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NEWARK — When Superstorm Sandy destroyed Michael Nolan's house, it washed away a past he cannot remember.
Nolan has amnesia from a brain injury he suffered in 2003 after being hit by a car while riding his bike.
Nolan and his family were riding out Sandy in their Normandy Beach home when the first floor washed away, taking with it years of photos and other mementos.
"We lost everything that was down there," said Nolan's daughter, Micháela Murray-Nolan.
Murray-Nolan heard about a Facebook page that's trying to reunite New Jersey residents with items they lost in the storm. As she browsed the site, she recognized photos of friends from the area, then stumbled upon a photo of her father, his arm draped around his son as the two sit on the beach. She believes it's about 25 years old.
"I was so excited to even have back even one photo for my dad, who doesn't remember our childhood. It's just so important," Murray-Nolan said.
At least four Facebook pages were created to reunite people with photographs, kayaks, wedding invitations and other cherished mementos they thought were lost during Superstorm Sandy. People who find photographs and articles can scan or photograph them and upload the images, along with details of where the items were found and other identifying characteristics.
One page shows snapshots of people's lives: a newly married couple walking into their wedding reception, an invitation for Brody's first birthday, a man proudly displaying a fish on a hook, the Stacys' 2011 Christmas card, friends laughing over beers, a sepia-hued photo of a woman in a nurse's uniform, a decades-old black-and-white portrait of a man wearing a suit.
The sites have reunited a woman with her wedding dress, an urn containing cremated ashes with a loved one, a mother with a baby album and the congregation of St. Elisabeth's Chapel-by-the Sea in Ortley Beach, which was destroyed by the storm, with a plaque bearing names.
Jeanne Esti started the Facebook page For Shore after going to her parents' home in Mantoloking, which sustained broken windows and minor property damage. While assessing it, she saw pieces of people's lives strewn in the backyard.
"One of the first things I find is a photograph. It's clearly not ours," Esti said. "I started to cry. That's what I thought we lost. That's the first thing I thought of, that this is the contents of people's homes."
The sites underscore the pivotal role social media has been playing after the storm, disseminating news, connecting people and organizations, soliciting information and organizing volunteer efforts.
The Facebook pages include For Shore, Hurricane Sandy's Lost Treasure, Union Beach — Photos and misplaced items, and Hurricane Sandy — Found items from Long Beach Island/Manahawkin Area.
A page called Jersey Shore Hurricane News provides news, information and real-time updates. There's a Twitter account for an Amazon wedding registry set up to help victims. The Twitter hashtags (hash)Sandyvolunteer, (hash)sandyaid and (hash)sandyhelp try to connect people with volunteer opportunities in the tri-state area. A Restore the Shore Facebook page was created to provide information on disaster relief. Its founders held a 24-hour sale of T-shirts and other items that bear the Restore the Shore logo, with proceeds going to storm relief.
Dozens of pages have been created to help and inform people in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. In New York, the Rebuild Staten Island Facebook page gives news and information on volunteer and relief efforts, as does The Long Island Disaster Relief for Hurricane Sandy and Connecticut Cares Hurricane Sandy Relief Fund page. There is also a page to connect lost pets with their Staten Island owners, called Staten Island Sandy Lost and Missing Pets.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency and Red Cross also have used social media during and after the storm. FEMA has people on the ground writing and answering Tweets and inquiries, a spokesman said.
Kathleen Schmidt started the New Jersey Needs Facebook page as a way to connect people who needed assistance with those who wanted to help. She plans to continue the site as a clearinghouse for information. She wants to help families who can't provide for Christmas and keep the Jersey Shore in the front of peoples' minds, especially as fall fades into winter and the months pass.
The technology that has rendered printed photos rare is now helping people get those memories back.
Cora Marinaro Hoch's daughter had to go out of her way to print out a family picture before heading back to UCLA during the summer. Hoch found the original of that photograph — it's of her husband and four children, taken about 13 years ago — posted on the Hurricane Sandy's Lost Treasures page. The family's summer home in Lavallette was destroyed in the storm. Hoch said she was "freaking out" when she saw the photo.
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"It gave us hope. I feel that was almost like a sign that everything is going to be OK and hopefully we can rebuild," she said.
Jeannette Van Houten is working in her hometown of Union Beach, posting photographs on Facebook and spreading news by word of mouth in the town, which was decimated by the storm.
Van Houten's home was destroyed, and she wanted to find pictures of her niece, who was killed in 2008. Van Houten knew there were others who needed that tangible memory of a person back, so she started collecting photos and items wherever she could find them and enlisting others to do the same. She has been working with the Union Beach police department to reconnect people with things found in the town. Van Houten did find photographs of her niece.
"Sandy can take our structures. It can take our possessions," Van Houten said. "But it can't have our memories."


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SAN LEANDRO — Suspects posing as employees of a tree trimming company scammed an elderly resident out of a slew of jewelry this week, police said.
A resident who lives on the 500 block of Pearson Avenue near Johnson Street told police that two men knocked on her door about 4 p.m. Wednesday and solicited her for some tree trimming, Lt. Randy Brandt said.
While one of the men spoke with the woman about the potential service, the second man sneaked into her home and stole some of her jewelry. The men were last seen driving away in a small dark-colored SUV.
Shortly after, the woman called police when she realized her home had been burglarized, Brandt said.
Police described the suspects as Latino¿, in their 20s, 5 feet 8 inches to 5 feet, 10 inches tall. They were casually dressed and spoke Spanish over two-way radios.
Police are asking anyone who sees suspicious activity or believes they might be a victim of a similar scam to call them at 510-577-3230 or contact the anonymous tip line at 510-577-3278.
Contact Natalie Neysa Alund at 510-293-2469. Follow her at Twitter.com/nataliealund.

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NOTE: This video is in Arabic.
Coverage of the 1001 Inventions exhibition at the Glasgow Science Centre in 2007 by Al-Jazeera Children's TV. (Copyright Dunia Media.)
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"It is clear that science and technology in Europe could not have advanced so far without the contribution of Muslim scientists in all fields. This subject will be presented for discussion in Sharjah University next March in a conference about the history of science in the Arab world. For more information about this subject you can visit Sharjah University Website but if you want to have a deep information in this field you can visit Muslim Heritage.com website which contains a historical encyclopaedias about Muslim inventors classified alphabetically or per subject they did. For more recent Arab inventors and their inventions there are other sites like Arabinventor.org and arabscientists.org."


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MINEOLA - Do a Google search for the word "Mettwurst" and you'll be guided to Wikipedia, the popular online encyclopedia.
Three paragraphs into its definition of the German pork sausage, Wikipedia has this to say:
"The town of Mineola, Iowa, which was settled almost exclusively by immigrants from Schleswig-Holstein, hosts an annual heritage dinner with "Schoening-style" cold-smoked Mettwurst known in the Low German dialect as "Metvuss."
Mineola residents have been making and eating Mettwurst since the community was settled by German immigrants in the mid and late 1800s. For the past 31 years, Mettwurst has been the featured menu item at the St. John Lutheran Church German Heritage Dinner.
"We've been having the dinner since the church celebrated its centennial in 1983," church spokesperson Susan Carnahan said. "It's such a good way for our congregation to get together and celebrate its German heritage.
"Making Mettwurst, that was something most of the people around here did," Carnahan said. "They butchered a hog in the fall and made the meat out of all the parts."
Carnahan said the Mettwurst served at the German Heritage Dinner is made from pork shoulder roast that is carefully seasoned with the church's "secret ingredient." The meat is cured and smoked.
For many years, the grinding of the meat, stuffing of the casings and smoking of the sausage was done exclusively by church volunteers. In recent years, however, the church has employed the help of Stoysich House of Sausage in Omaha to do some of the work.
"We do the grinding of the meat and the seasoning," Carnahan said. "Then, it's sent to Stoysich."
This year's dinner will be served in the church fellowship hall Saturday, Feb. 8, from 4:30 – 7 p.m.
Along with the Mettwurst, the menu will include German potatoes, sauerkraut, rye bread and homemade desserts. Take-out dinners and Mettwurst sausage rings will be available.
"We served as many as 600 people, but have been averaging about 400 the last few years," Carnahan said.
The price of the dinner is $10 for adults and $5 for children.
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"Knocking on Heaven's Door: The Path to a Better Way of Death" by Katy Butler
"Knocking on Heaven's Door: The Path to a Better Way of Death" by Katy Butler
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by TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER
Your mind's made up.
There's no going back once you've made a choice between Door Number One or Door Number Two. You're not a waffler, you weighed pros and cons, and you're confident you picked correctly. Or not.
Indeed, the worst part about making a decision can be the regret that's possible at the end of the choice. And in the new book "Knocking on Heaven's Door" by Katy Butler, a seemingly no-brainer decision tears a family apart.
Jeff Butler cheated death many times.
As a child, he narrowly missed dying in a car accident. In World War II, he lost an arm, but not his life. And in November 2001, at age 79, he suffered a stroke that nearly killed him. A year later, he received a pacemaker.
And that, says his daughter Katy, kept him alive but didn't "prevent his slide into dementia, incontinence, near-muteness, misery, and helplessness."
