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Against anyone else, it would have seemed preposterous when the 12-year-old boy's hand reached into the field of play to change the course of the Orioles' 1996 playoff run.
Against the New York Yankees? Jeffrey Maier was just another chapter in a long story.
The Yankees have almost always been the measuring stick for their divisional rivals 200 miles down Interstate 95. And pardon Orioles fans if they've always felt the game was a little bit rigged, whether by baseball economics or by the dark magic of an adolescent fan.
The Bronx Bombers of Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris were still the big boys on the block when the Orioles first got good in the early 1960s. And after decades of the teams sparring as something more like equals, the Yankees resumed their place atop the sport in the late 1990s, becoming an unreachable target for the bottom-dwellers from Baltimore over the last 15 years.
It seems right then, that if the Orioles are to author a truly remarkable 2012, they must go through their white — make that pinstriped — whale in the American League Divisional Series, scheduled to begin Sunday evening at Camden Yards.
"Every base hit I ever had in Yankee Stadium, every game we won there was special," said Boog Powell, a star of the first Orioles teams to challenge the Yankees' dominance of the American League. "If you beat them, you really felt you had accomplished something, because you beat the big, bad boys."
This year's Orioles are less straightforward about any extra desire to beat the Yankees.
"I don't care who we've got to go through," center fielder Adam Jones said. "If my mom is on the other team, we gotta go through her. At this point in time, I don't care who's in another jersey. I'm like a bull. I see red at this point."
View from both sides
It's an incestuous rivalry in many ways. The greatest Yankee of all, Babe Ruth, is also the greatest athlete ever to hail from Baltimore. In 1976, the Orioles helped set up their last championship season by pillaging Rick Dempsey, Tippy Martinez and Scott McGregor from the Yankees in a 10-player deal. After the 2000 season, the Yankees helped put a nail in the Orioles' franchise coffin by giving ace pitcher Mike Mussina $88.5 million to switch teams.
Then there's Buck Showalter, the manager who has guided the Orioles' miraculous return to respectability, and also the one who steered the Yankees out of their last franchise downturn in the early 1990s.
But calling it a rivalry at all probably rings false for New Yorkers, who haven't had to regard the Orioles as a serious threat since Bill Clinton was president.
Pail Blair, who played on both teams, said the rivalry always flowed more from the Baltimore side than the New York side. "Everybody measured themselves against the Yanks," he said. "If you wanted to be the best, you had to beat the best."
Even when the Orioles were great, Blair said, the Boston Red Sox were the Yankees' mortal rival.
"This year is the first time in a long time the Yankees felt threatened by the O's," said Rishi Kadiwar, an Orioles fan from Rockville who now works in Manhattan. "Up to now, the Yankees fans thought of the O's as a non-entity. The only rivalry in the Bronx up till now was from the Red Sox."
Kadiwar's Yankees-loving colleagues expected the Orioles to collapse all season, he said, but now they don't sound quite so sure.
"If the O's sweep in Baltimore, New York fans know they may be in trouble," he said.
Underdogs from the start
The Orioles didn't scare anyone when the franchise moved from St. Louis in 1954, certainly not the Yankees, who were in the heart of one of the greatest runs in American team sports history.
It wasn't until 1960 that the O's made Mantle and Co. sweat a bit. Those Orioles, with a young Brooks Robinson at third, Jim Gentile thumping the ball and Hoyt Wilhelm floating knucklers from the bullpen, held a portion of first place as late as Sept. 14. The Yankees then showed their pedigree and won the American League by eight games.
The story remained the same in 1961, when the Orioles won 95 games, and 1964, when they won 97. They were good, but there was no wild card in those days, so they could only stare up at the Yankees, who were better.
"It was a hate-envy kind of thing," said Powell, who grew up in a family of fans who wanted to see the Yankees toppled.
The worm turned in 1965, when the Orioles began an 11-season streak of finishing ahead of New York. Suddenly, they were the game's model franchise, and the Yankees were a faded mess.
In the late 1970s, the Yankees came roaring back with a star-laden team, bought with owner George Steinbrenner's war chest and whipped along by tempestuous manager Billy Martin. Those teams waged great divisional battles, with the Orioles and their understated efficiency offering a stylistic counterpoint.
The rivalry flickered in the late 1980s and early 1990s, with both teams enduring humiliating seasons and neither able to crack the postseason. But that all changed in 1996 and 1997, when the Orioles — backed by sellout crowds in an acclaimed new ballpark and stocked deep by free-spending owner Peter Angelos — joined the Yankees in the playoffs each season.
The Maier game — when the 12-year-old reached over the fence to block Orioles outfielder Tony Tarasco from catching a fly ball by Derek Jeter, which was ruled a home run — gave the Yankees an advantage they'd never relinquish in the 1996 American League Championship Series.
The Orioles seized the edge in 1997, when they became the only team to break up an 11-year run of Yankees division titles. It was hard to imagine at the time that Baltimore wouldn't see another playoff game for 15 years.
"They were fierce. We had some crazy games here," said Yankees manager Joe Girardi of the 1996 and 1997 series he played against the Orioles as a Yankees catcher. "They were great, and you think about the caliber of players they had here, you know. You obviously had Cal Ripken [Jr.], and they had [Rafael] Palmeiro, and they had [Roberto Alomar], and they had a number of great players here. They've played extremely well again, and I think it's good for baseball."
End of the arms race
Angelos seemed to take seriously the idea of going toe-to-toe with Steinbrenner. For a time, in the late 1990s, the Orioles had the highest payroll in the history of the game. They went after big-name stars such as Albert Belle in part to keep them away from New York.
But this arms race turned out to be folly. The Orioles collapsed on a foundation of wasted draft picks and ill-advised signings. The Yankees, meanwhile, combined financial muscle with sound player development, home-growing a generation of stars that included Jeter, Mariano Rivera and Andy Pettitte.
Sure, they also kicked Baltimore in the teeth by dropping tens of millions of dollars to buy the Orioles' best pitcher, Mussina, and later, a cherished free agent from Severna Park, Mark Teixeira. But money was only part of it. Orioles fans knew deep down that the Yankees were simply better at every aspect of running a baseball franchise.
To make matters worse, every time the Yankees came to town in those grim years, the stands at Camden Yards filled with dudes in pinstripes, shouting for "Jeetah" in their trademark New York accents.
There were fleeting moments for the Orioles, like Opening Day 2002, when they smacked Roger Clemens around in a 10-3 win. But it never seemed a real fight — at least not until this year.
Perhaps Showalter foreshadowed the change last season with his feisty comments in "Men's Journal," saying that Jeter ticked him off by manipulating umpires.
Whatever it was, the Orioles have won every series in Yankee Stadium this year. They wiped out the Yankees' 10-game lead and allowed them little separation throughout the final month. On Sept. 6, they authored one of the season's signature moments, pounding the New Yorkers for six home runs as a raucous home crowd celebrated the win and the unveiling of Cal Ripken Jr.'s sculpture at Camden Yards.
"The fact they played the Yankees even up this year, you better believe there's a mutual respect now," Powell said. "They do not take the Orioles lightly."


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A number of major Iranian Women Writers have emerged since the Islamic Revolution of 1979; what is less well known is that there has been a tradition of Iranian women's writing since the early middle ages, existing in the shadows of the country's predominantly male literature, but nevertheless persistent. Dick Davis's talk will look at some of the continuities and connections between earlier and contemporary Iranian Women's writing.
Dick Davis was born in Portsmouth, England and educated at the universities of Cambridge (B.A. and M.A. in English Literature) and Manchester (PhD. in Medieval Persian Literature). He is currently Professor of Persian and Chair of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at Ohio State University. As author, translator or editor, he has produced over 20 books; as well as academic works he has published translations from Italian (prose) and Persian (prose and verse) and books of his own poetry.
Despite popular notions about women's empowerment in Iran, the Persian culture has a long history of powerful female poets and authors. Dick Davis, visiting professor at Portland State, shared his passion for the subject and gave an historical overview of the notable female Persian poets, reading translated poems from his book Faces of Love: Hafez and the Poets of Shiraz. The book contains the recently discovered work of a lesser-known but highly talented poet, Jahan Malek Khatun, a princess who lived in Shiraz in the 14th century and, as Davis argues, may have known Hafez personally.
