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Discussion in 'General Pro Player Discussion' started by sureshs, Aug 22, 2009.
I think the server was stupefied by the stupidity of your retort.
Couldn't resist.
didnt know trolls could slip thru the cracks for so long to get to 10k posts, wow. go back and think up some more butt picking excuses bro.
I KNEW he was going to post that.
I think not - afterall, I quoted Suresh
ha thats funny! yea nadal sucks, and cant make it to the finals, therefore fed isnt as good because the guy that sucks cant make it to the finals to lose...
Nadal did well this week. But his result is still tainted by the fact that he did not make the finals.
Dude, quit before you make an even bigger fool of yourself than you have already done.
This thread is self pwnage at it's best. We need to keep bringing this back to life
This thread did well, still, it's tainted by the fact that THE OP SHOT HIMSELF IF THE FACE. :twisted:
This thread did well, still, it's tainted by the TEARS OF THE OP AS HE REALIZES HOW WRONG HI WAS :twisted:
YAY..Roger finally gets the GOAT mantle from the great sureshs :lol:
LOL thats all ive been doin in this thread. laughing and bring it back up and im not even a fed fan lol.
I still think Fed was leaving too many balls short in the middle of the court and his BH was mostly defensive. It worked against a rightie, but Nadal would eat them up.
Haha, you really want to go there and say that the Rafa of saturday night would have beaten the Roger of saturday and Sunday. Seriously, in tennis tactics is important, but Rafa just really wasn't good enough. Since you didn't come up with excuses when you started the thread, I don't expect you to come up with them now.
Just admit it, you called it yourself. Federer is the true no. 1 and GOAT.
PS His backhand was awesome, who cares if it's defenisive. If his footwork is on, that doesn't matter.
Did you notice how much he ran around his BH? How long can he keep this up as he gets older?
Give up man, Roger will be going for slam number 17 in a week.
As long as he can beat Nadal, Murray, and Djoker without dropping a set, as he has done the last time he's faced each of them.
Hopefully longer than you can keep your trolling up.
He won a Slam recently without anyone knowing?
Longer than Rafa can keep that up obviously. Ever seen Rafa hit a return in the ad court when the serve is through the middle? I'm sure Roger will find ways to keep up. Just give it a rest man. Federer was way betetr than you expected, I didn't expect him this good either, but he just made you eat your words now. The guy with the elegant strokes did it. Already 28, he showed his footwork has improved since a year ago BIG TIME. Maybe he'll keep it up for only a year more, but at this form.. he might be holding 17 or 18 Slams by then.
What's the point about Federer's bh not being as good as his forehand anyway? Do you say rafa is still crappy because he still never serves +10 aces? No. Sure his backhand isn't the greatest on the planet, it never was. But it was consistent like it was in 2004-2007. You also know his forehand was back to it's scary best and that he's always been a big server but that's an area where he keeps improving. Not being a fedfan, or even a fedhater, I can see you're being scared of the idea of Federer being around for the years to come.
Just admit you were totally wrong and that this thread was either ridiculous to begin with, or reaffirmed Federer's status as the GOAT of tennis.
I think he was billing Cincy as "the Real Slam", as you so quaintly put it. With Cincy under his belt Federer has successfully won his 16th Slam and the US Open will be a quest for #17.
Well yeah, he won Cincinati - the real Slam!
Sorry guy, that's the last one from me.
Anyway, Fed would have spanked Nadal yesterday. Heck, I watched Nadal DelPo live at Montreal and the guy is at 70% right now.
Not just physically either, his tennis senses just aren't there yet. He seems to have come back without a gameplan, it's just the same old grinding that killed his knees in the first place.
Quoted for truth...
Sure, you said so yourself in the first post in this thread.
HAHAHAH. 3rd or 4th FAIL of this thread!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Suresh S is the GOAT of repetitiveness....99% of his 10,000 or so posts are about how Fed's victories are tainted by him not beating nadal........But he never questions the fact that Nadal aint good enough to make it consistently to the finals in the first place????
buddy, bring something new to the table....Your excuses are gettin as old as Nadal's
He puts the blinders on and just runs down that track! It's almost admirable....................but not quite.
you are an embarrassment to your country.
drakulie, where are you ???
Sorry but I'm reviving this thread every time Fed wins
No don't say THAT. I will give him some credit though, its been ages since we've seen a "Federer should retire" thread from him. But then oh wait ... never mind ...
That won't be a lot.
But you think he is the GOAT! (See your first post.)
Surely you expect the GOAT to win a lot of matches?
The argument about the GOAT will always continue but one thing that is certain is that the OP is an idiot. Time and again he has shot himself in the foot with his juvenile posts. Im glad Fed is the GOAT atleast by his standards.
Why should you care what an Idiot thinks about Fed
You avoid any debate about your OP now, yet are willing to make another bold statement that makes you look like a fool.. My question: Why?
LMFAO!!!!:lol: This was one of the funniest posts I've ever read here!!!
Any other thoughts?
You should have revived it yesterday
This thread is just comedy gold.
this thread is indeed comedy gold, suresh is such a *******.
This is a good revival every month or so, whether Fed wins or not.
Anyone start a Facebook group yet?
Obligatory bump!
This changes alot
Sampras adds 3 more slams to his 14
Chang bags 2 slams
Roddick gets 2
Agassi snorts 2
Roger of course adds his 3
Wilander grabs 4
And many more
Well, it's really just for 2009 that Cincinnati has "slam" status.
If we followed Sureshian logic.
Ah, alas
My dream of more slams for wilander dies.
Anyway, from this year and beyond let it be known.
Cincinnati is a Grand Slam
hahaha, on the ball!
I'm suprised no one has created a TTW group on facebook
oh my God. hahahahahaha.
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Kate Middleton Needs Princess Lessons
Kate Middleton, now the Duchess of Cambridge since she up and married Prince William, is pretty and poised and seems to the manor born. Well, to us commoners at least. To the royal family she still needs work, so she's taking royalty lessons.
The Telegraph reports that Middleton, who has only performed one official Duchess Duty since returning from her trip to Canada with Wills, has been meeting with "experts on government, the arts and the media" to help train her for her many important royal responsibilities. This is a "marked contrast" from what Diana went through when she started doing her royal thang, which was no training whatsoever. So either the royals have learned from Diana's dreadful, near-feral ways, or a party supply heiress isn't quite as cut out for the crown as it may seem.
Either way, better get studying, Kate! Those Advanced Crumpet-Holding tests aren't going to pass themselves, nor will Commoner Shunning come easy without practice!
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A minor change has been made to council meeting times in an attempt to stop them running late into the night.
Meetings will still start at 5pm on the fourth Wednesday of every month, as usual, but the open forum will begin half-an-hour earlier.
Councillor Garry Ware was concerned the most important council decisions were made at the end of the meeting.
"That's the reason I wanted to move it earlier for," he said. "We're rushing through it."
He had originally put forward a motion to move meetings to 4pm.
Cr Greg Butler requested to change meetings to Monday nights as it's difficult for him to make the Wednesday night meetings.
"I understand what's being done [but] if it was a Wednesday I would not be able to get here at 4pm."
Cr Butler's motion was lost and it was resolved to leave the time and day as it has been for several years.
