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Having not made the NCAA Tournament since the 2008-09 season, the Florida women's basketball program is seeking to avoid a trip to the NIT for the third consecutive season.
The season is at a crossroads.
In one direction, there is the ability to learn from their close losses and have them translate to more victories moving forward. In the other, another season without a tournament appearance awaits.
Through three games of conference play, the Gators have just a 1-2 record. With both losses coming at home by a combined eight points, a certain level of frustration has to be felt when looking at missed opportunities.
In their two losses at home, to Kentucky and South Carolina, the Gators outscored both opponents in the second half. In fact, against South Carolina, they won the second half by an 11-point margin.
This season, the team really has not had 40 minutes of Florida basketball. Coach Amanda Butler alluded to that fact following South Carolina.
They erased an early nine-point hole and played a strong first half of basketball against Mississippi. However, they struggled in the second half and had to hang on to win.
Against South Carolina, the team put up one of the worst halves of basketball ever. It then responded with a five-minute stretch of play to open the second half that was the best we have seen this season.
But the fact remains; this team cannot continue to burden itself by turning the ball over at the rate it has been. In a league as talented as the SEC, it is exceptionally difficult to compete when you constantly are shooting yourself in the foot.
Instead, the team ends up with a series of close losses. While the losses themselves are not crippling, the missed opportunities that pile up eventually will be.
"Every ballgame is going to be won or lost on one or two or three possessions, so you've got to value the ball when you have it," Amanda Butler said.
The number of turnovers this team has had does not indicate they place a strong value on ball control. Too many careless passes end up either out of bounds or in the hands of the other team.
It is not just the number of turnovers that is disappointing, but also when the turnovers come. In the last handful of games, the Gators have turned the ball over on many early possessions, often even during their first possession of the game.
"I think the disappointing turnovers are things like the first possession of the ballgame when we turn the ball over," Butler said. "We've not gotten out of the gates well, and that's really baffling."
The first five minutes and the last five minutes of the game are crucial for this team, but also somewhere where they have really struggled. This is a group of players that plays much better once it has made a few shots, gotten their legs under them and gained some confidence.
Avoiding early turnovers, and getting off to a strong start, creates a different mindset both for the Gators and the opponent.
"We need to establish ourselves early, we start slow every game and that's something that the coaches are going to work on changing for us and making things a little different for us," Jordan Jones said. "But definitely, starting early and maintaining that and not having any slip-ups, like coach Butler said, we need to play 40 minutes of Florida basketball and we haven't put together even half of that in an SEC game this season."
Conversely, the Gators have also really struggled to find offense in the final minutes of close games. Against South Carolina, the team recovered from its slow start and found itself in position to steal a win at home.
However, they were unable to continue to do the things on offense that had gotten them back into the game. Coming down the stretch, they looked confused on offense.
"I think composure is what we need to do better on in the games, or at the five-minute mark to separate ourselves," Jennifer George said. "I think we're not doing that consistently enough. I just think we have what it takes right now but we're just a step away."
A step away means losing games. So does a combined 59 turnovers in three games to open conference play.
The Gators were able to stay afloat early in the season despite turnover problems. In this league, the talent level is too great to recover from early holes and long scoring droughts.
Things do not get any easier starting Thursday at Georgia. The Lady Bulldogs represent the first of five remaining games for the Gators against teams currently ranked in the Top 25 polls.
If the Gators can begin cutting down their turnovers and winning games, the team will be in a good position to make the NCAA tournament. If not, relegation to the NIT looms large.
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12 Angry Men - Austin Olive's Senior Drama
7:30 PM – 9:30 PM on Apr 11, 2014
Where: Henderson Humanities Building, Phoenix
A 19-year-old man has just stood trial for the fatal stabbing of his father. "He doesn't stand a chance," mutters the guard as the 12 jurors are taken into the bleak jury room. It looks like an open-and-shut case—until one of the jurors begins opening the others' eyes to the facts. "This is a remarkable thing about democracy," says the foreign-born juror, "that we are notified by mail to come down to this place—and decide on the guilt or innocence of a man; of a man we have not known before. We have nothing to gain or lose by our verdict. We should not make it a personal thing." But personal it does become, with each juror revealing his or her own character as the various testimonies are re-examined, the murder is re-enacted and a new murder threat is born before their eyes! Tempers get short, arguments grow heated, and the jurors become 12 angry men. Tickets can be reserved by calling 865-471-4163 beginning April 7.

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People got a first look inside a new location for one of central Kentucky's biggest churches on Saturday.
Southland Christian Church held an open house at the its new satellite campus on Richmond Road. The new building is at the site of the old Lexington Mall.
Southland will hold another open house from 10:00 a.m to 2:00 p.m. Sunday.
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Absent from this list is mention of a PlayStation 2 version, though it might not be a confirmation of no PS2 version as the PS3 and PS2 guitars for Rock Band games have been cross-platform.
Mad Catz has had success with its line of licensed Street Fighter IV and Super Street Fighter IV arcade sticks. The high-end sticks are made with arcade-quality parts and are favored by many fighting game fans.It is not clear if this means that Rock Band 3 will feature entirely new peripherals or if Mad Catz is stepping in to handle physical production of the existing peripherals. Rock Band 3 was announced at GDC 2010 for release this holiday season. A PlayStation 2 version is not expected to make the cut.


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Friday, December 30, 2011
Kentucky Cup Sprint Winner Matthewsburg returns in Holiday Cheer
FLORENCE, Ky., Dec. 30, 2011 – Grade 3 winners Matthewsburg and Hollywood Hit head a full field for the $50,000 Holiday Cheer Stakes at Turfway Park Saturday. The six-furlong race drew 13 horses 3-years-old and up, with 12 to go.
Matthewsburg's Grade 3 win came at Turfway, and came this year, in the Speightstown Kentucky Cup Sprint. In his next two starts, also his most recent, he was a well beaten fifth in the Jimmy V Stakes at Churchill Downs and then was second, beaten nearly five lengths, in the Sophomore Sprint at Mountaineer, but both were run over sealed, muddy tracks and can be discounted. Trainer Mike Maker teams up with regular rider Victor Lebron.
Joe Woodard brings 6-year-old Tend to the Holiday Cheer off a fourth-place finish in a Turfway allowance three weeks ago. The multiple stakes winner won the Forego Stakes at Turfway last January and is consistent under multiple conditions, whether off tracks, varying distances, or different surfaces. Perry Ouzts rides.
Golden Country, also finishing his 6-year-old campaign, will compete in the Holiday Cheer for the fourth straight year. He won two years ago and comes in to this year's renewal off a head loss in a Mountaineer allowance on Dec. 11. Orlando Mojica rides for trainer Tom Bergin.
The field for the Holiday Cheer from the rail out: Plutonium (jockey Luis Martinez Jr.); Matthewsburg; Live From Appollo (Ben Creed); Taptowne, also trained by Mogge (Thomas Pompell); Hollywood Hit; Conchacer (Julio Felix); Too Wild for Words (Abel Mariano); Tend; El Gran Sol (Anthony Stephen); Our Rock Star (John McKee); Golden Country; and River Bear (Timothy Thornton). Recent runaway Turfway winner Pathoki remains on the also-eligible list.
The Holiday Cheer is the ninth of 10 races on Saturday's card. Racing begins at 5:30 p.m. and kicks off Turfway's second annual New Year's Eve Track Bash. Admission is free; some reserved seating remains.
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PRINCETON — Sullivan's Foods is hosting a holiday pet dress-up poster contest. The proceeds of the contest will go to a local animal shelter.
Customers should submit a 4 by 6 inch picture of their pet dressed up in holiday attire. On the back of the picture, include the animal's name, breed, age and the owner's name, address and phone number.
Pictures will be posted at Sullivan's Foods from Nov. 13 to Nov. 23. The photos will also be posted on Facebook.
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Manchester United star Rio Ferdinand is backing Lewis Hamilton to win the British Grand Prix at Silverstone on Sunday.
The United centre-back is tipping the Mercedes driver to win his first race of the year at his home Grand Prix as he looks to chase down the likes of Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso.
Vettel leads the Formula 1 Drivers' Championship with 132 points from three race wins this year, with Alonso in second on 96 points and two outright victories.
But Ferdinand believes home advantage could be crucial this weekend, and with Hamilton qualifying on pole position, the British driver has every chance of delivering on Ferdinand's prediction.
