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The annual National Automatic Merchandising Association convention has been the principal forum for the ongoing industry conversation for six decades or more, and participants at this year's OneÂShow in Las Vegas have a great deal to talk about. We expect the interface between vending machines and customers, which includes both product selection and payment systems, to be a prime topic.
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This also has been proposed in the United States. Some readers will remember that the late James Benfield, who headed the Coin Coalition in its successful effort to update the Anthony dollar, always advocated getting rid of the penny. That would free a compartment in the cash register drawer for dollar coins, and besides, the penny was fast becoming a nuisance that no longer served a useful purpose.
While pennies had been important in vending and related endeavors well into the 1960s, they had no real role to play in the modern full-line industry, although there were a couple of interesting attempts to find one for them.
With this in mind, it is worth pondering that recent discussions in Washington about eliminating the dollar coin or the dollar bill have not provoked much response from the vending industry. Three decades ago, there was a strong argument for issuing a $1 coin that actually would circulate. It was said, rightly, that the dollar of 1985 was about equivalent in value to the quarter of 1965, but it was much more difficult to use in vending machines. Today, it probably is equivalent to 15¢ in 1965 currency, but it isn't nearly as difficult to use. And it can be paid back in change.
What's more, currency more and more is becoming one of a number of payment choices. A credit or debit card is an instrument that identifies its user and affirms that he or she will have sufficient dollars to make the desired purchase. The debit card makes any merchant terminal an automated teller machine, allowing users to spend the dollars in their bank accounts. A credit card is, in effect, a check with automatic verification features. A prepaid telephone card or gift card is a promissory note; the bearer has lent the issuer money, and the loan is redeemed at the user's convenience.
A variety of services allow subscribers to set up accounts at a secure website through which payments can be made to sellers who are not equipped to handle credit cards. PayPal is the best-known of these, but new ones designed for use with mobile phones are being developed all the time. We expect to see this kind of thing applied to vending payment at the 2012 OneShow exhibit.
When the Canadian penny stops circulating, prices will continue to be stated in cents, but a cash payment will be rounded up or down after the applicable tax has been calculated; noncash charges will still be made to the odd cent. This should not be confusing to people accustomed to one price for cash, another for card payment and, perhaps, a third with a loyalty program. With or without a circulating penny, this makes it very important to tell the customer what is going on.
That's where the user interface comes in. Small color LCD monitors for installation above a vender's selector panel have been around for a while, and the vast expansion in design and manufacturing capacity brought about by the popularity of touchscreen-equipped smartphones and tablets is spurring their integration into vending machine upgrade kits and new equipment. Either type can offer a new dimension of customer communication, and this will be increasingly valuable as payment options and promotions conducted through social networks continue to multiply. We expect to hear more about this at OneShow, too.
These convergent trends have been hailed as a potential game-changer for vending. And we may derive an unexpected benefit from the growth of subscription payment systems, spurred by the surge in smartphones begun by Apple's iPhone and the applications written for it. This confronts all retailers with the challenge that vending operators have faced: to enable customers to pay with whatever they have in their pockets. It is a more level playing-field now, and vendors (at last) have access to the same technology as other retailers do. This has given us a whole a new ball game.
Steady progress toward open systems based on defined standards also is increasing operators' flexibility in matching the payment system and/or interface to the particular needs of a location. We are moving rapidly toward a world in which conventional cash payment capability can coexist with client-specific internal cashless systems, magnetic and contactless credit and debit card acceptance as well as mobile payment programs, all within one operation. Operators (and retailers in general) need all of these systems to handle settlement in a uniform manner. The OneShow exhibit provides an opportunity to emphasize the importance of this when talking to service providers.
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MSGEQ7-Based DIY Audio Spectrum Analyzer: Construction
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Here's a step-by-step guide to constructing a simple 14-band (2 x 7) audio spectrum analyzer using two MSGEQ7s and a chipKIT or Arduino microcontroller development platform.
I recently used a pair of MSGEQ7 seven-band audio spectrum analyzer chips to construct a rather cool display. In this first incarnation, we end up driving 14 LEDs -- seven each for the left and right audio channels.
To set the scene before we leap into the fray, let's take a look at this short video to get an idea of where we will end up.
Since I think this will be of interest to beginners, as well as practicing engineers, I will go slowly and take the time to explain some basic concepts here and there. In these cases, I'll kindly ask anyone who already knows this stuff to bear with me.
Let's start with the fact that my music source is my iPad. Since I want to keep things as simple as possible, I intend to drive everything from the iPad's headphone socket. The problem is that plugging anything into the headphone socket disables the internal speakers. Similarly, if you are using the iPad to drive a Bluetooth boom box, for example, plugging something into the iPad's headphone socket will terminate the Bluetooth audio feed. Thus, my first step was to purchase a stereo splitter cable on Amazon. This allows me to use the output from my headphone socket to drive both an external speaker system and my spectrum analyzer.
At the same time, I ordered two stereo audio cables and a cheap and cheerful amplifier and speaker system.
Choosing a microcontroller
We can construct this audio spectrum analyzer project using pretty much any microcontroller that supports the required set of features. Assuming we wish to display the left and right audio channels separately, we need at least two analog inputs, two regular digital outputs, and 14 pulse-width modulated (PWM) outputs. You could get by with just one analog input and seven PWM outputs if you merged the two channels (this will be discussed later).
If you wish, you could process the audio data using an eight-bit Arduino Mega microcontroller development platform with 256 Kbytes of Flash and 8 Kbytes of SRAM running at 16 MHz. You could also use an Arduino Uno (which supports only six PWM outputs) if you would be happy combining the left and right channels and losing one of the frequency bands. I decided to use a chipKIT MAX32 platform to process the audio data stream. This little beauty boasts a 32-bit processor running at 80 MHz, along with 512 Kbytes of Flash and 128 Kbytes of RAM.
The chipKIT MAX32 has the same physical footprint and the same input/output (I/O) pins as the Arduino Mega. Also, the integrated development environments (IDEs) for these two platforms are almost identical, which makes our lives a lot easier. The main thing to note is that the chipKIT MAX32 employs a 3.3V supply, while an Arduino Mega uses a 5V supply. This will affect some of the component values, but this will be noted at the appropriate points in the following discussions.
Introducing the MSGEQ7
The MSGEQ7 is a seven-band graphic equalizer chip you can buy for $4.95 from SparkFun. It will work with a 5V supply (like the Arduino Mega) or a 3.3V supply (like the chipKIT MAX32).
Inside the MSGEQ7 are seven band-pass filters tuned to 63 Hz, 160 Hz, 400 Hz, 1,000 Hz, 2,500 Hz, 6,250 Hz, and 16,000 Hz. Each filter has an associated peak detector, as illustrated below. The clever thing is that the outputs from the seven peak detectors are multiplexed together, which explains how everything fits into a teenie-weenie eight-pin package.
Everything is controlled by two digital signals called RESET and STROBE. As shown in the waveform diagram below, a positive-going pulse on the RESET signal kicks everything off. Though the data sheet doesn't say so, my impression is that this pulse takes a copy of the current peak detector outputs and stores (latches) the values. We then apply seven negative-going pulses to the STROBE input. Every time the STROBE input goes low, we can read the value of one of the bands on the DATA_OUT signal, starting with 63 Hz and working out to 16,000 Hz.
The DATA_OUT is an analog value whose magnitude reflects the value from the corresponding peak detector. This value can be read using one of your microcontroller's analog inputs.
Actually, I recreated the timing diagram shown above from the original datasheet. If you read the comments at the bottom of this column, you will see a question by David Ashton. David points out that, as the minimum strobe pulse width of 18µs is less than the minimum output settling time of 36µs, this implies that you can read the data even after the STROBE signal has returned to its HIGH state. Based on this, David notes that you could actually read the data during the "purple times" in the above diagram.
If this were to prove to be correct, then -- based on the timing specifications in the datasheet -- a better representation of the timing relationships and waveforms would be as illustrated below.
