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Trail Blazers Depose Kings
Posted: 2018-02-28 10:05:00	by Metro Source Media Metworks, Inc.
(Portland, OR) -- Damian Lillard had 26 points and a dozen assists as the Trail Blazers abolished the Kings 116-99, Jusuf Nurkic contributed 17 points as all five Blazers started landed in double figures. Portland won its fourth straight and is 13-and-5 in its last 18 games. The Blazers will host the Minnesota Timberwolves tomorrow night.
Oregon Plays Next At Washington State
(Pullman, WA) -- Oregon will seek its 20th victory tomorrow when it plays at Washington State. Pre-game at 5:30 on KBND with tip-off at 6 p.m. The Ducks are 19-and-10 overall and 9-and-7 in the Pac-12. Oregon demolished Washington State 84-57 on February 11th in Eugene.
Timbers Opening MLS Season In LA
(Portland, OR) -- The Portland Timbers will open their MLS season on Sunday at the LA Galaxy. The Timbers will not play their first home game until April 14th because Providence Park is undergoing renovations. Their first five games are on the road.
College Hoops Roundup
(Undated) -- In other college hoops, Portland State will host Northern Colorado in a Big Sky game tomorrow. The Vikings are 18-and-11 and 8-and-8 in the Big Sky. Portland will play Loyola Marymount Friday in Las Vegas in the first round of the WCC tournament.
Oregon State At Washington Thursday
(Seattle, WA) -- Oregon State will play on the road tomorrow, going to Washington. The Beavers are 14-and-14 and 6-and-10 in the Pac-12. Oregon State beat Washington 97-94 in double-overtime on February 11th at Gill Coliseum in Corvallis.
Well, the madness begins tonight and it's not yet March, but the High School basketball playoffs for the upper levels starts this evening with the 'Play-In' round for the IMC 2nd and 3rd place Girl's teams.
The Lady Ravens of Ridgeview, who finished 2nd in the league are hosting Putnam tonight at 530. Meantime, Summit travels over the hill to play at Hillsboro. The 8 winners of tonight's Play-In calendar will join the 8 automatic qualifiers in the OSAA State 1st Round of bracket play Friday night.
Tomorrow night, the Bend boy's host St. Helens and Summit visits Parkrose for a shot to advance to Saturday night's 1st round playoff.
The other local teams still alive in postseason will play Friday and Saturday night. That includes Madras girls, and the Madras and Sister's boys teams.
(Eugene, OR) -- Oregon will seek its 20th victory Thursday when it plays at Washington State. The Ducks are 19-and-10 overall and 9-and-7 in the Pac-12. They are trying to get back into the NCAA tournament after advancing to the Final Four last year.
Blazers Home Tonight
(Portland, OR) -- The Trail Blazers return home to host the Sacramento Kings tonight. Portland is coming off weekend road victories over Phoenix and Utah after the NBA All-Star break. Portland has won 12 of its last 17 games. The Blazers are 17-and-11 at the Moda Center.
(Corvallis, OR) -- Oregon State will play on the road Thursday, going to Washington. The Beavers are 14-and-14 and 6-and-10 in the Pac-12. Oregon State beat Washington in double-overtime earlier in Corvallis.
(Undated) -- In other college hoops, Portland State will host Northern Colorado in a Big Sky game Thursday. The Vikings are 18-and-11 and 8-and-8 in the Big Sky. Portland will play Loyola Marymount Friday in Las Vegas in the first round of the WCC tournament.
9 High school Boy's and Girl's basketball teams move on to postseason playoff games with the chance for an Elite-8 Tournament berth.
#6 Mt. View boys win the IMC...Bend gets the #2 seed via the tiebreaker and Summit settles for 3rd place. The Cougars await hosting a 1st Round game Saturday. Meantime, Bend hosts St. Helens and Summit travels to Parkrose both on Wednesday night in Play-In games.
On the Girls side…#6 Bend wins the IMC. Ridgeview is 2nd and Summit third. The Lady Lava Bears like Mt. View boys…await a first-round game Friday night. Ridgeview hosts Putnam while Summit visits Hillsboro.
The winners Friday and Saturday night advance next week to Oregon State for the site of the boys and girls 5A Tournament featuring the state's
Elite-8.
In the 4-A ranks...On Saturday, Madras boys visit #2 Banks and 8th ranked Sisters greets #9 Henley in 1st Round games with the winners advancing to the State Tournament in Forest Grove next weekend.
The 8th ranked Madras girls entertain Valley Catholic Friday night with a Tourney berth on the line. Follow all the OSAA Playoff and Tournament brackets online at 'OSAA dot Org.'
Timbers End Preseason With 3-2 Victory
(Tucson, AZ) -- The Timbers capped off their preseason with a 3-2 victory over Sporting Kansas City in Tucson. Samuel Armenteros scored a pair of goals, while Cristhian Paredes had the go-ahead goal in the second half. The Timbers will open MLS regular season play next Sunday at the LA Galaxy.
Blazers Return Home Tomorrow
(Portland, OR) -- The Trail Blazers return home to host the Sacramento Kings tomorrow. Portland is coming off weekend road victories over Phoenix and Utah after the NBA All-Star break. Damian Lillard had 40 points and scored the winning bucket in the final second in the 106-104 victory over the Suns on Saturday.
Oregon State Holds Off Arizona State
(Corvallis, OR) -- Oregon State beat number-25 Arizona State 79-75 on Saturday in Corvallis in its home finale. The Beavers improved to 14-and-14 and 6-and-10 in the Pac-12. Drew Eubaks led OSU with 16 points, while Tres Tinkle added 15 points, eight boards and eight assists against the Sun Devils.
Oregon Downs Arizona In OT
(Eugene, OR) -- Oregon upended number-14 Arizona 98-93 in overtime in Eugene. Elijah Brown led the Ducks with 30 points. Oregon won its sixth consecutive home game. The Ducks are 19-and-10 overall and 9-and-7 in the Pac-12. They will play Thursday at Washington State.
Number-Two Beavers Remain Unbeaten On Diamond
(Surprise, AZ) -- Number-two Oregon State bested Ohio State 6-1 in a Pac-12-Big Ten challenge at Surprise Stadium, the spring training home of the Rangers and Royals. Grant Gambrell struck out a career-high 12 in seven innings to pick up the victory. The Beavers have started their baseball season 8-and-0 with all the games in Surprise. They will play their first home game Friday against Hartford.
(Undated) -- In other college hoops Saturday, Portland State beat Northern Arizona 72-66 in Flagstaff. Holland Woods and Deante Strickland each scored 12 points for Portland State. The Vikings are 18-and-11 and 8-and-8 in the Big Sky. Portland dropped its sixth straight, falling 75-64 at Pepperdine in Malibu. The Pilots concluded the regular season 10-and-21 overall and 4-and-14 in the WCC. Portland will play Loyola Marymount Friday in Las Vegas in the first round of the WCC tournament.
Oregon Holds Off ASU
(Eugene, OR) -- Oregon beat number-25 Arizona State 75-68 to snap a two-game slide. Elijah Bown led the Ducks with 19 points, while MiKyle McIntosh contributed 16 points. The Ducks won their fifth consecutive home game. They are 18-and-10 overall and 8-and-7 in the Pac 12. They will host conference-leader and number-14 Arizona tomorrow.
Timbers Will Face KC Tomorrow
(Tucson, AZ) -- The Timbers will play their final preseason game tomorrow against Sporting Kansas City in Tucson. They will break camp and return Sunday to Portland. The Timbers will open MLS regular season play on March 4th at the LA Galaxy.
Blazers At Sizzling Jazz Tonight
(Salt Lake City, UT) -- The Blazers hit the road tonight to face the red-hot Utah Jazz. Portland is 32-and-26 and tied with Denver for the sixth seed in the West. The Jazz have won 11 straight, the longest active NBA streak. The game tonight is the first of a back-to-back for the Blazers. They will play the Suns tomorrow in Phoenix.
(Undated) -- In other college hoops action last night, Portland lost 72-60 to BYU in a WCC game at home, while Portland State won 96-91 in overtime at Southern Utah in a Big Sky game. Holland Woods led the Vikings to their 17th win with 20 points. The Pilots will attempt to end a five-game skid tomorrow when they conclude the regular season at Pepperdine. Portland State will be on the road tomorrow, playing Northern Arizona in Flagstaff.
Oregon State Falls In Overtime
(Corvallis, OR) -- Oregon State took number-14 Arizona into overtime before falling 75-65 in Corvallis. Ethan Thompson led the Beavers with 20 points and eight rebounds. Tres Tinkle netted 14 points in the loss. Oregon State will host Arizona State tomorrow in its final regular season home game. The Beavers dropped to 5-and-10 in the Pac-12 and 13-and-14 overall.
Number-Two Beavers Remain Unbeaten
(Surprise, AZ) -- Number-two Oregon State crushed Nebraska 9-1 in a Pac-12-Big Ten challenge in Surprise, Arizona. The Beavers have started their baseball season with five straight victories. Nick Madrigal went 3-for-5 with a home run. Oregon State will play Ohio State today at Surprise Stadium, the spring training home of the Royals and Rangers.
The prep basketball picture is becoming a bit more clearer as the boys and girls IMC regular season concludes tomorrow night and 4th ranked Mt. View will host #10 Summit for the league crown. Bend will be the #3 seed.
The Lady Lava Bears of Bend clinched the #1 seed in the IMC but could share the league crown with Ridgeview if Redmond pulls out a win over Bend's girls Friday night.
One local team bowed out of the OSAA State Playoffs and that was Trinity Lutheran boys who lost last night in the Class 1-A first round at Jordan Valley, 65-44. Trinity ends its season 19-and-9 overall.
In the 4-A ranks…Sisters boys will host a 1st round Playoff game next weekend, and the same for the Madras girls as both won their respective Leagues. The Outlaws claimed the Sky-Em title and will host a playoff on Saturday, March 3rd while the Lady Buffs will host the night before on March 2nd.
Meantime…the Madras boys hosts a 'Play-In' game Saturday and will face Tillamook. Crook County travels to Beaverton to meet Valley Catholic.
You can follow the Playoff race online at 'OSAA dot Org.'
Timbers Top Red Bulls In Preseason Play
(Tucson, AZ) -- Victor Arboleda set up a pair of goals and scored one of his own as they Timbers topped the Red Bulls 4-1 in Tucson last night. Portland's top 11 players didn't play, but the second-11 dominated. The Timbers scored twice in the first 12 minutes and the rout was on. They'll open the regular season on March 4th versus the L.A. Galaxy.
Blazers Visit Jazz Tomorrow
(Salt Lake City, UT) -- The Blazers hit the road tomorrow to face the Utah Jazz. Portland is 32-and-26 on the season and sit tied with Denver for the sixth seed in the West. Friday's game is the first of a back-to-back for the Blazers, who will visit the Suns Saturday.
Oregon State Hosts Arizona
(Corvallis, OR) -- The Beavers look to score an upset tonight as they host number-14 Arizona. Oregon State sits at 13-and-13 on the year and has won its past two home games. U-of-A enters at 21-and-6. Tip-off is at 6 p.m.
Oregon Hosts ASU
(Eugene, OR) -- The Ducks look to snap a two-game slide as they host number-25 Arizona State. Oregon has won its past four home games and sits at 17-and-10 on the season. ASU enters at 19-and-7. Tip-off is at 8:30 p.m.
(Undated) -- In other college hoops action last night Portland hosts BYU and Portland State visits Southern Utah.
7th ranked Mt. View held its top position in the IMC by crushing 9th ranked Bend on the Lava Bears home court last night, 74-55. The loss puts Bend in 3rd place with one game to play in the IMC boys regular season.
