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STANFORD, Calif. - Establishing depth at wide receiver will be a main point of emphasis for Stanford during training camp and beyond, as the Cardinal looks to offset the losses of three of its top four receivers from a year ago.
Stanford will count on junior Richard Sherman, junior Marcus Rance and promising sophomores Doug Baldwin and Ryan Whalen to counter the losses of Mark Bradford and Evan Moore, who combined to catch 90 passes for 1,123 yards a year ago.
Sherman ranks as the team's top returning receiver after catching 39 passes for a team-high 651 yards and four touchdowns a year ago. A gifted and speedy receiver with big play ability, he topped the team in receiving yardage six times last season and enjoyed three, 100-yard games. With 73 receptions for 1,232 yards and seven touchdowns over his first two seasons, he is well on his way to making an impact on Stanford's all-time career receiving charts.
'Richard is acting as a mentor to some of our younger guys,' said head coach Jim Harbaugh. 'His attitude has been phenomenal. He's been all about business and he is doing his job to the best of his ability.'
Baldwin also eyes a starting role after catching 11 balls for 93 yards in 12 games last season. He was also a valuable contributor on special teams, leading the Cardinal in kickoff returns (23) and kickoff return yardage (555).
Whalen, a product of Monte Vista High School in Danville, saw action in all 12 games last season and caught one pass against Washington State.
Rance has been impressive during the first week and a half of camp and is making a strong push for a starting role, as well. A native of Yakima, Wash., Rance saw action at safety last season but has since been moved back to his natural position of wide receiver.
'Our quarterbacks have been finding him a lot,' said Harbaugh. 'The key with Marcus is he's finally healthy and he's back at the position where he is most comfortable. He's embracing his role and making plays.'
Freshmen Chris Owuso and Warren Reuland also look ready to make an immediate impact.
'Chris has a lot of natural ability and has a good grasp of our offense,' said Harbaugh. 'It's not a reach to say he'll play as a freshman.'
Reuland, who joins his older brother, Konrad, on this year's roster, has also been impressive early in camp.
'He is a big body guy who has been very smooth in his routes,' said Harbaugh. He's been a pleasant and welcomed surprise. After 12 practices, it seems likely that he'll be in there at some point.'
Fifth-year senior Nate Wilcox-Fogel, who prepped at Menlo School in nearby Atherton, was elevated to scholarship status early in camp. Junior Stephen Carr, who saw spot duty in nine games last season, is also hoping for a bigger role this season.
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03-02-2010 11:08 AM - edited 03-02-2010 11:10 AM
So I got a T500 a while back,but opted for the somewhat crappy Intel WIFI 5100. It works ok, but I have a MIMO router and I feel like there is much to be gained from having 3Tx and 3Rx instead of the current 1Tx and 2Rx.
Transmission speed is only so useful to me, but quality connection (low ping, less losses) for VoIP and Team Fortress 2 really does matter (thank god for the 3650, that game runs great).
I took a few minutes yesterday to open the computer and check that I have all 3 antennas built into the computer.
Thankfully, I do! The white antenna is just sitting unused! So that's the first good news for you guys out there. It seems that Lenovo built 3 antennas in at least some of the T500s with the 5100. Mine is a CTO from May 09.
In any case, now I'm facing the choice of going for an "old generation" 5350 with 3x3 and WiMAX or, and that's the big question, one of the newer Intel N cards, such as the 6250 and 6300. But since they're part of the next Centrino architecture, I'm not sure it would run with the Montevina platform that I have...
Anybody has any experience setting up one of these new cards on a Montevina platform, is it possible?
You need to stick with the cards for the generation of your system. So for 3x3 it's the 5300 or 5350 (wimax). The newer cards will not be recognized by your ThinkPad. No worries though, the newer cards will not get you faster n speeds anyway.
03-02-2010 12:03 PM - last edited on 03-02-2010 12:39 PM by bananaman
Lenovo locks the bios to only support wifi cards which were orignally available for the model in question, so sans hacking firmware I believe you can only use cards which were available for the model which you own.
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Ahh, I was affraid of that, but as mentioned, it's really not that big a deal.
It's not like N has really changed much, even going from Draft-N to the relatively new and rare "real" N.
Only thing I was hoping is that they newer generation of cards may be slightly more economical with power, and also the fact that finding a 5350 for Lenovo/HP seems to be hard and from questionable providers, whereas the newer cards are a bit easier to find.
Last question: if I were to get the 5350, will the 3 antennas already present in the T500 be up to spec for WiMAX too? Only reason I'm asking is that the T510, when shopping on Lenovo, can be obtained either with the WiMAX antennas or without, so it made me wonder...
03-02-2010 02:24 PM - last edited on 03-02-2010 02:31 PM by bananaman
My laptop shipped both 3g and wimax ready even though it only has the base atheros card in it.. lol.. I guess your mileage may vary..
LOL, well, mine came with the 3G AT&T (it was a free promotional offer, never tested it, but it's there).
I just want to make sure that the antennas used for WiMax are also the same used for WIFI, otherwise owning the 5350 will yield 0 benefits over the 5300, and yet cost me extra
I just want to make sure that the antennas used for WiMax are also the same used for WIFI, otherwise owning the 5350 will yield 0 benefits over the 5300, and yet cost me extra
Does tabook have the part numbers for the antennas for the wimax and wifi versions listed?
Not sure, I found the PDF but the closest model to mine, T500 2082 (I have 2081 CTO) doesn't mention anything about antennas on its page.
On page 90 of the PDF there is the list of accessories for the T500, but I'm not sure what I'm meant to be looking for...