Speaking to his official Facebook page, Ferdinand said: "Backing my boy Lewis Hamilton to win tomorrow's British Grand Prix! #RiosWeekendPredictions #F1"
And Hamilton set a stunning pace during qualifying on Saturday afternoon, finishing 0.452 seconds clear of the rest of the field. His Mercedes teammate, Nico Rosberg, will start from second on the grid, with the two Red Bulls tucked in behind on the second row.
Vettel took third and Mark Webber will start from fourth.
The pole position is Hamilton's first since the Chinese Grand Prix back in April, and was the result of what Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn called a "very special lap".
A few more of those on Sunday, and Ferdinand might just have backed the winner.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) - At the urging of the American Civil Liberties Union, the Clark County School District has relaxed certain website restrictions facing students.
Under the policy change, school computers will no longer block students from informational websites on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports the ACLU first approached the school district about the issue in April and received word of the change Monday.
ACLU spokeswoman Staci Pratt says the First Amendment forbids school districts from selectively censoring websites based on particular viewpoints, and her organization will start reviewing policies in other school districts in the state.
School district spokeswoman Amanda Fulkerson says officials "considered input" from the ACLU when updating its filtering software.
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As others have said, the lack of discussion surrounding the legibility and quality of browser font-rendering is surely related to the prevalence of Mac-usage by designers in the industry. If you had to browse the web all day using Windows with or without ClearType enabled you'd soon become profoundly aware of fonts that look good on Windows and those that do not. With this awareness comes the realization that @font-face is not as exciting as it may at first seem.
It's not just about hinting, either. ClearType lacks Y-axis anti-aliasing, which makes some characters appear aliased, particularly at large sizes. Jon Tan noticed this and mistakenly thought it due to ClearType lacking anti-aliasing at large sizes. But it's just anti-aliasing on the up/down axis that's missing.
But the future isn't as grim as it may seem right now. Microsoft have introduced DirectWrite, a new text rendering API for Windows 7 and Vista. It's a big improvement [source] over ClearType. Mozilla are already working on incorporating it into Firefox as are Microsoft into IE9. We need designers to put pressure on the other browser makers to also incorporate DirectWrite. Maybe some of the energy wasted on the pointless 'drop IE6' campaigns can go into a campaign demanding DirectWrite instead?
At this stage, on Windows, titling text nearly always looks better rendered using Cufon or SIFR. Some @font-face set text does look good, if the designer has spend time in Windows, making sure it looks great. But, generally, most @font-face rendered stuff makes me cringe whenever I see it.
If you think about it, the situation we're faced with right now is similar to when typographers had to select typefaces suitable for the paper they were to be impressed upon. If, for example, they were printing onto poor quality news-paper, they would need to choose a serif with a robust character to withstand the coarse grain of the paper and associated ink bleed. The big difference is that web designers aren't blessed with knowing what 'paper' their type is to be rendered onto.
So with great font-selection power comes great font-selection responsibility. Select well for Windows. Test well for Windows. Be aware of and understand typefaces that have been crafted specially for use on-screen, and particularly for ClearType. Support foundries that make the effort to support ClearType. And demand DirectWrite. Demand it now.


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Hey guys,
So I've been going to a gym for several months now and I haven't met another gay guy or have hooked up with anyone. To be honest, I'm not even sure if guys hookup at my gym or if their are any gay guys going to it. So I was hoping you guys could give me some pointers, tips and feedback on hooking up with and even meeting guys at the gym.
1. For hookups. If you see a hot guy, how do you know if he's into dudes or not? Do you need to have a good gaydar to sense these things?
2. Peeping at guys in the looker room- clearly this is pretty discreet, but could this be a way to seal the deal on hooking up?
3. Making friends with other gay/bi guys- how can this happen if you're not even sure what their sexuality is.
4. Any advice on locations or topics for starting conversations? (i'm not into sports at all btw)
Just some tidbits about my gym: It is family orientated and equally caters to men, women, and children. Also many of the men are married/str8. I know this because I have yet to spot another gay guy at my gym. Moreover, the only guys that have conversations at the gym are people working out together and members talking to staff members.


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TEDxWomen 2013 will celebrate invention in all its forms. Not just technology and things, but also solutions to poverty; approaches to peacemaking; expressions of art, and, at times, our own lives. Some of the questions we're asking: How does geography impact innovation? How do new technologies shape our lives? How do great ideas take flight? How can meaningful change be imagined, fostered, and scaled?
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Opinion — CHRISTIAN EXAMINER
Young men, dressed as animals, follow several attractive women down the street. As they close in, the men shoot darts into women's bodies—as if the women were animals and the men big game hunters. Moments later, all the women are lying on the ground.
This scene is from a music video by a band called the Bloodhound Gang. The lyrics include such gems as: "You and me baby ain't nothin' but mammals. Let's do it like they do on the Discovery Channel."
That's about as explicit as I'm allowed to get—or want to get.
The song, like many others, not only contains offensive language; it also describes men treating women in degrading ways. And now there's evidence that listening to this music leads teens to engage in the same kind of behavior the songs describe.
According to published reports, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh evaluated the sexual aggressiveness of popular song lyrics from least degrading to most degrading. And then they asked 771 teenagers about both their taste in music and their sexual behavior.
It turned out that 44.6 percent of the teens who listened to the most degrading music had engaged in sex. But of those who had not listened to sexually degrading music, only 20.6 percent had sex.
There's more bad news, according to Brian Primack, the study's lead author. He said the lyrics, which "frequently portray aggressive males subduing submissive females ... may lead adolescents to incorporate this 'script' for" sex "into their worldview." They may make both male and female adolescents "feel compelled to play out" the roles the lyrics assign to them, Primack added.
No wonder three-quarters of a million American teenagers get pregnant each year; or that nearly a fourth of all teenage girls contract a sexually-transmitted disease, or that so many women are sexually abused by men.
What can parents do about this on their own? Not much, I'm afraid. Sure, you can snap those nasty CDs in two if you catch your kids with them. But as Helen Ward, president of the Kids First Parents Association of Canada told the French news service, modern technology means it's almost impossible for parents to monitor what their kids are listening to.
"Government," she said, "needs to help parents regulate the industry."
Well, she's right, and we ought to join with other parents to find ways to do that. It won't be easy. There are some people who, no matter how much evidence you give them, simply refuse to accept the truth—magical thinking, I believe it's called. They like degrading music, they don't think it harms anyone, and therefore—in their minds, it doesn't harm anyone.
Until the day—if it ever comes—degrading music is banished from public life, we need to gently explain to our kids how music can affect them—just as violent video games and television do. We are obliquely warned of this possible damage in Philippians 4:8: We are told to dwell on whatever is true, right, pure, lovely, excellent, and worthy of praise.
Once again, modern science is proving the truth of Bible teachings. That Pittsburgh study reveals that if we choose instead to dwell on what is evil, false and degrading, we end up harming, not only ourselves, but our society as a whole.
And that's not something to sing about.
Copyright© 2009 Prison Fellowship Ministries
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EUREKA, Ill. -- The women's basketball team traveled to Eureka for a rescheduled game Thursday night and lost 68-57 to the Red Devils. Coley Baker produced 16 points, 10 rebounds, and four blocked shots in the effort.
Greenville trailed by 12 at halftime. Despite shooting for a higher percentage than the winning squad, the Lady Panthers were hampered by 25 turnovers. The Lady Panthers also held former conference player of the year Caty Eeten to a conference low scoring output of 11 points.
Emily Gundy contributed 17 points in the loss to take honors as the game's leading scorer. Missy Deal added 10 points.
The Lady Panthers (4-9, 1-5 SLIAC) host MacMurray Saturday at 1 p.m.


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Hello all. I just finished my first season/year of windsurf with a (really) big board (RRD Easy Rider L) and I want to evolve/move on, so I am planning to buy my first Starboard for 2007.
I am 37, 75 kgs, and after one year of windsurfing I am able to go with light/medium winds. I use a 6.0 Solo Neil Pryde Sail, and I am going to buy also a 5.0 and a 7.5.
I usually sail in North Adriatic Aea (winds from light to medium, no waves) and Garda/Como lake, in the morning (light-medium winds).
I would like to know if is best, for me, the Carve 162 Wood or the Go 155.
I would love to keep this board as long as possible and to learn very good planing, straps, speed jibes.
Thank you in advance
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|28th September 2006, 11:16 PM
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RE: My first Starboard: question
Are you in footstraps and harness? Can you waterstart?
