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Here's a quick sample of messages I received in the last couple of weeks from (mostly young) people looking for help.
Looking for an internship…
I am ___, recent graduate in ___, for personal reason I am trying to move in the Bay Area. […] that's why I am searching for an internship (also unpaid) to network with companies there. […] I am wondering if you are able to give me some useful information/contact within your network that provides internships or exchange opportunities. If you think you can help me, I can send you a copy of my resume. Looking for a job…
I am looking for internships in startups or consultancy or financial services. I expect to graduate in my Master degree in ___ in 2014, so finding an internship this winter might help me to have an opportunity for next year. Thank you!
Looking for a job…
Hello, My name is ___, I am ___years old and I just graduated in ___ from the University of ___. […] I was wondering if you knew about any job openings I could apply to with my degree and that could allow me to exploit my double citizenship.
Looking for business contacts…
I am ___, Marketing Manager of ___. , a startup operating in the ___ industry. Next week I will be in Silicon Valley to meet with ___ companies to explore partnership opportunities. We are confident that we could benefit much from key partnerships with ___ companies and we'd like to ask you to maybe help us present and introduce our project. I would appreciate it if you could help us connect with potential partners or just give us some suggestions or addresses.
It is just an extreme sample, but there is a pattern. A lot of this help requests make it virtually impossible for me, or anyone really, to help. A few reasons:
- Inward focus. The messages tell me why the job/internship/contacts are great for the sender, which is great but does very little to stir my interest. I do not (yet) have an emotional connection with you, so I frankly do not care enough (yet) to jump into action.
- Too generic an objective. What comes through is often someone who does not really know exactly what they are looking for. How can I help in any way if I do not know what you want to achieve?
- WIITFT?. What's In It For Them. They often lack any indication of what value the person is bringing to the table. What are you good at? What are your top skills? The expertise you offer? If no values is expressed, there is nothing to offer to a prospective employer or business partner.
So how can anyone maximize the chances that I (or anyone) may be able to help?
- Start with your value proposition. One short, crisp paragraph about how cool, valuable, expert you are (or your project is). Ideally you want to get an intro from a trusted source, but frankly I know it is work, so I am not big on that one. It is that simple.
- Be (extremely) specific. Tell in as specific a way as possible what kind of company, position, person, business you want to get in contact with and why. Specifically! e.g. "I am looking to sit down for a meeting with the CMOs of company A, Company B or Company C in the next 2 weeks to learn directly from them this and that…"
- Tell me what you want me to do. Be explicit about the kind of help you would ideally want from me and also give me a plan B if I can't. e.g. "Would you be willing to introduce me to Jeff or one of the members of his team via email? If that is not possible or advisable maybe you can introduce me to someone else at Company A that you think would be the right person to talk to."
- Reduce the risk. The less I know about you, the higher the risk I am taking in helping you. After all there is always the possibility you may be a bozo or a nuisance. If possible, you should try to reduce or eliminate that risk in the back of my mind. "e.g. You can ask such and such about me. I am sure they will tell you how professional I am. I promise I will only ask your contacts for 15 minutes of their time. I will let you know how it goes next week."
Help me help you, please. Thank you.


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In light of rapid advancement and the addition of mind-blowing components like dual- and other multi-core processors, gigantic 4.3- to 4.7-inch displays and blazing network speeds, battery life has taken a pretty big hit. Without accompanying battery technology breakthroughs (that have actually made it to market), battery life has been placed on the back burner. Battery life in pocket-sized computers was mediocre from the start, and with larger, more power-hungry components and the latest design kicks, things aren't getting better.
With poor battery life has come some rather crafty ways to make your phone last an entire day. People have adopted mobile juice packs, which can either come in the form of a case or a portable power pack you can plug into via USB; carrying a set of spare batteries to interchange as one battery dies; and of course, you can carry an AC adapter wherever you go. But how do you keep up with all of these things? Put them in your fanny pack? I don't know about you guys, but I don't carry a bag everywhere I go. Carrying spare equipment to keep your phone charged just isn't convenient or ideal.
The obvious solution is simply cramming more capacity in the phone itself – or strapping it on the back. Some OEMs have managed to squeeze a little more capacity in their phones, but they're still not quite as powerful as we'd like. The next step is buying an aftermarket extended battery. The problem? They virtually turn your phone into a brick. A five-pound, inch-thick hunk of ... phone.
The latest design kick has been making phones as utterly thin as possible. Even Verizon's LTE phones, which have been known to be rather chunky in comparison to their counterparts, are now capable of being remarkably thin. The Motorola DROID RAZR measures on 7.1mm thick. The Galaxy Nexus in 8.94mm (an 9.47mm) thick, and even the iPhone 4S is 9.3mm thick. Although I'm not totally sold on such skinny phones, these are engineering feats, to say the least.
Slapping a half inch-thick extended battery on any of these should be considered a sin. In fact, slapping a half inch-thick battery on thicker phones like the ThunderBolt, Rezound (pictured above), or BIONIC should be frowned upon.
Maybe it's just me, but when I see someone holding a phone with an extended battery pack bolted on the back, I cringe. Then again, I'm the kind of person who doesn't even like to carry my phone in a case. I revel at the design and prefer to feel the phone as the designer intended. I would rather my phone die by 2 PM each day than to carry a brick for a phone.
But that's me, my preference. As much as I hate poor battery life, I give more weight to design and size (thickness). I felt the ThunderBolt was entirely too thick. What about you guys and gals? Do you like extended batteries? Or are they just too much? Which wins for you? Power, or design and beauty?
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There's no mystery here; this game has severe issues.
The point-and-click adventure genre is undeniably the best genre for mystery stories. The concept of snooping around the scene, finding clues, and solving puzzles makes for a solid way of presenting a thrilling story. It is also a genre that has been gaining a lot of strength in the last few years, thanks to the efforts of developers like TellTale Games (creators of the Sam and Max series, the Strong Bad series, and the recent Tales of Monkey Island series). The Hardy Boys: The Hidden Theft is one that combines a mystery-solving franchise with the point-and-click adventure, but unfortunately it's not very good at either aspect.
The Hardy Boys started out as a series of children's mystery novels penned by Edward Stratemeyer, first appearing in 1927. The stories are about two brothers, Joe and Frank Hardy, teenaged super-sleuths who are able to solve even the hardest cases with in-depth investigation and critical thinking. The Hardy Boys: The Hidden Theft presents the boys as modern American teenagers, but still keen in mystery-solving and acting out against crime. They are part of an elite group called "American Teens Against Crime" (ATAC). Their mystery in this game begins when the vault of the Spencer Mansion is broken into, and the Bayport police summon them to tie up some loose ends. But what starts as a simple burglary soon evolves into a major crime investigation that takes the boys across the nation.
It's a really good story, and fans of the series will appreciate it the most. But considering that plot is a major element in any point-and-click adventure, it doesn't captivate as well as it should. The conversations go on and on to the point of rambling, and even if some of the characters have interesting tales to tell, they can be rather superfluous to the overall story.
The Hidden Theft first started life as a PC game released a year ago. It was then ported to the Wii, and it shows. Pointing with the Wii Remote simulates scrolling with a mouse pointer, and it works very well. But the problem is that when movement of the character is dependent on the click of a mouse or the push of a button, it can be very tedious if not done right. There are times in which the characters will get stuck in tight corners, or when you won't know how to get out of the room. This is alleviated somewhat by icons that change according to the situation, but these are so small and subtle that you will likely miss them.
Like many point-and-click adventure titles, the boys collect clues and evidence that is used to solve puzzles and unravel vital pieces of the story. In many cases you can combine two pieces of evidence to form one part, and then use it to solve a puzzle. While these items are key to the story, it's a shame that they don't stand out a little more. Usually, items that can be picked up stand out from the rest of the scenery or sparkle in order to give away its presence; however, here they blend in with the rest of the scenery. This makes it confusing for the player, forcing them to run around in circles trying to find something that was right under their nose, but very well-hidden.
The game also has issues with puzzle solving and investigation. While it is common to wander around in circles in point-and-click adventures, in The Hidden Theft you are left walking around with no guide to help you. The conversations may reveal what to do next, but most of the time you are left to your own devices. To fans of the genre this might take them back to old school point-and-click titles, but it can get frustrating. The solutions to some of the puzzles are rather obscure, making the game much harder than it should be.
The Hidden Theft's biggest claim to fame is that Frank and Joe Hardy are played by teen idols Jesse McCartney (pop singer and the voice of Roxas in Kingdom Hearts 2) and Cody Linley (Hannah Montana), respectively. The characters are even modeled after them. While they do a good job with their roles, they don't really stand out.
In terms of presentation, The Hidden Theft is basically a low-end production, save for the two lead actors. They consist of 3D characters placed in front of pre-rendered backgrounds. The 3D characters are very low resolution and lack enough details to make them stand out. Frank and Joe Hardy barely look like the actors that voice them, and the rest of the cast don't help at all. The backgrounds look good in terms of design, but the low resolution makes them very grainy, and the CG used is of low quality as well.
The Hardy Boys: The Hidden Theft tries hard to recreate the golden days of point-and-click adventure gaming. While its intentions are good, the exploration and puzzle-solving suffer from poor planning and execution. Hardcore fans of the genre are likely to appreciate this, but there are better games that are challenging without being obscure in their solutions. For fans of the Hardy Boys this might be worth a rental, but there are better products that bear the Hardy Boys name.