In short, I don't think so, but I'm not sure what to look for specifically. The 5350 is only listed on the X200 and X300, and no mention of antenna is made...
03-02-2010 06:19 PM - edited 03-02-2010 06:21 PM
WiMAX uses the same antennas as WiFi (2 of them anyway). So whether you configure with a WLAN only or WLAN+WiMAX combo there is no difference in antenna configuration. I've used WiMAX for a few weeks now and I get really good speeds, 5 -7 Mbps down or higher. I was in the Chicago airport and got 15 Mbps down... not kidding!
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WiMAX uses the same antennas as WiFi (2 of them anyway). So whether you configure with a WLAN only or WLAN+WiMAX combo there is no difference in antenna configuration. I've used WiMAX for a few weeks now and I get really good speeds, 5 -7 Mbps down or higher. I was in the Chicago airport and got 15 Mbps down... not kidding!
This is excellent news!
I thought it was the case, but I couldn't find a definite answer from the sparse documentation from Intel or Lenovo.
In that case, I think it might be worth it for me to go for the 5350. I don't use WiMAX right now, and probably won't be using it anytime in the near future, but I intend on keeping my T500 for at least another 3 years.
Also I spend a lot of time in NYC and Washington DC, where coverage already exists and will likely expend and become cheaper over the next few years.
Now it's time to go hunt for a HP/Lenovo 5350, which isn't exactly easy, but I found a store that has them for $69 with shipping, "new, not engineering sample and not refurbished". It's pretty honest since Lenovo charged $80 for the option if I recall, and I might be able to setll the 5100 for $25 or $30 if I'm lucky...

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IMHO sounds like far less than 1‰ of all CPAN modules might rely on this.
OK found another use-case, I just recently had the need in my ORG-Parser to distinguish the range delimiters and the range "body" with a flip-flop-operator, like for ORG's "BEGIN/END"-blocks.
This can be simplified (i.e. more DRY), if one has access to the last successful pattern:
I think that's a more frequent application, I even slightly remember seeing it in Friedl's book.
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Carleton College's senior studio art majors will present their culminating works in the College's Senior Art Show opening Friday, May 18 at 6:30 p.m. in the Perlman Teaching Museum at the Weitz Center for Creativity. The art show—entitled "Untitled (for reasons)"—opens with a special reception with the students, who will be on-hand to discuss their work. Admittance to the reception and to the Perlman Teaching Museum is free and open to the public.
While the annual senior art show is a Carleton institution, this is the first time it has been held in the Weitz Center for Creativity, which opened last September. The work on display is the result of students' comprehensive exercises, completed by all Carleton students during their senior year. For studio art majors, comps "facilitates the transition from student to artist," explains art department administrative assistant Patt Germann. The projects spring from proposals completed in the spring of junior year, and they are designed to be independent pieces of work free from the constraints of class assignments. Students work on their projects throughout senior year and receive considerable feedback.
Projects often include a personal statement declaring the artist's intent. They feature a staggering variety of materials from painting to woodwork and traditional photography to sophisticated digital and electronic projects. Projects have been completed with clay, metal, paper, plaster, wire, glass, cardboard, styrofoam, book arts, printmaking, drawing with pastels, inks, pencils and charcoal.
"This is definitely a multimedia visual and sensory feast," says Laurel Bradley, director of the Perlman Teaching Museum. Bradley adds that the wide variety demonstrates students' creativity and willingness to experiment.
The Carleton Class of 2012 includes 19 studio art majors, all of whose projects will be on display. The graduating studio art majors are: Makini Allwood (Shoreview, Minn.), Arthur Brown (Japan), Jacob Canfield (Ames, Iowa), Linnea Carlson (Evanston, Ill.), Talia Goldenberg (Eugene, Ore.), Sonali Gupta (India), Leah Justin-Jinich, Clara Labadie (Washington, D.C.), Sylvie Lam (Concord, Mass.), Paulina Lopez (Rochester, Minn.), Hannah Lucal (Brookline, Mass.), Krissy Lunz (Fairmont, Minn.), Natalie Monaghan (Indianapolis, Ind.), Arielle Rebek (Elmhurst, Ill.), Becky Riss (White Plains, N.Y.), Noah Sapse (Roxbury, Conn.), Danny Smith (Shaker Heights, Ohio), Jia-Li Tan and Logan Weiss (Lexington, Mass.).
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1. Parque Maritimo el Coco is the ideal hotel for families or couples with no children who wants to enjoy the beach and the facilities of the villas/apartments. In order to guarantee the tranquillity and good night sleep of your neighbours, audio equipment can only be used inside houses/apartments and at reasonable volume.
2. After enjoying the sea, sand and sun, please use the outdoor showers to rinse yourself of sand. This helps to prevent tubing obstruction, which might cause discomfort later on.
3. In case an electrical appliance does not work properly (television, AC, fans etc.), please do not hesitate to contact the receptionist, who will send someone to fix it.
4. As most of the electric energy in Nicaragua is made by not renewable energy sources (petroleum), please use electric appliances with care. Please turn off ACs, fans, lights and other electric consumers off before leaving the houses/apartments.
5. For your comfort ranchos have been constructed in many houses/apartments. Please do not make camp fires, as they might ignite the palm-leaf roofs of the ranchos.
6. The proximity of "la Playa la Flor", where every year thousands of marine Paslamas turtles lay their eggs, caused the ministry of environmental protection (MARENA) to prohibit the circulation of quads, motorcycles and any kind of vehicles on the surrounding beaches (Playa el Coco, Brasilito, La Flor) as they interfere with the egg-laying of the turtles.
