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Sony Pictures
Gridiron Gang
Plot: A counselor at a juvenile detention center teaches a group of teens the meaning of self-esteem and teamwork through football.
Based on: Every redemption movie, ever, but this was based on a true story of the Kilpatrick Mustangs, a team of juvenile detainees in Los Angeles.
Stars: The Rock (two for him) and Xzibit.
What went right: The documentary footage at the end, which shows most of the players on this team who went on to do good things.
Spoiler alert: If you can't see the two rival gang members becoming best friends (with one saving the other), then you've never seen a movie before.
Walt Disney Pictures
The Game Plan
Plot: A playboy quarterback is in for a shock when he's left with an 8-year-old daughter he never knew he had.
Stars: The Rock.
What went right: It's a Disney movie and you can crush The Rock for making such a film, but this probably killed in DVD sales.
This might only interest me: The Rock plays Joe Kingman, quarterback of the New England Rebels. In the climactic game of 2007, the Rebels play the New York Dukes for the championship. In the same football season, the Patriots and Giants played in the Super Bowl. Also, Kingman is a huge Elvis fan, which The Rock had written in the movie so he could sing "Are you Lonesome tonight?" because somebody once told The Rock he had a great singing voice.
Spoiler alert: The Rock ends up beating John Cena in Wrestlemania. Oh, and in the movie, Kingman discovers there is more to life than just ... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Revolution Studios
Plot: A high school football coach takes a special needs student under his wing.
Based on: A true story of T.L. Hanna High School football coach Harold Jones and "Radio" Kennedy that you might have read in Sports Illustrated in 1996.
Stars: Ed Harris and Cuba Gooding Jr.
What went right: Gooding's acting wasn't as bad as the critics made it out to be.
What might only interest me: Radio still goes to games at T.L. Hanna High School.
Spoiler alert: Somebody in the movie dies. I'll give you a hint, the name starts with M, ends with R and is not Marge Helgenberger. Overall though, the movie should have been so much better given the starpower.
Warner Bros. Pictures
Little Giants
Plot: Misfits cut from the local powerhouse peewee football team form their own squad led by the coach's nerdy brother.
Based on: Every sports movie, ever. But in reality, it was based on McDonald's ad on pee wee football that ran during the Super Bowl in 1990.
Stars: Ed O'Neill and Rick Moranis.
Notable Cameos: John Madden, Emmitt Smith, Bruce Smith Tim Brown and Steve Emtman.
What went right: Well, the villainous team is the pee wee Cowboys, so that works.
This might only interest me: The Little Giants in this movie wear red uniforms, which the Giants started wearing as an alternate jersey. I'm not saying the Giants were inspired by the movie; I'm just putting it out there.
Spoiler alert: Do you really have to guess who wins?
Knute Rockne All-American
Plot: Kind of self-explanatory, no? But it's based on the life of Notre Dame coach Knute Rockne. Based on: Did you not read the line above? It's based on the life of Knute Rockne. Stars: Ronald Regan as George Gipp. This might only interest me: The spoof the "win one for the Gipper" line in the movie "Airplane!" You've truly made an impact if you can be lampooned in such a great movie. Spoiler Alert: The Gipper becomes president of the United States.
Universal Pictures
Plot: A gruff, but likeable football player tries to save his fledgling sport by recruiting the hot-shot college football star.
Based on: This was loosely based on George Halas' courtship of Red Grange. (Google Grange, he was awesome.)
Stars: George Clooney, Jim Halpert (I know it's not his real name but would you have known who I was talking about if I said John Krasinski?) and Renee Zellweger.
Biggest beef: Instead of a story loosely based on Halas and Grange, how about a story on them?
This might only interest me: This movie was written by famed Internet punching bag Rick Reilly, so the fact this started out like a good idea but ultimately missed the mark should not be surprising.
Spoiler alert: Football eventually catches on.
Flash Gordon
Plot: The quarterback of the New York Jets is tasked with saving the world. Wait, is this really a football movie? Much consideration was given to this question. But since Flash Gordon is currently a football player in the movie, I think it has to count. Plus he uses his football moves early in the movie. Stars: Sam J. Jones, Timothy Dalton How do I know this movie again? It's talked about in great length and is a huge plot point in "Ted". This might only interest me: Probably one of the best whip fights in cinema history. Seriously, a floating disk with spikes coming out of it. Seems excessive, no? Spoiler alert: Flash foreshadows the butt fumble early in the flick when Dale Arden accidentally hits him in the head.
Walt Disney Pictures
Plot: A local bartender gets a tryout with the Eagles, makes the team and scores a touchdown.
Based on: Vince Papale, who really did play for the Eagles.
Stars: Mark Walberg, Gerg Kinnear (Dick Vermeil) and Elizabeth Banks.
What went wrong: Well, it's based on a true story but really stretches it. Papale was not some curtain-jerker. He played semi-pro ball, and in the WFL so he had some serious playing credentials. And he never scored a touchdown in an NFL game.
Scene stealer: The white belt on Kinnear's pants. What a look.
Spoiler alert: Vermeil wins the 1980 NFC Championship Game, eventually retires but returns to lead the St. Louis Rams to the Super Bowl title in 1999.
Charley Associates
Plot: A love triangle between two professional football players and the owner's daughter leads to hilarity.
Stars: Burt Reynolds, Kris Kristofferson, Bert Convy and Jill Clayburgh.
Notable cameos: Joe Kapp, Ed "Too Tall" Jones and Paul Hornung.
Perfect casting: Kristofferson plays "Shake," and given the resemblance, you can't help but think of Kenny "The Snake" Stabler.
What might interest only me: Reynolds and Kristofferson were actually pretty good football players. Kristofferson, in fact, appeared in Sports Illustrated's "Faces in the Crowd" section while he was in college for his exploits on the field.
Spoiler alert: There is no doubt Reynolds was going to walk away with the girl, right?
Davis Entertainment
The Express
Plot: The life of Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.
Stars: Rob Brown and Dennis Quaid.
The big hang up: This was a good movie, but the factual inaccuracy of the West Virginia vs. Syracuse game hangs over this (the game was actually played in Syracuse). Other players have spoken out against this movie, which moves it way down the list.
What might only interest me: Quaid's third football movie on this list.
Spoiler alert: Davis never played in the NFL after being diagnosed with Leukemia.
The Longest Yard (remake)
Plot: A former NFL quarterback is sent to jail. And once inside, he earns the trust of his fellow inmates when he organizes a game against the guards. Based on: Not going there. Stars: Adam Sandler, Burt Reynolds, Chris Rock, Michael Irvin, Steve Austin, Bill Goldberg, William Fitchner This might only interest me: But the sheer volume of WWE stars in this movie is staggering. And Kevin Nash nearly steals the show. Spoiler alert: No, Paul Crewe is not shot in this one, either.
Against All Odds
Plot: One of the oldest stories in the book. A goon hires a former football player to track down his wife. Said player finds the wife and falls for her. Hilarity ensues. Wait, this is also a football movie? Did you not read the description? He hires a former football player. I mean, it's right there. Stars: Jeff Bridges, Rachel Ward This might only interest me: I can see a little bit of "The Dude" in Bridges' Terry Brogan. And I once convinced somebody this was a prequel to "The Big Lebowski." That said, the person I convinced wasn't very smart. Spoiler alert: I don't think I see Brogan drink a single White Russian.