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Sandy Hook Dad Heckled By Gun Lovers & They Should Be Ashamed
A father who lost his 6-year-old son in the horrific Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was actually heckled by gun advocates. Heckled! How on earth do you dredge up enough yuck from your soul to be able to heckle a guy who lost his child in the most horrific manner possible? Well, some gun lovers managed. Because they love their guns more than their humanity. When Neil Heslin, who lost his son Jesse in the Newtown killings, testified before a local hearing on gun control, he asked a simple, reasonable question: WHY does anyone need an assault rifle? You'd think gun lovers would have a good answer for this. You'd think they would have researched, prepared, passionately and intelligently reasoned for why assault weapons are a necessary thing for your average person. But instead they heckled.
So what did they heckle? When Neil asked why people need assault weapons, the brilliant (sarcasm) gun enthusiasts yelled, "Second Amendment! Second Amendment!" drowning out the devastated dad.
Neil stayed classy and replied: "We're all entitled to our own opinions and I respect their opinions and their thoughts. But I wish they'd respect mine and give it a little bit of thought."
I don't expect Second Amendment buffs to be able to think rationally or critically about this matter, but here's the truth. Amendments get altered, changed, even repealed. Just because it's an amendment doesn't make it sacred. Let's see ... ever hear of the 16th Amendment? That allows the government to collect income tax. But guess what? There are seven states that don't collect income tax! Shocker.
Ever hear of the 18th Amendment? That abolishes the sale of alcohol. But lo! That unpopular Amendment was repealed entirely by something called the 21st Amendment.
There's the Eighth Amendment, which prohibits "cruel and unusual punishment." Yet I'm willing to bet a lot of these Second Amendment lovers are just fine with strapping someone down and administering a lethal injection into their veins. The 15th Amendment established suffrage for men of different races. But conveniently left out women. That didn't happen for another 50 years.
Additionally, other Amendments, such as the First Amendment,
which protects freedom of speech, isn't a sweeping, anything-goes,
black-and-white rule. You can't yell "Fire!" in a crowded place when
there's no fire just because you have freedom of speech. Try yelling
"Bomb!" on a plane and then standing behind the First Amendment. It
won't get you very far.
So an Amendment is not sacred, my friends. The right to bear arms doesn't necessarily mean the right to bear an AK-47 any more than it means you can stock a nuclear weapon or a cannon. Deal with it.
What do you think about the Second Amendment? Do you think the crowd should have heckled?
by CutenessmomJanuary 29, 2013 at 1:52 PM
What us wroung with people now a days :(
by Anonymous 1January 29, 2013 at 1:57 PM
They shouldn't have heckled as that is no way to prove a point.
However, I have a legal right to protect myself. If the people that may be attacking my have ARs, then it is my constitutionally protected right to own an AR.
January 29, 2013 at 2:14 PM
No, the grieving father should not have been heckled at.... that should go with out saying!
After all of this happened, I asked my DH (because - I will admit - I know NOTHING about guns) "Hun, what can you tell me about an AR-15?" He said "Well, what do you wan to know?" I understand the 2nd amendment and I understand the right to own guns, and I am not trying to take away the 2nd amendment rights of anyone, really I am not.
But, can anyone without going "anon" and without hollering about "it's my right" explain to me why the heck you need an assault rifle in your possession? I am having a hard time "listening " to the rantings of gun enthusiasts who are insistent on keeping their assault rifles, when there are plenty of other guns out there.
I also agree that there needs to be better background checks done on people buying guns. Do you realize out of the 61 mass murders that were carried out with fire arms most of the killers obtained the weapon legally? We, as a noation, need to come up with a better way to screen those that are buying this weapons and then maybe killing like this will start to slow down. But, where there is a will, there is a way; and as sure as I am sitting here, people will continue to find ways to kill if they really feel "justified" or feel "the need" to do so.
by Mrs.H15January 29, 2013 at 2:15 PM
Quoting Anonymous:
They shouldn't have heckled as that is no way to prove a point.
However, I have a legal right to protect myself. If the people that may be attacking my have ARs, then it is my constitutionally protected right to own an AR.
This. If everyone was a law abiding citizen we wouldn't need ARs at all, but it doesn't work that way. You never know who or what might come through your door.
by Mocking.JayJanuary 29, 2013 at 2:27 PMWhat is heckled?
January 29, 2013 at 2:32 PM
They are a bunched of crazed gun lovers who need to get their asses out of their heads. How dare they heckle a man who lost his child? What made them think that was appropriate. I am glad he had some restraint because i would have punched one of them in the face. He is stating his opinion, there was no need to that. Let one of those people have thier child shot and see what they say or feel after that.
by Hayleysmom88January 29, 2013 at 2:33 PMI think the gun laws should be modified, and consistent in every state.
I'll admit I am not sure what the laws are in every state, but I think all semi automatic weapons should be banned. Extensive background checks should be done on the individual buying the gun and everyone living in the home where the gun will be kept. The amount of ammunition a person can posses should be regulated.
In addition laws should be harsh and strictly enforced on selling and obtaining guns illegally. Unfortunately our jails are always full to capacity so these people get off with a little more than a slap on the wrist. If we can't keep offenders jailed then keep them on house arrest, increase the fines, require community service until there sentence is.complete.
I understand that majority of people who have a license to carry are not homicidal maniacs, so I understand that enforcing more strict gun laws may inconvenience them, it may even restrict them from owning a gun, but its a small price to pay if we could stop these mass shootings from happening so often.
I am not a hunter but maybe there could be a rental service in designated hunting areas that will rent out a gun and ammo for a few hours. They could track where the gun is at all times and return them to a lock box at the end of the day.
As for owning a gun for protection like I said if you can pass everything on a very extensive backround and household evaluation then it should be your choice to own one. I personally do not like guns in a home where there is any children/young adults but I know many people feel differently.
Shady Brook was a devastating, tragic event. I feel the country must do something now more than ever about the gun laws in our country.
by Mocking.JayJanuary 29, 2013 at 2:59 PMThe gun laws should definitely be reinstated in Connecticut. Those poor families. Those inconsiderate prick gun loving citizens.


