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UPDATE, June 20: Or maybe it is!
Original Post: It's being reported that rapper Kanye West and his reality star girlfriend Kim Kardashian have named their brand-new baby, born this weekend, Kaidence Donda West. Donda was Kanye's late mother's name, so that makes sense, but, um, Kaidence? What's going on with Kaidence?
Well, as we all should know by now, Kim comes from a family of Ks. Her sisters are named Khloé, Kourtney, Kylie, and Kendall. Her mom's name is Kris. Her sorta ex-husband's name is also Kris. Kanye's name is... Kanye. So a K name was to be expected. But Kaidence is a peculiar one. Or so it would seem. In truth it's not terribly uncommon at all. We are living in the era of Jayden, after all. Kaidence, as it turns out, has been a reasonably popular baby name for the past ten years, though it's more commonly spelled Kaydence or Cadence. The name first popped up in the United States in the early 2000s, and then mysteriously spiked in popularity in 2003 and 2004. One baby name website credits the surge of Kaydences (and the attendant Kadences and Cadences and Caidences etc.) to the 2003 movie American Wedding, which featured a character named Cadance, played by January Jones, of all people. (There's a even track named "Cadence" on composer Christophe Beck's score for the film.)
So basically Kim and Kanye got their baby name, or a version of it, from a January Jones character from an American Pie sequel. The actual word cadence is of course used to refer to rhythm and music, so maybe that's why they picked it, given Kanye's career and all. Whatever their reasons, we shouldn't be too surprised by this initially strange-sounding name. Ranking in at No. 271 in the top baby names of 2012, Kaydence is more popular than Caitlin, than Nina, than Joanna, than good old Holly. (It's more popular than Lyric, too.) We're going to have a lot of Kaydences and Kadences and Cadences applying for jobs and entering the known adult world in a couple of decades. And now there's at least one Kaidence. We should prepare for this. It is the future. Someday you'll hobble your weary bones over to the wedding of a Jayden and a Kaidence, friends of your kids Jaxon and Makayla. It's inevitable.
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(a) Unsecured claims against an association or the receiver that are proved to the satisfaction of the receiver shall have priority in the following order:
(1) Administrative expenses of the receiver, including the costs, expenses, and debts of the receiver;
(2) Administrative expenses of the association, provided that such expenses were incurred within thirty (30) days prior to the receiver's taking possession, and that such expenses shall be limited to reasonable expenses incurred for services actually provided by accountants, attorneys, appraisers, examiners, or management companies, or reasonable expenses incurred by employees which were authorized and reimbursable under a pre-existing expense reimbursement policy, that, in the opinion of the receiver, are of benefit to the receivership, and shall not include wages or salaries of employees of the association;
(3) Claims for wages and salaries, including vacation and sick leave pay and contributions to employee benefit plans, earned prior to the appointment of the receiver by an employee of the association whom the receiver determines it is in the best interests of the receivership to engage or retain for a reasonable period of time;
(4) If authorized by the receiver, claims for wages and salaries, including vacation and sick leave pay and contributions to employee benefits plans, earned prior to the appointment of the receiver, up to a maximum of three thousand dollars ($3,000) per person, by an employee of the association not engaged or retained pursuant to a determination by the receiver pursuant to the third category above;
(5) Claims of governmental units for unpaid taxes, other than Federal income taxes, except to the extent subordinated pursuant to applicable law; but no other claim of a governmental unit shall have a priority higher than that of a general creditor under paragraph (a)(6) of this section;
(6) Claims for withdrawable accounts, including those of the Corporation as subrogee or transferee, and all other claims which have accrued and become unconditionally fixed on or before the date of default, whether liquidated or unliquidated, except as provided in paragraphs (a)(1) through (a)(5) of this section, provided, however, that if the association is chartered and was operated under the laws of a state that provided a priority for holders of withdrawable accounts over such other claims or general creditors, such priority within this paragraph (a)(6) shall be observed by the receiver; and provided further, that if deposits of a Federal association are booked or registered at an office of such association that is located in a State that provides such priority with respect to State-chartered associations, such deposits in a Federal association shall have priority over such other claims or general creditors, which shall be observed by the receiver;
(7) Claims other than those that have accrued and become unconditionally fixed on or before the date of default, including claims for interest after the date of default on claims under paragraph (a)(6) of this section, Provided that any claim based on an agreement for accelerated, stipulated, or liquidated damages, which claim did not accrue prior to the date of default, shall be considered as not having accrued and become unconditionally fixed on or before the date of default;
(8) Claims of the United States for unpaid Federal income taxes;
(9) Claims that have been subordinated in whole or in part to general creditor claims, which shall be given the priority specified in the written instruments that evidence such claims; and
(10) Claims by holders of nonwithdrawable accounts, including stock, which shall have priority within this paragraph (a)(10) in accordance with the terms of the written instruments that evidence such claims.
(b) Interest after the date of default on claims under paragraph (a)(6) of this section shall be at a rate or rates adjusted monthly to reflect the average rate for U.S. Treasury bills with maturities of not more than ninety-one (91) days during the preceding three (3) months.
(c) [Reserved]
(d) All unsecured claims of any category or class or priority described in paragraphs (a)(1) through (a)(10) of this section shall be paid in full, or provision made for such payment, before any claims of lesser priority are paid. If there are insufficient funds to pay all claims of a category or class in full, distribution to claimants in such category or class shall be made pro rata. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the receiver may, at any time, and from time to time, prior to the payment in full of all claims of a category or class with higher priority, make such distributions to claimants in priority classes outlined in paragraphs (a)(1) through (a)(6) of this section as the receiver believes are reasonably necessary to conduct the receivership,
Provided that the receiver determines that adequate funds exist or will be recovered during the receivership to pay in full all claims of any higher priority.
