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Help! Intake Upgrade, 01 Legacy
Started by WRX , Aug 06 2012 10:49 AM
9 replies to this topic
Posted 06 August 2012 - 10:49 AM
Hey all. I found this Intake tube that fits my '01 Legacy L 2.5 and I have some questions. Would this pipe have a higher diameter than stock? And what would I need to hook it up to a Greddy Airinx Universal Filter?
Posted 06 August 2012 - 11:06 AM
dig around here for some dimensions/info
Posted 07 August 2012 - 08:45 PM
which size would fit? that's all I ask. Do you think that pipe is 3 inches? Does it matter which size filter I get to fit the pipe? or is it just the size of the filter itself?
Edited by WRX, 07 August 2012 - 09:05 PM.
Posted 07 August 2012 - 08:54 PM
I just don't know, sorry. If it is, 80mm should be good (figuring in wall thickness)
Posted 07 August 2012 - 09:06 PM
Would I need an MAF adapter?
Posted 07 August 2012 - 09:33 PM
maybe email the suppliers. Or search/ask over at NASIOC. There's no end to the mods those guys have tried.
Posted 08 August 2012 - 01:56 AM
I did the stupid live chat thing and the guy wasn't helpful at all. I was like "I just want to know the diameter to determine if it will fit what I want to do, and he just asked the same questions it asks when you order it. I wasted about 30 minutes talking to it.
I'll try NASIOC. Thanks.
I'll try NASIOC. Thanks.
Posted 11 August 2012 - 11:43 AM
Why are you wanting an intake in the first place? There is no performance to be gained here....
Posted 11 August 2012 - 03:06 PM
Agree. Subaru's design pulls the coldest air in from the outside. These usually pull hot air from the engine compartment.
The only upgrade I have seen is a clean K&N or Perrin washable filter dropped into the factory air box and that's only if its serviced properly and the car is Turbocharged and tuned for it.
The only upgrade I have seen is a clean K&N or Perrin washable filter dropped into the factory air box and that's only if its serviced properly and the car is Turbocharged and tuned for it.
Posted 13 August 2012 - 12:34 PM
Would I need an MAF adapter?
No, 2001 2.5 SOHC uses a MAP sensor instead of the MAF sensor. The only way you will get almost as cool of air to your intake running that setup, is to have your cone filter installed INSIDE the wheel well. Any air drawn from the engine bay is gonna be ~30F+ warmer than outside the engine bay.
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I have always wondered what it would be like to be able to pick your own name. What if there was a law that said that your parents gave you a temporary name at birth, but you got to select your permanent name later? They could call this decree the "Personal Branding Selectivity Act."
That way you could navigate through life for a while, have a few experiences, make a few observations, and then be able to make an informed choice about what you'd like to be called for the rest of your life.
I know what you're thinking … if we let a 5-year-old pick his own name, we'd wind up with a bunch of Shreks and Spider-Mans and Barbies and Hello Kittys. Now that I think of it, when I was a kid, I probably would have picked something like Pinocchio or Hopalong or some superhero. I could hear the kindergarten conversation now …
Teacher: "Mighty Mouse Penkava … what are you doing lying on the floor?"
Me: "Sorry, mortal human … I tripped on my cape."
OK, maybe the Personal Branding Selectivity Act needs a little tweaking.
But did you know that there's a way to allow an unborn baby pick his own name? You could go to the iPhone app store and buy "Kick to Pick." Here's how it works: You launch the app, and it generates thousands of names. Then you set it on the mommy's tummy. It sits there until the baby kicks. That stops the name generator. Whatever name it stopped on is the name that the baby has picked.
There's a big advantage to this "Kick It and Pick It" method. Your child can never blame you for giving him or her a weirdo name. "I know, Angus, but don't blame us, you picked it." "Sorry, Clementine, but that's what you get for thinking with your feet."
But it seems that today people aren't the only ones getting names. Recently the Weather Channel has adopted a policy of naming winter storms. A while ago, we barely escaped being battered by a winter storm named Draco. We used to say, "Man, that blizzard was terrible." Now we'll be hearing, "Golly, Gandorf sure packed a wallop" and "Athena was nothing compared to Yogi!"
That got me thinking … we've got hurricanes with names and now personalized blizzards … what if we extended this brand-naming concept to other events in our lives? Check out this conversation …
"Honey, sorry I'm late. I was stuck in Traffic Jam Frank on Randall Road."
"That's OK, I had a tough day, too. I was shopping at Walmart and we had to deal with Aisle Spill Jill."
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So, folks, get ready for "Name Saturation Sadie." Take it from a guy who just survived "Column Deadline Danny."
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A/M Breakfast, Andrew Michael; Bacon Wrapped Shrimp, Molly's, Saigon Le; Baguettes, La Baguette; Barbecue Pizza, Coletta's, Elwood's Shack, Pete & Sam's; Barbecue Salad, Bar-B-Q Shop, Central BBQ, Germantown Commissary; Barbecue Sandwich, Bar-B-Q Shop, Interstate, Payne's, Tops; Barbecue Spaghetti, Bar-B-Q Shop; Beacon Salad, Pete & Sam's; Beer, Boscos; Birthday Cake Sno Cone, Jerry's; Biscuits and Gravy, Blue Plate, Brother Juniper's, Stone Soup; Boston Cream Pie, Calvary Waffle Shop; Brisket, Elwood's Shack, The Rendezvous; Catfish, Soul Fish; Cheese Dip, Pancho's; Cheeseburger, Belmont, Caritas Village, Elegant Farmer, Earnestine & Hazel's, Hog & Hominy, Huey's, Tops; Chicken Salad, Bogie's, Calvary Waffle Shop, La Baguette; Chile Rellenos, Los Compadres; Chips, Las Delicias; Chocolate Malt, Wiles-Smith; Chopped Steak, Mortimer's; Coffee, Republic Coffee; Collards, Hog & Hominy; Corn Sticks, Little Tea Shop; Cuban Sandwich, Soul Fish; Cupcakes, Muddy's; DeNiro, Republic Coffee; Dry Ribs, Rendezvous; Egg Drop Soup, A-Tan's, Formosa; Eggplant Casserole, Cupboard; Egg Roll & Pork Vermicelli, Saigon Le; Fish Pudding, Calvary Waffle Shop; Fried Chicken, Gus's; Fried Green Tomatoes, Cupboard; Fried Rice, Formosa, Saigon Le; Fries, Brass Door, Huey's; Guacamole, Las Delicias; Gumbo, Déjà Vu; Hoppin John, Little Tea Shop; Hot and Sour Soup, A-Tan's; Hot Dogs, Elwood's Shack, Hog & Hominy; Italian Salad, Coletta's, Fino's, Pete & Sam's; Italian Spinach, Pete & Sam's; Knuckle Sandwich, Iris; Lyonnaise Salad, Café 1912; Meatloaf, 3 Angels, Lunchbox; Miss Mary's Salad, Frank Grisanti's; New York Club, Fino's; Osso Buco, Sweet Grass; Peanuts, Peanut Shoppe; Pizza Supreme, Memphis Pizza Cafe; Popcorn, Peanut Shoppe; Potato Soup, Huey's; Pot Roast, Elegant Farmer; Salad Sampler, Bogie's, Calvary Waffle Shop; Sausage and Cheese Plate, Rendezvous; Sea Bass, Tsunami; Self-Serve Yogurt, YoLo; Shrimp and Grits, Sweet Grass; Shrimp Elfo, Frank Grisanti's; Shrimp in Black Bean Sauce, Saigon Le; Shrimp Po Boy, Déjà Vu; Shrimp Salad, Bogey's; Sliders, Bardog, Brass Door, Slider Inn; Souflima, Jim's Place; Soup (any kind), Caritas Village, Stone Soup; Steak, Folk's Folly; Stuffed Avocado, Little Tea Shop; Surf and Turf, Iris; The Belt, Brass Door; Turkey Burger, Huey's; Thai Toast, Bhan Thai; Tomato Aspic, Calvary Waffle Shop; Turnip Greens, Elegant Farmer, Little Tea Shop; Vietnamese Egg Rolls, Saigon Le; Wet Ribs, Bar B-Q Shop, Central BBQ, Germantown Commissary, Interstate; Waffles, Calvary Waffle Shop; Wonton Soup, Saigon Le.