While Europe was still living in the shadow of the Dark Ages, some of the greatest poetry and literature was being penned across the Persian-speaking world. Records of classical Persian literature from as early as the seventh century survive. Women's writing is not as well preserved as that of men, but translators like Davis work to uncover and publish lesser-known works. Davis's lecture began with Rabe'eh Qozdari, the first female poet of note who wrote in the late 10th century from the city of Balkh, Afghanistan, and concluded with Fattaneh Haj-Seyed-Javadi, a best-selling contemporary author in Iran.
Rabe'eh Qozdari's poetry centered around imprisonment and suffering, Davis explained, and often carried a bitter yet humorous tone. In contrast to men's poetry of the time, which was often light and joyful, Qozdari's work was uniquely personal, witty and full of anger. Qozdari's style marks the beginning of a trend amongst female literary figures that continues to this day. The symbol of a noose, often referred to both literally and figuratively, is found throughout women's writing until the 14th century. It even returns in the 19th and 20th centuries when women's writing in Iran experienced a revival. Jahan Malek Khatun's poetry carried on in that tradition in the 1300s. She wrote love poems that were feisty and flippant. The quality of her work marks her as one of the greatest classical Persian poets. Jahan's poetry employed a playful eroticism that was unique amongst women's writing and she often toyed with gender in her work, at times writing as a man speaking to a woman.
Jahan's manuscripts, only published in 1995, are the most complete works of any pre-modern female poet to survive to modernity. Unlike many of her predecessors, Jahan was somewhat well-known during her lifetime and was mentioned in poetry biographies written shortly after her death only to be forgotten a few centuries later.
Persian literary arts as a whole sharply declined from the 14th - 19th centuries and there is no record of any women's writing during that period. Davis shared some explanations for the artistic silence. Iran became Shi'a in the 16th century and developed a distinct culture which was less sympathetic to medieval Sunni poetry. Many of the poets moved to Northern India where Persian was still spoken and there survived some funding for the arts.
'Alam Taj, born in 1880, was the first Iranian feminist author. Considered a prodigy but never published because of her gender, she was married to an older man who forbade her from writing. Although he burnt all her early poems, 'Alam continued her passion by hiding poems all around her house. Her work was not discovered until after her death, when her son found the poems and published her collected works. Her writing was always addressed to women, Davis said, and was rife with anger towards men.
Forough Farrokhzad set another milestone for women's poetry in Iran, becoming the first free-verse female poet. She was bold andcontroversial in her lifetime, marrying a man below her class with whom she was madly in love. The marriage immediately went sour and they divorced, leaving Forough to follow a thoroughly modern path. She had many affairs, wrote extremely sexual and erotic poems, and became an activist for victims of leprosy. Forough directed the acclaimed documentary "The House is Black" about a leper colony in 1962, and later adopted a child suffering from leprosy. The women who wrote in medieval Iran led remarkable lives, Davis explained. They largely hailed from wealthy, powerful families and were privileged with rare educational opportunities. Pre-Shi'a Iranian society was pluralistic and there was little pressure to conform to orthodoxy, creating space for privileged women to blur the lines of gender roles and taboos. The move for modernization in the 19th century, coupled with western, secular influences, reopened space for women in the arts. Today, women face far fewer artistic barriers than their predecessors. Shirin Ebadi is the winner of a Nobel Peace Prize while Fattaneh Haj-Seyed-Javadi's novel, The Morning After, has unprecedented circulation in Iran.
The Portland State University Middle East Studies Center Lecture Series podcast features audio recordings from the series, including this event. Download the audio podcast of this lecture or subscribe to the podcase to receive future episodes by clicking here.
From Iran, women's words sing: Students and faculty gather to remember Iranian women in literature, PSU Vanguard, February 18, 2013
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2016 Functional Nanomaterials: Emerging Nanomaterials and Techniques for 3D Architectures
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Invited Talk: Inorganic Infiltration in Polymer Templates via Atomic Layer Deposition: Pathway for Synthesis of Hybrid Materials and Direct Patterning Inorganic Nanostructures
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Vapor-phase material infiltration in polymer templates is an emerging material synthesis and patterning technique derived from atomic layer deposition, where gaseous organometallic precursors infiltrate polymer and react to form target inorganic material within organic matrix. This enables not only the synthesis of inorganic-organic hybrids with enhanced physical properties but also a direct patterning of inorganic nanostructures. In this talk, I will showcase our recent efforts on utilizing the method for patterning functioning metal oxide nanostructures based on self-assembled diblock copolymers (BCP) as well as lithographically-defined polymer templates. Particularly, we control precursor-BCP interaction and generate tone-reversed ZnO nanopatterns. Also demonstrated are metal oxide nanostructures with sub-40 nm linewidths, >15 aspect ratios, and three-dimensional morphologies, difficult to achieve by conventional nanofabrication procedures. Finally, one of the potential applications of the technique in a high-throughput fabrication of functional electrical devices is highlighted by patterning and characterizing polycrystalline in-plane ZnO nanowire field-effect transistor arrays.
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3-D Graphene Structures Synthesized by Catalyst-free Chemical Vapor Deposition
3-Dimensional Nanostructures in Bulk Monolithic Solids by Enhanced High Pressure Sintering
3D Pick and Place Sintering Nanoprinter
A Facile Fabrication of Fe2O3/C Composite as Anode for Lithium Ion Batteries
An Aluminum Based Amorphous/Nanocrystal Foil Composites Preparation
Anisotropic Photocurrent Response at Black Phosphorous-MoS2 p-n Heterojunctions
Characterization of Free-Standing NiTi Shape Memory Alloy Nanowires Fabricated by Nanoskiving
Controlled Synthesis of TiC Nanoparticles using Solid Oxide Membrane Technology in Molten CaCl2
Deposition and Characteristics of Al based Gate Dielectrics with Ozone Treatment for MoS2 Applications
DFT Study of Au-Ti Bimetallic Nanoparticle on TiO2 Support as Highly Active CO Oxidation Catalysts
Effect of SPD Surface Treatments on Corrosion and Environmental Cracking Susceptibility of Oilfield Alloys
Electron Beam Induced Deposition: A Direct Write Method for Nanoscale 3-Dimensional Architectures
Energy Conversion and Storage Applications of Mesoporous Titania Thin Films with Controlled Pore Orientation
Fabrication of Three Dimensional Carbon Nanotube - Nickel Nanofoam Heterostructures for Energy Storage Applications
Fabrication of Tubular Structures with Optimized Nanoporous Sandwich Walls
Ferroplasmons: Strong Plasmonic Resonances in Magnetic Nanoparticles
Flip-Chip GaN LEDs Using Photoelectrochemical Liftoff
From 2D to 3D: Smart Materials and their Combinatorial Structures for Advanced Applications
Gas-phase Condensation of Core-Shell Nanoparticles
High Throughput Reactive Printing Compatible Approaches for In-situ Manufacturing of Nanomaterials
Highly Uniform Synthesis of Large-Area, Few-Layer WSe
Hybrid Nanostructures and Nanoarchitectures: Fundamentals and Applications
Hydrothermal Growth of ZnO Nanorod Arrays via Microsphere Self-assembled Monolayer for Nanocapacitor Application
Invited Talk: A Hybrid 3D Printing Technique for Laminated Polymer Nanocomposite Architectures
Invited Talk: Inorganic Infiltration in Polymer Templates via Atomic Layer Deposition: Pathway for Synthesis of Hybrid Materials and Direct Patterning Inorganic Nanostructures
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Low Temperature Synthesis of Graphite on Ni Films Using Inductively Coupled Plasma Enhanced CVD
Morphological, Structural and Optical Characterization of Bottom up Growth of Ag-WO3 Core Shell Nano-cube Heterostructures
Multifunctional Self-cleaning Nanofiber Membranes for Water Filtration
Nano-manufacturing Process Using Electro-fountain Pen Nanolithography
Plasmonic Hot Electron Induced Photocurrent Response at MoS2-Metal Junctions
Preparation of MWCNT-supported Mo2C Nanocomposite Materials by Microwave Method for Applying in Direct Methanol Fuel Cells
Reduced Graphene Oxide/TiO2 Nanocomposite Based Electron Transport Layer for Perovskite Solar Cells
Reversible CO2 Capture from an Amidine Functionalized Polymer Thin Film
Scaled-Up Microscale and Nanoscale 3-D Electrochemical Printing of Solid Metal Structures
Self-Assembled Ultra High Strength, Ultra Stiff Mechanical Metamaterials Based on Inverse Opals
Shape Shifting Fullerene Self-Assemblies for Supercapacitor Applications
Simple Green Synthesis of Amino Acid Functionalised CdTe/CdSe/ZnSe Core-multi Shell with Improved Cell Viability for Cellular Imaging
Size-Dependence in Thermo-Mechanical Characterization of Multifunctional Nanocomposite Materials
Structural Study of Kinked B4C Nanowires
Synergistic Effects of Graphene Quantum Dot Sensitization and Nitrogen Doping of Ordered Nanoporous TiO2 Thin Films for Water Splitting Photocatalysis
Synthesis and Hydrothermal Method with Enhanced Photocatalytic Performance Optimization of Bi2S3 Nanorods
Synthesis of 3D Optical Metamaterials through Directional Solidification of Eutectics
Synthesis, Characterization and Sensing Properties of Palladium- Doped Tin Dioxide Nanocomposites
The Impact of Interfaces on the Integration of 2D Materials into Nanoelectronics
The Influence of Shape and Surface Chemistry on Solvated Nanodiamonds as Lubricant Additives
Three-Dimensional Imaging of Point Defects in Functional Materials Using Quantitative STEM
Titanium Dioxide Architects Made by Amorphous Building Blocks
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V-2: Facile Synthesis of Water-soluble Graphene Quantum Dots/Graphene Hybrid Nanoplatelets as Efficient Photodetector
V-3: Laser-Assisted Purification of Electron-Beam-Induced Deposits
V-4: Study of Radiation Grafting Polymerization of Poly (Acrylic Acid) onto Carbon Nanotubes Yarns Surface
V-5: Effect of Calcinating Temperature on the Structure and Performance of Fayalite@C Nanocomposites as Anode for Lithium Ion Battery
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The Daily Word 4.02.10: Bio Care Inc., Ed Roberts, fight club
Police say Bio Care Inc. sent human heads and torsos to a medical waste facility in Kansas.