Warner Bros. Pictures
Any Given Sunday
Plot: A coach must juggle a meddling owner and ego of his new star QB after his trusted veteran signal caller goes down with an injury.
Based on: This is based on a book by former Raiders trainer Rob Huizenga. The book was better.
Stars: Al Pacino, Jamie Foxx, Dennis Quaid, Cameron Diaz and LL Cool J.
Notable cameos: Lawrence Taylor, Jim Brown and Barry Switzer among others.
What went wrong: The uniforms of the teams were laughably bad. The fake Texas Stadium was the worst. The on-field action was way over the top.
But you're forgiven for: One of my biggest beefs with the movie was Willie Beamen eating chips on the sidelines. And then Mark Sanchez ate a hot dog on the sidelines.
What might only interest me: John C. McGinley played Jack Rose, based on Jim Rome and totally trashes him. Also former NFL player Darnell Autry was turned down for a role because he didn't look like a football player.
Robert Simonds Productions
The Water Boy
Plot: A downtrodden college football team discovers a defensive superstar in its water boy.
Stars: Adam Sandler, Henry Winkler and Kathy Bates.
Notable cameos: The Big Show and Lawrence Taylor ("don't smoke crack").
What went right: I probably liked this movie more than most. And I still liked to drop the term "foosball" when talking about football, so it does have some quotable lines.
What might only interest me: This is the first of many appearances of Rob Schneider in this list.
Spoiler alert: Of course, Bobby Boucher's team wins. But Dan Fouts actually makes me laugh during his cameo.
Plot: A young man wants to impress a girl so he did what the rest of us did an joined the football team. Wait, so this now is a football movie? Do you not see the movie poster? He's in a football uniform and everything. Stars: Corey Haim, Charlie Sheen, Winona Rider This might only interest me: This is Jeremy Piven's first feature movie! Spoiler alert: Things end up rough for Sheen and Rider. This is just the start of Piven's world.
Geffen Pictures
The Last Boy Scout
Plot: A down-and-out former secret service agent turned detective partners with an ex-quarterback to investigate a murder around a pro football team.
Based on: Every buddy cop picture, ever. Seriously.
Stars: Bruce Willis, Damon Wayans and Halle Berry.
What went right/wrong: The opening scene depicts a running back ingesting PCP, and then pulling a gun out of his pants as he goes on a rampage down the field. Highly unbelievable, yet you can't take your eyes off it.
What might only interest me: The running back who kills himself is Tae Bo master Billy Blanks.
Spoiler alert: Don't give Bruce Willis a light.
Cinema Group Ventures
Best of Times
Plot: A small-town loser still is obsessed with a dropped pass against his rival in high school football and some years later, he organizes a game for one last chance at redemption.
Not based on: Wes Welker. But it should be noted two high schools did get together 10 years after the fact to settle a tie, in a life imitating art moment.
Stars: Robin Williams and Kurt Russell.
What went right: Russell as quarterback Reno Hightower.
What might only interest me: Herman Edwards is an extra in the movie.
Spoiler alert: Williams has another chance to catch the ball but blows it! Just kidding. You don't get out to movies much, do you?
Lionsgate/Summit Entertainment
Draft Day
Plot: Kevin Costner plays a gruff, but likeable loner who wants to build a football team his own way. Can he take the Cleveland Browns to the promised land?
Not based on: Yeah, this isn't a true story, like "Moneyball" for instance. But a huge thing here is the NFL gave its blessing to use marks and actually film at the 2013 NFL Draft.
Stars: Kevin Costner, Jennifer Garner and Denis Leary.
What went right: Don't go quarterback first overall.
What might only interest me: Well, my scene was left on the cutting room floor. I asked a few of the "actors" questions during the red carpet. Seriously, can I do a DVD extra or something?
Spoiler alert: The Browns win!
Explaining the ranking: BTW, I really enjoyed this movie. However, I don't want to let the "newness' of the film influence the ranking here.
Warner Bros. Pictures
Plot: A female track coach decides she wants to take over as coach of the school's football team and must jump some obstacles along the way.
Stars: Goldie Hawn, Woody Harrelson, Wesley Snipes and Nipsey Russell.
What went right: This was the beginning of the Harrelson and Snipes connection, which would go on to film "White Men Can't Jump" and "Money Train."
What might only interest me: LL Cool J records a "Football Rap" which appears in the opening credits, but wasn't included in the soundtrack.
Spoiler alert: Harrelson does not dunk in this film.
Orion Pictures Corporation
Johnny Be Good
Plot: Johnny Walker is the highest-rated high school football recruit in America who must choose between playing big-time college football and giving it all up for his girlfriend.
Based on: This was supposed to be a look at high school recruiting, but seems so antiquated now considering how intense it has become.
Stars: Anthony Michael Hall, Robert Downey Jr., Uma Thurman and Paul Gleason (I beseech you, look up his tribute video on YouTube).
What went right: It's easy to say Robert Downey Jr. because he's awesome in everything. But the prayer given by Paul Gleason is the best in the movie.
What might only interest me: This film features Pete Koch, who also played the Swede in "Heartbreak Ridge."
Spoiler alert: It's not as crappy as everybody thinks and worth a look thanks in large part to Downey and Gleason.
TriStar Pictures
Jerry McGuire
Plot: An agent is fired for showing a soul, and he has one last client to prove a conscious can exist with sports agents.
Based on: Sports agent Leigh Steinberg, who also served as technical director.
Stars: Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Renee Zellwegger (two for her) and Jay Mohr.
What went right: Women loved it.
What went wrong: "Show me the money" became a part of our vernacular.
What might only interest me: I was with my dad at the Cowboys vs. Cardinals game this climactic game was filmed at. And in the hotel bar prior to the game, I made a bet with the bartender that Shaquille O'Neal was going to sign with the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1996 offseason. I won free drinks for life at the Tempe Marriott.
Spoiler alert: Uh, did the Cardinals win the fictional game? I guess it doesn't matter because he got his big-money contract, showing what's really important, I guess.
Paramount Pictures
School Ties
Plot: A public school quarterback accepts a scholarship to a New England prep school to play quarterback but things become unraveled when his teammates find out he's keeping a secret.
Based on: The personal experiences of writer and TV producer Dick Wolf.
Stars: Brendan Fraser and Matt Damon.
What went right: The movie is somewhat predictable, but you'll certainly join in whenever it comes on cable. And the move of quarterback David Green (Fraser) throwing his tailback (Damon) in front of a blocker seems like something Cam Newton will try this season.
What might only interest me: If you look close enough, Ben Affleck is in the movie as Chesty Smith.
Spoiler alert: Matt Damon actually did attend Harvard, just like his character said he would.
The Longest Yard (Original)
Plot: A former football player serving time is ordered by the warden to put together a team of inmates to take on (and get beaten by) the guards. Based on: Still not going there. Stars: Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert, Ed Lauter This might only interest me: Reynolds actually played football for Florida State. And this one has Ray Nitschke. Spoiler alert: You don't watch many movies if you need a spoiler alert for this one. But no, Paul Crewe does not get shot.
