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General Purpose: to inform, to persuade, or to entertain
Specific Purpose Statement: a statement of what you want your audience to do when you finish your speech.
Central Idea/thesis statement: a one-sentence summary of your speech.
The introduction should be written out word for word. Use complete sentences in your outline. The introduction should include the following:
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2. Preview of the speech;
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Connective: Move from the introduction into the main point of the body.
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The conclusion should be written out word for word. The conclusion should contain the following objectives:
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The The reference section should include your citations following the American Psychological Association (APA) format. (See below)
Place the references at the end of your preparation outline, put the word "References" at the top of the page listing, and double space each citation. For additional information or other citations, consult the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th ed., 2001.
Citing a book:
Adler, R. & Rodman, G. (2006). Understanding human communication (9th ed.). New York, N. Y.: Oxford University Press
Citing an article in a book:
Anderson, P. (1985). Nonverbal immediacy in interpersonal communication. In A. W. Sigman & S. Feldstein (Eds.). Multicultural integration of nonverbal behavior (pp. 1 - 36). Hillside, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Citing when there is no author or editor:
College bound seniors. (1979). Princeton, NJ: College Board Publications.
Citing a journal article:
Cooper, M. (1988). Rhetorical criticism and Foucault's philosophy of discursive events. Central States Speech Journal, 39, 1-17.
Citing a magazine article:
Gardner, H. (1981, December). Do babies sing a universal song? Psychology Today, 70-76.
Citing a newspaper article:
Duke, 1. (1981, September 4). Basketball player loses position. San Diego Tribune, p. 7.
Citing a brochure:
Institute for Teaching and Learning (1993). Guidelines for teaching communicatively apprehensive students (3rd ed.) (Brochure]. Lexington, KY: Author.
Citing an interview:
Smith, J. J. (2006, February 1). Instructor at De Anza College (555) 555-5555.
Citing from a database:
Levin, G. (1997, December 15). TV: Back to the future. Variety, 369, 1-3. Retrieved: August 8,2001, from Expanded Academic ASAP database (A20385512).
Citing a website:
lguchi, L. (2003, February 3). Japan warfare. History of Japan. Retrieved March 11, 2004, from http://book.edu/japan


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Schematic DiagramIn the electrical sector, a schematic diagram is usually used to describe the design or model of equipment. Schematic diagrams are usually utilized for the maintenance and repair of electronic and electromechanical devices / units. Original schematics were made by hand, using standardized templates or pre-printed adhesive symbols, but nowadays Electrical CAD computer software is often used.
In electronic design automation, until the 1980s schematics were virtually the only formal representation for circuits. More lately, using the progress of computer system technology, other representations were introduced and specialized computer languages were developed, because with the explosive development of the complexity of electronic circuits, classic schematics are getting less practical. As an example, hardware description languages are indispensable for contemporary digital circuit design.

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Ruckus wrote:Saw where we are 42-105 over last 5 years. (Insert loud sigh).
DiamondTerrier wrote:Here's my take on the error problem. Looks as if the problems on the team could be because of lack of instruction on behalf of the coaching staff. This applies to the entire staff but ultimately the head coach is responsible.
He does have his favorites. Face it...the cleanup hitter batting at .220 and the 5 or 6 hole hitting at .230 and these are the highs for the last half of the year. I'll you be the judge. Well, with the exception of a few chosen few and they are his untouchables!
A change has to be made at the top. This years had the most talent as any team in his tenure and look at where we will finish again this year. .
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Oct 5, 2013 starting at 1:30 pm Pacific Time
In this this webinar, Tracy Atkinson will introduce you to the 2,000-5,000 year old sacred art and science called Jyotish or Vedic astrology. Vedic Astrology originated in India and has been used through the millennia by astrologers and yogis, gurus and priests, as a tool to relieve suffering and to offer insight into such subjects as life direction and purpose, marriage, education, family, health, wealth, and spirituality, and other subjects both internal and external.
We will explore a brief history of Jyotish, the meaning of the twelve houses and the archetypal meaning of the nine planets and their rulerships. Tracy will also introduce the concept of timing and prediction of life themes and events in Vedic Astrology. This discussion will include planetary transits, as well as the system of "dasas" or planetary periods, which is unique to Vedic Astrology.
Tracy Atkinson is a professional Vedic astrologer, consultant, author and teacher based in New York City. Her initiation into the world of astrology began in 1991with the study of Western Astrology. When she discovered Vedic Astrology, the astrology of India, her attention turned exclusively to the study and practice of this sacred system.
In addition to her knowledge and skill as an astrologer, Tracy received her B.A. from Smith College and is certified as a yoga teacher and clinical hypnotherapist. Her website is atkinsonastrology.com.


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Novell is reshaping its cloud management solution to make it more specifically engineered for the heterogeneous reality of real world IT environments. The latest version of Novell Cloud Manager is designed to manage private clouds that support all leading hypervisors, operating systems, and hardware platforms. With enhancements to import existing physical and virtual infrastructure into the cloud, the company wants this product to be recognized as an accelerated transition route to cloud computing
Novell Cloud Manager also provisions workloads on demand, with the ability to incorporate organizational approvals to ensure security and compliance.
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Snow Totals Across Wyoming
With the biggest storm of the season making impacts across Wyoming over the weekend, you are probably wondering how much of the white and fluffy fell. The National Weather service has put together snow totals from their remote sensors here.
Big winners in the snow totals were Fremont and Natrona Counties. In the Lander area, anywhere from 12-20.7 inches of snow fell. In the Casper area, snow totals ranged from 5 inches at the airport up to 16 inches on Casper Mountain.
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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's daughter has a name
Kaidance or Kai? Or any other name that begins with a K? Several "K" names were tossed around this week as potential choices for Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's new daughter. But according to reports -- it's none of the above.
The first-time parents have reportedly decided to name their baby girl, North West -- with no middle name. TMZ first reported news Thursday night, citing the hospital birth certificate.
E!, which airs Kardashian's reality TV series, confirmed the name, too. An insider told E! News, "They will call her Nori for short. She has black straight hair. Lots of it! Looks like a good mix of both of them, but more like Kim. She's adorable."
