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With 4 new players in their lineup, the Sioux Falls Skyforce were destined to be improved after last week's two game sweep at the hands of the Tulsa 66ers. However, a late game shooting drought and a crucial Skyforce turnover sent the 66ers into the sunset with a 102-99 win.
A comfortable lead for most of the game evaporated in the blink of an eye as two straight from downtown by Mychel Thompson and one by Seth Tarver put Sioux Falls (21-15) up 94-80 with 6:10 left. Tulsa (21-15) then took the liberty of scoring the next 14 points on their home floor to tie the game. Damian Saunders put the Skyforce back up with a couple of free throws then James Mays hit a tough shot in the lane with a foul to go up 5 with under a minute left. Rasual Butler of the 66ers drove unimpeded to the basket to make it a three point game with 48.4 seconds left.
One score would have likely meant victory on the next Sioux Falls possession, but with the shot clock ticking away Saunders missed a three from the right wing off an inbounds pass and Tulsa countered with another Butler score to cut the lead to one. By now the shot clock is off and the next task is to get the ball across half court and wait to get fouled. Tulsa sprung the trap on Demetris Nichols and stole the ball with Butler again providing the points. There was still a chance with 10.3 seconds left, but Andre Barrett came up empty and the home team grabbed a crucial home win and season series victory. With four teams fighting for the top spot in the NBA Development League Central Division, a game like this could mean the difference between picking an opponent in the playoffs or being the chosen.
James Mays led the Skyforce in scoring and rebounding with 18 and 11 respectively while Jarvis Varnado returned on assignment from the Miami Heat with 10 points, 9 rebounds and 3 blocked shots. Perry Jones III led Tulsa with 21 points and 7 rebounds on his assignment from the Oklahoma City Thunder and Rasual Butler put up 14 in a bench role. Not much time to chew on this one for Sioux Falls as they turn back to Texas and head back to Austin for a Sunday late afternoon scrum. Tulsa meanwhile, will rest until Thursday for a home date with Iowa.


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EVERY FEW YEARS I rediscover a song by R.E.M., "You are the Everything." It juxtaposes despair over the state of things ("Sometimes I feel like I can't even sing / I'm very scared for this world") with deceptively simple memories: A starry sky. The sensations of a random moment long ago. The feel of our own bodies. The sight of someone beloved ("I look at her and I see the beauty / of the light of music").
This song gives me cathartic comfort when the news seems too much to bear. It doesn't erase famine, wars, rumors of wars, a friend's bad pathology report, or my concern over the body politic. But my position shifts; I anchor myself to the beauty of creation, to the miracle of being an embodied soul, to the fragile graces of human relationship, and to the One who brought it all into being. Thin guy wires of memory and spirit steady me against sweeping currents of events, so that I can focus on them, yet not drown.
This tension, between the cares of the world and transcendence, for me typifies Advent. The scriptures recount woe and warnings of the end times. Can we not, in our time, relate to the words of Isaiah about his time, his people? "We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a filthy cloth. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away" (Isaiah 64:6). Can we watch YouTube videos of tsunami surges and noncombatants in the crosshairs, crumpling as the bullets hit, and not be able to imagine, at least a little: "But in those days, after that suffering, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken" (Mark 13:24-25)? Maybe we relate to why so many generations of believers could long for this, the ultimate clean slate: "the heavens will be set ablaze and dissolved, and the elements will melt with fire" (2 Peter 3:12).

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When: Friday, March 23, and Saturday, March 24, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, March 25, at 1 p.m.
Where: Eaton Richmond Center's Collings Auditorium, Daniel Webster College, 20 University Drive, Nashua
Cost: $10-$12
More info: Call 320-3780, or visit stagecoachproductions.org.
It's not every day that a play based on a biblical story is written and produced.
But four years ago, Tom Anastasi was reading the story of Lazarus in church and was inspired to write and direct a play about it.
"I thought this could be a really good play, and I intended for it to be a one-act," said Anastasi, who is an author and award-winning playwright. "I thought that 'Lazarus' would be the first act, and the story of the Prodigal Son would be the second act. But as I investigated [the story], it turned into a full-length play."
Nashua's StageCoach Productions will present the world premiere of Anastasi's Lazarus Friday, March 23, through Sunday, March 25, at Daniel Webster College in Nashua.
The first act of the play explores the Gospel of John story of Lazarus, in which Jesus restores Lazarus to life after his death. The second act delves into Lazarus' friendship with Jesus, including a discussion of what it was like for them to be resurrected, Anastasi says.
"We know that in the Bible, Lazarus was called Jesus' friend," Anastasi said. "He is the only person mentioned as [being] his friend. … Jesus lived at Lazarus' house when he was not traveling around. The play explores questions we all have, [such as] how does Jesus talk to friends? How does anybody really talk to a friend after a tough day? Lazarus gets to ask Jesus all of the questions we would love to ask him if he was living in our house." Anastasi laughs. "There are light and serious parts. It's about their relationship."
Anastasi says that his cast — Eric Eastman as Lazarus, Dan Merriman as Jesus, Matt Kasnetz as Peter, Marc Murai as Judas, and Michele Bossie and Christa Zuber as Martha and Mary — embraced the challenge of remaining true to the biblical story while also bringing Anastasi's artistic vision to life. Direct quotes from the scripture are woven into the play alongside Anastasi's written dialogue.
"The other challenge was thinking about how people acted 2,000 years ago," said Anastasi, who teaches at Daniel Webster College. "We have made [the language] modern but with respect to the scripture."
To make sure the Bible story was represented as accurately as possible, Anastasi held several read-throughs with pastors, Bible scholars and regular church-goers.
"People think that seeing the play is going to be like going to church, but it's not an 'eat your broccoli' play, [meaning] 'Watch this because it will be good for you.' It's entertaining and funny. The light parts are light and the serious parts are serious."
Eastman, who has known and worked with Anastasi for about a decade and who plays Lazarus, said he was drawn to the production because of his trust in Anastasi's storytelling ability.
"His spirit always comes across in his scripts," said Eastman, who spent a few years as a Christian missionary in the 1980s. "He is an optimist, and his scripts cause anyone who's paying attention to rethink his [or her] own cynicism.
"He has a sense of enthusiasm about the subject matter itself," Eastman added. "It's very infrequently that you find biblical themes dramatized without it coming across as an infomercial for religion."
Eastman, like Anastasi, says that at its heart, the play is about relationships and the humanity of Jesus.
"Whatever it is we know about these people from the Bible, the fact is that they were people," said Eastman, who is close friends with Merriman and has acted with him in the past. "They give each other hugs, they drink juice, they have dreams and disappointments, all that stuff. That's the thread that weaves the whole thing together."
Anastasi says he hopes to continue producing the play past its StageCoach run. There are not a lot of Easter plays, and "this amazing Gospel story" is one "that needs to be told," he said.


