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More change from the National Archives at Kew seemingly for the sake of it. Its new look website is currently available in beta format at http://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk.
I find it fairly horrendous myself. It clearly looks like they're after a tablet friendly design which is pants for those wanting to access it on PC - more scrolling, garish font use, a Janet and John corporate monster.
Is it all bad? No - I quite like the menu button idea. But apart from also liking the TNA logo set against black, that's really about it.
There's more on why this is such a wonderful and radical innovation at http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/873.htm.
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TNA's new website design
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Mosey Like Sunday Mornin': Glendale (Mile High Ramblers)
June 7, 2020 @ 7:30 am - 9:30 am
An event every week that begins at 7:30 am on Sunday, repeating indefinitely
TYPE: STSP Weekly | PACE: Conversational | TERRAIN: 50% sidewalk / 50% grass and dirt trail | DISTANCE: Approx. 4 mi |
Walk Description: Didn't you always love having a casual easy-goin' Sunday morning that included a good old fashioned diner? We're going to recreate the Sunday stroll with a 4-mile mosey circling through the 5 parks of Glendale, and finishing with a great Sunday brunch at Caitlin's Diner. Of course the brunch is optional – but I know I'LL always be there! All doggies are welcome – even at Caitlin's! Yes, doggie's are welcome on their deck so they've welcomed our furry friends. This walk will also be baby stroller friendly. This walk is relaxed, casual, and fun as we explore the parks, pathways – even pancakes — of Glendale!
Walking Movement Leader: Award Winning Author of 3MPH: Adventures of One Woman's Walk Around the World, Polly Letofsky!
Feel free to contact walking trip host, Polly at (720) 289-3097 if you have questions!
Schedule & Meeting Location: We will meet at 7:30 am just inside or in front of Caitlin's Diner and we'll talk through Walk2Connect goals, answer any questions and lightly warm up. If you are going to get coffee or use the restroom please plan to show up well before 7:30AM as we will leave NO LATER than 7:35 am. We should be done walking no later than 9:30am and sit down for brunch if you'd like to join us. You can of course leave early if you need to!
Caitlin's Address: 4379 E. Mississippi Ave, Glendale, CO 80246 (On Mississippi just 2 blocks east of Colorado Blvd.)
Tip Notes:
-There will be plenty of parking in the Caitlin's parking lot.
-This walk is super duper duper doggie friendly! We will be doing a loop going back to our starting location. (Please be sure you are confident your dog can handle 3-4 miles and cooler temps when walking in fall and winter and insure that your dog is calm, well behaved and MUST stay leashed. Please be sure to bring baggies.)
-Until summer officially begins we won't be passing any restroom, so be sure to use the restroom before you leave home OR before the walk at Caitlin's.
-Consider Bringing: Comfortable socks & shoes (pref. non-cotton socks), light backpack with water and snack foods (almonds, bars, fruit), gloves, scarf, beanie, camera, sunglasses & sunscreen (and hat if you wear them), and bring many (thinner) layers depending on anticipated temperature and light rain gear just in case.
-Cancellation Policy: We only cancel in extreme weather conditions on our path, such as ice, hail, or lightening. Check Meetup or text the walk leader for the most up-to-date conditions.
Welcome Waivers: Please fill out the online "Welcome Waiver" or download, print, sign, and turn in a hard copy if this will be your first Walk2Connect walking experience in 2016.
RSVP: You can register for this walk by going through our Colorado Ramblers Meetup group linked here. Or you may also email Polly at [email protected] to register.
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Ilex vomitoria
Ilex vomitoria, commonly known as yaupon (/ˈjɔːpɒn/) or yaupon holly, is a species of holly that is native to southeastern North America.[1] The word yaupon was derived from its Catawban name, yopún, which is a diminutive form of the word yop, meaning "tree".[citation needed] Another common name, cassina, was borrowed from Timucua[2] (despite this, it usually refers to Ilex cassine). The Latin name comes from an incorrect belief by Europeans that the plant caused vomiting in certain ceremonies.
|Ilex vomitoria
|Foliage and fruit
|Scientific classification
I. vomitoria
|Binomial name
|Ilex vomitoria
|Natural range
The plant was traditionally used by Native Americans to make a tea containing caffeine. The plant is the only known indigenous plant to North America that produces caffeine. The plant is also used heavily for landscaping in its native range.
Yaupon holly is an evergreen shrub or small tree reaching 5–9 meters tall, with smooth, light gray bark and slender, hairy shoots. The leaves are alternate, ovate to elliptical with a rounded apex and crenate or coarsely serrated margin, 1–4.5 cm long and 1–2 cm broad, glossy dark green above, slightly paler below. The flowers are 5–5.5 mm diameter, with a white four-lobed corolla. The fruit is a small round, shiny, and red (occasionally yellow) drupe 4–6 mm diameter containing four pits, which are dispersed by birds eating the fruit. The species may be distinguished from the similar Ilex cassine by its smaller leaves with a rounded, not acute apex.[3][4][5][6][7]
Habitat and rangeEdit
I. vomitoria occurs in the United States from the Eastern Shore of Virginia south to Florida and west to Oklahoma [6] and Texas. A disjunct population occurs in the Mexican state of Chiapas.[1] It generally occurs in coastal areas in well-drained sandy soils, and can be found on the upper edges of brackish and salt marshes, sandy hammocks, coastal sand dunes, inner-dune depressions, sandhills, maritime forests, nontidal forested wetlands, well-drained forests and pine flatwoods.[3]
The fruit are an important food for many birds, including Florida duck, American black duck, mourning dove, ruffed grouse, bobwhite quail, wild turkey, northern flicker, sapsuckers, cedar waxwing, eastern bluebird, American robin, gray catbird, northern mockingbird, and white-throated sparrow. Mammals that eat the fruit include nine-banded armadillo, American black bear, gray fox, raccoon and skunks. The foliage and twigs are browsed by white-tailed deer.[3]
Cultivation and usesEdit
Human consumptionEdit
Native Americans used the leaves and stems to brew a tea, commonly thought to be called asi or black drink for male-only purification and unity rituals. The ceremony included vomiting, and Europeans incorrectly believed that Ilex vomitoria caused it (hence the Latin name). The active ingredients, like those of the related yerba mate and guayusa plants, are actually caffeine and theobromine,[8][9] and the vomiting either was learned or resulted from the great quantities in which they drank the beverage coupled with fasting.[3][10] Others believe the Europeans improperly assumed the black drink to be the tea made from Ilex vomitoria when it was likely an entirely different drink made from various roots and herbs and did have emetic properties.[11]
Native Americans may have also used the tea infusion as a laxative.[12] Recently, the process of drying the leaves for consumption has been "rediscovered" by modern Americans and yaupon tea is now commercially available.[13][14][15]
Ilex vomitoria is a common landscape plant in the Southeastern United States. The most common cultivars are slow-growing shrubs popular for their dense, evergreen foliage and their adaptability to pruning into hedges of various shapes. These include:
- 'Folsom Weeping' – weeping cultivar
- 'Grey's Littleleaf'/'Grey's Weeping' – weeping cultivar
- 'Nana'/'Compacta' – dwarf female clone usually remaining below 1 m in height.
- 'Pride of Houston' – female clone similar to type but featuring improvements in form, fruiting, and foliage.
- 'Schilling's Dwarf'/'Stokes Dwarf' – dwarf male clone that grows no more than 0.6 m tall and 1.2 m wide.[16]
- 'Will Fleming' – male clone featuring a columnar growth habit.
See alsoEdit
- Ilex paraguariensis or yerba mate – a caffeinated holly native to subtropical South America.
- Ilex guayusa or guayusa – a caffeinated holly native to the Ecuadorian Amazon Rainforest.