But that wasn't the end of it. Councillors hadn't resolved the issue of meeting times running over, the main concern for many.
"The end is the problem," Cr Cecil Burgess said.
"We've got a long way to go, Dave [Needham] and I," he said, referring to their drive home afterwards.
"We're getting later and later and later."
Councillors spent more than 20 minutes discussing what could be done to reduce the time spent at council meetings.
"We really should have our wits about us," Cr McManus said. "If we're here at half-past nine that's not really good."
In the discussion, which included councillors McManus, Jones and Ware hastily signing and handing in a recision motion, it was eventually decided to hold meetings at 5pm, with the open forum section of the meeting starting at 4.30pm.


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Kristen's "Speak" Free Online Today
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It's still very powerful the second if not more.
A superb performance by KStew!
Under the Speak poster it says:
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Ortiz considering skipping World Baseball Classic
By Ian Browne / MLB.com
"I talked to [general manager] Ben [Cherington] and the owners and that might be an interruption, between the things they're planning for me to do next season, and being ready to go for the season next year," said Ortiz. "We'll see how things go."
Ortiz is coming off a right Achilles injury that limited him to 90 games in 2012. That could be part of Boston's reluctance for him to play in the upcoming Classic.
During the 2009 Classic, Dustin Pedroia and Kevin Youkilis both suffered minor injuries and returned to the Red Sox before the tournament had ended. Daisuke Matsuzaka's entire 2009 season was spent battling health issues, after he won the Most Valuable Player Award while leading Japan to the Classic championship.
Rosters haven't been announced for the '13 Classic.
"The only player I've talked to at all about that is David, and as he said, I'm sure it's something we'll talk more about," Cherington said. "We want to try to protect the team and protect him as best we can. I haven't talked to any other player about it. I'm sure we will sometime this offseason."
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Dr. Kartik Sheth, a research astronomer with the NRAO in Charlottesville, Va., will present the NM-NRAO Colloquium. He will present "Constraining the Cosmological Evolution of Disks Using Stellar Bars," presenting the latest results on local bars from the Spitzer Survey of Stellar Structure in Galaxies (S4G) and discussing the observations for the declining bar fraction with redshift from the COSMOS survey. 11 a.m. at the Domenici Science Operation Center (NRAO) auditorium.
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I just bought a book on game programming with c++ and one of the first things you do is make the "Game Over" console program. I'm using Microsoft Visual c++ 2012 Express. I follow what the book says and type in the code for the program. The code:
Code://Game OverCode://A first C++ program #include <iostream> int main() { std::cout << "Game Over" << std::endl; return 0; }
After I type that in, I click the "debug" tab and then click "build solution" and I end up getting this error:
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I tried making a whole new file and typing the code in again and it still does this. I'm using the Win32 Console Application template as that it was the book told me to use. Can anyone help me as to why it's failing?


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Venezuela candidates ratchet up campaigns
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Interim President Nicolas Maduro exhorted supporters of Venezuela's ruling party on Tuesday to stop mourning the late President Hugo Chavez and spring into action to secure Maduro's victory in a looming presidential election.
Speaking in Chavez's native state of Barinas, Maduro told a crowd of red-clad supporters that the best way to honor Chavez is to campaign vigorously for him as the April 14 vote approaches.
Although Chavez tapped Maduro to succeed him, the former vice president has repeatedly warned since Chavez's March 5 death from cancer that the ruling party cannot bank on sympathy alone to defeat opposition candidate Henrique Capriles.
At the same time, Maduro has incessantly invoked Chavez's socialist legacy as president of this oil-rich country for 14 years.
"In homage and in honor of our commander there is but one destiny: Victory, the victory of the Venezuelan people against the forces of evil, against the forces of darkness."
"That victory will belong to our commander," Maduro said.
Capriles, the governor of Miranda state who lost the presidential election to Chavez in October, was campaigning in the eastern state of Monagas after leading a march late Monday in Caracas to protest the government's record on crime.
Maduro interrupted his speech at Tuesday's rally so state television could broadcast footage of Chavez's last TV appearance. It showed an emotional Chavez asking Venezuelans to vote for Maduro if he failed to survive his cancer treatments in Cuba.
Maduro began the day in Sabaneta, Chavez's hometown, in Venezuela's western plains. There, he visited with Chavez's brothers and the humble home where the late leader was born.
The acting president also warned Tuesday that groups he didn't name were plotting to divide the armed forces before the election. In recent weeks, Maduro has cited several threats to destabilize the government, without offering specifics.
Both he and Capriles planned a strenuous campaign throughout the country over the next 10 days.
During a Tuesday rally in the eastern city of Maturin, Capriles criticized the government for failing to boost oil output and noted that production at many companies nationalized during Chavez's 14-year rule has plummeted, forcing Venezuela to increase imports.
Capriles blamed Maduro for the government's shortcomings and urged supporters to help him win the presidency so he can start tackling the country's most pressing domestic problems.
"I cannot do it alone," he said. "We must do it together."
Capriles has also made crime a central theme of his campaign.
Venezuela had at least 10,000 murders last year. So far this year, more than 20 police officers have been killed, local news media have reported.
"People should be able to walk the streets of Venezuela at night without fear," he said.
His Democratic Unity coalition includes opposition groups from the traditional right to the left. On his Twitter account Tuesday, Capriles urged the more than 6 million Venezuelans who voted for him in October to do so again later this month. "Don't leave me alone," he pleaded.
Tuesday marked the first official day of an abbreviated election campaign, but both candidates have campaigned vigorously since days after Chavez's death.
Flags and banners urging Venezuelans to vote for Maduro appeared overnight in the central, poorer district of Caracas, a traditional Chavista stronghold. In Caracas and other cities, placards appeared bearing Chavez's face and proclaiming: "Maduro, from my heart."
Jesse Chacon, a former Chavez minister who now heads the GIS XXI polling firm, said the abbreviated campaign favored Maduro but that the outcome isn't settled. Maduro is "trying to maintain his ties to the fallen president" while the opposition's "much more aggressive" campaign seeks to separate Maduro from Chavez, Chacon told Venevision television.
Associated Press writer Christopher Toothaker contributed to this report.
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Collabro and Oake make BGT final
A musical theatre boyband and an illusionist became the first two acts to make the final of Britain's Got Talent 2014 after they won through against seven others in the first semi-final.
Singing group Collabro won the public vote and, after the show's judges were split 2-2 between Canadian conjurer Darcy Oake and impressionist Jon Clegg, Oake went through on the public vote.
Just 45 acts made it through to the live semi-finals from the thousands who applied and the hundreds who auditioned, and they are battling it out on the ITV1 show for the prize of £250,000 and a spot at the Royal Variety Performance.
Judge Alesha Dixon said of Collabro: "That was perfection, I love you guys."
Fellow judge Amanda Holden said: "Every single one of you has got the most beautiful tone to your voice. I think we could be looking at the winners of Britain's Got Talent."
And show supremo Simon Cowell said: "Britain really has got talent, congratulations."
Oake disappeared from underneath a blanket on a platform on the stage and reappeared down below, causing Cowell to say: "It's really difficult to guess how you did that, you've got an incredible stage presence, and it's believable."
Holden said: "You are such a pro, you did that like you have your own show."
