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Def Amare he's the 2nd best player, but all 3 of them are very important Lin for his penetration and Jeffries with his overall D.
But with this iso star heavy offense NY needs Amare because Melo's playing great but he can't do it alone.
Def Amare he's the 2nd best player, but all 3 of them are very important Lin for his penetration and Jeffries with his overall D.
But with this iso star heavy offense NY needs Amare because Melo's playing great but he can't do it alone.
Playoff basketball is a different animal. We need STAT back. When you play the same opponent 4-7 times you need to get inside to be successful.
With the rotation of players we are using now....we need all three-players back.
One of the three players return is not going to make a big impact....
Certain players on the roster co-exist, but not all or half.
Knicks number-1 gellin lineup of "Lin-Jeff-Tyson" makes the biggest impact....
The lineup of Davis-Jeff-Stat makes a big impact....
The lineup of Lin-Stat-Tyson makes a big impact....
The lineup of Lin-Jeff-Stat makes a big impact....
Real Talk....I'm not a Melo Hater, but....
I'm sorry to say, "Melo has not found two teammates to gell with", although Melo
do fit well in the four (trio) lineups above....so do Novak.
Considering that we can competently play Melo at the 4, as well as having Jorts back, I'm gonna go with Lin. We just don't have the depth at the 1, and now Davis' age and inclination to get injured easily are catching up on him.
http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/knicks/more_ailments_for_banged_up_davis_j3rA3csB9QTbjkpc EZbS0K#ixzz1rAOAhvt7
STAT, in the playoffs you need size.
STAT. It's not even close. He was playing like an animal before that injury.
We need him if we want to have any hope of taking down Chicago in the first round if D-Rose is healthy.
I'd say that in saying that you've done the same.
I put Lin down because, though I didn't mention it in the post as I should have, Amar'e's injury is more debilitating long term, and to rush him back now under the asinine assumption that we'll definitely make the playoffs and will need him is off the mark. We'll need Lin just as badly to get this team within a definitive lead over the Bucks.
Add that long term type injury to the issue of Amar'e's contract, and there's even more reason to keep him out. Especially considering that Jefferies will be back earlier than expected, and you know how well he and Chandler play together.
Is that fueled by emotion or logic?
I was thinking the same thing Crazy, I think any option is respectable here...
Lin gives us a point guard, Davis aint capable of playing 30+ minutes and although Douglas played better tonight we dont know what to expect.
Amare gives us low post and mid range offense, rebounding sometimes, and not really that much defense. He had 3 good games before he got hurt, he was finally getting back in shape. How long will it take him to get back in shape this time? And if he doesnt return until the playoffs, im not sure if its even worth having him back. Amare out of shape hurts us more then anything, we saw this most of the season. Im not hating, im just stating facts. He needs to be in shape, the quicker he can get back the more of an impact he'll have in the playoffs
Jeffries gives us close to nothing offensively but a huge lift on defense. We might be one of the best defensive teams in the league with Jeffries, Shumpert, and Chandler on the court.
Lin will bring back that pesky defense as well, and the success we've had under Woodson has been based on exactly that: defense. STAT showed he was capable of 'buying in' too, as they say.
I don't see it as a hands down preference for either Lin or STAT to return, and as you said, considering that we've seen 3 different versions of Stoudemire this year, to assume he'll return and immediately be in the rare form he was before the injury would be an ambitious assumption.
Nonetheless, I voted Lin, because of the comparative severity of the injuries, salaries, age and the personnel we have to back up either individual that are capable of doing so effectively night in, night out.
Jefferies, IMO, doesn't really make the conversation, because we knew his timetable was favorable to the team.
Playoffs first - STAT second, IMO.
Amare is a luxury against most teams because most teams are weak at the PF position and have large SF playing it.
However in the post season if we're the 1 or 2 seed yeah the bulls and Heat both have good PF and Amare being back hopefully by the first round will be big.
This thread is simply about out of the 3 player injured who's return will the biggest and it's clearly Amare. Maybe if MDA was still coaching the team then I'd say Lin because of how much his offense relies of a good PG. But this is Woodsons team and in the post season you need your stars so Amare is by far more important right now than Lin and especially Jeffries.
This is not about will Amare's injury will bother him in the future, if you could pick one out of all three of those guys to come back at 100% tmrw and you don't pick Amare to me thats not a logical basketball decision.


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PLANS to install 16 wind turbines on the roof of a Scarborough hotel have received a mixed reaction.
The Crown Spa Hotel in Esplanade, which has previously won awards for its green initiatives, says the units would help it reduce its running costs, while decreasing its energy consumption and CO2 output.
Managing director Richard Frank said the scheme would help the hotel's bid to reach renewable energy targets, bringing economic benefits through securing jobs and visitors to the area, and help raise awareness of climate change and renewable energy.
Scarborough Council has received a number of letters from members of the public in support of the proposal.
David Michael Ward, of Esplanade, said: "The proposed triple blade wind turbines are not in my opinion going to be an eyesore and look little more than a modern roof mounted tv aerial."
Ray Springall, of Westbourne Park, said: "These wind turbines should be low in visual impact, should run in conjunction with the Solar panels and water reclamation projects the hotel has running and encourage other people to Green Energy production – we should all benefit."
Alana Wood, of Redcliffe Road, said: "A company such as the Crown Spa should be praised for their high levels of commitment to making the world a greener place."
Read more at the Scarborough Evening News website