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JERUSALEM: Israel's army has been for its use of live fire against Palestinians, as concern mounts among human rights over the civilian death toll since the start of the year.
Five young Palestinians have been shot dead by Israeli soldiers this month, another was killed last month and a seventh death is disputed by the Israeli military.
The army's use of "non-lethal crowd control measures" is also being questioned, with the release of a report that says since 2005 six Palestinians have been killed by rubber-coated metal bullets, another two died when hit by tear-gas canisters fired directly at them, and at least two other Palestinians have been killed with 0.22-calibrebullets used to disperse demonstrations.
Dozens of Palestinians have been seriously injured by of these weapons, according to the report from the human rights group B'Tselem, which also found security forces had killed at least 46 Palestinians when firing live ammunition at stone-throwers in the West Bank from 2005 to the end of 2012.
The deaths occurred despite the fact that "the Israeli standing orders explicitly state that live ammunition may not be fired stone-throwers," the B'Tselem report said.
It said "no member of the Israeli security forces had been prosecuted for the lethal firing of extended-range tear-gas grenades or for the decision to introduce the use of a potentially lethal weapon".
Military and Border Police personnel "systematically breach the existing orders and fire rubber-coated bullets even under circumstances prohibited by these orders", the report said.
The Israel Force rejected the B'Tselem report's findings. It said in a written response the report presented "a biased narrative, relying primarily on incidents that are either old or still under investigation by the Military Police".
"IDF Rules of Engagement . . . very clearly defined . . . Every soldier who is expected to contend with these situations regularly trains with riot dispersal means and is carefully taught the [rules of engagement].
"The IDF does everything in its power to ensure that the use of riot dispersal means is done in accordance with the Rules of Engagement, collateral damage and maintaining stability and security in the region."
The youngest Palestinian to be killed this year was 15-year-old Salah Amarin, who died last Wednesday after being shot in the head near Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem. The IDF said he had been using a slingshot to launch stones during an earlier protest.
Lubna al-Hanash, 22, was shot in the head while walking on a college campus near Hebron with a female friend.
The common thread to all of these cases is that none of these people posed any grave threat to the soldiers.Sarit Michaeli, B'Tselem spokeswoman
The IDF has confirmed the incident, saying there were Palestinians in the area throwing petrol bombs. But a witness to the shooting, Lubna's friend Suad Jaara, 28, who was also injured in the attack, told Ma'an News Agency "there was nobody in the area except Lubna and I".
Samir Awad, 16, was shot on January 15 after crossing one of the security fences near his home in Budrus.
Witnesses said Samir was running away from the soldiers when one or more of them opened fire. Ayed Morrar, a member of the village popular resistance committee, told The Guardian: "They shot him in cold blood, they shot him in the back. He wasn't threatening them."
At the time the IDF said Awad was "attempting to infiltrate into Israel" and an IDF spokeswoman confirmed "the case is currently under investigation by the Military Police".
Three days earlier, Uday Darwish, 21, was shot after attempting to cross the security barrier near Hebron – he was unarmed, Palestinian sources said.
Last month, Mohammed al-Salaymeh was killed at a checkpoint in Hebron as he went to buy a cake for his 17th birthday — soldiers said he pulled a toy gun from his bag, but some of the IDF's claims were also disputed by witnesses.
In Gaza, Anwar al-Mamlouk, 19, was shot near the border fence on January 11, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights said.
The spokeswoman for B'Tselem, Sarit Michaeli, said: "We are very worried by the recent cluster of cases where members of the security forces have killed Palestinians either involved in stone-throwing or other incidents – the common thread all of these cases is that none of these people posed any grave threat to the soldiers.
"The open fire regulations prohibit the use of live ammunition unless the soldiers or anyone else are in grave danger. It is too early to know whether this is a trend that will continue, but it seems like the army is in denial about this issue – there is a denial there is a problem in terms of live ammunition and crowd control measures, and there is a lack of accountability."
However the Israel Defence Force said it "carefully investigates complaints that are tendered, instigating Military Police investigations when necessary, as per the policy determined by the Supreme Court and in line with the IDF's ethical code".
Yehuda Shaul, co-founder of the group Breaking the Silence, which documents the testimonies of former Israeli soldiers, said the recent cases appeared to be "a clear violation of the official rules of engagement of the IDF".
"It is disturbing that there is no backlash to this atmosphere – we have not seen a chief of staff of IDF take a strong stand against this, we haven't seen a politician take a strong stand against this."
The distance between the rules of engagement and what happened in the field was vast, Mr Shaul said.
"In terms of the use of what the army calls non-lethal weapons, our finding shows that aiming directly at people with tear gas canisters is pretty widespread, that rubber bullets, in a huge amount of cases, are fired against the regulations."
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Hokepoints: The 2012 Season, in Photos
Two photos by Upchurch made into one.
I've been spending much of the last week going through last year's photos by Eric Upchuch (ChewerD on the site) to find the good stuff for this year's HTTV. Ninety-five percent just gets deleted, several hundred make it to folders I can access for various players and stuff. Then there's the shots and sequences that I can't, for whatever reason, use in the book but can't in good conscious throw out. So here you go.
You know those guys who stick their heads in lions' mouths? We've got a cameraman who'll stick his lens inches from Jake Ryan. Peer into the soul of the Viking.
[The rest after THE JUMP]
Opponent Watch: Finale
No. 2 Alabama (12-1 overall, 8-1 SEC)
Last game: Beat Georgia 32-28 in the SEC Championship after Georgia futzed a last-second goal line play.
As frightening as: Rome, ca. 450 A.D. Currently idling between sacks. Fear level = 9 but waning.
Superlative: Best cry after a win.
If Michigan could play them now: The humanity would overwhelm.
In hindsight, Michigan should have: Not scheduled them.
Bowl game: Will play No. 1 Notre Dame in a battle of which team Michigan fans want to cheer for less.
Prediction: It's Notre Dame.
Air Force (6-6 overall, 5-3 MWC)
Last game: Blown out by Fresno State 48-15. It's like people know how to defend the triple option. Crazy.
As frightening as: Kryptonite. Ostensibly harmless, inert substance that glows green around Michigan players and makes them appear slow and weak. Fear level = 5.
Superlative: Most infuriating to root against due to nameplates bearing noble ideals.
If Michigan could play them now: Nobody needs that twice in one season.
In hindsight, Michigan should have: Scheduled them later, as in not right after Alabama.
Bowl game: Will play Rice in the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl.
Prediction: The ratings will be higher overseas.
UMass (1-11, 1-7 MAC)
Last game: Lost to Central Michigan 42-41.
Mike Cox!: 17 carries, 66 yards, 1 TD.
As frightening as: A flap of a butterfly's wings. Every once in a while it might trigger a tiny vortex that blows a nearby butterfly off course. In this case that other butterfly would be 1-11 Akron. Fear level = 0.
Superlative: Most likely to appear in highlight reels of other teams.
If Michigan could play them now: It would be a nice glamour photo shoot for Michigan's tailbacks complete with dramatic lighting, airbrushing, and green space.
In hindsight, Michigan should have: Not scheduled them. This game didn't do anything for Michigan other than show us that Denard can throw a pick-six to even the worst defenses.
Bowl game: There should be an anti-playoff to determine the worst team in Division I.
No. 1 Notre Dame (12-0 overall)
Last game: Failed to lose to USC, 22-13.
As frightening as: MRSA. Fear level = 8.
Superlative: Most referees on payroll.
If Michigan could play them now: Michigan would probably find another way to lose again, which is fine. This year, as they say, is Not Ours.