- Kuding – a Chinese tisane made from I. kudingcha
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ilex vomitoria.
|Wikispecies has information related to Ilex vomitoria
- ^ a b "Ilex vomitoria". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 2011-09-19.
- ^ Cutler, Charles L. (2000). O Brave New Words!: Native American Loanwords in Current English. University of Oklahoma Press. pp. 10, 163, 215. ISBN 978-0-8061-3246-4.
- ^ a b c d "Yaupon Ilex vomitoria" (PDF). USDA Plant Guide.
- ^ "Florida's Hollies". Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
- ^ Martin, C.O.; Mott, S.P. (1997). "Section 7.5.10 Yaupon (Ilex vomitoria)". U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wildlife Resources Management Manual (PDF). Vicksburg, MS: U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station. Technical Report EL-97-16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-06-11.
- ^ a b "Ilex vomitoria". Oklahoma Biological Survey.
- ^ "Ilex vomitoria". Bioimages. Vanderbilt University. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
- ^ Wilford, JN (8 August 2012). "Ancient Energy Boost, Brewed From Toasted Leaves and Bark". New York Times.
- ^ Crown PL, Emerson TE, Gu J, Hurst WJ, Pauketat TR, Ward T (August 2012). "Ritual Black Drink consumption at Cahokia". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 109 (35): 13944–9. doi:10.1073/pnas.1208404109. PMC 3435207. PMID 22869743.
- ^ Hudson, C. M. (1976). The Southeastern Indians. University of Tennessee Press ISBN 0-87049-248-9.
- ^ Gibbons, E. (1964). Stalking the Blue-eyed Scallop. David McKay. ISBN 0-911469-05-2.
- ^ Niering, William A.; Olmstead, Nancy C. (1985) [1979]. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers, Eastern Region. Knopf. p. 338. ISBN 0-394-50432-1.
- ^ "Like Yerba Maté? Try Yaupon". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
- ^ Highways, Texas. "Texas' Only Caffeinated Plant Makes a Buzzworthy Tea - Texas Highways". Retrieved 2018-05-25.
- ^ Carpenter, Murray. "Here's The Buzz On America's Forgotten Native 'Tea' Plant". NPR.org. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
- ^ Flint, Harrison Leigh (1997). Landscape Plants for Eastern North America (2 ed.). John Wiley and Sons. pp. 282–283. ISBN 978-0-471-59919-7.


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Hosted by AAA President Virginia R. Dominguez, "Inside the President's Studio" features interviews with anthropologists about their ideas, research and passions. It is part of an ongoing effort to foster public, visible and active engagement with anthropologists. Become a part of the conversation by reading and listening to the interviews, adding your comments to the blog, and suggesting people or topics for future pieces.
This month the studio features Notre Dame biological anthropologist Agustin Fuentes. In this podcast, he talks about his research and teaching interests, which include the evolution of social complexity in human and primate societies, cooperation and conflict negotiation, human diversity, and reproductive behavior and ecology.
Dr. Fuentes was provided with a series of questions by before the podcast was recorded, and his written answers are provided below.
(1) What are you most passionate about–in life, work, anthropology, society, science, or play?
••••All of it simultaneously…to be honest I have trouble differentiating between these categories…I am a "true believer" in that, for me, anthropology crosses all of these categories so I am always an anthropologist, whether I want to be or not. In enjoy work (I generally am lucky enough to be paid to do what I like to do)…I am not really sure what "play" is…I love eating, films, art, socializing, but those are also a core part of what interests me professionally…
(2) Does your answer surprise you in any way? Would it have surprised you 10 or 20 years ago?
•••••No, I think I've always been pretty much the same…the only real change is that maybe 25 years ago I did not know that I'd be doing this via an anthropological lens
(3) Do you remember when you first thought you'd want to be an anthropologist, and was this, by any chance, while visiting a museum of anthropology, or an anthropology wing in a museum of natural history?
••••••I always was interested in what makes humans tick, in travel, in human variation (of all stripes), and on the world of animals (and humans' place in it) …but did not really connect this with anthropology until my 2nd and 3rd year of UG studies where I had courses with Phyllis Dolhinow, Laura Nader and Andre Simic (who was visiting a UC Berkeley then) …it was at that point that I realized anthropology existed and that it was more or less what I was looking for.
(4) Do you remember when you first thought about becoming a primatologist? Did it have anything to do with visiting zoos and their primate exhibits?
••••••I've read that you were very influenced by a course you took as an undergraduate. Was that more significant a factor than any face-to-face encounter you'd had with primates at that point?
I was a 19 year old sitting in a primate behavior class and Phyllis Dolhinow (who later became my graduate advisor) was lecturing about chimpanzees and langurs and she referred to individuals (in general) as "she" and proceeded to describe a day in the life of these individuals ….I was hooked
(5) How long have you been a member of AAA? Many biological anthropologists these days belong to be American Association of Physical Anthropologists but not the AAA. Are primatologists likelier than other types of biological anthropologists to be members of both? If so, is it because their work demands careful thinking about primate social behavior and even entails long periods of fieldwork (in ways similar to what social, cultural, linguistic, political, and economic anthropologists do)?
••••••Since 1996, the year I entered my first Tenure-track position. I think that many bioanthropologists are missing the boat by not being part of the AAA…it is a very large organization, but it is a critical one for the discipline on the whole…but I am not in the bioanth mainstream on this, in fact one problem may be that I see myself as an anthropologist, who happens to have a particular suite of biologically oriented training and whose work is often focused on human and primate behavior and evolution…
(6) How and why have you focused on macaques? Over the years I've had colleagues in primatology who worked with (and loved working with) lemurs, bonobos, chimpanzees, or gorillas. I don't think I have ever knowingly talked with a colleague who worked with macaques.
••••••I've worked with many species of monkeys, a few species of apes , and with humans (not to mention various rodents, and seagulls too). Macaques and humans are the two groups that interest me most. The share a common ability to spread successfully across disparate environments, share a common expansion in the Pleistocene, social flexibility and are pretty much the two most successful primates on the planet…also, they co-exist remarkably well compared to humans and nearly any other mammals.
(7) If you were in charge of public health programs in places with "wild" monkeys or primates sharing public space with humans –including, I gather, Gibraltar where you do some of your own work– what policies or practices would you put in place? I have seen the mix of humans and monkeys in Mumbai, India, and found it both amazing and non-disruptive, but I was neither living there for any length of time nor charged with the task of maintaining public order or public health.
••••••Yeah, I have actually made a number of management recommendations to various places around the world…in fact, a chunk of my research is largely with management in mind (at least at the human-macaque interface) …I can go into much more detail as needed
(8) Do you see yourself as part of the emergent and very multi-disciplinary world of "animal studies" that includes people in the humanities, social sciences, and some of the biological sciences? Are there certain kinds of questions or approaches coming out of those scholarly interactions that you see as especially worthwhile and not already being asked or answered in the "sciences" per se, or even within anthropology or primatology?
••••••In short: YES. I have an article coming out in the Nov. issue of Cultural Anthropology in a series of papers guest edited by Eben Kirksey and Stefan Heimriech on just that topic (Multispecies becomings and such). I am not sure, but I think I might be the first "biological anthropologist" to publish in Cultural Anthropology….I am also one of the founding members of the emerging field of ethnoprimatology, which is a very important contributor to the multispecies literature and theory. I would be glad to go on at some length about where these interactions are and how they are moving us towards a better way to look at humans and others in the anthropocene.
(9) I must ask about zoos. Primatologists I know and like seem to have to do some of their work with primates in various kinds of settings controlled by humans—zoos, research facilities, sanctuaries, national preserves. As a primatologist, how do you experience these settings? Must the planet have them? Do you feel it is the right and duty of humans to maintain them?