The Cougars lead #10 Summit by 1-game and will host the Storm in the Black Hole at Mt. View Friday night with the League banner up for grabs. A Summit win forces a first-place tiebreaker. The Cougars win the IMC Title outright with a victory.
Meantime, they settled the 2nd place tie in the Tri-Valley Conference
last night as Madras defeated Crook County, 74-68 on the White Buffs home floor. Madras locks up the #2 playoff spot in the League and will host a Play-In game this weekend. Crook County secures the third and final postseason berth but will travel this weekend.
We'll know later today who both teams will meet in the next round.
Tonight, the Single-A first round playoffs tipoff and Trinity Lutheran makes the trek to Jordan Valley for a 6pm start, Mountain Time.
On the Girl's side of hoops last night…Bend crushed Mt. View, 76-29 and Ridgeview beat Redmond by 13, 64-51. The 6th ranked Lady Lava Bears finish the regular season meeting Redmond Friday, and will have no worse than a share of the League Title with Ridgeview as Bend holds the tiebreaker over the Ravens and will be the #1 seed in the playoffs, regardless.
The Madras girls already clinched the Tri-Valley and added to its now
14-game win streak beating Crook County last night, 59-24.
Trail Blazers Return On Friday
(Portland, OR) -- The Trail Blazers will return to the court Friday at Utah, which owns an 11-game winning streak. Then they will play Saturday at Phoenix. Portland is 32-and-26 and sits in the NBA Western Conference seventh position for a playoff spot at the All-Star break. Sixteen of the Blazers remaining 24 games are against teams with winning records.
Oregon State Host Pac-12 Leader Next
(Corvallis, OR) -- Oregon State will host number-14 Arizona tomorrow in a Pac-12 game in Corvallis. OSU is 13-and-13 overall and in tenth place in conference play with a 5-and-9 record. Arizona leads the conference with an 11-and-3 record and is 21-and-6 overall. The Wildcats beat the Beavers 62-53 last month in Tucson.
Ducks Home Against Arizona State Tomorrow
(Eugene, OR) -- The Ducks will try to rebound from two close defeats when it hosts number-25 Arizona State tomorrow in Eugene. Oregon lost by two points to USC and in overtime to UCLA on the road last week. The Ducks are 17-and-10 overall and 7-and-7 in the Pac-12. They beat the Sun Devils 76-72 last month in Tempe.
Oregon Hires Offensive Line Coach
(Eugene, OR) -- Marshall assistant coach Alex Mirabal will be joining the Oregon staff. Multiple outlets report Mirabal will coach the Ducks centers and guards. Mirabal went to high school in Miami with Oregon head coach Mario Cristobal. He was on Cristobal's staff at Florida International before spending the past five years coaching the Thundering Herd offensive line.
Number-Two Oregon State To Meet Nebraska
(Surprise, AZ) -- Number-two Oregon State will face Nebraska tomorrow in Surprise in the Big Ten-Pac-12 Challenge. The Beavers will face Ohio State on Friday at Surprise Stadium, the spring training home of the Royals and Rangers. The Beavers have started the baseball season 4-and-0.
(Undated) -- In other area college hoops action, Portland State will play tomorrow at Southern Utah in a Big Sky contest. Portland will try to snap a four-game slide tomorrow when it hosts BYU in a WCC game.
Timbers Play Today
(Tucson, AZ) -- The Portland Timbers will play today against the New York Red Bulls in a preseason game in Tucson. The Timbers will open the MLS season on March 4th at the LA Galaxy.
Final week of prep basketball for most teams in the region before heading to the playoffs and the IMC Boy's crown is still up for grabs.
Tonight…7th ranked Mt. View visits rival Bend in a 7pm tipoff with the Cougars leading the conference, for now, with a one game lead over the 9th ranked Lava Bears, and a half-game margin over #10 Summit who closes out the regular season Friday at Mt. View. One other IMC game is for city bragging rights with Ridgeview hosting Redmond. The Girl's play at opposite venues.
They will settle a 2nd place tie in the boy's Tri-Valley Conference tonight when Madras entertains Crook County. The winner gets a home 'Play-In' game this weekend for a shot at getting in the 16-team Class 4-A Playoff bracket.
Tomorrow night, Trinity Luthern boys head to Jordan Valley in an OSAA 1-A 1st Round playoff game.
Ducks Home On Thursday
(Eugene, OR) -- The Ducks will try to rebound from two close defeats when it hosts number-25 Arizona State on Thursday in Eugene. Oregon lost by two points to USC and in overtime to UCLA on the road last week. The Ducks are 17-and-10 overall and 7-and-7 in the Pac-12. They beat the Sun Devils 76-72 last month in Tempe.
Blazers Sign Vet Rush
(Portland, OR) -- The Trail Blazers signed veteran wing Brandon Rush to a 10-day contract. The move was reported by ESPN. Rush has not played a NBA game this season after being cut by the Bucks in training camp. He has appeared in 481 big league games with the Pacers, Warriors, Jazz and Timberwolves. Portland drafted him in the first round in 2008 out of Kansas, but immediately dealt him to the Pacers for Jerryd Bayless.
Trail Blazers Take Time Off
(Portland, OR) -- The Trail Blazers will return to the court Friday at Utah, which owns an 11-game winning streak. Portland is 32-and-26 and tied with Denver for sixth in the Western Conference at the NBA All-Star break. The Thunder are a half-game in front of both.
(Undated) -- In other area college hoops action, Portland State's next game is Thursday at Southern Utah in a Big Sky contest. Portland will try to end a four-game losing streak Thursday when it hosts BYU in a WCC game.
(Los Angeles, CA) -- Oregon State will host number-14 Arizona on Thursday in a Pac-12 game. OSU is 13-and-13 overall and in tenth place in conference play with a 5-and-9 record. Arizona leads the conference with an 11-and-3 record and is 21-and-6 overall. The Wildcats beat the Beavers 62-53 last month in Tucson.
Number-Two Oregon State Routs New Mexico
(Surprise, AZ) -- Number-two Oregon State crushed New Mexico 15-3 for its fourth consecutive victory to begin the baseball season. Nick Madrigal went 4-for-4 in the victory. The Beavers will remain in Surprise for the Big Ten-Pac 12 Challenge to face Nebraska and Ohio State, which begins Thursday.
Timbers Play Tomorrow
(Tucson, AZ) -- The Portland Timbers will play tomorrow against the New York Red Bulls in a preseason game in Tucson. The Timbers will open the MLS season on March 4th at the LA Galaxy.
The Sisters Outlaws, with new head Boy's head coach David Godfrey, won their 5th straight and beat Sutherlin Friday at home to clinch the Sky-Em League Title as the Outlaws claimed a 48-42 win. The Outlaws will play in the 1st Round on Saturday March 3rd.
Meantime, Madras and Crook County both will move to the Play-In round after they clash tomorrow night in Jefferson County, both tied for 2nd Place in the Tri-Valley League. The White Buffs won the first meeting three weeks ago downing the Cowboys 82-73.
In the IMC...it comes down to tomorrow night to determine a League Champion and playoff seeds. Mt. View holds a slim half-game lead over Summit and 1-game lead over Bend.
Trinity Luthern Boys hit the playoff road Wednesdy night and venture to face Jordan Valley. It's win or go home for the year for Trinity.
On the Girls side...Bend needs two wins to claim the IMC over Ridgeview. Madras wins the Tri-Valley undfeated and will play March 2nd in the State Playoffs.
Crook County won the 4A Prep Wrestling Title for the 4th time in school history and Culver claimed its 11th Title winning the 2A crown, again.
In Swimming...Bend Boys and Girls captured the 5A Championships....Summit's Girl's placed third and Sisters Girls finished 4th in the 4A division.
UCLA Nips Oregon In OT
(Los Angeles, CA) -- MiKyle McIntosh scored 19 points, but it was not enough for Oregon. The Ducks lost 86-78 in overtime at UCLA in a Pac-12 game Saturday. This defeat came on the heels of a two-point loss on Thursday at USC. Oregon is 17-and-10 overall and 7-and-6 in the Pac-12. After reaching the Final Four last year, the Ducks are in danger of not making the NCAA tournament this year. They have four games remaining with the next one Thursday against Arizona State in Eugene.
(Portland, OR) -- The Trail Blazers are off the court for the NBA All-Star break. They will return to action Friday at Utah, which owns an 11-game winning streak. Portland is 32-and-26 and tied with Denver for sixth in the Western Conference. The Thunder are a half-game in front of both.
Number-Two Beavers Win First Three
(Surprise, AZ) -- Number-two Oregon State demolished Cal Poly 16-7 on Sunday for its third straight win to start the baseball season. Trevor Larnach has three home runs, two doubles and seven RBIs in the first three games. He is 8-for-9 with four walks. The Beavers will play New Mexico today at Surprise Stadium, the spring training home of the Royals and Rangers.
(Undated) -- In other college hoops action Saturday, Portland State crushed Idaho State 91-77 at home. Ryan Edwards scored a career-high 21 points for the Vikings. Portland State's next game is Thursday at Southern Utah. Number-15 Saint Mary's clipped Portland 73-61 at the Chiles Center. Freshman Marcus Shaver Junior led Portland with 16 points. The Pilots will try to end a four-game losing streak Thursday when it hosts BYU.
Oregon State Slips Up At USC
(Los Angeles, CA) -- Oregon State faded in a 72-59 loss at USC. The Trojans outscored the Beavers 17-8 in the final six minutes to pull away. The Beavers are 13-and-13 overall and in tenth place in conference play with a 5-and-9 record. Drew Eubanks and Tres Tinkle each scored 16 points for OSU. The Beavers are winless in seven conference road games. They return home on Thursday against Pac-12 leader Arizona.
Timbers Fall To Play Dallas
(Tucson, AZ) -- The Portland Timbers lost to FC Dallas 2-1 in a preseason game Saturday in Tucson. Samuel Armenteros scored the Portland goal. The Timbers will play again Wednesday against the New York Red Bulls in Tucson. The Timbers will open the MLS season on March 4 at the LA Galaxy.
We start with prep hoops where last night…The Madras Girl's won their 13th straight with a 48-22 road win at Corbett. The Tri-Valley champs close out the regular season at Crook County Tuesday night. And, the Madras boys crushed Corbett, 72-52.
Tonight, in the Boy's IMC…Summit hosts Bend with the Lava Bears 1-1/2 games behind the Storm for the league lead and 1-game behind 2nd place Mt. View who entertains Ridgeview. The Girls play at opposite venues.
And, in 4-A boy's action, Crook County hosts league leading Gladstone and Sisters greets Sutherlin with both teams tied for 1st place in the Sky-Em and to close out the regular season with the winner claiming the Conference Title.
Today in Klamath Falls at Oregon Tech at 345, Trinity Lutheran meets Triad in one Semifinal of the Mountain Valley League championships.
In other prep sports, the OSAA State Wrestling Tournament is underway in Portland at Memorial Coliseum. And, the State Swimming Championships today and tomorrow at Mt. Hood Community College Aquatic Center.
Trail Blazers Off After Beating Warriors
(Portland, OR) -- The Trail Blazers headed into the NBA All-Star break with some momentum. The Blazers posted a 123-117 victory over the defending NBA-champion Warriors in Portland on Wednesday. The Blazers are off until February 23rd when they will play at Utah. Damian Lillard has scored at least 39 points in three consecutive games. He will represent Portland in the All-Star game on Sunday in Los Angeles.