Warner Bros. Pictures
We Are Marshall
Plot: The true story of the Marshall football program after a plane crash takes the lives of virtually the entire team.
Stars: Matthew McConaughey and Matthew Fox.
What went right: The movie doesn't end with the victory, but tells the story of how there was still a lot of work to be done. I have to respect them for that.
What might only interest me: The name of the winning play that Marshall used against Xavier was "213 Bootleg Screen."
Spoiler alert: Chad Pennington and Randy Moss become stars and Marshall eventually moves on to Division I.
Paramount Pictures
Heaven Can Wait
Plot: A Los Angeles Rams backup QB is taken from his body by an over-anxious angel before he was supposed to die but comes back to life in the body of recently murdered millionaire.
Not based on: The Rams' 1979 season, which mirrored the movie with a Rams vs. Steelers Super Bowl.
Stars: Warren Beatty.
Notable cameos: Most of the Los Angeles Rams of the time, and even some old timers like Deacon Jones appear in the movie.
What might only interest me: Iron Maiden's tune of the same name is said to be loosely inspired by the movie. Good enough for me.
Spoiler alert: Unlike Super Bowl XIII, the fictional Los Angeles Rams win the Super Bowl. Sadly, that remains the only Super Bowl title in L.A. Rams history.
Lucille Ball Productions
All the right moves
Plot: A high school football player and his coach both have dreams of leaving their depressed Pennsylvania steel town, which causes a conflict between them.
Stars: Tom Cruise, Lea Thompson and Craig T. Nelson.
What went right: Cruise is actually believable as a football player, though the movie tries to be -- as critics pointed out at the time -- the "Flashdance" of football. And yeah, you'll likely need to Google "Flashdance" (the original).
What might only interest me: Nelson and Cruise end up at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo -- the place where John Madden played.
Spoiler alert: Oh wait, I just spoiled the movie with the last point.
Paramount Pictures
Necessary Roughness
Plot: A big-time Texas football program is given the death penalty, and must regroup with non-scholarship players including a quarterback in his 30s.
Based on: Some might say the movie was inspired by SMU.
Stars: Scott Bakula, Jason Bateman, Hector Elizondo, Sinbad and Kathy Ireland.
Notable cameos: Dick Butkus, Jerry Rice and Jim Kelly on the convict team.
What went right: Criticized for trying too hard, this was actually a pretty fun movie. And Larry Miller nearly steals the show.
What might only interest me: Most of the filming takes place at North Texas, home to "Mean" Joe Greene and "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
Rob Schneider alert: Second appearance on this list.
Spoiler alert: Yes, the quarterback quits, returns and they knock off the team that is supposed to be the University of Texas.
The Samuel Goldwyn Company
The Program
Plot: A Heisman Trophy candidate suffers the highs and lows as he tries to overcome his demons to lead his team to a bowl game.
Stars: James Caan, Halle Berry, Omar Epps, Craig Sheffer and Kristy Swanson.
Notable cameos: Lynn Swann.
What went right: When a movie makes sports people uncomfortable it's always good, in particular the movie's illustration of how easy it was to beat the NCAA's drug-testing policy.
What might only interest me: There is a scene were player bonding includes lying on the yellow line on the highway to show how brave they are. The scene was not only taken out of the movie, you can't find it anywhere.
Failed sequel: Joe Kane's motorcycle becomes the basis of an NCAA investigation.
Warner Bros. Pictures
The Replacements
Plot: A player's strike forces owners to field teams filled with replacement players.
Based on: The NFL's labor dispute in 1987.
Stars: Keanu Reeves, Gene Hackman and Brooke Langton.
Notable cameos: John Madden and Pat Summerall.
Could have been better: If the NFL would have allowed the movie makers to use real team marks. It's so distracting sometimes.
What might only interest me: The games were filmed in Baltimore, not Washington.
Nagging question: How does Shane Falco get to the stadium in time after coach McGinty says he's looking for somebody with heart at the half? Wasn't he at home on his boat?
Spoiler alert: Mirroring true-to-life events, the Washington Federals beat Dallas, which has a team filled with players who crossed picket lines -- just like the replacement Redskins did to the Cowboys (with Tony Dorsett and Randy White) in 1987.
Paramount Pictures
Varsity Blues
Plot: A backup quarterback becomes the reluctant hero for his small Texas town when the team's starter is lost for the year.
Not to be confused with: "Friday Night Lights."
Stars: James Van Der Beek, Jon Voight, Paul Walker and Scott Caan.
What went right: Captured the small subtleties of football in Texas, without being too serious. And there's a whipped cream bikini. "Lights" could have learned something from this.
Spoiler alert: Voight quits and injured quarterback Lance Harbor (Walker) takes over as coach in the second half. So I have this question: Where are the assistant coaches? In this Texas town, they only have one coach? And the referees just allow this to happen, too?
Screen Gems Television
Brian's Song (Original)
Plot: The true story of Chicago Bears teammates Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers' friendship that develops after Piccolo discovers he's dying of a terminal illness.
Stars: Billy Dee Williams and James Caan.
Notable cameos: Dick Butkus and many members of the Chicago Bears.
But you're only talking around the original right? Right. It's a complete embarrassment they even tried to remake this movie as they could never recapture the magic of Billy Dee and Jimmy Caan.
What might only interest me: Billy Casey stars in this. Casey, you might remember from "Revenge of the Nerds," played professional football for the San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Rams.
Spoiler alert: You're not getting through this without crying.
Walt Disney Pictures
Remember the Titans
Plot: The true story of a newly appointed African-American coach and his high school team on their first season as a racially integrated unit.
Not based on: The final season of the Cal State Fullerton Titans.
Stars: Denzel Washington and William Patton.
What went right: Two powerhouse performances by Denzel and Patton. The movie can be somewhat predictable, but the acting makes it enjoyable.
What might only interest me: The film was "blue" when originally written, but the dialogue was cleaned up to make it a Disney picture.
Spoiler alert: The Titans actually won the title game rather handedly, but I guess that doesn't make for good drama.
TriStar Pictures
Plot: The true story of Rudy Ruettiger, who overcame the odds the play football at Notre Dame.
Stars: Sean Astin, John Favreau and Ned Beatty.
Notable cameos: Al Snow plays a Notre Dame player.
Was it true? The sack (true), carried off the field (true) and the player's turning in their jerseys before the Georgia Tech game (not true).
What went right: Even the most ardent anti-Notre Dame person (like me) can still tear up at the end of this movie.
What might only interest me: Joe Montana was a teammate of Rudy.
Spoiler alert: Vince Vaughn's character is fictitious. Although I love the scene where the coach says, "You just summed up your entire sorry career here in one sentence! If you had a tenth of the heart of Ruettiger, you'd have made All-American by now! As it is, you just went from third team to the prep team! Get out of here!"
Universal Pictures
Friday Night Lights
Plot: The Permian High Panthers of Odessa, Texas must overcome the loss of their star running back.
Based on: A true story based on H.G. Bissinger's book about high school football life in Texas.
Stars: Billy Bob Thornton.
Notable cameos: Roy Williams.
What went wrong: The football scenes are a little too over the top, especially for high school.
What might only interest me: Williams' cameo is as an opposing coach, but he went to Permian High School.