And Dixon said: "I think you're brilliant."
Clegg delighted the audience with his impressions, which included hosts Ant and Dec.
Cowell said: "It was fantastic, you had the audience in the palm of your hand. It was clever, normally I don't know who half the people are, your Dec was brilliant, seriously good."
Dec complained: "I don't know why you do me so camp."
There was controversy over Christian Spridon, a waiter living in London who had won the support of judge David Walliams earlier in the competition. Walliams chose him as his golden buzzer act.
Spridon performed The Weather Girls' I t's Raining Men, leading Dixon to say: "It was so out of tune it's ridiculous."
Holden said: "The Eurovision Song Contest was about two weeks ago. You probably would have done well in that competition, I don't consider you are going to do well in this one."
Cowell said: "You are a nice guy but that was by far the worst vocal we've ever had in this competition, and that says a lot for David's taste."
But when Walliams told Spridon "You are a born star. Alesha made a career miming", Dixon saw red, telling her fellow judge " Excuse me, you are barking up the wrong tree there" before pouring a glass of water over his head.
Walliams later said: "I was nearly electrocuted, so for me it was a tough night."
Another group of acts will try to impress viewers when the second live semi-final takes place at 7.30pm tonight.


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Starbucks is introducing beer and wine to its beverage list in select locations, calling it a response to consumer requests. But many café chain regulars say they fear a change to a bar atmosphere.
Starbucks has been working hard on new beverages to sell, including energy drinks and a line of fresh juices, but the strategy that is generating the most buzz – both good and bad – is the Seattle-based coffee house's move to sell alcohol.


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Barajas excited for Burnett's return to the hill
By George Von Benko / Special to MLB.com
Burnett is coming back after sustaining a broken right orbital bone in Spring Training.
"We were hoping on Opening Day that he would be out there," Pirates catcher Rod Barajas said. "We had to wait a little bit longer, and we're all excited. We are excited for A.J.
"I know what he's capable of and I had an opportunity to catch him when he was doing pretty well, so we have the same expectations. We've all been waiting for this and we're real excited for him and for the team, because I think he's going to be a big part of this season and I think he's going to go out there and give us a chance to win."
Correia scratched with discomfort in left side
PITTSBURGH -- Right-hander A.J. Burnett was scheduled to make his final rehab start at Double-A Altoona on Saturday, but he started for the Pirates because right-hander Kevin Correia was experiencing discomfort in his left side.
"We're not sure how Correia got hurt," Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. "He complained of some stiffness and soreness, and with his injury history last year with his oblique, we wanted to get it checked out. We had an MRI done today, which came back clean, and we had him go out and get active and play long toss. And he threw inside today and he's functional and good to go.
"That being said, where we stood yesterday and through last night, you don't know if he can go out there and pitch in the game and give you an inning. We feel much more confident now. Correia threw, and he'll have tomorrow off, and if he feels good, we'll have the option of throwing him or Brad Lincoln on Monday."
Burnett began the season on the 15-day disabled list rehabbing from surgery on his right orbital bone, which he fractured during a bunting drill at Pirate City in Bradenton, Fla., on Feb. 29. He had surgery on March 2 in Pittsburgh and returned to Bradenton on March 9 to start his rehab program after spending a week at home in Maryland. Burnett made a total of three rehab starts, with the last one coming with Triple-A Indianapolis on Monday night.
"I think Burnett is more geared up to pitch here tonight than he would have been in Altoona," Hurdle stated. "He was going to do what he felt might be best for him to do, and I think there's a part of him that felt the best thing for him to do was pitch in the big leagues and that's the way it worked out."
Correia felt it was best to be careful with his discomfort.
"It felt real similar to what I did last year," Correia explained. "The MRI was clean, and that's basically all I wanted to know. I just didn't want to go out there and aggravate it ... and with it being a good MRI, I feel confident going out there and throwing now."
Pirates option righty Hughes to Triple-A
PITTSBURGH -- The Pirates optioned right-hander Jared Hughes to Triple-A Indianapolis on Saturday to make room for A.J. Burnett on the roster.
Hughes tossed three innings in Friday night's 4-1 loss to the Cardinals and gave up four hits and two runs, one earned. He made a total of five appearances this season and was 0-0 with a 2.08 ERA.
"It's been a great opportunity and will continue to be when I get back here," Hughes said. "Right now, it's just whatever is best for the team I'm going to do."
Hughes had been serving as the long man in the Pittsburgh bullpen, and he will likely be back in that role at some point this season.
"It was one of those things where they had to do it, and they want me to come back," Hughes said.
Worth noting
The Pirates have posted a 2.73 ERA in their first 13 games and ranked fourth in the Majors entering Saturday in ERA behind Philadelphia (2.20), Texas (2.38) and Washington (2.38).
On Friday night at Class A Bradenton, right-hander Gerrit Cole struck out six batters in his first two innings and wound up striking out seven in five innings of work. He has received three no-decisions in his first three professional starts, striking out a total of 18 batters in 12 innings.
Shortstop Alen Hanson had two more hits for Class A West Virginia on Friday and leads the South Atlantic League with 26 hits. He also ranks second with a .797 slugging percentage and second with a 1.246 OPS.
George Von Benko 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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Author of Crash and Empire of the Sun, J. G. Ballard once said that a commercial showing 'robots' building a Fiat car was his favorite advert of all time.
Ballard made the claim on Desert Island Discs, BBC Radio 4's long-running music and interview show, in February 1992, when he shared the 8 records that best represented his life with presenter, Sue Lawley.
As Ballard explained:
'I like the overture to Rossini's Barber of Seville, which many people will have heard as the background music to a wonderful Fiat ad. that was shown on television a few years ago. I think my favorite TV commercial of all time.'
It was Rossini's "Figaro's Aria" from the opera that was used in this famous Fiat Strada advert from 1979. The commercial was directed by Hugh Hudson, who is best-known for the Academy Award-winning Chariots of Fire. Hudson's ad was a compelling mix of technology with opera, and was well-known for its tag-line:
Hand built by Robots
That was later famously spoofed on Not the NIne O'Clock News as:
Hand built by Roberts
Amongst Ballard's other favorite tracks on Desert island Discs were Noël Coward's version of "Let's Do It", Astrud Gilberto being breathily seductive on "The Girl From Ipanema", Rita Hayworth and "Put The Blame On Mame", Henry Hall's "Teddy Bears' Picnic" and Marlene Dietrich singing "Falling In Love Again".
Ballard also remarked that he considered himself a "disappointed painter':
'I think in many ways I am a sort of disappointed painter, I always wanted to be a painter, but simply lacked the technical ability, lacked the talent. In fact, people say my novels are tremendously visual, in a sense I paint my novels, there you have the life work of a frustrated painter.
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I am trying to write a script to manage apt-get (although I use apt-fast.) Trying to cut down on key strokes to keep my system up to date with a little choice (Freedom.)
I want to be able to form a menu of things to do, choose one, and get the appropiate command to execute.
At the moment I just want the choice to print out. When this is going OK, I will proceed in getting the commands to execute.
This is my script (that fails disamaly.)