Johnny Tapia goes back to jail.
Pay cuts at city hall.
The Chimayó pilgrimage has begun.
Ed Roberts died. He's the man in Albuquerque who made the first personal computer and inspired Bill Gates and Paul Allen.
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Plastic bins? Old news, we know. But they're still one of the best tools for keeping your office—or any other space—organized. These stackable, color-coded bins from Crate & Barrel feature a small dry-erase panel on the front for easy labeling.Tag Store Bins, $6.50-$19.95, Crate & Barrel
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Been wondering where I've been for the past few days?
I've been putting the finishing touches on a ruleset that lets you play Team Fortress Classic (not that faggoty-ass remake TF2) in Brikwars.
These rules aren't completely foolproof, I did have to make some adjustments here and there, and there are no CP costs. I didn't want to put together CP costs because there should be nine guys to a team, one of each class, making teams equal. The actual ruleset is below this line.
Basic Rules Changes:
All minifigs have 2 actions which may be used for either moving or shooting. They can attack twice without moving or move twice without attacking.
The turn runs on a I-go-You-go principle, with a roll for initiative at the start of each round. The person who rolls higher goes second. Then players take turns selecting one unit under their control and performing all actions with it before the turn switches to the other player. Once a unit has been moved, it cannot be activated again until the next round. All a unit's used actions are replenished at the beginning of its turn, the exception being sentry guns, which are explained later.
All damage, knockback, and skill damage are tallied and applied at the end of the round. All damage is added together and treated as cumulative damage to the target, the same with knockback and skill damage.
Switching between weapons without actually firing them is a free action and may be done as many times as desired.
The Classes:
The Scout
Movement: 8"
AV: 1d6
Skill: 1d6
The scout is the fastest class, but also the weakest. It serves as a quick harrier of enemy forces and the primary flag-grabber for the team.
Scouts carry a shotgun, a crowbar, and a nailgun, along with two concussion grenades and a deployable man-cannon.
Scouts are able to defuse any detpacks they are touching by spending an action while touching the detpack. This removes the detpack from play.
Scouts, because of their extreme speed, have three actions per turn instead of just two.
However, if a scout only uses 2 actions in its turn, it gains a 5+ dodge save (working like an armor save in wh40k) against any attacks that come its way. If calculating missedby for rockets or grenades that miss a scout because of dodge, the missedbynumber is three.
A scout may spend one action to deploy a man-cannon in front of itself during its turn.
A man-cannon is an indestructable linear accellerator usable by either team, regardless of the allegiance of the scout who placed it. When a man-cannon is moved over, it accelerates the user by 8d6" in a straight line, who either lands peacefully or smacks into a wall for full collision damage. Due to a quirk of the man-cannon's construction, it explodes as a rocket from a rocket launcher once its limited lifespan has run out. At the end of each round, roll a d6 for each man-cannon. On a 6, the man-cannon explodes as a rocket launcher round and is removed. A scout cannot place another mancannon until he has died and respawned.
The Soldier
Movement: 5"
AV: 1d6+2
Skill: 1d6
The soldier is the basic assault class of the game, with a powerful rocket launcher and shotguns at his disposal.
Soldiers possess a crowbar, shotgun, super shotgun, and a rocket launcher, along with 2 frag grenades and 1 nail grenade.
The Pyro
Movement: 6"
AV: 1d6+1
Skill: 1d6
The pyro is a special spy-checker and assault class. With a special place either defending a base or attacking the enemy, its only major flaw is the range of most of its weapons.
Pyros possess a crowbar, shotgun, flamethrower, and an incendiary cannon, along with 2 frag grenades and 2 napalm grenades.
Pyros are completely immune to the sticky effects of other pyros' weapons. They are not immune to the damage done by being struck by those weapons the first time, however.
The Demoman
Movement: 6"
AV: 1d6+2
Skill: 1d6
The demoman is the explosives expert of the team, even more so than the soldier. Setting pipebomb traps and laying detpacks in unexpected places, the demoman is a formidable opponent.
Demomen possess a crowbar, shotgun, grenade launcher, and deployable detpack, along with 4 frag grenades and 2 MIRV grenades.
By spending an action, a demoman may place a detpack anywhere within 1" of him. This detpack is a volatile hyperexplosive device that very few classes can survive the detonation of.
When a detpack explodes, it deals 6d10+3d6 explosion damage to everything within its very sizable radius.
To determine when a detpack explodes, roll 1d6 at the end of each round. On a 6, the detpack will explode on the end of the next turn of the demoman who placed it.
If an EMP grenade catches a detpack within its blast, the detpack explodes immediately, at the end of the turn of the engineer who threw the EMP.
A demoman, having placed a detpack, cannot place another until he dies and respawns.
The Medic
Movement: 7"
AV: 1d6+1
Skill: 1d6
The medic is the most important member of the team, spreading lethal infections to enemies and healing the wounded and sick of the allies.
Medics possess a medpack, shotgun, super shotgun, and super nailgun, along with 2 frag grenades and 2 concussion grenades.
As a free action, medics constantly heal and maintain their colleagues within a 3" radius, granting a +1 bonus to the AV of any allies in that radius. This bonus is cumulative.
By attacking an ally with their medpack, medics can heal any infection the ally may have contracted from an enemy medic. Medics themselves are immune from infection.
If a medic attacks a disguised spy with his medpack in an attempt to cure an infection, the enemy player is obligated to inform the player of the medic that he has discovered a spy and deal the medpack's normal damage to the spy.
The HWGuy
Movement: 4"
AV: 2d6
Skill: 1d6
HWGuys are the guards of the team, staying behind in secure locations to mow down intruders. These mountains of man-muscle are serious opponents.
HWGuys possess a crowbar, shotgun, super shotgun, and assault cannon, in addition to 2 frag grenades and a MIRV grenade.
HWGuys are so dense and heavy that they are immune to all knockback.
The Engineer
Movement: 6"
AV: 1d6+1
Skill: 1d6
Engineers are a base's last line of defense, erecting sentries to ward off incoming enemies and dispensers to provide aid to injured allies.
Engineers possess a wrench (in essense a crowbar), a railgun, and a super shotgun, along with 2 frag grenades and an EMP grenade.
Engineers act as medics to buildings, giving each building within 3" of the engineer a cumulative +2 bonus to AV.
Engineers can spend one action to build a sentry gun or dispenser, or upgrade a sentry gun by a level. An engineer can only have one sentry gun and one dispenser. After upgrading a sentry gun, an engineer must go a whole round before upgrading the same gun again.
A sentry gun (MVT 0" AV 1d6+2 Skill 1d6) is an autonomous turret that tracks and targets enemies independently and is considered to always be prepared for opportunity fire.