Spoiler alert: I really liked this the first time I saw this when it was called, "All the Right Moves." Addendum: Mark Kriegel implored me to give this more consideration, and he's right. I'm not quite ready to give this a No. 1 overall ranking just yet, but it's moving up the charts for me.
Frank Yablans Presentations
North Dallas Forty
Plot: A crazy look at pro football in the 1970s.
Based on: The novel written by former Cowboys player Pete Gent.
Stars: Nick Nolte, Mac Davis and Charles Durning.
Notable Cameos: John Matuszak.
What makes it the best? Where "Any Given Sunday" tried to pull the curtain back on the NFL, "North Dallas Forty" did so without being so over the top. I remember my jaw dropped when I finally was able to see this on VHS (Google what that means).
What might only interest me: Davis' character of Seth Maxwell is based on Don Meredith. The late Cowboys quarterback once said of the film, "If I'd known Gent was as good as he says he was, I would have thrown to him more."
Spoiler alert: The North Dallas Bulls go on to become America's team.
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How Paying Tuition Can Affect Your Tax Filings
Whether you're a student paying your way through school, a parent paying for your kid's education, or a spouse paying for your partner's grad school, the IRS will help you defray some of that cost.
There are also other ways that being or paying for a student, even if you're just taking continuing education classes, will affect your taxes.
Read on to find out all you need to know:
Students Can Be Dependents
The first thing you should know is that students can still qualify as dependents of their parents. This has huge implications for your taxes, because it affects what tax credits, deductions and exemptions you can take. Normally, any qualifying child who is 19 or over is no longer a dependent. But if she or he is:
A full-time student
Under 24 years old
Providing less than half of his or her own support, and
Filing as single or married filing separately. . .
. . . then she qualifies as a dependent. For you parents out there, this means you can still claim an exemption for her. Students, it means that if you are filing taxes, you cannot claim any exemptions, and you also won't be able to claim certain credits and deductions.
(But that's nothing to complain about: It seems like a fair trade to have your parents paying for more than half of your expenses!)
Get These Deductions
Ah, lovely deductions. Those are the wonderful costs, like education expenses or IRA contributions, that the IRS subtracts from our income to reduce the amount it will actually tax us on. You might qualify for one or both of the following special deductions:
Do You Have a Student Loan?
You can deduct up to $2,500 for the interest you paid on your student loan last year. If you did, you should have received a form 1098-E from the entity to which you paid interest. Do you fit these qualifications?
You are not filing under the status "married filing separately."
Your AGI is less than $75,000 if you're single and $150,000 if you're married.
You can't be claimed as a dependent on your parents' tax returns.
Are You a Student?
Do you fit all of these qualifications?
You're a student.
You are not filing under the status "married filing separately."
Your AGI is less than $80,000 if you're single and $160,000 if you're married.
You can't be claimed as a dependent on your parents' tax returns.
If all the above are true, then you should fill out a 8917 Form. If you still aren't sure, read the form to find out the exact requirements.
Read the rest of the article on LearnVest.com.

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New Exhibits and Displays at the Hall in 2013!
Visitors to the Reds Hall of Fame and Museum will enjoy an exciting lineup of new exhibits and displays. Here's a look at the museum's new offerings for 2013.
Signature Reds: A Century of Reds Autographs Presented by Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
In 2013, the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum examines the extraordinary history of autographs in "Signature Reds" presented by Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, a special exhibit that explores the autograph phenomenon through the prism of Reds baseball. Highlighted by the display of autographs from virtually every player to wear a Reds uniform since 1920, "Signature Reds" will immerse visitors in the world of autograph collecting while taking them on an unforgettable journey through the last eight decades of Reds history. From superstars to journeymen to players whose careers were measured in single games rather than seasons, "Signature Reds" will include them all. "Signature Reds" will present the largest assemblage of Reds autographs ever made available for public display.
The Joe Morgan Exhibit
Second baseman Joe Morgan was the spark that ignited the engine of the Big Red Machine to the pinnacle of the baseball world in the 1970s. Arriving in Cincinnati in 1972 in a blockbuster trade with Houston, Morgan was crucial to the five division championships, three National League pennants and two world Championships the Reds won during the World Championship seasons of 1975 and 1976. Morgan was the league's MVP in each of this world title seasons, an unprecedented feat in the long and illustrious history of the Reds. An All-Star in each of his eight seasons in a Reds uniform and a Gold Glove winner each season from 1973-1977, Morgan was the definition of a complete player, combining speed, power and superlative defense like no second baseman the game had ever seen. A first ballot inductee to the Reds Hall of Fame in 1987 and the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1990, Morgan received the highest individual honor a club can bestow when his uniform number 8 was retired by the Reds in 1998.
In 2013, the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum honors Joe Morgan with a special exhibit that examines the many highlights of his illustrious career. Featuring game-used equipment, rare photographs and memorabilia and items from Joe's personal collection, the exhibit shines a light on the player who many historians consider to be the best second baseman in the history of the game.
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In a scene of the movie "World War Z," hundreds — maybe thousands — of virus-infected people swarm at the base of a wall in Jerusalem to find more humans to bite and infect. These zombies then form a human ladder to charge over the wall, which Israel's government had put up in the hope of sparing the city the wrath of the creatures.
The movie's protagonist, Gerry Lane, played by Brad Pitt, wants to know how the Israelis got advance warning of the zombies, and he heads there to investigate.
A professor at Penn State had something to do with that part of the movie.
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David Hughes, an assistant professor of entomology and biology, served as a scientific consultant on the film and gave producers and writers real-life examples of zombie behavior in the hope of amping up its believability.
"Audiences, when they look at something, they intuitively see if it makes sense or not," said Hughes, whose consulting for the movie goes back two years. "By grounding the infected behavior in real-world examples, it's being much more realistic, and people will buy it more."
Hughes, who works in Penn State's Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, was happy to help, he said, because he's able to put science in front of as many people as possible.
Hughes researches how a certain species of tree-dwelling carpenter ants in the tropical rain forest canopy become zombies after a parasitic fungus infects them. Basically, the fungus takes control of the ants' minds, the insects suffer convulsions, and fall to the ground and die. The dead ants sprout a stalk from their heads that releases the fungus' spores to start the process all over again.
The wall scene in the movie, which was also used in trailers leading up to the film's release, was from Hughes sharing his expertise on swarm intelligence, or how an infected group works together. Hughes said it's based on the idea that if a group is highly related, the individuals should merge quickly.
Hughes also talked with the filmmakers about the science behind the behavior of a zombie, such as which human would be bitten next.
Hollywood hasn't thought about that question scientifically, he said, instead representing the zombie's next move as a "haphazard melee where humans are being chased."
Hughes said the question over which humans are bitten becomes an important part of the plot of "World War Z."
Hughes got to watch the final cut of the film a while ago, but he said he probably would go to a showing locally with his students and research team.
He admits, however, that that magic has rubbed off a bit because of his intimate knowledge of the subject matter.
"I prefer to go see a movie that I know very little of," said Hughes, who will appear in an interview of the special features section of the DVD when it's released.
"World War Z" pulled in $66 million in North America on opening weekend.
