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"John Carter" has taken a frustrating journey to the cineplex. Now, with the film's release right around the corner, Disney has posted a 10-minute clip that takes place almost entirely in Arizona.
Legend has it that the film's title was chosen so as not to turn off boys with the mention of princesses (what happened to princesses being the hot new Hollywood commodity?), or to scare away girls with mentions of Mars. That torturous logic led to a title evocative of nothing to anyone who isn't already a fan of Edgar Rice Burroughs' books.
Now, just days from the film's debut, we get this clip, from a film that has been marketed solely as being about an adventure on Mars, and it takes place in Arizona. Wish we could understand the strategy here.
Still, the buzz out of the premiere was very positive, so we'll see. "John Carter," starring Taylor Kitsch, and directed by Andrew Stanton, opens Friday in IMAX 3D and regular old 3D.


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Ferrari World Abu Dhabi Opens in 100 Days
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 20 July – The countdown has started and in 100 days, at noon on 28 October 2010, the world's first Ferrari theme park, and the largest of its kind, will open its doors to the public. With more than 20 rides and attractions lying beneath the iconic 200,000 m2 red roof, Ferrari World Abu Dhabi will offer guests the time of their lives with the thrill of some of the world's most inventive rides, eye-catching surroundings and a host of attractions that indulge the senses in ways never experienced before.
Some of the state-of-the-art attractions on show include the fantasy world of â€کNello' at Speed of Magic, as the mischievous racing driver leads guests on a fantastic 4-D adventure through deep green jungles to icy caves and ravines. Guests can also go faster than anyone has ever been before on a roller coaster when they ride Formula Rossa, which powers them to 240 kmph in less than five seconds. Discover what only Ferrari owners have before, with a tour through the Maranello factory aboard the Made in Maranello attraction and gain an insight into the making of a Ferrari.
Ferrari World Abu Dhabi will be an intense multi-sensory experience and a must-visit for enthusiasts, fans and families, a celebration of Ferrari's past, present and future. Opening to the public on 28 October 2010, Ferrari World Abu Dhabi is set to be one of the signature features of Yas Island, a 2,500 hectare island dedicated to leisure, entertainment and lifestyle. Ferrari World Abu Dhabi is a world-class development by Aldar Properties PJSC, Abu Dhabi's leading property development, management and investment company and will be managed by Farah Leisure Parks Management LLC, a joint venture between Aldar Properties PJSC and ProFun Management Group Inc., an international leisure facilities management and operating company.

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Correct spelling, punctuation, grammar and pronunciation are the foundations of both written and spoken English. WordBuilder is a virtual, interactive word tutor that makes the process of learning spelling and word definitions both fun and easy. WordBuilder is an invaluable spelling tutor for young children and vocabulary builder for older children and a great tool for learning eleven plus words and 11+ word lists.
WordBuilder is suitable from reception to secondary school and beyond. Words are presented in lists, where students can learn spellings, definitions, antonyms and synonyms all at the click of a button, from a dictionary and thesaurus of choice. It allows students to practise their spelling home work, practise spelling words from past Sats papers and practice for eleven plus exams, all online with instant marking. Words from The National Literacy Strategy lists for schools, covering year 3 to 6 curriculum are also included and personal customised word lists can be created.
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The Lifestyle of a Prophet
"This book is key in cultivating and comprehending the prophetic function in your life within God's purposes…a must-read for the entire Body of Christ." ~ CBM
The Lifestyle of a Prophet by best-selling author and internationally recognized prophet, James W. Goll, is a prophetic teaching structured as a 21-day journal reading guide to equip and aid in discovering, "…the prophetic call of God on your life." Within this guide, one will learn to decipher the voice of God clearly and correctly. As a result, a deeper intimacy and revelation of God will emerge as one learns to stand in faithful surrender to the Lord and to the call on one's life. This is an essential devotional for those that are fully committed to the Lord and His will.
With keen insight and with much scriptural application, the author thereby reveals the calling and lifestyle of a prophet. Readers get a glimpse of the author's experiences and the lives of John (the Beloved), Daniel and Ezekiel as a backdrop that is useful in understanding the prophetic call and gifting. Also included, are many lessons of the valley and mountaintop journeys given to avoid common pitfalls. This 21-day guide gives practical applications with short devotionals and prayers that make for an easy, but useful guide that is culminated from over forty years experience in ministry and the prophetic.
James W. Goll has been a forerunner for God and the prophetic for over forty years. As a prophet, his ministries span the globe as he teaches, imparts and encourages unity in the Body of Christ through life in the Spirit. Originally written in 2001 as The Coming Prophetic Revolution, this book was a little ahead of its time as the author notes and has since been revised, giving fresh insight and wisdom on the subject of the prophetic and the life of a prophet. The harvest is plentiful; this book is a call to all to awake from slumber and to grasp the destiny that is at hand.
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Resetting Your HP iPAQ
You might need to perform a soft reset if your HP iPAQ stops responding. The two types of resets are soft and factory.
Performing a Soft Reset
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The Coast Guard Auxiliary has provided safe boating classes since its beginning in 1939. Their purpose was, and as it are now, to improve safety on coastal and inland waterways for recreational boaters. All totaled, there are 11 different courses for students from 4 years old all the way through adulthood. Subjects range from Boating Fun and Waypoints for up to 12 years, About Boating Safety and Boating or Sailing Skills and Seamanship. The Auxiliary also offers advanced courses in subjects such as Navigating with GPS, How to Read a Nautical Chart and Suddenly in Command for the first mate who might very well find him or herself having to take command in case of an emergency.
The slogan, "Safe Boating is no Accident," encourages every boat skipper to become involved with the safe boating process by enrolling in one of these classes ,but the process does not stop there. Safe boating is a family affair and together the learning process can not only provide the entire crew with valuable information, but become a fun and learning experience for all.
To find out more about any of the 11 safe boating courses go to: http://cgaux.org/boatinged/class_finder/index.php for the nearest Coast Guard Auxiliary Public Education Class.