For Kardashian-watchers, North West may not come as too much of a surprise, as Kardashian once hinted at a somewhat-related non-"K" name. Earlier this year, she told Jay Leno, "I do like Easton, Easton West."
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Background Sources for Kentucky
This entry was originally written by Wendy Bebout Elliott, Ph.D., FUGA, for Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
Many county and state histories are available for Kentucky. Because Virginia was its parent state, some early Kentucky history through 1792 is recorded in Virginia documents. Everton's 'Sources of Genealogical Information in Kentucky' can be accessed at www.everton.com/usa/ky.htm. For other genealogical resources on the Internet for Kentucky, see www.personal.umich.edu/~cgaunt/kentucky.html.
Historical material pertaining to Kentucky can be found in many excellent publications. A few include these:
- Allen, William B. A History of Kentucky. 1872. Reprint. Ann Arbor: University Microfilms, 1973.
- Bryant, Ron D. Kentucky History: An Annotated Bibliography. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2000.
- Chinn, George Morgan. Kentucky, Settlement and Statehood, 1750'1800. Frankfort, Ky.: Kentucky Historical Society, 1975.
- Clark, Thomas D. Kentucky: Land of Contrast. New York: Harper & Row, 1968.
- Coleman, John Winston. A Bibliography of Kentucky History. Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1949. Kentucky histories written prior to 1949 are listed in this bibliography.
- Collins, Lewis, and Richard H. Collins. History of Kentucky. 2 vols. 1874. Reprint. Frankfort, Ky.: Kentucky Historical Society, 1979.
- Filson, John. The Discovery, Settlement, and Present State of Kentucky. Wilmington, Del.: James Adams, 1784.
- Harrison, Lowell, and Klotter, James. A New History of Kentucky. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1997. Includes an extensive bibliography. Replaces Dr. Clark's classic work cited above.
- Hogan, Roseann Reinemuth. Kentucky Ancestry: A Guide to Genealogical and Historical Research. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1992. A good reference book.
- Kincaid, Robert Lee. The Wilderness Road. Harrogate, Tenn.: Lincoln Memorial University Press, 1955.
- Kleber, John, Harrison, Lowell, and Klotter, James, eds. The Kentucky Encyclopedia. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992.
- Littell, William. The Statute Laws of Kentucky to 1816. 5 vols. Frankfort, Ky.: William Hunter, 1809'19. Most important work concerning Kentucky laws.
- Van Every, Dale. Forth to the Wilderness, 1754'1774. New York: Mentor Books, American Library, 1962. A good brief history of the struggle to conquer the Appalachians and settle the western frontier. Available in paperback.


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TUPELO, Miss. (AP) – BancorpSouth has announced an agreement to acquire Monroe, La.-based Ouachita Bancshares Corp. and its main subsidiary, Ouachita Independent Bank.
It's BancorpSouth's first acquisition since 2007, the company says in a news release Wednesday.
BancorpSouth officials said OIB reported total assets of $652.5 million, loans of $477.8 million and total deposits of $549.7 million on Dec. 31, 2013.
Under the agreement, BancorpSouth will issue a maximum of 3.6 million shares of common stock plus $22.875 million in cash for the outstanding charges of Ouachita Bancshares. The terms of the agreement provide for a collar with respect to the total deal value ranging from $99 million to $112 million. If necessary, the share count will be adjusted downward or the cash consideration adjusted upward to accommodate the respective boundaries of the collar.
"This transaction will give us the opportunity to significantly enhance our market share in both the Monroe-West Monroe and Shreveport-Bossier City markets. It will also provide an opportunity to enter the Bastrop market, a market which we've not previously served," said Dan Rollins, Chief Executive Officer of BancorpSouth.
"OIB customers can expect to continue to receive the same level of personal service to which they have become accustomed, with the added advantage of additional BancorpSouth products and resources," Rollins said.
The merger has been unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies and is expected to close during the second quarter of 2014.
The transaction is subject to certain conditions, including the approval by OIB's shareholders and regulatory approval. The merger is expected to be completed by the second quarter of this year.
"BancorpSouth is a great cultural fit with an operating style that is very similar to that of our company. Both banks have a longstanding reputation for their commitment to the communities they serve as well as the customer-focused models that both operate. We believe these core fundamental similarities will make for a very seamless and successful transition over to the BancorpSouth team," said Kevin Koh, Chief Executive Officer of Ouachita Independent Bank.
OIB has 12 full-service banking offices in Louisiana, with six in Monroe-West Monroe, four in Shreveport-Bossier City and two in Bastrop. It also has loan production offices in Madison, Miss., and Natchitoches, La.
BancorpSouth has $12.9 billion in assets. BancorpSouth Bank operates 292 commercial banking, mortgage, and insurance locations in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee and Texas, including an insurance location in Illinois.
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Brian Kelly (February 14, 1931 – February 12, 2005) was an American actor best known for his role as Porter Ricks, the widowed father of two sons on the NBC television series Flipper, and as Scott Ross in the ABC advernture series Straightaway, with co-star John Ashley.
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Kentucky Cemetery Records
This entry was originally written by Wendy Bebout Elliott, Ph.D., FUGA, for Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
Many collections of cemetery records are available for Kentucky. A Kentucky cemetery records database is available through the Kentucky Historical Society website. In 1977 the Kentucky Historical Society began computerizing extant cemetery records for the state. Cemetery tombstone transcriptions are included in the Ardery collection (see Kentucky Periodicals, Newspapers, and Manuscript Collections). The main repositories for cemetery compilations are the Kentucky Historical Society, University of Kentucky Library, Filson Library, Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Library in Washington, D.C., local libraries, and the FHL. Kentucky regional libraries and some other large genealogical libraries outside the state have collections of Kentucky cemetery transcriptions. In addition, publications pertaining to Kentucky and Kentuckians frequently contain cemetery records for the state. Many cemetery inscriptions are located online and are organized by county and town at Kentucky Cemetery Records .
- Coyle, Malle B., and Lorena Eubanks. Kentucky Cemetery Records. Lexington, Ky.: Kentucky Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1960.
- Johnson, Robert Foster. Wilderness Road Cemeteries in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia. Owensboro, Ky.: McDowell Publications, 1981.