In hindsight, Michigan should have: Run the ball more, which sounds crazy now, but back then people had luxuries like ulnar nerves and tibias. This kind of thing worked.
Bowl game: Notre Dame is 60 minutes away from Returning to Glory. Agasp.
Prediction: Either way Ohio State won't end up No. 1 in the AP.
Purdue (6-6 overall, 3-5 B1G)
Last game: Won rivalry game against Indiana 56-35, fired coach.
Arithmetic: WALRUS minus STACHE equals MANATEE.
If Michigan could play them now: It would be a semifinal match for the title of "B1G Team with most season-altering injuries." In the other bracket of this hypothetical tournament is Iowa, which has a bye because of its self-explanatory No. 1 seed.
In hindsight, Michigan should have: Savored this win more.
Bowl game: Heart of Dallas Bowl vs. Oklahoma State.
Prediction: Oklahoma State is 7-5. All five of its losses have been to teams that were ranked at one point or another during the season; Purdue lost to Minnesota. In conference play, Oklahoma State beat TCU, No. 24 Iowa State, West Virginia, and No. 23 Texas Tech by multiple scores; in conference play, Purdue beat Indiana by multiple scores.
This should go real well.
Illinois (2-10 overall, 0-8 B1G)
Last game: Could not overcome five-score deficit; lost to Northwestern.
As frightening as: Someone else's septic leak. Schadenfreude level = 4. It's been a few years since they last beat Michigan, so it's difficult to relish their misery.
Superlative: Most likely to develop oropharyngeal malignancy.
If Michigan could play them now: Be careful what you wish for, or Jim Delany might put them in Michigan's division so Michigan can play them year after year after year until Fresno State joins the B1G and they have to redo the thing again. Playing Illinois every year doesn't seem so bad, though. I just wish they could go back to being interesting rather than sad.
In hindsight, Michigan should have: Not injured Denard's arm, since the arm issue would turn out to be kind of disastrous two games later. This is foreshadowing, for those of you who suffered from alcohol-induced retrograde amnesia after the OSU game and are now trying to piece the events of the season back together.
Bowl game: Ha. (By the way, what is with people typing "ha" over text or gchat? I normally have a two-"ha" minimum when I laugh electronically, unless I'm feeling derisive. Is being stingy with the "ha's" a Michigan thing? I only ever notice this when communicating with people from Michigan.)
Michigan State (6-6 overall, 3-5 B1G)
Last game: Beat Minnesota 26-10, avoided a losing record.
As frightening as: A rock.
Fear level = 5.
Superlative: Most likely to throw up on self en route to Disney World, ruining the trip for everyone.
If Michigan could play them now: Maybe Michigan could have some fake audibles. Like, okay, you don't want to play chess with Narduzzi, but wouldn't it be fun to pretend like you are? "Alert alert alert!" = base play. "Blue 42! Blue 42!" = base play. "We're going to throw it to Dileo!" = We're going to throw it to Dileo.
In hindsight, Michigan should have: Anticipated the most obvious fake punt situation ever, which has only become more obvious in hindsight.
Bowl game: B-dubs vs. TCU. Should be fun to watch actually.
No. 16 Nebraska (10-3 overall, 7-2 B1G)
Last game: Lost 70-31 to Alabamasconsin.
As frightening as: A teenager who finally gets his license after failing twice. Fear level = 7, to others and self.
If Michigan could play them now: Oh if only.
In hindsight, Michigan should have: I hate them so much.
Bowl game: It's more loathing than hate. It's how you would feel about someone who you let copy your homework and then gets both of you in trouble.
Prediction: Nebraska plays Georgia. Good luck!
Minnesota (6-6 overall, 2-6 B1G)
Last game: Lost to Michigan State 26-10.
As frightening as: Anything that can be described as "scrappy." Fear level = 3.
Superlative: Best tire fire mitigation effort.
If Michigan could play them now: Same story, different day.
In hindsight, Michigan should have: Prepared Devin Gardner to play quarterback a week earlier. This is purely a hindsight thing, though.
Bowl game: Ritual gopher slaughter at Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas vs. Texas Tech.
Prediction: The gods will be pleased.
All the better to play Monopoly with.
No. 20 Northwestern (9-3 overall, 5-3 B1G)
Last game: Managed to hold onto a five-score lead, beat Illinois 50-14.
As frightening as: Receiving an email with the subject line "Remove Me From This List!" Fear level = 7.
Superlative: Worst utilization of Kyle Prater.
If Michigan could play them now: I liked the screw-with-their-reads plan Mattison used late against Northwestern and Ohio State. Mattison knows how to play chess.
In hindsight, Michigan should have: Michigan had a good game plan. Northwestern put up a good fight. Not much to change.
Bowl game: Gator Bowl vs. Mississippi State.
Prediction: No idea actually. This will be a good match, oddly.
Iowa (4-8, 2-6 B1G)
Last game: Lost to Nebraska 13-7. What a tease.
As frightening as: Nomads indigenous to the Great Plains who believe most bright colors to be evil and think the best cure for a gangrenous running back situation is to sacrifice linemen to a deity named AIRBHG. Recently discovered fire and a vertical passing game, no idea how to use either. Fear level = 3.
Superlative: Most unexpectedly overrated. People thought I was being harsh when I predicted Iowa to go 6-6.
If Michigan could play them now: It would just be sad.
In hindsight, Michigan should have: Saved some of the game plan for Ohio State. This was the annual "We wasted the good surprise on you" game.
Bowl game: Iowa is a proud people who do not believe in bowl games.
Ohio State (12-0 overall, 8-0 B1G)
Last game: 1,000 newborns in the state of Ohio were named "Urban."
As frightening as: VRSA. Fear level = 9.
Superlative: Worst thing ever.
If Michigan could play them now: By the end of the game, Braxton Miller will have sustained his tenth concussion (but still play anyway). Michigan will employ Denard and Devin in the same formation but hand it off to Vincent Smith anyway, because Ohio State would never expect it.
In hindsight, Michigan should have: Scored some points in the second half.
Bowl game: Gator Bowl vs. Florida, last year.
Opponent Watch: Week 11
About Last Saturday:
A 10-point lead late in the third quarter - 31, Is not enough points when you are Northwestern - 38 (OT)
The best wide receiver in the B1G at right; My new favorite Northwestern player at left. (h/t @shane_heck)
The Road Ahead:
Iowa (4-6 overall, 2-4 B1G)
Last game: Purdue 27, Iowa 24 (L)
Recap: You know things are pretty bad when you play the second-worst team in the conference (which is incidentally the second-worst conference in the BCS) and then all of a sudden you're the second-worst team in the conference.
What is going on, Iowa? What's the deal? Why do you have only one running play? Why do you refuse to throw a pass farther than five yards past the line of scrimmage? Why does your offensive coordinator still have a job? (Why did you hire him in the first place?) Why does your defense give up 500 yards of offense to an offense run by a guy who doesn't have an ACL? How do you fail to beat a team when you're plus 3 in turnover margin and have just two penalties for 16 yards to their 10 for 100?
These are the tough, existential questions I hope will never be asked about Michigan. /knocks on wood.
At this point, it seems like Iowa isn't even trying. Let's look at their season to date:
- vs. Northern Illinois, 18-7 (W)
- vs. Iowa State, 6-9 (L)
- vs. Northern Iowa, 27-16 (W)
- vs. Central Michigan, 31-32 (L)
- vs. Minnesota, 31-13 (W)
- @ Michigan State, 19-16 OT (W)
- vs. Penn State, 14-38 (L)
- @ Northwestern, 17-28 (L)
- @ Indiana, 14-21 (L)
- vs. Purdue, 24-27 (L)
That's a couple of so-so games against randos, a couple of embarrassing close losses to Steele Jantz and Central Michigan, a close win against Michigan State that no one can really figure out, and then a bunch of games where they've gotten their asses handed to them, which have been disguised by final scores that belie reality.
