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It's been a few weeks since my last blog on this subject and while not much has become easier to predict, at least one thing has become clearer.
Last time, there was a question about Columbus' ability to make a run towards the playoffs. With that blog written just two days before the Crew began their current four-game winning streak, the question has been answered and their form currently has D.C. United as the current Eastern Conference outsiders. Still, I'm not yet convinced of the Crew's playoff credentials and I break down everyone's playoff hopes below...
1) Sporting KC
Current Points: 50
Games Remaining: 7 (3 home, 4 away)
Maximum Possible Points: 71
Average Opponents Points: 40.7
Remaining Schedule: vs. Houston (9/14), at New York (9/19), at Montreal (9/22), vs. Chicago (9/28), at Columbus (10/7), at New York (10/20), vs. Philadelphia (10/24).
The Rundown: It goes without saying that Sporting KC controls its own destiny for the top spot in the East but two games away to second place New York (the Red Bulls are 9-0-3 at home) combined with a home date against the Fire (who've beaten Sporting both games this season) and trips to Montreal (10-3-2 at home) and Columbus (8-3-2 at home) will make finishing top of the East difficult for KC.
Lucky for Peter Vermes' team, they've been the best MLS side on the road this season, going 7-4-2 away from LiveSTRONG Sporting Park. They're definitely going to be in the playoffs but even with a four point advantage at the top of the East, they could finish as low as third.
2) New York Red Bulls
Current Points: 46
Games Remaining: 7 (5 home, 2 away)
Maximum Possible Points: 67
Average Opponents Points: 36.8
Remaining Schedule: vs. Columbus (9/15), vs. Sporting KC (9/19), at New England (9/22), vs. Toronto FC (9/29), vs. Chicago (10/6), vs. Sporting KC (10/20), at Philadelphia (10/27)
The Rundown: If they keep their home form, New York is my favorite to finish top of the East. They're not only undefeated at home this season (9-0-3) but haven't even drawn with an Eastern Conference foe at Red Bull Arena (7-0-0 this year). Consider that their two remaining away matches are at New England and Philadelphia, you could make a strong case that New York might not lose another game this season.
Of course playoff implications often turn things on paper upside down and New York does face their two closest competitors in three of their remaining home matches. Basically I'm saying, first in the East is really New York's for the taking if they want it.
3) Chicago Fire
Current Points: 44
Games Remaining: 8 (4 home, 4 away)
Maximum Possible Points: 68
Average Opponents Points: 36.2
Remaining Schedule: at Toronto FC (9/12), vs. Montreal (9/15), vs. Columbus (9/22), at Sporting KC (9/28), vs. Philadelphia (10/3), at New York (10/6), at New England (10/20), vs. D.C. United (10/27)
The Rundown: As evidenced by the fact that the team jumped from sixth to third with one win Sunday night, the difference from third to six in the East is just three points and the victory over Houston gave the Fire the best odds of teams three through six to make a bid for a top two finish.
Like New York, Frank Klopas' side has been rather spectacular at home this season, going 9-2-2 overall and 7-0-1 against Eastern Conference opponents. With that current form, it's a decent expectation that the Fire should at least take points from all of their remaining four games at Toyota Park.
If the team takes four wins from their final eight, they're definitely in the playoffs. The rub here comes when you consider the remaining road games, which have the Fire visiting Eastern Conference cellar dwellers Toronto and New England.
Save the road games in Kansas City and New York, higher expectations will have the Fire winning six of their remaining eight matches. If they do that, they'll be in serious contention for a top two spot in the East but that will rest on how the team does in those two six-pointers.
4) Houston Dynamo
Current Points: 42
Games Remaining: 7 (4 home, 3 away)
Maximum Possible Points: 63
Average Opponents Points: 34
Remaining Schedule: vs. Real Salt Lake (9/6), at Sporting KC (9/14), at Philadelphia (9/23), vs. New England (9/29), vs. Montreal (10/6), vs. Philadelphia (10/20), at Colorado (10/27)
The Rundown: Of the seven teams still in the playoff picture, Houston definitely has one of the easiest schedules. If they can take points from their next two games vs. RSL and at Sporting, all five of their remaining matches are winnable.
The biggest question mark for Houston is how they balance their remaining two CONCACAF Champions League group games (9/20 vs. CD FAS, 10/23 vs. Olimpia) while staying in the playoff race. Dominic Kinnear has done a pretty good job of getting result when his team is coming off a competitive game played four days or less before, going 4-3-6 this season.
The fact that the team got four points from their two visits to Central America earlier this month should give them a little ease but having a crowded fixture list across two different competitions will be difficult. The Dynamo's saving grace will be their unbeaten home form at BBVA Compass Stadium where they've gone 8-0-5 since opening in May.
Like the Fire, four wins from their final seven should do the trick but picking up a point or two extra will get them in for sure.
5) Columbus Crew
Current Points: 42
Games Remaining: 8 (4 home, 4 away)
Maximum Possible Points: 66
Average Opponents Points: 35.1
Remaining Schedule: at New England (9/5), at New York (9/15), vs. Chivas USA (9/19), at Chicago (9/22), vs. Philadelphia (9/29), vs. Sporting KC (10/7), at D.C. United (10/20), vs. Toronto FC (10/28).
The Rundown: Riding a six match unbeaten streak of which the last four have all been victories, Columbus is certainly the hottest team in MLS and have pushed their way from potential spoiler right into the thick of the Eastern Conference race.
While the four straight wins are nice, consider that all four were against the bottom four in the East and three were at home. Furthermore the victories against New England and Montreal on the weekend came with stoppage time goals. I'm not saying they're not a legitimate contender and summer acquisitions Federico Higuain and Jairo Arrieta are reason for concern for any of the Crew's upcoming opponents but I do think remaining games at New York, Chicago and vs. Sporting KC could prove a blow to their chances.
Basically, if the Crew beat someone above them, everyone in the East has more cause for concern.
6) D.C. United
Current Points: 41
Games Remaining: 7 (3 home, 4 away)
Maximum Possible Points: 62
Average Opponents Points: 30.4
Remaining Schedule: vs. New England (9/15), at Philadelphia (9/20), vs. Chivas USA (9/23), at Portland (9/29), at Toronto FC (10/6), vs. Columbus (10/20), at Chicago (10/27)
The Rundown: D.C. are the team that find themselves currently just outside the playoff bubble by one point but of the seven teams still in the race, have the easiest schedule with their opponents average point total sitting at 30. Their next five matches all come against sides that are pretty well out of their respective playoff races but one thing to note is that D.C. hasn't traveled well to the west coast this season, going 0-3-1, making their September 29 trip to Portland an interesting one.
If D.C. does the business in those five matches, they should be in a good spot to play for positioning in their final two games against Columbus and the Fire to close out the season.
7) Montreal Impact
Current Points: 39
Games Remaining: 5 (2 home, 3 away)
Maximum Possible Points: 54
Average Opponents Points: 36.4
Remaining Schedule: at Chicago (9/15), vs. Sporting KC (9/22), at Houston (10/6), at Toronto FC (10/20), vs. New England (10/27)
The Rundown: Simply put, Montreal are still in the race but with only five matches remaining, it doesn't seem likely they'll be in the top five come season's end. That doesn't mean the first-year MLS side can't muck things up for other playoff contenders.
The team's road form this season (2-12-1) is likely what will keep Jesse Marsch's side out of the postseason but their play at Stade Olimpique and Stade Saputo (10-3-2) is what has them in this position. All teams contending for a playoff spot should put a lot of emphasis on the team's home match vs. Sporting KC on September 22 – I've got it marked as one of my top games where teams can make up points on the current Conference leaders.
Even considering Montreal has only taken points in three road matches this season, they'll still look to finish their first MLS campaign strong and so the Fire and Dynamo would be wise to take them seriously as they make their own playoff push.


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Effective immediately, any off-the-shelf or homegrown identity management system that's compatible with SAML can be configured to automatically sign users into Dropbox.
"SSO lets users sign in just once to a central identity provider, like Active Directory, and securely gain access to all of their business apps," said Dropbox engineer Alex Allain in a blog post. "And because a company's existing trusted identity provider is in charge of the authentication process, admins don't have to worry about managing multiple applications."