- Wilson, V., M. B. Coyle, L. C. Mallows, and I. B. Gaines. Kentucky Cemetery Records. 5 vols. Florence, Ky.: Daughters of the American Revolution, 1960'72. The Coyle and Eubanks volume cited above is part of this series.


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Cole Thomas Kuntz, age 2 of Edinburg, passed away Wednesday, January 30, 2013, at Akron Children's Hospital.
He was born October 31, 2010, in Akron, Ohio, to parents Brian Stevens and Angela Kuntz. Cole is also survived by his grandparents: Gary and Ruth Ann Kuntz and Sylvia and Robert Stevens, as well as many loving aunts, uncles, cousins, and his great-grandparents.
While his time with us here was short, Cole's life was truly a joy and a blessing.
Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated by Reverend David Misbrener on Saturday, February 2, 2013, at 11:00 AM at St. Peter of the Fields Church, 3487 Old Forge Rd., Rootstown. Interment will follow at St. Peter of the Fields Cemetery.
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Charlton have confirmed the departure of striker Bradley Wright-Phillips after two-and-a-half years with the Addicks.
The 28-year-old netted 32 goals in 87 appearances for the club after becoming Chris Powell's first signing in management.
But he will now head to pastures new after his contract expired.
"Bradley was my first signing so whatever happens with me and my managerial career, you never forget your first," Powell told the club's official website.
"I remember when I had the opportunity to bring Brad I said 'right, let's do it'. He came in, scored goals straight away and fitted in with the group immediately and then scored 22 goals when we got promoted from League One.
"On behalf of myself, all my staff and all my players I want to thank Brad for his contribution. I really wish him well because he's a fantastic young man and a fantastic character and we thank him for his contribution to our wonderful football club."


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Every month, Houston Chronicle Washington bureau chief Rick Dunham hosts a discussion on politics with prominent Washington journalists. This month, Rick invited veteran Chronicle political reporter Stewart Powell and Perry Presidential reporter Alexandra Jaffe to discuss Obama's jobs plan and the fledgling GOP presidential race.
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An Interdepartmental Committee has been established to study the creation of new majors in the area of environmental science and studies. Programs in Environmental Science, Environmental Biology, and Environmental Chemistry will be designed for students interested in laboratory and field research, consulting, analytical and diagnostic environmental work, and as a preparation for graduate studies. The curricula are similar during the first year, so a decision about these three majors would not have to be made until the sophomore year. The program in Environmental Studies would be designed for students interested in preparing for careers in environmental policy decision making, natural history interpretation, conservation education and teaching, and as preparation for graduate studies, including law school.
While the committee prepares these majors for college, University, and state approval, students interested in an environmental major are advised that the Interdisciplinary Contract Major program will be used to classify any of these programs as a contracted major of study. This program allows students to propose their own major if an existing traditional major does not exist or meet their needs. Applications are available in the Office of the Dean of Arts and Sciences. Examples of past contract majors in environmental fields are available from the chair of the Interdepartmental Committee.
If college, University, and state approval is reached before the completion of a contracted major, one of the majors listed above could be exchanged for the contracted major prior to graduation. For more information, contact any member of the Interdepartmental Committee.


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In the early days of search engines, sites would add pages, usually called doorway pages, specifically to support a single keyword or phrase. Similarly, a doorway domain is a domain that is set aside specifically for improved optimization purposes. Spammers use doorway pages to rank their spam sites for a particular keyword phrase. A user would click the link on a search engine result page (SERP) and would then be presented with the doorway page. Clicking the link to go beyond this page would lead to a site totally unrelated to the search query. As search engines became more sophisticated, they caught on to this tactic and started ignoring and even penalizing doorway domains and doorway pages.
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Typically, each one of these domains would contain links back to www.maindomain.com with the links from the doorway domains accounting for a good portion of backlinks. Google has specifically stated that funneling links from a bunch of domains that you own to another main domain that you own is a spam tactic, and they will penalize your site if they find you using this tactic.
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Mark Williams
My story starts just before my 50th birthday, I was feeling good and just noticed a little lump in my neck area, no mole, no rash, just a slight lump. I saw my primary care doctor within two days and she recommended a CAT scan. Five days later she said I needed a biopsy - no worries I thought, remove whatever growth and move on. Well.....the biopsy came back Metastatic Melanoma! Five days later, on my 50th birthday, after a PET scan revealed more bad news - 12 tumors! 9 on my lungs and 3 in my chest cavity; one large enough to move my esophagus almost an inch. Talk about a devastating birthday!! I had three more doctors look for moles and they still have never found a primary. So after the first oncologist I was sent to said, "sorry I can't help you"; he luckily sent me to a great doctor at Portland Providence Cancer Center. There he informed me (after coming in on his day off) that the only known cure for Melanoma is IL-2, BUT it's either a homerun (it's working) or strikeout (it's not), and it works in about 8-12% of patients. Unfortunately for stage IV Melanoma, as I was to find out, this is as good as it gets. I started IL-2 in November, 2007, but not very well. After eight doses I ripped out my main line (I don't recommend this!). I went home bummed but came back two weeks later for my second cycle. All the while the doctors and nurses were VERY encouraging, saying it's not if you can take all fourteen doses a week, it is how well your body is responding. I had all the other symptoms mentioned with this therapy - chills, fever, headaches, nausea, neuropathy and itching beyond your wildest nightmares. I was able to complete ten doses on my second week, which is somewhat unusual. Than I had to wait a month to see if it was working - IT WAS. Over 50% shrinkage in my biggest tumors, no new ones, and my lungs mets seem to have disappeared!! So that meant I got to go back for two more cycles, I was able to take ten and eight doses respectively. Another month and again no new tumors and all the existing ones seemed dead. So back for two more cycles. This time I was only able to take eight and then three doses before they felt it was best to stop. I was constantly reminded that it does matter that your body understands what IL-2 is trying to do; NOT if you can take all the doses. I finished IL-2 in April, 2008
I have repeat scans every three months and went until December, 2008 when they found a "hot" node from my PET scan. I had surgery and they removed 50 nodes from my armpit. ONLY the original node came back Melanoma, the surgeon was totally surprised. I had twenty-five rounds of radiation (which some researchers feel stimulates the IL-2 effect). Since then I have had five scans all NED (no evidence of disease). I have been able to work full time (I was even able to work going through IL-2). I know I am blessed and the 8-12% success is NOT good enough and we need much more research for this disease. There are many wonderful researchers out there who need our support. This is a great cause please support this!!