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SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - February 04, 2013) - Medivation, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDVN) today announced that Kathryn E. Falberg has been elected to the Company's Board of Directors. Ms. Falberg will also serve as chair of the Audit Committee.
"We are delighted to welcome an experienced pharmaceutical executive of Kate's caliber to Medivation's board," said David Hung, M.D., president and chief executive officer of Medivation, Inc. "As prior chief financial officer at Amgen and current chief financial officer at Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Kate brings to our board critical and highly relevant experience successfully leading pharmaceutical companies through periods of rapid growth. Her financial acumen and strategic business and commercial insight will be invaluable additions to our board at a critical time of growth and transformation for Medivation."
"I am honored to join the Medivation Board of Directors at such an exciting time in the company's development," said Ms. Falberg. "I admire Medivation's success in identifying and developing novel therapies that treat diseases with limited therapeutic options and look forward to providing strategic guidance to help further grow its business."
Ms. Falberg currently serves as the executive vice president and chief financial officer of Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc. She also served as its senior vice president and chief financial officer from 2009 to 2012. From 1995 through 2001, Ms. Falberg was with Amgen, Inc., where she served as senior vice president Finance, Strategy and chief financial officer, and before that as vice president, controller and chief accounting officer, and vice president, treasurer. From 2001 through 2009, Ms. Falberg worked with a number of smaller companies while also serving as a corporate director and audit committee chair for several companies. Ms. Falberg received an M.B.A. and B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles and is a Certified Public Accountant. Ms. Falberg currently serves on the board, and is chair of the Audit Committee, of biopharmaceutical company Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.
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Apple posts 'battery fix' iOS update
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Apple last night rolled out iOS 5.0.1, promising that the update flattens bugs that have caused iPhone 4S owners to suffer from rapidly depleting battery syndrome.
The update - available through iTunes, or from the new Software Update entry in iOS' settings app - also makes it easier for Aussies to speak to the 4S' voice assistant, Siri.
And, said Apple, it "resolves bugs with Documents in the Cloud", though this user still has to turn iCloud document syncing off in order to turn it on, if you see what I mean.
More usefully, the update implements a fix for the code-signing glitch that, from iOS 4.3, allowed rogue code to be accessed from Apple-approved apps released through the iTunes App Store.
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Finally, iOS 5.0.1 brings the four-finger swipe gesture for showing and hiding the multi-tasking menu to the original iPad.
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"This is a big announcement for HP, this is a big announcement for the industry," said Bethany Mayer, the general manager of HP's Networking division, during a launch event in midtown Manhattan. HP is the first company to offer SDN technology encompassing network infrastructure, control software and applications, she added.
On the infrastructure side, HP announced that OpenFlow, a networking protocol that lets companies automate how they set up their hardware, is now available on 25 of the company's switches.
The Palo Alto, Calif.-based firm also unveiled its SDN Controller software, which lets users control their broader network infrastructures.
For applications, HP launched its Sentinel Security software which automates access control and provides intrusion prevention security across networks. The company also unveiled its Virtual Cloud Networks software, which lets cloud providers deliver automated cloud services to enterprises.
While OpenFlow support is now available as software upgrade on HP's networking switches, other parts of the company's strategy will be implemented over the coming months. The SDN Controller, for example, will be available worldwide by the second half of 2013, as will the Virtual Cloud Networks application. The Sentinel Security application is already available to select early access customers.
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Even John Hughes films aren't immune to the remake treatment, it seems. As geekdom is practically revered in today's pop culture, it's really a wonder that Hughes' 1985 comedy Weird Science hasn't already been mined for a remake. Better late than never? Some would surely argue that point. "Leave it alone," thirty and forty-somethings will cry. But they may not be heard over the sound of the thudding hearts of those of us anxiously and optimistically hoping that maybe - just maybe - the remake all be good. Because maybe it will.
21 Jump Street turned out to be a winner, right? Deadline says Michael Bacall - who penned the script for the Jump Street feature film (and the planned sequel) - has been tapped to write the screenplay for Universal Pictures' Weird Science remake. In addition to having some experience turning a beloved piece of 80s pop culture into a funny movie with 21 Jump Street, Bacall also knows a thing or two about teenagers unleashed, as he also wrote the script for Project X. With that in mind, I already want to nominate Miles Teller for the role of Wyatt, if not Robert Downey Jr.'s character Ian. Deadline says the plan for the remake is to make an "edgier R-rated comedy in line with 21 Jump Street and The Hangover."
Weird Science starred Anthony Michael Hall and Iian Mitchell-Smith as two outsiders who decide to create the perfect woman using their computers and some Frankenstein-esque techniques. The result is the gorgeous Lisa (Kelly LeBrock), a beautiful, smart, all-around "perfect" woman who guides them out of the geeky roles in which high school has cast them and into more confident adolescents. Bill Paxton plays Wyatt's bullying older brother Chet.
Like much of what John Hughes gave us in the 80s, Weird Science is a beloved classic, so reluctance on the part of its fans is to be expected, but with original producer Joel Silver on board to produce and Bacall set to write the script, I'm choosing to be optimistic that the remake will offer something fun for the next generation and a bit of nostalgia for those of us who grew up loving the original film (and maybe also the 90s series that followed).


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Journalist Dahlia Lithwick, who usually has better things to do with her time (like covering the Supreme Court for the electronic magazine Slate,) recently wandered a bit away from her home territory (or maybe she didn't) with an article in Slate proposing that every living being is either a Chaos Muppet or an Order Muppet. Quoting from Lithwick:
Chaos Muppets are out-of-control, emotional, volatile. They tend toward the blue and fuzzy. They make their way through life in a swirling maelstrom of food crumbs, small flaming objects, and the letter C. Cookie Monster, Ernie, Grover, Gonzo, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and—paradigmatically—Animal, are all Chaos Muppets. Zelda Fitzgerald was a Chaos Muppet. So, I must tell you, is Justice Stephen Breyer.