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NASA Space Assets Detect Ocean inside Saturn Moon
"The way we deduce gravity variations is a concept in physics called the Doppler Effect, the same principle used with a speed-measuring radar gun," said Sami Asmar of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., a coauthor of the paper. "As the spacecraft flies by Enceladus, its velocity is perturbed by an amount that depends on variations in the gravity field that we're trying to measure. We see the change in velocity as a change in radio frequency, received at our ground stations here all the way across the solar system."
The gravity measurements suggest a large, possibly regional, ocean about 6 miles (10 kilometers) deep, beneath an ice shell about 19 to 25 miles (30 to 40 kilometers) thick. The subsurface ocean evidence supports the inclusion of Enceladus among the most likely places in our solar system to host microbial life. Before Cassini reached Saturn in July 2004, no version of that short list included this icy moon, barely 300 miles (500 kilometers) in diameter.
The south pole area has a surface depression that causes a dip in the local tug of gravity. However, the magnitude of the dip is less than expected given the size of the depression, leading researchers to conclude the depression's effect is partially offset by a high-density feature in the region, beneath the surface.
"The Cassini gravity measurements show a negative gravity anomaly at the south pole that however is not as large as expected from the deep depression detected by the onboard camera," said the paper's lead author, Luciano Iess of Sapienza University of Rome. "Hence the conclusion that there must be a denser material at depth that compensates the missing mass: very likely liquid water, which is seven percent denser than ice. The magnitude of the anomaly gave us the size of the water reservoir."
There is no certainty the subsurface ocean supplies the water plume spraying out of surface fractures near the south pole of Enceladus, however, scientists reason it is a real possibility. The fractures may lead down to a part of the moon that is tidally heated by the moon's repeated flexing, as it follows an eccentric orbit around Saturn.
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"We've been able to show that each unique tendril structure can be reproduced by particular sets of geysers on the moon's surface," said Colin Mitchell, a Cassini imaging team associate at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colorado, and lead author of the paper. Mitchell and colleagues used computer simulations to follow the trajectories of
ice grains ejected from individual geysers. The geysers, which were discovered by Cassini in 2005, are jets of tiny water ice particles, water vapor and simple organic compounds.
New work from a team including Carnegie's Christopher Glein has revealed the pH of water spewing from a geyser-like plume on Saturn's moon Enceladus. Their findings are an important step toward determining whether life could exist, or could have previously existed, on the sixth planet's sixth-largest moon.
The present team, including lead author Glein, John Baross of the University of Washington, and J. Hunter Waite Jr. of the Southwest Research Institute, developed a new chemical model based on mass spectrometry data of ice grains and gases in Enceladus' plume gathered by Cassini, in order to determine the pH of Enceladus' ocean. The pH tells us how acidic or basic the water is. It is a fundamental parameter to understanding geochemical processes occurring inside the moon that are considered important in determining Enceladus' potential for acquiring and hosting life.[...]
The team's model, constrained by observational data from two Cassini teams, including one led by coauthor Waite, shows that the plume, and by inference the ocean, is salty with an alkaline pH of about 11 or 12, which is similar to that of glass-cleaning solutions of ammonia. It contains the same sodium chloride (NaCl) salt as our oceans here on Earth. Its additional substantial sodium carbonate (Na2CO3) makes the ocean more similar to our planet's soda lakes such as Mono Lake in California or Lake Magadi in Kenya. The scientists refer to it as a "soda ocean."
The model suggests that the ocean's high pH is caused by a metamorphic, underwater geochemical process called serpentinization. On Earth, serpentinization occurs when certain kinds of so-called "ultrabasic" or "ultramafic" rocks (low in silica and high in magnesium and iron) are brought up to the ocean floor from the upper mantle and chemically interact with the surrounding water molecules. Through this process, the ultrabasic rocks are converted into new minerals, including the mineral serpentine, after which the process is named, and the fluid becomes alkaline. On Enceladus, serpentinization would occur when ocean water circulates through a rocky core at the bottom of its ocean.
"Why is serpentinization of such great interest? Because the reaction between the metallic rocks and the ocean water also produces molecular hydrogen (H2), which provides a source of chemical energy that is essential for supporting a deep biosphere in the absence of sunlight inside moons and planets," Glein said. "This process is central to the emerging science of astrobiology, because molecular hydrogen can both drive the formation of organic compounds like amino acids that may lead to the origin of life, and serve as food for microbial life such as methane-producing organisms. As such, serpentinization provides a link between geological processes and biological processes. The discovery of serpentinization makes Enceladus an even more promising candidate for a separate genesis of life."
"Our results show that this kind of synergy between observations and modeling can tell us a great deal about the geochemical processes occurring on a faraway celestial object, thus opening the door to an exciting new era of chemical oceanography in the solar system and beyond." Glein added.
New research using data from NASA's Cassini mission suggests most of the eruptions from Saturn's moon Enceladus might be diffuse curtains rather than discrete jets. Many features that appear to be individual jets of material erupting along the length of prominent fractures in the moon's south polar region might be phantoms created by an optical illusion, according to the new study.
"We think most of the observed activity represents curtain eruptions from the 'tiger stripe' fractures, rather than intermittent geysers along them," said Joseph Spitale, lead author of the study and a participating scientist on the Cassini mission at the Planetary Science Institute in Tucson, Arizona. "Some prominent jets likely are what they appear to be, but most of the activity seen in the images can be explained without discrete jets."
The researchers modeled eruptions on Enceladus as uniform curtains along the tiger stripe fractures. They found that phantom brightness enhancements appear in places where the viewer is looking through a "fold" in the curtain. The folds exist because the fractures in Enceladus' surface are more wavy than perfectly straight. The researchers think this optical illusion is responsible for most of what appear to be individual jets.
"The viewing direction plays an important role in where the phantom jets appear," said Spitale. "If you rotated your perspective around Enceladus' south pole, such jets would seem to appear and disappear."
Phantom jets in simulated images produced by the scientists line up nicely with some of the features in real Cassini images that appear to be discrete columns of spray. The correspondence between simulation and spacecraft data suggests that much of the discrete-jet structure is an illusion, according to the researchers
Curtain eruptions occur on Earth where molten rock, or magma, gushes out of a deep fracture. These eruptions, which often create spectacular curtains of fire, are seen in places such as Hawaii, Iceland and the Galapagos Islands.
"Our understanding of Enceladus continues to evolve, and we've come to expect surprises along the way," said Linda Spilker, Cassini project scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, who was not involved in the study. "This little ice world is becoming more exciting, not less, as we tease out new details about its subsurface ocean and astonishing geophysical activity."
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These are un-enhanced images of Saturn as it passes near zero phase angle and exhibited 'opposition surge' ( photon-stimulated emission ).
Conventional astronomers thought it very remarkable.
The whole of the Saturnian system is highly ionized so all it's bodies have high opposition surge.
ThunderIdeal wrote:i don't understand what i'm looking at in these two
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/photos/raw/r ... eID=342934
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06 November 2017
These observations require a huge source of heat, about 100 times more than is expected to be generated by the natural decay of radioactive elements in rocks in its core, as well as a means of focusing activity at the south pole.
