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BY KRISTIN CELESTE SHROEGER, Local columnist
---- — Today's recipe for Salad Nicoise features local produce from 9 Bean Rows Farm, Murray's, Cherry Grove Farm, Spring Hollow Farms and locally produced products from Food for Thought.
Fresh local steamed or hard boiled eggs
Fresh local yellow beans
Fresh local fingerling potatoes
Fresh local fingerling yellow pear tomatoes
Fresh local pea shoots
Local cherry honey mustard
Homemade garlic scape-infused olive oil
Local wild leek vinegar
Bring a large metal sauce pan with three cups water to a boil with 1 t. sea salt. For each salad, wash 1 c. fingerling potatoes and add potatoes to boiling water. Reduce heat to medium high and cook for 10 minutes. Strain fingerling potatoes from water and allow to cool for five minutes.
For each salad, trim ends off of 1 c. yellow beans and add to potato water and cook over medium heat for 2-3 minutes. Strain yellow beans and allow to cool for one minute.
In a glass jar, mix together 3 T. homemade mayonnaise, 2 T. cherry honey mustard, 1 T. garlic scape-infused olive oil, 1 T. wild leek vinegar and season to taste with salt and pepper.
Per salad, slice 1-2 steamed eggs. Plate 2 cups pea shoots and top with eggs, yellow beans, potatoes and yellow pear tomatoes. Serve with a side of dressing and a sprinkle of sea salt.
Kristin Celeste Shroeger of Traverse City is the recipe creator, photographer, dishwasher and blogger of The Intentional Minimalist, a website encouraging farm-to-table cooking with local, seasonal and sustainable produce. Visit www.theintentionalminimalist.com for hundreds of seasonal farm-to-table recipes as well as instructions for making homemade mayonnaise and infused oils.

response:
Step-by-step: Yes
Training: No

The article provides a clear sequence of ordered steps for preparing Salad Nicoise, making it easy for the reader to follow along and complete the task. However, the instructions lack the detailed context and reasoning that would be necessary for training a language model in deeper reasoning, as they focus primarily on procedural steps without elaboration on techniques, choices, or the underlying principles of cooking.


document: Danielle Lefebvre writes about her life and family at mostdaysiwin.blogspot.com . She is a recovering doctoral student who is excited to discover new ways of writing and teaching. This coming year she will begin teaching sibling preparation classes at The Birth Center and will return to school (briefly!) with hopes of becoming an English teacher. Danielle lives with her husband and two little girls in Delaware.

response:
Step-by-step: No
Training: No

The article does not provide a clear sequence of ordered steps for completing a task; rather, it focuses on the author's background and personal experiences without any detailed procedural instructions. Additionally, there are no structured guidelines that could facilitate training a language model, as the content lacks depth and specificity necessary for encouraging deeper reasoning.


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Pictured Rocks Boat Cruise - Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Park
Rainbow Cave - Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Park
Munising, Michigan - Upper Peninsula
While Jo and I have hiked arouind Pictured Rocks National Park, until 2010 we had not actually seen the "pictured rocks" that give the park its name. We presumed they were formations similar to the Miner's Castle formation one can hike to and similar to the Sea Caves of the Bayfield Peninsula. We corrected that omission when we took an evening cruise in mid-September with the Pictured Rocks Boat Tours. As you can see from the above picture, the pictured rocks might be more aptly named "painted rocks" (created by that famous abstract impressionist-scultpter Mother Nature.)
The "painted rocks" on the sculpted cliffs that comprise the Pictured Rocks section of the park shoreline are formed by groundwater and springs rich in various minerals (iron, manganese, copper, lime, etc.) that leak out of cracks in the rocks and trickle down the rock face. Since this process is ongoing the canvas is constantly changing, evolving into new works of art.
Our pictured rocks tour cruise was on an overcast evening and nightfall descended upon us before the cruise was finished. But the low light conditions didn't diminish the beauty of the rocks and we all thoroughly enjoyed the experience - - - and are looking forward to a return visit for a daylight cruise or a mid-summer evening cruise on a clear evening.
The photos below are but a small sample of unique landscapes.

response:
Step-by-step: No
Training: No

The article does not provide a clear sequence of ordered steps for completing a task, as it mainly describes the experience of visiting Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Park rather than offering procedural instructions. Additionally, the content lacks detailed and structured guidance that would be beneficial for training a language model in deeper reasoning, as it primarily focuses on personal experience and observations without a systematic approach or explicit instructional elements.


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Want to be a blogging expert on debating a specific subject?
Sooooo do I. The one great thing after writing blog posts for 4 1/2 years is that I am always learning from others and from myself. There are things in the back of my mind that I always try to do and not to do when writing my blog post. One pet peeve of mine is fact vs opinion. I read so many posts that seem like they are factual, yet it's really the authors opinion. And in most cases, the author never tells you, "hey, this is my opinion." I think that phrase alone and by adding some facts, can go a long way in any blog post, especially when debating a topic or voicing your opinion.
Three successful tips when writing a controversial blog post (of my opinion)
1.) Think ahead of those that would read your post and comment before submitting the final piece. Try to think of other questions or angles to my topic that a reader might come up with. And if my topic has several different angles or sub topics, and that I want to keep everyone on topic, to basically state this in the beginning so comments don't get off topic. I just wrote this post the other day and here is an example. Is 20 percent down the solution? Would the real estate market then crumble?
As you can see, I am directing people what to focus on, since another hot topic that is part of the 20 percent down issue is QRM. I still had someone that had to bring up lenders having skin in the game, because they didn't click on my link, which would be about buyers only. So I went and added "for borrowers". Believe it or not though, still a handful of comments still talked about QRM, when I even stated that was not what I wanted to talk about.
2.) When I am debating or arguing my case for a specific subject, even though I am against one side, I usually try to show pros and cons of both sides. I want to show that I thought this out, that I am open-minded about the subject, and to keep the conversation flowing. But at the same time, to be able to make my point, to show why I am on that side, yet trying to keep it fair from all perspectives and angles.
3.) Lastly, as I stated in my opening paragraph, to always put some sort of disclaimer in my post that this is of my opinion. Even if I state facts, all posts are opinionated. The confusion can be when someone gives their opinion with facts, but doesn't separate this. And when doing this, it's easy to read the whole post as a fact, which can be misleading to so many when looking for facts.
Summary : Yes, many facts can be that of opinion or judgment. Or just the facts that the author wants to reveal, to make their point seem legitimate or correct. But I truly think if you look at your topic from both sides of the fence, giving pros and cons to both sides, this can go a long way. Trying to look at the topic from both angles, even if you feel strongly about one side, will hopefully show your readers that you not only took it seriously, but that you tried looking at this as a jury would during a trial. I try this often when debating certain topics and I get many comments that recognize this and it can usually gives my readers a different perspective on the topic at hand.
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response:
**Step-by-step: No**
**Training: No**

The article lacks a clear sequence of ordered steps to guide the reader through any specific task, making it difficult to follow for step-by-step guidance. Additionally, while it provides various tips and advice, the procedural instructions are not structured in a way that would effectively train a language model for deeper reasoning, as they do not focus on systematic processes or detailed analyses. Instead, the content is more of a collection of thoughts and suggestions rather than a coherent instructional guide.


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Leicester, Wolves on Premier League prowl
Leicester, Wolves and Crystal Palace all notched victories in the closely-fought battle at the top of the English Championship, while Brighton stumbled in the race to reach the Premier League.
Leicester beat Bristol City 2-0 at home, Wolves won 1-0 at Blackburn and hosts Palace triumphed in a 4-3 in a roller-coaster with Burnley at Selhurst Park.
Meanwhile Brighton were held to a goalless draw at Derby, while second-placed Cardiff play at Ipswich in Saturday's late kick-off.
At the King Power Stadium, David Nugent got Leicester on their way in the 19th minute and full-back Richard Foster's own goal in the second half kept the Foxes' promotion bid on course.
Wolves stayed two points behind them after downing managerless Blackburn, who are now without a win in four matches.
French midfielder Bakary Sako struck in the 78th minute at Ewood Park to leave Wolves in third place.
Palace are just behind them on goal difference following a thrilling clash at their south London home.
Chris McCann and Martin Paterson put Burnley 2-0 ahead before a brace either side of half-time by Wilfried Zaha levelled the scores.
Damien Delaney and Glenn Murray gave Palace some breathing space only for the Clarets' prolific Charlie Austin to grab his 15th goal of the season with nine minutes remaining, ensuring a nervy finish.
Two points further behind are Leeds and Huddersfield, who both registered 1-0 wins.
Leeds secured their fourth win win five games by beating visitors Barnsley for the first time since 2001 thanks to a disputed first-half penalty.
Huddersfield won at struggling Birmingham to turn up the pressure on their boss Lee Clark, who was sacked by Huddersfield last season.
Blackpool's challenge stuttered again as visitors Charlton condemned the Seasiders them to a third defeat in four games with a 2-0 win at Bloomfield Road.
Hull won 1-0 at Sheffield Wednesday who are in the relegation zone, without a win in eight games.
The Owls won promotion to the Championship last season under manager Dave Jones but are struggling to keep the pace in England's second tier.
In a mid-table clash, 10-man Watford lost 2-1 at home to Middlesbrough, with Australia striker Scott McDonald coming off the bench to score the winner.
McDonald held clear-the-air talks with Boro boss Tony Mowbray earlier this week after not figuring all season in the first team.
Republic of Ireland striker Andy Reid gave former European champions Nottingham Forest their first away win of the season with a 1-0 win at bottom club Peterborough, who are managed by Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson's son Darren.
Darius Henderson scored twice as Millwall beat Bolton 2-1 at the New Den, a result that keeps both sides hovering above the relegation zone.

response:
Step-by-step: No
Training: No

The article lacks a clear sequence of ordered steps for completing a specific task, as it primarily provides match summaries and team performances rather than procedural instructions. Additionally, the instructions or information presented do not lend themselves to training a language model for deeper reasoning, as they do not encompass structured processes or detailed reasoning steps; they simply relay news about football matches.