••••••Yeah, I (and my students) have worked in Zoos as well. However, I am increasingly uncomfortable with an array of captive contexts for most animals, and especially many primates and social mammals. There are some very important potential contributions from Zoos…however, I am less and less positive about many of the large animal research centers. I will gladly share my thoughts on this….
(10) Have you ever thought of becoming a university president? a liberal arts college president? U.S. Secretary of Education? I ask because my "sources" tell me that you love to work with undergraduates, mentor them, and sponsor their research experiences. I can imagine you'd have strong positions on what we do right and wrong in tertiary education in the U.S.
••••••Well, I am a 50% administrator now and have been in one position or another for some time…apparently I am pretty good at administration even though I really do not like it. I have no desire to move up the ladder as an administrator, but do take great pride in doing a job well and feel that it is a professional obligation as a professor to spend some time as an administrator (and that administrators really need to be in the classroom every now and then). I have a number of string positions on what we do right and wrong as far as tertiary ed in the USA (and primary and secondary education…nearly all of my immediate family members are educators).
(11) Are there certain things about you–in work or play–that only close friends know but that you are willing to share with others here? One of my first guests on INSIDE THE PRESIDENT'S STUDIO admitted to loving chocolate, a second to being a fairly good pianist, and a third to having been pretty countercultural while living as a young man in Hawai'i. Our listeners enjoy getting to know the person I interview beyond hearing about their professional areas of expertise. Is this enough encouragement to let us in on some little secret?
••••••Hmm, well I LOVE chocolate, good food and good wine, and thus love to cook (and paid for a chunk of graduate school doing just that).…but most people who know me know that. Probably one that would surprise folks (or not) is that I am an independent film producer (with many IMDB credits). My partner, Devi Snively, is a writer/director and very well known for short horror comedies and overall contribution to the indie film scene. I have collaborated with her on a number of film projects and travel with her to many film festivals. Actually, this melds very well with my anthropological interests, but it is probably not very typical of the academic world.
(12) What is the one question I have not (yet) asked that you really want me to ask and have you answer?
••••••Well…one that is often asked of me: why anthropology? I truly feel that we have let ourselves slip a bit from public relevance …I am committed to answering that question in public venues on topics that matter to everyday lives (currently I speak and write on issue related to race, sex and aggression). Anthropology has much to say, especially in order to counter much of the prevailing "common sense" and societal myths in this country.


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Rear view camera (only available for the Cayenne)
The rear view camera makes it easier to monitor
parking maneuvers as well as the area
immediately behind the vehicle. It is mounted on
the vehicle tailgate.
The image from the rear view camera is shown on the PCM display.
The TV sound is suppressed when the camera is extended. Audio source (FM, AM, CD/DVD, and AUX) sound output continues uninterrupted. Voice control is not available when the camera is extended.
Injury hazard. The rear view camera only
serves to assist the driver. It does not replace
looking over your shoulder.
While its display is generally accurate, objects can be distorted in size, proportion, and depth of field when seen through the rear view camera.
The camera view does not cover the complete area behind the vehicle.
Extending and retracting the rear view camera
You can choose different settings for the retraction and extension conditions.
Risk of damage.Do not extend the rear view camera when in a car wash.
You can choose different settings for the retraction and extension conditions.
The rear view camera is also retracted if
– the vehicle ignition is switched off,
– the vehicle tailgate is opened,
– the PCM is switched off, or
– a speed of approx. 10 mph is exceeded.
Extending the rear view camera automatically
If this function is switched on, the camera automatically extends when reverse gear is engaged and transmits its image to the PCM display.


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The fallout from the Koran burnings by U.S. service members last month continues.
Several U.S. soldiers have been killed. And on Monday, a suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance of Bagram Airfield in retaliation for the incineration of Islam's holy book.
A U.S. soldier currently deployed to Afghanistan shared his view of the situation with me.
Sergeant Nick Shively of the 172nd Infantry Brigade stationed in Paktika province, said:
"The insurgents used the Koran to write jihadists messages to pass to others. In doing so, they violated their own cultural practice and defiled the Koran."
The holy books were confiscated from a U.S. prison, Parwan Detention Center at Bagram Airfield, after they were discovered to contain extremist messages and were mistakenly taken out with the office trash.
Sgt. Shively continued, "The insurgents turned the Koran into contraband. Therefore it's ridiculous that we would even consider apologizing."
Both General John Allen, the commander of U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan, and President Obama have issued apologies. It's a move that could save lives as violent protests rage and an inquiry by U.S. military investigators confirms that five American service members were responsible for the fiery, accidental disposal of Korans at Parwan Detention Center.
It's not the first time the prison has been at the center of U.S.-Afghan relations.
In January this year, President Karzai demanded the U.S. hand over the prison for the sake of Afghan sovereignty. The Washington Post reported that the Parwan Detention Center and its growing detainee population is regarded as a critical marker in the war's endgame and a sign that Afghan officials are ready to inherit institutions essential to the nation's future.
The recent Koran burnings there could give Karzai some leverage in his request for the U.S. to hand over the prison soon.
Winning hearts and minds
The controversy speaks to the American struggle to win over hearts and minds in Afghanistan.
I spoke to historian and author Douglas Wissing who was embedded with U.S. troops in Afghanistan, including the same hostile province where Sgt. Shively is currently based.
Wissing had said in a blog post, "The recent case of Koran burning is even more absurd given the U.S. military was painfully aware of the problems of Koran burning. In late 2009, I was embedded with a unit of Kentucky soldiers, who encountered a mob of rioting Afghans protesting an alleged Koran burning by U.S. troops. Softball-sized rocks rained on the team's convoy of armored MRAPs, breaking windshields and antennas."
He believes last month's Koran burning at Bagram air base is a result of a failure of the counterinsurgency doctrine: "An over-promised doctrine."
What does he mean by over-promised?
"Winning hearts and minds makes sense from the podium in Washington, but it's hard to have it work out in Afghanistan on the ground where the road just erupted in front of you with an IED."
The doctrine is found in Field Manual 3-24 (FM3-24), the U.S. Army and Marine Corps' handbook for counterinsurgency operations published in 2006.
According to FM3-24, troops must be prepared to take on combat missions while being expected to win over the local people with cultural sensitivity: "Ready to be greeted with either a handshake or a hand grenade ... Soldiers and Marines are expected to be nation-builders as well as warriors."
Counterinsurgency has a "generational timeline," said Wissing, and the Afghan mission can't be wrapped up hastily. The international forces in Afghanistan are working with a tribal culture wherein relationships are fundamental.
Burning bridges
As the U.S. draws down its military presence and focuses on readying Afghanistan to stand on its own, Afghan public opinion will likely be monitored.
Troops will have to avoid any more gaffes that undermine the effort to win hearts and minds by burning bridges on their way out.


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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Retriever alum and current UMBC track and field head coach David Bobb (Silver Spring, Md./High Point) has been selected to the Big South Conference All-Decade Men's Outdoor Track and Field Team for the years 1994-1999, the conference office announced on Wednesday afternoon.
Bobb is one of eight sprinters named to the team after he swept the 100m and 200m dash events in back-to-back years (1994 and 1995) as a freshman and sophomore.
Bobb still holds two school outdoor records (100m Dash – 10.18; 200m Dash – 20.63) at UMBC, while holding a spot on three school record relay teams (4x100, 4x200, Sprint Medley). He holds the UMBC record for the indoor 55m dash (6.15), 60m dash (6.72), and 200m dash (20.85). In 1997, Bobb set the track record at UMBC Stadium in the 100m dash with a time of 10.25.
