) is something you can enjoy and ... there�s so many different tastes that can come out of beer, not just Budweiser flavor and Bud Light flavor.�
Lafferty started brewing beer a few years ago, when a friend introduced him to the craft. He said once he discovered the world of homebrew, there was no turning back.
Now, half of his Jacksonville home has been converted into a small-scale brewery. He said he spends his free time, when not with his wife and two young girls, brewing beer.
He started frequenting the Fermentation Station � a store that sells kits and ingredients to brew beer and wine at home � on Henderson Drive and began meeting others who also brewed beer at home for sport.
Store owner Tom Kahl told him about BAC2, which meets at the Fermentation Station on the first Sunday of every month.
The goal of the club is simple: to discuss the many methods of brewing beer at home, learn about different styles of beer and to bring homebrewers together. They also taste plenty of beer, Lafferty said.
�The best way to learn about beer is to sample it,� he said. �We�re trying to show people that it�s not that hard to brew and it�s not just something you get drunk off of.�
Many of the club�s members submit their beers in brewing contests across the nation. Earlier this year, Lafferty won a competition in which he earned the honor of having his beer brewed and sold at Front Street Brewery in Wilmington.
�I remember when I won, but I don�t really remember because it was so exciting,� Lafferty said. �When they called my name I was just ... totally shocked. I was in a whole different mindset on some kind of weird high � but not on drugs, just on life.�
Lafferty was able to brew a batch of his recipe at the Front Street Brewery in May and have it sold at the brewery throughout the summer.
�It was a very proud moment,� he said.
Ian Patterson, a Marine gunnery sergeant who recently moved to the area from Oklahoma, said he started brewing beer 10 years ago as a cost-saving measure for his expensive tastes.
�Beer is really expensive, especially when you�re talking about a good beer,� Patterson said. �Ten dollars a four pack doesn�t bode well to drinking good beer as often as I�d like.�
Patterson, who wants to start brewing beer professionally after he retires from the Marine Corps, said he likes brewing beer at home because it keeps his mind busy.
�Instead of lying around watching TV, I can kind of engage myself to do things like (brew) and make beer that would cost $2 or $3 per pint for less than $1 a pint,� he said.
As for Lafferty, he isn�t as sure about his beer brewing future as Patterson. While beer is his passion, his family comes first, he said.
For more information on BAC2, including meeting dates and times, visit beerarmy.com/group/bac2.
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early sales figures for Windows Vista as testament to the operating
system's new features and security enhancements. According to Microsoft, the
sale of Windows Vista licenses more than doubled those of Windows XP during its
first month of availability.
Windows XP managed to rack up 17 million licenses within its
first two months of availability while Windows Vista hit 20 million within the
first month. The numbers include licenses acquired by PC OEMs, retail copies
sold in stores and upgrades ordered through the Windows Vista Express Upgrade
"We are encouraged to see such a positive consumer
response to Windows Vista right out of the gate," said Windows Business
Group VP Bill Veghte. "While it's very early in the product lifecycle, we
are setting a foundation for Windows Vista to become the fastest-adopted
version of Windows ever. Working with our partners, we are helping our
customers leverage new tools and programs to accelerate the transition and
provide a great user experience."
to Michael Silver of Gartner Research, however, the fact that Windows Vista
sales have doubled Windows XP sales shouldn't come as much of a surprise.
According to Silver, 52 million PCs were sold in 2002 – the first full year of
Windows XP availability. Over 92 million PCs are expected to be sold in 2007.
Last month Microsoft CEO Steve
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piracy around the world. Ballmer noted that analysts were "overly
aggressive" with their Vista sales forecasts.
Shortly after Ballmer's comments, Microsoft Chairman Bill
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received." Gates continued, "People who sell PCs have seen a very
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Breakdowns: Christmas Comes Early for Community and Sherlock Fans
If all you wanted from Santa was a Sherlock mini-episode and a glimpse of Dean Pelton, today is your lucky day. Merry Christmas! And I'll take this opportunity to also wish a very Merry Christmas to those of you who watched The Sound of Music Live! even though you've ruined TV forever.
