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[Ham-80211] OT??? High power 2.4 GHz rules changeBrian Webster bwebster at wirelessmapping.com
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Marlon, While it would be a good thing for the industry to oppose this to keep it from possibly happening, in all practical senses there are gong to be very few hams ever using this and it would be in limited areas. I have not heard of any planned uses for the high power rules and no projects I am aware of (been a ham for 17 years). One possible use may be in the same use WISP's do but for emergency communications much like what we did with WISPA down in Mississippi after Katrina. There would be the possibility for this use in the Video uses of ham radio but that has very limited use around the US. If you can get a hold of an ARRL repeater directory you might find listings for ATV (amateur television) repeaters to see who has anything in the band where there would be a more constant use. They may also want to use this for Space communications. This would encompass satellite comms as well as moon bounce experiments (yes they use the moon as a passive repeater). These would be narrow band signals and pointed out in to space not terrestrial comms. This could create problems for WISP's but on a very local area. I'm really not sure why they are asking for this rule change other than hams are normally more frugal than a WISP and they can get gear to operate in this band from surplus sources but it does not meet the APC requirements. To use the gear would require them to figure out a way to deal with that. That's costs time, skill and money. Just my thoughts, I'm sure there will be people who disagree with my opinions. Thank You, Brian Webster N2KGC www.wirelessmapping.com <http://www.wirelessmapping.com> -----Original Message----- From: Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 [mailto:ooe at odessaoffice.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 12:04 PM To: towertalk at contesting.com Cc: Principal WISPA Member List; FCC Discussion; Amateur 802.11b Mailing List Subject: [Ham-80211] OT??? High power 2.4 GHz rules change Hi All, As I'm sure you guys are aware, HAMs are primary users in about half of the 2.4 gig band. When using APC you can run very high wattage. I can't remember if it's 100 or 1000. This is for video as I recall. There's a proposal to drop the APC requirement. As a board member of the Wireless Internet Provider's Association (www.wispa.org) I've been asked to ask for your input on the issue. WISPs, and other license exempt users, are limited (for all practical purposes) to 4 watts for our broadcast sites. And much of the gear is contention based, so anything that's always on tends to cause great headaches and gnashing of teeth. We will likely fight this new proposal but wanted input from the HAM community first. Are there people using this ability today? What's it used for? Any plans for more high power 2.4 gig use? Are there any reasons that we shouldn't come out against the proposal to drop the APC requirement? Am I missing anything? Asking the wrong questions etc? Thanks all! Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage) Consulting services 42846865 (icq) And I run my own wisp! 188.8.131.52 (net meeting) www.odessaoffice.com/wireless www.odessaoffice.com/marlon/cam _______________________________________________ ham-80211 mailing list ham-80211 at lists.tapr.org https://lists.tapr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ham-80211
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discussed, but appeared stalled.
That impasse was finally
resolved this week. The deal was greased by a 400M € (about
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agreement with the Swedish government.
Swedish Minister for
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the government with the GM Europe. The [loan] money is not used for
running the company but for development projects which will lead the
future of Saab to be greener and more environmentally
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Saab's facilities will cease their wind-down
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Amtrak's Vermonter will run at 59 mph from St. Albans to White River Junction, and 79 mph south of there to the Massachusetts border, the agency says. Massachusetts and Connecticut are advancing improvement plans for their portions of the Vermonter route, known there as the Knowledge Corridor.
Speeds originally were expected to be raised March 1, according to the Vermont Rail Action Network, an advocacy group. On its website, the group notes, "It will take another year or so for the rewly reconstructed line in Massachusetts to open, eliminating the Palmer backup move and removing another 30 minutes or more from the timing. Further speed increases are coming on the Connecticut portion of the line by 2016.
"I can say with confidence, having watched this at close range, that this was a project done without waste that will bring real results—not only in a faster Amtrak train, but in the economic benefits of 286,000-pound freight," Vermont Rail Action Network Executive Director Christopher Parker said Monday to Railway Age.


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Miami, FL (SportsNetwork.com) - The Miami Marlins acquired starting pitcher Jarred Cosart from the Houston Astros in a six-player deal before Thursday's non-waiver trade deadline.
The Marlins also got infielder Enrique Hernandez and outfielder Austin Wates in exchange for outfielder Jake Marisnick, pitcher Francis Martes, infielder Colin Moran and a 2015 competitive balance draft pick.
Cosart, 24, has compiled a 9-7 record with a 4.41 ERA in 20 starts this season, his second with Houston.
The young right-hander, who was slated to start for the Astros against Toronto on Thursday, went 1-1 across 10 starts with a 1.95 ERA during his rookie season last year. He was originally acquired by Houston from Philadelphia as a part of the Hunter Pence deal in 2011.
Hernandez, 22, has hit .284 with a home run and eight RBI in 24 games since making his MLB debut on July 1.
Wates has played in 74 games for Triple-A Oklahoma City, hitting .299 with two home runs and 30 RBI. The 25-year-old has yet to play in the majors.
Marisnick, who appeared in 14 games for the Marlins this year, has spent most of the season at Triple-A New Orleans, where he hit .277 with 10 home runs and 40 RBI in 89 contests. The 23-year-old will avoid the minors for now and report directly to Houston.
Moran was selected sixth overall by Miami in 2013 and has spent the 2014 season with Class-A Jupiter of the Florida State League, while Martes has been playing at the rookie level in the Gulf Coast League.


