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1. Tell us how you got involved with computer programming. What do you do in "real life"?
Bill Kendrick: I have my family - especially my brother Dean - to thank for my interest in computers. Some of my earliest memories are playing on a Pong console with him.
When I was about 6 or 7 years old (he was 12 or 13), he got a Timex Sinclair 1000 computer. (For those unfamiliar with it, this thing was about 7" x 7" in size, with a flat membrane keyboard, and 2 whole kilobytes of RAM.) He and I played on it, mostly typing in games from books.
After about a year, my parents bought him a Commodore 64, so I got the Timex. Somehow - probably thanks to the fact that all of the BASIC commands were available in one keystroke, thanks to a cool, context-sensitive cursor - I started picking up BASIC. I have a vague memory of jotting down programs on the back of homework sheets from grammar school.
One day my family was at a department store, and I saw an Atari computer sitting there happily displaying a "READY" prompt, so I tried to write a little program. Honestly, it didn't work, so I was quite frustrated.
For some reason, though, my family decided to get me an Atari 1200XL, and that was the sole computer I had and used between 1982 and 1991! Unfortunately, I didn't have much access to the 'outside' world (computer stores, users groups, magazines, or even much software!)
Since I only had a very few (less than 10) commercial games for my Atari, I'd try writing my own. There are 100s of 5.25" disks of half-finished BASIC code rotting away somewhere...
As for "real life," I'm currently working at Worldcom in Sacramento, doing web development. (I've been stuck in web jobs since 1995!)
Back in 1998, I got offered a dream job (though I'm sure it would've been quite hard) working at Atari Games in the bay area. I would have been helping develop the arcade game "San Francisco Rush: 2049."
I had JUST moved in with my girlfriend (now fiancee) of 4 years, and would have been forced to move right back out, so after some long and hard consideration, I declined. (I'm getting paid more at Worldcom, anyway.)
2. You are mostly using SDL for your games. Tell us, are there some features that you would like to see implemented in a future SDL and related SDL libraries?
Bill Kendrick: I can think of only one, off the top of my head. Some image save routines in SDL_image. At the moment, I'm stuck with either using SDL's BMP save function, including a whole other library (like libPNG), or writing something myself.
3. What is your opinion on the DirectX, Allegro & ClanLib APIs? What made you stick to SDL? Have you tried OpenGL in conjuction to SDL?
Bill Kendrick: I've never used any of these, frankly. I went straight from Xlib to SDL, and only ever looked back when I did some games for the Agenda VR3 PDA, or when porting things from Xlib to SDL.
I first started using SDL for music and sound effects in my (still unfinished) game "Bobobot," which is Xlib-based. Eventually, I discovered SDL was way better at doing graphics than I was under X-Window.
I have poked around with OpenGL in the past. There wasn't really any integration with SDL at the time - I only used SDL for sound effects and music. I think I need to take some math classes again, though, because I've never been that good with 3D. (That should be pretty obvious by looking at the lineup of titles I've made so far.)
4. What is your favorite game of all time, and which one of your games is your favorite?
Bill Kendrick: What an unfair question -- I have so many favorite games! They come from different genres, different environments (computer versus console versus arcade), and from different eras. I hope you don't mind a list...
Early years:
* Adventure, the ancient, blocky dragons-and-swords game for the Atari 2600.
* Star Raiders, the 3D space shooter from 1979 for the Atari.
* Galaga.
* Sinistar, the first game to REALLY get my adrenaline going.
* Mega Man II. A beautiful and elegant, if not too easy, platformer.
* Klax, the Tetris-like puzzle game.
* Tempest 2000, the trippy remake of the already-bizarre game "Tempest."
* Wipe Out, the classic futuristic racer from the PlayStation (I have all of the sequels)
* Tekken II. I played this weekend after weekend at the arcade with some friends, back before it was out for the PlayStation. (It was also my reason for GETTING the PlayStation.) My friends were both girls, oddly enough. And one of them can kick ANYONE's ass at any version of Tekken.
* Twisted Metal. I played this until 2am on school nights in college with my roommates.
Of the games I've written, the two I fire up more than any are Defendguin (mostly when I just need to shoot stuff) and Vectoroids (the Zaurus version).
5. What other games are you planning to design and write? Will you seek a profession in game programming in the near future?
Bill Kendrick: I want to design some less violent games, some clones of the 'favorites' I listed above, and to one day try to think of something ORIGINAL. (Even back when I wrote games for my Atari, they were usually based, at least vaguely, on other games I saw or read about.)
While I'm not usually actively seeking a game programming job, I'm always pining for one. I'd love to find a job where my retro-style game coding experience would be found useful. And one where I don't have to use Windows. (Thankfully, my current job's like that!)
6. What do you think about the Linux performance on multimedia in general?
Bill Kendrick: It's coming along nicely, I think. The two complaints I hear the most are about the lack of video and audio editing tools. The latter seems to be getting taken care of, thanks to tools like Audacity.
7. Have you tried other OSes besides Windows and Linux? Which Linux distro are you using?
Bill Kendrick: My college had labs full of MacIIs and Centrises, and eventually some PowerPCs.
In the end, I just used them mostly as remote X displays for the Solaris box I did most of my programming on.
As for Windows, I've never actually ran it myself. (I think I have a disc somewhere that came with one of the used PCs I've got.)
My roommate in college ran Windows95, and I hated it. So when a friend told me about this "Red Hat Linux" thing, it was the first thing I installed on my very first "real" computer: a Pentium 133 I bought used in 1998 after graduating and moving to Davis.
You heard it right - before that, the only computers I owned were my Atari's (and an IBM PS2 running DOS that I used to login to the Unix box at school).
After using RedHat for a few years, I've switched entirely to Debian.
8. Do you believe that there is still future for the professional/heavy 3D games market under Linux, after the demise of Loki Software? What changes to the Linux infrastructure can help in the success of the particular market?
Bill Kendrick: I think most people agree that Loki was filling a necessary niche in the Linux market. From rumors I've heard and read, it really was just bad management that caused them to die.
First-party companies seem to be working on more Linux ports themselves. Never Winter Nights comes to mind as one.
9. I see that you are doing some software for kids, like TuxPaint. Tell us what made you want to work in this field. Do you have kids of your own?
Bill Kendrick: My main reason for writing Tux Paint was after a friend told me about his experience with Debian Jr. He has some young kids, and complained that the only real drawing program that was packaged in Jr. was The Gimp, which many ADULTS I know can't wrap their head around.
I think my main interest in children's software is (1) that it's easy programming... very similar to what I've been doing ("retro" titles), (2) there's more "bang for the buck," when compared to trying to impress and entertain the average "gamer," and (3) it's very satisfying.
I have no children, yet. For now, only cats. They're MUCH lower maintenance.
10. Tell us about the rest of your Linux activities. I hear that you are running a Linux User Group in California.
Bill Kendrick: When I first moved to Davis in 1998, I was doing web development, as usual. I was telecommuting, so I didn't get out of the house much, and didn't have many friends in the area. Then one day a fellow named Pete Salzman posted a question to one of UC Davis' Usenet newsgroups asking if there was a LUG in the area, or interest in one. My roommate told me, and we decided we'd like to get together.
Since then, LUGOD's grown to be the largest LUG out here in the Sacramento area, and one of the most active that we've ever heard of. We meet twice a month, with either guest speakers or presentations from members. Along with that, we hold monthly installfests, AND semi-regular hands-on Linux demos. We've worked with the local high school, library, and other non-profits. Just last night, two of use did a presentation on Linux to kids at this year's California 4-H Leadership Conference.
Along with LUGOD, I also hang out in a lot of other LUGs - Sacramento, Roseville, North Bay, SVLUG, BALUG, SVBUG...
Once upon a time, I ran a group called the Davis Game Design Club. It never got too big, and fizzled with my friends web server died, killing the website and mailing lists. I decided work and LUGOD kept me busy enough, so I let it die.