Order Muppets—and I'm thinking about Bert, Scooter, Sam the Eagle, Kermit the Frog, and the blue guy who is perennially harassed by Grover at restaurants (the Order Muppet Everyman)—tend to be neurotic, highly regimented, averse to surprises and may sport monstrously large eyebrows. They sometimes resent the responsibility of the world weighing on their felt shoulders, but they secretly revel in the knowledge that they keep the show running. Your first grade teacher was probably an Order Muppet. So is Chief Justice John Roberts.
The author then carries out her paradigm like this:
It's not that any one type of Muppet is inherently better than the other. (Order Muppets do seem to attract the ladies, but then Chaos Muppets collect the chicken harems.) It's simply the case that the key to a happy marriage, a well-functioning family, and a productive place of work lies in carefully calibrating the ratio of Chaos Muppets to Order Muppets within any closed system. That, and always letting the Chaos Muppets do the driving.
It's a wonderful article. Click here to read the whole thing.
But now…doesn't your little mind just light up when you apply this typology to things like…
However, this little blog exists to reflect on internship. So, all you interns and supervisors out there take a hard look at yourselves and each other and think about this Chaos-and-Order Muppet business. Is one of you an Ernie and the other a Bert? The Ernies of this world need the Berts and the Berts need the Ernies. You get too many Berts in one place and everything is well-organized and nailed down and the parish records are neatly kept and the communion cards recorded and the confirmation students sit in straight lines and worship is stable and predictable, and after a while it all gets, well, dull. On the other hand, with too many Ernies the service will last 40 minutes some weeks and 80 minutes other weeks, and nobody is quite sure where the Great Seal of the Congregation is kept, but people laugh a lot and now and then something spontaneous happens in worship. You get the point.
You didn't get the point? Well, let me spell it out for you!
Having all Berts (Order Muppets) or all Ernies (Chaos Muppets) is like having a flock of chickens and no roosters! Productivity requires both. Be comfortable being whatever you are, but make sure that you've got a few of your opposites around.
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Ithaca, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State women's soccer team fell, 2-1, at eighth-ranked Ithaca College on Sunday afternoon. The Rams are now 5-6 on the season, while the Bombers improved to 8-1.
Ithaca jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the sixth minute as senior forward Jackie Rodabaugh (Mill Hall, Penn.) scored off the feed from Ellyn Grant-Keane (Lansing, N.Y.). The Rams outshot Ithaca 7-6 and held a 6-2 corner kick advantage in the first half.
With 28:12 remaining in the second half, Ithaca increased their advantage to 2-0 on an unassisted goal by senior defender Anna Gray (Bethlehem, N.Y.). Farmingdale State freshman midfielder Amanda Khare (Deer Park, N.Y.) scored late but the Rams fell, 2-1.
Freshman goalkeeper Ashley Monzillo (Medford, N.Y.) had five saves in the loss.
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"What a strange meeting! What a strange meeting!" he exclaimed aloud.
Yü-ts'un speedily looked at him, (and remembered) that this person had, in past days, carried on business in a curio establishment in the capital, and that his surname was Leng and his style Tzu-hsing.
A mutual friendship had existed between them during their sojourn, in days of yore, in the capital; and as Yü-ts'un had entertained the highest opinion of Leng Tzu-hsing, as being a man of action and of great abilities, while this Leng Tzu-hsing, on the other hand, borrowed of the reputation of refinement enjoyed by Yü-ts'un, the two had consequently all along lived in perfect harmony and companionship.
"When did you get here?" Yü-ts'un eagerly inquired also smilingly. "I wasn't in the least aware of your arrival. This unexpected meeting is positively a strange piece of good fortune."
"I went home," Tzu-hsing replied, "about the close of last year, but now as I am again bound to the capital, I passed through here on my way to look up a friend of mine and talk some matters over. He had the kindness to press me to stay with him for a couple of days longer, and as I after all have no urgent business to attend to, I am tarrying a few days, but purpose starting about the middle of the moon. My friend is busy to-day, so I roamed listlessly as far as here, never dreaming of such a fortunate meeting."
While speaking, he made Yü-ts'un sit down at the same table, and ordered a fresh supply of wine and eatables; and as the two friends chatted of one thing and another, they slowly sipped their wine.
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UK legislator pans no-guitar prison policy
LONDON (AP) — A guitar-loving British legislator has challenged a policy that he says makes it impossible for prisoners to play steel-stringed or electric guitars.
The Labour Party's Kevin Brennan Tuesday cited singers Johnny Cash and Billy Bragg as people who helped bring music into prisons for rehabilitative purposes.
He said government policy was making it more difficult for prisoners to develop their musical skills.
Prisons Minister Jeremy Wright said he wants prisoners to be able to play guitars solo or in groups but that "some restrictions" had to be imposed.
There are fears that steel strings could be used as weapons.
Wright said he would review regulations to make sure they are appropriate.
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Darrius Heyward-Bey likes a challenge. Or perhaps more appropriately, he enjoys being challenged.
From adolescence to McDonogh to Maryland, Heyward-Bey has encountered doubts and at each turn, he has overcome those obstacles.
Now a starting wide receiver for the Oakland Raiders, who will visit M&T Bank Stadium on Sunday to meet the Ravens, Heyward-Bey can look back at those challenges and credit them for aiding his development.
"It's just my personality. I've always been that way," he said Wednesday night after a Raiders practice. "My whole life, people have told me that I can't do this or I can't do that or it's too hard to do. I don't go in trying to prove them wrong, but I just want to prove to myself that I can do those things. I put all the work in and do everything that is necessary to do to make things happen for me in a positive way."
Growing up in a one-bedroom apartment in Silver Spring with his mother, Vivian, Heyward-Bey watched television and concluded that the people on the screen were the ones who achieved success. Desiring a similar path, Heyward-Bey worked hard enough to earn a basketball scholarship to McDonogh in Owings Mills.