- The trailer for season 5 of Community has been released, and it's just like a promo for Mad Men. Which is totally cool and exciting because Trudy Campbell is in both! Also cool: watching NBC desperately hope they'll have a hit show that isn't a live musical. [TVLine]
- Speaking of live musicals, with the Live+7 DVR playback factored in, NBC's The Sound of Music Live! was watched by 21.84 million viewers. This makes it NBC's most watched Thursday night since the Frasier finale in 2004. The problem is that Frasier was actually a good show and instead of making more shows like Frasier, NBC will start making more musicals starring American Idols. Can I imagine myself watching Easter 2015's Jesus Christ Superstar Live! starring Bo Bice? Yes, of course. Is it a terrible idea? Yes, of course. [TVLine]
- Viacom and Time Warner have announced a new carriage agreement and you should be excited because it means the TWC TV app will suck a lot less (this is by no means a significant feat). The deal will also make the entertainment network EPIX available to Time Warner Cable subscribers. [Deadline]
- Here's a cool tidbit about the bully from A Christmas Story that you can share with your family as you watch A Christmas Story a million times in a row starting tonight at 8 p.m. on TBS. "Isn't it nice that a movie bully is against real bullies, mom?" She'll think it's so nice. [NBC]
- Fox has passed on the Navy drama pilot Wild Blue due the difficulty of finding both a big star and a big aircraft carrier for filming. The bright side is that Josh Salatin is now available to come back for season 3 of The Carrie Diaries. And what would I like for Christmas, you might wonder? Easy. A third season of The Carrie Diaries. [Hollywood Reporter]
- Here's Lizzy Caplan acting out memes and isn't she great? She's better in scenes with Ulysses, but beggars can't be choosers, especially on Christmas Eve. This video will at least help deal with the Masters of Sex withdrawals. [Bullett]
- In case you're wondering, Jonah Hill is a very serious actor now and his prosthetic dick should be taken very seriously. [The Daily Beast]
- And in case you're one of those people, the BBC has released a mini-episode of Sherlock in anticipation of the show's January premiere. [Buzzfeed]
- Finally, Miley Cyrus has a new dance and it's terrible. Terrible, terrible faux hair/washing nonsense. Start practicing now. [TMZ]
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Date: 9 May 1995 03:52:42 -0400 From: Dana Murray Subject: Question 3 Good Morning Sir ! Now for another tennis game: Five friends get together to play 5 doubles matches, with a different group of 4 players each time. The sums of the ages of the players for the different matches are 124, 128, 130, 136 and 142 years. What is the age of the youngest player ?
Date: 9 May 1995 11:00:44 -0400 From: Dr. Ethan Subject: Re: Question 3 Hey Dana, Here is what I will do. I will set the problem up but I will let you solve it. Let v,w,x,y,z represent the ages of the players. So we get five formulas: v+w+x+y = 124 v+w+x+z = 128 v+w+y+z = 130 v+x+y+z = 136 w+x+y+z = 142 So now we have five linear equations with five unknowns, and this can be solved -- and in this case there will only be one solution. Do you know how to solve these equations. If not, write back and we will give you the next step. Ethan Doctor On Call
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Newest Astro sought pinch-hitting advice from veteran
Joe Inglett, Houston's newest infielder, wasted little time getting into the lineup. Inglett played against the Phillies on Monday in the team's final game in Florida. He was traded to the Astros by Tampa Bay on Sunday.
"It's been a roller coaster ride," Inglett told the Houston Chronicle. "This offseason was a roller coaster ride. It's for the better. It's an opportunity, and that's all you can ask for."
Last year with Milwaukee, Inglett had 20 pinch hits to lead the National League. He said he became comfortable as a pinch-hitter by learning the trade from a veteran teammate.
"It was my first time ever being in that situation, and it was nice to have a guy named Craig Counsell in my corner," Inglett said. "I pretty much shadowed him, and he taught me how to be a pro and how to be a threat off the bench."
Freeman's bat gives Braves added threat: Rookie Freddie Freeman's presence at first base gives the Braves an additional threat in the batting order. Freeman's strength is his ability to hit the ball to all fields.
"I think his approach is what sets him apart from a lot of other guys," general manager Frank Wren told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "He's a guy that will take what the pitcher gives him. If he gives him a ball to pull, he'll pull it. He'll also drive a ball up the left-center-field gap or down the left-field corner. Those are the guys that are the most dangerous as hitters and have the best chance to be successful at a young age."