A sentry gun fires its full arsenal in one shot, so a level three sentry gun will fire two assault cannons and a rocket launcher with one action. Sentry guns also cannot refrain from firing their full arsenal in one shot, so they cannot refuse to fire their rocket launchers at enemies that are right on top of them, even if they would be destroyed by the blast.
Sentry guns explode with a damage equal to their AV when destroyed.
A sentry gun's actions replenish at the end of the round after they were spent. Until then, its remaining actions must make do for it until its actions are used. Sentry guns (no matter what the level) have 4 actions per round.
Sentry guns must fire at the nearest target, utilizing opportunity fire (if able) in order to fire at its target at the closest opportunity, and must keep firing at it until a nearer target presents itself or the target dies or retreats out of range or behind cover. If there is a tie between two or more nearest targets, the controller of the sentry gun may choose which one is targeted.
When a sentry gun is upgraded, it gains new weapons and better armor. At level 2, a sentry gun gains 1 addition point of AV, bringing it to 1d6+3, along with a replacement of its autogun with a single assault cannon. At level three, the gun's AV is upgraded to 2d6, and it gains another assault cannon and a rocket launcher.
Due to sentry guns' advanced detection systems, spies cannot cloak within the sight of a sentry gun.
Dispensers (AV 1d6) provide healing to all allies within 3" of the dispenser, and also repair damaged buildings of allies that are built within 3" of the dispenser. Dispensers cannot repair themselves. When destroyed, a dispenser deals explosion damage equal to its AV.
Movement: 6"
AV: 1d6+1
Skill: 1d6
Snipers are the long-range specialists of the team. Using their longarm sniper rifle, snipers can score critical headshots on enemies and leave radio tags on spies they do not kill.
Snipers possess a crowbar, sniper rifle, autogun, and nailgun, in addition to 2 frag grenades.
Snipers are considered to always be prepared for opportunity fire.
The Spy
Movement: 6"
AV: 1d6+1
Skill: 1d6
Spies are the ultimate masters of infiltration, capable of waltzing right in to an enemy base while disguised and causing havoc without anyone knowing better.
Spies possess a knife, tranquilizer pistol, super shotgun, and nailgun, in addition to 2 frag grenades and 2 gas grenades.
Spies begin play disguised as an enemy. When ready to use a spy, select an enemy and say that he was a spy all along, and replace the enemy with the spy. The selected enemy moves back to the respawn and may act again this round.
Spies can also cloak, disappearing from sight when not in direct view of any enemies. A spy must cloak after being used in the manner above before it can be used again.
Once a spy cloaks, roll a d6 for it on its turn each round. On a 6, the spy is ready to be used again.
Spies can sabotage a sentry gun or dispenser by spending an action while touching the gun or dispenser. Both you and the enemy player roll a d6. If you roll higher, the sentry gun or dispenser is now damaged and cannot be detonated by the engineer, and will not target the sabotaging spy. It will, however, still target the spy's allies untill the sabotage is activated.
A spy can spend an action (even while cloaked) to activate the sabotage of a sentry gun or dispenser. Sabotaged sentry guns begin targeting members of the enemy team, or enemy buildings, and explode after 1 round unless destroyed. Sabotaged dispensers immediately explode.
All weapons have a UR of 3.
Shotgun - Range 8" Damage 1d6+2
Super Shotgun - Range 6" Damage 2d6
Nailgun - Range 10" Damage 1d6
Capable of automatic fire.
Super Nailgun - Range 12" Damage 1d6+1
Capable of automatic fire.
Rocket Launcher - Range 16" Damage 1d10+1
Causes knockback.
Flamethrower - Range 4" Damage 1d6+2
Targets hit but not killed by a flamethrower are set alight. Targets that are on fire can still act normally, but at the end of their turn, add the flamethrower's damage to the stack they take at the end of the round. At the end of a round, roll 1d6 for each surviving fire victim. On a 6, they are no longer on fire.
The flamethrower fires in a 45 degree cone out to 4".
Incendiary Cannon - Range 12" Damage 1d6
Sets people on fire.
Causes blast damage even though it's a d6.
Causes knockback.
Grenade Launcher - Range 8" Damage 1d6+2
Causes blast damage.
Causes knockback.
Can be fired as a pipebomb launcher. If so, shots from the weapon do not detonate immediately upon firing, but instead remain until the demoman uses an action to detonate them. A demoman can only have up to 8 pipebombs at a single time.
Assault Cannon - Range 10" Damage 1d6
Capable of automatic fire.
On the HWGuy's first move action after using this weapon, his movement is reduced to 1". It's back up to 4" after the first move action.
Railgun - Range 12" Damage 1d6
The railgun grows more powerful for each action the firing engineer puts into the one firing action. For each action beyond the first spent firing a railgun, the damage of the shot gains in power by an additional 1d6 each time.
Sniper Rifle - Range 20" Damage 1d6+1
The sniper rifle operates on the same principle as the railgun, adding 1d6+1 damage for each action beyond the first.
Autogun - Range 10" Damage 1d6+2
Capable of automatic fire.
Tranquilizer pistol - Range 14" Damage 1d6-2
Causes -2 skill damage on each successful hit. This skill damage lasts until the end of the victim's turn.
Crowbar - Range CC Damage 1d6
The medkit is a crowbar that deals sticky damage in the same manner as a flamethrower, except its damage does not wear off until death or healing by a medic.
The spy knife is a crowbar that instantly kills any minifig target hit from behind.
All grenades have a 2" blast radius.
Conc grenade - Range 2d6 Damage (4d6)
Concs deal damage only in knockback damage. Any minifig struck by a conc also takes -1 skill damage until the end of their next turn.
Frag grenade - Range 2d6 Damage 2d6
Deals knockback.
Napalm grenade - Range 2d6 Damage 2d6
The napalm grenade has a radius of 5" and stays in play until a 6 is rolled at the end of the round by any player for any reason. It deals sticky damage just like a flamethrower or I-Cannon.
MIRV grenade - Range 1d6 Damage 4d6
The MIRV grenade has a radius of 4" and deals knockback damage.
Gas grenade - Range 2d6 Damage 1d6
Deals -4 skill damage which dissipates at the end of the victim's next turn. Stays in play in the same manner as the napalm grenade. Has a blast radius of 5".
EMP grenade - Range 2d6 Damage Xd6
Deals an amount of damage equal to the damage 1 shot from each of the target's weapons would deal. If there is more than one target in the blast radius, the amount of damage from all targets is totaled and applied to all targets.
Nail grenade - Range 2d6 Damage 1d6
Deals 1d6 damage to every visible target within 10" of the detonation point upon detonation.
And that's it. I know, huge fucking wall of text.
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Saturday, October 21, 2006
Word of the Day
Word of the Day: Ken
October 20th, 2006
ken \KEN\, noun:
1. Perception; understanding; knowledge.
2. The range of vision.
3. View; sight.
He was to make several important discoveries, the most significant being that infantile paralysis was caused not by germs, as cerebrospinal meningitis had been, but by a mysterious agent just then emerging into the ken of science.
-- James Thomas Flexner, Maverick's Progress
So we are predisposed -- if not preprogrammed -- to accept tales of animals who display human motives, understanding, reason, and intentions. It takes a far greater imagination to conceive the possibility that a dog's mental life may assume a form that is simply beyond our ken.
-- Stephen Budiansky, If a Lion Could Talk
Libussa, the youngest, particularly beautiful, unworldly and serious, was able to see what was hidden from other people's ken and to prophesy.
-- Peter Demetz, Prague in Black and Gold
Ken is from Middle English kennen, from Old English cennan, "to declare, to make known."


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But there are also plenty of opportunities. There are ways of making money from non-paying traffic and that's what Private is going to do. I can't reveal anything more about our strategy, but we're going to be more and more free, which will help us recruit paid subscribers.That was just a few weeks ago... but he's now moving forward with those plans, and is saying that he wants to embrace "pirates," in a new interview with NewTeeVee:
"We will be extremely happy the more people are pirating our content and the more they look at it."Why? Well, it looks like Milton has come to the same conclusion as many others in terms of content business models: set the infinite goods free, and look for ways to sell the scarce. He realizes that fighting unauthorized access is a losing battle, noting that he just has to "look at my own kids, because that's the best way to know where the market is going. It doesn't matter if I tell them that it is illegal to download. As soon as they close the door to their room, they download." As NewTeeVee explains:
In short, Private wants to go from making money with porn to monetize actual sexual experiences. It recently teamed up with a San Francisco-based swingers club to shoot a movie, and it wants to turn some of the lessons learned into a business, connecting people involved in alternative sexual lifestyles through exclusive websites. This will first be tested in Europe, where Private is already in negotiations with a swingers community site as well as a hotel property, but Private could eventually import it into the U.S. as well.