He joined the football team his freshman year and spent another season on the junior-varsity squad. That's when coach Dom Damico issued his first challenge to Heyward-Bey.
"Coach Damico, he pretty much told me that I wasn't good enough to play varsity," Heyward-Bey recalled with a chuckle. "I just remember that sticking in my mind and I just really wanted to prove to myself that I can because all my friends were on varsity. That was the first time that I can remember where it came to football and I challenged myself."
Damico, who still coaches McDonogh and also taught Heyward-Bey in his psychology class, said the coaches instantly recognized the young receiver's raw skills, but also noted some problem areas.
"He kind of had trouble with hand-eye coordination and spatial skills, like adjusting to the ball and stuff," Damico said. "So I challenged him, and said, 'Hey, Darrius, you can run fast and you've got a great body, but you can't catch.' He would catch 100 balls after practice to become better at it. In track and field, if you told him that his starts were terrible, he'd stay out there for three hours to try to get his starts right. … He's willing to work hard, and we're still seeing that every day."
Heyward-Bey caught the attention of Terps coach Ralph Friedgen, who saw a still-developing talent. And like Damico, Friedgen, who was dismissed by the university after the 2010 season, challenged Heyward-Bey.
"One of the biggest problems he had — he said this a couple times — was he wasn't running his routes full speed because he was thinking," Friedgen said. "I told him, 'You've got this speed, but unless you learn how to run routes full speed, you're never going to be able to use that. You might as well go out for track.' He was taken aback when I said that. My thinking was, he's got a gun, and he's got to be able to pull the trigger. He's got to make that defensive back think that he's going to run past him every single time and then run the routes off of that. That took some work to do, but he finally got it the last two years he was here."
Heyward-Bey left the Terps after his junior year with Friedgen's blessing. A time of 4.3 seconds in the 40-yard dash at the NFL combine convinced Oakland to select Heyward-Bey with the seventh overall pick in the 2009 draft.
After a slow start in his rookie year when he caught just nine passes for 124 yards and a touchdown despite 11 starts, Heyward-Bey has been steadily building on that foundation, finishing last season as the team's top receiving threat with 64 receptions for 975 yards and four touchdowns.
"The beginning of my career was definitely hard, not the way I wanted it to start," he said. "But in life, things don't always start the way you want them to start. I just continued to work at it and I just focused on being consistent week in and week out and year in and year out, and I've just steadily improved."
Heyward-Bey is tied for second on the Raiders in touchdown catches (two), third in yards (289) and fifth in receptions (19). He appears to be ceding ground to teammate Denarius Moore (first in yards and touchdowns) as quarterback Carson Palmer's favorite target, but Oakland coach Dennis Allen said he's still eager to chart Heyward-Bey's progress.
"I think he's on the progression, and I think his deal is just keep getting better every day and keep getting better every week, and then next thing you know you've gotten better for the whole year," Allen said. "So I think that's really what the progression is, and not worry about the end results, just worry about the process of getting better every day."


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Rock Band 3 added two new features: song ratings and recommendations. The song ratings, as far as I know, just change the likelihood of songs showing up. The recommendations, as far as I know, are the same for every user.
I was curious if RB3 uses these for collaborative filtering - in the same way that when you rate movies on Netflix it gives you different movie recommendations. Does anyone know if this is the case?


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Hi Steph,
I'm a beginner as well, just started playing and would love to find someone to hit the ball around with a few nights a week! I'm late 20's, female, also not in the best shape, but I can keep up my end of the court. Let me know if you want to get together! One thing though, I don't have a car so I would prefer to keep it close to my house in south berkeley (near ashby bart).
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BALTIMORE – UMBC women's soccer opens its first conference tournament as the No. 1 seed and will look for its first-ever victory in the America East Championship when it hosts No. 4 Hartford on Sunday, Nov. 3 at Retriever Soccer Park. The action starts at 1 p.m., and can be seen live on UMBCRetrievers.tv. The first 200 students in attendance will receive free admission.
The Retrievers (11-5-2, 6-2-0 AE) clinched a share of their first-ever regular-season title last Sunday, matching the program's highest win total with a 2-1 victory against New Hampshire. UMBC's turnaround over the past year ranked third in Division I, with only UAB and Cornell posting a higher winning percentage differential. The turnaround also marked the league's biggest improvement, going from last in the conference in 2012 to first in 2013.
UMBC posted its highest scoring output since 2005 and ranked third in the league with 26 goals. America East All-Conference First Team selection and the league's Fans' Choice Player of the Year Alexa Quaranta (Baltimore, Md./Perry Hall) pilots the squad with seven goals and 15 points, while AEC Co-Midfielder of the Year Jessy Brown (Plantation, Fla./American Heritage) enjoyed a breakout year with five of her six goals representing game-winners.
The Retrievers' backline continued to show improvements in 2013, dropping its goal allowance down to 19 scores this season, compared to 41 goals allowed in 2011 and 26 allowed in 2012. Sophomore back Amira Walcott (Beltsville, Md./Eleanor Roosevelt) and sophomore goalkeeper Lauren Kadet (Oakville, Ontario/St. Thomas Aquinas) earned America East Second Team honors for their efforts on the season. Kadet, the program's all-time saves leader, enters Sunday's contest with 71 stops on the year and 379 in her career.
Despite falling behind early, Hartford (11-5-3, 5-3-0 AE) defeated No. 5 Vermont, 2-1, on Thursday in quarterfinal action. The Hawks used freshman back Caitlin Smallfield and Co-Midfielder of the Year Stephanie Santos' first goals of the season to get past the Catamounts. Santos added an assist, her eighth of the season, for three points on the night.
Striker of the Year Chanel Johnson leads the squad with nine goals and three assists on the year to rank second in the league in both scores and points (21). Senior forward Natasha Douglas is chipping in five goals and two assists.
Hartford placed three freshmen on the All-Rookie team, including Smallfield and first-year goalkeeper Jessica Jurg. Jurg ranks first in the league in goals per game (0.65) and shutouts (eight). The rookie is making 3.33 saves per game.