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Starvation. Overabundance. Obesity. Waste.
Students at Castilleja School kicked off the New Year with a week-long study of food in its mind-boggling variety around the world.
With first-semester finals behind them and the entire junior class off to China, Castilleja observes "Global Week" at the start of each January -- a school-wide focus on a single topic meant to engage and educate.
For freshman Monica Taneja, this year's pick of "Food Justice and Sustainability" was one of the best ever.
"This is my fourth global week, and the theme of food is something we can really connect with," Taneja said.
"It shows us how we can change our own lives, help ourselves in our own environment, locally growing our own gardens, recycling, not using plastic bags."
Students heard from wife-husband team Faith D'Aluisio and Peter Menzel, who photographed and interviewed families in their kitchens in 80 countries to produce the coffee-table book, "Hungry Planet: What the World Eats."
They questioned Colorado filmmakers Suzan Beraza and Jeb Berrier, who set out to make a short film about plastic bags -- and two years later released "Bag It," an exploration of the cost of disposable plastic products to human health and the environment. The award-winning documentary will be aired on PBS next year.
After showing the film, Berrier took to the Castilleja stage in a body suit made from 500 plastic bags -- the number the average American uses in a year, he said.
"Is your life a little too plastic?" he asked the girls, to laughter.
Beraza said her goal in making the film was to "inspire people enough that they actually do something.
"I don't want you to feel helpless and hopeless at the end, but to feel like you can do something in your school and in your community."
Citing author Annie Leonard, Beraza said Americans "have really developed the consumer side of our brain -- how to find the best deal on shoes, etc. -- but the whole citizen side of our brain has really atrophied."
Students asked Beraza how she had smuggled her camera into a squalid Chinese facility in which laborers were picking through bales of American trash to salvage anything of value.
The answer: She hadn't. The footage was purchased from a Mandarin-speaking Australian journalist who had sneaked into the waste facility.
"They (Chinese authorities) have become hyper-aware of journalists. It's really hard to get in and now it would be almost impossible to get that footage," Beraza said.
Asked what students can do to make a difference, Beraza advised girls to decide on something they care about -- excess packaging, or phthalates in shampoo, for example -- and begin a campaign.
"You can form a group that shares your passion and make a Facebook page, start writing letters (to companies), calling and keep pestering. Sometimes you feel like your voice isn't being heard, but it does make a difference," she said.
Before the December holidays, Castilleja students amassed a collection of more than 1,000 processed-food packaging -- cereal boxes, pasta containers and the like.
This week, the colorful cardboard and plastic items were recycled into a variety of art projects, culminating in a school-wide display today in the school dining room.
"It's been interesting to spend all week focusing on one particular subject," freshman Rebekah Kirkwood said.
"This is my first Global Week. I've learned so much about fast food, and how locally grown food is so much better for us and for the environment because it doesn't have to be put on a truck.
"Before, when I thought about things that were bad for the environment, I thought of trucks and cars, but not about food."
Head of School Nanci Kauffman said Global Week has been an effort, since its beginning in 2006, to offer "problem-based, interdisciplinary educational experiences that are relevant to girls' lives and to the real world.
"My mailbox and inbox are already full of messages from students inspired by Global Week to take action here on campus, in our local community and around the world," she said.


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CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) - Police coerced movie theater gunman James Holmes into talking about explosives found in his apartment after he shot 12 people to death, and those statements should be barred from his murder trial, defense lawyers argued in a Colorado courtroom on Monday.
Prosecutors stood by the admissibility of the statements, countering that police were merely trying to obtain information on how to safely defuse the bombs to protect law enforcement officers and the public from a potential detonation of the booby traps.
The latest legal back-and-forth in the high-profile case came in a hearing over what evidence should be allowed in the capital murder trial of the onetime neuroscience graduate student, due to start in early February.
Holmes, 25, is charged with first-degree murder and attempted murder for opening fire in a suburban Denver cinema during a midnight screening of the Batman film "The Dark Knight Rises" in July 2012.
The shooting rampage left 12 moviegoers dead and 70 others injured or wounded, some with permanent paralysis.
Holmes has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, and his lawyers have said their client was undergoing a psychotic episode when he sprayed the movie auditorium with gunfire before surrendering to police.
Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for the California native if he is convicted.
Public defender Kristen Nelson said police denied Holmes' repeated requests to speak to a lawyer before he was questioned by investigators, and deceived him into thinking that the information he provided would not be used against him.
Had police allowed him to seek legal counsel immediately after his arrest, as required under the U.S. Constitution, a lawyer would have helped "protect this mentally ill man from being the instrument to his own conviction and execution," Nelson said.
Holmes, who has tended to stare straight ahead during courtroom testimony, bowed his head throughout Nelson's impassioned argument.
Prosecutor Rich Orman countered that police were unsure at the time if there was a second gunman at large and were dealing with a fluid situation.
"They could not know if setting foot in the apartment would trigger a massive conflagration," he said.
Defense lawyers also said the seizure of Holmes' bank accounts, which traced his firearms purchases, should be suppressed because there was not initially a valid, signed court order allowing the records to be released to prosecutors.
But prosecutors said they noticed what they called an oversight and informed the public defenders and the court of the error that was later rectified with a proper court order.
Arapahoe County District Judge Carlos Samour Jr. has not ruled on the suppression motions.
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For me the definitive pronouncement on Newt Gingrich was made recently by Slovenian philosopher, . (Note: this is a transcript of a spoken conversation.)
"Newt Gingrich is, for me—sorry to use this strong word—kind of a scum of the earth… I don't have any great sympathy for Bill Clinton, but I remember when there was this campaign, Monica Lewinsky campaign.
Newt Gingrich was making all these moralistic attacks. And then it was confirmed in media—I listened to interview with him where he confirmed it, that when his wife was dying in cancer two or three years before, Newt Gingrich visited her in the hospital, forcing her to sign—not even having the decency for letting her die—forcing her to sign a divorce agreement, so that he could have married another woman. And he was, at the exact time of Lewinsky affair, already cheating her with the secretary of him there, and so on and so on. Listen, these are people who simply—my god, I become here a kind of moral conservative.
There should be some kind of ethical committee which simply claims people like this are a threat to our youth; they should be prohibited from appearing in public." Watch full video
Is reprobate Gingrich the best the Republicans think they can throw an only slightly lesser skumbag, Obama? Is there even one man or woman of integrity left in this sorry land willing to face up to the ultimate, degrading occupation of President of the United States of America? I guess the answers are Yes and No respectively.
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Until September 16th 2018, visitors will be able to discover fascinating facts about the History of Magic at Lancaster City Museum. Displays have been launcheed simultaneously in 20 public libraries across the UK in tandem with the Harry Potter: A History of Magic exhibition at the British Library in London.
This exhibition is free and no booking is required.
This is one of a series of displays across the UK will include specially designed panels which are inspired by Harry Potter: A History of Magic, showing images of rare books, manuscripts and magical objects featured in the British Library's exhibition, as well as images of material from J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury's own collections. The local connections to magic and folklore will also be showcased by items from local Lancashire library collections.
Harry Potter: A History of Magic at the British library celebrates the 20th anniversary of the publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, combining centuries-old British Library treasures with original material from Bloomsbury's and J.K. Rowling's own archives. Based on the subjects studied at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, this exhibition will showcase material from J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury's own collections, going on display for the very first time.