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In short, Pettitte's ready for big start
Veteran lefty is only slightly concerned about physical state
Manager Joe Girardi asked Andy Pettitte if he was ready to pitch World Series Game 6 on short rest.
"And he said he felt great. It doesn't take more than that," Girardi told MLB.com.
It is to be the first time Pettitte pitches on three days' rest in more than two years. For his career, he is 4-6 with a 4.15 ERA in 14 starts on three days' rest. In the postseason, he is 3-1 with a 2.88 ERA.
"Physically, for me, it obviously is a little concern, just seeing how my body is going to feel on that short rest," Pettitte said. "But again, you prepare for this. I've been resting the last few days, and I feel like I've had the time off that I need, and mentally, I'll be able to get in the place I need to. I mean, I'm hoping for that."
Manuel goes with Martinez: Manager Charlie Manuel placed his confidence in future Hall-of-Famer Pedro Martinez for Game 6.
"Pedro is ready," Philadelphia manager Charlie Manuel told MLB.com. "He has already been told, and he's ready to go. I mean, how much do I expect out of him? I expect probably something similar to what we got the other night.
"I think that he's definitely capable of giving us anywhere from six to seven innings in the game, maybe longer, depending on how many pitches he throws early."
Martinez is grateful for opportunity: Pedro Martinez knows he put himself in the right position when he signed with the Phillies this summer.
"I look at this situation as a blessing," Martinez told the Philadelphia Daily News. "I mean, what else would I want? I'm doing the job I love. I'm doing something that not everybody gets to do.
"If you consider the fact that two months back, I was sitting at home not doing anything. None of you were thinking about me whatsoever. None of you were asking me questions. And today, I am here, probably pitching one of the biggest games ever in the World Series. ... This is just a great gift to me. This is a blessing."
Gardner OK after dramatic catch: Filling in for the injured Melky Cabrera, Brett Gardner made a leaping catch of Jayson Werth's long drive before slamming into the outfield wall at Citizen's Bank Park in Game 5.
"I knew it wasn't going to be out, and I knew it would be close to the wall," Gardner told the New York Daily News. "It was just a point in the game when we're losing by four runs and can't afford to give up a leadoff double or anything like that. So, I tried not to let it drop."
Gardner held onto the ball and sprawled on the ground. Werth, unsure whether the center fielder had held on, slowly circled the bases just in case.
"Physically, it didn't really hurt at all, but it knocked the wind out of me," Gardner said. "For five or 10 seconds, you feel like you're going to die, and then after that you're all right. I'm fine."
Park heats up with octopus: Chan Ho Park serves up his 95-mph fastballs with the help of a steady diet of octopus, according to his wife, Ri-Hye Park.
"He likes it stir-fried and spicy," Ri-Hye, 34, who married the South Korean baseball star in December 2005 and is a trained chef, told the Philadelphia Daily News.
Lee ready and waiting for the nod: Cliff Lee, who has won both games for the Phillies in the World Series, says he'd be ready for a Game 7.
"I'll pitch whenever they want me to pitch," Lee told MLB.com. "That's about as clear as I can say it. I'm ready whenever. I don't really get that sore, so I'll be ready to pitch whenever they want me to. If it's going to help the team win, I'm in."
Hamels prepared to start Game 7 if needed: Cole Hamels, the 2008 World Series MVP, says he would also like to take the ball if the Phillies can force a Game 7 against the Yankees.
"Who wouldn't want the ball in Game 7?" Hamels told MLB.com. "This is the ultimate dream to be able to pitch in the most competitive situation anybody could ever be in -- that would be to be in Game 7 of the World Series. Even though I might not have the best results leading up to it, I've always wanted it."
Francisco ends up in World Series after all: Ben Francisco found himself living the dream as the Phillies returned to the World Series.
"I thought to myself, 'I want to be there next year,'" Francisco, the former Indian who joined the Phillies as part of the Cliff Lee trade, told the Philadelphia Inquirer.
"At the beginning of this season, I thought I would get there with Cleveland," he said. "Then, I got traded, and the dream lived."
Werth remains a believer: Jayson Werth knows the odds don't favor a team that loses three of the first four games of the World Series, but after getting one back to make the series three-games-to-two in favor of the Yankees, he still likes his chances.
"We could talk about it all day: the type of team we have, the camaraderie and all that -- that only scratches the surface of what we have here," Werth told MLB.com. "It's a special group, and we still have a chance to do something really special."
Utley focused on Series, not homers: Chase Utley will have plenty of time this winter to reflect on the achievement of hitting his fifth home run of the World Series and tying Reggie Jackson's 1977 record.
"Obviously, it's great company," Utley told MLB.com. "At some point, not right now, maybe I'll look back on it and see what kind of special moment it is. But right now, our goal is to win two more games."
Blum back for another year with Astros: The Astros have reportedly agreed to terms with Geoff Blum on a one-year contract with a mutual option for 2011.
"It's extremely nice," Blum told MLB.com. "It's a good situation to be in -- good for myself, and it's a phenomenal thing for my family.
Blum hit .247 with 10 home runs and 49 RBIs this season for the Astros, playing in 120 games. Most of his time was spent at third base, where he committed only three errors.
Bloomquist has surgery on both knees: Willie Bloomquist, who played just about every position for the Royals in 2009, had arthroscopic surgery on both knees to clear up some lingering problems.
"I had some stuff in there that'd been giving me problems since before the All-Star break and they were sore starting in June," Bloomquist told MLB.com. "But it's one of those things when you got 'em loosened up and oiled up and started running around, it didn't hurt as bad. But I'd be lying if I said they didn't bother me the whole second half of the year and then some."
This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Basic Information
Name: Layfon Alseif
Nickname: Hot Head Layfon|FlashBang|Sex Machine
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Clan: Scorch clan
Layfon is a young man that stands at 6ft 3inches. He has blue eyes, brown hair and is light skinned. Layfon wears a red, white, blue and gold jacket with black pants and a pair of jordan 4's. Layfon is a well dressed young man and he loves shopping so he can keep his swag level very high. He buys some of the most expensive brands such as Gucci, Prada, Nautica and Ralp Lauren Polos. He also wears rolex watches.
When it's time to battle, Layfon wears a necklace with a picture of his family around his neck. This necklace is to give him good luck in battle and to remind him that he fights to live another day for his family. Layfon always carries a sword on his back. His clothes always have to match with his sword.
Layfon is a very carm and collective guy. He likes being by himself but cares about people. He is a very hard working young man and loves proving his loyalty to his village. Layfon loves relaxing under trees and reading books while enjoying nature. Layfon is very respectful to his superiors mainly because his parents were always strict.
On his spare time, Layfon loves training and sparring with other to improve his skills. He always show great determination when it comes to his training. Layfon has a side of him that very few knows of. He loves partying and getting drunk. He has a sex problem, often stalking women even though they all love him and would like to do weird stuff with him because of his bad-boy attitude. Layfon personality changes drastically when he is drunk, it's like a beast if released when he's drunk. In certain situations, Layfon personality changes, when he is in a battle, it's like he loses all his emotions and has a killing intent most of the time. This was caused by the number of murders Layfon witnessed as a child and during war.
Village Info.
Village of Birth: Sunagakure
Village of Alliance: Rouge
Rank//Chakra Info.
Ninja Rank: Sage by post
Specialty: Scorch|Katon|Futon|Weapons
Elements: Katon|Raiton|Doton|Suiton|Futon
Your ninjutsu:
Scorch- Need Training
Summoning Animal: Wombat
Summoning Animal: Wombat
Scroll Owner: Oasis Nara
Other Users who have signed contract: Mattobi, Zancrow, ~Jellal.F~
Summoning Boss if existing: Diprotodon
Other Summoning Animals tied to contract: Cracker, Remus and Romulus
My customs- http://www.narutobase.net/forums/sho...d.php?t=154979
Background Info.
Layfon was born in the village hidden in the sand. He was born with a special kg know as Scorch release. Layfon grandparents had great knowledge on the kg and they passed it all onto Layfon.
The Scorch Release is a advanced chakra nature Kekkai Genkai Ability that is from the Land of Wind. It is presumably compramised from the two basic elemental natures of fire and wind. This nature creates chakra that is capable of heating up an enemy to the point where it can evapourate water from their body. It has been shown to be manipulated by a renound ninja of her time Pakura in the form of multiple orbs of energy that spin around her and at her will are sent at her opponent to evapourate water from their bodies. It is presumed this Kekkai Genkai natured element can be manipulated in other various ways such as flames or burning waves of energy. It could even evapourate moisture from mud and turn it into clay these are some variable possibilities of using this element.
Will Power
Layfon is a determined young man. He believes in never giving up and fighting to the very last second in every battle. This will power helps Layfon in battle. Injuries won't stop him from fighting nor will pain. His determination to become the best shinobi drives him on in battle.
Layfon has trained hard over the years. Futon was the first element he mastered and he continues growing his skills in it. He started to make his own futon jutsus and because of his mastery with it, he can use most jutsus with one handseal. His skills in futon will someday be known by the entire ninja world.
Layfon has great skills with katon. He is able to use high level katon jutsus with ease. He executes his jutsus with 100 percent power without messing up in the process.
Layfon carries a sword on his back. He got this sword at the age of 10 and he kept training with it. He uses it in every battle.
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Former World number one Ana Ivanovic will return to Eastbourne to compete in the AEGON International in June.
It is the third time the 24-year-old Serbian star has appeared at the tournament after being eliminated by Venus Williams in the second round of the Devonshire Park event last year and Nadia Petrova in the first round in 2009.
The tournament, held a week before Wimbledon, represents a final chance for Ivanovic to compete on grass before the show-piece event in SW19.
Since turning professional Ivanovic has only once reached the semi-final stage at the one Grand Slam event held on grass. She'll no doubt be looking to use her time on the Sunshine Coast to help her improve this record when Wimbledon-fever hits the nation.
The six-foot Serb has won 11 Women's Tennis Association singles titles in her career and winning number 12 at Devonshire Park would help her improve her world ranking.
Having hit the number-one spot in June 2008, Iavnovic found herself outside of the top 20 at the 2011 end of season world rankings for only the second time in the last seven years.
After being eliminated in the fourth round of the opening Grand Slam of the year, The Australian Open, Ivanovic will be looking to repeat her 2008 victory at Roland Garros in May before she entertains the crowds in Eastbourne in mid-June.
Ivanovic has expressed her delight at taking part in the annual event at Devonshire Park, "Eastbourne is a charming tournament and it's one of the most competitive on the tour."
Ivanovic added that the quality of the playing surfaces at the Devonshire Park venue is one of the things that most attracts her to this annual tournament; "I enjoy competing at Eastbourne for a number of reasons, one of them is the facilities. The grass is beautiful."
The tournament will be Ana's first on grass this season and will be quickly followed by Wimbledon and, in July, the Olympic Tennis event which will also be held at the home of English tennis. During her time in England Ivanovic will joined by former Lawn Tennis Association Head of Women's Tennis Nigel Sears, the British coach she appointed in 2011.
If Ivanovic is to improve on last year's second round exit she'll have to overcome strong opposition. Last year's event saw 13 of the top 20 ranked female players take part at the AEGON International with the title being taken by world number seven Marion Bartoli.
So far 2012 has been a relatively successful year for Ivanovic. However, her joy at reaching the semi-finals at Indian Wells turned to despair.
Trailing by one set she found herself one game down at the start of the second when she was forced to retire with an injury to her left hip That semi-final appearance, among other results, have enabled Ivanovic to return to the World top 20.
Currently sitting in 15th place, one of Eastbourne's biggest sporting events provides Ana with the opportunity to move further towards the prestigious World top ten.
A bumper crowd is expected this year – particularly on the opening day of the tournament, after it was announced that entry to the grounds will be free. Centre court and court one will also have unreserved seating.
The AEGON International takes place from June 16-23. Ticket information visit: www.aegoninternational.co.uk/tickets


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ONTARIO – For almost a century, the YMCA was a city staple.
At 9 p.m. Friday, it shut down for good.
West End YMCA officials decided in January to close the Ontario-Montclair YMCA facility at 215 W. C St. due to its financial struggles.
For many, like Charles Cole of Ontario, the facility served as a home away from home.
"All the people here are family and it's always a family atmosphere," said Cole, 55, as he pumped away Friday on an elliptical machine.
The building opened in 1914 at 205 W. C St. and contained the first two bowling alleys in the area. Membership and activities vastly outgrew the facility.
By 1948, the building was torn down and rebuilt at 215 W. C St.
However, in the past decade, officials have had to deal with a tough economy and declining membership while maintenance for the old building continued to be a burden.
About 40 employees gathered Thursday for a farewell banquet to reminisce and remember better times.
Despite its closure, the YMCA will continue to offer child-care programs at two Ontario elementary schools as well as its Silver Stars Senior Transportation Program.
Churches using the Y facility can continue to conduct services for six months, but the Kiwanis and Lions clubs will have to have their final meetings by March 31.
The facility was part of the West End YMCA, which serves Chino, Chino Hills, Ontario, Montclair, Upland, Rancho Cucamonga and Fontana. West End YMCA still has facilities in Chino, Upland and Rancho Cucamonga.
For more than 20 years, Cole has been attending the Ontario YMCA. He said he practically raised his two sons on its basketball courts.
On Monday, Cole said he'll attend the Upland-based YMCA to "give them a shot."
"I hate to see them closing down," he said.
"This Y provided the community with family values and people working together."
Reach Canan via email, call her at 909-987-6397 ext. 425, or find her on Twitter @ChinoValleyNow.