UMBC used a pair of goals over the final 3:25 to defeat Hartford on Thursday, Oct. 24. Johnson put the Hawks out in front in the 83rd minute of Hartford's regular season finale. Brown headed in a corner kick from junior back Melissa Hummel (Downingtown, Pa./Downingtown East) for the equalizer and with 1:00 remaining, freshman forward Amanda Dailey (Howell, N.J./Freehold Township/Monmouth) completed the come-from-behind victory by gathering a cross from junior back Morgan Taylor (Severna Park, Md./Severna Park) and taping home the score. The victory brought UMBC's all-time record against the Hawks to 3-9-0 and marked the Retrievers' first win against Hartford since 2009.
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-UMBC has had six 11-win seasons in its 26 year existence, but has never surpassed 11 victories in a season. The Retrievers last 11-win season was in 2001.
-The black and gold enters its third America East Championship (2003 & 2005). The Retrievers have never won an America East Championship game and are 8-9 at advancing in conference tournament games.
-UMBC has never won a conference tournament title, but has made it to the championship game four times.
-The Retrievers have never taken on Hartford in postseason play.
-The head of the America East's Coaching Staff of the Year Leslie Wray makes her first appearance in America East Championship since 2001 when she was at the helm of Towson.
-The Retrievers received two major AEC postseason awards for the first time since joining the conference. UMBC finished with six different student-athletes being honored for nine awards, the Retrievers most in program history.
-UMBC has never hosted an America East Championship women's soccer contest.
-Alexa Quaranta and Melissa Hummel each have a chance to make their way into the Retrievers' single-season record book. Quaranta is one shot shy of entering the top-10 in shots, while Hummel is one helper away from entering the top-10 in assists.


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- Firstly, ... HE'S AMAZING!
Secondly, He's giving away a MILLION DOLLARS!!!
Thirdly...He showed us some neat-o tricks on TV and how to do them!
Fourth.. He's cool!, He's got his mug on a CapitolOne Platinum Visa, and, he gets some payola when I use my Randi-brand magic money. (no tricks I hope )
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The former all-male Infantry Training Battalion East issued its first combat load to 15 female Marines to research gender integration in combat specialties.
The former all-male Infantry Training Battalion East issued its first combat load to 15 female Marines to research gender integration in combat specialties.
The Marine Corps announced Wednesday the arrival of 19 females to the battalion. Of that group, four have voluntarily withdrawn. The group will train with Delta Company. It is the first of 17 groups to train at the battalion in the next year. The Corps� goal is for at least 300 females to attend through August 2014.
In January, former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta overturned a policy prohibiting females in combat specialties. Panetta�s decision mandates full integration by 2016.
Leon Pappa, the lead investigator overseeing research for the Marine Corps� training and education command at Headquarters Marine Corps, said females will endure 59 days of basic rifleman and infantryman instruction, during a media telephone interview Wednesday.
�There will be no standards changed for this research,� he added.
Infantry Training Battalion has five training companies and is among three schools making up the School of Infantry East, which trains 17,600 students annually. ITB trains infantry and Marine Combat Training Battalion trains non-infantry Marines. The Advanced Infantry Training Battalion trains Marine leaders in advanced infantry tactics.
During recruit training at Parris Island, S.C., 114 females were screened with fitness test scores. Of the 42 qualified females, 19 volunteered.
�Volunteers not meeting the standards will receive the same remediation as their male counterparts,� Pappa said. �A volunteer may recycle to a follow-on company no more than once to complete the � periods of instruction.�
At Parris Island, the females learn they can withdraw any time without penalty. By Day 29 of training, females must pass the curriculum or they are sent to MCT. Students must maintain an 80-percent average to graduate.
The female graduates will earn the infantry designation, but won't operate in the Corps as part of the infantry, Pappa said.
The results are due for the Commandant of the Marine Corps' review by October 2014.
Each female, regardless of completion, will be given an exit survey analyzing injuries, medical issues, academics and more, said Pappa.
�Females will be subject alongside the males to a physical and medical pre-screening as well as weekly physical checks to ensure they are not hiding injuries (during training),� Pappa said. �We�ve also inserted reconfirmation briefs where essentially we will sit down face-to-face with the volunteers at different points during the ITB training to reconfirm their volunteer status.�
The confirmation briefs, Pappa said, will be �subtle� and without �excess scrutiny� on the female Marines.
�The reason we want to reconfirm them is because ... attitudes do change,� Pappa said. �Males are not given that opportunity because this is their military occupational specialty assignment.�
Data collectors are embedded with the training company to track volunteers. Three female combat instructors from MCT have been assigned to mentor and advise the ITB staff. A senior enlisted female Marine will advise the command and assist the three combat instructors, according to Pappa.
Female Marines will not be segregated during training, but will be housed separately from the males in the barracks. In the field, the Marines will berth together but will not share tents, Pappa said.
The training marks the first phase of the integration, which consists of preparation, research and evaluation. Phase 2 will set conditions for implementation during Phase 3.
Contact Daily News Military Reporter Thomas Brennan at 910-219-8453 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @ thomasjbrennan.


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Sofia Vergara concedes her curves have helped "a lot" with her career, but says she still faces a daily struggle before getting out the door.
"I'm a 34 DD. It's hard to dress. No matter what I wear, I look like a stripper," the star of ABC's Emmy-winning comedy "Modern Family" tells Self magazine for its October issue.
Vergara, 38, says she's "always felt sexy" but it took her a long time to accept her figure, according to excerpts of the interview published by Usmagazine.com and the New York Daily News.
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"When I was 13, I got these ridiculous boobs," Vergara says. "I wanted surgery. I told my mom, 'As soon as I'm older, please take these boobs away.' She said, 'Sofia, shut up. When you're 18, it will be different.'"
Indeed, Vergara says she is now "grateful I have them, and honestly, they've helped me a lot in my career."