Go is a begginers board, so, same as your easy rider. So the carve is better and at 75 kg you can/should go smaller than 162. Also, it doesn't have to be wood.
|29th September 2006, 07:46 AM
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RE: My first Starboard: question
Hi truth
I have used the RRD once and have also owned a Go 155 and carve 161, and am 80 kg's. I beg to differ with boussog1 :-).
The Go is not a beginner board. The 155 is a very good board for any level and frankly has it all over the easyrider, which I did not rate at all. The carve 161(162) is also a very nice board
My view is that to "learn very good planing, straps, speed jibes" the Go will give you what you are looking for.
The combination of wider tail, more weight, multiple footstrap positions and EVA will make every step along the learning cure easier and more comfortable. It will plane earlier and go into higher winds than the carve.
I see the large carve as a board for more advanced windsurfers looking for a good ride in light winds without going the formula/isonic route.
|29th September 2006, 01:41 PM
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RE: My first Starboard: question
Thank you very much! My idea is to keep (and continue to use) the Easy Rider for light winds, and then use the Starboard when the wind rises (i.e. in the afternoon). as you know, here in Adriatic sea 90% of the time we have light winds. I would use the starboard also on the lake (garda and Como). I would use the Starboard with three sails (5.0, 6.0 and 7.5). I see that these sails fits also in the Go 139 tufskin model but I don't know if my weight is too much for the Go 139 model. would you suggest the Go 155?
All the best
|30th September 2006, 12:25 AM
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Hi truth,
I'm not from the Starboard team, but I thought that I would comment briefly. I'm a bit lighter than you at 70kg, but I think that we are close enough where the difference wouldn't be that meaningful. If I were you, you might want to go a bit less on the volume with maybe the GO 129. The sail range you are considering is well within the target of the 129, and I'll bet that you'll find the extra liveliness a real asset for your higher wind lake sailing. Also, the 129 has plenty of float to take care of your light wind needs too.
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|2003-11-24, 22:17
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Bottle Fairy episode 7....
did it air yet and HK didn't subb it or they didnt air Bottle Fairy last week??
if it already aired i'm not rushing those guys but please hurry i don't think i can stand much longer .... I showed my cousins episode one from the start and saw every episodes each week but now last week i couldn't get it now i'm getting BEAT up by them..... they are like 6 and damn they hit hard.... i went skating with them yesterday and i slipped and one of them RAN over my hand when i was on the ground..... then she said thats what you get for not downloading Bottle Fairy this week.... I was like WTF they didn't even release it...... my right arm that was ran over i can't really move it right now because if i move it , it hurts alot....... they are pounding me right now as i am writing this.....
Please get Bottle Fairy out ASAP if you guys have time before i die.......
edit oh ya i'm not rushing them so don't say i am noob....... :P
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Shame on you! You know better than to break the Third Commandment of the Forum Rules, "Thou shalt not ask when stuff is to be released."
You say that you're not rushing those guys, but then you say "please hurry." Shame on you. You are trying to rush them. I could expect this kind of behavior from a n00b, but you have no excuse.
If you really want to know more about the progress of Bottle Fairy, instead of complaining about it you could check for information on their home page or website. There actually is information to find if you bother. Too bad that you are more interesting in whinging about it.
|2003-11-29, 19:27
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ep7 is out guys http://torrents.hikarinokiseki.com/B...iD.avi.torrent
|2003-11-29, 21:38
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It was an overall good epsiode 7 not the best though, but I was wondering what
game console it was in the show. It looked like Sega Master System but for the gamepad.
Maybe it was not a real one but they had a Sega Saturn in Evangelion.
BTW my favorite Bottle Fairy is Kururu, really hyper
|2003-11-29, 22:18
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haha harlarious...... this episode is great but did anyone notice that the quility was not as good as the previous episodes?? or am i wrong the opening was kinda blurry and stuff...but it good better at the end probably it's my eyes .... i just woke up a couple minutes ago.... :P
oh ya i'm going to change my avatar to SUPER SAIYAN HORORO ...... don't copy me Avatar i called it first...... :P
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Anyway, I liked episode 7, but I didn't think it was as good as the other episodes. Also, Hororo wasn't really as funny as she was in the past episodes.
I still loved the episode, though
|2003-11-30, 00:24
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I liked ep 7 though it kinda trailed off at the end. The game system with Master System colors was a nice touch, since I'm a SegaManiac from way back. [offtopic] Jungla wa Itsumo Hale Nochi Guu had nearly all the sega systems. My gawd that was awesome. [/offtopic]
Here's a good question:
Who won the poetry contest?
I think it came down to a race between Sarara and Chiriri. I was nice to get hear Chiriri talk about her hat addiction, but Sarara's longer, more psycho poem to Oboro was better to me.
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Well now I have to see Jungla wa Itsumo Hale Nochi Guu, because I happen
to be a SEGA maniac too.
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I would never watch something called "Bottle Fairy" in a million years. It just sounds too...um....anyways.... until I saw that clip . You killed my resolve. Downloading now.
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[edit] Come to think of it, maybe you thought it wasn't funny because you haven't read very much Japanese poetry. FYI, Japanese poetry is usually very condensed, and jumps from thought to thought quickly; for example, haiku. The bottle fairies' poetry was the complete opposite, and Kururu was pretty hiliarious saying "sugoi" over and over again.
I'm translating episode 9 right now, some good humour in there (at least the way I'm translating it )
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Flow Cytometry of Human anti-IL-6 antibody 209-301-310
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Western Blot showing detection of Human IL-6. 100 ng of Human IL-6 was run on a 4-20% gel and transferred to 0.45 µm nitrocellulose. After blocking with 1% BSA-TTBS (p/n MB-013, diluted to 1X) 30 min at 20°C, Anti-Human IL-6 (MOUSE) Antibody (p/n 209-301-310) was used at 1:1000 in 1% BSA-TTBS over night at 4°C. Peroxidase conjugated Rabbit Anti-mouse secondary antibody was used in Blocking Buffer for Fluorescent Western Blotting (p/n MB-070) at 1:40,000 for 30 min at 20°C and imaged using the Bio-Rad VersaDoc® 4000 MP. Band indicates correct 17 kDa molecular weight position expected for Human IL-6.
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Passing of a death trap
As winter draws to a close, we are suddenly aware that a milestone has been passed for this community.
This is the first winter that the new Eagle River Bridge has been in use.
Most significant of this fact is that there has not been one single traffic jam on the hill, caused by icy roads.
In the past the sometimes almost comical gaggle of cars tied up on the hill was a regular occurrence whenever the weather took a turn.
The absence of any such a jam, in view of the fact that this winter has had an unusually heavy amount of road ice is a very great relief to residents of this area.
The traffic hazard of the old Eagle River Hill was not always comical, as witnessed by the thirteen crosses that at one time stood at the side of the road as a grim reminder of those who lost their lives in accidents on the hill.
The passing of that particular death trap from our community is one which not any of us regrets.


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Football was introduced to The University of Colorado at Boulder campus in 1890. Early games bore more resemblance to rugby than modern American football, which were played against the School of Mines and Utah.
The football stadium, originally named Colorado Stadium, was officially named Folsom Field in November 1944 to honor Coach Fred Folsom, one of the most respected college football coaches of his day. In 1934 the University teams were officially nicknamed the Buffaloes. Previous nicknames included the ?Silver Helmets? and ?Frontiersmen.? The final game of 1934, against the University of Denver, saw the first ever running of a buffalo calf, rented from a local ranch, in a Colorado football game.
A traditional college football rivalry with the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers re-started in the early 1980s when Bill McCartney declared the conference opponent to be their rival. His theory was since Nebraska was such a powerhouse team; if Colorado was able to beat them then they would be a good team. Colorado began to repeatedly threaten Nebraska in the late 1980's, following their win over the Huskers in 1986, and then surpassed the Huskers for the Big 8 crown in 1989.
The year 1947 marked key point in race relations on campus. In this year, the Buffaloes joined the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association; commonly know as the Big Six, then to be known as the Big Seven, and later the Big Eight. However, Missouri and Oklahoma had rules allowing them to challenge teams with ?colored? players. A student outcry, led by campus paper Silver and Gold, led to a movement against these Jim Crow restrictions which expanded to all the campuses of the Big 7 and eventually lead to their repeal.