(e) If the association is in mutual form, and a surplus remains after making distribution in full of allowed claims as set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section, such surplus shall be distributed to the depositors in proportion to their accounts as of the date of default.
(f) Under the provisions of section 11(d)(11) of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1821(d)(11)), the provisions of this §360.3 do not apply to any receivership established and liquidation or other resolution occurring after August 10, 1993.
[53 FR 25132, July 5, 1988, as amended at 53 FR 30667, Aug. 15, 1988. Redesignated and amended at 54 FR 42801, Oct. 18, 1989, and further redesignated and amended at 55 FR 46496, Nov. 5, 1990; 58 FR 43070, Aug. 13, 1993. Redesignated at 58 FR 67664, Dec. 22, 1993; 60 FR 35488, July 10, 1995]

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Here's How That $65 Apple iPad DODOcase Is Made (Plus a Look at the New Kindle Cover)
Owners of the Apple iPad are usually looking for a case with a certain analog aesthetic–and, as it turns out, they are willing to pay for it.
Thus, the San Francisco-based makers of DODOcase have managed to sell tens of thousands of their pricey $55 to $65 cases. For many, the signature black faux-leather cover and elastic band give the hard-edged iPad an old-world tangibility and bespoke countenance, looking like–as it does–the famous Moleskine notebook that hipsters favor.
Today, the cult-popular business is releasing its second product, an Amazon Kindle-size DODOcase that wraps the plastic e-reader in its signature book-like binding.
Founders Patrick Buckley (the maker guy) and Craig Dalton (the business guy) have spent the last seven months tweaking the product and building the brand. But they took some time to give us a look into their Dogpatch manufacturing facility, which doubles as an actual book bindery, to see exactly what goes into the product.
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I went to inspect this beautiful red volcano blossom when an angry wasp emerged and assumed a threatening posture. I don't bother wasps when I am the only one threatened. Even when they are aggressively chasing me. I retreat rather than snuff out their life out of respect for all of God's miracles. But if my boys are with me and threatened. All bets are off. Ke Akua understands that. And that doesn't only apply to wasps...
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18 (okay, 15) Reasons Why The Viv Hasn't Written SHIT For Months
Posted by: Sassy Viv on: October 8, 2011
I don't know why I even try.
ALL I wanna do is WRITE!
18 Reasons WHY
The Viv
Hasn't Written SHIT
For Months:
1) Carpal tunnel surgery on dominant hand and recovery (June – September 2011)
2) My inability to JUST SAY 'NO' to every person who begs for my help with this committee or that
3) I volunteer for toogoddammuch
4) I am on 3 frickin' boards, and I am the secretary for TWO of'em, AND I'm the chair of the Community Service Committee for my kids' PTO. (Yeah. I really snowed them PTOtards, didn't I?)
5) My demonspawn require me to transport them to all the shit I signed'em up for — and THEN I hafta WATCH??? Jeeeeezuuuuus…
6) I am throwing THE MOTHER OF ALL BRIDAL SHOWERS for my baby cousin. It's gonna be bigger and better'n my own flippin' wedding. I must remember to thank her for the daily glue-high I've gotten this summer.
7) I have devoted much of my post-op recovery time to learning about various platform-building, marketing and social media outlets available on the net. And I activated accounts on every fuckin' one o'them sumbitches. They require enormous amounts of monitoring and updating. I now have so many social media accounts, I have a book that tracks which personality, handle and password I plugged in to which site. Although, it's fairly easy to remember that I probably haven't used my "FISTING ROCKS!" log-on for the homepage of my girls' elementary school…
8 ) The Dingus just got 'restructured' and 'severanced' from his company. At first, I was elated. HE was FREE from bondage! Then I realized that he'd now be home every, miserable day for the next 5 months. Viv, meet BONDAGE.
9) The Dingus now insists that we spend more 'couple' time and exercise together (retch). I don't need to tell you that if my hands are busy exercising his two gonads, THEY AREN'T FUCKING TYPING.
10) The ANIMALS(read husband and children) with which I live are feral. Not a domestic, nesting gene among them. They don't take care of or clean up ANYTHING! All I do is run around and clean up THEIR shit! I'd say they are pigs, but in actuality, pigs are quite clean. And I HAVE pigs. Guinea pigs. They LIKE their living area neat and tidy. Plus, they eat their own shit — BONUS!
11) I'm too picky about the layout and format of my posts. I have several posts in the hopper, but I keep tweaking them until the wonderful WordPress wonderfucks can't publish'em THE WAY I GODDAM WANT THEM 'cause I've edited and saved too many times for them, and the numbfucks can't keep up. ***This post looks NOTHING like the draft on MY screen.
12) I take so goddam long to get a 'perfect' post, by the time I finish one, it's no longer timely.
13) There is no 13.
14) There is no 13 because OCD-me couldn't end a list with an odd number.
15) I piss away my precious time on shit just like this.
See? Now I'm too tired to write! OOOH!
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Cops: Pet store owner found dead in motel
A local pet store owner died in a Riverhead motel room Saturday morning after he was found not breathing, Riverhead Town police said.
Police said the man's death "does not appear to be suspicious," according to a press release issued Monday afternoon.
