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Cleanfeed Canada - What Would It Accomplish? 211
Under the implementation of the Cleanfeed system, representatives from Sasktel, Bell Canada, and Telus claim that only exact URLs will be filtered, not sites hosted at the same IP address. (Although conventional Internet filtering programs sold to parents and schools have also made the same claims, only to turn out to be filtering sites by IP address after all, so we'll have to wait until the filtering is implemented before we know for sure.) The other difference of course is that the Cleanfeed system is not the law, so there's nothing to "strike down" in court. Cybertip did acknowledge that this means customers can get around the filtering for now by switching to a non-participating service provider, although they are encouraging more providers to sign up. Cybertip declined to say whether any providers had simply refused to participate. But of course it's much easier than that to get around the filter, since filter circumvention sites like Anonymouse and StupidCensorship will not be blocked.
So, if it's that easy to circumvent, does it do any good? Even respected Canadian academic and columnist Michael Geist, hardly a friend of censorship in other forms, has spoken out in favor of the plan. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that it doesn't accomplish anything meaningful, and may set a horrible precedent that could make it much easier to block other content in the future.
First of all, it seems that it obviously won't stop anyone who is deliberately looking for child porn. Empirically there's no way to tell -- we don't whether systems like Cleanfeed in the UK have prevented people from accessing child pornography on purpose. Even if the providers are counting the number of blocked accesses to known child porn sites, nobody knows what people have been looking at instead through proxy sites like Anonymouse. All we can do is ask, logically, whether it is likely to work. I think purely logical arguments are frustrating when there is no empirical data to act as a referee, but let's face it, users are not going to self-report on their success at finding child pornography, and there's no way to see what users are accessing through encrypted circumvention sites. Logic is all we have.
So, consider people who are deliberately looking for child pornography. Such people are likely to be resourceful to begin with (since real child porn -- remember, non-sexual pictures of naked children do not count -- is vastly less common than regular porn; Cybertip claims after all that they "only" have about 800 sites on their list, compared to millions of regular porn sites). Virtually all such people would be aware of circumvention sites like Anonymouse, or of peer-to-peer networks, which Cybertip says they have no plans to block. So nothing is blocked from people who want to get around the filter.
The only scenario where the filters could make a difference is the case where someone accidentally accesses a child porn site. Now when I first read the Cybertip press release announcing that the filter would aim to stop "accidental" exposure to child porn, I thought that was just a tactfully sarcastic way of referring to the people who get caught accessing child porn and claim it was just a mistake. But Cybertip.ca claims they've received over 10,000 reports since January 2005 from people who accessed child porn by accident. Even though that only works out to about 15 per day, I have to concede in those cases it almost certainly was a bona fide mistake, for the simple reason that nobody would voluntarily report accessing a child pornography URL that they visited on purpose. But even so, there's the question: What have you accomplished by blocking accidental exposure?
I would argue that the harm done by child pornography is to the minors coerced into the production of it, not to the people who view it. (This, by the way, corresponds with current U.S. jurisprudence; the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2002 that a law banning fake child porn was unconstitutional, even when the viewer can't tell the difference.) Obviously you prevent the most damage by stopping child porn at the production stage, but if it's too late for that, you can try to stop people from obtaining it willfully. This lowers the demand and decreases the incentive for people to produce more in the future.
But how would it lower demand if you block people from accessing it accidentally? If those people weren't going to proceed to buy or download more pictures anyway, then they're not fueling the demand. You can block them from accessing the pictures, but the pictures are still out there, and the people who really are fueling the demand can still access them.
So it seems that by blocking someone from accidentally viewing child porn, all you've really accomplished is to avoid offending their sensibilities. Now I don't mean that mockingly, I'm certainly not disagreeing with anyone whose sensibilities are offended by child porn. But there are lots of graphic pictures on the Internet that could offend someone's sensibilities, which are outside of Cleanfeed's mandate. Consider a photo of a 16-year-old having sex, versus a photo of an adult woman fellating a horse; even though the former is illegal to possess and the latter isn't, I think most people would be more grossed out by the second one. (I would even argue that there was more harm to the participants in the making of the second one, and in this case the law's priorities are a bit screwed up. Poor horse!)