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07 Jan 2009, 10:37am by Bill Connelly
Our BCS Championship preview is now a three-ring extravaganza. Bill Connelly and Brian Fremeau look at the game through the numbers, and Russell Levine has the SDA podcast featuring both of them plus Orson Swindle. Then it's open discussion as Florida takes on Oklahoma tonight.
47 comments, Last at 09 Jan 2009, 4:38pm by notanOUfan
31 Dec 2008, 11:32am by Russell Levine
Buckeyes or Longhorns? Refresh yourself with the wisdom of our college football experts before tonight's Fiesta Bowl, then use this thread for in-game comments.
108 comments, Last at 06 Jan 2009, 12:01pm by Scott P.
26 Dec 2008, 05:00pm by Russell Levine
Brian Fremeau is off to a smoking 6-1 start in his FEI bowl picks. Now he joins Russell Levine to discuss the second week of bowls, which should tell us plenty about several of the major conferences -- most notably the ACC.
17 comments, Last at 30 Dec 2008, 5:18pm by peachy
19 Dec 2008, 01:56pm by Russell Levine
Russell Levine and Brian Fremeau break down the first week of bowl season, as well as to dissect a somewhat uneventful Silly Season. Thankfully, we also have Auburn to discuss.
8 comments, Last at 24 Dec 2008, 3:45pm by Salvi's Headband
10 Dec 2008, 12:00pm by Brian Fremeau
The final pre-bowl FEI ratings are in, and the BCS championship game is set. Brian Fremeau reflects on consensus at the top, rankings vs. ratings, playoffs vs. the regular season, and perfection.
35 comments, Last at 12 Dec 2008, 6:29pm by Pat (filler)
03 Dec 2008, 10:24am by Brian Fremeau
According to FEI, Oklahoma is the best team in the Big 12 South, but Texas should be in the conference championship. Or maybe they should settle it on the field. Or maybe they already did. Brian Fremeau tries to explain.
17 comments, Last at 07 Dec 2008, 2:07am by Ross
26 Nov 2008, 09:00am by Brian Fremeau
Brian Fremeau reminds us all not to take anything for granted in college football, then breaks down precisely how badly the Wolverines have been hurt by turnovers on kick returns.
11 comments, Last at 29 Nov 2008, 3:34pm by nugwin
19 Nov 2008, 09:39am by Brian Fremeau
There's a triple-elimination college football playoff going on right now in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and FEI is loving every second of it.
9 comments, Last at 22 Nov 2008, 11:43pm by David227
12 Nov 2008, 10:18am by Brian Fremeau
The FEI top 10 remains relatively stable even after the upset in Iowa and the thrashing in Lubbock. Plus, Brian Fremeau explores special teams and field position efficiency.
4 comments, Last at 15 Nov 2008, 11:28pm by David227
05 Nov 2008, 10:21am by Brian Fremeau
The new FEI No. 1 team isn't undefeated, doesn't play in the Big 12 South, and might not get an opportunity to play for the BCS championship.
26 comments, Last at 06 Nov 2008, 4:57pm by Pat (filler)

response:
Step-by-step: No
Training: No

The article does not provide a clear sequence of ordered steps for completing a task; rather, it consists of various commentary and discussion threads about college football games and analysis. Additionally, the procedural instructions needed for training a language model capable of deeper reasoning are absent, as the article lacks detailed and structured guidance that would facilitate understanding or reasoning.


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On Saturday, Nov. 13 the Lake Stevens’ Varsity Girls soccer team played against Tahoma in the quarterfinals.
After winning the previous Monday against Puyallup, the girls’ team continued on in the state tournament. The last time the Varsity team went to state was 2007, and since then Head Coach Andy Knutson has worked hard with his team to get them ready for their games in districts.
When the girls faced off against Tahoma, the starting lineup for the Lake Stevens’ Vikings was Kiaya Paulsen, Hannah Huesers, Brittney Pahukoa, Ashley Saracino, Lindsey Licht, Dani Walsh, Brooke Pahukoa, Hailey Folley, Ciara Carter and captains Randi Mielke and Breonna Countryman.
Taking the field on Maxwell Stadium, the teams played a tied game until the 34th minute when Tahoma’s Becca Velasco scored, putting Tahoma ahead. Velasco scored the goal despite the loss of her cleat and the Vikings attempted a comeback goal shortly after when Carter had a pass to the center of the field, but unfortunately the only player in the center of the field was not a fellow Viking, but a Tahoma Bears’player.
Tahoma stayed in the lead up into the second half, scoring shortly after the beginning of the half.
The Vikings goalkeeper, Paulsen, had an intense second half, after saving eight shots on goal. Pahukoa, Carter and Foley all had scoring opportunities in the second half and the Vikings never ended up scoring.
The game came to a close with a score of 2-0, Tahoma.
“We had a couple of good scoring chances. We got the ball in front of the net a couple times; scoring a goal is hard,” Head Coach Andy Knutson said.
While the Vikings may not have won, supporters of the Lady Vikings know what an accomplishment this is for the team. The team has worked together well all season and learned to play together.
“[They have worked hard on] being good teammates, by being unselfish and giving the team what it needs, regardless of what that is,” Knuston said.
The Vikings team is still working on improving and will most certainly have the time. Many of the team will be returning next year; only three of the varsity players are seniors. Having so many returns next year will most likely prove an advantage for the Lady Vikings and Head Coach Andy Knutson feels the expectations have been raised.
“This season has been absolutely amazing. It’s by far the best season I’ve had at Lake Stevens High School and the ironic thing is no one expected us to do this well,” varsity player Saracino said. “We weren’t supposed to be as good as last year’s team or even come close to doing as well. But we did way better. It was such a fun and enjoyable season; I’m sad it’s over.”

response:
Step-by-step: No
Training: No

The article does not provide a clear sequence of ordered steps for completing a task but rather narrates an event (a soccer game) without any procedural instructions. Additionally, the information is presented in a descriptive format and lacks the detailed guidelines necessary for training a language model to engage in deeper reasoning, as it does not outline processes or steps that could facilitate complex decision-making or problem-solving.


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Tom Telesco, the Colts former Colts Vice President of Football Operations, just wrapped up his introductory press conference as the new general manager of the San Diego Chargers.
For the last 15 years, Telesco has called Indianapolis home and he has served in a variety of personnel and scouting roles for the organization.
Below are a few of the comments Telesco shared with the San Diego media on his time in Indianapolis:
On Indianapolis and how his experiences there paved the way for such an opportunity:
“I want to thank the Colts, Jim Irsay, the Irsay family and the whole Colts organization. We spent 15 years there. We had great success there on and off the field. That’s where our kids were born and I can’t say enough for what they’ve done for my career both professionally and personally. It’s where I developed and learned my craft from people that were there. My experience in Indianapolis was invaluable and I wouldn’t be in this spot if it weren’t for the guidance and the support of Bill Polian, Tony Dungy, Jim Caldwell and this past year with Ryan Grigson and Chuck Pagano. I can’t thank that organization enough for what they’ve done now.”
On the 2012 season for the Colts and helping a team improve by nine games:
“It happened in 1998 when we first got to the Colts. I was a college scout then so I wasn’t as involved. We were 2-14 and we had to turn the whole thing over. This coming year it was the same thing. We had players that fit an old scheme. You just cannot turn a roster over in a whole year. You’ve got to pick and choose your spots. It was a daily, daily grind, especially Monday’s and Tuesday’s which are the big days when you make your transactions. I joked two or three times that I would tell Ryan, ‘We have not made 10 transactions in a day since I’ve been here.’ Then the next Tuesday we just made 11. I know our guys in Indianapolis, our pro scouts, our college scouts did an incredible job of knowing what’s out there, fine-tuning it for us and giving us the right names.”
On spending the last 15 years in Indianapolis and what that city means to him:
“We were in such a great spot in Indianapolis. We had been there a long time and were very comfortable. In this business, it’s hard to get comfortable in one spot. We were there for 15 years and loved the people there. (The Colts) have a great, young team coming up. It wasn’t like I was actively looking to leave, I loved it there.”
Tags: Jim Irsay, ryan grigson
Posted in Colts Blog | No Comments »
Dwayne Allen has put the pads away for the offseason.
However, his work is just beginning off the field as Allen is picking back up his books and heading back to school.
Clemson University is the destination for Allen as the rookie tight end is taking some online courses in his pursuit of a degree after leaving school a year earlier to continue his dream of playing in the NFL.
That dream became a reality quickly in his rookie campaign with Allen starting all 16 games and contributing 45 receptions for 521 yards and three touchdowns.
Those numbers ranked at the top of all first-year rookies at the tight end position but Allen was left with unanswered questions while cleaning out his locker earlier this week.
‘What if this happened?’ Definitely the what ifs,” Allen said of his thoughts following Sunday’s 24-9 loss to the Ravens. ‘What if this happened? What if I was here?’ Different stuff like that that possibly could have affected the game.”
Allen had four catches for 51 yards on Sunday and once again was a reliable, consistent target for quarterback Andrew Luck.
On Monday morning, the attentive Allen was tuned in to head coach Chuck Pagano’s final team meeting before the players departed to their respective offseason destinations.
“Coach just went over how proud he was of this team and what he thought about us and the character that every one of us showed going through what we went through throughout the year,” Allen said.
“He also talked about the team that he wants to coach, the team that he wants to have in Indianapolis and the bar is set high for us to succeed in the coming years.”
Always critiquing his game, Allen has one particular item in mind when discussing his plans on the field during the offseason.
His 45 receptions are a Colts rookie tight end record but his expectations are higher heading into year two.
“I wasn’t very conditioned throughout this year because of everything I had to do before the season, with the combine getting ready for the draft and pro day and all that stuff,” Allen said. “Hopefully I’ll take advantage of this offseason and get in the best shape possible so when it’s third-and-whatever and my team calls on me to make a big play, I’ll be there.”
Tags: dwayne allen
Posted in Colts Blog | No Comments »