Jeff and his wife Val were forward thinkers. He was a college professor. She was a perfectionist with fierce drive. They had been "in control of their lives, and they did not expect to lose control of their deaths."
But that's exactly what happened: as Jeff's health continued to decline, his abilities dwindled and his cognizance weakened – all of which he was aware. He indicated dismay at his diminished life and said that he'd "unfortunately" lived too long.
On the other side of the country, Katy Butler worried. She'd always been closer to her father than to her mother, but arguments and old hurts continued to sting. Still, she flew home to Connecticut to help because she was, after all, their daughter – statistically, the one who bore the brunt of parenting a parent.
But as Jeff's dementia worsened, so did Val's tolerance and her health. She was "stoic," but impatient, snappish and exhausted, and only accepted outside help when she became overwhelmed. Butler says she knew her mother "clouted" her father, and shouted at him in frustrated anger.
By this time, Butler was convinced that the pacemaker her father had wasn't the medical miracle it was meant to be. And she learned that pacemakers could be turned off…
So much went through my mind as I read this beautiful, emotionally brutal book.
With sorrow, grace, and growing exasperation, author Katy Butler writes of her father's long, messy death; her mother's quiet, dignified passing; and the parallel story of how modern medicine, drug companies, and government rules promoted the former.
That's a lot of hard reading, made gentler with Butler's Buddhist values and serenity. And yet, it's not easy to avoid outrage as she points out the unfairness of aging, the cruelty of physical decline, and the knowledge that those – and the surety of caretaking – are somewhat inevitable for many Baby Boomers today.
This is a stunning book, truthful and its dignified, and it could be a conversation-starter. If there's a need for that in your family – or if you only want to know what could await you – then read "Knocking on Heaven's Door." You won't regret it.
Terri Schlichenmeyer is based in Wisconsin.


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Spain skipper Kike was one of the last players to vacate the Roja dressing room after their agonising extra-time defeat to Brazil in Sunday's final of the FIFA Futsal World Cup Thailand 2012.
The look on the veteran defender's face said it all. A world champion at Guatemala 2000 and Chinese Taipei 2004, he was understandably dejected to have ended up on the losing side. Yet, as he looked back on the tournament in an interview with FIFA.com, he also took some satisfaction from the fact Spain gave their very best.
FIFA.com: A second defeat to Brazil in four years. How hard is that to take?
Kike: I'm 34 now so I've taken this a bit better than I did four years ago. Losing is all part and parcel of sport and when you play a World Cup final there's always a chance it's going to happen. You just have to accept it as part of the game.
What do you feel most at this moment in time?
Pride. We've had a fantastic championship and played a fantastic final. Maybe the youngsters can't see that right now, but I'm pleased with what we've done because we've been true to ourselves. You can't ask for anything more than that.
Why did Brazil win?
Games like this come down to the little details that go for you and the ones that go against you. We had a chance to go 3-1 up but the ball struck the bar, and they went up the other end of the pitch and made it 2-2. It's important not to lose sight of the facts though. Maybe we were the better side overall, but they did things better at crucial points of the game and you have to give them credit for that.
We were sure Spain would be true to their style, win or lose, and that we were going to give something to the game of futsal. When you're happy with what you've done you can walk away with your head held high.
You sound very calm about it all. Why is that?
In the build-up to the World Cup we were sure Spain would be true to their style, win or lose, and that we were going to give something to the game of futsal. I think we've done that. When you're happy with what you've done you can walk away with your head held high.
You won the adidas Silver Ball. What does that mean to you?
When it comes to team sports I don't set too much store in individual awards, though obviously I'm happy to get the recognition, especially as I'm at the end of my career now. All the same, I see this award as something that sums up what Spain is all about, not just Kike.
Will you be back in four years' time to avenge this defeat?
No! That was my last World Cup match. I'm going to go away and ponder my future in the national team, though it's all pretty clear in my head I think. There's a beginning and an end to everything.
What did you say to the younger players in the dressing room?
Messages don't always get through when tensions are high but they're always there for when you're that bit more relaxed. I said I was proud of them because they're part of a new generation who understand what the Spanish futsal team is all about. They've taken that on and they're going to respect it. And they're going to be celebrating success sooner than they think.
So the future is bright for Spain, then?
No doubt about it. You have to keep the past in mind and respect it, but I really hope the ones who come along in the future can do better than we did. That would be great for Spain.
What legacy do you think this tournament's left behind?
A very positive one, though there are always things you can improve on and you can't rest on your laurels. There have been more teams, which is important, and the direct knockout phase from the Round of 16 onwards has been really entertaining. A lot of teams have really upped their game and there are less and less big wins. There's still room for improvement, though, and what we need to do now is get everyone to commit to playing attractive futsal.


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Or bump it in a year's time.SKYO wrote:Change 'this' to 'next'.
I don't get why so many refuse to believe their team can go all the way.
I mean... WHY NOT?!
It's doesn't hurt any more than it does to NOT believe, that's just an illusion.
Besides, we expect the players to buy in don't we?
(what hope is there if the players don't believe they can go all the way)
I dunno it just seems logical to me that if we expect the players to believe, we should too.


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MONTEVALLO, Ala. – The Georgia College baseball team (16-11, 8-5 PBC) played two vastly different games in doubleheader action Saturday at the University of Montevallo (16-15, 10-7 PBC) losing a 2-1 pitchers' duel to start, then taking a 13-10 shootout in game two.
Game one featured two great gunslingers on the hill, as Michael Shreves (2-4) went 6 2/3 innings allowing one run with 10 strikeouts for the win. GC lefty starter Mike Guinane (Glenview, Ill.) went the distance in the loss (2-3), scattering seven hits and four walks for just two runs, fanning four.
The long-ball would be GC's downfall in game one, as both of Montevallo's runs came on solo shots, one in the first and one in the fourth. GC had three multi-hit performers as Tanner Funk (Kearney, Mo.), Josh Young (Lake Havasu City, Ariz.) and Clay Ardeeser (Loganville, Ga.) each went 2-for-4, Funk driving in the lone run with a single to center. UM's Zack Willoughby and Josh Headley each hit the home runs.
Game two featured more fireworks, as the teams combined for 32 hits and 23 runs. GC got hits from every slot in the order, save one. Funk, Karsten Strieby (Blair, Was.) and Jeremy Donaldson (Winder, Ga.) each hit home runs for the Bobcats.
The top three slots in the GC order went a combined 8-for-16 with four runs, six RBI and a home run. Strieby, Funk and Patrick Daugherty (Kennesaw, Ga.) each had three-hit games. Travis Echols (Suwanee, Ga.), Donaldson and Ardeeser each recorded two.
Bobcat starter Darin Wiltgen (Reno, Nev.) was the recipient of the run surge, going 5 2/3 innings allowing six runs and fanning four in the win (4-1). The Bobcats sent seven pitchers to the hill, with Taylor Hart (Colbert, Ga.) getting the final out for his first save of the year.
Falcon starter Alex Guilford (2-3) went 5 2/3 innings as well in the loss. First baseman Heath Peterson, the reigning National Player of the Week, went 3-for-3 with five RBI and two runs, swatting his ninth and 10th home runs of the season.
The Bobcats and Falcons square off for a series-deciding contest tomorrow, March 25 at 2 p.m. eastern.
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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
Recent polls conducted in Israel showed that a majority of Israelis believe they have no viable peace partner on the Palestinian side - especially in a Palestinian Authority that includes Hamas - but nevertheless still support a two-state solution to the conflict.
In a survey conducted by New Wave ahead of the upcoming Israeli general election, 62.4 percent of respondents said there is no genuine and viable partner for peace on the Palestinian side.
The Israeli public's view contradicts that of the international community and even some Israeli leaders, like President Shimon Peres, who insist that Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas is a true peace partner, despite his cozying up to Hamas.
But, while Israelis have a grim outlook on the prospects for peace, they still believe in the idea of a two-state solution.
A second poll conducted by the Smith Institute revealed that 62 percent of Israelis support the creation of a Palestinian Arab state, and 58 percent believe such a state will come into existence in the near future.
But the second poll also showed that attitudes are shifting the longer the conflict drags on. Among younger Israelis, the Palestinian leadership is increasingly seen as dishonest and manipulative, and as such only 42 percent of respondents between the ages of 18-29 still support a two-state solution.
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EU's Google deal derails FTC
European regulators appear headed toward a dramatically different conclusion to their antitrust probe of Google than their American counterparts — a binding agreement that could cost the search company dearly if violated.
That's one of several reasons why the expected Federal Trade Commission settlement that sources said was a done deal unraveled Tuesday.
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The FTC will now continue its probe of Google likely into 2013, according to a source with knowledge of the probe. Other sources told POLITICO the decision to keep the investigation open was made after a barrage of criticism hurled at the agency by state attorneys general, Google rivals and others who thought that the European Union was liable to get a better deal requiring a deeper level of commitment.
Neither agency was ever expected to formally label Google a monopoly or a violator of antitrust laws, but all signs pointed to the FTC concluding its case with voluntary concessions while the EU would extract a binding agreement that could significantly alter how the search engine operates there.