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Some weekend during spring term of my sophomore year at college, a group of us decided to go rafting down the Columbia. An old, old friend of mine, Scott, organized the trip, with promises that he'd take care of everything. All I was to do was grab three or four of my college buddies, and provide a second car for setting out.
Scott's purportedly well-nigh professional preparations consisted of: A raft, four mismatched paddles, two fifths of whiskey and six waterlogged life preservers that looked to be circa 1953 or so.
Within a quarter mile of setting in, we went over a waterfall. One minute we're tranquilly floating down the gentle Columbia River, and the next we're falling backward into a 30-foot abyss. In slow motion, I watched my friend Erik levitate bodily out of the raft while this macabre warble like a rooster on crank came out of him.
We were still capable of laughing at that one, believing it to be an aberration — perhaps some temporary rip in the time/space continuum like in Land of the Lost. Little did we know the waterfall was not the end of our troubles but the beginning of a low-brow psychedelic odyssey that was part Deliverance and part Dante's Inferno.
At one point — after we'd lost two life preservers, busted one paddle and suffered various minor contusions and sprains — we came around a bend in the river and sluiced into a misty, spouting, gurgling, grinding stretch of whiplash rapids punctuated by quick, sucking eddies formed by leeward pressure of the current pushing against the underside of massive sedimentary boulders.
We did our damnedest. Scott shouted directions from his perch on the stern — "Left! Left! Paddle, asshole, PADDLE!" — and we'd almost cleared the shitstorm, emerging only seconds from another, less turbulent bend, when the raft got hitched up against this gargantuan rock. Wild water gushed around the raft, shooting rooster tails; slowly, the boat was being pushed up and over the boulder.
"Jump!" Scott screamed.
There was noise, and then not-noise — or rather, sound became muddled and amplified, as though I'd been sealed inside a washing machine. Coming up for air, I was hurled against another boulder. For all I was worth I scrabbled to get on top of the thing. I stood — and continued to stand, stranded, smack in the middle of the mighty Columbia, lost and alone like some fuckpenny Robinson Crusoe.
It took them more than an hour to coax me off that rock and into a relatively unaggressive pool of water where I could dogpaddle ashore. Scott found a tree branch that was long enough to reach the middle of that pool. The idea was, if I went under, I could grab the limb and be hauled to safety. Or get skewered like a hotdog in boiling water.
One crucial piece of data might have saved, even prevented, that trip, but — as befits the whole fiasco — the warning was retroactive rather than preventative: The park ranger who found us said we'd traveled through Class 5 rapids. The ranger wasn't impressed. He gave us the universal expression of a parent who is "disappointed" in you.
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I'v used this flag successfully before, but for some reason it won't format the numbers in this code. They keep coming back in scientific notation no matter where I set the flags. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong? Here's the code:
double GetSquare(double x)
double a;
a = (sqrt(x));
return a;
int main()
double x;
cin >> x;
cout << setiosflags(ios::fixed) << setprecision(0)
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THE final moments of Dylan Daure's life have been captured on security surveillance.
A movement camera on the outside wall of the Middy's Complex, Buderim picked up the 19-year-old walking around for several minutes before he disappeared from view about 1am Sunday.
It is believed he then climbed a 1.5m concrete wall and fell into thick scrub off a vacant block on Ballinger Ct.
The loved and talented rugby player was found dead behind the wall on Tuesday.
Police said Dylan was naked in the footage.
He had walked 500m to the complex from the Buderim State School.
He had taken off his clothes at the state school and left them on a veranda outside a classroom.
This followed a night of drinking with his brother-in-law.
Sunshine Coast officer-in-charge, Detective Senior Sergeant Daren Edwards said nobody was seen with Dylan in the footage.
"He was just walking around for several minutes by himself," Snr Sgt Edwards said.
Dylan had walked to the area from the Buderim Tavern, where he had been drinking with his brother-in-law.
The pair left the tavern together and started walking east down Kings St.
They were talking on the phone to Dylan's brother in Townsville, who told them to call a taxi.
His brother-in-law then returned to the tavern and Dylan continued walking towards the school.
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WACO, Texas -- Kenny Chery, the new point guard for No. 23 Baylor, showed up for the postgame news conference wearing a vest and a bowtie with a backpack draped over his shoulders.
Chery is also starting to look sharp on the floor for the Bears, scoring 20 points with four assists and no turnovers in 32 minutes Sunday to help lead them to an 87-68 victory over Louisiana-Lafayette at home in an opening-round game of the Maui Invitational.
"I've never seen a player look this good ever in my career here," said guard Brady Heslip, sporting a long-sleeve Baylor T-shirt while checking out his fellow Canadian.
Chery's 3-pointer capped an early 15-5 run that put the Bears (3-0) ahead to stay after their sluggish start. Also in the spurt, he also had a jumper and an assist on the first of several impressive slam dunks by Cory Jefferson.
"Kenny played a tremendous game," Baylor coach Scott Drew said. "Since Day 1 he's been very diligent and coachable. He doesn't try to do too much and has been a great teammate. It's hard to go 7 for 10 with 20 points, four assists and zero turnovers but he's been very good in practice and we felt comfortable that he was going to be successful."
Chery took over as Baylor's starting point guard this year after the departure of Pierre Jackson, who was also a junior college transfer before being the Big 12 leader in scoring and assists and leading the Bears to an NCAA regional final and an NIT championship the past two seasons.
"Definitely, I'm feeling more comfortable," Chery said. "The first two games, it was just about adjusting to the team, adjusting to the new level, it's totally different from junior college. Playing with those guys, I'm just going to keep working and adjusting to Isaiah and Cory and Brady, all those new guys that I'm playing with. It's so many weapons, so I'm really comfortable now."
Heslip added 19 points in his 22 minutes while Jefferson finished with 16 points and 10 rebounds. Isaiah Austin had eight points on just 3-of-9 shooting, but had six rebounds and eight blocked shots.
Elfrid Payton had 20 points and Shawn Long 16 to lead the Ragin' Cajuns (2-2). Both came in averaging more than 21 a game.
Baylor plays at home again Wednesday night, against Charleston Southern, before traveling 3,700 miles to Maui for three games in Hawaii the three days leading into Thanksgiving.
In another Maui opening-round game Friday night, the Ragin' Cajuns led 60-59 with nearly 6 minutes left at Arkansas before losing 76-63. Louisiana will finish its portion of the tournament next weekend even further away from the Hawaiian Islands, with a pair of games in Conway, S.C.
The Cajuns had an early 9-3 lead after 3-pointers by Kevin Brown, Xavian Rimmer and Steven Wronkowski.
Brown penetrated inside along the baseline and then made a strong pass through the lane to Rimmer at the top of the key. That 3 made it 6-1 before the 15-5 spurt by Baylor, which missed its first four shots before Taurean Prince's dunk nearly 5 minutes into the game.
Rico Gathers had two free throws about midway through the first half to give Baylor a 13-11 lead before Chery's run-ending 3 from the corner.
J.J. Davenport, the Cajuns' 6-foot-6 325-pound center, fouled out with 13 minutes left when he got a personal foul and then a technical in the aftermath of the call.
Heslip hit both free throws and Baylor, whose 11-point halftime lead had been trimmed significantly, was back up 47-38.
Lafayette cut into that with an 8-2 run to start in the first 2 minutes of the second half. Brown swished a 3-pointer from the right wing while Long had a layup and a pair of free throws in that spurt that made it 35-30.
Lafayette never got closer. A minute later, Royce O'Neale had a pass to Isaiah Austin for a dunk before Chery then had a steal and a breakaway layup.
"We had a travel day yesterday, had a tough ballgame on Friday night against Arkansas, played well, and were actually in control of the game for 35, 36 minutes and let it go at the end," Cajuns coach Bob Marlin said. "I thought Chery played a really good game. I don't know if he can play better. And, of course, Brady played good."


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text: Did any of you try InterMezzo network filesystem? http://www.inter-mezzo.org I spent weekend in their docs and the design seems very well engineered - it could often work over network with speed of local ext3 filesystem for both read and write (!). It filters requests to normal ext3 serving as a persistent cache, working directly with local filesystem on cache hits and syncing over network otherwise, with clever use of journals. It is yet in development but quite close to usable, so I thing some attention (and little help ;-) from people on this list could greatly push it forward. Documents need to be updated here and there, code should be finished and debugged, but it still seemes to be very good way to go if you want persistent file cache. And yes, I thing many people here want persistent file cache, as many people have harddisk in their nodes and this harddisk is much much faster then Fast Ethernet NIC which also many of us still use. There are 'hevy' projects like AFS and Coda; these also provide persistent cache but are rather cumbersome (e.g. Coda uses its own filesystem). There is Enhanced Disk-Caching NFS Implementation by Greg Badros but it is unmaintained now. The obvious idea of using local filesystem to cache files which are otherwise fetched again and again seemes to have no easy available lightweight opensource solution - until InterMezzo is finished. There is reason for InterMezzo to be finished soon and maintained well: It is quite appealing both to cluster people and to 'normal' networked people as well - they can get much quicker and more robust networked filesystem than NFS is. So we may have the 'commodity software' effect - huge mainstream pushing us forward. IMHO InterMezzo is now just missing wider publicity, more people knowing that miracles offered by InterMezzo can come true soon - and so <propaganda> shall we help it a bit? </propaganda> Looking forward for any comments Vaclav Hanzl ------------------ References: InterMezzo Home: http://www.inter-mezzo.org InterMezzo HOWTO: http://www.inter-mezzo.org/docs/InterSync-HOWTO.html Old benchmarks suggesting that InterMezzo is needed: http://www.inter-mezzo.org/docs/bottlenecks.pdf Design of current InterMezzo synchronization daemon intersync: http://www.inter-mezzo.org/docs/intersync.pdf Happy articles about InterMezzo: http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/4368/1/ http://www.byte.com/documents/s=2289/byt1010012679751/0107_moshe.html Caching NFS Client [GJB98]: http://www.vergenet.net/linux/redundant_content/talk/html/node4.html http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/gjb/doc/enhanced-linux-nfs-client/index.html


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Kids games that will develop your child's imagination
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Ever have one of those Saturdays when the weather is too nasty to play outdoors? Worse, the power goes out, and you're without television and video games. You hear, "I'm bored. Will you play with me?" These game ideas using items found around the house can be played with minimal preparation.
Obstacle Walk - a trust walk with obstacles - The object is to finish the walk from one side of the room to the other without peeking and by following instructions. Items needed include a blindfold and any combination of soft items, such as pillows, cushions, air mattresses, beach balls, blankets, towels or stuffed animals.
Clear a free spot in the middle of the floor for safety. Blindfold one person and stand him or her on one side of the room. Toss the soft items around. Give directions to the blindfolded player to cross the floor by avoiding items, stepping over the items or collecting the items to get to the other side.
Give directions themed to a child's dreams. Use your imagination. For example, you may say, "Hop on one foot twice, hands at your sides to enter your space shuttle," "Your space suit is heavy so lift your right leg slowly and step as far as you can" or "You are entering the asteroid belt, drop to the ground and roll over twice to get through."
Change the placement of the items for each player. To make the game harder, have the player walk through other rooms in the house, down hallways and through doors.
Mystery Food Sniffer - a challenge to correctly identify foods by smell - Items needed include a blindfold, paper and pencil for keeping score (optional), paper cups or plastic bowls or plates to place the food on, and a variety of foods. Try pudding, ketchup, pickles, salad dressing, milk, cereal, tuna fish, celery, and any food with distinct odors.
Blindfold one player at a time, place a spoonful of the mystery food chosen in a dish. Without seeing, touching or tasting, the player must figure out what it is. For the scoring option, each player gets three guesses and earns three points for a right answer on the first guess, two points for a right answer on the second guess and one point for a right answer on the third guess. The player with the most points wins. Use different foods for each player.
Spoon Transfer - hand-eye coordination challenge to move items from one bowl to another using a spoon or chopsticks - Items needed include two bowls, a spoon or a pair of chopsticks, ten identical items like bite-size cereal, miniature candy bars, popcorn, and a stopwatch (optional). Set up two bowls, one on each end of the table. One bowl is empty and one bowl holds the ten items.
Use the spoon or chopsticks to move all ten pieces to the empty bowl. If an item is dropped, leave it where it lands. Count only the items in the bowl for a score. The winner is the one that moves the most pieces without dropping or moves all the items in the quickest time.
Sock Toss - toss rolled up socks into a mixing bowl - Items needed include one pair of rolled up socks for each player, a mixing bowl, a ruler to mark distances, and paper and pencil to keep score.
Mark out distances from the mixing bowl at intervals of two feet, four feet, six feet, eight feet, and ten feet with masking tape, Popsicle sticks or yarn.
Each player in turn will stand behind the line and toss the socks into the mixing bowl. Keep record of how many socks each player gets in at each distance. Modify the rules for younger players. For added difficulty, add more socks, increase the distance, use a blindfold or stand back to the bowl.
Scavenger Hunt - find as many items on a list as possible in 30 minutes - Items needed include a timer, grocery bag or pillowcase to hold the treasure, and a list of items to find.
Divide into teams of one or more players per team. Set a timer for 30 minutes. Search for the items and place them in the grocery bag or pillowcase. Pictures can count for finding an item. Be creative. The team or individual finding the most items at the end of thirty minutes wins.
Pirate Treasure - list of items to find (Use this list or make up one of your own) - On your list, you may include a silver coin, a gold coin, boat, feather, sand, seashells, map, flashlight, spyglass (telescope, binoculars or camera), shovel or bucket, precious stones (jewelry, shiny rocks, etc.), crown, parrot, flag, hat, rope, bones (fossils, skeleton, skull and crossbones), compass, and a bottle.
These games stretch a child's imagination and are only the beginning. Children gain confidence with practice; support their attempts to make up games. Adapt abilities to new challenges. Every time a child looks at an old game in a new way or comes up with something to do to entertain herself, she or he is developing the ability to think outside the box, a skill needed by future leaders. Have fun.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he wants police from three communities that have experienced mass shootings and across the country to help convince Congress to pass gun legislation.
Obama said no group is more important than law enforcement in the gun debate. He said he recognizes the issue "elicits a lot of passion all across the country" but that Congress will pay attention to police.
He urged Congress to pass an assault weapons ban, limit high capacity magazines and require universal background checks.
The president spoke as he met at the White House with the heads of the Major Cities Chiefs Association, the Major County Sheriffs Association, members of his Cabinet and chiefs that responded to the worst shootings of 2012 in Aurora, Colo., Oak Creek, Wis., and Newtown, Conn.