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Mrs. E. E. Caswell
The death occurred on June 18, at her residence, Coburn, Wonglepong, of one of the oldest pioneers of the Logan district, Mrs. Tamar Caswell, relict of the late Mr. E. E. Caswell. Mrs. Caswell, who was in her 87th year, was born in Lincolnshire, England, and came to Queensland in the sailing ship Agricola in 1853. She had very vivid recollections of the early pioneering days, when the blacks were numerous and troublesome; also of the disastrous flood in 1864, when she and her parents lost all their belongings in the deluge. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Caswell made their home at Woodhill, near Beaudesert, where they resided for many years, and reared a family of twelve children, all of whom are living, with the exception of one son. There are also 27 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Caswell resided at Coburn, Wonglepong for over 40 years, and was predeceased by her husband nearly six years ago. Her favourite hobby was crochet work, specimens of which are greatly admired and prized by her family and friends.
Her parents were listed as Peel WRIGHT and Mary Ann CHAPMAN.
Obituary. (1935, June 22). The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), p. 17. Retrieved November 7, 2011, from TROVE

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The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated in 1948 in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The Games were the first to be celebrated after World War II; it had been 12 years since the last Winter Games in 1936. From the selection of a host city in a neutral country, to the exclusion of Japan and Germany, the political atmosphere of the post-war world was inescapable during the Games. The organizing committee faced several challenges due to the financial and human resources consumed by the war.
There were 28 nations that marched in the opening ceremonies on January 30, 1948. Nearly 670 athletes competed in 22 events in four sports. The Games also featured two demonstration sports: military patrol, which later became the biathlon, and winter pentathlon, which was discontinued after these Games. Notable performances were turned in by figure skaters Dick Button and Barbara Ann Scott and skier Henri Oreiller. Most of the athletic venues were already in existence from the first time St. Moritz hosted the Winter Games in 1928. All of the venues were outdoors, which meant the Games were heavily dependent on favorable weather conditions. Chile, Denmark, Iceland, South Korea, and Lebanon all made their Winter Olympic debut at these Games. Three countries, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland, tied for the most medals won with ten medals each.
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An Evening With Photographer John Fielder
- Library Hall
John Fielder celebrates the 20th anniversary of Great Outdoors Colorado with the publication of two new books highlighting the special places around the state in which Colorado's lottery funds have been invested.
Join the award-winning photographer for a free community slide show and talk to introduce his new guide book, Guide to Colorado's Great Outdoors: Lottery-Funded Parks, Trails, Wildlife Areas & Open Spaces, and a picture book, Colorado's Great Outdoors: Celebrating 20 Years of Lottery-Funded Lands.
Fielder is touring around Colorado to share his photography and recount his impressions of GOCO's accomplishments. The evening features the land conservation successes of Yampa Valley Land Trust and their work around Northwest Colorado in a slide show entitled "Colorado's Great Outdoors: Celebrating 20 Years of Lottery-Funded Lands," with beautiful music married to the images.
Fielder's Steamboat Springs talk will be a benefit for Yampa Valley Land Trust, which is also celebrating its 20th anniversary. The program will include photographs and commentary about YVLT's land protection accomplishments in Northwest Colorado, including Rossi family efforts to pass their ranches along to future generations intact. 30% of all book sales from the evening will benefit Yampa Valley Land Trust
About the projects
GOCO partnered with Fielder to photograph hundreds of county and city open spaces; wildlife habitat; state parks and wildlife areas; local and regional trails; community parks, ball fields, and playgrounds; and private ranches. He drove 35,000 miles in less than two years from one end of Colorado to the other, and visited all of the state's 64 counties and practically every city and town, in order to complete the project. The many working ranches depicted have benefited from GOCO grants because of the significant wildlife habitat they provide. They are not accessible to the public, but instead remain in private ownership. This will be the first time many people have been able to see these lands.
About GOCO
Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) was created in 1992 when Colorado voters directed a portion of Lottery proceeds towards Colorado's wildlife, parks, rivers, trails and open spaces. Great Outdoors Colorado's mission is to help preserve, protect, enhance, and manage the state's wildlife, park, river, trail, and open space heritage. Additionally, GOCO makes annual investments in Colorado's wildlife and state parks via the Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife. To date, GOCO has committed more than $715 million in Lottery proceeds for nearly 3,500 projects in all 64 counties throughout the state.
About John Fielder
John Fielder was a founder of GOCO, and was appointed by Governor Roy Romer to the Great Outdoors Colorado Board in 1993, and served two four year terms. He has worked tirelessly to promote the protection of Colorado's ranches, open spaces, and wildlands during his 30-year career as a nature photographer. His photography has influenced people and legislation, earning him recognition including the Sierra Club's Ansel Adams Award in 1993 and, in 2011, the Aldo Leopold Foundation's first Achievement Award given to an individual. Over 40 books have been published depicting his Colorado photography. Fielder lives in Summit County, Colorado, and operates a fine art gallery, John Fielder's Colorado, in Denver's Art District on Santa Fe. He teaches photography workshops to adults and children. Information about John and his work can be found at johnfielder.com.
About Yampa Valley Land Trust
Yampa Valley Land Trust is is dedicated to the conservation of natural, scenic, agricultural, historic and other public and private open land resources in Northwest Colorado, including but not limited to Routt, Moffat, Jackson and Rio Blanco Counties - with a focus on the Upper Yampa River Basin in Routt County and Upper White River Basin in Rio Blanco County - for the benefit of this and future generations.