The tidal effect from Saturn is thought to be at the origin of the eruptions deforming the icy shell by push-pull motions as the moon follows an elliptical path around the giant planet. But the energy produced by tidal friction in the ice, by itself, would be too weak to counterbalance the heat loss seen from the ocean – the globe would freeze within 30 million years.
In the new simulations the core is made of unconsolidated, easily deformable, porous rock that water can easily permeate. As such, cool liquid water from the ocean can seep into the core and gradually heat up through tidal friction between sliding rock fragments, as it gets deeper.
Enceladus interior. Credits: Surface: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute; interior: LPG-CNRS/U. Nantes/U. Angers. Graphic composition: ESA
Water circulates in the core and then rises because it is hotter than the surroundings. This process ultimately transfers heat to the base of the ocean in narrow plumes where it interacts strongly with the rocks. At the seafloor, these plumes vent into the cooler ocean.
One seafloor hotspot alone is predicted to release as much as 5 GW of energy, roughly corresponding to the annual geothermal power consumed in Iceland.
We are thus able to explain the main global characteristics of Enceladus: global ocean, strong dissipation, reduced ice-shell thickness at the south pole and seafloor activity. We predict that this endogenic activity can be sustained for tens of millions to billions of years.
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Reese Witherspoon is engaged, and Ryan Phillippe has only kindhearted words for his ex-wife and her husband-to-be, Hollywood agent Jim Toth.
"I'm very happy for both Reese and Jim," the "Crash" star told the New York Daily News in a statement. "I wish nothing but the best for the mother of my children."
Phillippe and Witherspoon were married for seven years until 2008 and have two children together, Ava, 11, and Deacon, 7.
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Phillippe is now dating actress Amanda Seyfried, one of the most beautiful people in the world in 2009 and 2010 according to People Magazine.
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The news of Witherspoon's engagement and the 4-carat diamond ring rumored to have come with it was made public Wednesday.
Despite a two-year hiatus from the silver screen, Witherspoon is once again ascending the Hollywood ladder, though her latest film, "How Do You Know" bombed at the box office at opening.
In December, the "Legally Blonde" star graced the cover of Entertainment Weekly with the headline: "The Return of Reese."
Witherspoon will appear in three films set to hit theaters in 2011, including "Water for Elephants," based on the NYT bestseller, where she stars opposite Robert Pattinson and Christoph Waltz.
Phillippe and Oscar-winner Witherspoon may be divorced, but they spend quite a bit of time together tending to their kids.
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- Enrollment period will open Dec. 1, 2019 for next policy year.
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- Employer must have had at least $350 billed premium for the applicable policy period.
- Not compatible with the following programs: Group-experience rating; group-retrospective rating; individual-retrospective rating, and claim cost deductible.
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The kitchen remodel is driving her to drink
If you've undergone your own kitchen remodel, you know about the stress.
There are strangers all around your house, inside, outside, in the driveway, in the street. There's noise and dust and chaos.
And just when you feel like heading into the kitchen for a pot of tea and comfort foods, AWK! The kitchen is not there, at least in any functional way.
In the Seattle Times, food writer Nancy Leson writes about her own kitchen project. It's only just begun and she's already hitting the bottle.
How ironic that those of us who remodel are the ones to whom home means the most. And we are the ones most destroyed when our homes are torn apart.
To follow Nancy on her journey into chaos, click here.


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I have a few spider games in my resource collection.
Spider Web is one of them.
This game is played with a small group of students. Each student has a game board and counters/chips. Two dice are rolled and the numbers totalled.
A little clear plastic container works perfectly for throwing two dice.
I recently revised this game and it now includes brighter game boards, a new worksheet and cover page!
Thinking of spiders and strategies for addition helped me to create this 'print, play and paste' for double numbers. You can find it for FREE in Google Drive by clicking on the image below:
Have a wonderful day!


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How Much Did Sandy Impact November Jobs Numbers?
Despite Superstorm Sandy, November jobless figures came in better than expected. WSJ's Sudeep Reddy and Justin Lahart, along with Barron's columnist Brendan Conway report on the News Hub. Photo: Getty Images.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... the the ... good morning welcome to the New Saab I'm Ralf Winkler ... The monthly jobs report easy just now and the unemployment rate has dropped to seven point seven percent from seven point nine percent ... as nonfarm payrolls increased by eight ... hundred and forty six thousand that's compared to economist expectations of eighty thousand ... Wall Street Jobs died Barron's Brendan Conway is here friend in ... now ... I'm people been expecting a lot less because taking the because of the storm last month Yeh that's right you know one thing this morning were saying don't pay attention to this number ... because of the storm ... prone thirty thousand ... customers pretty good and and I think the markets unlike this ... given the context of you know the storm basically wiping out a lot of economic activity ... in these cups now it's not just the storm that makes this a particular he ... added that the rate we need to know we see report yet now ... you've also got other issues that did make this ... you know one jobs report that the needy people are as worried about ... his non election worry about ... the Fed's moves are ... more or less peaking at this point it sounds like whatever this number was can be was in a change to Fed's anyway ... people are focused on the fiscal cliff ... yet you know in what so funny about the market is that for all the worries out there for all if he were talking about it stocks just couldn't continue to march to fresh highs ... given a shorter time period when ... the Dow closed at a one-month high yesterday ... I mean traders are basically trusting Washington even though the headlines at this week to look all that encouraging ... okay I wanna jump ... over to my Heard on the Street colleague ... at the Jackson wording get to him ... in ... a second upbringing in ... what you think the market is going to ... react to some this morning ... yell I would Timothy recency we can get the futures are ten things that don't like it just for the sheer reason that ... people have written up this report is not ... telling us very much ... here we have this very when you look below forecasts here I think in the short run people to look at this and say ok ... you know ... jobs were still ... moving along a modest pace it's Deathly going to get hopes up for next month's reported to the brink by the way with just catch people up on ... where the Fed is now I mean what what ... did it to open ended bond buying program of forty ... billion per month ... all and mortgage is ... that's happening we know that's gonna happen ... now I guess having decided yet what they're doing with adult Operation Twist which was the forty five billion ... coming out of short-term traders going in the long term Treasuries are the Guinea continue buying three more money to ... buy long-term Treasurys is well we know about ... here again next year what defense for us to look like ... the ... cut last BIGinsight that we got there came a couple months go where ... the Fed basically said to the market ... you know what traders have done it QE infinity mean basically that the Fed will continue all these programs at least in this house was read ... on for the forseeable future throat twenty thirteen so ... when when you can look at the markets a new look of what traders are saying ... there's this feeling ... that what we're going have this low rate environment was for long time ... I personally think that if there's a decisive ... upswing in job creation if we see growth numbers doing well ... on ... the forecast is can come in a lot faster than people think but I think there is a risk there is deftly rest of the bond market from that I mean a whole month for second checkout the futures if he can your black real sweeteners and here I wanna bring in Sudeep Reddy from Washington Wall Street Journal's economics reporter Sudeep good morning ... where are selling fast reaction this report ... they that obviously is skewed by Sandy but if ... this is this do that to have ... a pretty good one that means that we probably had somewhat higher ... job growth during the month what concerns me a little bit is if you look that will keep or to the report you see