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A fundraising breakfast, hosted by the Knights of Columbus, will take place Sept. 7 to benefit the Greater Arkansas Chapter of JDRF, an organization dedicated to finding a cure for T1D.
Although T1D has traditionally been known as juvenile diabetes, adults are diagnosed with the disease at the same rate as children. Each year, more than 15,000 adults and 15,000 children in the U.S. are diagnosed.
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Wayne Eastman's 5-year-old grandson was diagnosed with T1D at the age of 2. Eastman said the boy's life has become a series of testing blood sugar, meticulously counting carbs, making calculations and injecting insulin.
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JDRF was founded in 1970, with the Arkansas chapter founded in 1997. Since 1970, $1.7 billion has been raised nationally for diabetes research. In 2012, JDRF was named by Forbes as one of the top five "All Star" charities. Tull said the organization is very efficient, contributing more than 80 percent of funds raised directly to research.
JDRF has other fundraisers and education activities throughout the year. Coming up Sept. 21 is the Walk to Cure Diabetes at Dickey Stephens Park in Little Rock.
On Nov. 6, Tom Brobson, the JDRF national director of research involvement, will speak in Little Rock about current clinical trials and research that JDRF is supporting.
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The Courts of Justice Committee voted 11-3 to reject the measure Monday.
Under current law, only licensed dealers are required to obtain background checks on buyers at gun shows. Proposals to extend that requirement to private sellers have been rejected several years in a row in the General Assembly. The Senate courts committee rejected such a bill last month, but Democratic Sen. John Edwards introduced a new bill last week.
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The Census in Canada: Francophones lie about their English skillsMonday, May 31st, 2010
After reading the following article from the Montreal Gazette about francophones conspiring to reply to the 2006 census that they don't speak English, I am thankful that the only efforts to manipulate the 2010 US Census :
OTTAWA — Thousands of francophones across Canada are believed to have lied about their ability to speak English in a seemingly co-ordinated attempt to manipulate the 2006 Census in order to guarantee federal funding of programs for French speakers.
Statistics Canada has taken the unusual step of posting a warning on its website to caution users that the data on bilingualism rates for francophones outside Quebec may not be reliable. The suspected cause is an anonymous French-language e-mail that circulated widely across Canada prior to the census encouraging francophones to say they could not speak English even if they could. The e-mail went on to say that this would ensure that the federal government would not cut services to francophones.
The resulting statistics showed for the first time an inexplicable decrease in the number of francophones outside Quebec who said they could speak English, reversing a long trend of increasing rates of bilingualism for francophones outside Quebec.
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By Ben Golliver
LeBron James is a nightmare for opponents and, increasingly, a dream-maker for fans.
A few weeks back, the Heat forward tackled a fan to celebrate the fan's halfcourt shot worth $75,000. Then, during a 111-89 win over the Clippers on Friday, James played a quick game of catch with a fan seated in the lower bowl of the American Airlines Arena.
The brief exchange took place just before halftime with the Heat leading 62-45. Heat guard Dwyane Wade kicked a ball into the stands on defense and James went to retrieve the ball, gesturing and clapping in the fan's direction. The fan, dressed in a white James jersey, passed the ball to James, who decided to whip it back to him rather than continue play. James then asked for the ball back again and the fan obliged, before receiving cheers and high-fives from the other fans around him.
"I just wanted to show my appreciation to the fans that we have here," James explained on the ESPN broadcast, according to USA Today Sports. "They've been great all night."
The fan, also interviewed on the ESPN broadcast later in the game, admitted that James' actions confused him at first and that he briefly thought he was going to be able to keep the ball. Eventually it dawned on the fan, who said he was visiting Florida from Honduras, that James was just giving him his 15 seconds of fame.
"This is the most exciting thing I've ever lived in my life," he said.
You can't blame James for looking for new ways to amuse himself with the Clippers offering so little competition. The reigning MVP finished with 30 points (on nine-for-11 shooting), six assists, five rebounds and two blocks in just 31 minutes in the blowout victory.
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Due to school, I am not here as frequently as usual. As such, it may take some time to respond to your questions. If at all possible, please ask another admin for help for non-anime issues. Thank you very much.
Attention: Before you post
Since this has happened repeatedly, here is a list of Pokémon belonging to rivals/recurring in the anime that I wish you would not ask me about making them in your userspace. These Pokémon did have articles before but the Editorial Board agreed upon them being merged into the Trainer's article. Here is the list:
- Max's Ralts
- Gary's Nidoking
- Gary's Nidoqueen
- Drew's Flygon
- Drew's Masquerain
- Drew's Absol
- Drew's Butterfree
- Harley's Banette
- Harley's Ariados
- Harley's Octillery
- Harley's Wigglytuff
- Paul's Azumarill
- Paul's Stantler
- Paul's Weavile
- Paul's Gliscor
- Paul's Ninjask
- Paul's Drapion
- Barry's Heracross
- Zoey's Mismagius
- Nando's Sunflora
- Kenny's Alakazam
- Kenny's Breloom
- Ursula's Plusle and Minun
- Casey's Elekid
- Happy - Ritchie's Butterfree
- Cruise - Ritchie's Pupitar
- Rose - Ritchie's Taillow
- Volkner's Raichu
- Volkner's Luxray
There are more than this, but most of the others were Gym Leader/Elite Four/Frontier Brain Pokémon and I have yet to be asked about recreating them.
If you would be so kind, try to avoid asking about these Pokémon. The main reason being the obvious one: they were already here and deemed unnotable. The second is about history preservation for the articles that were redirected and not deleted before then. If the decisions were to ever be overturned, the redirects that exist now can be reverted back to the way the were and history will be preserved. Moving a userspace article over the redirect will erase all the history from before. I recommend saving your work on an external program for use at a later time or write what ever information you have into the Trainer article itself. Thank you for understanding. --ケンジのガール
Sean Schemmel or Sean Rayes
Are you sure that prof. malveaux was voiced by sean schemmel? I ask because he sounds more like he was voiced by This sean He does sound pretty much exactly like Professor Rowan if not his slightly youner self. maybe you may want to double check the data, it's possible that Tom Wayland may have confused the seans. I've done that myself with a few of my friends with the same name, and i think that this is one of those cases. please watch the episode and a prof. rowan episode to hear for yourself, and if you do send to Tom Wayland, do mention that it sounds nearly exactly like prof. rowan. Put it this way, it's a case of either of the following:
- 1. It's Sean Reyes not Sean Schemmel
- 2. Sean Schemmel is that good of a voice actor that he can do prof. rowan's voice nearly exactly
- 3. Sean Schemmel and Sean Reyes are the same person.