A man tried to wake Scott Kaphan, 42, of Hampton Bays in a room at the Swiss Motel on West Main Street about 11:09 a.m. when he found Mr. Kaphan was not breathing, according to a police report.
The man called 911 and a police officer who arrived on the scene found Mr. Kaphan — the owner of the Puppy Experience on Main Road in Aquebogue — was unresponsive and had no pulse, the release states.
Police said resuscitation efforts "were not warranted," and Mr. Kaphan was pronounced dead at the scene.
Riverhead detectives and the Suffolk County Medical Examiners Office investigated the scene and took Mr. Kaphan's body to be autopsied.
His cause of death is unknown at this time and the investigation is ongoing, police said.
An employee at the Swiss Motel declined comment Monday afternoon.


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Johnny Damon, Baseball Historian
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Heh, I thought this was the reason you were hosting Countdown last night. It's nice to just go to a game and take everything as a fan, isn't it? Being at the new stadium must of been a blast! I can't wait until my Tribe comes in and ruins the Yanks true home opener when we beat 'em!
That screen is insane!
Thanks for the photos Keith! I am huge fan of yours going back to your days on Sports Center!
Even though I am not a Yankees fan (am a Mets fan) I can appreciate the awesomeness of the new stadium. Any plans to make the trip over to Queens and check out Citi Field? I am interested in getting your take on the Mets this year.
Keep it rocking!
Boy, am I jealous of you and the pass you've got around your neck. I had to watch this on mlb.com.
Keith- love the blog. They really should make you Commissioner of baseball. You would be the perfect guy. Keep up the good work, give the Pirates some love this year, God knows we need it!
ps What in the hell is wrong with some of the commenters here, this is a BASEBALL blog.
great photos. I love the new stadium as of right now.
Monument Park Talk
Photos of Yankee Stadium here on my blog, from AP wire
I've read through your posts and it is great stuff with a pinch of humor.
Keith……in the pic. with Reggie and Sweet Lou, is that white tape in the middle of your glasses????
My biggest complaint from Friday's game? They ran out of cheese for cheese fries in the 3rd inning. That's bush league, sir.
I was just happy to be there, though. I teach middle school within walking distance of the stadium and I'm thinking Friday won't be the only time I take a stroll up Grand Concourse in the coming weeks…
Love the show and love the blog.
Why all this stuff about Yankee stadium? How about the renovated Kauffman Stadium? It's a lot nicer than this one, IMHO.
Sorry to hear about your mom passing away. You are back in your element covering baseball. We are polar opposites in our political beliefs but baseball in all its beauty can bridge those gaps. Look forward to a season of your unique perspective on the greatest game.
You actually make it seem so easy with your presentation bbut I
find this topic to be actually something which I think I would never understand.
It eems too complicated and extremely broad for me.
I'm lookiung forward for yiur next post, I will try to
get the hang of it!


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DOJ Confirms Antitrust Investigation Into Google Book Settlement
Looks like the fireworks have begun early in Mountain View…
The Justice Department probe of the Google Books settlement is heating up. On Thursday afternoon, the agency officially opened an investigation into the deal, which would allow the search sovereign to make millions of books available online.
"The United States has reviewed public comments expressing concern that aspects of the settlement agreement may violate the Sherman Act," wrote William F. Cavanaugh, a deputy assistant attorney general. "At this preliminary stage, the United States has reached no conclusions as to the merit of those concerns or more broadly what impact this settlement may have on competition. However, we have determined that the issues raised by the proposed settlement warrant further inquiry."
The move is the strongest sign yet that the DOJ may block the settlement, which critics claim would grant Google (GOOG) a monopoly on orphaned works–copyrighted texts without an identifiable copyright holder. The notification, included below, is the first time the DOJ has confirmed the investigation publicly and said that it is indeed looking at possible violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act.
Odd that the letter was filed this week inasmuch as the "fairness hearing" that will determine whether final approval is given to the settlement is still months away. Clearly, Google's recent public relations offensive claiming the company is just as vulnerable to competition as anyone else hasn't had much effect.
Reached for comment, Google spokesperson Gabriel Stricker offered the following statement:
"The Department of Justice and several state attorneys general have contacted us to learn more about the impact of the settlement, and we are happy to answer their questions.
It's important to note that this agreement is non-exclusive and if approved by the court, stands to expand access to millions of books in the U.S."


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Resident Evil producer cops to "too many" releases
Resident Evil producer Masachika Kawata has admitted that the franchise might have suffered from a glut of releases in the last few years.
"I think certainly looking at the last year or two, there probably were a few too many," Kawata told VideoGamer.
"I think we learned last year that putting on a lot of titles would not necessarily win over gamers."
Nevertheless, the producer said to "stagger them out artificially" wouldn't solve the problem; there's a more fundamental issue that needs to be addressed.
"We should always start by asking how do we make the games better. And if the solution to making the games better is to have a more staggered release than we've had recently then that's something we'll do," he said.
"But we'll do it for that reason and not just for flipping what we've done already."
During Capcom's most recent financial report, it described Resident Evil 6 as a "failure", managing just 4.8 million sales in 2012 – not enough to return a profit on what was Capcom's largest and most expensive production to date.
Kawata has also commented recently that he has changed his mind about Resident Evil needing to take an action route to succeed, and that he's considered rebooting the franchise.
The next Resident Evil release is an HD remake of 3DS title Revelations for home consoles and PC. The portable title was a slightly more traditional treatment of the horror property than the action-heavy Resident Evil 6.