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Owner/breeder and entertainment titan Jerry Moss was reached by phone Tuesday morning and reacted with sorrow to the passing on Monday of legendary rock singer Joe Cocker, 70, who was featured on Moss's A & M Records mega hit album "Mad Dogs and Englishmen" in 1970.
"It's just very sad," said Moss, who along with his wife Ann own superstar retired mare Zenyatta. "I saw him three years ago and he was doing well. He was one of the greatest artists I've ever worked with and I've worked with a lot of them. I was actually beside the stage when Joe was performing at Woodstock (1969) and it was one of the biggest thrills of my life.
"He was an amazing talent. There was nobody like him and he will be missed.
"We (Moss and his good friend and business partner Herb Alpert) knew the album was going to be important because the tour was so important. He went out on the road with a menagerie of people including some of the greatest players there were. People like Leon Russell and Chris Stainton . . . Just amazing people on the road. Roberta Flack joined them at some point. We filmed the tour (Mad Dogs and Englishmen) in two different locations, the Filllmore East (in New York City) and the Santa Monica Civic and we did pretty good with it.
"In the meantime, we got the soundtrack and distributed it throughout the world and it really made a very important artist out of Joe. It made him a real interpreter of music. He later came up with 'You Are So Beautiful' for us . . . It was great stuff."
Moss also noted that 2010 Horse of the Year Zenyatta "Is doing very well. We didn't breed her this year because she had gotten very heavy. She's lost a lot of that weight, which she needed to do . . . Sometimes that weight can be hard on the legs and she's such a big girl. We saw her just a week ago and she's looking great.
"She's going to be bred to War Front in the spring and Cozmic One (first foal, a 2-year-old colt by Bernardini trained by John Shirreffs) will run here at Santa Anita in a matter of days. Victor (Espinoza) worked him the other day and he's ready."
Moss also lamented the passing of Zenyatta's weanling filly by War Front, who was euthanized following a paddock accident this past fall. "We suffered a great tragedy, but we've got Cozmic One and her second foal, Ziconic (by Tapit) is in training in Florida right now and we're feeling pretty good about the prospects of those two."
Bob Baffert has four of the 10 horses entered in the Grade I Malibu Stakes at seven furlongs on opening day, Friday, in which 2013 male 2-year-old champion Shared Belief is the 4-5 morning line favorite.
Baffert has already felt the sting of Shared Belief, in the Grade I Awesome Again Stakes Sept. 27, when the Candy Ride gelding trained by Jerry Hollendorfer hung a neck defeat on the Baffert-trained Fed Biz despite being carried wide by another Baffert runner, Sky Kingdom.
Baffert gained major revenge when his Bayern won the Breeders' Cup Classic, in which Shared Belief lost any reasonable chance of winning when he was roughed at the start.
Asked what advice he would give to his quartet of riders in the Malibu, Baffert said: "I don't tell them anything. They're all speed horses, though. I'm glad I didn't draw next to Shared Belief. I wouldn't want to bother him."
Patrick Biancone, who sends out 20-1 morning line chance Diamond Bachelor in the Malibu, is hoping the French Connection produces winning karma.
"He's training well," said Biancone, like Diamond Bachelor's rider, Flavian Prat, a native of France. "Flavian did well when he rode here in the past. We're looking for a good showing."
The field for the Malibu: Conquest Two Step, Joe Talamo, 15-1; Chitu, Joel Rosario, 4-1; Indianapolis, Gary Stevens, 6-1; Rprettyboyfloyd, Tyler Baze, 30-1; Pimpernel, Martin Garcia, 10-1; Midnight Hawk, Victor Espinoza, 6-1; Tamarando, Julien Leparoux, 12-1; Shared Belief, Mike Smith, 4-5; Diamond Bachelor, Flavian Prat, 20-1; and Frensham, Mario Gutierrez, 30-1.
Red Outlaw, who suffered his first defeat in the Cary Grant on Polytrack at Del Mar after six straight victories, seeks to make amends in Friday's Grade II, $200,000 Mathis Brothers Mile on turf for 3-year-olds.
Trained by Peter Miller, the California-bred son of the late Tribal Rule never made the lead in the Grant as is his wont but was beaten only 2 ½ lengths while finishing fourth under Edwin Maldonado, who has ridden him five times, the last four in a row.
"He's a pro," Maldonado said. "I believe he's even better going a distance. He can do it all, and he completely missed the break in his last race. If he hadn't, there's no doubt in my mind he would have won. He just missed the break and I was heartbroken when he did.
"The other speed horse in the Mathis is Heart to Heart, but Red Outlaw's game is speed. He'll be on the lead."
The Mathis Brothers field: Patriots Rule, Fernando Perez, 15-1; Red Outlaw, Edwin Maldonado, 6-1; Ashleylovessugar, Elvis Trujillo, 15-1; Alert Bay, Tyler Baze, 6-1; Sawyer's Hill, Martin Garcia, 12-1; Tonito M., Rafael Bejarano, 10-1; Heart to Heart, Julien Leparoux, 5-2; Louisiana Flyboy, Aaron Gryder, 30-1; Home Run Kitten, Joe Talamo, 6-1; Long On Value, Mike Smith, 5-1; Awesome Return, Kent Desormeaux, 10-1; Talco, Drayden Van Dyke, 10-1; and also-eligibles Cool Samurai, Victor Espinoza, 12-1; and Play Hard to Get, Corey Nakatani, 20-1.
You have to walk the walk, talk the talk and dance all the dances to win an Eclipse Award. So says Bob Baffert, who has won his share, capped in 2001, when Point Given was named Horse of the Year.
The Eclipse winners and Horse of the Year for 2014 will be announced Jan. 17. Bayern, winner of the Breeders' Cup Classic by a nose after favored Shared Belief was roughed at the start and finished fourth, has enough on his resume to be worthy of Horse of the Year, in the opinion of Baffert, who has a vested interest, since he trains the speedy 3-year-old.
"I really feel that horses like California Chrome and Bayern need to be rewarded for their overall excellence on the year," Baffert said. "Chrome should be 3-year-old champion and Bayern Horse of the Year.
"They're both deserving horses. They ran a lot, and they left the state. When you get on an airplane, it makes a big difference. Shared Belief stayed in his comfort level, and that was good, because Jerry (Hollendorfer) knows his horse and he didn't want to take that chance with him." Each of Shared Belief's eight career starts to date have been in California.
"Horses that have big years deserve more consideration," Baffert said. "California
Chrome had a big year, especially at the start, and through the Preakness. He tailed off at the end, but things change, horses mature and all that. His best race was the Breeders' Cup Classic, but he still got beat.
"Bayern had a big year, too. His time for the Woody Stephens was off the chart. The Haskell was awesome; he destroyed a 40-year-old track record in Philadelphia; he won the Derby Trial but got DQ'd. He finished first six times in nine starts.
"Chrome and Bayern are both deserving horses, and they ran a lot and they left the state. When you travel like Chrome and Bayern did, you don't know what's going to happen. If voters really put some thought into it and look at the record, it shows that when Chrome got blocked and didn't get his trips in the Belmont and the Pennsylvania Derby, he didn't run well.
"And you know what? We found out when Shared Belief gets blocked, he doesn't run well, either. Every horse has to have its comfort level, whether it's on the lead, second, third, in the clear, whatever.
"But there's little talk about that because some people are so upset about Bayern not being disqualified in the Classic. The break was not that bad. Shared Belief did not break well. He broke a little slow and Bayern broke like a shot. When he came in, he (jockey Martin Garcia) straightened him out, but Shared Belief was bothered by horses coming down on the outside.
"They're the ones that blocked him. I didn't block him, but I got the blame for blocking him. It just doesn't make sense."
Santa Anita Park will again offer fans free weekend Infield admission and parking, beginning opening day, Friday. With sunny skies forecast, the spacious Infield figures to be a popular destination for many families and youthful race goers who enjoy a wide variety of entertainment options, a Family Fun Zone, pony rides, face painting, inflatable jumpers and much more.
Those who wish to take home Santa Anita's traditional opening day wall calendar can purchase a General Admission ticket for $5.
"We initiated free admission to the Infield back in April and it's been very well received by our fans," said Santa Anita President, Tom Ludt. "The Infield has traditionally been a popular destination for young people, families and groups and there's a great atmosphere out there. The idea is to get new and casual fans excited about racing and about coming to Santa Anita and with the expectation of good weather, we want people to know they are welcome to bring beach chairs, coolers with picnic items and non-alcoholic beverages."
Santa Anita's Infield Area is most easily accessed through Gate 6 on Colorado Place, which is on the track's northern perimeter. Anyone choosing to cross over from the Infield to the Grandstand may do so by purchasing General Admission. (Santa Anita Thoroughbreds Club members can purchase General Admission for just $3). The Thoroughbreds reward program is free to join and fans may do so any race day, on-track.
FINISH LINES: Secret Circle, the 2013 Breeders' Cup Sprint winner, worked four furlongs in 48.40 under Martin Garcia Tuesday in his final prep for Saturday's Grade III Midnight Lute Stakes at 6 ½ furlongs. "He worked super," Bob Baffert assistant Jim Barnes said, adding that Indianapolis is entered in both the Malibu and Sunday's Grade III Daytona Stakes at about 6 ½ furlongs on turf because "Bob wanted to take a look at both races" before deciding where to run . . . Winning Rhythm, a consistent daughter of Giant's Causeway, seeks her first stakes win in Saturday's Grade III Robert J. Frankel Stakes for fillies and mares, 3 and up, at nine furlongs on turf. "She's a nice filly," trainer Paddy Gallagher said of the 4-year-old chestnut owned and bred by Frank Stronach. Asked if he had any Bobby Frankel stories, since the race is named in memory of the late Hall of Fame conditioner, the native of Ireland put on a leprechaun-like smile and quipped, "You can't print the ones I know." . . . Baffert said unbeaten Dortmund came out of his head victory in the Los Alamitos Futurity in good order. "He ran a good race, but I think he ran better the time before," Baffert said of the son of Big Brown, who won by nearly eight lengths prior to the Futurity. "I shipped him back and forth from three different tracks (Santa Anita, Churchill Downs and Los Alamitos), but he still got the win. He's a good horse. He got some schooling (in the Futurity). He got behind horses and did everything we wanted him to do." . . . Under sunny skies, warming temperatures and a fast track, 83 horses recorded works on Santa Anita's main track Tuesday, a far cry from the previous three days combined when 715 were recorded, 219 on Saturday, 291 on Sunday and 205 on Monday . . . Trivia question: Excluding Q, U and X, what letter does not start with the last name of a trainer stabled at Santa Anita this meet? . . . Santa Anita offers a $500,000 guaranteed pool on the Late Pick 4 on opening day. Also fans on track opening day will receive a 2015 Santa Anita Wall calendar and a contest entry for the first round of the $10,000 Handicapping Contest and Mathis Brothers' Furniture Drawing. The calendar theme is "Classic 3-Year-Olds at The Great Race Place." . . . Los Alamitos Publicity Director and ace handicapper Bob Mieszerski offers this football hunch parlay for Sunday: Indianapolis in the eighth race to A Colt in the ninth . . . "Jeopardy" answer Monday night: "June: Horse Racing." The correct question, of course, was:"Belmont Stakes." One contestant got it . . . Trivia answer: R. From Abrams to Zucker, there are no trainers whose last names start with Q, U, X or R . . . In the aftermath of Sunday's Row at Los Al in which trainer Richard Baltas and jockey Martin Pedroza came to blows, Pedroza cutting Baltas' nose when he hit him with his helmet, Jim Cassidy, President of the California Thoroughbred Trainers, says he's going to recommend "trainers now wear face masks."