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My students are also blogging here:
Hard to believe, I know, but this class actually hangs together and has a plan. A while back, we talked about the whole cis vs. trans debate, and on Monday we went through another prolonged exercise in epistatic analysis in which the students wondered why we don't just do genetic engineering and sequence analysis to figure out how things work, so today we reviewed a primary research paper by Chris Cretekos (pdf) that teased apart the role of one regulatory element to one gene, Prx1, in modifying the length of limbs. It's a cool paper, you should read it. It's kind of hard to replicate the teaching experience in a blog post, though, because what I did most of the hour was ask questions and coax the students into explaining methods and figures and charts.
I'm afraid that what you're going to have to do is apply for admission to UMM, register for classes, and take one of my upper level courses. I always have students read papers direct from the scientific literature, and then I torture them with questions until they extract meaning from them. It's fun!
Although…it would also be cool to have a scientific-paper reading and analysis session at a conference, now wouldn't it? Especially if it could be done over beer.


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Damon Albarn of Blur and Gorillaz (although that might be ending sooon) has been busy gearing up for the "too corporate" London Summer Olympics, working with Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea on Rocket Juice and the Moon, releasing his "strange pastoral folk" English opera Dr Dee on Tuesday (May 8), and inviting former Oasis songwriter and arch-nemesis Noel Gallagher to write music with him.
But that hasn't stopped the extremely busy musician from working on a new solo album.
In an interview with BBC Radio 4's Front Row, Albarn told the British radio program that he's in the midst of a solo album "under his own name."
"This week we're mucking around with these Russian synthesizers in a very loose mind of doing some kind of record under my name," said Albarn when asked what he's working on. "I suppose you could call it a solo record, but I don't like that word. It sounds very lonely – solo. I don't really want to be solo in my life. But yeah, I'm making another record."
And broaching the topic of the Olympics, which Albarn previously dubbed as "too corporate," Albarn said Blur was playing the show for London.
"The corporate side I find a bit depressing," explained Albarn. "There's too much of it [sponsorship]. A lot of people see it differently. We're putting on another celebration for the official closure of the Olympic Games…But we're putting it on for London and people who hopefully want to sing their hearts out in a park."
"I'm signed up to the idea of regeneration in London and putting on a good account of ourselves; definitely."
Albarn's English opera Dr Dee, which was recorded with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and inspired by John Dee-a mathematician and adviser to Queen Elizabeth the first–was released on Tuesday, May 8th and is available on iTunes and Amazon.
Blur's Damon Albarn Invites Noel Gallagher To Collaborate, Publicly Ends Feud
The Supergroup That Almost Was: David Bowie, Ray Davies & Damon Albarn
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My wife and I did 2 weeks on bikes back in fall (Sept, Oct) of 2008. Here's a rough cost break down for two people on two bikes for 16 days (all in 2008 US dollars)
Airfare $1800 roundtrip
rental on 2 bikes for 14 days $4500
Gas for 2 bikes for 14 days (about 3000 km each) $900
food, lodging, passes, etc approx $3800
Total $11,000
Based on the advice we got from Globalrider and other on this website we did all out own planning and didn't make any reservations for hotels in advance except for our arrival and return to Munich (due to Oktoberfest). Never any problems with lodging or food.
Included in that amount is a train ride from Padua, Italy to Venice and two days at Oktoberfest in Munich after we returned the bikes.
had we been a little more selective in our lodging choices we probably could have saved some more money.
After we returned the bikes we took a train to Florence and stayed 5 days then a train to Rome for 5 more days. In total for 4 weeks in Europe we spend less than $15,000.
Of course you have to keep in mind that this is based on the fall 2008 exchange rate (approx $1.35 to the Euro) and lots of advanced (8+ months) planning a shopping for bargains.
The important thing to remeber is that you can do it own your own and save a bundle. Just be informed and saty flexiable.
Paul Mulhern
The biggest mistake people make... is thinking they have time.
You really splurged. In comparison, I run about Ôé¼700 for two weeks for food and lodging.
BTW, my friend and his wife who are coming along this summer are renting a Honda CBF 1000 with three hard cases for Ôé¼550 per week. Thats a good rate.
Yes airfare is for two and that's an open jawed flight into Munich and out of Rome. That cost me about $100 more than in and out of Munich. Also my home city is not a major hub so it costs me extra to get to Dallas or Houston first.
The food and hotel (for the two of us) is actually for 18 days since we were in Munich two nights before we left on the bikes and two nights after we returned them.
We didn't skimp on hotels.
Paul Mulhern
The biggest mistake people make... is thinking they have time.
2 weeks for a Honda CBF 1000: Ôé¼1100
14 nights accomodation with breakfast: Ôé¼490
14 dinners: Ôé¼280
14 days gas at 20 liters per day: Ôé¼448
Total: Ôé¼2318 or CA$3361 plus your airfare and non essential extras.
You're about right on.
I too am thinking of spending some time riding in Europe in 2011. My plan is to spend 4 or 5 months travelling around the continent. When I think of buying a new bike, the cost in Europe is far greater than US. For example, a new 1200 RT here is in the $18,000 range, but in Germany or Austria it's $22,000 when you factor in the cost of the EURO (1.36 U.S. as of yesterday).
So, my other thought was to ship my bike over there, pick it up in a port in Germany and then ship it back when I'm ready to come home.
I have traveled in Germany & Austria 3 out of the past 5 years, so I'm comfortable with the roads and lodging options, but I've never traveled by motorcycle there and that's my dream.
Any thoughts on buying vs shipping?
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We fly out June 30th to Munich. Will be riding two up. Pickup bike 2 July (GT) from Motogreek. Have made first 3 night reservation in Hinterthal Austria and last three nights in Garmisch Germany. In between we'll plan as we go (probably Dolomites). Plane tickets were high, $1400 each. Bike rental is 1145 Euros. First three nights are 350 euros (half board/ breakfast and dinner), last three nights at a US military resort Edelweiss, will be $450 US (no meals). We'll be on bike for 12 days. This will be our first trip to Europe. Have ordered cell phone from verizon for use in Europe ($15.00 fee plus .99 per minute if/when we use it) We don't plan on coming back with regrets from what we did or didn't do.
I began planning in December. Thought about doing a guided tour but knowing my wife and me, I knew we'd rather go it alone. Another couple is joining us. I sent emails to several rental companies throughout the Alps region and settled on Motogreek because of quick response and location in Munich.
Returned last night from first trip to the Alps . Rented a K1300GT Motogreek in Munich. Wife and I were two-up. Flew from Washington DC into Munich.
1 night Munich
4 nights Simonof Hotel Hinterthal Austria
5 nights Evaldo Hotel Arraba Italy
3 nights Edelweiss Resort Garmisch Germany
All inclusive costs $8k
PS, to the naysayers that say a GT is too big to be enjoyed on the "best roads in the Alps", take a course and ride more. We had no trouble riding two up on a fully loaded (with 49L top case) K1300GT.


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I pushed Mamma forward and we giggled. I was so happy now. I knew I'd have to say goodbye at some point, but for now, as long as I shut up, I'd have my Mamma and Papa' at my wedding. When we came back to everyone already, Matilda stood there. My mouth hung open and non-wet tears welled up in my eyes. "MATILDA! YOU'RE HERE! YOU'RE HERE!" I ran to her and gave her a huge hug. "Allegra hon, um. Ouch."
"Oh yea. I forgot." I giggled. "Matilda, me and Alberto, you remember him, we're getting married! And I'm--yea and you're my bridesmaid!" I hugged her again and we giggled.
"Alright anyways, everyone this is my mother who you're probably familiar with since she's the designer of the store and the woman who's name is on the label of your dresses- Katherina Delino." "Mamma these are my dear friends. Rose, my maid of honor. Matilda, Johanna, Anastasia, Jane and Celia who are currently MIA, and a few others who are also MIA."
"It's a pleasure to meet you all. Anyone who captures the interest of my Allegra, is worthwhile meeting." She smiled brightly for everyone.