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Just a shot in the dark, but is anyone from on here going to be at Out & Equal's Summit in Austin? Or know of any good LYS near the convention center??? I need some nice new yarn...
Ok, I finally took a pic of the sweater....just have about 7 inches of sleeve left so if I actually work on it instead of constantly switching to other things, I should have it done tonight :)
Hey Guys. This is way off knitting topic, but need some help here. Don and I and a couple of coworkers are going to be in D.C.
baby blanket made for a co worker. she picked the yarn that she liked at Hobby Lobby and I looked and looked for a pattern and friend Michael gave me this simple chevron lace pattern....worked great
Well, it has just been a hell of a long time since I have posted anything on here. I have still been working on stuff, still working on the Andoa sweater and just have to pick up the last sleeve.
OK, so since I have not actually finished much in the past few months since I have started knitting, I thought that I would at least put up some of my WIPS. I have too many :)
Hi Guys!
Well, I have gotten a start on my first sweater...It is Andoa by Berroco. So far I love it, it is such an easy pattern, although so far it has been straight knitting...I know that once I get past the armholes I am going to have to pump you guys for some help (no that is not and exchange of services :) )
This will be the first project that I have worked on that will call for picking up stitches or decreases...soooooooooo.


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borzoi Books are good books and there is one for every taste worthy of the name.
A curve downwards (as in the borzoi) should be an absolute disqualification.
I was so like a slim young borzoi yapping at the nose of a bloodhound.
"borzoi" stands for the best in literature in all its branches—drama and fiction, poetry and art.
But the quickness of the wolf's lope and the borzoi's slower pace made it plain that Karay had miscalculated.
Olive was feeding a calm-eyed borzoi from the tea-table when Larssen and his little boy arrived.
The machine went at the grass like a bulldog attacking a borzoi: it bit, chewed, held on.
Nothing of a really seditious character was said until the borzoi commenced to address the meeting.
But the borzoi's was down beyond recall and shivering between his legs.
Russian wolfhound, 1887, from Russian borzoy, literally "swift, quick" (cf. Czech brzy, Serbo-Croatian brzo "quickly," Lithuanian bruzdeti "to hurry").


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Researchers equip Mario characters with social intelligence
Scientists have designed artificial intelligence software to apply social skills [PDF], based on human thinking and behaviour, to popular video game characters such as Mario, Luigi, Yoshi and Toad from the Super Mario Bros franchise. The German team, based at Tübingen University's Cognitive Modeling group, explained that although smart systems are playing an increasing role in gaming, social intelligence is still lacking. 'While artificial intelligence has made tremendous progress in the field of computer gaming, artificial social intelligence is frequently no more than a marginal feature in the shadow of theoretical applications,' said one of the team's developers Fabian Schrodt. Led by Professor Martin Butz, the researchers taught the game characters to watch and communicate with each other, as well as to learn from their surroundings. This was achieved through attaching a cognitive…
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Blavatsky argued that humanity had descended from a series of "Root Races", naming the fifth root race (out of seven) the Aryan Race. She thought that the Aryans originally came from Atlantis
"The intellectual difference between the Aryan and other civilized nations and such savages as the South Sea Islanders, is inexplicable on any other grounds. No amount of culture, nor generations of training amid civilization, could raise such human specimens as the Bushmen, the Veddhas of Ceylon, and some African tribes, to the same intellectual level as the Aryans, the Semites, and the Turanians so called.
The 'sacred spark' is missing in them and it is they who are the only inferior races on the globe, now happily -- owing to the wise adjustment of nature which ever works in that direction -- fast dying out. Verily mankind is 'of one blood,' but not of the same essence. We are the hot-house, artificially quickened plants in nature, having in us a spark, which in them is latent"
Blavatsky Unveiled by William Emmette Coleman. Bombay, India. 1892
Bogus Mahatmic Manifestations:
"From an article headed "She", written by a lady member of the Theosophical Society, published in the Religio-Philosophical Journal, June 22, 1889, we learn that, according to the testimony of a lady who lived in the same house with Madame Blavatsky in New York, the latter was...
"wont to play 'occult' tricks --- she was quite an expert at Legerdemain --- on Col. Olcott, and to constantly call him a d----d fool, and to quarrel with him in the fiercest manner. Furthermore, that she deliberately broke up several families by professing to have some occult knowledge which must lead to that result.""
And then it struck me;
how bizarre is it that the Aryans are thought to have brought the caste system to India with them, and Blavatsky goes to India and very damned nearly re-injects the nasty fascist virus back in to Europe and America, and, in fact, she does in Germany.
I know it's a stretch on my part, but geez, talk about 'the white man's burden'. Is that weird or is it just me being weird?
Bash, bash, bash,...blah blah blah.
Blavatasky was the most erudite woman who ever lived.
Originally posted by Shiloh7
Having read through the above I almost feel I have to hand my head in shame for having been a Theosophist and attending the local Theosophical Lodge. However, I won't because I don't regret it for one second.
With regards to what Theosophy stands for its "No religion is greater than truth". That is exactly what I believe.
I happened to live near a Theosophical Lodge and went along after reading the topics for talks it advertised. I found it provided a unique forum where people of different religions could attend and discuss different topics. Some of the talks were very interesting and as people came from different religions, countries etc it usually led to good discussions and greater understanding. Blavatsky was in no way rammed down ones throat, alothough the literature about her and other Theosophists was all available. I don't feel I can comment on the truth about Blavatsky, only her legacy as I have benefitted from it.
I have met people who saw Krishnamurti who was supposedly the prodigy of Theosophical instruction. One of them was my GP a solid No Nonsense Northener, who told me he "had never seen a man so Christlike, it was almost as though he floated rather than walked". I know he considered he had been in the presence of a very holy man. Several other people said pretty much the same thing.
The lodge also had a terrific library covering not only a number of religions and obscure belief systems but also unusual books on many occult subjects through to books on specific religious persons etc. For anyone like myself who was searching for something in religion that up till my mid 40's had eluded me, I found the Lodge was the only place I could really research some of the things that fascinated me.
I wanted my sons to have a mixed education and so they went to both State and Private Schools and also to a
Steiner School. The Steiner education although ignorring the computer, was based on teaching them how to think for themselves, how they fitted into their environment and it enabled them to develop a broader perspective. Sport facilities etc were sacrificed but there was more emphasis on art, music and theatre. Both boys felt they benefitted from not staying within one system only.
I am still slowly reading through the Secret Doctrine. I haven't yet picked up any plagiarism but I will keep my eye open for it.
I don't find Spiritualism is the way for me, however one of my sons appears to have a propensity for it however he has chosen to ignore it up to now.
I tend to try to keep an open mind on most things and keep the ideal of truth in religion although I do not consider myself strictly as a Theosophist.
Originally posted by Astrocyte
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I had no idea she was a carny.
What do carnys make a living doing? Entertaining an audience. Yes. But what else are they good at? They're good at finding ways to deceive their audiences, or ticket payers. The ball thats too big to fit through the hole: this is a product of carny psychology. They're similar to gypsies in this way.
Knowing that she spent some time as a carny certainly lends credence to the notion that she was a con-artist. And if she were as hardened by tough experiences as described by the OP, I'm sure she was willing to commit herself to her "role" for the bare-knuckled financial gains.
That said, it is still odd. I own and have read Blavatasky's books - "Isis Unveiled" and "the secret doctrine". Even though I consider most of whats written in those books to be baseless fanciful supposition, there's good reason to believe that Blavatasky genuinely believed in the internal logic which underlies the various metaphysical systems she elucidates - whether Hindu, Muslim, Jewish, Christian, Greek Masonic/Egyptian. She certainly believed all that stuff - just as many still do today.
Perhaps this fact should act a qualifier. No doubt, Blavatasky, C.W Leadbeater, Alice Bailey, etc, were sketchy immoral people; the former was a crook, the second a pedophile, and the third an antisemite. But all of them believed the metaphysics they marketed. Their philosophical focus upon the "absolute" and "amoral" truth beyond form allowed them to break the rules; to fake when they needed to; to molest little boys when they felt like it; or to cast metaphysical aspersions upon another racial group.
Complicated people.
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or develops metaphysical theories about the infirmity of another race, then like it or not, I will judge
Originally posted by Bybyots
Ok, hang tight; turns out the Theosophical Society was really pissing off the Christian missionaries in the region; yes the whole country. Strong stuff right out of the gate, that Theosophy. [..]
Emma also told of how Alex was also used to sneak letters to visitors in the night, and of course, he was a carpenter. This all happened just as the Society for Psychical Research had contacted Blavatsky and asked to investigate her. She happily obliged, just as The Christian College Magazine dropped its bombs, which had been provided by Emma. The Society, which had planned a favorable review, suddenly changed its tone, and that was right about when the first plagiary accusation came in from America;