Something isn't working when Minnesota is the only convincing win of the season.
Okay, fine, there have been extenuating circumstances. The offensive line turned into a mess after the Penn State game when two linemen went out with injury, and then there's AIRBHG, too, who wouldn't even spare a fullback from his wrath. That shouldn't be the end of the world, though. The Hawkeyes have a senior quarterback (best B1G pocket passer!), an All-conference caliber tight end, a bunch of fairly competent receivers, and a defense that … well, plays defense. Surely they could have mustered a better showing against Indiana.
Even more concerning: how will this team be any better next year?
After the game, head coach Kirk Ferentz passionately defended his "dog crap" team. A few days later he dropped an F bomb. I'm half tempted to grab some popcorn to see what happens over the next two weeks -- Iowa plays Michigan and Nebraska. This promises to be more entertaining than an MGoBoard flamewar.
And I say "half" tempted only because, on the other hand, I don't want to support Nebraska's economy. Not for another year, anyway.
/refuses to eat any food that contains corn.
/starves to death.*
This besmacks of: Societal failure.
Michigan should worry about: Not beating up on Iowa too badly. Michigan needs them to be as intact as possible when they play Nebraska next week since they could be Michigan's last hope to hand Nebraska another loss. Although right now I like Minnesota's chances better.
Michigan can sleep soundly about: This has to be the easiest week of film study. Like ever.
When they play Michigan: It's Senior Day.
Also, bring tissues. It's going to get dusty.
Next game: No. 21 Michigan
*Joke stolen from Ace.
Opponent Watch: Week 10
About Last Saturday:
Jug Half Full - 35, Jug Half Empty - 13
Tom Olmscheid / AP
Get well soon.
May I suggest a bacta tank?
/ runs away giggling.
The Road Ahead:
"This big?" / "No, THIS BIG."
No. 24 Northwestern (7-2 overall, 3-2 B1G)
Last week: Idlecats.
Mmm bokeh.
This team is as frightening as: A guy who shows up to a fight armed with only a Maglite. Except it's not a Maglite. It's a lightsaber. And he is Luke Skywalker. Fear level = 10.
Michigan should worry about: Northwestern possesses the best wide receiver in the world. His name is Kyle Prater, and you don't know this because they have been keeping him a secret. They have been saving the surprise. Michigan has no idea what's coming.
But I do.
Michigan can sleep soundly about: There is no shame in getting beaten by a player who is so elite that his presence at USC violated the laws of competitive fairness, which forced him to transfer to a small liberal arts school in Evanston and wear purple for the rest of his life.
When they play Michigan: Prater will have 12 catches for 170 yards and four touchdowns.
Next game: @ Michigan.
Opponent Watch: Week 9
About Last Saturday:
Funny bone 9, Serious bone 23.
Denard suffered an ulnar nerve compression. [UPDATE: Mgoreader drbogue suggests that it is more likely classified as a traumatic neuropraxia of the ulnar nerve, and I think that's accurate. The following explanations still apply because tomato tomato. 90% of you just tuned out anyway.]
Whence the ulnar nerve? Brace yourself for the fancy artwork below. Please direct your attention to the stringy yellow thing.
As you can see, the ulnar nerve innervates the interosseous muscles that are primarily responsible for grip. It also innervates the skin covering the pinky and half of the ring finger. When the ulnar nerve gets injured, the symptoms therefore manifest as loss of strength and coordination while gripping and a tingly burning sensation in the pinky and ring finger.
How long does such an injury typically take to heal? The internet suggests anything from "immediately" to "weeks" depending on severity, i.e. I don't really know. UPDATE: I just found a journal article that says that if there is "compression of a sufficient magnitude to sever axons," recovery will require several weeks during which even normal physical stress on the nerve should be avoided. Yikes. Let's hope it's not that.
Why is it sometimes called a funny bone injury? Usually the ulnar nerve is compressed at the elbow. It gets banged into the humerus. Now if you look closely at the humerus ...
You can see that it is indeed a funny bone.
Dear Diary is Winning at Ticket Quest
Given the weak home schedule this year, I planned on creating a new feature on the site to detail my exploits in obtaining seats for every home game (by methods available to the hoi polloi) without ever paying a forced donation. Rule was I had to get two people into each game and sitting next to each other. Then I didn't bother for awhile because it would've been a lot of dividing by zero. To wit:
Air Force: I couldn't attend so I sent a correspondent, who then accepted a free ticket from somebody.
UMass: Offered one guy near the northeast entrance $10 each for his tickets and another guy interjected with two free ones.
Illinois: Family friend offered me a pair of his earlier in the week, then the day of the game both my designated game buddy (Misopogal) and the couple who owned the tickets decided it wasn't worth sitting in a rainstorm for this edition of Illinois, so I rolled solo with 4 tickets. I traded one to a student for his student ticket and 5 bucks 'cause the kid needed to get his buddy in, and sold the other two extras for $10 each outside the Stadium-Main entrance. I think I gave the student ticket away. Total: –$25.00
MSU: Bought two Row 11s from our new affiliate on Friday for $129 each plus $14 to have them FedEx'ed overnight (cheapest seat on Stubhub was $20 higher at the time even before their fees). Corner, but our endzone got most of the action.
Remaining home games are Iowa and Northwestern, and I'm at net $111. Guys, I think this is working.
The Thing About Purdue. In other useful though tardy things, the blogger formerly known as Blue Seoul (now ttifiblog) brought back the formerly weekly Game Wrap With Pics post for Purdue. Don't remember what that looks like? Like this:
…but bigger and legible and there's lots of them. Brian front-paged but those who went to see discovered some bad html. Now fixed; dig in. And welcome back, Diarist of the Week.
Denard Watch. As he climbs toward the big career marks, let's look back on some of the milestones already passed along this trail of hobbled safeties, heaving linebackers, flying shoes, sanctified endzones, flappitty laces, askew helmets, smile-curved mouthguards, and soaring dreads. Courtesy of jeepinben.
Kugler and some guys we're looking at. Everyone's looking for the next 2013 recruit with consensus 4 stars to start moving up boards, and Patrick Kugler's one of those dues. A couple of helpful readers got a scouting report on his recent game, plus those of three prospects.
[JUMP: Weeklies, Best of the Board, Waving things in front of Brian]


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FORTESCUE Metals Group days as a pure-play may be numbered, after chief executive Nev Power confirmed his wish to diversify into commodities and industries beyond iron ore.
Fortescue's 100 per cent exposure to the iron ore market ensured a bumpy ride for the heavily-geared company through 2012 as the iron ore price temporarily slumped to its lowest levels in several years.
Both Fortescue and the iron ore price have recovered significantly since that slump but Mr Power confirmed on Thursday he was keen to diversify the company's portfolio.
"We have a very open mind as to where we might expand the company beyond our iron ore assets," he said.
While Fortescue chairman Andrew Forrest long held vision has been to build a "new force in iron ore" he recently flirted with an investment in shale oil exploration in Western Australia, based on the strategy of finding long-term energy supplies for the company's iron ore operations. Mr Power said while the energy sector would be the natural place for Fortescue to invest, there was also a desire to diversify for the sake of becoming a broader-based company.
"We recognise there may be some opportunities coming up in other commodities and other industries and therefore we will always be reviewing where those opportunities lie, where we think we can leverage on our core skills," he said.
This week Fortescue struck a joint venture deal to allow gold miner Northern Star to explore on its tenements for minerals other than iron ore.
But in the short term Fortescue's biggest corporate focus is the possible sale of a stake in its port and rail assets, held as a subsidiary called TPI.
Fortescue confirmed in December that it was open to selling a minority stake in TPI and Mr Power said that process had moved on.
"We've had very strong interest," he said.
Such a deal is expected to be worth up to $3 billion to Fortescue, with North American pension funds among the likely suitors.
"We would expect to have a short-listing of that probably within the next four or five weeks," said Mr Power.