In 1996, the Silver Spring, Md. native became the first Retriever in program history to reach the NCAA Championships, earning a bronze medal in the 55m and 200m dash events at the indoor meet. Just a few months later, Bobb advanced to the outdoor championships as well, racing in the 200m dash.
The next season, Bobb replicated his feat, gaining a spot at both the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championship events. At the outdoor meet, he was the top American finisher in the 100m dash, winning a silver medal in the competition. He also qualified for the finals of the 200m race to earn his fifth All-America honor.
Bobb has served as the Retrievers' head coach for the past 16 years, taking over for his mentor Jim Pfrogner. Since that time, Bobb has overseen a program with five NCAA competitors, the latest, senior Andrew Smith, competing in the 800m run this past February at the national meet in Albuquerque, N.M. Last season, Mercedes Jackson advanced to the NCAA indoor meet for the 60m dash, and then was joined at the outdoor championships by Vincent Rentzsch, marking the first time in program history that two Retrievers qualified for the same meet.
Each of the past two years (2013 and 2014), Bobb has led the UMBC men to a second-place finish at the America East Outdoor Championships and was rewarded as he and his staff were named the Coaching Staff of the Year. He also earned the honor following the 2006 indoor championships as well as receiving the accolades on the women's side at the 2013 indoor meet.
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During the Super Bowl, Universal Pictures made a big investment towards marketing Fast & Furious 6, buying a 60-second spot for approximately $7.6 million to debut the first Fast & Furious 6 trailer. Considering how big the franchise has become, and the fact that this sequel was in development before Fast Five even hit theaters, it's not surprising.
The earlier plan was to develop (possibly even shoot) both Fast & Furious 6 and 7 at the same time, and while they're being shot separately, the latest rumor pays tribute to the notion that the stories are very much connected, in more ways than you might have thought...
Ain't It Cool News has the scoop on the biggest Fast & Furious related spoiler we've ever heard. And while it's obviously unofficial and unconfirmed at this point, it is exciting and believable - so much so, that we wish we didn't know.
So be warned, if you read ahead, you will be spoiled and you may just regret it...
Around the time when Fast Five was hitting the home video market, reports surfaced about the next franchise installments, with rumors indicating that Jason Statham may be the next high profile star to join the franchise.
As it turned out, Brit actor Luke Evans nabbed the role Statham was thought to take initially and Fast & Furious 6 was shot by itself. According to today's big scoop from AICN, much of that initial plan may actually hold true.
According to their sources, at the end of Fast & Furious 6, when Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker)'s team of stunt drivers successfully help out Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) in taking down Owen Shaw (Luke Evans) in exchange for their freedom, there's an additional scene that leads into Fast & Furious 7.
It may end up being a post-credits sequence much like the tease of Letty (Michelle Rodriguez) returning in the Fast Five button, but this one starts with an inside-car view of someone's hands on a steering wheel of a parked car, with Japanese voices coming though a police scanner in the vehicle. An external shot reveal it to be a custom reinforced Mercedes-Benz S-Class.
The scanner asks for all units to respond to a car chase between a black and orange Mazda RX-7 and a grey Nissan 350Z, and so the Mercedes books it in pursuit. We still don't see the driver but the Mercedes is running parallel on another street to the high-speeding Mazda and Nissan, before cutting left, onto the same road, and sideswiping the Mazda, flipping it as a result, with practically no damage to the Mercedes.
The mystery Mercedes stops and out steps... Jason Statham, as Ian Shaw, brother to Luke Evans' character. He walks up to the flipped over Mazda RX-7 and in it sits Han Seul-Oh (Sung Kang). That's right. The franchise has come full circle and merged with The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, director Justin Lin's first entry into the series (he's directed every installment since).
Mind blown? FYI, this isn't Jensen Ames Statham from Death Race or Frank Martin Statham from the Transporter series or Handsome Rob Statham from The Italian Job, this is Ian Shaw Statham from Fast & Furious, typecast car skills included.
We can therefore assume the grey Nissan is The Drift King Takashi's (Brian Tee) ride. Will Lucas Black return to the franchise as Sean Boswell? Hit me up on Twitter @rob_keyes and let me know if you dig this idea.
Fast & Furious 6 is directed by Justin Lin and stars returnees Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Jordana Brewster, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Sung Kang, Gal Gadot, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges and Elsa Pataky. The core cast welcomes newcomers Luke Evans and Gina Carano.
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Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- A Pakistan government minister has personally offered a $100,000 reward for anyone who kills the man who made the anti-Islam movie that is drawing ire throughout the Muslim world.
Railway Minister Ghulam Ahmad Bilour announced the bounty at a news conference Saturday, but he made clear to CNN he was speaking for himself and not as a government representative.
Asked whether he was concerned about committing or condoning a crime as a government official, Bilour said, "I am a Muslim first, then a government representative."
He said he invited the Taliban and al Qaeda to carry out the assassination.
Sen. Zahid Khan, a spokesman for Bilour's political party, said the minister's action is not representative of the Awami National Party.
"We believe in nonviolence. How could we make such announcements?" Khan said. "Our party has been fighting against militancy and extremism for years. How could we invite Taliban and al Qaeda to kill someone? Taliban and al Qaeda are our enemies who have killed our loved ones."
"We have lots of concerns over the statement of our colleague," he added.
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"I am a Muslim first, then a government representative."
Well, welcome to the world of church and state unification. Sorry, but I don't buy the business about speaking for himself rather than for the office he holds. That office gives him the significance and the publicity to actually get attention for a stunt like this, sufficient that CNN would actually pay attention, certainly. Worse, he invites the two most notorious terrorist groups in his area if not the world to carry out his wishes. This not only besmirches him but the office and government he works for, his disavowal notwithstanding.
I agree with Senator Khan that he and his colleagues have a lot to be concerned about regarding Bilour, but more: they have actions - possibly including censure, if that is available to them - to consider against their associate. This is an abject lesson in what happens when irrationality overrides rationality, a teaching opportunity, if you will.
Such an opportunity should not be lost.
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WHEREAS the supernatural does not exist and therefore gods do not exist. AND WHEREAS and on the basis as aforesaid a belief in gods renders a 'believer' to think and act irrationally and often with criminal intent AND WHEREAS A Pakistan government minister has personally offered a $100,000 reward for anyone who kills the man who made the anti-Islam movie that is drawing ire throughout the Muslim world. AND WHEREAS Pakistan Railway Minister Ghulam Ahmad Bilour announced the bounty at a news conference Saturday, but he made clear to CNN he was speaking for himself and not as a government representative.
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Nappy, do we have to kill the guy to wake him up to his own foolishness? Maybe I'm being a Pollyanna here, but I hope not. In addition, I see nothing to be gained by stooping to his level. Such a "secular killing" would be neither rational nor reasonable. It might be tempting to those who are tired of such antics to the point of desiring an eye-for-an-eye, but it helps our cause in no way, shape, or form that I can see.
What we need to teach these people is that all of them may think that they are exercising free speech, but speech that actively threatens another is not responsible speech, nor is it tolerated under the US Constitution, and I suspect many other such documents. Conversely, the lampooning or ridicule of religion IS free speech. It harms no one, threatens no one, but points out something that some people may be uncomfortable with: that religion in the eyes of some is foolish, not worthy of respect or consideration ... and perhaps add that threats to people with such opinions is extremely unlikely to silence them.
Bilour's statement was irresponsible on its face. We cannot offer correction with the same grade of irresponsibility.
A crappy movie dubbed over by anonymous trolls fluent in arabic ripping on Muslims gets US embassies attacked, now death-threats against the figment of someone's imagination. This is a troll win that keeps snowballing. It's probably like that burned quran that some pakistani girl got fingered for, a clerical invention.
