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We have to admit, all of us have been on the to-don'ts list of fashion at least once in our lives. More than just putting together pieces of clothing and accessories and hoping that it pulls together, some people take fashion more seriously than you think. Creativity and attitude are insufficient when it comes to the fashion industry. Proper training from the top fashion universities has become a necessity in becoming a popular fashion designer.Fashion universities know that the fashion industry is a competitive field. Designers often go back to school to take refresher courses as they don't want to be left behind on the latest trends. The following then are tips to fashion designers on how to stay in fashion in the industry.1. Be innovativeFashion universities teach their students how to stay current. Fashion designers are trend-setters. Practically speaking, they are the ones who dictate what savvy people will be wearing in the next season. People follow fashion designers and it is the job of fashion universities to instill that trend-setting mindset to their students. Immersing yourself with fashion and being exposed to anything and everything can kick up your creativity level. Remember that clothing is supposed to be a way of expression which puts a heavy responsibility on the designers. People will be wearing your design which means that designers should remained challenged to always come up with new ideas to express oneself.2. Fast-pacedThe fashion industry is a fast-paced environment that requires constant innovative designs. Fashion universities can keep you up to date with the prevailing trends at a time, but by tomorrow, a brand new concept will be introduced. With technology, design software can also be used by not only speeding up the process of designing but also make use of techniques that cannot be instilled in pencil drawing. As the industry goes from season to season, fashion designers will always have to be a season ahead of everyone else. Fashion universities then keep students conscious of the shifting demands and opportunities of the fashion industry. Fashion designers should know how to think quickly and master their skills because something new has to be put on the store shelves for next season.3. Broaden your optionsThere are hundreds of fashion designers that dream of getting their designs on the runway. Graduates of fashion universities are usually either self-employed or work for a clothing and apparel company. Inadequate capital and social connections are factors that hinder good fashion designers to be seen in fashion shows. As only a handful of designers get recognized in the fashion industry, fashion universities regard several options to which students should consider. Make-up Artists, Stylists, and Fashion Merchandising are but some examples of careers that are closely related to fashion design which are also offered by many fashion universities.Fashion universities are best suited for those who truly have a love for clothing and fashion. Staying in fashion can be both a tiring and rewarding career. Like Heidi Klum says in her popular TV show called Project Runway, "One day you're in, and the next day you're out".
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There are a few circumstances where overpayments can be arranged. However, this kind of advance is going to be determined on the grounds of the way the facility was maintained and if a successful and dependable transactional history was built up. This scenario would be exactly the tip of the iceberg on how best to get started researching a global stock. Moreover, you would like to be aware of just how much time you are eager to spend researching investment opportunities. The entire idea with stock timing is to learn the length of time you have until you'll really want the money. Because it takes time to understand the company, you may stay assured that your facilities will be structured around the authentic enterprise you do, taking into consideration your distinctive requirements at several phases of your trade cycle. It is comparable to those people who fear others because they don't attempt to understand them. I think it is suggested to begin investing globally because lots of people have a fear of the unknown.
After you start to formulate what risk you're comfortable with and also your long-term goals for investing, the next thing to do is to recognize a strategy that fulfills your requirements. One goal is to make certain that businesses have the sales-financing tools required to drive sales and better their competitiveness. The important thing is to understand what risk levels you're comfortable with and the best target of your investing strategy. For any business the prospect of terrible debt will stay a problem. We are aware that achieving great effects in the world market needs a thorough comprehension of best practice principles. There are many trade tools which are designed to aid businesses since they learn more on the topic of international trade.
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As the picture and description says it is a complete hood kit. The only problem I have with it that the screw holes are not in the same location as the factory vent cover, causing a couple of the screws not to "bite" into anything to hold it more securely. It is a very nice kit otherwise, deep glossy black finish that will definitely breathe new life into the hood area. The hood catches are actually probably stronger than the factory ones, which to me is a plus.
The quality of the pieces looked very good, no blemishes. I only rated it a 4 because I could not use it. The description says for 76-86, but there's a big sticker on the box that says 78-86. The hood vent was too big and the windshield tied own loop was too wide. Kudos to 4wd for refunding my total purchase price, too bad I had to pay to ship it back.
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Counseling + Testing
Walters State Community College, under the direction of the Tennessee Board of Regents, is required to assess students for readiness for college-level study and place them accordingly as a required component of the admissions process. Your placement depends upon your having met certain academic standards, including achievement on the ACT/SAT test, the College Level Examination Program (CLEP), and/or achievement on the GED.
If you have taken the ACT/SAT or COMPASS test and your scores are less than 3 years old you must take the appropriate secondary diagnostic exam. If scores fall below prescribed TBR cut scores listed below, a secondary diagnostic exam is required.
The COMPASS Mathematics Placement test will include prealgebra/algebra items. Items in the Numerical Skills/Prealgebra Placement Test range in content from basic arithmetic concepts and skills (e.g., basic operations with integers, fractions, and decimals) to the knowledge and skills considered prerequisites for a first algebra course (e.g., exponents, absolute values, and percentages). The Algebra Placement Test is composed of items from three curricular areas: elementary algebra, coordinate geometry, and intermediate algebra. Each of these three areas is further subdivided into a number of more specific content areas (substituting values into algebraic expressions, polynomials, linear equations in one variable, exponents, linear inequalities in one variable, rational expressions, systems of linear equations in two variables, quadratic formulas, absolute value equations and inequalities). If ACT or COMPASS exam scores are below TBR cut scores, secondary diagnostic testing is required.
The COMPASS Reading Placement Test is designed to determine whether an examinee has the reading skills necessary to succeed in a standard entry-level college course or take the reading diagnostic. A selection of 41 reading passages are either excerpts from copyrighted material or original works written by contracted item writers. The average length of the passages is 215 standard words, with a range from 190 to 225 standard words. (A standard word is equal to six characters, including spaces, punctuation marks, letters, and numbers.) Passages are of five types: prose fiction passages emphasize the narration of events and revelation of character; humanities passages describe or analyze ideas or works of art and craft; social sciences passages present information gathered by research; natural sciences passages present a science topic along with an explanation of its significance, and practical reading passages present information that is relevant to vocational or technical courses. The reading level of all passages is approximately equal to that encountered in the first year of college; much of the excerpted passage material comes from essays, journals, and magazines commonly used in entry-level college courses. The five reading comprehension items that accompany each passage are of two general categories: referring and reasoning.
Referring items: Items in this category pose questions about material explicitly stated in a passage.
Reasoning items: Items in this category assess readers' proficiencies at making appropriate inferences, developing a critical understanding of the text, and determining the specific meanings of difficult, unfamiliar, or ambiguous words based on the surrounding context. If ACT or COMPASS exam scores are below TBR cut scores, secondary diagnostic testing is required.
The COMPASS Writing Skills Placement Test is designed to help determine whether a student possesses the writing skills and knowledge needed to succeed in the typical entry-level college composition course or take the writing diagnostic. This test simulates a text-editing task by presenting examinees with an essay on the computer screen and requiring them first to find errors in grammar, usage, and style in the essay and then to correct the errors by selecting the appropriate text segment from among five alternatives. If ACT or COMPASS exam scores are below TBR cut scores, secondary diagnostic testing is required.
Examinees are presented with an essay on-screen and are then asked to read the essay looking for problems in grammar, usage, and style. Upon finding an error, students may replace the portion of text with one of five alternatives. Test passages are presented to the examinee as an unbroken whole, and there is no indication of where the errors are located. To accommodate the editing task for computer testing, test passages are divided into a series of segments within the software. Because examinees can choose to edit any portion of the essay, every part of the text is included within these segments, and no part of the text is contained in more than one segment. There is a test item for each segment of the text, so that an item with five alternatives will appear no matter where an examinee chooses to revise the text. In addition to the items that correspond to passage segments, there are one or two multiple-choice items that appear after the examinee is finished revising the passage. These items pose global questions related to the passage.
Items in the COMPASS Writing Skills Placement Test are of two general categories: Usage/Mechanics and Rhetorical Skills. Each general category is composed of three subcategories.
Usage/Mechanics items are directed at the surface-level characteristics of writing, as exemplified in three major subcategories: Punctuation, Basic Grammar and Usage, and Sentence Structure.
Once you have been placed in any Learning Support courses, you must take the courses EACH semester until successful completion.
Diagnostic testing is mandated by TBR Guideline A-100 for students who do not achieve the TBR benchmark scores on the ACT, SAT, or Compass Exam. The purpose of diagnostic testing is to move students into college-level or accurately place students into Learning Support coursework.
See Counseling and Testing for additional information and test resources.
The Mathematics Diagnostic is a test of mathematical skills in arithmetic, pre-algebra, and algebra.
The Reading Diagnostic is a test of reading comprehension skills.
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STRATHAM -- On Monday, January 14, at 7:00 p.m., the Stratham Historical Society and the Wiggin Memorial Library, in cooperation with the New Hampshire Humanities Council, will present a program called A House on the Bay: Life on the 17th Century NH Coastal Frontier, given by UNH Ph.D. Neill DePaoli.
He will offer an illustrated talk on the archaeological discovery of Thomas Wiggin, Jr.'s home on Great Bay in what is now Stratham. A team of archaeologists and volunteers uncovered evidence of the home during archaeological digs spearheaded by Dr. DePaoli. He will demonstrate how bay residents on the periphery of Anglo-American settlement were far less isolated and bereft of the comforts of the more "civilized" world than traditionally portrayed.
The program will be held in the Morgera Meeting Room of the Stratham Fire Station just behind Historical Society's building at the corner of Portsmouth Avenue and Winnicutt Road. The program is free and open to the public. There is ample parking available. Light refreshments will be served. For further information, please call 772-4118 or 778-9525.
A business meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. before the presentation. Members are encouraged to attend.
In the event of inclement weather the meeting and program will be postponed until Monday, January 21, same place and time. Weather update on Library Web Home Page: library.strathamnh.gov after 2.p.m on January 14 or call Library at 772-4346