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Get Rid of Negative Energy
by Pat Sullivan
What would you like to leave behind as you move forward in your life? How about heavy grudges or crippling fears?Limiting beliefs that block your vision of what you are called to do with your life?
Here's a simple ceremony for lightening your load and de-cluttering your spirit:
- After a walk or other enjoyable exercise, gather a few dozen pieces of beautiful paper, a pen and a candle. Add flowers if you wish.
- Sit comfortably. As you light your candle, affirm, "I choose to see clearly what I need to release in my life."
- As thoughts come to you, record them on separate pieces of paper. Get specific; for example, "I want to forgive Jane for the breakup of our friendship," or "I pray to know how I am called to serve my church" or "I'm willing to do whatever is necessary to heal the relationship with my son."
- When you are through writing, select one paper and envision the result of that release. How will your life be different when you have forgiven your friend? When you know your calling at church? When the relationship with your son is healthy?
- When you are ready, burn the paper and give thanks for the release of that issue in your life. Repeat the process until all your papers are burned.
Adapt the ceremony as needed. Perhaps you'll burn one paper now. You may want to reflect or pray for many days before you're ready to burn another. Whatever your pace, as you liberate the stuck places in your life, you make room for new visions , new energy, new blessings in many forms


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Scottish Football League chief executive David Longmuir today expressed confidence that a planned merger with the Scottish Premier League would be accepted by clubs in his organisation.
But Rangers hit out at plans for a 12-12-18 structure in an article posted on the club's official website.
The statement read: "This abomination will now be pulled and stretched by selected members of the SPL and SFL in a desperate attempt to make it more presentable.
"It's ridiculous, especially when you remember the two 12s will fragment into three eights."
The article also accused those running Scottish football of "sheer hypocrisy" by apparently taking fans' views into account when Rangers chief executive Charles Green's newco application was rejected by SPL clubs, but ignoring calls for a larger top division.
Traynor wrote: "If they were listening to fans they wouldn't be sticking with a top division of 12, and if there was any integrity there would be no rush to bring in changes for the start of next season.
"If, as seems likely, the structure is altered for 2013-14 supporters won't get what they've already paid for, especially those following teams striving for promotion. Actually this entire season will be rendered meaningless."
Rangers also accused the SPL of dismissing their views. Fifteen clubs were scheduled to attend today's working party meeting, but all 42 will get a vote on the final plans.
The statement read: "This club, the biggest one in the country, were not invited to take part in talks which will shape the game's future.
"We are then entitled to conclude that this club are not important, which is strange indeed when so many fans of other clubs continue to be obsessed by Rangers, who are simply getting on with their own affairs asking no favour from anyone.
"We do, however, expect common-sense to be applied, along with fair play.
"Look, Rangers will return to the top flight, which will of course have to be rebranded. Rangers will take a seat at the head of the table where, despite the latest insult of being shut out of reconstruction talks, we will act with the good of Scottish football in mind.
"We'll work through the divisions and we will return stronger and better than ever before."
Scottish Football Association chief executive Stewart Regan earlier insisted that reconstruction would not be used to accelerate Rangers' progress.
If plans are introduced this summer and the bottom 18 clubs from this season form the proposed "National League", Rangers would still be on course to return to the top flight by the start of season 2015-16, as they are under the current set-up.
Regan said: "Sporting merit will dictate where clubs will finish and depending on whether this comes into play next season or the season after, will be up to the clubs to decide, and it will be based on where clubs finish.
"There will be no plans for any club to be given preferential treatment."


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If Texas maintains its current rate of water use into 2060 without finding a way either to conserve significant amounts of water or to develop new sources, the state will experience a gap between demand and availability.
It will need another 9 million acre-feet to supply a population expected to be nearly double today's, says Comer Tuck, who works with water conservation efforts for the Texas Water Development Board.
Tuck, along with panelists Greg Ellis, GM Ellis Lawfirm PC, Houston, and Tom McLemore, project manager, Harlingen Irrigation District, discussed challenges of providing adequate water to a growing population during the recent Texas Produce Conference at San Antonio.
Texas State Climatologist John Nielsen-Gammon offered a less than optimistic weather outlook. (See related story here.)
Conservation, Tuck says, will be a crucial part of the state's water strategy, and agriculture will make a significant contribution. Municipal conservation will account for 7 percent of a water savings plan; re-use will account for 10 percent; and conservation in irrigation will account for 17 percent of conservation efforts.
New water sources will also be part of the plan, with new reservoirs to account for 17 percent of additional water. Other surface water, including renewed contracts that expire within the 50-year water contract period, accounts for 34 percent of additional water sources.
The State Water Plan, Tuck says, calls for 1.25 million acre-feet in increased conservation by 2020 and 1.5 million acre-feet of conservation by 2060. Some funds are available to help meet those conservation goals. "We have limited funds available through the Texas Water Development Board at low interest rates," he says.
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Also, a bond-based program is available, but little used because of bond market rates.
Recent action by the Texas state legislature provides $2 billion in funds to help implement the state water development plan.
Ellis discussed the recent legislative action that "dedicated money to water development."
Costly water plan
Full implementation of the state's water development plan will require $57 billion. The $2 billion allotted by the legislature from the Texas Rainy Day Fund will be "leveraged through sophisticated methods," to achieve greater funding. Ellis expects disagreements over how money is allotted, with municipalities — primarily Houston, San Antonio and Dallas —competing with other smaller cities and rural Texas for water development funds.