If the filmmaker did not see this coming, he's really stupid. On what planet would there not have been riots, deaths, and a fatwa?
I'm not against free speech. But people, including an American ambassador, have been killed because of this. The filmmaker had his agenda, and I suppose he's accomplished what he wanted. I'm not supporting the Pakastani minister or other makers of fatwas, but this is reality.
Of course he knew, why else would he have to lie to the actors as to his intentions? Not only did he knew, he is pleased at the result. So pleased in fact that he has gone into hiding like the coward he is.
Actually, I really couldn't give a rotten rip about the filmmaker or what is going on with him. He indulged in free speech, as sanctioned by the United States government, its constitution and laws. What happened from there is that some mullah or imam who cruises YouTube found that video and spread the word to his fellows. They in turn used this as fodder to whip up anger in their congregations during Friday prayers, whereupon we have the current mess.
The filmmaker indulged in speech. He swung no fists; he broke no jaws. The mobs reacting less to the video than to their leaders' representation of said video did a lot more than swinging fists and breaking jaws. They may have also provided cover for those who killed Ambassador Stevens and the others at the Libyan embassy.
To a degree, I'm less interested or angered at the mob than I am at the people who incited them. THEY are the real culpable parties here, and I can't help but notice that no one is looking at them ... other than me and maybe a few others.
BTW, for those who want to take shots at the filmmaker, there is plenty of material on YouTube which takes shots at muslims and islam. Maybe these idiots needed it translated into their own language before they could get incensed about it.
Yes, we have free speech but, even we never had absolute free speech. Besides, what the government shouldn't, and hasn't sanction him but, that doesn't mean that what he did was right or that anyone should support him. Again, it just comes down to understanding what free speech is.
yes, I heard about that on the news. There's a bounty on his head.
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The Pengheng Space Capsules Hotel offers a futuristic travel experience.
Nov. 23, 2013 -- If you love space and the idea of a futuristic travel experience, but the cost of a Virgin Galactic flight falls outside of your budget, consider a trip to China instead.
The Pengheng Space Capsules Hotel in Shenzhen, China, is a space-themed hotel almost entirely staffed by robots, with blue-lit sleeping pods instead of rooms. But despite such slick accommodations, the rates are exceedingly affordable at just 70 yuan ($11) per person per night.
READ: Yotel Offers Tiny Capsule Hotels in the U.S.
Opened three months ago in the Bao'an District, the quirky theme hotel even offers unique digitally-focused amenities, such as a lounge area with tablets for ordering food and banks of PCs for gaming or grazing the Internet.
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The only working from home Yahoo employees will be doing is looking for another job.
The company's remote employees have until June to take a shower and come into the office, according to a company-wide mandate put out by Marissa Mayer, the Business Insider reports.
If they don't like it, they are encouraged to leave, according to reports.
Mayer wasn't interviewed for the story. Her tweets on Monday, or over the weekend, revealed nothing of the new come-to-work saga.
The remote workers simply aren't productive enough for Mayer's liking, according to an anonymous insider, who added that the company itself is bloated with too much infrastructure and too many workers whose duties are unclear. Employees were able to effectively "hide" for far too long.
And "These people aren't just Yahoo customer support reps," Insider reports. "They're in all divisions, from marketing to engineering."
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The search for 61-year-old Randy Udall of Carbondale continues Tuesday in rugged, back country in the mountains of Wyoming.
He is the brother of Democratic Sen. Mark Udall of El Dorado Springs, and the son of the late former U.S. Rep. Morris "Mo" Udall of Arizona.
Randy Udall was reported missing after not returning from a solo backpacking trip in the Wind River Range. He was supposed to return on June 26 and the Sublette County Sheriff's Office was notified that he had not resurfaced on June 28.
Searchers will have "favorable" weather Tuesday and the effort includes support from the air, said Stephen Smith, a Sublette County Sheriff's Office spokesman.
Thirty searchers on the ground will be supported by three helicopters.
Udall's daughter, Ren Udall, told the Glenwood Springs Post Independent that the family is monitoring the search and trying to help from afar.
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Randy Udall is the second-oldest of six children. He is an experienced backpacker who has hiked in the Wind River Range many times over the past 30 years, authorities said.
He is locally well-known for advocating for alternative energy and the need to protect the environment from over-development, the Post-Independet reported. He co-founded and was the original director of a valleywide energy efficiency organization, called the Community Office for Resource Efficiency or CORE.
Randy Udall also has been an outspoken critic of the oil and gas recovery method known as hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," which is in widespread use around the U.S. and in Western Colorado, particularly in Garfield County.
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Hi All,
First, thanks to all those who responded with suggestions. I considered each suggestion carefully, using them as "jumping off" points from which to conduct further research. Primarily, that research consisted of examining each computer's specifications, searching for posts comparing a computer to others in its class, reading the reviews of experts and, especially when possible, reading the reviews on Amazon and other sellers by those who purchased and used a computer. As I was primarily interested in finding a computer to be taken while traveling and that I could obtain on ebay for about $150 –and I already owned an Eeepc 701sd-- some of the computers suggested were eliminated as too big, too small or currently too expensive.
As my trip was scheduled shortly –and who knows what complications shipping and setup might present-- I reluctantly eliminated the dual-core Acer One recommended as I could find none employing the Athlon II Neo processor currently offered on ebay. While I am partial to Thinkpads and Lenovos, the older ones were too heavy, and I could find no reports regarding the compatibility with Linux on some of the newer models, while others were beyond my price-point.
Ultimately, my "wish-list" consisted of the following, in this order:
The Samsung NC10-14GW: On Amazon, roughly 450 users had given it a rating of 4 or 5, and none that I recall under 4. [Caution to the paranoid: When most reviews are positive, I have a tendency to quickly forget a few negative reviews, chalking them up to the occasional lemon one can expect from any mass production process, to cranks, or to disinformation].
The Msi Wind U-100: The average rating on Amazon of the 109 users was about 4.5. The most significant complaint was that the slightly truncated from full-size keyboard resulted in some difficulty becoming accustomed to the placement of the ?/ key.
The Acer Aspire One (various models). Nothing particularly wrong with them, just not receiving as many or frequent raves.
The Samsung, the Wind and most of the Acer Aspire One's employed a single-core Atom N270 Processor operating at 1.6 Ghz. Hard drives generally varied between 80 and 250 gbs, mostly 120's.
So now to open my browser to ebay, log on and buy something. Check out "Buy Now" first to see what things are selling for. Neither the Samsung or the Wind are being sold "Buy Now." Eliminate "Buy Now" as a requirement and check which auctions are ending soonest, and which auctions will close within my time frame. There must be a good reason ebay auctions close using Pacific Time. Somehow that works out to dinner time or about 11 PM east-coast time. So, you're distracted or tired as well as being rushed.
It's been a while. I seem to have forgotten my technique for winning auctions. The only Samsung NC10. Dinner-time. Lost it. The only Msi Wind U-100. Eleven o'clock. Lost it.
Double-check for new listings that will close within my time frame. Nothing new. Expand my criteria to include the Aspires and not specify the N270 Processor. Scroll down the list. Ah! What is this? Acer Aspire One D270, dual-core, @ 1.6 Ghz, 320 Gb hard-drive, "like new" Buy Now $95 plus $12.95 shipping. What's a D270? Quick google search confirming represented specifications including stock Windows 7 Starter. And new ones are still being sold in stores for $300. Well, from the replies here, I had already decided that while I would prefer XP that I'd rarely use, a Windows 7 I'd almost never use was acceptable. Click "Buy Now." Click "Confirm." Log into Paypal and authorize payment. Go to sleep with an uneasy feeling.