I'm not going to change anything yet, but i think a little bit of a double check should be made as well as a voice comparison just so you and others helping out will understand what i'm talking about. thanks. Christian Woods Azu! 19:47, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
- I doubt Tom Wayland would be confused. He's knows better than anyone in the company who voices who. He's the voice director. Just because they sound the same is not a good enough reason to question him. A lot of actors sound similar. I've made that mistake countless of times. --ケンジのガール 19:58, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
I hear you, but i have a good ear for this. sean schemmel was in that episode, and so did sean reyes. i usualy can tell if it's the same person, i just have a hard time believing that it's sean schemmel doing malveaux. please watch the episode so you know what i mean, then look at something with prof. rowan in it. i'm convinsed that it's sean reyes. maybe i'll contact the great butler and fiund someone who can get in touch with either of the seans. it's just too unlikely that it's schemmel, i'm sorry, but it's too unlikely, and this is coming from someone who is extremely awesome at recognizing voices (not trying to brag) Also, you didn't mention any of my three mentioned posabilities, which one you think explaines it the most. again: * It's sean reyes doing the voice, * Sean Schemmel is that good of a voice actor that he can do a voice nearly identical to prof. rowan * Sean Schemmel and Sean Reyes are the same person. sinse it's obvious that 3 isn't true, that leaves 1 and 2. Schemmel would have to be an extremely good voice actor (better than mel blanc) in order to fool me into believing it's reyes, and though he's an excelent voice actor, that is impossible. Christian Woods Azu! 20:39, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
- I'm sticking to what Tom Wayland says. Even if I think a character sounds like a certain voice actor and he tells me differently, I'm always going to listen to him. He knows better than anyone else. Me listening to it is not going to change my opinion. --ケンジのガール 21:04, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
English Voice Actor for Kylan
Hey KG, could you possibly ask Tom who voiced Kylan in Evolution by Fire!? We still don't have his VA yet. I understand that you have been very busy lately, but it would be good if you could at least plan on doing so. Thanks! サトシ101 (talk) 20:57, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
- I have asked him before on it. He told me he could not remember who. It'll will have to be discovered through other means. --ケンジのガール 04:32, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
Anime episode question
Hi, KG, long time. I found this article and I am confused as hell!! it has the
{{Futureepisode}} on it but then the clip show article says it aired 1997. Do you know anything about this episode? Was it on TV or no?? --ZestyCactus 22:04, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
- I honestly have no idea. I remember having a conversation with the person who made it. But I thought they said it was banned after the Porygon thing. --ケンジのガール 05:10, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
- Did a bit search and found this. According to this Japanese episode-listing, the special is a part of the 90-minute broadcast, which aired from 18:30 JST (half hour before the usual airing time). It aired right before EP028 in October '97. However, the Porygon episode aired in mid-December. So, I don't think there is any connection in between them, or the chance of 'fall special' being cancelled for any reason. But that's just an opinion, I do not have any other source to confirm it. Also, no idea why that future-episode template is there. Adyniz — Wanna talk? 07:32, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
- So your source says it aired before the original airing of EP028? The articles here keep saying it aired after, which seems silly, showing a clip show before the newest one makes more sense to me. Anyway, everything seems to indicate that it did air in Japan, so I switched it from "Futureepisode" to "Undubbed". Thanks guys. --ZestyCactus 19:02, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- Did a bit search and found this. According to this Japanese episode-listing, the special is a part of the 90-minute broadcast, which aired from 18:30 JST (half hour before the usual airing time). It aired right before EP028 in October '97. However, the Porygon episode aired in mid-December. So, I don't think there is any connection in between them, or the chance of 'fall special' being cancelled for any reason. But that's just an opinion, I do not have any other source to confirm it. Also, no idea why that future-episode template is there. Adyniz — Wanna talk? 07:32, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
BW090 Dub Names
Hi KG, so on December 1, BW090's dub comes out meaning alot of character moves will be required. I'm usually the one who does the CC checking and moving as the episode airs, but this time there's 9 characters to keep track of. It'd be okay if people didn't try to guess by ear and move the pages to something spelled incorrectly, but it usually happens. I was wondering if you'd think it be ok to move protect those pages so we can do it in a more organised fashion. Thoughts? Thanks --Pokemaster97 21:32, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
- I'm thinking that's a good idea. --ケンジのガール 21:59, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
- Ok, I can do that now then. --Pokemaster97 22:35, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
Permission for creation
Hello, Kenji-girl. I am in the process of creating an article for Burgundy's Dewott. It has come to my attention that users need your permission to officially create articles. So I am asking, once I am finished, may I please upload my page for Burgundy's Dewott? And by the way, my userpage is empty because my userspace rights have been revoked, so you will not be able to find anything out about me. Mikoro (wanna talk?) 03:15, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- It's already in the works off site if it is ever needed. --ケンジのガール 02:18, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
- It is? When I searched for it, nothing showed up. I saw things like Alder's Bouffalant (Adeku's Buffron) and Georgia's Beartic (Langley's Tunbear), but I never saw Burgundy's Dewott (Cabernet's Futachimaru).
I just thought I'd poke you about this, cause we also have Jeffery's name listed on this page. Not sure what to do so I thought I'd just tell you. ★Jo the Marten★ ಠ_ಠ♥ 08:03, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- Is that the "Jeffery" from Sinnoh? Mikoro (wanna talk?) 02:16, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
I might know, where you find file of screenshots anime? (eg. Keno Eelektross) I always take them with filb.de, but they have a poorer quality of. Pawel10s (talk) 10:17, 24 November 2012 (UTC) PS. Sorry for my english
Ok Pawel10s (talk) 09:17, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
Lisa ortiz
Hello, i recently sent Lisa ortiz an e-mail on facebook (source is in the e-mail i'm sending you now), and asked her if she voices bianca in Pokemon Heros, and i'm not going to touch that article about it untill i get a response from her, mmksy? for the link, see the e-mail i'm sending you. i'll put it here if i get error messages again. thanks. Christian Woods Azu! 02:50, 27 November 2012 (UTC)


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mmmm... besides dreaming, when you sleep at night are you really aware of yourself sleeping ?? If so how ?
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mmmm... besides dreaming, when you sleep at night are you really aware of yourself sleeping ?? If so how ?
I don't sleep at night.
yup, the uneventfullness.
Finally someone who can state questions similarely to me :)
Well.......would that really be possible? Isn't the whole subconsiousness when you're NOT dreaming the definition of sleep? Interesting question
I'm into lucid dreaming, and I happen to do it every once in a while. But then I'm dreaming anyway, heh :/ I remember once when I was like eight years old, I was consious all the time till I fell asleep, but then I ended up right in a dream. Must have been my first WILD ;)
I did a similar thing to that just about a week ago, for the first time again, by the way.
Anyway, my answer to your question would be "no":)
I've been aware I was dreaming many times and every time I do I just go do things I normally wouldn't do since I know there would be no punishment for a crime. One thoug I was like in the late 1700's trying to charge my dad's laptop before I was killed, I broke the laptop by dropping it, realized I was dreaking, ended up levetating in the air while everything started to get numb and slowly everything I saw faded to black. And for those who want to know, chargin a laptop in the 1700s is more difficult then it sounds.
>>Finally someone who can state questions similarely to me
No need to insult his grammer.
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>>Finally someone who can state questions similarely to me
No need to insult his grammer.
Actually i hadn't, that kinda sucks lol.
I mean, of course!
Wow Rod has so many problems, but why do you need to sleep now that you got your paint ball gun? I'd say give sleep up entirley and just shoot people. I wanted to try Lucid Dreaming just for fun, does it work enough to justify buying it?
HELL YES!!! Dude i love it : )
Sure hope Salem isn't a moderator, but if he is he should be kind and make me a mod too :D or atleast not ban me from the board.
I made another one which I personally like better and Salem will probably hate even more.
1) You're an idiot, and you're going to confuse the other idiots. ;)
2) What the heck is the yellow line that goes across in your avatar supposed to be?
I suspect urine. Not very funny. But then neither is the one Salem has. On the other hand, Salem doesn't go around tooting his horn about his fabulous avatar. He made his avatar for the purpose of accenting his argument. Unanimous on the other hand, can't stop talking about his amazing abilities as an animator :rolleyes:. Get over your avatar already. Nobody else cares.
> Sure hope Salem isn't a moderator
Sure glad he is.


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The family of Cody Johnson would like to thank all of our friends and neighbors for the amazing outpouring of love, comfort and support we received from the entire community of Cortez, Dolores and Dove Creek. Thank you all for the food, cards and donations in his name. This has been a very difficult time in our lives. There are no words to describe how thankful and fortunate we are to have so many people around that love us. Cody will forever be missed and loved by everybody that knew him. He would have been touched to see how many lives he affected in his short 24 years.
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He didn't make it Tuesday to talk about the upcoming test against Oklahoma State. Collin Klein couldn't make it happen due to a scheduling conflict. That's OK. The questions are becoming the same. Only the opponents change. But the inquiries about Klein's throwing ability are no more. In the past two whirlwind weeks, the Kansas State senior quarterback emphatically silenced skeptics while helping to light-up scoreboards in record fashion.
"They call him 'Optimus Klein' and he's out there playing like a robot right now," K-State senior wide receiver Chris Harper said. "He's out there throwing the ball, and running, and doing whatever it is he wants to do. You might see him kick it one time."
No, Klein definitely won't kick it. In fact, these days for the third-ranked Wildcats, who this week slid into a highest-ever No. 2 ranking in the BCS standings, kicking is becoming a rarity. Unless it's on extra-point attempts and kickoffs.
"Especially these last couple games, kicking off 10 times, I kickoff more times than I do during an entire week of practice," said senior Anthony Cantele, who has 66 kickoffs, and in making 11 of 12 field-goal attempts and connecting on all 46 extra-point attempts, remains the only kicker in the Big 12 to miss only one total kick this season.
"It's definitely exhausting, but it's fun," Cantele said. "They're looking like the best (offense) in the nation."
The numbers would be astounding against any pair of opponents. Just so happens that K-State, 8-0 and off to its best start since 1999, made a pair of Top-25 teams appear mightily pedestrian while posting its most combined points ever for back-to-back contests against ranked opponents.