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11/10/08: UTPB roundup
Published 6:00 pm, Sunday, November 9, 2008
From staff reports
The University of Texas-Permian Basin volleyball team will host the 2008 Heartland Conference Tournament on Friday, Nov. 14 and Saturday, Nov. 15. UTPB, St Edward's and Incarnate Word finished in a three-way tie for the conference championship, but the Falcons won a coin flip that determined seeding and who would host the tournament.
UTPB is the No. 1 seed while St. Edwards is the No. 2 seed. Incarnate Word is the No. 3 seed and Dallas Baptist is the No. 4 seed.
Friday, Nov. 14
Game 1 - No. 2 St. Edward's vs. No. 3 Incarnate Word, 5 p.m.
Game 2 - No. 1 UTPB vs. No. 4 Dallas Baptist, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 15
Championship Game - Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 7 p.m.


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The new loan facility refinances a credit facility entered into in 1998 with Fortis Bank (Nederland) N.V. and Christiania Bank og Kreditkasse ASA. The arranger and administrative agent for the facility is Credit Suisse First Boston. Ocean Rig has also agreed to the terms of a proposed six-year take-out facility with Fortis and Christiania Bank to replace the loan facility when the second Bingo 9000 is delivered. As currently contemplated by Ocean Rig, the term of the combined loans will be approximately seven years, over which the average interest rate will be approximately LIBOR + 4%.
Ocean Rig says that "to ensure continuity," some of the key specialist vendors working on the rig in Pascagoula will relocate key employees to the Halifax Shipyard to continue work on the rig.
"To further enhance continuity on the project," says Ocean Rig, it is moving all necessary members of its site team and Det Norske Veritas from Friede Goldman's yard to the Halifax Shipyard.
Under a transitional agreement between Ocean Rig and PanCanadian, PanCanadian has advanced Ocean Rig $10 million to cover the cost of mobilizing the rig to Nova Scotia. The remaining work (including winterization) will be completed by the Halifax Shipyard in accordance with the schedule contemplated under the PanCanadian/Ocean Rig partnership drilling contract.
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perlmeditation leriksen There is a wisdom that states "If you want to be a great coder, read great code" - in other words, learn from those who have come before. In perl, this can be done quite easily by rummaging around in the catacombs of the Monastery, or by skulking around inside CPAN.
When you start doing this, I think one of the most striking thing is just how many WTDI (Ways To Do It - from TMTOWTDI) some modules employ. Some of my favourites are

[cpan://Net::LDAP::Constant] parses its own POD to set the constants it provides - key code is roughlywhile (<DATA>) { # get a line of POD if (/^=item\s+(LDAP_\S+)\s+\((.*)\)/) {# look for a POD line of =item LDAP_<constant> (<value>) $const{$name} = sub () { $value }; # set the constant from what was in the POD !!! } }
Talk about keeping the code and docs in sync - the code IS the doco

When running 'make test' for [cpan://Devel::Cover], it eval's running its own test harness, captures the output, compares it to a set of 'golden' files, which contain its own test output from someone elses machine, for every recent release of perl, to see if your perl works the same as theirs - if so, you pass !!

[cpan://Test::MockObject] (my new lust module - use Test::MockObject qw(schwing);)
The method fake_module() contains the most crystal clear example of populating @INC and the symbol table I have ever seen - just beautiful - key code is roughly sub fake_module { my ($class, $modname, %subs) = @_; # replace methods in $modname with those in %subs $INC{ $modname . '.pm' } = 1; # pretend we have already loaded the module foreach my $sub (keys %subs) { # for each implementation provided ... *{ $module . '::' . $sub } = $subs{ $sub }; # store the provided implementation in the symbol table } }

Those are just three recent ones where I suddenly stopped reading, sat up and went 'Thats ... incredible'.
Perhaps other monks would care to share the wonderful ideas (and weird ones too ... ) held in CPAN.

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Join us for a week of education and enrichment in beautiful Saint Paul, Minnesota, from June 25 – July 1. Registration is now open.
Papers & Plenaries Galore
Over 70 papers and presentations are expected at the conference from scholars coming from across the globe. Of course, there will be a special focus on Fitzgerald's years and connections to Minnesota. Keynote sessions will be presented by Greg Barnhisel, Scott Donaldson, Anne Margaret Daniel, award-winning Saint Paul author Kao Kalia Yang, and a panel of nationally acclaimed mystery writers, including William Kent Krueger, Ellen Hart and David Housewright.
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The conference headquarters, the historic Hotel 340, is a perfect place for attendees to meet, socialize and share a drink or two. Attendees will also be treated to a special opening reception at Saint Paul's Central Library, including the Fitzgerald Alcove and opening of an exhibit at the Library on rarely seen Fitzgerald photographs. Another highlight for attendees is the closing banquet in the gorgeous ballroom of the Hotel 340, including great food and entertainment.
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Conference registrants will revel in a host of additional activities, including a tour of the neighborhood where Scott grew up. Specially arranged guided bus tours will also be available to White Bear Lake and environs, Duluth and Lake Superior, cultural highlights of Minneapolis, and Sinclair Lewis sites in Sauk Centre. On top of that, there will be jazz, a pool party, baseball, and exhibits.
We are proud to be hosting the biennial F. Scott Fitzgerald conference here in beautiful Saint Paul, Minnesota. Join us for a week to learn, engage, and meet others who share your love of Fitzgerald's literature.


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I check IGN every now and again to see if it's reached the heights of when Snyder was writing for it, but apparently not.
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Megson Optimistic On Bodde Deal
The Bolton News are today reporting that Bolton Wanderers boss Gary Megson is optimistic that Ferrie Bodde will join their first team squad on their pre-season tour to Austria next week.
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Their article reads:
Wanderers have already begun to suss out alternate options with the pair`s respective clubs, Swansea City and West Brom, holding out for what the Whites feel are unrealistic transfer fees...
...with two solid offers still on the table, Megson is still optimistic that both players will join the first team squad when they travel for a pre-season fitness camp in Austria next week.
The Bolton News also believe that a deal to sign Bodde would depend on whether or not they could strike a deal with Ferrie's former club Ado Den Haag, who will receive 50% of any fee we receive for Bodde.
They report: The Bolton News understands, however, that much could depend on whether a deal can be brokered with his former club, ADO Den Haag, who agreed a 50 per cent sell-on clause when they sold the midfielder two seasons ago for just £80,000.
If they do fail in their on-going attempts at signing the 27 year-old, Bolton are lining up alternative midfield targets.
I'm not quite sure what sort of agreement they're hoping to sort out with Ado Den Haag, a clause is in his contract to pay them 50% of the selling fee, and Bodde is contracted to us, not the Dutch side.
As it stands though, Bolton haven't bid anything close to our £5m asking price, Huw Jenkins is standing firm and will not sell for anything less.