[ Social log-ins a la Facebook are becoming more common. Read Google Taunts Facebook With Sign-In Challenge. ]
Dropbox claims it's used in 2 million unique businesses, and 95% of the Fortune 500 companies. Tying cloud services like Dropbox into an enterprise Active Directory or LDAP server enables IT managers to centrally provision users; for example, they can give users access to specific services when they're hired, offer role-based access, and ensure that access gets immediately discontinued for employees who leave the company.
Centralized provisioning also lets businesses enforce password policies to ensure that users choose strong passwords, and lets them require access using two-factor authentication, adaptive authentication, or other multi-factor approaches.
To make it easier for businesses to use Dropbox SSO, the company has worked with multiple identity management companies, including Centrify, Okta, OneLogin, Ping Identity and Symplified, to integrate their services with Dropbox.
Dropbox's approach to SSO, announced last month, is based on SAML, an XML-based standard for transmitting authentication and authorization information via the Internet that's designed to allow users to authenticate once, then access any SAML-compatible service, whether it's located on the premises or hosted in the cloud.
"By adopting this open standard, Dropbox is making life easier for end users while at the same time allowing IT to tightly control employee access to the application -- which is the biggest advantage of the SAML standard," said Thomas Pedersen, CEO of OneLogin, in a blog post. He said his company's related offering, OneLogin for Dropbox, is free, although adding additional applications and capabilities costs extra.
"When a company like Dropbox jumps on the SAML bandwagon, it becomes a significant validation that cloud application security and ease of use can be mutually reinforcing," Pedersen said. "IT departments and end users both win."

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They weren't playing, they were unhappy so it makes sense but firing Woody would have been the better move. 2 Roster spots, Earl Clark, Big Baby, Pierre Jackson maybe?
They weren't playing, they were unhappy so it makes sense but firing Woody would have been the better move. 2 Roster spots, Earl Clark, Big Baby, Pierre Jackson maybe?
This sickens me, especially Metta if he's gonna be bought out. Woodson gets to stay though!
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If there is an intention to fill open roster spots, how about Rodrigue Beaubois?
Almost seems as if we are waving the white flag that we have any chance left to get the 8th playoff spot. However, if we fill those 2 spots with some young, upside guys, it might be more fun to watch for a month or two than MWP and Beno sitting on the bench. That said, we're currently not even playing Murry or Aldritch, so I doubt anyone we sign is going to get rotation minutes as Woodson continues to run our regular rotation players into the ground for no good reason.
why should Woodson change anything he is doing ???? we are almost winning and despite him saying we played only 6 minutes of defense he leaves those same players in...............maybe we will bring back Chris Smith now...and maybe its only matter of time until we hear Stat will need knee surgery
i can only assume CAA wants the Knicks to sign someone on their client roster, so they can make some dough-lan. whatever... as mentioned, neither man was playing at this point in season, so whatever new blood comes in has a better chance of playing than either Beno or MWP. watch Beno thrive with whatever team picks him up, and Knicks will bleed in his dust.
Buying guys out to tank makes no sense with no draft picks but this is the Knicks. If they buy out these guys and don't have somebody in mind to fill out those roster spots, there is something seriously wrong with Mills.
If you aren't going to make any roster moves, let them play out the season, they can at least be insurance if anyone else gets injured.
Beno spoke up and thats NO NO in Woodsons world and he was destined to the Bench.....
See Beno should have learned if you want to get on Woodys good side then Elbow Terry , get suspended, Party the night before a playoff game, get suspended for weed, Tweet that the Knicks do u wrong by releasing your brother, Refuse to shoot in a game, express that Sat matinee games are not good for him due to being out the night before< Untie players shoe laces, Have coach tell u to stop playing games and then do it again as your way of saying screw u coach and then get fined 50,000 dollars.....
BENO should have kept his mouth shut...
Here's something thats not mention by the Big Apple Media ....
Will a playoff team pick-up Beno or World Peace, after the buy-out?
What playoff experience do they have on their resume?
Let's see .. both players have RINGS playing two years under a Championship HOF Headcoach (Pop & Jax).
How long were World Peace & Beno was suppose to sit speechless on the bench watching HC Woodson inferior coaching method?
If u were the Knicks HC .. would u have built a 2nd-unit bench-lineup of "Beno, THJ, MWP, Amare, and Cole" at the start of the season? Giving that bench-lineup 9 minute runs in the first-half, and 9 minute runs in the 2nd half of each game?
So all 5 starters could average 32 minutes in the same lineup to build a same-page chemistry as the season goes on.
Why did Woodson coach the Knicks the same-way coach-Karl coached the Melo-Nuggets, letting Melo pad his stat sheet for 48 minutes, while a terrible decision-making JRsmith control the bench-players offense???


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Patients who attend St John's Hospice in Doncaster have got their knitting needles clicking to help disadvantaged babies - and now their creations are winging their way to Ethiopia.
Daycare patients, together with some relatives, have turned donated wool into vests which are being sent, via Soroptimists International, to Ethiopia to help dress babies who are born to parents who are too poor to dress them.
Carol Spiller, of The Soroptimists, said: "The patients have done a brilliant job creating vests for babies thousands of miles away. This clothing will be really appreciated by the families who receive it."


text: Need suggestions for healthy snacks/food to provide for boys high school tennis team before/during matches. They get on bus at 3:30, ride 45-60 minutes to other school, start play at 5. What can team parents provide? Traditionally we have done anything from small roast beef or chicken sandwiches to granola bars, fruit, etc. We will also put out food for home matches - chicken fingers, small sub sandwiches, pizza, etc. Some parents have asked for healthier food, problem is that boys are starving right after school and want more than just a banana and yogurt. Obviously the starters don't eat right before they go on court (they eat afterwards). Thanks.


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Happy Independence Day weekend. Are you ready to celebrate summer, outdoor living, bugs, the neighbors you like, and this great country? I'm a huge fan of the Fourth of July weekend, simply because when I was younger I actually knew what it was. See, the whole "Memorial Day/Labor Day" thing becomes huge once you're an adult, but when you're a kid I think summer begins exactly when school lets out, and it ends –plain and simple — when you have to go back. I never took notice of summer's Alpha and Omega holidays 'til it was time to book plane tickets or you got a day off from work. And by then? Swimming in a pond has lost its luster and popsicles have too many carbs. But the Fourth? That's clearly marked for everyone, smack in the middle — we know it's here, and it also happens to be the "Best If Eaten By" date on all hot dogs I buy in January.So before we get to movies & polls, here's a news story that caught my eye. It falls into the "Music" and I guess, "Travel" category too. See, yesterday I mentioned some of the things movie studios could buy with the mind-blowing amounts of money they get from their summer flicks. But how about the fact that rapper Snoop Dogg seriously did try to rent the entire country of Liechtenstein for his latest video shoot? (Apparently the video required so many different locales that they decided instead of just one room, they'd get the whole banquet hall, metaphorically speaking.)The whole thing sounds ridiculous, but legitimate and respected media outlets are reporting it to be true. And I'm almost positive I believe them. Now Liechtenstein, as everyone knows, is that teensy country (all of 60 square miles) nestled right in between Switzerland and Austria. It's got about 35,000 residents who may or may not be partial to hip-hop, and according to reps from the nation itself they were prepared to lease the whole country to Snoop's crew – only there wasn't enough time to finalize the deal before they had to start shooting.True or not, there's a story you can share around the campfire this weekend.
Now on to movies, because it's Friday, and in case you feel like peppering your July Fourth merriment with a relaxing two-hour stint in a dark, air-conditioned room filled with people you aren't related to and don't know. So we already know that Eclipse is out there, continuing to break records and hearts. Then we have M. Night Shyamalan's newest: The Last Airbender. This is based on an Emmy-winning animated series that was originally titled Avatar: The Last Airbender, and we know that someone else beat them to the punch with that A-word part of the title and made some serious history. Now I'm not the demographic, but what I've gleaned thus far is this one has to do with a couple of pretty adorable boys tinkering with destiny, weaponry, and the four elements in 3D. What I do know is that M. Knight could use a comeback movie to reinstate him atop the supernatural-with-a-twisty-ending heap (not that this falls into that genre). Then there's always Toy Story, Shrek, The Karate Kid redux and The A-Team to beat the heat and get away from it all. For today's poll, let's look back at a few other films that opened nationwide while we celebrated our nation's independence. Voice your choice in today's featured poll and tell us which of the July Fourth weekend's highest grossing films is your favorite (and have a happy & safe holiday!) :
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Discussion in 'Trek Gaming' started by issreliant, Jan 17, 2012.
well its tuesday, 12:48 am, why isnt STO f2p unlocked yet?