7. If you dine in our restaurant "Puesta del Sol" and chose to create an account paid at your departure, please present offer your house-keys to the restaurants personnel for ID. Furthermore, a signature will be required.
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Our Mission is making healthy food and education more convenient through the placement of healthier vending machines in locations nationwide. It's our vision to make healthy food more convenient than junk food.
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The Tory MP at the centre of a row over a Nazi-themed stag party will quit Parliament at the 2015 general election.
Cannock Chase MP Aidan Burley was sacked as a ministerial aide when reports of the episode emerged in 2011, and an internal party inquiry last month found he was "stupid and offensive" to have organised the party.
Groom Mark Fournier was fined 1,500 euro (£1,250) by a French court for wearing an SS uniform and insignia supplied by the MP.
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Mr Burley said: "After a difficult time I have decided to announce I will stand down at the next general election. I will continue to work for the people of Cannock Chase until that election, and look forward to supporting my successor, as soon as he or she is selected, to ensure that Labour have no chance of re-taking this seat."
Announcing his decision not to stand in 2015 Mr Burley said: "It was a wonderful surprise to win the seat of Cannock Chase in May 2010 with the biggest swing in the country and it has been a huge privilege to represent the people of Cannock Chase in Parliament over the past four years.
"I am grateful to all those who voted for me and supported our campaign which led to our famous victory, winning a seat which had been held by Labour for 18 years.
"In particular I would like to thank my agent Ian Collard, without whom none of this would have been possible, and who has been my rock of support since being selected as the Conservative candidate in July 2008.
"I am proud to have been able to deliver many positive things for our area since our election success, including spearheading the campaign to save Cannock Chase Hospital from the administrators' axe, running four local jobs fairs to help get people back into work, and securing £35 million to electrify the Chase Line. That is what really matters to local people in their day to day lives."
Tory chairman Grant Shapps said: "Aidan has a strong record in his constituency from securing the future of Cannock Chase Hospital, to setting up local job fairs and getting hundreds of people back to work.
"He has served his constituents with dedication and commitment.
"I wish him the best of luck with whatever he does next. "
Shadow Cabinet Office minister Jon Ashworth said: "It shows huge weakness that David Cameron wasn't prepared to take action against his disgraced MP, but it's right that AidanBurley has finally done the right thing in stepping down.
"After his behaviour at a stag party where a Nazi uniform was worn and the names of Nazi leaders were chanted, his position was completely untenable."
Details of the stag do, in the Alpine ski resort Val Thorens, were first reported in the Mail on Sunday in 2011.
The disciplinary investigation by Tory Lord David Gold shows that the peer accepted the assurances of the Cannock Chase MP that there was "no political motivation whatsoever" in the choice of theme.
But he said his "unacceptable and offensive actions" threw into question his judgment and that it was right that he was sacked as parliamentary private secretary to Philip Hammond.
Lord Gold said that despite accepting that Mr Burley left the dinner in protest at one guest raising a Nazi-themed toast, the MP failed to make it "explicitly clear" that he objected.
But after the report's release, the Mail on Sunday published photographs and tape-recordings which appeared to contradict Mr Burley's claims that he left the party before fellow guests went to a bar where revellers chanted "Hitler" and "Himmler".
Geordie Greig, the newspaper's editor, said: "The Mail on Sunday welcomes the resignation of Aidan Burley MP.
"Following our newspaper's revelation that Mr Burley helped organise a Nazi-themed stag party, Mr Burley told an official Conservative Party inquiry that he was not at the pub where his friends chanted Nazi slogans.
"He also told the inquiry that his friend only made a Nazi salute at the request of The Mail on Sunday's journalists.
"These statements were totally untrue, as we have demonstrated.
"We are deeply concerned by the fact that Lord Gold accepted the false statements made by Mr Burley in his official report for the Conservative Party, and made no attempt to ascertain the facts from The Mail on Sunday.
"Yesterday Conservative MP Sir Gerald Howarth criticised us for the way we have reported this matter, and used it to justify the Leveson inquiry.
"On the contrary, it is my firm belief that Mr Burley's resignation vindicates The Mail on Sunday. It also underlines the importance of having a vigorous free Press."
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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Litigation Release No. 21893 / March 22, 2011
Securities and Exchange Commission v. JSW Financial Inc., James S. Ward, David S. Lee, Edward G. Locker, Richard F. Tipton and David C. Lin, Case No. CV-11-1356 LB (N.D. Cal. filed Mar. 22, 2011)
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Mountain View, Calif.-based JSW Financial Inc. and five officers for defrauding investors in two real estate funds, alleging that the firm used investor funds to prop up the officers' own failing real estate development projects while concealing the loss of $17 million of investors' money.
The SEC alleges that from 2002 to 2008, JSW and its predecessor, Jim Ward & Associates (JWA), created two real estate investment funds – Blue Chip Realty Fund and Shoreline Investment Fund – and told investors that their money would be used to make loans secured by residential real estate. In reality, according to the SEC, the firms' officers used most of the money to make unsecured and undocumented loans to entities that the officers themselves controlled, which were suffering mounting losses and protracted delays on Silicon Valley real estate development projects. Meanwhile, as the enterprise collapsed, investors continued receiving monthly statements showing steady growth in the value of their portfolios.
The SEC's complaint, filed today in federal district court in San Francisco, names as defendants founder James S. Ward and Edward G. Locker (both of Ohio) and David S. Lee, Richard F. Tipton and David C. Lin (all Silicon Valley residents). The complaint alleges that JSW and JWA, through these individual officers, breached their fiduciary duties by misusing investors' money to benefit the officers rather than the funds. The SEC also alleges that the officers concealed millions of dollars in losses from Blue Chip and Shoreline investors by sending fraudulent account statements claiming that the Funds were earning more than 10% in annual profits, until the scheme collapsed in November 2008 and the officers finally revealed to investors that nearly all of the Blue Chip and Shoreline loans were unsecured. The SEC also alleges that Ward and Locker together took $900,000 of investor money to purchase homes for themselves.