(Undated) -- In other college hoops action last night, Portland State lost 95-86 in overtime at home to Weber State in a Big Sky game. Brandon Hollins scored 22 points and Bryce Canda 20 in the loss. The Vikings are 15-and-11 overall and 5-and-8 in the Sky. They will host Idaho State tomorrow. The Portland Pilots opened a three-game homestand with an 81-72 loss to Santa Clara. Portland freshman guard Marcus Shaver scored 15 of his 19 points in the second half. The Pilots fell to 10-and-18 overall and 4-and-11 in the WCC. Portland will host number 15 Saint Mary's tomorrow. Tipoff is 7 p.m. at the Chiles Center.
Oregon State Tumbles At UCLA
(Los Angeles, CA) -- Oregon State dropped a 75-68 decision to UCLA at Pauley Pavilion. Alfred Hollins scored 24 points in the loss. The Beavers have lost 54 of 62 games against the Bruins in LA. Oregon State is 13-and-12 overall and 5-and-8 in the Pac-12. The Beavers will play tomorrow night at USC.
Oregon Loses By Two At USC
(Los Angeles, CA) -- MiKyle McIntosh scored a career-high 23 points, but it was not enough as Oregon lost 72-70 at USC. Payton Pritchard had 17 points in the loss. The Ducks dropped to 17-and-9 overall and 7-and-6 in the Pac-12. They will play tomorrow at UCLA.
Number-Two Beavers Open Baseball Season Today
(Surprise, AZ) -- Number-two Oregon State will open its baseball season against New Mexico in Surprise, Arizona. The Beavers will play their first seven games at Surprise Stadium, the spring training home of the Royals and Rangers. OSU won a school record 58 games last season, went 27-and-3 in conference play and advanced to the College World Series in Omaha.
Timbers Play Dallas Tomorrow
(Tucson, AZ) -- The Portland Timbers will play FC Dallas today in Tucson in a preseason game. The Timbers will open the MLS season on March 4 at the LA Galaxy.
One game only on the local prep basketball docket tonight with the final days of the regular season winding down to the Playoffs. In the Tri-Valley Class 4-A Conference both Madras' Boys and Girls teams are on the road to Corbett along the Columbia River east of Portland.
The White Buffs both are in the Playoff mix with two league games remaining. The Madras boys are in a 2nd place tie with Crook County who clash next week to end the regular season.
The Madras Girl's have already clinched the League crown and will aim for its 13th straight win tonight. The Lady Buffs have not lost a game in the new year.
Trail Blazers Throttle Warriors
(Portland, OR) -- Damian Lillard scored 44 points to help the Trail Blazers beat the Warriors 123-117 in Portland. CJ McCollum contributed 29 points, while Jusuf Nurkic [[ you-SOOF nur-KITCH ]] had 17 points and 13 rebounds for the Blazers. Kevin Durant scored 50 points for Golden State. Portland improved to 17-and-11 at home and snapped a seven-game losing streak against the Warriors. With the NBA All-Star break, the Blazers do not play again until February 23rd at Utah.
(Undated) -- In other college hoops action, Portland State will host Weber State in a Big Sky game tonight. The Vikings are 15-and-10 overall and 5-and-7 in the Sky. The Portland Pilots will open a three-game homestand tonight with Santa Clara. The Pilots are 10-and-17 overall and 4-and-10 in the WCC.
Improved Oregon State At UCLA Tonight
(Los Angeles, CA) -- The Beavers will face UCLA tonight at Pauley Pavilion. The Beavers are winless in six road games. UCLA is 17-and-8 and 8-and-5. The Bruins lead the all-time series, 94-to-39, and have won 53 of the 61 games played in LA. Oregon State is 13-and-11 overall and 5-and-7 in the Pac-12. The Beavers went 5-and-27 last season and lost 17 of 18 conference games.
Oregon Faces USC Tonight
(Los Angeles, CA) -- Oregon returns to the court tonight in a Pac-12 game at USC. The Ducks are 17-and-8 overall and 7-and-5 in conference. The Trojans have lost three straight. They are 17-and-9 overall and 8-and-5 in the Pac-12. USC is 10-and-3 at the Galen Center.
Number-Two Beavers Open Baseball Season Tomorrow
(Corvallis, OR) -- Oregon State is the unanimous choice by the coaches to repeat as the Pac-12 baseball champions. OSU, which is ranked number-two in college baseball preseason polls, will open its season tomorrow against New Mexico in Surprise, Arizona. The Beavers will play their first seven games at Surprise Stadium, the spring training home of the Royals and Rangers. OSU won a school record 58 games last season, went 27-and-3 in conference play and advanced to the College World Series in Omaha.
Portland State Suspends Leading Scorer
(Portland, OR) -- Portland State guard Deontae North is suspended and has not played in five games. North is the second-leading scorer in the Big Sky, averaging 21.1 points. Vikings coach Barret Peery says North is suspended until further notice and did not earmark a timetable for his return.
Timbers Play To 1-1 Draw In Preseason
(Tucson, AZ) -- The Portland Timbers and Houston Dynamo played to a 1-1 draw in a preseason game in Tucson at the Kino Sports Complex. Midfielder Dairon Asprilla scored the Portland goal. The Timbers will play FC Dallas on Saturday in Tucson in their fourth preseason game.
Oregon Faces USC Tomorrow
(Los Angeles, CA) -- Oregon returns to the court tomorrow night in a Pac-12 game at USC. The Ducks are 17-and-8 overall and 7-and-5 in conference. The Ducks are trying to make it back to the NCAA tournament after advancing to the Final Four last year.
Trail Blazers Host Warriors Tonight
(Portland, OR) -- The Trail Blazers will host the Golden State Warriors tonight in their final game before the All-Star break. Tipoff is 7:30 at the Moda Center. The Blazers have lost their last seven games to the Warriors. Portland is 2-and-4 in its last six games and 31-and-26 overall. The Warriors are an NBA best 44-and-13 and are 22-and-6 on the road.
(Undated) -- In other college hoops action, Portland State will host Weber State in a Big Sky game tomorrow night. The Vikings are 15-and-10 overall and 5-and-7 in the Sky. The Portland Pilots will open a three-game homestand tomorrow night with Santa Clara. The Pilots are 10-and-17 overall and 4-and-10 in the WCC.
Improved Oregon State Meets UCLA Next
(Los Angeles, CA) -- The Beavers beat Washington and Washington State last week in Corvallis. Oregon State improved to 13-and-11 overall and 5-and-7 in the Pac-12. The Beavers went 5-and-27 last season and lost 17 of 18 conference games. The Beavers' next game will be tomorrow night at UCLA.
Beavers Unanimous Pick To Win Pac-12 Baseball Title Again
(Corvallis, OR) -- Oregon State is the unanimous choice by the coaches to repeat as the Pac-12 baseball champions. OSU, which is ranked number-two in college baseball preseason polls, will open its season on Friday against New Mexico in Surprise, Arizona. The Beavers will play their first seven games at Surprise Stadium, the spring training home of the Royals and Rangers. OSU won a school record 58 games last season, went 27-and-3 in conference play and advanced to the College World Series in Omaha.
Timbers Play Preseason Game Today
(Tucson, AZ) -- The Portland Timbers will play the Houston Dynamo in a preseason game today in Tucson at the Kino Sports Complex. The Timbers have a 2-1 loss to Seattle and a 0-0 tie with San Jose in their first two preseason games.
Oregon Faces USC Next
(Eugene, OR) -- Oregon returns to the court Thursday in a Pac-12 game at USC. The Ducks are 17-and-8 overall and 7-and-5 in conference. They cruised to an 84-57 triumph over Washington State on Sunday in Eugene.
Trail Blazers Face Warriors Tomorrow
(Portland, OR) -- The Trail Blazers will host the Golden State Warriors tomorrow night. The Blazers were blown out 115-96 by the Jazz on Sunday at home. Portland is 2-and-4 in its past six games and 31-and-26 overall. The Warriors are 44-and-13 after crushing the Phoenix Suns 129-83 on Monday.
Beavers Unanimous Pick To Win Pac-12 Baseball Crown
(Corvallis, OR) -- Oregon State was the unanimous choice by the coaches to win the Pac-12 baseball title. OSU, which is ranked number-two in the college baseball preseason polls, will open its season on Friday against New Mexico in Surprise, Arizona. The Beavers will play their first seven games at Surprise Stadium, the spring training home of the Royals and Rangers. OSU won a school record 58 games last season, went 27-and-3 in conference play, and advanced to the College World Series in Omaha.
(Undated) -- In other college hoops action, Portland State will host Weber State in a Big Sky game on Thursday. The Portland Pilots will open a three-game homestand Thursday with Santa Clara. The Pilots are 10-and-17 overall and 4-and-10 in the WCC.
Oregon State Going On Road With Momentum
(Corvallis, OR) -- The Beavers beat Washington and Washington State last week in Corvallis. Oregon State improved to 13-and-11 overall and 5-and-7 in the Pac-12. The Beavers' next game will be Thursday at UCLA.
Timbers To Play Tomorrow
(Tucson, AZ) -- The Portland Timbers will play the Houston Dynamo in a preseason game tomorrow in Tucson. The Timbers waived defender Rennico Clarke, who came to Portland in 2015.
Oregon Wallops Washington State
(Eugene, OR) -- Oregon crushed Washington State 84-57 on Sunday in Eugene. Payton Pritchard scored a game-high 19 points and doled out 10 assists, while Troy Brown had 16 points. Five Ducks finished in double figures. Oregon moved to 17-and-8 overall and 7-and-5 in the Pac-12. The Ducks return to the court on Thursday at USC.
Trail Blazers Out Of Tune Against Jazz
(Portland, OR) -- The Trail Blazers were outscored 38-to-19 in the third quarter in a 115-96 loss to the Jazz in Portland. Damian Lillard scored 39 points for the Blazers after scoring 50 points on Friday at Sacramento. CJ McCollum had 22 points in the loss. The Blazers are 2-and-4 in their past six games and 31-and-26 overall. They will host the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday.
(Undated) -- In other college hoops action Saturday, Portland State won a Big Sky road game, edging by Montana State 80-77 in Bozeman. Bryce Canda's three-pointer with 19 seconds left was the difference. The Vikings are 15-and-10 overall and 5-and-7 in conference. They are home Thursday against Weber State. The Portland Pilots fell 60-58 to Pacific in Stockton after leading most of the game. Portland will open a three-game homestand Thursday with Santa Clara. The Pilots are 10-and-17 overall and 4-and-10 in the WCC.
Oregon State Prevails In Double Overtime
(Corvallis, OR) -- The Beavers rallied from a 13-point second half deficit to nip Washington 97-94 in double overtime Saturday in Corvallis. Tres Tinkle had 29 points, 11 boards and eight assists for Oregon State. Stephen Thompson Junior finished with 22 points, including the game-winner in the second overtime. OSU improved to 13-and-11 and 5-and-7 in the Pac-12. The Beavers' next game will be Thursday at UCLA.
Number-Two Beavers Open Baseball Season Friday
(Corvallis, OR) -- Oregon State, which is ranked number two in the college baseball preseason polls, will open its season on Friday against New Mexico in Surprise, Arizona. The Beavers will play their first seven games at Surprise Stadium, the spring training home of the Royals and Rangers. OSU won a school record 58 games last season and advanced to the College World Series in Omaha
In college hoops last night in the Big-10…#4 Michigan State outlasted Iowa to win on the road, 96-93. 5th ranked Xavier grabbed a 98-93 win at Butler in Big East play.