My Money is on that'll it'll happen at 10:00am PST, they'll just be finishing a 2 hour maintenance of some sort at that time. Most likely it'll the activation process of FTP. The events associated with it start at the same time, so it's a safe bet.
Let the nerd rage begin!
It's here! Downloading...
Update: It's taking them hours to send my confirmation email!
Woohoo, just started! :-)
What do you think of it? I'm not impressed personally.
So much to download! Everyone, stop playing. I need your bandwidth.
Must be a very tough time for those who bought a lifetime account.
Lets see I bought mine when I preorded the game, so by now its paid off and I get 400 C-points a month which can let me get some of the cheaper things in the store or the more expensive if I wait and rack them up, or I can sell them for a nice amount of dilithium which is needed to get the good gear which. I also get priority access which is a good thing to have incase there is a large rush of new players, and I get access to all the veteran rewards such as free character slots and a VA ship. Oh and I get all my ships up to Rear Admiral for free while you F2Pers have to grind dilithium for them after Commander.
So why should I be having a tough time?
Actually, I'm still contemplating getting one.
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I ran into a discussion a while back with a collegue that claimed that a lot of clients don't allow us to set up PowerShell scripts for different scheduled maintanence tasks on their servers.
I myself draw a line between signed and unsigned execution of scripts. I have clients that allow unsigned scripts and those clients that doesn't.
But what is the general opinion on this? Is it so bad to allow unsigned scripts? Is there an added safety margin by only allowing signed scripts or is it more hassle than worth it? How do you guys handle it on your machines?
As needed.
As if batch files were ever signed
It's a hassle. I doubt many people are willing to run through a process like http://www.hanselman.com/blog/SigningPo ... ripts.aspx, much less the more complex and tedious process that would surround using a real cert that needs real protection (while one could easily argue it's less work than self-signed on every machine, at least there's no chance of losing your One True Cert because Bob's such a ... well, Bob). Especially for some of the two and three line scripts that carry the workloads.
RemoteSigned, though this really is only a safeguard against accidental missteps -- anyone that can edit or create the Alternate Datastream that PS uses to track script origins can bypass RemoteSigned.
As to why, code signing is rather bothersome for powershell scripts that quite often tend to be short hacks to solve a specific problem. With that it is also a real concern that some people would just start to litter their private key on all possible systems, at which point the entire key signing process would rapidly transform into one of those cargo cults that are all too common in IT security.
However, we do use svn/git (source control ALL the things) and a Nagios check that complains if the checked out version/local branch on a system differs from the repository/authoritative remote branch.
There's a good write up on execution policy here. Don't think of it as a way to limit PowerShell in any way. Think of it as a 'safety' to prevent accidentally running malicious code.
On IT workstations we use Group Policy preferences to set RemoteSigned if it is still set to 'Restricted'. Anyone is welcome to change their execution policy and this preference skip over their machine. I spend a good deal of time writing PowerShell and leave mine on bypass. Servers get RemoteSigned as well, tasks run with executionpolicy bypass argument.
If you already have a PKI it's not really a big deal to issue signing certs to your admins and have them sign their scripts. It also means when you term an admin you can revoke his certs and short circuit any timebomb scripts he might have created.
No PKI for the environment I manage unfortunately, so remote signed is good enough for us in most cases.
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If you already have a PKI it's not really a big deal to issue signing certs to your admins and have them sign their scripts. It also means when you term an admin you can revoke his certs and short circuit any timebomb scripts he might have created.
ooooh nice.
We have a code signing cert and would have no issues using it for PowerShell. That being said, there is a common misconception:
They might think of enforcing an "AllSigned" policy as a way to prevent the user from running non-approved applications, when it is designed as a way to prevent the attacker from running scripts that the user doesn't approve.
From the article I linked above:
At any time, the user can decide otherwise:
Type the commands by hand
Paste the script into their PowerShell prompt
Call Invoke-Expression (Get-Content <script>)
Call PowerShell –Command (Get-Content <script>)
Use our PowerShell hosting APIs to host PowerShell with a different Authorization Manager
Write their own minishell that has a "Say Yes To Everything" Authorization Manager
Launch PowerShell in a debugger, and skip the statements that verify the Execution Policy
Type PowerShell commands that use private reflection to switch the Authorization Manager
Decompile System.Management.Automation, hack out the Authorization Manager code, and recompile it
Use a resource editing tool to modify the LUA manifest, and let Vista do registry virtualization into HKCU
Launch PowerShell in a 3rd-party registry or application virtualization program such as SoftGrid or ThInstall
Use the Application Compatibility toolkit to write your own shim
Inject API hooks into PowerShell.exe (Overview, Tool, SDK)
I do agree that they have their place, but I would never place any reliance on a function they weren't designed to perform. As Lee Holmes mentioned,
System-wide PowerShell Execution Policies have never been a way to prevent the user from doing something they want to do. That job is left to the Windows Account Model, which is a security boundary
signing powershell scripts?


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Not surprised though. Really didn't do much until the end of this season. He got one vote at least.
Tyreke Evans of the Sacramento Kings, Brandon Jennings of the Milwaukee Bucks and Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors were unanimous selections to the 2009-10 T-Mobile NBA All-Rookie First Team, the NBA announced today.
Rounding out the T-Mobile NBA All-Rookie First Team are New Orleans Darren Collison (46 points) and Chicagos Taj Gibson (41 points).Source - Click hereOther players receiving votes, with point totals (first place votes in parentheses): Wesley Matthews, Utah, 16 (3); Omri Casspi, Sacramento, 13; Chase Budinger, Houston, 8; Ty Lawson, Denver, 7; Jrue Holiday, Philadelphia, 7 (1); Serge Ibaka, Oklahoma City, 6 (1); Toney Douglas, New York, 2 (1); Rodrigue Beaubois, Dallas, 1; Sam Young, Memphis, 1; DeMar, DeRozan, 1.


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Discussion in 'Fan Productions' started by Admiral Buzzkill, Jan 7, 2009.
Oh, yes. And that's just the sort of thing you need a holographic display for, that flat screens can't do.
I'm glad to give it. It's an intrepid effort (oh, I love a good pun!). I must say, Nick, that I enjoyed your performance. You gave your lines the right amount of bite without having them come across as pure vitriol, which those lines in another person's hands could've been easily done.
I'm always cut off at the climax ... oh, wait, that doesn't sound right.
But thank you for seeking out my feedback. I'm happy to have given it.
Dennis, I'm very happy and grateful that I've been one of the first to see the rough cut. This is going to be a hoot. And I'd love to see you guys be able to take what you've done and use it to produce more, either POLARIS or another venture.
But most of all, I can't wait to see the finished edit!
Concept sketch I did today for a VFX shot. Not so much interested in the details but the feeling the shot should convey.
Click image to see it MUCH bigger.
Almost a Lights of Zetar vibe going on there.
Puts me in mind of a waterfall of light. What is it?
Please put spoilers in spoiler tags or not at all. Thanks!
Wait ... what did I spoil, oh man of many ranks?
Or was that just a request to Maurice about his answer?
I took it as a general request in case any of the production team let something slip.
What Deckerd said. So far the team has kept things pretty well under wraps, revealing only the rough outlines of the premise, which is great. I'm looking forward to this project.
Whatever that scene is, it looks like it could be important.
That's a great image.
People spending 150 million dollars to make a movie that everyone in the world is trying to find out about need to worry about "spoilers." We welcome most any useful attention we get.
Spoiler: What the image is.
What it is: ain't telling. For all you know it's their 2Xth century Xmas lights.
Spoiler: about that
Concept art.
Looks like the Krell of the Polaris universe need to go on a diet!
The arches in that concept render remind me of those depicted in "Forbidden Planet", only much wider.
LOL. The irony is that those "arches" aren't based on FP at all, but an actual building.