The SEC's complaint charges JSW, Ward, Lee, Locker, Tipton and Lin with violating Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 thereunder. The complaint also charges JSW with violating Sections 206(1), 206(2) and 206(4) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (Advisers Act) and Rule 206(4)-8 thereunder, and charges Ward, Lee, Locker, Tipton and Lin with aiding and abetting violations of Sections 206(1), 206(2) and 206(4) of the Advisers Act and Rule 206(4)-8 thereunder. The SEC seeks injunctive relief and disgorgement of ill-gotten gains against JSW, Ward, Lee, Locker, Tipton and Lin, as well as monetary penalties against the five officers. The complaint also seeks disgorgement of ill-gotten gains and appointment of a receiver over Blue Chip and Shoreline as relief defendants.


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I've gone through many (but not all) of the threads here and although I found an R2-D2 collectors thread I can't find a specific thread about those of us who collect ALL astromech droids.
So let's kick things off now that we have our very own thread to show off anything to do with astromech droids. You can
your collections;
your customs;
tell everyone how many droids you have; and
what droids would you like to see made.
discuss the pro's and cons of BAD's or which is the best/definitive sculpts.
My own collection isn't very large at this stage with only about 20 figures, however I do have another 7 on the way and I'll post a pic soon.
I've also created an Astromech Droid checklist using MS Word and images from the RS photo gallery, in the hope of chronicling every astromech droid (except for the R1 series) Hasbro have made. It is 10mb in size and is pic heavy and can be downloded here:
At the moment R2-MK and the holiday R2-D2 have not been listed but will be shortly. However, if anyone has any additions or corrections let me know.


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Man dead in apparent homicide in Port Arthur
A Port Arthur man is dead after what Port Arthur Police are calling a homicide.
Around 1:13 a.m. Friday morning, Feb. 14, the Port Arthur Police Department received a call of a "man down" in the 800 block of 9th Street. Upon arrival, officers found twenty-nine-year old Eric Darnel Noel, who had suffered a gunshot wound. Noel was transported to St. Elizabeth Hospital, where he later died.
Justice of the Peace Nancy Beaulieu is conducting an inquest into the death and has ordered an autopsy.
A suspect has not been identified, and Port Arthur police detectives are continuing to investigate, PAPD said in a press release.


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A local group is sounding off to support a transgender girl.
The Pikes Peak Safe @ School Coalition is coming forward to support transgender girl Coy Mathis.
They spoke up at the Fountain-Fort Carson School Board meeting Wednesday night.
Members of the coalition said in a press release, "All students deserve the right to be safe and welcome in school so they can be academically successful."
The Coalition spoke at the meeting to stand up for Coy and hundreds of other transgender students in our communities.
The group educates schools on how to create a safe and bully free place, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression.
Wednesday night they urged the district to let "Coy be Coy." Coy Mathis was told she could no longer use the girl's bathroom at her school, Eagleside Elementary School in the Fountain-Fort Carson School District.
Coalition members say the "discomfort of some does not excuse discrimination."
"We know from the work we do that it is very important for transgender students to feel accepted and to feel their identity is being respected," said member Brett Gray.
The coalition tells us they've worked with 450 local educators and 330 students in the past two years to support schools advancing equality and fairness.
They wanted to offer their support for Fountain-Fort Carson School District, to help train their educators, counselors, and even bus drivers on bias-based bullying prevention and treatment of transgender students.
The group said they support the school's initial treatment of Coy, but then were upset to hear that they won't allow her to use the girl's bathroom.
The coalition said in the meeting that "Transgender students, nine in 10 who already suffer harassment for their nonconformity, should not have to live under magnified difference and discrimination." They added, "Singling out a transgender student and requiring them to use a gender-neutral restroom in a separate area from the student population prompts feelings of isolation and difference."
The group urged the district "to teach through more than class work, and to stand up on behalf of all students and crate safe space."
11 News tried to get comment from school board members, but they say they're not commenting on the Coy Mathis case.
We were told case was going to the investigation phase by the Division of Civil Rights in Colorado.
The division has 180 days to complete the investigation. Once the division makes a ruling, the party that's "ruled against" can appeal. At that point, the case will enter the court system.
The Pikes Peak Safe @ School Coalition is a local group convened at Inside Out Youth Services. They say it "involves teachers, parents, students, and community organizations in an effort to make schools safer for all students, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.


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Jack Dorsey Explains: Why Square Is Getting Into Gift Cards
Mobile-payment service Square has launched a new way to pay for products with its Square Wallet app: gift cards.
Here's how it works: Any Square user can send someone a "gift card" for a store that's personalized via Square's mobile Wallet application.
Upon receiving the gift card, it's added to a user's Square Wallet. Or the recipient can opt for a digital QR code -- a kind of special barcode -- to pay for something like a cup of coffee at the participating store.
A major purpose behind the new gift cards component is to help users discover new stores, said Square CEO Jack Dorsey. "If I really like a place and I'm a good friend of yours, I can tell you, but if I give you a gift card you're really going to try it out," he said.
Square Wallet is a mobile application that essentially lets users pay for products at a store using Square without taking their wallet out. The app notifies registers that the shopper is in the store. Adding gift cards was an important way to continue to promote its growth through word-of-mouth, Dorsey said.