So, why block 1% of the content that would offend someone's sensibilities, when 99% of the content that would still offend that person would still be out there? The fact that the 1% is illegal doesn't answer the question; even if it's illegal, you don't have to block it, so what have you accomplished if you do?
Possibly law enforcement is sick of people using the "I accidentally clicked on it" excuse when they get caught accessing child pornography, and wants to remove that as a defense. But couldn't someone just as easily claim that they "accidentally" accessed child pornography through a circumvention site like Anonymouse? They could claim that they thought they were accessing a regular porn site, they were using a circumventor to protect their privacy, and they didn't know that the site carried child porn and didn't find out until they'd already accessed it. So it doesn't seem like the filtering would remove the "accidental" defense.
So, I don't think the filtering accomplishes much at all, but it could set a very bad precedent once the filters are in place. Once Internet users have accepted the precedent that ISPs should block content that is "probably" illegal, what's to stop organizations and lawmakers from demanding that ISPs block access to overseas sites that violate copyright, for example, as the RIAA did in 2002? The technical means will already be in place, and more importantly, people will have gotten used to the idea that legally "questionable" content should be blocked. And with lobbyists claiming that 90% of content on peer-to-peer networks violates copyright laws, wouldn't it follow logically to block peer-to-peer traffic as well?
In a legislative climate where lawmakers have proposed everything from jail time for p2p developers to letting the RIAA hack people's PCs for distributing copyrighted files, we should resist any kind of content-based blocking that would let them get their foot in the door. That includes even well-intentioned efforts like Cleanfeed.


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New Mexico
New Mexico [1] is a state in the American Southwest. A Spanish and then Mexican colony until the Mexican War of the 1840s, New Mexico still has a large native Spanish-speaking population, as well as many Native American communities.
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Understanding New Mexico starts with grasping the overpowering importance of two of its geological features: the Rio Grande, which bisects the state north to south, and the nearby Sangre de Cristo Mountains, southernmost range of the Rocky Mountains and a part of the same large-scale geological structure that produces the Rio, the "Rio Grande rift." The eastern third of the state is an extension of the Great Plains both geographically and culturally and has more in common with the western parts of Texas and Oklahoma than with the rest of New Mexico. The western third, beyond the Rio Grande and the assortment of minor mountain ranges (Nacimientos, Magdalenas, and the not-so-minor Jemez Mountains) to its west, is part of the same "basin and range" geography as comprises much of Arizona and Nevada, with a little Utah canyon country thrown in toward the northwest corner.
It's the area in between these two sparsely inhabited regions that gives the state much of its identity, houses the majority of its population, and contains many of its travel attractions. The "Rio Grande Corridor" starts at the Colorado state line and includes (from north to south) such well-known places as Taos, Los Alamos, Santa Fe (one of the world's great travel destinations), Albuquerque, and Las Cruces at the southern end of the state. Travelers who have seen only the flat emptiness of the eastern side or the rugged desolation of the western third simply do not expect this region, with its snowcapped mountains, fertile riparian habitat along the Rio, and a population density that, while not high by the standards of the United States (let alone Europe), is still unusual in the Southwest. Most of the state's many American Indian reservations are here (Navajo Nation, however, is in the northwest region), as are the most conspicuous remnants of the Spanish influence resulting from the state's ties to Mexico that persisted into the 19th century. At the same time, the relative prosperity of this area (although no part of New Mexico can really be considered "wealthy" except in isolated neighborhoods) is making several of its communities into high-tech centers, for example the Albuquerque suburb of Rio Rancho that houses a great manufacturing plant for computer components. The Sangre de Cristos and Jemez also create a relatively cool and moist (at least compared to the rest of the state) climate zone in which snow can persist in the highest mountains nearly year-round.
There is also a more subtle north/south dichotomy to the culture and geography that breaks basically along the route of Interstate highway 40, which follows the historic Route 66 across the state. Most of the north/south differences (apart from the observation that the north is higher and cooler than the south) are political in nature and affect residents more than travelers, but they lead to the state self-identifying the six regions given under the "Regions" heading of this article. Note that there is no "South Central" region; the Rio Grande Corridor narrows toward the southern end of the state, and features along the southern Rio are treated in the southwest region.