Seven touchdowns and two field goals during 10 possessions in a 55-14 win at No. 17 West Virginia. Seven touchdowns and two field goals in 11 possessions in a 55-24 win over No. 15 Texas Tech.
Caught in the maw of the machine, of course, is the 6-foot-5, 226-pounder, grinding and waiting and darting and celebrating, reading and checking and throwing and scoring. In the midst of his second full season as the starting quarterback, it just so happens that Klein, 19-4 as a starter, is also in the middle of authoring one of the greatest quarterback stories in K-State history.
He completed 19 of 21 passes for a career-high 323 yards and three touchdowns, and gained 46 yards on 12 carries with four touchdowns on the ground to silence Morgantown. He went 19-of-26 for 233 yards and two touchdowns, and added 83 yards on 12 carries with touchdown runs of 16 and 22 yards against the Red Raiders.
That's 11 touchdowns in eight quarters against two ranked opponents. That's more than Chad May, Michael Bishop, Jonathan Beasley and Ell Roberson ever amassed during a two-game stretch during their respective decorated careers as the Wildcats signal-caller.
That's remarkable.
"It's the same things I've always said," K-State head coach Bill Snyder repeated during his Tuesday weekly news conference. "Whatever it is that he has or hasn't done in the last eight quarters, whatever I say right now, I would've said 10 or 12 quarters ago, or whatever the case might be. I don't think there's anything that I can tell you that the last two ballgames have been more dynamic than anything else other than the fact there are little increments of improvement in all of those areas, and he continues to do that."
Little increments of improvement.
Eleven touchdowns in eight quarters. Touchdown passes of 10, 21, 20, 21 and 7 yards. Scoring runs of 1, 8, 1, 1, 16 and 22 yards.
"If a wide receiver has 11 touchdowns that's a pretty good season," sophomore center B.J. Finney said. "To have 11 touchdowns in two games, that's doing pretty well."
That's 11 touchdowns in 47 passing attempts and 24 carries, or one touchdown, on average, every 6.5 times Klein doesn't handoff the football.
Put into such perspective, Snyder paused.
"I guess that's pretty good," he said.
Klein's counterparts weren't so hot. Geno Smith this week ranks third nationally in averaging 345.3 passing yards per game. Seth Doege ranks seventh with 317.5. They combined for two plays of 20-plus yards. Smith's longest gain went for 13 yards. Do the math.
Klein, who ranks 70th in averaging 203.8 passing yards, was a part of 12 plays that gained at least 20 yards, including 11 passes with three scoring strikes of 21, 21 and 20 yards.
Klein also remains the only quarterback not to throw an interception during the Big 12 season.
"Collin goes out Saturdays and knows what to expect from defenses," sophomore wide receiver Curry Sexton said. "He knows what's going to happen before anybody else does."
At a time when K-State ranks fifth in scoring offense (44.9 points), 17th in rushing yards (228.8), fifth in turnover margin (plus-1.88), 24th in time of possession (31 minutes, 49 seconds) and second in fewest penalties (3.63) -- hallmarks of what most brand the gritty, hard-nosed toughness that can drive opponents batty -- Klein is also serving up an explosive zip that's difficult for opposing defenses to digest.
K-State's five games of 50-plus points ranks second nationally only behind Louisiana Tech's six 50-point performances. The Wildcats are one 50-point outing away from trying the 1998 squad for the most 50-point games in school history.
"(Bishop) could run and I think Collin is more efficient throwing the ball than Bishop was and that gives us an extra dimension," Harper said. "He had a strong arm, but Collin's completion percentage is higher and that gives us a little boost there.
"We can definitely score points."
Klein ranks No. 2 in passing efficiency at 175.47 and trails only Alabama's A.J. McCarron at 182.40. At his current rate, Klein would own the highest passer rating of any senior quarterback in Big 12 history (Graham Harrell had a 160.0 rating in 2008) and is on pace to shatter Bishop's single-season school record of 159.6 in 1998.
Additionally, Klein's current 63.4 completion percentage remains on pace to eclipse Josh Freeman's all-time mark of 59.4 among the top 10 career leaders in passing attempts in K-State history.
"He doesn't do anything wrong," West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen said. "He doesn't make mistakes. He is the same guy we saw on film. He is exactly the same guy we thought he would be. He's hard to tackle, he gets in good plays and doesn't turn the ball over. You can say what you want about his throwing motion, but it goes exactly where he wants it to go."
That becomes the challenge for Oklahoma State, 5-2 overall and 3-1 in the Big 12, which reached this point in its journey after facing three of the bottom-four scoring offenses in the league with a 20-14 win at Kansas followed by a 31-10 win over Iowa State and a 36-14 win over TCU last weekend.
The Cowboys' defense has allowed a total of 28 points in the last three games while allowing scores on just five of the last 42 offensive possessions, and has surrendered only seven points during the third quarter in the last five contests.
Oklahoma State ranks just behind K-State at No. 3 in the league in allowing 19.8 points and 380.8 total yards against Big 12 opponents, but Saturday's 7 p.m. kickoff on ABC in a packed Bill Snyder Family Stadium will serve as its greatest test yet.
"Klein gets a lot of attention, deservedly so," said Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy, who is 2-0 against Snyder. "I haven't looked at the polls, but I'm guessing he's the frontrunner for the Heisman, and I think he deserves that."
Understandably, the week of preparation hasn't been particularly easy going for defensive coordinator Bill Young, whose unit has made vast improvement with its current No. 42 ranking in total defense after it finished at No. 107 a year ago.
"I don't know how you simulate (Klein) in practice," Young said. "We don't have anyone that looks like him, throws like him, or runs like him. We'll do our best there. The big thing about him is, I don't know if you can really stop him. You just try to contain him as best as you can. You try to minimize the offensive plays and yardage he gets."
And yardage, along with everything else, of course, becomes an aspect of Klein's game to watch down the stretch, as the humble, consummate team player and the only three-time offensive team co-captain in K-State's 117-year history remains on the doorstep of joining an elite crew.
With 634 rushing yards, Klein needs 366 to join Brad Smith, Vince Young, Pat White and Denard Robinson as the only BCS quarterbacks to rush and pass for 1,000 yards at least twice in a career.
Klein needs to average 174.0 passing yards and 73.0 rushing yards in the final four regular season games and the bowl game to join Young (2005), Cam Newton (2010) and Robinson (2010) as the only BCS quarterbacks to gain 2,500 passing yards and 1,000 rushing yards in a season.
With 287 passing yards, Klein will join Roberson, Eric Crouch (1998-01), Young (2003-05), Smith (2002-05) and Robert Griffin III (2008-11) as the only Big 12 quarterbacks to reach 4,000 passing yards and 2,000 rushing yards in a career.
Already with 43 rushing touchdowns -- the most rushing touchdowns in consecutive seasons by a quarterback in FBS history -- Klein needs 11 to pass Crouch for the most career rushing touchdowns by a Big 12 quarterback, and to move into third-place behind Cedric Benson and Ricky Williams, who each had 64.
Then there's this: Klein needs eight passing touchdowns and four rushing touchdowns to join Tim Tebow (2007 Heisman winner) and Newton (2010 winner) as the only quarterbacks to score 20 touchdowns both by passing and rushing in a season.
"In the past two games, you've seen him evolve," Sexton said. "Collin was a great player last year, he's been a great player this year, but these last two games he's just taken his game to a whole another level, more so than you probably could've imagined. The level he was playing at prior to West Virginia was so high, but he's continued to grow just because he's worked so hard at it.
"Chris (Harper) after the West Virginia game said he'd never seen Collin spin the ball like that, and it's been like that day in and day out for the last couple weeks. He's just been putting it right on the numbers every single time. That's Collin's confidence in himself, in this team, and in the system.
"He works so hard to get better. He works so hard daily. It's not coach speak. He really does go at it daily."
K-State's 52-45 loss at No. 3 Oklahoma State last Nov. 5 in Stillwater is the last time the Wildcats have lost a regular season game. After the Wildcats finished five yards short of potentially defeating its highest-ranked opponent ever in a true road game, Finney helped roommate Klein to his feet, and told him, "Let's pick ourselves up and hold ourselves high. We came in and rocked this place tonight."
Nine months later, Klein got married, moved out, Finney served as a groomsman, but the quarterback and center remain the closest of friends.
Asked how exactly his Heisman front-runner best friend has managed to keep it all together while evolving into one of the most popular faces in college football, Finney, during a quiet moment, alone in a corner last Saturday night, contemplated the ride.