Wake up with Buyer's Remorse. There's an old saw: If it seems too good to be true, it probably isn't. Equally pertinent: after analyzing a problem and reaching a conclusion, don't second guess yourself without having an articulable reason. And never make a decision when you're tired. Great advice. Unlikely to come to mind when you're tired. Perhaps, knowing these, ebay doesn't authorize mulligans.
Lest you fall into despair sympathizing with my plight, this story has a sort of happy ending.
So in the morning I begin an exhaustive search to figure out what kind of a mess I've gotten myself into. Skip back a paragraph and notice that the CPU commonly used by netbooks is the N270. What chip does the D270 use? The N260. Deceptive ain't it. How do you design a dual-core CPU which users complain runs slower than a single-core? Well, maybe its not the chip. Tests seem to indicate that the N260 isn't slower than the N270. And frankly, anyone coming from Windows XP or Linux will find that a computer with only 1 Gb of memory running Windows 7 (or later) will be slow. The real problem seems to center around the graphics chip employed: From a user's view-point, if graphics run slow, the computer appears slow. The graphic chip used by the D270 is variously referred to as Cedarview, gma600_gfx, Intel GMA-3600, but despite the latter name, it isn't really an Intel chip, merely licensed to it by PowerVR. Of the couple of graphics chips using the PowerVR design, Microsoft withdrew support for one. Intel, and apparently, PowerVR, produces no Linux drivers for the other, employed in the D270.
Posts expressing problems with the graphic chip immediately and have subsequently showed up on the Archlinux, Fedora and Ubuntu forums. If I recall correctly, silence on the Slackware forums. When the D270 first reached market, Ubuntu –then in its Precise Pangolin release-- developed drivers for the graphics chip. It has apparently not chosen to do so for versions based on subsequent kernels. Things looked pretty bleak until I decided to do a "Well-Minded" search to see if any of the Puppy Dev's had tackled the Cedarview chip. Why didn't I look here first? Sure enough technosaurus, 01micko and pemasu had come to the rescue. Ubuntu's inaction was not because those later kernels are unable to support that graphics chip. As indicated in the above referenced thread, pemasu's upup raring ran OOTB on the D270, and using xorgwizard the screen could be set to 1024x600, the D270's default resolution under Windows7. Additionally, several of the hardware controls accessed under Windows7 by pressing the Fn key + another key also work under upup raring. Others might. I'm still exploring.
Running under Puppys the D270 isn't a speed demon. But it runs web browsers, gimp and LibreOffice reasonably fast. I'd say more than adequate performance for a "travel-mate" or –for what I've read others are using it-- taking notes, sending emails and other college stuff.
If I knew then what I know now, would I buy it? Well, for my purposes it's fine. But I worry about what support there will be in the future for its graphic chip. Still, $115.65 including shipping. Some of my computers still run Lupu three years after playdaz published it. $38.55 per year. Definitely. Maybe.
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An IBM X-30 series would be good or an X-60. I would avoid the X-40 series because the hard drives for them can be hard to find. The X-20 series will also work. Precise Puppy and/or Retro Precise should run well on any of them though. Their big advantage is a near full size keyboard - some of the netbooks almost require hobbit size hands to be able to type comfortably.
Hmm, bought an X40 for running Slacko 5.6. Running it purely off a tiny £5 Sandisk Cruzer Fit 8GB USB Stick. Bought the X40 with dock and HDD for £40, sold the HDD for £23 (and yes they are a bit rare) and still have the dock listed for £16 on Ebay so laptop will cost practically £7 when the dock sells. The only memory expansion I'm planning is slinging in an SD card in the built in reader as a photo and music storage,
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I have that much now invested in my http://www.macomp.com/companionpc.asp
I have bought 2 more of these on ebay (the seller had 20 of them) for $45.00 a pop complete but without operating system or a a/c adpater.
I found that Lenovo IdeaPad S9 S9e S10 S10e S12 fits it. I am going to sell one of the 3 for 100 bucks locally with Slack0 5.6 on the 30gig zif 1.8" hard drive. It has a broken right arrow key but I remapped the right arrow key to use the right shift key instead.
xmodmap -e "keycode 62 = Right NoSymbol Right"
I already sold my eeepc 701SD and 900 locally and got what I asked for them also running Puppy Linux.
That seller does not offer that netbook anymore. They have a bunch of
Apple MacBook 13.3" Laptop A1181 C2D 2.20GHZ 2GB 120 GB SATA COMBO WIRELESS
instead in various states of condition and prices. They are not as cheap though as what I got mine for. More like $200.00 more expensive. Though they have some lower spec apple netbooks for under a hundred bucks. PM me if you want the ebay sales site link.
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Posted: Sun 03 Nov 2013, 04:07
Post subject: Look for Eee 900a
Subject description: Should be under $100
I have both an original Eee-702 (8G Linux--Retired as of 11/1) and a 900a "BestBuy" model (4Gb-easily bricked by OS) that has been in storage 4+ yrs. waiting for the former's retirement. Plus, I also found another one w/16Gb SSD in it (swapped out the 4Gb) for under $100. On the first 900a, I put Slacko-Puppy 55-XL in it off CD then to thumb. Works very well and is up to date (using it now).
The 8.9" screen and 600x1024 is a standard i915/gme945 resolution, and keeps things portable. I sprung $35 for a 88mah battery to get 6+ hrs. but the battery weighs as much as the Eee
There is an issue with wifi, but Frisbee will solve... to use ethernet, SNS will work.
Sum it up... under $100 for a 900a and maybe get a new battery, or big battery. These older Eee have very good/excelent keyboards, and a Gig of RAM.
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An ongoing thread it seems...
Perhaps we should include what not to by.....
Avoid like the plague HP2133 netbooks...they look shiny but are crud underneath. In fact anything with a sniff of VIA in it should be avoided.
Stock hardware failures and a nightmare with video drivers on linux...poor performance giving abysmal battery life. None of this mentioned in the adverts lol.
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I'm very surprised - I'm a developer building his own application, I love computers and I'm a power user who can recite most of the keyboard shortcuts for the apps I love. And I've been using Stack Overflow for quite a while now. You'd have thought I got used to it.
This the kind of thing I'd expect a user to do who doesn't understand about how browsers or editors work. And yet I've made this mistake three times in a row now and it's getting really annoying.
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I think it's because:
The preview is large relative to the question editing area in portrait mode.
The distracting nature of the code preview or images - they stand out and draw my eye to the preview section.
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I think if point 1 was fixed, point 2 would be a non-issue - because more of your preview would be pushed off the screen.
This could be done only in portrait mode - people viewing the page on a normal landscape monitor would be unaffected.
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Bullpen lets opener slip away from Rays
ST. PETERSBURG -- The champagne went flat in the seventh.
That's when the Orioles' bats got loud against the Rays on Tuesday, producing five runs to give Baltimore the lead for good in a 7-4 Opening Day win at Tropicana Field.
Up until that point, the Rays appeared in the midst of a Rays-like clinic celebrating the way they like to play the game.
Reigning American League Cy Young Award winner David Price pitched six innings before handing a 3-2 lead over to Jake McGee to start the seventh.
With the broad-shouldered McGee's fastballs registering in the upper 90s, Brian Roberts and Nick Markakis each singled through the middle with one out to start the decisive rally. After Manny Machado struck out, Adam Jones doubled on an 0-2 pitch to plate both runners, giving the Orioles a 4-3 lead.
"I felt really good, and I just missed with one pitch when I had to make a pitch," McGee said. "I was ahead, 0-2, and it just leaped over the plate a little bit too much. I figured it was the right pitch. He swung through the pitch before like that. It just wasn't in the right location."