Well, the rows of arches going off into the distance reinforce the "Krell" thing a bit - they were an experiment, and I'm leaning away from them now.
I'd consider making the openings on each side slope down so that you have to walk UP into the room.
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Whoever spent $50 on that **** must have been pissed. They should give out refunds or something lol.
that was a mean left
Damn player-centric usernames straight to hell.
I saw the fight, It was a one sided affair from the opening bell. When are the English fight fans realize that Ricky Hatton doesn't belong on that level? First Pretty Boy Floyd and now Paquiao. 40 something wins on his home turf isn't that Impressive in Vegas. He is, and always has been, one a level below super stardom. He should retire, or going back fighting up and coming fighters in Europe.
Hatton shouldn't retired...that would be foolish.
Hatton should just lay low...theres nothing wrong with losing to two of the best in the game.
I wanna see Pacq vs Cotto.
Hatton has been a great fighter, unfortunatley for him he has lost to 2 of the best fighters in a row. If i was him i would retire but i dont think he will, he loves the fans too much and will feel like he let them down.
Ive never seen a boxer that loves his fans so much.
Hatton is overrated. But he's one of the most exciting boxers out. Like Arturo Gotti....i'd rather watch a fight by them against similarly skilled brawlers....It's way more exciting.
I don't think Mayweather will beat Marquez and honestly i wouldn't be surprised if Pac can beat Marquez. One of the fights i definitely thought that Marquez won. Before you think i'm crazy i think that Marquez is EXTREMELY underrated. Definitely one of the best strategists in boxing.
Cotto's walking weight is most likley 160+ . That would be a good fight.
Props to Pacman tho. Dude is getting smarter. Def my favorite boxer as of now.
Wow...clumbsy predicitng a Mayweather lost.
Marquez has more to prove....He fought 2 controversial fights with Pac. It honestly could have went either way twice. Marquez has fought better competition. He's has underrated power, and is a defensive fighter like Mayweather.
Mayweather doesn't have that much considering he retired undefeated champion. He can always use the being rusty excuse. Plus he was one of the best managed fighters....He fought a lot of cans.
It's like a boxing purists dream matchup.
DAMMMN Pac -> PBF may not happen. I kinda don't like how boxing has so much to be with promotion and whatnot. It maybe Pac -> Cotto or Pac -> Mosely.
At this point Pac is kinda messed up in the game. His frame is naturally too small to compete with someone like Cotto. I can't see him eating Cotto up when Cotto naturally is probably 20 lbs more than Pac. And Cotto is smart for not trying to make the catchweight at below 145 no point in catching a L because you fighting weak and drained. I think he would have a hard time with Shane too but has a better chance of beating him just due to the age difference.
Which would ya'll see. Personally i just want competitive fights i could care less about legacy and whatnot. I think Pac and Cotto would be the most exciting, but it would prob be over by the 5th.


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For the many people around the world affected by infertility who hope to
have their own biological children and raise a family, the only option is in
vitro fertilization (IVF). With typical IVF, eggs are harvested form a woman in
bulk and then fertilized in a lab dish. The dish requires maintenance every few
hours to keep waste materials away and keep fresh nutrients the embryo needs to
develop available.
After a two to five day incubation period, the healthiest embryos are
transferred to the uterus in the hopes of a successful pregnancy. The process
has a success rate according to some sources of only 30%. Trials
of a new silicon womb are set to begin in the UK and researchers hope the
device will reduce the amount of eggs required for IVF and increase the chances
of a pregnancy.
The silicon womb allows embryos created in the lab to be placed inside a
perforated silicon tube and implanted into the woman's body. NewScientist reports that the silicon
womb is about 5mm long and less than 1mm wide with walls that are perforated
with 360 holes about 40 microns in diameter.
Once the lab loads the tube with embryos the tube is implanted via the
cervix into the uterus of a woman. The tiny holes allow the normal uterine
fluids to reach the embryos providing a more natural environment for them to
Forty women are being recruited for a trial of the silicon womb and each
woman will have eight to twelve eggs harvested -- half of the resulting embryos
will be incubated in the lab and half inside the silicon womb. Researchers say
that half of the participants will have the silicon womb's removed after two
days and the embryos will be checked for genetic defects and the remainder of
the volunteers will have the silicon wombs left for four days.
Simon Fishel, the man leading the trial at CARE Fertility in the UK, said
that the trials are encouraging, but not conclusive. Fishel told NewScientist, "We will be able to directly
compare the results of the in vitro and in vivo techniques."
Fishel goes on to say, "We don't really know the full ambient conditions of
the reproductive tract. It is also a dynamic environment that changes
constantly, and we can't replicate that."
Even if the silicon womb works, it is still not ideal according to
researchers. In a normal pregnancy the embryo develops inside the fallopian
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Crop Yields
According to the Malthusian theory of population, population increases in a geometrical ratio, whereas food supply increases in an arithmetic ratio. He was wrong because technology pushed improvements in yield at a far faster pace than population could grow. Still the idea is simple: There is only so much food that can be produced and if population grows then some one will starve Crop yields worldwide are not increasing quickly enough to support estimated global needs in 2050, according to a study published June 19 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Deepak Ray and colleagues from the Institute on the Environment (IonE) at the University of Minnesota.
Previous studies estimated that global agricultural production may need to increase by 60-110% to meet increasing demands and provide food security. In the current study, researchers assessed agricultural statistics from across the world and found that yields of four key crops- maize, rice, wheat and soybean- are increasing at rates between 0.9 -1.6 percent every year. At these rates, production of these crops would likely increase 38-67 percent by 2050, rather than the estimated requirement of 60-110 percent. The top three countries that produce rice and wheat were found to have very low rates of increase in crop yields.
Historically speaking, a major increase in crop yield took place in the early eighteenth century with a change of how crops were rotated. This was followed by the Green Revolution which refers to a series of research, development, and technology transfer initiatives, occurring between the 1940s and the late 1970s, that increased agriculture production worldwide, particularly in the developing world, beginning most markedly in the late 1960s.
Human overpopulation occurs if the number of people in a group exceeds the carrying capacity of the region occupied by the group. The term often refers to the relationship between the entire human population and its environment, the Earth, or to smaller geographical areas such as countries. Overpopulation can result from an increase in births, a decline in mortality rates, an increase in immigration, or an unsustainable biome and depletion of resources.
"Particularly troubling are places where population and food production trajectories are at substantial odds," Ray says, "for example, in Guatemala, where the corn-dependent population is growing at the same time corn production is declining."
The analysis maps global regions where yield improvements are on track to double production by 2050 and areas where investments must be targeted to increase yields. The authors explain that boosting crop yields is considered a preferred solution to meet demands, rather than clearing more land for agriculture. They add that additional strategies like reducing food waste and changing to plant-based diets can also help reduce the large estimates for increased global demand for food.
"Clearly, the world faces a looming agricultural crisis, with yield increases insufficient to keep up with projected demands," says IonE director Jon Foley, a co-author on the study. "The good news is, opportunities exist to increase production through more efficient use of current arable lands and increased yield growth rates by spreading best management practices. If we are to boost production in these key crops to meet projected needs, we have no time to waste."
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Marcum works pitch count up, feels good
By Adam McCalvy and Owen Perkins / MLB.com
"I felt good there that last inning," Marcum said. "I got to 78 pitches, and I felt like I still had more in the tank, so I definitely felt good and I'm ready to get the season started. Now the fun stuff starts."
Marcum gave up seven hits and walked one while striking out three. It was only his second Cactus League outing, having pitched three scoreless innings of one-hit ball against the Dodgers on March 25. He is scheduled to start the Brewers' fourth game of the season in Chicago on Monday.
"He'll be able to go up somewhere around 90 [pitches] next time, and hopefully we'll get to that point where he's late in the ballgame," manager Ron Roenicke said. "I thought his fastball was good -- it had a lot of life on it. He threw some nice changeups. Nice sliders. He got a little bit off the one inning, but I thought he threw the ball well."
Marcum started the spring with a stiff shoulder, but both he and Roenicke believe the shoulder issues are behind him. He credits an offseason program with a lot of long toss for coming to camp with his arm in "great shape," making it that much easier to bounce back once he got back on the mound and into game situations.