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Happiness, brightness, joy and all those other flavours are there to add to our live on this special day Deepavali. People in India (most of them) celebrate 5 days of Diwali, they are as follows.
Day 1: Dhanteras
Day 2: Choti Diwali
Day 3: Lakshmi Puja
Day 4: Govardhan Puja
Day 5: Bhai Duj
To know more about Diwali and the way its being celebrated in different parts of India visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diwali


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The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE), the Voice of Viet Nam (VOV) and IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources launched a national competition on the topic of "Climate Change and Environment-Friendly Behaviours" on March 4, 2008.
The event was attended by the Minister of MONRE, Mr. Pham Khoi Nguyen, Viet Nam Environment Protection Agency Director General, Mr.Tran Hong Ha, VOV Director General, Mr. Vu Van Hien, IUCN Viet Nam Country Representative, Mr. Vu Van Trieu, and a wide range of delegates from the private, education, development, and media sectors.
This competition is known as the annual "Environment and Development" competition initiated by MONRE and VOV, to provide a bridge between government agencies working on environmental issues and the public. The competition also aims to encourage public participation in environmental protection, and encourage the private sector to undertake initiatives to safeguard environmental resources.
IUCN's main role is to act as an advisor to provide technical assistance to the competition by reviewing entries. The Union also provides financial support for the contest.
The competition will be receiving entries from March 5 to December 31, 2008 with a winner selected at the end of each month. The final round of judging will take place in January 2009 and will select winners for a series of prizes including a special recognition award for the private sector valued at VND 50,000,000 and a special recognition award for individual submissions valued at VND 10,000,000.
Innovative ideas of how to adapt to climate change and mitigate its impacts will be disseminated via audio and television broadcast channels of VOV as well as the print VOV Newspaper and Online VOVNews.
The organizers hope that this competition will significantly increase public awareness and understanding of climate change and its related issues. This understanding is essential to Viet Nam's success in coping with climate change. With a coastline of 3,260km and two of the largest low-lying deltas in the world, Viet Nam is especially vulnerable to the negative impacts of climate change.
To know more about the competition, please go to www.vovnews.org.vn or contact IUCN Communications Coordinator at [email protected]


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Last month, we reviewed five fears that keep potential members from joining a gym:
1. Physique anxiety
2. Fear of looking stupid
3. Fear of isolation
4. Fear of looking like a klutz
5. Fear of high-pressure sales tactics
This month, we examine how clubs can optimize their physical environment and adopt sales and service strategies to overcome those fears. Here are 10 tips to keep in mind.
1. Layout and design. Creating a clean, comfortable, aesthetically pleasing environment will help put new members at ease.
If you have the opportunity to design your own building, ensure that the locker rooms allow enough privacy. Individuals who are self-conscious or modest will appreciate individual, curtained changing areas and private shower stalls.
On the fitness floor, maximize space between machines. When possible, stagger your machine alignment so that members do not have to stare at each other when using the equipment. Also, face machines that require members to assume an awkward position (the abductor/adductor machines come to mind) toward the wall or place them in low-traffic areas.
Try to maximize natural light in the facility, but consider using frosted glass in some areas, such as group exercise studios or spaces that front a sidewalk, to protect members from casual observers. You may also want to limit the use of mirrors in the facility.
Small "homey" touches, such as plants, can also soften a harsh environment.
2. Music. A rocking tune always gets you in the workout mood, right? That may be true, but what is upbeat and motivating to one person can be grating and off-putting to another. If you are trying to cultivate diverse populations in your gym, consider pulling the plug on your stereo speakers. That's why we have iPods and mp3 players.
3. Exercise 101. Establish an area of the club that is dedicated to training people who are new to exercise. All ACAC clubs have a beginner strength circuit and light cardio area called HealthQuest that is staffed by fitness trainers who facilitate new member workouts. In addition to creating and recording new member workout routines, the trainers adjust the machines and provide supervision and feedback every time members work out in HealthQuest. As a result, new members feel confident and well cared for as they work to develop the habit of exercise.
4. Dress for success. One of the first questions new members have is, "What should I wear when I work out?" To create an non-intimidating environment, stress function over fashion. This message begins at the top. Do your team members have professional-looking uniforms? If team members are wearing flashy or revealing attire, others will emulate their behavior. If you have a logo shop, fill it with plenty of attractive, comfortable clothing that flatters people of all shapes and sizes. Also, think about the marketing images you use around the club. Are your walls full of beautiful, hard-bodied models? Selecting photos of "real" people for your promotional materials projects a different set of values. Your members will take their cues from you.
5. People—your most valuable asset. You can have a stunning facility with top-of-the-line equipment, but without bright, smiling faces to greet your members and qualified instructors to teach, you won't offer much value. Hiring and retaining top talent is a good use of your money. In addition to strong professional credentials, look for team members who are excellent service providers and who have a gift for connecting with other people.
6. Not just a number. Sometimes, we forget that the simple things, such as smiling, introducing ourselves to members we don't know and calling members by name, make them feel welcome. When giving a sales tour, introduce your prospective members to other employees to show how personable the team is.
7. Act instead of react. Are you the kind of person who stops to ask for directions, or do you circle about aimlessly until you either stumble upon your destination or give up in disgust? Often, new members fall into the latter category. Train team members how to spot and respond to that "lost" look. Create a culture of proactive customer service by teaching team members to anticipate the needs of your members and guests.
8. Build trust to boost sales. Though facilities vary in size and amenities, there is probably limited functional difference between you and your competitors. Trust is your primary competitive advantage. Buyers remember the aggressive sales techniques and tricky contracts during the early days of the health club industry. Build trust with an open, honest sales process in which you, the seller, take time to get to know the unique needs and wants of each buyer. Trust-breaking activities include fluctuating membership prices, misleading advertising, wheeling and dealing, and other high-pressure sales tactics.
9. Offer a test drive. A trial membership is an effective entry point into your gym without requiring a contract—but it doesn't have to be free. Clubs across the country offer free weeks, sometimes months, to prospective buyers. The problem with giving your product away for free all the time is that it can lessen its perceived value. Instead, try offering a low-cost, low-commitment program that encourages potential members to interact with your team. ACAC's Physician Referred Exercise Program (PREP) costs $60 for 60 days, which represents substantial savings off the regular monthly membership rate. During the program, participants meet with medical fitness experts and work out in small groups. Although they can try out the entire facility during the program, having structured sessions with team members ensures that participants will get the most out of their visits. At the end of the program, when they decide whether to roll over into a full membership, they have begun to develop a network of support in the club. You might quit a gym, but you don't quit your friends.
10. Getting to know you. Create social space in your club that promotes member-to-member interaction. Clubs with cafés, lounges or other places where members can socialize have higher retention rates than clubs that don't. If your club does not have dedicated social space, consider adding a sofa or chairs in areas where members regularly wait or congregate—for example, outside the locker room or where group exercise participants gather before class. ACAC clubs have sectional seating inside the HealthQuest training area. It is a popular place for members to catch up or talk informally with a team member.
From architecture and ambiance to policies and personnel, there are many ways to roll out your club's welcome mat. Adopting even just a few new strategies can go a long way to making prospective members feel comfortable in your club—and earning their trust means earning their business.
Phil Wendel opened his first health club, ACAC, in 1984 in Charlottesville, VA. Convinced that gyms should not be just for the young and fit, Wendel set out to operate a health club where everyone would feel comfortable coming to exercise. In Charlottesville's community of approximately 100,000 people, ACAC has attracted more than 16,000 members of all ages and stages of life. Today, there are four ACAC Fitness & Wellness Centers in Charlottesville, one in Richmond, VA, and one in West Chester, PA. Wendel also served as a board member for the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association from 2005 to 2009.
Christine Thalwitz is director of communications and research at ACAC Fitness & Wellness Centers. She is an active presenter, continuing education provider and writer for industry publications. Though not particularly athletic as a child, Thalwitz discovered her own path to fitness and for more than 20 years has enjoyed helping others do the same.