We caught up with Dorsey to find out the why gift cards are an important part of the equation for Square. Here's an edited transcript of the interview:
WSJ: Let's start with the what -- gift cards?
Jack Dorsey: Square has always been about giving more local businesses and people with intent to start something an easy way to get started immediately. We started with the card reader, and built a full point-of-sale, a wallet, and the reason is because it's traditionally been extremely difficult to even start accepting credit cards. My parents both were entrepreneurs, my dad started a pizza restaurant at 19, and both had to deal with all these issues in addition to accepting payments. Any payment device that comes over the counter, a merchant should be able to accept it, and they should be able to accept more and more options.
So we launched gift cards. You go to a local place and they'll have hand-written gift certificates or are issuing plastic cards, which is extremely expensive. They usually get charged 10% to 15% to issue those cards, so we're doing it the same as a credit card, 2.75%. Anyone can buy it from their phone, it literally takes less than 30 seconds to buy a gift and send it to a family member or friend. We think all of this just brings more commerce to the world, but it brings new options to merchants. Just even getting started is a nightmare. The same was true of credit cards -- people were paying 3% to upwards of 8% to accept cards, and Square brought it down to 2.75%. Free reader, free software.
You personalize it with an envelope, a message. You can redeem it in the wallet, you can redeem it via Passbook or print out a QR code and show it to the merchant. It degrades gracefully to whatever device someone has.
WSJ: Why gift cards? How does that help your customers?
JD: The biggest problem merchants have is being remembered and being discovered, so it's another tool for discovery. If I really like a place and I'm a good friend of yours, I can tell you, but if I give you a gift card you're really going to try it out. There's an experience there waiting for you. You don't have to do much. It's a tool for merchants to make sure they have more and more people they're aware of. It also starts getting into a concept of more remote commerce. People from their couch can send these experiences, can send these gifts, and they don't need to pick out different things. They can just go have their own experience.
WSJ: Is there an incentive for merchants to push this to their customers?
JD: It's mainly around discovery. It's been in our top five feature requests for merchants. In the past they've done gift certificates, they have all these different systems. This just makes it easy.
WSJ: It works with Starbucks too, right?
JD: I just bought one this morning, there's 7,000 places you can use this. Both teams have worked together, it's some of the best collaboration we've seen. Without a hitch, the scale has been amazing, in three months.
Originally, Starbucks came to us and asked if they could sign up for Square. The other thing is, they're one of the most innovative about payments and technology in retail. Also, they have great values and purpose, so it's a very easy partnership. That made things move very quickly.
WSJ: How big is Square now?
JD: We have 450 employees now.
WSJ: How about expansion. Do you want to rely on word-of-mouth? Any plans to roll out a salesforce?
JD: We've been fortunate with the organic growth. We think that'll continue. It's not about building a good base, it's about really connecting you to the wallet and adding things like gift cards and rewards that will link to the wallet. It's that span on the other side of the counter that makes it magic. That's what gets people to really invest more. If you're just getting the point of sale, it doesn't necessarily get you more customers, and that's what merchants want. If you don't have a new experience coming in, it doesn't translate to massive growth we believe. It's why we decided not to focus just on building a credit card terminal. We focused on doing the entire thing, that's what moves the needle. It might take a little longer than people on the street, but that word-of-mouth spread from people that love it will be faster than any sales force.
WSJ: What about data -- Square has a lot of it on the buyer and seller side. What are you doing with it?
JD: The merchant analytics is a big part of why people choose Square in the first place. There's a rich dashboard that identifies the busiest hours and days. There's an example of a company in St. Louis who realized tracking their hours with Square, that closing at 4 p.m. instead of 6 p.m. was cutting off 20% of their business. It's really simple stuff merchants don't have access to. That's on the seller side, but you can imagine equally compelling data on the consumer side. Obviously you can imagine introductions. We have all that data, we just haven't surfaced it.
WSJ: Any plans to use it? Sell it as an extra product to merchants?
JD: We've explored a lot of those models. I think there might be something there. We've definitely thought a lot about it.
WSJ: Square Wallet will recommend a lot of places to shop. Is that a curated experience?
JD: Right now, if you do the work to put up a really beautiful image, we'll feature you. We're looking to make sure they have this beautiful image and then edit it up. More and more we'll bake in algorithms to do it automatically. We've thought a lot about the directory as well, introductions, and ways to drive people to certain locations.
WSJ: Back to gift cards -- how did the conversation with Chase go?
JD: They love it. The banks generally love any model because all they care about at the end of the day is bank accounts and deposits. What's really interesting for them is merchants using Chase for their banking services. Visa and MasterCard love it because people are using credit cards to buy these gift cards. They're using their networks. There's no ill will -- the Visa and MasterCard gift cards are interesting -- but we wanted to make something that's really personal. We can buy a Visa gift card and use it at any merchant, but it's more saying, "I just don't know what to give you." We wanted to be a lot more thoughtful and give merchants a tool to promote their business. A dedicated gift card is a way to do that.
The more anonymous it is, the more systematic it feels. This is a product where the experience really matters. We put a lot of extra work into the animations, into how the envelopes are received and open. We're pretty proud of how it works.
Related: Square Gets Into Gift Cards for the Holidays


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Readers' Rods
Bob Apodaca
East Los Angeles, California
1940 Mercury Coupe
Jim Apodaca sent us this picture of his brother Bob's '40 Merc. President of the East L.A. Hoods Car Club, his Merc was both chopped 6 inches and channeled a similar amount, with leaded seams and molded gravel pans front and rear. The doors and trunk were electrically operated, while the taillights were replaced with motorcycle lights. Most of the bodywork was done at Gil's Auto Body in East L.A. before it was painted in Forest Green Metallic lacquer.