6th ranked Louisville thumped Central Florida, 77-40. #10 Kansas beat TCU, 71-64 in Big-12 action. And, in the SEC…#15 Tennessee defeated #25 Kentucky, 61-59
Tonight…Top-rated Villanova hosts St. Johns who is winless in 11 Big-East games. #2 Virginia is at Florida State in the A-C-C and 3rd ranked Purdue hosts #14 Ohio State for the Big-10 lead. 8th ranked Auburn greets
Texas A & M.
Meanwhile…out west, 23rd ranked Nevada greets UNLV. IN the Pac-12, Colorado hosts Cal at 8pm on ESPN-U.
In the Boy's Intermountain Conference, 11th ranked Summit handed 4th rated Mt. View its second straight league loss in as many games as the Storm beat the Cougars, 62-50. With the win, Summit moves into a first-place tie with Mt. View.
The Bend Lava Bears had shared 2nd place with Summit until last night when Redmond stole a 16-point win on Bend's home court, 57-41.
On the 4-A scoreboard…Madras collects an 80-52 win at Molalla and remains in sole possession of 2nd Place in the Tri-Valley.
Elsewhere, La Pine lost at home to Pleasant Hill, 60-51.
Culver defeated Wasco County 48-30.
In the 1-A Mountain Valley, in Klamath Falls…league-leading Hosanna Christian holds off Trinity Lutheran, 62-55.
Blazers Home Tomorrow Against Hornets
(Portland, OR) -- The Trail Blazers are back home tomorrow night against the Charlotte Hornets. Portland went winless in a just concluded three-game trip to Detroit, Boston and Toronto. The Blazers are 29-and-25, which ranks seventh in the Western Conference. They are 15-and-10 at home. The Hornets are 23-and-30 overall and 8-and-16 on the road.
Beavers Meeting Washington State Tomorrow
(Corvallis, OR) -- Oregon State will try to snap a four-game losing skid when it hosts Washington State on Thursday. The Beavers have lost six of their last seven to fall to 11-and-11 overall and 3-and-7 in the Pac-12. WSU is last in the conference with a 1-and-9 record, losing its last five.
Ducks Host Washington Next
(Eugene, OR) -- Oregon will meet Washington tomorrow night in a Pac-12 game. The Ducks are coming off their worst defeat in the Dana Altman era, losing by 35 points at Stanford on Saturday. Oregon fell to 15-and-8 overall and 5-and-5 in the Pac-12. Washington is 17-and-6 overall and 7-and-3 in the conference, winning its last four.
(Undated) -- In other area college basketball, Portland will play tomorrow at San Francisco in a WCC contest. Portland State will play tomorrow at Montana in a Big Sky game.
Blazers Call Up Rookie Swanigan
(Detroit, MI) -- The Trail Blazers recalled rookie Caleb Swanigan from the G League Canton Charge. In a dozen games for the Charge, he averaged 14.2 points and 11.9 rebounds. He scored two points in four minutes in the loss to the Pistons last night in Detroit. He was a 2017 first-round pick in out of Purdue.
Blazers Winless On Trip, Lose To Pistons
(Detroit, MI) -- The Pistons routed the Trail Blazers 111-91 in Detroit. The Blazers went winless on their three-city eastern trip to Toronto, Boston and Detroit. Damian Lillard led Portland with 20 points in the loss. Portland's Evan Turner sat out the game with a left calf injury, which he aggravated Sunday against the Celtics. The Blazers will return home Thursday to host Charlotte.
(Undated) -- In other area college basketball, Portland will play Thursday at San Francisco in a WCC contest. Portland State's next game is Thursday at Montana in a Big Sky game.
Beavers Meeting Washington State On Thursday
(Corvallis, OR) -- Oregon State will try to snap a four-game losing skid when they host Washington State on Thursday. The Beavers have lost six of their last seven to fall to 11-and-11 overall and 3-and-7 in the Pac-12.
(Stanford, CA) -- Oregon will meet Washington on Thursday in a Pac-12 game. The Ducks are coming off their worst defeat in coach Dana Altman's era, losing by 35 points, 96-61, at Stanford on Saturday. Oregon, which went to the Final Four last year, fell to 15-and-8 overall and 5-and-5 in the Pac-12.
Beavers Traveling To Stanford
(Berkeley, CA) -- Oregon State led by 10 points early before falling 74-70 at Cal on Saturday in Berkeley. The Beavers have lost four straight and six of seven. They are 11-and-11 overall and 3-and-7 in the Pac-12. They will host Washington State on Thursday in Corvallis.
Ducks Routed At Stanford
(Stanford, CA) -- Oregon suffered its worst defeat in coach Dana Altman's era when it lost by 35 points, 96-61, at Stanford on Saturday. Troy Brown led the Ducks with 15 points. Oregon fell to 15-and-8 overall and 5-and-5 in the Pac-12. The Ducks will host Washington on Thursday in Eugene.
Blazers Lose On Buzzer Beater, Face Pistons Tonight
(Boston, MA) -- Al Horford's 15-foot jumper at the buzzer gave the Celtics a 97-96 triumph over the Trail Blazers in Boston. C.J. McCollum led Portland with 22 points, while Damian Lillard contributed 21. The Blazers play tonight in Detroit as they conclude this three-game trip. Portland has lost two in-a-row after a season-best four-game winning streak.
(Undated) -- In other area college basketball on Saturday, Portland squeaked by Loyola Marmount 68-66 at the Chiles Center. D'Marques Tyson scored a game-high 22 points for the Pilots. Portland improved to 10-and-15 and 4-and-8 in the WCC. It's next game is Thursday at San Francisco. Portland State defeated Eastern Washington 94-81 in a home Big Sky contest. Holland Woods led the Vikings with 29 points, going 10-for-10 from the field. Portland State will play again on Thursday at Montana.
Four-Star Football Recruit Picks Oregon State
(Undated) -- Four-star athlete and outside linebacker Matthew Tago announced via Periscope he is going to Oregon State. Tago is listed at 6-foot-3 and 228 pounds. He is from Quartz Hill High in Lancaster, California. He is the first four-star recruit in the Oregon State 2018 recruiting class. He is the ninth Beavers' commitment in the past week.
Oregon Olympic Hopeful Seriously Injured
(Undated) -- Oregon Olympic hopeful Jackie Wiles was injured in a World Cup race in Germany just before she was set to fly with the United States Ski Team to South Korea for the Winter Olympics. Wiles, a Portland native, was flown out by helicopter with what was considered to be a serious left knee injury.
Timbers Lose Preseason Game
(Tucson, AZ) -- The Timbers lost 2-1 to the Seattle Sounders in their second preseason game in Tucson. They will spend this week training in the Portland area before returning on February 12th to Tucson for more preseason games.
(Stanford, CA) -- Oregon State could not overcome a 20-point first half deficit in an 80-71 loss at Stanford. Drew Eubanks paced the Beavers with 19 points, while Tres Tinkle finished with 18. OSU lost for the fifth time in six games. The Beavers are 11-and-10 overall and 3-and-6 in the Pac-12. They will play tomorrow at Cal in Berkeley.
Ducks Take Down California
(Berkeley, CA) -- Oregon clipped California 66-53 in a Pac-12 game in Berkeley. Troy Brown scored 16 points and Elijah Brown had 15 in the Ducks' victory. Oregon improved to 15-and-7 overall and 5-and-4 in conference. Cal has lost nine in-a-row. Oregon stays in the Bay Area, playing tomorrow at Stanford.
Blazers Seeking Fifth Straight Victory, At Toronto Tonight
(Toronto, Ontario) -- The Blazers head north of the border to visit the Raptors in Toronto tonight. Portland has won a season-high four straight. The Raptors have the second-best home record in the East, going 19-and-4 at Air Canada Centre. Toronto clipped the Blazers 99-85 on October 30th at the Moda Center in the first meeting.
Timbers Will Play Preseason Game Tomorrow
(Tucson, AZ) -- The Timbers will play the Seattle Sounders in a preseason game tomorrow in Tucson, Arizona at the Kino Sports Complex. Portland and the San Jose Earthquakes played to a 0-0 tie on Wednesday in its first preseason game.
(Undated) -- In other area college basketball, Portland nipped Pepperdine 85-76 in overtime at home. Marcus Shaver Junior scored seven of his nine points in the extra period. Tahirou Diabate led the Pilots with 19 points. The Pilots are 9-and-15 overall and 3-and-8 in the WCC. They will host Loyola Marymount tomorrow. Portland State lost 97-88 to Idaho at home in a Big Sky game. Michael Mayhew led the Vikings with 20 points, while Bryce Canda contributed 17 points. Portland State fell to 13-and-9 overall and 3-and-6 in conference. The Vikings will host Eastern Washington tomorrow.
Bend Teams Merging with Salem?
Bend Schools won't have to wait much longer to find out if 3 of its high school athletic teams will compete in a league with 5 Salem area schools beginning this fall.
After listening to eight hours of testimony from the Salem-Keizer school district and the Oregon School Activities Association , justice Michael 'Mick' Gillette will produce a written decision in 10 days to two weeks on the matter of 'reclassification' of Leagues.
The OSAA decided last fall that McNary, South Salem, Sprague, West Salem and McKay would be placed in a league with Bend, Mountain View and Summit. Salem-Keizer then appealed the decision in November.
Salem argued at the appeal hearing the OSAA did not stick to their criteria of safety, minimizing loss of instructional time, cost, and school enrollment data, but instead placed the Salem schools with Bend because of "competitive balance."
Bend High Athletic Director Dave Williams proposed a plan that would include 45 bus trips for each Bend school, per year, but Salem contends it would be nearly 60 trips per school year for its teams.
Bend schools have increased in enrollment and therefore are being placed at the State's top level. The only other viable option may be to place Bend schools in the Southwest 6-A Conference competing with Eugene and Medford area teams.
Blazers Visit Raptors Tomorrow
(Toronto, Ontario) -- The Blazers head north of the border to visit the Raptors in Toronto tomorrow. After last night's win Portland is now sixth in the Western Conference at 29-and-22. The Raptors are second in the East at 34-and-15. The Blazers will also visit Boston and Detroit before returning home to host Charlotte a week from today.
McCollum, Blazers Light Up Bulls
(Portland, OR) -- C.J. McCollum went off for 50 points, including 28 in the first quarter, as the Blazers lit up the Bulls 124-108 in Portland. McCollum shot 18-of-25 from the field and 6-of-9 from beyond the arc for Portland, which seized control early and never let up. McCollum sat out the entire fourth quarter and most of the second in a career-night. The Blazers won their fourth straight game.
(Undated) -- In other area college basketball, Portland returns to the hardwood tonight, hosting Pepperdine. The Panthers lost back-to-back WCC conference games last week to ranked Saint Mary's and Gonzaga. The Panthers are 8-and-15 overall and 2-and-8 in conference. Portland State will host Idaho on Thursday in a Big Sky game. The Vikings are 13-and-8 for the season and 3-and-5 in the Big Sky. 12th-ranked Gonzaga welcomes San Diego. The Zags are 19-and-4 and 9-and-1 in conference.
(Corvallis, OR) -- Oregon State will tangle with Stanford on the road in a Pac-12 game tonight. The Beavers have lost four of their past five games. OSU is 11-and-9 overall and 3-and-5 in the Pac-12. Game time is 8 p.m.
Ducks Will Meet California Next
(Eugene, OR) -- Oregon is back in action tonight as they visit Cal-Berkeley to take on the Golden Bears. The Ducks are 14-and-7 overall and 4-and-4 in the conference. Cal is 7-and-15 and 1-and-8. Tipoff is set for 6 p.m.