Re: Mark Williams(10/31/2011 - 8:51am)
Hi, Great to hear your positive attitude. I agree we need more research done. Keep fighting! Is that your baby or grandbaby on your lap? Either way - a good reason to keep fighting. xx


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School budget hike of nearly 5% proposed by Title
Superintendent of Schools David Title on Tuesday proposed an operating budget of almost $156.2 million for the 2013-14 school year, a nearly 5 percent increase over this year's budget of $148.9 million.
"It's always a challenge to try to put together a budget in a high-performing district, in a very well-regarded district that continues to improve what we have while at the same time does everything we can to keep the increase as low as possible," Title said as he presented his spending plan to the Board of Education.
Title said the "budget driver" of the requested 4.86 percent increase over the current $148,936,434 budget -- resulting in a proposed operating budget of $156,171,651 -- is the sharp rise in the cost of health insurance. That cost accounts for $5,431,206, or three-quarters, of the total proposed increase of $7,235,217, he said.
"So, my strategy was to do everything we could to try control the rest of the budget, whatever we could control," he said.
Title requested an $810,756 increase in staff salaries to $98,901,197 with a projected net increase of 100 students district-wide for next year. He said he was concerned, however, with having enough staff next year to accommodate the state's required new teacher and administration evaluation guidelines.
"I don't know right now what the impact on staff will be to implement that," he said.
Title said he added $23,000 to the budget to add part-time coverage for the library and computer labs in the afternoon.
He said he did not make a recommendation to reinstitute the World Language program because of its cost and its elimination has allowed additional instruction time for language arts.
He said there was no specific dollar amount earmarked for school security because the costs for buzzers and cameras on school buildings is part of this year's budget. Any major infrastructure improvements would be budgeted as a capital improvement project and any police personnel at the schools would come out of the police department's budget, he said.
Last year, Title asked for an operating budget just under $149.5 million, representing a 2.6 percent increase over the previous year's final operating budget of $145.7 million.
The school board is scheduled to hold special meetings on the budget on Tuesday, Jan. 22, and Thursday, Jan. 24. They will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Board of Education Central Office, 501 Kings Highway East.
After the board acts on the education budget, it then moves on for action by the first selection, the Boards of Selectmen and Finance and, finally, the Representative Town Meeting.
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Factions is a completely different style of MMORPG. Where most MMOs follow the same tried and tested pattern of pre-made, story-driven content. Factions strives to provide a completely unique experience. An almost completely untapped game play style in the Fantasy MMO genre.
Some "sandbox" games promise open-ended game play, only to disappoint the player with the lack of essential sandbox features like the ones explained below. Factions strives to appeal to the niche gamer who craves a more realistic open-ended fantasy MMO. It will not appeal to every joe schmo and their sister as mass market games attempt to do.
Factions allows the player to play whatever role they choose. Whether you are more interested in combat, crafting, faction and/or town management, building a business empire, or any combination of these things, you will be able to play exactly how you want to.
Traditional 'guilds' have been replaced with the 'factions' concept.
Factions can control territory, build towns, and wage war against rival factions.
Rules can be established to control how your faction is governed, how it interacts with other individuals and other factions, and how it handles infractions on its sovereignty.
Factions (and even powerful and well developed individual players) can hire NPCs to perform duties around their towns and frontiers. Manning a guard post, farming a field, providing vendor services for your goods, patroling a busy corridor and more can all be handled by NPCs. This will allow the players to log off of the game and know their town will not fall apart without them immediately. They will require upkeep in the form of pay and/or food from your fields.
Borrowing concepts from RTS games and possibly even City-building games, buildings and machinery can be erected to serve purposes (silos for food storage, walls for defense, forges to melt the hardest metals, mills to process the strongest of woods, machines to make mass quantities of the most mundane parts). Towns with the best infrastructure and resources will be the lifeblood and work-horses of well-off factions. However, players must also struggle to keep their buildings from deteriorating or being destroyed. Unlike other games where a player's investment is protected indefinitely, Factions is an unforgiving world. Build your house in a vulnerable location or fail to provide maintenance on it and you risk losing your investment.
One world (oneshard) for all players, no portals to go through to reach other areas, no instancing, no static pre-made "theme park" destined to be the same experience for each player.
Everything from the plant life to groups of monsters is generated in the world and is never actually placed in a location by a developer.
If a tree is cut down, it will not simply grow back. If a monster is killed, it will not respawn. If a mineral depositis mined, it will not return. All things in the world grow and appear based on which biome (jungle, desert, forest etc...) is in the area and what other flora and fauna is nearby. Even NPCs will not simply appear out of mid air, they are treated like other spawns and must be "found" by the player and escorted back to their town. Sometimes NPCs will be on their own scared on the beach of the new world, sometimes they will be in groups of two or three deeper in the woods with a small campfire etc...
The game world in Factions is incredibly dynamic, a player who is not prepared to defend themselves from the ever encroaching wilderness will not last for long in this unforgiving place. Players will need to deal with everything from packs of hungry wolves (or worse) raiding their stores and trolls who would kill a man for their shineys to ambitious players out to create the greatest empire in the world or striving to become the most renowned theif in the land. Some threats will need to be dealt with before they become too big a threat. For example, if a faction's territory is on the edge of wilderness it will become necessary to wonder out into the wild to destroy gathering threats before they encroach on their lands. Say that an ogre camp has been established deep in the woods, far outside the screaming distance of any man. The camp may start out with a single tent and a couple of ogres which are a nuisance to the local deer and rabbit population. In a few days they may establish a larger foothold, start a campfire, and erect a few more tents. Some more powerful ogres will join them. Given a few weeks they may be strong enough to send dozens of marauding warriors to bring back needed supplies to their foothold in the wilds; a small faction's town may be ill-prepared for such an invasion. Woe to the Faction who unknowingly builds their settlement next to a dragon's lair.
Nothing will have a pre-set price in the game and all materials and products will be worth only what the buyer will pay.