Milton also expressed optimism that advertisers will eventually start to embrace adult traffic, and said Private would offer adult toys and other additional products for sale. Private will make 95 to 99 percent of its revenue in these areas in five years, he predicted, adding that DVDs will be dead by then.


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Here are the preview boxes for today's Southland Conference men and women's games between Nicholls State University and Oral Roberts University.
5 p.m. today at Mabee Center in Tulsa, Okla. (Southland Conference game).
Records: Nicholls (12-7, 4-4); Oral Roberts (8-10, 5-3).
Coaches: Nicholls — DoBee Plaisance (fifth season); Misti Cussen (first season).
Last meeting: Jan. 5, 2013 — Nicholls defeated Oral Roberts, 69-66 (Nicholls leads the series, 1-0).
Statistical leaders: Nicholls — Alisha Allen (15.2 ppg, 5.7 rpg), KK Babin (12.4 ppg, 5.2 assists per game), LiAnn McCarthy (9.3 ppg), Emani White (8.2 ppg), Jenny Nash (8.1 ppg); Oral Roberts — Kevi Luper (17.4 ppg), Jaci Bingham (11.3 ppg), Taylor Cooper (9.7 ppg).
Notes: Babin needs one assist to reach 100 on the season... Babin became the 11th Colonel to eclipse the 1,000-point mark... Nicholls had a season-high 21 steals against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi... Oral Roberts made a season-high 10 3-pointers against Lamar... Nicholls and Oral Roberts both rank first in team field goal percentage (42 percent) in the conference... Nicholls made 28-of-53 shots (52 percent) in the first meeting against Oral Roberts... Oral Roberts junior Sarah Shelton tallied her first two career double-doubles last week, with 19 points and 12 rebounds against Lamar and 12 points and 12 rebounds against McNeese State... Nicholls is 5-5 in road games, while Oral Roberts is 5-2 at home... The game can be heard on KNSU 91.5-FM.
7:30 tonight at Mabee Center in Tulsa, Okla. (Southland Conference game).
Records: Nicholls (6-12, 5-3); Oral Roberts (12-8, 7-1).
Coaches: Nicholls — J.P. Piper (ninth season); Oral Roberts — Scott Sutton (14th season)
Last meeting: Jan. 5, 2013 — Oral Roberts defeated Nicholls, 76-63 (Oral Roberts leads series, 3-0).
Statistical leaders: Nicholls — Fred Hunter (17.4 ppg, 7.3 rpg), Dantrell Thomas (13.8 ppg, 5.1 rpg), T.J. Carpenter (11.5 ppg), Jeremy Smith (8.4 ppg), Amin Torres (7.4 ppg); Oral Roberts — Warren Niles (19 ppg), Damen Bell-Holter (15.2 ppg, 9.6 rpg), Shawn Glover (13.4 ppg).
Notes: Nicholls is on a two-game winning streak... Oral Roberts has won seven of its last eight games... Piper needs six wins to reach 100 victories at Nicholls... Niles ranks first in scoring, while Hunter is the conference's second leading scorer... Bell-Holter ranks first in the SLC in rebounds... Oral Roberts committed 20 turnovers in the first meeting against the Colonels... Oral Roberts ranks first in the SLC in 3-point shooting (37 percent)... Nicholls is 4-0 this season when shooting 19 or more free throws... Oral Roberts is tied for first in the SLC standings with Stephen F. Austin... Nicholls is 2-9 on the road this season, while Oral Roberts is 4-3 at home... The game can be heard on KLRZ 100.3-FM or KLEB 1600-AM.


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I used a blowtorch on the invitation the AARP sent me in the mail last year. I suppose they think sending an email means I'm less-likely to produce on-line vitriol again? They're wrong. 57 is just a number. 65 will be just a number. 70 will be… well, tell you the truth, 70 does scare me a bit. At some point I'll wonder if that last ride over Sonora Pass was the last ride over Sonora Pass I'd ever do. At some point I'll not be thinking about scaling back, but probably actually have to.
I'm not there yet, and I don't plan to be anytime soon. So don't talk to me about taking a vacation on a cruise ship (Little-known fact about cruise shops- they're actually run by aliens seeking to fatten you up for their dinner). Don't tell me that I've worked hard enough all my life that I've "earned" some nice quiet time doing nothing.
How much time do I have? I don't know if I might get stricken some day with something like my father got (a rare blood-born cancer), which took his strength and his life, 25 years ago. Younger than I am now. But what I do know is that each and every day is an opportunity to do something. Something real. Something more relevant, to me, than a "Senior Citizen" discount at the movies, or a great deal at the Scooter Store. My plan, and remember, there's always a plan, is to go down screaming and kicking. I literally pray to God that I can execute that plan. –Mike–


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Training to make TETRA do its job
ATDI is helping to protect essential radio systems in central Europe.
Austria-based representatives from Sepura, a global leader in the design, manufacture and supply of digital radios, infrastructure and applications for professional mobile radio users, attended an advanced TETRA training course at ATDI's Gatwick head offices.
"It's about getting the most out of our planning and modelling tool ICS telecom," says ATDI lead engineer Paul Grant, who ran the course. "Sepura has been using ICS telecom for many years but because of improvements we have made in functionality and also because the radio environment is always changing, it is valuable to take time to explore exactly what the latest version of ICS telecom can do."
Paul continues: "ICS telecom is invaluable when planning a new TETRA network; Sepura is preparing to switch on 80 commercial-band base stations across central Europe and needs to establish coverage capacity and consider frequency allocation and coordination. The training we carried out covered the majority of the issues related to the deployment of large networks as well as ways to get maximum benefit from ICS telecom during the switch-on process."
Sepura works with users from public safety, transport, utilities, oil and gas, manufacturing, construction and leisure sectors. Earlier this year, it acquired Fylde Micro Ltd, the UK-based radio trunking solutions company, and in 2012 acquired 3T, an Austrian supplier of TETRA infrastructure.


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The 2014 Golden Globes were full of surprises: unprepared speeches, extra long walks to the stage and even a bit of cursing. But one thing that wasn't a surprise? The glamour on the red carpet! Here are our picks for the most stylish celebs at the awards ceremony. Who was your favorite?
1. Lupita Nyong'o
Lupita Nyong'o
The 12 Years a Slave actress (who was born in Mexico!) was one of our favorites of the night, wearing a caped gown from Ralph Lauren.
2. Golden Globes: Sofia Vergara
Sofia Vergara
The colombiana looked gorgeous in this Zac Posen gown. "I feel like I'm carrying a tent!" the actress told E! Is this what people mean when they talk about glamping?
3. Golden Globes: Camila Alves
Camila Alves
Matthew is one lucky man! The Brazilian model and designer was a stunner in this sparkling sequin gown by Dolce & Gabbana, the line Matthew McConaughey also wore for the night.
4. Melissa Fumero & Stephanie Beatriz
Melissa Fumero & Stephanie Beatriz
The Brooklyn Nine-Nine co-stars (and Golden Globe winners!) looked absolutely gorgeous. It's safe to say that they're two huge reasons we tune into the show!
5. Kerry Washington
Kerry Washington
Wearing a Balenciaga dress, the actress was positively glowing while showing off her baby bump! Felicidades!
6. Kate Beckinsale
Kate Beckinsale
The gunmetal dress by Zuhair Murad (also the favorite designer of Jennifer Lopez!) accentuated Beckinsale's shape and was – in a word – gorgeous!
7. Aubrey Plaza
Aubrey Plaza
The Puerto Rican comedian kept it simple and feminine in this gown by Dominican designer Oscar de la Renta.
8. Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift looked absolutely stunning in this sophisticated number by Venezuelan designer Carolina Herrera!
9. Julia-Louis Dreyfus
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
The actress showed off her curves in this Narciso Rodriguez halter dress. Smokin!
10. Zooey Deschanel
Zooey Deschanel
Another win for Oscar de la Renta! The actress looked beautiful in this vintage-inspired silhouette. Bella!
11. Olivia Wilde
Olivia Wilde
Camila isn't the only one who loves to sparkle! The mami-to-be looked gorgeous in this green sequin number by Gucci.