Pitching into the fifth Wednesday gave Marcum ample opportunity to experience the pattern of pitching, sitting for a half inning, then pitching again multiple times throughout the game.
"[My goals were to] get the pitch counts up, get the ups and downs, and make sure that when I come out to warm up at the start of an inning that I was loosening up quick, and I was, so it was nice," Marcum said. "I really wasn't focused on results or anything like that. I thought I located the fastball very well, except for a couple two-seamers. Other than that I thought it was a pretty good job."
Brewers make moves to finalize 40-man roster
PHOENIX -- The Brewers submitted their Opening Day roster to Major League Baseball on Wednesday morning and claimed Minor League right-hander Josh Stinson from the Mets, in essence filling the club's 40-man roster.Besides adding Stinson, who will start the year in the Double-A Huntsville bullpen, the Brewers formally selected the contracts of infielder Cesar Izturis and first baseman/outfielder Travis Ishikawa, the two non-roster invitees to Spring Training who made the club. Those moves put 39 players on the 40-man roster. The Brewers are holding the opening for right-handed pitching prospect Mark Rogers, who will be suspended the first eight games of Triple-A Nashville's season under a 50-game penalty levied last season. Stinson, 24, made 14 relief appearances in his first Major League stint for the Mets last season. He was a 37th round Draft pick in 2006 and has bounced between the starting rotation and the bullpen during his Minor League career, posting a 4.20 ERA in 192 games.
As expected, the Brewers' 25-man roster looks like this:Pitchers (12): John Axford, Tim Dillard, Marco Estrada, Yovani Gallardo, Zack Greinke, Kameron Loe, Shaun Marcum, Chris Narveson, Manny Parra, Francisco Rodriguez, Jose Veras and Randy Wolf. Catchers (2): George Kottaras and Jonathan Lucroy. Infielders (6): Mat Gamel, Alex Gonzalez, Ishikawa, Izturis, Aramis Ramirez and Rickie Weeks. Outfielders (5): Norichika Aoki, Ryan Braun, Carlos Gomez, Corey Hart and Nyjer Morgan. Aoki, Dillard, Estrada, Gamel and Lucroy are on a Major League Opening Day roster for the first time.
Ishikawa thrilled to be on Opening Day roster
PHOENIX -- What a difference a year makes. On the last day of Spring Training 2011, Travis Ishikawa, a veteran of four seasons who had appeared in the 2010 World Series with the Giants, found himself the last man cut from the big league roster.
"I was the odd man out," Ishikawa said Wednesday. "At the time it happened, I was real upset, disappointed, discouraged. Going to the Minor Leagues after being in the big leagues a couple years was tough, very hard. Then I hurt my shoulder on top of it and missed the last half of the season. I look back on it now and I think of it as just a huge blessing, because I'm so much happier here."
Those good vibrations came as Ishikawa learned he was the last man named to the Brewers' roster, as the club finalized its 25-man squad for Opening Day Tuesday night. Ishikawa will back up first baseman Mat Gamel, while also serving as a go-to left-handed bat off the bench.
"[Pinch-hitting] was the only way I got on the field in 2010, pretty much," Ishikawa said. "I definitely know I can do it. If this is what is needed for me to be able to help the club, I'm ready for it."
It's possible Ishikawa could be called on as defensive replacement for Gamel if the Brewers want to put his plus mitt to use late in games, but manager Ron Roenicke has been happy with what he's seen from Gamel at first.
"I'd rather not do too much of it, but we'll see how it goes," Roenicke said. "I don't think we're going to need to, to tell you the truth. When there's opportunities to make double switches, [Ishikawa's] a possibility. But when you look at the double switches in our lineup, there's not too many guys I'd like to take out."
Ishikawa shared his manager's confidence in Gamel, noting he's happy to offer advice when needed, noting the goal is "getting this team to the World Series and winning it all."
Melvin to be in contact with Greinke's agent
PHOENIX -- After dealing directly with right-hander Zack Greinke during Spring Training, Brewers general manager Doug Melvin will shift contract talks beginning Thursday to Greinke's newly-hired agent, Casey Close.Greinke had been previously represented by Close at CAA Sports before operating without representation for more than a year. Close has since left CAA to form Excel Sports Management. Melvin and Close will talk via telephone Thursday to "fill each other in on where discussions stand," according to Melvin, who declined to say whether Greinke's decision to select an agent indicated the sides were making progress toward a contract extension. Greinke is due to reach free agency in October. "From here on out, Casey and I will talk," Melvin said. Greinke has not said whether he is open to discussions extending into the regular season. Opening Day is Friday against the Cardinals at Miller Park, and Greinke will debut Saturday.
Adapting to bench role a new challenge for Aoki
PHOENIX -- Nobody had more Cactus League at-bats entering the Brewers' final spring game than their new outfielder, Norichika Aoki. The 30-year-old veteran of eight seasons with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in Japan's Central League is used to a lot of at-bats, with over 500 in six of his last seven seasons.
But Aoki faces a new challenge as he prepares to make his big league debut as the Brewers' fourth outfielder. He should see a fair amount of play early on as Corey Hart gets his legs under him following knee surgery, but the three-time Japanese batting champion will have to adapt to the challenge of pinch-hitting.
"At the beginning with Corey, definitely he'll get more playing time," manager Ron Roenicke said Wednesday. "But when Corey's playing nine innings most nights, it's going to be tough to get some of these guys at-bats. He's going to be one of those that I'm concerned about, just because he's never done that job."
A career .329 hitter, Aoki batted .308 in 65 Cactus League at-bats, with four triples, a homer, nine RBIs and three stolen bases. Roenicke gave him extra playing time to ensure he could hit the ground running when coming off the bench during the regular season.
"I know in that job, they have to have at-bats [in spring] because they're not going to get them [once the season starts]," Roenicke said. "They've got to be on top of what they're going to do to start the season, because it's going to go downhill from there."
Early on, look for Aoki to make some late-inning appearances for Hart, who made his Cactus League debut Tuesday night. Aoki will be called on to pinch-hit, particularly in situations where Roenicke is looking to get a man on base, as opposed to driving someone in.
"If you're leading off in the late innings, you want a guy that can get on base, and Aoki should provide a lot of that," Roenicke said. "I really feel good about Aoki hitting against lefties. I know last night he didn't come through [when he pinch-hit against southpaw Tyler Skaggs], but I really feel good about him."
Last call
Brewers assistant GM Gord Ash provided updates on two Minor League players not assigned to affiliates to begin the 2012 season. Right-handed pitching prospect Nick Bucci has a bout of biceps tendonitis and will remain at Maryvale Baseball Park to get healthy. Outfielder D'Vontrey Richardson, No. 20 on MLB.com's list of the top Brewers prospects, has yet to report to Spring Training."He is addressing some personal issues at home," said Ash, who could not elaborate.
Adam McCalvy is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Brew Beat, and follow him on Twitter at @AdamMcCalvy. Owen Perkins is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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NEW YORK, June 28 (UPI) -- "30 Rock" star Alec Baldwin is to return to Broadway next spring in Lyle Kessler's play "Orphans," producers announced.
Directed by Daniel Sullivan, and produced by Frederick Zollo and Robert Cole, this production will mark the first Broadway staging of the play.
"I have dreamed, for a long time, of doing this play with this director. It's an honor to work with Dan Sullivan in Lyle Kessler's 'Orphans,'" Baldwin said in a statement Wednesday.
"In the play, two orphaned brothers are living in a decrepit North Philadelphia row house. Treat, the eldest, supports his damaged younger sibling by petty thievery, and makes the house a virtual prison for the seemingly simple-minded Phillip," a synopsis said. "One night, he kidnaps a rich older man; Harold turns out to have his own motives and becomes the father figure the boys have always yearned for."
Baldwin is to play the role of Harold. The roles of Treat and Phillips are yet to be cast. The show will play at a Shubert Theatre to be announced, the producers said.
Baldwin's New York stage credits include "Entertaining Mr. Sloane," "Loot," "Prelude to a Kiss," "A Street Car Named Desire," "Macbeth" and "The Twentieth Century." He also appeared in the films "Beetlejuice," "Working Girl," "Miami Blues," "The Hunt for Red October," "Glengarry Glen Ross," "Malice," "The Juror," "The Edge," "Ghosts of Mississippi," "State and Main," "The Cat in the Hat," "The Cooler," "The Aviator," "The Departed" and "It's Complicated."