There are no gear vendors with gear that spawns out of thin air. If you see a NPC gear vendor, he is hired by a player or faction, told where to stand and who to sell to, and his stock is provided by that player or faction. Infact, if the vendor was killed, the stock could be looted. The factions economy is the most open ended ever created for an MMO, even the currency is created by players.
There is no 'starting area', as a new player you have the choice of starting in the wilderness alone, or starting in a faction that welcomes new players (you will be able to choose which of these factions to start in). When you first spawn, you will have only the rags on your back and a small bag, it will be up to you to work, adventure, beg, borrow, or steal to secure your spot in the world.
There is still a missions system, with all missions being provided by the players. A small list of mission scenarios can befound below:
Escort mission. A player may hire other players to escort him to a far away place to protect a cart full of expensive wares. Or a player may need protection while mining a large iron deposit far off in the wilderness. Or maybe the player just needs a player who has access to a larger wagon to haul his goods.
Bounty mission. A player may decide to put a very large sum of money on an opponent's head. Or possibly a very valuable piece of armor was lost to an enemy in battle and the vanquished player will pay handsomely to have it returned to him.
Collection mission. A wealthy player may need 50 trees worth of lumber to complete his new house, he may decide to hire someone else to do the work so he can focus on obtaining the marble stone from a far away town... Or maybe he'll hire someone to go pick that up for him as well?
Kill count mission. The constant incursions from the local giant bear populations may be starting to effect the farm production, a player may be hired to kill 20 of them to stem the attacks.
Production mission. The faction leadership may demand a stone wall be erected around the town instead of the old wooden palisade. A player may request 500 bolts be produced.
These are just some of the scenarios which may prompt a player or faction to post a mission. Missions can be posted on inexpensive boards in a faction's town, or can be left with an NPC.
Just about everything that would naturally need to have been created, has been created by a player. Gone are the days of finding a piece of armor dropping from an alligator or a snake-like monster with no arms wielding a two-handed sword. You will find, however, alligator bones on every alligator and snake skin on every snake.
As mentioned previously, there are no pre-built cities or towns or buildings or NPCs. The entire world will be shaped by the player's actions.
It is possible that a player may reach an extremely high skill level in a specific trade skill and may be able to create things only dreamed of by other players (think nearly one-of-a-kind items like an Excalibur sword).
Most complex items will require many different skills to create. While it is possible that one player posses all these skills, it is very unlikely. Cooperation will be required to create items like buildings and armor/weapons of high quality.
Mounts, pets, and companions will need to be tamed or raised by someone skilled in such an art.
Crafted items will not always turn out with the exact same specs. For example, if a sub-par lumberjack cuts down a tree and damages the wood, and then a sub-par Fletcher creates a "Longbow Arrow Shaft" from that lumber, it may provide a damage increase of +5. Whereas if a lumberjack cuts down a higher quality tree and then an expert Fletcher uses that wood to create a "Longbow Arrow Shaft" it may provide a damage increase of +20.
Town management will be a craft in itself. To ensure efficient food production, building upkeep, and NPC management, the town management will need to keep a close eye on the workings of the town, faction, and its players.
No one is tied down to any specific class any longer. Players will build their character to precisely what they envision by using Factions deep ability system.
While more powerful abilities do have pre-requisites, for example, to be able to hurl a ball of fire at another player, you must first learn how to create magical fire and then learn how to use it against another player whom you can touch, then you may be able to learn how to project it distances.
The ability system will allow very extreme combinations such as a marksman who can stealth or a plate armor healer. But these combinations would be in vastly different areas of the tech tree and would take a long time to obtain such terrific combinations and there are balancing mechanisms in place to prevent a few builds being vastly superior to the others. For example, heavy armor causes magic casting time to be increased.
Each ability in the game has a skill level, so while your shield block ability may be available to you, it will take a very long time until it 100% effective.
Abilities take time to acquire, you must be logged on to learn them. Learning and skilling your abilities up is also a social activity (much like everything else in Factions), you can learn much faster when learning from other players, in fact teaching is a skill in itself and the best teachers will likely be able to charge much more for their services.
Trade skills and crafting will be included in this ability system, so a player will need to make important decisions on how to allocate their research time. While one player may require additional defensive abilities, another may only be interested in learning how to create the most magnificent structures possible.
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For much of our adult lives, the Lakers have been the toast of the town. That's why the anguish is so understandable now that they are merely toast.
But in the midst of all the noise, have we not missed some of the more salient points? Are we so engrossed in our need for instant gratification that we cannot look beyond the most recent tweet? Even as we dissect everything about the Lakers as if they were biology-class frogs, aren't we getting off track a bit?
There is no intention here of being an apologist. The Lakers are lousy. There is no hiding that. TV now runs graphics listing the handful of teams with the worst records in the NBA, and the Lakers are in there. It's not a typo. Watching "Storage Wars" is more compelling.
But in the rush to place blame and demand immediate fixes, some logic and reason seem gone.
Talking point: The Lakers are in deep trouble because Jerry Buss, among the more revered sports owners of our time, has died and his children, mainly Jeanie and Jim, are in over their heads.
Discussion: If we revered Jerry Buss, if we watched for all those years in wonderment as he made one smart move after another, why can't we accept that he knew what he was doing with his plan for the future?
One of the several Lakers sources interviewed for this column, all wishing anonymity, said, "If Jerry didn't think his kids could do this, he wouldn't have given it to them."
Talking point: Jim Buss has blown it twice with coaching hires, first Mike Brown and then Mike D'Antoni.
Fact: Jerry Buss was thrilled with the hire of Brown. And when Jim Buss takes the rap for D'Antoni, a good coach who has persevered with his stars in rehab, it isn't fair because he didn't make the call. Jerry Buss did. He was ill, but he was still in charge. Jerry Buss loved the run-and-gun style that D'Antoni created with the Phoenix Suns and wanted that for the Lakers, kind of a back-to-Showtime thing.
Talking point: The Lakers blew it when they didn't get Phil Jackson back, instead of hiring D'Antoni.
Discussion: They may have blown it, but it was never in the plan. The family was to take over. Jim and Jeanie were to be the leaders, but son Joey is also part of it and runs the Lakers' Development League team, the D-Fenders. Son Jesse, in the team's scouting department, and daughter Janie, who runs Lakers Charitable Services, also are involved. There are also other family members with a piece of the pie.