"Rural Texas does not have enough money to develop water plans," Ellis says, "so the state plan is designed to help cover rural water plans. We have to make sure not to take water from rural areas to support urban areas. That will lead to some conflicts."
He expects lawsuits. He also insists that conservation will be a significant part of water plans. "Conservation will need to be part of the application for funding," he says. Attention to maintaining rural water sources in plans to move water to municipalities will also be important.
The state funds are "loans, not grants," he notes.
Other laws may be forthcoming, but face hurdles in the legislature. An aquifer storage and recovery bill, for instance, offered potential for areas across the state. "The bill passed in the House, but died in the Senate," Ellis says. A similar fate befell a brackish groundwater development proposal.
A large supply of brackish water is available deep, but is expensive to obtain and treat. "I think we should allow groundwater districts to set different rules for capturing brackish water," he says.
Other water law action includes changing the Water Development Board from six part-time board members to three-full time members, who would be appointed by the governor in an advise-and-consent with the state legislature. "We expect announcement of appointments at any time," Ellis says.
McLemore talked about real-world application of conservation measures. "We have to find more efficient ways to use agriculture water," he says. "We have to stretch our supplies."
He's been involved with the Texas Project for Water Efficiency and discussed ways to conserve water. The need is real, he says. "Citrus needs 48 inches of water a year. It needs water year-round, but the Lower Rio Grande Valley averages only 24 inches a year."
Changing the way growers water citrus has helped, he says. Instead of flooding orchards on a flat plane, producers use water more efficiently if they put up beds that move water closer to the trees. "That means more water for tree roots."
Various projects also use moisture monitors and telemetry to evaluate water supply, demand and needed application rates. "We need to know the amount of water taken up by citrus and the amount of water needed to irrigate," he says. "We measure how much is depleted. If we don't measure, we may apply too much or not enough. Reducing water costs improves the bottom line."
Delivery system waste
Most irrigation water waste occurs in the delivery system, McLemore says. "We need to measure what we put in the system and what we take out at the farm. We have to do more with less, and we have to improve the process of delivering water from the river to the farm. The key is to make the district operation more efficient by improving delivery systems — that's where the loss is."
Minimizing losses, enhancing system performance, and making precise delivery of water to farms with a strong head of water are goals. "If we do these things, we can cut surface water use in half," he says.
Improving the infrastructure is crucial. Closed pipelines, automatic gates, telemetry, remote access with checks and alerts that allow "rapid response to solve problems," are all part of an efficient delivery system.
Surge irrigation also offers water savings, "but there are no incentives to switch to surge now," he says. A program currently in place that offers a few growers the opportunity to add surge irrigation at much reduced costs may be a start.
Rio Grande Valley growers "are optimistic about agriculture," McLemore says. "Rain will come,but we have to be prepared to use a gallon of water as efficiently as we can. It's time for Texas to invest in efficient water use."
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Razak Al-Hassan was 7-0 when he got his shot in the UFC. Two fights later, he was an ex-UFC fighter. He had been ground up and spit out.
The short stint forced him to take a look at his career and what he'd been doing wrong.
Now 4-1 since his exit from the octagon, Al-Hassan (11-3) is out to prove how much he's improved as a fighter when he faces Houston Alexander (12-6) at "MMA Fight Pit: Genesis," which takes place Aug. 13 at The Pit in Albuquerque, N.M. The event airs live on pay-per-view.
"My perspective and outlook on things are very different," Al-Hassan told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). "I got into the UFC relatively early in my career, and I didn't stay too long, obviously, because of my losses. It's very different when you come out quickly in your career, and then you basically have to start from the beginning again, going to the smaller shows trying build up my record to get recognized again, (and) to balancing myself as a fighter again."
Al-Hassan moved to Milwaukee to train with kickboxer turned MMA fighter Duke Roufus and recently relocated to Roufus' colleague and UFC vet Eric "Red" Schafer's gym.
He's still fighting full time. Ever since his loss to Steve Cantwell at "UFC Fight Night 16: UFC Fight for the Troops," he's known that he can't train and compete at a high level fighting part time and working full time. And now that he's waging a comeback, he has even more reason to keep going full steam.
Al-Hassan wants to prove that he's not a UFC washout.
"Once you go through the UFC and lose your fights, no matter how they went, people start questioning your ability as a fighter, your skill set – 'Oh, he's good, but he's not that good,'" he said. "I had to really look at things in my training camp, look at the way I was training, and it's been a real growth for me – the last year especially.
"The last year, I've been fighting in smaller shows around the country, and I've gotten the opportunity to meet different people (and) appreciate what I could have in the UFC. Definitely that's something I'd like to get back to at some point in my career.
"But I'm definitely enjoying things now. I'm going to be a part of this promotion. This is probably the best promotion outside the UFC I've fought in. So it's a real growing process for me."
In fact, Al-Hassan believes that his best days are to come.
"I feel I'm in excellent shape," he said. "I still feel there's so much to learn, and in some ways, I don't feel like I've reached my full potential yet. Every day in the gym, I'm always learning something new. I'm always incorporating something different into my skill set."
What the audience will expect when he fights Alexander is a striking war. While Al-Hassan prefers to strike, he said he'll be ready if his heavy-handed opponent wants to take him down.
"He's definitely a very tenacious fighter," Al-Hassan said of Alexander. "Very aggressive. His skill set, from what I've seen, has definitely improved over the years. He definitely mixes it up more on the feet, so I'm definitely going to be looking out for that.
"But as far as the fight goes, it's going to be really entertaining because he's a standup fighter (and) I'm a standup fighter, too. For the crowd, it's going to be a great fight to watch."