response:
Step-by-step: No
Training: No

The article primarily consists of quotes and reflections from Tom Telesco and Dwayne Allen regarding their experiences and thoughts on their respective careers in football. It lacks a clear sequence of ordered steps that guide a reader through completing a specific task, nor does it provide structured procedural instructions that could be used for training a language model in deeper reasoning. The information presented is more narrative and anecdotal than instructional.


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CSIS: Getting started
Programs | Scholarships | Events | News | Organizations | Careers |Faculty | Alumni | Contact
Now that you are sure about the direction you want your career to take, there are several steps that you must take before you can start taking classes in our department. The steps you take depends on your classification - incoming freshman, incoming graduate student (domestic or international), transfer student, visiting student.
Procedures for each of these is shown below:
Incoming Freshman: This is the most straightforward of cases. You will need to make sure you have your transcripts sent directly to Murray State, pay the application fee, complete the form, apply for scholarships and wait for the notification letter from Murray State University. The department is not involved in the process. (Start at this link).
Transfer student: Depending on the number of credits you've earned (and the institution), this can vary from a simple process to a somewhat tedious and complex process requiring input from many offices and individuals. It is best that you start soon and CONFIRM that all your transcripts have been received by our Transfer Center. They have to enter this into our registration system before we in the department can access it. The closer you are to the start of the regular term, the harder it is going to be for all the classes to be recorded. And if they are all not recorded, chances are that you may be repeating classes for which you MAY have got credit already.
International Students (undergraduate and graduate): This is perhaps the most complicated type of admission to complete and therefore requires more time. Plan on completing all the paperwork at least SIX months before the term you plan to start (February for Fall classes; June for Spring classes). ANYBODY that requires a visa/passport to enter and travel about inside the US will have to start here.
Exchange student / Visiting Scholar: In order to start the process of becoming an exchange student at Murray
State University, you must first be designated by your university. We
will need confirmation from your home university (email message is fine)
stating that you have been officially selected as an exchange student
from the appropriate office at your home university.
Class Registration: Once you have been admitted, it is time to register for classes. This link tells you how. The registration schedule is set by the Registrar's office. The calendar may be viewed here.
Don't hesitate to contact us if you have any other questions (link here)

response:
Step-by-step: Yes
Training: Yes

The article provides a clear sequence of ordered steps for different classifications of students seeking admission, detailing specific actions such as sending transcripts and completing application forms. These structured procedural instructions are detailed enough to assist someone in understanding the various pathways based on their classification, which could support training a language model to reason through similar tasks by highlighting the importance of following specific guidelines and timelines.


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BuffaBLOG rides the airwaves
blog by S.J. Velasquez • May 25, 2011 @ 11:17am
The bloggers over at BuffaBLOG really have their collective finger on the pulse of Buffalo’s music scene, so it seems only natural that they get their own radio show. Listen to their week one show by clicking the link below. A Yahoo player should pop up, so don’t act surprised when that happens.
The show airs every Friday from 5 to 6 p.m. on WBNY 91.3 FM.

response:
Step-by-step: No
Training: No

The article does not provide a clear sequence of ordered steps for completing a specific task; it mainly consists of a brief announcement about a radio show. Additionally, it lacks well-structured procedural instructions, as it does not offer detailed guidance or reasoning to support any particular process, making it unsuitable for training a language model in deeper reasoning.


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WALNUT CREEK, Calif. (AP) -- Arizona shortstop Alex Mejia has been named the 2012 Pac-12 Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year.
Oregon's Alex Keudell earned Pitcher of the Year honors, while Oregon State outfielder Michael Conforto was named Freshman of the Year. Arizona's Andy Lopez is Coach of the Year.
Mejia leads the Pac-12 with 81 hits this season.
Keudell, a senior right-hander, is 10-4 with a 2.12 ERA this season, setting a single-season win record for the Ducks.
Conforto leads the Pac-12 with 71 RBIs and a .603 slugging percentage.

response:
Step-by-step: No
Training: No

The article does not provide a clear sequence of ordered steps to guide the reader through completing a task, as it primarily presents information about individual awards in collegiate baseball without any procedural instructions. Additionally, the content lacks the detailed structure necessary for training a language model capable of deeper reasoning, as it does not involve complex instructions or cognitive tasks that would encourage such reasoning.


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Washington Wizards (17-46) Vs. Charlotte Bobcats (7-55)
Monday, April 23, 2012
-Tonight’s game is the fourth and final meeting of the season between the Washington Wizards and Charlotte Bobcats. The Wizards lead the season series, 3-0.
-Last game versus Miami...The Wizards defeated the Miami Heat, 86-84, on April 21st in Miami...John Wall found Nene for the game winning lay-up with 0.5 seconds left to extend Washington’s winning streak to three games...Cartier Martin led all scorers with 22 points on 8-of-15 from the field...Kevin Seraphin recorded 17 points and six rebounds...John Wall tallied 13 points, 13 assists, six rebounds and four steals...Nene added 11 points on 5-of-9 from the field.
-Last time versus Charlotte…The Wizards defeated the Charlotte Bobcats, 113-85, on April 9th in Charlotte... The Wizards had seven players in double figures, led by Jordan Crawford who scored 20 points in 21:23 minutes of play...Cartier Martin scored 19 points on 7-of-13 from the field (4-of-8 from three-point range)...James Singleton scored 18 points and grabbed 12 rebounds...Roger Mason scored 17 points on 6-of-12 from the field (5-of-9 from three-point range)...Jan Vesely posted his first career double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds...John Wall dished out 12 assists...Shelvin Mack scored 11 points...Kevin Seraphin added 10 points...Corey Maggette led the Bobcats with 23 points.
-The Wizards joined Memphis and Indiana as the only three teams that have beaten Chicago, Miami, Oklahoma City and the Los Angeles Lakers at least once this season.
-The Wizards are the only team in the NBA that has defeated the Bulls in Chicago and the Heat in Miami this season.
-The Wizards have won three consecutive games for the first time since April 4-9 of 2008. The last time the Wizards won four straight games was December 9-15 of 2007.
-Kevin Seraphin has scored 10 or more points in 12 consecutive starts at center. The last Washington player to score 10 or more points in 12 consecutive starts at center was Gheorghe Muresan. Muresan scored 10 or more points in 16 consecutive starts during the 1995-96 season. Seraphin has scored 10 or more points in 13 straight games overall.
-John Wall had 13 points, 13 assists, six rebounds and four steals at Miami (4/21). The last Wizard to record these numbers in the same game was John Wall. Wall had 19 points, 13 assists, 10 rebounds and six steals versus Houston on November 10, 2010.
-Wizards-Bobcats connections...Bobcats Owner Michael Jordan was the Wizards president of basketball operations from 2000-2001 before deciding to come out of retirement and play for the team from 2001-2003… Wizards guard Jordan Crawford and Bobcats forward Derrick Brown played together at Xavier in 2008-2009.