OT: Gaming PC Build - Take 2 - more geek wisdom please.
I am starting a build on a gaming PC to run more PUBG and Fortnite at home.
I am picking up a used MSI GTX 1060 with 6gb of ram and a 800W PSU for $250 from kijiji tonight.
I have a dilemma on the case. I was going to budget about $50, but the RGB cases look nice, and well that's the part that you see, so I'm thinking about increasing that to $100. I'm wondering if I get a nicer case, do people tend to reuse them on future builds and sell off their old hardware?
and 16gb of the appropriate RAM.
I'm going to buy a recycled WIndows Key online for the OS.
My son is a massive gamer. He says its not about aesthetics . Most gamers have no cases with parts everywhere.
He suggested picking up a Computer from a recycling drop off spot and using that.
Picked up the used graphics card and PSU last night... Bought it from a university student who was back home for the holidays. He is upgrading from the 1060 to a 1070 GPU.
I did find an old i5-4590, As rock Motherboard, and 16gb DDR3 RAM on kijiji for $300 locally... it intrigues me a little bit.... I don't know if it is worth it at that price... If I can get him down to about $200 I might consider that?
Looking at completed auctions on ebay.
This machine may get about 2-3 hrs of PUBG from me per week (I'm more a console guy), and about 5-15 hrs of Fortnight from my son and the neigbour kid. Son and neighbor kid like to play together at our house, and then join up with buds on console as Fortnight is cross platform.
My son, the mushroom. is building his. the specs allude me, the amazon delivery guy is down 15 lbs.
Wow, looks like it came out of a car.
We use similar cpu coolers. Issue is they don't fit in all cases. You end up running without a case side panel.
I personally would not purchase a used motherboard. They always have components breaking down from over clocking.
The CPUs seem to protect themselves better.
Ended up building this gaming computer.
Ryzen 5 2600 running at 4.150ghz, gtx gtx 1060 6gb video card and lots of fancy lights.
A little late, but might help others.