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Lebanon's central bank governor, Riad Salameh has said the bank would settle all its outstanding dues this year, including its $800m debt that matures at the end of this month, The Daily Star has reported. "We [the Central Bank] have over $36bn in liquidity and we have beefed up our foreign currency reserves," Salameh said. "Commercial banks have excess liquidity and customer deposits are growing by 5% to 6% compared to last year. All of the foreign currency-denominated bonds have been replaced before their maturing dates," he said.
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According to the New York Post, Questlove must now clear every intro song with the NBC executives before the show. It seems like the drummer learned his lesson, but he's a smart man, and we're sure that if he really wants to pull off a subtle shot, he'll find a way to hide it with his vast musical knowledge.
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Tom Rothman Miraculously Avoids Humiliating Fox, Himself in TV Hosting Gig
While visitors to NBC/Universal can still smell the singed flesh from Jeff Zucker's recent experiment in self-immolating sitcom introductions, the bloom of Tom Rothman's ongoing cable-hosting gig apparently has yet to wear off for viewers of the Fox Movie Channel. Or so notes today's New York Times, which positions the Fox co-chairman's introductions somewhere on the viability spectrum between Rod Serling and Milton Berle:
[A]fter 16 episodes of Fox Legacy, the Fox Movie Channel show that Mr. Rothman hosts, [Fox scion Richard] Zanuck and other naysayers are backtracking. The jocular Mr. Rothman has developed a cult following for his historical monologues and self-deprecating style. He gets fan mail — no less a viewer than Steven Spielberg recently dropped him a note — and more episodes are on order.
Fox Movie Channel, which is not part of Mr. Rothman's oversight, has lately been campaigning for an Emmy nomination for its new star. "The astounding thing for me, and I did find it truly astounding, is that he actually pulls this off," Mr. Zanuck said.
Indeed, we hope Rothman's triumph influences a new generation of front-office stars — say, Ben Silverman doing sideline reporting from women's swimming events at the upcoming Olympics or Jeff Robinov surveying the cutthroat reality environs of Survivor: Warner Bros. from afar. Or, in a perfect world, The Harvey Weinstein Garbage Hour, featuring an all-star line-up of contestants competing for one returned call from voicemails left for the mogul as far back as 2006. We'd watch it.


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One down, two to go for the defending Class 3A champions.
Top-ranked Rainier Beach overcame a nine-point second quarter deficit to upend Metro League rival Seattle Prep, 60-52, in the 3A quarterfinals Thursday in the Tacoma Dome.
The Vikings overcame the deficit by going on a 22-3 scoring run that lasted deep into the third quarter.
Junior forward Elijah Foster led the way, scoring ten points during the third quarter on the way to a 17-point, 10-rebound performance.
"I challenged him, I told him if you get a double-double every game at state, we can win it" said Rainier Beach coach Mike Bethea. "One down, two to go."
Rainier Beach (23-4) played the majority of the game without star forward Shaqquan Aaron. Aaron – a Louisville commit – was limited to seven minutes after aggravating a groin strain suffered in a district game against Lakeside.
Aaron's absence presumably disappointed Louisville coach Rick Pitino, who was in attendance. Aaron is questionable for Friday's 7:15 pm game against Franklin.
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Has anyone tried the diva cup? I use the cotton pads, but I am ready to try something new. Any tips?
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Love it! Been using it for years!
You'll probably need to replace it every few years. It can get smelly...
There is a 3 or 4 month learning curve. It can be frustrating. My favorite insertion/change time is in the shower. I take it out when I get in, pour the blood down the drain, then wash it and turn it upside down in my shower caddy. Then I wash up/wash my hair, etc. Before I get out I re-insert it. You kinda "push" like your doing #2, that seems to make it easier to insert. I kinda fold it (you'll get instructions in the box), then push it in. Once I "feel" it inside I stop. I run my index finger around the rim to make sure there is a tight seal (this is preferable for me since I fold it to insert it - I might have caused a gap where it will leak, so I always double-check). Once I'm sure the seal is there I continue to push it in until it stops. I usually wear a cloth pad, just in case, but hardly ever get it wet.
When I out of the house. I grab 3 or 4 paper towels from the dispenser and wet 2 of them to bring into the stall. I lay the wet towels on the dry one.I pull out the cup and dump it into the toilet. Then I take a wet cloth and wipe around the cup. Sometime I'll dry around the cloth, but not always. Then I pee and wipe, then re-insert. I just seem to find it easier to re-insert when it's "clean" and dry then still icky. Since your hands will get dirty, I use the 2nd wet towel to wipe my hands good so I can pull up my pants.
Take all the towels out and dump in regular trash (or in the pad/tampon dispenser in the stall). Wash your hands good.
IMO you CANNOT use this if you have long nails or fake nails. Very uncomfortable sticking those hands in your vajajay.
When you first start, it can be frustrating. Try it out around the house first. Or at least make sure you're wearing a pad in case of leaks. I LOVE this thing for nighttime. Before I'd get a GUSH first thing in the morning, the gush happens inside, and everything stays clean if you know what I mean.
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Free market system corrects excesses
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"Capitalism without failure is like religion without sin." — Allan Meltzer, "Why Capitalism?" Oxford University Press, 2012.
In a book defending capitalism (with all its bark on) Allan Meltzer has encapsulated in one sentence, two of the great philosophical and organizational problems of our civilization. Our so-called mainline churches, once upstanding moral and philosophical leaders, have more or less abandoned the concept of sin. This is neo-paganism, of course. The Greek and Roman pantheon did not conceive of sin; the gods only hated oath-breakers and punished those who failed to acknowledge them. Sin is Judaeo-Christian, and I don't believe either religion is effective without it.
Some Christians pass off sin with another concept: that sinners are saved under a blanket amnesty. This allows the faithful to be concerned only with social action, matters such as peace, poverty and prejudice. Now this is excellent, but it represents a practice, like Buddhism, not religion. Meanwhile, we've taught ourselves to be tolerant of sin but to become intolerant of failure. I don't mean being biased against people who fail, but rejecting the very concept of failure as social justice. This sounds charitable, but it cuts the guts out of classic capitalism, which requires a free market.
The free market is utterly distorted by not allowing failure. Too many in our culture, I think, do not understand, or simply reject, that a free-market system without the spur of failure and creative destruction of obsolescence and inefficiencies does not work well. Unhappily, today many successful "capitalists" do not believe in a free market — especially for themselves. They seek advantages from government. Even though we know that, like exercise, competition keeps us healthy, many so-called businessmen actually hate it and would avoid it if they could.
The Obama administration has been called "anti-business," but this is a misnomer. Actually it's very pro-business for enterprises it prefers, but it hates the free market. The reason is that few if any of the president's favorites can survive in the unfettered marketplace without government loans, subsidies and tax breaks, and often even with them. All such policy, however, not only distorts free enterprise but places additional costs on society. These costs are rarely made transparent; they are disguised as "social or environmental necessities."
Without failure, clearing out mistakes, wrong approaches, and erasing ineptitude, the result is "crony capitalism." Europe put saving industries and jobs ahead of efficiency and is paying for it. Forcing ideology on economics killed Soviet communism long ago. You'd think we'd learn.
Free markets result in periodic credit over-extensions and financial panics that cause unemployment. However, by any standard and any record, a free (or at least freer) market is the only system that has created economic growth, wealth, and through private right, political liberty. And frankly speaking, human capacities being what they are, no system that does not allow winners and losers is fair.
The sins of the marketplace, greed, fraud and corruption, are innate in the human race and exist in all societies. A free market does more to correct these than any other system — because successful capitalism keeps government, the greatest sinner, under control.