"Honestly, I don't know," he said. "It looks like he's got it all together. He's still the same Collin, but being married and having everything on his plate, and getting ready to graduate, and just having all the success, it looks like he's holding it together pretty good."
Finney will call Klein a lot of things. But while Optimus Klein has become the craze, he won't compare Klein to an unconscious machine -- even if he's currently playing like one.
"Collin is extremely hard working and knows when he has to do something," Finney said. "He puts in a lot of work. He's very, very dedicated to this team, and it shows.
"I wouldn't call him a robot."
All he's done is transform himself into college football's most lethal weapon.


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Well, pointers are a big thing in C++, I understand them for the most part, but I'm lost on one thing:
Can you pass a pointer adress?
If I'm not mistaken, that should return a's adress right? But then, how are pointers saved to memory if they have an adress that is exactly the same? That would confuse the computer. The only logical way I can see pointers working is:Code:int a; int *b; b=a; cout << &b;
b ends up 1, a ends up 2. So am I correct in thinking that pointers are merely duplicates of a number, and, when changes, change both the "pointer" value and the actual value?Code:int a=0; int *b; b=a; //Copy the contents of a to b's adress. b++; //Add one to b, and add one to a. a=2; //Make a equal 2.
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Columbia Casts Dane DeHaan as Harry Osborn in Amazing Spider-Man 2
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by LOLtron » Mon Dec 03, 2012 3:24 pm
DeHaan will compete with Andrew Garfield for title of sexist twink in the Amazing Spider-Man cast.
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Though some have questioned the wisdom of casting a brooding boy-toy like Andrew Garfield as geeky outcast Peter Parker in 2012's Amazing Spider-Man movie, the tactic ultimately proved so successful that Columbia is going back to the well of boyish sexiness for 2014's followup, tentatively subtitled Amazing Spider-Man 2: Twilight with Superheroes. Sony has announced that Dane DeHaan from HBO's Treatment has been cast as Harry Osborn in the film.
"Our number one criteria in casting for the role was that the actor have messy hair that you just want to run your fingers through and give a good tussling," said a lecherous Columbia executive who wished to remain nameless on the basis that we made him up. "But he shouldn't be as tusslable as Andrew Garfield. We think Dane is the perfect fit. Mmmmm."
Amazing Spider-Man 2 is due in theaters in 2014, and is reported to feature Jamie Foxx as the villain Black Electro. Shailene Woodley will reportedly play Mary Jane. Between Woodley, Garfield, DeHaan, and Emma Stone, America's thirst for watching beautiful twenty-somethings portray beautiful teenagers groping each other should be quenched, at least for a while.
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Dane DeHaan will join the cast of the next installment of The Amazing Spider-Man™ along side Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx and Shailene Woodley as Columbia Pictures prepares to begin production on the next chapter of the blockbuster franchise, it was announced today by Doug Belgrad, president of Columbia Pictures, and Hannah Minghella, president of production for the studio.
The screenplay is by Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci and Jeff Pinkner based on a previous draft by James Vanderbilt. The film will be directed by Marc Webb and produced by Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach.
The casting of DeHaan as Harry Osborn was confirmed this morning in a tweet by Webb (@MarcW) who wrote "Meet Harry Osborn. So excited to have him on board. @danedehaan."
"Dane is an exciting and extraordinary young actor and he is a fantastic addition to our cast," Webb said.
The new film in the Spider-Man saga is set for release in 3D on May 2, 2014. Production will begin in early 2013 in New York.
Webb, Garfield and Stone previously teamed on this summer's blockbuster The Amazing Spider-Man, which has taken in more than $751 million worldwide.
DeHaan caught moviegoers' attention with his performances in four 2012 releases: Steven Spielberg's Lincoln, opposite Daniel Day-Lewis and Lukas Haas; John Hillcoat's Lawless, alongside Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, and Jason Clarke; Bradley Rust Gray's Jack & Diane, with Juno Temple and Riley Keough; and one of the year's biggest sleeper hits, the adventure thriller Chronicle, directed by Josh Trank. He began his film career with director John Sayles and actor Chris Cooper in Amigo.
DeHaan next stars in Place Beyond the Pines alongside Bradley Cooper and Ryan Gosling. In addition he will star in Atom Egoyan's Devil's Knot, with Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth, about the fate of the West Memphis Three; and John Krokidas' Kill Your Darlings, with Jack Huston, Daniel Radcliffe, Ben Foster, and Kyra Sedgwick, set in 1944 amidst the Beat Generation.
Mr. DeHaan first came to industry attention with his portrayal of Jesse in the third season of the critically applauded drama series In Treatment, starring alongside Gabriel Byrne. This was followed by a guest arc in the fourth season of the popular horror series True Blood.
In 2010, he received an Obie Award for his performance in Annie Baker's The Aliens, directed by Sam Gold. The Rattlestick Theater production was cited as "Play of the Year" by The New York Times. Mr. DeHaan made his Broadway debut in with American Buffalo, Robert Falls' 2008 staging of the classic David Mamet play.
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by Draco x » Mon Dec 03, 2012 3:29 pmThe more important question is who will be playing his dad Norman as it will be had to find an actor who could top Willem Dafoe's impression of him.
by chap22 » Mon Dec 03, 2012 3:39 pm"reported to feature Jamie Foxx as the villain Black Electro"
really? has nobody come up with Eblacktro yet? i am ashamed of you, internet...even moreso than usual.
by Draco x » Mon Dec 03, 2012 3:54 pm
I think Jamie Foxx should have played Hobbie Brown aka Prowler instead and have Zachary Quinto as Electro.
by fieldy snuts » Mon Dec 03, 2012 5:12 pmAre we sure Foxx won't be playing the Hypno Hustler?
I'd love for a director to give bigger name celebrities cameos as those D-list villains for like 10 sec clips.
by Draco x » Mon Dec 03, 2012 8:19 pm
Jamie Foxx as Hypno Hustler would be funny as hell but in all seriousness hell no.
by NuggetFiend » Mon Dec 03, 2012 8:21 pm
The Prowler is barely a rung above Hypno Hustler.
by Draco x » Mon Dec 03, 2012 8:26 pm
D-list characters can work if the director and writers know what to do with them. I mean how many people would have thought Bane would have worked as the main villain for the recent Batman movie given the fact he is nowhere as popular as the other Bat-villains outside of Knightfall. Although to be fair we both agree on Hypno Hustler by cnace.
by syxxpakk » Mon Dec 03, 2012 9:56 pmI legit think the only reason Draco X thinks Quinto should be Electro is because Quinto is an actor he's heard of.
by syxxpakk » Mon Dec 03, 2012 10:00 pmThere is literally nothing about Zachary Quinto that screams Electro anymore than any other white male out there.
by Draco x » Mon Dec 03, 2012 10:05 pm
That comment is almost as funny as your profile pic. On a serious tip, I never said that Quinto was my only choice but just one I chose to share here. Other actors good for the role would be people like Christian Bale( Doubt he would be interested though), Cilian Murphy or even Guy Pearce. There are lots of actors I could list who could play a mook like Electro.
by Draco x » Mon Dec 03, 2012 10:06 pm
Ok, name some people you think would be better apart from Jamie Foxx then.
by syxxpakk » Mon Dec 03, 2012 10:10 pmJamie Foxx is a pretty awesome actor, so I think he'll be fine. My problem is this idea that any one person is perfect for the role. It's like Doctor Connors in the first. Plenty of actors could have played that role. Plenty of actors can play Norman Osborn. Plenty of actors can play Electro.
by Draco x » Mon Dec 03, 2012 10:12 pm
It will be interesting to see who can top Willem Dafoe's portrayal of Norman in the next movie.
by Wally Brando » Mon Dec 03, 2012 10:17 pm
It won't take much.
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Seeing the results of your creative work in your home can be very satisfying. You can add your own personal style to just about anything; I would like to share with you two simple ideas you can use to recreate your own pillows by which you can express your own personal style. You can spruce up one of your own old pillows or you can purchase one. I purchased these inexpensive pillows at Kmart.
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President Barack Obama nominated Geale on Jan. 24, 2013. Upon joining the NMB, he will be filling a seat on the Board vacated by Elizabeth Dougherty, who resigned from the NMB on June 2, 2012.