a revision for the two prior months that was down or ... which it which is a little bit surprising because we had thought ... that diet job creation was at least on a more sustainable upward trend that to see a downward revision ... for two straight months coming into report like this is not a very Goebel good one ... given all of the special factors involved in this is probably not can ask you a lot of people for the latest month second act change a lot of expectations of the labor market but there are some signs of caution coming into the report now I that that might lead people at the Fed to be a ... little bit more worried than they were I had a go and that it certainly ... unfortunately when you have a number that isn't as bad as it was expected to be with this latest month ... but it's not can it do policy makers to act it might actually ... have continued this this notion that everything will be ok if we go over the fiscal cliff which is a very dangerous mission ... okay now ... by the way also of the best use and you also get cover the Fed for the Journal so ... talk to me about how this informs what what they're doing it if there's any change it all ... it's pretty clear that the Fed was going to continue its bond buying program that was good or a place Operation Twist ... Outwit win something either ... at or close to its prior bond buying so I don't think organist see ... a huge shift from the Fed ... at the very least a report ... on the bed still shows relatively modest job growth is obviously not bad but relatively modest job growth in recent months ... is getting keep the fed ... I keep that keep the pedal down and they're not can a wonderful back ... I were to ... provide any hint that they're pulling back at all ... and so ... a ... measure like this is been a ... time ... the Fed is not getting ease up as a result of reports like this they are especially and looked at special factors okay thanks to deep standby for second I wanna bring in I wanna bring in my Heard on the Street colleague ... Justin Lane are just in your in the NEWSROOM what what what it what you see behind the headline numbers ... I think that you know you deftly senior seeing the effect here if you if you dig in um you see manufacturing jobs down um ... eleven thousand construction jobs down twenty thousand so ... the city was deftly in this number and I think that the fact that it was aam you are so strong ... despite Sandy of relief unit that does say something about that the underlying strength of the economy and take your eyes the deepest mentioning ... you that the one concern one concern years insisted that um see people from feeling any sense of urgency is to do a fiscal cliff ... ok by the way so interesting that the manufacturing and construction ... have been ... relieved of part of the part of the did the summer the sectors that have been adding to the steady improvement in the labor market write in if the Phillies were adding here what were the sector's that day I guess maybe outperformed the case well really I don't have health care of aam information technology of minutes you're you're more service sector jobs ... on the construction actually hasn't been all that great they are ... of the source of jobs that despite the Pentagon in the housing market but ... you see manufacturing down um ... you know it if the police is ... in a little bit about about TV and also says something about you may be about the caution with the fiscal cliff has this jobs ... are more responsive to that okay ... by the way I do we have a sense for an average hourly wage is ... I in this report or or any of the other little tidbits behind scenes here I thought that they can for the site okay no worries aam ... and when will come back to ... nineteen seat maybe you six am love love to see labor force participation aam ... I did did you get a chance just in ... the revisions that they've been Sunni talked about about how large they weren't and how how much of an impact ... that will have on ... five leg is October's now revised two hundred thirty eight thousand ... September revised four hundred thirty two thousand ... this was Verde versus August hundred and ninety two thousand ... nonfarm payrolls were added one hundred those revisions impact people's thinking if at all ... well yet alot of times a lot of times the revision tells you something about um though ... about that the trend in employment so a lot of times when people see ... upward or downward revisions they need to get on the ... other concerned are excited in ... Nokia board up would you be looking at those provisions um there are some aspects of of of ... I think just but could sing the strength of this of this number for ... of November's fall again The trump all that ... ok ... ok fantastic I wanna bring back Brendan Conway quickly Brendan how do the markets like this number or not ... so rough it's really interesting ... for for all the warnings that are kind of under the new measures discussed the CD ... Mr. Market likes to this the Dow's up fifty six points at the moment ... I'm ... early this morning was down twenty two points so I I think definitely the market is focusing on ... him Jesus ... Sandy Weill the East Coast in yet we still have this decent number ... that beat expectations by sixty thousand jobs or so the definitely liking out their story ... and ... great ... said desecrated thanks so much for joining us that in early ... and to just delayed heart and to Sudeep Reddy for Joinus this morning thanks guys ...


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It's PONY CRAFT!!
Ponycraft II: Queen of the Swarm
Join the in game chat channel "Ars" Do it NOW.
Official Site
Tips And Tricks
Ars SC2 US Player List
Arsclan SCRanks
Hotkey listing (may be out of date?)
SC 2 Gears Replay analyzer
How matchmaking and league placement work.
More MMR Discussion/Explanation
Placement Calculator: Thanks quanimal!
so i'm sure that you've all run across the blog post by the guy who figured out how MMR works and how and when you get promoted between leagues and all that jazz. well, he made a google spreadsheet where you enter in your info (wins/losses/league/remaining bonus pool)and it will give you the number of games needed for promotion to the next league. however, like everything else with the SC2 "community", the spreadsheet is now a mess and can be a little confusing to use. so i took the time to recreate the spreadsheet for you ARS folks. seeing as how you are all supposed to systems admins and crap like that, i think that i can share this with you and trust you won't totally eff up my nice formatting. also, i've enjoyed reading about everyone's progress on the forum, so i figured it'd be cool to have something else to supplement this. there are some caveats about using the sheet that you can find in the actual document, but i'll post them here for posterity's sake.
1) This was stolen in its entirety from http://sc2mmr.blogspot.com. I make no claims on accuracy, reliability, or ability to stop 4gates. The original author says this is accurate about 80% of the time.
2) For a full explanation, hit the link above. But basically, this gives you an estimate at a specific point in time. The closer you get to promotion, the less accurate the formula is. also, with every game you play, your winning percentage and available bonus pool will change, so the number of games needed for promotion will change with each game. also, the games needed for promotion assumes that you play those games with the same win rate as you currently have.
3) For those of you with winning percentages under .500 this won't work since it effs up the math and logically, if you are losing the majority of your games it makes sense that you won't ever get promoted.
4) There's some screwy offset for the magic number if you're in the masters league, so if you're in the masters league, just be happy that you're that good, because as far as this spreadsheet goes, you're SOL as far as figuring out when you become a grandmaster.
5) Bronzers: The person who figured this out says that sometimes the magic number for Bronze league is sometimes 500 and sometimes is 1000. I used 500 because it works for me. If you get something weird in bronze, try changing the magic number to 1000.
6) I don't know how well this works for anything other than 1v1. I would guess that the same formulas are used for the 2v2 or whatever, but I have no solid source for that.
7) Part of the formula is the current total available bonus pool, which changes from day to day. There is a link on the spreadsheet that will get you this number from sc2ranks.com. As a good community member, feel free to update this when you have a second.
also, i've used my spreadsheet-fu to make it as usable as i can, but i'm by no means an expert (i.e. i tried to get the league column to be a dropdown menu, but then that effed up the magic number column), so if you're good with this stuff, feel free to improve. feel free to pass it on to other non ars sc2 people, but make sure they don't eff my ess up. it also needs more pictures of animals with captions. gl hf.
Liquipedia / Strategy
-- How to Practice
-- Macro Mechanics
-- Mining Minerals
-- Scouting
Glossary of SC2 Terms
Build Order Tester - Great for getting your openings smooth. Save it in the same dir as starcraft2.exe and just drag the map file onto the .exe to use it.