As a natural blonde, Vergara said her hair was not always as prized an asset during her early auditions.
"It was ignorance: They thought every Latin person looks like Salma Hayek," Vergara says. "The moment I dyed my hair dark, it was, 'Oh, she's the hot Latin girl.' I loved it I'd always felt a little 'too much' as a blonde, like a big-mouth version of Pamela Anderson. Being brunette toned me down a bit."
Even with the dyed hair, Vergara says her background and body type limit the types of roles she can take on.
"I mean, I cannot play a scientist. I know who I am. I know how I look," she says. "I know how I sound. I'm not going to tell my agent, 'Book me for 'Schindler's List 2.'"
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International intrigue with a local angle and author
Midnight in Moscow opens with a scene with immediate familiarity for local readers: a news story featuring a car set ablaze at a BWI parking lot. Then a young Russian American woman is found murdered along the C&O Canal. From there it's a short hop to Annapolis and the main character, Emily Cowan, a sassy sleuth of a certain age who globetrots from western Maryland to Germany, Russia and the Near East.
Midnight is Book Two of author M.D. Johnson's ISIS Project, following 2006's Circle Around the Sun, which featured many of the same characters. Both are self-published by Mill City Press.
Cowan, the energetic heroine, shares Johnson's cheeky, dry humor.
This time, Cowan untangles a web of organized crime involving international slave trafficking, arms dealing and encrypted folksongs.
Author Johnson knows those three subjects better than most. An Annapolis-based investigational researcher and music critic with European and Mediterranean roots, she is a noted lecturer on Middle Eastern affairs and women in terrorism. In both books, she spins her knowledge into a suspenseful tale of international intrigue.
At 330 pages, Midnight is both a heavy and a light read. It's heavy because of the topic and the richly detailed plot line that requires careful attention to details. It's light in Cowan's humorous manner of managing all the craziness around her. Chapters average about five pages long, perfect for bedtime and commuter reading.
Johnson has said that she wrote this book to help stop the trafficking of women into slavery, yet this is not just smart chick-lit. With cutting-edge analysis of the current political climate and numerous references to the pop culture of the 1970s, this action-packed mystery has appeal for men and women of all ages.
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As everyone knows, the presidential contests started early this round. But how much attention are the races getting from ordinary people (i.e. not us junkies here.) The debates have had small audiences, but news coverage is quite substantial. How much attention are voters paying?
The Pew Center has asked a consistent question on attention to the campaign going back to 1988. Their question:
As I read a list of some stories covered by news organizations this past week, tell me if you happened to follow each news story very closely, fairly closely, not too closely, or not at all closely. News about candidates for the 2008 presidential election?Looking at those saying they are following the news about the campaign "very closely" we find the pattern in the figure above. Around 20% of the sample of adults say they are paying this much attention to news about the election. On the one hand, that means many are not. On the other, no previous election for which we have polling this early comes close to that 20% figure. The three previous races with any polling as early as this found 10-15% paying "very" close attention to the campaign. Only about 10 months before election day, or about the start of the primaries and caucuses, do we typically see interest move up to high levels, varying from about 18-35% over the various election years.
So this year's level of interest looks quite high, compared to previous years about this time, but at an absolute level, it remains only a fifth of adults who are glued to campaign news.
If we add "very closely" with "fairly closely", the current interest is 53%, a substantial increase, but the pattern in the plot is unchanged-- 2007 stands above any previous year, but the final attention by the general election rises to over 90% when using this combined measure, so 53% now is certain to rise to near 100% by November 2008. So either analysis says current attention is well above the norm, but still has a lot of room for increase.
The most interesting races have, oddly enough, involved incumbents named Bush. The 1992 three way race and the 2004 contest provoked the greatest attention from the Pew samples. Curiously the closest of all contests, 2000, had the second lowest final attention measure of the five completed races in the plot.
Comparing attention today with past races, we appear about 5-6 months ahead of attention in previous cycles. The 20-25% paying high attention now is usually reached around January of the election year. One interesting question is how much, and how soon, attention will grow. Perhaps we are starting high this cycle, but will converge to the range of previous cycles by January. Or perhaps we'll remain above past races through November 2008. Wait and see.
The one constituency that is certainly paying more attention earlier is pollsters. At this point in the 2004 cycle, there had been 53 national nomination polls. As of July 22 this year, we had 109, more than double the previous pace.
In part this is because we started earlier this year:
The earliest consistent polling on the 2004 race began after November 2002. (I may have missed a handful of earlier polling, but certainly not a great many.) In contrast, regular polling on 2008 began immediately after November 2004. The density of polls in 2005 and especially 2006 was substantially above comparable levels in 2002-03.
However, once the contest ramped up, the rate of new polls has been quite similar between the two years. When the blue line for 2008 turns sharply up, it runs in parallel to the 2004 polling. Clearly 2008 will ultimately far outstrip 2004, but for now we are seeing comparable rates of polling, just shifted back in time.
The shift is the equivalent of six months in the campaign schedule. If I shift the 2004 data back by exactly 6 months, the result is a near perfect match, seen below (again, after the longer run up in 2004-2006).
So for those of us obsessed with campaigns and public opinion, this is great news-- the most studied race in history in going on right now, and we have box seats.


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Quarterly (February, May, August, November) at 11:30 a.m., fifth floor of the Bellefonte Center, 1000 Ashland Drive, Russell, Kentucky.