Geale was Director of Oversight and Investigations for Ranking Member Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) on the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. His primary responsibilities included investigating waste, fraud, and abuse in government programs, and he worked with agency Inspectors General and the Government Accountability Office in that capacity. He also evaluated and advised the Committee on Presidential Nominees and assisted the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) policy teams in evaluating government programs.
Before becoming Director of Oversight, Geale served as Oversight and Investigations Counsel on the Committee for two years for Ranking Member Michael B. Enzi (R-Wy.). Prior to joining the HELP Committee, he was first an Attorney/Advisor to the Solicitor and then the Counselor to the Deputy Secretary at the U.S. Department of Labor under the leadership of Secretary Elaine L. Chao. In both those roles, Geale assisted the Department in implementing policies regarding over 180 laws under its jurisdiction and managing the Department's 15,000 employees.
Prior to federal service, Geale had six years of experience in labor and employment matters, general commercial litigation, and alternative dispute resolution in private and public practice, including serving as Assistant General Counsel for WMATA (Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority). He graduated from Georgetown Law in 1999 and Claremont McKenna College in 1996.
Chairman Puchala is currently serving as Chairman of the Board for a second time. Nominated by President Obama, Puchala was first confirmed as an NMB Member by the Senate on May 21, 2009. She was sworn into office on May 26, 2009. She has previously served as Chairman from July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012.
Prior to becoming a Member, Puchala served 10 years at the NMB as a Mediator, Sr. Mediator (ADR), and the Associate Director of Alternative Dispute Resolution Services. Her prior labor relations experience includes work as International President of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO, and Staff Director, Michigan State Employees Association, AFSCME, AFL-CIO.
This is Hoglander's fourth term as an NMB Member. He was first confirmed by the Senate on Aug. 1, 2002, reconfirmed for a second term on Dec. 8, 2006, and a third term on July 24, 2009. He has served four times as NMB Chairman, most recently from July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013.
Prior to joining the NMB, Hoglander served as a Legislative Specialist in the office of Congressman John Tierney of Massachusetts with responsibilities in transportation issues including aviation, rail and maritime, labor, defense, and veterans affairs.
Hoglander has an extensive background in the aviation industry and labor relations, having flown as a Captain for Trans World Airlines (TWA) and elected Master Chairman of TWA's Master Executive Council. He was also elected Executive Vice President of the Air Line Pilots Association. After leaving TWA, Hoglander was named Aviation Labor Representative to the United States Bi-Lateral Negotiating Team by then Secretary of State James Baker.
Hoglander was also a pilot in the U.S. Air Force, retiring with the rank of Lt. Colonel. He graduated from Suffolk University Law School and is a member of the Florida Bar.


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It is my pleasure to receive your suggestions and comments. I will be very thankful if u point out my errors.
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Money is the major necessity for today's world. People have to work hard to earn more money to fulfill their needs. Therefore, in most of the countries, especially the developed countries, both mother and father of a family go out to work. However, they are parents, so they not only have to work hard but also have to bring up and take care of their family. This become an important issue for families.
Parents should have the ability to manage their times fairly between work and family but actually it is not really easy. If they pay more attention to work, their child will become lonely as his parents can't give much time to listen about his experiences at school or with his friends. Soon, the child will get depression. It will be worst if the child does not have siblings. The duty of the parents include not only the welfare of their family but also to teach their children about the world and how to fit in to the society. Therefore, parents should give time to their family as well as their work.
Parents also have to try hard in their work. They should not be totally influenced by family matters. If they did not do well at work or took leaves because of family problems, they will face financial problems. Therefore, they shouldn't totally neglect their work.
It is really stressful for parents to divide time between working and bringing up a family. They will have to solve problems of both work and family. Phone calls about small family problems are really disturbances for parents at work as while they are already having stress from work, the stress from the family is added.
There may be some time when parents have to bring their work to home. If it is a few times, it is okay but frequent projects of work at home is not a good idea. Parents should spend time with their family when they are at home. It is not their office, so they shouldn't bring their work. Parents should bring warmth and happiness by talking and sharing experiences with their children or spending times with their family like going on a vacation, having dinner together or doing activities together.
In conclusion, parents should spend time with their family and also should not spend less time in work. Lives of parents who are working and of children with working parents are really stressful and tiring. Therefore, it is the best if in a family, the father works and the mother takes care of her family.
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It is my pleasure to receive your suggestions and comments. I will be very thankful if u point out my errors.
You tend to be repetitive though. Maybe you are concentrating on your grammar so much that you don't realise you are saying the same thing again and again. Try to vary your words a bit.
I wouldn't use 'okay' in a formal essay - think of a better word.
One thing you shouldn't do in an essay is introduce new material in your conclusion. Your whole essay is about a father and mother finding time for both work and family; and then in the last sentence you say they should stick to traditional roles. If that is the argument of your essay, you should introduced it in your introduction.
Thank you very much for pointing out my errors. I know my essay is repetitive but i'm really out of idea. That's the most difficult problem in writing essays. I don't have much idea. Can you please give me some suggestions on how to produce good ideas?
You should make a list of your main points before you the write the essay.
If you have one or two points, don't write the essay yet.
Think of more aspects of the question that you could discuss. This way you don't spend the entire essay on the one point that you have.


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Just dandy: Pettitte delivers AL pennant
Southpaw picks up MLB-leading 16th postseason victory
By Anthony DiComo / MLB.com
And after his performance Sunday night in an American League Championship Series-clinching 5-2 victory over the Angels, it's clear that Pettitte still is.
"What can you say about him?" shortstop Derek Jeter said. "He's a guy you want to see on the mound in that situation. He's pitched in every big game. He's had a lot of success. You never see him fazed by anything. We have a lot of confidence in him."
Now, perhaps, they have even more. Pettitte held the Angels to just one run in 6 1/3 innings in Sunday's Game 6, striking out six and walking one. And in doing so, he passed Smoltz to stand alone atop Major League Baseball's all-time postseason wins list, with 16, also winning his fifth career series clincher to break a tie with Catfish Hunter, Roger Clemens and Dave Stewart.
"That's great, it's great," Pettitte said. "But the greatest thing is to be able to clinch this game and to help this organization get back to the World Series. That's very special for me."
Nearly a retiree after an uneven season in 2008, Pettitte has instead been one of the Yankees' most consistent starters all year long. So perhaps it's not surprising that little has changed in October. Pettitte has started three games, lasting 6 1/3 innings in all of them and allowing no more than three runs in any of them.
He has also posted a 2.37 postseason ERA, striking out 15 batters and walking just three -- a fact that helped him silence an Angels club that vexed him during three regular-season meetings.
"Pettitte pounded the strike zone today," Anaheim center fielder Torii Hunter said. "He's usually a guy who throws a lot of balls. He pounded the zone and was ahead of everybody today."
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Pettitte is not a superstar, nor does he even carry the cache of some of his brethren within the Yankees' so-called core -- most notably Jeter and Mariano Rivera. But Pettitte is consistently good and consistently strong, and New York can hardly ask for anything more in October.
Pettitte is also more valuable than the numbers may suggest. Consider the mentoring he has provided for CC Sabathia, the Yankees' clear ace and the ALCS Most Valuable Player. No wonder Alex Rodriguez, another series MVP candidate, lauded Pettitte as "the glue" in the Bronx.
"He gives you a chance," catcher Jorge Posada said. "He gives you a chance to win. That's all he thinks about. He's got a great game plan and he really doesn't change anything. Going wrong or going right, he's going to stick to it."
It has worked for Pettitte 229 times in the regular season and now 16 times in October, the latter stat making the southpaw one of the game's all-time postseason greats. Ask him and he'll dish the credit off to Jeter or Rivera or Posada, or any number of his younger, less experienced but monumentally talented teammates.
Only when talk of the World Series arises will Pettitte allow himself to bask in the words.
"This is what we play for," Pettitte said. "This is what we set out for in Spring Training. Obviously, to be able to get there and to accomplish that, it's awesome. I just feel very fortunate and very blessed to be on this team."
Anthony DiComo 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 some reason, I was saddened this week when Beckett was told by the eye doctor he needed to begin wearing glasses.
Those feelings were quickly dashed when I learned he thought it would be incredibly cool to wear them and wanted to do so terribly.
Like most things with kids, these sorts of milestone changes are tougher on the parents than the children. Kids just have a way of embracing change in a way that I admire.
Before we even got to the point of realizing glasses were in the mix, we had to go through the painful process of having a 4-year-old's eyes examined. Because it was such a monumental occasion, Pam and I both went to the appointment.