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Jonathan Corin
Get Sabra hummus off campus
The close association between Sabra-brand hummus and a notorious IDF brigade makes it the ideal target for a national boycott campaign, says Jonathan Corin.
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A WEEK ago, administrators at DePaul University in Chicago agreed to remove a popular brand of hummus from university shelves after the campus' Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) shed light on the manufacturer's ties to an Israel Defense Force (IDF) brigade notorious for allegations of human rights abuses.
After issuing a "clarification" stating that the decision to stop stocking hummus produced by the Sabra Dipping Company was temporary, the administration has now gone back on its word, saying it will re-shelve the product while it awaits the results of an ethics review.
The events at DePaul are taking place against the backdrop of two ongoing campaigns, one in Philadelphia and one at Princeton University, against Sabra--and in the larger context of the growing global boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement. Like the movement against South African apartheid, this struggle is aimed at forcing Israel to comply with international law and recognize the national rights of the Palestinian people.
Members of the Israel Defense Force's notorious Golani Brigade
Already, pro-Israel opponents of the BDS movement are trying to take DePaul's reversal out of context to try to paint it as a blow to activists' efforts. But they couldn't be more wrong. The events at DePaul are a prelude to the next round of struggle in an accelerating, multi-city BDS campaign.
PHILLY BDS included Sabra Dipping Company among its targets because the company is co-owned by the Strauss Group, an Israeli-held conglomerate that until last week boasted in its "Community Involvement Statement" on its Web site of its special relationship to the IDF's Golani brigade:
We have adopted the Golani reconnaissance platoon for over 30 years and provide them with an ongoing variety of food products for their training or missions...We have also adopted the Southern Shualei Shimshon troops from the Givati platoon with the goal of improving their service conditions and being there at the front to spoil them with our best products.
The Golani brigade has participated in nearly every IDF campaign involving the displacement and murder of Palestinian civilians since the Nakba in 1948, including Israel's 2008-2009 assault on Gaza that killed more than 1,400 Palestinians, most of whom were unarmed non-combatants, in just three weeks.
In between wars, the brigade completes "anti-guerilla" missions through its Egoz reconnaissance unit--the "platoon" referred to in the Community Involvement Statement, which is akin to a Special Forces unit in the U.S. military. The Egoz unit currently operates in Gaza, the West Bank and southern Lebanon.
Adopting tactics pioneered by labor activists in California, Philly BDS staged a flashmob in October to pressure a supermarket chain to remove Sabra products from its shelves. After the video of the action went viral, Strauss Group removed the reference to the IDF from its Community Involvement Statement, explaining that the company "recently redefined the focus of its community involvement and adjusted it to suit developing industry trends in the world."
Strauss Group has since reintroduced the statement, replacing language describing the relationship as one of "adoption" with a rationalization that borders on deliberate mockery of the boycott campaign, explaining that the aid given to the Golani brigade is strictly for "welfare, cultural and educational activities," and "books and games" for the "soldiers' club"--as if this absolves the corporation of complicity in the human rights abuses the soldiers commit while violently defending Israeli apartheid.
For those still unclear about whether Strauss Group's relationship to the Golani brigade has actually changed, the company has done the favor of leaving the original statement (unaltered at time of publication) on the Hebrew language version of its Web page.
Last month, activists at Princeton University took a lead from Philly BDS and initiated a Sabra boycott campaign on campus.
The Princeton Committee on Palestine (PCP) succeeded in petitioning to put a referendum before the student body requesting that more than one brand of hummus be made available for sale in university stores, arguing that the lack of choice is "particularly egregious and violent for Princetonians of Arab descent, who cannot eat the food that is quintessential to their culture unless they are willing to support crimes against their own people."
The pages of the Daily Princetonian reveal a vigorous debate on the referendum. After being struck from the ballot on a technicality--raised in the Student Senate, tellingly, by a member of an organization called Tigers for Israel--PCP submitted an updated referendum. Voting began last Monday.
While the outcome of the vote is not yet known, the high profile of the debate itself marks a step forward for the Princeton campaign. The campus controversy is compelling students previously unconcerned with the issue to take sides, providing an opportunity for public education about the issues involved and creating a new audience that activists can mobilize in the next round of struggle.
DePAUL's SJP members stood on the shoulders of these campaigns in launching theirs. DePaul only recently began carrying Sabra hummus, but the appearance of the new brand quickly caught the attention of Shirien, a member of DePaul's SJP chapter.
"My immediate reaction was disbelief and disgust because I had recently read some disturbing things about Sabra from Philly BDS," explained Shirien in an interview. "All of these students were being fed a brand that supports human rights violations, and they didn't even know it.
Shirien didn't hesitate in requesting that DePaul remove the brand from campus. "First, I set up a meeting with the president of the Student Government Association, who helped me look at steps I could take and key contacts in the administration that I should talk to," said Shirien. "I took his advice and decided to write an e-mail to the director of Student Centers and the director of Chartwells, who are in charge of the food products being sold on campus."
The e-mail Shirien and her fellow activists sent to administrators explained Sabra's relationship to Strauss Group and the Golani brigade, gave examples of human rights abuses committed by the brigade, and explained why any association with Sabra, Strauss Group and the IDF is inconsistent with DePaul's institutional values and religious tradition.
To Shirien's surprise, the letter alone prompted administrators to remove Sabra, but the university's subsequent announcement that the decision has yet to be made permanent means that the real battle is still to be won.
Shirien expressed optimism about the prospects for a successful pressure campaign, should it be necessary: "The temporary suspension of Sabra at DePaul is a small victory, but I think something like this gets people pumped up and ready for more...When it comes to something like justice for Palestine, every little victory eats away at the monster of injustice and brings us one step closer to victory."
The growing profile of the BDS movement has not gone unnoticed by Israel's defenders, who now acknowledge it as a very real threat. While it is a kind of backhanded compliment, this development cannot be taken lightly, and what it means for BDS activists is only beginning to take shape.
In October, an umbrella of pro-Israel organizations pumped $6 million into launching the Israel Action Network (IAN), an organization whose aims include the strategic and financial "catalysis" of locally-led fights against "delegitimization," which is their codeword for the BDS movement.
Campus activists should take note of Hillel's subsequent announcement of a strategic reorientation that includes greater centralization and special counter-BDS training for paid Hillel organizers, under the auspices of a newly created Israel Engagement Center.
Central to the strategies being field-tested by these organizations is control over vocabulary, exemplified by their use of the term "delegitimization" to refer to the BDS movement. In campus debates, activists can expect this "update" to the conflation of anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism to appear as often as the charge of anti-Semitism itself.
One such field test was recently foiled at Rutgers University, where members of Rutgers Hillel issued a press release attacking the legality of a fundraiser to benefit the U.S. to Gaza project--which seeks to send an American-flagged vessel along with the next international humanitarian aid flotilla to Gaza--on the grounds that some of the aid might find its way to Hamas. Their spurious accusations evidently had little effect, as the fundraiser drew upwards of 350 people.
Other potential applications of the new approach are still in development. Blogger James M. Wall argues that the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) intends to pervert provisions in Title VI of the Civil Rights Act--provisions that protect, among other groups, LGBT and disabled students--to pressure universities that receive federal funding into muzzling critics of Israel's oppression of Palestinians on grounds that "delegitimization" should be recognized under Title VI as a species of anti-Semitism.
While it is unlikely that ZOA litigators could convince a jury that anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism, they likely hope that the mere threat of litigation will be enough to get universities to clamp down.
It is extremely important that activists do not respond to such charges by retreating from anti-Zionist politics, because doing so plays into the hands of those seeking set the terms of the debate by establishing control over the vocabulary. Rather, activists must confront these charges head on, by continuing to be clear, for example, that anti-Zionism is not anti-Semitism, that the provision of humanitarian aid to an oppressed population has nothing to do with terrorism, and that Israel is its own best "delegitimizer."
REHEARSING THESE arguments is an important way that campus activists can prepare for the coming struggles, but the best defense is a more concentrated and stronger offense.
The significance of the events at DePaul lies in their having followed upon the heels of gains made in Philadelphia and at Princeton. The May 31, 2010, attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla opened many people's eyes to the reality of Israel's occupation of Palestine, giving activists a huge audience and creating an unprecedented potential to enlarge the movement.
Under such conditions, it becomes possible for social movements to experience explosive growth. The succession of events in the Sabra boycott campaign shows that the BDS movement, despite the furious hand-waving on the part of pro-Zionist propagandists, enjoys a potentially massive audience, but only insofar as activists find a way to organize in the current climate.
Public opinion is on our side, but the Zionist pushback shows us that they have a plan to change that. The present favorable moment exists only insofar as we can understand it: the momentum of Palestine solidarity work must be actively increased if it is to be maintained at all.
The Sabra campaign has already proven capable of attracting media attention vastly disproportionate to its size. If we can keep it in the news--for example, by starting new campaigns and staging actions calculated to raise the visibility of existing ones--we can connect with a much broader audience and capture the imagination of activists looking for a means to connect injustices in Palestine to the daily lives of students in the U.S.
Initiating new campaigns isn't easy, but that's mostly because of the difficulty of finding suitable targets, even with the assistance of excellent resources pooled by other activists.
But again the Sabra campaign shines as an example of a target that is both far-flung--some 156 colleges and universities across the U.S. contract with Chartwells for their campus food services, according to blogger Sami Kishawi--and yet local. After all, there aren't many things more intimate than the food you eat.
Even if only a minority of those 156 campuses have SJP chapters and even if a boycott campaign may not fit with the available resources at each campus that does have activists, we should see these as strategic problems to be worked through, not objections to the viability of the project.
Depending on whether and how these problems can be solved, there are potentially 156 opportunities to add to the momentum of a movement that is already causing alarm within Israel's political establishment.
The Israel Action Network and campus chapters of Hillel may have multimillion-dollar budgets, but we have justice on our side. It's time to get to work.
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Improving access to healthcare in underserved communities--Courtesy of EMD group
Emerging Markets Sales 2012: €1.74 billion ($2.3 billion)
Percentage of Sales in Emerging Markets: 29% (34% with materials division)
In volume terms, Merck KGaA's emerging markets sales are the smallest on our list. But in terms of its own revenues, emerging markets are big--and getting bigger. Last year, emerging markets accounted for 40% of the growth at Merck's prescription drug division, Serono. And emerging markets sales themselves grew by 13% overall, 9% at Serono.
One of the pillars of Merck Serono's emerging markets business is Glucophage (metformin), the diabetes treatment. In Latin America, the company is already the largest insulin provider partly because of that product's success there. And it aims to be a leading diabetes force in China: In April 2013, Merck Serono teamed up with Bristol-Myers Squibb ($BMY) to copromote Glucophage in that country. Since 1999, BMS has been promoting the Merck-developed drug in China, but now, the two will work together to take a number of different Glucophage formulations into new areas of the country. Merck's ($MRK) Belén Garijo, now CEO of the Serono division, said the BMS deal would strengthen its already "solid position" in emerging markets.
Merck's fertility products are also growing in emerging markets these days. Previously out of reach for most people in developing countries, fertility drugs like Gonal-f now fit into the budgets of a growing middle class. Erbitux, a cancer treatment, grew by 7.4% in emerging markets last year. In consumer health, a vitamin C brand, Cebion, drove a 6.5% sales increase in emerging markets--the only region where that unit eked out growth.
Meanwhile, Merck Serono is also focusing on growth in the Middle East. As part of its localized-production strategy, the company partnered with an Abu Dhabi-based manufacturer, Neopharma, to turn out branded drugs for the region. The first drug to emerge will be Euthyrox (levothyroxine), a thyroid drug, later this year, with Glucophage following in 2014. Serono has also teamed up with India-based Dr. Reddy's Laboratories to develop biosimilar versions of biotech cancer-drug blockbusters. It's a global partnership, with the two sharing the U.S. and Merck handling the rest of the world, except for "select" emerging markets that will either be handled jointly or run exclusively by Dr. Reddy's.
Emerging markets also share the distinction of being the only countries where Merck Serono's workforce is growing. While laying off hundreds in a sweeping restructuring, the company has increased its headcount in emerging markets. That, in fact, is one of the aims of the restructuring--shifting from Europe, where pharma growth is stagnant, to "higher-growth" regions. Some 30% of the company's employees, about 11,500 of them, work in emerging markets.
Recent currency shifts have eaten away at Merck's growth in emerging markets. Prescription drugs and consumer health both felt the hit, with on-the-ground sales growth for the first half of 2013 offset by foreign-exchange effects.
It should be noted that Merck's definition of emerging markets differs somewhat from the usual: It comprises Latin America and Asia, except for Japan. Africa is accounted for in a separate region that includes Japan.
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of Montreal's 'UR FUN' Album Review
of Montreal has always been a strange band. Frontman, Kevin Barnes' willingness to venture into different genres and experimentation with exotic sounds has always been an important charm to the band and a means of excitement to see how the band will evolve with new records.
"Polyaneurism" official video.
On their impressive sixteenth album, of Montreal find themselves mostly relishing in the sounds of pop from the 1980's, embracing the sounds of the 80's is different from other acts as the group is embracing a much more pop aesthetic when compared to more contemporary artists looking to the disco era of the 1980's for inspiration. Synthesizers are bright and shiny with drum machines occasionally sprawling up as decoration in some songs.
With such precise production and shiny instruments all making such a cohesive listen, every song tends to have a section that nearly guarantees it will stick in your mind. "Peace To All Freaks" opens with a such beautiful and bright production that it feels perfectly at home in the middle of a Stranger Things episode.
"Polyaneurism" is such an enjoyable pop tune that would have Madonna smiling. "St. Sebastian" boasts of a quirky synth coupled with funky bass guitar that stands out in the later track-listing. Tracks like "Don't Let Me Die In America" and "Deliberate Self-harm Ha Ha" seem to take the fundamental lessons from pop and apply them to a more punk rock back-drop with the former having a breakdown that seems incredibly reminiscent of the B-52's.
"Carmillas of Love" is a strange song that feels lazy and sticky all due to a sludge, deep guitar riff contrasting to higher pitched tremolo guitar riffs at times riding alongside the psychedelic tune. Despite so many songs being absolutely delightful, a number of songs are not as enjoyable coming around on repeat listens. "Get God's Attention By Being Atheist" features sections that are too loud and bombastic one minute, but quiet and subtle the next. It's something that comes off as jarring and off putting. Likewise, "You've Had Me Everywhere" is a track that features lyrics that are too cheesy to be taken seriously despite terrific instrumentation.
Revisiting the 1980's is something that has become vastly popular of late. From television shows to movies to music. While most contemporary groups have taken inspiration from disco, of Montreal is finding a delightful number of tunes that embrace the pop side of the decade. Songs lush and glow with beautiful synths, drum machines, and strange songwriting we've come to expect from an of Montreal album.
Some of the later songs even tend to genre mix as punk and the shiny pop instrumentation are featured on one track. It's something that could have resulted in a messy, terrible song, but instead comes off quite cohesively. Not every song is of the same quality, but following the ten track adventure is something nonetheless fun and definitely worth a listen.
By Caleb Ortiz
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Q: How to comprehend the flow of this assembly code I can' t understand how this works.
Here's a part of main() program disassembled by objdump and written in intel notation
0000000000000530 <main>:
530:    lea    rdx,[rip+0x37d]        # 8b4 <_IO_stdin_used+0x4>
537:    mov    DWORD PTR [rsp-0xc],0x0
53f:    movabs r10,0xedd5a792ef95fa9e
549:    mov    r9d,0xffffffcc
54f:    nop
550:    mov    eax,DWORD PTR [rsp-0xc]
554:    cmp    eax,0xd
557:    ja     57c <main+0x4c>
559:   movsxd rax,DWORD PTR [rdx+rax*4]
55d:    add    rax,rdx
560:    jmp    rax