Although he's coming off a loss in his most recent performance, he hopes to keep building his skills. Even if it's outside the UFC, he feels his work will eventually pay off.
He was a young fighter when he fought in the octagon, and he's now a seasoned veteran. He just needs to ease into that mindset.
"Psychologically, there's still so much I have to learn," Al-Hassan said. "I feel like my best fights will still be ahead of me."
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First day of NCAA tournament starts slow, ends on Harvard's stunner
Laurent Rivard dropped five threes to lead No. 14 seeded Harvard to a huge upset over No. 3 seeded New Mexico. (John W. McDonough/SI)
The first Thursday of the NCAA tournament, an occasion regarded as basketball Christmas, had already spilled into Friday before it bore its one great gift: an upset of No. 3 New Mexico by No. 14 Harvard, which had never before won a tourney game. Siyani Chambers, the Crimson's point guard, punctuated it by slamming the ball to the floor as time ran out at 12:15 a.m. eastern; the freshman with the first name meaning "relinquish" had helped ensure that Harvard did not relinquish its lead after a late, 7-0 run, and rewarded those of us who stayed up late, hopeful that the day would not be defined by its early letdowns.
Basketball Christmas did not get off to a festive start. Charles Barkley, the NBA studio star who moonlights as a CBS studio analyst who has barely watched any college basketball, sputtered through his pregame show takes, including one about the weakness of the non-Indiana-or-Michigan Big Ten, before the network mercifully took us to the 12:10 p.m. opener, between No. 14 Valparaiso and No. 3 Michigan State in Auburn Hills, Mich. Despite the proximity to East Lansing, there were an alarming number of vacancies in the seats, and Valpo—a mid-major that held some promise, given that it was the most experienced team in the country, had an efficient Dutchman in the post and a coach, Bryce Drew, who is synonymous with March magic—was barely present. The Spartans bullied them so thoroughly in an 11-point win that the margin felt like 20, and this sent an early message: it might be a cruel day for underdogs.
It was cruel for Davidson, the No. 14 who briefly captured our hearts in Lexington, by leading No. 3 Marquette by six points with just over a minute left and then by one with 10.6 seconds left ... only to make two plays that had every non-Marquette fan screaming at their TV screen in frustration and disbelief. De'Mon Brooks committed a hot-potato turnover in the backcourt when he should have just allowed himself to be fouled, and then the Wildcats gave Golden Eagles guard Vander Blue—the obvious last-shot taker—a lane to the rim off of a high ball screen. Layup good, game over. Would the only breaks in the chalk be a couple of No. 12s from the Pac-12, Oregon and Cal, reminding the selection committee (especially in the Ducks' case) that they were horribly underseeded?
But hope sprang from Salt Lake City, where the magic has been historically strong. Its previous tourney-hosting experience was Butler's Final Four-clinching win over Kansas State in 2010, and on Thursday, something bigger than Butler magic was in the works. No. 16 Southern—whose coach, Roman Banks, said of its gameplan, "This system is made for when you play a team one time"—flirted with the granddaddy of all upsets, leading No. 1 Gonzaga in the first half and staying neck-and-neck with the Zags in the second, only to be devastated by a late Kevin Pangos three. Southern lost by six, and No. 1 seeds' streak of 113 straight wins over No. 16s continued. Someday, it will happen. Thursday was not that day.
And so the nation turned to Harvard, in the Salt Lake nightcap, for its one true upset: a 68-62 stunner of New Mexico, in which the kings of the Mountain West were gunned down from long range by one Laurent Rivard. Harvard will not be everyone's darling—the school inspires the same kind of loathing and/or jealousy for its academic elitism that Duke does for its basketball elitism—but you have to respect the improbability of this win. The Crimson were 11-point underdogs, and Chambers, the freshman floor general from Minnesota who dribbled out the clock, was only starting this season because the team's two senior captains, point guard Brandyn Curry and projected Ivy League Player of the Year Kyle Casey, had to withdraw from school after being implicated in an academic scandal.
In the Harvard locker room late on Thursday night, Chambers could barely grasp what had happened. "I was expected to come in and be learning [this season]," he said, "but now being here and being able to win a [tournament] game is amazing."
Chambers had seven assists, and Harvard made 8 of its 18 three-point attempts (including five by Rivard), spreading the floor and exploiting the one suspect part of New Mexico's defense: Its inability to guard beyond the arc.
Harvard took the floor Thursday night just minutes after Southern's near-miss upset. The Crimson coach, Tommy Amaker, often told his team this year, "Why not us?" And before the game, he said, "Go out, be ourselves, and be in the moment."
This was a not a season in which Harvard was expected to thrive. It was figured that they would have to wait until next season, when Curry and Casey were allowed to return to school, and top-100 recruit Zena Edosomwan was arriving, to make any noise in the NCAAs. You do not lose your two best players to an academic scandal in September and recover to win a league title, and then win the first NCAA tournament game in school history, over the best team from the highest-RPI conference in the land ... but that's what Harvard did. It lived in the moment. And on a cruel day for the underdogs, it delivered the one true moment of joy.
Now, For Southern Appreciation
In the opening minutes of its near world-shocker against Gonzaga, No. 16 Southern was only being appreciated for the audaciousness of its baby-blue jerseys and the quality of its pep band. The Jaguars' jerseys are legit—they're a modernized version of Colorado's wild 1985-86 duds, which can be seen trying to guard Danny Manning on this SI cover—and their band is worthy of being mentioned in the same breath as VCU's. But their actual basketball product deserves to be appreciated, too, after giving a No. 1 seed the closest scare since Purdue only edged Western Carolina by a bucket in 1996.