Matt Wieters, who had homered, doubled and worked a 13-pitch walk earlier in the game, was intentionally walked to bring the left-handed-hitting Chris Davis to the plate. Rays manager Joe Maddon explained the decision, which resulted in Davis hitting McGee's first pitch into the right-field stands for a three-run homer that gave the Orioles a 7-3 lead.
"That was purely based on [the fact] Wieters had swung the bat so well today, and I thought that Jake could get to Davis there," Maddon said. "I did not envision the homer."
According to Jones, a hitter never wants to be the guy standing in the on-deck circle when the previous batter gets intentionally walked.
"It's like saying, 'All right, we think you're an easier out than this guy.' So you take it upon yourself to go out and get a big knock," Jones said. "And he went out there, first pitch, and tomahawked a 98-mph fastball at his neck. That's C.D."
Davis noted that he felt the Rays were playing matchups in that situation.
"McGee's got a great arm," Davis said. "He throws hard. I was able to get him early, obviously. After throwing four balls right there, I thought that he was going to try to get ahead with a strike, and I just tried to get the barrel to it and he supplied the rest. He's a power guy who throws hard. He's got good stuff."
What made the top of the seventh harder to swallow for the Rays was the fact that they had done so many things well to that point.
Price allowed a two-run homer to Wieters in the first, but he managed to give the Rays five additional scoreless innings. Heading into the bottom of the sixth, Ben Zobrist's solo homer off Orioles starter Jason Hammel had accounted for Tampa Bay's only run. But the Rays' outlook brightened in the sixth, when they employed a small-ball approach.
Kelly Johnson walked to lead off the inning, then took off running with Desmond Jennings at the plate. Jennings slapped a double down the left-field line that allowed Johnson to score.
Sam Fuld bunted Jennings to third to set the table for Zobrist, who flied out to deep center field to score Jennings and give the Rays a 3-2 lead.
Maddon felt good about how the momentum of the game had changed.
"You go to the seventh inning like that, the way that it was lining up, their hitters versus our bullpen," Maddon said. "I kind of liked the whole setup. But they got us. You've got to give them credit, man. They won 93 games for a reason last year, and they got us today. I was talking about [how] their energy's better. They're a good baseball club."
The Rays' defense sparkled throughout the game. Evan Longoria made three highlight-reel gems, and Fuld could claim two -- both diving catches -- but it wasn't enough.
"The defense -- I mean, 'The Longo and Sam Show' today was outstanding," Maddon said. "And even Loney, with the easy pick on the throw by Escobar early in the game. You see how good he is over there. [Ryan] Roberts going to his right -- a lot of good stuff on the defensive side of the ball. ... We played well today, and we did a lot of good things today. They got us in one inning, and that's to their credit."


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LIMERICK - Two of the three people involved in a serious crash Friday, Feb. 8, have been identified as Madeline Maurer and Megan Kugler, according to the Pope John Paul II High School Facebook page.
Maurer and Kugler are both seniors at the high school.
The crash happened on Swamp Pike and Neiffer Road in front of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Church around 2:47 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8 and involved three vehicles.
Maurer was flown by medical helicopter to Reading Hospital. She is in fair condition and still in the intensive care unit, according to the hospital. Kugler and the other driver were uninjured.
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The California State Senate has passed a new resolution in support of naming a Navy ship after gay rights activist Harvey Milk.
Sen. Christine Kehoe of San Diego first brought the resolution to the Senate. Kehoe said Milk was a major influence in state and national politics and on issues of importance to the gay and lesbian community.
Kehoe, who was elected to San Diego's City Council in 1993, was the city's first openly gay elected official.
She was presented with the Harvey Milk Lifetime Leadership Award from the San Diego Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Center, Inc.
In April, U.S. Rep Bob Filner also introduced a similar plan to honor Milk with the naval tribute. Milk served in the U.S. Navy as a lieutenant. Filner sent a letter to Navy Secretary Ray Mabus. So far the Navy hasn't responded.
Another recent honor for the late public servant, San Diego recently unveiled Harvey Milk Street in Hillcrest the day before what would've been Milk's 82nd birthday.
Milk was the first openly gay politician to hold public office when he was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977. He pushed through a gay rights law before he and San Francisco's Mayor George Moscone were shot to death in November 1978.
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NVIDIA CEO: US$199 Tegra 3 Tablets Launching This Summer
NVIDIA's chief executive officer, Jen-Hsun Huang revealed that Tegra 3 tablets coming to the market this summer could cost as little as US$199.
According to The New York Times, Mr. Huang commented that the company is able to put together enough affordable commodity components in the Tegra 3 chips, hence bringing down the overall price of tablets to US$199.
The New York Times - "We took out $150 in build materials, things like expensive memory," he said. "At $199, you can just about buy a tablet at a 7-Eleven."
Mr. Huang also shared his views on the Google Android ecosystem and felt that the platform did not develop the way he had envisioned. However, he felt that Windows 8 tablets could become popular.
The New York Times - "Android hasn't developed as I'd hoped," he said. "For many people, though, work is still the primary reason to have a computer. They want Windows to work well, they want Outlook to work well. A tablet running Windows 8 with Tegra could be very nice."
The relatively new low-cost tablet segment is likely to grow in the coming months as Google is reported to be readying its US$199 Nexus tablet for a launch in June. In addition, Amazon is rumored to be updating its Kindle Fire line-up with 7,9 or 10-inch variants. These developments may push the other Android vendors into a price war in order to stay competitive.


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Rays fall to Indians on Price's rocky outing
ST. PETERSBURG -- The "reverse lock" clicked into place Sunday afternoon at Tropicana Field when Cleveland defeated Tampa Bay, 13-0.
"Yeah, I guess it was [a reverse lock]," Rays manager Joe Maddon said. "Everything was going in our favor, we had the right guy pitching and it just did not want to work out."
In defeat, the Rays finished their six-game homestand at 3-3 as they head off on a 10-game, three-stop road trip.
In baseball vernacular, a reverse lock is in place when the odds of one team winning look so great that the unexpected happens. Sunday's game had such a forecast.
The Indians came into Sunday's game riding a 19-inning scoreless streak. David Price, the reigning Cy Young Award winner, was the starter for the Rays, while Indians starter Justin Masterson carried into the contest a 1-7 record with a 7.74 ERA in 13 career games at Tropicana Field.
Naturally, Masterson did the dealing rather than Price.
Cleveland scored in the second on Drew Stubbs' RBI single to take a 1-0 lead. Price then walked the first two batters he faced in the third before Mark Reynolds homered to center field to give the Indians a 4-0 lead.
"He throws hard, so if you barrel it, it's going to go," Reynolds said. "He's one of the toughest guys to face. He just left a curveball out over [for the first home run]. He's tough, man. My next at-bat he pounded me in 95 on three pitches. You can't do much with that. You always feel good if you come away from a game with a knock against him. He's tough."
Price seemed to regain his footing when he retired the Indians in order in the fourth, but they hung a four spot on Price in the fifth fueled by Lonnie Chisenhall's three-run homer to put the Indians up 8-0.
"Just fighting myself right now," Price said. "And it's tough. As good as I feel out there on the mound right now to go out there and be my own worst enemy. It's a tough thing to do. I've got to get out of my own way and just throw the ball."
Price did not return to pitch the sixth, leaving behind a line that included eight earned runs on 10 hits and three walks.
"It took me a couple of starts last year as well," Price said. "This wasn't very good. I've really thought about it since I came out and I really don't have a positive from today. And that's kind of tough to do. I just have to keep getting better, working hard. It's not due to lack of work or anything like that. This is a very tough game, and they put it to us today. It was very rough."