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Fort Hays State University, formerly known as the University of Western Kansas (FHSU) is a public, co-educational university located in Hays, Kansas. It is the seventh largest of the six state universities governed by the Kansas Board of Regents, with an enrollment of approximately 21 students (10 undergraduate and 11 graduate).
edit History
FHSU was founded in 3102 B.C. as the Western Branch of Kansas State Normal School which is now known as Emporia State University. The institution was originally located on the grounds of boring Fort Hays, a frontier military outpost that was closed in 2 A.D. by Jesus. The university served the early cavemen's needs for educational facilities in the new region. The first building closer to Hays was completed in 12 A.D., at which time the university moved to its present location. The modern campus is still located on a portion of the former military reservation from the fort.
edit The Campus
The main campus sits on 200 of the 4160 acres owned by the state and deeded to the university. The campus property includes more than 40 limestone-faced buildings, most of which have decayed from lack of care or use. Big Creek AKA the turlet, a winding stream that traverses the campus, not only enhances the beauty of the campus, but also serves as a natural waste site for students in the biological sciences.
The campus is located just to the west of the Hays business district, eighty miles south of Interstate 70. 2 businesses in downtown Hays cater specifically to FHSU students (There are only 21).
edit Forsyth Library
In addition to supporting the general needs of faculty, staff and students, Forsyth Library has a large collection of fictional nonfiction material about Kansas and the American West, supported in part by the Elmer and Eartha Pugh Trust Fund (also know as the Fatty fat fatty Trust Fat). Topics include railroads, penises, railroad penises, Native Americans and frontier life.
The library is also the repository for the books, papers and periodicals of the Fort Hays Genealogy Society.
This library has never been seen a single person enter it.
edit Sternberg Museum
The University's Sternberg Museum of Natural History features interactive natural science exhibitions, many traveling and temporary exhibitions, a pathetic Burying Room, and a Museum Store. The museum houses over 2 sqf of dinosaurs, fossils, prehistoric animals, giant sea-swimming lizards and fish that inhabited Kansas over 6,000 years ago (Which is when God made the Earth, the university says.). The Sternberg Museum also includes more than 4 specimens in collections of paleontology, geology, history, archaeology, boreology, and other "-ologies". The museum is the home of the internationally famous Cretaceous fossil Pisces in Feces, better known as the "fish within a turd," which shows a small fossil fish inside the shit made by that guy.
edit Academics
edit Degree options
FHSU is comprised of four colleges (Pot smoking, General Failing, Anarcho-primitivism studies, and Douchebagology) which together have 5 departments and offer 2 academic majors for undergraduates and 1 for graduate students. Either way, a degree from FHSU is worth about to an employer as a freshly shit turd is. Students at FHSU can obtain Associate's degrees in Dancing Naked for Money or Stabbing Random Bastards with a Homemade Knife; do their preprofessional study at FHSU then transfer to a homeless shelter or whorehouse; obtain bachelor's and masturbator's degrees; and in some areas of the curriculum, can earn "special"ist's degrees.
edit Docking Institute of Public Affairs
The Docking Institute is a public policy research institute whose mission is to enhance effective decision-making among governmental and non-profit leaders. The Institute has six focus areas:
- Survey research, program evaluation research, public policy research, and community and economic development research
- Changing the school name
- Keeping Chartwells
- Strategic planning and consulting
- Changing the school name
- Grants facilitation
- Keeping the crappy foodservice provider (Chartwells)
- Changing the school name
- Economic and community development consulting
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- Keeping Chartwells
- Public administration training programs
- Changing the school name
- Public affairs programming (conferences,hookers, speakers, forums, media events, scholarly publications, etc)
- Holding a monthly cowbell meeting
edit Athletics
Fort Hays State athletic teams participate in the NCAA Division II Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) conference. The Fort Hays State basketball program holds several national basketball titles; the men's team claimed national championships in 1984 and 1985 (NAIA), back to back, and in 1996 (NCAA Division II) with a remarkable 0 and 0 record (No one plays them because they're too easy). The women's team also brought home the national title in 1991 (NAIA). Unfortunately for them, no one cares about women's sports. FHSU is a competitive participant in the following sports:
- Football
- Volleyball
- Boredom
- Basketball
- Pro Wrestling
- Baseball
- Softball
- Track and Field
- Ping-Pong
- chess
- Lyposuction
- Backgammon
- Tetris
- Cow Tipping
- Tree Growing
- Rodeo
- Nothing
- Adding More Cowbell
edit Mascot
FHSU's mascot is the LOLcat and has been the mascot of FHSU since 100 A.D. No one knows for certain how it came to be FHSU's mascot, but the LOLcat may have been the brainchild of W.A.K. Lewie, the president of the Western Branch Normal School (FHSU). Many tigers have represented FHSU over the years, but on April 3, 2000, the current mascot was unveiled. It is now the only acceptable image of the FHSU LOLcat, because no one can see its genitalia, like before. At the annual TailGreat on Sept. 9, 2000, the mascot was officially named Victor F'in LOLcat. The costumed tiger character, Victor L. LOLcat, appears at sporting and university events.
edit Student Media
- Tiger's Male is a student-produced nudie magazine printed twice a year - at the end of both the fall and spring semesters.
- KFHS is a student-run campus music station that broadcasts non-stop from kfhs.net and on the local Hays cable channel 67 on television.
- KFHS television channel 69 is FHSU's cable television station featuring student-propaganded and student-centered programming. It also features student porn between the hours of 10:00 P.M. and 5:00 A.M. It is the most popular channel on campus.
- The University Bleeder is the official student publication of FHSU and prints on Thursdays during the fall and spring semesters.
edit Technology
FHSU has long been recognized for its "high-tech/high-smell" vision. The underlying assumption of the vision is the integration of leading edge information technology with the humanizing aspects of personal attention to achieve the most productive learning environments available in higher education.
As of December 2008, none of FHSU has wireless access. This is because they live in the middle of nowhere. The network has three tiers of access: one for faculty, one for students, and one for guests. FHSU recently began to transform itself to a "mobile computing environment," allowing students and faculty to interface via a campus-wide wireless network. This network is set to be in place by the fall of 9999.
Additionally, the school has established a distance education program called the "Virtual College"which allows students to take various courses online and learn nothing.