Beckett had never complained about not being able to see anything, but we have learned that he is not a kid that whines about anything. He's one tough kid who almost always replies "good" when asked how he is doing, even if he's sick and obviously not feeling well.
The eye appointment was torture for all of us. After undergoing some basic tests that required a lot of patience from a 4-year-old and no goofing around, we then had to wait 45 minutes after his eye drops were put in. Of course, the process of placing drops in his eyes was quite a fiasco as well with lots of kicking and screaming. He was quick to complain about that, showing that he has limits.
The 45-minute wait nearly did all of us in, as Beckett was bored beyond belief and we quickly exhausted all our tricks of keeping him entertained. Within in minutes after the eye drop drama, we knew we were in trouble when he was fixated on trying to mount the eye equipment and wanted to do Spiderman jumps off all the chairs in the room. We were not prepared for that long of a wait and quickly ran out of ways to keep him entertained in an exam room, particularly one that prohibited cell phones, which can come in handy as a way to distract kids his age.
Fortunately for me, I was not involved in the actual fitting of the eye glasses the next day, but Beckett and Pam paid me a visit at my office afterwards, and it was quite clear Beckett did not have reservations about wearing them. He was quite proud to show them off and his rambunctious self.
Later that night, the novelty of the glasses appeared to be wearing off, as they were found several times in various places around the house.
It's going to take him some time to adjust to wearing them, particularly since the cool factor wore off within a matter of hours.
The baby of the house, who is now 3 ½ years old and tips the scales at 45 pounds, has been beating up his family lately.
I think it's a natural phase for little ones to go through a period when they are prone to hitting, but it's nothing to joke around about with Carson, who can ring your bell if you are not careful.
That's why whenever Carson approaches, Pam, Beckett and I often find ourselves flinching because we expect to get a love tap of some sort.
While there may be some love involved on some level, the problem is the little beef has no idea that he possesses freakish strength for his age. When he smacks you, it stings and it's hard enough to mean business, particularly if it's to the head or face.
That's why I can hardly blame Beckett when he pushes or hits back after getting blindsided by his little brother.
For example, while Beckett was on the iPad during a rainy afternoon the other day, Carson apparently walked up to him and smacked him several times atop the head. Beckett told him to stop and eventually he did, but the problem was Carson came back a minute later with a Tupperware bowl that he got out of a drawer in the kitchen and was apparently looking for more of a reaction.
There he was with a huge smile on his face and with both arms extended over his head with hands affixed to the bowl preparing to slam it down atop his big brother's head. Fortunately, I was there to grab it out before he executed his plan. That caused him to begin smacking my leg in a temper tantrum, leading him to a time out in his room, but not before a few farewell slaps to the back of my head on the way.
Surely, it's a phase, but it's one I know we all hope goes away sooner rather than later because I am going to hyperventilate if I keep taking all these deep breaths after getting smacked around.
Even the dogs have been on the receiving end of Carson's wrath a little bit of late. On the way to the bathroom the other night, he gave Bailey, our 8-year-old black lab, a slap across the nose that the poor dog appears to have still not forgotten.
I know this because whenever Carson comes near him he scoots away like he's about to get roughed up with my little guy's devastating left hand.


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Discussion in 'Star Trek Movies: Kelvin Universe' started by BriGuy, Jun 10, 2013.
I'd love a continuation of the 3 3/4 line.
Not when it comes to toys--that one's real simple. Hasbro holds a license from CBS to make a full range of action figures, vehicles, and role play toys like they do their Star Wars, G.I. Joe, and various Marvel Comics (Spider-man, Iron Man, Avengers, etc.) lines.
Hasbro opted to just make Kre-O Trek toys. Their future plans for Trek toys is anyone's guess.
Youll have to buy them online if they're not sold out. ALL the Hot Wheels ships SOLD OUT on Amazon. I did get my Kelvin though!
I want him with his own shower cubicle set!
Gotta agree this was the problem with the 2009 action figure line. They would have been much better off concentrating on a single size and producing a larger range of them rather than trying to split up the pie with all the different figure size variants.
I also got the feeling Playmates took the licence for granted a bit. They thought they'd be able to produce a large range like they did back in their 1990s heyday, so they left out figures like "standard uniform" Chekov and McCoy presumably on the assumption that they'd just be able to release them as part of a second wave at a later date. Of course, the second wave didn't come.
I bought spares and did simple headswaps.
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Aaand once more: stop posting spam.
Anyone know why the Hallmark Kelvin is going for $100 on ebay?
I thought the Hallmark figures were usually between $30-$40
The person who's selling it on eBay wants to make $60-$70 in profit.
Toys R Us is about the only place in my area that seems to sell Star Trek toys. It's a shame. Probably because they don't sell as well.
Looking at completed auctions, all the $100+ ones are for the SDCC exclusive battle-damaged variant.
The more exclusive the item, the higher the asking price.
They are selling DST stuff at my Local TRU, I finally got a tribble...my roomates cat hates it.
I call my local TRU and they don't have anything. But NASCAR/ wrestling toy crap is everywhere.
If it's one of the ones that makes sound/vibrates, set it to Klingon mode if you really want to piss off the cat.
OK.....I see as they are preorder. The Hallmark ornaments have not been released yet. I wish we could get a decent model kit of the Kelvin.
Battle-damaged version of the Hot Wheels Enterprise.
I found another Hotwheels enterprise at Wal-Mart, despite their best efforts to keep Trek stuff of their shelves, it was hiding in the corner like a diecast cockroach. In Wal-Mart's defense (can't believe I'm uttering that phrase), the customer base they have, 99.9% of kids and 95% of adults who visit there are not interested in Star Trek merchandise. as another poster stated elsewhere, alot of us Star trek fans have a little bit of delusions of grandeur when it comes to how popular we think star trek is out in the world. (not very) I am thankful enough for the tie in merch. we did get.
Do kids now a days even play with action figures? I see more Adults collecting action figures then kids.
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Perhaps one of the most famous ceramic artists—his work appears in museums around the world -- de Waal started by making inexpensive, functional stoneware but progressed to taking classical shapes and subtly manipulating them with pinches or textures. The British artist is also the best-selling author of The Hare With Amber Eyes.
Hitomi Hosono
The organic inspiration—leaves, chrysanthemums, feathers—is unmistakable in this Japanese-born artist's delicate porcelain boxes and bowls. Her current work is inspired by Wedgwood's 200-year-old Jasperware sprigging technique.
Grayson Perry
A cross-dressing ceramicist, Perry could be reduced to a one-liner for his vases, which have included sexually explicit painted scenes and won him the Turner Prize in 2003. But he continues to challenge the idea of pottery as purely decoration and is also working in textiles, printmaking, and even performance art, which often critiques consumerism.
Paul Scott
In the hands of this eclectic artist, domestic ceramics mutate as he incorporates images of power plants and genetically ID'd cows on salvaged Spode bone china (see his "Cumbrian Blue(s)" series). This is artsy stuff you may actually be tempted to use.


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MLBAM will stream about 23 Braves games in Spanish during the remainder of the 2005 season. The games will be called in Spanish by well-known TBS broadcasters Fernando Palacios and Pete Manzano.
Braves fans can access the Spanish language broadcasts as part of MLB.com's GameDay Audio service which allows fans to listen to every game of every team, home or away feeds and Spanish language feeds, for the entire season for $7.95. In addition, fans can access the remaining six Braves Xtra games live in Spanish for free at atlantabraves.com.
"The Braves are excited to join MLB.com in providing Spanish-language audio Webcasts," said Jeff Gregor, senior vice president of sports marketing and programming for Turner Sports. "The online broadcasts are a great complement to our television coverage on TBS and will help keep our fans around the world connected to the excitement of Braves baseball."
"We are pleased to partner with Turner Sports to offer Internet-based Spanish Language audio broadcasts of Braves games. Now Spanish speaking Braves fans in the U.S. and abroad can follow their favorite players via live Spanish audio on MLB.com and Atlantabraves.com, said Alex Pigeon, director of international business development at MLB.com."
With the addition of Braves games in Spanish, MLBAM now offers live Spanish Language Audio Internet Streaming for fifteen Major League Baseball Clubs including the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, Arizona Diamondbacks, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Seattle Mariners, San Francisco Giants, Houston Astros, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres, Florida Marlins and the Texas Rangers.


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"It is one of the signature developments of Washington during the Obama years: a flourishing F-bomb culture, one that has spread far beyond the White House and now pervades government-media relations in both parties, all across the capital.