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Reynolds in Good Company
Mark Reynolds on his contract:
Josh Byrnes on the Reynolds contract:
Mark Reynolds and the D-backs agreed to a contract extension this week for three years and an option for a fourth, allowing the club to buy out a pair of arbitration years and possibly a year of free agency if the D-backs exercise the option.
Reynolds is yet another good, young player signed to a multi-year deal for the D-backs this offseason. He joined Justin Upton, who signed a deal two weeks ago, and Edwin Jackson who signed a deal back in February.
Here’s a little statistical fun for you.
These are six players in their Age 25 season. The most recent is Reynolds, obviously. These players weren’t chosen at random. These are all guys who are sometimes derisively deemed “high-strikeout” players, but they’re all significant offensive contributors to their teams.
Player V – 1971 (150 games) 32 HR, 29 2B, 161 SO, .352 OBP, .508 SLG, 860 OPS
Player W – 1975 (158 games) 38 HR, 34 2B, 180 SO, .367 OBP, .523 SLG, .890 OPS
Player X – 2005 (160 games) 35 2B, 40 HR, 168 SO, .387 OBP, .540 SLG, 927 OPS
Player Y – 2005 (88 games) 22 HR, 17 2B, 100 SO, .356 OBP, .567 SLG, .924 OPS
Player Z – 2006 (159 games) 19 HR, 31 2B, 174 SO, .335 OBP, .433 SLG, .773 OPS
Reynolds – 2009 (155 games) 44 HR, 30 2B, 223 SO, .349 OBP, .543 SLG, .892 OPS
For comparison’s sake, this is what the counting stats for “Player Y” would be if multiplied by 1.8 to reach 158 games (40 HR, 31 2B, 180 SO).
The names will be listed at the end of this blog.
To add another layer, Reynolds has more positional value than all but one of these players. Reynolds and “Player W” are both third baseman, while four are outfielders, one is a first baseman. Only one of them, an outfielder, is even considered an above-average or better defensive player.
Reynolds gives the D-backs some significant punch in the middle of the lineup, but it’s made even more valuable when you consider the position scarcity. Finding an outfielder who can hit 40-plus home runs is easier to do than finding a third baseman who can do the same. And by playing third, Reynolds gives the D-backs the ability to use those outfield positions to find more offensive contributors.
Third base is one of the more offensively scarce positions in baseball, along with second base, right behind shortstop and catcher.
In 2009, National League third basemen posted a cumulative .756 OPS, approximately 70 points lower than Reynolds. The average NL third baseman in 2009 had 20 home runs, 31 doubles, 83 runs and 83 RBI, all well below Reynolds’ totals (44/30/98/102).
It’s tough to say where Reynolds’ career trajectory will go, but it’s worth noting that every player (except Reynolds… for now) on the above list is an All-Star, and the two older ones are in the Hall of Fame.

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Step-by-step: No
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The NBA could fine Cuban for his Friday suggestion that the Lakers consider releasing star Kobe Bryant through their one-time amnesty provision. The NBA caught wind of Cuban’s comments and is now deciding whether it should fine the outspoken owner, according to the Los Angeles Times.
If the Lakers were to amnesty Bryant, they would still pay his $30.5 million salary, which tops any other NBA paycheck, without his contract counting against the salary cap, thus saving in excess of $30 million in luxury tax.
Cuban, in an attempt to explain the Mavericks’ current state—at tenth in the standings and threatening to miss the playoffs—mentioned the Lakers as he discussed the new collective bargaining agreement’s effect on teams paying the luxury tax.
“If you look at their payroll, even if Dwight (Howard) comes back, you've got to ask the question: Should they amnesty Kobe?” Cuban said during an appearance on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM's “Ben and Skin Show.”
“So I'm just saying that hypothetically. When I say amnesty Kobe, I don't think they'd do it, but they've got some choices to make. Now, they're in a big market, but they're still limited. The Knicks, the same thing. Boston, same thing.”
Cuban said Sunday he did not expect the NBA to take action, citing instances in which NBA commissioner David Stern and other franchises have made reference to specific players.
"Whenever the commissioner or any other team talks about the CBA, they talk about Dallas and Tyson Chandler, or Dallas and Dirk (Nowitzki) and what's going to happen," Cuban said. "You've got to use examples. I was clear in saying it was hypothetical and I expected him to be in LA, but he was a good example because they have the highest payroll in the league."
Bryant became aware of the comments and answered Sunday against Cuban’s Mavericks with one of his best games this season. Bryant posted 38 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists and shot 13-of-21 from the field in the Lakers’ 103-99 afternoon win.
Then came the kicker from Bryant’s personal Twitter account: “Amnesty THAT.”
Amnesty THAT— Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) February 24, 2013
But he wasn’t done.
"I'm sure if he wants to amnesty Dirk, that's something that we'll entertain," Bryant said Sunday, not far removed from a perfect 5-of-5 shooting fourth quarter.
The Mavericks do not intend to waive Nowitzki’s $22.7 million salary.
Sounds like the old Western Conference rivalry still has some fire, but Cuban said he liked to poke the Lakers more when Phil Jackson and Shaquille O’Neal were with the franchise.
"It's nowhere near as fun. They would always take the bait," Cuban said Sunday, according to the Times.

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Step-by-step: No
Training: No

The article does not provide a clear sequence of ordered steps or procedural instructions for a specific task. Instead, it discusses comments made by Mark Cuban regarding the NBA, Kobe Bryant, and salary cap implications in a narrative format, which does not facilitate deep reasoning through structured guidance. The information is more focused on context and opinions rather than offering detailed, actionable steps that could enhance reasoning capabilities.


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July was another great month for us here at Dungeon’s Master. In July we began our poll to find the best feats in 4e D&D and thanks to your voting we’re half way there. Our articles on two-hit minions, revamping the skill training system, and reasons to say no to your players all received a lot of comments and sparked lively debate. On the last day of July we posted a preview of the upcoming D&D Game Day which is already proving to be a very popular topic (although I’m sure the scans of the 13 character themes from the upcoming Neverwinter Campaign Setting are at least partly responsible for the traffic spike).
We’d like to thank everyone for visiting us in July and we hope you’ve enjoyed what you read enough to keep coming back throughout August. If you missed any of our articles from July we take this opportunity at the beginning of every month to give you a quick one-stop shop where you can see everything at a glance. This is your chance to read (or reread) all of the articles we ran in July.
- 5 Reasons to Say No – Although the 4e mantra is “Say Yes,” we look at some very reasonable exceptions when its ok to “Say No.”
- Confessions of a D&D Camp Councilor: Year II – Finding the Ideal DMs – Bauxtehude returns to D&D Camp for another year, this time as the director.
- D&D Core Rules: Role Playing – In response to the Wizard article on the core rules of D&D, Wimwick wondered why there was no mention of role-playing?
- Eenie, Meennie, Mini – How much of an impact do minis have on your game?
- Forget Training Skills; Let’s Go Back to a Skill Point System – Drawing on previous editions of D&D, we explored one way in which skills training in 4e could be reworked.
- How Do You Like Your Dungeon Maps? Whether you use tiles or draw your maps yourself, they are in integral part of D&D whether you like it or not.
- June RPG Blog Carnival Round Up – June’s RPG Blog Carnival ended with this round-up of all the great submissions.
- Two-Hit Minions – Just when you though minions couldn’t get any better we rolled out the two-hit minions.
- What Do You Mean All My Magic Items Are Gone! – Have you ever taken away all of a party’s magical items? It may restore the power level but it often leaves very angry players.
- Choosing An Epic Destiny Is Harder Than You Think – As our campaign moves closer to the epic tier we look at the difficulties of choosing just the right Epic Destiny for your PC.
- What are the Best Feats? Round 1, Vote Now! – Although voting is closed, check out the original 32 feats in our poll and see how the voting turned out. I’ll bet some of the results surprise you as much as they did me.
- What are the Best Feats? Round 2, Vote Now! – With 16 feats remaining in our round-robin, we try to narrow down the best feats to the top 8. Voting continues for another week.
D&D Encounters and D&D Game Day
Visit the Dungeon’s Master D&D Encounters Archive for all of our ongoing weekly coverage as well as other great D&D Encounters articles and resources.
D&D Encounters: Dark Legacy of Evard
- D&D Encounters: Dark Legacy of Evard (Week 9)
- D&D Encounters: Dark Legacy of Evard (Week 10)
- D&D Encounters: Dark Legacy of Evard (Week 11)
- D&D Encounters: Dark Legacy of Evard (Week 12)
D&D Encounters: Lost Crown of Neverwinter
- D&D Game Day: Gates of Neverdeath Preview – A prequel for D&D Encounters season 6, in this preview we provide all 13 character themes from the forthcoming Neverwinter Campaign Setting.
- Ameron’s 2011 GenCon Schedule – If you’re going to be in Indianapolis for GenCon this summer, check out my schedule and see if we have any games in common. I’m always happy to chat with our readers.
- In Anticipation of GenCon: Convention Tips 6 for Players, 6 for DMs – This article is one of our greatest hits and is certainly worth another look even if you’re not going to GenCon.
The Skill Challenges tab at the top of the page provides easy access to all of our skill aides and skill challenges.
- Skill Challenge Next – Wimwick shares how he jump started skill challenges in our home campaign after they stalled in many recent games.
A Look Ahead
At the beginning of August we have GenCon, which means plenty of great reports from Indianapolis. We’ll have the final weekly field report of D&D Encounters: Dark Legacy of Evard as well as a report card on the entire season highlighting the good and bad. Tomorrow we’ll share a preview of season 6, D&D Encounter: Lost Crown of Neverwinter and then follow that up with weekly field reports as the season progresses.
Throughout August you can also expect new adventure hooks, skill challenges, a look at moving your game to the epic tier, and we’ll finish our poll to determine the best feats. Bauxtehude has also promised us more stories from D&D camp. It looks like August will be full of more great 4e D&D materials so be sure to visit us every day.