Phil wasn't, and still isn't, family. Blood runs thick. Nor did he want to coach again, as demonstrated by the job he just took with the Knicks.
Jim Buss is not Jerry West. Nor is he a newcomer. He has been in the Lakers front office for 16 years, nine as executive vice president for basketball operations. The current Buss family operational crew has regular meetings they have made mandatory for each other.
Talking point: Jim Buss likes a cocktail or two, enjoys placing a wager and doesn't have the corporate persona of an NBA executive.
Fact: His father, the revered one, also liked the first two things, and didn't have the last thing, either.
Talking point: Jim Buss is making decisions in a vacuum.
Fact: When Buss wants to do something and General Manager Mitch Kupchak, the veteran basketball mind — with 27 years as a Lakers executive and 14 as general manager — disagrees, Buss listens and has gone Kupchak's way several times. They work together, not at odds.
Talking point: The future couldn't look more bleak and the Lakers have never been at a lower ebb.
Fact: It's pretty low, but the air has gone out of the balloon before. From the 1990-91 season, when the first of Mike Dunleavy's teams went to the NBA Finals, until 1999-2000, when Jackson signed on and won his first of five NBA titles with the Lakers, the Lakers went without a championship, or a Finals appearance, or even a Pacific Division title. They won only 23 playoff games in those eight seasons. One of those seasons, they were 33-49 and missed the playoffs, just as they will this season.
Talking point: It looked like desperation, almost a plea to season ticket-holders, when Jeanie Buss went on radio and TV last week to put some Lakers spin on the controversy.
Fact: She did it only because the team's broadcast partners, Time Warner Cable SportsNet and 710 ESPN, asked her to. They have paid handsomely for Lakers rights, so smart business dictated that she do the interviews. One perceptive radio caller asked why she was doing interviews now. That's why.
Talking point: The $48.5-million contract given to Kobe Bryant for the next two seasons was stupid. He is injured and will be 36 when he starts his next season.
Fact: It may be stupid, but again, that's a page from the Jerry Buss basketball handbook. Pay them lots. Be loyal to them. Remember Magic Johnson's $1-million-a-year deal for 25 years? The Buss family is merely carrying on as they've been taught. And they've been taught by the master professor.
Talking point: How is it conceivable that the NBA is allowing Jackson to run the Knicks and Jeanie Buss to have a large role in running the Lakers even though they are engaged to be married?
Discussion: It isn't conceivable. It is beyond comprehension. It gives new meaning to the term "conflict of interest."
Will the Carmelo-for-Kobe deal be finalized by email or over dessert?
Get a big mirror, NBA, and look into it.


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Dancing With The Stars Review: Classical Night
After dealing with Motown Night, 'Dancing with the Stars' decided to crank up the intensity and challenge the dancers even more with Classical Night. After all, classical music is more difficult to dance to in comparison to anything contemporary.
The show begins rather dramatically with the orchestra showing their skill lead on by violinist Joshua Bell, rocking it out while three couples, all decked out in skimpy Victorian garb, show off their moves. Then we're introduced to our seven contestants who are already feeling the pressure of trying to make it to the next round.
Katherine Jenkins & Mark Ballas
Score: 27/30 (9/9/9)
Surprisingly Katherine Jenkins isn't feeling too much pressure, claiming that she's "a lot more in the comfort zone" by dancing to classical music. At the same time her dancer Mark Ballas is confident that he'll be able to wow the judges with their dance, especially since he seems rather interested in his partner. Their take of the Rumba to classical music goes off without a hitch, dirtying up the instrumental song with their own dance moves in a fun way. However, Carrie Ann Inaba is under the impression that it would have been more enjoyable to watch if it were even dirtier. They were barely wearing anything and were dance-caressing each other, what more do you want?
Melissa Gilbert & Maksim Chmerkovskiy
Score: 21/30 (7/7/7)
Not everybody can be perfect with their Argentinean tango. Just look at Melissa and Maksim. It's obvious from the rehearsal footage that Maksim has had it up to here with Melissa, which is a shame because the poor woman is putting so much effort into her performance. Once the two end up on the dance floor, their lack of chemistry and Melissa's nervousness shows greatly as she gives a rather stiff performance, something that all of the judges seem to notice. Surprisingly they gave her a higher score than what their comments were giving off. Still, it's not looking too good for Melissa.
William Levy & Cheryl Burke
Score: 27/30 (9/9/9)
At the beginning of William and Cheryl's rehearsal segment, William says he wants to "show them we are more than a pretty face." During the rehearsal William seems to have a hard time trying to get his dance together, especially given the fact that he has an injured ankle, but still perseveres when they do the Viennese waltz in front of the judges. They dance to child prodigy Jackie Evancho's rendition of "Ave Maria." Her beautiful voice combined with the couple's fluid movements was enough to win everybody over in the dance hall.
Roshon Fegan & Cheslie Hightower
Score: 25/30 (8/8/9)
It's obvious that Roshon is having some trouble with his dance moves, but he blames it all on his account of not being "masculine" enough in order to pull off his role as leader in the Argentinean tango. So what does he do? He decides to recruit the help of Maskim in order to wow the judges. The couple does fine, though there is a slight smell of favoritism lurking around these two since they were the only ones to perform to a classical take on a contemporary song. Some may pass it off as just another random song, but others could claim that the song alone (along with it's beat) was a form of cheating that saved the couple from getting a low score / being eliminated this round.
Donald Driver & Peta Murgatroyd
Score: 27/30 (9/9/9)
Who knew that a football wide receiver would have better dance moves than an actor? Donald Driver managed to show off his sweet moves to the entire dance hall thanks to his never-ending urge to win at everything. "You let your technique go, then you're going home" proclaims the man. He certainly didn't let go of his technique though it is arguable that he should loosen up just a little bit.
Maria Menounos & Derek Hough
Score: 30/30 (10/10/10)
"Montagues and Capulets, I'm thinking tragic love story?" When Derek first uttered these words during the beginning of the rehearsal session surely some audience members thought they were in for a whirlwind of dance floor trouble, especially since the two had an extremely hard time working with each other through their practices this week. Instead they learned how to grab their anger and turn it into pure sexual passion on the dance floor with their fiery rendition of the Paso Doble. Obviously the judges were happy with it, even the host Tom Bergeron who looked like he needed a moment to compose himself after Maria gave him an almost vampire hickey.