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A department spokesman told The MetroWest Daily News the three people who egged the house in Framingham early Dec. 11 were fellow law enforcement officers serving with the Newton police. They were off duty at the time.
They told Framingham police the egging incident was "a prank, a joke between friends."
The homeowner is a Newton police sergeant and their superior officer. He said is handling the matter internally.
No charges were filed, and the Newton officers were not publicly identified.


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ARM working on AMD to drop x86
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LONDON – Processor licensor ARM Holdings plc is trying to persuade Advanced Micro Devices Inc., the long-time rival to global chip leader Intel Corp. to license ARM processors and use them instead of the x86 architecture.
It is notable that software giant Microsoft and ARM (Cambridge, England) are due to provide keynoters for an upcoming Fusion development conference and that Microsoft recently announced that it would support its full Windows operating system running on ARM processors.
One possibility is that AMD could amend its Fusion architecture to include both x86 and ARM CPU cores plus graphics cores in a heterogeneous multiprocessor. However, it is also possible that AMD may choose to abandon difficult and expensive attempts to develop its own multicore x86 architecture in competition with Intel and, instead, allow ARM to provide its cores.
Speaking to EE Times during a discussion of ARM's first quarter financial results CEO Warren East said: "AMD is a successful company selling microprocessors. ARM is in the business of licensing microprocessor designs. It is perfectly natural that we should have been trying to sell microprocessor designs to AMD for about the last ten years. Hitherto we haven't been successful."
East also said: "AMD has signaled they are going through a rethink of their strategy, and that must provide a heightened opportunity for ARM. They might use ARM microprocessors in the future and you've got to expect that we would be trying to persuade them of that."


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What are the job responsibilities of a Fuel Buyer? What does an individual in this position get paid in Missouri?
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In Missouri, the midpoint of salaries reported for the position (50th percentile) is $49,828. The 75th percentile (the rate below which 75% of salary data falls) is $65,871. The 25th percentile (the rate below which 25% of the data falls) is $36,590.
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text: Today, I went for the 5th time on the( take it easy). Its a 30ft Robalo, out of key Biscayne. The seas were suppose to be 3 ft it was 2 to 4 at first then picked up, before we left around 2:pm it was already 4 to 6 feet, with east to southeast winds. We anchored in 90 feet, We were the only boat in the area. The tide was moving, but slow, started to chum and there came the yellow ball, the kids Inigo and John, started to catch tails back to back, while Ed, was fishing on the bottom, where he had a few hits and lost some nice fish. but the next few fish, made up for it, he put up the bottom rod and started catching some very nice tails, we also got taxed by a shark at least 3 times, on big drag peeling tails. In the mix we got one nice mack,5 rainbow runners and 9 bonitos and a bar jack that we used for bait. We stopped to re-count thinking we had the limit and ended up short of the limit by two.by that time we got invaded by the bonitos and called it a day at 2:pm. Here are the pics for more look up miamimuttonman


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Sonya Thomas (née Lee Sun-kyung, Hangul: 이선경 ; born July 26, 1967), also known by her nickname The Black Widow, is a top-ranked Korean-born American competitive eater from Alexandria, Virginia. Thomas joined the International Federation of Competitive Eating in 2003 and quickly rose to the top of the ranks, beating competitive eaters such as Ed "Cookie" Jarvis and Eric Booker. At the 2009 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, the emcee called her the "leader of the Four Horsemen of the Esophagus" during her introduction.
The 98-pound Thomas is the number five competitive eater in the United States, and ranked sixth in the world, with 29 world titles. Her nickname "The Black Widow" refers to her ability to regularly defeat men four to five times her size. While the size of her stomach is only slightly larger than normal, her skinny build is perhaps her biggest advantage, allowing her stomach to expand more readily since it is not surrounded by the ring of fat common in other heavy eaters. She holds records in over 25 eating competitions, and in December 2008, she defeated top-ranked eater Takeru Kobayashi in a fruit-cake eating contest.
On July 4, 2005 she ate 37 hot dogs in 12 minutes at Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, setting a then-record for American competitors (which was also the female record). On August 8, 2005, she consumed 35 bratwursts in 10 minutes, beating the previous 10-minute record of 19.5 bratwursts, although her record was beaten in 2006 by Takeru Kobayashi.


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Researchers report progress on parallel path
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SAN JOSE, Calif. Researchers are gaining traction in their efforts to beat a path to programming tomorrow's many-core microprocessors. In a Monday (August 24) session at the Hot Chips conference, three top labs will give what amounts to their first report cards on a task many have characterized as the most ambitious in the history of computer science.
Researchers at UC-Berkeley, University of Illinois and Stanford University have been at work for a little over a year with grants from Intel, Microsoft and a handful of other backers mainly from the PC industry. All three are forming ideas about the future of chips with dozens or hundreds of cores and coding prototype parallel software to harness them.
All sides see the need to rewrite today's software stack, starting with performance-hungry applications then plugging in new languages and runtime environments and rewriting or scraping traditional operating systems. They are already beginning to develop and test early versions of their code.
Work on hardware is in a more nascent stage. Most agree changes will focus on developing new memory structures, but fundamental debates about how to architect memory for many-core processors remain unresolved.
"I think we've made significant strides," said Kunle Olukotun, director of the Pervasive Parallelism Lab at Stanford. "We had this vision and have started to fill in the pieces and it feels like the vision really in really coming to pass," he said.
The labs hope to be able to show "reasonably complete" parallel software stacks running on simulators or prototype hardware within one or two years when their grants are up for renewal. By the end of the five-year grants, they hope to have work that is solid enough to show a path for commercial use.
"We believe within four years we can show companies like Intel and Microsoft how they can make their offerings better support parallel programming," said Marc Snir, co-director of the Universal Parallel Computing Research Center (UPCRC) at the University of Illinois. "There is no silver bullet, but we hope we can make developing parallel software as easy as developing today's software," he said.
The industry expects processors with 64 cores or more will arrive by 2015, forcing the need for parallel software, said David Patterson of the Berkeley Parallel Lab. Although researchers have failed to create a useful parallel programming model in the past, he was upbeat that this time there is broad industry focus on solving the problem.