This said, when you encounter an apparently Spanish place name or surname, as you will in almost all parts of the state, it's wise to pronounce it as Spanish. Anglicizing the pronunciation may be acceptable in some parts of the United States, but is likely to be considered rude here. The Wikitravel Spanish phrasebook can help with this; particular things to be on the alert for are "ñ" (e.g. Española and other place names), double "ll" (e.g. Valles Caldera National Preserve), and double "rr" (e.g. Rio Arriba County in the North Central region, which incidentally is a particularly good place in which to avoid Anglicized Spanish).
Get in
By air
The state's only major airport is in Albuquerque, in nearly the exact center of the state. Santa Fe has limited service connecting to Denver. Several of the state's minor cities such as Carlsbad, Farmington, Roswell, Hobbs, and intermittently Gallup and Taos have commuter air service.
For travel to the southern part of the state, particularly the southwestern region, consider flying into El Paso in extreme west Texas. For example, Las Cruces, the state's second largest city, is only 45 miles from El Paso compared to 226 miles from Albuquerque.
By car
Interstate highways 10 and 40 cross the state east/west, the former entering between El Paso and Las Cruces and paralleling the southern border, and the latter following the route of historic Route 66 through the middle of the state. Interstate 25 enters the state in its northeast corner near Raton, passes through the eastern plains, crosses the Sangre de Cristo Mountains at Glorieta Pass near Santa Fe, then follows the Rio Grande south through Albuquerque to its terminus at I-10 in Las Cruces.
Although New Mexico has a fairly long border with Mexico, there are few ports of entry. Most traffic inbound from Mexico enters the United States at El Paso and then continues to Las Cruces and beyond. In addition to the usual Customs, etc., at the national border, there are checkpoints along the major highways out of Las Cruces at which vehicles may be searched for illegal immigrants. (If you're considering bringing an illegal in, don't; penalties are serious and enforcement is stepping up, if still uneven.) The small town of Columbus has a border crossing with Mexico that is open 24 hours a day. Santa Teresa NM, adjacent to El Paso and south of Las Cruces also has a port of entry. Although this border crossing is only open from 6AM-10PM, it forms a handy bypass of Ciudad Juarez and El Paso and is an important route for international commerce and travel.
In practice, traffic inbound from neighboring states is generally not subjected to inspection for controlled items, apart from the usual weigh stations, etc., for commercial trucks. However, commercial traffic heading out of New Mexico for Arizona may be inspected on the Arizona side of the state line, owing to concerns about the introduction of agricultural pests.
By rail
The Southwest Chief, the main Amtrak line through the southwestern United States, from Chicago to Los Angeles, enters the state westbound at Raton, and basically follows the route of I-25 to Albuquerque, making stops at Las Vegas and Lamy (where you can catch a shuttle bus to Santa Fe). After Albuquerque the train follows the route of I-40 to Gallup and on west.
The Sunset Limited makes its way from Orlando to Los Angeles, with stops at El Paso, TX, Deming, and Lordsburg.
The Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad of Chama (New Mexico) and Antonito, Colorado operates tourist trains with vintage equipment passing attractive scenery, but this line doesn't connect to any commercial railroads and isn't intended to open the state to the traveler from afar. There are presently no other rail services from other states (or Mexico) to points in New Mexico.
Get around
The larger cities (Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Santa Fe) have some degree of public transportation, but this is still a state where you'll have to drive most of the time. The Rail Runner commuter train currently connects residential communities with downtown Albuquerque, service to Santa Fe is envisaged.