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Job Title: Books 2 You Home Visit Specialist
Purpose: The position Books 2 You Home Visit Specialist directly engages the senior community of St. Charles County through personal home delivery of library services to those that cannot come to the library. Each Books 2 You Home Visit Specialist will manage one/or multiple homebound individuals in the county to deliver books and other library items.
Location: Multiple throughout St. Charles County, but responsibilities will be assigned from Administrative Office located at 77 Boone Hills Dr. St. Peters, MO 63376.
Key Responsibilities:
Reports to: Extension Services Specialist
Length of Appointment: The Books 2 You Home Visit Specialist will serve for at least 1 year and can stay on as a permanent position.
Time Commitment: At least, one day per month (Books 2 You Home Visit Specialist choice) for two hours. This is two hours per patron of the program and a Books 2 You Home Visit Specialist may work with up to four patrons.
Support: Training/orientation for this position will be provided. In addition, the Extension Services Specialist will be available for questions and assistance.
Age Requirement: 18 years or older
Dress Code: Casual


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(Reuters) - A flurry of bullish bets on Nokia just before markets closed on Friday are in line to pay off handsomely as a result of Microsoft's move to buy the Finnish company's handset business, and has once again raised questions about suspicious timing of such trades.
Microsoft Corp said Monday that it would buy Nokia's handset business for $7.2 billion in a bid to win market share in the mobile business. The announcement sparked a massive rally in Nokia's U.S.-listed shares, which were up 30 percent on the day.
But on Friday buying in call options, often used to express optimism about a stock in the near future, was far heavier than normal, prompting options strategists to note that an investor or investors benefited heavily from their timing.
"On the surface it seems like one of those where someone probably knew something," said Ryan Detrick, chief technical strategist at Schaeffer's Investment Research in Cincinnati. "Regardless, there's a very significant winner in a couple of hours of market time there."
About 18,700 September call option contracts traded on Friday, compared with just 1,143 put contracts, according to OCC, which clears all U.S. options. A call option gives the buyer the right to purchase a stock by a given date at a specific price.
That lopsided ratio in favor of bullish bets compares with the rest of August, when on average about 3,700 call options and 1,800 put options traded on a daily basis, according to OCC.
The leap in activity was all the more notable for its occurrence on the Friday before the U.S. Labor Day holiday weekend, a session that typically features some of the lowest trading volumes of the year.
The most actively traded call options on Friday were in the September contract with a $4 strike price. About 11,000 in new contract positions were opened on Friday at an average cost of 14 cents, or about $154,000. Those calls now have a value of $1.18 million, according to Henry Schwartz, president of Trade Alert, who tracks unusual options activity.
"This one stands out in terms of its size and the short-term nature of it," said Schwartz.
Schwartz cited four separate late-day buys of 1,000 September contracts at a $4 strike price at about 14 cents per contract. The shares closed at $3.90 on Friday and were traded at $5.05 on Monday, a 30 percent gain. However, for the options, the gain was even greater: the $4 strike was traded at $1.07 per contract, a gain of about 760 percent, or about $372,000 on an initial cost of $56,000.
The two companies have long-standing ties, however, and Detrick noted that rumors about the two have been bandied about in the past. In 2011, Nokia's Canadian head Stephen Elop, a former Microsoft executive, decided to use Microsoft's Windows Phone for its smartphone platform, rather than its own software or Google's Android operating system.
The company had 40 percent of the handset market in 2007 and now just has 15 percent - and just three percent in smartphones. The stock has been in steady decline since its 2007 high of $41.10 as its market share dissipated.
A spokeswoman for the Chicago Board Options Exchange, which coordinates efforts for the Options Regulatory Surveillance Authority, said: "CBOE takes its regulatory responsibility very seriously and does investigate unusual trading activity, however, we do not comment on individual investigations."
A spokesman for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which also investigates unusual trading, declined comment.
Representatives for Microsoft and Nokia were not immediately available for comment.
Two studies done for Reuters found there were numerous examples of unusually heavy options trading prior to market-moving news like mergers or strategic acquisitions.
Reporting By David Gaffen