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The eHash Main Page
From The ECRYPT Hash Function Website
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1 Introduction
An introducion to cryptographic hash functions.
2 The Hash Function Zoo
On this page you can find a collection of existing hash functions.
3 Generic Attacks on Hash Functions
Generic Attacks on Hash Functions
Generic Attacks on the Merkle-Damgaard Construction
4 Some How Tos
Some hints how to work with math environments and bibtex
5 Getting started
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List of Americans Abroad
Altidore goal helps Hull defeat Manchester City 2-1.
Beasley's car is destroyed in Scotland racial incident.
Cherundolo agravates ailing shoulder, will miss at least month for Hannover.
Donovan scores first, sparks Everton past Sunderland in Premier League.
Howard, Donovan go down with Everton, eliminated from FA Cup.
Dempsey avoids surgery, his World Cup hopes remain intact.
Donovan is impressive, helping Everton draw with Arsenal in his debut.
Busy Dempsey continues to make his mark with Fulham.
Adu joins Johnson as loan acquisitions by Aris of Greece.
Friedel posts three more shutouts as Aston Villa climbs in English Premier League.
Beasley finally gets starts and he responds for Rangers in big way.
Howard stops penalty kick, rallies slumping Everton to victory, draw.
Dempsey finds net twice, Fulham blanks Blackburn 3-0 in EPL.
Setback in recovery from shin injury casts doubt on Jones joining U.S. team.
Dempsey runs his EPL scoring streak to three games, helping Fulham tie Wigan 1-1.
Mönchengladbach, Bradley experience improved play in Bundesliga.
Dempsey regains scoring touch, helps Fulham drop Liverpool.
Davies improves, but faces several surgeries, long road back.
Dempsey, injured in England, will miss at least one U.S. qualifier.
Injury problems continue for DeMerit who hurts eye in accident.
Americans Abroad
(Wednesday, February 10, 2010) -- Aston Villa's United States goalkeeper Brad Friedel saw his streak of four straight clean sheets end on an own goal in a 1-1 draw with visiting Manchester United tonight on a cold, wintry night with snow in the air at Villa Park.
Friedel, who had eight shutouts in his previous 10 English Premier League outings, was sharp again. He was only beaten when United midfielder Ryan Giggs sent in a sharp ball from the left side into the penalty area and it hit Villa defender James Collins in the back of his legs, changing the ball's direction and leaving Friedel flatfooted as it went into the net to tie the game at 1-1 in the 23rd minuted.
Defender Carlos Jiminez Cuellar had given Villa a lead four minutes earlier,
Villa had a man advantage after United's Brazilian midfielder Nani was sent off with a red card in the 29th minute. Despite being down a man, United carried the match to Villa and created several good chances.
Friedel, who made two saves, stopped Michael Carrick with a brilliant stop in the 35th minute, beat Wayne Rooney to a through ball at the top of the box in the 64th minute and then denied Rooney on a blast from just outside of the box 10 minutes later.
United would have taken over first place with a victory; instead the Red Devils are 18-5-3 with 57 points, trailing Chelsea (18-4-4) by a point. Villa is in seventh place 11-5-9 with 42 points, only two points below fourth place, which would mean a spot in European Champions League qualifying.
U.S. midfielder Landon Donovan had an assist in a strong first half for host Everton, which dropped Chelsea 2-1 at Goodison Park.
Chelsea striker Florent Malouda beat U.S. keeper Tim Howard for a 1-0 lead in the 17th minute.
In the 33rd minute, Donovan placed a perfect corner kick into the heart of the box and forward Louis Saha went low to head it past Petr Cech to equalize at 1-1.
As the match entered first-half stoppage, Saha ran onto a deep ball just outside the box and as he cut it back into the box, he was taken down by Chelsea central defender Ricardo Carvalho. A penalty kick was awarded, but Saha's attempt was saved by Cech.
Saha made up for his miss with the winning goal in the 75th minute.
Everton stands ninth at 9-8-8 (35 points) after upsetting the league leader.
Howard ended up with three saves, while Donovan received a yellow card in the 64th minute for a bad tackle.
U.S. keeper Marcus Hahnemann turned in another solid performance with a shutout for Wolverhampton, which defeated visiting Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 at Molineux Stadium.
With Hahnemann making four saves, including a stoppage-time stop on Spurs defender Sébastien Bassong, the Wolves took advantage of a goal by midfielder David Jones in the 27th minute.
Wolves (6-13-6, 24 points), one point above the relegation zone in a four-way tie for 14th place, detoured Spurs drive for a place in the Champions Cup next season. Tottenham would have climbed to fourt place with a victory; instead, it is in sixth place at 12-7-7 (43 points).
U.S. striker Jozy Altidore went the distance for Hull City, which fell 1-0 to host Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park.
Rovers prevailed on an own goal, mishandled by keeper Boaz Myhill, in the 19th minute, while Hull generated little attack, .
Altidore received a yellow card in the 62nd minute.
Hull (5-12-9, 24) is in the four-way tie for 14th place, one point the drop zone, while Rovers are 11th at 8-11-7 with 31 points.
American defender Jonathan Spector played the second half for West Ham United in a 2-0 triumph at home over Birmingham City.
West Ham is also in the 14th place tie at 5-11-9 with 24 points, but has a game in hand on Hull. Birmingham is eighth at 10-8-7 (37 points).
In Scotland's Premier League. American midfielders DaMarcus Beasley and Maurice Edu remain injured for Glasgow Rangers, who played a 1-1 draw at home against Motherwell.
Rangers are first at 16-1-7 with 55 points, eight ahead of Glasgow Celtic (15-5-5), a 2-0 winner over Heart of Midlothian.
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The IT Crowd
Expecting your Board of Directors to understand your company's need for increasingly essential cybersecurity strategies? According to a recent PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) survey, you're probably not in luck. In its Annual Corporate Directors Survey, PwC found that 32 percent of the 934 surveyed company directors do not have a "sufficient understanding of IT to support the company's strategy and IT risk mitigation." That could make it a challenge to pass increased cybersecurity legal.
15% say IT is critical, noting the increased importance of the IT revolution at their companies (only 13% said it was critical in 2012)
61% want to spend more time on IT-related risks in the coming year
35% use outside consultants to advise on IT strategy—up 8% from 2012
24% report that they are not sufficiently engaged in understanding the company's level of cybersecurity spend
Diversity Concerns
While diversity may be up in the legal sector, the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA) says there is still room for improvement. The MCCA released its annual diversity survey of Fortune 1000 legal leaders on Sept. 16, and it found that 7.2 percent of Fortune 1000 chief legal officers are lawyers of color. While that is an increase over 2012's total, comparing this year's figure to the 35 percent of non-Caucasians in the U.S. population indicates there still remains ample room for growth.
48 general counsel of color in the Fortune 500, compared with 45 based on last year's results
19 Fortune 500 general counsel of color are women, up one from 2012
24 additional diverse chief legal leaders, 17 men and seven women, in companies which ranked in the Fortune 501 to 1000
Courtroom to Board Room
The line between legal and business is more blurred than ever for general counsel. At least, that's what a Terralex survey from Sept. 20 has revealed. The survey polled general counsel at 270 corporations, analyzing their top concerns and how they find and manage outside counsel. 50 percent of respondents claimed that they would categorize their job function as a "stakeholder in business decisions," an impressive number considering that only 9 percent said they are members of their company's board of directors.
85% GCs who find outside law firms from direct referrals
33% GCs that perform research online to find firms
28% GCs who make use of online auctions in farming out work
20% GCs that would like to become members of the company's board of directors
A Transparent View
How many companies can say they are truly transparent these days with regard to their donations, especially with all sides of the political spectrum becoming more fractured than ever before? According to study by the Center for Political Accountability and the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School's Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research, the answer is a surprisingly high amount. More companies in the S&P 500 have agreed to increased transparency, revealing the contributions they give to trade associations and nonprofit organizations. Legally, companies do not have to disclose this information.
84 of the 195 largest companies in the S&P 500 have agreed to reveal their contributions
70 of those 195 companies revealed their contributions last year, making 2013's figure a 17 percent increase
51 companies have said they would disclose donations to other nonprofits, up from 31 in 2012
Risky Business
Feel like taking a risk? Many top business leaders don't, as a recent Deloitte survey has revealed that most C-suite executives would like to place a higher focus on risk and compliance moving forward. Among the 300 respondents, over 80 percent of whom were C-suite level executives (with board members and specialized risk executives filling in the gaps), 81 percent of those surveyed said they have an explicit focus on managing risk.
94% said that their company's approach to compliance has changed within the past three years
40% said reputation was their top risk and compliance concern, up 14 percent from 2010
32% reported the company's business model as their top concern