Undoubtedly the most famous aspect of Buffaloes athletics is the college football program, 16th on the all-time win list and 22nd in all-time winning percentage. Folsom Field was built in 1924, and since then they have been 280-132-10 at home. The Nebraska game in 2006 was the school's 1100th football game.
Colorado has one of the dominant programs in the NCAA in skiing winning 16 National Championships, most recently in 2006, and is always nationally ranked and the only Big 12 school to win. The Ski team competes as a member of the Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Association as the Big 12 does not sponsor skiing.
The University has several fight songs that have lost and gained popularity over the years. The oldest, "Glory Colorado", is sung to the tune of "Battle Hymn of the Republic" and has been around nearly as long as the school. Glory Colorado is considered to represent all campuses of the University. "Go Colorado" was originally sung exclusively by the Glee Club at football games, though it is now played and known almost exclusively by members of the Golden Buffalo Marching Band. The most popular of the three fight songs and the most widely recognized is "Fight CU." Originally sung by the football team, the song has gained enough popularity that few people outside the band know that it is not the only fight song of the university. The song is used for all sports, not just football.
The University of Colorado features 16 varsity sports teams. Both men's and women's team are called the Buffaloes or Golden Buffaloes. "Lady Buffs" refers to the women?s teams beginning in the 1970s, but was officially dropped in 1993. The nickname was selected by the campus newspaper in a contest in 1934. Team participates in the NCAA's Division I in the North Division of the Big 12 Conference.
The University's current athletic director is Mike Bohn. Colorado has won 22 National Championships in its history, with most in skiing. It was ranked #14 of "America's Best Sports College" in a 2002 analysis. In June 2007, the Buffaloes were placed under probation for two years and fined $100,000 for undercharging 133 student-athletes for meals over a six year span (2000-01 to 2005-06) resulting in the major infraction. The football program, with 86 of the 133 student-athletes involved, also lost one scholarship for the next three seasons.
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Wheaton's Cosley Zoo will raise admission fees for out-of-town visitors beginning in January.
Park district commissioners voted 5-1 this week to boost fees to $5 for adults and $4 for seniors who don't live in the district. That's a $2 increase for both groups.
Cosley will continue to offer free admission for Wheaton residents and all children.
The zoo began charging admission for out-of-town adults in 2010 for the first time in decades.
Supporters say the fee increases are appropriate after a series of improvements to the 5-acre zoo at Gary Avenue and Jewell Road, including a new bobcat exhibit funded by the Cosley Foundation and a state matching grant. Unveiled in September, the enclosure marked the zoo's first new wildlife exhibit since the late 1990s.
Without the additional charges, zoo officials say the facility would face a steeper deficit. Cosley already is projected to finish 2012 with an estimated $28,000 deficit, down from a $57,000 shortfall in 2011.
But Commissioner Phil Luetkehans, who opposed the new fees, raised concerns about their possible impact on attendance. Zoo Director Susan Wahlgren said her staff did not conduct a formal market survey.
"I've always been for sustainability of this project," Luetkehans said. "I've always been 'yes,' we should charge somewhat, but I think we're just saying, 'OK, let's do $2,' and we don't know what the effect is going to be."
If the increases turn off potential visitors, board President John Kelly said he would consider scaling them back. He also said he would oppose annual fee hikes.
The new fees are expected to generate roughly $75,000 annually. Officials estimate 74 percent of the zoo's roughly 114,000 visitors from March to November 2011 came from outside Wheaton.
Staff members asked to bump up the cost of admission for several reasons. For one, the zoo's fees lag behind other similar small, accredited zoos. For another, the Cosley Foundation, the zoo's fundraising arm, is slashing support of the zoo's operating expenses by $50,000 for 2013.
Park district Executive Director Mike Benard said the nonprofit organization has assisted with operating expenses over the past several years, but that support was never meant to be permanent.
"The primary reason for the existence of the foundation is to raise money for capital improvements (and) exhibit development," he said.
Wahlgren said Friday the zoo is not losing money from the foundation.
"It's just being put back to other projects instead of through operations," Wahlgren said. "Their function is to raise money for capital projects. They were just kind of helping us out as we were becoming a little more sustainable and efficient."
Still, the move "puts a little more burden on us for operations," Wahlgren said.
The director said admission fees are the zoo's second largest source of revenue after tax support.
"We're still trying to honor the taxpayers of Wheaton by not charging them," she said.


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The Walking Dead is an amazing comic book series, a popular television show (although I don't like it), and now an enthralling, episodic video game adventure. Ben Reeves, Ben Hanson, and Jason "Ben" Oestreicher joined me for a look at the game's intense introductory moments. Although we yap over most of the story content, this video shows off the combat mechanics, conversation system, and environment interaction. All told, this a great glimpse at Telltale's suspenseful adaptation of Robert Kirkman's work.
Sit back, enjoy this video, and if you have the time on your hands, check out our Test Chamber hub for more episodes.
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Underperforming schools show MCAS improvement
But 82 percent in state fall short of federal targets
Massachusetts' 18-month effort to overhaul nearly three dozen of the worst-performing schools appears to be showing a glimmer of success, state education officials said yesterday as they released MCAS scores for schools and districts across the state.
At 16 of the 35 underperforming schools, scores increased by double digits on either the English or math sections of MCAS, while a few other schools made
smaller gains. The gains reflect the higher portion of students who ranked in the top two scoring categories, "proficient'' and "advanced.''
But the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System results were not all rosy: A dozen underperforming schools experienced slight declines in scores in one or both subjects.
"For me, the results suggest we are on the right path, but this is the first year of data, and I'm not ready to declare victory yet,'' Mitchell Chester, the state's commissioner of elementary and secondary education, said in an interview yesterday.
"We need to see multiple years of improvement. These are schools we had grave concerns about.''
In Boston, Superintendent Carol R. Johnson said replacing teachers, extending the school day, and closely monitoring student achievement data appeared to have helped schools yield strong improvement.
The feat achieved by these schools after years of chronically low and often declining performance was a bright spot on a day when the state also announced the latest round of schools and districts statewide that failed to reach performance targets under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.
The act mandates that all students - regardless of a learning disability or lack of English fluency - be proficient on state exams by 2014.
Across Massachusetts, 1,404 schools, or 82 percent, missed testing targets this year, up from 67 percent the previous year. Under the federal law, no action is taken against schools that miss their targets for just one year, but in Massachusetts, like many other states nationwide, a growing number of schools are falling short year after year.
Consequently, state officials said yesterday that 64 percent of Massachusetts schools are now classified as in need of improvement, corrective action, or restructuring because the schools repeatedly failed to meet benchmarks, which typically call for a greater percentage of students showing proficiency on state exams each year. A year ago, 56 percent carried designations.
The number of districts in need of improvement, corrective action, or restructuring also grew this year to 39 percent, up from 32 percent last year.
Each designation requires schools to take some level of action. Schools in need of improvement that receive federal funding for low-income students must offer students tutoring and the chance to transfer to a better-performing school. Schools in corrective action or restructuring must undertake radical changes, such as replacing staff, administrators, or curriculums.
Schools must show two years of consecutive improvement to shed a designation. Just 18 schools this year achieved that success, including three in Boston: the James Otis, New Mission High School, and the Dante Alighieri Elementary .
Chester said he may ask federal officials to exempt Massachusetts from requiring that all students be proficient on state exams. The Obama administration announced last month that it is creating a waiver program, contending that the federal law exaggerates the number of potentially failing schools and thereby prevents school districts from targeting resources to the schools in greatest need.
States can qualify for a waiver if they sign onto Obama's education overhaul agenda, which Massachusetts did last year when it secured $250 million from the federal Race to the Top program.
Massachusetts, in an effort to better identify the most distressed schools, enacted a law in early 2010 that led the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to designate the 35 schools that had among the lowest MCAS scores as "underperforming.''
Murkland Elementary School in Lowell - where Chester, Governor Deval Patrick and other state officials announced the MCAS results yesterday - was among 10 underperforming schools that showed the greatest increase in improvement, according to the state. The portion of Murkland students scoring proficient and advanced in English increased by 13 percentage points and in math by 20 percentage points.
"The gains exhibited at Murkland Elementary demonstrate that when we focus efforts on providing schools with the tools they need, our students will rise to the challenge and progress will be made in closing achievement gaps,'' Patrick said in a written statement.
Chester said his staff will be studying the results and the overhaul efforts over the next few months to gauge what strategies might be yielding the best results and may be worth replicating at other schools.