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"Parliamentary Finance Committee to announce the date of revaluation in next two weeks."
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KIEV, Ukraine, April 30 (UPI) -- Ukrainian acting President Oleksandr Turchynov announced Wednesday that Ukrainian armed forces have been put on full alert in response to continued Russian aggression toward Ukraine.
Speaking at a meeting with the heads of regional administrations, the Ukrainian president said, "I am once again addressing the real danger of the start of a continental war against Ukraine by the Russian Federation. Our armed forces have been put on full combat alert."
The Kiev City State Administration press office announced that military drills will be held in the capital on Thursday, and issued the following notice:
"Attention residents and guests of the capital! Special tactical exercises will be held in Kyiv on the night of April 30 to May 1. As part of the exercises it is envisaged that columns of military vehicles will move in the city. Please note that the deployment of personnel and machinery will be held in the center of the city."
On Monday, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu offered his assurances to U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel that Russia would not invade Ukraine.


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LONDON, November 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Silence Therapeutics plc (AIM: SLN), a leading RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics company, today announced that the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a Notice of Allowance indicating that it will grant patents based on two applications: 12/986,389 and 13/230,084. These cover respectively interfering RNA molecules and lipid complexes used in drug delivery.
The claims allowed on interfering RNA molecules cover any double-stranded ribonucleic acid molecule where O-alkyl modified nucleotides are alternating with unmodified or differently modified nucleotides on both strands having a length of 17 to fewer than 30 ribonucleotides. This kind of modified double-stranded ribonucleic acid molecules form a key component of Silence's RNAi therapeutics. The patent will extend Silence's intellectual property related to double-stranded ribonucleic acid molecules to include molecules of 17 to fewer than 30 base pairs in length for use in methods for the treatment of disease. Importantly, the patent will protect any such double-stranded ribonucleic acid molecule across all therapy areas and cover double-stranded ribonucleic acid molecules irrespective of the specific nucleotide sequence used.
The claims allowed on lipid complexes, the proprietary lipid which is a key element of Silence's drug delivery technology Atufect, cover any composition irrespective of the class of compound to be delivered and irrespective of the disease to be treated. The patent will both extend and widen Silence's intellectual property IP related to the field of drug delivery.
Commenting on the announcement Dr. Klaus Giese, Chief Scientific Officer of Silence, said: "These notifications from the USPTO further strengthens Silence's IP position in the arena of RNAi therapeutics and builds upon the already strong proprietary technology Silence offers its partners. The broad range of RNAi therapeutics in terms of their possible length of base pairs again distinguishes Silence from competitors which provide coverage for only very few lengths, if any.
"We welcome the decision of the USPTO on drug delivery as an appreciation of Silence's contribution. Drug delivery is key for the therapeutic use of functional nucleic acid molecules such as siRNA and miRNA. With this patent, Silence is becoming an even more attractive partner for companies interested in the delivery of a variety of classes of compounds with siRNA and miRNA being only two of them."
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About Silence Therapeutics plc (http://www.silence-therapeutics.com)
Silence Therapeutics plc (AIM: SLN) is a leading biotechnology company dedicated to the discovery, development and delivery of targeted, systemic RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics for the treatment of serious diseases. Silence offers one of the most comprehensive short interfering RNA (siRNA) therapeutic platforms available today based on a strong intellectual property portfolio and large clinical safety database. Silence's clinical siRNA product pipeline is one of the broadest in the industry. The Company possesses multiple proprietary siRNA delivery technology platforms including AtuPLEX™, DACC and DBTC. AtuPLEX enables the broad functional delivery of siRNA molecules to targeted diseased tissues and cells, while increasing their bioavailability and intracellular uptake. The DACC delivery system allows functional delivery of siRNA molecules selectively to the lung endothelium with a long duration of target mRNA and protein knock-down. The DBTC delivery system enables functional delivery of siRNA molecules selectively to liver cells including hepatocytes. Additionally, the Company has a platform of novel siRNA molecules based around its AtuRNAi chemical modification technology, which provides a number of advantages over conventional siRNA molecules. Silence's unique RNAi assets also include structural features for RNAi molecules and specific design rules for increased potency and reduced off-target effects of siRNA sequences.
The Company's lead internal drug candidate is Atu027, a liposomal formulation in clinical development for systemic cancer indications and one of the most clinically advanced RNAi therapeutic candidates in the area of oncology. Atu027 incorporates two of the Company's technologies, AtuRNAi and AtuPLEX™.
The Company's RNAi therapeutic platform has received key validation through multiple partnerships with pharmaceutical companies including AstraZeneca, Dainippon Sumitomo, Pfizer/Quark, and Novartis/Quark. Silence is actively pursuing the establishment of additional partnerships. Silence Therapeutics has operations in both Berlin and London.
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Farrell elaborates on shifts
NEW YORK -- The one thing you will see the Red Sox do a lot more this season than in recent years is shift the infield. There were times in Wednesday's game when third baseman Will Middlebrooks was in short right field. Other times, Dustin Pedroia played in that spot.
The shifts Boston deploys are mostly designed by third-base coach Brian Butterfield, who manager John Farrell worked with in Toronto.
"Because of the amount of information that's taken into account, pitchers understand the reason why we're aligning as we are in certain situations, and they're accepting of it," Farrell said. "The key to that is if pitchers execute pitches to given areas where we've done our homework and see that the hard contact typically is the direction in which it goes. Hopefully more times than not we're going to have a guy standing in that spot.
"In the case of a power hitter that might look to bunt as an alternative to go against the shift, that's the one thing that we've made mention to the pitchers. We'll take that tradeoff each and every time. That communication has been back and forth between Butter, our staff and the pitchers and infielders. I think everyone is on the same page with that."
Middlebrooks and Pedroia are adapting as it goes.
"That's taken a little getting used to, because we'll align differently," said Farrell. "We'll put Pedey in the area in which the higher number of balls are hit in that certain area. For example, here in New York, we'll see a different alignment vs. [Travis] Hafner as we will vs. [Robinson] Cano, just by virtue of the information we have at our disposal. That's what goes into it.
"And the other thing is, when we've got a man on first base, we'll keep Will away from second base. He's not accustomed to turning the double play and we'll always keep Pedey as the pivot guy."
In the bottom of the first on Wednesday night, Middlebrooks fielded Robinson Cano's groundball from short right field and fired to first for a play that was scored 5-3.


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I wrote a method, based on this presentation, that filters points based on their proximity to a target point. I would like to write a few test case. What would be good test cases for this method?
// The method returns all points in the database that are
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List<Point> findPointsNear(double longitude,
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Edit - I'm more interested in a sanity test or two, to make sure I didn't screw anything while adapting/implementing the algorithm. Do you know of existing test code I could use? I'm ok with the method failing near the actual poles, as long it works in most countries.


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A restaurant that has twice been named the best in the world is now using shipping containers as a kitchen.
The Los Angeles Times reports Friday that the French Laundry's chef and owner Thomas Keller ran up against a time crunch after designing a new, futuristic kitchen to mark the restaurant's 20th anniversary.
His architectural team suggested the shipping containers. The temporary kitchen with a window to watch chefs at work opened last week.
Using shipping containers for shops and eateries isn't entirely new. Last month, the Yard at Mission Rock near the San Francisco Giants ballpark opened with more than a dozen containers, where beer and goods are sold.
The French Laundry was in 2003 and 2004 named the best restaurant in the world by Restaurant Magazine.
The permanent French Laundry kitchen is slated to open by year's end.


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On daytime TV, Colleen Zenk-Pinter is criminal Barbara Ryan, who often gets away with being bad. But in real life the "As the World Turns" star isn't as lucky with the law.
On April 1, the soap star was nabbed in Wilton just before 1 a.m. and charged with driving under the influence, The Norwalk Hour reports. Police pulled her over for erratic operation and crossing the double yellow lines on Danbury Road, cops told the newspaper.
When officers gave her a field sobriety test, she failed.
But when it comes to her career, Pinter, of Redding, is a successful Emmy-nominated actress. In 2001, she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for outstanding supporting actress.
She was taken into custody with a blood alcohol level of .119, the Hour reports.
A judge will visit with her in Norwalk Superior Court April 15.