"This accentuates the lead role Europe has in setting standards for dominant firm behavior," said former FTC Chairman William Kovacic, immediate predecessor to current FTC chief Jon Leibowitz. "If the FTC does nothing more than say 'Just tell us you'll be good' and the Europeans impose limitations as to how Google deploys their search product, it reinforces that Europe is the place to go to complain about dominant corporate behavior and get results."
If the FTC case rolls into 2013, it will go against Leibowitz's public statements that he wanted it resolved by the end of 2012. The chairman has been open about his interest in leaving his post in early 2013, but in recent days sources say he had also become sensitive to the appearance that the FTC was rushing the Google case to its conclusion to conform to that timetable.
On Tuesday, EU competition commissioner Joaquín Almunia emerged from a private meeting with Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt in Brussels to say he expects Google to submit a so-called Article 9 proposal by next month that would resolve his office's nearly two-year investigation.
Article 9 of the EU Antitrust Regulation outlines a process by which a company offers a "voluntary" settlement and both competitors and consumers have time to provide public comment in an effort to "market-test" the solutions. Then Almunia may accept it.
Both agencies have been probing Google on allegations the Mountain View, Calif.-based behemoth violates antitrust laws and behaves in an anti-competitive manner by manipulating its search results to steer users to its own products for shopping, maps and other online applications.
The FTC was reportedly ready to accept a deal under which Google agreed to change business practices to ease the portability of its search advertisements to rival search services and limit the use of "snippets" of content from competitors' review websites.
Almunia has been more publicly critical of Google than Leibowitz, repeatedly referencing a list of areas he thinks need resolution. In Tuesday's statement, Almunia again cited those, which involve search manipulation, the various ways Google sells and displays its ads, and the use of copyrighted material from other sites.


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Megan Witt, RD, LD
Strong healthy bones are vital to living a long and productive life. In addition to getting some bone-boosting exercise, you need to get the right mix of nutrients to nourish those bones, while limiting those things that can speed up the breakdown of bone.
Bone Builders
Just as muscles respond to exercise, so do our bones. Weight-bearing and resistance exercises that put a little stress on the bone can help maintain and even improve bone density. Walking, aerobics, weight-lifting, jogging, dancing and stair climbing are examples of weight-bearing exercises. Although swimming and cycling are wonderful forms of aerobic exercise, they are not considered weight-bearing because your feet and legs are not bearing your weight.
Ninety nine percent of the bodys calcium is stored in the bones and teeth. Current government guidelines recommend 1300 mg/day for pre-teens and teens, 1000 mg/day for those age 19-50 and 1200 mg/day for women 51 and over. Men 51-70 require 1000 mg/day and 1200 mg/day over 70. In some parts of the world people do well on much less calcium than this, but they are likely getting more exercise and vitamin D and may not be losing excess calcium due to certain dietary and lifestyle habits, such as from smoking and high sugar and sodium intake. Dairy foods contain the highest amounts of calcium. Other sources include fortified juices and dairy alternatives. Almonds, sesame seeds, spinach, collard greens, kale, dried beans, soy and broccoli are some vegetarian sources.
Vitamin D
Without vitamin D, calcium wouldnt be able to do its job. Vitamin D helps the body absorb calcium from the intestines and prevent its excretion from the kidneys. Numerous studies have found increasing vitamin D levels can help reduce the risk of falls and fractures in the elderly. Many people do not receive adequate time in the sun to make enough vitamin D or do not eat vitamin D rich foods. Experts are now recommending most healthy people aim for 1000-2000 IU per day via food and supplements, although some may need more depending on individual needs. Ask your doctor to test your vitamin D levels to get a more accurate determination of your vitamin D status.
Fruits and Vegetables, Acid and Alkaline
While calcium and vitamin D have garnered most of the attention when it comes to bone health, we should note the importance of fruits and vegetables in building strong bones. The typical American diet that is low in fruits and vegetables and higher in sodium, animal protein, and refined grains can lead to an acid-base imbalance by increasing the acid load of the body. More bone loss occurs in this acidic state. A plant based diet increases the alkalinity of the body and leads to less calcium excretion. Alkalinizing foods include vegetables, especially leafy greens, fruits, nuts and seeds. Even though citrus fruits such as lemons, limes, oranges and grapefruits are acidic, they are alkalinizing after they are consumed and metabolized.
A 2009 study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology found that adding an alkaline salt (potassium bicarbonate) promoted calcium absorption, even when consuming a high protein diet. Potassium rich foods provide a natural source of bicarbonates which can help buffer acidic pH levels. The potassium-rich DASH diet is high in fruits, vegetables, low fat dairy and has a low acid load. It is typically encouraged to lower high blood pressure, but it has also been shown to significantly reduce bone turnover which over time may increase bone mineral density and reduce the risk of osteoporosis. ( J. Nutr. October 1, 2003 vol. 133 no. 10 3130-3136)
A 2003 study in the November issue of The Journal of Nutrition found fennel, celery root, prunes, oranges, French beans, mushrooms and red wine residue to significantly protect against the breakdown of bone tissue when compared to other items such as soy, corn, potatoes, tomatoes and spinach. The compound hesperidin, a flavonoid found in citrus, has also been shown to reduce the number of cells that break down bone.
Vitamin K
Vitamin K is found primarily in green leafy vegetables such as spinach, kale, broccoli and parsley and in smaller amounts in vegetable oils. It appears to play an important role in bone mineralization.
Numerous studies have found that those with adequate magnesium intake tend to have better bone density than those with a lower intake of magnesium. Scientists believe that having too little magnesium affects calcium metabolism and the hormones that regulate calcium. Aim for 350-400 mg/day. Nuts, beans and grains are good food sources of magnesium. Magnesium can also be found in supplements individually or can be paired up with calcium and vitamin D.
Eighty five percent of the bodys phosphorus is found in bones and teeth. Because phosphorus is found in a wide variety of foods, needs are easily met. There is actually more concern with excess phosphorus consumption. There is a delicate balance between calcium and phosphorus. When phosphorus intake increases, calcium intake should also increase.
Studies suggest boron may help improve bone mass and enhance calcium metabolism in post menopausal women. There is currently no RDA for boron, but the tolerable upper limit is set at 20 mg/day. Boron can be found in nuts, fruits, beans, peas, lentils, milk, eggs and vegetables.
Omega-3 Fats
A 2011 study published in the journal Nutrition and Metabolism found that omega-3 fats combined with exercise helped promote bone formation and suppressed bone breakdown in post menopausal women. Omega-3 fats are found largely in oily cold water fish such as salmon, herring, mackerel, sardines and tuna. Walnuts and flaxseed are plant-based sources of omega-3 fats. It is also important to limit excess consumption of omega-6 fats which lead to the production of more compounds associated with bone loss. Foods high in omega-6 fats include most vegetable oils, such as corn, sunflower and soybean oils. Americans tend to consume excessive amounts of omega-6 fats and not enough omega-3 fats.
Bone Zappers
The following can work against your efforts to build and protect your bones by contributing to bone loss:


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Walker has yet to issue pardons or set up pardon board
Madison - Republican Gov. Scott Walker hasn't issued a pardon or set up the next version of the state's Pardon Advisory Board, refusing to exercise one of his office's most expansive powers to restore felons' former rights.
Walker spokesman Cullen Werwie said the governor has suspended the pardon program but offered no explanation beyond "because he has made the decision not to grant any pardons at this time." Werwie didn't have any numbers on how many people have requested a pardon, saying only that the office has received "a bunch."
Walker's lack of action stands in stark contrast to his predecessor. Democrat Jim Doyle pardoned nearly 300 people during his eight years in office, with roughly a third coming during the last 3 1/2 months of his tenure. Tough-on-crime Republicans ripped Doyle then, saying he abused his pardon powers.
Former Republican Gov. Tommy Thompson granted 62 pardons from 1994 through 1999 and none in 2000, his last full year in office. His successor, Republican Scott McCallum, issued two dozen pardons from 2001 through 2002 before he lost his job to Doyle.
Senate Minority Leader Chris Larson (D-Milwaukee) said Walker is shirking his duties.
"Maintaining an effective and fair pardon process is an important fail-safe to an imperfect judicial system," Larson said. "Gov. Walker's failure to appoint members to the pardon review board raises questions about his commitment to a fair and just court system."
But granting pardons offers few political benefits for governors, especially conservative ones who want to appear tough on crime, said Charles Franklin, a visiting professor of law and public policy at Marquette University.
"Where is there something to be gained through pardons?" Franklin said. "Maybe the governor simply doesn't see that as important. I don't see that there's a political price to be paid for not pardoning people."
The Wisconsin Constitution grants the governor the power to pardon anyone convicted of a felony in the state. A pardon doesn't overturn or erase a conviction, but it restores rights, including the ability to possess a firearm, hold licenses such as liquor licenses and hold public office. Pardon seekers also contend clemency makes them a more appealing hire.
Usually, applicants make their case to the Pardon Advisory Board, which consists of gubernatorial appointees. But the board hasn't met since the governor took office and he hasn't named anyone to the panel.