The rodata section dump:
.rodata
 08b0 01000200 ecfdffff d4fdffff bcfdffff  ................
 08c0 9cfdffff 7cfdffff 6cfdffff 4cfdffff  ....|...l...L...
 08d0 3cfdffff 2cfdffff 0cfdffff ecfcffff  <...,...........
 08e0 d4fcffff b4fcffff 0cfeffff           ............

In 530, rip is [537] so [rdx] = [537 + 37d] = 8b4.
First question is the value of rdx is how large? Is the valueis ec, or ecfdffff or something else? If it has DWORD, I can understand that has 'ecfdffff' (even this is wrong too?:() but this program don't declare it. How can I judge the value?
Then the program continues.
In 559, rax is first appeared.
The second question is this rax can interpret as a part of eax and in this time is the rax = 0? If rax is 0, in 559 means rax = DWORD[rdx] and the value of rax become ecfdffff and next [55d] do rax += rdx, and I think this value can't jamp. There must be something wrong, so tell me where, or how i make any wrongs.

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but this program don't declare it

You're looking at disassembly of machine code + data.  It's all just bytes in memory.  Any labels the disassembler does manage to show are ones that got left in the executable's symbol table.  They're irrelevant to how the CPU runs the machine code.
(The ELF program headers tell the OS's program loader how to map it into memory, and where to jump to as an entry point.  This has nothing to do with symbols, unless a shared library references some globals or functions defined in the executable.)
You can single-step the code in GDB and watch register values change.

In 559, rax is first appeared.

EAX is the low 32 bits of RAX.  Writing to EAX zero-extends into RAX implicitly.  From mov    DWORD PTR [rsp-0xc],0x0 and the later reload, we know that RAX=0.
This must have been un-optimized compiler output (or volatile int idx = 0; to defeat constant propagation), otherwise it would know at compile time that RAX=0 and could optimize away everything else.

lea    rdx,[rip+0x37d]        # 8b4
A RIP-relative LEA puts the address of static into a register.  It's not a load from memory.  (That happens later when movsxd with an indexed addressing mode uses RDX as the base address.)
The disassembler worked out the address for you; it's RDX = 0x8b4.  (Relative to the start of the file; when actually running the program would be mapped at a virtual address like 0x55555...000)

554:    cmp    eax,0xd
557:    ja     57c <main+0x4c>
559:   movsxd rax,DWORD PTR [rdx+rax*4]
55d:    add    rax,rdx
560:    jmp    rax

This is a jump table.  First it checks for an out-of-bounds index with cmp eax,0xd, then it indexes a table of 32-bit signed offsets using EAX (movsxd with an addressing mode that scales RAX by 4), and adds that to the base address of the table to get a jump target.
GCC could just make a jump table of 64-bit absolute pointers, but chooses not to so that .rodata is position-independent as well and doesn't need load-time fixups in a PIE executable.  (Even though Linux does support doing that.)  See https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=84011 where this is discussed (although the main focus of that bug is that gcc -fPIE can't turn a switch into a table lookup of string addresses, and actually still uses a jump table)
The jump-offset table address is in RDX, this is what was set up with the earlier LEA.

A: I think I'll diverge from what Peter discussed (he provides good information) and get to the heart of some issues I think are causing you problems. When I first glanced at this question I assumed that the code was likely compiler generated and the jmp rax was likely the result of some control flow statement. The most likely way to generate such a code sequence is via a C switch. It isn't uncommon for a switch statement to be made of a jump table to say what code should execute depending on the control variable. As an example: the control variable for switch(a) is a.
This all made sense to me, and I wrote up a number of comments (now deleted) that ultimately resulted in bizarre memory addresses that jmp rax would go to. I had errands to run but when I returned I had the aha moment that you may have had the same confusion I did. This output from objdump using the -s option appeared as:

.rodata
 08b0 01000200 ecfdffff d4fdffff bcfdffff  ................
 08c0 9cfdffff 7cfdffff 6cfdffff 4cfdffff  ....|...l...L...
 08d0 3cfdffff 2cfdffff 0cfdffff ecfcffff  <...,...........
 08e0 d4fcffff b4fcffff 0cfeffff           ............

One of your questions seems to be about what values get loaded here. I never used the -s option to look at data in the sections and was unaware that although the dump splits the data out in groups of 4 bytes (32-bit values) they are shown in byte order as it appears in memory. I had at first assumed the output was displaying these values from Most Significant Byte to Least significant byte and objdump -s had done the conversion. That is not the case.
You have to manually reverse the bytes of each group of 4 bytes to get the real value that would be read from memory into a register.
ecfdffff in the output actually means ec fd ff ff. As a DWORD value (32-bit) you need to reverse the bytes to get the HEX value as you would expect when loaded from memory. ec fd ff ff reversed would be ff ff fd ec or the 32-bit value 0xfffffdec. Once you realize that then this makes a lot more sense. If you make this same adjustment for all the data in that table you'd get:

.rodata
 08b0: 0x00020001 0xfffffdec 0xfffffdd4 0xfffffdbc
 08c0: 0xfffffd9c 0xfffffd7c 0xfffffd6c 0xfffffd4c
 08d0: 0xfffffd3c 0xfffffd2c 0xfffffd0c 0xfffffcec
 08e0: 0xfffffcd4 0xfffffcb4 0xfffffe0c

Now if we look at the code you have it starts with:
530:    lea    rdx,[rip+0x37d]        # 8b4 <_IO_stdin_used+0x4>

This doesn't load data from memory, it is computing the effective address of some data and places the address in RDX. The disassembly from OBJDUMP is displaying the code and data with the view that it is loaded in memory starting at 0x000000000000. When it is loaded into memory it may be placed at some other address. GCC in this case is producing position independent code (PIC). It is generated in such a way that the first byte of the program can start at an arbitrary address in memory.
The # 8b4 comment is the part we are concerned about (you can ignore the information after that). The disassembly is saying if the program was loaded at 0x0000000000000000 then the value loaded into RDX would be 0x8b4. How was that arrived at? This instruction starts at 0x530 but with RIP relative addressing the RIP (instruction pointer) is relative to the address just after the current instruction. The address the disassembler used was 0x537 (the byte after the current instruction is the address of the first byte of the next instruction). The instruction adds 0x37d to RIP and gets 0x537+0x37d=0x8b4. The address 0x8b4 happens to be in the .rodata section which you are given a dump of (as discussed above).
We now know that RDX contains the base of some data. The jmp rax suggests this is likely going to be a table of 32-bit values that are used to determine what memory location to jump to depending on the value in the control variable of a switch statement.
This statement appears to be storing the value 0 as a 32-bit value on the stack.
537:    mov    DWORD PTR [rsp-0xc],0x0

These appear to be variables that the compiler chose to store in registers (rather than memory).
53f:    movabs r10,0xedd5a792ef95fa9e
549:    mov    r9d,0xffffffcc