The comments came as Fortescue reported a strong December quarter in which it beat expectations and shipped 19.6 million tonnes of iron ore.
The company remains on track to hit a production rate of 155 million tonnes a year by December and to produce at least 82 million tonnes in the year to June 30.
Fortescue received an average price for its iron ore of $US111 a tonne during the December quarter, above the $US85 to $US90 a tonne that is currently needed for the company to break even.
The benchmark iron ore price was above $US147 a tonne on Thursday and Mr Power said he expected the Chinese government to continue to commission infrastructure projects that would support demand for steel and therefore iron ore. Fortescue shares closed down 3¢ at $4.63.
Fortescue bids to branch out from iron ore
FORTESCUE Metals Group days as a pure-play may be numbered, after chief executive Nev Power confirmed his wish to diversify into commodities and industries beyond iron ore.
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Leicester City have signed Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane on loan until the end of the season.
Days after signing a new contract with his parent club, the 19-year-old joins the Foxes after an unsuccessful loan spell with Norwich City.
The young striker was only able to make one Premier League start for The Canaries and will be hoping for better fortunes with Leicester.
The Blues' manager Nigel Pearson told BBC Radio Leicester: "Hopefully he will bring goals and a fresh impetus. It keeps the competition really keen."
Kane is an England under-19 international and has experience in the Championship having scored nine goals during a loan spell with Millwall in 2012.
Pearson went on to say: "He's a player we know quite a lot about and I am delighted.
"He can play as wide striker or as a central striker. He is a decent size as well and gives us another option in forward positions.
"If you are going to bring players in on loan they have to have a hunger for success and I am confident we have another player coming into our ranks who will bring a lot of positive qualities to the squad."
Kane joins Leicester as they look to recover from back-to-back league defeats and make a push for the automatic promotion places.
Leicester currently sit in 5th place in the Championship and travel to Blackpool this weekend.
Kane has already joined up with the squad and will be hoping to make his debut at Bloomfield Road.
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Computer industry observers have been leaning on their contacts for months trying to divine when (or if) the long-rumored, never-yet-seen Apple tablet might be coming to reality. Now an analyst with ties to the suppliers who would likely be involved says that the wheels are being set in motion for manufacturing to begin in February, with a likely release in March or April.
Analyst Yair Reiner frequently reports on Apple's plans for the investment bank Oppenheimer. Since he provides advice to people who are moving billions of dollars around, he has a lot of motivation to avoid wild speculation. AppleInsider revealed the contents of a note from Reiner to investors this morning that said his informants in the supply chain in Taiwan and China indicate that the manufacturing cogs for the [device] are creaking into action to begin production in February of a device that resembles what Apple-watchers have been predicting for some time. The people Reiner is talking to say that the tablet will have a 10.1-inch multi-touch LCD display and carry a street price of $1,000 US.
He says that Apple plans to produce as many as one million units per month, which means Apple will want to build up five to six weeks of inventory before announcing the device. This would put the product launch in March or April of 2010. Reiner noted that Apple has been busily promoting the device in the publishing industry, in line with persistent reports that the initial launch of the tablet will focus on its capabilities as an e-book (and e-magazine) reader.
Contacts in the US tell us Apple is approaching book publishers with a very attractive proposal for distributing their content. Apple will split revenue 30/70 (Apple/publisher); give the same deal to all comers; and not request exclusivity. We believe the typical Kindle/publisher split is 50/50, rising to 30/70 if Kindle is given ebook exclusivity.
As innovative as it is, we believe the Kindle has disgruntled the publishing industry (book, newspaper, and magazine) by demanding exclusivity, disallowing advertising, and demanding a wolfish cut of revenue. The tablet is set to change that. It should also make ebooks more relevant for education by simplifying functions such as scribbling marginalia.
Another analyst came forward today with more details on the tablets hardware, indicating that the reports of a super-tablet with a high-resolution OLED display were wide of the mark. According to ThinkEquity analyst Vijay Rakesh, the tablet could include 64GB flash and would ship in the March quarter. Rakesh said Apple could build 1 million to 3 million tablets between February and March with 8 million to 10 million for the year 2010. The analyst also agreed with Reiner that the tablet would include a 10.1-inch multi-touch LTPS LCD display and not OLED technology, which some reported could delay production until late 2010 and raise the price over $2,000 US.
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- Audley Harrison v Ali Adams
Harrison rescues victory from jaws of embarrassment
Audley Harrison needed a real wake-up call to save himself from a potentially embarrassing defeat to Ali Adams on Saturday.
Harrison, the former Olympic gold medallist, had spoken in the build-up to the much-delayed fight against Adams about his intent to fight the likes of David Price and Tyson Fury in the near future, but those claims looked to be some way wide of the mark as Adams made much of the early running.
Harrison's punch-shy start was reminiscent of his no-show against David Haye in 2010 that seemed to have put an end to his career, but the 40-year-old suddenly found his hunger and unleashed a series of brutal shots in the fourth round that eventually forced the referee to stop the fight.
With Price now the British champion, Harrison has at least given himself an outside chance of fighting the Liverpudlian later in the year.


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Leon Neal to be inducted into Springfield Area Sports Hall of Fame
May 9, 2012 | Chase Replogle
Evangel University women's basketball head coach and former men's basketball All-American Leon Neal was announced as part of the 2012 induction class into the Springfield Area Sports Hall of Fame in a news conference this morning.
Neal completed his 18th season as head coach of the Evangel women's basketball team. He has been named Heart of America conference Coach-of-the-Year six times and has a career record of 380-208. Neal has guided the women's team to eight conference championships, nine NAIA national tournament appearances and two NAIA Final Fours.
As a player, Neal was Evangel University's first NAIA All-American and his 782 points scored in the 1977-78 season still ranks as the second best single season total in program history. He had a seven year professional basketball career in Europe and averaged at least 24 points per game in each of his pro seasons playing in Portugal.
Neal returned to Evangel following his playing career in Europe and completed a degree from Evangel in 1989. After serving the men's and women's basketball team as an assistant coach, he was elevated to a co-head coach with Lynn Bowen for five seasons from 1994-1999. Neal has coached 18 NAIA All-Americans and 60 all-conference performers.
In addition to his accomplishments as a player and coach, Neal has worked with the Springfield Police Department as part of their gang task force, he speaks to youth groups and schools and has coached AAU teams in addition to conducting basketball camps and private instructional camps.
Neal was not present for today's announcement as he is with the Evangel women's basketball team on a service and missions trip to Guatemala this week. He will be inducted into the Springfield Area Sports Hall of Fame on Sept. 25, 2012 along with former Parkview boys' basketball coach Bob Brown, champion golfer Dr. John Ferguson, the late Dr. Bruce Harger, who served as Athletics Director at Drury University from 1988-2003, and the late Jane Meyer, a leader in Springfield media and advocate of area women's athletics.
Leon Neal is the third person ever from Evangel University to be inducted into the Springfield Area Sports Hall of Fame. He joins Athletic Director Dr. David Stair, inducted in 2006 and head men's basketball coach Steve Jenkins who was inducted last year.
Tickets for the induction dinner banquet on Sept. 25 can be purchased through Wannenmacher Advertising at 869-4848.
For additional information, contact:
Kevin Kennedy, Evangel University Athletics, (417) 865-2815, ext. 7260


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A pair of Texas A&M football players each face two counts of assault causing bodily injury stemming from an incident that occurred in April.
Court documents state that cornerback Deshazor Everett and safety Floyd Raven were among a large group of men who attacked two people as they climbed out of a 2008 Chevrolet Tahoe at an apartment complex off Harvey Mitchell Parkway early April 7. More than $500 in damage was caused to the vehicle.
Raven turned himself in to Brazos County Jail Monday morning and was expected to be released on bail after being processed. Everett, however, had not turned himself in as of Monday morning but was aware there's a warrant for his arrest, according to The Eagle newspaper.