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echo "You are currently logged in as" $USER"."
echo "Please choose from the list below."
echo "1. update"
echo "2. upgrade"
echo "3. dist-upgrade"
echo "4. autoremove"
echo "5. "
echo "6. "
echo "7. "
echo "8. "
echo "9. "
echo "10. "
echo -n "Please Make Your Choice... "
read name
if $name == 1
echo "update"
if $name == 2
echo "upgrade"
if $name == 3
echo "dist-upgrade"
if $name == 4
echo "autoremove"
if $name == 5
echo "5"
if $name == 6
echo "6"
if $name == 7
echo "7"
if $name == 8
echo "8"
if $name == 9
echo "9"
if $name == 10
echo "10"
echo "INCORRECT CHOICE"
(My formatting has disapeared. I do have the ECHO after the IF statement indented.)
Please, please, please help.
Thank You
James (Tamworth N.S.W Australia)


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Eminem Set To Open VMAs
Eminem Set To Open VMAs
GRAMMY winner Eminem, who's nominated for eight MTV Video Music Awards, is set to open the ceremony on Sept. 12 at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, according to MTV General Manager Stephen Friedman. Eminem's nominations include Best Hip-Hop Video, Best Male Video and Video of the Year for "Not Afraid." (9/9)
AmieStreet Acquired By Amazon, Songza To Launch
Amazon has acquired digital music service AmieStreet.com for an undisclosed amount. As a result, the AmieStreet.com service — and its dynamic pricing approach — will be discontinued as of Sept. 22 and all links will instead forward to Amazon's MP3 store. Meanwhile, the founders of AmieStreet.com will launch a new social music streaming service called Songza. (9/9)
HMV Sales Take Hit
Entertainment retailer HMV has reported a 13.9 percent decrease in total sales for its UK and Ireland operations, and a 9.9 percent decrease in HMV Group sales for the 19 week period ending Sept. 4. Sales for HMV Live were up 8 percent during the period. Sources say consumer spending decreased during this period because of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. (9/9)


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More starts for Moreland with Rangers
By Pete Kerzel / Special to MLB.com
"He's a gamer," Washington said of Moreland. "He's not afraid. ... He's going to go up there and if he sees what he likes, he's going to give you a good swing on it."
Moreland is batting .292 and has hit safely in 10 of his first 15 Major League games since his contract was purchased from Triple-A Oklahoma City on July 29. At Triple-A, Moreland was batting .289 with 12 homers and 65 RBIs in 95 games.
Seeing his name in the lineup on a regular basis has helped create a comfort zone for Moreland.
"It's definitely a good feeling to be able to walk in and know you've got a good chance to have an opportunity to play. You come up, you have an open mind and you're ready when they put you out there. If it's every day, so be it."
If he had his druthers, Moreland would like to blend into the woodwork rather than stand out, especially on a veteran ballclub chasing a pennant.
"You have to know your role, too, as a young guy coming in. You just try to help your team, especially the kind of team we have right now -- leading the division and making a push. ... Do whatever they ask of you," he said.
That humility comes from Moreland's legacy -- a strong college program at Mississippi State and a willingness to work hard in the Minors, Washington said.
"We didn't give it to him, he earned it. Those type of guys, when they earn something, they know how to cherish it," Washington said.
Knee soreness forces Feldman from game
BALTIMORE -- Rangers right-hander Scott Feldman left Saturday's game against the Orioles after experiencing soreness in his right knee while warming up before the seventh inning.
Team spokesman John Blake said Feldman would be re-evaluated on Monday once the Rangers return to Arlington after a seven-game road trip. Dr. Keith Meister will perform an MRI exam to determine the severity of Feldman's injury.
Feldman had entered the game with two outs in the sixth inning in relief of Texas starter Cliff Lee. He allowed a run-scoring infield single to Julio Lugo and got Nick Markakis to line out to shortstop to end the inning. He hurt himself warming up before the seventh and was replaced by lefty Mike Kirkman, who struck out the side in his Major League debut.
Feldman didn't have trouble moving around in the clubhouse after the game, explaining that the knee only gives him trouble when he pushes off in his delivery. He said he's had some soreness for a couple of days but that the knee started to buckle on him when he was warming up before the seventh inning.
"It doesn't bother me to walk or anything, except when I push off," he said.
Manager Ron Washington said the Rangers could "possibly" make a roster move on Feldman before Sunday's finale of a four-game series at Camden Yards against the Orioles, but added that it was "possible" that a decision would be held off until after the team returns home.
MRI on horizon for Kinsler, who feels 'great'
BALTIMORE -- Injured second baseman Ian Kinsler reported no ill effects from a stationary workout Friday.
"I feel great," said Kinsler, who has been on the 15-day disabled list since July 29 with a left groin strain. "No problems, feeling good."
Washington had Kinsler working out before Friday's game, fielding ground balls from a crouching position. The drills were designed to gauge how strong Kinsler's lower extremities were after an extended layoff.
Kinsler won't undergo any similar workouts for the remainder of the weekend in Baltimore, said Washington. The most Kinsler will do is field some ground balls and shovel tosses to second base in advance of an MRI exam scheduled for Monday in Texas.
"He says he has no soreness, but the big test comes when we get back to Texas," Washington said.
Andrus riding hot streak after down July
BALTIMORE -- Rangers shortstop Elvis Andrus' hitting streak is at 10 games, and a 24-for-74 surge over his past 16 contests has bumped his average from .268 to .277.
So much for a little midsummer drought, the product of a 22-for-102 July during which his average dipped from .292 to .275.
"You go through ups and downs over the course of a season," said manager Ron Washington. "He's a grinder. It's nice to see him starting to get some hits because that builds confidence -- and we all need confidence."
Andrus has had three hitting streaks of 10 or more games this season.
Borbon's defense looks far from rusty
BALTIMORE -- With outfielder Nelson Cruz still on the disabled list nursing a right hamstring strain, the Rangers need contributions from Julio Borbon, who turned in a sparkling catch in Friday night's 2-0 victory over the Orioles.
With Texas nursing a 1-0 lead in the seventh inning, Baltimore's Adam Jones hit a fly to deep right-center field. Borbon made a fully extended leap to grab the potential extra-base hit for the inning's second out.
"It was big. We certainly needed [Borbon] to make it right there," Texas manager Ron Washington said. "You never know what might have happened in a 1-0 ballgame. He went a long ways and when you go that far you certainly want to finish the play off -- and he finished it off."
Borbon hasn't played regularly, as he did early in the season, but Washington said Borbon understands the reasons for his inconsistent appearances.
"He's handled it really well. He knows what our objective is. He's certainly not being taken out of the lineup as punishment," Washington said. "Right now, it's about production. I think if you go ask him if he's been producing, he'll give you the [honest] answer."
Borbon is hitting only .206 (22-for-107) in his last 33 games, and his average has dropped from .298 to .265. He has two RBIs in his last 24 games, both on Aug. 15.
"With Cruz down, we'll get a chance to get [Borbon] back out there and get him acclimated and maybe he can give us something," Washington said.
Pete Kerzel 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 guess you have to live a few years to answer that one. Maybe I'm finally at that point now. How about you?
Yesterday, O.J. Simpson's sentence was issued by a Nevada judge. As I get older, less and less surprises me. Somehow I expected justice to prevail…at some point. (more…)


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What a beautiful day. Started fairly chilly, in the 30's but officially hit sixty six degrees, but was over seventy by my thermostat.