Jaleel White & Kym Johnson
Score: 24/30 (8/8/8)
Out of all of the couples that have been competing so far, Jaleel and Kym seem to be having the most fun being part of this process. At the same time Jaleel is letting Kym do her thing, teaching Jaleel how to properly move on the dance floor without questioning it. A perfect combination? You would think so but it didn't turn out the way they thought it would be once it was time to perform.
Team Tango
Score: 27/30 (8/9/10)
Now we're onto the final round of the night which could make or break some couples' scores if they win or lose. The first of the two sets of couples to compete is Team Tango who, obviously, are going to put their own spin on the famous dance. Roshon is definitely the belle of the ball in this dance group but Jaleel continues to struggle. Regardless, they all look good together minus the fact that they aren't completely in an even line and that Jaleel's mistakes stand out even more due to that.
Team Paso
Score: 26/30 (8/9/9)
It's time to bring on Team Paso, or what the women would like it to be known as Team Shirtless. Yes, they were able to get the men of their group to be shirtless as they wished but lack of clothing doesn't equal better dancing. Melissa still struggles to let go of her nervousness, appearing stiff on the dance floor, which makes many people question whether or not she'll be getting the boot tomorrow night. Still, they gave it a try.
Be sure to watch 'Dancing with the Stars' tomorrow night where the results will be counted out and two couples will do a dance duel (the last of the season) in order to try and stay on the show.


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One podiatrist I know has a surefire way to prevent blisters during marathons: stop half-way, take a shower, dry your feet and change your socks.
Surefire, maybe. Practical, no. Fortunately, many other doctors and runners have developed several inexpensive, easy ways to prevent these nasty beasts. None involve a midrace shower. And all will help ensure blisters never ruin another race or training run.
Annoying and painful, blisters are caused by friction, usually your shoes or socks rubbing against your skin. Anything that intensifies rubbing can start a blister, including a faster pace, poor-fitting shoes and foot abnormalities, such as bunions, heel spurs and hammertoes. Heat and moisture intensify friction by making your feet swell. That explains why many runners only suffer blisters during races, especially marathons. You're perspiring more, running faster and longer, sloshing through water stations and, if it's warm, pouring water over your head.
The body responds to the friction by producing fluid, which builds up beneath the part of the skin being rubbed, causing pressure and pain. A blood blister occurs when the friction ruptures tiny blood vessels.
While most blisters don't pose a serious health risk, they should be treated with respect.
"A painful blister can sideline a runner," says Letha Griffin, M.D., an orthopedic surgeon in Atlanta, Ga., who is the sports physician for Georgia State University. But more importantly, "a blister also can get infected. And those infections can put you in the hospital," she adds. "A lot of people will pop a blister with a dirty needle, and the area will get infected. Then, all of a sudden, you've got a severe problem."
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If you have a large blister, drain it. If you don't drain it, your blister will hurt, and it could puncture on its own, says Sheldon Laps, D.P.M., a Washington, D.C., podiatrist and foot surgeon.
To drain the blister, wash your hands, then wipe a needle with alcohol to sterilize it. "Don't put the needle in a flame," says Dr. Laps. "You'll get carbon particles in your skin," he says. The carbon can further irritate the wound.
Once you've punctured the blister, carefully drain the liquid by pushing gently with your fingers near the hole. Then cover the blister with a tight bandage to keep bacteria from getting in.
You can take the bandage off periodically and soak your foot in Epsom salts (follow package directions) to draw out the fluid. After soaking, put on a fresh bandage. "It's a good idea to keep a bandage on until the skin tightens up again," Dr. Laps says.
If you've got a small blister, leave it intact. The skin acts as a protective covering over a sterile environment. Furthermore, if the fluid amount is small and you try to pop it, you could cause additional problems by making it bleed. Leave small blood blisters intact, also. Otherwise, you risk getting bacteria into your bloodstream.
For small blisters, cut a hole the size of the blister in the middle of a piece of moleskin, then place it over the blister and cover it with gauze. The blister will dry out and heal on its own.
A blister under a nail is best treated by a professional. "If it's under the base of the toenail, we take an electric file and drill a hole," Dr. Laps explains, adding, "You never want to deliberately remove the toenail."
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Moisten your feet. Just like sweaty skin, dry skin is also more prone to friction. Use skin creams and lotions liberally on a daily basis to maintain proper moisture.
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Run with slick skin. Coat your feet with Vaseline or another lubricant before you run. Or use Second Skin, a padded tape that stays on even when wet. Both methods form a protective shield between your skin and sock.
Double up. Wear two pairs of socks so the friction occurs between the two socks, rather than between the sock and skin. If your shoe now feels too tight, go up a half-size--as long as your foot doesn't slide around, making blisters a possibility.
Wear shoes and socks that fit. Shoes that are too small will cause blisters under the toes and on the ends of the toenails. There should be a thumb's width of space between the toes and end of the toe box. Your socks should fit smoothly, with no extra fabric at the toes or heels.
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Every runner has at least one antiblister secret. Here are some suggestions shared by members of the Dead Runners Society, an Internet running group:
* "Wear your socks inside out, so the seams don't rub against your toes," says Karen Bingham (a.k.a. "Penguin Spouse"), of Murfreesboro, Tenn. "I started doing this years ago and haven't had a blister since."
* Geraldine Wales, an ultrarunner from Ardsley, Pa., swears by the advice of a male running friend. "Lubricate the feet liberally, then--I am not kidding--put on a pair of ankle-length nylons," she says. "Then put your regular running socks on over the nylons. It has worked for me for over three years." She advises large men to "buy queen-size."
* "As a forefoot striker, I put a large pad on the balls of my feet during races, held by surgical tape along the edges," says Mats Allaskog, a 3:05 marathoner who lives in Stockholm, Sweden.
* "Sometimes I'll paste the little circular Curad bandages to areas of my feet prone to blistering and chafing," says Matt Sissman of Schenectady, N.Y., a veteran of 17 marathons.