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Draft's Day 2 winners, losers include Reggie McKenzie, Johnny Manziel
The first 100 picks of the 2014 draft have been called. Here is another installment of winners and losers based on the events that unfolded Friday in the second and third rounds:
Blake Bortles: So much for the Jaguars' supposed emphasis on defense. After their surprising pick of Bortles, the Central Florida quarterback, with the third pick of the first round, they netted him two gifted receivers — USC's Marqise Lee and Penn State's Allen Robinson — in Round 2. Incumbent starting QB Chad Henne should also be thrilled since he saw first-hand the limitations of the Jacksonville passing game without suspended WR Justin Blackmon in 2013.
Brad Meester: After quietly concluding a 14-year, lunch pail career with the Jags, the retired center was afforded the opportunity to announce the team's second-round selections of Lee and Robinson at Radio City Music Hall on Friday. Meester's attire resembled a camouflage tuxedo. Take that, New York fashionistas.
ROUND 1:More winners and losers
DAY 2 :Breakdown of the 68 selections
Washington Redskins: They didn't get to play in the draft sandbox Thursday while paying off the rest of their Robert Griffin III tab to the Rams. But the 'Skins were back on the clock Friday and pried an extra third rounder from the division rival Cowboys by dropping 13 spots in Round 2. By evening's end, Washington came away with three potential starters: Stanford OLB Trent Murphy, Virginia T Morgan Moses and Nebraska G Spencer Long.
Ryan Mallett: The Patriots' second-round selection of Eastern Illinois QB Jimmy Garoppolo seems to signal that Mallett, a third rounder in 2011, could soon get his opportunity to compete for a starting job elsewhere. New England almost never carries three QBs on its 53-man roster and could be primed to deal Mallet rather than let him walk away for nothing a year from now.
Reggie McKenzie: Following a pair of questionable drafts during his first two years on the job and some curious investments in free agency, the Oakland Raiders general manager seems to have a hot hand now. His first three selections — LB Khalil Mack, QB Derek Carr and G Gabe Jackson — could be solid building blocks for a team that had a shaky foundation just a week ago.
TE U.: The Cardinals selected Notre Dame's Troy Niklas in the second round, making him the fourth Irish tight end to go at least that high in the past seven drafts. Also on the list: John Carlson (second round, 2008) Kyle Rudolph (second, 2011) and Tyler Eifert (first, 2013). Hall of Famer Dave Casper also came out of South Bend, and Mark Bavaro is remembered as one of the best to ever play the position.
Geno Smith (or Michael Vick?): Smith is coming off an uneven rookie season, but the Jets' most productive receiver in 2013 was Jeremy Kerley (43 catches, 523 yards). Enter second-round TE Jace Amaro, who's really a 270-pound wideout. He grabbed 106 balls last year for 1,352 yards, a Football Bowl Subdivision single-season record for a "tight end." He should literally be a big boost to the Jets' passing game.
Marcus Martin: The USC center, dubbed the draft's best interior offensive lineman by NFL Network's Mike Mayock, went to the 49ers in the third round and might get an immediate shot to start on arguably the league's top line.
Johnny Manziel: The Browns continued loading their roster with talent, snagging Nevada's Joel Bitonio to further improve the stellar O-line that will play in front of Johnny Football. Cleveland also corralled under-the-radar Towson RB Terrance West in the third round. Don't be surprised if he challenges Ben Tate for starter snaps.
VIDEO: Day 2 recap
Johnny Manziel: An ESPN report surfaced Friday suggesting Browns all-pro WR Josh Gordon may be suspended for the entire 2014 season because of another failed drug test. Gordon amassed a league-best 1,646 receiving yards in 2013 in just 14 games. If he's shelved, Manziel — assuming he plays as a rookie — stands to take a lot more punishment from extra defenders who will be creeping into the box to punish him instead of Gordon.
Marcus Martin: Sorry, buddy, but you were the last guy out of the green room (though your irrepressible optimism and joy were fun to behold).
This draft's running backs: Another tough night for the position. After being shut out of Round 1 for the second consecutive draft, the first back wasn't called in Round 2 until Washington's Bishop Sankey landed with the Titans at pick 54 (and was followed by LSU's Jeremy Hill to the Bengals one slot later). The previous record low spot for the seal to be broken on RBs? Last year when the Bengals tabbed Giovani Bernard at No. 37.
A running back from the 2013 draft: Former South Carolina star Marcus Lattimore, once regarded as a first-round prospect before enduring a horrific knee injury in 2012 while with the Gamecocks, essentially redshirted with the 49ers in 2013 after falling to the fourth round. Yet Niners starter Frank Gore is still going strong, Kendall Hunter presently seems entrenched as the backup, and San Francisco spent a second-round pick Friday night on highly regarded Ohio State RB Carlos Hyde. Sure seems like Lattimore might have to move on to play meaningful snaps any time soon.
Greg Robinson: The Rams made the mammoth Auburn tackle the second overall pick of the draft Thursday. Friday, St. Louis grabbed Robinson's Tigers teammate, RB Tre Mason, at the 75th spot. Sure, it's cool Robinson gets to keep blocking for a guy who scored 24 TDs with his help in 2013. But third rounders don't pick up dinner tabs, Greg.
Unlucky Irish: Notre Dame DE Stephon Tuitt (Steelers) and NT Louis Nix (Texans) went in the second and third rounds, respectively, though both were widely viewed as Round 1 prospects just a few months ago. Nix's free fall was particularly mysterious as plummeted to the 83rd spot.
Jimmy Garoppolo: Tom Brady has vowed to play until he's at least 40. Garoppolo could join Mallett, Matt Cassel and Brian Hoyer as backups relegated to the bench for years hoping the Pats spin him off to a quarterback-starved team for draft picks in the near future.
Texans receivers: At this juncture, they'll still be relying on Ryan Fitzpatrick to get them the ball and back to the postseason since the team has yet to acquire a candidate who could be the long-term answer under center. Maybe their luck (and Mallett's?) will change soon.
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Do you happen to know why this happens?
I'm not using any pull-up resistors also. Should I ?
2k2 means 2.2 kOhm and 4k7 means 4.7 kOhm. The bus capacity is added up from the capacities of the connected devices plus a bit for the bus cables. If you don't have the capacity per meter cable of the wires you use, guess it from a similar cable. Usually it's a few pF per dm. If you have a scope you don't have to calculate the bus capacity, you can simply try different resistor values and have a look at the changes of the signal picture.In your case I would try with 2k2, this probably fits your needs.
Thank you. Is this how I should connect the resistors?
Should the GND of the compass be connected to Arduino's GND in order to work as a slave device, just like with the slave Arduino? Cause currently I have it on the GND of the circuit.


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Social Skills
When Andy Hersam graduated from Ithaca College in 1986, computers were big clunky boxes that stayed on desktops and processed simple programs. The Internet was still in its infancy, and marketing followed a prescribed and standardized technique.
"It was like bowling," he says. "Throwing the ball down the lane and trying to get the largest number of impressions possible."
Twenty-six years later, computers fit in pockets, the Internet connects the world, and the world of business communications and marketing has changed dramatically. And Hersam is a client partner for Global Marketing Solutions at Facebook, working with financial services partners like JP Morgan Chase and Mastercard to help them develop marketing strategies for the social networking site.
Hersam's rise through the marketing world began immediately following graduation, selling ads for leading outdoor lifestyle publications including Ski, Yachting, and Golf Magazine, landing eventually at Condé Nast in corporate advertising.
"I have no writing talent," he jokes. "But I like to sell things. That was my way to get into publishing."
In 2003, Hersam became publisher of Runner's World. While developing the magazine's online presence, his team noticed something surprising: the Runner's World forums were receiving the vast majority of the site's traffic.
"As a result, we began to develop a much more advanced site, so we could have one-on-one contact with our readers," he says. "But more importantly, it offered a platform for runners to talk to other runners."
Hersam says he found the traffic on the forum fascinating and a precursor to what social media would become. "It's a community of people, so they're not just talking about one thing," he says. "The common thread is running and endurance sports. These people became 'friends.' Before there were tweet-ups, forum-ites were meeting at races."
The ability of social media to bring people with common interests together is what drew Hersam to Facebook. "I knew I wanted to get into social [media], and I had the opportunity to kick the tires on a couple of different investments," he says. "But the most intriguing company was Facebook. It's an incredibly impressive organization: It's an impressive platform that keeps revolving and reiterating. It's a highly charged, high-paced environment, which I love. It's super entrepreneurial. We only have 3,500 employees, but we're reaching a billion people. There's tremendous growth potential."
Hersam describes the daily traffic on Facebook as "like having the Super Bowl three times a day." Given the size of the leading social media company, Hersam says that Facebook is actively changing the way businesses and consumers connect, often changing businesses entirely.
Last year, a project created by the marketing offices of American Express, which was dubbed Small Business Saturday, used Facebook to encourage shoppers to support local businesses during the holiday season, particularly on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. Following the campaign, participating retailers saw a growth of 27 percent from the previous year.
Hersam says the manner in which advertisers use social media is what makes campaigns like the one for Small Business Saturday successful. "Ads on Facebook need to be lightweight," he explains. "Ads on Facebook need to talk like your friends would talk. This was so authentic to American Express—it was a really warm message, a really cool idea—and it just clicked to the point where Congress has now designated the Saturday following Thanksgiving to be Small Business Saturday."
The success of these and other campaigns is what Hersam finds rewarding about his work. "Everywhere I've been, I've always been able to help someone's business in a big way," he says. "It might have been smaller when I was in the endurance [sport] place, but if I can help someone like Brooks Running Shoes meet its goal of becoming a billion dollar brand, then that's awesome."