12. Amy Adams
Amy Adams
Red was having a moment on the red carpet this year, and one clear winner was Amy Adams, who looked radiant in this Valentino gown.


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Linked by David Adams on Thu 19th May 2011 17:41 UTC, submitted by Hans Otten
Well, this will come as no surprise to OSNews readers, but as outlined in a recent BBC documentary, UK neuroscientists have studied brain scans of hard-core Apple fans and have found that their mental reactions to Apple imagery are quite similar to scans of religious devotees' brains when shown images of their iconography. The DigitalTrends article summarizing the finding singles out Apple users, but I think we all know that, RDF aside, this is not an Apple-only phenomenon.
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Augusta senior Zach Budda accomplished one of his major goals he had this season Friday at the El Dorado track and field meet.
Budda broke the school record in the high jump, setting the new mark at 6 feet, 8 inches. Budda had come close at the Orioles' home meet a couple weeks ago, but finally got it this time around.
The previous mark was set by S. Simon at 6'7" back in 1974.
"It's really exciting to see Zach break the record," coach Steve Reichardt said. "It's a goal he has been working hard to achieve."


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Much like on the course, dominating the Atlantic Sun Conference All-Conference Team, the Lipscomb cross country squad also dominated the Academic All-Conference squad.
"I'm always proud of our academic achievements as a program," Bill Taylor, director of cross country and track and field, said. "We strive for great academic success. It is a point of emphasis and pride in our program."
Lipscomb had a total of five student-athletes named to the team and was the only school to place more than one runner on both the men's and women's teams.
Senior Tessa Hoefle earned her third-consecutive Scholar Athlete of the Year after sporting a 4.0 GPA in English and finishing fifth at the A-Sun Championships.
"All five certainly deserve any honors they receive," Taylor said. "Tessa in particular has been a great leader, runner and student. To be voted Scholar Athlete of the Year all three years of the awards existence is incredible.
"I'm really proud of her and how she represents Lipscomb cross country and track and field. She is what a 'student-athlete' is supposed to be."
Junior Kaitlyn Llewellyn also has a 4.0 GPA, with a focus on Exercise Science. Llewellyn placed 17th for Lipscomb at the A-Sun Championships.
On the men's side, senior Geoff Musick was the only unanimous selection holding a 3.75 GPA in Biochemistry. Musick picked up Second Team All-Conference after a 13th place finish at the A-Sun Championships
Senior Tim Muller, who also earned Second Team All-Conference, earned Academic All-Conference with a 3.52 GPA in mechanical engineering.
Sophomore Jared Wingerter, who was the Freshman of the Year in the 2012 season, earned Academic All-Conference with a 3.67 GPA in biology.
"This is actually the fewest number of athletes we have had on the Academic All-Conference teams," Taylor said. "That is a testament to how much stronger the whole conference is getting academically. The GPA's were higher than ever this year.
"Our athletes are still performing at an extraordinary level in the classroom. Everyone in the conference is taking care of business in the classroom, which is terrific."


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If you've ever stuck around Nokia's "booth" at Mobile World Congress you'll know it's actually quite massive (we'll have photos later). The area is open during the convention where analysts and weary journalists can relax, have some coffee and get work done.
As tradition, every few hours the Nokia ringtone will blare across the speakers and the Nokia employees working the floor will break out into song and dance. It's hilarious. It's entertaining and we kind of love Nokia for bringing levity to an otherwise unexciting day.
So tune in and sing along to Irene Cara's "What A Feeling (Flashdance)". You can just follow the giant Lumia in the back if you don't know the lyrics. (And yes, this was recorded on a Lumia 920).


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Reverend Al Sharpton expels God in MSNBC promo sermon
Jesus said to Peter: "Get thee behind me, Satan." Then came MSNBC. Now it's God the network is trying to push out of the way. And it's a reverend, of all people, who is doing it.
Rev. Al Sharpton appeared in a "Lean Forward" ad for his network MSNBC on February 5, where he recited a bit of the Pledge of Allegiance. The 58-year-old Sharpton, who reportedly gave his first sermon at age 9, left God out of his piece of the pledge. But he did remember to include lesbians and gays. So, he's got that goin' for him.
"We must have a renewed fight for many of the things we fought for. Because voting rights, and women's rights, and the rights of people against discrimination, whether they're African-American, Latino, lesbian and [sic] gay, must be protected, until we have a nation that is really living up to the creed of one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Not all of one kind. But all," Rev. Sharpton argued in the commercial.
That's not how the pledge goes and has done so since 1954, a few months before Rev. Sharpton, the host of MSNBC's "Politics Nation," was born. The actual pledge was changed that year to include "under God." That version of the pledge goes like this:
"I pledge Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all."
Rev. Sharpton removing God is shocking. For all of his faults, he has a very long history of involvement with and defense of Christian faith. According to Rev. Sharpton's AEI Speakers Bureau profile page, he preached "his first sermon at Washington Temple Church of God & Christ in Brooklyn" at age 9 and later became a Pentecostal minister under Washington Temple Church's Bishop F. D. Washington. "Sharpton preaches throughout the United States and abroad on most Sundays and averages 80 formal sermons a year," the profile continued.
But then it noted that "Sharpton says his religious convictions are the basis for his life." Apparently, commercials aren't included.
While the reverend has been a major part of civil rights history in the United States, he has been caught up in his share of huge controversies.
On January 19, NPR ran a list of "Six True-False Statements" that illustrated his complicated career. Those included his role in the bogus Tawana Brawley rape case, where he lost a $65,000 defamation judgment, and links to the Crown Heights riots in New York City.
One funny note from the piece was that Rev. Sharpton denied being James Brown's tour manager. (Yes, the Godfather of Soul.) "I never was his road manager," he is quoted as saying. His speakers bureau profile says otherwise. "This same year, Sharpton acted as James Brown's tour manager," it still reads. Oopsie.
It's almost impossible to synopsize the remaining lunacy that has summed up Rev. Sharpton's career from calls for knife control (unsurprising since he was once stabbed in the chest) to tax and debt issues to being caught in an FBI drug sting and openly advising President Obama as one of a few "influential progressives."
He remains a colorful character so ridiculous that he is hard to lampoon. That said, "Saturday Night Live" mustered a good parody of his show last May in this entertaining clip that strangely also included Mick Jagger.
Whether he's a TV host or a laughingstock, Shapton has long acknowledged it's the job of a reverend to help others find God, not edit him out. Of course, that was before his personal collection plate relied on the big MSNBC paycheck.


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I got this off of kcchiefs.com if anyone hasn't read it yet.
RIVER FALLS, WI Cold and wet field conditions put a damper on the sequel of the Chiefs-Vikings Saturday evening at Ramer Field.
The Vikings didnt help matters when they showed up just a little bit ornery after getting their butt kicked the night before. Matters got chippy from the start, and there were numerous shoving matches between the Chiefs offensive line and the Vikings defensive line. In a session where the quarterback is supposed to be untouchable, all three Chiefs passers were hit by Minnesota and Brodie Croyle was knocked to the ground.
Herm Edwards eventually called the practice about 15 minutes short of its scheduled end after the pushing and shoving escalated on consecutive plays. Edwards says that despite the poor weather conditions and the extra-curricular stuff, the Chiefs got something out of the evening. A lot of young players got plenty of snaps and that will give the coaches and personnel people more tape to evaluate.
Saturday night, I watched the Chiefs offense. Heres what I saw.
In the 9-on-7 drill designed for the running game on both offense and defense, the Chiefs starting group was very unimpressive and didnt get much push off the line of scrimmage. It was the same for the second and third offensive lines, although both groups were able to create one play that gained good yardage. The second offensive line from left to right: Will Svitek, Tre Stallings, Rudy Niswanger, Kevin Sampson and Kyle Turley. The No. 3 group was Herb Taylor, George Batiste, Rob Hunt, James Newby and Svitek.
When the Chiefs offense went to the team-passing segment, Damon Huard went with the first team and things didnt start so well. Huard hit three-of-three passes, but all of them were short. The Vikings also picked up a coverage sack.
It wasnt much better when Croyle went in with the second offensive line. On the first play Croyle hit the ground after one of his own linemen stepped on his foot. Two plays later it wasnt an accident, as he was knocked down by the Vikings pass rush. When he went in for two plays with the third offensive line, Casey Printers was sacked.