White tuck 'n' roll covered the entire interior, which featured chopped-down seats. The steering column and pedals were also cut down to match the new seating position. The drivetrain was extensively modified, with a Lincoln Zephyr transmission, a Hudson differential, and a Chevy clutch on a lightened flywheel. Power came from a bored '40 Merc Flathead with a 3/4 race cam, Edelbrock heads and manifold, and four Stromberg carburetors. These were fed by an electric fuel pump, while the dual exhaust employed Smitty's mufflers. Two short, chromed pipes extended to the rear of each front wheelwell for uncapped use at the Santa Ana Drags.
Jim Mitchell
Quartzsite, Arizona
1950 Studebaker
Check out the before and after pictures of Jim Mitchell's homebrewed '50 Stude convertible. The body came for free, while a $50 '50 Olds provided the engine. This was backed by a Ford pickup trans and '52 Pontiac rearend. Up front he used a '48 Ford axle and steering with hydraulic brakes and clutch from a '59 Ford pickup!
A police officer in Blythe at the time the Stude was built in 1964, Jim used it as his daily driver and commuter car. It didn't have any form of roof at the time, as well as an unfinished interior, though Volkswagen seats provided the somewhat "backseat" driving position. Jim didn't let us know if he ever did finish the Stude, though he's since owned numerous other hot rods, such as a '29 A, '31 A, '48 Merc, '53 Stude, and '35 Auburn convertible.
Steve Jordan
Reno, Nevada
1952 Chevy Pickup
We saw Steve Jordan's pickup around Wendover at Speedweek this year, but never caught up with him, and then returned to the office to find these pics in our inbox! Jordan's latest project involved taking a '52 Chevy truck, sectioning and narrowing the body, and mounting it on a handbuilt chassis. It features a working convertible top—the only work not done by the owner was the stitching on the top—and a tunnel ram-equipped 327 small-block backed by a T5. It's never seen a trailer and gets driven everywhere.
John Martinez
Woodland Hills, California
1928 Model A Pickup
John Martinez bought his Model A in pieces 20 years ago. The build stretched out over two decades as it was tackled in tandem with raising kids, remodeling his home, and then doing it again after it was extensively damaged in an earthquake! Among other obstacles, both he and his wife were struck with cancer four years apart, but after a hard recovery and with good vibes about life, he's been showing the truck for the past two years.
His first ground-up build, it sits on a TCI Engineering chassis, and runs a small-block Chevy with a 200-R4 overdrive trans, backed by a Currie 9-inch. Inside he modified a Plymouth dash to fit the early style interior.
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I started out on an evening ride very late. As I reached the Stone Arch Bridge I came upon the most magnificent sunset, and emergency vehicles everywhere. Someone apparently had jumped off the bridge just upriver. Too much for me. I turned around and rode home.
A beautiful windy evening. Day 10 30daysofbiking
Day 9 30daysofbiking
Thoughts while biking. Day 8 – 30daysofbiking
Bridges of Minneapolis Day 7 – 30daysofbiking
Only Bike Day 6 – 30daysofbiking
Why I like to commute by bicycle. Day 5 – 30daysofbiking
The reasons are simple.
To be outside and know what the Earth is up to.
To feel the air, to know the temperature as I move along.
To stop at a favorite place overlooking the Mississippi River. Each day I do this my view is unique. Same place, completely different each time. Today I looked down and got to spend a few minutes with a Bald Eagle. My view today.
Mixed with spring green trees, blue sky and calm waters. The sun striking trees and bridges and reflecting brightly.
I will do this again. Soon. Tomorrow. It won't be the same.


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Fungal Meningitis Death Toll Continues to Rise
(NEW YORK) -- An eleventh person has died and 108 more have been sickened by a rare form of fungal meningitis, health officials said Tuesday.
The outbreak of aspergillus meningitis has been linked to an injectable steroid, called methylprednisolone acetate, made by a Massachusetts pharmaceutical company. A sealed vial of the drug, obtained by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration contained levels of fungus that were visible to the naked eye.
The New England Compounding Center, based in Framingham, Mass. has recalled all of its products and shut down operations, but health officials estimate that 13,000 people may have been exposed to the suspect steroid since May.
Thirty-nine of the fungal meningitis cases -- six of them lethal -- have been in Tennessee. Cases have also been reported in Michigan, Virginia, Indiana, Maryland, Florida, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio and, most recently, New Jersey.
Seventy-six clinics in 23 states that received methylprednisolone acetate from the recalled lots have been instructed to notify all affected patients. The "potentially contaminated injections were given starting May 21, 2012," according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The CDC's Dr. Benjamin Park says most of the cases occurred in older adults who were healthy aside from back pain.
Meningitis affects the membranous lining of the brain and spinal cord. Early symptoms of fungal meningitis, such as headache, fever, dizziness, nausea, sensitivity to light, stiff neck, weakness or numbness, slurred speech and pain, redness or swelling at the injection site can take nearly a month to appear. Left untreated, the inflammatory disease can cause permanent neurological damage and death.
"Fungal meningitis in general is rare. But aspergillus meningitis -- the kind we're talking about here -- is super rare and very serious," said Dr. William Schaffner, president of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases and chairman of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. "There's no such thing as mild aspergillus meningitis."
Unlike bacterial meningitis, fungal meningitis is not transmitted from person to person and only people who received the steroid injections are thought to be at risk.