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- 1 Read this first before add new suggestion
- 2 Change section "Connect to the internet"
- 3 Suggestions to update this guide as part of ISO
- 4 add a step: setting the clock
- 5 pacman-key --init / populate?
- 6 Proposed changes to Beginners' Guide and link to Post-Installation
- 7 Mounting the Swap partition.
- 8 Hardware compatibility List
- 9 base is redundant in pacstrap command
- 10
simplify umount
- 11 Clarify that vconsole.conf must be created
- 12 genfstab, add -U for uuid
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Add quick note for order in mount section
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ATI video Driver
- 15 Install from Existing Linux
Read this first before add new suggestion
- Point of this page is to not become another Beginner's guide. It's meant to be a concise checklist of things to be done. So detailed install instruction should go to Beginners' Guide.
- If there is something to discuss which should also affect the Beginner's guide, then do it on Talk:Beginners' Guide. An advanced user will find this page less bloated and easier to read, so let's KISS.
Change section "Connect to the internet"
Since the installation guide is now part of the iso image, I'd like to see a few references to the manpages of the necessary tools here, since you cannot open the network related wiki pages. Maybe something like this would be acceptable:
Assuming a wired ethernet connection, running dhclient or dhcpcd is sufficient to get a lease. Otherwise set up the connection manually using ip add, wpa_supplicant (WLAN with WPA), pppoe-setup (DSL), etc. You can also create and use netcfg profiles. Read more in the manpages: ip(8), wpa_supplicant(8), pppoe(8), netcfg(8), netcfg-profiles(5)
A reminder to install the packages for the internet connection in the pacstrap section would also be nice. -- progandy
Suggestions to update this guide as part of ISO
Since this guide is now being included as 'install.txt' in the ISO, it might be beneficial to incorporate the following changes:
- Entirely remove the 1. Download section and move it to the Download area of the archlinux.org page. This document here is about installing, not downloading, checking, burning discs or dd'ing. The majority of users reading this have likely already booted up the install medium.
- Begin or end the document by mentioning the new archlinux(7) man page which explains the location of important system configuration files
# man archlinux
- Slightly expand the 6. Connect to the internet section to include the most basic examples of setting up a private network using a dynamic and static IP address. (Right now it's only a single paragraph/line.) It's a vital installation step and should actually be moved to the top as one of the first actions during system setup. This fact should be emphasized.
Obtain dynamic IP
# dhcpcd
Set static IP
# ip link set dev eth0 up # ip addr add 192.168.1.2/24 dev eth0 # ip route add default via 192.168.1.1 # echo "nameserver 188.8.131.52" >> /etc/resolv.conf
- I can agree to all your suggestions, I wonder why no one is modifying the wiki. Internet connection setup is the most important part and should be covered more extensively. In addition to your changes, mention the manpages and configuration templates for netcfg and pppoe-setup/connect. The boot medium must at least contain easy accesible information in order to read all pages referenced in the installation guide. There should also be mentioned that elinks is installed and can be used to access the wiki. --Progandy (talk) 21:50, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
add a step: setting the clock
Lots of things care about the clock being more-or-less correct, e.g. pacman-key will not work at all if the clock is too far out. Lots of brand new computers come with the clock set to something in the distant past, which causes weird problems during the install. Thetrivialstuff (talk) 23:14, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
I agree, the instructions in "Installation Guide" leaves you without a /etc/adjtime file.
The following should be added (taken from beginners guide, but shortened):
Set the hardware clock and generate a
/etc/adjtime file with
# hwclock --systohc --utc or
# hwclock --systohc --localtime
Bwid (talk) 08:03, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
- There's no need for an adjtime file, but it does make sense to have people use
timedatectlfrom the live media to set the clock correctly. -- thestinger (talk) 03:30, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
pacman-key --init / populate?
Isn't this a required step? pacstrap does not seem to do it on its own. Thetrivialstuff (talk) 23:15, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
- Edit: Ah; I think this was related to the "set the clock" step -- I see that there is a pacman keyring init in the boot sequence of the latest media, but it (silently?) fails if the local clock is wrong.
- https://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-releng/2012-July/002708.html --Bluewind (talk) 09:10, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
This really need to be included on tutorial before pacstrap. Otherwise it will not work. Michelboaventura (talk) 16:49, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
Proposed changes to Beginners' Guide and link to Post-Installation
Some major changes are under discussion in Talk:Beginners'_Guide#Guide_restructuring: some of them would require adjustments to this very guide, see for example this post.
Please reply in the linked discussion, not here.
-- Kynikos (talk) 12:15, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
- I've added the steps in Beginners' Guide/Post-Installation to this guide, which now directly sends users to Beginners' Guide/Extra.
- If however Talk:Beginners' Guide#Guide restructuring will be implemented as planned, the Beginners' Guide will have a slightly different installation procedure than this guide, unless this one is updated too.
- -- Kynikos (talk) 14:08, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
- The link to Post-Installation was the last step of the guide, so that's the line I've replaced with the instructions from Post-Installation.
- About rebooting in case of a kernel upgrade, I don't think it's necessary to state that since this guide is aimed at experienced users.
- In any case, any reordering or modification of the various steps should better be approved by a Developer, and probably the forum or the mailing lists are better places than this talk page to involve them in such discussions.
- -- Kynikos (talk) 14:59, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
- Yeah, but at this point, you were instructed to reboot. In order to edit
pacman.conf, you need to mount the root partition. And to update your system, you need to chroot into it. It would be better if "Unmount leftovers" was renamed "Unmount leftovers and reboot", and added at the end (before the suggestion to read the instructions from Extra). --DSpider (talk) 15:07, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
- Yeah, but at this point, you were instructed to reboot. In order to edit
- You are still instructed to reboot, aren't you? The "Unmount leftovers" section currently tells you to "reboot and then login into the new system with the root account". In the "new system", the correct partition is already mounted at /.
- Whether or not configuring pacman, updating the system and adding a user would be better done in the chroot before rebooting, it's something that should be discussed with a Developer. I too think that it would make more sense, requiring one less reboot in case of a kernel upgrade.
- -- Kynikos (talk) 15:18, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
- Renaming "Unmount leftovers" to "Unmount leftovers and reboot" is safe anyway, so I've done that. -- Kynikos (talk) 15:37, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
- @DSpider: you're quite active on the forum, why don't you propose your idea there? I think it would be interesting to discuss it. -- Kynikos (talk) 14:11, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
- Ok, after reading this I realize that maybe I haven't been clear enough, so I'll try to explain everything more thoroughly.
- The current procedure makes you configure the system in the chroot environment from the live system.
- Then, still in the live system, it asks you to exit the chroot, unmount the partitions for the new system, reboot and login into the new system. Now, I refuse to write more explicitly in the guide that you should boot into the new system, and not again in the live system, in order to login into the new system.
- Since you are now into the new system (not the live system), the root partition is mounted at
/, not at
/mnt/, so you should be able to configure pacman, update the system and add a user wihtout chrooting. Now, if you've tested the procedure and really noticed that for some obscure-to-me reason you still need to chroot to /mnt in order to do those operations, please ask for clarifications in the forum because I wouldn't be able to answer any more.
- Last thing, and I think this is the 3rd or 4th time I write it, I agree with you that configuring pacman etc. could easily be done in the chroot environment at step 1, but you should propose that change in the forum first, since it would be a change in the official installation procedure and I won't take responsibility for that.
- I think this is the best I can do here, the next step to explain all this could be making a movie or a five-act play, but I hope it's not necessary :)
- -- Kynikos (talk) 05:56, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
Mounting the Swap partition.
Just a note to clarify the swap partition is NOT mounted. You will get an error message if you try.
Turning on the partition with swapon command will have the desired effect of having it activated before you add it to /etc/fstab. --CaptainK (talk) 07:56, 12 June 2013 (UTC)
Hardware compatibility List
The Installation Guide should refer to the Hardware compatibility List at https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/HCL in case specific kernel parameters are needed for the mainboard. --Qqqqqqqqq9 (talk) 09:32, 1 August 2013 (UTC)
- -1. The info in HCL is quite out of date so it should not be linked. -- Fengchao (talk) 13:13, 3 August 2013 (UTC)
base is redundant in pacstrap command
pacstrap /mnt
works just fine. base is installed by default. KISS, right? I'd do it myself, except it seems regular users don't have permission to edit this page.
Ewtoombs (talk) 22:54, 10 September 2013 (UTC)
simplify umount
# umount /mnt/{boot,home,}
could be replaced with
# umount -R /mnt
which will umount everything under /mnt recursively. This is simpler because the user doesn't have to explicitly specify everything he mounted under /mnt. 65kid (talk) 11:53, 14 September 2013 (UTC)
Clarify that vconsole.conf must be created
Example: "Add console keymap and font preferences in /etc/vconsole.conf. This file must be created by you."
- Please read #Read this first before add new suggestion, first point... Lahwaacz (talk) 20:46, 5 October 2013 (UTC)
genfstab, add -U for uuid
see heading
Add quick note for order in mount section
Would like to see a quick note stating that / should be mount before the other partitions or un-intentional unmounts will occur. I've installed Arch several times before, but forgetting this tiny tid-bit had me really confused for hours.
- (Please sign your edits in talk pages, see Help:Discussion)
- Does [3] make it clear enough?
- -- Kynikos (talk) 01:23, 16 November 2013 (UTC)
- Close. I would like an explicit order word in there. Maybe the first sentence to mount root should use the word "First". Or perhaps instead of "then" say "Followed by". I can understand wanting to cut out wordy-ness here, so it's really your discretion. Thanks for considering this.
ATI video Driver
Modify Propietary ATI catalyst reference
- Better fix: [4] :)
- Please update Xorg#Driver installation and/or AMD Catalyst if needed.
- -- Kynikos (talk) 10:20, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
Install from Existing Linux
Having a reference to Install from Existing Linux somewhere around the top of the article would be really helpful, as such method is otherwise too difficult to find.