Because of the wet field, the head coaches decided not to do any one-on-one drills, so their was no pass rush-pass protection battles between the O-Line and D-Line and there were no one-on-one coverage plays between the wide receivers and defensive backs.
When the team offense portion of practice got under way, Huard looked good. On four plays he found Kris Wilson for a nice gain, Michael Bennett had a nice run over right guard and then Huard and Tony Gonzalez connected for a 30-yard touchdown play. It was at the end of that action when the first pushing match broke out. Kolby Smith dropped Huards last pass in that sequence.
When Croyle came in for four plays he was one of three with an interception that was dropped by a Minnesota linebacker. Printers was one of two with a nice completion to Titus Ryan for 20-plus yards. Croyle later did throw an interception and before long, Svitek and Turley got involved in shoving matches and before long the affair was over.
Whether the Chiefs gave anything back after their good performance on Friday will come out with the wash and the tape evaluation. Croyle was certainly not as sharp Saturday as he was Friday, while Huard was better the second night. All three offensive lines had problems in pass protection.
Among the skill position players, the only one who may have stood out was first-year wide receiver Brent Little out of Southern Illinois. He made a pair of nice catches and then held on to the ball both times after taking a couple of pretty good hits.
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Masterpiece Mystery! "Endeavour, Series I: Fugue" Before Inspector Morse, there was the rookie Constable Morse, fed up with police work and ready to nip his career in the bud by handing in his resignation. That is, until a murder turned up that only he could solve. Shaun Evans (The Take, The Virgin Queen) stars as the young Endeavour Morse, before his signature red Jaguar but with his deductive powers already running in high gear. D
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New Tricks "End of the Line" DNA tests on a man arrested in connection with a warehouse robbery establish his innocence but link him directly to an unnamed vagrant who was strangled on a subway train 15 years earlier, causing UCOS to reopen the original case.G
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|Defense ruled the day, as St. Thomas held UW-River Falls below 100 yards in the second half.
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RIVER FALLS, Wis. –- Second-ranked St. Thomas survived an uneven, penalty-plagued performance to overcome stubborn UW-River Falls 25-7 Thursday night at Ramer Field.
The Tommies (2-0) scored easily on their first possession with a quick four-play drive, but struggled thereafter to find their rhythm on offense. They played stingy defense deep in their own territory to twice keep the Falcons (0-2) at bay in the fourth quarter.
The win was the 36th consecutive regular-season victory for St. Thomas and sets up a Sept. 21 showdown with archrival St. John's at O'Shaughnessy Stadium. The Tommies' last loss in regular season was in October 2009 at St. John's.
UST's defense recorded five sacks and helped keep the Falcons' top receiver, 6-7 Charles Dixon, without a catch. The Toms limited the Falcons to 62 second-half total yards. That helped overcome the Tommies' two lost fumbles and seven penalties for 70 yards. One of those penalties negated a short TD run, and UST came away with no points on that drive.
St. Thomas had a 438-244 advantage in total offense, led by Matt O'Connell's 260 passing yards. That included River Falls' 72 net rushing yards on 34 carries after the sacks were factored in.
Quick Start, Then Stalls
The Tommies opened scoring as they did in their home opener against UW-Eau Claire – quickly.
O'Connell hit wide receiver Dan Ferrazzo with a 42-yard pass down the middle on the first play from scrimmage, and three plays later wide receiver Dan Noehring took a reverse pitch for a 19-yard touchdown run. Fullback Dominic Truoccolo handled the PAT snap and ran it in for two points and an 8-0 St. Thomas lead with only two minutes gone in the game.
The Tommies advanced into River Falls territory on their next two drives but came up empty-handed both times. Running back Jack Kaiser, following runs of four and nine yards and a 26-yard reception, fumbled at the Falcons' 36 and the home team recovered.
After forcing a punt, St. Thomas moved from its 23 to the River Falls 1, but a holding penalty negated a one-yard Kaiser touchdown run. UST's fake field goal was stopped short of the goal.
St. Thomas extended its lead to 15-0 on its next series, taking advantage of excellent field position after a 14-yard Noehring punt return to go 43 yards in five plays. Kaiser got his touchdown on this drive, from three yards out.
River Falls broke through late in the first half with a 10-play drive; all 73 net yards came via passes from sophomore quarterback Ryan Kusilek. He converted three consecutive third-down tosses, including a 4-yarder to Jordan Christianson for the touchdown with 1:18 remaining.
Waldvogel a Spark
St. Thomas' offense remained sluggish at the outset of the second half, losing the ball on another Kaiser fumble and forced to punt after a holding penalty, but got a spark from freshman running back Nick Waldvogel on the next series.
Waldvogel accounted for 46 of the Tommies' last 49 yards on the 65-yard drive, starting with a 19-yard reception and ending with a 10-yard scamper up the middle for the touchdown and a 22-7 lead.
River Falls recovered an onside kick at St. Thomas' 45 and drove to the 17 but the Tommies held on downs and took the ball over. The Falcons again drove deep into St. Thomas territory, to the 28, on their next possession but again were stopped on downs.
St. Thomas finished the scoring with a 41-yard Paul Graupner field goal with less than three minutes remaining in the game. The kick was one yard off Graupner's personal best last year.


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Here's a detail list of what I did. Hope this may help someone wanting to do it themselves. Here's some pics too.
1.Start engine and let it warm up to full temp.
2. Suck oil from drain hose and remove filter using zip lock freezer bag to catch any oil.
3. Add 5 and a half quarts of Penzoil 15x40 marine Oil. Install new Mastercraft branded oil filter.
4. Suck all transmission fluid from the Mastercraft transmission. Remove the transmission filter from the right side of the transmission. Clean the filter with carb cleaner and re install.
5. Refill transmission with four quarts of Penzoil 15x40 Marine Oil.
6. Start engine let all new fluids work their way thru the motor let it run approximately 5-10 minutes. While the boat is still running remove the hose that is connected to the valve cover and spray fogging oil in the hose end ( this hose runs to the throttle body ) until it smokes so bad you think it's on fire. This will take one to two minutes of spraying. Shut down motor. Check oil and transmission fluid
7. Disconnect the manifold drain hoses by disconnecting the quick connect fitting and let it drain in the bilge.
8. Remove the left side brass plug from the motor and let all water drain.
9. Remove the lower hose on the left side of the motor and let it drain in the bilge.
10. Remove the brass drain plug from the right side of motor and let all water drain in the bilge.
11. Remove the J hose on the right side of the motor both top and bottom and let the water drain.
12. Remove the upper hose for the heater, take an air hose and blow it in this hose until all the water stops coming out the open holes on the back of the motor. Once dry reconnect the hose.
13. Remove impeller from the rear of the motor for winter storage. Use impeller pulley to get it out with no damage. Re install plate and all screws with no impeller installed.
14. Re install both brass drain plugs on the motor, reconnect the manifold drain hoses, re connect the lower hose on the left side of the motor and then re install the lower part of the J hose only.
15. Pour up to 3 gallons of environmentally friendly antifreeze in the upper part of the J hose in the rear, it should start coming out the other end of where the J hose reconnects.
16. Reconnect the top J hose.
17. Start the motor and let it run for approximately 30 seconds for it to get the antifreeze in all places.
18. Disconnect and remove both batteries and place in heated garage on battery tenders for the winter.
19. Empty all ballast pour 1/4 gallon of antifreeze into each ballast thru the overflow port.
20. Turn ballast back to empty for less than 30 seconds (just long enough to get it into the pumps)
21. Wash and dry the boat real good all the way down to the bottom of the hull.
22. Pull all cushions and place on shelving so none is pressed against each other the whole winter.
23. Since I leave it in dry storage I just leave it in there with no cover and none of the cushions are touching each other but all are on flat surfaces so none will warp over winter.
What to do in spring.
1. Re install impeller or replace with new impeller.
2. Install and re connect both fully charged batteries.
3. Grease rudder, steering cable and starter motor.
4. Hook up fake a lake and start motor let is run for 10 minutes. Look for any sign of water leaks. Once all is cleared and there are no water leaks shut the motor down.
5. Re-wash the boat and apply a fresh coat of wax.
4. Load the cooler we are ready to go it the lake.
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Nice post ... No mention of ballast? Lube rudder, steering cables,
Keep a tight line, and a smile on your face. Peace out.
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Great list! Well done. My rudder doesn't have a fitting?
Sorry, I did empty all ballast till nothing came out. Then I poured Antifreeze in the overflow then turned to empty one more time.