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The 9th ranked University of Florida women's golf team was crowned Cougar Classic champions on Tuesday after finishing with a combined 12-under (852) after three days of play. The Florida Gators actually had one of their weaker days at the Yeamans Hall Club in the third and final round, but benefitted from their strong second round performance to hold on to a sizeable six stroke lead and keep the Duke Blue Devils (-6, 858) at bay. The win was also a great debut for new head coach Emily Bastel as this was her first tournament as the head Gator.
Sophomore Camilla Hedberg (Sitges, Spain) won her first tournament as a Gator Tuesday, shooting her third straight round under par and finishing at 13-under (203). Hedberg was strong the entire day, going over par only one time at the par three 3rd hole and scattering five birdies to go 4-under for the day, her second-best round of the classic. Hedberg was also the only player in the field to shoot all three rounds in the 60s and finished four strokes ahead of second place finisher, Lindy Duncan of Duke, who was the 2011 Ping/NGCA National Player of the Year.
"Camilla (Hedberg) played another steady round today," Florida head coach Emily Bastel said. "She had to sleep on the lead last night and did a great job of handling her nerves today. I am excited for the great start to our season, especially at a tournament with such a great field. This is a great confidence builder for us."
After Hedberg, the Gators were still represented well in the individual top ten leaderboard as seniors Isabelle Lendl (Goshen, Conn.) and Mia Piccio (Bacolod City, Philippines) both finished fifth and a tie for sixth, respectively. Lendl had her hardest day on the course Tuesday as she suffered five bogeys, but did earn two birdies at No. 5 and the 523-yard par five 9th hole, the longest hole on the course. The Connecticut native carded a 3-over for Tuesday's round and ended up at 4-under (212) for the tournament. It's Lendl's best finish since the 2010 season when she tied for first at the Central District Invitational.
For Piccio, it was another solid round under par with six birdies to finish at 2-under (70) for the day. It was the second straight 70 round for the senior, who bounced back well from a 1-over performance on the first day to make up four strokes and finish one stroke out of the top five at 3-under (213). Piccio started her Tuesday round on the second hole and got things off to a good start with a birdie. A bogey at No. 4 dropped her back to even for the day, but then rattled off two more birdies before the turn at No. 7 and No. 9. A tough double bogey at the par three 13th was her only real blemish of the day as Piccio finished strong with birdies on three of her last five holes. The 213 total for Piccio was also new tournament low for her in her Gator career.
Freshman Ursa Orehek (Domzale, Slovenia) had a near identical round on Tuesday as she did on Monday with a 2-over (74) to go a combined 10-over (226) and finish in a tie for 65th. Sophomore Anna Young (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada) had the toughest day on the course, carding a 10-over (82) for the third round and finishing at 18-over (234) for a 107th place finish.
"The course played much differently today," Bastel said. "The wind was up from the first two days, but the team did a great job handling the conditions."
In the team standings, Duke followed Florida in second place at 6-under (858) while Southern Cal finished in third at 1-under (863). Vanderbilt and Georgia both rounded out the top five with the Commodores combining for an even par score (864) in fourth place and the Bulldogs going 3-over (867) for fifth place. On the individual board, the Gators were the only school with three players in the top ten. Vanderbilt placed two golfers in the top ten.
UF will get short rest before its next tournament at the Dale McNamara Invitational in Tulsa, Okla. The tournament will take place Sept. 17-18 at the Golf Club of Oklahoma and will be the team's last tournament for the month of September.
Final Team Scores- Cougar Classic
Place School Score
1 Florida 852 (-12)
2 Duke 858 (-6)
3 Southern Cal 863 (-1)
4 Vanderbilt 864 (E)
5 Georgia 867 (+3)
6 Auburn 870 (+6)
7 NC State 871 (+7)
8 Alabama 877 (+13)
T9 North Carolina 878 (+14)
T9 Tennessee 878 (+14)
11 Virginia 880 (+16)
12 Wisconsin 882 (+18)
13 Penn State 885 (+21)
T14 Ole Miss 892 (+28)
16 South Carolina 899 (+35)
17 Wake Forest 900 (+36)
T19 College of Charleston 906 (+42)
T19 Miami 906 (+42)
21 Maryland 912 (+48)
23 Furman 919 (+55)
24 Charleston Southern 934 (+70)
Final Individual Top 10 – Cougar Classic
Place Player (School) Score
1 Camilla Hedberg (UF) 203 (-13)
2 Lindy Duncan (Duke) 207 (-9)
T3 Erica Popson (Tennessee) 211 (-5)
T3 Lauren Stratton (Vanderbilt) 211 (-5)
5 Isabelle Lendl (UF) 212 (-4)
T6 Mia Piccio (UF) 213 (-3)
T6 Marta Sanz (Auburn) 213 (-3)
T6 Kendall Martindale (Vanderbilt) 213 (-3)
T6 Christina Vosters (Penn St.) 213 (-3)
T10 Manuela Carbajo Re (Georgia) 214 (-2)
T10 Ashley Xiao (Duke) 214 (-2)
Final Florida Results – Cougar Classic
Place Players Score
1 Camilla Hedberg 69, 66, 68 (203) (-13)
5 Isabelle Lendl 67, 70, 75 (212) (-4)
T6 Mia Piccio 73, 70, 70 (213) (-3)
T65 Ursa Orehek 79, 73, 74 (226) (+10)
107 Anna Young 77, 75, 82 (234) (+18)
Courtesy UF Communications


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Raising Boys
A friend recommended Raising Cain: Protecting The Emotional Life of Boys. I am about one third through.
I can't stop wondering at how our society is simultaneously patriarchal and yet unfriendly to men. The authors are therapists who have worked with troubled boys in public schools. They paint a picture of small but consistent subtleties that isolate boys from learning, punishing them for their natural instincts to play faster and learn slower than girls. These boys learn to think of themselves as unsuccessful in organized institutions and behave as the "problem kid" that they have been labeled for the remainder of their educational career.
Is this not also an important step towards preventing school violence? Understanding the "emotional miseducation" of young male students?
The authors point out that toddler girls are more likely to understand their own feelings and acknowledge them, using words like "love," "sad," and "scared." Young boys feel the same things but are seldom given an explanation for these feelings. They are taught to mistrust and ignore those feelings, to the detriment of themselves and anyone who will ever love them.
This is an important read and I'm glad it was recommended to me. I intend to bring it up on this week's MommyBeta podcast but in the meantime, here are a few more poignant excerpts that stuck with me:
- "Stereotypical notions of masculine toughness deny a boy his emotions and rob him of the chance to develop the full range of emotional resources. We call this process, in which a boy is steered away from his inner world, the emotional miseducation of boys. It is a training away from healthful attachment and emotional understanding and expression, and it affects even the youngest boy, who learns quickly, for instance, that he must hide his feelings and silence his fears."
- "If a boy this age were unable to decipher the alphabet or read any better than this, every adult in his life would recognize that he needed help. But emotional illiteracy is so pervasive among boys that no one notices until something drastic happens. It takes a schoolyard shooting, a hole kicked in a wall, a drunk driving arrest, or a suicide for a boy's emotional needs to get anyone's attention."
- "Many men readily acknowledge that the generalization is true: they do prefer to avoid emotional people and situations. That doesn't mean, however, that men lack the "wiring" for expressing or understanding emotion. Newborn boys, on average, are actually more emotionally reactive than girls. For example, studies show that baby boys cry more than baby girls when they are frustrated or upset."
- "As much as she would like the school environment to be just a place where instruction and expectations present both boys and girls with the same opportunity for success, the fact that it's clearly easier for girls to adapt to it means that, in some unseen way, the expectations reflect girls' abilities and sensibilities. This is the reason that David Trower, the headmaster of the all-boys Allen Stevenson School in New York City, says, 'If boys need the protection of the single-sex environment at all, they need it most in elementary school because of the developmental disparity.'"
- "Studies that track children's development through the school years suggest that, by the third grade, a child has established a pattern of learning that shapes the course of his or her entire school career.1 We see this clearly with boys: the first two years in school are a critical moment of entry into that world of learning, but boys' relative immaturity and the lack of fit they so often experience in school set them up to fail. Many boys who are turned off to school at a young age never refind the motivation to become successful learners."
More to come as I finish this book.