Yesterday and today I finished up the Courtyard. The gardens are all weeded and mulched. The elephant ears are planted. The water feature is cleaned and up and running. It's so cool to walk out into the courtyard and hear the water. The buds on the white lilac tree have grown noticeably since Sunday.
Modcloth www.modcloth.com was here today to do their photo shoot for a new retro line of clothes they are debuting. Very nice people, lots of pictures. The outfits they were shooting were very cool also. They were taking shots on the Veranda, in front of the Carriage House and even on the beach. I look forward to when they post them to see how the backdrops (my spaces) look hopefully accentuating the outfits.
Spent some time sitting on the front porch reading my book, Turning Stones into Schools, by Greg Mortenson. It is so nice to be able to sit on the porch again. With as much as I love the Courtyard and hanging out on the Veranda, I also love sitting on the front porch watching the street traffic and seeing friends and neighbors you don't see anywhere as much in the winter. And speaking of Turning Stones into Schools, it's a great book for anyone. It about the Central Asia Institute (CAI) and their goal of stopping fanaticism by education. They have been building schools in the remote areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan. They've built schools in the heart of the Taliban controlled areas and extremely remote locations in the Himalayan mountains. And they are focused on educating girls, because under the Taliban, girls have been pretty much forbidden to receive education. What I found most interesting is how Greg describes the inner relationships that are important in those cultures. His enthusiasm is contagious also.
Tomorrow is Soup Night at Calvary Methodist Church, my good friend Lisa from Fabled Table www.fabledtable.com runs it. She's a great cook (chef) and they offer tasty inexpensive food. It's from five p.m. until seven p.m. if anyone local reads this.
I think that's about it for today,


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Peavy trade won't be defined by this year
Cy Young winner's impact as much about future as present
By Scott Merkin / MLB.com
In reality, that focus consumes Williams' every waking moment on the job, and probably even occupies a few dreams for the aggressive general manager.
So, when the chance to acquire Jake Peavy came up prior to the July 31 non-waiver Trade Deadline, make that the second chance this season to pry loose the Padres ace, after Peavy used his no-trade clause to temporarily turn down this five-player deal back on May 21, Williams didn't hesitate.
"If I had to do it all over again, I absolutely would," Williams told MLB.com of the Peavy deal in a recent interview. "No question about it."
And why wouldn't Williams want to add Peavy? The 28-year-old right-hander, who is scheduled to make his South Side debut on Saturday against the Royals, possesses true ace-hurler type of stuff, an intangible proving to be helpful in postseason series against the likes of the Yankees, Red Sox or Angels.
Although Peavy had not pitched since June 8, working his way back from a partially torn tendon in his right ankle suffered while running the bases on May 22 against the Cubs, the man had won a Cy Young Award and owned a 92-68 career record. Under the watchful eye of pitching coach Don Cooper and the exceptional White Sox training staff, Peavy was expected back sooner than later.
This weekend, when the White Sox play host to the Royals, clinging to their playoff hopes with two weeks remaining in the regular season, Peavy finally will make his debut for the South Siders. It has been a frustrating road traveled by Peavy, who seemed primed to make a start at Yankee Stadium during the last weekend of August, until he took a line drive off his pitching elbow in a Minor League rehab start on Aug. 24.
Getting caught flush with that line drive basically set back Peavy another three weeks. With this extended stretch of inactivity firmly in mind, let's revisit an aforementioned question and tweak it a bit. Why wouldn't Williams want to add Peavy? But did this deal hamper the White Sox 2009 playoff push?
Williams' decision to bring Peavy to the South Side of Chicago, a target in his sights since the 2008 Trade Deadline, clearly is as much, if not more so, about the future as it was the present. Peavy's contract calls for another $52 million over the next three years, so a healthy Peavy gives the White Sox as fearsome a rotation foursome in Peavy, Mark Buehrle, John Danks and Gavin Floyd, as any staff in baseball.
Remember, though, in the present, the White Sox had to give up Clayton Richard as part of the four-hurler package for Peavy. Richard, 26, won't be mistaken for Sandy Koufax or Steve Carlton, but prior to the deal, the southpaw had allowed a combined two runs over 16 innings in back-to-back starts.
Richard's stellar Sunday night effort at Comerica Park on July 26 helped the White Sox avoid a four-game Detroit sweep. By moving Richard, the White Sox lost a competent fifth starter, who could have made at least six-to-eight more starts.
Freddy Garcia stepped up to fill that void on Aug. 18. But with Jose Contreras' struggles factored in, the White Sox found themselves one starter short in the fight to claim an infinitely-winnable American League Central.
"I think the world of Clayton Richard and his future," said Williams, when asked about any risk in acquiring Peavy. "But where we were at the time and where we are now, even if we were to stage a comeback late in the game here, you get to the playoffs and you need horses at the top of the rotation if you are going to hope to win the World Series.
"Did it hurt us in the short term, in answer to the original question? The debate will go on for a long time on that one."
Since July 31, when Peavy came to the White Sox, the team has a 20-23 record. To put the onus of the sub-.500 showing on the Peavy deal would be absurd, considering the offense has struggled for consistency far more than the back end of the rotation. For example, outfielder Alex Rios, acquired from Toronto in a waiver-wire deal on Aug. 10, has seven hits in his last 67 at-bats.
Jermaine Dye, as consistent an American League hitter since joining the White Sox in 2005, has 10 hits in his last 79 at-bats. Richard might have helped the cause, but then again, so would have Peavy if not for the line drive to the elbow.
"Guys that have been filling in have done well," said Cooper, pointing out four quality starts from Garcia and another one from rookie, Carlos Torres. "I'm happy with our starting pitching."
"It's just one of those baseball deals," said Danks, adding that Richard was a popular clubhouse presence. "You add a guy like Peavy, an anchor for the Padres for nine years, and it's a huge deal. But you know you have to give something up and we did."
Barring an unforeseen setback, the long Peavy journey will lead to the U.S. Cellular Field mound on Saturday, finally giving White Sox fans a chance to see what Williams added. It will be a short look, with Peavy not expected to go more than four or five innings, but even without a September start or two, the White Sox know the immense upside they have with this talented pitcher.
Manager Ozzie Guillen joked about not liking Peavy very much when he saw him pitching during Spring Training, due to his boisterous mound antics. Guillen even started yelling back at Peavy. But in watching the ultra-competitive Peavy journey down this comeback trail with great determination, Guillen has dubbed him a "real bulldog, not a fake bulldog."
"You don't win the Cy Young just because," Guillen said. "Any time we are going to make a trade and move people to get to this ballclub, the first thing Kenny looks at is if he can fit in the clubhouse. So far, he has been great."
Coming up short in the 2009 AL Central race won't define the Peavy move made by Williams. As for Peavy, he just wants to pitch, knowing these 2009 starts won't come close to defining what he brings to the White Sox.
"I'm anxious for some normality in my life because it's been crazy," Peavy said. "I've been here, there, catching planes here and there, trying to make the best of every situation I've been in. I came off of a pretty traumatic injury.