Cecelia Klingele, an assistant law professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said Walker's decision denies people who have done their time a chance to make something of themselves.
"It's a lost opportunity to offer individuals a second chance to become full, law-abiding citizens," Klingele said. "A pardon doesn't expunge your record. It doesn't hide anything. What it does is publicly acknowledge the state has forgiven you. . . . There is a role for pardons to play and maybe we haven't done a good job educating leaders how pardons reintegrate people into society."


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Ahh yes, well after we got rid of ONE of the three guys it was down to two guys. See how awesome my math skills are right there? Lolz!
It was not that great of a show to be honest, they all seemed fairly worn out and unhappy to be there. Although, Adam Lambert did my favorite song of the season, "Mad World" and I have been addicted to it ever since. I shall buy that sucker and on my podage it goes. Oh-oh-oh and then the contestants had to sing a horrible song that Kara Dioguardi co-wrote. Believe me when I say it was crap. It was something you would picture Miley Cyrus crying, I mean singing.
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The game is in OT.
Moderators: Mr. Crackerz, JREED, Guybrush, 32
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sleandres wrote:I don't think I could possibly be more proud to be a Sharks fan in a losing effort. This team left everything out on the ice. And what a heroic effort by Nabby, that guy was incredible. I still think Ron Wilson ought to be canned, I mean c'mon, at this point there has to be a fall man.
I think the Sharks need to add another true Defensemen and another Scorer. Not sure who wil be available, but I would like to see the majority of the tools stay in tact: Thorton, Marleau, Michalek, JR, Little Joe, Clowe, Setoguchi, Vlasic, Rivet and Campbell. Guys I wouldn't mind see going are Erhoff and McLaren.


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Today: From long-awaited stirrings by beleagured tech icons, to the rise of solar and social, to remarkable gains by Netflix (NFLX) and Tesla, 2013 was by all accounts a year to remember for tech.
Stocks in 2013: Records, records everywhere
Wall Street probably hoped 2013 would never end, as the markets hit record highs and had their best years in more than a decade. The Standard & Poor's 500 rose 30 percent for the year, its best performance since 1997; the Dow Jones industrial average ended up 26.5 percent, it's best showing since 1995. But it was tech stocks driving the economy this year, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq fared the best of all, rising 38 percent, hitting heights unseen since 2000.
In Silicon Valley, the news was almost entirely good. Apple (AAPL), despite setbacks, ended the year up 10 percent. Google (GOOG) crossed the quadruple-digit mark and closed at $1,120.71, near its record high set days earlier. But the year in Silicon Valley stocks was best encapsulated by these five storylines:
5. We're not dead yet!
While it was a great year for newly public companies — 2013 saw the most IPOs since the recession started in 2007, and the average IPO price rose 35 percent over the course of the year — a couple of beleagured members of Silicon Valley's old guard showed they still had life in them. Turnaround efforts at Yahoo (YHOO) and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) helped those companies double their share prices over the year. At Yahoo, CEO Marissa Mayer focused on mobile, streamlining current apps and acquisitions (such as Tumblr for $1.1. billion) to revive the Sunnyvale Internet portal, but Yahoo's most important asset proved to be its stake in China's e-commerce giant Alibaba. Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang rejected a Microsoft takeover in 2008 that offered $33 a share. It took five long years, but Yahoo finally surpassed that mark in 2013, closing the year at $40.44, up 107 percent for the year.
At Hewlett-Packard, CEO Meg Whitman maintained that the company was making progress in its turnaround, slowing down its losses and foreseeing "pockets of growth" in 2014. "While there is a lot more work to be done, we are making progress," Whitman said in October. Her strategy was to cut costs — and 34,000 jobs, including 5,000 announced Tuesday — while reducing debt and focusing on key areas, such as cloud services. Investors seemed to appreciate her long-term goals, as HP shares closed the year up 105 percent, at $27.98
4. Solar shone
Silicon Valley's solar-power leaders glittered in 2013. SolarCity, the San Mateo-based solar panel installer, launched a successful IPO in December 2012, and never looked back. Though the company has yet to make a profit, it's got an impressive long-term outlook, thanks to a rapidly growing customer base and deals reached this year with Google, Walmart and the U.S. military. Its shares ended the year up a whopping 391 percent, at $56.82.
San Jose-based solar-panel manufacturer Sunpower managed to top that gain, rising 443 percent in 2013, closing at $29.81, thanks largely to strong demand from Asia. Closer to home, the company inked deals this year with Oakland public schools, a massive Apple data center in North Carolina, and at the San Francisco 49ers' new stadium in Santa Clara. "Solar is going mainstream, and we've just crested the surface," CEO Tom Werner told the Merc's Dana Hull in October.
3. Let's be social
2013 was the year social media companies made a lot of new friends — in investors. After a disastrous IPO in 2012, Facebook shares skyrocketed over the summer after announcing huge gains in mobile advertising. Though losing cachet with teens, Menlo Park-based Facebook is by far the most popular social network in America, and that massive audience is making it a prime advertising destination. Its shares hit an all-time high earlier this month when it announced the long-expected rollout of autoplaying video ads, a potentially lucrative new revenue source. For the year, Facebook shares more than doubled, ending up 104 percent, at $54.46.
As well as Facebook fared, Twitter was the real social star in the latter part of this year. It launched the second-largest tech IPO ever, in terms of dollars raised, in November. Its shares were originally priced at $26, surged 70 percent in its first day of public trading, and proceeded to skyrocket — some say without cause — in December. With no profits in sight until perhaps 2015, Twitter nonetheless attracted investors' eyes thanks to its wide reach and mobile advertising plans. After nearly tripling in value and flirting near $75 a share, reality set in during the final days of the year. A two-day plunge shaved off 18 percent of those gains, nearly $7 billion in market cap. Twitter ended the year with a bang, though, stemming the two days of losses with a 5 percent gain Tuesday, to end the year at $63.65.
Other social sites fared well too: Mountain View business-networking site LinkedIn ended the year up 92 percent, at $216.83, after hitting record highs earlier in the year thanks to solid membership growth. San Francisco user-review site Yelp was another winner, ending 2013 up 265 percent, to $68.95.
2. Netflix's comeback
Quikster? Never heard of it! Netflix finally shook off the self-inflicted doldrums caused by its ill-fated spinoff and price hike in 2011 and took 2013 by storm. The Los Gatos video-on-demand service closed the year up 297 percent, the most of any S&P 500 stock, at $368.17. Netflix seemingly couldn't lose in 2013, sealing a massive streaming-rights deal with Disney, launching original series that won both critical and popular acclaim with "House of Cards," "Arrested Development" and "Orange Is the New Black," while reaching record membership numbers and making the term "binge-watching" part of the modern lexicon. In October, the company announced per-share profits had quadrupled year-over-year, and forecast further growth in 2014, sending shares to an all-time high of $389.16. Netflix's massive gains allowed it to end early a "poison pill" plan put into effect two years ago to stave off a hostile takeover, and CEO Reed Hastings benefited with a 50 percent pay raise for 2014, from $4 million to $6 million. Not one to stand pat, Netflix announced Tuesday it's testing new pricing plans for streaming video starting at $6.99 a month, which may appeal to value-conscious viewers.
1. The rise of Tesla
Performing much like its trademark electric cars, Tesla Motors (TSLA) started the year quietly, accelerated in spring, avoided potholes in the fall and crossed the finish line looking quite good. Shares in the Palo Alto electric carmaker took off in April, hitting then-record highs after announcing the first-ever profits for the decade-old company. A month later, Tesla's new Model S sedan received a nearly perfect score from Consumer Reports, and in August federal regulators said the car had received the best crash ratings of any car it had ever tested. As sales and production surged, Tesla saw its shares peak at $194.50 in September, at the time an astounding 474 percent yearly gain. Trouble started in October, with a series of Model S fires that sparked a federal safety investigation. Though the probe is ongoing, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has vociferously defended the company and stated his confidence that the car would be cleared in the U.S., as it has been by a safety inquiry in Germany earlier this month. Shares slumped a bit, but started to rise again in December. Tesla ended the year at $150.38, up a very respectable 353 percent for the year.
Up: Apple, Google, Oracle (ORCL), Intel (INTC), Cisco (CSCO), Gilead, VMware, Yahoo, Juniper, Netflix, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter
Down: HP, Zynga, Tesla
The SV150 index of Silicon Valley's largest tech companies: Up 11.72, or 0.78 percent, to 1,507.46
The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index: Up 22.39, or 0.54 percent, to 4,176.59
The blue chip Dow Jones industrial average: Up 72.37, or 0.44 percent, to 16,576.66
And the widely watched Standard & Poor's 500 index: Up 7.29, or 0.40 percent, to 1,848.36
Check in weekday afternoons for the 60-Second Business Break, a summary of news from Mercury News staff writers, The Associated Press, Bloomberg News and other wire services. Follow Mike Murphy at Twitter.com/mmmmurf.