Since it's not possible to make a definitive decision based on the existing datasheet, I talked to John Ambrose at Mixed Signal Integration -- the company that makes the MSGEQ7 (along with many other interesting products). John confirmed that applying a positive-going pulse to the RESET signal does indeed latch the current frequency values.
John went on to explain that the DATA_OUT signal is clamped to 0V when the STROBE signal is HIGH. This has several implications, including the fact that you cannot read the data when the STROBE signal is in its HIGH state. Also, this means that the minimum strobe pulse width ("ts") really isn't 18µs; instead, it's equal to the output settling time ("to") plus however long it takes for you to actually read the sample (let's call this "tsr" for "sample read time"). Based on this, the definitive timing diagram is actually as shown below.
With all that behind us, the following illustration reflects the additional components we need to make things work. The resistors are all 1/4 watt, and the capacitors are 50V ceramics. (These components are of the lead-through-hole variety.) In the original data sheet, the value of C2 is shown at 0.01µF, but I ran across an application note somewhere that said it was better to use 0.1µF, so that's what I did.
I decided to use two MSGEQ7s -- one for each audio channel (left and right). If you wish to use a single device for both channels, you can employ the circuit variation that's shown at the bottom of the above illustration.
Page 1: Introducing the MSGEQ7
Page 2: Creating the first-pass hardware
Page 3: Creating the first-pass software
Page 4: Modifying the hardware to add the LEDs
Page 5: Modifying the software to drive the LEDs


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Teachers face mental health issues
Teachers are increasingly facing mental health problems due to pressures in their working life, a survey suggests.
A new poll reveals that over a third (38%) of school and college staff report a rise in mental health issues among their colleagues over the last two years.
And over half (55%) say that their job has had a negative effect on their mental health.
The Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), which conducted the poll, are due to debate the topic at their annual conference in Manchester this week.
A resolution has been put forward calling on the union to establish a dedicated working group to investigate the issue and specifically to look at the impact of performance management systems on those with mental health problems or hidden disabilities.
The survey, which questioned over 900 school and college staff, found of those who admitted they believe their job has a negative impact on their mental health (55%), 80% said they are stressed, 70% said they are left feeling exhausted by their work and two thirds (66%) said it disturbs their sleep.
ATL warned that a stigma attached to mental health issues means that many people are afraid to tell their employers if they are suffering - the poll found that 68% of those dealing with a mental health problem chose to keep it a secret from bosses, compared to 38% of those who kept a physical health issue to themselves.
ATL general secretary Dr Mary Bousted said she was shocked that many people had reported a rise in mental health issues.
But she added: "Teachers, lecturers, support staff and heads are now so over-worked that it comes as no surprise that so many in the education profession suffer from stress, depression and other mental health issues."
Dr Bousted added: "Those working in education need to be supported better, with schools and colleges making adjustments to their jobs and working conditions where necessary."
:: The poll questioned 925 education staff working in state and private schools and colleges in England, Wales and Northern Ireland last month.
A Department for Education spokeswoman said: "We know that the vast majority of teachers and school leaders are hard-working and dedicated professionals, and statistics show that teaching has never been more attractive, more popular or more rewarding.
"A record number of top graduates are now applying to become teachers and vacancy rates are at their lowest since 2005.
"We are giving teachers more freedoms than ever and cutting unnecessary paperwork and bureaucracy.
"We trust the professionalism of our headteachers to work with their staff to ensure they receive the support they need and to see that any issues are addressed."


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As educational demands increase for public-school students, many local schools have begun to reach out to entire families to encourage learning among children of all ages.
Through school-sponsored literacy and math family nights, teachers lead students through activities designed to improve their performance in the classroom and on state-mandated standardized tests.
Family Night activities range from book clubs to practicing math problems, but each school puts together unique activities for families. Dwight Elementary School hosted a family math night in November, and Crawford and Pyron elementary schools both hosted literacy nights in December.
The involvement of parents in the process, teachers say, is an important way for students to place a high priority on their educational success.
"When we began this last year, we wanted something that would remind each family of the many simple, everyday things they can do with their children that encourage and promote literacy," Barbara Kutko, parent involvement facilitator at Pyron Elementary School in Clarksville, said.
"It sounds so easy to do nursery rhymes and read stories to your children even after they learn to read themselves. We may need to be reminded that parents are the child's first teachers.
"They come to school better prepared to learn when they have good habits demonstrated at home. When children see that their parents value their education, they are more willing themselves."
Pyron Elementary recently sponsored a family literacy night for second, third and fourth-grade students and their parents. Activities centered around the theme of gingerbread houses, making the event festive and fun, Principal Jan Spanke noted.
"Last year was our second year to host the gingerbread night," Spanke said. "We had more than 300 people come last year. It was a huge success and parents and kids alike had a lot of fun."
Activities varied for students in the three grades. Second-grade teachers video-taped their students reading a poem, short story or other literary work; and played videos for parents as they worked on assembling gingerbread houses.
Third-grade students performed a Readers' Theatre of "The Gingerbread Boy" as their parents worked, and fourth-grade parents watched videos of their students giving book talks.
"We thought that the idea of gingerbread houses was somewhat seasonal," Kutko said. "Previously, the PTO had done wreath-making at this time of the year. When we switched last year, the response was overwhelming.
"People came and laughed and visited - some things we don't do often enough even at this time of the year. Last year as I watched the families, I saw they were laughing, having fun together, talking, and, yes, listening to each other. This was their time together. It was festive."
Kutko said Pyron Elementary students are always excited about the event.
"I have students who came last year that were talking about it this year," she said. "It gets them into the building in a non-threatning way, and everyone is welcome and everyone is equal. Everyone's ideas count."
At Crawford Elementary, fourth-grade teachers Laura Scheible and Anice Tedford brought families together through the use of book clubs. The teachers hosted Family Book Club Night for their students' families before school dismissed for the Christmas holiday.
According to Scheible, students learned the purpose of book clubs in the classroom. She said they were encouraged to use book clubs to read books and share ideas.
Before they taught their families about book clubs, however, the children tried the clubs out themselves. First, the students learned the different roles in a book club, Scheible said. They practiced forming questions, identifying connections with the book and finding key words within the story.
She said many students also had the opportunity to display their artistic talents by illustrating important points in the story.
After a week of learning as a class, students formed book clubs of their own. Scheible's and Tedford's classes partnered together to form seven book clubs, - all reading a Christmas-related title.
On Family Book Club Night, family members were invited to attend and learn from their children.
"We wanted to give parents the opportunity to be involved in reading," Tedford said. " By coming to the Book Club Night, they had the opportunity to learn reading strategies that are important for all kinds of reading."
Students explained the different jobs they might have in their book clubs and gave mini book-talks describing their chosen book. With their guests, the children enjoyed hot chocolate and cookies and explained the work they had already completed in their book clubs.
"It was exciting to hear the students discussing the books with their guests and acting as teachers as they taught the strategies," Scheible said.
Tedford said the event provided an opportunity for parents who aren't able to attend activities during the school day to participate in an activity with their children.
"Many of our parents aren't able to volunteer or attend events during the school day due to jobs," Tedford said. "This event provided them a chance to come to school with their children and learn from them."
But the involvement was not limited to parents, Scheible said. Several siblings were in attendance as well as other relatives, friends and even neighbors. A total of 12 students and 15 guests attended the event.
Scheible said one student brought two of his neighbors who were middle school students. Those students, she said, affirmed they used the same reading strategies later on in their schooling.
"The boys enjoyed their friend's book so much they returned to the classroom later with paper and pencil to copy down the notes to a Christmas song included in the book," Scheible said.
"So the books were enjoyed in many different ways. By the end of the evening the guests were trying out the strategies with encouragement from their student."
She felt the event was a success for those involved.
"Our goal was to enable parents to feel better equipped when reading at home with their children," Scheible said.


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i swear to bob dantoni better tell them dont give up 3's no way should terry have been that wide open. we got this
Everyone can shoot over Amare... this dude allows everything...