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Step-by-step: No
Training: No

The article does not provide a clear sequence of ordered steps for completing a specific task; instead, it summarizes past articles and upcoming content without a procedural structure. Additionally, the content lacks detailed instructions that would support training a language model in deeper reasoning or problem-solving, as it primarily offers commentary and previews rather than systematic guidelines or methodologies.


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Xavier University of Louisiana Team Page
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas -- Steffen Giles-Osborn and Sean Richardson remained unbeaten in doubles in the spring semester, and Viktor Svoboda overcame a first-set singles shutout Saturday to clinch Xavier Univetsity of Louisiana's 7-2 men's tennis victory against Bethany (Kan.) in the Prairie View A&M Invitational.
The Gold Rush (3-1), ranked ninth in the NAIA, finished 2-0 in the event and extended its win streak to three straight. Bethany, ranked 16th, is 1-2.
Giles-Osborn and Richardson scored the first point of the dual and improved to 4-0 for the semester with an 8-6 victory against Michael Van Den Bogaert and Alex Sandri at No. 3 doubles. Loic Didavi and Zach Taylor put the Rush ahead to stay, 2-1, with an 8-4 victory against Marcelo Alecio and Kane Olsen at No. 1.
Taylor and Didavi won in straight sets at the top two singles flights to make it 4-1, then Svoboda clinched with his 0-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-2 victory against Olsen at No. 3. Amir Rahbar won in a super-tiebreaker at No. 5 after dropping the first set, and Richardson won in straight sets at No. 6.
Bethany's Shane Huggins, a first cousin of XU newcomer Corey Huggins, was responsible for both of the Swedes' points. He and Jack Schoeman beat Corey Huggins and Svoboda 9-7 at No. 2 doubles, and he defeated Giles-Osborn 6-1, 6-0 at No. 4 singles.
The victory was Xavier's first against a ranked opponent since beating Martin Methodist in the title match of an NAIA unaffiliated group qualifying tournament this past April, and it was the second straight year the Rush beat Bethany 7-2.
"This was a tough match," XU coach Alan Green said. "Bethany is much improved from last year and is definitely deserving of their ranking. Our guys are really coming together and playing like they are hungry for something. I hope it continues."
The Gold Rush are 25-2 in February duals dating to 2008.
Next Saturday the Gold Rush will play Gulf Coast Athletic Conference opponent Tougaloo at 9 a.m. and NAIA No. 22 Belhaven at 3 p.m. at the University of New Orleans Tennis Center. Meanwhile, this current trip will conclude after the XU women visit McNeese State at noon Sunday.

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Step-by-step: No
Training: No

The article does not provide a clear sequence of ordered steps that guide the reader through completing a task; instead, it offers a summary of a sports match, including player performances and results. Furthermore, the procedural instructions necessary for training a language model capable of deeper reasoning are absent, as the content lacks structured steps or detailed processes that could facilitate analytical or reasoning tasks.


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Jordan Brand Athletes Will Wear These Jordan PE Sneakers During The 2013 NBA Playoffs
We’ve told you in the past about all of the perks that come along with being a Jordan Brand athlete. From free Air Jordan sneakers to meetings with Michael Jordan himself, there are a lot of advantages to aligning yourself with the Jordan Brand. And, a bunch of NBA players are finding out one more perk that comes with riding with the Jordan Brand during the NBA Playoffs—special PE sneakers that are created solely for the postseason.
Over the weekend, the 2013 NBA Playoffs started with 16 teams fighting for the chance to advance to the second round. Those 16 teams are filled with different Jordan Brand athletes who are also fighting for something else—mentions on sneaker blogs. As a result, guys like New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony, Los Angeles Clippers guard Chris Paul, Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook, Miami Heat guard Ray Allen, and Clippers forward Blake Griffin all showed off fresh Jordan PE kicks during their respective games. Anthony wore a special white Jordan Melo M9. Allen and Westbrook opted for a special Air Jordan XX8 that featured their team colors. And, CP3 went with the Jordan CP3.VI AE. Each sneaker was fully customized for each player and, in most cases, will not be available in stores. But the PE sneakers give players the chance to show off what they’re able to wear when they’re riding with the Jordan Brand.
To see all of the sneakers that the Jordan Brand is providing for its athletes during the NBA Playoffs, take a look below. You can expect to see these sneakers a lot this week as the playoffs continue. We also wouldn’t be surprised to see a few more Jordan Brand PE sneakers debut during the playoffs. With the Jordan Brand looking to make as big a splash as possible during the postseason, they’re going to pull out all of the stops. And that will make their athletes—and all of the sneakerheads out there—very, very happy.

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Step-by-step: No
Training: No

The article does not provide a clear sequence of ordered steps for completing a task, nor does it contain well-structured procedural instructions. Instead, it offers a narrative about Jordan Brand athletes and their customized sneakers during the NBA Playoffs, which lacks the detailed, actionable guidance necessary for training a language model in deeper reasoning or procedural reasoning.


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Duke’s ‘01 ‘Miracle Minute’ Beats Maryland
With Duke and Maryland set to renew their bitter rivalry on Wednesday, let’s take a look back at a miracle 98-96 overtime road victory for the Blue Devils over the Terps in 2001.
Duke erased a 10-point deficit in the final minute thanks in part to guard Jason Williams, who scored eight points in 13 seconds - drilling two 3-pointers - before Nate James’ two free throws with 21 ticks left eventually sent it to OT.
Maryland had a chance to win it at the end of regulation, but a 3-pointer by Drew Nicholas missed as time expired. Duke’s Shane Battier scored the last six points of overtime to help his team secure the win.
It was a landmark win for the Blue Devils, who went on to win the national championship with a roster full of future NBA players like Williams, Battier, Carlos Boozer, Chris Duhon and Mike Dunleavy, Jr.
This season, the Blue Devils sit tied atop the ACC standings with NC State and Florida State, while the Terps have split their four conference games.

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Step-by-step: No
Training: No

The article does not provide a clear sequence of ordered steps or procedural instructions. Instead, it narrates a historical basketball game without any structured approach that would guide a reader through a task, making it unsuitable for training a language model focused on deeper reasoning or procedural tasks. The narrative lacks detail and organization necessary for step-by-step instructions or comprehensive training guidelines.