"Just trying to jump and go from 0 to 60, it's tough on all aspects of my body and the mental side of thing as well. I can promise you this: On Feb. 15 or whatever day it is I report, I'll be in as good of shape as anybody and be ready to pitch and expect nothing less than what I've done in years past, which is giving my team a chance to win and work 200-plus innings."
Scott Merkin is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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For DePauw Computer Science, Hindsight is 20/50
November 19, 2013
Earlier this year, a gift from Professor Emeritus of Mathematics and Computer Science Robert "Bob" J. Thomas and his wife, Doris, established the DePauw Computer Science Founders Fund for Excellence. Created to keep the department at the forefront of computer science education, the fund honors the 50th anniversary of pioneering work done by Thomas, 20th anniversary of the creation of DePauw's Department of Computer Science, and work done by the department's three founding members to build on Thomas' vision.
Thomas arrived at DePauw in 1958, long before a computer science department existed. In fact, DePauw didn't even own a computer. The practicality of teaching computer science under those conditions was met with reasonable skepticism from Clinton B. Gass, head of the mathematics department under which Thomas' course would fall.
"Dr. Gass and another long-term professor here wondered how I could teach a computer science course without a computer, so they audited the course and attended every lecture," Thomas remembers. "Somehow it did not bother me as a new teacher to have the department head listening to my every word."
Only slightly hampered by the lack of a campus computer (and the close supervision), Thomas taught principles of computer science such as binary and hexadecimal number systems, Boolean algebra and logical design, though he still found a way to introduce students to programming. They would write simple programs using punched paper tape and take them to Rose Polytechnic Institute, now Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, to run on a computer there. The somewhat unorthodox course met Gass' satisfaction, and Thomas was allowed to continue with it.
In 1961, just before Thomas went on sabbatical to complete a Ph.D. at University of Illinois, President Russell J. Humbert visited him at his house and asked if he would be the first director of a new computer center. Thomas later learned that this arrangement – to which he agreed – was made to secure a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant for the University's first computer, a desk-sized and -shaped IBM 1620 punch-card model (pictured below with Thomas, far right).
IBM delivered the computer while Thomas was still on sabbatical, and as he was the only person on campus capable of operating or even comprehending the $120,000 machine, he returned to find it being held in particularly poor storage.
"The computer was stored outdoors in below freezing weather, but it was OK," Thomas says.
Thomas set the computer up in the basement of the Studebaker Administration Building and in spring 1963 used it to teach DePauw's first course with an on-campus computer.
Thomas continued to lead the computer science curriculum within the mathematics department until his retirement from the University in 1991. His departure left a hole that no single faculty member could truly fill, and an independent computer science department was formed shortly thereafter in 1993 with three founding faculty members: Carl P. Singer '66, a student of Thomas who retired in 2007, and Dave A. Berque and Gloria Childress Townsend, who continue to teach.
Though the department had split off from mathematics, Berque, Singer and Townsend were creating a new curriculum at the same time as most of America was being introduced to the Internet. By then, computer science had matured into something that could complement nearly anything being taught on DePauw's campus. The three professors seized upon that flexibility, creating new courses and programs to introduce a wider range of students to the discipline.
"Even in the early days of the department, I think all three of us were interested in the human side of computing, probably more so than was typical for computer science departments at that time," says Berque, whose DEBBIE classroom tablet computing system was commercialized as DyKnow Vision in 2003.
Built from the ground up for the new department, Singer's Computer Science I course invited curious students to give computer science a closer look, while Townsend launched her Women in Computer Science organization (left) to attract and support an under-represented female student population.
Their inclusive, interdisciplinary approach defined the new department. In May 1993, seven months before the transition to an independent department, eight computer science majors graduated from DePauw. This number climbed during the following years, with 30 graduates in 2000 and 46 in 2005, which is similar to the number of graduates the department anticipates this year.
"Measured by graduated students, the department became what we believe is the largest liberal arts computer science department in the country," Townsend says.
Perhaps more significant than the number of graduates is the fact that the department graduates female computer science majors at a rate that is more than double the national average.
The department's successes haven't come at the cost of the small college experience, however. Since 1993, the computer science faculty has more than doubled from the original three members to seven, broadening the scope of the department's scholarship and research. By keeping the student-professor ratio low, students have benefited from more opportunities for collaboration on ongoing projects and closer advising for academics, internships and post-graduation plans. And, Berque says, so have faculty members.
"If you walk up and down the hall of our department and ask faculty members what gives them the most pleasure, I think they would all say that it is watching our students succeed and knowing we played a role in that," Berque (right, with computer science students) says. "Many of our majors keep in touch for decades after graduation. It's very exciting to see them excel."Back


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Stripping PCBs to Reclaim Parts
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The nice thing about recycling parts from commercial PCBs is that you tend to obtain high quality components from them.
The "spoils of war" are as shown below. Clockwise from top left we see 9V DPDT relays (useful); the resistor packs with strange mixed values (not much good); audio transformers; 100Ω 1W resistors (useful); medium power PNP (2SB1330) and NPN (2SD2006) transistors (useful); 18nF capacitors (could be useful); and DIL 1A bridge rectifiers (useful).
For some components, like multi-pin headers, I'll sometimes use a small gas blowtorch. This will quickly melt only the solder, whereas the heat gun will often melt the plastic off the component as well before you can get it off. But you have to be careful; PCBs can emit some pretty vile gases when hot, so I usually do this on windy days when I can get good through ventilation in the garage where I play (the wind blows the vile smells away from my house and long-suffering wife). Some PCBs burn so easily (even with a hot-air gun) that they are just not worth the trouble. I'm much more selective these days, though I'll still remove resistors that are easy to get out and are at the standard 0.5 inch spacing. As a result, I have pretty well any resistor value I need with pre-formed leads, which is handy when I'm building my hobby projects.
Most of the parts I use are through-hole, and most boards nowadays are almost totally populated with surface mount devices (SMDs). I personally don't do a lot with SMD components, although they are usually easy to get off using the hot air gun on the component side of the board (which in this case I place horizontally). There are certainly lots of fairly tasty switched-mode power supply components to be had. Also, I recently purchased a bunch of Adafruit's SMD adapter boards, which make it very easy to use SMD ICs on a standard breadboard or through-hole PCB. SMD components -- especially transistors and diodes -- usually have fairly cryptic markings on them; if I can't identify them as something useful, I tend to leave them alone. A pair of SMD tweezer probes (as shown below) is really handy for quick-sorting SMD parts, and even small through-hole components.
Although my acquisitions from old PCBs (along with my natural hoarding instinct, which drives my wife nuts) mean I have just about anything I need for building up a project without going to the store or mail-order, I have to be careful when using these parts. On occasion they don't work, so a bit of time testing components that are going to be soldered in before I do so is well worth the effort.
I have a transistor tester I built when I was about 16 years old that still works fine. It comprises a 1.5V battery, a tuning meter from an old radio in series, and a 500K potentiometer, which feeds the battery to the base of the transistor. You turn the pot so that the needle of the meter gets to a certain point, corresponding to an IC of 1mA, and then read the Hfe value off the scale of the pot. You can work out the base current Ib from the pot resistance across (Vbatt - Vbe) = (1.5 - 0.6 = 0.9V) and work out the Hfe from Ic/Ib when you calibrate it. This is not real high-tech stuff, but it is incredibly useful. My Fluke 8050 desktop DMM (now around 40 years old and still going strong) had instructions in the manual to build a transistor tester attachment, which I did. I also built a capacitance meter from a couple of 555 ICs, and I have also bought a LCR meter now. What I'd really like is a 74 TTL / 4000 CMOS tester, as I get -- and use -- a lot of those ICs.