The state law gave superintendents extraordinary powers to alter teacher contracts so districts can replace teachers, extend school days, and make other changes to those schools.
Seven underperforming schools in Boston - including the Agassiz, which closed in June - had increases in the portion of students scoring proficient or advanced in English and math, while four schools had mixed results. Another school, the John P. Holland, experienced slight declines in both subjects.
"We really are excited about the rapid progress in English and math we see in the turnaround schools,'' Johnson said. "We are hopeful our teacher contract negotiations will allow us to integrate what we are learning in our turnaround schools into other schools in Boston.''
Ratcheting up the academic standards at Orchard Gardens, which had been plagued with chronically low performance for years, shocked many students, said its principal, Andrew Bott.
For instance, he said, an eighth-grade English teacher last year retaught students how to write a topic sentence - something they should have learned a few years earlier - but she also asked them to tackle Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream,'' eliciting groans.
The teaching staff carrying out the academic changes was almost entirely new to the school.
While MCAS scores at Orchard Gardens are still low, they are much higher than a year ago. In English, the portion of students in grades 3-8 scoring proficient or advanced this past spring increased 10 percentage points to 30 percent. In math, the scores in those categories jumped 16 percentage points to 35 percent.
"We had a remarkable first year,'' Bott said.
Erick Negron, 12, a seventh-grader from Roxbury, said the turnaround effort has made Orchard Gardens feel like a new school. Middle school students now stay at the school until 5:15 p.m.
"Everyone works hard and tries to stay focused,'' Erick said. "No one goofs around.''
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LEOMINSTER -- More restaurant owners are filing harassment orders against the Leominster man who posed as the owner of the Ugly Omlet online last year and posted racist and vulgar remarks online.
On Monday, Erica and Jared Grinkis, who own the GazBar sports grill restaurant on Central Street, received a harassment-prevention order against Aaron Arsenault on grounds he allegedly posted vulgar insults and fake complaints about the restaurant online in retaliation for refusing to buy advertising space from him.
Arsenault has run several newsletters he leaves at private businesses and municipal offices. The most recent is called "Leominster Scene."
The Grinkises declined to comment, saying the harassment-prevention order approved Monday in Leominster District Court prevents them from speaking publicly about Arsenault. The new order prevents Arsenault from writing online about them or GazBar for one year.
Their court application alleges Arsenault posted Facebook comments consisting of insults and gay jokes, often falsely referring to the sports grill as a gay bar, and crude Photoshopped images of a gay couple outside the restaurant.
A one-star negative review of GazBar that features gay jokes can be seen on the popular rating website Yelp posted by "Leominster S." That user's profile contains the same user image as Arsenault's current Facebook account, named "Leominster Scene.
Arsenault did not respond to several requests to comment on this story.
In October 2011, Arsenault was served with a harassment-prevention order for state Sen. Jennifer Flanagan, whom he allegedly bombarded with phone calls and personal attacks online and filled his Facebook page with references to political assassinations and a photo of the business the senator's boyfriend worked at.
In November, Seth Silver, owner of the Ugly Omelet in Lunenburg, filed a harassment-prevention order against Arsenault. Silver said Arsenault created a Facebook page claiming to represent Silver's restaurant and he said it is used to insult customers and post racist, anti-Semitic and anti-gay remarks.
Rodrigo Souza, the owner of Comeketo Brazilian restaurant in Leominster, used to be friends with Arsenault but said he too has been targeted after declining to buy advertisements in Arsenault's newsletter.
He said Arsenault used to come in to his restaurant on Central Street and he would give him free food. He said Arsenault helped him occasionally, such as video and photo editing for his advertisements when needed.
Souza also owns Goombaz pizzeria in Fitchburg. Souza said last year that after he posted a photo of himself with two women from there on Facebook, he got a comment from the Ugly Omlet Facebook page that made vulgar insults about the women. He thought the comment was from Silver, and messaged him to ask why he would say that, and Souza said Arsenault revealed it was him.
In December, when Arsenault tried to sell advertising space, Souza declined.
"I didn't want to associate myself with him in any way," said Souza. He said Arsenault retaliated Dec. 10 by posting a fake report on a Leominster community Facebook page claiming of a food-poisoning incident at Comeketo restaurant. He also proceeded to post a negative Yelp review and other online criticisms, many vulgar, that Souza said can hurt his business.
"People who don't know who we are might believe him. They don't know he has no credibility," said Souza. He showed several text messages from Arsenault, who allegedly admitted making the online statements and said they were considered free speech.
"It's too bad, he's got a sick mind and all this effort could be used to do a lot of good instead," said Souza. He is planning to file a harassment-prevention order of his own against Arsenault next week.
Disclosure: Arsenault has also targeted the Sentinel & Enterprise, and its staff with vulgar remarks, online criticism and frequent emails since the newspaper ran a story on the harassment-prevention order from Flanagan.
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This page is about the idiom not your cup of tea
If something is not your cup of tea, it's not what you like or what you're interested in.
For example
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2010-2011: Registered a personal best time of 1:55.89 in the 800m event at the NEICAAA Outdoor Track & Field Championship, good for second place...Also recorded career best times in the 1,000m (2:32.34), 1,500m (4:06.18), 1 mile (4:26.59), and 3,000m steeple (9:55.49).
2008-09: Placed eighth at the Blue Devil Cross Country Invitational, recording a time of 28:21 on the five mile course...Won the 1,000 meters at the Maine Open in a time of 2:35.69...Took ninth place in the 3,000 meter steeple chase at the Northeast Conference Outdoor Championships with a time of 10:04.14...Best steeple chase time on the season was 9:48.64 (18th place) at the New England Outdoor Championships.
2007-08: Season best in cross country was 28:13.80 at Murray Keatinge Invitational...Placed 10th in the 1,000m with 2:39.28 at Boston Indoor Games...Season best in the 800m (2:01.54) at UMass Invitational...Placed eighth in the 3,000m steeple chase with a 10:12.74 finish at the NEC Outdoor Championships.
Before Central: Participated in cross country and track and field for four years at Middletown High...Captained track and field and cross country as a senior...Holds school record in 2,000m and 3,000m steeplechase.


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One program defines itself by the good it strives to achieve, and the other program defines good as itself achieving.
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Nice tat.
Being a sports fan means having very little control over a meaningless thing that can profoundly affect your life. I'm not even sure which year this started, but for 365-ish days after beating Ohio State life is a little better to live, while the same after losing to them makes life a little worse. Until recently I thought I was maybe mistaking the general depressing of age, the Cooper run having coincided with the years between the onset of puberty and the onset of responsibility. Then Courtney Avery picked off Braxton Miller and I felt 20 again.
There are few active metaphors left in entertainment for some old fashioned we're the good guys/they're the bad guys. As your focus shifts from defeating Skeletor to survival, you begin to gain perspective, which is anathema to such absolutes. In this new adult relativity, goodness is a thing you strive for, not something bestowed as a natural and obvious state. You learn too that two things opposed are rarely easy to identify as more good or less evil. We strive for a thing, they strive for a thing, this is all relative. We're for tradition, and culpability, and a really fast guy from Florida who says "WHAAAAATT?!" and will smile for anybody in the world. From all we can see, the thing they seem to be most for is them.
The last time Michigan won in Columbus it was 2000. I was about mid-way through my collegiate career, and John Cooper was nearing the end of his. I sat in the student section and fielded death threats and projectiles while Drew Henson and Marquise Walker and David Terrell played the kind of offense we always imagined they could. The fans around us started looking ready to make good on those threats, and we bolted before the end, a fresh fallen snow covering our escape.
For the first time since, I'll be returning to Ohio Stadium tomorrow. I've been advised to not make my allegiance too obvious, to not respond to the taunting, and to maybe pick up a red hat with a gray O to leave in my Michigan plated car so that I won't return to find the tires slashed and garbage in the gas tank.
There are awful awful Michigan fans out there, and wonderful people who root for Ohio State. But this is sports. It's a big, blatant, color-coded metaphor for the subtle battles we fight, including—especially—good vs. evil. Caveat relativity and caveat scale, but one program defines itself by the good it strives to achieve, and the other program defines good as itself achieving. Tomorrow during the last game of their bowl-banned season, Ohio State will be officially honoring Jim Tressel and the 2002 National Championship Team whose accomplishments might too have been erased but for the statute of limitations. It couldn't be more clear if we were eight.