"I think we've seen that this spring; he's sprayed balls all over the place and he's starting to get a feel for when to turn on balls," Wren said. "That's always the last thing to come, and that's not something we're going to rush."
Vazquez sees velocity return to fastball: Javier Vazquez is back in the National League with the Marlins, and his fastball regularly was in the 90-91 mph range during Spring Training.
"He knows how to pitch and he shows command of all his pitches," manager Edwin Rodriguez told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. "That's good enough."
Added Vazquez, "The last few starts I thought the life of my fastball was there. I haven't really asked anybody what my velocity is. I'm not worried about that. I'm just worried about location and the life of my pitches. Right now, I see my pitches have pretty good life."
Kazmir shows his best stuff at the end: In his final Cactus League outing, Scott Kazmir allowed one run in 4 1/3 innings in his best outing of the spring.
"I felt good, it was a good tuneup," Kazmir told the Los Angeles Times. "I'm just trying to stay focused, trying to get better every time out there."
"For his own confidence, it's never going to hurt to pitch like that," manager Mike Scioscia said. "The way he pitched tonight, we feel he can do that every time he takes the ball."
Wilhelmsen works his way back to Opening Day roster spot: Tom Wilhelmsen has made the Mariners' Opening Day roster. He was signed last year after being out of organized ball for six years. He had worked as a bartender and then traveled around the U.S. and Europe before getting the desire to return to baseball.
"He was always a talented kid," general manager Jack Zduriencik told the Seattle Times. "You look back at the first year he competed, in the Midwest League, he was an All-Star way back when. It is kind of remarkable, with the length of time he's been off, to accomplish what he has accomplished."
Fukudome keeping Japan in his thoughts: Kosuke Fukudome knows he can only do so much to help the victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. But he hopes to bring his countrymen some happiness by way of his performance on the field.
"There are only a few things I can do from here," he told the Chicago Tribune through his interpreter. "There's not much. The only thing I can do is to just try to play the best I can to give them some good news from the United States -- that I'm doing well."
Opening Day roster spot a dream come true for Pearce: For the first time in his career, Steve Pearce will be spending Opening Day on a Major League roster.
"That's awesome," Pearce told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. "I've been fighting for this spot ever since 2008. Three years later, it means the world to me. It's everything I've wanted."
Galarraga brings winning mentality to rotation: The Arizona Diamondbacks will go with Armando Galarraga as the team's fifth starter. Manager Kirk Gibson made the announcement Monday.
Galarraga, acquired from Detroit during the offseason, was happy with the news.
"I feel good about it," he told the The Arizona Republic of making the rotation. "It's the first step. Now, it's about winning. That's all I want to do. I don't like to lose. Before, my mentality was to be in the rotation. Now, the goal is to just win games. That's it."
Beltran shows he's ready for Opening Day: Carlos Beltran made his strongest statement yet about being ready for Opening Day by collecting a hit and making a sliding catch in right field on Tuesday against Washington.
"I feel good," Beltran told the New York Post. "I feel like I had good at-bats and was able to see a lot of pitches."
"I thought he looked great, and it was tremendous seeing him back in the lineup," Mets manager Terry Collins said. "It makes a huge difference in our lineup with him hitting fourth."
Burnett plays his way into the mix as closer: Sean Burnett had such a strong Grapefruit League season that he forced his way into the picture as closer for the Nationals.
"Whether you have a 10.00 ERA or a 0.00 ERA right now, it really doesn't matter," Burnett told the Washington Post. "But it's a little more confidence going in knowing you're throwing the ball well. I feel like I have pretty good feel for my pitches and things are working well. Hopefully, it stays like that."
"I haven't heard one word from anybody yet," Burnett said. "I'll just be ready for the phone to ring in the fifth or sixth. They'll call us, and when the phone rings, we'll go try to get outs. Maybe it's better that way. I'm sure after several games, we'll figure out what roles we're going with. For right now, Thursday will be a surprise to all of us."
Granderson could be in Opening Day lineup: Curtis Granderson is still holding out hope of being in the Yankees' starting lineup on Opening Day. Granderson appeared in a Minor League exhibition game and felt good afterward.
"Everything feels good," Granderson told the New York Post ahead of Tuesday's outing. "There have been no setbacks, I continue to move forward."