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Wow, I'm still in a daze. Atlanta LinuxFest (ALF) was an incredible event. It was held at the IBM facility in Atlanta on Saturday.
Wow, I'm still in a daze. Atlanta LinuxFest (ALF) was an incredible event. It was held at the IBM facility in Atlanta on Saturday.
Wanted to drop a quick note about ALF...
I'll be speaking at the Atlanta LinuxFest, talking about the Ubuntu Kernel. This will talk about the team, how we develop & maintain the Ubuntu Kernel.
In fact there are several Canonical folks talking at ALF.
Its been a bit since I've blogged last. Most of it is due to moving. We moved from Raleigh NC to a small town in the western part of NC called Union Mills. The good thing is we are on a farm, we have lots of land, space, fresh air... however the Net connection just plain sucks.
I'm 2.3 miles from the CO, so the best I can get with DSL is a 3m/384k connection thru AT&T. So I called AT&T commercial and was assured I could be 2x bonded ADSL lines that would give me effectively a 6mb connection. Guess what? The fibbed. In the end I had to settle for 2x ADSL lines not bonded, and I elected for the non-commercial option since it was far cheaper.
Now came the big question how to best effectively use em'. After hitting up Google I found lots of interesting solutions. Most were very complex, routing various protocols out this interface or that.... I wanted something that would give me the closest to a load balanced connection as possible.
I'm using a old HP Desktop with 3 network cards as my gateway router running Jaunty 9.04 Server Edition.
Below is what I came up with using ip route and iptables. I put in bogus IPs to keep it as real as possible.
First I added two routing tables to the
Then I found a script on the net and used it as a template and hacked it up as so:
# DSL Lines are IF0 & IF1, IF2 is local net.
# IP Addr on Gateway matching interfaces above
# DSL IPs
# Network addresses
# Routing table entries
# Set up routes
ip route add $P0_NET dev $IF0 src $IP0 table $T1
ip route add default via $P0 table $T1
ip route add $P1_NET dev $IF1 src $IP1 table $T2
ip route add default via $P1 table $T2
ip route add $P0_NET dev $IF0 src $IP0
ip route add $P1_NET dev $IF1 src $IP1
# Set up default route to balance between both interfaces
ip route add default scope global nexthop via $P0 dev $IF0 weight 1 \
nexthop via $P1 dev $IF1 weight 1
# Add the rules for the routing tables
ip rule add from $IP0 table $T1
ip rule add from $IP1 table $T2
# Now for the masq bits
iptables -t nat -F
iptables -t nat -X
iptables -t filter -F
iptables -t filter -X
#iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o $IF0 -j MASQUERADE
#iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o $IF1 -j MASQUERADE
iptables -t nat -I POSTROUTING -s 172.31.0.0/24 -j MASQUERADE
# Turn on ip_forwarding
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
iptables -A FORWARD -i $IF2 -s 172.31.0.0/24 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A FORWARD -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
# Flush routing every four hours
echo 144000 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/route/secret_interval
It works like this... Each time a connection is established outbound, the server will decide which interface to route it out of. This should be a rough 50/50 split. The server decides based on congestion and a few other factors. Only one connection can only ever be established over the same route.
If I was start a download, it will only ever utilize a single connection, another download from the same IP will also utilize the same connection. This is due to the kernel having already cached the route. If a 3rd download to a new server was to be started it will likely be established over the second connection due to the first route being congested and the second route is idle.
The route will be flushed 4 hours after the first download completes, then a new decision with be made on how to contact the original server.
I've been using this for a bit now and it seems to do what I need it to do... give me a faster response time when I have intensive net operations going on, like vonage & rsync's to offsite machines.
By no means am I a iptables or routing guru. If anyone has any other suggestions or better ways to do it I'd love to hear them.
This weekend I took the family to the mountains of western North Carolina. That is where my wife was born and raised and we will be moving there when the kids get of school in June.
The weather was a bit crappy today and that gave my wife lots of time to continue her investigation of Ubuntu. If you want to read its here: http://amber.redvoodoo.org
I find it very enlightening reading it. She has not been asking for my help and I have to deliberately stay away so I don't volunteer. One thing I found very informational is the Ubuntu help. To be honest I never bothered to read it. Watching her use it she was grumbling about sudo. That caught my attention so I listened more... "Why do I care what sudo does?, why do I care about a command line?" were some of the statements I heard her utter. The one that really struck me was "on my Mac I *never* use command line..." Hmmmm, it was at that point I realized we (techies) assume everyone will need to sudo and use a terminal, if we did a better job of designing interfaces they wouldn't need to. In fact you have to hunt for the terminal application on a Mac. We have it in the accessiories menu. Something to think about.
At Red Hat I managed the Base OS group and that dealt with primarily userspace & plumbing so I never really thought about how to make it better. At Canonical I manage the Kernel Team and again I don't give the desktop much thought. I have been using Linux so long I remember when you had to configure FVWM to launch your applications. Anything that was easier than that to me has been a big win. I just take it for granted you need to do things different than Windows & Mac users do. Watching Amber struggle to understand things has given me a whole new appreciation as to the work we as a community need to do.
Amber managed to get on Freeenode and join #ubuntu-women and join the ubuntu-women mailing list (her first mailing list subscription ever!). The folks in the channel were very patient and supportive of her endvour with Linux. She is very much enjoying the community aspect of it all.
I had no sooner got home from Europe when my wife Amber has the idea that she wants to use Ubuntu. (Thats what I get for getting her an Ubuntu T-Shirt with "Linux for Human Beings" on the back.)
My wife was a die hard windows user for years. When I got tired of being her personal admin, we moved to a Mac. For me a Mac was close enough to Linux in that I could ssh in, do most thing remotely... As of yesterday I couldn't pry a Mac out of her cold dead hands...
Over the years I had tried to move here to various Red Hat flavors since I worked at Red Hat, we tried RHL, Fedora, RHEL WS, and every time it met with abysmal failure. Usually it manifested itself as some sort of failure when I was out of town, she couldn't print, WIFI wouldn't work, or just her plain impatience when it comes to button clicking. If something doesn't immediately return she keeps clicking, selecting more and more menu choices until the computer grinds to a halt with 10,000 dialog boxes all over the screen with wording she does not understand.
So I'm back aboard the "convert the wife to Linux" train yet again. This time I don't get to help, advise or otherwise participate. I gave her an old laptop the Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid CD and showed her how to "press F12" to get to the boot selection menu.
She is blogging about it if you want to follow the saga you can here:
Cuz God knows I'm living it... *sigh*
It has been a long few weeks, with that said I'll try and recap some of the more interesting things that have been going on with Ubuntu, specifically the kernel happenings in the Jaunty Jackalope release.
The Platform Team met in Berlin for the Jaunty Platform Sprint for the week of 2-6 Feb. This was an incredible event with the vast majority of the Canonical Engineering teams. We had both cross team and individual sub-team tracks. The kernel track covered all of the release roadmap items and administrative topics.
I'll talk about some of the roadmap items and the most interesting highlights...
The Jaunty Kernel version will be 2.6.28. We considered 2.6.29, it was not selected however due to all of the major changes. The primary reasons were due to the large number new features that are scheduled to land in it. Regression of functionality is a large concern and there would be a good chance of that happening given when estimated date that Linus will declare it baked. Unfortunately it just doesn't line up with the Jaunty release cycle. On the bright side... for Jaunty+1 we will have time to shake out any issues and are looking towards 2.6.30 or .31
Suspend & Resume
We are making the suspend & resume one of our top priorities for this cycle. We ran a suspend and resume workshop with every notebook at the sprint.
Surprisingly we had a small number of failures. Most of them were on resume with NVidia video. We did not test the priority divers only the free ones. Out of 65 machines tested (various models) there were 12 failures.
We will be issuing a Call For Testing at the Beta release, however for those of you that want to play along at home early you can visit the Suspend/Resume wiki here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/SuspendResumeTesting and some more of the background material is here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/SuspendResume
Some other notable suspend and resume news for Jaunty...
As the Ubuntu Intrepid release came down to the wire we ended having a serious bug (LP #264019). This bug was very difficult due to the way it manifested itself. First some background.
For a number of years the Linux Kernel had something called TCP Timestamping in the kernel. In 2.6.27 in the rc1 timeframe upstream did some TCP stack fixes and one of these broke some very old consumer grade DSL modems and routers. Keep in mind the fixes in question are technically correct, they follow the requisite IETF RFCs. It was this old consumer grade equipment that was at fault. All this is documented in kernel bugzilla in bug #11721. In the end a patch was developed that reset the TCP ordering.
Ok, after all this why is this such a big deal? Timing and the nature of the bug. A user reported that without this patch they could not connect to our archive servers over the Internet. This posed a problem for any user that had the old hardware. They would be unable to get the fix via the normal update method. Not a good thing.
So the next question would be why not just add the kernel patch? Thats where the timing issue comes in. We were at a point in the release cycle where to spin, test and validate a new kernel would have delayed the release up to a week.
We decided to go with a temporary workaround. The workaround would all the affected users the ability to get the fixed kernel. In parallel we prepared a security kernel that was ready in the archive by the time the Intrepid images hit the mirrors. The security kernel turns off the workaround we put into the procps package, and contains only the patch to fix this issue.
Decisions like this are made all the time by Distribution vendors. Its walking a fine line between whats best for the users and the amount of work, cost and end user expectation. We don't take issues like this lightly, all parts of the Ubuntu team and the highest levels of Canonical management are involved.
I hope this helps clairify things for people.
P.S. Its currently 14:43 London time as I write this and the security kernel has not yet hit the archive. Don't worry its making in the process of being published. It hould the archive shortly.
I received a comment on my blog, referencing the Kernel Team requiring a LP bug prior to committing a patch to the tree. The person commenting called it "Bureaucracy". I thought this would be the common reaction so I wanted to raise it here. My response is below...
Its not about bureaucracy, its about accountability. We add numerous patches during a cycle. While most do have a LP entry there are quite a few that don't. The problem manifests itself when someone can't remember why they added the patch. Obviously it was intended to fix a problem. There have been occasions where the patch, while fixing one bug introduced a much bigger one. When going back through the history trying to figure out why we would add it, the usual answer is "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
We are striving to stick as closely as possible to upstream, and every patch we add, whether a backport from a newer kernel or a sauce patch needs to have a bug attached. This is common a common "Change Control Measure". If it worth adding it should have a valid bug attached.
For a job that is "Work from home" I'm sure not home a whole lot. Looks like I'll be in London in Aug (14th - 22nd). I'm soliciting suggestions on what to do over the weekend. Thoughts anyone?
I'll be traveling every month up to the end of the year. In Sep, Linux Plumbers Conference, in Oct. a visit to our office in Taiwan, Nov. another conference Linux End User Collaboration Summit and in Dec the Ubuntu Developer Summit in CA. Thats only the ones I know about, I'm sure a few others will get squeezed in.
I've been neglect in posting to the Blog. Since starting with Canonical I've had lots of questions about the company, Ubuntu community, culture etc... I'm planing on taking some time and doing a detailed posting in the near future. So if your interested stay tuned.
Since my last posting I've received numerous, emails, IMs & text messages about going to work for Canonical. All in all, the majority have been good wishes and "glad to have you back in the community" messages. However I have had numerous questions so I thought I'd answer here since my blog is where it all originated from.
Q. What are you going to be doing?
A. Ubuntu Kernel Manager. (The following is more for my family since the title means nothing to them). Here is the job description:
Job Title: Ubuntu Kernel Team Manager
Job Location: Your home, given appropriate facilities including broadband Internet
Reports to: Ubuntu CTO (Matt Zimmerman)
Job Summary: Drive the leading edge of desktop and server OS technology based on the Linux kernel, open source methodology, and a supportive community of users and developers.
Key responsibilities and accountabilities:
• Lead a team of engineers responsible for the development and maintenance of the Ubuntu branch of the Linux kernel
• Take overall responsibility for day to day kernel development
• Manage project plans and schedules
• Encourage and enable community participation in accordance with the unique philosophies and practices of Ubuntu
• Ensure worldclass hardware compatibility for Ubuntu by working with vendor and OEM partners to deliver driver support for their components and systems
• Provide direct line management for a fastmoving team of 5+ individuals
• Provide regular updates on program results and provide feedback and new action plans if necessary
• Lead and participate in regular development “sprints” involving international travel, 4+ weeklong trips per year
Required skills and experience:
• Proven track record in project management and management of smallmedium sized teams at a global level
• 3 to 5 years experience in technical project management, Linux and open source focus strongly preferred
• Solid knowledge of software/software industry trends, particularly open source software
• Strong English language communication skills, especially in online
environments such as mailing lists and IRC
• Fundamental technical understanding of the Linux kernel and its development, and with architectural
principles of Linux distributions (including packaging)
• Ability to effectively interact with diverse group of people (technical, nontechnical); multitask when necessary
• Ability to be productive in a globally distributed team through selfdiscipline and selfmotivation, delivering according to a schedule.
• Selfdriven, results oriented with a positive outlook, detail oriented, responsive, proactive
Short and sweet... more details to follow. This was more to save me the multiple explanations.
I decided to leave HP and have taken a position with Canonical as the Ubuntu Kernel Manager.
Why leave HP? The job I was doing was not working with Linux. Yea yea I knew that going in but I wasn't prepared for the Linux withdrawal. The offer from Canonical was very interesting and I just couldn't refuse.
I will be working out of my home in NC, as such I've been busy getting the upstairs guest bed room ready as an office. As part of the exercise I've managed to gather up about 3 large totes of misc cables, part and computer bits that I need to get rid of. Becca decided she wants to have a yard sale and keep the money she makes from it. Like dad would ever have a say? It is good to get rid of the junk.
We'll be going to the mountains for the Memorial Day weekend, hopefully hooking up with Greg & Tammy and mucho brews.
More to follow...
© 2010 Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu and Canonical are registered trademarks of Canonical Ltd.