Roman Banks took over as head coach at Southern two years ago, when his alma mater was coming off a 4-26 season and had scholarship reductions due to substandard Academic Progress Rate scores. Over the past two seasons he's overseen the biggest improvement, in terms of points per possession, of any team in D-I:
This year's version of the Jaguars is 34.14 points per 100 possessions better than the 2010-11 version. They couldn't pull off a miracle upset, but that is a miracle turnaround.
About Davidson...
The way in which Davidson allowed Marquette to complete its comeback was particularly painful, only because the Wildcats had to know what was coming. Just 12 days earlier, the Golden Eagles were in a similar situation—tied and holding the ball for a final shot against St. John's in overtime. Their coach, Buzz Williams, said that "St. John's and all the people watching" knew what was going to happen: Vander Blue was driving to the rim. He did exactly that, coming off a high ball screen that drew shot-blocker Chris Obekpa away from the basket, and hitting a right-handed bank shot from just outside the lane —and just beyond Obekpa's fingertips:
Marquette essentially ran the same play against Davidson with 6.7 seconds left, only with Blue going to the left side—and the Wildcats neither denied him the ball, nor hedged hard off the screen to prevent him from getting a driving lane. And so this is how it went down:
If Brad Stevens gets in the same situation against the Golden Eagles on Saturday, I doubt he lets Blue get anywhere near the paint.
Big-Game Butler
Here's a secret: Butler's full-season defensive numbers are mediocre. The Bulldogs came into the NCAA tournament ranking 52nd in defensive efficiency, a far cry from their top-five, lockdown level of 2010. And yet this stuff should be ignored, because when the lights come on, Butler might be the best big-game team in the country, and Brad Stevens the best big-game planner.
Put the Bulldogs on national TV against undefeated Indiana in December? They push IU around, Andrew Smith outplays Cody Zeller ... and Butler wins. Put them on ESPN Gameday against Gonzaga? They keep Kelly Olynyk in check, Roosevelt Jones makes a miracle steal-and-layup ... and Butler wins. Put them in the first round of the NCAA tournament against a Bucknell team that our survival model actually favored? They suffocate 6-foot-11 Mike Muscala, maybe the best small-school big man, so thoroughly that even though Butler shoots 3-for-17 from long range ... it still wins.
Muscala plays such a massive role in Bucknell's offense, in terms of possession usage and assists, that he was the most pivotal post player in the whole tournament:
Butler proceeded to hold Muscala to nine points on 4-of-17 shooting—his worst game of the season, by a wide margin. Multiple Bulldogs defended him, primarily Andrew Smith and Khyle Marshall, and managed to push Muscala around enough to keep his post moves off-balance. He had a season-low offensive rating of 54.6 while using a typically huge 31.3 percent of possessions. This chart shows just how out of character that offensive rating was for Muscala:


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Just a few scant months ago, the White Sox were seriously contemplating naming Paul Konerko a player-manager. It would have been an honor, but an honor usually bestowed on well-respected baseball minds in the twilight of their careers. (Never mind that Konerko's 2011 "twilight" was yet another .300, 30-HR season.)
Chicago's just a half-game out of first, and while everybody loves and respects Robin Ventura, we can't help but feel cheated out of a unique dual campaign: Konerko going for manager of the year and MVP at the same time.
A 14-game hitting streak has Konerko up to .395, and not so coincidentally, the Sox have won six in a row and 10 out of 11, and are knocking on the division's door in what was supposed to be a lost season. He's among the league leaders in home runs and RBIs, but that's par for the course for the most consistently excellent slugger of the overlapped steroids/post-steroids generation. It's .400 everyone wants to talk about, everyone except Konerko himself, who says if Ichiro couldn't do it, it's not going to be done. More self-effacement from the workmanlike Konerko, but in trying to be humble, he accidentally gives us another reason to be impressed. Perhaps the slowest athlete on earth even before he turned 36, Konerko acknowledges that he's not beating out any infield singles to up his average. Those 66 hits through two months of this season? Not a squeaker or a dribbler or Baltimore chop among them. Dude's laying legit lumber.
In a weekend sweep of first-place Cleveland, the White Sox scored 35 runs. After Sunday's game, a 12-6 laugher in which Konerko homered and drove in four men, the man-who-could-be-coach tried to temper his team's offensive expectations.
"It's going to end," he said. "I hate to break the news to everybody, but you just can't keep that up over a bunch of games. We just have to prepare that we show up tomorrow and it could be a 2-1 game, so be ready to play that kind of game."
On Monday, the White Sox didn't score a ton of runs but stil beat the first-place Rays with pitching and defense. The score was 2-1.
Maybe the player-manager thing wasn't meant to be this year. Konerko's the type of guy who'd balk at writing his own name in the cleanup spot every night. But perhaps there's some consolation for the nationally unsung local hero, in the forms of an unexpected playoff run, and a long-coming MVP campaign. Or, you know, just another .300-30-100 year at the office.


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Blake and Ryan's reps haven't confirmed it yet, but Page Six is reporting off of a hospital worker's tweet.
"Congrats @blakelively #blakelively glad to have you and baby girl violet in our care"
— sam (@kimbanksy) 6 Janvier 2015
Elle then speculates further, saying that the dress Blake is wearing in the above photo was a hint.
kinda bummed that it wasn't a boy named Colonal Angus tbh. loved seeing all of your guesses in the last post.