"The close 2012 presidential campaign has been an especially ideal environment for this new mind-set of nonstop combat—marked by blazing email trails, streaked with profanity and accusations of incompetence and bad faith."
"Going after someone with an obscenity-laced attack from reporter to flack, or flack to reporter, happened 30 or 40 years ago. But it didn't happen electronically, it happened over a drink at the end of day. It's amazing just how sterile the relationships are now. There are technologies that bring people together and technologies that separate us. The current technology has allowed people to report things quicker, but it's driven a wedge between reporters and the people who cover them."
"While older hands complain about the 'breakdown of collegiality,' younger reporters and flacks seem hardly aware that things were ever any different.
"'You probably need to go back a little earlier than me. I came up in the school of "f—- you" communications people,' one young Republican spokesperson said.
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Life is confusing. When buying a product one has to consider whether it is green, inexpensive, actually works, and so forth and so on. There is also the life cycle of the product to consider. Is the product beneficial to the environment in the long run? For example, Marcal Manufacturing has just introduced new packaging to all of its Small Steps brand products this week, which places an environmental facts panel on the front of all product packaging. The panel resembles a nutrition label for food products and highlights the environmental performance of its 100% recycled paper products.
The Environmental Facts label includes information about the company's use of recycled content (100%), how much chlorine bleach was used for whitening the paper products (0%) and the quantities of chemical additives such as fragrance and dyes (0%). The packaging has just completed a nationwide roll out to grocery, drug, convenience and other major retail outlets.
Many products claim to be good for the environment. The problem lies with our to measure it and then prove it.
Some common principles to consider in determining whether a product is sustainable are as follows:
Low environmental impact materials: choose non-toxic, sustainably produced or recycled materials which require little energy to process
Energy efficiency: use manufacturing processes and produce products which require less energy
Quality and durability: longer lasting and better functioning products will have to be replaced less frequently, reducing the impacts of producing replacements
Design Impact Measures for total carbon footprint and life cycle assessment for any resource used are increasingly required and available. Many are complex, but some give quick and accurate whole earth estimates of impacts.
Marcal claims that it is the first in the industry to offer this level of transparency on product packaging. Yet unless all use the same comparisons, one cannot compare side by side.
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According to monthly reports issued by the city's Community Development Department, five new home building permits were issued in March, up from the same month last year, which saw only two permits for single-family homes and one for a duplex.
But those permits are just the tip of the iceberg — April could see many times that number of building permits.
"We've got a lot of things going on," Brian Holstein, Community Development director, said. "We're really staying very hooked up as far as development."
One major source of new construction will begin soon. Holstein said building permit applications for a 30-home subdivision off West Main Street are expected to come through his office soon.
The homes will all be smaller, affordable homes and will be initially owned by one company and leased out to families.
Several permits have already been issued this month for new construction in the Sunrise Estates subdivision off State Highway 7T.
Other projects coming up include a 40-home subdivision off of Fairway Boulevard. The Shiloh Estates subdivision is entering its fifth and sixth phases, and some construction is still happening in the Ashbrook subdivision, though he said that addition is nearly full.
"Things can change, but we are really looking good for the start of 2013," Holstein said.
Nationally, home construction is improving as well, though this is fueled largely by an increase in apartment homes being built rather than single-family residences.
Steady job growth, near record-low mortgage rates and rising home values have encouraged more people to buy. In response to higher demand and a low supply of available homes for sale, builders have stepped up construction.
March's pace of homes started was nearly 46 percent higher than the same month in 2012.
Housing construction fell 5.8 percent in the Northeast but showed gains in the rest of the country led by a 10.9 percent rise in the South. Housing construction was up 9.6 percent in the Midwest and 2.7 percent in the West.
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Mariners' Moore loses 12 pounds during game in Baltimore
Here are some of the notable quotes from around Major League Baseball this week:
"It felt awful. I went through three undershirts and two jerseys."
-- Adam Moore, Mariners catcher, who lost 12 pounds during Monday's 11-inning game in humid Baltimore but has since re-gained the weight. (Seattle Times)
"I always have it buttoned; everyone was asking me that. I just felt it rolling down my shirt. I was just glad I was able to get it out so that the guy couldn't run around third and score. ... It was just frustrating."
-- Sean Rodriguez, Rays second baseman, discussing a ground ball that ended up in his jersey during the sixth inning of Monday's game against Texas. (St. Petersburg Times)
"It's like staring down a beer-league softball team. They can hit home runs at will."
-- Dallas Braden, A's pitcher, on facing the Blue Jays, who lead the Majors in home runs. (Oakland Tribune)
"I've got my family here, and we just stayed in that night and hung out yesterday. Pretty low key, didn't do anything exciting."
-- Bryan Bullington, Royals pitcher, describing the way he celebrated his first Major League win on Sunday. (MLB.com)
"Offensively, even when he doesn't get hits, he puts a little fear in a pitcher. When they make mistakes, he can put it in the seats. Plus, he's got great hands."
-- Brandon Inge on teammate Jhonny Peralta. (Detroit News)
"It's good to live up to the family name. I'm helping out my dad and grandpa's name. There's been a lot of pressure, but it's good pressure, and it's fueled me. I've really wanted to do this for a long time."
-- Casey Coleman, Cubs pitcher, prior to making his first Major League start on Wednesday against the Padres. Coleman is a third-generation Major Leaguer, with his father and grandfather, both named Joe, coming before him. (MLB.com)
"What a great game. For me, it might go down as one of the better games I've played in."
-- Jim Thome, who has played in more than 2,360 games in his career, after hitting a walk-off home run in the 10th inning of Minnesota's 7-6 victory over the White Sox on Tuesday night. (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
"This is more important than the game that I play. Through the game that I play, I'm able to do this. ... This is my responsibility. This is the way my family raised me. And my wife had the same mind when I met her. It wasn't about us anymore. It was about serving God and giving back to the community."
-- Albert Pujols, discussing the eighth annual Celebrity Golf Classic that benefits the Pujols Family Foundation. The tournament also included appearances by Bo Jackson, Darryl Strawberry, Adam Wainwright, Chris Carpenter and Shaquille O'Neal. (MLB.com)
"He's tough as nails. You knew he was going to do everything in his power to get back on the field. Everything about him that he brings is positive for the team. It's Chase. He brings himself. He's always preparing to be at his best to win that game."
-- Raul Ibanez on teammate Chase Utley. (MLB.com)
"I'm tired. My body feels like it's falling apart right now, but it's OK. It was good tonight."
-- Martin Prado on having a three-hit game in his first game back from the DL. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
"Yep, I caught a lot of bullpens here."
-- Buster Posey on his first return to Philadelphia, where he got called up to the Majors but did not get into any games. (San Jose Mercury News)
"That was pretty sweet. He's done in it center field for so many years, now he's doing it in right. It was fun seeing his big smile after that catch."
-- Jered Weaver on outfielder Torii Hunter going over the fence to rob a batter of a home run for the 36th time in his Major League career. (Los Angeles Times)
"One thing that Jose has is a big heart. He will help you, he will go out of his way to help you. With [Yunel] Escobar, he tried to take him under his wing, he tried to show him things when the kid arrived in Toronto. Everyone [in the Latin baseball community] knows Jose is like this. I am very happy to see that he is doing so well now. He's worked hard for it."
--Blue Jays first base coach Omar Malave commenting on the character of right fielder Jose Bautista. (Toronto Star)
"He's a professional hitter. He has a great approach and hits good pitching. His presence and approach will rub off on the other guys."
--San Diego manager Bud Black talking about third baseman/shortstop Miguel Tejada, who drove in two runs on Monday night against the Cubs. Tejada is 9-for-14 in his last three games and 15-for-35 over his last eight games with four doubles, five RBIs and eight runs scored. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
"I just kept throwing [my fastball]. It finally came. I was mixing in a lot of changeups like always, I guess, and just trying to get strike one with something other than a fastball. You don't ever want to panic out there. I just kept throwing strikes. I kind of stayed away from the inside with it, didn't feel real good going in there. The last few innings, it came back and felt good."
--Rookie Jeremy Hellickson on how he made it through his third Major League start on Sunday despite not having his best stuff. (St. Petersburg Times)
"He's been through a lot. He had a rough start to his rookie season and then came back and won Rookie of the Year, and then won MVP the next year. That just doesn't happen if you're a normal athlete, a normal player. He's definitely one of the leaders on the team. He's a spark plug for the whole team."