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**Step-by-step: No**
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I am hesitant to write today’s FITFS (Following in the FootSteps) series for two reasons. The first is that Kathleen Korthuis, Lois’s sister passed away October 5, 2012 and so her focus is on preparing Kay’s eulogy and dealing with the sorrow and loss experienced by her family, friends and herself. You know that the purpose of FITFS is to honor my heroes. Writers of the blogging world who inspire me to be better and to somehow emulate them. Writers have allowed me in some way to be part of their life. I decided to go ahead with this post to let Lois know that she is in our hearts at this very difficult time.
The second reason I hesitated is that Lois is exactly who I would like emulate but she has set the bar high. She is the ideal for me and I am in awe of her life and what she has accomplished and continues to accomplish.
Like me, Lois Roelofs has her heroes and certainly the most important was her sister Kay who was her lifelong career mentor. In fact both of them attended the Blodgett Memorial Hospital School of Nursing and Lois’s 50th reunion takes place this weekend prior to Kay’s service. How bitter sweet that must be. Kay graduated in 1955, Lois in 1962, – oh and me from South Waterloo Memorial Hospital in 1969. That’s right. There is a sisterhood bond here beyond writing, nursing and blogging.
You know how some people, like all of my heroes, do what so many do, but they do it with that extra touch of class? It is that extra touch that I guess I want to emulate.
Lois, says in her ‘About’ page that she initially started the Blog to center around the publication of her career memoir, Caring Lessons: A Nursing Professor’s Journey of Faith and Self. She is a Chicago girl, wife, Mom, and Grandma.
Being a nurse from about the same era touches my heart and makes me get all mushy about old hospitals and old uniforms. (I still think the old fashioned hats signifying who the registered nurse is instead of non-nursing staff was wonderful. We worked hard to get those black bands on crisply starched hats). I took the photo below from the Blodgett web site and Lois also has the same one on her post of October 6th. Kay helped open the first intensive care unit in the country in 1958 and she is the nurse poised over the desk.
Lois I know this FITFS may seem more about Kay than you and someday soon I may do another honoring only yourself for your incredible achievements. But I hope you will let me join you in dedicating this post to your sister,
KATHLEEN E. KORTHUIS, PhD, RN 1934-2012
Folks I hope you will stop by to visit Lois, read about her incredible life, say hi, and leave a comment or two.
- FITFS Lenore’s Thoughts Exactly (bridgesburning.wordpress.com)
- FITFS Our Soul Dipper Amy (bridgesburning.wordpress.com)
- FITFS Barb19 Passionate About Pets and People Australian Style (bridgesburning.wordpress.com)
- Once a nurse, always a nurse… (nursingstories.org)
- In Memoriam – Kathleen E. Korthuis, PhD, RN, 1934-2012 (loisroelofs.com)

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Step-by-step: No
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January 12, 2011
Parker ready to take more trips
During the practices leading up to the prestigious U.S. Army All-American Bowl, and in the game, defensive end Juda Parker proved he can compete with the nation's elite. A commitment to Tennessee earlier in the process, Parker is now drawing the most recruiting interest from Hawaii, Colorado and Oregon State. He has scheduled visits to check out Boulder and Corvallis. Read on for more.
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Step-by-step: No
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Last week I was faced with the task of deciding what to do with an extra chocolate sheet cake. I know, such a difficult position to be in. I wasn’t interested in making another basic frosted cake, so I grabbed some cookie cutters and started cutting out shapes. The cake was too thick for the cookie cutters to slice through, so I had to finish the job with a knife.
Yet another task arose: what to do with the cake triangles? With some leftover buttercream to work with, the obvious choice was cake sandwiches, with some peaches for good measure. Insta-dessert. Done up with a chocolate drizzle and garnish, an elegant dessert at that.
If you’d like your own cake problem, here is the basic chocolate cake recipe I used. It’s a sturdy cake, so it’ll hold up just peachy (I tried to stop myself from including the pun, but it was quite persuasive) when you take a knife to it. Also, are you sick of overly sweet cake? Me too! The flavor of this cake is more chocolatey than sweet. Enjoy the dark chocolate flavor, or add a few more tablespoons of sugar if you’d like. If you eat it with buttercream, that takes care of the sweetness quite well.
Makes 1 9×13-inch sheet cake
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1/2 cup sugar
2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup non-dairy milk plus 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
1 tablespoon agave nectar
1/3 cup canola oil
1 teaspoons vanilla
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Sift together the flour and cocoa powder in a large bowl. Stir in the sugar, baking powder and soda, and salt.
Mix together the milk and apple cider vinegar and let sit for 3-4 minutes. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and pour in the milk and vinegar mixture, agave nectar, canola oil, and vanilla. Whisk together all the ingredients until combined. The batter should be thick, much like muffin batter.
Pour into a 9×13-inch pan lined with parchment paper. Bake for 28-30 mins until the cake is very firm, and springs back when touched, rather than smushing down. Let cool before cutting.
Assembly: Everything was all rather improvised! I cut the cake into triangles (saving the scraps for another dessert!), then sliced each triangle in the center to make a frosting sandwich. I chopped up a peach, mixed it into a bowl of buttercream, and spread a spoonful of frosting in each triangle. Finally, I garnished each cake sandwich with a buttercream swirl and a peach slice. This made about 1 dozen sandwiches.
So why did I have all this extra cake? I don’t know about you, but sometimes I like to do things like sculpting and painting a giant cake that looks like my dog. My grandma and cousin came for a visit, so that was some incentive as well, but sometimes it’s just fun to break out my cake supplies and make something crazy.
Drake totally loved it, I swear.
This supply of cake is pretty much never ending, so stay tuned for cake pops made with the scraps and leftover buttercream!

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Step-by-step: Yes
Training: No

The article provides a clear sequence of ordered steps for baking and assembling a chocolate sheet cake, making it easy for the reader to follow. However, while the instructions are clear and ordered regarding the baking process, they lack the depth and structure required for training a language model capable of deeper reasoning, as they don't delve into the underlying principles or reasoning behind each step.


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Hong Kong: Saina Nehwal moved into the second round of the Yonex Sunrise Hong Kong Open badminton tournament with a 21-4, 21-17 win over Tsz Ka Chan (Hong Kong) on Wednesday.
Fourth-seeded Saina will next take on Jie Yao of the Netherlands.
Meanwhile, Ajay Jayaram, who reached the last 16 at the World Championships stunned world No. 6 Sho Sasaki in his opening match of the men's singles event.
Jayaram, ranked 34th in the world beat the sixth seeded Japanese 14-21, 21-18, 21-14 in 49 minutes to set up a clash with Jie Yao of Holland in the second round.
Arvind Bhat and Gurusai Dutt also advanced to the second round of the men's singles event.
Bhat defeated Tien Chen Chou of Chinese Taipei 21-18, 21-15 while Dutt got the better of French player, Brice Leverdez 21-11, 21-16.
Bhat will play second-seeded Chinese Long Chen while Gurusai Dutt takes on another Chinese Pengyu Du, seded seventh.

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Step-by-step: No
Training: No

The article does not provide a clear sequence of ordered steps for completing a task but instead presents a summary of badminton tournament results. The information is presented in a narrative format rather than as structured procedural instructions, making it unsuitable for training a language model for deeper reasoning tasks that require sequential or procedural clarity.