Everett had 56 tackles and two interceptions in 12 games last year, while Raven had 16 tackles in 13 games.
Both players are listed as starters on Texas A&M's current depth chart.


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Guy Swallows Fork After Drunken Bet [VIDEO]
Raise your hand if you have NEVER done anything dumb while drunk? Anyone? I didn't think so. Drinking is often the gateway to bad decisions. For instance, a Romanian man recently swallowed a fork on a drunken bet. Put a fork in this guy, he is DUMB!


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STERLING – With his team leading by six heading to the final inning, Kaleb Francque had no idea he would be called upon to save the day.
But, that's exactly what he did, coming on for the last out with the bases loaded in Sterling's 9-7 nonconference win over Fulton in the Golden Warriors' home opener Tuesday evening at Gartner Park.
"I really wanted to pitch," Francque said. "I was just ready to throw strikes, and I was able to get the job done."
Trailing 9-3 heading to the seventh inning, Fulton (0-4) scored four runs before Francque struck out Steamers leadoff hitter Ethan Jones looking to end the game with the bases full.
Jones had started the inning with a single. The only other hit of the inning was Seth Sanderson's RBI single. Fulton took advantage of three walks and a pair of Sterling errors.
"The only thing I'm happy about is winning the game," Warriors coach Robbie Minor said. "We didn't play well again. We walked a lot of guys, we didn't have very many quality at bats, and we kicked the ball around defensively. That's kind of been our story. We need to clean it up on the defensive end."
Sterling (3-2) went up 2-0 with a run in the first and another in the second. The first-inning run scored on an error, and Tanner Morse had an RBI groundout in the second.
Fulton took a 3-2 lead in the third, scoring three runs despite T.J. Huizenga's RBI double off the glove of Sterling centerfielder Bryant Lilly being the lone hit in the frame. The Steamers drew three walks and capitalized on a hit batsman and an error.
Paul Velasco had a sacrifice fly and Matt Dail drove in a run when he reached on an error.
Sterling erupted for six runs in the fourth, sending 10 batters to the plate and piling up five hits and three walks while also taking advantage of a Fulton error.
The Warriors' 6-9 spots in the lineup started the blitz. Lilly led off with a single. Rafa Sosa and Trevor Delgado walked to load the bases. No. 9 hitter Brandon Dennis went up and belted a high pitch for a two-run single.
"It was a little high, but I just wanted to do my job," Dennis said. "It was still in the zone. I had to protect with two strikes."
With two outs, David Gottemoller slashed a two-run double. The last two runs of the inning scored on Francque's RBI single to right-center that was misplayed for an error.
Sterling made it 9-3 with its final run in the fifth, as Zach Rehmert drove in a run when he reached on an error.
Warriors starting pitcher Alex Knickrehm allowed three runs in 2 2/3 innings. Eldon Oltmanns got the win, working 1 1/3 shutout frames. Dennis allowed four runs, two earned, in 2 2/3 innings before Francque sealed the deal.
Fulton starter and losing pitcher Cody Huff allowed six runs, five earned, in three-plus innings.
Steamers coach Jayme Farrell was happy with the way his team battled back.
"That was something that we addressed [Monday] night," he said, referring to Fulton's 15-1 loss to Rockridge. "We thought we kind of gave up a little bit. This time, they responded very well. We made it a game."
Star of the game: Brandon Dennis, Sterling, key 2-run single in 6-run 6th, 2 2/3 IP
Key performers: David Gottemoller, Sterling, 2-run double; Paul Velasco, Fulton, 2 RBIs
Up next: Sterling at Rochelle, 4:30 p.m. today; Fulton at Riverdale, 4:30 p.m. Thursday


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Scientists have identified a protein cluster that patches damaged muscle-fiber membranes in muscular dystrophy.
Scientists in the United States and Japan have identified a three-protein cluster that reseals damaged muscle-fiber membranes. The findings, published June 5, 2009, in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, could have implications for development of treatments for muscular dystrophies.
|The Muscle-Fiber Membrane
|Defects in the muscle-fiber membrane underlie many muscular dystrophies. The newly identified "repair complex" consisting of mitsugumin 53, caveolin 3 and dysferlin provides a new therapeutic target.
Jianjie Ma at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in Piscataway, N.J., coordinated the multinational team, whose findings build on earlier research, especially a paper published in Nature Cell Biology by many of the same U.S. and Japanese researchers in January 2009.
In experiments using mouse muscle fibers, the investigators determined that mitsugumin 53 (MG53), a protein they announced in January as contributing to muscle-fiber repair, works closely with two other proteins, dysferlin and caveolin 3.
Scientists have known for a few years that dysferlin is involved in muscle-fiber membrane repair and that mutations of the gene for dysferlin or caveolin 3 can cause limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD). They've also known that mutations of dysferlin can cause Miyoshi myopathy, a form of distal muscular dystrophy.
Now it appears that these three proteins -- dysferlin, caveolin 3 and MG53 -- form a cluster (complex) that repairs damaged membranes. Targeting the molecular functions of this cluster provides a new and promising avenue for therapeutic research, the researchers say.
Such research is especially important for muscular dystrophies in which membrane damage plays a major role, such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD), some types of limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) and possibly some types of congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD).
For more on this, see the April Quest Extra article "New Membrane Repair Protein Identified."


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No. 8 Syracuse beats Providence 84-59
No. 8 Syracuse beats Providence 84-59
Feb. 21, 2013
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Michael Carter-Williams started the season with a flourish for Syracuse, averaging double-digit assists to lead the nation when Big East play began in early January.
The 6-foot-6 sophomore point guard has since fallen to second nationally, averaging eight assists a game, but his deft touch was on full display again Wednesday night against Providence as he helped lead No. 8 Syracuse to an big first half en route to an 84-59 victory.
It's the most points Syracuse has scored this season in conference play, a good omen for the Orange heading toward the postseason.
"He played very well," Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said. "The first half you couldn't play much better than that."
Carter-Williams finished with 15 points and 12 assists, the 10th time he's registered at least 10 assists in a game this season but only the second time in league play.
"He played one of his better games in a long time," Providence coach Ed Cooley said. "If he's making assists for other guys, they're really good. When he's not, they don't play well."
Syracuse outscored the Friars 31-4 over the final 10 minutes of the first half to take a 43-16 lead at the break. The Orange were 4 of 6 on 3-pointers and shot 63 percent (17 of 27) in the period, notching 12 assists. Carter-Williams assisted on eight baskets, four straight to close the half, and had no turnovers as the Orange pretty much scored at will.
"I tried to be aggressive in the beginning, just getting to the basket and getting in my rhythm," Carter-Williams said. "It just opened things up."
James Southerland scored 20 points as Syracuse (22-4, 10-3 Big East) won its 38th straight home game, the longest active streak in Division I, and moved into a tie with Marquette and No. 11 Georgetown atop the conference standings. C.J. Fair had 20 points and 10 rebounds, his ninth double-double of the season, and Brandon Triche had 14 points for the Orange.
Providence (14-12, 6-8) had won four straight conference games, including triumphs over then-No. 17 Cincinnati and then-No. 21 Notre Dame on Saturday.
Back to the drawing board.
"They broke our winning streak, and we're trying to start another one to end the season," said LaDontae Henton, who had 15 points and 13 rebounds for the Friars.
Kadeem Batts had 13 points, and Big East scoring leader Bryce Cotton had 10, half his season average, on 3-of-10 shooting for Providence. Guard Vincent Council had 15 points and seven assists to become the Big East's all-time assists leader with 431, eclipsing former Syracuse star Sherman Douglas' previous record of 426, set from 1985-89.
Small consolation on this night.
"I'm very honored, even though I'd love to have won the game," Council said. "It's definitely kind of special knowing that Sherman Douglas went to Syracuse."