-- Clay Buchholz, commenting on second baseman Dustin Pedroia. (Boston Herald)
"I always tell him how bad he is. About how he's not good enough to be a starter and stuff like that. How he doesn't throw hard, and he signed a bad contract. I never give him credit for anything."
-- Zack Greinke, on his playful relationship with closer Joakim Soria. (Kansas City Star)
"There's definitely a lot of talk about me and Adam combined in the same situation, in the same sentences. If you look at what he's done the last two years, he deserves the spotlight, I think. It's always Carpenter-Wainwright, Carpenter-Wainwright, Carpenter-Wainwright. To be honest with you though, for both of us I think that's a good thing. We feed off each other. We work together. There are all of those little things. We also don't expect to fail. But we know if something happens, my guy is going to be there to pick me up, and he knows I'm going to be there to pick him up."
-- Chris Carpenter, on the constant comparisons between him and Cardinals co-ace, Adam Wainwright. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Re: Tour De France 2012 thread
Can somebody explain to me how Cavendish was nailed on for the gold and didn't even get a medal?
Have read that we didn't get any help from the other teams and they all ganged up against us. Also read that Team GB wouldn't have done anything different.
All sounds a bit arrogant to me.
JHC. Biggs in clueless post of the year shocker. Its a bit like saying why dont England win when they have a player like Rooney?
33 man group cant be pulled back by 4 blokes riding on the front for 100+ miles. Germans should have realised this & helped GB to bring it back, & then let Cav duke it out with Gripel. Instead they let Tony Martin & Bert Grabsch (both strong as fuck riders) pretend to help for a bit & then fold.
Brad should win gold tomorrow.


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Attention: There is a more or less high possibility to brick your card, in case you don't know what you are doing.
Identifying the device: It doesn't mean your card will not be bricked "following another guy's guide" or "using his IDs", although you two have the "same card"... Most people think tools like lspci provide sufficient information, in order to judge whether your card is the same as another guy's card or whether it's an "a/b/g" or "b/g-only" card. An AR5006EG for instance. These cards aren't all the same since their chipsets and subchipsets differ.
Possible scenarios are: You don't have the EXACT same card as the guy you got information form (such as ID's and Memory and byte locations => you ignore the previous fact and apply the foreign settings on your card's EEPROM => usually leads to grief , sorrow and suicide
The idea: Replacing the Subsys IDs (Subvendor and Subdevice ID) of your device (e.g. Hp, Gigabyte or "Unknown") with Apple's IDs
Profits: You will end up with a fully functional Apple Airport Extreme Card. No more disconnects and no CRC Errors in your files. Use Apple's kexts nomore modifications. Just fully native a.k.a. Vanilla.
First Step: Install Ubuntu (Hardy Heron) and Subversion
Install this OS. Do not use Live CDs for this guide if you aren't familiar with Linux.
If you need help with installing it without screwing up your Partition Table and Bootloader check this post (GUID).
When you are in the OS ensure you are connected to the Internet and launch the terminal.
Type following: (Enter your password if you have one.)
sudo -s apt-get install subversion
Second Step: Install madwifi tools in Ubuntu
http://www.stchman.com created a wonderful guide for this. Even a script to get things easier for you. Here are the most important excerpts offering 2 ways to install the madwifi tools
A) Easy Way
Get the script created by stchman (attached to this post), copy it to your home directory and run it by typing:
chmod 755 ~/madwifi.sh sudo ~/madwifi.sh
B) Not-so-easy Way
Get the source here.
Get what is needed to compile the source:
sudo apt-get -y install build-essential bin86Once that is done you will need to do the following:
Copy the .tar.gz to the /usr/src/ folder. This command assumes you downloaded the archive to your home folder. replace ~ if your downloaded to a different location.
sudo cp ~/madwifi-0.9.3.2.tar.gz /usr/src/Change to the /usr/src folder.
cd /usr/srcDecompress the tarball.
sudo tar -xzf madwifi-0.9.3.2.tar.gzInstall the sharutils from the package manager.
sudo apt-get -y install sharutilsChange to the folder that the tarball extracted to.
cd /usr/src/madwifi-0.9.3.2Make the drivers (during this time the procedure may ask you to remove the older drivers, let it do so)
sudo make clean sudo make sudo make install
Third Step: Install ath_info
To get it type:
svn co http://svn.madwifi.org/ath_info/trunk ath_info
Change to the directory:
cd ath_info/
And install it:
make make all
Fourth Step: Get essential Information with lspci and ath_info
Type following in your terminal and look for your Atheros named device in the list:
sudo lspci -vvnn
Here are my definitions which are going to be used until the end of the post
- <class_id>: should be 0200 by default, meaning Ethernet Controller
- <vendor_id>: is the first ID in brackets after the name of your device. Should be 168c for Atheros cards (won't be changed)
- <device_id>: is the ID right after the colon . Should be 001c for AR5006EG-series (won't be changed)
- <subven_id>: is the first ID on the second line of the device, starting with Subsystem:..
- <subdev_id>: the second ID on the same line, the one after the colon
- <memory_loc>: the value in the 7th line which begins with Region 0:.. (8-digit)
ath_info -d 0x<memory_loc>
You can find the information somewhere at the beginning of the output. It is supposed to look like this:
As you can see, mine is b/g only. This is important to know since Apple doesn't use only one Subdevice ID. So their b/g and a/b/g IDs differ and you will have to replace your old Subdevice ID by the respective one from Apple, which are:
- 0086 for a/b/g cards
- 004e for b/g cards
Of course yours will look different. So use Ctrl+F or anything to look for your
- <class_id>
- <subdev_id> (2x)
- <subven_id> (2x)
So write down your
- <class_id_loc>: location of your <class_id>
- <1st_subdev_loc>: a <subdev_id> location
- <2nd_subdev_loc>: the other <subdev_id> location
- <1st_subven_loc>: a <subven_id> location
- <2nd_subven_loc>: the other <subven_id> location
Fifth Step: Replacing the Subsystem IDs
Class ID
Replace your old Class ID, 200 which stands for Ethernet Controller with the new 280 which stands for Network Controller
ath_info -g 3:0 -w 0x<memory_loc> <class_id_loc> 280
Subvendor ID
Replace the old Subvendor ID with the one from Apple, which is 106b
ath_info -g 3:0 -w 0x<memory_loc> <1st_subven_loc> 106b ath_info -g 3:0 -w 0x<memory_loc> <2nd_subven_loc> 106b
Subdevice ID
Replace the old Subdevice ID with
- 004e if you have an "b/g" card
- or 0086 if you have an "a/b/g" card
ath_info -g 3:0 -w 0x<memory_loc> <1st_subdev_loc> <004e or 0086> ath_info -g 3:0 -w 0x<memory_loc> <2nd_subdev_loc> <004e or 0086>
Confirm all operations with 'y' as it will ask you. I used the value 3 for all operations. If it doesnt work for you feel free to try out the digits from 0 to 5.
Check your new EEPROM dump and verify the new data
ath_info -d 0x<memory_loc>
If everything went flawlessly lspci is to show your card as
- Network controller [0280]: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5006EG ...................... [168c:001c] (rev 01)
- Subsystem: Apple Computer Inc. Device [106b:<004e or 0086>]
So pls report back about the results.
You will have to tweak your windows drivers for your card a little to get it working there. It's only replacing some IDs in the .ini file. I will upload my .ini file in future and maybe add the stuff for abg cards too. Mine is recognized as AR5007EG in Vista, tho works flawlessly.
Another issue may be your router. Mine doesn't support WPA anymore with the vanilla kexts. This is because my router only supports WPA TKIP and Leopard seems to have issues with TKIP-only routers. So if you have an old router as me, you will have to use WEP or use modded Tiger kexts or get a not-so-outdated router with WPA-AES too.
Oh yeah I almost forgot... HP-Bios users ... good luck


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COURSE: 15-355 Philosophy of Rights (3)
Focusing on international issues, this course investigates the meaning of rights from a historical and contemporary perspective.Ā The students will then examine the contemporary problems associated with human rights abuses as they pertain to refugees, penal matters, terrorism, organized crime and corruption, disarmament, and health.Ā Possible philosophers to be studied include John Locke, Immanuel Kant, John Rawls, Robert Nozick, and Jurgen Habermas. Prerequisite: 15-110 Introduction to Philosophy or consent of the instructor. Offered: Every other year.