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Barrington Stage Company: Mr. Finn's Cabaret plans 2014 season
PITTSFIELD -- Amanda McBroom, Fyvush Finkel, KT Sullivan, and Wanda Houston are among the performers scheduled to appear this summer at Barrington Stage Company's Mr. Finn's Cabaret, located on the lower level of the Sydelle and Lee Blatt Performing Arts Center, 36 Linden St.
Named for William Finn, the two-time Tony Award-winning composer/lyricist of "Falsettos" and "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" and artistic producer of BSC's Musical Theatre Lab, Mr. Finn's Cabaret will feature a wide-ranging mix of performers in a season running from mid-May through mid-October.
The series kicks off May 16, 17 and 18 with "Let's Fall in Love," starring Amanda McBroom with accompanist Michele Brourman in an evening of romantic songs by, among others, Cole Porter, Jacques Brel, Sammy Cahn, Jerome Kern, and McBroom.
On June 1, song stylist Wanda Hiuston will be "Bringing Down the House" in a program of music from the American Songbook. Sharing the stage with Houston will be her music director, Robert Kelly.
Ninety-one-year-old Emmy Award-winning ("Picket Fences") stage and screen legend Fyvush Finkel celebrates the great songs and humor of show business June 29 and 30. Accompanied by his two sons -- xylophonist Ian Finkel and concert pianist Elliot Finkel -- Finkel will offer a firsthand account of his career spanning English and Yiddish roles, from Second Avenue to modern-day television stardom.
Considered one of the most in-demand singers in cabaret and concerts in the country, KT Sullivan will appearat BSC in her show "Colored Lights," described as "a journey from the sticks to the Broadway stageŠ" The show is scheduled for July 12 and 13.
Also in the cabaret:
n "Benny Rides Again: An Evening of Benny Goodman's Swingin' Hits" with clarinetist Paul Green and vocalist Corinne Manning and musicians. June 8, 9
n Songwriters Cabaret No. 1: Will Aronson and Noel Carey. June 22, 23
n "Let's Misbehave: A Tribute to Cole Porter" featuring BSC's 2014 Musical Theatre Apprentices. July 1
n Joe Iconis & Family. July 5, 6
n Songwriters Cabaret No. 2: One Man Band -- The Songs of Joel Waggoner. July 20, 21
n "Doin' What Comes Naturally." A tribute to Ethel Merman starring Alix Korey. Aug. 3, 4
n Second Annual 10-Minute Musicals starring BSC's Musical Theatre Apprentices. Aug. 16, 17
n "One Woman Show" starring Shakina. Aug. 18
n Eli's All-Stars: Contemporary Classic Jazz -- The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong. Aug. 24
n Eli's All-Stars: Contemporary Classic Jazz -- George Gershwin's Romantic Jazz featuring Rebecca Sullivan. Aug. 25
n "No Place to Go" featuring Ethan Lipton and his Orchestra. Oct. 10, 11, 12
Complete ticket and program information is available through the Barrington Stage box office at (413) 236-8888 or online at barringtonstageco.org.
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"The Last Ride" opens Friday in Fayetteville, Fort Smith, Little Rock and Rogers. It will also open in Montgomery, Ala., and in Louisiana at Shreveport and West Monroe.
The movie is to open in wide release in January.
The film was shot in Little Rock in 2010 by Director Harry Thomason and Executive Producer Tim Jackson, who are both from Arkansas. The movie stars Henry Thomas and Jesse James.
Fort Smith television station KFSM reports that a new tax incentive for filmmakers in Arkansas helped land the production.
Williams died on Jan. 1, 1953, at age 29.


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Letter from THOMAS E. POWERS to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated June 1, 1858.
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Letter from THOMAS E. POWERS to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated June 1, 1858.
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Vermont Capitol, Superintendent's Office. Montpelier, June 1, 1858
Hon. Geo. P. Marsh --
Dear Sir
I have this moment returned from Woodstock & find yours of yesterday I have no means at hand of ascertaining the exact height at which the statue is to stand from the base of the building, but am quite sure it will be about one hundred & fifteen feet to the top of the railing The columns are 36 feet, the architrave about 12--the pediment about 10--& 57 feet more to the top of the railing -- The diameter upon the inside of the railing will be very near seven feet, but the nearest point in front at which the top of the railing can be seen I have at present no means of determining The size or height of -------------------------------- Page -------------------------------- the frame work, or pedestal on which the statue is to stand, has never as yet been agreed upon That can be made as shall be thought best I suppose it should be raised just high enough above the railing as to expose the feet to view from some point of observation in the street in front or nearly so --
So far as relates to the material to be used for putting the wood together with, I am decidedly in favor of thick white lead paint rather than glue The surfaces to be put together should have one good coat, & thoroughly dried, & then a very thick coat put on to stick them together with --
I will try to see you in Burlington some day this week --
In hasteT. E Powers
P.S. Mr. Richards writes me that there can be no doubt that the perspective was drawn showing the cupola over the center of the pediments as he proposed to place it T.E P