R10 is being loaded with the 64-bit value 0xedd5a792ef95fa9e. R9D is the lower 32-bits of the 64-bit R9 register.The value 0xffffffcc is being loaded into the lower 32-bits of R9 but there is something else occurring. In 64-bit mode if the destination of an instruction is a 32-bit register the CPU automatically zero extends the value into the upper 32-bits of the register. The CPU is guaranteeing us that the upper 32-bits are zeroed.
This is a NOP and doesn't do anything except align the next instruction to memory address 0x550. 0x550 is a value that is 16-byte aligned. This has some value and may hint that the instruction at 0x550 may be the first instruction at the top of a loop. An optimizer may place NOPs into the code to align the first instruction at the top of a loop to a 16-byte aligned address in memory for performance reasons:
54f:    nop

Earlier the 32-bit stack based variable at rsp-0xc was set to zero. This reads the value 0 from memory as a 32-bit value and stores it in EAX. Since EAX is a 32-bit register being used as the destination for the instruction the CPU automatically filled the upper 32-bits of RAX to 0. So all of RAX is zero.
550:    mov    eax,DWORD PTR [rsp-0xc]

EAX is now being compared to 0xd. If it is above (ja) it goes to the instruction at 0x57c.
554:    cmp    eax,0xd
557:    ja     57c <main+0x4c>

We then have this instruction:
559:   movsxd rax,DWORD PTR [rdx+rax*4]

The movsxd is an instruction that will take a 32-bit source operand (in this case the 32-bit value at memory address RDX+RAX*4) load it into the bottom 32-bits of RAX and then sign extend the value into the upper 32-bits of RAX. Effectively if the 32-bit value is negative (the most significant bit is 1) the upper 32-bits of RAX will be set to 1. If the 32-bit value is not negative the upper 32-bits of RAX will be set to 0.
When this code is first encountered RDX contains the base of some table at 0x8b4 from the beginning of the program loaded in memory. RAX is set to 0. Effectively the first 32-bits in the table are copied to RAX and sign extended. As seen earlier the value at offset 0xb84 is 0xfffffdec. That 32-bit value is negative so RAX contains 0xfffffffffffffdec.
Now to the meat of the situation:
55d:    add    rax,rdx
560:    jmp    rax

RDX still holds the address to the beginning of a table in memory. RAX is being added to that value and stored back in RAX (RAX = RAX+RDX). We then JMP to the address stored in RAX. So this code all seems to suggest we have a JUMP table with 32-bit values that we are using to determine where we should go. So then the obvious question. What are the 32-bit values in the table? The 32-bit values are the difference between the beginning of the table and the address of the instruction we want to jump to.
We know the table is 0x8b4 from the location our program is loaded in memory. The C compiler told the linker to compute the difference between 0x8b4 and the address where the instruction we want to execute resides. If the program had been loaded into memory at 0x0000000000000000 (hypothetically), RAX = RAX+RDX would have resulted in RAX being 0xfffffffffffffdec + 0x8b4 = 0x00000000000006a0. We then use jmp rax to jump to 0x6a0. You didn't show the entire dump of memory but there is going to be code at 0x6a0 that will execute when the value passed to the switch statement is 0. Each 32-bit value in the JUMP table will be a similar offset to the code that will execute depending on the control variable in the switch statement. If we add 0x8b4 to all the entries in the table we get:

 08b0:            0x000006a0 0x00000688 0x00000670
 08c0: 0x00000650 0x00000630 0x00000620 0x00000600
 08d0: 0x000005F0 0x000005e0 0x000005c0 0x000005a0
 08e0: 0x00000588 0x00000568 0x000006c0

You should find that in the code you haven't provided us that these addresses coincide with code that appears after the jmp rax.
Given that the memory address 0x550 was aligned, I have a hunch that this switch statement is inside a loop that keeps executing as some kind of state machine until the proper conditions are met for it to exit. Likely the value of the control variable used for the switch statement is changed by the code in the switch statement itself. Each time the switch statement is run the control variable has a different value and will do something different.
The control variable for the switch statement was originally checked for the value being above 0x0d (13). The table starting at 0x8b4 in the .rodata section has 14 entries. One can assume the switch statement probably has 14 different states (cases).

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North Korea satire The Interview will be screened by a limited number of movie theaters on Christmas Day, Sony Pictures Entertainment has announced.
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Two movie theaters in Atlanta and Austin have already revealed screenings.
They said via social media that Sony Pictures had authorized them to show the film, which has caused escalating tension between the US and North Korea.
The US has blamed North Korea for the Sony hack, which has led to sensitive data and unreleased film material being leaked.
In the wake of threats against cinema chains that had planned to screen The Interview, Sony announced that the film's release would be pulled completely.
Major movie chains in the US are thought unlikely to take part in the release at this stage.
He also said he "hoped it would be the first step of the film's release".
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«I Ain't Mad at Cha» — пятый сингл Тупака Шакура с альбома All Eyez on Me.

История
Песня была записана в день выхода Тупака Шакура из тюрьмы. Сразу после освобождения он отправился в студию, где записал две песни: «I Ain't Mad at Cha» и «Ambitionz az a Ridah» . В записи вокала принял участие соул-певец Danny Boy. Трек был спродюсирован Dat Nigga Daz (ныне Daz Dillinger). В композиции использовался семпл из песни «A Dream» с альбома In a Special Way в исполнении DeBarge.

Песня вошла в очередной альбом Тупака, получивший название All Eyez on Me. На сайте AllMusic песню назвали одной из лучших на альбоме. Композиция также вошла в сборник Тупака Greatest Hits.

На песню был снят видеоклип, который заканчивался словами «Посвящается Мутулу Шакуру и Джеронимо Пратту». Этими людьми были отчим и крёстный отец Тупака. Клип занял 33-е место в рейтинге «100 лучших видеоклипов MTV 1996 года».

Сингл был выпущен в сентябре 1996 года, через два дня после смерти исполнителя. Песня хорошо зарекомендовала себя в международных чартах, заняв 2 место в Новой Зеландии, 13 место в Великобритании и 15 место в Нидерландах. Песня не была выпущена в качестве сингла в Соединенных Штатах, что сделало невозможным её участие в хит-парадах Billboard, но достигла 18 и 58 позиций в чартах R&B и Pop Airplay.

Список
 Макси-CD
 «I Ain't Mad At Cha» (Radio Edit) — 4:22
 «I Ain't Mad At Cha» (LP Version) — 4:54
 «Skandalouz» — 4:09
 «Heartz of Men» — 4:43
 Промо 12"
 «I Ain't Mad at Cha» (LP Version) — 4:53
 «Heartz of Men» — 4:43
 «Skandalouz» — 4:09
 «Got My Mind Made Up» — 5:13

Примечания

Синглы Тупака Шакура
Синглы Interscope Records
Синглы Death Row Records

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Well it's official, I'm a junior in high school! School started yesterday, and we had a modified schedule so I would be able to meet all of my teachers. I'm not stranded without any of my friends in any class, so I think I'll be alright! Also, while I'm getting adjusted to my new schedule in school, I head back to the gym this week after taking our annual week-long break. It's a strange schedule, but next week, things should start to settle in.
Preheat the oven to 370 degrees and prepare 2 baking sheets. In a stand mixer, cream together the butter and the brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add in the egg and vanilla extract until fully incorporated. Add in the milk until it just comes together.
In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and nutmeg. Slowly add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, being careful not to overmix (or else you'll get hockey puck cookies-ew)! Fold the blueberries in gently, taking extra caution not to pop them.
Take a medium sized bowl and add the 1/2 cup granulated sugar. Using a tablespoon or an ice cream scooper (or your hands), make balls of dough and roll them in the granulated sugar, then place them on a tray.
Bake for 15-18 minutes, or until the cookie centers are set and the tops are lightly colored.
Mix together the flour, baking powder, and cinnamon if you're using it.
Rinse the blueberries and toss them in 1-2 tablespoons of flour until just coated.
With a stand or a hand mixer, whisk the 2 egg whites until they form firm glossy peaks. Be careful not to overwhip! Once done, if using a stand mixer, scrape into a different bowl, or a hand mixer, just a new bowl.
Cream the butter and sugar until combined. Add in the 2 eggs until combined.
Add in half of the dry ingredients, combine, then all of the milk, and then the rest of the dry ingredients. Be careful not to over mix, only mix until just combined!
Switch to a rubber spatula and stir in 1/4 of the egg whites. Then carefully fold in the rest of the egg whites, being sure to use a light hand. Add in the blueberries, being careful to fold them in.
Bake the cake for 35-40 minutes, or until golden brown and a toothpick comes out clean.


KUSHTIA, Oct 27, 2017 (BSS) – An alleged criminal was killed in a shootout between police and his accomplices in Joynabad area under Kumarkhali upazila of the district early today.
Police identified the slain accused as Anowar Hossain, 27, hailed from Nagor Shaota village of the upazila. He was wanted in a case filed for murdering an expatriate naming Rakibul.
A team of police first arrested Anowar yesterday noon from Badbazar area, Officer-in-Charge of Kumarkhali Thana Abdul Khalek said, adding according to Anowar confession, police later carried out an operation in Joynabad area to arrest his accomplices.
police, prompting them to retaliate, triggering a gun fight between them. At a stage, Anowar was caught in the line of fire.
Later police found bullet hit Anowar falling on the ground and took him to Kushtia General Hospital where on duty doctor declared him dead.
Police recovered a foreign made pistol, two rounds of bullet and two sharpe weapons from the area.


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Stefania roraimae est une espèce d'amphibiens de la famille des Hemiphractidae.

Répartition
Cette espèce est endémique du Guyana. Elle se rencontre de  à  d'altitude sur les monts Roraima, Ayanganna et Wokomung.

Description
La femelle holotype mesure .

Étymologie
Son nom d'espèce lui a été donné en référence au lieu de sa découverte, le mont Roraima.

Publication originale
 Duellman & Hoogmoed, 1984 : The taxonomy and phylogenetic relationships of the hylid frog genus Stefania. Miscellaneous Publication, Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, ,  (texte intégral).

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Anoure (nom scientifique)
Hemiphractinae
Faune endémique du Guyana