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Scholarship deadline extended
LONDON – Operation UNITE has extended the deadline for seniors to apply for "I Am UNITE" scholarships to Friday, April 8. "The initial deadline was March 31, but with the number of school closings due to weather and sickness we wanted to make sure students had an opportunity to submit an application," explained Debbie L. Trusty, UNITE's Education and Treatment Director. Application...Read More
Support UNITE on #GivingTuesday
Operation UNITE is one of hundreds of nonprofit organizations across Kentucky participating in the third annual Kentucky Gives online fundraising event on Tuesday, December 1. UNITE's focus for this year's Kentucky Gives event is to raise funds for youth prevention and education initiatives – specifically Camp UNITE, school anti-drug UNITE Clubs, and the "On The Move!" mobile education...Read More
Regional coalition roundtables held
A total of 162 people attended six regional roundtables for representatives of UNITE Community Coalitions during October 2015. The roundtables were conducted in London, Somerset, Beattyville, Grayson, Prestonsburg and Hazard. To view photos from the roundtables click on name of the city. The roundtables were designed to let coalitions – many of which have new officers and members –...Read More
Personal stories of 'hope in action'
WILLIAMSBURG – Throughout the week, participants in the 9th annual Camp UNITE engaged in fun activities designed to develop leadership and communication skills, promote teamwork and problem solving, instill confidence and trust, and let youth know they do not have to face difficult situations on their own. The underlying theme to camp – there is "Hope In Action" by remaining free from...Read More
Service Corps funded for 2015-16
LONDON – The UNITE Service Corps has received funding for 44 AmeriCorps members to provide math tutoring and substance abuse prevention education during the 2015-16 school year. The $543,400 grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) will enable UNITE to place AmeriCorps members at elementary schools in Bell, Breathitt, Harlan, Johnson, Knott, Laurel, Leslie, Owsley,...Read More


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Is "Seduced and Abandoned" legit? Although it bears the imprimatur of HBO's parody-averse documentary division, much of the film (airing Monday night) feels somewhat akin to the work of Christopher Guest or perhaps that of a couple of very well-connected Borats.
The productively nutso film director James Toback and the predictably talky actor Alec Baldwin are in cahoots here, jetting off with a camera crew to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. They've come to pitch deep-pocketed investors on a movie idea they call "Last Tango in Tikrit," in homage to Bernardo Bertolucci's 1972 film "Last Tango in Paris," only with the Iraq war as a backdrop and with Baldwin playing the Marlon Brando role. They want to see if they can convince anyone to give them tens of millions of dollars to make it happen.
If it's even partly a put-on, "Seduced and Abandoned" is nevertheless a fun, larky travel essay and commentary on the film biz, an exquisite wallow in the most rarefied sort of first-world problems. By following Toback and Baldwin on this half-cocked notion, we get to see what Cannes looks like from the A-list viewpoint, along with a history of what the film festivalused to be juxtaposed with the publicity circus it's become. (Baldwin reveals early on that not only has he never been to Cannes, he's never been to the French Riviera before this.)
In a playful act of sabotage, Toback is initially set on '90s TV ingenue Neve Campbell to star opposite Baldwin (the two men are seen wooing Campbell and essentially promising her the role before they leave for France), but, to no one's surprise, the investors aren't thrilled with her marquee value. And while everyone's being honest, they aren't exactly thrilled with Baldwin's, either, at least not in a sexually charged feature film.
So Toback and Baldwin dig in for long sessions of schmoozing, gabbing, noshing. They meet up with Martin Scorsese, Roman Polanski, Mike Medavoy, Jeffrey Katzenberg and Francis Ford Coppola, among others. To a person, these luminaries are all willing to have a serious conversation about the filmmaking craft, but the more earnestly they talk, the more it seems like they're the victims of a prank.
Things get more awkward when Toback and Baldwin make their pitches to younger, hotter movie actors to see if they might like to star in "Last Tango in Tikrit." In media-day mode, Jessica Chastain takes time for a confused, if effusive, quickie conversation about her approach to acting, while an unflappable Ryan Gosling seems to get the meta-joke exactly, if there's a joke here to be had.
There are a lot of jokes to be had. Toback and Baldwin are well-practiced at riffs and ironic attempts at self-deprecation, even aboard yachts.
No one loves to hear the sound of his own voice more than Alec Baldwin, and no one should love to hear the sound of his own voice more than Alec Baldwin. While he lays on the charm and fritters away a mere fraction of his celebrity capital (what's in your wallet?), it's up to Toback to ditch good manners and ask directly for cash commitments. At 95 minutes in length, "Seduced and Abandoned" stretches the limits of how fascinating it is to watch actors, directors and billionaires blow smoke up one another's derrieres, but this is Cannes, where everyone expects it.
I remain unconvinced that the pair was trying to make any movie besides this spoofy documentary. But stripped down to its essential message, "Seduced and Abandoned" is a futile open letter to Hollywood and a fancy way of expressing the heartbreak we all encounter in our chosen professions — Toback and Baldwin just happened to choose the film industry, which, as Baldwin repeatedly says, is especially crushing.
"You are seduced and abandoned over and over again," he tells one journalist.
Such verite moments abound: While Toback and Baldwin beg for money, they also give interviews to the foreign media, creating a mood of crossed wires and lost translations. Nobody quite understands anybody else's enthusiasm for the magic that may potentially lurk in a movie deal, but everyone understands the letdown.
(95 minutes) airs Monday at 9 p.m.
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Central bankers like Alan Greenspan seem to think central bankers can be trusted to act with restraint. That's a risky plan, especially given that true and reliable constraints could be put on the money supply by adopting commodity money.
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As they did with Trump, the media categorizes Brazil's Bolsonaro as a "hateful" candidate, but it never tries to take a serious look at how Brazilians have suffered under leftist regimes.
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Stamper Sold on Three-Phase Mid-Frequency Resistance Welding
Although three-phase mid-frequency direct current (MFDC) inverter-type technology is fast becoming the norm when purchasing new resistance-welding machines, converting existing single-phase resistance-welding machines to MFDC technology has been relatively slow to take hold. However, savings in cycle time, consumables and power usage can combine for a successful and cost-effective conversion of older equipment, as evidenced by Metrican Stamping Corp., Dickson, TN.
Blinking Lights, Grunting Machine
Despite being connected to a large primary electrical service, the aging single-phase welding machine grunted and lights blinked when it fired. In addition, weld quality was not consistent and electrode life short. Excessive weld times were necessary to compensate for the borderline welding amperage available from the machine. As a result, brazed-on Elkonite tips (tungsten-copper alloys from CMW Inc.) of the welding electrodes sometimes fell off.