Day9 - Low Level Reps - In-game Decision Making
Day9 - Gold Level: Fixing the Little Things
Day9 - Plugging Leaks in Silver-Level Play
Day9 - Back to the Basics: The Mental Checklist
Day9 - Live coaching with djWHEAT
Want some cheats? Thank dferrantino for the official Blizzard cheat codes.
LetsJustBugOutAndCallItEven: Instant Defeat
TookTheRedPill: Disables Fog of War
Bunker55AliveInside: Removes Supply requirement
TerribleTerribleDamage: God Mode
SpectralTiger: 5k Minerals
RealMenDrillDeep: 5k Gas
WhoRunBartertown: 5k Mins and Gas
SoSayWeAll: Allows all tech
IAmIronMan: Allows all upgrades
CatFoodForPrawnGuns: Fast Build and Upgrades
HanShotFirst: Disables Cooldowns
TyuHasLeftTheGame: Disables Victory Conditions
NeverGiveUpNeverSurrender: Enables play after Defeat
ImADoctorNotARoachJim: Fast Healing
MoreDotsMoreDots: Removes Unit/Building Costs
WhySoSerious: 5 Million Credits
LeaveYourSleep: Opens all Missions
EyeOfSauron: Opens All Cinematics
StayClassyMarSara: Opens All News Broadcasts
HoradricCube: Opens All Research
Jaynestown: Adds 5000 Terrazine (for what? I have no idea.)
OverEngineeredCodPiece: Plays the song Terran Up The Night (does not affect achievement progression)


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Towing your equipment, avoiding potholes, battling rain, snow and ice – no other SUV can offer the New Land Cruiser Utility Commercial's unique combination of on-road dynamics and off-road performance. Still offering the legendary ability to overcome the roughest off-road terrain and bring you back safely, but with the added practicality of a commercial vehicle.
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The New Land Cruiser Utility Commercial is powered by a 2.8 D-4D turbo diesel available only with manual transmission. The 2.8 D-4D engine features an electronically controlled, common-rail type fuel injection system that achieves higher pressure and more advanced injection pressure control.
Utility standard equipment
- 17" steel wheels
- Smart Entry & Push Button Start
- Front and rear LED daytime running lights, front fog lights
- Automatic (halogen) headlights
- Heated power-adjustable door mirrors
- Active Traction Control (A-TRC)
- Tyre Pressure Warning System (TPWS)
- Trailer Sway Control (TSC) (Only available on long wheel base)
- Black roof rails
- Cruise Control
- Manual air conditioning
- Manual height-adjustable driver's seat with lumbar support
- Reclining and sliding front seats
- Colour 4.2" TFT display
- Radio with CD player
- Bluetooth, Aux and USB
Engine and bodystyle availability
- Short Wheel Base & Long Wheel Base
- 2 Seat only
- Manual only


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Over the recent years data entry has emerged as a very popular and lucrative means of a legitimate home business opportunity. This online venture involves activities that entail the preparation of reports, records, lists, transcriptions and correspondence for both online and offline companies. The work is simple and does not require much stress. When you are searching for legitimate data entry work online you must invest time, effort and patience. Once you have found the right venture you will be able to get a regular flow of income from the comforts of your home without hassles.
When the question of data entry comes to mind there are many people who are skeptical and are of two minds as to whether data entry work is a scam or a legitimate means of earning profits. The advent of the internet has undoubtedly bought in many opportunities and with it there is a host of data entry hobs as well. What you should do is check into the credentials of the company before you invest your time and efforts in it.
Unfortunately there have been many scams in the past that have instilled fear in the minds of many people who are looking for safe online data entry ventures. However, this does not imply that all data entry ventures are not a legitimate home business opportunity. There are many that are genuine and people are earning successfully from these ventures as well. What you should do when you are going in for this venture is be cautious and check the track records and credentials of the company so that you are not duped.
The moment you have come across the right data venture on the internet the next consideration that comes to your mind is the expected returns that you can earn from the venture. You must be prepared to accept that data as a legitimate home business opportunity is a job and not merely an income earning opportunity. You must be ready to invest your time and patience in it. You need to meet deadlines and at the same time be willing to give in efforts as the income that you earn depends on exactly how much time you invest in your venture.
Once you have decided to go in for data entry jobs as a legitimate home business opportunity you should check the sites that offer you these jobs. Now, for a beginner it is very difficult to distinguish the legitimate data entry jobs from the fraudulent ones however with the right method the task is not difficult as it seems. If you are new and cannot identify on whether the site is a genuine one you should check with the BBB or the FTC on the legitimacy of the data entry site that you intend to join. You can also resort to certain consumer protection sites and anti-fraud sites that can help you get the details that you are looking for. You can also join online communities and forums and check into details as well as getting an opinion of others on the site.


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Message Board
Susan May Warren Message Board
Talk about the novels, new and used books that Warren has written!
Author Warren's Book Reviews
Happily Ever After
The romantic liason between Mona and Joe is touched with love, humor, and a spiritual bond. One disaster happens after another and the completion of the bookstore/coffee house/pottery store keeps getting off course. Mona, whose dream it was to own this establishment relies upon Joe, her handyman (albeit unlikely one as well as mysterious,) almost gives up, but Joe refuses it to fail....


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On Imam 'Ali (as)
Kufa was now the seat of the Islamic rule. The entire Muslim world with the exception of Damascus looked towards Kufa for guidance. They travelled to Kufa often.
Two men were in each other's company on the road to Kufa. One was a muslim and the other was a non muslim. As they progressed, the non muslim traveller asked his companion:
I am going further than Kufa, to a small village where I live. Where are You going?
His muslim companion said:
I live in Kufa
They proclaimed happily, discussing various things, helping each other, all in a spirit of cordiality. When they drew near to Kufa, the non muslim took a side road towards his village. Just as he was about to bid farewell, he observed that his muslim companion was coming with him.
Didn't you tell me that You are going to Kufa where You lived?
The muslim replied:
Yes of course
On this the non muslim inquired
Then why were you coming this way? That is the only road leading to Kufa?
I know, said the muslim, But we have long been companions. Our Prophet (S) said that when two are companions to each other on a journey they have obligations and duties towards each other. You gave me company and now it is my duty to follow You a few steps and then make a gentle departure.
No wonder that Your Prophet (S) managed to spread his faith so quickly. His (S) teachings were indeed great.
And then it so happened that once the same non muslim entered Kufa. There he found that his muslim companion had been none other but the Khalifa of his time, 'Ali ibn Abi Talib (as). He soon became a muslim and remained the most faithful of companion of the Imam.
To judge Your own souls before the time of judging of your action arrives. Make an assessment of Yourself before You are called upon to account for Your conduct in this existence.
Imam 'Ali (as)
Peak Of Eloquence
Nahjul Balagha
Sermons, Letters and Sayings of Imam 'Ali ibn Abi Talib
Translated by Askari Jafari
Islamic Seminary Publications
Unto Thee I grant ........
A collection of historical events from the following books
o Tuhaful Uqool - Abu Muhammad al-Harrani
o Biharul Anwar - Allamah Majlisi
o al-Amthalan Nabawiyyah - Muhammad al-Gharawi
o Dastan e Rastan - Allama Murtaza Mutahhari
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