We're doing good to hit all these 3's but you know another night we would lose this game. We gotta play smart offense seriously I dunno if it's because he's slowing down but Lin could easily have hit a pass to Chandler on the last 2 screens but he didn't.
Hope we have plenty of TO's left to play offense/defense at the end of this. We need Shumpert and JJ on D, STAT and Novak are swiss cheese.
STAT did something. yay
I think it's gonna be waved off, **** quality stream though so hard to see.
That shot by STAT cost 20 million. Amazing shot isnt it?
Unbelievable...The dude coulden't get it off in time..
Well, from my perspective it looked like the ball was still in Amare's hand at the buzzer...


text: let me know which on you get and what you think of it. If memory serves me correctly there is a cheaper version of the vortex in Australia . I think this idea was patented by some family there in australia....I think the cheaper version is the jenpro or something


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Athletics right-hander Shane Komine is a native of Honolulu, Hawaii, where he resides in the offseason. He made his big-league debut in 2006 and appeared in two games, holding Toronto to one run over six innings in his first game on July 30. He spent most of the season with Triple-A Sacramento, where he won 11 games. A three-time second-team All-America selection while at Nebraska, Komine is the 32nd Hawaiian-born player to reach the big leagues. He recently joined MLBPLAYERS.com for a question-and-answer session.
MLBPLAYERS.com: You had your parents and fiancee visiting from Hawaii when you made your big-league debut in a game at Oakland. How special was that for you?
Komine: It was great to get the first game under my belt. It was awesome to have them there and to share that day with me. I wish I could have stayed with them a little longer but we had to fly right out afterward.
MLBPLAYERS.com: Being from Hawaii, was that the first Major League game they had seen?
Komine: Yes. That made it that much more special for them. My brother was there, too. It was nice for them to experience me going out there and pitching. It also helped that we won the game.
MLBPLAYERS.com: You did not get credit for the win, but since the game ended with Milton Bradley's walk-off home run, did that make the day that much more memorable for you and your family?
Komine: Definitely. A win, of course, is a win, but it was a great game. We lost a lead, got it back there at the end, and it was great to see.
MLBPLAYERS.com: Did you follow any Hawaiian-born players in the big leagues while growing up?
Komine: Sid Fernandez and Ron Darling from the Mets. A couple of other guys were Mike Fetters and Jerome Williams. All of these guys, like myself, are pitchers.
MLBPLAYERS.com: You grew up before the Internet became so popular. How did you stay up to speed on these players and others?
Komine: Guys like Sid Fernandez were covered quite a bit in the newspapers back in Hawaii. That was pretty much the bulk of what I saw. I knew that they were in the big leagues and, while I was growing up, I knew that is where I wanted to get to as well.
MLBPLAYERS.com: What type of competition did you face when you were playing baseball in Hawaii?
Komine: The weather there is great year-round so it was good enough to play baseball really all of the time. The competition was not the greatest because everyone there is so laid back. It was treated more like recreation for kids. It was also used by many to help keep kids out of trouble. But there were, obviously, some guys who were good enough to play in college and ultimately reach professional ball.
MLBPLAYERS.com: How did you end up at the University of Nebraska?
Komine: I was small coming out of high school. I did not get a lot of offers from colleges, but Nebraska was one of the schools that was persistent. They kept up with me my entire senior year season and it was the best fit for me. I wanted to get away from Hawaii and experience a different climate. There was not a better place for me to do that than at Nebraska.
MLBPLAYERS.com: Did you enjoy your College World Series experience?
Komine: It was a great feeling because it was the first time in Nebraska history that it happened. We went there back-to-back years and it would have been nice to win a game, but to get there and give our fans something to cheer about was awesome.
MLBPLAYERS.com: Just a year ago, you were recovering from Tommy John surgery. How did that injury threaten your career?
Komine: It is a long process for a pitcher that is not very much fun. It taught me a lot about patience and it made me appreciate the game a lot more. I realized that I could at any moment be out of the game. Every day is a reminder of how blessed I am to come out and pitch again.
MLBPLAYERS.com: Where did the nickname "Hawaiian Punch-Out" come from?
Komine: Baseball America gave that to me when I was in college.
MLBPLAYERS.com: Is that a drink you even like?
Komine: I do. I grew up on that stuff. When I see it in a restaurant, that is what I order for sure.
This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Empowering deserving military families with educational support and opportunities.
Greetings. I've been really admiring the styling on the new lisle shirts for 2011 and it brought a couple thoughts to mind. I noticed Steve Stricker sporting what looked like these styles these while over in Hawaii, and thought I saw the Peter Millar logo on the back of that shirt, since Steve has been associated with Millar for a couple seasons now.
I really like the new placket featuring the striped materials, which is a very Millar trademark, and reminiscent of some of the Bobby Jones apparel, adding a subtle touch of complimentary color.
So the big question... have these new designs been done by Peter Millar in association with FJ? Do you have a relationship for producing some select items with them?
Tar Heel, excellent eye my friend I did not notice that. I agree with the subtle touch of color makes it fun to match up with. Interested to see responses from FJ.
I love the new style.... It's more classic bright colors this season. Plus the layers that FJ had equipped it's easer to allow to adjust your colors to fit the style you want...
Looking forward in having several made for me for my golf team!!!!
Coach Kerce - Varsity HighSchool Golf Coch
sleeves don't look any shorter... what's with FJ and the need for "long" short sleeve shirts!? lol
I agree Erik. I'm not a big fan of longer sleeves on my short sleeve shirts. Although, I haven't tried one of these shirts, so I can't speak to that on this model.
I have the new Lisle and they are very comfortable. The sleeves are non-restrictive and your swing will not be impacted by them at all. The material is very light and comfortable.
I need to try one. They are very nice looking shirts.
sleeves don't look any shorter... what's with FJ and the need for "long" short sleeve shirts!? lol
With the longer short sleeves maybe you need to get a permit which entitles you to carry concealed guns
LOL, I probably would need a concealed carry permit when I wear long sleeves. Hopefully I don't get fined.
I totally understand Eric, the police here require me to have 3 seperate permits.
Bruce... 3 permits?! You only have two ARMS......! HA
Eric think about it
You sir are a funny, funny man! Love it!
The new Lisle Shirts are great....these are the 2011 Titleist Staff shirts from FootJoy and they are really comfortable.
19.... you're breaking my heart man! Those are so PURDY!


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MadManOriginal (in other thread) wrote:I disagree wholeheartedly that it's more about software than hardware! My fantasy device's hardware is nothing like anything out there right now:What I'd like to see is things that aren't sexy specs but would make phones (and tablets) better in real day-to-day use. For example, better WiFi speed than single stream, better battery life although I know that's just a matter of time and depends a lot on the screen, a genuine focus on audio quality both for headphone and built-in speakers, excellent camera optics although that's a hard one due to basic physical constraints. Otherwise at this point it's more about software than hardware.
- basic 480p, 540p, or perhaps even 720p screen, ~5"
- no microphone or speakers built-in, just simple buzzer vibe
- Lots of RAM (4GB dual-channel)
- a fast quad-core processor (A15s or even an AMD x86)
- Powerful graphics similar to PSVita or current top-end superphones
- 3.5mm headphone jack with capable amplifier
- 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.0+, and NFC
- expandable storage (some sort of tiny mSATA- or M-PCIe-derived expansion instead of crapass SD cards)
- HDMI connection
- Moderate-resolution camera (~3-4MP is fine) with excellent motion and low-light features
Of course, nobody would ever market such a device:
- Fat and unstylish by modern standards
- Poor screen quality compared to similarly priced devices
- Low megapixel camera unimpressive at a glance
- HDMI is a little-used feature on smartphones
- Difficult to market expensive and difficult-to-implement "nerd" features (such as fast CPU/GPU or mSATA) to the mass market
- Requirement for external headset (bluetooth/wired) or HDMI device for audio
- Relatively poor battery life due to high-powered processors (though I'd include a huge removable battery personally)
- Impossible to force artificial segmentation with removable storage
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Horde silences Eagles in 4th quarter
It's the final stanza that remains a sticking point.