After Council passed to Batts for a jumper to tie the score at 12-all, the Orange took off behind Southerland, who scored nine points in a 4-minute span and finished the half with 14 points on 6-of-7 shooting. Southerland also hit two 3-pointers and dunked off a pretty feed from Carter-Williams to boost the lead to 36-16 with 2:09 left.
Carter-Williams, who started the Syracuse rush with a layup, then passed to Fair for a 3 from the wing, threaded a nifty bounce pass through traffic in the lane to set up Fair for a slam dunk, and finished the half with an assist on a fast-break layup by Triche.
Connecticut's guard tandem of Ryan Boatright and Shabazz Napier handled the Orange in a 66-58 home victory last week, combining for 27 points and 11 assists in the last scheduled meeting between the fierce conference rivals. Cotton and Council figured to offer a stiff test, too, but the Orange were ready this time.
The Friars missed all six of their attempts from long range and were 8 of 27 (29.6 percent) from the floor in the first half as Cotton, the Big East's scoring leader at 20.4 points per game, attempted just three shots and scored only two points. Henton's dunk and a fast-break layup by Cotton were the only Providence baskets over the final 10:08 of the period.
"We wasn't making shots and we couldn't withstand the first punch," Council said.
The Friars shot 23 of 66 (34.8 percent) for the game, just 3 of 18 (16.7 percent) on 3-pointers against the conference's top perimeter defense.
"Not many teams are going to beat this team making three 3s," Cooley said. "Give them credit. They played well, we played bad. That's as bad as we've played all year. When we played bad before, we were in the game. We were listless today. We looked sluggish."
The Orange led 47-17 after two free throws by Triche early in the second half. The Friars got as close as 63-45 on Council's steal and layup with 8:50 left.
This was the Orange's last regular-season Big East game with Providence as Syracuse prepares to move to the Atlantic Coast Conference in July. The slow demise of the league's signature basketball rivalries continues on Saturday when Georgetown visits. The game is already a sellout at 35,012, which will set a Carrier Dome record.
"It's a great game," Boeheim said. "They're playing great basketball. Right now, they're playing as well as anybody in the country."


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Originally published on November 16, 2012 6:07 pm
Former CIA Director David Petraeus testified on Capitol Hill on Friday. In his first appearance since he resigned from the CIA over an extramarital affair, Petraeus, briefed members of Congress on the September attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. The secret session focused, according to members of Congress, on how the attack began and whether the Obama administration mischaracterized events.


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Twenty-four members of the U.S. House of Representatives called for the Supreme Court to hear a case on banning funds for groups that promote the legalization or practice of prostitution and sex trafficking.
The U.S. Justice Department should immediately petition the U.S. Supreme Court to review a challenged funding prohibition in the Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, said Congressman Chris Smith (R-N.J.) in an April 27 statement.
He explained that the law in question prevents international groups that promote and enable prostitution and sex trafficking from receiving HIV/AIDS funding.
Smith, who authored the funding prohibition, has a long history of championing anti-trafficking efforts.
In addition to sponsoring the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, he also serves as the co-chairman of the Congressional Human Trafficking Caucus.
Several public health groups have brought a legal challenge against the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) over its anti-prostitution funding restriction.
The federal law requires groups that receive money under the 2003 Leadership Act to sign a pledge stating their opposition to both sex trafficking and prostitution.
Although the Alliance for Open Society International initially signed the pledge, it later sued USAID, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in September 2005.
It was joined in the lawsuit by the Open Society Institute, Pathfinder International, the Global Health Council and InterAction.
The groups all object to the pledge requirement, saying that it would force them to adopt the governments viewpoint.
They argued that restricting funding to organizations that oppose prostitution and sex trafficking amounts to an infringement of free speech.
A U.S. Court of Appeals panel sided with the health groups, ruling that the pledge requirement violates their right to free speech.
While USAID requested a rehearing before all the judges of the court, rather than just the panel, the request was denied.
The government is currently unable to enforce the pledge requirement due to a court injunction.
In an April 20 letter, two dozen Congressmen asked U.S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli to petition the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case.
The deadline to file the petition with the court is May 2.
The representatives noted that the panels decision is contrary to a 2007 ruling by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Rather than coercively penalizing or suppressing free speech, the pledge requirement is a rational use of Congress spending powers, they argued.
It is imperative that the prohibition on funding organizations or groups that support prostitution and sex trafficking be upheld in all jurisdictions, the Congressmen said.


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Original link: http://www.dogworld.co.uk/Features/1...=2009&month=05
Scourge of syringomyelia by Steve Dean
07 May 2009 08:00
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It was February 2004 when I first wrote about syringomyelia following a question from a reader. Now this disease hits headlines regularly and there is little doubt it is a serious condition of the brain, spinal cord and nervous system.
Much of what follows was written in 2004 and frankly our knowledge of the disease has advanced very little in that time.
The normal spinal cord consists of discreet bundles of nerve fibres and running through the centre is a fluid-filled spinal canal that links up with the fluid within the brain cavities. The nerve bundles carry electric pulses up and down the spinal cord to and from the brain and nerves emerging from the spinal cord at all levels of the spine link the brain to all regions of the body.
Syringomyelia is typically characterised by abnormal cavity formation in the nervous tissue of the cord, whereas the related condition of hydromyelia is a dilation of the central canal. The two conditions may appear together or individually.
Not surprisingly, the cavitation results in damage to the nerve bundles nearby and the pressure involved may damage a wider area of spinal cord. The inevitable interference with nerve transmissions will give either sensory or motor deficits and in many cases associated pain can be quite severe. In other words muscles and limbs may not work correctly and the dog may be in considerable discomfort.
The extent of the effects depends upon the level of the damage, the higher up the spinal cord the greater the extent of the symptoms.
In some breeds it is a congenital defect but it can also occur because of an injury to the spinal column. Alternatively tumours may cause a cavity to develop, especially if the growth interferes with the fluid flow in the central canal or the blood supply to the cord. More recently an increasing number of cases involving the spinal cord and lower reaches of the brain have been seen in some breeds causing disruption to balance and co-ordination but the classic sign in the Cavalier is intense irritation at the back of the neck often associated with scratching and pain.
Surgical treatment in the dog is somewhat pioneering and on occasions heroic with highly variable and often disappointing results. The congenital and inherited cases are thought to be related to defective fluid flow in the brain and spinal cord and more recently postualted to be related to the cranial cavity being too small.
The condition may not manifest itself until the dog is several years old, by which time it may have been bred from and more importantly for the owner, has become a highly valued companion. Thankfully while said to be increasing in some breeds, in most dog populations it is quite uncommon. Back in 2004 some real experiences were provided by readers.
The main points are summarised again for readers who missed out: I just wanted a dog to love and share my life with and she was a very happy and confident little dog. Everybody fell in love with her. One or two people commented on her funny walk, a sort of rolling gait, which looked slightly comical. She was often quite restless in the evenings and she did not like to be too warm and seemed to scratch quite a lot.
In September 1999 she suddenly screamed with pain and for the next few days did so intermittently. An x-ray showed nothing and the consultant prescribed corticosteroid for pain relief. The pain episodes became less frequent and less severe until January 2000 when a very severe bout of pain occurred again. The pain was so severe that she would try to hide in a corner trembling with shock. I was distressed and so many times those eyes seemed to say, Do something.
She showed signs of increasing tiredness. On walks, she started sitting down and refusing to follow me and she had some difficulty getting up and down from steps and furniture. A lack of co-ordination of her back legs developed and in May 2001 she was very lethargic and off colour.
Following two more periods of intermittent pain, in October syringomyelia was considered as the cause and confirmed by MRI scan. The final strange symptom was seen walking on the lead when her hind left leg would attempt a scratching movement without making contact with the skin. She was also scratching her neck and ears even more.
I felt devastated, angry, guilty and powerless to do anything to help my beloved companion. After some surgery a better period followed and in spite of everything, she remained a happy, lively and sociable dog but she tired easily and whimpered when driven to distraction by the irritation in her neck and ears. When she deteriorated and failed to respond to further treatment I asked the vet to visit and put her to sleep.