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First Female Ambassador from Rwanda to the US Visits Cheyney University
November 18, 2013
Professor Mathilde Mukantabana (left) meets with CU President Dr. Michelle Howard-Vital
Professor Mathilde Mukantabana, the first female ambassador from Rwanda to the United States, learned a great deal about Cheyney University when she visited the institution's suburban campus, which straddles Chester and Delaware Counties, on Friday, November 15. She met with CU's president, Dr. Michelle Howard-Vital, as well as other administration officials, to discuss future collaborations between the University and institutions in Rwanda. Cheyney University finalized a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) last month with Rwanda's Institut Polytechnique de Byumba in Rwanda. The MOU provides many opportunities for faculty, staff, and students in both institutions to collaborate with exchanges related to Cheyney's aquaculture program, run by Dr. Steven Hughes, and activities involving CU's Master in Public Administration Program, run by Rwanda native, Dr. Gedeon Mudacumura.
While on campus, Professor Mukantabana toured CU's Aquaculture Facility and had her questions answered by Dr. Hughes, Cheyney's Director of AREL (Aquaculture Research and Education Laboratory) and Professor of Biology, who is also developing the aquaculture partnership. "The goal is to utilize aquaculture and aquaponics techniques to develop more efficient agricultural production and to increase food security for the Rwandan people," he says. "This collaboration will also foster the exchange of faculty and students between CU and institutions in Rwanda."
"We are very excited to build a stronger basis of collaboration," Ambassador Mukantabana told an assembly of Cheyney dignitaries. She acknowledged how far women have come in her country since the genocide of 800,000 people in 1994 and the resultant collapse of its governmental, civic and social infrastructure and since 2002 when her country's constitution was revised to give rights to women. She was appointed to her post in January and, now, the small African country ranks first among all countries of the world in terms of the number of women elected to parliament. "For me, I see it as a continuation of what Rwanda has been doing-- women have been included as part of a big process. Today, 64% of women are in in Parliament-- more women than ever. Our leaders are pro-equity and we are experiencing the democratic process."
The ambassador ended her day by traveling to CU's Center City Philadelphia site for an evening reception in her honor, hosted jointly by Cheyney University and the Penn Towne Chapter of the Links, one of the nation's oldest and largest volunteer service organizations comprised of African American women, which also has collaborative and supportive programs with institutions in Rwanda. They joined forces to raise public awareness of work being done by Ambassador Mukantabana and the Rwanda government in rebuilding the country. "The Rwandan government has made great strides in rebuilding, thanks to the strength and hard work of Ambassador Mukantabana and so many others," said Vance.
With some 100 people in attendance, Richard Negrin, Philadelphia Managing Director and Deputy Mayor for Administration & Coordination, presented Professor Mukantabana with a miniature liberty bell and CU Alumnus and five-term City Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell read a proclamation from Philadelphia City Council. As a co-founder and President of Friends of Rwanda Association (F.O.R.A), a non-profit American relief association created in the wake of the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi in Rwanda, the Ambassador seeks to expand the circle of friends of Rwanda and support genocide survivors through a variety of initiatives and relief efforts.
Cheyney University and the Rwanda Governance Board (RGB) are cosponsoring the Second International Conference on Democratic Governance in Africa, Asia and the Middle East in June 2014 in Kigali, Rwanda. A Call for Proposals is listed on the University's website at www.cheyney.edu/urbancampus/index.cfm. Cheyney University recently cosponsored the first International Conference on Democratic Governance in Africa, Asia and the Middle East with the RGB.
For more pictures from the Ambassador's visit to Cheyney University, log onto www.cheyney.edu/campusuite/modules/photo-gallery.cfm.


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In April 2012, Adam Metz wrote a blog post suggesting that we were seeing The beginning of the end of Google+. He provided several reasons to validate his hypothesis including the lack of time users spend on Google+ when compared to the other prominent social networks.
Later in April 2012, Donovan Colbert offered his rebuttal to Adam in a blog post with the title: Reasons we shouldn't count Google+ out yet. Donovan thinks comparing to Google+ to Facebook as an indication of success is incorrect. A better comparison is Google+ versus Twitter and in that comparison Google is more likely to be a success.
What we think
Personally, I like Google+ as a platform. I find it much cleaner and much less confusing than Facebook's for example. The circles metaphor is simple to understand and implement, so I give Google+ an edge in that regard. However, Facebook is where the people are and that is a tough demographic to overcome.
Of course, the social network I use more than any other is Twitter: short and sweet, get to the point, what's on your mind and then go away - that just appeals to me on so many levels.
But the real question is what do members of TechRepublic think about the subject. So I took a quick poll and the respondents basically consider the overall prospect of Google+ being a success to be about a 50-50 proposition. It will be interesting to ask this question again in a few months to see how the member-attitude evolves.
What is your favorite social network? What is the social network you actually use most often? Are the answers to those questions the same?
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A community-wide focus for cultural, entertainment and institutional activities will be provided for all the residents and businesses of Markham.
Public spaces and public Streets framed by human-scale buildings with high-quality design that generates an attractive and comfortable environment.
The Rouge River valley is a green spine connecting the broader Markham community to its Centre and knitting the Markham Centre community together.
A place where pedestrians move safely, easily and comfortably on streets and in public spaces, gaining equality with the automobile.
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The Delaware State Police would like to remind parents, children, and motorists to keep safety a priority this Halloween season.
Motorist safety:
- Motorists are being asked to not only drive with extreme caution, but also to drive extra slow in neighborhoods and residential areas.
- Children will be walking house to house and depending on the availability of sidewalks, may be near or actually on the roadway.
- With all the trick or treating excitement, children may inadvertently dart across the street into the path of moving vehicles.
Trick or treating safety:
- Children should never go trick or treating alone, they should always have a parent or a group of friends with them at all times.
- Stay off the main roadways.
- Costumes should always fit properly.
- Consider face paint instead of masks as they can obstruct a child's vision.
- Trick or treaters should always carry a flashlight.
- For added visibility consider using "glow sticks" and/or reflective tape attached to the costumes or bags.
- Before crossing the street, always look in both directions twice to make sure there is no vehicular traffic.
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I am considering a possible job relocation to Southern/Central California and want to know the best town to kite and raise a family. I have a 3yr old and 4 month old so schools and kid friendly towns will become more important as they get older. I can live anywhere about an hour from a major airport. I have been riding since 2000 and consider myself an expert level wave sailor.
I have narrowed it down to either Ventura Co or near Huntington Beach vicinity.
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SBHE Approves Major Capital Project Budget Request,
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BISMARCK, N.D. - The State Board of Higher Education approved 12 major capital projects to be included in the North Dakota University System's 2011-13 budget request at a June 24, 2010, SBHE meeting at Valley City State University, Valley City, N.D.
"This list of major capital projects will go forward to the governor and the Legislature as the University System's highest new construction and renovation priorities," said Bill Goetz, NDUS chancellor. "The decision-making process was very difficult because many important needs were brought forward by the campuses. In the final analysis, however, the projects selected best meet the selection criteria established by the board."
Projects were evaluated on 13 criteria, including addressing life, health and safety issues; addressing compliance with local, state or federal law or requirements; correcting significant deferred maintenance; and addressing critical maintenance needs.
Twelve prioritized state-funded projects totaling $107.7 million were selected. The top three priorities are a joint University System/University of North Dakota information technology facility, renovation of and an addition to the Rhoades Science Center at Valley City State University and renovation of Old Main at North Dakota State College of Science.
The SBHE also approved a prioritized list of major capital projects from North Dakota State University's Experiment Stations and Extension Service and NDSU Forest Service as well as a list of non-state funded projects for inclusion in the 2011-13 budget request.
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Around 13,000 km from my house in Thorold, a lion was killed. The humans who knew of him called him "Cecil". It's not known what he called himself, but it's kind of moot now because he's dead, killed by an American dentist who likes to hunt large animals. The way Cecil was hunted and died has upset and outraged millions of people around the globe.
I think it is fair to say that a very large percentage of those millions of outraged and upset people had no knowledge of Cecil before news of his death hit the internet. I would further wager that a majority of those up in arms about Cecil's killing know little about the lion population in Zimbabwe or in Africa as a whole. A quick reading of articles online suggests the main factor contributing to the overall decline in African lion populations is habitat loss. Some sources also suggest that sport hunting of lions and other large animals in Africa is an important source of conservation funding. While Cecil's death will be in the headlines for another week or so, the emotional energy expended by millions of people world-wide will have little impact on the inexorable decline in the African lion population.
There are so many things in this world we can be outraged about. Social media's good for helping us focus our energies in short bursts, but it's not enough. If we want to do more, we have to develop a broader view and more importantly, develop the will to act.
Thanks to social media, many of you may be familiar with the "starfish story", originally known as "The Star Thrower". For those not familiar with the story, the gist is that the narrator was walking along a beach when he encountered a young man throwing starfish into the ocean. When asked why he was doing so, the young man replied that as the sun was coming up and the tide was going out, without his assistance the starfish would die. The narrator then said that as there were miles of beach ahead and many starfish all along the way that the young man couldn't possibly make a difference. The young man then picked up another starfish and threw it into the sea, exclaiming "It made a difference for that one!".
The young man in the story made a difference to a lot of starfish that day. In the same way, our short-lived outrage may make a difference for a little while. Ultimately, the young man's starfish throwing and our outrage are similarly futile without understanding the bigger picture and taking action.
Scientists at the United States' National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) report that the oceans are becoming increasingly acidic due to increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide. As more CO2 is released into the atmosphere, more is absorbed by the oceans, becoming carbonic acid. The decrease in ocean pH levels has profound impacts on many sea creatures, including starfish.
The young man in The Star Thrower may be making a difference in the lives of a few starfish by his actions, but if he doesn't understand the bigger picture of the destruction of his beloved starfishes' environment through climate change, his actions will be meaningless in the long run. He would be better off expending his energies on fighting climate change. Otherwise, nothing will change.
Cecil's dead. All the world's outrage won't bring him back to life. What if every single person who is mourning Cecil's passing donated $10 per month to a reputable charity that focuses on preserving natural habitat for Africa's lions and other large animals? Imagine the impact that would have. What a tribute to Cecil it would be.
Sadly, that won't happen. Emotions will fade. The outrage won't last. People's tunnel vision will focus on whatever makes the internet explode tomorrow, or the day after. The dentist who killed Cecil will eventually be back at work, saving up more money to take his next hunting trip.
Does this outrage you? If so, then I encourage you to take action that will bring about the positive changes you want to see.
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Dec. 19, 2005
A depleted roster, combined with the after effects of final exams, were too much for the Lipscomb Lady Bisons to overcome.
Playing their first game since Dec. 3, the Lady Bisons played a mid-morning game Monday in Winston-Salem, N.C. against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons of the Atlantic Coast Conference. After playing an effective first half, trailing by as few as seven points, the Lady Bisons were outscored 62-15 in the second half on the way to a 101-38 loss.
Junior center Penny Jones was the only Lady Bisons player in double figures with 14 points 6-of-10 from the field, which tied the game-high. Forward Corinne Groves led Wake Forest with 14 points.
Jones tied her season-high in points. She also had 14 against Memphis Nov. 29.
The Lady Bisons shot 35.7 percent from the field, after hitting 50 percent of their shots in the first half.
Missing from the starting lineup for the Lady Bisons were senior center Katie Beth Pate and sophomore point guard Catie Woods.
Five Wake Forest players finished in double figures. Guards Cotelia Bond-Young and Deirdre Naughton both added 13. Forward Liz Strunk finished with 11 and Yolanda Lavender added 10.
Guard Alex Tchangoue was the top rebounder for Wake Forest with a game-high 18. The Demon Deacons held a 43-24 advantage on the boards.
Three Lady Bisons finished with four rebounds _ forwards Jillian Partin and Miriam McAlister and center Katie Rollins.
The Lady Bisons, 0-7, will take a short break for Christmas before playing another ACC school, Florida State on Dec. 30. Wake Forest is 5-3 for the season.