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Cleanthony Early and Ron Baker scored 16 points apiece and Wichita State hit seven straight 3-pointers late to knock the top-ranked and No. 1 seeded Bulldogs out of the NCAA tournament 76-70 on Saturday.
The Shockers (28-8) advanced to the Round of 16 for the first time since 2006, while Gonzaga became the first top seed to be eliminated, giving all the Zags doubters an I-told-you-so moment.
The Zags survived a scare in the second round against Southern but couldn't hold up against a fellow mid-major from Kansas whose motto is "play angry."
The Shockers face the winner of Sunday's game between La Salle and Ole Miss.
Wichita State had the Zags down 13 early. Though Gonzaga (32-3) fought back, the barrage of 3s was too much for the small school from Spokane, Wash.
Kelly Olynyk scored 26 points to lead Gonzaga, and Kevin Pangos had 19.
While Gonzaga held the top spot in the AP Top 25 over the final weeks of the season, skeptics thought of the Bulldogs as a soft No. 1 seed that benefited from a relatively easy schedule in the West Coast Conference while other top contenders were getting banged around in the power conferences.
One thing is certain: Wichita State was not intimidated.
"They never quit," Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall said. "You know we got the big lead, Gonzaga makes a great run as a No. 1 team in the country would, and these guys dig down."
Shockers, for sure.
They showed their grit after Gonzaga's 12-0 run gave the Bulldogs a 49-41 lead with 11:53 left. Back-to-back 3-pointers by Kevin Pangos and Michael Hart started it, Olynyk hit a jumper then a pair of free throws, and Pangos capped it with a steal and fast-break layup.
But Wichita State outscored the Zags 35-21 from there.
Tekele Cotton, Early and Baker hit three straight 3s to get the Shockers within 61-60.
Baker's free throws gave Wichita State the lead for good at 64-63 with 3:10 left. He then hit a 3 and freshman Fred VanVleet helped seal it with a final 3 with 1:28 remaining.
The Shockers, who made just 2 of 20 3-pointers in their 18-point win over Pitt on Thursday, shot 50 percent from beyond the arc and 50 percent overall.
"They deserve ton of credit," Gonzaga coach Mark Few said. "It's the first time in a while someone made 50 percent on us, and to bang in 14 3s (overall) is pretty amazing."
It was another sudden end to an amazing ride for Gonzaga. The Bulldogs were playing in their 15th straight NCAA tournament but have not advanced past the Round of 16 since 1999.
"I think we just ... let our guard down a little bit," said Gonzaga's Mike Hart. "That was key. We defended so well at start of the second half, then we just lost some guys. You can't do that when guys get it going. You gotta get a hand up and stay close to your assignments. We kinda lost it there a few possessions and that really hurt us."
While the Zags left disappointed, the Shockers stayed fairly low key in victory.
At one point, Early and teammate Chadrack Lufile jumped up and body slammed each other and the Shockers huddled at midcourt for a long team hug. But largely, Wichita State acted like a team that's been there before.
"We play together, we stick to our goals, we're good teammates," Baker said. He hardly looked fazed.
The game was physical as expected, with Olynyk getting a forearm across his neck in the first half but continuing to go hard at the basket.
Gonzaga's 39-30 rebounding edge couldn't make up for 36 percent shooting.
Six different Wichita State players hit 3s in the opening 20 minutes as the Shockers made 7 of 15 from beyond the arc in the first half.
They finished 14 of 28 overall.
"Man it means a lot," the Shockers' Carl Hall said. "It means a lot to this program and our fans deserve this."
Arizona put an emphatic end to Harvard's March Madness success story.
Mark Lyons matched his career high with 27 points to lead the sixth-seeded Wildcats (27-7). Arizona sprinted to a 30-9 lead, as the Crimson (20-10) missed 20 of its first 22 shots.
Lyons led Arizona to the program's 15th appearance in the Sweet 16. The Wildcats will play Iowa State or Ohio State next week in Los Angeles.
Harvard, meanwhile, goes home with its first NCAA win in tow. The 14th-seeded Crimson beat third-seeded New Mexico on Thursday but couldn't recreate the magic.
Kenyatta Smith led Harvard with 10 points. Freshman Siyani Chambers lost part of his front tooth after Arizona's Kevin Parrom elbowed him in the face.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Vander Blue scored 19 second-half points to rally third-seeded Marquette out of another hole, and the Golden Eagles survived No. 6 Butler 74-72 on Saturday to reach the round of 16 in the NCAA tournament.
Like November's first meeting between the teams at the Maui Invitational, won 72-71 by Butler on Rotnei Clarke's buzzer-beating 3-pointer, this was a back-and-forth, high-intensity affair that came down to the final shot.
Only this time, Butler missed.
Marquette (25-8) will meet the winner of Sunday's game between Illinois and Miami (Fla.) on Thursday in the East Regional semifinals at Washington, D.C.
Blue, who made a last-second layup to beat Davidson in Marquette's first tournament game, scored 29 points.
Clarke's 24 points led Butler (28-9).
After Jamil Wilson's two free throws made it 71-69, Davante Gardner deflected Clarke's pass intended for Kellen Dunham underneath and then made the first of three late free throws for 74-70 lead with 4.7 seconds left.
After Wilson's goaltend on what would have been a layup by Andrew Smith cut the lead to two 2 seconds later, Blue almost became the goat by throwing away the inbounds pass intended for Wilson with 2.9 seconds left.
The Bulldogs, who seem to win every close game at this time of year, couldn't get a good last look. Smith took an off-balance 3 from up top that was way off, slamming into the backboard and setting off another Marquette celebration.
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — C.J. Fair scored 18 points, James Southerland added 14 and fourth-seeded Syracuse survived a second-half drought of more than 12 minutes without a field goal to beat No. 12 seed California.
The Orange (28-9) frustrated California with their zone defense to overcome a dismal shooting night when they made just 39 percent of their shots and missed 15 of 41 free throws.
But it proved to be enough to send Syracuse to Washington, D.C., for the East Regional where the Orange will take on the winner of Sunday's game between top-seeded Indiana and Temple on Thursday.
Richard Solomon scored 22 points for the Golden Bears (21-12), who were trying to make it to the round of 16 for the first time in 16 years and just the third time since 1960.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Russ Smith had another big night, leading four players in double figures with 27 points, and top-seeded Louisville is into the Midwest Region semifinals.
The Cardinals put on a defensive clinic as they dismantled Colorado State. Louisville forced the eighth-seeded Rams into a season-high 20 turnovers, made Colton Iverson look as invisible as a 6-foot-10 guy can be and limited one of the nation's best rebounding teams to 24 boards, more than a dozen below their average.
It was the 12th straight win for Louisville (31-5), which will play Oregon on Friday in Indianapolis.
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Damyean Dotson scored 23 points, Carlos Emory added 14 points and hot-shooting Oregon sprinted past fourth-seeded Saint Louis.
Dotson made his first five 3-pointers to carry the 12th-seeded Ducks (28-8) into the second weekend for the first time since 2007, when they lost to eventual repeat champion Florida in the regional final. Oregon made 8 of 11 shots from beyond the arc, while the Billikens finished 3 for 21 from long range.
Kwamain Mitchell scored 18 points and Dwayne had 16 points and nine rebounds for the Billikens (28-7), who set a school record for wins this season following the death of coach Rick Majerus in December.
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Gary Harris scored 16 of his career-high 23 points in the first half to help third-seeded Michigan State reach the round of 16 for the fifth time in six years.
Michigan State (27-8) will play the winner of the Duke-Creighton game on Friday in the Midwest Regional semifinals at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
The Tigers (31-5) advanced in the NCAA tournament for the first time in Josh Pastner's four seasons. The Conference USA champions were eliminated in the third round because they struggled to stop Harris on the outside or his teammates inside all afternoon.
The Spartans' top post players — Adreian Payne and Derrick Nix — combined for 27 points and 18 rebounds.
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Mitch McGary had 21 points and 14 rebounds, and fourth-seeded Michigan breezed through Virginia Commonwealth's vaunted pressure with a clinical performance and advanced to the round of 16 for the first time since 1994.
VCU (27-9) was relentless in a 46-point rout of Akron on Thursday night, but the Rams met their match against Michigan's cool-headed backcourt. Trey Burke and Tim Hardaway Jr. rarely looked rattled against VCU, and although Michigan (28-7) committed 12 turnovers, the Rams couldn't turn many of them into quick scoring opportunities.
McGary, a 6-foot-10 freshman, set season highs in scoring and rebounding.
The 71-point swing by VCU — from a 46-point win to a 25-point loss — was the largest in NCAA tournament history, according to STATS. In 1968, Houston beat Texas Christian 103-68, then lost to UCLA 101-69 for a 67-point swing.
The Wolverines will play the winner of Sunday's game between Kansas and North Carolina in Arlington, Texas.


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Following AEG President and CEO Tim Leiweke's comments to Sports Illustrated about the LA Galaxy's interest in Real Madrid midfielder Kaká, many have speculated about what it would take to bring the Brazilian international to The Home Depot Center.
The Brazilian addressed the speculation for the first time on Tuesday after Real Madrid's 4-1 win over Ajax in UEFA Champions League play. The match was a rare start for the 30-year-old Brazilian, who also scored a goal and wore in the captain's armband in Real's victory over the Dutch side. Several reports have stated that Real Madrid's President Florentino Perez would like to remove Kaká's 10-million Euros a year salary from the Spanish club's already hefty payroll.
"I have nothing at the moment," Kaká said of the Galaxy speculation according to ESPN. "I keep doing my work to remain at Madrid. Then, we can see what happens and what the club wants. It is not a comfortable situation for the club or me...I will go if I have an agreement with the club."
When asked to address Kaká's comments during his end of the season teleconference with local media, Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena chose not to comment on any speculation, rather simply stating that Kaká is a "great player." However, when asked if the Galaxy could afford a player like Kaká, Arena admitted that he will have conversations with ownership about the cost of any potential new acquisitions.
"We can afford whatever, Tim Leiweke and Phil Anschutz say we can afford. Those kinds of decisions really go up the ladder and each situation as it comes our way is evaluated. We have had literally, over the four years I've been here, discussions over a couple dozen players and the financial impact that it has on our business. In the case of any player we do that," said Arena on Wednesday. "We don't discuss acquisitions or transfers or anything of players with other teams. That's ethically wrong…at this point in time; I'm not going to have a public opinion of one player over the other unless those players are free agents."


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Aldermen read for the first time, by title only with a short description, an ordinance authorizing the city to opt out of the Dark Skies Provision of the Arkansas Shielded Outdoor Lighting Act.
Aldermen also stressed that street lights are maintained solely by Entergy and not by the city's Department of Public Works.
According to the ordinance -- which council members said was recommended by the Arkansas Municipal League -- the act states public funds shall not be used to install an outdoor lighting fixture that is not shielded. Based on findings provided by Entergy, the additional cost of installing shielded fixtures is cost-prohibitive, and the prohibition against using public funds to install non-shielded street light fixtures shall not apply to the city.
An accompanying letter from Bruce Tucker, Entergy customer service manager, states the act requires changes to street lights and other outdoor lighting fixtures. The amended act, which takes effect July 31, allows a city or county to adopt an ordinance exempting it from the law if they determine it cost-prohibitive to install shielded light fixtures.
Other entities, such as schools and state offices that pay for lights with public funds, will still be required to install shielded fixtures only, the letter stated.
Alderman Phil Carruth asked if an Entergy representative could talk to the council about how many street lights are in Russellville and how many do not work through the city.
Mayor Raye Turner and Public Works Director Morgan Barrett then noted any resident can report a street light that doesn't work to Entergy via the electric utility's 1-800 outage telephone number.
"People call our office when they see street lights out, thinking we maintain them," Barrett said. "The city pays $165,000 a year for Entergy to provide maintenance for street lights."
Alderman Randal Crouch pointed out existing street lights would not have to be replaced, but street lights that are out would be replaced with a new type of four high-pressure sodium shielded lighting fixtures provided by Entergy.
"I'm really against this ordinance, because it is against building for the future," he said. "For us to opt out (of the act), it would save some money, but it would be very minimal in terms of the future."