Roads in New Mexico are generally well maintained and driving itself can be a pleasurable experience here. Although only a few roads are designated scenic drives, most rural highways in the western two thirds of the state provide splendid vistas. However, if you are behind the wheel, please remain attentive to the road and the local driving habits. New Mexico has road conditions and situations that may be different than your own; use caution and drive defensively at all times. Speed limits on interstates are normally 75 miles per hour, except in urban and mountainous areas areas where the speed limit typically drops to 65. Multilane US and state highways have rural speed limits ranging from 45 to 75 miles per hour. Two-lane rural highways have speed limits in the range of 45-65 miles per hour. In urban areas and other communities speed limits can be as low as 15 and as fast as 55 miles per hour, and enforcement is more highly visible and heavy-handed than in rural areas. A number of state highways and most county roads, remarkably enough, are still unpaved and should be driven at reduced speeds. Between this, a number of radar traps, and the fact that many of the roads through the mountains are more sinuous than is apparent on a map, you should expect intercity travel to take a bit longer than the distance would imply, except on the Interstates. There are exceptions in the eastern parts of the state, where you're in serious danger of being run over if you drive as slowly as the speed limits.
Weather-related driving hazards are generally confined to the winter months, when the northern half of the state, as well as the mountainous parts of the southwestern region, can experience snowstorms that close highways or render them hazardous. Have chains or 4-wheel drive available in these areas from December through February, particularly in the mountains. Spring winds can be disconcerting to drivers in tall vehicles and occasionally create reduced visibility from blowing dust, but dust storms are less of a problem than in some neighboring states. With the exception of the southern deserts, much of New Mexico is at a higher elevation, hence problems with boiling radiators, etc., are therefore not as common, although it's still a good idea to take water with you when driving in the summer.
New Mexico has a serious problem with drunk driving, although aggressive enforcement and public-education campaigns have been enacted to reduce DUI incidents. No road in the state is immune to this problem; there is no time of day when it cannot occur. Defensive driving is the obvious antidote. Large animals on the roadway create hazards as well, whether from cattle and sheep in the open range in the east and west or from wildlife (notably elk, which can cause severe damage in a collision) in the north central mountains.
Native Americana
One of the primary attractions of New Mexico is its large and diverse collection of American Indian (or, if you prefer, Native American -- both terms are used in the state) pueblos, reservations, artwork, and of course, people. The north central and central regions have the greatest diversity of Native American centers, while Navajo Nation in the northwest region (extending into the other Four Corners states) is the largest Indian reservation/nation within the contiguous United States. There are a few points of interest in other regions, such as the Mescalero Apache reservation in the southeast region and outlying parts of Navajo Nation in the southwest.
Many, but by no means all, of the American Indian communities welcome visitors, usually with some restrictions. Following are some tips if you're planning to see the sights of these communities:
International Balloon Fiesta
Albuquerque is the host city for the International Balloon Fiesta [3], held each year during the first full week in October. This extravaganza of color and sound is a unique event, with participants from throughout the world bringing gaily colored and some unusual or "Special Shapes" hot air balloons. As many as 700 or 800 balloons have been registered with mass ascensions highlighting the mornings, balloon glows lighting up the night and competitions sprinkled in for the competitive and professional balloon pilots. And licensed pilots are required! This event draws tens of thousands of visitors to Albuquerque and New Mexico each year as participants, ground chase crew members and observers.
A considerable portion of New Mexico is preserved in national parks and monuments, national forests, wildlife refuges, and other wild areas, and is available to the hiker/backpacker. The pronounced north-south elevation gradient means that one part or another of the state has satisfactory hiking weather throughout the year. Good places and times for hiking include:
Alpine skiing [4] is popular in New Mexico and is much more widely available than the state's desert image would suggest. Most of the state's ski areas are in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in the north central part of the state, the best known being at Taos and Santa Fe. However, there are also interesting areas near Los Alamos in the Jemez Mountains, possibly in the Sandia Mountains above Albuquerque, and at Ruidoso in the southeastern part of the state.
Nordic (cross-country) skiing is also widely practiced, although snow conditions are marginal in some years. The most reliable snow for Nordic skiing is near Cumbres Pass on the Colorado state line near Chama. There is usually enough snow around Taos for Nordic work, and Enchanted Forest Nordic Ski Center near Red River maintains an extensive network of groomed trails. Nordic skiing at Bandelier National Monument and Valles Caldera National Preserve in the Jemez Mountains is of variable quality; the scenery is gorgeous, but snowpack varies greatly from year to year and may be insufficient to allow much skiing.