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Formation and Education for the Life of the Church
May 06, 2013
Br. Terence Griffin, OSB, monk of Saint Meinrad
Archabbey, St. Meinrad, IN, died on May 5, 2013, in the monastery
infirmary. He was 84. He was a jubilarian of profession and a
participant in the Rush Religious Study on Aging and
Surviving are two sisters.
Br. Terence was born in Bellevue, PA, on February 15, 1929, to
Dennis and Julia (Rodgers) Griffin. He was given the name Daniel
Rodgers at his baptism. He attended North Catholic High School in
Pittsburgh, PA, and then attended Robert Morris Business School,
affiliated with Duquesne University.
Before joining the monastery, he worked at the Pittsburgh
Forging Company in Coraopolis, PA, for four years, and at the
Pittsburgh Coke and Chemical Company in Neville Island, PA, for the
next five years.
Br. Terence was invested as a novice in 1959, professed his
simple vows on May 7, 1960, and his solemn vows in 1963.
His assignments included 17 years as an assistant in Saint
Meinrad's Business Office and seven years working with the
comptroller of Abbey Press. He also worked for many years as an
assistant in the Saint Meinrad Health Services and infirmary. Since
2001, he had also been assisting at Abbey Caskets.
For many years, Br. Terence also helped with the arrangements
for the rosary pilgrimages at the nearby Monte Cassino Shrine
during the Sundays of May and October.
He had also served on the Abbot's Council and as assistant
secretary of Saint Meinrad Archabbey Corporation.
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A team from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech) came in fourth overall and second in the endurance event in the 2002 annual Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Mini Baja® Western Regional Competition.
Mini Baja® consists of three regional competitions that simulate real-world engineering design projects and their related challenges. Engineering students are tasked to design and build an off-road vehicle that will survive the severe punishment of rough terrain.
The object of the competition is to provide SAE student members with a challenging project that involves the planning and manufacturing tasks found when introducing a new product to the consumer industrial market. Teams compete against one another to have their design accepted for manufacture by a fictitious firm. Students must function as a team to not only design, build, test, promote, and race a vehicle within the limits of the rules, but also to generate financial support for their project and manage their educational priorities.
(Front row (l-r): Keagan Rowley, Glorianna Grado, Stefanie Montgomery, Belinda Owen, Hollis Dinwiddie, and Orlando Chaparro (kneeling). Back row (l-r): Paul Carpenter, Josiah Garfield, Peter Nivala, Matt Edwards, Jason Kemp, Ryan Borden, Chris Durand, and Tom West.)
All vehicles are powered by a ten-horsepower Intek Model 20 engine donated by Briggs & Stratton Corporation. For over twenty-five years, the generosity of Briggs & Stratton has enabled SAE to provide each team with a dependable engine free of charge. Use of the same engine by all the teams creates a more challenging engineering design test.
This year's western regional competition was held in Logan, UT, at and near the campus of Utah State University. New Mexico Tech entered two cars in the competition. Car 27 was the culmination of one full year of design, fabrication, and testing work done by a team of seniors, and juniors, as well as some freshman and sophomore volunteers. Car 28 was essentially last year's car, with major modifications made by the juniors and other volunteers on the team.
Approximately 95 cars, representing some 80 schools showed up for this international event. In addition to teams from all over the U.S., Canada and Mexico, a team from Beirut, Lebanon competed this year. This is the first time a team from the Middle East has ever participated in an SAE event. They received a warm welcome, and were very enthusiastic about their experience.
Scoring for the Western Regional Competition was based on judging in six areas. These were a report detailing the design of the car, a sales presentation, and four car performance events, namely hill climb, maneuverability, acceleration, and endurance.
The first three performance events took place on Friday, April 26, 2002. The hill climb event determined which cars could make it up a long steep incline fastest. The maneuverability event involved a short course with rough terrain, sharp turns, and a slalom section. The acceleration event was a simple drag race. In each event, a car¹s score was taken as the better time of two runs.
(Front row (l-r): Josiah Garfiels, Peter Nivala, Hollis Dinwiddie, Glorianna Grado, Stefanie Montgomery, Belinda Owen. Back row (l-r): Paul Carpenter, Tom West, Jason Kemp, Chris Durand, Matt Edwards, Orlando Chaparro, faculty advisor David Johnson, Keagan Rowley, Steve Daum of SAE, and Ryan Borden.)
True to the forecast, it rained all day long Friday, with temperatures in the 40s and 50s. But, both of Tech's cars did well on the hill climb and maneuverability events. Car 28 (the junior team car) actually beat car 27 (the senior car) on the maneuverability course, prompting some good-natured ribbing afterward.
Car 27, with Stefanie Montgomery driving, took the lead late in the acceleration competition, with a time of 6.32 seconds on her second run. Most cars were averaging in the high seven second range. NMT had hopes that her time would stand as the best for the day, but with only a few teams left, two cars racing each other both scored times of 6.32 seconds. For one of these, it was their second run, so they were finished. But for the other car, it was only their first run. On their second go, they ran a time of 6.29 seconds to win the event. Since car 27 tied for second, the judges looked at each car¹s second-best time, to break the tie, and car 27 ended up in third place for the acceleration event. Team leader Jason Kemp lamented that if they had just taken the time to scrape the mud out of the interior of the car, they may well have made up those 3 hundredths of a second, and won.
At the end of Friday, car 28 was in 52nd place, and car 27 was in 9th place overall. This meant that if car 27 could hold together for the endurance event, Tech had a good shot of ending up in the top 10 in the overall standings.
The endurance event took place on Saturday, April 27, 2002, and consisted of four hours of driving over a closed course, to see how many laps could be completed by each car. Each lap was approximately 2.5 miles long, and included a good amount of rough terrain, some nice jumps, and several nearly vertical dropoffs. Unfortunately for Tech's junior team, car 28 suffered a catastrophic failure in its drive train, and only completed two laps in the event. Car 27 had no mechanical failures, and completed the race.
Again, there was rain all day, and temperatures in the 40s. This made for miserable conditions for the drivers. Not only was the track muddy, but there were many standing puddles that could not be avoided. This lead to visibility problems, with goggles being covered in muck, and the drivers were completely soaked by the continual splash from the tires. With the low temperatures, several teams had drivers suffering from cold and fatigue, and many dropped out of the endurance event because of this.
Some drivers had waterproof GoreTex® suits, but Tech's team had no idea that conditions would be so bad, and did not have such suits. Tech's endurance drivers, Chris Durand and Hollis Dinwiddie, went above and beyond the call of duty in pushing through to the end in this grueling event. Notwithstanding the difficult circumstances, they finished second in the endurance event to earn Tech's car 27 a fourth place in the overall standings.
The club's advisor, David P. Johnson of the Mechanical Engineering faculty (email@example.com), said, "We should rightly be proud of these young people, and their ability to compete at the highest level against schools that have much greater funding and infrastructure resources. We beat teams from Rochester Institute of Technology, Virginia Tech, Cal Poly, the University Illinois, and many others. I think competing with Mini Baja® has given those involved an experience they will long remember, and cherish as a highlight of their educational experience at Tech."
Team members who participated in this year's Mini Baja® competition were:
Jason Kemp: (Team Leader) firstname.lastname@example.com
Stefanie Montgomery: firstname.lastname@example.com
Chris Durand: email@example.com
Hollis Dinwiddie: email@example.com
Belinda Owen
Gloriana Grado
Orlando Chaparro
Matt Edwards
Josiah Garfield
Other team members and volunteers:
Ryan Borden
Peter Nivala
Paul Carpenter
Tom West
Keagan Rowley
Omar Hernendez
Faculty advisor
David P. Johnson firstname.lastname@example.com, 505-835-5505


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Back to the Future: The Game – Walkthrough
PlayStation 4
Walkthrough by The Lost Gamer
Version: 1.21 | Updated: 03/29/12
Version 1.21 3/29/12
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| Destination Time: AUG 26 1931 09:00 |
| Present Time: MAY 16 1986 03:03 |
| Last Time Departed: NOV 05 1986 01:29 |
Back to the Future: The Videogame
Episode Four: Double Visions
A Walkthrough by Michael Gray
AKA The Lost Gamer (email@example.com)
Copyright 2012
For a list of all my various guides, check
Table of Contents:
001. General information
002. Characters
003. Walkthrough
003a. Escaping to the Past
003b. Model Citizen
003c. Faithful to Edna
003d. Dresses Well
003e. Endgame Sequence
004. Credits
001-General Information
This is a walkthrough for Episode Four of Back to the
Future: The Videogame. This walkthrough is written for
the PC version, although I'm sure it will apply to other
versions of the game, when it is released on other
You can email me at firstname.lastname@example.com if you
have any comments or concerns about this guide, such as
spelling mistakes you've noticed or if you want to
duplicate this guide on your own website.
Marty McFly: A high school student who has had a series
of time-travelling adventures. When the game begins, he
is in Alternate 1986.
Doc Brown: Marty's good friend, who built a time machine
out of a car. The Doc in this game is Alternate 1986 Doc,
who married Edna Strickland.
Edna Stickland: A somewhat uppity woman who is very
concerned about morality. She eventually becomes the
tyrannical dictator of Hill Valley, in Alternate 1986.