After a Molly Elwell 3-pointer put the Eagles ahead by 11 early in the fourth quarter, the Golden Horde pitched a shut out for the final 7 minutes 30 seconds, surging to a 52-46 victory on Thursday night at the Eagles' Nest.
It was the third time in four games this season Arlington (0-4) led late before faltering down the stretch, but a significant improvement from the teams' first meeting this year, a 57-32 West Rutland win.
"We got tired, [our] short bench gets us," said Arlington coach Larry Andrews. "The other two games we had some miscellaneous things get us, whether it was foul shooting or missed layups, but that game we hit our foul shots, made most of our layups -- it was just fatigue that got us."
A pair of treys by Elwell and Rayleen Sherman in the final 30 seconds of the first quarter vaulted the Eagles into a lead they held until midway through the fourth.
And seeing the game slip away from them as Arlington's lead ballooned to 41-28, the Golden Horde (4-0) changed their scheme and reaped the benefits in a physical fourth quarter.
West Rutland finished the game on a 24-5 run as Arlington struggled to get off -- and connect on -- shots when drawing contact in the lane.
"We switched back to a man-to-man [defense]," said West Rutland coach Carl Serrani said. "We started out in a 3-2 zone in the fourth quarter and we were just staying even with them. I decided, what the heck, switch over to man-to-man and we'll live or die with it."
The loss soured an otherwise break-out performance from Elwell, a sophomore, who finished with a game-high 18 points, including three second-half trifectas.
"She's starting to get confidence, absolutely," Andrews said. "She's a dynamite foul shooter, she's a good outside shooter, she handles the ball."
Brooke Raiche's 3-pointer with a minute left in regulation pushed the West Rutland lead to five, 51-46, but it was the presence of junior twins Morgan and Taylor Raiche that decided the contest against the much smaller Eagles.
The pair combined for 25 rebounds -- Arlington had 27 as a team -- and six blocks. Morgan Raiche netted 10 of her 12 points after the break.
"Nothing comes easy for us -- look at the size of us," Andrews said. "I can't say we kept them off the boards, but [we] did an OK job. Both of [the Raiche twins] are pretty aggressive and when there's a loose ball they go find it.
Seventeen days removed from their last game, the Golden Horde were unable to match the Eagles' speed and shooting through three periods.
Arlington led 31-22 at halftime and 43-35 after three periods.
Sherman finished with 10 points, while sophomore Brooke Hawley added 12. Julia Lacoste chipped in with six points and a team-high seven rebounds.
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Film fans can complain about the quality of movies out there, but when it comes to animated flicks, Hollywood keeps outdoing itself. So when "Coraline" director Henry Selick says it's an honor just to be nominated for a Best Animated Feature Oscar, he really means it.
"I think this has been the best year yet," Selick told Popcorn Biz about the animation world, "with the widest range of well-made films in all animation techniques. It's very stiff competition."
"I've been around for long enough and I consider this to be the Golden Age of Animation," said Selick, whose credits include "James and the Giant Peach" and "The Nightmare Before Christmas."
His tale of a child's dream gone awry is in contrast to the safer animation flicks of recent times. "Right now you could propose making an animated film that's edgier, more artistic, and someone would be interested in making it," says Selick. "I don't know how long this will last."
This growth covers a wide range of animation techniques, from the stop-motion techniques of "Coraline" to the computer-animated "Up" -- and the motion capture of "Avatar" which many would not consider an animation film.
"But I happen to know no matter what the directors captures -- a bunch of very talented animators have to then make it work," said Selick. "The animators have to put the life back that the motion capture took out. It is a hybrid form of animation. And it's getting better and better."
Selick, who praised TV animation, and in particular Nick's "Adult Swim," also hinted that he's not about to depart from the creepy motif he's known for.
"We have to up the scares," Selick says, looking ahead. "The audience is getting used to it. If you saw some of the animated shows on television, you'd be amazed where they go."


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Let's forget our World Cup woes as Wimbledon and Murraymania starts today
PUBLISHED: 12:38 23 June 2014 | UPDATED: 12:38 23 June 2014
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England might be out of the World Cup, but have no fear - Wimbledon is here!
British ace Andy Murray is attempting to defend the historic title he won last year and inspiring a new generation of future stars in Norfolk at the same time.
Youngsters enjoyed making a racket in Norwich as part of a Great British Tennis Weekend designed to get children and their families playing the game on the eve of the world's greatest tennis tournament.
Families descended on Eaton Park where they were given the chance to pick up a racket and balls before taking to the court for some free tennis action.
On Saturday and yesterday people across the country, including visitors to Eaton Park, had the chance to take part in a number of on court activities, including Cardio Tennis, Mini Tennis, disability tennis and tennis coaching, as part of the LTA and Tennis Foundation's drive to get more people playing more often.
Wimbledon facts
• Aces – (most of all time) Men: Goran Ivanisevic served 212 in 2001. Women: Alexandra Stevenson served 57 in 1999, and so did Serena Williams in 2008.
• Attendance in 2013: Total attendance for the 13 days of The Championships - 486,898.
• Balls: 54,250 used during The Championships period. Stored at 68 deg F. New balls after first seven games (to allow for warm-up), then after every nine games. Yellow balls used for first time in 1986.
• Broadcast Figures 2013: Peak UK audience of 17.3m tuned in to watch Andy Murray defeat Novak Djokovic.
• Capacity (grounds): 38,500 spectators in the grounds at any one time.
• Centre Court: 15,000 seats or 290 million tennis balls could fit into the arena with roof closed.
• Centre Court roof: Eight litres per second of fresh air per person pumped into the bowl to manage the environment
• Courts (grass): 41 in total.
• Grass: Championships playing height 8mm. Court grass composed of 100% rye grass (changed from 70% rye/30% red fescue in Sept 2000 for better wear and tear properties).
Luciana Davila-Smith, 43, from Bunwell, came to Eaton Park with her husband Martin, 41, and children Juan, six, and Mateo, three, after finding out about the event being run in conjunction with EA Tennis.
She said: "I think it's great. Juan is quite keen to start playing tennis and is quite sporty so we struggle to find time to do it. He plays in the garden but its not the same and here he can actually extend himself without worrying about the greenhouse."
Juan, who admitted he would one day like to play at Wimbledon like Andy Murray, said it was "nice" to be able to come and play on court with his family.
Other youngsters enjoying the chance to play were six-year-old Rebecca Burrows, who was playing her first ever game of tennis, and her three-year-old brother Luke who had come from Rackheath with father Keith and mother Melanie.
Mr Burrows, 51, said it was an excellent initiative. He said: "Anything to get people out in the fresh air on a day like today...I think its a tremendous idea, I really do."
Chris Evans, tennis manager for the site on behalf of EA Tennis, said the scheme was about "making it more accessible to the community" and get people playing the game.
For more information visit www.greatbritishtennisweekend.com
How to enjoy Wimbledon:
• With punnets of Norfolk grown-strawberries at the ready people can forget about the failings of the national football team by sitting back and enjoying two weeks of scintillating tennis action from SW1 starting today.
• Andy Murray, who last year became the first British man to win the Wimbledon title in 77 years, starts the defence of his title against Belgian David Goffin on Centre Court at 1pm.
• The match will be screened live by the BBC whose coverage of the championships starts at 11.30am on BBC Two with tennis also being shown on BBC One from 1.45pm.
• Live matches will be shown on BBC One, BBC One HD, BBC Two, BBC Two HD and the BBC Sport website throughout the tournament with anyone who has missed matches during the day able to catch up by tuning into Today at Wimbledon, on BBC Two, each night from 8pm.
• If anyone missed the Murray's moment of magic last year they can remind themselves of how the Scot made history by tuning into When Andy Won Wimbledon from 10.35pm tonight on BBC One.
• Murray is second favourite for the crown this year with William Hill quoting odds of 3-1 of winning the title.