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Community was very important to Glenn Van Wieren during his long tenure as men's basketball coach at Hope College.
Community was very important to Glenn Van Wieren during his long tenure as men's basketball coach at Hope College.
He often made arrangements to provide tickets to home Hope College games for persons who might not normally have been able to afford to purchase them or otherwise attend a college game.
In 2000 he approached the Holland Sentinel about sponsoring an annual tournament that celebrates community.
"The record of history will show that Glenn truly made a difference for good in the lives of many in our community," said Hope College President Dr. James E. Bultman. "Glenn's living, coaching and serving through Hope College has truly been a blessing from God."
Van Wieren retired from coaching after the 2009-10 season ending a 33-year career as one of the most successful NCAA Division III coaches. The 11th annual Holland Sentinel Community Tournament will celebrate Van Wieren's career and his commitment to community.
Games will be played Friday and Saturday (Dec. 11-12) at DeVos Fieldhouse. Friday's setting will celebrate many of the community organizations close to Van Wieren's heart. On Saturday fans will have an opportunity to celebrate Van Wieren's career.
The tournament will also mark Hope's first home games of the season. Games on Friday will pit Purdue-North Central against Rochester at 6 p.m., followed by Hope entertaining Grace Bible (8 p.m.). Games on Saturday will be at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. with Hope playing in the 3 p.m. game.
A community reception honoring Glenn and Jackie Van Wieren and their family will be held Saturday from 1-3 p.m. at DeVos Fieldhouse. Fans attending the games will have an opportunity to greet the Van Wierens. Persons not planning to go to the games may also attend the reception and are asked to enter the DeVos Fieldhouse through the west (clock tower) entrance. A special recognition will occur at halftime of the 3 p.m. Hope game on Saturday.


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WMPoweruser has got their hands on the proposed roadmap of Windows Phone and it looks pretty interesting. The roadmap image starts with the original Windows Phone GA (General Availability) and goes through 2012 with the release of the codenamed product Apollo.
Mid 2012 we can expect Tango which seems to be focusing on bringing Windows Phone to the masses with lower cost products from manufactures. This is a good move in my book. I've talked to a lot of friends and family about Windows Phone and they like it…. but can't get past the $199 for a new phone. If they can get the price point down to $49.99 or the like (as T-Mobile has done this holiday season with the HTC Radar and Lumia 710) then they will get it into the hands of the masses.
The next big update is slated for late next year and is codenamed Apollo. This update appears to be really driving for mass adoption and to increase the overall sales volume of the platform and to point out competitive differentiators. They also appear to be focusing on more advanced hardware (perhaps dual core processors?) and the needs of businesses (perhaps better encryption support?).
As with any roadmap it is subject to change and shifting but the information obtained by WMPowerUser seems to fit with other rumors that have been floating about over the past few weeks. Taken at face value, it is clear that Microsoft plans to make a significant push on Windows Phone next year. Couple that with the push Nokia is having on the platform with their Lumia lineup and that 6.2% marketshare by the end of next year isn't a pipe dream. It could really happen.
Source: WMPowerUser


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Pin-Up Girls are Really Hot for Ron Paul [PICTURES]
The race for the GOP presidential nomination is heating up and now it official got a whole lot hotter (and no, for once, it doesn't have anything to do with Herman Cain's extracurricular activities).
A bunch of hot Libertarian "pin-up" girls have gotten together in various stages of undress to help get the word out about their man, perpetual political underdog Ron Paul. The "Pin-Up Girls for Ron Paul" 2012 calendar is officially on sale with 20% of the proceeds going towards Paul's campaign for president.
The calendar not only features some very fetching shots of the hotties who are in favor of smaller government and bigger civil liberties, but they also lay out their political philosophies on behalf of their candidate.
Any guy who gets caught by their wife looking at this calendar and can just blame it on wanting to be "an informed voter." How he explains being pantless is his own worry.
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About the Author: Kelly McCaleb is a Foreign Service Officer currently serving in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs.
Since 2006, ammunition stockpile explosions in Albania, Bulgaria, and Serbia have caused large numbers of casualties and significant property damage, displacing many civilians. In an effort to prevent future disasters, representatives from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia met in Sarajevo, November 2-4, at the third in a series of workshops on the South East Europe Regional Approach to Stockpile Reduction (RASR). In a region where the wounds from past conflicts are still healing, RASR provides a neutral space for these nations to come together and realize common goals.
In many countries, military stockpiles are warehoused in what can be dubbed "dangerous depots," where improper storage measures leave the munitions exposed to environmental conditions that increase the risk of explosion. Such depots are a huge hazard, particularly where residential areas have sprung up around them. In addition to the danger of possible explosion, poor storage practices also increase the risk of stocks being stolen and proliferated illicitly.
By coming together at RASR workshops to discuss these threats, the countries of Southeast Europe are building partnerships, recognizing the challenges that they all face, and establishing shared objectives. The workshop served as a forum for Defense Ministry and General Staff officials involved in stockpile management from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia to build relationships with their counterparts and experts in the region. Over the course of the workshop, participants worked together to develop collaborative strategies for lessening excess and at risk conventional weapons and munitions stockpiles.
Participants in RASR are not bound by any agreement, yet they work in parallel to demilitarize unneeded stockpiles of munitions and weapons that threaten the safety of their people. Going beyond the essential goal of stockpile reduction, the workshop reinforced regional confidence building by fostering collaborative relationships between the governments of these nations. RASR is not owned or run by any single nation or organization. Financial support is provided by a number of contributing partners who encourage these efforts to stabilize the region and prevent humanitarian disasters.
The cross pollination between countries who formerly had hostile relationships showed real diplomacy in action. Representatives from each country shared their experiences in demilitarizing excess stocks, securing what is retained for legitimate use, and managing the consequences of explosions of the dangerous depots. By sharing lessons learned, other participants will now be able to better manage the expectations of their own ministries and governments, and hopefully budget their demilitarization efforts accordingly.
The United States is committed to helping countries in Southeast Europe and around the world reduce and destroy at-risk stockpiles of munitions and conventional weapons, improve stockpile safety and security, and clean up hazards that remain after disastrous explosions at their munitions depots. The Office of Weapon Removal and Abatement in the State Department's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs is one of the United States' focal points for efforts to reduce illicit proliferation, preempt new catastrophic explosions at dangerous depots, and to offer expert assistance and support for clean-up efforts after explosions.
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As we in the U.S. stand at the edge of the fiscal cliff and stare into the abyss, I ask myself: Why does it exist? The pain that will be created by a series of tax hikes and draconian spending cuts will undoubtedly push the U.S. into a recession. Why would anyone create such a doomsday scenario? Well, pain can act as a strong motivator. A person with a toothache may avoid a visit to the dentist, but eventually the pain of not dealing with reality becomes too great, and off to the dentist they go. The pain is there for a reason; it is a call to action. The fiscal cliff was put in place in order to create change by forcing us Americans to face some unpleasant truths. The basic underlying reality is that one cannot live beyond one's means indefinitely. Even if a deal can be reached and the fiscal cliff is averted, some of the planned tax increases and spending cuts are likely to remain in place. If we don't address the root of the problem, we'll find ourselves in a similar position in the future. As always, crisis leads to opportunity. This moment in time is our opportunity to effect positive changes that will prevent the U.S. from finding itself on the edge of the abyss in the future. For example, higher taxes on the wealthy are a given. That's a good thing, but those rates mean little without the elimination of tax loopholes. It is the effective tax rate that needs to be targeted, rather than the nominal tax rate. Nominal rates bear little resemblance to reality, particularly among the very wealthy. We need to drastically simplify the tax code in order to eliminate those loopholes, and synchronize the two. Now is the time to do it. The group Patriotic Millionaires for Fiscal Strength has a motto: "Tax us, we can take it." That exemplifies the attitude needed to overcome our obstacles. As someone who has been extremely fortunate in business, I agree with this sentiment. However, as someone who grew up in the middle class row houses of inner-city Philadelphia, I also value hard work and responsibility.
The U.S. now runs annual deficits of more than $1 trillion as a matter of course. That is irresponsible and unsustainable, and we can't bridge that gap simply by soaking the rich. Instead of parroting the rhetoric of blame, let's admit that we're all a part of the problem -- and that, therefore, we must all be part of the solution. That means higher taxes not just for the wealthy, but for all. Everyone needs to have some "skin in the game." Instead of divisiveness, we need to promote a "we're all in this together" attitude. It's the right thing to do. Keep rates higher across the board until we get our financial house in order. Regarding spending cuts, the fiscal cliff creates an opportunity to deal with areas of spending that have grown wildly out of control. For example, I believe the U.S. should have a strong military, but what does that mean in 2012 and beyond? In illustration, the U.S. currently has more than 53,000 troops stationed in Germany. Is that really necessary? Is it possible we could get by with, say, 30,000? In a world of increasingly mechanized, asymmetrical warfare, does having troops stationed in more than 150 countries help you to feel safe at night? There are many other areas that can and should be cut, and this is but one example. My point is, we're no longer living in the 20th century. We have more than 1.4 million personnel on active duty, enough to create the seventh-most-populous city in the U.S. Once upon a time, a massive army was a sign of military strength, but the types of conflicts we are likely to experience in the 21st century have changed the focus to small, highly specialized teams. I have a great deal of respect for our troops, and it's not my intention to single out the military -- there are many additional areas where we can save money. For example, the U.S. Postal Service lost nearly $16 billion last year. When you find yourself standing in a long line at the post office this holiday season, consider that nearly every task performed there could be automated. To those who will say that these ideas will result in lost jobs, consider this: We can't afford the luxury of living in the past. We've spent ourselves into a tremendous hole, and we have to stop pretending that we can get away with it indefinitely. The truth is the truth, regardless of whether we have the courage to face it.