Guard: A bunch of unnamed guards work in the Citizen Plus
Jennifer Parker: Marty's girlfriend in the normal
timeline. In Alternate 1986, she is somewhat antagonistic
towards him.
George McFly: Marty's father, who likes to spy on people
with his surveillance cameras.
Lorraine McFly: Marty's mother. She has no speaking lines
in this game.
Biff Tannen: A mean person who has a history of abusing
the McFly family. He has no speaking lines in this game.
Emmett Brown: Emmett is the younger version of Doc. He is
a big fan of science and Edna.
Arthur McFly: Marty's grandfather. He is a timid person.
Trixie Trotter: A woman who is friendly with Arthur McFly
and Marty. She dislikes Edna Strickland, and Edna
dislikes Trixie's somewhat shady background as an
entertainer for Kid Tannen.
Angry Guy: The guy who runs the Expo is the angry drunk
from Episode Two. He's angry, even when he's sober. All
he does is in this game is yell at Marty and Doc a few
Cueball: A former employee of Kid Tannen. He knows about
Trixie's shady past.
Kid Tannen: A criminal who was arrested at the end of the
second episode. He has no speaking lines in this game.
Detective Parker: The police officer who arrested Kid
Tannen at the end of the second episode. He has no
speaking lines in this game.
003-Video Walkthrough
Would you like to see how to beat the game, not just read
about it? Then you'll want to check out this video
It comes complete with my commentary, along with commentary
from two of my buddies, Paul and Nathaniel.
At any point in the game, you can press the space bar to
pause. You can also press the escape button to adjust the
game settings, quit playing, or save and load games. The
game has an automatic save feature.
The game asks if you want automatic goals. See, in the
top/left corner of the screen, you have a goals button.
You can click on it to learn what Marty's current goal
is. If you select "automatic goals", the goal will
automatically be shown onscreen anytime Marty gets a new
goal. You can change these at any time in the game
settings menu.
You can also right-click to skip a line of dialogue.
004a-Escaping to the Past
Our hero Marty wakes up, locked in a waiting room in the
Citizen Plus facility.
This room has a number of items. The window that leads to
the next room shows that Jennifer is nearby. The window
that leads to the hallway shows Doc. There is a security
camera, a door, and two speakers in the room. Also,
Marty's inventory is locked in a locker.
Use the intercom to listen to Edna talk to a guard. Their
conversation reveals that First Citizen Brown is
currently undergoing the Citizen Plus treatment; Marty is
scheduled to undergo it once Doc is finished.
Use the intercom again and ask the guard about Marty's
things. Ask to see them, and the guard comes inside to
open the lock on the locker. Marty tries to look over the
guard's shoulder to see the combination, but Marty is too
short. Oh well.
Click on the camera in the room. A voice then comes out
of the squawk box, which is the purple intercom on the
left side of the room. George McFly, conveniently, has
hacked the security of the Citizen Plus building. He can
look in any camera and talk through any speaker.
Tell George that Marty tried to look over the guard's
shoulder. George reviews his video footage, then gives
the locker combination to Marty. Marty then regains all
the items in his inventory.
Look in the window above the Citizen Plus picture on the
wall. Marty will notice that Jennifer is in the next
room. That way, you can ask George to connect Marty's
room to Jennifer's room, so the two of them can talk.
The conversation between Jennifer and Marty doesn't go
well, however. She has undergone some of the Citizen Plus
program treatment, and she is now a model citizen.
Marty has to get Jennifer back to normal. Use Marty's
guitar on the squawk box. A good dose of rock and roll
brings Jennifer back to her senses, and she decides to
help Marty.
First, she knocks out a guard. Then, Marty gets dressed
in the guard's clothes, and they lock the guard in
Jennifer's room. Fortunately, all the guards have
protective masks which hide their faces, so no one is
able to notice this deception.
Click on the door to leave the room. Jennifer is all set
to help Marty save Doc, but then a guard appears and
escorts her back to her home. Oh well. Looks like Marty
will have to do this on his own.
Marty can now walk around the hallway. He can't enter any
of the rooms, though. The various rooms that this hallway
leads to are Marty's cell, Jennifer's cell, the cell
holding Biff Tannen, and the room holding First Citizen
The only person Marty can interact with is the guard at
the control station. The guard likes to drink soda. The
guard refuses to let Marty touch the controls for the
machine that is being used on Doc.
Examine the food tray to learn that Biff hasn't taken his
sedative pill. This pill makes people fall asleep, and it
looks like Marty will have to get rid of this guard by
slipping Biff's sedative into the guard's soda.
Use the intercom outside of Biff's room to talk to him.
Whenever you tell him to eat the pill, he drops it on the
floor. Use the newspaper on the crack under the door,
then tell Biff to eat his pill. Biff will drop it on the
newspaper. Pull out the newspaper, and Marty has the
Use the pill on the guard's soda. The guard will then
fall unconscious, and Marty gets free reign at the
controls. The look similar to the controls to the speaker
in Doc's lab in the original timeline, right? So maybe if
Marty turns all the controls up all the way, he can blow
the speaker.
Turn up the controls for volume and optics all the way.
Then, turn up the olfactory controls. This will break the
aroma machine, and Edna goes down to check on it.
Enter the room where Edna was in. The microphone is
connected to the speaker, so use the guitar on the
microphone. Marty jumps down to the area with Doc and
lets some music fly!
...Only the speaker doesn't blow up, propelling Doc and
Marty forward, out of the building, like Marty was
planning. Marty is forced to improvise, but in the end,
he still manages to escape with Doc.
Doc and Marty hide in the recycling bins while the police
search the area.
Talk with Doc about everything, while Marty and Doc wait
for the police to leave. While the conversation happens,
Marty sees his parents get in trouble with the police,
but he doesn't interfere.
Doc leaves to get the time machine. He warns Marty to
stay off the streets for a while.
Here, just wait in place. After about forty seconds, and
Edna will appear.
Talk to Edna about everything, and Doc will appear in the
DeLorean. He spent six months fixing the time machine,
and then returned to this moment. Doc is surprised to
find out that he arrived a few minutes late to pick up
Marty. Maybe the time circuits need recalibrating?
Marty gets in the car with Doc, and they drive out of
town. Edna yells at them while they're leaving.
Doc and Marty return to 1931, to the day after Kid Tannen
was captured. Doc is amazed to see the old town theater
again. He likes movies...but he never DID see
Seeing Frankenstein is what inspired Doc to become a
scientist, in the original timeline. It's a good bet that
getting the Emmett in this timeline to see Frankenstein
will cause him to become a scientist, too.
Young Emmett appears. Marty thinks it would be a bad idea
if Doc ran into Young Emmett. Knowing how unpredictable
Doc can be, this is probably a good idea.
Go to Young Emmett and talk to him. Marty soon realizes
that something is wrong here. This isn't the day after
Kid Tannen was arrested. This is about two months after
Kid Tannen was arrested!
Return to the courthouse and click on the courthouse
doors. Marty tells Doc the bad news. Since the time
machine isn't working properly at the moment, it's
probably not a good idea to use it again. Instead, let's
figure out some way to break up Emmett and Edna today.
Edna is at the Science Expo, outside the high school.
Marty and Doc go there immediately.
Walk to Edna, who is near the front of the school,
talking to Arthur McFly. Talk to her, and pick any of the
dialogue options you want.
Once you finish talking to her, talk to her again. Marty
will ask what she's look for in a man. She has three
1. The man is a model citizen.
2. The man is faithful to her.
3. The man dresses well.
In order to break up the happy couple, Marty has to trick
Edna into thinking that Emmett has broken all three
requirements. You can do them in any order, and you can
do them simultaneously.
You will have to visit Emmett in his laboratory, as part
of this challenge, so let me explain how you get to
Emmett's lab. Go to the DeLorean and click on it. Doc
will take it for a brief test drive, which determines
that the time machine is still acting improperly.
After Doc takes the car for a drive, the "Hill Valley of
the Future" exhibit opens. Go to it, then take the Train
of the Future. It's actually a skateboard!
Edna appears and declares her intention to go see Emmett.
Old Doc appears, and he distracts her by starting up a
Now you can visit Emmett's Lab whenever you want, simply
by clicking on the street. Leave his lab, through the
exit, to return to the Expo.
004b-Model Citizen
Edna likes Emmett because he is a model citizen. Marty
will have to find some way to prove to her that Emmett is
a degenerate criminal. Fortunately, Emmett's new machine
rates people on a scale of "model citizen" to "degenerate
criminal", so we can use the machine to prove Emmett is a
When you first go to Emmett's lab, you see Kid Tannen get
a score of "degenerate criminal". You'll have to figure
out how to get Emmett to have the exact same score.
First though, you should figure out how the machine
works. Click on the machine, which is brown and on the
table with the record player. Emmet gives you a
The machine on the right has two parts you can interact
with. First is the power button that turns it on. The
second is the slide advancer that goes through all the
various pictures.
The helmet that Emmett is wearing has three colors: red,
yellow and green. It's red when Emmett is upset, and it's
green when he is happy. The rest of the time, it's
usually yellow.