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The name Traditionally Derby is an acronym, combining Tradition with Design by ERB, her initials. She employs a staff of five for the 5,500-square-foot showroom; two are interior designers available to customers. The store manager is Amy Templeton, who had worked at Traditions the last two years.
The store features a broad selection of upholstered sofas and chairs, tables, desks, beds and more. It carries Kindel Furniture, Hickory White, Lillian August Collection, and MT Company including Shabby Chic, among others. There are also works of art from the Dorothy Draper collection. (Dorothy Draper was one of the 20th century's most famous designers.)
Ms. Bocci points out a crescent-shaped Dorothy Draper sofa covered with gray velvet. (Gray is the new neutral, she says.) The sofa was decorated with several pillows, including a luscious cream silk creation embroidered with silver leaves.
Beautiful pillows, mirrors, rugs, candlesticks, painted Italian urns, table linens, luxurious bed lines, framed prints and more are available as household accessories. Ms. Bocci carries Arte Italica, vintage-inspired tableware combining porcelain and pewter.
There are also tempting gift items scattered about the store, such as faux flowers in a square glass vase or Manhattan scented candles in a velvet-lined case. Derby also offers complimentary gift wrap.
Customers range from the late 20s to the 80s with a definite input from the tech generation. Asked if Facebook and Google employees were shopping, Ms. Bocci said there is definitely a tech presence. "The younger generation usually knows what they want. They're decisive."
Ms. Bocci is proud of the extensive Design Library at the back of the store filled with fabrics for special order upholstery, window treatments, pillows and and bedding. Derby's home design workroom does custom upholstery and draperies.
"Our Design Library is a unique space. It eliminates all those trips to the Design Center in San Francisco. We let our customers check out items. Then they can just drop them off in the mail slot in the back door," she says.
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Keeley Hawes admits Dr Who nerves
Keeley Hawes has admitted she is feeling the pressure about her forthcoming Doctor Who appearance.
But the Line Of Duty star told The Independent working with Peter Capaldi on the sci fi show had put her at ease, as they are old friends.
Keeley is appearing as villainous banker Ms Delphox in the new series, which returns to BBC One in August with Peter installed as the new Time Lord.
The former Spooks actress confessed: "It was quite nerve-wracking going on such a big show.
"It feels like a big show because it is so well known and people love it so much, there's a big old Who fanbase out there, so you've got all that pressure. I hope people enjoy my episode - it's really good fun."
Keeley said of working with Peter: "We were in a terrible thing together years ago but a really, good fun thing.
"So, I knew him and Douglas McKinnon who directed the first three episodes of Line of Duty was directing it, so I felt very relaxed about that.
"But he's just brilliant. Peter Capaldi is just fabulous - I think everyone's going to love him."
The Doctor and his companion Clara are set to meet Ms Delphox during a visit to a mysterious planet. The episode has been penned by Sherlock writer Steve Thompson, who also wrote the Doctor Who adventures The Curse of the Black Spot and last year's Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS.


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There was a man in Chu who sold shields and halberds. Praising them he said: "My shields are so strong that nothing can pierce them." And praising the halberds he said: "My halberds are so strong that there is nothing that they cannot pierce." A person asked: "What if someone pierces your shields with your halberds?" He could not respond.
Senshō, Sandaime Raikage - 三代目雷影
Third Lightning Shadow | Saikyō no Tate | Saikyō no Hoko | The Bear
Eight-Tails Subduing Team
Looks: The Third Raikage is a tall, dark-skinned man with a muscular, body builder-like stature. He has long, blonde hair and a full, wild beard. He has unusual eyes with green-coloured irides, dark sclerae and no pupils. The top of his lip has a darker pigmentation than the bottom one and he has a mole above his right eyebrow. He has the kanji for 'Lightning' (雷) tattooed on his right shoulder and a lightning bolt shaped scar runs all the way across the right side of his chest. His canine teeth are also slightly elongated.
Personality: The Third Raikage is a calm and seemingly level-headed person. He is also a man of honour, thinking of backstabbing and political intrigues as cowardly and dishonorable. He is also a very proud and caring individual who will readily use himself as a shield to protect his comrades. The Third Raikage believes that the new generation will surpass the old one. He cares greatly for the people of his village, as he made it a personal responsibility to subdue the Eight-Tails whenever it would go on a rampage, as well as fought against ten thousand enemies all by himself just to allow his comrades to escape to safety. The Third also greatly admire skilled ninja.
Village Info.
Village of Birth: Kumogakure no Sato
Village of Alliance: Kumogakure no Sato
Rank//Chakra Info.
Ninja Rank: Unofficial Sage
Specialty: Taijutsu & Lightning
Elements: Wind, Water, Fire, Earth, Lightning
Your ninjutsu: Black Lightning | NinTaijutsu | Hell Stab | Lightning Release Armor | Genjutsu | Ninjutsu | Kenjutsu | Taijutsu | NB Taijutsu | Fuuinjutsu
Background Info.
History: The Third's rule was punctuated by the berserk attacks of the Eight-Tails, but as Kumogakure couldn't afford to dispose of such a valuable war deterrent, he was forced to look for a suitable jinchūriki in quick succession, after the conclusion of each rampage. During one of these attacks, the Third fought the Eight-Tails alone, allowing his comrades to escape. Their battle resulted in the Raikage receiving a self-inflicted wound to the chest after he collapsed upon his own hand, which became his life's shame. Since this event, he made it a personal duty to combat the Eight-Tails whenever its jinchūriki lost control, with even his son eventually becoming part of the group that supported him during these occurrences. He chose to seal the Eight-Tails in the Kohaku no Jōhei, resulting in the host's death, hoping that someone else would have more success in controlling it.
Between these attacks, the Third held try-outs along with Dodai in order to search for a tag-team partner for his son, which is a long-standing tradition for the Raikage. As the exercise was seemingly going to end in failure again, he lamented the fact that this would have been unnecessary if A had an actual brother. After seeing the dummy's head finally fall off, he looks on at B and his son, glad that they had finally found a suitable candidate. Ultimately, when Killer B was made the jinchūriki, the Eight-Tails' rampages were at long last brought to an end.
At some point he also mentored Darui, passing the secrets of the Black Lightning technique down to just him. In his later years, he once faced an opposing force of ten thousand shinobi by himself for three consecutive days and nights, in order to allow his comrades to escape to safety.
Theme Song and Background Music:
Won: All of them! I'm the frikkin Raikage!
Lost: Lost? The hell are you talking about?
Dropping Orochimaru
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LAS VEGAS — The wine list at Gordon Ramsay's Steak restaurant changes so frequently, the servers need iPads to keep up.
The wait staff at the Englishman's massively popular restaurant are armed with 20 iPads to take wine orders.
Not only does it save paper, it's the only way to make sure the ever-changing wine list is accurate.
Not only do the sommeliers love it, the customers do too.


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Persistent road congestion in and around the naval base is spurring public interest in this particular LRT extension proposal, in contrast to the warming but still sluggish public support for extending The Tide into neighboring Virginia Beach, Va.
The Naval Station Norfolk Transit Extension Study will evaluate transit options, including bus and light rail. Hampton Roads Transit says the study also will look at transit needs for places like Old Dominion University and commercial districts Norfolk.
"During the initial public workshops for the study in June 2013, participants helped to identify the travel needs and mobility problems in the City of Norfolk and the base," HRT says on its website. "This set of workshops will build upon the needs identified in June to start creating possible transit corridors to solve those needs. These workshops highly interactive workshops will be predominantly lead by the community participants."
Those unable to attend any of the three meetings can offer input online.
Service on The Tide began Aug. 19, 2011. The Tide employs Siemens S70 light rail transit equipment over its 7.4-mile route.


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The new semester is coming up fast, and its time to prepare. So while you're being forced to download an app you neither want nor need (looking at you, Facebook messenger), take a minute to download some free apps to make your life easier and more efficient this semester.
RefMe: Here's the situation – you have a paper due in an hour and you can't remember the difference between MLA and APA citations. We get it. RefMe can help. Simply scan the barcode of the book you just referenced and you instantly have every form of citation you could possibly need. Chicago style? Easy. APA footnotes? No problem.