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Rugby Sevens coaches cast eye over Auckland Nines for Rio talent
Australian Rugby Union Sevens coach Michael O'Connor and his New Zealand counterpart Gordon Tietjens will take more than a passing interest in the inaugural NRL Nines tournament, and admit they could spot a prospect for the 2016 Olympic Games.
While the pair played down suggestions they would be scouting for talent that could help win an Olympic gold medal when Sevens makes its debut at the Rio Games, O'Connor and Tietjens will closely monitor the two-day tournament at Eden Park.
''By and large, most of the players are contracted until the end of this year or next year so realistically it would be a stretch to say you could get a player for one year from league who hasn't played rugby union to play rugby union at the Olympics,'' O'Connor said.
''But in saying that, I am always looking out for players, and I am very interested in this Nines competition this weekend. As a league follower, I will be interested to have a look at it to see who plays well.''
O'Connor already has former Gold Coast Titans flyer Shannon Walker in his squad, and the 25-year-old is considered a key player for Australia at the Olympics. The now defunct Rugby League World Sevens launched a number of careers, including those of Noa Nadruku and Billy Slater.
''Those players get a real opportunity to show what they can do in Nines because of the extra space on the field so I think it is a great idea, and I am looking forward to watching it more from a spectator point of view than anything,'' O'Connor said.
Warriors halfback Shaun Johnson is expected to be one of the stars of the Nines, and Tietjens spoke with him after he previously expressed an interest in playing Sevens at the Olympics.
Johnson ruled himself out of contention after extending his contract with the Warriors last week until the end of the 2017 season but Tietjens admitted other talent could be unearthed at the Nines.
''I am obviously going to be an interested spectator,'' Tietjens said. ''It is all televised live here in New Zealand, and I will be looking at it from a number of different angles, no question.
''But we have got a stance in New Zealand where if you want to go to the Olympics with the All Blacks Sevens team then you have basically got to come to rugby union, so if Shaun Johnson wanted to have a crack at the Olympics he has got to play rugby union for a franchise or be contracted to the NZRU.''
Regardless of whether they see any potential Olympic talent, O'Connor and Tietjens believe the Nines will be a huge success.
''I tried to get some accommodation in Auckland for Wednesday night, and everything was sold out,'' Tietjens said. ''They have presold the tickets, which makes it pretty big because Eden Park is a pretty big venue.''
O'Connor, who played in the World Sevens during his career with Manly, said he believed the Nines could expand into a summer circuit, as suggested by NRL chief operating officer Jim Doyle.
''I think it has potential because you have that massive fan base to start with and following,'' O'Connor said. ''I am a great believer in the shortened game in rugby union, and I applaud what the NRL are doing. I think it is a great idea.''
Brad Walter is Sports Reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald
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Could this be the start of something big?
Durfee will host Bishop Connolly tonight at 5 p.m. in the first-ever football meeting between the teams.
Could this be the start of something big?
Durfee will host Bishop Connolly tonight at 5 p.m. in the first-ever football meeting between the teams.
In recent years, the Hilltoppers have opened their football season against perennial football powers Barnstable and Bridgewater-Raynham, but after winning one game in the last two seasons, the Durfee schedule has been revamped.
Under the MIAA's new realignment, the Hilltoppers have dropped to Division 2, while the Cougars are in Division 6.
Durfee's first three games are against Bishop Connolly, Taunton and Bishop Stang.
"We're not a football power," said Durfee coach LaJhon Jones. "We were ranked 287th last year and we opened with the third-ranked team in the state. We have one win in two years. We had to change the schedule."
Bishop Connolly, under the direction of Durfee graduate Justin Kogler, has not had a winning season as the program enters its 11th season.
In Kogler's first year last season, the Cougars flirted with the winning record but finished 5-6.
"I think it's a great motivating factor for us, knowing we're playing a Division 2 opponent right away," Kogler said. "Last year, when we finally got into our league schedule, I didn't think we were battle tested. We were 4-1 going into the Diman game and Diman was big and physical and I think that was a shock to us."
Jones, entering his third season as head coach of Durfee, has always said it would be a process turning the program around and has remained patient. He says he can see the program turning the corner.
"I've always said it's a marathon, not a sprint," Jones said. "I can see the finish line.
"I see a big difference between now and the last couple of years. I know what these kids can do and the kids know me. I feel like there is a great bond between the players and the coaches. The kids have a great attitude and it's like a family atmosphere here. They spend a lot of time off the field together and that's new to me. It's something the program has been missing."
The game features a pair of talented quarterbacks in Durfee's Trevellis Oliver and Bishop Connolly's Brian Quinn. Both have caught the attention of their opposing coach.
"Their quarterback is really talented," Jones said. "He's very athletic. He can play football."
"The two things I worry about most are Trevellis Oliver being a dual threat and Mike Correia," said Kogler.
Correia is Oliver's top target and is arguably one of the most talented and athletic wide receivers in the area.
"Durfee has a lot of athletic kids," Kogler said.
"We're excited about the game. The kids all know each other. It should be fun."
"I think this is a great opportunity for the Fall River community to come out and see these kids play," Jones said.
The Bishop Connolly at Durfee game is one of five high school football games featuring local teams this weekend. Diman, after last week's 26-18 victory at Old Colony, is idle.
Here is a closer look at the other games.
Somerset Berkley (0-1)
at Arch. Williams (0-0)
Tonight, 7 p.m.
The Blue Raiders opened last week with a hard-fought loss at Lincoln-Sudbury and now face another road game against another relatively unknown opponent.
Chip Wood accounted for both of SB's scores in the 21-12 loss last Friday.
Bishop Stang (1-0)
at Dartmouth (0-0)
Tonight, 7 p.m.
The Spartans were impressive in last week's non-league win over Wareham and will look to keep the momentum going against the bigger Indians, who will be playing their season opener.
Case (0-1) at
Old Rochester (1-0)
Saturday, 7 p.m.
Things don't get any easier for the Cardinals, who dropped a 44-14 decision at home to Seekonk a week ago.
Old Rochester, a legitimate threat for the South Coast Conference title, defeated Lee 21-7 last week.
Hope (0-0) at
Tiverton (0-0)
Saturday, 7 p.m.
Like Durfee and Bishop Connolly, both teams will be making their debuts this weekend.
The young Tigers hope to get off to a quick start this season after last year's 3-8 campaign.
Greg Sullivan
Bishop Connolly 21, Durfee 20: The first football meeting between these schools is wild, simply wild. The Cougars score late for the W.
Dartmouth 19, Bishop Stang 8: Any further references to this game as "The Battle of Slocum Road" will result in a backhand to the chops.
Archbishop Williams 30, Somerset Berkley Regional 18: The Bishops' burly backs basically bury SB.
Old Rochester 38, Case 6: Due to a game time change, this one will be played under the lights. Of course most games are played under lights. What we really mean is the lights will be on.
Tiverton 44, Hope 0: Enraged that another school would dare to also play on a Saturday night at 7 (see Case-Old Rochester above), the Tigers take it out on Hope.
Mike Thomas
Durfee 34, Bishop Connolly 20: The Division 6 Cougars, who have nothing to lose in this one, hang tough with the Division 2 Hilltoppers for nearly three quarters in their first-ever meeting. The bigger, deeper Toppers pull away in the final quarter.
Dartmouth 22, Bishop Stang 6: If the Spartans pull out the win in this one, I'll be a believer. Last week's convincing win over Wareham isn't enough to sway me yet.
Somerset Berkley 14, Archbishop Williams 12: SB pulls this one out on its final drive of the game
Old Rochester 28, Case 0: The Bulldogs are a serious threat in the SCC and will show why against the Cards.
Hope 22, Tiverton 14: The young Tigers play well and hang with the visitors, who escape with the victory.


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Those who live and work near Selby Five Points Park say that crime has been reduced and that transients are virtually non-existent since the city removed six benches from the park three months ago.
Sarasota Police Capt. Paul Sutton backs up the crime-drop claims.
From July 1, 2010, through Sept. 30, 2010, Sutton said the department received 16 calls related to the park. In the same time period in 2011, the department received three calls. And, the overall police district that the park sits in received 67 calls from July 1, 2010, through Sept. 30, 2010, compared to 39 calls in the same time period for 2011. There were also 19 arrests made in that district during the 2010 timeframe, compared to 12 arrests for the same period in 2011.
"However, you want to measure it, crime is down in that area," Sutton said.
The bench-removal decision was made after residents complained that the benches attracted transients and panhandlers and allowed them to congregate, which intimidates some citizens and tourists.
But the city is planning on revisiting its decision.
City staff will approach the Sarasota City Commission in early December at the earliest and ask commissioners whether they want to place benches back in the park. The three-month trial period will have ended by that time.
But the question that really needs to be asked, according to Peter Fanning, president of the Downtown Sarasota Condominium Association, is what the city would do differently if the benches were to be returned.
"There's no denying that our association has voiced support of bringing the benches back in after three months," Fanning said.
But Fanning said that, as of now, he and his association don't support the return of the benches at this time.
"We have since taken the position of supporting the residents' desire to refrain from putting the benches back in at this time," Fanning said. "Safety, security and cleanliness has much improved in the area, and we feel that needs to be maintained until a permanent solution can be reached."
Fanning suggests the city draft an ordinance that addresses homeless feedings and has agreed to work with the Rev. Thomas Pfaff, who is working with all parties to reach an amicable solution. Pfaff plans to present his plan to the commission some time early next year.
But the homeless issue isn't the only problem, according to Fanning and others.
"We need enforcement mechanisms to actually be consistent and enforced," said Fanning, who believes the city needs to enforce its no-camping ordinance. "We are trying to work out a situation where we can get both sides to agree on something."
But downtown residents Frank Brenner and Phil Grande believe there's nothing to work out.
Brenner addressed the Downtown Sarasota Alliance at its Oct. 5 meeting, only to be cut off before he could finish reading a three-page prepared statement.
The statement, entitled "An Appeal to Reason," said a solution has already been found.
"The effect (of the benches' removable) is visible, dramatic and undeniable," said Brenner, who has circulated a petition of downtown Central Avenue residents, which includes 134 signatures in support of the removal of the benches. "It's been a 100% turnaround, and I urge that the benches under no circumstances be returned to Five Points Park."
Resident and radio host Grande agrees.
"The question everyone needs to ask is whether the downtown area is better now than it was when the benches were installed there," Grande said. "There's no question that if you poll the residents and business owners of the downtown area, which are directly affected, the answer would be a resounding yes."
The Sarasota Observer contacted eight business owners near Selby Five Points Park, and all agreed with Brenner and Grande's assessment.
Eileen Wallace, owner of Write On and More, said the transients are not prevalent in the area.
"It's been calmer and my customers feel much safer," Wallace said. "I am definitely looking much more forward to this season without the hassles."
Gerrie Heibel, owner of Envie, said the situation was "99% better."
"Both my customers and my employees were being harassed this time last year by the homeless," Heibel said. "Customers who previously told me they were afraid of the area are now strolling the streets at night."
The merchants on First Street, in fact, were so confident in what they perceive as a transformed area that they agreed to stay open for the first time for last week's Downtown Sarasota Alliance First Friday evening event.
"We are so pleased with this street and the activity we have now," Heibel said.
City Manager Bob Bartolotta, who will present the issue to the commission again for its discussion, said he wants a discussion to take place before benches are considered again.
"I can see there has been a notable difference in the Five Points Park area," Bartolotta said.
Those who live and work near Selby Five Points Park say that crime has been reduced and that transients are virtually non-existent since the city removed six benches from the park three months ago.