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Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Mahler and Berg
Helen Wallace heads to the Barbican for a concert of rarely performed Berg and Mahler's First Symphony
The road to hell is paved with good intentions… and Berg's intention with his Chamber Concerto was simply to please his teacher Arnold Schoenberg on his 50th birthday, and prove just how much he had learnt from him. If only he hadn't tried so terribly hard.
Michael Tilson Thomas (right) slyly suggested in his engaging introduction that the composer might have put himself under a tad 'too much pressure': he sat at the piano and played the suggestive 'name' motifs of Berg, Webern and Schoenberg, while the marvellous London Symphony Orchestra wind/brass soloists gave us the four Vienna-soaked dance themes – so innocent, so pregnant with possibility in their first incarnations, before he got to work on his retrogrades, inversions, coded layers and whole-sale musical palindrome… As Tilson Thomas said, this was a rare opportunity to hear the work, and you could hardly ask for two more masterly and committed soloists than Gil Shaham and Yefim Bronfman (why else was Esa Pekka-Salonen in the audience?).
While Tilson Thomas's sense of dance lit up the first movement, and Shaham's soulful contribution dignified the second, once we moved into the palindrome of that movement, the stupefyingly virtuosic cadenza and the densely busy Rondo finale, any sense of actual music was stifled under layers of serial process, winding on and on with the monotony of rhetorical gesture that is such a feature of Schoenberg's least appealing works. Berg loved the discipline of extra-musical puzzles, but they needed to be his own, from the heart, as in his Violin Concerto, not those approved by his teacher.
How very different to Mahler's first symphony, a work of cataclysmic originality written to no one else's agenda. And a work that needs no introduction – as soon as that unearthly 'A' spreads across the orchestra, we're transported to another dimension. Tilson Thomas and the LSO embarked on a performance sizzling with energy and youthful spirits. Strings were fleet and delicate in a first movement which was far from 'gemächlich' (leisurely) and climaxes were hard driven, though cellos and basses found a limpid glow for the wayfaring song. The second movement sprang into action with the robust edginess of a great string section, led by the deliriously extrovert Roman Simovic, the LSO's co-principal. One could feel the force of his personality in the klezmer section of the slow movement, too, sparks flying as he veered towards, but didn't cross, the line of over-dominance. This funeral march, again, was not a slow one, but dignified with beautiful wind solos and the airiest portamenti.
Tilson Thomas drove his finale hard and fast, not allowing for any spacious fullness until the very last climax. Heaven-storming indeed, if only the Barbican Hall would lend some bloom to the orchestra's sound… where's a Musikverein when you need one?
The London Symphony Orchestra next appears at the Barbican on 14 June in a programme of Purcell, Mozart and Bruckner with pianist Maria João Pires, conducted by Bernard Haitink.
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Michael Davis' 356ci Supercharged Mustang That Hides In Plain Sight
When all the OEs converted to EFI back in the '80s, it seems the Ford dudes got it right a lot sooner than the Chevy guys, probably because they realized they had a much lighter car, even if it was only a 5L. As it stands right now, the Fox-body Mustang has become the 21st Century '55 Chevy. And nobody knows that better than Michael Davis. His blueprint evolved out of the classic file: find an affordable car and shove a bunch of horsepower under the hood. When it comes to horsepower, there are two schools of thought-the hard-headed, engine-only guys who claim that normally aspirated is the way God intended engines to run. On the other side are the power-adder guys who just don't really care much about self-imposed dogma. Place Michael Davis in the latter category.
Nod your head if you've heard this story before. Michael has always been a Ford guy with a string of Mustangs that plays out right up to a '93 he brought home right off the showroom floor. By the time he finished tweaking the Mustang, it was running low 10s. Of course, that result took years to create. Michael even remembers converting from the original five-speed to an AOD: "I picked up a half second but lost a couple miles an hour. That's because I wouldn't drive the manual like I stole it."
By 2006, the Mustang was 10-second quick. One night in June, he took a buddy out for a ride through the countryside. "I heard a whoosh, and I could see flames up through the fiberglass hood," Michael says. He's not sure whether a loose injector seal or fuel line caused the fire. "I could hear a sizzle like pressure was feeding it." The flames torched his ride. "I remember thinking, That's a brand-new hood! It took the fire department 12 minutes to get there, and by that time, the flames were 20 feet high."
Some guys might give up after that experience and take up basket weaving, clinical psychology, or some activity less volatile, but not Michael. Instead, he bought the hulk back from the insurance company and got right back on the horse with a '92 notchback he purchased a few weeks later. He managed to save part of the engine, but the Vortech supercharger was too badly distorted to salvage. The guys at Vortech helped him out with a good deal on a second blower, and he was right back in the game.
The original motor started out strong with a good Ford Racing A4 5.0L block that would take a serious 0.080-inch overbore along with an Eagle stroker kit to produce a hefty 356ci small-block. But it's that Vortech centrifugal T-trim supercharger that brings it all together. Then plug in a hopped-up AOD trans and you have a drivetrain that can take some serious steam.
Superchargers are great at making torque, so Michael doesn't even need a ton of gear to push 3,200 pounds down the track to a best of 10.26 at 136 mph. Once he leaves the track, he slides the shifter into Overdrive, cruises home at a sedate rpm, and life is good. It's the classic case of decent power in a lightweight car that's hooked up enough to perhaps push its way into the 10s. What more could you want-9s?
Tech Notes
Who: Michael Davis
Where: Hillsboro, Missouri, where the hills are alive with Show-Me Mustang horsepower
What: '92 Ford Mustang LX
Engine: Starting with an iron A-4 block, Berry Performance in DeSoto, Missouri, bored the 4.00-inch standard bore an additional 0.080 inch and then added a set of Wiseco 9:1-compression forged pistons, Speed-Pro rings, and a custom camshaft from a guy named Freezy Michael found on the Mustang message boards. It's all tied in with an Eagle 3.40-inch-stroke steel crank and Eagle rods creating 356 ci of displacement. He then added a set of Edelbrock Victor Jr. aluminum heads. Because he had a high-pressure idea to help the air and fuel into the cylinders, Michael left the ports and 2.05/1.65-inch valve sizes stock but did add a set of O-rings and copper head gaskets to help those 10 head studs per side seal the heads to the block.
Induction: Rather than taking the easy way out with a carburetor, Michael has retained the Ford EFI package with the big addition being the Vortech T-trim combined with 83-lb/hr Siemens high-impedance injectors and a Professional Products 75mm throttle body. All this requires more fuel capacity with an Aeromotive Eliminator pump that has the juice to maintain the injector line pressure over the top of the 16-psi blower boost. Some guys avoid the headaches of trying to work with the OE computer by opting for an aftermarket ECU, but Michael decided to merge the two styles. Working with Anderson Ford Motorsports (AFM), he retained the factory computer but added one of AFM's Programmable Engine Management Systems (PMS) that piggybacks on the factory computer to control positive boost pressure and those huge injectors. The system allows Michael to access all the critical tuning functions such as spark, fuel, and mass air voltage through a simple keypad instead of a laptop. There's also a Coolingmist water/methanol injection system that wards off that evil detonation even on pump gas. Finishing off the engine are an Edelbrock water pump, an MSD distributor and Blaster coil, and a set of Mac 1 3/4-inch headers with Flowpath 3-inch mufflers.
Transmission: The AOD automatic has suffered from a bad rap, but Michael has learned over several years of breaking parts that adding a Lentech manual valvebody and input shaft makes the trans durable. He built the trans this last time himself and combined it with a 5,400-rpm, nonlockup, Neil Chance converter.
Rearend: Michael braced the stock-width 8.8-inch rear axle assembly that's had the tubes welded into the centersection. An aluminum driveshaft feeds the 3.55:1 gearset connected through an Auburn Pro limited slip to a set of 31-spline Moser axles.
Suspension: Michael elected to ditch the stock front crossmember and bolt in a PA Racing K-member that mounts a set of QA1 front coilover springs supporting a set of Strange 10-way adjustable front struts. While out back, Michael uses light-duty, four-cylinder rear coil springs damped by a pair of Strange adjustable shocks and lower control arms with spherical bearings. The entire mess is glued together with fully welded subframe connectors and a complete chrome-moly 10-point rollcage installed by Absolute Chassis in Troy, Missouri.
Brakes: The Mustang still sports stock GT discs in front and drums out back.
Wheels/Tires: To plant all this power, it sports a set of 15×8-inch five-spoke Bogarts mounting a pair of Hoosier 275/60R15 drag radials. In front, things get skinny with a pair of 15×3.5-inch front Bogart wheels with 26×7.5-15-inch Mickey Thompson Front Runners.
Crew: Among the contributors to this Mustang were Tim Donathen, Dan Nemeth, Willie Johnson, and Jermie Koogler. Of course, it's also important to acknowledge Michael's wife, Jacquelin, son, Jeremy, and daughter, Lindsey.
Performance: The old car ran a best of 10.11 at 136. Right out of the gate, the new car churned 10.26 at 136 mph on its first full pass. Michael thinks the new Mustang has the potential to run in the 9s and still be completely street driven-not bad for a small-block car that's incognito.