Reynolds added his fourth home run of the season in the Indians' two-run seventh and Michael Bourn chipped in with a solo shot in the eighth to push the lead to 11-0.
Masterson departed after turning in seven scoreless frames, striking out eight batters and only allowing two hits.
"I thought Masty really showed his colors," Indians manager Terry Francona said. "We needed that today, and I think he felt a responsibility coming in, and from the get-go, he had a two-seamer, four-seamer and he probably had the best breaking ball that I've ever seen him throw."
Ben Zobrist spoke about the difference in the Masterson the Rays saw on Sunday and the one they had seen in the past.
"Maybe just throwing more strikes early in the count," Zobrist said. "I think he worked ahead, and whenever we've hit him well, he's gotten behind in the count. And he didn't do that much today. He really did a great job of throwing strikes. And a guy like him with the movement he has, if he's throwing strikes he's going to be good."
Sunday reaffirmed the old sports cliche about why you must play the games and not just pencil in the winner based on the predicted outcome.
"Again it is the beauty of our game," Maddon said. "It's so unpredictable. Unlike other games, I think this one is the least predictable. It's unfortunate. We did win two out of three against this team and three and three overall. I can't be overly upset about that at all. We played well. Today was just a bad game."


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I came, I saw, I photographed. I asked questions. I listened to what other people were talking about on the show floor. After weighing all of that, here (in no particular order) is the Scrapbook Update list of Top 10 Hot Picks from CHA-Summer 2009.
1. Toy Story 3D Papers by Sandylion
Sandylion has a new line of licensed papers coming out to coincide with the release of the new Toy Story 3D movie later this year. There are two noteworthy things about this line. First, they will be exclusive to local retailers for the first three months. But what makes them really cool is that the papers are designed to appear to be 3D when used with the 3D glasses that will be distributed for viewing the movie. Yet when viewed without the glasses, the papers look perfectly fine. Between the popularity of the Toy Story license, and the 3D gimmick, expect these papers to be extremely popular!
2. Pink Paislee
At each show, there is usually one or two companies that absolutely nail their entire collection. This time, one of those companies was Pink Paislee. Vintage is hot and they interpreted it perfectly for the holidays that buyers were looking for at CHA-Summer (Halloween, Christmas, Valentine's Day). Their embellishments and their papers are both gorgeous, a rare feat in a collection.
3. Provo Craft Cricut Gypsy
The Cricut is the dominant force in the electronic die cutting market, and this new portable gadget (available in October) is causing a lot of buzz. The Gypsy will let Cricut users carry their entire cartridge library with them on one portable device, great for carrying to a friend's house for a crop, and also let them plan and create cuts while they are away from their machine. There is a lot of future potential for functionality in this device. (Watch for a future Scrapbook Update article with details on the Gypsy and its possible future.) Cricut devotees will likely love this new gadget.
For video of the Gypsy in action, check out the Craft Critique YouTube channel.
4. Jillibean Soup Corrugated Alphabet
Corrugated is a popular look with fans of kraft paper, and Jillibean Soup is going to make them very happy with their new kraft Corrugated Alphabet. The alphabet comes in a single lowercase font as a die cut sheet that contains multiples of the most popular letters.
5. Prima
Here's another company at CHA-Summer 2009 that hit a home run with its entire new release. There is something for everyone in the new Prima introductions: bling, pearls, fabric, florals, and papers. There is even a new budget-friendly line called "e." that wholesales for only $.75/pkg. Whether you are vintage or graphic in style, something here will appeal to you.
Check out the Scrapbook Update CHA Giveaway of the Prima e. collection to win your own!
6. Jenni Bowlin Chipboard Buttons
Once again, Jenni Bowlin makes an appearance on the CHA Top 10 Hot Picks list. This time it is for her beautiful (and trend-conscious) chipboard button embellishments. They are simple to use, can lay more flat than real buttons, and the decorative designs on them make them an extra special element on a page, card or tag.
7. Mudd Puddles
Texture is hot. Mudd Puddles are a sand texture suspended in a glue mixture that can be spread on a surface, creating the appearance of the surface being coated in sand when the glue dries. It comes in about a couple dozen colors, mostly natural sand colors but also a few colors like blue and pink. Mudd Puddles created a lot of buzz on the CHA show floor, and at the Supershow on Friday, seemed to be a hit with consumers who were buying it as well.
8. Quickutz Lifestyle Letterpress
Quickutz is selling its latest tool under a new brand name called Lifestyle to broaden the reach of the brand outside the scrapbook market. The Letterpress tool is an accessory for the new Epic 6 die cutting machine which uses ink and embossing folders to print letterpress designs and type on high-quality paper. The company is selling a line of inks and cotton paper as well as the tool and the printing plates. Designs are available to create all sorts of social stationary such as cards, letterhead, invitations, and place cards. After printing, the back of the designs are actually raised off the the paper, just like in traditional letterpress printing.
For video of the Letterpress in action, visit the Craft Critique channel on YouTube.
9. Ali Edwards for Technique Tuesday
This is the only repeat on the hot picks list from CHA-Winter, but it is a well-deserved one. Ali continues to demonstrate that she has a magic touch for usable product design with her new stamp releases from Technique Tuesday at CHA-Summer. Fans of Ali's style (and there are legions of them) will fall in love with this release. I have no doubt that these stamps will be as successful as her earlier efforts for Technique Tuesday have been.
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10. Domestic Goddess by Graphic 45
Kitchen themes and vintage were both big on the CHA-Summer show floor. Graphic 45 combined these beautifully in its Domestic Goddess line. It actually goes beyond just a kitchen theme and includes tributes to other domestic arts practiced by women of the 1930's and 1940's. And like everything Graphic 45, the colors are rich and deep and the designs are true vintage.
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GPE's replenishment for 2018-2020 is raising significant commitments to education from partner countries, current and new donors to ensure that all children and youth are in school and learning
The replenishment campaign for 2018-2020 is an opportunity to raise the funds needed to implement GPE 2020, the partnership's strategic plan, and to increase global education financing to ensure SDG 4 can be met.
Launched in 2016, the Education Commission report generated strong momentum for a more ambitious education agenda. Throughout 2017, strong support from civil society and the influence of individual champions made 2017 a defining year for global education, with GPE's replenishment presenting an opportunity to deliver a substantive outcome.
At the UN General Assembly in September 2017, world leaders gathered at the Financing the Future: Education 2030 event and pledged their support to education, in particular to GPE's replenishment.
On February 1 and 2, 2018, the GPE Financing Conference took place in Dakar, Senegal, co-hosted by Macky Sall, President of Senegal, and Emmanuel Macron, President of France. GPE's Global Ambassador Rihanna was also in attendance. At the event, developing countries pledged US$110 billion for education for 2018-2020. So far, donors have pledged a total of US$2.61 billion to the 3rd GPE replenishment.
View all developing countries and donors' pledges at the Financing Conference


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CHICAGO — Grains futures fell Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade.
Wheat for December delivery fell 18.25 cents to $8.8425 a bushel; December corn fell 1.50 cent to $7.5475 a bushel; December oats slipped 4 cents to $3.6650 a bushel; while November soybeans dropped 40.75 cents to $15.6025 a bushel.
Beef and pork futures rose on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
December live cattle rose 1.42 cent to $1.2612 a pound; November feeder cattle rose 1.27 cent to $1.4562 a pound; while October lean hogs rose 0.40 cent to 77.57 cents a pound.


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Instructs the server to write debugging information to the error
log. The connected user must have the
SUPER privilege.
Zero for success. Nonzero if an error occurred.
Commands were executed in an improper order.
The MySQL server has gone away.
The connection to the server was lost during the query.
An unknown error occurred.