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I am writing regarding the letter by James Jackson of Carlisle, Ind., "Physicists cause the confusion" in the Oct. 5 issue. Again I had a good hearty chuckle at Mr. Jackson's response and his apparent obsession with the term "Zero-G."
Now, it would seem, Mr. Jackson has some sort of issue with physicists as well. As for understanding the forces at work during a "Zero-G" flight, a grade-schooler could figure that one out. Ever ride an elevator down? Now physicists, that's another matter. Not being one myself, and concluding with reasonable certainty that you are not one either, I must admit that such vast knowledge is indeed beyond my understanding.
What I do understand is a man with an astronomical IQ whose mind has been trapped in a failing body that deprives him not only of motion, but speech as well, was able to take a dream ride in an airplane that allowed him to slip the surly bonds of his wheelchair for a few short segments of time. Judging from the expression on Prof. Hawking's face, I'd say he was having a great time and experiencing a freedom long denied him and then some. I'll bet you a doughnut that he fully understood what forces were at work.
What astounds me is why anyone would be so petty as to think a man such as that would have any need to "…correct the mistake about Zero-G" as you said in your letter. What mistake? Is training in a flight simulator a mistake because it's only simulated flight? I hope not. Is a disabled man experiencing the joy of simulated weightlessness a mistake because it is only simulated weightlessness? Again, I hope not.
James, just let it go. Go next door to Ohio and see the Air Force Museum or something. Enjoy yourself and quit nit-picking.
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text: On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Alex Chekholko <chekh at pcbi.upenn.edu> wrote: > On Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:53:22 -0600 > Rahul Nabar <rpnabar at gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> I was thinking SAS / SCSI / iSCSI is probably easiest and cheapest. > Do you already have a suitable SAS or SCSI controller in the host > machine? If not, then you have to factor in the cost of the controller. No. true. I have to factor in that price. But almost any kind of disk array I can think of will need a controller, correct? Or are there any JBOD formats that can be attached without putting in a controller in the server. Are SAS / SCSI controllers generic? Or are they paired to the JBOD one buys? In the past I've only had hardware RAID so the card usually came from te vendor that was selling the storage array. Also those cards did RAID+Controller whereas this time I'll be shopping around for a controller-only type of card since I want to do RAID via mdadm. > If you want iSCSI, then you're looking at a low-end SAN as opposed to a > DAS. But the SAN/NAS distinction is blurry these days, as many devices > can give you either block or file-level access. Yes, true. I'm dropping iSCSC entirely. Don't have the $$ to do a SAN with fibre switches etc. >> > If performance is really not an issue, a consumer-level NAS box is >> > probably your cheapest option. A QNap TS-410 is ~$450 plus 4 x 2TB >> > drives... >> >> Hmm...NAS. I was more thinking in terms of a DAS. Don't the NAS's come >> with their own CPU's / RAM and stuff? (Like the Sun Thumper) > > Yes, they do. But if you want to access 5TB via iSCSI (or NFS), that's > likely the cheapest option. That's quite non-intuitive to me. If it' a NAS they must need procs+RAM+NICs on board. How does that get cheaper than an equivalent "dumb" JBOD which outsources all these 3 functions to the attached host server? Maybe I am missing a part of the argument. I already have a server that the JBOD can be attached to so that cost to me is a sunk cost. I just need to consider the incrementals above that. -- Rahul