Not counting, you know, real life, only two things happened in the world in the last seven days: the Big Ten added two more Indianas, and Michigan prepared to play Ohio State. The former was dealt with in the diaries with grief counseling, the latter with statistics, and both were handled in this diary by Gordon that reimagines The Game since Bo if divisions (rather than… sense? tradition? goodness?) had existed all that time. The useful chart at right (click big) is by Coach Schiano and neatly sums up the results. Most of those years Michigan and Ohio State would have re-matched. Sparty would have played in 3 of the last 4.
I want to also recognize ehatch, a tempo-free fan who's been trying to apply some of those Kenpommish ideas to football. Some of the relevant among the results:
By the conventional measures Michigan has the best defense in the Big Ten. However, once we adjust for our slow tempo, we find that the defense drops to 5th. We love our defense how is that possible? I think there are a couple potential explanations: 1) Throw-God Trevor Simien and the elusive Colter -- Northwestern was Michigan's worst performance of the year. 2) Michigan always seems to have one or 2 bad drives per game regardless of how bad the offense is (Illinois need not apply). MSU, Iowa, Minnesota all had 2 long scoring drives where it was completely out of character for both them and us. And since they are so bad offensively that bad drive is enough to put them above their average. In other words, Michigan has yet to put together a full game defensively.
Emphasis on "has yet to." Like I have yet to see the new Abraham Lincoln movie. Hey defense, what're guys doing tomorrow like noon-ish?
CoachW did a common opponent comparison. He didn't give a winner for each but I will. Give Ohio a slight edge for MSU since that was on the road, give Michigan that back for shutting out Illinois, and it comes down to Nebraska and Purdue. Michigan lost big but that may not be relevant unless Bellomy becomes so again; Ohio State gave up a lot of points but blew the doors on offense and won by lots. Michigan handled Purdue, who took OSU to overtime but that's not relevant since Miller was hurt. I guess edge OSU since they picked the better game to go without the centerpiece of their offense. But the margins are awful close.
Another study by glewe showed OSU's pass defense may be within the established Garder-KILL range. Docwhoblocked got bumped from the board for his study on punts to suggest Michigan ought to have both a deep and short guy. Like Dileo is short to fair catch the bouncers, and Gallon stands deep in case there's a return possibility. Also we're returning too many kickoffs (I figured) but I've been fine trading five yards of field position for that feeling you get when Dennis Norfleet has the ball in space.
LSAClassof2000 took five diaries to put out some charts and tables of the most basic stats. They're pretty straight-up, the kind of numbers you'll see put up on TV (my bias is toward the tempo-free above), but succinct. The QB one is worth a glance if only to see the Gardner effect, and the opening chart of the defense one is useful for quoting stats like "Michigan doesn't get as many sacks but we're averaging 6 TFL a game to OSU's 5.2." You know, if you talk like that. Here's the cliff's notes:*
Table of LSAClassOf2000 Diaries This Week
|Michigan And Ohio State - 2012
|Michigan And Ohio State – Last 10 Yrs
|Michigan And Ohio State - Defenses
|Michigan's Rushing Game - 2001-Present
|Michigan QBs - 2001 To Present
|What we learned
|Both even in rush/pass split, but theirs gets a 100 more yds a game.
|Our respective passing offenses have been weirdly joined at the hip from Troy Smith on.
|Pretty similar until we get to sacks, where they have John Simon and we don't have John Simon.
Holy Molk's junior/senior years rushing Batman!
|Good good good good great okay DEATH okay great good good.
*[This section has been edited from its original. See the comments if you care.]
Buckeye etc. (non-statistical): The k.o.k.Law memories trip continues with '76 and then through the '80s. THE_KNOWLEDGE pontificates. Lanyard program progrifiates. Jonvalk wallpaperates. Blockhams burninates.
Rationalizing Rutgersyland. History was made this week when Delany became the first commissioner to voluntarily add teams that weaken the average strength of his conference (oakapple). Course nobody around here
believes wants to admit that these guys are so utterly out of touch and/or incompetent as to grab a couple of debtors for the Weak-ass Woody Division, flip Illinois to the Bo, and spend the next 14 years trying to convince New Yorkers to care. Gameboy says it's about TV markets, and shows us the numbers he thinks the Big Ten was looking at. Turtleboy talked about the scheduling situations that large conferences create.
This last got me thinking about another reason Maryland and Rutgers might become a net benefit to the conference: they can be trusted to lose. If you figure they pretty much have to go to 9 conference games now, a few extra Indiana's on the road could go a long way toward making the top of the conference look more Top Ten-ish and playoff-viable (see: SEC this year and how the top half has capitalized on beating up the wretched bottom half).
[Jump, then Weeklies, then lots of Ohio and expansion carping on the boards]
Besth and Worsth: Still requiring you to read bronxblue's weekly column. This one rambles into things like ugh Notre Dame lose already so we don't have to hear Lou Holthz anymore, and Iowa's penchant for turning 2-stars into serviceable Big Ten players and 3-stars into NFL linemen. He also speculates that Michigan should try to keep recruiting the super-athletes like Denard (though he was clear he wanted to go somewhere that would let him play quarterback) or Antonio Bass or Dennis Norfleet because in college football, vs. NFL, awesome athleticism can still be a good thing.
Inside the Box Score: Two of the refs were named Carr. Iowa's punter is Kornbrath.
FEI Prediction and Turnover Analysis: Hey there FEI, welcome back to relevancy. I guess after almost a full season of trials the shaking ends and the agreement comes back:
…everyone agree? Turnovers didn't go anywhere. I wish I could get him to tell me how many expected points the Lions lost yesterday to ref incompetence.
Bowl Eligibility: Updated. Go Gophers!
Etc. Preview of tonight's hoops game vs. KState. Brian goes on the road to speak at U-M Club Washington D.C. You've got about a day to get your FreeRoll in; if you draft Kenjon Barner you have to thank me. Moving Picture Pages.
I'm gonna rattle these off quickly because there's lots of great The Game content. Moleskyn posted some of the greatest moments in the history of the rivalry: the Heisman winners returning things, Biakabutuka's day, the Denard Robinson Show. This has barely scratched the surfaced. In a separate thread BeatOSU52 put up the Ufer vs. Ohio State film. Go suggest more—this is my entertainment today!
Here's Odoms being all Odoms about things.
Here's an awesome response to a guy who posted a bad link to the photo he wanted turned into a t-shirt:
Best I could do
Here's where you can name your most hated Buckeye. Mine's Tressel, obvs.
Here's the joke thread, though I was admittedly disappointed at how many were the typical "How do you get a [insert rival] grad off your front porch" fare. Be school-specific please; it's not like they don't provide enough ammunition.
Where can you find Ohio State football players in Star Wars?
They're all on Tatooine!
Reddit via guy with horrible user name.
Yes it was discussed. A laowwht. I like oakapple's pod scheduling idea but not sure how much sense it makes. The idea is four pods of 3 or 4 teams of rivals, and then you switch off every year which pod you play against.
Snarling wolverine has put up a list of our historical meetings with the current Big Ten lineup to point out the value of our rivalries by how often we've seen them. Ciszew put together a hypothetical schedule. MGoDC starts a conversation regarding who thinks they're our rivals, featuring many of these same usual suspects.
Yeoman reminds us that Oberlin contests one of our victories. When I was a kid we had guy on 1st run from 2nd base directly out of the park and into his mom's car because he'd promised to go as soon as she arrived...look dude if you run off the field…
Your Moment of Zen:
Watch it through to the end. You will thank me.
One program defines itself by the good it strives to achieve, and the other program defines good as itself achieving.
well done
columns of the season. I am a couple years older than you (my college life went from 95-99), but the line about going from trying to defeat Skeletor to survival is phenomenal. I may substitute Shredder for Skeltor, as I was not a big He-Man guy, but otherwise, that's some fine writing.
I too was at that 2000 game in Columbus, seated in the student section as well (1A I think it was). I thought my buddy and I were the only 2 Michigan fans in the belly of the beast, but then I do remember seeing one or two other Michigan faithful nearby. Could very well have been you. Greetings from 12 years ago.
I actually saw something on a Rutgers blog that They're Not As Bad As We Think They Are. They broke down recruting classes in the last few years, and apparently Rutgers is at least middle of the conference, and even this year they would be fourth or fifth in on-field success. If they could actually capitalize on in-state talent by improving facilities/coaching, etc., they might drift towards the higher end.