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Thread: amp power envy Issues?
I would get a quality, efficient amp for any stereo...especially for tower use. I'm having 4 Bullet Hollow Point 770's on the tower running off of 2 JL Audio 1300 monoblock amps. Then I'll have 6 Polk db651's and a JL 10 or 12" sub off the 6 channel JL amp. I'm using 2 Deka AGM batteries with right at 200 amp hours for the stereo.
Since you are running two speakers per channel at 2 ohms, each speaker would get 1/2 of the amps output per channel at 2 ohms, or 50 watts per speaker. The polk db651's are rated at 60 watts RMS so if you get a bigger amp, you couldn't use much more of it's power anyway. Suggest you wire it up with the JL and then see if you feel like you need more power/volume.
Don't you also have 6 cabin speakers plus a sub? How do you plan to power them?
2006 Mobius LSV
Currently i have the jlm 6600 running channel 1 & 2 for the cabins, 3&4 to the towers (single pods only) and 5 & 6 to the sub bridged. the HU powers the bow speakers with a bass blocker at 120hz.
I will try the JL this summer, i was looking at deals if my JL could not handle it, i guess it can. so i will probably wait to hear the extra podds on the towers.
Newty thanks for th input. I am trying to help out the economy.A Day at the Lake...Priceless
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Joe V
2012 Möbius XLV~ Loaded & Exiled
2007 Outback V ~ sold
You have the 4 cabin speakers wired the same way that you will wire the double ups on the towers. Do you feel like the cabin speakers are getting enough power?
I remember your set up now because mine was going to be similar until I found a deal on the ZX700.5 that I couldn't pass up. You already have two batts and an ACR so adding a second amp won't be too bad.
2006 Mobius LSV
Al, The cabins are plenty loud but projecting the towers for behind the boat is different. I have not adjuted the gain at all on the tower channel for output and my amp is situated such that i need a cosmetic mirror to view the adjustments. I can't get the towers louder than the interior speakers which makes everyone deaf in the boat. I have pac lc1 on the towers but it only dials it back from the overall HU volume . I need it to go past the interior speakers. maybe i just need an eq for total control.
I do have two batteries and the VSR. I also do not have much room for another large amp if i go that way. the OBV hole and storeage is quit small.i was think of adding the jl m2250 its small an compiments the 6600m
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Joe V
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jmvotto - A few thoughts for you on your system changes. You've gone the single amp route and have reached the max ability of that amplifier to satisfy you. Over time your needs have grown and the ability to scale your system upwards has reached its limit with your current gear. Here's what needs to happen. I'll break out by category:
Towers: Your going to need to aquire a 2 ohm amplifier to run that double pair of Polks. Be advised that after you do install this amplifier, your still asking the amplifier to make some magic where it cannot because its powering car speakers in cans/pods and thus limits its projection abilities. You mentioned trying to get the towers louder than the cabin. This could indeed be a function of not enough power behind it. But I suspect when you step up to a big 2 ohm amplifier then you'll have the power to push any tower speaker but not the speaker to take the power. It's definitely a give or take situation here but the right thing to do is start to split out your system and drive the individual area's with dedicated power amplifiers. Long answer is, look into HLCD speakers if your still not happy.
Cabin: Rather than having your cabin speakers powered by that over shared multi channel combined with HU outputs, you need to refocus ch's 1/2/3/4 on your cabin set up and yank out that blocker etc. Could you run out and buy a bigger amplifier? Sure! Do you need to? No way. You'll be plenty happy with what you have already. You could still use 5/6 for a sub but this is also an area that adding dedicated amplification would produce superior results.
A few observations for the group: There is no such thing as having to much power available to you. Meaning having a big amplifier that has the ability to produce 2-3 times the rated power gives the user dynamic range. Likewise, having an amplifier that barely cuts it is asking it to run at 100% all the time. this is where distortion and other nasty buggers come into play. The user wants more, so he cranks up the gains, flips on bass boost, steps up the HU volume and up up and away he goes. The result is something that doesnt get much louder but infact sounds worse and distorted. SOLUTION: Split out your system with dedicated amplifiers and get yourself as much DYNAMIC RANGE AS POSSIBLE. (or your can afford - whichever comes first) hehe!
With all this in mind, Newty is right! We all upgrade. Its just the nature of the beast. Speaking of which, I know that Mike has a big 2 ch kicker 2 ohm amp that he wont be using much longer. Not sure if he wants to part with it, but it would be ideal for the situation mentioned above. He's beta testing a new Exile 2 ch code name "Harpoon" --- if he ever gets it in his boat! I can tell you guys more about that later but don't want to hijack this thread.
Hope this helps! If you need help with wiring diagrams on your reconfiguration give me a shout at email@example.com and I'll steer you through it.
Exile Audio
The Polks on the tower are going to be very limited in their ability to project the sound back to the rider no matter how much power you give them. That's why I am replacing mine with the Kicker KMT6. They are definitely not the prettiest speakers but for a little over $200 a pair, it's the only affordable HLCD speakers out there. mmandley hooked me up with his when he upgraded to Exile (thanks Mike!) so I am going to give them a try. I don't normally have a need to listen to music while wakeboarding but what the heck, I am going to give them a try anyway. I am going to bridge channels 1 thru 4 on my ZX700.5 to run the Kickers.
You could also get an HU with three sets of pre-outs so you can use the fader to control volume between the cabin and the tower speakers. You could also go the EQ route but then you are adding noise to the signal.
If you decide to get another amp for the towers, viking's 250.2 at 125wx2 at 2 ohms should do the trick. Then you can run one set of pre-outs to the JL and the other to the Kicker and you can control the volume of the towers vs the cabins with the fader on the HU.
As far as not being able to reach the controls on the amp easily, that's why I mounted mine upside downAl
2006 Mobius LSV
This is tantamount to a thread hijack, but....
You mention using the 4 full-range channels of the Kicker 700.5 in bridged mode to run the KMT6's. I think you might be unhappy with that setup. The KMT6 is nominally a 4-ohm speaker, but it has an impedance closer to 3-ohms. That is a little low to run on a bridged amp. If your 700.5 starts cutting out at high volume, this will be the reason why. It might work for you, and it might not.
If the KMT6's give the 700.5 fits, consider a different amp. An good example would be the ZX450.2 that delivers 150 watts into a 4-ohm load. That amp or another stereo amp like the 450.2 will run the KMT6's better than any bridged amp, due to the KMT6 impedance.
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I was wondering why Mike did not offer those too me. Maybe the whole control issue is in the head unit. the 6600 has three dedicate inputs.
Vikings amp might do the trick but is 125 rms alot different than 100 rms in the scheme of things . do i need to go 300 X2 at 2 ohms to get the max benefit
Brian, i certainly understand more watts and quality sound is better. and HLCD speakers are the tick. but iam not sure spending a 1,000 on speakers makes a ton of sense and my tower is 1 5/8" and most likely wont support the added weight very well.
I was trying to ask what would be the best power to match up 4 polk 651 tower cans that are rated 65 rms and 150 max at a two ohm load. My JL will run at 100 rms which, i believe is 50 watts rms to each speaker, good clean sound.
The bow speakers sound great from 22 rms with the lows cut off, no problem there. the cabins are cutout from the amp as wells as the towers due to the sub configuration. if they made an 8 channel, i think i would be all set. adding two big amps in the small OBV will be tough.
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Joe V
2012 Möbius XLV~ Loaded & Exiled
2007 Outback V ~ sold
I think we all need to go back and read the original msg again. If I read correctly, he has 4 tower speakers and not looking to change. Rather, looking for the correct amplifier to match to them. Sure there's a fair point in saying that once he does that he still wont be satisfied, but lets all realize that the audio world is a journey and not a destination.
To clarify: My suggestion was pick up a dedicated 2 ohm rated amp for the towers and utilize the existing multi channel for the rest of the system (cabin speakers). I think somehow down the thread we got the poor guy changing out his entire system muahaha! Dump everything, buy new! wait now, thats not right either.


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A second suspected hit-and-run collision in less than a week has put another Bentley man in hospital with serious injuries.
It is the third major incident and road closure since last Sunday involving young male pedestrians being investigated by Doncaster police, one of them a fatal inquiry.
In the latest incident at the weekend, a driver was arrested after a 19-year-old suffered serious injuries in a road collision in Bentley in the early hours of Saturday.
The incident happened on Bentley High Street just before 2.30am and the road was closed for six hours.
Over the weekend a second man, also 19, was arrested on suspicion of attempting to pervert the course of justice. They have both been bailed pending further enquiries.
Police are appealing for witnesses to the incident, which involved a black Ford Fiesta car, travelling towards the centre of Bentley, which was in collision with a pedestrian who was on the road outside The Druids public house.
A South Yorkshire Police spokesman said officers 'do not know why the pedestrian was in the road' and they want to hear from anyone who witnessed the collision.
"We are still looking into the circumstances to establish what happened," he added.
The pedestrian, named locally as Connor Brown, suffered serious chest injuries and was taken to Sheffield's Northern General Hospital for treatment, where he remained last night but doctors say he may be allowed home later today.
A woman shopping on the High Street said: "I heard it was a hit-and-run but I wasn't there because I decided not to go out on Friday night.
"I don't know anything about the driver who has been arrested."
Another woman, who also did not wish to be named, said: "His family are really upset and at this stage they don't know much about what happened before he was injured."
The Fiesta driver, another 19-year-old man, was not injured but was later arrested on suspicion of aggravated vehicle taking without consent, failing to stop after an accident, and driving while unfit through drink or drugs.
Police cordoned off the street between Church Street and Chapel Street until about 8.30am and buses were diverted on another route during that time.
The incident happened less than six days after a 20-year-old Bentley man was put into a coma by doctors after he was allegedly run down in Askern Road, Bentley, less than a mile away, but the incidents are unconnected.
A driver from Grimsby, Lincs, has since been charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm with intent on the pedestrian who sustained serious head injuries.
Police are also carrying out a full investigation into the death of 23-year-old Skellow man Daniel Aistrop, on Trafford Way, near Doncaster railway station, on Easter Sunday afternoon. A car driver was also arrested after that incident on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.
The Doncaster coroner is due to open an inquest into his death tomorrow.
n Anyone with information about the Bentley High Street incident should contact South Yorkshire Police on 101 quoting incident number 129 of Saturday, April 26.


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Well, I certainly understand her wish to have a life that has been impossible for her up to now. I imagine that university must look so tantalizing to a kid who's never done anything but train. Also, I don't know much about the Japanese university system, but I get the feeling that it's not as chronologically loose as American colleges are. Here, people sometimes go to college or university in their twenties or even later, for various reasons. (They served in the military; they couldn't afford it and had to work for a few years; they are changing careers; or, like Michelle and Sasha, they skated during their teens.) A college or university campus, especially a large one, might have students of many ages. Can someone from Japan enlighten me on how much there is of this kind of age spread in Japanese universities?
I'd love to see Kanako continue, but if she wants to experience the outside world, she should be allowed the luxury of that choice.