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And why saving even a little bit of money on jailing criminals could go a long way.
This week, Attorney General Eric Holder is set to announce a batch of reforms aimed at thinning out our overcrowded federal prisons by easing up on drug prosecutions. Among other steps, the Washington Post reports that "low-level, nonviolent drug offenders with no ties to gangs or large-scale drug organizations will no longer be charged with offenses that impose severe mandatory sentences." So, in other words, common sense appears to be on the verge of winning a rare victory in the drug war. Good times.
Better yet, we stand to save a few dollars as a result. Over the last three decades, the federal prison population has grown by almost 800 percent, so that it now contains some 219,000 inmates, about half of whom are there for drug crime. And, as our penitentiaries have gotten fuller, running them has become more expensive.
See the chart and read more at The Atlantic.
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Phew. They both made it.
I, like many MLS fans, have had the upcoming Columbus Crew - Los Angeles Galaxy match circled on the schedule for at least a month now. They were both undefeated—one loudly so, the other quietly—and on a collision course for a May 29 tilt at Crew Stadium.
Problem was, no one knew if both sides would remain undefeated. They were both set to lose players to the US team, plus there are injuries, suspensions, and the simple inevitability of a team's falling eventually.
But they pulled it off. And now, in the immortal words of Michael Buffer, "Let's get ready to rumble."
Or not. Truth is, the Galaxy and Crew aren't MLS' version of the Sharks and Jets. There's no real animosity between the clubs, no history of hard-bitten losses, mid-game melees, or wars of words. Other than the fact that both are undefeated, this game wouldn't mean more than any other.
But both are undefeated. And when you consider the amount of firepower both sides were missing this week, for both of them to hold serve—actually, to get three wins on the road among the two of them—is a testament to their strength and only goes to show that this game does mean more than any other, at least so far this season. This is a prelude to what could become one of the great season-long duels of all time.
First, LA. They went into Dallas on Thursday to face a team that seemed finally to have found their rhythm. FCD were unbeaten in four, including two tough 1-0 wins. They had conceded only two goals over that four-game stretch.
Problem is, LA had conceded only two goals over the entire season. Once Mike Magee had the Galaxy a goal to the good in just 17 minutes, their defense took over, and when the final whistle blew, LA had notched their eighth shutout in 10 games this season. (They tacked another one on in Sunday's friendly against Boca Juniors.)
The Crew, on the other hand, let their attack run riot on Thursday in a 3-1 win over New York. Well, maybe not run riot, but at least rule the day. Even without Guillermo Barros Schelotto, they played one of the more intelligent tactical matches we've seen so far—structured at the back, selective in their counterattack moments, ruthless in the finish.
Then, just three days later, they let their defense get the job done, pulling off a second brilliant win on the road, topping the energetic Kansas City Wizards, 1-0. It was KC's first home league loss this season, and the Crew were polished and professional, getting another fine performance from Eddie Gaven and a refreshing one from new signing Emilio Renteria.
There were debates last week about which side is more awesome, LA or Columbus. Most observers went with LA. Some, including me, went with Columbus. (A few wackos picked Real Salt Lake, which caused the rest of us to throw our hands in the air.) We made our arguments, presented our defenses, and pontificated on this that and the other thing.
Now, as we always knew, they can settle it on the field. I'm just glad they both will enter this match unbeaten. Because that's how real, juicy rumbles must start—with something at stake.
SIDE NOTE: The rumor is that the US team will announce their 23-man World Cup roster sometime midweek. At that point, a US spokesman told me, any players not on the squad will be released back to their clubs.
That means C-Bus's Chad Marshall and Robbie Rogers and LA's Edson Buddle, bubble players all, could be available on Saturday.
Which came first: Joe Cannon's smile or the San Jose Earthquakes four-game shutout streak?
The veteran goalkeeper has always been a world-class shot stopper, as well as a world-class personality, but in recent years he seemed to be chastened somewhat. Losing will do that to you.
But if this weekend's 1-0 win at the Seattle Sounders, he seems back to his loosey-goosey best.
No more whispers that his best days were behind him. No more hints that the club's acquisition of Jon Busch would herald Cannon's exit. And lo and behold, the side is tied on points for 2nd place in the West.
"It's a lot more enjoyable this year," he said after the Seattle game. "This group is a lot easier to work with. In years past, you try to carry the weight of the world on your shoulder because it's an expansion team."
The Dom-inator
Sorry if I've written about this before, but I cannot stop marveling at the Houston Dynamo's ability to get results despite, many times, being forced to play without their big guns.
This past weekend, Dominic Kinnear was without the services of Brian Ching (int'l duty), Andrew Hainault (int'l duty), Pat Onstad (int'l duty), Eddie Robinson (injury), and Geoff Cameron (injury). That's five starters, folks, all missing.
No problem. Guys slotted in, knew their roles within Kinnear's system, and came out on the other end with a 2-0 win and another three points. Granted, they were playing D.C. United—haplessness defined right now—but a win is a win.
Start Spreading the News
Here's a note to any international club considering a tour of the US: Don't play the New York Red Bulls.
The Big Apple club has a knack for running up the score in international friendlies. They did it in a 3-1 win over Santos in March. They did it again in a 3-1 win over Juventus on Sunday.
Now if only they could figure out a way to do it in a game that counts for something. The Red Bulls have lost three in a row, and haven't looked good doing it.
The main problem, as I see it, is the lack of anyone who can consistently get by a defender, creating either a man-up situation or space for himself. Macoumba Kandji, who is injured at the moment, was capable of doing that, but no one else is. Which forces Juan Pablo Angel to drop too deep to get the ball, which puts him out of position to receive a cross in a dangerous area.
Perhaps there is a talented, proven, possibly French attacker would could alleviate some of these problems.
Great Red North
What to make of Toronto FC? When they are bad, they are very bad. When they are good, they are, well, okay.
A 1-0 home win over strugglers New England isn't necessarily a sign that all is right at BMO Field, but it helps. When Julian De Guzman and Dwayne De Rosario return, Preki needs to incorporate them into the same team-first ethic the side showed on Saturday. I'd show them a tape of Marin Saric, who played a terrific match for the Reds, frustrating the Revs' attackers again and again with his gritty tackling and occasional niggling actions.


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DCHA Tip of The WeekNovember, 27, 2013
In a few short weeks, winter will officially arrive – though it may
already feel that way, depending on your geography. In naturally
ventilated calf barns, cooler weather can tempt calf caregivers to
"batten down the hatches," so-to-speak, when it comes to ventilation.
However, this can be dangerous to calf respiratory health.
Ken Nordlund, veterinarian at the University of Wisconsin, is a strong
proponent of improving ventilation in individual calf pens in naturally
ventilated calf barns. According to an article in the November-December
issue of _Bovine Veterinarian_, Nordlund has observed that individual
calf pens in these barns – even well-ventilated structures – can become
"badly polluted microenvironments."
In fact, research by Nordlund and colleagues has found that airborne
bacteria counts in individual pens inside naturally ventilated barns can
be "dramatically higher" than levels elsewhere in the barn. Granted,
most of the bacteria species they've isolated are non-pathogenic.
However, field studies have shown a relationship between airborne
bacteria counts and bovine respiratory disease (BRD) in naturally
ventilated barns.
Nordlund has assisted with the design and use of positive-pressure
ventilation tubes in naturally ventilated barns. The goal of these
systems is to provide a continuous, gentle supply of fresh air to the
calf without creating a chilling draft.
Reducing levels of airborne bacteria at calf level is critical in indoor
calf barns. It can do a world of good in decreasing the risk of
respiratory problems in your calves.
To learn more about using positive-pressure ventilation tubes in
naturally ventilated barns, read "A breath of fresh air" [1] in the
November-December 2013 issue of _Bovine Veterinarian_. Or, see "Tube
ventilation" [2] at Dairy Herd Network.
Dairy Calf and Heifer Association | P.O. Box 1752 | Madison, WI 53701
855-400-DCHA | email@example.com | www.calfandheifer.org [3]


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Honeywell's new keypad line has boomer appeal
Honeywell this week released its new 6100 Series Custom Alpha and Fixed-Language Keypads—and it's great that the keypads will benefit dealers by giving customers a wider range of choices and saving installation time and money.
But as a boomer, I must confess that what jumped out at me is the fact that the keypad's display area is 32 percent larger and the words and icons easier to read. I'm not in marketing, but it seems to me that feature is a great way to promote these keypads to boomers. That's a group for whom security and home automation is important—but who also would like to be able to read the darn panel without having to hunt down their eyeglasses!
Here's more from Honeywell's Nov. 4 announcement:
Honeywell today released the 6100 Series Custom Alpha and Fixed-Language Keypads, giving security dealers a broader portfolio to accommodate a range of homeowner budgets and lifestyles. The Custom Alpha keypads feature VISTA Intelligent Programming (VIP)—an intuitive, menu-based programming option for the most common functions that helps reduce installation time and labor costs. VIP is currently available with Honeywell's VISTA-20P control panels.
Easy-to-use graphics and a symmetrical design give the 6100 Series the same look and feel as Honeywell's home and business controllers with touchscreen displays. The seven-model suite offers larger screens with light, neutral backlighting that blends with most interiors. The devices occupy less wall space while providing 32-percent larger display areas with bold fonts and graphic icons, which are ideal for the elderly or visually impaired. Additionally, function and arming keys provide quick set-up and easier use. These new models offer voice, integrated RF or a hardwired zone to best meet the needs of the installation, and the homeowner's budget.