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The Victim's Rights Clinic permits students to augment their study in the Victim's Rights class with work on cases at the Utah Crime Victims Legal Clinic.
Course: Seminar Victim's Rights (3 cr., graded, Fall). In recent years, a strong movement has developed urging that crime victims should play a role in the criminal justice process. This class will explore what role and rights (if any) crime victims should have. Topics to be discussed include defining the "victim"; victim protection; victim involvement in the investigation of the crime, the charging decisions, plea bargaining, and trial; victim impact statements at the sentencing; representation of victims and remedies for deprivations of victims' rights; civil remedies as an adjunct to the criminal process; and the proposed federal constitutional amendment protecting victims' rights.
Placement: (2 – 5 cr., P/F every semester with pre- or co-requisite) The Utah Crime Victims Legal Clinic is a state-wide program providing representation to victims including impact work and education.
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La Cañada Flintridge voters have been painting the town a little bluer.
A burst of new Democratic Party registrations prior to the election of President Obama, ongoing declines in Republican Party registrations and an increasing number of decline-to-state voters are changing the topography of the city's political map.
Republican registrations in La Cañada Flintridge have dropped 9.3% since October 2004, just prior to George W. Bush's re-election, shrinking from 7,482 to 6,787 today, according to the L.A. County Registrar-Recorder's Office. Also, despite the rise of the Tea Party movement, Republican registrations have continued to decline more than 2% since the election of President Barack Obama.
The largest increase in voter identification since Bush's re-election has been for decline-to-state voters, which increased 31% from 2,037 in October 2004 to 2,668 at the close of new voter registrations on Oct. 18.
Democrats gained 621 La Cañada Flintridge voters in the twilight of the Bush years, moving from 3,610 registered voters in 2004 to 4,231 in 2008 — an 18% increase. Today Democrats number 4,257 in town, with 26 new registrations since Obama's election.
Total voter registration for La Cañada is 14,165, an increase of 669 voters since 2004.
La Cañada Flintridge Republican Committee Chairman Al Restivo said he believes declining Republican registrations have less to do with people changing their minds than it has with people changing their addresses.
"It's a demographic shift in the community. We're getting a lot of wealthy liberals from Hollywood and places like that — new, younger people with a different philosophy," said Restivo. "People don't change. They get in a moving van and take their politics and voting choice with them. I don't think Republicans are changing to Democrats or any Democrats have changed to Republicans."
Joe Mealy, past president of the Cañada Crescenta Democratic Club, said he suspects the shift is less a result of liberal voters moving into town than the Republican Party moving away from the values of local voters.
"Historically, La Cañada's been a more Republican area. I think the issue is the Republican Party has moved so far to the right that I think a lot of people in La Cañada Flintridge are unhappy with it. [The Republican Party is] out of touch," said Mealy, producer and co-director of the Karl Rove documentary "Bush's Brain."
Dave Wilcox, president of the Foothill Republican Assembly (a branch of the California Republican Assembly), said he thinks many voters frustrated with the Republican Party have remained conservative, but re-registered as decline-to-state.
"In 1980 we had a conservative president, and in 2000 we had it all. But what did they do? They frittered it all away, which has made Republicans really mad, including me. It's largely disgruntled Republicans who have been registering as decline-to-state," said Wilcox, a lecturer at USC's Vitterbi School of Engineering.
Both Restivo and Wilcox said they believe many Tea Party voters remain conservative but have registered as decline-to-state and will show up in great numbers to vote conservative at the ballot box.
Current Cañada Crescenta Democratic Club President Dana Runge, a JPL engineer, sees election day going the other way.
"We're seeing a trend where the Republican Party is being heavily influenced by a far-right conservative wing of the party, and La Cañada Flintridge is by and large a very moderate neighborhood," she said.
In 2008, La Cañada Flintridge voters backed Obama over Republican John McCain by just 10 votes, 5,660 to 5,650.
Locally this year, Tea Party-backed Republican candidate Alvaro Day and Libertarian Eytan Kollin are challenging incumbent Democratic state Assemblyman Anthony Portantino, a former mayor of La Cañada Flintridge. Also, longtime Republican Congressman David Drier is facing a challenge from Democrat Russ Warner, as well as from Libertarian Randall Weissbuch and American Independent Party member David Miller.
In statewide races, the latest Los Angeles Times/USC poll reports former Gov. Jerry Brown leading Republican challenger Meg Whitman 52 to 39% and Carly Fiorina trailing 8 points in her bid for Sen. Barbara Boxer's job.
Both local Democratic and Republican group leaders emphasized the importance of Proposition 25, which would reduce the legislative requirement to pass a budget from a two-thirds vote to a simple majority.
Mealy said local Democrats should support the measure as a way to end gridlock in Sacramento. Despite the proposition's language about leaving the two-thirds legislative requirement for raising taxes, Restivo and Wilcox said its passage would ultimately increase government spending.
Local Republicans are opposed to Proposition 19, which would decriminalize marijuana at the state level, while the Cañada Crescenta Democratic Club made no endorsement.
"I have concerns, but it's more an issue of personal choice," said Mealy.
Voter registration in La Cañada Flintridge, 2004 to present:
October 2004October 2008October 2010
Decline to state 2,037 2,4862,668
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RICHMOND — About 25 residents, including organizers from Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE) and Richmond Mayor Gayle McLaughlin, staged a protest Thursday in a local resident's front yard to demand lenders slash principals for mortgage holders who owe more than their homes are worth.
"The (housing) crisis continues," McLaughlin said. "The banks created this, and the banks need to help keep our residents in their homes."
Thursday's protest was aimed to underscore the release of a new report on the effect of the housing crisis locally. Titled "The Wall Street Wrecking Ball: What Foreclosures Are Costing Richmond and What We Can Do About It," the report paints a grim picture of the local housing market, finding that 914 foreclosures were completed in 2012 and that more than 4,600 homeowners in the city are "underwater," or owe more than their property is worth.
The protest was held at the home of Juan Sandoval, a 45-year-old cable television technician. Sandoval said he bought his home for $310,000 in 2001. The value today is about $160,000, he said, far less than what he owes.
"We need some principal reduction," Sandoval said, adding that he is in deep debt supporting a home with his mother, his wife and three children. "The banks got the money from the government, so they should put some back into the community to help people stay in their houses."
Nationwide, some 2 million families are delinquent on their loans and 14 million are underwater on their mortgages, according to the report.
ACCE has been particularly critical of Wells Fargo in recent weeks, accusing the lender of being intransigent on deeper principal reductions.
Wells Fargo spokeswoman Mariana Phipps on Thursday noted that the bank's foreclosure rate on home loans in California was 1.04 percent in the final quarter of 2012, less than half its national foreclosure rate.
"When our customers encounter financial hardships and face challenges with making their mortgage payments, we work hard to help them stay in their homes through modifications, principal reduction and other Wells Fargo and government-sponsored programs," Phipps said. "We help seven of 10 avoid foreclosure."
Officials at Chase Bank, another prominent local lender, could not be reached for comment.
The report says 230 homes are currently delinquent in mortgage payments and in danger of foreclosure.
The report estimates that if the 4,600 local mortgages were reduced to current market value, it would save each mortgage holder an average of more than $1,100 per month, giving a jolt to the local economy.
The protest follows a decision by the City Council on April 2 to contract with a firm that specializes in wresting concessions from mortgage holders, and the city has indicated that it may attempt to use the "public use" clause in eminent domain to compel banks to negotiate.
"The city is willing to pursue bold policies to protect our local residents," Councilwoman Jovanka Beckles said.
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On vehicles equipped with the Bosch hydraulic brake booster, the boost pressure accumulator may crack and break away from the hydro-boost assembly during normal operation. If this were to happen while the hood is open, fragments from the accumulator could injure people standing in the immediate area. The loss of fluid while driving would cause increased steering and braking effort and a crash could occur without warning. Dealers will test the hydro-boost assembly for function of the two-function valve. If the hydro-boost assembly fails the test, it will be replaced free of charge. The recall began March 23, 2005. The GM recall number is 05006.
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The hydraulic brake booster may fail and leak fluid. The loss of fluid would cause increased steering and braking effort and a crash could occur without warning.
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It's a problem that has plagued western Canada. Alberta is rich in oil, with billions of barrels worth sitting below the surface. However, the nearest giant oil can is all the way in Rocanville, Sask. What's a westerner to do?
The Alberta Wildrose have announced they will be pursuing a merger with Saskatchewan, forming the province of Saskberta.
The Wildrose say the expansion will not only provide access to the giant oil can, but provide extra parking space.
"We also have a shared commitment to eliminate pirate activity on the North Saskatchewan River," said Wildrose leader Danielle Smith in the statement.
If it sounds ridiculous, that's because the press release came out on April 1, as (you guessed it) an April Fools prank from the opposition party.
The phony release adds that the merger would finally bring NHL hockey to Saskatchewan, proposing the team be named the Saskberta Grain Elevators.
And just in case you're not convinced it's all a joke, the release adds that "Wildrose stands for cuddling small animals, drawing pictures with children, loving cake, and provocative public transport."
It's a lighter note for this year's election campaign, which was rocked with controversy yesterday when a staffer for Alison Redford took to Twitter to question Smith's lack of children.