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LiL C, who many know as one of the judges from So You Think You Can Dance, has now professed his Twilight Team. Last night LiL C tweeted:
My #twilight allegiance liez w/???????
Drumroll pleaze!!!!!
LiL C is not the only So You Think You Can Dance Twilight fan. Last year Mary Murphy walked the New Moon Red Carpet and we got her to put New Moon on the Hot Tamale train.
There have also been several dancers Mollie, Jeanine, Randi who have been Twilight fans. In fact Jeanine, the season 5 winner tweeted, " After Eclipse I've derived a new plan to find my dream man… Making arrangements to convert my living room to a field of purple flowers."
In the past there have been Twilight inspired dances, and given that Summit Entertainment is the studio behind Step Up 3D (did you catch that preview when you went to Eclipse) maybe there is more to come.


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In Pakistan, couple kill daughter who talked to a boy
|Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
|Publication Date
|1 November 2012
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|Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, In Pakistan, couple kill daughter who talked to a boy, 1 November 2012, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/509b8b0c23.html [accessed 16 January 2018]
|This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States.
November 01, 2012
Police and doctors say a Pakistani couple have killed their teenage daughter by pouring acid on her after they caught her talking to a boy.
The parents of the 16-year-old confessed to police in Kotli, a town in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, that they attacked their daughter after she had spoken to the boy outside their house.
Mohammad Jahangir, a local doctor at the hospital where the girl was brought, said there were third-degree burns on her scalp, face, eyes, nostrils, arms, chest, and legs.
Police have arrested the parents.
Almost 1,000 women lost their lives last year in so-called "honor killings" in the conservative South Asian nation, according to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan.
Based on reporting by Reuters and AFP
Link to original story on RFE/RL website


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Kazmirzak wrote:"If you look at what the script does, it sets the resolution to 96dpi and sets LCD to slight already."
funny enough, I did a clean install of LMDE and applied all updates - and the settings above were already active, and my fonts look good as they should.
i am curious...do the fonts like look as good as they would on the main edition of mint?
and did it change with the updates you did? if so, i wonder if the mint team did something to it....


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Stir-fried noodles with a light soy sauce, broccoli, carrots, and egg. Served with Thai Salad.
No Star = Not Hot
* = Mild
** = Medium
*** = Hot
**** = Very Hot
***** = Thai Hot
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This is an awesome place. Platoon does a wonderful job running the restaurant. We love the food.
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I really enjoy coming here! I wish more people knew how yummy it is. It is never crowded, and they deserve a bit more business! The re-styled interior feels warm, clean, and comfortable. Also, I like how friendly the staff is – they know me and boyf
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After moving from Houston where all sorts of Asian cuisine is abundant and almost on every corner! I am so pleased to have found this place. I look forward to trying many more dishes!
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This is by far my favorite Thai restaurant in town. I have eaten at every Thai place in Omaha and nothing stands close. I was a little nervous when Tas sold the place as I didn't know if it was going to be as good, but it has only gotten better!


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Parents dragged to the movies by wee ones know the sensation well: going off to some mental "happy place" (or not-so-happy place of "stuff I gotta do" lists) while a CGI-animated kid flick plays out unabated on the big screen. It's even money that most post-pubescents will have that mind-drift sensation sometime deep into the samba-saturated sequel "Rio 2."
The 2011 adventure "Rio" was pretty generic to begin with, and the follow-up doesn't fly far from the nest. Neurotic Blu (Jesse Eisenberg), his blinkered wife Jewel (Anne Hathaway) and their brood of youngsters have settled comfortably into the domesticity of the Blu Bird Sanctuary in Rio de Janeiro. But when their benefactors Túlio (Rodrigo Santoro) and Linda (Leslie Mann) discover evidence that Blu's family may not be the only macaws of their kind in existence, it's back to the wild blue yonder of the Amazon in search of a flock hiding out in the depths of the rainforest.
Turns out that flock does exist, and includes Jewel's father Eduardo (Andy Garcia, well cast) and aunt (Rita Moreno). Urban-outfitted Blu now faces the hard sell of "the ways of the jungle," a lifestyle quickly embraced by the wife and kids. Repeating the (condescending) mantra "Happy wife, happy life," and fretting in the face of tough Eduardo and preening Roberto (Bruno Mars), Blu tries hard to tamp down a fresh inferiority complex and get with the program.
Busying up the plot are the complications of evil, encroaching clear-cutters and flightless cockatoo Nigel (Jemaine Clement of musical duo Flight of the Conchords), the latter back to get revenge on Blu. As if that weren't enough, birdbrains Nico (Jamie Foxx) and Pedro (Will i Am) are making preparations for "the Carnival show," necessitating a series of amusing call-of-the-wild auditions.
In story terms, it's all pretty much boilerplate at best and unpleasant at worst: Blu gets lectured and punished for his selfish but also legitimate feelings of hesitancy about upheaving his city life (and isn't this picture called "Rio 2," after all?). That might be great for our compassion toward Blu, but it inadvertently turns his wife and kids into jerks who are never called out for their own insensitivities.
Perhaps better to focus on the colorful, advanced 3D spectacle -- of which there is plenty, including a game of midair fútbol -- and the saving graces of musical comedy. Clement again gets a big number (though a disappointing parody version of "I Will Survive"), but the MVP award of "Rio 2" goes to Kristin Chenoweth as poisonous tree frog Gabi. Beside being arguably the most amusingly animated character, Gabi delivers a vocally virtuosic amorous aria, "Poisonous Love," that is the picture's hands-down highlight.
Maybe instead of "Rio 3," Gabi and Nigel should get their own spinoff, as the rest here -- for all its visual and musical liveliness -- resembles an early remark from that canary Nico: "I'm not inspired."


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A roadside memorial now marks the spot where 30-year-old Michael White Jr. was shot and killed Tuesday evening on West 25th and Martha streets in Jacksonville.
"I'm hurting. My heart hurts. That guy didn't have to do that to him, take a life so senseless, my son," said White's mother, Wanda Mincey.
After searching for the gunman all night, police arrested 26-year-old Tremaine Harris on Wednesday morning, authorities said. Harris was charged with murder.
"Our witness said that they, as the suspect approached the victim, they were talking for a short period and then the suspect produced the gun and shot him 4 times," said Lt. Rob Schoonover with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.
The victim's family said White was walking back from the store and was just two blocks away from his grandmother's home.
"I just want people to know it wasn't drug related. Every black man that gets killed is not drug related. He's the one that beat the odds. He didn't deal with that, he didn't want to ride on that," said Wanda Mincey.
When announcing the arrest of Harris (pictured, right) on Wednesday, police said they believed White was standing on the corner selling drugs and Harris tried to rob him, an allegation that brings White's mother to tears.
"I don't want my son's name to go out like that. He stayed right, he got no record, never been to jail, never did nothing and I don't want people to say anything bad about him. It hurt that he got killed but it hurt even more to hear that," said Wanda Mincey.
The victim's mother said she wants her son to be remembered as a graduate of Terry Parker High School and a proud father of a 7-year-old boy, who will be missed terribly.
"He was special. Anybody that know him that came in contact with him, just loved him," said Wanda Mincey.
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He was born Nov. 17, 1931, in Pope County, the son of Hogan and Dessie Mae Duvall Roberts. He was a retired farmer and faithfully attended Mt. Vernon Free Will Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Jean Byrum Roberts; daughter, Carolyn Posthumus; brother, J.L. Roberts; three sisters, Kathleen May, Ima Jean Ennis and Pauline Reed; and stepmother, Gertie Roberts.
He is survived by two sons and a daughter-in-law, Hogan Roberts and "Buddy" and wife, Bobbi Roberts; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; stepsister, Yvonne Burris; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Friday, July 12, 2013, at Lemley Chapel with the Revs. Jamie Burris and Darwin Barnhouse officiating. Burial is in Shady Grove Cemetery by Lemley Funeral Service of Atkins. Visitation is from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, July 11, 2013.
Pallbearers are Sam Reed, Paul May, Jackie Chronister, James Ray Roberts, Rickey Fuller, Darrell Burris, Jim Rye and Ron Baker.
Honorary pallbearers are his McDonald's coffee drinking buddies.
Online obituary and condolences are available at www.lemleyfuneral.com.