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As the funeral procession slowed to roll across Marler Bridge on Tuesday morning, a dozen boat captains held their boats steady in a stiff wind.
DESTIN � As the funeral procession slowed to roll across the Marler Bridge on Tuesday morning, a dozen boat captains held their boats steady in a stiff wind.
All but one faced the top of the bridge as the hearse carrying Captain Harold Horst Loeffler passed. His boat, the Un Reel, faced the opening of the Destin Pass.
Loeffler�s wife, Becky, had asked Un Reel�s captain to put the boat in pass. Other captains took it upon themselves to do the same as the avid fisherman and longtime charter boat captain passed for the final time, said Amy Wanora, a close family friend.
�She told me in tears, �I just want Harold to be able to say goodbye to his boat for his boat to say goodbye to him,� she said. �It was like him and his boat were communicating.�
Loeffler, who was 54, died Friday of complications from his long battle with cancer, according to Wanora. He had been cancer-free for five years, but was on a liver transplant list at the time of his death.
When the hearse neared the top of the bridge, boats sounded their horns in greeting.
Folks waiting at the cemetery in Destin heard the sound and knew Loeffler was on the bridge, Wanora said. Many started crying.
Loeffler grew up fishing local waters and is generally recognized as one of the best cobia fishermen in the area, his friends said.
Capt. Scott Robson, who was in his boat when the procession passed, said he�s been thinking about all the times they spent together growing up � fishing, riding around in Robson�s hot rod and just hanging out.
�We lost a great comrade and a fine captain,� he said. �But what a will to live � like no one I�ve ever seen. He was like Superman.�
Contact Daily News Staff Writer Wendy Victora at 850-315-4478 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @WendyVnwfdn.


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- Armadillo House by FormwerksWhere you choose to build your home is almost as important as its design, but sometimes you have to make do with what you've got. For one family in Singapore, that meant finding a way to coexist with a traffic crossing and a highway viaduct right outside their door. Using a bit of biomimicry, Formwerkz Architects found a way to create a peaceful, minimalist home among the rush of traffic and noise.1
- Armadillo House by Formwerks 2Just a stone's throw away from this two and half story corner terrace house is a busy roadway.2
- Armadillo House by Formwerks 3From the beginning of its design, both the family and the architects were worried about noise, pollution, and privacy.3
- Armadillo House by Formwerks 4Instead of erecting an unsightly fence to block out possibly intrusions (along with the sun), the designers decided to take their inspiration from the armadillo.4
- Armadillo House by Formwerks 5The house features upper shells that form a shielding surface from direct light.5
- Armadillo House by Formwerks 6Mechanical fans from the upper levels pull the cooler air from the ground floor upward.6
- Armadillo House by Formwerks 7This unique shell tactic blocks out noise and dust, and creates the feeling of privacy without shutting out the natural light or building an unpleasant wall.7


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Yes, Emacs is my OS, but I still need to run external programs not written in emacs-lisp from time to time. For example, emacs doesn't have a method for processing a section of a file – without help from an external program, you need to load the whole thing into a buffer.
Why learn a new programming language?
And no, because the pragmatic programmers told me to learn a new one every year is not a good reason. If it is something you need for work, then the choices is normally straightforward – learn whatever they tell you to learn at your firm.
Languages Used in Industry
If you don't have a job and want to get one, choose C# if you like Microsoft, Java if you don't or perhaps PHP if you want to do web programming. C++, Python or Perl might be reasonable choices depending on which industry you want to go into. And no, Python did not "kill" Perl nor did Ruby "kill" Python.
Language Complements
If you already know a systems language such as Java, C# or C++ it is worth learning either Python or Perl. The reverse is a weaker proposition but still true in my opinion. However, if you already know both a systems language and a scripting language, any time invested in learning a new language could be used to improve your knowledge of one of your existing languages – maybe learn a framework such as ACE, Twisted or POE.
Studying For Fun
It may be worth learning a new language if you are just learning for fun and your existing languages don't cover a particular problem area that you are interested in. For example, if you want to write GUIs and only know C++ and Perl maybe you should learn Python so you can use wxPython (just kidding!).
The problem then is that you can't do a thorough evaluation of a new language in a small amount time. Perhaps the best you can do is to list features that are important to you and exclude languages on that basis.
So for me, I don't like to write C++ in my limited spare time and my second language, Perl has a few minor flaws such as threading1. I'm looking for a replacement for pottering about with. My big ticket requirements are:
- Nothing to do with .NET
- Portable to at least Linux and Windows
- I would prefer run-time size to be small for simple program
- It must have a REPL I can run from Emacs
- It needs to have fairly complete libraries (which implies)
- It must have a reasonable size user community
- Pre-emptive threading would be nice
The JVM Languages
JVM based languages neatly solve the libraries issue and you get threading and portability too. The two languages I would consider here are Clojure and Scala. I'm more interested in the former but I'm a bit concerned about run-time size. From what people tell me, three or four Java clients is all a decent PC can take before it falls over.
D, Haskell, Ocaml
I suspect all of these make relatively small runtimes. Haskell immediately excludes itself as any language where I can't put a
Printf where I want
sucksis not the language for me.
Scheme / Common Lisp
There are simply too many scheme implementations which must affect the size of the user community so I'm ruling scheme out. And if I'm going to run a Common Lisp VM, why not use Clojure instead and get the Java Libraries for free?
Lua covers most of the points. I just need to check if it has a REPL.
So following that set of (weak) justifications, my shortlist consists of Clojure, Ocaml, Lua and Perl of course. Next I'm going to do a very basic check of runtime size.
1. Since discovering POE, I haven't needed threads so perhaps I should admit that whenever raw speed is unimportant (and that is usually the case) Perl might be my perfect language.


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Friends of Tibetan Delek Hospital
Dear Friends,
In the midst of violent storms or rolling blackouts of Dharamsala India, the world goes dark in the Tibetan Delek Hospital. No backup generator kicks in, but rather a mad scramble ensues to care for those delivering a baby, in the midst of surgery or who require personal attention to survive. We can't imagine such a scenario in our hospitals, but it is a sad and often repeated and absolutely avoidable situation in Dharamsala. That is our reason for writing you today.
A small and committed group of individuals has formed Friends of Tibetan Delek Hospital with the purpose of providing urgent and important support of this hospital under the auspices of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. We seek to inspire gifts to sustain and advance the care provided at Delek Hospital.
Our initial goal is to raise slightly more than $200,000 (see our Needs List) to insure vital emergency services are guaranteed the patients of Delek Hospital. This involves the purchase and maintenance of a new generator and the replacement of an unreliable and unserviceable ambulance, among several other priorities listed with this letter. With this initial goal achieved and the situation stabilized, we will apply for international grants targeting TB prevention and treatment, maternal and child care needs, and programs to combat diarrheal diseases.
The Tibet Fund, a 501c3 nonprofit organization, has offered, pro bono, to receive and distribute contributions to Delek Hospital. More information can be found at The Tibet Fund Page. Information about the Tibetan Delek Hospital campaign can also be found within this website, or by calling (608) 835-2222.
We ask that you be as generous as possible, to give of your abundance, as the needs of Delek Hospital patients are considerable and urgent. We shall apprise all benefactors of our progress toward our initial goal. Thank you.
Questions: firstname.lastname@example.com
Wishing you a peace-filled and purposeful 2009.
Zorba Paster, MD
Professor of Family Medicine
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Mehmet Oz, MD
Professor and Vice-Chair, Department of Surgery
New York Presbyterian
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Richard J. Davidson, Ph.D
William James and Vilas Research Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry
Director, Waisman Laboratory for Brain Imaging and Behavior
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Erin L. Olivo, Ph.D., MPH
Director, Columbia Integrative Medicine Program
Columbia University
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Ex Officio Members
Dawa Phunkyi
Chief Executive Officer
Tibetan Delek Hospital
Tsetan Sadutshang, MD, MPH
Chief Medical Officer
Tibetan Delek Hospital
Tashi Wangdi
Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Rinchen Dharlo
The Tibet Fund