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Brazil on top on eve of World Championships
Following this past week’s FIVB Rome Grand Slam, the world’s best beach volleyball tandems will head towards Poland for the ninth FIVB World Championships to be held July 1-7.
Following the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, the 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball international schedule resumes immediately in Switzerland with the $440,000 FIVB Gstaad Grand Slam.
Following the stop in Switzerland, the FIVB World Tour returns to the United States for the first time in 10 years when it visits Southern California for the $440,000 FIVB Long Beach Grand Slam, July 22-28 for another double-gender event.
A pair of new teams, both with veterans, Brazil continues to lead both the men and women’s FIVB Beach Volleyball standings. Riding atop the men’s season point standings is Brazil’s new team of Pedro Salgado/Bruno Oscar Schmidt while leading the women’s action is another new Brazilian team, Talita Antunes/Taiana Lima.
The fourth double gender Grand Slam event on the 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour was held this past week in Italy with the $440,000 FIVB Rome Grand Slam.
The men had their first repeat winner of the 2013 season as Phil Dalhausser/Sean Rosenthal of the United States defeated Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins of Latvia for the gold medal. It was Dalhausser’s 25th FIVB World Tour victory and the sixth for Rosenthal.
On the women’s side, Brazil’s Antunes/Lima won their third FIVB World Tour event of the season with a three-set win over USA’s 2012 Olympic silver medalists Jennifer Kessy/April Ross.
It was Antunes’ 16th career FIVB international victory and third for Lima. With the beach volleyball world collectively turning its eyes to Stare Jablonki and the FIVB World Championships, midway through the men’s FIVB international season, Brazil’s Salgado/Schmidt have collected 3,020 points and lead Latvia’s second-place Janis Smedins/Aleksandrs Samoilovs by 180 points and USA’s third-place Jake Gibb/Casey Patterson by 370 points.
In the season earnings race, Brazil’s Salgado/Schmidt lead with $87,775, followed by Latvia’s Smedins/Samoilovs with $83,700 and USA’s Gibb/Patterson with $72,500.
In 2013 FIVB women’s international competition, Brazil’s Antunes/Lima duo continues to lead at the midway point in the season with 3,050 points and $106,500 in earnings.
Second in both categories is Madelein Meppelink/Sophie van Gestel of the Netherlands with 2,590 points and $65,900 while third is the Brazilian sister team of Maria Claria Salgado/Carolina Salgado with 2,500 points and $60,500 in earnings. Statistically in FIVB men’s international competition, Brazil’s Salgado/Schmidt duo has a 27-7 match record so far for a 79.4% winning percentage, third highest.
Based on winning percentage to date, USA’s Dalhausser/Rosenthal is now first at 86.4% (19-3), followed by Latvia’s Smedins/Samoilovs at 80.0% (24-6), Brazil’s Salgado/Schmidt, USA’s Gibb/Patterson tandem at 78.6% (22-6), , and Poland’s Grzegorz Fijalek/Mariusz Prudel at 75.0% (21-7).
Half way through this year’s FIVB women’s international play, Brazil’s Antunes/Lima duo has the second highest winning percentage at 87.1% (27-4) as China’s Chen Xue/Xi Zhang have only played twice so far and have a 91.7% (11-1) to lead. Third is USA’s Kessy/Ross at 77.8% (21-6), followed by Netherlands’ Meppelink/van Gestel at 75.0% (24-8) and Brazil’s Salgado sisters at 74.2% (19-7) to complete the top five.
Three teams tied for sixth and all also considered contenders for gold in Poland at 71.4% (20-8 each) are Germany’s Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Brazil’s Liliane Maestrini/Barbara Seixas and Brazil’s Maria Antonelli/Agatha Bednarczuk.
On the FIVB men’s international season scorecard, USA’s Dalhausser/Rosenthal (Fuzhou, Rome) have won two gold medals while USA’s Gibb/Patterson (Shanghai), Latvia’s Smedins/Samoilovs (Corrientes) and Brazil’s Salgado/Schmidt (The Hague) each have one gold medal.
On the FIVB women’s international season scorecard, Brazil’s Antunes/Lima (Shanghai, The Hague and Rome) have three gold medals while China’s Xue/Zhang (Fuzhou) and Netherlands’ van Gestel/Meppelink (Corrientes) each have one gold medal at the midpoint of the season.
The 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour is comprised of 10 Grand Slam events and the 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships. Not part of the World Tour but still counting towards the FIVB World Rankings, the FIVB yearly calendar also includes seven Open events throughout the world to help open the door for development of the sport.
The 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour will end in Brazil with the $440,000 FIVB São Paulo Grand Slam to be held October 9-13.
In other FIVB international beach volleyball news this week, Brazil and Poland won the gold medals at the FIVB U-21 World Championships in Umag, Croatia.
Helping identify young talent for the future, Brazil’s Gustavo Carvalhaes/Allison Cittadin won the men’s gold while capturing the women’s gold was Poland’s Katarzyna Kociolek/Jagoda Gruszczynska.

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Step-by-step: No
Training: No

The article does not provide a clear sequence of ordered steps for the reader to complete a specific task; it primarily presents information about beach volleyball events and standings. Additionally, the procedural instructions or details necessary for training a language model in deeper reasoning are absent, as the content lacks detailed processes or frameworks that could facilitate such learning or reasoning. The article focuses more on results and statistics rather than actionable guidance.


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At the start of the season, the Padres believed their starting pitching had fallen behind their lineup.
And although there have been problems with the rotation this season – the loss of Clayton Richard and Jason Marquis with season-ending injuries and the collapse and last week’s release of Edinson Volquez – the Padres now believe starting pitching is again their strength moving forward.
“The depth in starting pitching is the best I’ve seen in a while throughout the organization,” said pitching coach Darren Balsley.
“I like the way we’ve pitched better in the second half. I like what I see going forward. But I liked our staff at the start of this season.”
The Padres started the season with a rotation of Volquez, Richard, Eric Stults, Marquis and Tyson Ross. Today the rotation is topped by Andrew Cashner, Ross, Stults and Ian Kennedy.
There is more talent in the rotation headed into the off-season than there was coming out of spring training. “t’s never been quite like this before,” said Balsley.
Plus, the Padres are encouraged by the rehab progress of Cory Luebke, Joe Wieland and Casey Kelly following “Tommy John” surgery.
And the emergence of such young prospects as Matt Wisler, Keyvius Sampson, Burch Smith and Robbie Erlin give the Padres depth. And there’s another wave of younger starters at low Single-A Fort Wayne – Max Fried, Zach Eflin, Joe Ross and Walker Weickel.
“We’re better now, deeper,” catcher Nick Hundley said of the pitchers he is seeing. “Going forward, we’ve got some guys who can be front end of the rotation starters. I like the gains we’ve seen from guys like Cashner and Ross this season. Kennedy is a huge addition. We’ve seen what Luebke can do when healthy.
“It’s a totally different front line.”
Friday:Padres LHP Eric Stults (8-11, 3.72) at Dodgers LHP Hyun-Jin Ryu (12-5, 3.08), 7:10 p.m.
Saturday:Padres RHP Andrew Cashner (8-8, 3.55) at Dodgers LHP Chris Capuano (4-7, 4.74), 6:10 p.m.
Sunday: Padres RHP Tyson Ross (3-7, 3.05) at Dodgers Zack Greinke (13-3, 2.86), 1:10 p.m.

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Step-by-step: No
Training: No

The article does not provide a clear sequence of ordered steps for completing a task, as it focuses primarily on discussing the Padres' starting pitching situation rather than offering procedural instructions. Additionally, the content lacks detailed and structured guidance that could be useful for training a language model in deeper reasoning, as it is more narrative and anecdotal than instructional.


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Explore the personal stories of Syrian refugees in Lebanon
27 Aug 2014 09:43 GMT | Human Rights, Sport, Cricket, Australia, India
Australia's voice of cricket Richie Benaud has been offered the chance to commentate on Test matches from his home this year if he is not well enough to get to the grounds, according to broadcaster Channel Nine.
The 83-year-old former Australia captain has been absent from the commentary box since crashing his car into a low wall as he drove to his home in the Sydney beachside suburb of Coogee last October.
Channel Nine Chief Executive David Gyngell said his desire to have Benaud on board for the four-Test series against India later this year meant the offer to broadcast from home was a serious option.
"If he's not up to calling from the ground this summer, I'd like him to call from home," Gyngell told the Sydney Morning Herald. "He'd be the ultimate armchair caller from the couch, wouldn't he?
"I'd prefer to have him calling at the ground, but I would say that will be difficult. If I have my way, he will be calling it from his home but it is completely his decision."
While Benaud's ill-health meant he missed the last Ashes series, he was represented at the Sydney test by dozens of fans dressed up in silver wigs and beige suits waving oversize Channel Nine microphones.
With over 25,000 international runs and 500 wickets, South African all-rounder is one of the best, says Azhar Mahmood.
Sport, South Africa
Eight out of 10 Test nations agreed to the new ICC proposals but is India’s guarantee really the way forward?
Sport, Cricket, Australia, Bangladesh, India
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Step-by-step: No
Training: No

The article does not provide a clear sequence of ordered steps for completing a task; instead, it contains various news snippets and topics without structured procedural instructions. Additionally, the lack of detailed and organized content makes it unsuitable for training a language model for deeper reasoning, as there are no clear processes or comprehensive methods outlined.