• Serbia's ace Novak Djokovic, who faces Andrey Golubev today, is favourite to avenge last year's final defeat and is the 7-4 favourite with the bookies to bounce back to become the 2014 Wimbledon Champion.
• After victory at Roland Garros in the French Open, Rafael Nadal is next in the betting at 9-2, although the two-time Wimbledon winner hasn't won the competition since 2010.
• Murray, 27, has been drawn in the opposite half to world number one Rafael Nadal, meaning they could not meet before the final.
• Djokovic, the man Murray beat in last year's final, could be a semi-final opponent this time, while Spain's David Ferrer or Queen's Club champion Grigor Dimitrov are among those potentially waiting in the quarter-finals.


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About two-thirds of South Dakota's financial institutions are small, state-chartered banks. Combined they have nearly $19 billion in assets.
Roger Novotny, Director of South Dakota's division of banking, says there's a very simple reason the state hasn't seen the same problems in banking as the rest of the country.
"In South Dakota... people know each other. I think that a stronger lending atmosphere occurs under that circumstance."Roger Novotny, Director of South Dakota's division of banking
"In South Dakota, because we don't have nearly as many people, people know each other. They know where you live and you see them on a day to day basis," says Novotny. "I think a stronger lending atmosphere occurs under that circumstance. It's a little bit old fashioned, but it's tried and true and it still works in today's economy."
Novotny says it helps that South Dakota is economically conservative, but the state's economy does have its problems. Mortgage foreclosures are on the rise. Higher food and fuel prices are hitting pocket books.
The International Monetary Fund reports the credit crunch has already cost some of the world's biggest financial companies about $232 billion. The IMF said last week that banks were in the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.
Roger Novotny says it's not as severe in this region.
"The analogy I would use is when the rest of the country gets pneumonia, we catch cold. I think we're going to catch a cold but I don't think we'll go all the way down the pike that the other folks have," says Novotny.
Novotny says the Dakotas didn't experience the same boom as the rest of the nation when it came to the appreciation in the housing market - so the bust won't happen either. However, banking observers say there is a down side for states with a preponderance of small community banks.
University of North Dakota Economics Professor David Flynn says while small banks offer that personal, friendly atmosphere and sound risk management, they also have a less efficient banking system.
"You've got smaller lenders and if you are in need of a large lender, you may not have access to that type of banking institution. It also means a more diffuse banking system across the Midwest, which is creating potential problems as you get rural depopulation occurring," says Flynn. "Those bankers are under incredible pressure to maintain the business in an era of a declining market."
Flynn says there may be more federal regulations handed down by Congress because of the current banking crisis. If that happens, community banks will take a hit because they'll have to spend more time on paper work and less time on banking.
Flynn says the financial industry is strong in states like North and South Dakota because the agricultural economy is strong. He says it's going to stay that way only as long as commodity prices are high. Farmers are paying more for everything that goes into a crop like costs of seed, fertilizer and fuel. Land prices are also escalating.
Flynn predicts an uncertain future and some of that has to do with decisions yet to be made in Congress. A new Farm Bill was due last year.
"When you're talking about states like North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska and Iowa where a major part of economy is agricultural and ag- related, there's serious risk when dealing with something as uncertain as the Farm Bill," says Flynn.
The economics of farming play a much bigger role in states like North and South Dakota than in Minnesota.
Bank regulators base the health of a financial institution on the ratio between assets, capital and loans. In North Dakota, agriculture loans amount to three times a key measure of bank capitol. In South Dakota, the ratio is about two and a half times. Minnesota is only at about 75 percent of that key measurement.
Flynn says if the new farm bill forces lenders to take on more risk, community banks - and states like North and South Dakota - will suffer.


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A third party, the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority, approved a separate pre-lease document Wednesday, June 26, 2013, anticipating the agency's leasing of 20 miles of right-of-way along SR 528.
FDOT owns an additional 15 miles of right-of-way along SR 528, which runs east-west and links Interstate 4 in southwest Orlando with Interstate 95 along the Florida coast.
Both leases cover a 99-year-period — 50 years plus a 49-year extension. The 50-year lease agreement between FEC and FDOt nets FDOT $250,000 per year.
The All Aboard Florida passenger rail project, announced in March 2012, would stretch about 240 miles, using 200 miles of existing FEC right-of-way from Miami and Cocoa, Fla., and 40 miles of new track to reach Orlando. Intermediate points would include Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach.
Future expansions would take the service to Tampa, on the west coast, and Jacksonville, near the Georgia border.
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Electric Grid Hum Used to Time-Stamp Digital Recordings, Verify Evidence
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UK police are putting tactic to use to fight crime
Romanian audio specialist
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, now director of the National Center for Media Forensics at the
University of Colorado
, Denver, made an intriguing discovery about a decade ago. The ubiquitous hum of modern society follows a unique pattern that allows many recordings to be validated. Now police in the United Kingdom have begun to use the tactic to verify evidence in important court cases.
I. Industry's Silent Song
Recordings traditionally have been a highly unreliable form of evidence, given that they could easily be cleverly staged or tampered with.
That's where the hum comes in. Electrical sources such as light poles and power outlets emit a near imperceptible hum. While centered around the frequency of the alternating current (50 Hz in the UK), the hum dips and rises by a few thousandths of a hertz over time. The frequency drops when demand outpaces supply, and rises when supply outpaces demand.
Given a long enough window, this pattern of rising and falling frequencies is virtually unique, as Dr. Grigoras found.
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But by using a technique called Electric Network Frequency (ENF) analysis, law enforcement can store the pattern of the hum
for a particular grid
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II. A New Time Stamp, but Could it be Gamed?
A trio of London gangsters -- Hume Bent, Carlos Moncrieffe and Christopher McKenzie -- recently saw their defense against London Metropolitan Police charges of gun dealing fall apart thanks to ENF. Dr. Alan Cooper, a Met Police ENF expert, validated police recordings of weapons deals using the grid buzz, scientifically damaging the defense's claim that the recordings were tampered with.
A trio of gun dealers were sentenced with the help of ENF verification of police evidence.
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The trio was founded guilty and sentenced to prison for a total of 33 years.
It seems appropriate the novel forensics method has been pioneered in the birthplace of fiction's Sherlock Holmes. But in years ahead, some questions about ENF remain unanswered. For example, while individuals would be unlikely to be able fake the ENF hum, it might be feasible, albeit extremely difficult, for a police force to filter out the hum in a recording and dub in a hum at the time they wish to make the recording appear from, given that they have access to the entire database of recordings.
It might be even possible for a citizen skilled in audio recording to carry out such a feat. Thus the technique may lay to rest questions of cruder tampering, but may still have flaws of its own. For that reason, in time it will probably be used as a piece of a richer evidence puzzle, also composed of other circumstantial clues like
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With half the 2012 season finished, Sporting News' network of NFL correspondents asked 103 players from 27 teams everything you want to know about this year in our annual midseason players poll.
As always in our midseason poll, players were not allowed to name their teammates or head coach for any of their answers.
Who is the most underrated head coach?
Gary Kubiak, Texans 15
Mike Smith, Falcons 15
Tom Coughlin, Giants 11
Mike Tomlin, Steelers 8
Pete Carroll, Seahawks 6
Lovie Smith, Bears 5
John Fox, Broncos 4
Jim Harbaugh, 49ers 4
Mike McCarthy, Packers 4
Joe Philbin, Dolphins 4
John Harbaugh, Ravens 3
Marvin Lewis, Bengals 3
Greg Schiano, Buccaneers 3
Leslie Frazier, Vikings 2
Andy Reid, Eagles 2
Six coaches received one vote
"Kubes (Gary Kubiak) has always been underrated, but I've been telling people for years that he has one of the greatest offensive minds in the game. What sets him apart is that he is a players coach. He can talk to them. He can relate to them, and the players play hard for him because there is a tight bond." — Ravens S Bernard Pollard, who played for Kubiak in Houston for two seasons
"Mike Smith. I think he always has teams that are well prepared. They win a lot during the regular season. They've had some blunders in the playoffs, but overall they've always had a top team in the NFC South and they find a way to get to the playoffs every year with a young quarterback. And nobody talks about them a lot. Nobody gives them enough credit, but they're always well prepared. He always has his guys ready to play. You can tell they're very disciplined—not a lot of cheap stuff or anything like that." — Eagles LB DeMeco Ryans
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If you follow my Twitter feed, you know that I often have critical words to say about CNN. Based on my tweets alone, you might reasonably conclude that I hate the network.