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Andrew Gosling obituary
The Guardian
By Ian Keill
May 31, 2016
Director and producer involved in many successful television ventures, including The End of the Pier Show and Late Night Line-Up
Andrew Gosling, who has died aged 71, was a television pioneer. In 1974, he was one of the first to use blue screen, a by-product of colour television, while he was directing (and I was producing) the musical comedy series The End of the Pier Show for BBC2.
The show featured John Wells, John Fortune, Madeline Smith and the composer and conductor Carl Davis, with three new songs and a couple of guests each week. Wells once described it as "a programme for dirty-minded insomniacs". Andrew had heard that if a particular colour were isolated, he could make our microscopic studio look bigger by inlaying artwork behind (and sometimes in front) of the performers, and give perspective by "drawing" the scenery. The illustrator Bob Gale agreed to create dozens of artwork captions for each programme. But the studio size restricted our efforts, and an infuriating blue halo would keep appearing round the performers.
So when we did The Snow Queen (1976), an hour-long fairy tale with live actors and animated cartoon animals in the same shot, we graduated to a larger studio. Until that moment there had been an edict that "the BBC does not do fairy tales". They were considered too difficult. But bolstered by sheer ignorance, and the new possibilities of blue screen, Andrew and I ignored the rule and went for it. The Snow Queen certainly had plenty of rough edges but, as noone had seen anything quite like it before on television, we got away with it. The programme, shown on BBC2 on Christmas Day, sold all over the world.
Andrew was born in West Tytherley, Hampshire, one of four children of Robin, a farmer, and his wife, Angela. The success of his Eton production of Murder in the Cathedral resulted in Andrew being selected for a job with the Oxford Playhouse. He then worked as an "ASM and small parts" at the Georgian Theatre Royal, Richmond, Yorkshire, followed by a stint with the Century travelling theatre. He became a trainee at Associated Redifussion television in the 1960s, and learned film editing. At the Gordon Bradley production company he edited early pop promos, including Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields by the Beatles.
Joining BBC2 in the late 1960s, Andrew edited films for arts features. Then he worked on the long-running Late Night Line-Up and a film celebrating Wordsworth's bicentenary (1970), which was our first collaboration. Andrew switched to studio directing for LNLU and its spin-off Up Sunday (1972-73), with Willie Rushton, Clive James, James Cameron ("the conscience of Fleet Street") and Kenny Everett. There was something of "the Fringe" about it; we were certainly strapped for cash.
After the Snow Queen came an "experimental musical", with artwork by Graham McCallum, In the Looking Glass (1977). The Light Princess (1978) and The Mystery of the Disappearing Schoolgirls (1980) both featured artwork by the children's illustrator Errol le Cain. Andrew directed them with a reassuring calmness that he did not necessarily feel.
The Ghost Downstairs (1982) received a Design and Art Direction award for the best use of graphics in a drama – and caught the eye of the animation director Richard Williams, celebrated for his Oscar-winning film of A Christmas Carol (1971). He suggested we make a Hollywood feature using the new techniques, but the BBC was not into that sort of thing – so Williams did it himself, as animation director on Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988).
Andrew worked with blue (and green) screen for the TV movies Moving Pictures (1980), with Alison Steadman and Wells, and The Pyrates (1986), an adaptation of George Macdonald Fraser's book. He and I also made rather more conventional programmes, including two series of the sketch show Rutland Weekend Television (1975-76) with Eric Idle and The Innes Book of Records (1978-81) with Neil Innes.
Then Andrew saw a copy of the Mirror's "Jane" strip cartoons in a Soho bookshop and in 1982 we did two series featuring Glynis Barber as the accident-prone glamour girl. The programme won a Royal Television Society original programme award, two Baftas for McCallum's wonderful artwork, and featured on a Radio Times cover.
Together Andrew and I made an assortment of gardening programmes for Catalyst TV, including Geoff Hamilton's Gardener's World. Andrew directed a Canadian musical, The King of Friday Night (1985) and a musical documentary in Australia, Song of the Outback (2010). He was a prime mover in several TV development projects in Kenya (1995) and Uganda (1998-99), including soap operas that promoted important underlying messages on health and education. Our April fool spoof A Question of Fact (1986), which suggested that Hitler had visited the UK at the invitation of Unity Mitford, featured in a retrospective screening at the National Film Theatre on 1 April 2014.
For many years Andrew and his second wife, Imogen Halahan, and their daughter, Matilda, lived an idyllic existence on the island of Osea in the Blackwater Estuary, Essex. The island was the subject of his 1981 film Causeway's End. Andrew enjoyed sailing, and loved cycling (10 miles every day, minimum). That interest was immortalised in Bicycle Clips (1983). His outlook on life was always cheerful. Even during his last long illness he emanated a feeling of optimism. He was a great family man, the perfect work colleague and a wonderful friend.
He is survived by Imogen, whom he married in 1977, and Matilda; by two daughters, Amanda and Catherine, from his first marriage, to Rosie, which ended in divorce; and by his sister, Annabel, and brothers, Alexander and Robert.
• Andrew Gosling, television director and producer, born 26 October 1944; died 11 May 2016
GOSLING, Andrew (Andrew Edward Gosling)
Born: 10/26/1944, West Tytherley, Hampshire, U.K.
Died: 5/11/2016, Essex, England, U.K.
Andrew Gosling's western – film editor:
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Suicide bomber strikes cafe in Iraq, killing 13
BAGHDAD >> The mayor of a largely Shiite town north of Baghdad says a suicide bomber has blown himself up inside a cafe there, killing at least 13 in the latest lethal attack to strike Iraq.
Balad Mayor Malik Lefta says the bomber blew himself up inside a coffee shop in the center of the town. He gave the death toll and said at least 22 people were wounded in Saturday's attack. Balad is 80 kilometers (50 miles) north of Baghdad
The bombing follows earlier attacks that killed at least eight people.
The killings are part of the deadliest surge in bloodshed to hit Iraq in five years, raising fears that the country is falling back into the spiral of violence that brought it to the edge of civil war in the years after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.


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SALISBURY, Md. – For the eighth time in program history, the No. 15 Salisbury University football team will be making an NCAA tournament appearance as the Sea Gulls posted a 41-21 victory over St. John Fisher College before 1,865 fans at Sea Gull Stadium on Homecoming weekend. The triumph guarantees SU a share of the Empire 8 title, as the Sea Gulls used 329 yards on the ground to outrush their opponents for the 19th consecutive game.
Salisbury (8-1, 6-0 Empire 8) used an efficient offensive performance to head into their regular-season finale undefeated in the Empire 8. The Sea Gulls registered four drives of at least eight plays and six drives of over 50 yards. SU took its place atop the conference standings behind a great effort on third down, where the Sea Gulls were 8-for-11.
SU jumped on St. John Fisher (7-2, 5-1) at the opening possession of the game when the Sea Gulls capped a nine-minute, 15-play drive with a 4-yard touchdown scamper by junior slot Ross Flanigan. SU held its 7-0 lead for 16 minutes before junior quarterback Dan Griffin stepped up with a huge effort. With four minutes left in the second, Griffin dropped back, escaped a sack on two occasions and hit junior wide out Juma Richards down to the sideline for a 67-yard touchdown reception.
SJFC rebounded with an impressive drive, but a phenomenal open-field tackle by sophomore defensive back Greg Stanton on fourth-and-short thwarted the Cardinal rally.
SU moved its lead to 21-0 early in the third quarter when senior slot Tyler Curley hit pay dirt on a 14-yard run. SJFC would score on the next drive before the Sea Gulls posted rushing touchdowns on their next two possessions. Senior superback Randal Smedley scored on a 4-yard run at the 6:18 mark of the third quarter and Griffin began the fourth quarter with a 4-yard touchdown run of his own. Despite the score being 35-7, the Cardinals came storming back.
The Cardinals scored on their next two drives, as Ryan Kramer hit Ryan Francis on a 33-yard aerial touchdown hookup and Cody Miller raced in from 5 yards out. The scores brought the game to within two touchdowns, 35-21, but that was as close as the Cardinals would get.
Smedley capped the scoring with his second score of the day, a 41-yard touchdown run with just under three minutes left.
The Sea Gulls saw six different players collect rushing attempts and were led by the efforts of Smedley (118 yards), Griffin (84 yards) and Flanigan (35 yards) on the ground. Richards caught two passes for 82 yards and one score.
Freshman punter Kyle Hamby was exceptional for SU, as he posted two punts for 103 yards, including a 69-yard bomb in the second quarter. Both his punts landed within SJFC's 20-yard line.
The SU defensive unit was led by senior linebacker Jamey McClendon, who had the best game of his collegiate career. McClendon made a career-high 17 tackles (three solo), posted one sack for 8 yards and had one quarterback hurry. Junior linebacker Matt McMurdo posted a career-high 15 tackles, while junior defensive back Chris Everett had 12. Stanton and junior linebacker Kevin Costello paced SU with nine tackles each.
SJFC benefitted from the solid performances of Miller and Kramer, who ran for 126 and 96 yards, respectively. Kramer was 10-for-26 through the air with one touchdown, as well. The defense was propelled by Dave Vosburgh's 13 tackles. Travis Jones and Mason Judd each had eight tackles, while Tyler Schier had seven.
Salisbury looks to continue its winning ways when the Sea Gulls host Frostburg State University on Saturday, Nov. 12, in the 13th annual Regents' Cup game. The Sea Gulls hold a 22-16 edge in the all-time series against the Bobcats and have won the last seven meetings.