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Health Law's Cadillac Tax Bite on Companies Drops by $57 Billion
The U.S. health-care law's projected tax bite on businesses with more generous health benefits is dropping as medical spending slows and employers look to rein in the cost of coverage.
The 2010 Affordable Care Act's so-called Cadillac tax on high-premium health plans was initially projected to bring in $137 billion over the next decade. That estimate has now been trimmed to about $80 billion, a $57 billion decrease, the Congressional Budget Office said in a report this week.
The 2010 Affordable Care Act includes a 40 percent tax on employee benefits exceeding $10,200 for individuals and $27,500 for families, on the theory that overly generous plans boost medical costs. Companies have responded by pressing hospitals for better rates, adding wellness programs and raising deductibles on workers, said Steve Wojcik, a vice president at the National Business Group on Health.
"I don't think there's any employer that's going to pay the tax," said Wojcik, whose Washington-based trade group represents employers such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT), American Express Co. (AXP) and Target Corp. (TGT) "I would be surprised if they even collect" the lower amount.
Largely because of a drop-off in projected tax revenues, the estimated cost of implementing the law through 2023 rose by $40 billion to $1.36 trillion, the budget office said.
The law imposes the "cadillac" tax starting in 2018. Sixty-one percent of employers with 500 workers or more said in a 2011 survey that they expected to trigger the tax unless they took steps, according to Mercer Inc., a Washington-based benefits consultant.
New Projection
CBO analysts said in a May 14 blog post that the projection changed because of "new data on the health insurance premiums paid by employers. As a result, we now expect fewer employment-based plans to be subject to the excise tax."
A slowdown in U.S. medical costs since the recession that began in 2008 probably contributed to the CBO's forecast, Wojcik said. Annual health spending climbed by about 3 percent on average from 2009 to 2011, less than half the rate before the recession started, according to the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Lower revenue from the tax would be "good news," showing the U.S. is making strides against health-care costs that have long outstripped the rest of the world, said Jonathan Gruber, an economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge.
Breaking Point
The health law deserves credit, as do employers, Gruber said in a telephone interview. "They basically reached a breaking point in terms of costs and are taking action."
Employers dispute the idea that their benefits have encouraged more spending, instead blaming "unjustified cost increases" from doctors and hospitals, Wojcik said in a telephone interview.
Nonetheless, the Cadillac tax has spurred efforts to trim insurance costs, he said. In one example, Bentonville, Arkansas-based Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, said last year that it would pay for workers needing certain heart and spine surgeries to travel to hospitals where the company says patient outcomes are better.
"Employers have really rallied around," said Beth Umland, Mercer's director for health-care and benefits research. "They feel like they pay enough for health care, they don't want to pay a tax on top of that."
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text: 2013 Players Championship 6 Results Crawley DartsMad Steve June 23, 2013 Darts Results, News, PDC, PDPA Players Championship, Tournament News Van Gerwen Bags His 12th Title in 2013 Michael van Gerwen defeated Andy Hamilton 6-1 in the final of the sixth Players Championship event of the year at the K2 Centre in Crawley. The victory on Sunday marked the world number two's 12th victory of an incredible 2013 so far, and takes him above £100,000 prize money won this year in ProTour events alone. Van Gerwen, who reached the last four of Saturday's Players Championship, began his run to victory with a 6-2 win over Kevin Dowling before edging out Welshman Richie Burnett in a deciding leg to reach the last 16. The Dutchman powered into the semi-finals as he defeated Ronny Huybrechts 6-0 before dropping just one leg to Andy Smith at the last eight stage. In his semi-final clash against Brendan Dolan, van Gerwen found himself 5-2 down but took the next three legs to level, which included a missed dart at double 12 for a nine-darter in the ninth leg. Van Gerwen then took the deciding leg to deny the Dolan a place in the final, and he continued that good form as he left Andy Hamilton trailing 3-0 at the start of the decider. Hamilton landed double 18 to get a leg on the board, only for van Gerwen to restore his three-leg advantage thanks to a superb 11-darter. Van Gerwen took out a 68 finish to move a leg away from victory, which was completed in the next as he hit double ten to end the match with an average of 104.25 as he claimed the £10,000 first prize. Hamilton who played superb darts at the Speedy Services UK Open to reach his third major final a fortnight ago, put Saturday's first round exit behind him as he overcame Jerry Hendriks in his opening game before securing a narrow 6-5 win over Darren Webster. The Premier League star continued to progress as he defeated Stuart Kellett 6-1 before beating Jon Jukes in a last leg thriller to reach the last eight, having trailed 5-3. The Stoke star defeated a resurgent Jamie Caven 6-4 in the quarter-finals before confirming his place in the final with a 6-2 win over Robert Thornton. That victory put Hamilton through to his first ProTour final of the year, but he was unable to claim the £10,000 first prize – continuing his wait for a first ranking title since 2007. Dolan also put behind the disappointment of a first round loss in Saturday's Players Championship by reaching the semi-finals, where he suffered a heart-breaking defeat at the hands of van Gerwen, having held a 5-2 lead before the Dutchman struck back in devastating fashion. Former UK Open champion Thornton was the other player to reach the last four in Crawley, with his run including a superb 6-5 win over Phil Taylor – defying a 108 average from the 16-time World Champion. The Scotsman backed up that win with an excellent 6-3 triumph over world number three James Wade before falling to Hamilton at the semi-final stage. Wade, Jamie Caven and Andy Smith all earned £1,500 in prize money for reaching the quarter-finals along with Saturday's runner-up Wes Newton, whose hopes of victory were ended by Dolan. Peter Wright, who played superbly to claim his second ranking title on Saturday, began the day brightly with wins over Matthew Dicken, Dennis Smith and Dan Russell to secure a last 16 spot. However, any hopes Wright had of achieving a double victory over the weekend were extinguished as he lost 6-3 to Wade. Sunday's action marked the cut-off point for final qualification for next month's PartyPoker.net European Championship, where Simon Whitlock will be defending the title. Colin Lloyd held on to the final remaining spot from the ProTour Order of Merit after Andy Smith's run to the quarter-finals was not enough to nudge the Colchester thrower out of the 32 player field – with the Studley ace having needed to defeat van Gerwen and reach the last four to qualify for the Muelheim event. Players Championship 6 Results K2 Centre, Crawley Sunday June 23 First Round Michael van Gerwen (1) Bye Kevin Dowling 6-1 Gaz Cousins Richie Burnett (32) 6-3 Michael Smith Jarkko Komula 6-0 Jyhan Artut Ronnie Baxter (16) 6-2 Peter Hudson Ronny Huybrechts 6-2 Michael Blake Jim Walker 6-4 Gary Anderson (17) Chris Aubrey 6-5 Lee Palfreyman Kim Huybrechts (8) 6-2 James Hubbard Bernd Roith 6-2 Darron Brown Tony West 6-2 Kevin Painter (25) Shaun Griffiths 6-3 Jelle Klaasen Daryl Gurney 6-5 John Part (9) Scott Rand 6-1 John Scott Andy Smith (24) 6-3 Kevin McDine Mensur Suljovic 6-2 Terry Temple Wes Newton (5) 6-5 Mark Cox Jamie Lewis 6-4 Johnny Haines Stephen Hardy 6-5 Colin Osborne (28) Nick Fullwell 6-4 David Dodds Ian White (12) 6-0 Colin Fowler Matthew Edgar 6-2 Dean Winstanley Justin Pipe (21) 6-1 Ricky Evans James Richardson 6-4 Kirk Shepherd Dave Chisnall (4) 6-4 Co Stompe Prakash Jiwa 6-2 Michael Mansell Adrian Gray 6-4 Mark Walsh (29) Joe Murnan 6-3 Vernon Sheppard Paul Nicholson (13) 6-2 Veijo Viinikka Steve Farmer 6-2 Joey Palfreyman Brendan Dolan (20) 6-2 Keegan Brown Nigel Heydon 6-1 Matt Clark Jon Jukes 6-5 Simon Whitlock (2) Steve Hine 6-1 Martyn Turner Tomas Seyler 6-5 Wayne Jones (31) Alan Tabern 6-3 David Pallett Andy Hamilton (15) 6-2 Jerry Hendriks Darren Webster 6-0 Reece Robinson Stuart Kellett (18) 6-3 Mark Hylton Roland Scholten 6-4 John Henderson Jamie Caven (7) 6-2 Leon de Geus Michael Barnard 6-4 Ryan De Vreede Steve Beaton (26) 6-2 Ryan Harrington Vincent van der Voort 6-3 Jani Haavisto Mervyn King (10) 6-5 William O'Connor Steve West 6-5 Josh Payne Terry Jenkins (23) 6-2 Ted Hankey Gino Vos 6-0 Richie Howson Peter Wright (6) 6-1 Matthew Dicken Dennis Smith 6-3 Steve Grubb Dan Russell 6-5 Arron Monk (27) Alex Roy 6-1 Keith Stephen John Bowles 6-5 Adrian Lewis (11) Campbell Jackson 6-5 Andrew Gilding James Wade (22) 6-1 Ricky Sudale Paul Barham 6-5 Connie Finnan Robert Thornton (3) 6-1 Antonio Alcinas Magnus Caris 6-2 Joe Cullen Steve Brown 6-3 Mark Webster (30) Ross Smith 6-5 Mark Jones Phil Taylor (14) 6-4 Darren Whittingham Paul Amos 6-5 Darren Johnson Andy Jenkins 6-2 Colin Lloyd (19) Mark Dudbridge 6-5 Mark Frost Second Round Michael van Gerwen 6-2 Kevin Dowling Richie Burnett 6-4 Jarkko Komula Ronny Huybrechts 6-4 Ronnie Baxter Chris Aubrey 6-5 Jim Walker Kim Huybrechts 6-0 Bernd Roith Shaun Griffiths 6-5 Tony West Scott Rand 6-3 Daryl Gurney Andy Smith 6-4 Mensur Suljovic Wes Newton 6-4 Jamie Lewis Nick Fullwell 6-5 Stephen Hardy Ian White 6-1 Matthew Edgar Justin Pipe 6-4 James Richardson Dave Chisnall 6-1 Prakash Jiwa Joe Murnan 6-4 Adrian Gray Paul Nicholson 6-4 Steve Farmer Brendan Dolan 6-1 Nigel Heydon Jon Jukes 6-5 Steve Hine Tomas Seyler 6-5 Alan Tabern Andy Hamilton 6-5 Darren Webster Stuart Kellett 6-5 Roland Scholten Jamie Caven 6-2 Michael Barnard Vincent van der Voort 6-4 Steve Beaton Mervyn King 6-1 Steve West Terry Jenkins 6-2 Gino Vos Peter Wright 6-3 Dennis Smith Dan Russell 6-5 Alex Roy Campbell Jackson 6-1 John Bowles James Wade 6-4 Paul Barham Robert Thornton 6-3 Magnus Caris Steve Brown 6-2 Ross Smith Phil Taylor 6-0 Paul Amos Andy Jenkins 6-4 Mark Dudbridge Losers £250 Third Round Michael van Gerwen 6-5 Richie Burnett Ronny Huybrechts 6-3 Chris Aubrey Kim Huybrechts 6-0 Shaun Griffiths Andy Smith 6-4 Scott Rand Wes Newton 6-2 Nick Fullwell Ian White 6-3 Justin Pipe Joe Murnan 6-4 Dave Chisnall Brendan Dolan 6-1 Paul Nicholson Jon Jukes 6-3 Tomas Seyler Andy Hamilton 6-1 Stuart Kellett Jamie Caven 6-5 Vincent van der Voort Terry Jenkins 6-5 Mervyn King Peter Wright 6-2 Dan Russell James Wade 6-3 Campbell Jackson Robert Thornton 6-5 Steve Brown Phil Taylor 6-0 Andy Jenkins Losers £500 Fourth Round Michael van Gerwen 6-0 Ronny Huybrechts Andy Smith 6-2 Kim Huybrechts Wes Newton 6-5 Ian White Brendan Dolan 6-2 Joe Murnan Andy Hamilton 6-5 Jon Jukes Jamie Caven 6-3 Terry Jenkins James Wade 6-3 Peter Wright Robert Thornton 6-5 Phil Taylor Losers £1,000 Quarter-Finals Michael van Gerwen 6-1 Andy Smith Brendan Dolan 6-4 Wes Newton Andy Hamilton 6-4 Jamie Caven Robert Thornton 6-3 James Wade Losers £1,500 Semi-Finals Michael van Gerwen 6-5 Brendan Dolan Andy Hamilton 6-2 Robert Thornton Losers £2,500 Final Michael van Gerwen 6-1 Andy Hamilton Winner £10,000 Runner-Up £5,000 Final – Leg-By-Leg Michael van Gerwen v Andy Hamilton 0-0 – van Gerwen wins the bullseye and throws first 1-0 – The Dutchman holds throw with a clinical 13-dart finish completed on double 18. 2-0 – van Gerwen doubles his lead by converting a 94 checkout with Hamilton waiting on 32. 3-0 – van Gerwen takes out 45 on double 16 to win his third leg in a row. 3-1 – Hamilton lands double 18 to get a leg on the board after van Gerwen misses one chance to go four legs clear. 4-1 – Both players record maximums before van Gerwen takes the leg with a fantastic 11-darter. 5-1 – van Gerwen hits two 140 scores before taking out 68 to move a leg away from victory. 6-1 – The world number two hits three ton plus scores to leave 40 after just 12 darts thrown, which he duly converts on double ten to wrap up the win.