Evernote: This is one of the most useful apps you will ever download for a new school year. Make a list of employers you want to meet during that networking event and check them off as you go. Write a grocery list during class that you can access on your phone in the middle of the supermarket so you don't forget pasta sauce again. Type notes on your computer and record the class lecture at the same time, and it will immediately be available on your tablet, your phone, and your computer so you can review that case study on your walk home.
White Noise: Getting out of the house every now and again to study in a new environment is refreshing, but not if the person a table away is talking on his phone like he's never heard of an inside voice. WhiteNoise is an easy-to-use white noise generator that helps you block out distractions so you can study in peace.
Duolingo: You're studying abroad in Spain next semester, so it's high time you refreshed your Spanish language skills. Duolingo teaches you grammar & vocabulary with quick activities you can do a few minutes a day on the T. You'll have your Spanish down in no time!
StudyBlue: StudyBlue means you can study whatever you want, wherever you are, with portable flashcards. Create a set of flashcards on your computer or your phone through StudyBlue, and you can access them at any time on your phone or tablet.
Want to make this the best semester ever? Add a couple of new apps to your phone or tablet. You'll be smarter, more efficient, and better looking (probably).
Lindsey Sampson is a junior International Affairs major with minors in Social Entrepreneurship and Writing. She enjoys writing about Millennials in the workplace and social media as a marketing tool. Follow her blog here and tweet her @lindseygsampson.


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ORLANDO, Fla. - Authorities are investigating why a worker at an Orlando day care with a suspended license was allowed to drive a van of children after she crashed into a tree and seriously injured one of the toddlers.
3-year-old DeAnthony Fisher was knocked unconscious while being driven by Tressa Cummings in the day care van to the Children's Place Learning Center on Pine Hills Road, according to the crash report.
Cummings had her license suspended back in May for failing to pay traffic fines, records show. She has also had her license suspended several other times and had numerous traffic violations, including failure to properly restrain a child in a safety seat.
Department of Children and Families is also investigating if the children were properly restrained in the van on Monday.
"I was sitting in my chair and I fell," Fisher told Local 6 on Friday. Fisher was taken to the hospital when he regained consciousness where he received stitches in his head.
His mother told Local 6 she bought a child safety seat and gave it to the daycare for them to use. But Fisher told Local 6 he wasn't wearing a seatbelt. He also told Local 6 he doesn't want to go back to day care again.
Cummings has been cited with careless driving and driving on a suspended license. She could face additional charges if investigators determine the type of van she was driving required passengers to be restrained.
According to a Florida Highway Patrol report, Cummings told troopers there were car seats in the van, she claimed employees removed them just before troopers showed up.
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The broadening of Volkswagen's seventh generation Golf line-up continues apace with the unveiling of the overtly sporty GTD ahead of its planned public premiere at the Geneva motor show.
The top-of-the-line Golf diesel runs Volkswagen's new EA288 engine. The transversely mounted 2.0-litre four-cylinder common rail unit delivers 135kW at 3500rpm and 380Nm of torque on a band of revs between 1750 and 3250rpm.
This represents a subtle 10kW and 30Nm increase on its predecessor, which ran an older oilburner of the same capacity.
Among the changes incorporated on the new engine are new lightweight pistons and valve gear aimed at lowering frictional losses and improving thermal properties, a heavily reworked exhaust and lower compression ratio (15.8:1 versus 16.5:1).
Drive continues to be channeled through a standard six-speed manual gearbox to the front wheels, with a six-speed dual-shift unit available as optional equipment.
Volkswagen claims the new 1302kg Golf GTD reaches 100km/h from standstill in 7.5sec on the way to a top speed of 230km/h in six-speed manual guise. By comparison, the old sixth-generation Golf based model possessed figures of 8.1sec and 222km/h respectively.
Combined cycle fuel consumption is put at 4.2L/100km, giving the new performance diesel average CO2 emissions of 109g/km. The previous Golf GTD was rated at 5.3L/100km and 139g/km.
The new GTD is distinguished from other standard seventh-generation Golf models by a series of mild styling tweaks, some of which are shared with the new GTi. Included are re-profiled bumpers, wider sills under the doors, more prominent spoiler above the tailgate a diffuser element at the rear, chromed tailpipe and standard 17-inch alloy wheels shod with 225/45 profile rubber. It also rides on a sports suspension.
Inside, the most powerful diesel powered Golf to reach series production receives sport seats, a black headlining, sports steering wheel, stainless steel pedals and foot rest as well as various GTD themed trims.
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Q Are there any plans to fix Reliez Valley Road through Martinez? It's very rough and teeth-shattering. … A while back, someone asked about getting the lights on San Carlos Boulevard in San Carlos synchronized, and you replied that it was going to happen, but they were just waiting for some kind of hardware. Those lights are still annoying. … The condition of the No. 3 lane of eastbound Blossom Hill Road near Chesbro in San Jose is reminiscent of the Indiana Jones ride in Disneyland.
Kim Bjork, Keith Hearn and Sam Grove
A Folks, put on your Mr. Roadshow caps and get to work. There is $320 million in federal money headed here over the next four years under what is called the One Bay Area Grant program, a new funding approach designed to align the region's federal transportation program with the mandates of California's landmark climate law.
Cities and counties can apply for funds to be spent to repair major streets, build and widen sidewalks, create bike lanes and crossings, install smart signals, and improve landscaping and street lighting.
Officials want input from Roadshow readers. Fire off suggestions to twhe following contacts:
Santa Clara County: email@example.com
San Mateo County: email@example.com.
Contra Costa County: firstname.lastname@example.com
San Francisco: email@example.com
Alameda County: firstname.lastname@example.com
Sorry, but the money can't be used for road or transit expansions.
Q Can't believe you didn't mention sunflower seeds when writing how sleepy drivers can remain awake. Most everyone I have talked to knows it's the only way to stay awake. Something to do with the hand/mouth activity. They have saved my life many times when nothing else works.
Marty Overson
A Anyone else with tips on remaining alert behind the wheel?
Q When driving north on Santa Rita Road in Pleasanton and entering I-580 eastbound, there is a metering light that at times gets very backed up. When you get onto I-580 you are not required to merge for at least one mile until El Charro Road. Since you are not required to actually merge with traffic for quite some time, giving you plenty of time to gain speed and merge smoothly, why is this metering light required? You have the exact same scenario between El Charro and Airway Boulevard.
Dan Remer
A Caltrans says all the onramps along 580 are metered, and to manage freeway bottlenecks throughout the corridor they need to remain so. If the Santa Rita onramp wasn't metered, it would create a gap in the metering system. Other metered traffic would divert to Santa Rita, and freeway traffic might start getting off I-580 and getting back on at Santa Rita.
Added Alan-the-Caltrans-Metering-Man: "This was a problem for us before the implementation of the ramp meters. Metering all onramps in the corridor will eliminate all this cut-though traffic."
Q Electronic signs went up on First Street in San Jose on both the north and south sides of Montague Expressway a few weeks ago. They say work will be from October to April from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Can you shed some light as to what's going to be happening, why it's going to take that long and why it's being done during the day?
Ray Kawakami
San Jose
A This will widen the north side of Montague Expressway between Orchard Drive and Zanker Road to provide a fourth lane westbound. In addition, a new sanitary sewer will be installed under this fourth lane.
The majority of work is taking place along the north side of the expressway and requires the closure of one westbound lane weekdays. The remaining two westbound lanes will remain open at all times.
Nighttime work would have been considered only if it meant closing more westbound lanes.
The project will also lengthen the left-turn pocket from east Montague to North First Street. While this work is being performed, one eastbound lane will be closed between Lick Mill Drive and North First Street weekdays.
Q I understand that Caltrans is probably busy with more important work right now, but over a month ago a section of El Camino Real in Menlo Park and Atherton was repaved. Lovely. But is this stretch repainted yet? Nope. And with the rains, I'd call the situation dangerous. Drivers are making three lanes where there have been two. Previous right- and left-turn lanes are nonexistent. Students from Menlo College dash across El Camino to a mini-market without the protection of marked crosswalks. In the past two years there have been two deaths (a pedestrian and a bicyclist) at the corner of El Camino and Watkins. And the situation is surely worse now. Can you lean a bit on Caltrans?