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Jamie Foxx is in negotiations to star opposite Oscar nominee Quvenzhane Wallis in Sony's forthcoming reboot of "Annie."
The update of the classic comic strip-turned-musical would see Foxx as a character named Benjamin Stacks, a variation of the Daddy Warbucks personage, who takes in the spunky orphan girl being played by Wallis.
Foxx has received an offer from the studio and sources say his team has begun to negotiate, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Will Gluck is directing the project, which has a host of producers: Will Smith and his Overbrook Entertainment banner partner James Lassiter, Jada Pinkett-Smith and Jay-Z. Also producing are Jay Brown and Tyran "Ty Ty" Smith through Marcy Media.
Gluck recently revised a script by Emma Thompson and Aline Brosh McKenna. Sony is eyeing a late fall production start for an anticipated 2014 release.
Foxx is currently shooting Sony's "The Amazing Spider-Man 2," in which he plays villain Electro, and will star as the president in the studio's Roland Emmerich-helmed "White House Down," which opens June 28.
SOURCE: EURweb.com
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text: Welcome Jennifer Pennington to Logan! 01 May 2014 Logan University (0) The office of admissions is pleased to welcome Jennifer Pennington as the newest Admissions Coordinator to the team. Jennifer earned her Master of Arts in Higher Education Administration from Southeast Missouri State as well as a Bachelor of Science in Education. Jennifer will be working with prospective Doctor of Chiropractic students from the state of Missouri. When asked about her new role, Jennifer commented, "I am excited to work in Higher Education, especially Logan, because I love being a part of helping students become who they have set out to be." Welcome to Logan!


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I had to answer some questions for homework but i can't seem to find the answer to all of them and no one knows the answer to these questions i wanted to know if maybe anyone could help me out??
OH yeah BTW it's Assembly language.....being that there arent any AL boards out there i figured that maybe some experience C programmers could help me out thanks allot i really appreciate it!
Assuming that bits 0-4 holds a store a department number and bits 5-7 holds a store number with in the following bit mapped field. What are the values shown here.
11000101 store= , department =
00101001 store= , department =
01010101 store= , department =
Questions #2
Assume that you are decoding the file allocation table of 1.44 MB diskette AX contains the previous cluster number and DX contains the current offset into the FAT. Write a series of assembly language statements that will calculate new cluster number and place it in AX?
Question # 3
a)Assuming that a buffer is 512 bytes memory buffer, what is wrong in the following subroutine that reads a single sector from drive A ?
read_sector proc
mov al, 0
mov cl, 1
mov dx,12
mov bx,offset buffer
int 25h
read_sector endp
b)What is the offset of the 20h record in the file that contains 50 bytes fixed length records?
Question #4
a)If a one side disk has 40 tracks per side and each track contains eight 512 bytes sectors what is the total disk capacity?
b)What date is indicated by the following date stamp?
Question #5
Suppose that FH contains the file handle of file open for write and that Date is the address of a byte string of the form MM/DD/YY containing todays date. Write assembly codes to write date into the current file at the file's current position?


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The Ozarks Lady Eagles won their third straight American Southwest Conference game and made up ground in the playoff race with a 78-68 victory over Mississippi College on Saturday.
With the win, the Lady Eagles (8-9, 6-6 ASC) move into a third-place tie with Mississippi College (11-6, 6-6 ASC) in the East Division standings.
Balanced scoring and a strong effort from the field were keys in the win. Four players reached double figures for Ozarks, with Jeanne Randall leading the way with 23 points. Lindsey Nietert followed with 14 points and Erica Eneks and Mandi Carter scored 12 and 11 points, respectively. Randall has scored in double figures in 11-consecutive games and has pumped in more than 20 points in 3-straight contests.
The Lady Eagles led 49-44 at the half thanks to a 57 percent performance from the field. Ozarks benefited from the 3-point line, hitting 4-of-9 from beyond the arc.
Ozarks held the lead for the entire second half, holding off several Lady Choctaw rallies. The Lady Eagles held a 59-48 advantage when Eneks made a layup at the 17:17 mark. The lead went to 66-55 when Randall hit a jumper with 9:13 left.
The Lady Choctaws then went on a 10-1 run over the next 5 minutes to cut the deficit to 68-65. However, sisters Savannah and Mandi Carter hit shots on Ozarks next two possessions to give the Lady Eagles a comfortable 72-65 lead with 1:45 remaining.
Ozarks shot 54 percent from the floor in the game and out rebounded the visitors 39-30. Mandi Carter ended with a team-high 8 rebounds.
Lacey Kennedy led Mississippi College with 32 points.
No. 7 Mississippi College wins 15th straight
No. 7 Mississippi College won their 15th-straight game with a 65-47 win over the Eagles in American Southwest Conference play on Saturday.
The Eagles (5-11, 4-8 ASC) hung tough in the first half, but had trouble keeping up with the Choctaws (15-1, 12-0 ASC) in the final 20 minutes of play.
Mississippi College held a 33-25 edge at the half thanks to a 15-of-28 shooting effort from the field for 53 percent.
A David Green jumper at the 12:03 mark made the score 13-10 in favor of the Choctaws. Mississippi College then raced out to a 19-10 lead 2 minutes later. The Choctaws extended their advantage to 30-17 with 5:19 left in the half.
Ozarks fought back with a 8-3 run in the final 5 minutes of the half to narrow the gap. Tony Daniels hit a 3-pointer at the 17:10 mark of the second half to cut the deficit to 35-32. The Choctaws then powered their way to 15-0 run over the next 5 minutes to extend their lead to 50-35. The Choctaws held the lead for the final 15 minutes of the game behind a hot shooting performance from the floor.
Mississippi College hit 66 percent of its shots in the second half while Ozarks only hit 26 percent from the field. Jeremy Clark led the Eagles with 10 points. Despite a sizable height advantage, the Choctaws only out rebounded the Eagles 33-31. Chris Williams had a team-high 8 rebounds.
Ozarks will host University of Texas-Dallas on Thursday and then host University of Texas-Tyler on Saturday in the Hall of Fame Game. Former Ozarks stars Kenneth Little and Lori (Myers) Hines will be inducted following the women's game that day.


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Police Log
00:29 Responded to a false residential alarm on West Branch Drive.
06:17 Received a report of a car v.s. deer crash on Main Street at Purdy Hill.
11:01 Received a report of a coyote hanging around a Depot Street residence.
14:35 McDonald's drive thru reported a female operator with an open container in her vehicle.
15:26 Received a report of a theft of jewelry from a Murray Hill Heights Road condominium.
20:00 Investigated a two vehicle crash on Main Street by Thai Basil.
October 15:
16:00 Responded to a false residential alarm on the West Road.
22:01 Located an unsecured door to a store in the Manchester Shopping Center.
22:48 Located an unsecure door at the former Sirloin Saloon.
October 16:
01:12 Assisted the Rutland Police in attempting to locate a subject for them.
13:39 Took information about a pending confidential juvenile investigation.
October 17:
09:01 Received a report of a possible marijuana grow on Carlen Street.
10:10 Responded to a residential false alarm on Upson Knolls Road.
10:36 Received a report of two young children being left in a car that was gone on arrival.
12:32 Executed a search warrant on a Carlen Street residence and located a marijuana grow operation and seized marijuana and cocaine as well as all related grow paraphernalia and arrested a male for felony possession of cocaine and marijuana.
20:15 Stopped a vehicle for defective equipment and took the juvenile operator into custody on an active arrest warrant.
21:00 Responded to a residential false alarm on River Road.
October 18:
11:00 A male reported that a female known to him stole winning lottery tickets from his vehicle.
18:08 Received a report from a woman on Hicks Lane that her neighbors were taking her picture when she walked by their house on the public road.
19:13 Responded to the old Sirloin Saloon for a report of trespassers in the building.
21:43 Responded to a false residential alarm on Ways Lane.
22:32 Responded to the jug handle for a report of a possible unknown emergency.
22:45 Checked on a suspicious subject and vehicle on Memorial Avenue.
23:41 Received a report of a noise disturbance in front of a Main Street hotel.
October 19:
11:34 Responded to the Meadows for a welfare check.
12:06 Responded to a false residential alarm on Canterbury Road.
15:50 A subject came into office to report items that he bought at the Sirloin Saloon auction were missing.
18:44 Responded to a minor non reportable crash on Depot Street at Friendly's parking lot.
20:16 Responded to a 911 hangup call from TD Bank on Bonnet Street.
21:39 Attempted to assist with a vehicle lockout on Depot Street.
October 20:
00:35 Investigated a 911 hangup call at a Richville Road residence.
08:55 Received a report of an erratic driver on US Route 7.
20:14 Received a report of a sick raccoon on the front doorstep on Mount Aeolus Lane, dispatched same.
October 15:
23:27 Responded to a carbon monoxide alarm activation at 184 Seminary Avenue.
October 19:
15:16 Responded to a chimney fire at 2668 Main Street.
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