The problem finally came to the forefront when compressors in the office air-conditioning system began to fail, and the company attributed the breakdowns to the voltage drop occurring every time the welding machine fired.
In November of 2009, the plant's maintenance team leader Dene Spann and general manager Terry Judy decided to convert the machine to MFDC technology, based on these perceived benefits:
• Energy savings;
• Balanced three-phase primary draw;
• Improved power factor;
• Lower secondary-loop inductive losses;
• More accurate weld-feedback capability; and
• Reduced weld expulsion.
Emerging Technology
While relatively low-cost single phase AC resistance welders remain more common than MFDC inverter technology in U.S. plants, and conventional single-phase transformers and controls can be more robust in some applications, the added efficiency of using three-phase mid-frequency DC current can be dramatic. In addition, a metalformer applying MFDC technology to a new installation can realize significant savings over the cost of installing utilities to serve single-phase machines, since smaller three-phase electrical switches and wiring can be used.
Although the MFDC transformer is rated at 320 KVA, it's physically smaller and lighter than the 150-KVA single phase-transformer it replaced, yet produces more secondary amps at a lower primary draw.
The purchase of a centralized, self-contained water chiller to cool the machine—and several others in the plant—also contributed to the success of the project. MFDC transformers and controls are more susceptible to failure due to low water-flow rates and excessive KVA demand.
Economies of Scale Support Quick ROI
Although significantly more expensive than comparable single-phase AC resistance-welding components, prices of transformers and controls used in MFDC welding machines have dropped somewhat, due to economies of scale. RoMan Manufacturing's Don DeCorte, vice president of sales and marketing, reports that MFDC power supplies represent more than 60 percent of its welding sales, confirming that the multiple advantages of MFDC systems are offsetting higher costs. In addition, DeCorte reports that some local utility companies offer financial incentives if customers install the electrically efficient MFDC units.
Metrican Stamping personnel carefully documented the before-and-after variables of the conversion, and the results are impressive.
With the previous AC welding system, electrodes were only good for about 40,000 welds; the new MFDC system enables the machine to run 200,000 welds prior to an electrode change (although just to be conservative, operators change electrodes after 150,000 welds).
The facility was able to replace the Elkonite-faced upper electrodes with less-costly Class 3 copper, and life of the copper lower-electrode bases and locating pins increased from two months to nine months. Annual expenditures for consumables dropped by more than $10,700 due to the lower initial cost of the electrodes and increased life.
MFDC technology, which delivers more energy to the welds, allowed the machine's cycle time to be reduced from 9.5 sec. to 7.5 sec., increasing production rate by 101 parts/hr. Weld quality has greatly improved as well, with welds of the 7⁄16-in.-dia. ring projection rarely failing the 5800-lb. destructive test. The machine's primary current draw has dropped to an average of only 300 A/weld.
Following the retrofit, Metrican Stamping's welding machine has produced more than 2.4 million parts, and more productivity-improving moves are on the . To further increase production of the seat component, Metrican plans to add another rotary-dial index welding machine, equipped to weld both nuts simultaneously without a gun shift.This time, the machine will include modern MFDC resistance-welding technology from day one. MF
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Recently, ESPN ran a nice story on The Protectors, the comic project I'm doing with Chicago Bears defensive end Israel Idonije and his Athleta Comics imprint. The story showcased a new image (seen below) by series artist Bart Sears, and included some quotes from Israel, including this one:
"I wouldn't necessarily say superheroes are athletes but whether they like it or not, athletes are heroes. To have the platform that you have, people look up to you and watch the things that you say. Because of that, there's a certain level of influence. In that sense, as an athlete, you have the potential and the ability to be a hero."
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PARIS -- Puffy clouds, naked derrieres and Van Eyck paintings. Those were just a few of the images inside the cryptic inspiration scrapbooks placed at each seat for the Celine fall 2013 collection that designer Phoebe Philo presented Sunday afternoon during Paris Fashion Week. The message? Celine was softening up. In other words, exit the too-cool-for-school tomboy and enter the lady.
The look: Womanly tailoring. Dressed up. Peaches-and-cream shades with green and navy blue mixed in. An emphasis on soft textures, such as on a white-and-black tufted cream coat. Flouncy skirts and funnel-neck tops with delicate necklaces incorporated into the collars. Coats with rounded shapes, some with sleeves that tied in front, "hugging" the shoulders. Plaid jackets, coats and dresses with the plasticky look of inexpensive grocery bags. A mink dress with tulip-shaped skirt (a cheeky follow-up to spring's humorous fur pumps and fur-lined Birkenstock-like sandals, no doubt). And how neat that the soft clutch bags models held close were made of the same fabrics as the clothes themselves.
The verdict: A romantic turn for Philo's minimal chic, but done with such conviction, it was impossible not to be seduced.
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Kifaru OTW BagPosted in EQUIPMENT, Kifaru, MANUFACTURER SECTIONS, Packs on November 25th, 2010 by M M
The Kifaru OTW (Outside The Wire) is a "Go Bag" intended primarily for military and law enforcement personnel who might need a bag for fighting out of on the move. A prototype debuted at the 2010 SHOT show and after months of input and testing from guys in the field, it was finally introduced. Unlike other 'go bags' currently offered, the OTW has no zippered openings or flaps to deal with. One-handed opening and closing feature allows the user to have instant access to the main compartment's contents.


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We're developing a custom SharePoint web part that will allow our internal corporate users to vote up/down items. for various reasons, we do not have access to a database to store the voting data. Our current plan is to use a custom list to store the data. We're not expecting huge traffic but this list could easily hold hundreds of list items.
We're accessing the list using jQuery and SPServices and then building the page on load.
Does anyone have any experience using lists in such a way and what are the potential gotchas that we should be aware of with regards to performance, list size limitations, etc...?