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For many years now Amoeba Music has been presenting must-see, free instore events spanning all types of music. For the past several years the folks at the Amoeba website have been diligently recording the majority of these unique instores, and then systematically uploading most of them to our website's impressive Video Gallery where they are neatly sorted into New Videos, Featured Videos, Browse All Videos, and Upcoming Videos, which tracks which ones are being coded, edited, and/or awaiting approval.
The Amoeba videos are great on many levels. It's fun just to go back and re-watch an Amoeba show you attended and to be able to it see from new angles, and, of course, it's even better to be able to catch up on shows you wanted to attend but couldn't make. Sometimes we will even have a live video stream cast of certain instores that you can watch in real time from anywhere in the world!
In addition to the high quality (both video and audio) of these Amoeba instore concert clips, what sets them apart from typical YouTube fare is that they are not limited time wise to ten or so minutes in length. For example, the Tegan & Sara video at Amoeba Berkeley (above) runs 41 minutes and includes five full songs plus an intro with fans outside the Telegraph Ave store. You can also check out an interview video with the ladies right here. Another wonderful aspect of these Amoeba videos is that they also often include behind the scenes interview clips like the Aceyelone concert video below (including the songs "All Balls Don't Bounce," "Anywhere You Go," "My Fantasy," "Rappers Rappers Rapper...," & "Hardship"), which is accompanied by another ten minute piece in which the knowledgeable Luis from the Haight Street store sits down and chops it up with the famous LA emcee.
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Chaudhuri recorded one of Harvard's singles wins during the team's win over Virginia Tech in Feb. (Gil Talbot)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.- A mere three days after the Crimson clinched the program's 29th Ivy League title, it found out who it would play in the first round of the NCAA tournament, to be held on May 11-12. Harvard will head to Gainesville, Fla. next week to face No. 45 Virginia Tech on May 12 with the match slated for 9 a.m.
The Hokies pose a familiar threat to the Crimson after the squad visited Cambridge, Mass., earlier in the season when the Crimson edged Virginia Tech, 4-3. The Crimson took the doubles point and got three singles victories from Alex Steinroeder, Christo Schultz and Shaun Chaudhuri to lift the team to victory. With its win back in February, Harvard maintains a perfect 10-0 record against the Hokies.
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This story requires just a little bit of background information.
The story starts here with this post. For those of you who don't want to go back and read it I'll break it down for you. I was able to locate two civil war photos of my BOTKIN family on the US Army site found here. Turns out they were two brothers, William and John BOTKIN, who enlisted in the 69th Indiana Regiment, Company D.
As with most families who sent sons off to fight in the Civil War, only one returned home, John. William died at the age of 21 of Consumption in St. Louis, MO. His body was sent home and he was buried in Union Chapel Methodist Cemetery in Randolph County, IN.
This story however is about Williams brother John.
John returned from the war, married Mary MEYER, became a doctor and settled in Tarkio, Missouri. He died in 1911 and is buried in Tarkio. Requests for a volunteer to photograph John's stone for me on both RAOGK and Find A Grave came up empty handed. I put it in the back of my mind, hoping someday a volunteer would step foward and take the photo for me.
Well, a couple weeks ago I traveled with my parents back to my dad's hometown in the corner of southwest Iowa just a few miles from Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri. On the way I was browsing my smart phone map judging how close we were to arriving in Shenendoah (a modern day take on "are we there yet"!) when I noticed they was a county in Iowa called Tarkio. Which made me wonder how far is Tarkio county Iowa from Tarkio county, Missouri?
The short answer is Tarkio, Missouri ended up being 20 miles from the hotel we were staying in! And you know I wasn't going to pass up this opportunity.
Day 2 of our trip turned out rainy in the afternoon. My dad decided he would like to go back to the hotel and take a nap and I thought this was a perfect chance for me to make that trip to Missouri! My GPS told me that the road right in front of the hotel would take me straight to Tarkio. Once I got there I had no idea where the cemetery was located or how large it was. I set out on faith alone!
20 miles and 20 minutes later I pulled into the small town of Tarkio. Within a few blocks there was a sign on the left for the cemetery....so far so good! I pulled into the cemetery and my heart fell.....it was large. And I had no idea where John's stone would be. Still, I was there and not about to leave without trying.
Mom had decided to join me on this adventure and I said to her "let's just take a drive around the perimeter of the cemetery and get a feel for which sections would be the oldest." I began driving into the cemetery and took the first road to my right. At the first curve mom said the magic word....BOTKIN. No way. No freakin' way. We drove straight to his stone without knowing it.
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Evaluating Progress
By Kara Murphy
Years ago, in Choosing and Using Curriculum by Joyce Herzog (a book no longer in print), I learned one method of evaluating the progress your child is making. As I no longer own a copy of the book, you will have to accept my paraphrasing and improvising and know that like most of the ideas I share, this idea originated with another, in this case, Joyce Herzog.
This evaluation works best if used consistently over a long time. Periodically, perhaps twice a year or once a quarter, have your child sit at a table. While you will be asking him to do things, refrain from helping him find the answers. If he asks, tell him, "I want you to do the best you can do. Just do the best you can on your own." While he is working, make notes on the way he completes the assignments given. You may want to time each section.
Process of Evaluation
On a sheet of paper, have your child write his full name. If he asks, you may explain that that means his "whole" name.
Next, have him write the date. Don't tell him the date. He may get up to look at a calendar, but don't instruct him to do so. This is part of the evaluation. Does he know where to find the information he needs?
Tell your child to draw a person, any gender, any style.
Instruct him to write the alphabet in his best handwriting. If he asks if he should write uppercase or lowercase, instruct him to write both.
Below the alphabet, have him write the five hardest words he can spell correctly.