The truth is I don't. I'm just bitterly disappointed in what the network has become. CNN's decline has occurred at the exact moment that a solid news—not opinion—network is needed most.
There's a vital need for a cable news channel that aims down the middle and gets it right. CNN should be the network that meets that need. Instead, it's too often filled with silly and completely unnecessary graphics of holograms (really), silly and completely unnecessary over-coverage of "breaking" stories (such as the hours-long broadcast following the arrival of the Carnival Triumph cruise ship), and, worst of all, incorrect reporting.
CNN has had its credibility shattered in recent years. Its reputation took a bad hit in 1998, when the network claimed that U.S. troops committed war crimes during Operation Tailwind, a covert incursion that occurred during the Vietnam War. The network retracted the report.
In 2000, the network suffered another black eye by calling the presidential race incorrectly. More recently, CNN said that Gabrielle Giffords had died (she didn't), that the Supreme Court overturned ObamaCare (it didn't), and that Ryan Lanza was the Newtown shooter (he wasn't – it was his brother, Adam).
But CNN's misreporting in April about the Boston Marathon bombings may have been its lowest moment, compounding the network's growing reputation for blowing the big story.
At the time of this report, no arrest had been made—correspondent John King made these comments before the manhunt in Watertown, Mass., that led to the death of one suspect and the capture of another.
King didn't stop there. He also described the suspect as a "dark-skinned male," which turned out to a questionable description—and was probably too vague to warrant mention at all.
John King later acknowledged his mistake and described his agony over getting it wrong. But CNN Worldwide president Jeff Zucker seemed not to care. He sent his staff a tone-deaf and congratulatory statement on their wonderful coverage of the bombing:
"For journalists like each of us, these are the times that define what we do and why we do it. All of you, across every division of CNN Worldwide, have done exceptional work. And when we made a mistake, we moved quickly to acknowledge it and correct it."
"For journalists like each of us, these are the times that define what we do and why we do it. All of you, across every division of CNN Worldwide, have done exceptional work. And when we made a mistake, we moved quickly to acknowledge it and correct it."
Zucker is right that these are the times that define what they do. It's just that his rose-colored definition is wrong. Although many of CNN's reporters and correspondents reported parts of the story well, their successes were drowned out by their mistakes.
It's true that other news organizations botched this story (and some others I mentioned in this piece), but I don't expect more from many of those outlets. I do expect more from CNN. For that reason, I'm naming CNN's misreporting the worst video media disaster of the month.
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Office Depot (NYSE:ODP) shares surged as much as 14% on Monday after an "activist investment firm" said it has taken a 13% stake in the company.
Who cares? ODP stock is doomed — so don't buy the head fake.
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. analyst Colin McGranahan said it best in this MarketWatch article: Whatever the stake from big-name firm Starboard, "the challenging topline environment will remain a headwind to profitability, and that the company's free cash flow will inherently limit (its) pace of initiatives."
In short, brick-and-mortar office supply retail is not a growth business, and the specific balance sheet of ODP remains a mess no matter what. The company is projected to record yet another annual loss in fiscal 2012.
There might be a bit of a short squeeze here going on as those on the downside bail out. ODP stock had roughly 14% of its float held short as of last month and had a short ratio of 7.3.
For those unfamiliar with the metric, short ratio is the amount of time (in days) it would take bearish traders to cover all their bets based on current volume. So in simple terms, it would take seven full days of trading to bleed all the shorts out — and it seems like some have cut and run now rather than get caught in a bad spot down the road.
But the bottom line is that Office Depot's business sucks. If Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) and Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) are seeing earnings dry up since they can't sell laptops, what do you think the score is at ODP? And with Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) and other e-commerce sites dominating, why would anyone stumble around Office Depot instead of getting stuff online? Or just picking the gear up at Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) or Target (NYSE:TGT) with the rest of their back-to-school shopping?
The Office Depot bounce is naive. Even more ridiculous is the sympathy bounce we are seeing in Staples (NASDAQ:SPLS) and OfficeMax (NYSE:OMX)! They are both equally cooked and don't even have the Starboard headline to help.
If you own ODP and are long, sell now. If you're short, I would sit tight if you can and wait for the squeeze to end.
Easy for me to say, though, since I got my ass handed to me betting against Sears (NASDAQ:SHLD).
Jeff Reeves is the editor of InvestorPlace.com and the author of "The Frugal Investor's Guide to Finding Great Stocks." Write him at firstname.lastname@example.com or follow him on Twitter via @JeffReevesIP. As of this writing, he owned a long position in Apple.


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The California Gurl is going country.
Katy Perry is teaming up with Kacey Musgraves to celebrate the 50th episode of CMT Crossroads this summer.
The show, set to air June 13 at 10 p.m. ET on CMT, will have the two trading off, with Perry performing tracks off Musgraves' latest album, Same Trailer, Different Park and Musgraves taking a stab at songs from Perry's catalogue, including her latest, Prism.
In a statement to Billboard, Perry made it clear that her and Musgraves might make different kinds of music, but they're not that different from a songwriter's point of view.


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Timofey Mozgov, Tiago Splitter, Robin Lopez, Semih Erden, Omer Asik.
All these guys are on cheap contracts , highest is Mozgov at $3.6 mil.
I think some teams would trade one of these guys for TPE, James Johnson, or another trade.
What you guys think BC should do, keep hoping to snag a Chandler or a Gasol, or should he just go with the cheap young center to grow with the team we have now. Personally , I think Asik and Mozgov can be obtained at the right price, seeing as the CBA is looming opon us.


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This is the cover feature for Dime #70. To see the piece in its entirety, check out the issue on newsstands nationwide now.
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A year ago, we weren't the only ones waiting for John Wall to explode. The entirety of the basketball universe felt he was on the cusp of touching greatness. Instead, the rise of one of the NBA's best young players slowed through a tumultuous losing season in Washington. Now, Wall plans on fulfilling his promise next season. The world is waiting.
There are the smiles, the fist pounds and the congratulatory handshakes, the markers signing basketballs and the sneakers exchanged. Cameras flash, and the light swarms over everyone. There's one of them asking, "Where you goin' tonight?" as if the only thing in the world he wants to add is, "Let me come too." It's a tsunami of adulation, a title wave of admiration, a downpour of respect. John Wall, in his red and black Louis Vuitton sneakers, drinking out of a blue and steel gray Red Bull can, says he got used to it. He had to. Because this stampede isn't even killer, these autograph and picture seekers are all ballplayers themselves. Some are former D-I players. Others get paid overseas. Some are merely Washington, D.C. streetballers. All are here for Red Bull Midnight Run. But they're not supposed to glow when Wall shouts them out. Love is love on the court. Respect the game. But if they can engulf him like this, he'll need a police escort the next time he walks into the Fashion Centre at Pentagon City.
It's a regular thing for a star. Celebrity is a proverbial fishbowl, where you can get caught up in the middle off it, look up and suddenly, you can't move or breathe. "The more you win, the more they come," Derrick Rose told GQ recently. The funny thing about this story though? Wall hasn't actually become one yet.
16.3 points per game. Eight assists a night. A 17.77 Player Efficiency Rating, ranking him No. 71 in the entire NBA. As a team, the Wizards went 20-46, and were out of the race for the playoffs within last season's first 15 games. What will everyone remember from their year? More often than not, it'll be the night JaVale McGee ran the wrong way.
One summer after we put Wall on the cover of our "Breakout Issue," one lockout after the 2010 No. 1 overall pick flew all over the country and shut down every gym and playground across America, and one season after he had one of the most disappointing NBA years of anyone, nothing has really changed. Wall is still learning to become great, and the Wizards are still a mess.