text: Irrigation Journal February 8, 2013 07:47 PM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Nate Birt Top Producer Managing Editor Email Wireless Control Improved irrigation monitoring is anticipated for farmers using Rain Bird agricultural irrigation products after the company's acquisition of ClimateMinder. That's because the ClimateMinder system enables operators to automate data collection from irrigation sensors and wirelessly control irrigation equipment using battery- and solar-powered stations that are connected to the Internet. Some of the tasks that can be performed with cellphones or other wireless devices include viewing sensor information, defining irrigation schedules and setting text alerts based on real-time readings. "We're very focused on supporting our customers with products and resources that will help them increase profits and improve sustainability," says Mark Ensworth, director of Rain Bird's Agriculture Division. "The ClimateMinder organization embodies that same spirit, making it and its products an excellent fit with Rain Bird." For more information about the technology, visit www.rainbird.com. Upgrade Engines, Fuel Research Farmers can earn more than $4,000 toward the purchase of a new propane-fueled irrigation engine as part of an incentive program offered by the Propane Education and Research Council (PERC). Participants in PERC's Propane Farm Incentive Program get a $400 incentive per liter of engine displacement up to 10.3 liters. In exchange, they will provide feedback and performance data for a year, which will be used to develop future propane products. Eligible equipment is listed at www.agpropane.com, where farmers can submit an online application and get additional details. The equipment must be new and certified by the Environmental Protection Agency and/or the Cali-fornia Air Resources Board to qualify. Nearly 40% of U.S. farms use propane to run engines and other functions, the council says. Optical Sensors Control Flow The new RG-11 Rain Gauge uses beams of infrared light to detect rain and shut off irrigation systems. The manufacturer, Hydreon Corporation, says that the device is equipped with a microprocessor, making disabling and re-enabling systems more precise than other shutoff equipment on the market. Evaporation rate and soil conditions are factored into the irrigation control algorithm, although the device isn't affected by wind. A single unit is about the size of a tennis ball and costs $59. While the company does not have much experience with agricultural systems, says technical office manager Ben Gryskiewicz, the RG-11 should be able to work in conjunction with just about any system that needs a rain sensor. It functions by outputting a simple relay closure that shuts down the irrigation system to which it is attached. For additional information, visit www.rainsensors.com. Battery-Powered Water Flow Meter The new Sitrans FM MAG 8000 electromagnetic flow meter is battery operated, offering water-management flexibility to farmers for crop irrigation. The meter combines the Siemens MAG 8000 transmitter and a specialized sensor, which helps track irrigation use to prevent water loss. The unit offers a 0.8% rate of measurement accuracy and has no moving parts, reducing the need for maintenance. It can operate securely in flood-prone areas or underground. The battery has a life expectancy of 10 years. Other features include bi-directional measurement capabilities, leak detection and data logging. Optional communication modules can be added to ensure the flow meter is current with the latest available technology and to facilitate data transfer via e-mail and SMS. More information about the meter is available by going to www.industry.usa.siemens.com. Back to news


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HANG TIME, Texas — As the cold nights and the injuries pile up in Minneapolis, so should the opportunities for those still upright and healthy in the Timberwolves lineup.
So what should we make of Derrick Williams, the No. 2 pick in the 2011? After doing little to distinguish himself as a rookie, Williams has shown few signs of getting better.
Much credit has been given to the always-resourceful coach Rick Adelman for keeping his team moving forward without the infirmed Ricky Rubio, Kevin Love, Brandon Roy and now Chase Budinger.
However, the Wolves 5-3 record is even more impressive when you consider how little he's getting out of a gem prospect like Williams who has turned into cubic zirconia in barely a year. Last season, he at least had the post-lockout excuses of no real training camp and a condensed schedule to blame.
None of that applies this time around and, if anything, the opportunities to prove himself have only grown in the face of so many injuries.
But according to our man Jim Souhan of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Williams shows no inclination of rising to the occasion and pitching in:
The Wolves' most gifted healthy player isn't playing long enough or hard enough to justify the second pick in the 2011 draft, isn't playing long or hard enough to justify his place on a team that desperately needs him right now, and he doesn't seem to understand that if he can't help right now he might not be asked to help much later.
The Wolves have four players on the All-Star ballot. Three are injured. Two haven't played at all this season. Six of their seven top players were out Wednesday.
Their best healthy player, Kirilenko, is surviving with brains and elbows, surviving by reminding his teammates that 95 percent of the game is played below the rim and between the ears. Thursday, the day after Williams faded, the Wolves signed small forward Josh Howard as a (luke)warm body to help spell Kirilenko.
Williams should be embarrassed. Apparently, he is not.
"I think we all struggled," he said, referring to all of the Wolves who had shots blocked.
Asked about his progress, he said: "I'm feeling a lot better. I'm not worried about misses and makes like that. If you play the game going off misses and makes it's going to be a long season."
Williams' 8.8 point per game scoring average is identical to last season, while his field goal percentage has dropped from a poor 41.2 to an abysmal 32.4. He has the athleticism and the skills to get to the rim, but can't finish. He has scored in double figures only three times thus far and shot just 9-for-33 in his last three games.
He watches veterans like Andrei Kirilenko throw his body all over the floor at both ends and does not join him. At a time when Williams' hustle and attitude should be forcing Adelman to give him more playing time, he still spends more than half of every game on the bench.
Rubio, Love, Roy, Budinger. It's an injured list that almost hurts just to read.
Ndudi Ebi, Rashad McCants, Jonny Flynn, Wesley Johnson. It's a list of washout first-round draft picks by the Timberwolves that is painful in a different way and that Williams keeps inching closer to joining.