I'm going to lube rudder steering cable and grease starter all in the spring. I didn't think it would do much good to grease it with it just sitting for the next 6 months. I'd rather do it then start using it. I'll add to the post in the spring. I did wash the boat real good but didn't wax either. Will do it in the spring too.
Nice write up! I've got a '99 Prostar 205V that is new to me, and I will be winterizing it for the first time here in the next week or two. This and some of the other posts on TT have been very helpful.
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Cook's Country from America's Test Kitchen "Southern Classics" Bridget shows Chris how to make the ultimate Gumbo. Then, Jack challenges Chris to a tasting of long-grain white rice. And finally, Julia updates a lost recipe and shows Chris how to make Lane Cake. D
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Great American Seafood Cook-Off Fires blazed and seafood sizzled as New Orleans hosted the fifth annual Great American Seafood Cook-Off in August 2008. During the two-day competition, 15 chefs from 14 different states prepared their best dishes using the seafood indigenous to their state. Famed New Orleans chef John Besh, the winner of the 2004 competition and the 2006 James Beard Foundation's Best Chef of the Southeast, hosted the event. D
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Caprial and John's Kitchen: Cooking for Family and Friends "Your Kitchen Garden" Caprial and John show how to eat well and fresh from a garden, no matter what the season. They prepare celeriac soup with fresh thyme.G
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Rick Steves' Europe "Eastern Turkey" Rick experiences a Mount Ararat sunrise, visits Abraham's 4,000-year-old home town and tours one of the world's biggest dams.G
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Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish "Seremos Cuatro" This episode covers phrases used when making travel arrangements. Juan talks to Pati about their marriage and its future.G
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Joe Davidson's article ("'Most vulnerable' workers are struggling," July 28) reprinted from The Washington Post carried good information and it is correct — the impacts of sequester aren't "commanding the attention they once did."
For example, I haven't seen coverage of the 22.5 percent cut in extended unemployment benefits that went into effect August 1 for the long-term unemployed. Sequester cuts closing airport towers were quickly rescinded, but unemployment assistance that is critical to maintaining a home until a job is found? Cutting that went unnoticed.
As if the stress of this sequester cut wasn't enough, now there is the stress that if Congress continues to play chicken on the budget, come September 30 the threatened government shutdown could make the cut 100 percent.
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I think the average quilter has to sit and take a breath at all the 'we got what you need' s! I quilt on my 6600 as is....I'd so like to add a frame to make it moving easier on my shoulders and back. Yet, when you shop for other set ups, by the time you spend the money....you might as well sell your car to do it!! And, when you think you've done your homework enough, then someone else will say what a 'nightmare'...Share what you do or have to help give the rest of us an understanding of what actually works...and, how much (estimate) of cost for you! I just want to quilt my quilts...not spend $30,000 to do it myself! How about the rest of you?! You'd think these quilting frame/machine people would get smart and learn to bring the prices to reasonable ranges and sell a dozen instead of 1!Thanks ahead of the time-Skeat
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After what feels like a long drought, this quarter looks like a desert flood of pro cameras, with a host of great models arriving that really improve on the already-great models that came before. The first of these to cross my path is the Nikon D800, a terrific full-frame model that's targeted at nonsports professionals such as wedding, landscape, and architectural photographers whose subjects generally don't sprint across the scene except for maybe a runaway bride or two. Any judgments about Editors' Choice Award-worthiness will have to wait until I've shot with some competitors, most notably the Canon EOS 5D Mark III.
The D800 actually comes in two versions, standard and a more expensive D800E model that incorporates a modified low-pass filter system that results in little to no antialiasing, and therefore generally sharper photos. The latter will probably be unsuited for video; aliasing can be a real problem in video and it's much harder to correct in post-production, so you need that filter.
Image quality
I wouldn't expect the photo quality on this camera to be less than spectacular, and it delivers. It's impossible to apply a hard upper limit on the usability at any particular ISO sensitivity because unlike a lot of cameras the D800 has no noise where it doesn't "need" it; I'm sure it's probably gaining up the sensor uniformly, but the photos simply don't look it. Plus, at less than 100 percent view in a lot of cases you simply won't see the noise. And when you scale down, the higher resolution of the sensor compensates for any sharpness loss due to noise reduction.
At about ISO 1600, I do see a significant enough divergence between JPEG and raw quality for darker images that makes it worth processing raw to get better results. Between ISO 400 and ISO 1600 it depends upon the content of the image, but for the most part the JPEGs look pretty clean and intelligently processed. Even in the extended ISO ranges you can get reasonably solid images if you're not averse to some smoothing to even out the serious grain and a lot of clipping in the highlights and shadows. That said, I can't imagine any photo from this camera that wouldn't be usable in some way.
The dynamic range is impressive. While JPEGs have unsurprising clipping in the highlights of high-contrast photos, there's plenty of detail recoverable in the raw; I didn't see much in the way of clipped shadows, but there's plenty of recoverable detail in the dark areas as well. And it handles bright, saturated reds, pinks and purples very well, without blowing out any detail. All the exposures are dead-on. The automatic white balance is just a touch cooler than I like, but that's eminently tweakable to your taste, right down to an option to preserve the warmth of indoor lighting in full AWB. Overall, the photos just have beautiful tonality.
The video looks really good, though I can't yet say whether or not it's better than many of the alternatives. While there's some moiré, there's no rolling shutter to speak of, it's reasonably sharp, and the tonal range in both light and dark looks very smooth and broad. It might need some grading -- right out of the camera into a player contrast is exaggerated, but in an editing application it looks correct. Low-light video (about ISO 3200 or so, as in the frame grab below) isn't noise-free at full size but I think most commercial shooters will find it acceptable if they need to shoot in ambient light, and even some indie video pixel-peepers will be quite happy with it.
For a pro camera that's not intended for sports, the D800 delivers excellent shooting performance. It powers on and shoots almost instantaneously. In good light, it focuses and shoots in about 0.1 second, increasing a bit to 0.4 in dim light. Sequential shooting of JPEG or raw files takes just .25 second; though we didn't test the TIFF speed, it feels about the same, and raw+JPEG feels fast and fluid in both single- and continuous-shooting modes. With flash recycling, shot-to-shot time increases to just 0.7 second. Its relatively modest burst won't win any speed awards at 3.9 frames per second, but it's serviceable. (I tested with the SanDisk 100MBps Extreme Pro CF card.)
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Single-shot autofocus operates decisively and accurately. I couldn't exhaustively test all the various continuous AF configurations, but found it generally more hit than miss. The tracking AF area would occasionally (and bafflingly) jump off the subject for no apparent reason, but that's par for the course in AF. One of the incidental benefits of the D800's higher resolution, however, is that even out-of-focus shots look sharp when scaled down even just a little. The full-time AF for shooting video, on the other hand, doesn't work consistently well. It works best when the subject is stationary -- but then you might as well just manually focus -- and even then it pulses occasionally.
The D800's performance only disappoints in one respect: battery life. The battery seems to drain faster than that of almost any high-end dSLR I've used in recent memory, dropping a few bars on the indicator every short shooting session. If you plan to shoot a lot of Live View or video, I'd spring for an extra battery or upgrade to the EN-EL18. Also, like many of the high-resolution cameras, it has some annoying lagginess when reviewing photos. And while the LCD is larger, it doesn't seem up to the high-resolution images for judging sharpness, and it's difficult to use in direct sunlight.
Design and features
The body design remains quite similar to the D700's and uses the now-standard Nikon conventions. It's really sturdy and comfortable to shoot with, despite being a bit heavy, built of magnesium alloy with slightly improved dust-and-weather sealing. The grip has an inset for your fingers for extra stability. The viewfinder now covers 100 percent of the scene -- yay! -- and remains big, bright, and extremely comfortable. You can turn on a virtual level that now registers tilt as well as roll.


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In spring of 1872, noted photographer Eadweard Muybridge devised a method of fast-motion photography that allowed him to see a horse running in slow motion. In doing that, he effectively invented the motion picture industry. One hundred and fifty years later, Muybridge's moving-picture efforts inspired a curious experiment for me: What happens, I wondered, if I linger among the images of Jesus in the gospel accounts? What unexpected lessons will I find if I risk viewing God in Slow Motion? I decided to find out.


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Clear Rez™ is the newest edition to the Ez-Clone® product line.
This solution is designed to keep all of the internal workings of your Aeroponic and Hydroponic systems crystal clear. Insuring that your systems run as efficiently as possible.
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