The comments about LSAClassof2000's diaries rubbed me the wrong way. LSA did all this free of charge and increased the value of the website that Seth works for. Seems to me that Seth went out of his way to slam the OP. If you aren't entertained, just say nothing at all. I for one am glad LSA posted the stats; it was interesting to look at the stats over time.
Unless, of course, Seth and OP actually know each other and it's good-natured ribbing between friends. In that case, disregard these comments.
We've met -- it was supposed to be ribbing -- and did you read those diaries? It's like here's this chart. Here's this list. Here's a table. numbernumbernumber.
Well that's good to hear.
Yeah, I read them all. And I think that the charts(!) were interesting (especially the rush defense chart), even if he isn't trying to out-snark everyone else on the blog with his commentary.
...if you've met. It's bad form for blog "officials" to criticize (rib or not) volunteers who put time in and try to add value ($) to your site. Leave it to the other volunteer members to comment.
Look, I'm in this business so I can internet for a living. Part of that is I get to internet for a living. Another part of it is I now own 4 times as many pairs of sweatpants. And when a longtime guy on the site writes five diaries worth of stats, dammit, I get to deploy the snark. INTERNET!
In srsly, what I write is for all of the readers. The idea was to get the point across as quickly as possible and present the information succinctly so those who want it have easy access to it. I wrote some big diaries in my time and understand it's fun to come out and take a bow, but let's remember it's about giving the readers information, not anybody's ego. The snark got us to the chart quickly, and the chart was the important part.
Well, I think the votes are in and the bloggers have spoken.
But to be constructive:
What does Snark have to do with getting your point across quickly?
You wrote: "LSAClassof2000 took five diaries to put out some charts and tables of the most basic stats. Other than the QB one probably none are worth a glance, but here's the cliff's notes:"
How would this be less to the point: "LSAClassof2000 took the time to do five diaries of some charts and tables with some basic stats. The QB one is probably the most worth a glance. Here's the cliff's notes:"
Or, many successfull leaders will embellish: "LSAClassof2000 took the time to do five great diaries of charts and tables on the game. The QB one is my favorite. Here's are my cliff's notes:"
Which of those is appreciative of the effort?
Which of those is more motivational?
Which of these has integrity?
You post a lot of great content and analysis and that's why you are where you are. You went from a poster to an employee. You also not only represent the Mgoblog brand but you represent the Michigan brand. So think of it this way. How can you now best help your blog and also help others who maybe hope to follow in your footsteps? Go back and re-read your posts and instead of writing with "snark", "defensiveness", and "entitlement", think about what Bo, or Lloyd, or Hoke would write? Think about how "motivation", "leadership", "humility", and "mentorship" could shape your post. There is still a role for "snark" but it should be well deserved.
The "boring" modifier on the chart(!) was the exact opposite of succinct. I suspect LSA won't mind too much, because he's a fairly easygoing guy, but still, it doesn't present a good public image for the blog.
Fine, expounded. Internet: srs business. For the record I do appreciate criticism. I can see how I was a bit obtuse there and the edit, though longer, better reflects the information I meant to pass along.
Now to whip out my banhammer for the guy below...
Thanks for being receptive. Now screw this pendantic crap and BEAT OHIO.
Luke Fickell was much bigger then. That is all.
First off, welcome to the blog.
Second off, the quickest way to get banned and/or in the doghouse (oblivion/"Bolivia") is to post homophobic slurs. Also, I read what you wrote multiple times and still have no idea what you're trying to say.
Nice try. Go away you bundle of sticks.


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WE SHALL REMAIN: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Part 1 airs tonight at 8pm
I've always been interested in the story of Thanksgiving. It seemed as though that was such a perfect story of the hope of friendship between pilgrims and Native Americans, that just never fit in with what the rest of history told us. First they're the good guys, next we're at war for centuries.
In this first episode of We Shall Remain, American Experiences' sponsored history of American Indians from Thanksgiving to today, producer Sharon Grimberg delves into that first feast – exploring the friendship that began and what went wrong.
The episode, "After the Mayflower," uses great cinematographic reenactments along with expert interviews to explain to viewers how it all began, giving, as it says in the beginning of the episode, an epic history of America through native eyes.
What I loved about it, though, was the fact that it gave background information not only for American Indians, but also the Pilgrims and other Europeans, clearly defining the motives behind decisions that ultimately lead to a war between the two peoples.
The main focus of this episode is Wampanoag sachem Massasoit and his tribe, advocates of the English until the 1670s. Grimberg really tells the story of Massasoit well, revealing documents about his struggle to compromise with the English as they populated his land by the thousand, as well as examples of his faithfulness to them until his death.
I can only anticipate what the next four episodes will be like, but I'm sure that they will be shot beautifully and supported wonderfully by interviews, documents and rare footage, and by the amazing reenactments that tell the story without distracting from it.
This film completely represents what PBS documentaries are about – truth, teaching and a great story, and I am excited to see how it progresses.
— Maggi Davis
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A new report shows over the last decade more students are taking Advanced Placement courses in Kentucky.
However, the College Board report released on Tuesday shows the state is below the national average of students in the class of 2013 who scored a 3 or higher on an AP exam. The national average was 20 percent, where Kentucky was 16.3 percent.
A 3, 4, or 5 are the scores typically accepted by colleges for credit and placement.
Over the past decade, the report said the number of students who graduate from high school having taken rigorous AP courses, like world history and physics, has nearly doubled.
The report also showed the improvement states have made over the last decade in students scoring a 3 or higher on an AP exam. Kentucky jumped from 7 percent in 2003 to 16.3 last year.


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The St. Marys Area Lady Dutch softball team has six letter winners returning to form the nucleus of the 2011 squad.The Lady Dutch, who won the District 9 Class AA title last year, will be competing for the Class AAA title this season."We are returning our pitching staff from last year and also return six varsity letter winners from last year. We have a good core group returning and our coaching staff has now been together for a couple of years, and that is key to sustaining the growth of the program," said St. Marys head coach Manny Gerarge.The returning letter winners are senior Mandy Gerarge, juniors Erica Sorg, Savanah Krivonyak and Raelyn Cunningham and sophomores Rachel Ginther and Kali Quagliani.According to Coach Gerarge, "The biggest question mark this season will be the same everyone will face this year. How will moving the pitcher's mound to 43 feet affect the game?"Coach Gerarge will have sophomore Rachel Ginther as his starting pitcher with sophomore Kelsey Fritz as her back up. In the picture for the catching position are sophomores Hayley McGowan and Cassie Wonderling.Battling for the first-base spot are Wonderling and juniors Raelyn Cunningham and Mia Keener. Sophomore Kali Quagliani will be at second, with junior Erica Sorg at shortstop and junior Savanah Krivonyak at third base. In the outfield will be senior Mandy Gerarge, junior Morgan Lovenduski and sophomores Taylor Bellina and Fritz.Goals for the Lady Dutch squad include continuing to improve from last year, focusing on winning the close games (one run) and focusing on making it into the District playoffs."Playing the schedule we have, every game is tough. There isn't an easy game on our schedule. Every game is equally important," said Gerarge.Joining Gerarge on the Lady Dutch softball staff are Bill Makufka, Paul Bellina, Brian Ginther, Eric Wonderling, Dean Taylor and Don Cunningham.Members of the junior varsity squad are juniors Courtney Bankovich and Megan Wiest; sophomores Bella Cadori, Amber Gerarge, Kristi Wendel, Jolene Young, Mikayla Jackson and Jamie Dippold; and freshmen Ashlee Johnston, Whitney Taylor, Chelsea Agosti, Shondra Ginther, Katlyn McCandless, Nicole Harshbarger, Kristen Huff and Cassie Daniels.


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With few exceptions, I'm typically not the type of gamer to complete games on more than one or two different difficulties. I might do a quick second run to mop up some achievements or try a harder difficulty on games that I truly love, but the majority of games I play are "one and done." Despite this, I wound up beating the new Devil May Cry seven times in two weeks. These playthroughs were in no way connected to work, as I purchased the game myself and continued to play it solely because of how much I was enjoying it. What makes DmC such an outlier when it comes to repeated playthroughs is how it handles different difficulty levels.
Most importantly, everything carries over everywhere. Every red orb you collect, every item you purchase, every new ability you unlock, and every collectible you find is reflected in each of the seven difficulty levels from Human (easy) to Hell and Hell.