Two things to keep in mind if you're coming to New Mexico to ski: First, check on snow conditions before coming. Snowfall varies wildly from year to year in this area. The resulting variations in snowpack are such that even Taos may have marginal conditions, and some of the lower areas may not be open at all. On the other hand, if you come in a good snow year, conditions will be among the best in the world, so it's worth your time to do some research on conditions. Second, the ski areas are at high altitude by the standards of most of the world's Alpine ski resorts. If you're prone to altitude sickness, take precautions before coming, and spend a day or two acclimatizing in the towns before you start to ski.
A distinctive regional cuisine has developed in New Mexico. Often considered a subset of "Mexican" food, "New Mexican" cooking is characterized by:
These components merge into a cuisine that ranges from utterly basic, everyday-lunch fare (served almost everywhere in the state) to incredibly elaborate "Southwestern" meals with any number of exotic variations and add-ons. Santa Fe is justly famous for its rich assortment of New Mexican and Southwestern restaurants, but don't eat New Mexican food just there; there are a number of subtle variations in New Mexican cooking in the different regions of the state (for example, topping enchiladas with a fried egg is characteristic of southern New Mexican food but rare in the north), and you'll be well advised to experiment locally.
Stay safe
Get out
If you're planning on crossing into Mexico, the crossings at Juarez (reached via El Paso or Santa Teresa) are far busier than the one near Columbus, with all that that entails -- longer lines on the US side, but more to do once you're over the border. The mercado is busy, schlocky, and colorful. One warning: drinking age in Juarez is 18, and on weekends, many younger students at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, and at colleges in El Paso, make the pilgrimage to indulge. Traffic back into Las Cruces can be frightening at such times. Be cautious.
Some destinations in other states that are close to New Mexico border and, hence, reachable as day excursions are (clockwise from the southwest corner):

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The Sweet By and By (Hardcover)
"Gentle, sensitive...sometimes funny, occasionally sad, and ultimately life-affirming."
--Winston-Salem Journal The Sweet By and By is the story of five southern women of different ages and from very different backgrounds whose lives come together in a journey of courage, hope, and humor. First-time author Todd Johnson--who was a co-producer with Oprah Winfrey of Broadway's The Color Purple--makes an indelible literary mark with a debut novel that bestselling author Adriana Trigiani (Very Valentine) calls, "heartfelt and stunning." People magazine chose The Sweet By and By as one of its "Great Reads for Your Book Club," saying, "Steel Magnolias fans will love this one."
Praise For…
"I am in love with this book -- the language, the story, the sass. Five women bickering, judging, loving, growing old together. You won't stop laughing, even when your heart is hurting. Keep a pencil close -- you'll be underlining all your favorite, funny lines."
-Kathryn Stockett, The Help
"The women of The Sweet By and By have found a devoted muse in Todd Johnson."
-Alice Walker
"Read The Sweet By and By…Johnson explores the lives of five Southern women who are unexpectedly connected to each other. While most of the action takes place in a nursing home, their stories never fall short of livelihood. Think of it as Steel Magnolias meets The Golden Girls."
-Real Simple, "Entertainment Picks"
"Give Todd Johnson an "A"…He made me laugh and cry…Johnson's...five women...are as convincing as Reynolds Price's Kate Vaiden and Allan Gurganus' Lucy Marsden. From the first page they step into your life and start talking pure Southern music."
-Raleigh News & Observer
"Bittersweet and often humorous...Johnson has a sure ear for Southern speech...the underlying message of the power of love and friendship resonates, as does its depiction of the way in which people leading unremarkable lives can have a tremendous impact on those around them."
-Publishers Weekly
"Heartfelt and stunning…Mr. Johnson paints a lush portrait of Southern life in vivid detail with clarity and wit. You will be riveted by the story of a group of unlikely friends, five North Carolina women bonded by their shared histories, passions and secrets. It's a genuine page turner."