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The wiki is being retired!
Documentation is now handled by the same processes we use for code: Add something to the Documentation/ directory in the coreboot repo, and it will be rendered to https://doc.coreboot.org/. Contributions welcome!
Flashing your own Coreboot-version and Payload onto your device is do-able, but requires some hardware preperation and ignorance in warning messages.
A good place to start is the Chromium site. They have guides howto set your Chromebook into developer-mode and howto disassemble your device.
Both things will be nessary, if you want to flash your own version of Coreboot onto your Chromebook (in-system). It is nessary to close a circuit on the motherboard via either a switch, jumper or srew to disable the write-protection of the spi chip. And to use the flashing tool flashrom in ChromeOs, you have to be in the developer-mode. If you already installed a Gnu/Linux-system or likely you can also use the flashrom from there (but then you would be in developer-mode anyway).
Note: The first three Chromebooks are not supported by coreboot at the moment, but flashrom should be working. Mario, Alex and ZGB are running Insyde H2C some UEFI. Snow has das U-Boot nativly installed, but a coreboot port is available. All the others come shipped with Coreboot.
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|May 2012
|Series 3 Chromebox
|between the Battery and Ram
|May 2012
|Samsung Series 5
|550 Chromebook
|between the Battery and Ram
|October 2012
|ARM Chromebook
|Snow (aka Daisy)
|next to usb3.0-port
|November 2012
|C7 Chromebook
|between CPU and Fan under plastic
|January 2013
|Thinkpad X131e Chromebook
|February 2013
|Pavilion 14 Chromebook
|rightside behind the usb-ports
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General Hardware Preperation
Use the disassembly guides to disassemble your Chromebook till you see the place were you can put on a jumper, screw in a bolt or flip a switch. Check the out the pictures in the disassembly guides to find the right spot. Either screw, switch or plug on now. For example in Lumpy and Stumpy you have to put a jumper on place between the Battery and Ram next to the Keyboard-Connector. Now assemble again (follow the guide). Now you are ready to flash your own Coreboot-version onto your Chromebook.
Building your own Coreboot-version and Payload
First, you cannot do that inside the ChromeOS. Use your GNU/Linux-system and follow the Build HOWTO.
Recovery/external programming
Ok, you fucked things up, but on the other hand this will give you the oppotunity to learn external chip-programming, so cheer-up. First you will need to locate the SPI-Chip. If you done that you will need an external flashrom programmer (for example the open-hardware tool Bus Pirate). At the moment ask at the coreboot/flashrom mailing list for further details.


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Looks promising! I was hoping to get some sound with it as well.kuparikettu wrote:Here's some first test footage shot with the new Kodak super-8 camera
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPouFRE ... r8_footage
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Looks promising! I was hoping to get some sound with it as well.kuparikettu wrote:Here's some first test footage shot with the new Kodak super-8 camera
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPouFRE ... r8_footage
grainy wrote:Looks promising! I was hoping to get some sound with it as well.kuparikettu wrote:Here's some first test footage shot with the new Kodak super-8 camera
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPouFRE ... r8_footage
Yeah, I was hoping for something like Pro8 put up a while back - I can't find it anymore but it was a static shot of a girl talking, shot in color but desaturated to be in b/w. It was fairly lovely and very inspiring, I thought, to see sync sound super 8 like that.aj wrote:The sound of the wind as nothing actually moves. Although the car could be running Easy to sync.
Wasn't the Logmar camera like $5000? This one almost certainly won't be as stable, but with sound and the view screen and as a completely new camera from scratch, that's about what I'd expect it to cost. We keep comparing it to what's out on the used market but considering what a Canon 5D costs and people spend on digital cameras it's probably not out of the ballpark of possibility.inlieubeaulieu wrote:Kodak announced, via facebook livestream, that the special edition will be coming out in early spring for $2k. way too much for me.
apparently "shortly" afterwards a cheaper model will be released (no timeline, or price point, given however)
Cut which features? Single-frame exposure is not in to begin with. No tap for a cable release. Two, Kodak doesn't tell the shutter opening angle. Never did with any of their movie cameras, we needed to open all of them to find out, from the 1924 Ciné-Kodak to the Ciné-Kodak Eight, to the Ciné-Kodak Special, to the M2, M4, and the rest of them. Is that serious advertising after 90 years of almost all equipment manufacturers promoting their products with technical detail? The new Kodak Super 8 camera has a mirrored shutter built in, that way image capture for the LCD is made possible, but no reflex viewfinder. No optical finder at all! It's less of a movie camera than the cheap Brownie 8 of 1953. No footage indication with the thing off electrical power.Will2 wrote:if they have to cut features to get it there it would be hard to justify even $600 when a decent old camera can be had for $100 or less.
The folks I've met from Kodak are nothing but crazy enthusiastic about film. Really good people that want to keep film alive and get it into our hands.Mmechanic wrote:Please excuse my aggressive tone, everybody, but I hate Kodak for their patronising attitude, always have. Dumb consumer, give me money, I give you a short-living plastic toy. The Ciné-Kodak I mentioned was made of metal. What a decline of a company!
The Hervic Beaulieu price list for 26 October 1973 showed a list price of $999.00 for the Beaulieu 4008 ZM II camera w/Schneider-Kreuznach 6-66mm f/1.8 Optivaron lens. The body only was $649.50. The Beaulieu (Bell & Howell - Mamiya Company) price list of 24 July 1978 showed a suggested list price of $1,600.00 for the Beaulieu 4008 ZM4 camera w/Schneider-Kreuznach 6-70mm f/1.4 Optivaron lens (dealer net price was $1,200.00). The body only was $900.00/$675.00.Will2 wrote:Does anyone know what a Beaulieu 4008 sold for new? I'd love to get an idea on how close the $2000 is to say 1972 prices...it would be roughly equivalent to $350 in 1972 prices.
The other bone of contention: Eastman-Kodak discontinued colourless-base black-and-white reversal films in 1957. An "enhanced†Plus-X reversal was then put on the market, the first of a bundle of grey-base stocks. You had PXR, TXR, 4-XR, TXTV 7727. It's cheaper to make a dyed base than an undercoat. Profit maximisation presses on quality.Will2 wrote:That was their brilliance 80 years ago; make cameras cheap so you sell a billion rolls of film.
Offline? I just played it again, it's still there (with all the comments!).mondo777 wrote:I see the Kodak youtube video is offline now. Almost every comment was negative!
Wrong, it was in 1954.Mmechanic wrote:Eastman-Kodak discontinued colourless-base black-and-white reversal films in 1957.