Granderson suffered a right oblique muscle strain on March 22 while taking batting practice. Before the injury, he was batting .385 (15-for-39) with three homers and seven RBIs.
Barney might be seen turning flips: If Darwin Barney is going to channel his inner-Ozzie Smith and do a back flip at Wrigley Field this season -- as he has done in Spring Training -- it won't be his decision.
"Carlos Zambrano told me I had to do it when we get to Chicago," Barney told the Chicago Tribune. "But I think you kind of have to have a couple of Gold Gloves to do that on the field. If they force me to do it, there's not much I can do. Hopefully, they don't."
Season veteran Rollins unchanged through the years: Now 32, married and one of the veterans of the league, Philadelphia's Jimmy Rollins says time has flown by, and he certainly doesn't feel like he's been around for 10 years.
"Nope," Rollins told the Philadelphia Daily News. "It went by fast. People say it goes by fast, but it went by fast. And it's still going to go by faster. As I've gotten older, it seems like the years get shorter and shorter and shorter and shorter.
"It was the same. I used to get on their nerves. But when you prove that you can play, they start understanding your personality a lot better. At least they give you a chance to show who you are, on the field, off the field. And I'm still here. I haven't changed. I probably don't talk as much as I used to, you know?"
Adcock making strides with Royals: After being selected by Kansas City from Pittsburgh in the Rule 5 Draft, Nathan Adcock will be with the Royals on Opening Day.
"We think there's something in him," Kansas City general manager Dayton Moore told MLB.com. "He's very poised, he's very confident, he has things together for a young guy. We're very pleased with the way he's handled himself. He makes the ball move naturally; that's a great sign of future success as a pitcher. He keeps the ball. Maybe he's a starter of the future. We'll see."
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gecko3 Posts: 2Thanks! My mileage did seem to drop about 2 years ago, so what you're saying makes sense. So will I have any warning before the eventual stranding? Will my mileage go down drastically or the battery stop recharging -- or could I get in the car tomorrow and it wouldn't start?
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On my 2002 Insight since the battery replacement the mileage has decreased to 42 mpg. What I'm afraid what has happened is that when the dealer replaced the battery a new battery pack was installed ( the newer technology) resulting in the lower mileage recorded on more recent models. I was unaware that this was being done, in fact somewhere in the message board a comment was made alerting users to be aware not to let this happen. please comment on this.
>With the new battery assembly in my initial mileage was 37 MPG, scary, that is the same mileage I obtained when using only gas,
That's normal. The IMA system doesn't increase gas mileage, it make the efficient but anemic engine feel like a normal engine while still retaining it's gas sipping qualities.
If the battery light comes on (the "alternator" light), get under the hood and unplug the 12V battery for 30 seconds and then reconnect it and go straight home. This will reset the system and you should have enough time to get home before the error comes back.
This will only work once or twice so don't think you can continue to drive the car.
The latest software (A01/070) is attempting to lengthen the life of the battery. It does this by being more liberal with assist when the battery is more than half full and much more aggressive with regen (killing your mileage) when less than half full. In addition, it will periodically perform a balancing charge by deciding to fill the battery completely, even when trying to climb a hill.
Once the car is out of warranty, you can simply replace the BCM and MCM with an older set and restore the original behavior.
What do you mean OUT OF WARRANTY? With this new battery I get an additional 150,000 miles. Don't think I'll be around that long.
Your new battery has no warranty at all. Your CAR has a 150,000 mile warranty. The battery will be replaced as often as necessary until the CAR's warranty is up.
If you had purchased the battery, it would come with it's own 3 year 36,000 mile warranty.
What is limp-in mode?
Limp-in mode is a term used in the automotive industry to describe a mode where a computer will, knowing that it has severe problems, ignore its' sensors and use a predefined set of default settings to allow the car to "limp-in" to a repair facility. In this case, it will ignore the fact that the entire BCM (the battery charge controlling computer) is MISSING and will activate the DC-DC converter to keep the car running.
Is there a way that I can drive my car without the IMA? Will the DC-DC converter keeps the 12V battery charging permanently?
I think your wrong, at least the info given me by the dealer is contrary to what you assume. The new battery is warranted for 150,000. You may be thinking of the 12 volt battery. Where did you get your info?
joacchim Posts: 7Ron- Ogre's right, I had my 04 Insight IMA battery replaced in 2009 @ 51,000 miles and Honda of America clarified the warranty for me.