Now from a different breed of dog: I have an 11-year-old bitch who was being treated for rheumatism etc, but after an MRI scan the problem was revealed as not only disc problems, but considerable signs of chiari type malformation with syringomyelia. She had been getting very unsteady on her back legs, with lack of sensation and poor co-ordination. The bitch had no signs of such a problem till aged about nine or ten. However, she has always been a little odd and I have always called her a dog of very little brain! Having viewed the extent of the fluid in her brain cavity, it has proved to be literally true.
Finally a short personal account of a human sufferer: Our daughter had symptoms at eight years old, but although she was severely affected mainly by pain and weakness to lower limbs, it took another 13 years to find a diagnosis. She has hydromyelia, with the syrinx stretching from T3 to T12, with the largest part at T8/9.
Life is dreadful and you are right about there being no treatment let alone a cure. My daughter goes through pain 24/7 and an affected dog would not be able to tell anyone how awful it is. Even on high doses of morphine and other pain relief drugs my daughter is still in considerable pain and virtually bed bound.
Perhaps these accounts once again provide understanding for readers who do not know this disease and perhaps they justify why syringomyelia deserves some scrutiny and action.


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WILMINGTON - The Whiteface Mountain Ski Center has a new general manager.
The state Olympic Regional Development Authority announced in a press release Tuesday that Aaron Kellet, who was born and raised in Plattsburgh, has replaced longtime General Manager Bruce McCulley, who stepped down earlier this month to become pastor of High Peaks Church in Saranac Lake.
"I have always been impressed with Aaron," ORDA President and CEO Ted Blazer said in a press release. "He has a style that combines knowledge and diplomacy that will make him successful at the mountain. Whiteface has an incredible staff, and I'm confident that the combination of Aaron at the helm and the wonders that the staff performs, that we all will be in good hands."
"I am extremely honored to accept the new position and excited to help guide Whiteface into the future," Kellet said in the release. "Being the GM of Whiteface has been a dream of mine since the first time I skied down Cloudspin in the early '90s. Thanks to everyone that has supported me along the way."
Kellet, 34, is a 2009 graduate of SUNY Plattsburgh. He began working at Whiteface in 2000 as a member of the terrain park crew. Five years later, he was promoted to terrain park and half-pipe manager before becoming the assistant general manager to McCulley in 2009.
Kellet began skiing at the age of 2 and started skiing Whiteface in 1992 with his father, Rob, a member of the mountain's ski patrol. Kellet also competed internationally in aerials and moguls.
Kellet and his wife, Lindsay, live in Jay and are expecting their first child in late December.
Meanwhile, Lauren Garfield was named Whiteface Mountain's sales and marketing manager. Previously, she had been employed as the mountain's group sales manager. Joe Shoemaker took over the position of group sales.
McCulley was ordained as pastor of High Peaks Church at a service on Friday, Sept. 15.


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Watch the Appropriately Brutal Trailer for Rod Lurie's Straw Dogs Remake
Take a deep breath, folks, and prepare for the nearly three minutes of tense exchanges and brutal violence (five words: boiling oil in the face) that comprise the first trailer for Rod Lurie's Straw Dogs remake. The setting has been moved to the Deep South, but the character relationships and abject horrors look to be faithfully evocative of Sam Peckinpah's original film, which taught audiences why you should never push a mild-mannered husband to the brink of desperation.
In Lurie's update, screenwriter David Sumner (James Marsden) and his wife Amy (Kate Bosworth) relocate to her small hometown, where local hicks including Amy's ex (Alexander Skarsgård) bristle against the outsider and cracks in the Sumner marriage widen. As far as trailers and first looks go, this one's a doozy. Intense doesn't begin to describe it, especially if you know what happens and how things go down in the original. And yet, the trailer is relatively spoiler-free, though it does reveal a few of the painful exchanges between victim and home invader that you have to look forward to. (Mantraps! That's gonna hurt.)
What's so promising about this trailer is that it has such a forcefulness to it; you immediately get a feel for what you're in for come September 16, when Straw Dogs blows into theaters. And yet, its unsettling sense lingers so heavily after just a few minutes of footage. Who else needs some puppies and unicorns to smooth out the Friday?
Verdict: A must watch come September.


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Educators from Kaneland School District 302, St. Charles School District 303 and Geneva School District 304 are among 30 nominated for the Kane County educator of the year awards, the Kane County Regional Office of Education has announced.
The 38th annual Kane County Educator of the Year Awards Banquet is set for May 3 at the Q Center, 1405 N. Fifth St., St. Charles.
Awards presented that evening will include elementary educator of the year, middle school educator of the year, high school educator of the year, administrative educator of the year, associate educator of the year, support staff award, regional superintendents award and Kane County educator of the year award.
All nominees receive special recognition as distinguished educators.
The Kaneland nominees are Pamela Berth, principal's secretary, Blackberry Creek; Mark Meyer, teacher, Kaneland High School; Patricia Reeder, teacher, Harter Middle School; Heather Weiss, assistant principal, Harter Middle School; and Rachael Wilson, teacher, John Shields Elementary.
The St. Charles nominees are Robert Freitag, counselor, St. Charles North High School; Virginia "Ginny" Gaspar, teacher, Thompson Middle School; and Thomas Straiker, teacher, St. Charles East High School.
The Geneva nominees are Stephen Downen, custodian, Geneva High School; Lisa Gillette, teacher, Geneva High School; Mary Gobel, teacher, Geneva Middle School South; Ellyn Romoser, special education preschool teacher, Friendship Station Preschool; and Rebecca Schwab, guidance counselor, Geneva Middle School North.
Linda Hensel, instructional assistant for Mid-Valley Cooperative, also is nominated.


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Plenty that's fresh in 'Frozen'
Fri., Nov. 29, 2013
Disney is onto something pretty cool with its latest princess picture, "Frozen." It's evolving a solid story template that will give its girl movies an identity distinct from the studio's boy films.
The new movie, verrrrry roughly based on Hans Christian Andersen's "The Snow Queen," unfolds in a Disney-fied version of 19th-century Norway called Arendelle. There live two princesses and their doting parents (who are not long on screen; Disney toons typically wipe out parents like Batman origin yarns). There's rambunctious young Anna (who has Livvy Stubenrauch's infectious voice as a tot and Kristen Bell's flawless delivery as an adult). Older sister Elsa (Eva Bella, then Idina Menzel) has the secret, magical ability to chill whatever she touches. Hey, it's a fairy tale.
During some horseplay, Elsa accidentally zaps Anna with a subzero blast. The Troll King (Ciaran Hinds) lifts her near-fatal brain freeze and her memory of the incident along with it.
Traumatized by the near-miss and fearful that her power will cause more harm, Elsa turns her back on the outside world and her confused, disheartened little sis. When Elsa's coronation day approaches, a squabble between the sisters sets off a freak cold snap throughout the land. Elsa flees to the wintry woods, leaving it to Anna to thaw the kingdom and the sisters' troubled relationship.
While the story's outer trappings are traditional, there's a lot that's new under the hood. Like "Brave" (from Disney's corporate cousin Pixar, which for the first time fronted a significant female character), the new Mouse House entry gives a young woman the heroic role. Adorable, lively Anna has a couple of love interests, but she's not just a girl in a princess gown/wedding dress awaiting some guy's courtship.
The script by Jennifer Lee (Disney's first female director, working here in partnership with Chris Buck) bases its central conflict on misunderstanding rather than villainous aggression. There's a kingdom in peril, but its fate is secondary to the threatened loss of a precious relationship. And the third act, for all its exhilarating rough-housing, is about reaffirming emotional bonds, not beating back an evildoer.
This shift of emphasis gives "Frozen" an innovative charge that compensates for its average joke quota and undercooked musical score.
Compelling interpretations of classic stories is what built Disney's brand. It's good to see that they're still on the job.