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As has been [1] reported already [2], Scala works on Google App Engine [3]. Gabriele Renzi has even used Scala with the Google Eclipse Plugin [4], meaning he gets to use tools such as the "deploy to app engine" button. David Pollak has verified that most of the Lift framework [5] works on App Engine, and he has posted a demo site [6] to prove it. Overall, it looks like the scalac compiler produces jars that are so close to Java's that App Engine just doesn't notice or care. We can second that: it works for us, too! We would like to describe two sample projects we were involved in and how they went.
One of the sample projects we built is a Sudoku solver (code available here [7], live on App Engine here [8]) by Alex Rudnick. Its front end is made in GWT (so there's some Java code involved) and GWT RPC connects the client to the server. It grew out of an earlier Python version that Alex had written; part of the motivation was to try out translating from a more dynamic language to Scala. The transition turned out to be pretty straightforward -- moving the test cases to Scala early on was a great help for a new Scala programmer, and scalatest was very pleasant and familiar to use.
This version of the solver uses Dancing Links [9], which is a clever way to do recursive search on a constraint-satisfaction problem without copying state on the stack like a naive recursive search might do -- it makes a guess about a constraint and modifies the data structure in place, then undoes the guess when appropriate. The approach comes from a paper by Knuth.
Most of the programming on the solver itself was done in vim, and the test cases launched from a Makefile at first. Pretty primitive, but it got the job done. Mysteriously, though, once the Scala implementation of the solver was working, it was slower than the Python version (!!). This turned out to be a bottleneck where the solver was doing random access on nested linked lists. This was okay in Python, which has array-backed lists as the default. Switching from linked lists to nested arrays took the solver from slow to snappy.
Once there was a working solver, we packaged up the compiled Scala code in a jar and linked it into a GWT project, made in the Google Plugin for Eclipse. At first, the server-side was a servlet implemented in Java, which made calls to the packaged-up Scala code. In the next iteration, instead of having the solver in a separate project, we put the Scala code into the same source tree as the Java, and just extended GWT's RemoteServiceServlet with a Scala class -- no need to make a jar at all, just one bilingual project. In the end, it was a lot of fun to implement, and as soon as it worked at all, it uploaded to App Engine and ran cheerfully.
LotlRepls [10], by Toby Reyelts and James Robinson, includes read-eval-print loops -- repls -- for a number of languages. A language being in LotlRepls gives bragging rights to both the language and App Engine. It means that the language doesn't just barely work, but that even sophisticated code such as an interpreter works on App Engine. Scala is included in LotlRepls. Getting it to work meant facing a few challenges along the way, however.
Overall, Scala works so smoothly on App Engine that there is little to add. The main issues you face, such as needing to persist everything to a database, are issues that are exactly the same as in Java or Python. If you like Scala, and you need scalable server-side support, give Google App Engine a try.
[1] http://froth-and-java.blogspot.com/2009/04/scala-on-google-appengine.html
[2] http://www.riffraff.info/2009/4/9/using-scala-with-google-app-engine
[3] http://code.google.com/appengine/
[4] http://code.google.com/eclipse/
[5] http://liftweb.net/
[6] http://lift-example.appspot.com
[7] http://code.google.com/p/scala-gwt-dlx
[8] http://gwtdlx.appspot.com
[9] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_Links
[10] http://code.google.com/p/lotrepls


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By Shannon Carlin
It's been awhile since Justin Bieber got himself in trouble with the law. Lately he's been filling his time working in the studio with Ariana Grande, taking selfies with boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. before he hit the ring and riding horseback. But, we should have known it would't be too long until he'd be on the wrong side of the law.
Related: Justin Bieber Angers Toronto Mayor Rob Ford After Asking Him If He Has Any Crack
Bieber is now being investigated by the Los Angeles Police Department for attempted robbery after a woman accused him of stealing her cellphone.
According to CBS Los Angeles, the L.A.P.D. confirmed that the alleged incident took place on Monday (May 12) around 10:30 pm.
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Just two weeks ago it seemed that the Cubs would have made a few deals by July 30th, well here we sit, on July 30th and nothing has been done. I attribute this to the whole Dempster saga, if he accepts the Braves deal then I think the Cubs would have made a few more moves by now. But because he declined, at least for now, the Cubs sit in a holding pattern. Here are some of the latest trade rumors involving the Cubs.
Andy Martino is reporting that the Mets have had discussions with the Cubs about Geovany Soto. Odds are a deal doesn't get done here, but it is nice to see somebody asking about Soto. If the Cubs could move him for anything more than a Manny Alexander life-size cardboard cutout we should all be grateful.
Ken Rosenthal weighed in with some thoughts about the increase in demand for starting pitching, and how it relates to Garza. Even with the news of Garza not starting again until after the deadline team keep calling on him. What teams are looking for her obviously is a discounted rate for Garza, the Cubs aren't budging. For that reason Rosenthal and a number of sources believe that a Garza deal during the 2012 season before the deadline is "doubtful" but not out of the question. Because the Cubs and Garza have not talked contract extension since the Spring it is believed that the Cubs will move him in the Winter.
Danny Knobler is reporting that the Dodgers and Cubs are at an impasse on Dempster. If I had to guess I thing each team is waiting for the other to cave and accept a deal to just make a deal. Because of the this the Braves have been keeping an eye on the situation and might be ready to start-up talks again with the Cubs for Dempster. Per Knobler, people in the game expect Atlanta to get involved with Dempster again.
Yesterday afternoon Peter Gammons was on MLB Network and was very candid about what the Dodgers need to do, and the #1 thing he said the Dodgers needed to do was trade for Dempster. He said that they should do whatever it takes to land Dempster because he could be the difference for them. Let's hope he's right.
An interesting rumor popped up over the weekend, Ken Rosenthal suggests that Alfonso Soriano's name has come up in the Dempster to the Dodgers talks. The Cubs were rumored to add Soriano to a potential deal to the Dodgers to get a better prospect in return, but nothing has come out of those talks, yet. Rosenthal adds that if the Cubs can't find a deal before the deadline they would look to deal Soriano in the off-season where they might get a better return.
Things are going to get pretty crazy here as the deadline is only 31 hours away, keep checking back for the latest updates, and maybe a couple trades to announce as well.
Thanks for reading,
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text: I'm currently an assistant coach for a good top 25 naia mens amd womens program. It is more about the experience than the pay. I have decided that I am going to puruse a full time coaching job come spring. .....herein lies the problem. I was just recently offered a head coaching position on an interim basis. The team is jumping to d2, and they are going to reopen the applicant pool in june. The current coach abruptly quit. Now, as an interim i figure id have.the best chance at the job in theory. So the question would be.... leave for the uncertain future or stay put where I am and look for something more permanent. If it makes any difference my current school is much more competitive of a program, if that makes a difference in future jobs, but Im the assistant, not the "man". Also if I move id have to sell my house as well quickly. In summary would you stay an assistant at.the strong program, then look for a head position. Or take the uncertain head position at a mediocre school? Thanks for any sage advice.


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The entire goal of this deployment is extreme thrift.
The current v1 compute nodes are Mini-ITX boards with Celeron processors and a single gigabit interface. I have already built the first two nodes, and I expect them to be the only nodes for 3 months. I will likely add two additional nodes for storage in the next three months, followed by two additional compute nodes. These storage nodes will have two or three gigabit interfaces. Currently, I am providing storage from my desktop (via GlusterFS), which will likely use two gigabit interfaces once I get a proper switch. (I am currently on a Linksys 4-port Fast Ethernet hub that I found in my spare hardware drawer. )
I am open to purchasing used equipment.
I'm no networking expert, but here are, to the best of my knowledge, my complete requirements. These are absolute requirements.
- Gigabit
- 802.11Q VLANs
- 802.3ad LACP
- 16 ports (or more)
I would prefer the following features, but they are not required.
- Syslog
- CLI configuration
I had originally looked at the Cisco
I have heard that it is bad practice to link multiple switches together, and I am also unsure of the feasibility of using LACP on an uplink/crossover. This contradicts the horizontal scaling mentality of the rest of the project, but I understand the practicalities.
The v1 compute nodes have a Realtek rtl8111/8168 gigabit card. My research indicates that jumbo frames are limited to 7200B rather than 9000B. I imagine that any switch meeting my requirements would already include jumbo frame support, but if not, should I spend extra?
Within the year, I expect to have 4 v1 compute nodes (one interface each), two storage nodes (two or three interfaces each), and two interfaces connected to my workstation for NAT uplink to my home network (and Internet).
I'm really trying to keep things as cheap as possible. To be honest, I was rather excited about the S200-08 at $100 and am not thrilled to spend much more.
I don't harbor any negative feelings towards any budget brands, but I will defer to others with experience.
There are more details on my compute node hardware here if anyone would like more details.