You can make Emmett happy by using the record player, or
by lifting the lid of the pot of soup. You can make him
unhappy by using the generator (the electric crank from
the first episode), or by turning the handle on the
bacteria tank.
If you got some algae cakes from Cueball, you can use
them on Emmett to make him unhappy.
Think you understand everything? Let's get started. Turn
on the machine by hitting the switch, and you see a
picture of Edna. A degenerate criminal dislikes Edna, so
turn Emmett's helmet to red, either by using the
generator or the valve on the bacteria tank.
Use the slide advancer to get to the next slide. It's a
picture of John Wilkes Booth. A degenerate criminal likes
murderers, so turn Emmett's helmet to green, either by
using the record player or the pot of soup.
Use the slide advancer to get to the next slide. It's a
picture of Officer Parker. A degenerate criminal dislikes
policemen, so turn Emmett's helmet to red, either by
using the generator or the valve on the bacteria tank.
Use the slide advancer to get to the next slide. It's a
picture of a Tannen. A degenerate criminal likes Tannens,
so turn Emmett's helmet to green, either by using the
record player or the pot of soup.
Use the slide advancer to get to the next slide. It's a
picture of Edna's brother. A degenerate criminal dislikes
small children, so turn Emmett's helmet to red, either by
using the generator or the valve on the bacteria tank.
Use the slide advancer to get to the next slide. It's a
picture of Trixie Trotter. A degenerate criminal likes
Trixie, so turn Emmett's helmet to green, either by using
the record player or the pot of soup.
Use the slide advancer. That was the last slide, so the
mind map printer gives you an analysis of Emmett. Use the
mind map on the mental alignment meter. If you did it
correctly, the mental alignment reader gives you a
reading of "degenerate criminal".
Use the mind map on Emmett's mind map, on the wall. Marty
switches Emmett's original mind map with the "degenerate
criminal" mind map. Now, when Emmett uses the machine at
the Expo, it will show he's a degenerate criminal, so
Edna will want to break up with him!
004c-Faithful to Edna
Edna likes Emmett because he is faithful to her. If he
was cheating on her with another woman, however...
Well, of course, Emmett isn't going to cheat on Edna.
Marty is just going to make it seem like he has, by
convincing Trixie Trotter to pretend that she is Emmett's
secret girlfriend.
Trixie is open to the idea of breaking up Emmett and
Edna, because she strongly dislikes Edna. However, Trixie
doesn't want to create a scene, and she doesn't dislike
Edna THAT much. So first, we have to get Trixie mad at
Once you talk to Trixie for the first time, ask her to
help make Edna jealous. She refuses. Then, talk to Edna
about Trixie.
Talking to Edna about Trixie makes a character appears
near the truck, in the upper/right of the Expo area. It's
Cueball, one of Kid Tannen's former employees. He knows
about Trixie, because he's worked with her in the past.
Talk to Cueball about Trixie three times in a row. He
will give Marty a postcard of Trixie wearing an
inappropriate outfit. Edna's not going to like this
picture at all...
Use the picture on Edna. Edna takes the postcard and uses
it to get Trixie fired from her job. Trixie is now so mad
at Edna that she is willing to ruin Edna's relationship
with Emmett.
Talk to Trixie. She was in a play, where they did a scene
similar to this. She figures it'd be easy to reenact the
scene, but she needs three props: furs, a diamond, and
Emmett's photo album.
The diamond is in the Hill Valley of the Future exhibit.
If this exhibit isn't open, click on the DeLorean. The
third button (from the left) makes a rainstorm appear,
and the fourth button makes the diamond-shaped prism
appear. Press the third and fourth buttons in quick
succession, and the diamond-shaped prism falls down.
To get the furs and the photo album, you have to go to
Emmett's Lab.
In the lab, go to the pot of soup. Next to it is an
easel. Examine it, and tell Emmett that the picture is
bad. Emmett takes out a photo album. That's how you get
the photo album.
To get the furs, you need the cleaning fluid, which is
the main part of the "dresses well" puzzle. Take the can
of motor oil, which is near the bacteria tank in the lab,
and use it on Emmett. He reveals an invention which
cleans things.
Examine the shower cleaner, then take the small bottle of
cleaner. Return to the expo and examine the Hill Valley
of the Past exhibit. Use the cleaner on the caveman to
get the furs.
Once you have the diamond, furs and photo album, give
them all to Trixie. Now, she's ready to make it seem like
Emmett has been cheating on Edna.
004d-Dresses Well
Edna like Emmett because he dresses well. We need to find
a way to make Emmett look like a slob.
That should be easy enough! There is a can of oil near
the bacteria tank in Emmett's lab. Grab the oil and use
it on Emmett to ruin his suit.
Emmett reveals one of his inventions: a suit cleaner.
This compound instantly cleans any surface in seconds,
including clothing. The downside is that, after twelve
hours, the cleaning fluid becomes too powerful, and it
will start to dissolve clothing, not clean it.
Examine the cleanser shower, and Emmett takes out a
perfume bottle full of cleanser, just in case there are
any mishaps at the expo. Take the cleanser spray bottle,
then return to the expo.
When Marty tries to leave after spilling oil on Emmett,
Emmett will decide to propose to Edna, after the Expo.
In twelve hours, the cleanser will destroy Emmett's suit
instead of cleaning it. Let's age the cleanser by using
the time machine. Use the spray bottle on the time
machine, and Marty puts it inside. Go near the DeLorean
and click on the spray bottle, and Marty will take it out
of the car.
Once you use the spray cleaner on the caveman in the Hill
Valley of the Past exhibit (as part of the "faithful to
Edna" puzzle), the light in the DeLorean turns green,
which means it's safe for Doc to take it on a test drive.
Put the spray cleaner in the time machine, and click on
the time machine so Marty knows that the light is green.
Tell Doc about the green light. Doc takes the time
machine for a test drive, and this ages the spray cleaner
by nine hours.
Go to Emmett's lab, then return to the expo. The light in
the time machine is green again. Examine it, and tell Doc
the light is green. He takes the car on another trip.
Doc returns in a short amount of time. The good news is
that the cleanser has now been aged to the point where it
will dissolve Emmett's suit instead of cleaning it,
should Emmett use the cleanser. The bad news is that Edna
has left the expo to go see Emmett.
Marty picks up the cleanser, then goes to the lab where
he sees Emmett and Edna kissing each other.
Tell Edna that Carl Sagan wants to talk to her, and tell
her that it's about the speakeasy arsonist. She decides
to leave.
Give the bottle of cleanser to Emmett. Now, when he uses
it, it will destroy his suit!
004e-Endgame Sequence
Once Marty gets all three things ready, (or when he's
very close to doing so, if he does the "faithful to Edna"
puzzle last) he returns to the Expo.
Marty talks with Doc. After talking to Edna for a long
time, Doc isn't sure that he wants to ruin the
relationship between her and Young Emmett. After all,
Young Edna is a lot better than Old Edna.
Tell Doc that Edna ends up alone and miserable in the
original timeline. That convinces Doc. He doesn't want to
go through with the plan which will break Edna's heart
and ruin her future. Instead, Doc wants to find a third
way, one which will result in a happier timeline for
everyone, even Edna.
Doc leaves, upset.
Once all three puzzles are solved, Emmett appears at the
Expo. Use the can of oil on him. He uses the cleanser to
clean the suit, but because we aged the cleanser by about
seventeen hours, it dissolves the suit.
Edna is shocked that Emmett ruined her grandfather's
suit. Trixie then appears and acts out her scene, which
makes it seem like she and Emmett had a secret
Edna becomes furious, and Emmett tries to prove that he
is still the same old Emmett, by using the Mental
Alignment Meter. Bad move, Emmett. It shows that he is a
degenerate criminal, thanks to Marty's meddling with the
mind map cards.
Emmett leaves, upset. Marty finds him on top of the
courthouse. Talk to Emmett for a while, and it becomes
obvious that Emmett is very disillusioned. Right now, the
mind map helmet rates him as yellow, which means
Stir up Emmett's emotions by saying "you care about me".
Emmett becomes upset at Marty, because Marty has ruined
Emmett's life. Tell Emmett that Marty's name is really
Tell Emmett that you ruined his life, just for the hell
of it. Then tell Emmett that he's delusional. Emmett gets
very upset, but in a short period of time, he returns to
his normal, science-loving self. Hooray!
Then an accident happens, and Emmett is now hanging
upside-down from the courthouse, off of a statue. That's
not good!
Talk to Emmett and ask if he has anything useful. He
does! It's the can of cleanser, which dissolves things.
Go through the hatch or climb down the rope to reach the
ground. Pick up the bottle of cleanser. Then, go to the
statue which is on the courthouse steps. Use the cleanser
on the rope to get it loose.
Go through the courthouse doors and climb down the rope
which is now loose. Click on the left and right buttons
to make Marty swing on the rope. Swing fast and far
enough so the rope can reach Emmett, then click on
Emmett's foot is still stuck. Use the cleanser on his
foot to free it from the grips of the statue.