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Here are is relase announcement:
Brief summary of changes since 0.2.2:
- Transcoding from any format (that gstreamer's decodebin2 can handle) to mp3,
linear PCM and mpeg transport stream containing mpeg 2 video and mp2 audio.
- Plugin API to deal with user preferences.
- User preferences UI: rygel-preferences.
- New plugins:
* Folder: Recursively exports folders specified in the user preferences.
* ZDFMediathek: Exports online media from 2nd German TV station.
* External: Exports media hierarchies provided by external applications
through implementation of this spec:
http://live.gnome.org/Rygel/MediaServer. The first application
that utilizes this feature is PulseAudio.
- Drop xbox support. It didn't work anyway and we better concentrate on
implementing standard stuff that it at least worthy of being called "UPnP" (
at least for now).
- Tracker and DVB plugins are only loaded if their corresponding services are
- Export of duration for music and video items from Tracker.
- Use HTTP EOF encoding rather the CHUNKED for live streams.
- Ability to build rygel plugins outside it's source tree.
- HTTP proxying only if needed.
- Now that gupnp-av does DLNA profile guessing for us, no need to lie about
DLNA profile anymore.
- Add a summary after configure.
- HTTServer is now internal API.
- Use git-version-gen to generate package version.
- Differentiate between modules and plugins
- Passive, asynchronous plugin loading. A side-effect of which is that modules
can now load more than one plugin.
- Differentiate between name and title of the plugin.
- Plugins can now dynamically change their availability.
- Add API to get/list plugins.
- Re-use existing description from user's home directory. This not only speeds
the start-up but also obsoletes the necessity to keep immutable data (e.g UDN)
in user preferences.
- Provide gconf schemas.
- Lots of other improvements and bug fixes.
Dependency-related changes:
- Explicitly require and link to libsoup-2.4 >= 2.26.0.
- Don't require Vala (and bindings) in distribution tarball.
- Require gupnp-av >= 0.4.
- Require Vala >= 0.7.3.
- Require Gtk+ >= 2.16 if preferences UI is not disabled.
Bugs fixed in this release:
582173 - git-version-gen: generate versions with - instead of .
577000 - gupnp-av-cp does not like & in uris
576998 - Rygel wants to transcode audio files to video/mpeg
575935 - Add support for duration metadata field
574604 – bug connecting to PS3
All contributors to this release:
Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)
Jens Georg
Henrique Ferreiro
Lennart Poettering
Marc-André Lureau
Rob Taylor
Download source tarball at: http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/rygel/0.3/
Here is me watching streams from 2nd German TV channel, transcoded to mpeg transport stream through Rygel on my PS3:
Here is the video clip if you are interested or don't believe me. :)


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After 28 years at Hunter Army Airfield, the 260th Quartermaster Battalion cased its colors for the final time Thursday morning.
The battalion - of the 3rd Infantry Division's 3rd Sustainment Brigade - was inactivated during a brief ceremony at Hunter's Truscott Air Terminal as part of the Army's effort to downsize.
The unit once contained as many as five companies and 900 soldiers, but only two companies remained Thursday to stand in formation as Lt. Col. Jimmy Brown, who has commanded the 260th for the last two years, placed an olive green case over the rolled-up, sand-colored flag to mark its inactivation.
The ceremony ended 45 years of constant duty for the battalion that provided support and supplies for units conducting training and combat missions.
Over its lifetime, said Col. Ron Novack, 3rd Sustainment Brigade commander, the 260th Quartermaster Battalion earned an incredible reputation throughout the Army.
"Regardless of the mission, regardless of the location, regardless of the conditions the soldiers of the 260th Quartermaster Battalion successfully executed their mission and maintained their sterling reputation," Novack said. "It is not a reputation that is given; it's a reputation that is earned ... No American soldier ever went without support as long as the 260th Quartermaster soldiers were participating in the operation."
The battalion supported the 3rd Infantry Division in Kuwait and during the Iraqi invasion in 2003. It deployed two additional times in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, and over the last two years portions of the unit have been deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan or Kuwait almost constantly.
Brown, who will join Novack's staff as the 3rd Sustainment Brigade's deputy commanding officer, said his time with the battalion has been memorable.
"Commanding this battalion has been, for me, the most professionally and personally rewarding experience of my career," he said. "I have been truly blessed with the best soldiers and leaders our Army has to offer, and I can honestly say I had fun every day."
When the 260th was not deployed, Novack said, its soldiers became an important part of the Savannah community. The battalion supported five schools in Chatham and Bryan counties and worked with Second Harvest Food Bank, St. Joseph's/Candler Hospital and the Wesley Center.
"When the nation called on this battalion to deploy, Savannah went the extra mile to ensure our soldiers were cared for," Novack said. "You gave the 260th resounding send-offs, you cheered when they returned, and you cried and mourned with them for their losses ... There is a very special bond between the Victory Battalion and the city of
3rd ID gets new deputy commanders
The Marne Division welcomed two new leaders Thursday morning.
Cols. Robert P. White and John H. Hort came to Fort Stewart where they joined the 3rd Infantry Division as deputy commanders.
White, who most recently served as the deputy commander for the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center, at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., becomes the 3rd ID's deputy commander for support. He will deploy to Afghanistan in August with the Division Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion for about a year.
Hort will serve as the division's deputy commanding general-rear while the other commanders are deployed. He has most recently served as the chief of plans at Forces Command.
Both colonels have served two deployments in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.