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Federation Bank & Trust was established in 1923 by the labor leader and aviation enthusiast Peter J. Brady. It was incorporated in New York in May 1923 as the Federation Bank of New York. In 1926 the name was changed to Federation Bank & Trust Company.
On October 30, 1931, Federation was closed because of non-liquidity and depreciation of its assets. At the time of its closing, the bank had 30,000 depositors and $12.2 million in deposits. On October 3, 1932, the bank was reopened after being reorganized. As part of the reorganization, depositors were permitted to withdraw two-thirds of their deposits and received participation certificates for the remaining one-third.
Federation Bank had a strong affiliation with labor organizations from its beginnings, and it was largely from the efforts of trade union leaders that the bank reopened. In fact, the new chairman was William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor. In January 1933 it was also described as the largest labor bank in the United States.
The bank grew quickly in the years after reorganization. In October 1933, after reorganizing, Federation's deposits stood at $5.8 million. One year later they were at $9.1 million and by 1940 they were $12.4 million. In 1945 Federation reported deposits of $32.2 million.
In 1950 Federation announced that earnings for 1949 were the largest in the bank's twenty-five year history, at $405,853. It also opened its first branch office located in the Grand Central area of Manhattan.
During the 1950s Federation grew as the economy prospered in the post-War years. In 1951 deposits were $45.4 million, and by 1959 they had more than tripled to $159.9 million. In 1958 Federation merged with the Citizens Bank of Brooklyn. At the time, Federation had four offices: three in Manhattan and one in Queens. The merger provided Federation with its first office in Brooklyn.
Federation employed 400 people in 1963. Besides the main office in Columbus Circle, it operated eleven branches in the four boroughs of New York City. By 1963 deposits had grown to $222.6 million.


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Mets activate Church in time for finale
To make room for right fielder, Nixon placed on 15-day DL
By Jon Blau / MLB.com
Nixon, always known as a gritty player, has been playing with the injury in recent contests, according to Mets manager Jerry Manuel.
Acquired from the Diamondbacks for cash considerations on June 13, Nixon went 6-for-35 with one RBI in 11 games with the Mets. He had been playing with the D-backs' Triple-A affiliate in Tucson, Ariz., before he made his way up to New York.
One player's nuisance is another's roster spot, as Church returned to the lineup against the Yankees in the Subway Series finale on Sunday. Church was placed on the DL with post-concussion syndrome on June 9 retroactive to when he was pulled from the lineup against the Padres on June 6.
The date that Church would actually see the field again wasn't as precise as any date on the calendar, though. He first sustained the injury on May 20 against the Braves -- his second concussion of the season -- but Church would return to make pinch-hit appearances in Atlanta and Colorado only a couple of days later. One at-bat on May 26 would be his last of that month, as he would return for four games in early June.
Batting .300 before Sunday's return, Church has admitted that he tried to play through some symptoms before hitting the disabled list for a much-needed rest. Now the challenge will be getting Church back into baseball shape.
Before returning to the No. 6 spot in the batting order on Sunday, Church made two rehab starts with Class A Brooklyn, going 3-for-6 in two starts -- one as a designated hitter and the other in the field. But if Manuel can't find an off-day for Church in the coming weeks, the right fielder will just have to play himself back into shape.
"You have to play baseball -- that's one thing," Manuel said. "You can run around the track, lift all of the weights, but with baseball, you have to play."
Jon Blau is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Hempstead County Sheriff James Singleton told reporters Tracey Tyrone Harris, 40, died Thursday following the accident at the Hope Livestock Auction sales barn.
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This weekend Oklahoma and Kansas State will meet up in Manhattan with the Sooners trying to find their feet again after last weekend's shocking defeat at home, the first time any current Sooner player has known defeat on Owen Field. The Wildcats have been one of college football's biggest surprises thanks to Bill Snyder's always clean style of football with few mistakes, great ball control, and sound special teams. Below we break down the Wildcats and just what the Sooners are looking at based on Kansas State's 41-34 win over Texas Tech on October 15, 2011.
Against the Red Raiders, Kansas State rushed for 193 yards on 47 attempts (4.1 yards per carry) and completed 12-of-18 passes for 146 yards (8.1 yards per attempt).
Stop me if you've heard this before about the Wildcats but nothing about what they do is pretty. That being said, it's incredible to watch. This offense operates with very little trickery, motion, or attempts to hide what they are doing but they simply execute at near flawless levels which helps their sum exceed their parts. Now that being said, don't assume Snyder's bunch are without talent and some playmakers of their own. At every level of offense they have players capable of making big players including Oklahoma prep standouts Tramaine Thompson and Tyler Lockett. The two diminutive receivers had big plays in the game against the Red Raiders with Lockett running back a kickoff and Thompson making a miraculous leaping grab. It's the diversity of players like these to do a bit of everything that really gives the offense a variety of attacking options. Leading the way is another player that should be familiar to Sooner fans, junior receiver Chris Harper.
In the passing game, not surprisingly, the Wildcats are fairly rudimentary and again don't rely on tons of option routes and a voluminous route tree in their aerial attack. Against the Red Raiders the Wildcat receivers made plays almost exclusively in one of three ways, go routes, fades, or shallow crosses. In fact, it's a bit unclear if another route was run by anyone other than a running back.
And the man running the vast majority of those routes was sophomore John Hubert who may be the conference's best kept secret. He may not be the home run threat that some Wildcat backs in years past have been but when you talk about a guy who is averaging over five-yards per-carry he clearly has enough quickness to do some damage. Whether it's in traditional power formations or four-wide shotgun sets the Wildcats will run off tackle, off-guard, or whatever the situation may call for. Their ability to run effectively out of every set in their arsenal is almost certainly what makes their ground game so difficult to defend.
As with most well-organized offensive groups it's the offensive line that will always go overlooked. The unit may not have a lengthy list of future NFL guys but their cohesion is worth watching and, at least against Tech, the interior of their line shows flashes of being a dominant group - particularly true freshman center B.J. Finney and senior right guard Colten Freeze. The duo really looked strong in moving traffic and whether down-blocking or otherwise, they did a nice job of creating cutback lanes for Hubert.
All this being said, it's Collin Klein that clearly stirs the drink for Kansas State. Through the years you've all seen quarterbacks who are fleet-footed and and capable of being a focal point of the run game and though Klein is an able runner he won't be confused for Vince Young anytime soon. However, what he may give up to some of the recent great run-pass quarterbacks in athleticism he more than makes up for in just pure toughness. One big hit after another Klein just kept getting up and when his team needed a first down, a touchdown, and there seemed to be no room, it was Klein who found a way to make it happen. Watching him come down the line on option players was reminiscent of wishbone quarterbacks of days gone by as he'd fake the pitch, keep the ball and tuck inside a scraping linebacker for a hard-fought first down. His play fakes are what makes his passing so effective but it must be said that when it's needed he is more than capable of delivering a strike.
The thing you have to remember about this Kansas State offense is that their predictable downs are not predictable, have a look at that second and short play-calling. They are more than happy to run when you don't expect it and more than once in the game they were happy to throw on third and short. This team's unpredictability is yet another strength of a unit that while not pretty makes one think of one of the all-time great football movies; 'I run six plays, split veer. It's like Novocaine, just give it time, it always works' - but no you shouldn't start calling Klein 'Rev' or 'Sunshine'.
If there is any remaining doubt about the authority with which Snyder rules his Wildcat universe one need only look at how similar both units are. Both keep things fairly basic and simply watch as one player after another overachieves. That being said, it again assumes there isn't very real talent on the Wildcat roster and if Oklahoma heads to Manhattan with that thought, they'll see their second loss in as many weeks.
Obviously the name that Sooner fans are so familiar with is former five-star recruit Arthur Brown who seems to get better each and every week and was, at times, dominant against the Red Raiders. The athletic linebacker, unlike so many of his counterparts, looks almost incredibly comfortable in his pass drops and seems to have a great understanding of how to properly place himself in coverage to shield receivers, particularly on seam routes, without having to stare into the backfield. He just shows a natural feel for coverage. Though doesn't have Brown's recruiting accolades or overall publicity he is a long and rangy linebacker that you'll see pop up time and time again on Saturday. It's not always highlight reel plays but Walker just seems to always find his way into the middle of things.
To me, if there is one unit that really embodies what Kansas State football under Snyder is all about, it's his defensive line. The group has good talent but they make the most of it with massive effort from players like defensive end [db]Jordan Voelker and tackle Ray Kibble. Joined by Vai Lutui, Meshak Williams, and a host of others the Wildcats didn't create the natural pressure you might hope to see but their hustle plays created a couple of Red Raider turnovers. One would think this is an area where Oklahoma can find some success but at home the unit figures to be at a bigger advantage and a high-effort group against an offensive line that has looked a bit lethargic for large portions of the season is always a risky bet.
Though Brown is probably the biggest star of the defensive group, the secondary is probably the team's strength. And yes, the reality of saying that while watching a game that saw the Wildcats surrender over 450-yards passing isn't lost on me. Still the group boasts one of the better safety duos that Oklahoma will face all season in senior Tysyn Hartman and Ty Zimmerman. Hartman is a heavy hitter that gets better the closer he is to the line of scrimmage while Zimmerman is also more than able to deliver a knockout blow he is more of a jack of all trades that really shows signs of being a force for the foreseeable Big 12 future. At corner the Wildcats are a bit more uncertain but it can not be denied that Nigel Malone opened the game's scoring with a 24-yard interception return for touchdown and for the most part truly stopped Tech emerging sophomore Eric Ward.
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...defensively you've got to hope your front seven can play as it did prior to last weekend applying pressure and forcing teams to throw the ball with a staunch run defense. Even aside from just the basics of what Oklahoma always wants to attack. Kansas State leads the country in time of possession and will do all they can to keep Landry Jones on the sidelines so if they can keep churning out three and four yard runs they can elongate drives and keep Oklahoma's offense off the field and the defense potentially off balance.
If Oklahoma can force Klein to win the game through the air, it's an advantage that can not be denied. For all of the points the Wildcats scored 27 of their 41-points on shortened fields due to either turnovers or on defense and special teams.
That opportunistic defense will need to be again in this one. Man for man the Wildcats simply had trouble dealing with Tech's athletes in space and with names like Kenny Stills, Ryan Broyles, Dominique Whaley headed to Manhattan it should stand to reason that the Sooners can find success against the Wildcats much as Seth Doege and company did. As such, offensively I don't think Oklahoma needs to be elaborate, Kansas State won't beat themselves so make sure and return the favor of not trying to do too much and putting yourself in bad situations. If Oklahoma can break current trends and truly establish the run this is a game they should be able to handle. If not, they'll want to work deep crossing routes that slice through the heart of the Kansas cover two defense. If Broyles can find space in the center of the Wildcats defense it could force some changes that open up vertically for both Stills and Jaz Reynolds.
To me this game comes down to whether Oklahoma is ready to grow up as a team and avoid the foolish errors that burned them last week and hurt them in previous games this year. At some point the costly errors in momentous situations were going to bite Oklahoma and last week that time came. If they can remedy them this week this could be a big win to set the Sooners back on the right track. Much like the Wildcats, Oklahoma will need to have an attention to detail and stay focused particularly in the defensive backfield where the Wildcat offense will try and lull their corners to sleep and then go over the top of them.