Along with my board-mounted bits, I have amassed a lot of other things like meters and switches and relays and connectors and displays and stepper motors and... I use these occasionally and, as I mentioned above, it's really handy to have them to hand if I need them, but I seem to amass more than I can ever use unless I go into production. I work on the theory that if anything is useful, I'll keep it. On the other hand, if someone wants something I've got, I'll happily give it to them if they can find a use for it. So if anyone wants anything unusual (and probably obsolete), let me know. Maybe I should start selling stuff on eBay...
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General Aviation Manufacturers Association President Pete Bunce said Wednesday at Aero in Friedrichshafen that the international regulatory community has seen the light on revising certification rules and efforts to overhaul Part 23 and its international equivalents are gaining momentum. "When you can go and put modern equipment into an amateur-built aircraft and have it perform just tremendously well, but then it costs ten times as much to be able to put that into a certified airplane � wait a second, our regulatory process is defeating the purpose for which it was set up, and that's to enhance safety. We, as an industry, need to change that."
At Aero this week, some 80 regulators from all over the world were meeting to harmonize certification requirements for light aircraft that would simplify new certification projects and, it's hoped, dramatically slash the cost and time necessary to bring new products to market. "That type of changing the thinking and whole mindset of the regulators working together with industry has got some tremendous potential," Bunce added. "The goals of this rewrite are many, but the sound bite we like to use, which was actually coined by the regulators, was doubling the safety at half the cost." And said Bunce, it's not just lowering the cost to manufacturers and eventually customers, but also for regulators.
Bunce said that ideas being considered by regulators here at Aero and elsewhere are "truly dynamic." Certification costs are generally thought to account for a third to up to 40 percent of the cost of a typical light aircraft. GAMA's thinking is that lowering cert costs will allow even lower aircraft prices because the market will expand at the lower end. Bunce said one critical goal is to reduce product development cycles from five to seven years to a year or two. Critical to the success of the CS23/Part 23 revision is to have all countries on the same page and the same timeline. "We have the leaders of those agencies talking about this issue when they give public speeches," Bunch said. Watch for a more in-depth interview with Bunce later in AVweb's continuing coverage of Aero 2013.


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Equine Piroplasmosis: Kentucky Entry Requirements Updated
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The Kentucky State Veterinarian's Office has issued a statement today (Sept. 7) updating the equine piroplasmosis (EP) testing requirements for horses entering the commonwealth.
Equine piroplasmosis, a tick-borne non-contagious blood disease, results from infection by the protozoa Babesia caballi or Theileria equi (formerly Babesia equi). In most cases, piroplasmosis presents an acute infection, with fever, loss of appetite, malaise, labored or rapid respiration and congestion of the mucus membranes. In rare cases the disease can be fatal.
According to the statement from the State Veterinarian's Office, the updated shipping requirements are as follows:
TEXAS HORSES: "A significant outbreak of this disease was detected affecting hundreds of Texas horses in late 2009, with the investigation continuing through 2010. Though the investigation has since concluded, and the risk of transmission to susceptible horses is being mitigated, the Kentucky Department of Agriculture will continue for the remainder of this calendar year to require that horses originating from Texas be accompanied with certification of having tested negative for equine piroplasmosis (T. equi only) during the 12 month period preceding the animal's entry into Kentucky. We are in the process of evaluating testing and other data provided to us by Texas Animal Health Officials and determining what, if any, testing for piroplasmosis of Texas horses entering KY will be required in 2012. In addition to the EP Testing requirement, horses entering Kentucky from Texas are required to enter with a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection and Kentucky Entry Permit."
THOROUGHBRED RACING: "Horses entering tracks conducting thoroughbred racing are no longer (with exception of Texas horses) required to be tested for piroplasmosis. We have amended our previous directive by removing the requirement that horses entering tracks conducting thoroughbred racing be tested for EP with the sole exception of those horses originating from Texas. The data supports a conclusion that T. equi associated with the United States' thoroughbred racing population is minimal. Of the 169 horses found to be infected with T. equi, 10 are reported to be Thoroughbreds and 132 are reported to be racing Quarter Horses. Eight of the 10 Thoroughbreds were associated with a single racing stable in South Florida. An individual associated with this Florida stable was reportedly linked to a previous outbreak involving unsanctioned Quarter Horse racing and suspicion of unsanitary practices resulting in iatrogenic transmission. The remaining positive Thoroughbreds were in Western states and are also believed to have had an indirect association with unsanctioned Quarter Horse racing."
STANDARDBRED RACING: "Horses (regardless of breed) entering Kentucky tracks conducting live harness racing will continue through this calendar year to be accompanied by certification of testing negative for piroplasmosis (both T. equi and B. caballi) during the 12 month period preceding the entry. With limited sampling of this breed and population having occurred, we are currently unable to conclude what, if any, risk piroplasmosis presents to the general Standardbred racing population."
QUARTER HORSE RACING: "Should Quarter Horse racing resume in Kentucky during 2012, we will be continuing the requirement that horses (regardless of breed) coming onto a track conducting live Quarter Horse racing will be required to be tested for piroplasmosis (both T. equi and B. caballi). The data continues to clearly demonstrate an unacceptable prevalence of equine piroplasmosis is associated with racing Quarter Horses. The available data indicates no fewer than 132 racing Quarter Horses have been discovered positive. With this data, we consider racing quarter horses continue to pose an identified risk to our domestic equine populations. In addition to these racing quarter horses, another 413 horses associated with an outbreak first identified in south Texas during 2009 have been found positive. These horses were traced from the Texas premises and detected throughout the United States."
The statement also noted that the Kentucky Department of Agriculture will continue to monitor national testing data and disease prevalence and will "reevaluate mitigation strategies as needed." All of these changes are effective immediately, the statement added.
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HOLLYWOOD, Fla.—The fluid, speculative situation of change in the college football postseason is quickly taking shape.
Multiple sources confirmed to Sporting on News Wednesday that three critical components were the focus of discussions on Day 1 of the latest phase of BCS meetings: a four-team playoff, the Rose Bowl's blessings and a tweaked or new way of selecting teams for the groundbreaking postseason.
"The circle is getting tighter," said Mountain West commissioner Craig Thompson.
Sporting News reported earlier this week that the four-team, three-game format was the plan of choice, and that various logistical hurdles had to be cleared. Want an indicator of how serious the BCS committee is about change in the form of a four-team playoff? Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott said the group "spoke for four hours" about how to rank the four teams.
From SI: Bowl industry having little say in new BCS format
"I want to emphasize that I'm saying if we go to a four-team playoff," Scott said.
That may be a moot point now. A BCS source told Sporting News: "We can't come out with something less (than a four-team playoff) and say. 'Here's change.'"
That same source said a lot of "give and take" has to occur or the fallback plan of a Plus One model—one game after all the bowl games—will be the choice.