Nancy Barnby
Menlo Park
A Caltrans says it'll get to this as soon as the weather clears. After all the recent rain, workers need several days of warm, dry weather to do this work.
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After monster performance, Johnson back in three hole
By Bill Chastain and Adam Berry / MLB.com
ST. PETERSBURG -- Kelly Johnson hit third in the lineup for a second consecutive day Tuesday after hitting in the third spot for the first time in nearly two years on Monday.
Johnson went 4-for-5 with two three-run homers, six RBIs, and a stolen base Monday, becoming only the fifth player since 1949 to hit a pair of three-run homers (or more) and steal a base in the same game.
Johnson, who went 2-for-5 with an RBI double in Tuesday's 7-6 win over Miami, now ranks fourth in the American League with a .571 slugging percentage.
Evan Longoria said he hasn't been surprised about Johnson's bat -- he leads the team in home runs with 10 -- but Longoria noted that Johnson is more than just a productive hitter.
"I played against Kelly for a half a year in Toronto, and I had seen him play in the past on TV, and I know he's a talented guy, and he does a lot of things well," said Longoria, citing Johnson's alert steal of third base in Monday's game. "Even last night, him stealing third in that situation, that was a smart baseball play. That's kind of what he brings to this team, not only his ability to hit the ball, but just a total character baseball player. Being able to play multiple positions. Obviously something [Rays manager] Joe Maddon likes and he's taken to all of that really well."
Odorizzi optioned to Triple-A; Colome recalled
ST. PETERSBURG -- Jake Odorizzi was clearly disappointed with the news that he'd been optioned to Triple-A Durham on Tuesday night, sent back to the Minors after only two starts with the Rays. But with an overworked bullpen and plenty of other young pitchers waiting in Durham, the move made perfect sense for Tampa Bay.
Right-hander Alex Colome was recalled from Triple-A Durham and will be available in the Rays' bullpen for Wednesday night's game against Miami. The Rays will call up another pitcher, most likely Chris Archer, to start Saturday against the Indians. Odorizzi, a right-hander, had been scheduled to make the start in the rotation spot opened up by David Price's injury, but instead he'll head back to Durham.
Tampa Bay gave Odorizzi, its No. 3-ranked prospect, a six-run lead in his start on Monday against the Marlins, but he promptly gave up six runs before getting chased in the fifth inning without retiring a batter.
"I'm disappointed. I was hoping to get some more innings, especially after that last outing," Odorizzi said. "I really wanted to get back out there. I was ready to get back out there today, but obviously it's not possible. It's just part of it."
Pitching coach Jim Hickey told Odorizzi a few things he can work on after his second stint in the big leagues, manager Joe Maddon said, but equally important in the Rays' decision was their need for a fresh arm in the bullpen.
"If I would've gotten the win [Monday], it wouldn't have really mattered," Odorizzi said. "So it wasn't a reflection of outings or anything. It's just, they need somebody and I'm the lucky guy, I guess."
Maddon pointed to setup man Joel Peralta, who's pitched four days in a row, and closer Fernando Rodney, who's worked three of the last four days. There's also Jake McGee, who warmed up on Tuesday despite Maddon's plan to sit him, and Kyle Farnsworth, who was up and down at least twice.
Colome, 24, was 4-5 with a 2.60 ERA in 10 starts for the Bulls. He struck out 61 in 55 1/3 innings while walking 22.
"There's been a lot of craziness among the bullpen, and so we needed to square that up a little bit, too," Maddon said.
Archer would appear to be the most likely candidate to take Price's spot come Saturday. He last pitched on Sunday for Durham, where he's 5-3 with a 3.96 ERA in 10 starts this season.
Rays, behind Longoria, becoming known for offense
ST. PETERSBURG -- The shoe is on the other foot.
For years it seems that most criticism directed at the Rays has been associated with the team's offense, while the pitching has been a celebrated group.
Even though it's early in the 2013 season, this one has had a different hue than in the past, as the Rays' bullpen has blown leads and the starting rotation -- save for Alex Cobb and Matt Moore -- has been inconsistent. Meanwhile, the offense has been thumping.
In the Rays' last 37 games (beginning April 17), they lead the Major Leagues in runs scored (208, 5.6 per game) and hold the American League's third-best record at 22-15. On Tuesday, they scored seven runs in a win over Miami.
"It definitely is a little bit of a change, and a welcome change for us on the offensive end," said Evan Longoria, who's hitting .320 with nine home runs and 30 RBIs. "I felt like we were always putting a ton of pressure on ourselves because our pitching was so good and has been so good for so long. And they're going to be good.
"Like [Rays manager] Joe [Maddon] says, these are the guys who were probably a top-5 group last year and we're pretty much running the same guys out there. They're going to figure out a way to be better. But it's good to know offensively that we're able to produce some runs and be able to help them."
Hitting coach Derek Shelton has often been the target of those looking to blame someone for the team's offensive woes. Not this season.
"I'm sure it takes a little bit of the pressure and the weight off him," Longoria said. "But I think we all understand how hard he works, [and] how well he's respected from the offensive guys in this clubhouse. … We understand how hard he works and how much pride he takes in his job. So it's good to see the results. And it's good to see us producing, not for him, but in his behalf."
Longoria noted that the offense has been "lucky overall" to have players get hot at different times.
"I mean [first baseman James] Loney was really hot for a long time," Longoria said. "Then Kelly [Johnson] kind of steps in and gets uber-hot after him and really, you see the trickle effect all the way down the lineup to feed off of what one guy is doing. And you don't want to get left behind."
Longoria had an interesting take when asked if this year's offense has been the one the Rays envisioned.
"We talked a lot in the spring about developing the offensive identity and what kind of team we're going to be," Longoria said. "I think the home run production is definitely more than I thought we would produce this early in the year.
"But as far as the way that we've scored runs, I think we've done what we've expected of ourselves as far as moving runners along and being able to get a runner on second with nobody out and score that guy, whether it's with a bunt and a sac fly, no matter how we do it. We've really put good at-bats together. And I think that was something that was definitely expected."
Early in the season when the bats weren't working, Maddon said that this year's team had the capability to have a "swarming" offense, which has since come to fruition.
"It is [swarming]," Longoria said. "Because you kind of get it from all angles because you can't predict all the angles in this lineup. Like I said, Kelly in the three hole [Monday], he's probably been as low as seven or eight [in the lineup]. Yunel's [Escobar] been one, nine, two, he's been all over. [Maddon has] figured out a way to fit the puzzle pieces together and kind of create that swarming offense."
When Longoria was asked whether this year's offense was the best he's been a part of with the Rays, he quickly pointed out that the team is not striking out as much as it has in the past.
"And in those situations where we need to move the ball, we have," Longoria said. "I think that gives you the ability to produce a lot more runs based off of the fact you're putting the ball in play. It's just been fun to watch and I hope we continue it."
Rays Foundation donates to 17 nonprofit organizations
ST. PETERSBURG, FL -- The Rays Baseball Foundation, the official charity of the Rays, awarded a total of $100,000 to 17 local nonprofit organizations through the Community Fund Grant Program on Tuesday.
"The Rays Baseball Foundation is proud to recognize and support these community organizations and their valuable work," said Matt Silverman, team president. "Each year, we see evidence of how our partnerships with nonprofit organizations help strengthen our community and we look forward to extending that impact with our new partners."
The Rays Community Fund Grant Program provides assistance to local nonprofits in the Tampa Bay region. Grants worth up to $10,000 are awarded to help support and enhance current programs offered by community-based nonprofit organizations. To date, the Community Grant Fund Program has awarded more than 130 grants to local charities totaling $672,500. The Rays will award a second round of grants from the 2013 Community Fund Grant in September. Applications for those grants will be available on raysbaseball.com/community beginning June 1.
The Rays Baseball Foundation is committed to supporting youth and education programs throughout the Tampa Bay community. Key contributors to the Foundation include Rays owners, players, sponsors and fans. Since 2008, the Foundation has proudly invested close to $3 million in youth and education programs in the region through grants, programs and scholarships.
Bill Chastain and Adam Berry are reporters for MLB.com. Follow Adam on Twitter at @adamdberry. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.