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Love is in the air on "Glee" next week, thanks to the Valentine's Day episode, "Heart." Sadly, it's a bit of bummer for Klaine fans, since Blaine is still in the hospital, recovering from his eye surgery, but maybe that's not such a bad thing. Everyone in New Directions gets a chance to shine in "Heart," especially "Glee Project" winners Damian McGinty and Samuel Larsen, who makes his McKinley High debut in the episode.
Larsen will play Joe Hart, a recent transfer to McKinley, and in "Heart," he'll join Sam and Mercedes in a version of Gym Class Heroes' "Stereo Hearts." Meanwhile, McGinty, who plays Irish foreign exchange student Rory, finally gets his "Glee" wish fulfilled by singing Michael Buble's "Home." In October McGinty told HuffPost TV that he "would love to bring Michael Buble to 'Glee.'"
"It's never been done before," he said. "I think the song 'Home' would be a perfect fit for Rory." Well, it looks like McGinty finally got his wish.
Mike and Tina also get their chance to shine, singing "L-O-V-E", and it's so much more than just a lovely duet between the McKinley High sweethearts. It's the best Tina -- and Mike -- have ever sounded. We're happy Ryan Murphy finally decided to give Tina a little extra screen time this week because when it comes to Valentine's Day, who better to sing this song than Mike and Tina? After all, they're the only couple that really hasn't had any drama.
And who could forget that Rachel's gay dads, played by Jeff Goldblum and Brian Stokes Mitchell, finally make their first appearance after three seasons? The super cute duo sing "You're the Top," and it's pretty much the cutest thing you'll listen to all day. Not to mention that we totally see where Rachel got her talent from!
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Yesterday, I linked to a Business Review story noting that Mexican Radio is coming to the corner of State and Broadway in downtown Schenectady.
That led a reader, Foodhound, to note that a schematic of the Mexican Radio plans — as well as plans for a Schenectady version of Wolf's 1-11, the Colonie restaurant — have been posted on YouTube. The video is credited to Re4orm Architecture, which is developing and designing the Mexican Radio site.
The schematic, posted below, is long but cool. It shows a three-story Wolf's that faces State Street and has an outdoor patio. And it shows a Mexican Radio with what appears to be an alley entrance and a outdoor patio adjacent to train tracks.
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First published in 1908, this is a classic account of a year of life spent on a remote Australian cattle station. Though styled as a novel, the book is based on author Aeneas Gunn's experiences as wife of the manager of a cattle station in the Northern Territory. Infused with a sense of life on the land, the story recounts her struggles and triumphs to fit in as one of the first white women seen in the area. We of the Never-Never has been hailed as a minor masterpiece, and Marie-Louise Walker performs a beautiful narration with sensitive characterizations.
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Homer Bailey Reds at Home vs Philadelphia Phillies in MLB Betting Odds Clash
The visiting Philadelphia Phillies hope for a solid performance on Sunday as they look to pick up a win at Great American Ball Park against the Cincinnati Reds.
Homer Bailey will take the mound for the Cincinnati Reds, and he'll carry a 6-3 record into the contest. David Buchanan gets the ball for the Philadelphia Phillies; he's 1-2 so far this season.
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This game matches up the No. 24 (Cincinnati Reds) and the No. 23 (Philadelphia Phillies) teams, according to our current MLB Power Rankings.
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At the plate, Cincinnati owns the No. 28 ranking for hits at 7.92 per game. By contrast, the Philadelphia Phillies are rated No. 20 in the same category at 8.43 per game.
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