"You wanna do it all," Wall says. "You wanna be an All-Star. You wanna be one of the top five best point guards. You wanna make the playoffs, and get this city back to where they know they can be. When you have the playoffs, I heard how crazy it could be when everybody is wearing all white. That's what I want to get to. I want to be the savior."
Charles Dickens once wrote a novel about the personal growth of an orphan boy who went from a hardened blacksmith to a wealthy gentleman. But Pip did it all in the shadow of anonymity. John Wall has his Great Expectations, and they are dragging him along for the ride. The public needs a star. Washington, D.C. needs a hero. And they want him now.
Wall can play the part. At the Red Bull Midnight Run in downtown D.C., he survived the mass of awed ballplayers to command the gym, and helped the event staff pick out which players deserved to move on in the national showcase tournament. Wall called out to his friend, Baby Shaq, after a strong post move. He yelled at Ralph Hegamin Jr., an overseas player, and asked for his name in the middle of a game. Everything nearly stopped. He joked with Myles Holley, "We're used to seeing dunks go in the basket!" after the local player barely missed a windmill. He was Yoda, and the 100 players in attendance were his apprentices.
Weeks before, we shot the cover for this issue at famed Barry Farms playground on a sweltering Friday in April. Wall pulled up in the passenger seat of a gleaming white Porsche, wearing flip-flops and black NBA socks. It was 3:38 in the afternoon. Washington had practice at 5. Wall came in and knocked it out: posing against the fence, Red Bull and Reebok product shots with the sun shredding his face, time needed with a basketball in his hand, and the video interview. Anyone who's worked with famous athletes knows it doesn't always go this way.
I asked him about his new sponsorship with Red Bull, and how often he drinks it.
"Often, probably once or twice a day," he told me, before adding. "Most of the time, I try to drink my mom's sweet tea. But if I'm not drinking that or Gatorade, I try to sneak a Red Bull in there."
Just last summer, Javaris Crittenton was memorably arrested in connection with an Atlanta murder. Earlier in that same August, ex-NBAer Sean Banks was arrested after he was suspected to be involved in two separate burglaries totaling $20,000 worth of valuables. For 149 days, through the summer and into the fall, David Stern, Billy Hunter and the rest of the NBA's suits couldn't break down a $4 billion dollar pie, nearly keeping the world's fanbase from getting a taste. After a loss in the 2011 NBA Finals, LeBron James even admitted he locked himself away in his home for two weeks, sulking, listening to nothing but Barry White and Curtis Mayfield, feeling sorry for himself. It was a summer of gloom for Stern's global brand, from actual arrests to the near arrest of the entire NBA.
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She was born July 21, 1924, at Bearden to Bailey and Carlee Calloway Morgan. She was a former secretary for the United States Forest Service, was a former Jaycette and was a member of First United Methodist Church and the United Methodist Women.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Edward A. Tuller; a daughter, Vicki Hughes; two sisters, Dorothy Lee Weisglass and Rosaline Wirtel; a brother and sister-in-law, Jack and Carroll Morgan; and three brothers-in-law, Don Tuller, Charlie Tuller and Ernest Tuller Jr.
Left to cherish her memory are her son and daughter-in-law, Gary A. and Debbie Tuller of Russellville; three sisters-in-law and a brother-in-law, Nancy and Frank Simon of Arlington, Va., Joyce Tuller of Fayetteville, and Dorothy Tuller of Roseburg, Ore.; six grandchildren, Chris Ed Hughes of Russellville, Carlee Hughes of Fort Worth, Texas, Amber Tuller of Seattle, Wash., Jason Tuller of Chicago, Ill., Sarah Tuller of Fayetteville, and Jennifer Bryant of Fayetteville; four great-grandchildren, Carson Morris, Alex Hughes, and Zachary and Will Bryant; and numerous nephews and nieces.
A graveside memorial service will be conducted by Shinn Funeral Service of Russellville at 10 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 1, 2012, at Oakland Cemetery. The Rev. Gail Brooks will officiate. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the United Methodist Women.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations may be made to the Building Fund of First United Methodist Church, 304 S. Commerce Ave., Russellville, AR 72801; or that donors might "pay it forward."
The family would like to express a special "Thank You" to the staff of Russellville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center for their loving care of Mrs. Tuller.
The online obituary and guestbook are available at www.shinnfuneral.com.
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Many old Japanese houses are reconstructed in this park, "Fuchu Kyodo-no Mori". The large house with white roof (Tanaka-family's House) seen in the right side is an old wooden building of a merchant of fabrics used more than 100 years ago. The black house in the left side is originally built in 1888 and used as a drug store in the Meiji period.
Tama area is the name of the western part of Tokyo Metropolis. It consists of 26 cities, 3 towns and a village. A lot of people (about 4 milion) live in a eastern half part of the area. However, there are many mountains in the western part of Tama area, and there are very little flat land. Many hiking spots are in the western area, so you can enjoy walking on the trail, camping, and so on. If you see the beautiful mountain scene, you may not believe this is also in Tokyo.


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Decentralisation and Local Development: What's next?Dec 12, 2013
It has been over a decade now since the country first embarked on major decentralization reforms. These ongoing reforms have significantly enhanced local democratic governance and have proven key drivers of economic growth.
Greater responsibilities mean greater challenges, however, and many smaller rural municipalities have struggled to fulfil their new obligations.
UNDP has supported the decentralization process from the very start, working closely with local and national partners to help build up the capacities of local government institutions to overcome these challenges.
A vast amount of experience has been gained by all the stakeholders involved in this complex process. Innovative solutions have been explored in many areas—including the introduction of inter-municipal cooperation as a means of addressing the substantial disparities between the capacities of different local governments—and many important lessons have been learnt along the way.
Now a major review of decentralization has been undertaken to reflect on this experience.
With assistance from UNDP, research was conducted in all municipalities to identify the main achievements of decentralization and the main challenges that lie ahead. Carried out from September to November 2013, the research involved extensive surveys of local state administration bodies and local government units, as well as interviews with mayors and round table discussions with relevant stakeholders.
The key findings of this research were presented at a conference held today. This event, organized with UNDP support by the Ministry of Local Self-Government and the Association of Local Self Governments, brought together over 200 representatives from various ministries, state agencies, academia, NGOs and international organizations. Reflecting the importance of decentralization to the country's process of accession to the EU, the conference was entitled 'Decentralisation and Local Development in the EU membership Perspective'.
Introducing the research findings at the opening of the conference, UNDP's Deputy Resident Representative Alessandro Fracassetti emphasised that "Over the past 10 years, local governments have been under great pressure to adapt to the complex decentralization reforms. The latest research shows that significant progress has been achieved in areas such as the legal and institutional framework for transfer of powers and resources, but many municipalities still struggle when it comes to improving the quality, efficiency and inclusiveness of public services."
The findings relate to five main areas of decentralization: the legal and institutional framework for the transfer of powers and resources; fiscal decentralization; local service delivery; the development of the administrative capacity of local self-government units; and local democratic practice and citizen participation in decision-making.
The Legal and Institutional Framework for the Transfer of Powers and Resources
The research shows that significant progress has been made in simplifying procedures for the legalization of illegally built structures, including buildings for agricultural purposes on farmland. The adoption of a new Law on Concessions and Public-Private Partnership has also helped to speed up this process of legalisation. However, challenges still remain due to complex legislation in the area of environmental protection and unclear provisions on municipal liability for damages from natural disasters.
Fiscal Decentralization
Total revenues of local government increased by 12 per cent from 2011 to 2012. Higher revenues were realized in 70 municipalities through a 9.4% increase in grants and the share of local government in VAT increased to 4% in 2012, while the share of the local revenues in GDP increased to 6.36% compared to 5,78% in 2011.
However, major challenges remain with regard to insufficient funds for education in block grants for heating and student transportation costs, the lack of a fully functional system of fiscal equalization, and the growing number of municipalities with blocked accounts.