* "Just wear a pair of black Orlon socks," says Daniel Wellner, of New York, N.Y. "That's what I wear, and I never get blisters. Of course, people may call you a nerd, but that shouldn't interfere with your running." (Orlon is a kind of acrylic fiber, of which there are many types and colors. Acrylic has been shown to keep the feet dry and blister-free.)
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Finally, there are those who do nothing at all.
"I've run seven marathons and an ultra, and have never had a blister," says Larry Schatz of Collegeville, Pa. "My secret: live about a half-century and stay so active that your skin gets as tough as an old football."


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Returning five of their top seven from the '04 Big West Championships including two All-Conference finishers, the men are determined to make a run at the 2005 title, improve upon their 10th place finish at the '04 NCAA Regional Championships in arguably the toughest region in 2005 and return to the NCAA Championships for the first time since 2001.
Running their full squad for the first time all year at Saturday's Stanford Invitational on the Campus Golf Course, it marks the unofficial start of the 2005 season. For the Gauchos however, it will be a conservative start as they look beyond Stanford to make their strongest showing at the Pre-National Meet in Indiana. Pre-Nationals on October 15th will be pivotal in their quest to return to the NCAA Championships for the first time since 2001 when that squad finished 17th in the country.
What will it take and who are the role players? First, on the road to Indiana, the Gauchos must run well at Pre-Nationals in order to score at-large points over non-region teams. The way a squad scores points is by beating a team from another region who then grabs one of the two automatic spots to the National Championships at their Regional Championships in November.
Second, is the all-important Big West Championships where they will go head to head versus the current #10 ranked Cal Poly SLO team and two-time defending Big West Champions. At the home opener, the Gauchos lost by only six points to Cal Poly but will add Ashley who finished 2nd behind teammate Chavez on Sept. 3rd but did not run in uniform. Both Chavez and Ashley ran under the previous course record.
Another addition will be Micah Tyhurst (So.) who will open up this coming weekend at Stanford. Tyhurst had a standout Track & Field season running 14:17.72 for 5,000m and was All-Conference at that distance by finishing 3rd in a deep Championship final after taking 5th the night before in the 10,000m final.
Also adding some depth to the potential Conference squad will be senior Alex Cardiasmenos, who tried out for the team four times in his first two years before making it. His discipline and determination has vaulted him to become a role player for the Gauchos. He finished 18th at the Big West Championships in '04 as the teams 3rd man. Redshirting his '04 season, Art Avitia (Jr.) returns as a constant member of the top seven throughout his career at UCSB. If coming on he could be a major factor in their quest for a Big West title and NCAA run.
Others include, Scott McConville (Sr.) who became the 1500m School Record holder with a 3:46.77 in 2005 has proven this season that he is ready for the longer distances. Scott Brandos (Sr.) had been plagued with some injuries but came on during the Track & Field season running 9:00.32 in the Steeplechase. He was 51st at the NCAA Regional Championships in 2002. Tim Aukshunas (So.) and Ben Berkowitz (Jr.) who was 26th at the Big West Championships in 2004 also will look to make an impact going into October and November.
The freshman '04 squad includes top California prep distance runners. Scott Smith of Dana Hills High School had the ninth fastest 1600m time in California for '05 with a 4:12.5 and a 3200m best of 9:06.43, the sixth fastest in the state. Waleed Totari from Damien High School held a best of 9:23.40 for 3200m but also an impressive 14:58.60 5000m time ran at the Mt. Sac Invitational. Another newcomer looking to make an impact this cross season is Daniel Cuevas of Rialto High School. He had a best of 9:33 for 3200m and 15:07 for 5000m.
Third, the Gaucho squad will travel back to the Stanford Campus Golf Course for the NCAA West Regional Championships on November 12th in which they are currently ranked #8. Of the seven ahead of them in the West all are ranked within the top 32 teams (Arizona, ASU, Cal Poly, Oregon, Portland, Stanford, Washington). Thirty-one teams will advance to the National Championships in Indiana on November 21st. Just behind them in the polls also include tough squads from Cal, UCLA and Washington St.
Festivities on Saturday at Stanford begin in the morning with the High School races. Collegiate racing action goes off at 4:10pm with the Gaucho men starting at 5:45pm in the 8,000m Scored Race. Top teams going against UCSB include Stanford and UC Berkeley among others.


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1. To go through a process of natural evolution or growth, by successive changes from a less perfect to a more perfect or more highly organised state; to advance from a simpler form of existence to one more complex either in structure or function; as, a blossom develops from a bud; the seed develops into a plant; the embryo develops into a well-formed animal; the mind develops year by year. "Nor poets enough to understand That life develops from within." (Mrs. Browning)
2. To become apparent gradually; as, a picture on sensitive paper develops on the application of heat; the plans of the conspirators develop.
1. To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or known; to disclose; to produce or give forth; as, to develop theories; a motor that develops 100 horse power. "These serve to develop its tenets." (Milner) "The 20th was spent in strengthening our position and developing the line of the enemy." (The Century)
2. To unfold gradually, as a flower from a bud; hence, to bring through a succession of states or stages, each of which is preparatory to the next; to form or expand by a process of growth; to cause to change gradually from an embryo, or a lower state, to a higher state or form of being; as, sunshine and rain develop the bud into a flower; to develop the mind. "The sound developed itself into a real compound." (J. Peile) "All insects . . . Acquire the jointed legs before the wings are fully developed." (Owen)
3. To advance; to further; to prefect; to make to increase; to promote the growth of. "We must develop our own resources to the utmost." (Jowett (Thucyd))
4. <mathematics> To change the form of, as of an algebraic expression, by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value.
5. <photography> To cause to become visible, as an invisible or latent image upon plate, by submitting it to chemical agents; to bring to view.
<geometry> To develop a curved surface on a place, to produce on the plane an equivalent surface, as if by rolling the curved surface so that all parts shall successively touch the plane.
Synonyms: To uncover, unfold, evolve, promote, project, lay open, disclose, exhibit, unravel, disentangle.
Origin: F. Developer; de- (L. Dis-) + OF. Voluper, voleper, to envelop, perh. From L. Volup agreeably, delightfully, and hence orig, to make agreeable or comfortable by enveloping, to keep snug (cf. Voluptuous); or. Perh. Fr. A derivative of volvere, volutum, to roll (cf. Devolve). Cf. Envelop
Alternative forms: develope.
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