That "give and take" centers on a few significant issues:
• Rose Bowl inclusion. Long seen as an impediment to change, Rose officials on Tuesday told BCS officials they were committed to the future of the game—even if it means forgoing the annual Pac-12-Big Ten matchups.
"They were adamant that they were with us—period," a BCS source said.
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Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany spoke Wednesday in generalities about the Rose Bowl's future, saying any change must be "manageable and predictable."
Scott, meanwhile, said Rose Bowl access for non-Big Ten and Pac-12 schools isn't an issue, but that "we have no interest in getting to play less frequently in the Rose Bowl."
• The structure of the four-team playoff. The preference of the BCS committee is to use the existing bowls within the framework of the new system. There are two possibilities in that scenario: the four BCS bowls rotating among three playoff games, or the same four bowls rotating among the two semifinals—with those bowls bidding separately for the national championship game, along with any other cities (Dallas, Detroit, Indianapolis) interested in playing host to the game.
• Ranking the teams. There's an overwhelming feeling among BCS administrators that a strength-of-schedule component must be part of a new rankings equation. But how does it work within the framework of the current BCS rankings—or do the rankings change altogether?
Another option: a selection committee. The success of the NCAA men's basketball committee has convinced some BCS administrators that a committee is a viable option.
"I'm in favor of a more objective, less subjective criteria," Scott said.
• Campus-site semifinals. An option that's still on the table, but one that's rife with problems. Oregon, Stanford, Boise State and dozens of other schools simply couldn't accommodate such an event. Stadium capacity and the enormity of gameday operations would be major drawbacks.
"There are a lot of advantages and disadvantages," said SEC commissioner Mike Slive. "It may have more disadvantages than advantages."
• A playoff with conference champions only. A touchy subject—not only with specific conferences (SEC, Big 12, ACC), but with television partners. Delany has been a proponent of conference champions because he believes it can strengthen the sport's best product: the regular season.
But television partners are concerned that a one-loss team that is clearly among the top four in the nation will be left out of the playoff, impacting the credibility of the playoff plan—and hurting ratings.
• Revenue sharing. While it's certain that automatic qualifiers will no longer be part of the equation, that doesn't mean each conference will receive equal revenue. Thompson admitted Wednesday that revenue sharing talks would be "contentious."
The new BCS contract, beginning with the 2014 season, is expected to bring the sport at least double (by conservative estimates) the current value of each season (estimated at $150 million to $180 million). The total value of the product will be determined by the specific plan.
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Speakeasies have their roots in the U.S., where the 1920 Prohibition Act gave rise to underground clubs, bars and saloons that poured liquor freely during the driest of times. These days, alcohol is no longer illegal, but the speakeasy is still going strong—so much so that the concept has made its way to Asia, a region where the best bars are often the hardest to find.
While establishments of yore were all about breaking the rules, the modern speakeasy often embraces them, with regulations that range from secret passwords and disguised doorways to strict seating policies and dress codes. Drinks, however, remain the focal point—often served, fans would claim, in a carefully crafted atmosphere of hushed calm and hard-won exclusivity.
We tracked down seven speakeasies in Asia, from an underground taqueria in Beijing to a 1920s-styled fantasy in New Delhi.
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The Chicago Fire and Houston Dynamo meet for a third time in a match with massive implications on the Eastern Conference playoff race when they face off Sunday afternoon at Toyota Park. The teams are separated by just two points in the standings, and both find themselves outside the top five positions at the start of the weekend. The Fire come in off a 1-0 home win vs. Sporting KC, while the Dynamo continue their road swing following a club-record 5-0 defeat at Montréal last weekend.
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TV: CSN Houston Plus / UniMas (Channel listings)
Radio: 1560 AM / 850 AM
Starting Lineups
Dynamo:Hall; Sarkodie, Boswell, Brunner, Taylor; Garcia, Moffat, Creavalle, Davis ©; Barnes, Bruin
Subs: Marscheider, Ashe, Driver, Lopez, Ching, Johnson, Weaver
Chicago Fire: Johnson; Anibaba, Berry, Soumare, Segares; Alex, Larentowicz ©, Rios, Duka; Rolfe, Magee
Subs: Tornaghi, Jumper, Pause, Nyarko, Lindpere, Amarikwa, Anangono
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How are Flow Conditions in Volcanic Conduits Estimated?
This activity was selected for the On the Cutting Edge Reviewed Teaching Collection
This activity has received positive reviews in a peer review process involving five review categories. The five categories included in the process are
- Scientific Accuracy
- Alignment of Learning Goals, Activities, and Assessments
- Pedagogic Effectiveness
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This material was originally developed by Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum as part of its collaboration with the SERC Pedagogic Service.
In this Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum activity, students will examine flow conditions in volcanic conduits. Laws of conservation of mass and momentum are used to estimate variations in magma density and velocity. Students will use simplified equations of state to model steady-state Plinian eruptions. This is a self-paced activity in which students follow a PowerPoint presentation to create spreadsheets and graphs using Excel.
Learning Goals
- Examine processes operating in volcano conduits during Plinian eruptions.
- Use Henry's Law to make estimations regarding the mass fraction of volatiles dissolved in a magma.
- Consider variations in volatile exsolution in equilibrium and disequilibrium conditions.
- Develop a spreadsheet to carry out a calculation.
- Examine homogeneous and heterogeneous bubble nucleation
- Use conservation of mass and Henry's Law to estimate ascent velocity of a magma.
- Begin to see the value of calculations based on approximate assumptions.
- Recognize that estimating flow conditions in a volcanic conduit is a complex process that does not conform well to generalization.
- Gain an understanding of how pressures and magma density vary as a function of depth.
Context for Use
Equipment: Each student or pair of students needs a computer with Excel and PowerPoint.
Classes: This module has been used in an Introductory Physical Volcanology course with upper level undergraduates.
In the class, the module was introduced during lab to be completed as homework due the following week. Students turned in hard-copies of the Excel spreadsheets and graphs, as well as their working Excel files. This worked well for junior and senior level students with excellent quantitative skills.
Description and Teaching Materials
PowerPoint SSAC-pv2007.QE522.CC2.2-Student (PowerPoint 1.7MB Dec19 07)
If the embedded spreadsheets are not visible, save the PowerPoint file to disk and open it from there.
This PowerPoint file is the student version of the module. An instructor version is available by request. The instructor version includes the completed spreadsheet. Send your request to Len Vacher (email@example.com) by filling out and submitting the Instructor Module Request Form.
Teaching Notes and Tips
This module, like the others in this collection, works best if coordinated with lecture and lab material.
If students have difficulty in getting their equations to produce the correct numbers in the orange cells – especially if their results are off by orders of magnitude – tell them to check their unit conversions. You cannot ever emphasize unit conversions enough.
Some students jump ahead to the end-of-module assignments without working through the main part of the module carefully. Those students have trouble.
The end-of-module questions can be used for assessment.
The instructor version contains a pre-test
References and Resources
Jaupart, C., 2000, Magma ascent at shallow levels, In: Sigurdsson et al., eds., Encyclopedia of Volcanoes, Academic Press, 237-245. (an accessible discussion)
Woods, A.W., 1995, The dynamics of explosive volcanic eruptions., Reviews in Geophysics 33: 495-530. (detailed discussion of magma ascent)


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