Then have him write one to three sentences (according to his ability) about anything he would like to tell you. This could be a story, if he likes.
Finally have him write the four hardest arithmetic problems that he can solve and then have him solve them. If he is able, have him write one for each operation: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
Take a picture of your child to put with his evaluation. Do not correct anything on the page.
Importance of Evaluation
The first time he completes this evaluation, the purpose will be to give you direction in teaching and to provide a "baseline" for learning. Did he have difficulty writing the date? Did he find the information, but he didn't use the right format? Have him write the date on his copywork papers. One of my sons consistently confused certain capital and lowercase letters. His alphabet writing not only revealed handwriting issues, but it also showed the fact that he did not understand the difference between uppercase and lowercase letters at all. (Sorry to pick on you, son, but evaluating your progress was quite a challenge in the early years.) Do your child's sentences show a lack of proper structure? Now you know what to emphasize in copywork. Perhaps, your child chose too-easy words and problems to be sure to get them all correct. Risk-taking might be something to encourage in this child.
The strength of this simple evaluation is revealed over time. By having your child repeat this evaluation periodically, his growth will be obvious. Far from memorizing and forgetting for a test, this evaluation will show long-term internalization of academic skills. It also makes a nice one-page summary of growth over time.
Next week, we will look at one way to increase competence in skill areas by the use of games. (See Kara's next entry at Homeschooling Today.)
Be confident. Jesus will perform it. (Philippians 1:6)
P.S. Evaluation is important for individualization, but testing is not. Can you see the difference here?
Respond: How did he do? Were you surprised by your child's performance? What will be the next area on which you will focus?
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Newman Struggles with Grip Issues, Finishes 28th at Texas
November 3, 2008
FORT WORTH, Texas (November 2, 2008) - Ryan Newman and the No. 12 Penske Racing Alltel Dodge fought grip issues throughout the course of the Dickies 500 on Sunday afternoon at Texas Motor Speedway. Despite making numerous air pressure and chassis adjustments throughout the course of the event, Newman battled with a race car that seemed to slide around the 1.5-mile oval. Newman finished 28th, three laps down to the leader.
With two races remaining in the NASCAR Cup Series season, Newman is currently 16th in the 2008 driver point standings.
"We just couldn't seem to make the car go today," said Newman, who complained that his car had no grip, meaning that the car wouldn't stick to the track and felt like it was sliding around for most of the day. "The car's balance was never really bad, I just had no grip, and when you don't have grip you really can't manipulate the race car and make it go where you need to in order to gain spots."
On Friday, Newman qualified 31st at Texas Motor Speedway, so the Alltel team knew that they would have their work cut out for them to make up ground in the 334-lap race.
Twenty laps after the green flag dropped, Newman reported to Alltel team crew chief Roy McCauley that the No. 12 machine was loose getting into the turns. But despite being loose, Newman's biggest issue was that he had no grip. The "slip-sliding" of the race car caused Newman to fall back in the field to 29th place by lap 50.
Newman's Alltel pit crew had their first opportunity to work on the No. 12 at lap 50 when green flag pit stops began. Newman pitted for four tires, fuel, an air pressure adjustment to the left rear tire and a track bar adjustment. After the pit stops cycled through, Newman was shown in 28th place.
Just six laps after Newman pitted under the green flag, the first caution flag of the day waved. Newman told his crew that the car was still too loose. The team elected to pit again for a wedge adjustment, in hopes of tightening up the race car. The pit crew also changed four tires and added fuel. Newman restarted the race at lap 64 in 19th place.
But Newman was unable to hold onto his top-20 spot for very long. In just a matter of 10 laps, Newman had fallen back to 25th place. Once again, Newman reported that his grip problem had not improved. However, the car was now tight through the center and coming off of the turns.
The Alltel crew began working on a plan in hopes of helping the car's grip issues, but they didn't have the opportunity to make any more adjustments to the car before Newman went down one lap to the leaders at lap 104.
At lap 112, Newman brought the Alltel Dodge to pit road for the second green flag pit stop of the afternoon. The team made an air pressure adjustment to the left rear and right rear tires, which was supposed to help the grip problems. The team also made a wedge adjustment, changed four tires and added fuel. When the stops had cycled through at lap 118, Newman was shown in 27th place, one lap down to the leaders.
The new tire air pressures seemed to improve Newman's lap times on the next run, but he still complained that the car had no grip. In an effort to continue improving the lap times, the team opted to reduce tire air pressures at the next pit stop.
The team had the opportunity to pit and to continue their work on the Alltel Dodge when the caution flag waved at lap 143. Newman told his team that he still had "no grip, but that his balance was fine." The team elected to make another air pressure adjustment to the right side tires, change four tires and add fuel. Newman returned to the track in 27th place for the restart at lap 148.
As the race continued, Newman's predominant problem continued to be the lack of grip. At each pit stop, the Alltel team tried various air pressure and chassis adjustment combinations to aid Newman's problem, but nothing seemed to help the car to stick to the race track any better.
The leaders continued to set a blistering pace on the race track, resulting in Newman being posted three laps down. He finished the 334-lap event in 28th place.
Penske Racing teammates Sam Hornish Jr. and Kurt Busch finished 23rd and 41st, respectively.
The NASCAR Cup Series returns to action next Sunday, November 9, at the Phoenix International Raceway. The race can be seen live on the ABC television network at 3 p.m. EST and heard on the MRN radio network at 2:45 p.m. EST.
Ryan Newman, Driver of the No. 12 Alltel Dodge
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Race Winner: Carl Edwards (No. 99 Office Depot Ford)


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