Let's take a look at how the difficulty breakdown goes:
With such varied difficulty levels, it's fun to plot out your course through the game. My suggestion is starting with Nephilim. It's difficult enough to capture the traditional Devil May Cry feel, as Devil Hunter mode tends to be a bit too easy. If things get too hard on Nephilim, farming orbs and abilities is as easy as a quick downgrade to Human or Devil Hunter. Going back to Nephilim with an improved Dante is frequently all it takes to succeed where you previously failed.
Stockpiling orbs isn't the only reason to revert to an easier difficulty level. Many Lost Souls, hidden keys, and secret areas are only accessible once you receive abilities from later in the game. Because of that, it's not important to focus on finding them all on your first go-round. Finding all of them and getting the SSS ranking on each level is impossible on this initial run. Beat the game once, and then bump it down to Human for a collection run.
If you've done your initial run and the collection run, you've probably played enough and upgraded Dante enough to tackle the harder unlockable difficulties. Son of Sparda and Dante Must Die are no cakewalk at any level, but the experience and new combos that you've gained in the past will be of great help.
One of the best things about these difficulty levels is that many of them change the overall play experience. Dante Must Die isn't a gimmicky mode, it's just really hard. That's why it's so fun to go from that to Heaven and Hell, a gimmick mode that lets you fly through with guns blazing. Sure, Dante dies in one hit, but it's still awesome to jump into the air and use your pistols to clear a room in a matter of seconds.
I didn't feel like I played the same game seven times. My initial playthrough allowed me to experience the story and learn the mechanics for the first time. My second was like a giant Easter egg hunt, scouring each level for hidden goodies. My third was a challenging unlockable mode. After levelling Dante up all the way, I had a completely different experience when I got SSS rankings on every stage in Nephilim. Dante Must Die offers a feeling of triumph, while Heaven and Hell offers insane, gimmicky fun. By the time you finish the crazy-hard Hell and Hell mode, you feel like you just finished several completely different experiences with the same title.
Instead of simply making Dante weaker or his enemies more difficult, Devil May Cry does a great job of giving incentive for multiple playthroughs. If it handled difficulty like most games, I would have been done after seeing the credits once or twice. Because of how well Ninja Theory structured the difficulty system, I found myself having seven very different, yet still very enjoyable experiences.


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STERLING – The talk about the Sterling Golden Warriors heading into this season was about the talent returning on defense.
After Saturday's 42-28 upset win over No. 9-ranked Metamora at Roscoe Eades Stadium, the buzz will be about the Warriors' big play offense.
Sterling (1-0) had four touchdown plays of 40 or more yards. The first was the 40-yard touchdown that Draque Penaflor-Heier scored on Friday night before the game was postponed because of lightning.
On Saturday, Penaflor-Heier didn't waste any time making another impact.
With the score tied at 7, Penaflor-Heier took a handoff on the second play after the game resumed up the middle of the field. He didn't stop until he reached the end zone 91 yards later.
"We got a chance to watch the tape from last night this morning," Penaflor-Heier said. "And coach showed me that there was a hole on the back cut that we could take advantage of.
"I needed a break after that run. Coach knew it. It was an amazing way to start with that long of a run."
Penaflor-Heier finished with 179 rushing yards and three touchdowns.
The Redbirds (0-1) wasted no time answering. They took less than 3 minutes to go 66 yards, and capped the drive with a 5-yard TD plunge by Zach Rohrbach.
The quick-strike Warriors went right back to work. Two plays on offense got them to their own 46, and that's when Bryant Lilly dropped back and lofted a pass down the sideline for 54-yard touchdown pass to Logan Wharff.
"We watched the tape, and I told the linemen if they could give me one more second," Lilly said. "When you have a guy like Logan out there who is a beast, you just have to throw it up there, and you know he's going to get under it."
"We were able to run whatever routes we wanted out there," Wharff said. "It's really all about Bryant. Last year we had Tanner [Morse]. He could run really well and threw good, but Bryant has a bigger arm. He can really throw the ball a long way."
Sterling went into halftime leading 21-14. They went up 27-14 in the third quarter on Penaflor-Heier's 1-yard touchdown run. The extra point attempt failed.
Metamora then grabbed the momentum, using a 4-minute drive to pull within six points at 27-21.
A 3-and-out by Sterling, and Metamora went back to work, driving all the way down to the 12-yard line before stalling out and turning the ball over on downs.
"This game is all about momentum, and our defense gave us it right there," Wharff said.
"I was screaming from the sideline," Penaflor-Heier said. "I almost lost my voice. I was rooting on the defense to come up with the stop."
Sterling took advantage, as Lilly and Wharff connected on a nifty 48-yard touchdown pass. Wharff had the defensive back turned around on an out-pattern. When he caught the ball, the defender had no clue, and Wharff was heading toward the end zone by the time he realized Wharff had the ball.
On the first play of the ensuing Metamora drive, Brandon Dennis intercepted Nick Holman and rumbled all the way down to the 5-yard line. Three plays later, Lilly hit Wharff on a fade to the corner of the end zone to put Sterling up 42-21.
Wharff finished with four receptions for 109 yards.
"This was a game that meant a lot to us," Lilly said. "We knew we were the underdogs, and we wanted to prove that belonged out here and that we were the better team."
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Please take some time to understand how this board operates before you use your time to bash it. Don't be afraid to PM any of the mods or admins. We'll gladly take some time to address any of your concerns or questions.
Please take some time to understand how this board operates before you use your time to bash it. Don't be afraid to PM any of the mods or admins. We'll gladly take some time to address any of your concerns or questions.
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What if this wasn't a rhetorical question?
All models are wrong. Some of them are useful.
Agreed - there's so many completely false statements in the first 30 posts in this thread, I don't even know where to begin...Originally Posted by paintmered
As a member of this forum for quite a while, I would agree that they don't dispense warnings or anything of that nature without necessity.
That being said, the attitude that is perceived by everyone outside the ORG is not a good one. Rules which alienate Reds fans who have never posted a single malicious post and have been members for 2 years should not exist, as they are by definition self-defeating. Having a minimum post count is archaic and unfair. I know I'm not the only reader who fits my mold either.
I'm more of a reader, and less of a poster, although I have MANY times found myself reaching down to click "Reply" only to realize I'm not part of the old boys' club. I appreciate the mods on this forum striving to keep it clean, positive, and interesting, and they have done so; it is far greater than the cesspool other baseball forums liken to. That being said, I fail to see the need for elitism AND a warning system. It seems to me that they are both good systems, but are completely redundant when used simultaneously. If a poster is malicious, ban him. Don't keep good posters out of the forum because they don't talk as much as everyone else.
2014 Reds record: 1-2
I look like a banker in this...
So much of this thread is completely false and baseless accusation I hardly know where to start. Some are legitimate concerns. I'm not a mod or admin (I was recently privileged to become a game thread mod but my moderating is only good for those threads) but this is my two cents worth (and worth about that much, too)
All the complaining (not that I disagree) about the rules and the "alienation" will not change a thing. Feel free to start a message board where we are all created equal if you don't like it.
2009 Attendance Record: 3-5 2010 Attendance Record: 2-9 2015 Attendance Record: 2-0
2011 Attendance Record: 3-4 2012 Attendance Record: 3-4
2013 Attendance Record: 5-2 2014 Attendance Record: 3-1
I was incorrect that I had sent you a PM twice. The other one was sent to Joseph on 4-17-08 at 9:22 AM. I received no reply to either.
Sorry I said you received two PMs when it was only, one. I was mistaken on that after checking.
I understand why some are frustrated that they can not participate in the game threads, but when we implemented that policy, we made it extraordanarily clear from day one that the decision was made 1). after much consideration and 2). was not going to change for reasons GIK, I and other moderators have posted ad nauseum since the change was made.
After the separation of posters--I was first insulted; but did eventually got over it. There is no better message board than this one to discuss our Redlegs. As far as ORG vs. Sun Deck; I'm ok with the current system--the chat is a nice feature for game discussion--I even had an ORG member at the Columbus carvan stop mention he would try to "rep" me for ORG status--I told him thanks, but dont even bother....I'm cool as is...
I closed the thread you PMed about because I felt it was a bit of a 'Haha! ORG sucks!' more than anything else. Just my personal opinion on it overall, and the board is divided enough [as evidenced by the piling on that has happened in this thread] and I didn't want more fodder to keep a breach growing.
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