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If the Knicks start out the season 1-10 like they did 2 seasons ago I would be suprised if D'antoni still has a job.
Gasol will make Amare look softer then he did last night
With Bynum out, Gasol will player center you dumbass
If the Knicks start out the season 1-10 like they did 2 seasons ago I would be suprised if D'antoni still has a job.
Humility is a virtue and pride is a vice.
I'm already tired of this game, I can't understand why D'Antoni/Woodson don't respond... Did you see this move of Douglas!?
Harrelson should get a foot in the ass and a one ticket to D-league..
Knicks defense makes the other team look like terrorists.
Edit: And D'Antoni is Bush.
Anybody can score on STAT...He can't defend..
Gasol's blocked Amare... Amare who was bragging that Gasol is soft...
we are starting to look more and more like a team that doesn't know what to do to stop the bleeding when the other team starts rolling
Our defense consistently leaves open shooters on the perimeter. When is the last time we had an open 3 pointer? Why does Antoni not say anything about our guys goaltending once a quarter? Why are we constantly forcing up shots like crazy without running any plays? This coach is a joke and needs to be fired immediately so we don't waste another .500 season on this garbage piece of sh*t coach.
We just don't have the shooters on this roster to keep hoping to win games with long distance chucks. Do we even run offensive plays? I can't tell.
Nazr Mohammed - Kurt Thomas - Tim Thomas >>>>> Tyson - STAT - Melo
How many open layups are we going to give? We might as well not have players play D and just cherry pick. At least we'll score on the other side. Oh wait, that was Antoni's defense before we got Melo... LOL


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Hi, I'm writing a program with 8 strings (from a to h) and I want to be able to edit elements, copy elements and delete elements from one string to another what not. but the only way I can think of for doing it is to have loads of loops which makes the program very ineloquent and messy.
it's a very basic chess program. the user says they want to move (for example) from g1 to f1. I have a loop that goes something like
(wm is the white move [a string with two elements, a letter and number], mp is the moving piece, a, b, ... g, h are strings of 12 elements each)
I have one of those for a, b, c, d,e, f, g and h, but I want a loop which will do it for me. this equates the moving piece (mp) to the element number you specify in wm[1] in a. as you can see with there being 8 strings, there are a lot of (8 of) these loops. is there a way to do a for loop for string names? If I do it with a letter, it won't work cause the letter is only a sincge character, not a string.Code:if (wm[0]=='a') { mp=a[wm[1]-48]; a[wm[1]-48]=' '; }
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PCs gave the world a whole new way to work, play and communicate. The PC-plus era will be just as revolutionary. It will take the PC's power and make it available almost anywhere, on devices that haven't yet been dreamed up. Given my job, it's hardly surprising that I'd say this. But I'm betting Microsoft's future on it.
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Jessica Simpson and her fiancé, Eric Johnson, celebrated their baby shower with family and celebrity pals yesterday at the Hotel Bel-Air in LA. Along with Jessica's mom, Tina, sister Ashlee, and daughter Maxwell, other pals including Ken Paves, Jessica Alba and her husband, Cash Warren, and Chelsea Handler and her boyfriend, André Balazs, turned out with gifts. The decor at Jessica Simpson's baby shower was appropriately boy-themed, since she and Eric are expecting a son. The event, planned by Mindy Weiss, had a Tom Sawyer motif, and guests were treated to comfort food like sliders and pigs in a blanket.
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Anyone using this helmet? Do you like it? Pros and cons. I'm interested in getting one.
Anyone using this helmet? Do you like it? Pros and cons. I'm interested in getting one.
Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
H. L. Mencken
Don't have one yet, but when funds become available it will be on my head.
It's heavy enough to bother me after a couple or three hours, this is my head which is all i can comment on, but great helmet.
Salty Fog Rally 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014 And DRAT! Missed the last one in 2015!
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I bought this helmet when I picked up my ?12 RT. All things considered this is the best helmet I have owned. I knew I wanted a modular and prior to the purchase I conducted plenty of research. Helmet quality is typical Shoei. I find the helmet extremely comfortable and enjoy all the features, to include excellent ventilation.
This helmet also makes headset installation a breeze. Btw, I fitted a Sena SMH10. Headset works great and those I communicate with over the headset cannot tell I am on a bike.
I got one last year, in the fall. Come by and I will even make you a Cappuccino with the new Saeco...
The Neotec is great, by the way. That's for folks not as near as Walter...
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"When you don't know where you're going, any road will get you there."
I like the fit and convenience aspects of the helmet. Really the only modular that fits my coconut and protruding chin. I like its visibility. Got an RF1100 too and for long rides without a lot of stops, I prefer it. The jury is still out on how it will do in very hot whether, just going to have to wait for summer.
Old But Not Dead
Semper Fi
Great helmet if you have a round head. It doesn't work with my oval head.
My wife and I both choose this helmet in late 2012. No complaints about the helmet. She wears ear plugs, but I don't feel the noise is bad, so I don't. The vents work well, as does all of the hardware and moving parts. Dropdown sun visor is the definite hit of these helmets though. I don't know what all this talk about head shape has to do with anything, but, I notice mine just doesn't fit me great. Probably my fault, but my wife has no complaints. Easy to work vents, visors, etc. with gloves on as well. We bought ours locally at cycle gear, but if you don't have one conveniently near by, Revzilla will price match.
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I just started using a Noetec and so far I really like it. One of the things that attracted me to it was the internal sun visor but I noticed when trying it on that the sun visor did not come down quite as far as I thought I would like and it tapers up on the sides, meaning that the tinted part does not cover my entire field of vision. I normally put on a smoke visor during bright conditions and I was hoping for an effect like that, which would fill my entire field of vision. After using the helmet for a couple weeks, however, I have to say that I really like it and the shape of the visor isn't bothering me.
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It is quite heavy and demonstrates that Shoei needs to master lighter shells or eventually get left behind- there are other makers doing much lighter shells in modulars. But it is wll made and exactly what one always gets from Shoei re finish, etc..
I use many different helmets in cages and on bikes. My Neotec has not displaced my Shoei RF (FF type) which is a lot lighter and gets plenty of use still. The Neotec is for summer rides when I want the flip up feature.
If you wear glasses, its more important to get frames with earpieces that work with a helmet than to get a modular.
I tried a Neotec at the dealer and really liked it. Comfortable, good vision and I liked the internal dark visor. I was almost ready to purchase one when Shoei came out with the GT Air. I read a review of it at Webbikeworld and other websites. I ordered one. Other than the flip up feature, it is better. Better ventilation, same internal sun shield, less cost, lighter in weight and slightly better peripheral vision. I did have to order some smaller cheek pads to make it fit perfect. You might want to check it out.
Andre Boening
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Went from a Schuberth C3 to a Neotec. May be a coincidence, but, when I weighted 260 lbs the Schuberth fit fine. No issues at all with discomfort. Got down to 190 and couldn't wear the helmet more than an hour with terrible pain in my forehead. Switched to a Neotec and have had no issues at all. As comfortable as the Schuberth. A hair noisier than the Schuberth, almost not worth mentioning. Venting on the Neotec is incredibly good. As Neotec's can be had at a 15% discount fairly easily, it's the much better value in my opinion.


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Court Reporter: Judge's Gay-Marriage Ruling Now Embraced
Looking at the lightning streak of court rulings favoring gay marriage since June, Vaughn Walker, a retired federal judge from San Francisco, paraphrased investor Warren Buffett.
"I always know what's going to happen," said Judge Walker, the first—and, for years, only—federal judge to find that the Constitution required recognition of same-sex marriage. "I just don't know when."
When, it increasingly seems, is now.