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Even though a previous burger experience here wasn't the greatest, when you need a burger and you happen to be at the same place, you sometimes want to give it another shot. This past weekend I found myself at City Tap House once again, wanting a burger, however, I went with the Lamb Burger.
The Lamb Burger is topped with feta yogurt, smoked paprika aioli, kalamata olives, and a fennel salad. It is served on a toasted seeded wheat bun. Like the Tap House Burger, the burger to bun ratio was perfect and it was very neatly prepared. It also had some good flavors. Since I thought about my last experience here with an overcooked burger which was ordered medium-rare, I ordered this lamb burger rare. After a couple bites, I noticed my burger was cooked to a perfect medium-rare! It was much juicier this time due to its lower cooked temperature. Sure, you shouldn't have to order a rare burger in order to receive a medium-rare burger, but I had a hunch this decision would work out in my favor this time around. The only other downside in addition to anticipating an overcooked burger was the wheat bun. It felt a bit too wholesome. I'd like try the Tap House Burger next time, ordered rare!
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BELCHERTOWN, Mass.—A state crime lab chemist accused of tampering with evidence and stealing drugs pleaded not guilty at her arraignment Tuesday.
Sonja Farak, 35, of Northampton, was ordered held on $5,000 bail at her arraignment Tuesday in Belchertown on charges of tampering with evidence, heroin possession and cocaine possession.
Her lawyer told the judge that she has no criminal record and is helpful to neighbors with disabilities.
Farak was arrested Saturday after officials at the Amherst lab reported alleged evidence tampering. Attorney General Martha Coakley said Farak had stolen a drug that tested positive for cocaine and replaced it with another substance.
The Amherst lab where Farak worked has been closed temporarily, and its chemists were transferred to a different lab.
Farak had been employed as a chemist with the Department of Public Health until responsibility for testing of drug evidence was transferred to state police over the summer.
Her case is not connected to that of Annie Dookhan, who has been accused of faking test results at a Boston drug lab. Dookhan has pleaded not guilty to 27 charges in connection with the offenses that authorities say cast doubt on thousands of Massachusetts drug prosecutions.
"If we didn't have a case in the eastern part of the state, we wouldn't have such scrutiny in this case," said Farak's lawyer, Elaine Pourinski.


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StarNews reporters and editors tour Wilmington Convention Center
With less than a month before the first event at the new Wilmington Convention Center, the StarNews staff figured it was time for a walk-through of the nearly finished building. Jenni Harris, sales and service manager for the convention center, and Adam R. Jolly, business development director for the site's contractor, J.M. Thompson Company, guided us around the 107,000-square-foot facility that faces the Cape Fear River. Both said the first couple of weeks of November will be quite hectic as… Read More »


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Part 3: Heads, Valves, Rods, and Crankshaft
We are elbow-deep into our latest engine buildup project, a salvage-yard '66 Pontiac 421 V-8. So far we have taken the engine apart to gauge its soundness ("The Teardown," Mar. '14) and run the block through Jaime Gonzalez's Precision Engine Development shop in South El Monte, California, to make sure it was square and true ("Block Machining," Apr. '14).
With the bare block safely stored in a plastic bag, we now turn our attention to the other engine components slated for rejuvenation: the heads, valves, rods, and crankshaft. We again turned to Gonzalez to complete all of the work on these components.
The heads that were on our single four-barrel 421 are known as 092 heads. These heads were also used on all '66 389ci GTO engines. They featured 70cc combustion chambers resulting in a 10.75:1 compression ratio for the 421; 10.5:1 for the 389. The valves had diameters of 1.92 inches on the intake side, 1.66 inches on the exhaust side. The combustion chambers are machined—a nice bonus. A downside to these heads is that there is no room for bigger valves. For the '67 model year, Pontiac solved that problem by redesigning its heads with wider-spaced valves, allowing for 2.11-inch intakes and 1.77-inch exhausts. The only other downside to the 092 heads is the restriction to the exhaust due to the porting in the exhaust passage for the air injection reaction (AIR) system.
The heads were cleaned, Magnafluxed, and shot-peened. Magnafluxing is done prior to shot-peening as it can hide some small cracks. The heads were mounted in the same mill that was used for the block surfacing. Both of the heads had a slight warp that required a 0.005-inch surfacing. This reduces the combustion chamber by approximately 1 cc. Had this engine been rebuilt prior to our cracking it open, it would have been prudent to check the combustion chamber volume prior to machining in case the heads had been previously milled. The milled surface finish is cut to RA-35, a standard for machined surfaces.
Our luck continues with this engine as all of the valve seats were in good condition. We will not be installing hardened seats because this engine is not going be raced or driven hard. The exhaust seats were machined at 45 degrees and the intake seats at 30 degrees. Because of the close valve spacing, it's impossible to add larger valves in these heads.
We are going to install screw-in rocker studs. This required the rocker stud bosses to be milled, drilled, and tapped for the new ARP studs. New bronze K-Line valve guides were installed and honed to provide 0.0012 inch of clearance for the intake valves and 0.0016 for the exhaust valves.
Working with the heads answered a question we've had since we disassembled the engine: What caused the busted pushrod and damaged rocker studs? A close examination of the openings in the head where the pushrods come through revealed that several of the slot-shaped openings were too wide, allowing the pushrod to move to the side. They were moving so far that the rocker on one valve would hit the retainer of the adjacent valve. The solution was to bore out all of the pushrod openings and add Isky adjustable guide plates.
Because we are adding a roller cam that requires higher valvespring pressures, we opted for new valves. We could have ground the old ones, but it was cheap insurance to replace them all with new SI stainless valves with hard chrome stems. All of the valves were faced, ground, and lapped, then tested to hold a vacuum. Prior to installation, the Comp Cams valvesprings were tested at their installed height of 1.675 inches and produced the proper pressure of 135 pounds.
Connecting Rods
We are reusing the original Pontiac Arma Steel rods that came in this engine. Prior to any machining, Gonzalez removed the casting flash from the rods and checked them for straightness. Then the rods and matching caps were Magnafluxed and shot-peened. The big end was resized and ARP bolts were added. The small end was bored and then Clevite bushings added for full-floating piston pins. The rods were balanced in two stages, first by isolating the small end and weighing the big end. Material is removed from the heaviest rods to match the lightest one. Then the entire assembly is weighed with the material removed from the small end until they all match the weight of the lightest rod.
The only forged crankshafts Pontiac used in its 421 engines were in Super Duty applications. All other 421 crankshafts were constructed of a nodular-type cast iron that GM trademarked as Arma Steel. By the sheer luck of the draw, our crank had never been turned and was in excellent shape with only light scratches on the mains and rods. The rod and main journals were checked for taper and being out-of-round. Gonzalez holds these measurements to 0.0002 inch. The crank was sent out for this operation to a shop that specializes in crankshafts. After being ground, the journal surfaces are polished with 600-1000 grit for an extra-smooth surface. Our crank only required a 0.010-inch reduction in diameter from the main and rod journals. In engine machinist terms, the crank is now "10-10." This leaves plenty of stock material should this engine ever be rebuilt again. Back at Gonzalez's shop, bob weights equaling the weight of the pistons and rods are added to the crank along with the harmonic balancer and flywheel for balancing.
These are before and after photos of one of the rod journals on our 421's crankshaft. For an engine first built in 1966, the journals only had fine radial scratches. Because of its condition, it only required a 0.010-inch reduction in diameter. After turning, the final polish is done with an exceptionally fine grit abrasive.
In the next installment, we'll take these components and add them to the block along with the cam and pistons to assemble the long block.


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