Check this thread starting at post #21 for the details.
jim_b Posts: 1how can I get details from you to balance/repair batt pack on 2000.
Do some cells usually need to be replaced at this age?
Do you know of a shop within 800 miles or so of NC that rebuilds batt pack?
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thankful2 Posts: 1I was up at 3 am and could not sleep due to the IMA light and dead batteries. When I read your message I could not stop laughing at our equal dispare. Thanks for the humor.
jags7 Posts: 1I just bought a 2000 insight from a trusted friend 3-31-11 .
He had the car since new. He is a retired engineer and you could not find someone who treats their insight better. She is like a goddess to him.
And he drives very mildly and follows all recs to the letter.
He had to replace his battery at 80K and again
at 119K, then again at 125K! Thankfully all under warranty and by the dealer
via Honda.
It has 130K on it now.
My question is why did it last only 39k the time before last and only 6K the last one? Honda doesnt really know. Maybe a defective battery the last time,
but the time before at 39K is low too. Is there something that could be wrong on the system thats eating up batteries? Honda said no.
It's true! My 2004 Insight batteries just crapped out at 130k and the dealer told me the parts alone were over $4500. After reading your post I called them back and challenged the warranty and sure enough the repair is covered.
It also helped that even though this car was not purchased new it was originally sold by this dealer and I have had them do all the regular maintenance. I also reminded them that this is the 4th or 5th Honda I have purchased from them over the years and I don't deal with their competitor down the street because of service and warranty issues.
10 years 150,000 miles.
Now can someone tell me where to buy a thumb throttle kit so I can start hyper-miling.
Reading through a lot of the older posts I realize that my sequence of events and symptoms match that of an unbalanced battery pack. My dealer is going to replace my IMA batteries after 130k miles but now I wonder. Is there a way to maintenance the IMA battery pack? Wouldn't it make sense for Honda (and all the other hybrid manufactures) to have a routine battery balancing service every 10-15k Miles or so? Routine maintenance on a lead acid battery is to loosen the caps and overcharge the unit, replenish the electrolyte, and reconnect it to the system. Can the same be done with NiMH batteries without blowing them up or having them catch fire?
Any mechanic can test for the code that explains the need for the required maintenance. This is in te IMA. you didn't mention the mileage on your car, the magic number is 150,000 miles. You indicate the IMA had previously replaced. The last I heard the 150,000 begins at the time the IMA was replaced. If your dealer does not respond call Honda. I haven't looked into this recently so things may have changed.
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>Is there a way to maintenance the IMA battery pack?
Yes, but the jury is still out on whether it is a good thing to do or not. It wears out the cells, but the benefit of having them balanced may outweigh this.
Battery packs that are experiencing problems will definitely see an improvement, and for them, it is a no-brainer, but good batteries may be harmed by frequent charging.
>Routine maintenance on a lead acid battery is to loosen the caps and overcharge the unit, replenish the electrolyte, and reconnect it to the system. Can the same be done with NiMH batteries without blowing them up or having them catch fire?
No, these are sealed cells. The only maintenance that can be done is to charge them fully. You'll find plans to build your own trickle charger over on Insightcentral.net Search for "grid-charger". The parts will cost you about $100 and can be assembled in less than an hour.
2twotwo2 Posts: 1Looking for best quote on rebuilding 200 Insight battery
dclarke3 Posts: 1Hello Ed,
The battery can be recondition; see "99mpg.com". I had the same problem of short battery capacity for years. Presently my 2000 Insight with 200,000 miles is performing well. It took eight discharge-charge cycles of the battery to bring it back to life. If you were not so far away, I would be willing to lend you the charger.
hoekbrwr Posts: 1
Living in Netherlands,owning an Insight from 2009. Reading this stuff about the battery pack is rather interesting. I just want to share my experience with a degraded crank battery. It triggered CAN-Bus errors and stopped the enigine. It was dead and could not be started anymore. After a while the battery was just enough "recovered" to get it started again. But after the shop guessed the cause I remembered that this thing was happening with lights on and could be temporarily solved by swithcing off lights and other electrical appliances as much as possible. Almost 5 years now this was the only problem(although a design flaw by not signalling low crank battery but only some weird CAN-Bus error). Insights will not be much different here in NL than in USA.


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