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November 16th: American Censorship Day; Don't Let Congress Censor The Internet
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That's why a bunch of websites have teamed up to declare November 16th: American Censorship Day. If you run a website, please sign up to participate, to help educate your users to the problems associated with the bill, and to urge them to express their concerns to Congress. Don't let Congress build the Great Firewall of America while you sat back and did nothing.


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Nice Phillip, Good job.
awesome! great job phil!
thx Mike and Nhein! sure feels good to come through! Can't wait to hit wit you guys again soon!
I don't know guys... do you think Phil will still hit with us weekend hacks, him being a Riviera CC Champion and all now? :-)
Farmers Classic Tennis event at UCLA.
I just got a guest pass for a tennis friend to come with me to the Farmers Classic tennis event tomorrow July 26th at UCLA> If you are a tennis fan like me, this is a great chance to see pros play. I am happy to share this pass with some nice fun person who wants to enjoy the games with me. I have only been playing tennis for 5 years but it is really a passion for me now!
We would need to meet at UCLA around 11:30am since the tickets are for the 12 noon matches.
Send me info about yourself and contact phone number so I can talk to you tomorrow.
I could sneak away for some tennis if that works for you.
have a free day Thursday August 2 so would love to hit some with you guys. let me know who is available and when :)
I should be available all day.
Would anyone like to hit today at 4pm(July 31)?
Would love to hit at 4. Have to go to Sun Valley, and not 100% certain of return time, though It should not be a problem. Do we have each others' numbers to keep in touch with text as we get closer to 4? I think we do, but...
Cool. Here's mine: (626)298-4725. See you then.
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Chunkie wrote:Would be awesome, but I'll go with Teamspeak or ventrilo.
1.In skype the sound from every user would be on at the same time, unless you mute them.
2.On Ts/Ventrilo, you can join with an Ip and password, you dont need to invite people to join one..
3.In Ts/Ventrilo, you can easy create channels for specific missions etc.
4.In Ts/Ventrilo If you want you can turn off voice response and use "push to talk"
I guess Ventrilo and Teamspeak got some disadvantages too.
Sorry for my english.
Don't worry, your English is better than some native speakers on this forum. And yes, it seems ventrillo would be chosen over skype.


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As a former resident of the city of Butler, I applaud those residents who recently spoke out to Butler City Council about their concerns regarding the city's plans to drill and frack for natural gas under Memorial Park ("Drilling concerns raised," Feb. 28, page 1).
As impressed as I am with these residents, I am amazed at the naivete of Butler City Councilwoman Cheri Scott, who told the concerned residents that, if a company expresses interest in drilling under the park, a meeting would be held to address their concerns and that Dick Landowners Group, which is marketing the land for the city, would be there "to present the most accurate information."
Oh yes, I'm sure they will present the most accurate information. I'm sure they will talk about the 161 documented cases of shale gas drilling causing well-water contamination that are listed in the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's database. I'm sure they will mention the $2.5 million in fines levied against drillers by the DEP in the past year. (local driller XTO Energy was among the companies paying the largest fines last year, according to StateImpact PA.)
The multitude of airborne toxins and carcinogens emitted by gas wells, pipelines, processing plants and compressor stations will be high on Dick Landowners' list of things to discuss with the city, I'm sure. And the eerily similar symptoms and illnesses being experienced by residents of the shale fields from Wyoming to Texas to Pennsylvania? You can bet that Dick Landowners Group will be as concerned about that issue as the most concerned city resident, if not more so. Right.
Seriously, folks, Dick Landowners Group will present whatever "accurate information" is necessary to make the sale. And I'm sure the city council will demand that residents accept whatever information is dispensed as healing balm for their concerns about drilling and fracking.
As a recent letter to the Eagle so truthfully asserted, it's all about the almighty fracking dollar here in Butler County.


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In eager anticipation of the 2013 NFL season, Baltimore Sun blogger and reporter Matt Vensel will take a daily look at one of the 13 opponents on the Ravens' regular-season schedule. Today is the Green Bay Packers.
The Ravens' Week 6 game against the Green Bay Packers figures to be one of the most anticipated games on their regular-season schedule, particularly among those played at M&T Bank Stadium. The Packers, led by former MVP quarterback Aaron Rodgers, won the Super Bowl three years ago and are perennial contenders in the NFC. The Ravens, led by Super Bowl MVP quarterback Joe Flacco, are the reigning champions and are perennial contenders in the AFC. Fans of offensive football should be looking forward to this one. I know I am.
Recapping 2012: Despite being robbed of one win by the replacement refs, the Packers finished 11-5 last season and won the NFC North. They have now won at least 10 games in four straight seasons. Despite the lack of a consistent running game and injuries at the wide receiver position, Rodgers threw for 4,295 yards and 39 touchdowns and the Packers were fifth in scoring offense. Their defense improved from 2011 and ranked 11th in points allowed, but the run-heavy San Francisco 49ers rolled over the Packers in the playoffs.
Cha-cha-changes: Like the Ravens, the Packers typically build through the draft and try to avoid throwing big money at free agents. They let veterans Charles Woodson and Greg Jennings, two major building blocks from years past, go in the offseason and signed no veteran free agents of note. They drafted 11 players in April, led by UCLA defensive end Datone Jones. They also selected a pair of running backs in Eddie Lacy and Johnathan Franklin with the hope that they will improve their 20th-ranked rushing attack.
The skinny: As long as Aaron Rodgers is in the lineup, the Packers will be formidable. Rodgers is considered by many to be the NFL's best quarterback, taking the torch away from elder statesmen Tom Brady and Peyton Manning. Despite the loss of Jennings, he still has a fine trio of receivers in Randall Cobb, Jordy Nelson and James Jones. As for the defense, the Packers have a lot of young talent on that side of the ball, having put a major emphasis on defense in the past two drafts. They are optimistic that 2012 first-rounder Nick Perry can become a pass-rushing threat to pair with sack specialist Clay Matthews III.
Recent history: There is not much history here at all, let alone recently. The Ravens and Packers last played four years ago, when the Packers beat the Ravens in a Monday night snoozefest that wasn't remotely as close as the 27-14 final score indicated. They have played four times since the Ravens came to Baltimore in 1996, with the Ravens winning just once, in 2005.
Degree of difficulty: The Ravens will benefit from home-field advantage when the two teams meet this season, but the mid-October showdown should be one of the toughest games on the schedule. Rodgers and the Packers offense will test the Ravens' revamped defense, whose defenders will have just five games under their belt together. But the Ravens should also have opportunities to move the ball against a good, but not great Packers defense. Still, as I see it, the degree of difficulty is nine out of 10.