Marty and Emmett then leave to go prepare Emmett's other
scientific invention for the Expo. Meanwhile, on the
outskirts of town, Old Doc picks up Edna in his car. He
comforts her for a bit, then the two of them drive off.
To be concluded...
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IT IS remarkable what a difference a single election can make. "The way Europe is regarded by the rest of the world has changed in a few months," says Gérard Mestrallet, chairman of both Engie and SUEZ, two big French energy firms, and a board member at Siemens of Germany, the region's biggest engineering firm. The arrival of Emmanuel Macron as France's reform-minded new president—his party is set for a giant victory in parliamentary elections this week—is helping to transform attitudes from gloom to cheer.
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Experts say cloud application management could be an area ripe for further innovation. Cloud users want to more easily be able to move legacy applications to the cloud or be able to transfer applications from one cloud provider to another. A Silicon Valley startup named Appcara is hoping its tools, which migrate away from a server-template model and toward an application-database setup, are one way for easier application lifecycle management.
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Appcara instead uses a database approach to managing cloud applications. Appcara's cloud-based software creates an application layer above either public or private clouds to capture information about what the application needs to run on the server. Specific application needs related to the components, configurations and dependencies and any changes of those are stored in real-time and automatically updated to a database. When changes are made to the application's resource needs, the database is updated automatically, allowing the application to configure the hardware that's needed on its own. Doing so eliminates the need for new server templates to be created, and removes the step of manual configuration of servers for application deployments.
So far it's worked for American Internet Services (AIS), a San Diego cloud service provider that focuses on cloud offerings in Southern California and specifically for life sciences companies. AIS is one of Appcara's earliest commercial deployments and CTO Steve Wallace says he was looking for a way to more efficiently manage the large number of applications the service provider hosts for clients.
"You may not realize the true potential of this until you really try to scale up," he says. The traditional server-template model, he says, requires manual configuration of the hardware to the specifications of the application. "If you're working with 80 Web servers that all need to be configured, you're talking about not only a time-consuming, error-prone process," he says. AIS is using the Appcara platform to manage its applications that run its cloud offering and those for customers.
Appcara announced last week it would be releasing the second version of its software, AppStack 2, in July, which will incorporate a marketplace where dozens of applications will already be pre-configured for use in the Appcara software. Other applications can be integrated to work on the software as well.
William Fellows, an analyst at The 451 Group's 451 Research, says Appcara's offering is unique in its use of a database model, without having server templates be the main tool for application management. But, he says, Appcara has a crowded field it's going up against.
"Enterprises are looking for ways to extend on-premises environments into the cloud," he says, validating the level of interest seen by players managing cloud applications. Competitors Fellows cites include RightScale, AppZero, rPath, CohesiveFT, Racemi, Arago, VMware through its WaveMaker product, DynamicOps, OutSystems, Makara, Mendix and Verizon/Terremark, with the company's CloudSwitch technology. Appcara, according to Fellows, says that other offerings still require "extensive scripting" of the application, which Appcara claims to automate.
The emerging platform-as-a-service market could also help enterprises better manage application management. In a PaaS environment, the application is built and lives in the cloud, creating some native level of cloud optimization. "Appcara says its dynamic approach trumps template approaches, provides workload portability and enables service providers to onboard multi-tenant clouds such as CloudStack," Fellows wrote in a recent report on the company.
The company is young though, and still only has about 50 customers. It has raised about $2 million in venture capital financing, including a funding round in the past few weeks. But application management, Fellows and Wallace agree, will continue to be an emerging area as enterprises continue to use SaaS-based services in the cloud.
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July 17th the Sheriff Arpaio Investigation divulged that Obama's birth certificate was a sham. Please access the following to learn what one expert demonstrates:
Report: Metadata and object code proof of a forged birth certificate file!- by Mara Zebest – July 18th, 2012 – obamareleaseyourrecords.blogspot.com/2012/07/
My newly released report explains why Obama's long form birth certificate PDF file is a synthetically manufactured file down to the colors presented on eight of the first nine layers. The report examines the metadata and object code and explains how this information corroborates the claim that Obama's PDF file never originated as a paper document but rather was born in cyberspace—or to put it another way—digitally manufactured. The only time Obama's PDF file image exists as a paper document is when a computer user selects Print from the File menu. Obama's PDF file, like everything else from this administration, is a composite, a lie, an illusion—even down to the deceptive colors presented in the file……. – obamareleaseyourrecords.blogspot.com/2012/07/
ARPAIO'S OBAMA PROBE FINDS 'NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT'- Hawaii found to be bogus birth-certificate factory – wnd.com/2012/07/
Also Related:
Moralmatters.org Articles Dealing With Obama's Identity Scandal and Presidential Eligibility
- Obama's Fraud To Be Exposed – Tuesday July 17, 2012 – moralmatters.org/2012/07/17/
- Carnival Barker Birther's Case Before the Supreme Court – moralmatters.org/2012/07/16/
- Personal Testimony Evidence of Obama's Kenyan Birth – And Facebook Deleting This – moralmatters.org/2012/06/04/
- The Obama Bin Laden Kill Myth – Why? – moralmatters.org/2012/06/03/
- Birther Barker Bashing Ridicule Gets Old – moralmatters.org/2012/05/31/
- Bottom Line – Obama Not Legitimate President – moralmatters.org/2012/05/27/
- Tabloids Do the Heavy Lifting While Mainstream Media Wimps Out – moralmatters.org/2012/05/26/
- Mainstream Media Gobbles Up Latest Hawaiian Propaganda of Obama's Alleged Birth Origin – moralmatters.org/2012/05/25/
- Obama Lies – He Must Shame Even the Devil – moralmatters.org/
- Birther Basher's Arrogance and Denial – www.moralmatters.org
- Obama Identity Scandal Grows – moralmatters.org/
- FOX Network's Obama Sin of Omission – moralmatters.org/
Also related:
Shhhh…There's a Paraceratherium in the Room – thenationalpatriot.com/2012/07/17/
How Will America Fix the Obama Fraud? – moralmatters.org/2012/07/18/
Please also note the following Scriptures as they describe liars. Based upon these Scriptures (and, because the Triune God of this divine revelation, cannot lie), it can be honestly concluded that Barack Obama is headed for a great awakening:
Psalm 58:3 – "The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies." – KJV
Proverbs 26:23-28 – "Fervent lips with a wicked heart are like earthenware covered with silver dross. He who hates, disguises it with his lips, and lays up deceit within himself; When he speaks kindly, do not believe him, for there are seven abominations in his heart; though his hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness will be revealed before the assembly. Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him. A lying tongue hates those who are crushed by it, and a flattering mouth works ruin." – NKJ
Please note 2 informational links:
U.S. Constitution Online – usconstitution.net/
The Complete List of Email Addresses and Fax Numbers for the U.S. Congress and Governors – conservativeusa.org/
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DescriptionTutankham is an arcade action game played from a top down point of view. You are an explorer in King Tut's tomb on a mission to retrieve as many of the valuable treasures as you can find. In addition to the treasures, you will also find a key in each of the chambers. This is needed in order to unlock the entrance to the next, more difficult chamber. Be careful, for the tomb is guarded by many dangerous creatures! Cobras, bats, scorpions, and more all appear in the maze and will cause you to lose a life if you're caught! To defend yourself you are armed with a laser gun which you can fire left or right, but not up or down. In each of the mazes you are also give one "flash" which can be used to destroy all creatures currently on the screen.
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Alternate Titles
- "ツタンカーム" -- Japanese spelling
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- Gameplay feature: Dual Joysticks
- Gaming Service: Game Room
- Setting: Egyptian
- Video games turned into board / card games
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ContestParker Brothers ran a "Fight the Pharaoh" contest that if you sent an entry on a 3x5 piece of paper with your name, address and zip code to their contest address, you could win the grand prize of $3000 in video games or equipment, or 1 of 100 Super Cobra video games, or 1 of 2000 "I Fought the Pharaoh" t-shirts. Here is a poster advertising the contest and game.
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Join RTC in an Allstate Google+ Hangout With Dereck WhittenburgPosted by rtmsf on March 26th, 2012
This post is sponsored by Allstate. The opinions expressed herein are strictly those of Rush the Court.
RTC is pleased to announce that RTC will be teaming up with Allstate on the eve of the Final Four to host a Google+ Hangout with former NC State star Dereck Whittenburg. For those of you who weren't alive in 1983 or were too young to remember the Wolfpack guard, it was his, ahem, pass to Lorenzo Charles that gave NC State its last national championship. March is mayhem every year, but the quality of last weekend's regional games suggests that we're in for a ridiculously fun Final Four weekend featuring four of the biggest names in the history of the sport.
Whittenburg personal mayhem in the form of his assist to teammate Charles is why he is a member of Allstate's Team Mayhem, which includes James Worthy, Miles Simon, Joey Rodriguez, and broadcasters Dick Vitale and Bill Raftery. We're asking our readers to submit questions to Whittenburg through Twitter (@rushthecourt – use hashtag #askDereck), or through our comments section below. If your question is a good one, you'll be invited to chat live via webcam with Dereck Friday evening in the Google+ Hangout. It'll be a great time to talk hoops history and future, so make sure to send us your questions!