Local Service Delivery
The research found that municipalities are satisfied with the cooperation between municipal councils, mayors and municipal administration. Inter-municipal cooperation has been established in 85% of the 53 municipal councils surveyed. A significant number of new school buildings have been constructed and many existing school buildings have been renovated. Substantial investments in social welfare and the protection of children and elderly people have been realized in 12 of the municipalities surveyed. Five new technological and industrial development zones have been established.
The main challenges that remain in the area of local service delivery are related to problems with drinking water, which affect some 13 of the municipalities surveyed. Some thirty per cent of the surveyed municipalities do not deliver appropriate services for the collection and management of municipal waste. Only half of the surveyed municipalities provide full sanitation coverage. Only half half of the municipalities provide organized local passenger transport. And two-thirds of the municipalities are not implementing measures to encourage energy efficiency at local level.
The Development of the Administrative Capacity of Local Self-Government Units
A series of training events have been held to build the capacities of municipal councillors, including training in gender equality, equal opportunities and non-discrimination, the prevention of human trafficking, and community relations.
The main challenges that remain concern the lack of adequate professional staff in rural municipalities. The issuing of B integrated environmental permits is the biggest single challenge, while additional training is needed in areas such as support for entrepreneurship, competitiveness and innovation, financial management, the preparation of urban planning documentation in rural areas, the electronic issuance of building permits, the promotion of rural tourism and the implementation of the Law on Waters.
Local Democratic Practice and Citizen Participation in Decision-making
The findings of the survey show a welcome increase in the number of civil initiatives submitted. All of the municipalities surveyed meet their legal obligation for holding open sessions of the council.
More than half of the 55 surveyed municipalities have developed institutional mechanisms for direct consultation with citizens. And most municipalities organize meetings with citizens through their urban and local communities.There remains a clear need, however for an increased use of innovative mechanisms for direct citizen participation in decision-making on issues of local importance. A proactive approach further requires initiatives to strengthen social cohesion.
The participants at the conference were unanimous in agreeing that more work still needs to be done to build local capacities for implementing decentralized competencies in a more efficient manner. And capacities also need strengthening to achieve a predictable, equitable, and sustainable fiscal system for financing the functions of local government—especially for local service delivery.
Another challenge identified at the conference is for local governments to continue increasing their accountability to the public, making transparency an integral part of their work. Local government structures must continue and expand their efforts to be socially inclusive, reaching out to citizens from all communities, including the most vulnerable groups in the population.
To help municipalities met these responsibilities, UNDP has strongly and consistently supported greater cooperation among local actors and the creation of partnerships for local development and growth. It is therefore one of the most encouraging findings of the survey that almost two thirds of the country's municipalities are now actively cooperating to share the costs and burden of local service provision.


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Currently I'm coding a security program in VB.NET and I'm trying to disable Task Manager through the registry I've got all the code worked out I just need the path. I know this may seem stupid to some of you and your asking yourselfs "Why doesn't he go look it up himself?" well it's because I'm at school and I dont have access to regedit
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Outdoor Music & Film Revival
Avant-glam Cleveland band Cobra Verde kicks off the evening with a set of trademark rock-and-roll abandon. Followed by Songs for Cassavetes (90 mins.), a documentary look at the do-it-yourself world of underground music from the perspective of those who make it happen. Inspired by a quote from late director John Cassavetes, filmmaker Justin Mitchell documented 10 underground bands making music in the wake of the "alternative" media explosion of the early 1990s. Shot in black-and-white 16mm film at locations across the country (from Olympia, Washington, to Washington, D.C.), Songs for Cassavetes includes performances and interviews with Sleater-Kinney, the Make-Up, Unwound, Further, Dub Narcotic Sound System, and more.
This event will be canceled in the event of rain.
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Discussion in 'Pros' Racquets and Gear' started by Finikas, Dec 13, 2012.
Marcos today used head youtek ig in his training in cyprus
Youtek ig speed
Which one?
how did he like it?
you answered before you saw my question. good stuff
I don't know, just saw it in tv
i thought you were maybe his hitting partner
Marcos kick with it
look the video on the right from 45.00-46
He as using the new Graphene IG Speed, its the same as some pictures floting around in the forum
Great find, thanks for sharing.
pic upload
that's the new graphene speed
Head was probably interested in the attention given to his racquets when he smashed four of them last year.
I predict he'll smash six this year.
^^That would be HILARIOUS.
Ti kaneis file? Ti lei to nisi mou?
Baghdatis will hopefully get something going on late in his career, ala agassi. Such a pleasure to watch, at the least entertaining.
Finally He got a deal for free racquets, nice for him!
Gaia sou klementine. Kala eimai. To nisi mas xalia.
We hope Marcos goes bit better.
O papous mou einai ap'ta katexwmena, h mana mou efige to '74, egw gyni8ika sthn kerkyra to '79,megalosa sthn kypro kai ellada, kai twra vriskome sto stoma tou lykou, sthn ameriki. Kserw ta pragmata den pane kala twra, alla makari se 2-3 xrwnia na f8iaksoun, kai na gurisw.
Marcos gives the island something to rally behind and forget the everyday reality. Really wish he was a better ambassador though. Here's hoping he has a good year.
good move for him deserved a sponsor
Foot fault.
Now those are some dudes who travel in comfort over style.
Not everyone in Biz/First Class appreciates the look. I usually have a warmup jacket, not a hoodie. But some people are ok and ask if I'm an ex-pro. To which I say "only until the alarm clock goes off."
@Finikas, thanks for all the great pictures!
Couldn't care less what people think about me when I fly in sweats! I paid for my ticket just like they did.
Thanks west coast ace, my pleasure
He' still using the blue one in match right now.
Flying via emirates not too shabby.
If he were to use the new speed he probably won't be allowed to before the unveiling on the eleveth.
Probably, though I saw one of the finalists playing with the new Speed racquet in the AO play-off. (.....)
On topic: Great news for Marcos!
Off topic: New Instinct paintjob
Has anyone clos-up pics of Marcos' blue Cyprus PJ btw. ?
We'll see what he has when 2013 hits. Who knows what the wording of the endorsement contracts say? Could stipulate that he has to finish the tournament with the old stick. We'll know as January unfolds.
I thought there was more, but here is what I found:
Marcos looks slim/fit on these pics...hope he can get it together and deliver some amazing tennis this year
That's not how it works. If he liked the Speed and if HEAD did not wont anyone to know the new cosmetics then the racquet would have been painted all black.
Sorry for this size of the photo...here he is still with blue racket.
He's still using his blued out Fischer.
Still with his old frame.
Nooo!... Baggy can't have finally quit his beloved Fischers!:shock:
Well if Safin didn't drive Head to bankruptcy i think they will be okay with the likes of Baghdatis...
Photos of Marcos's rackets
Here are a few pictures of his rackets from June 2012:
From another thread:
Interestingly enough, the bumper guard was labelled "Tecnifibre - 16 x 20". The racket definitely seemed to be from the Fischer Pro No.1 mold though. Funny that it didn't have Fischer or Pacific labelled on the grommet strip.
Hope this can be of help,
That's because he was with Tecnifbre before and the "315 speedflex" was a copy of his old Fischers...
Sweet photos prostringing!
Looks like the racquets were a bit of a collaboration... "Custom design and paint by Curt Stefan" (Bosworth) yet built to specs by P1... Interesting
Thanks for sharing.
Or maybe the Graphene is unbreakable, and that's their angle.
This is the mother of Frankenstein..
Priority One Twitter photos :
Marcos used the graphene to Davis cup
Uses the head racquet in munich as well. still no head stencil though, which means he hasnt signed the contrac yet imo.
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Parker Strip SRMA was selected from a pre-existing coverage (probably recma_p) based on the existing Parker Strip planning area. The previous Gibraltar management area was screen digitized and Swansea ACEC Alternative 4 was added. Then the remaining areas were screen digitized based on RMP planning. The city limits of Lake Havasu were erased.
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