-Adriana Trigiani
"Save a place for this debut novel—essentially a hymn of praise for licensed practical nurses (LPNs)…Johnson does a fine job of illustrating the rich inner lives of those imprisoned by failing mental or physical health…Strongly recommended."
-Library Journal
"Nothing short of amazing . . . I had a whole new perspective on both living and dying after reading this stunning novel."
-Birmingham News
"Packed with so much poignancy readers might want to keep tissues handy…heartfelt…realistically portrays the challenges the elderly face and captures the authentic voices of these five very different women. This is a novel not to be missed."
-Las Vegas Review Journal
"Gentle, sensitive...sometimes funny, occasionally sad, and ultimately life-affirming… Johnson has done an admirable job of making each woman distinct and memorable…the reader will have a clear picture of each in mind—and will feel fond of them..a fine debut. I look forward to seeing what Johnson writes next."
-Winston-Salem Journal
-Raleigh News & Observer
"My favorite book of the past few months . . . As Johnson reveals these women to readers, you discover that he has captured the very souls of women we all know, respect and love."
-Greensboro News & Record
"Fans of Fried Green Tomatoes will fall headlong into this humorous and heartfelt story . . .The cast handles the profusion of drama, tragedy, humor, and romance with some of the best narration listeners will find anywhere."
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Kicking off a weekend of more knitting fun: finished sleeves! Party!
My vintage-inspired experiment continues…
We started two sweaters at the same time – one in this lovely glazed grey color yarn and the other, in a heathery rich turquoise. The goal was to make a basic sweater that was truly figure-proportioned throughout.
Think 1960's Sweater Girls with that saucy posture (minus the Bullet Bra).
But the journey to the happiness that is finished design is a highway jammed with lots of starts and stops.
You knit, then you rip. Knit, rip. Knit Rip. No shame; no blame. You automatically understand it's like removing that bandaid off your arm in one fell swoop and you move along.
In this case though, when I finished the first sleeve of the grey model, I realized it Could Be Better.
So I knit the second sleeve making the mods that would make it not just acceptable but, I hoped, exceptional. I have to confess, no other project has bugged me this much in the making in quite some time. Inherent Sleeve Knitting Inertia smacked me in the head everytime I glanced at the first sleeve, which was hard not to do since this is a top-downer. It taunted me – and by all rights, I should've just ripped it out and left it back at the cap point and moved along. But it became my inspiration to get the other one off the needles! So I left it.
Then I reknit it! Take that, you little mocker! Seventy-five rows in one night, in fact, last night, to Finish It.
If you click on the right picture, you can see two matching, proportioned sleeves, no longer mocking, but ready for their closeup.
But not quite yet. Other buggaboo: the Buttonband/Neckband which I also improved on the little turquoise model. So it's back to the drawing board, heh, back on the needles
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Mel Brooks' inspired 1974 spoof is probably his best movie, affectionately rooted in the James Whale originals (particularly Bride of Frankenstein) yet knowingly updated with innuendo and vaudeville. Gene Wilder stars as the reluctant mad scientist who's determined not to follow in his grandfather's footsteps. The great Madeline Kahn plays his fiancée, destined to end up with quite another man (er, monster, played by Peter Boyle). Marty Feldman is the goggle-eyed hunchback. Wilder and Brooks are both credited with the script, which includes countless classic gags—from "What knockers!" to "It could be worse; it could be raining"—and much horse whinnying at the mention of Frau Blücher (Cloris Leachman). Brooks was able to reuse portions of the original Frankenstein laboratory sets that Universal had saved; and that period integrity is one reason the comedy holds up so well. In a way, the Borscht Belt is as timeless as Transylvania. Call for showtimes. (PG) BRIAN MILLER
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1st American IMTS LLC Wins Prime Award for CIO-SP3 Contract
Team Chosen to Compete Broad Task Areas Under Government-Wide Contract
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Dec. 3, 2012 11:29 AM
WASHINGTON, DC -- (Marketwire) -- 12/03/12 -- 1st American IMTS LLC (1AIM), a certified Small Business Administration (SBA) 8(a) and woman-owned joint venture business, announces that it has received a prime award for the Chief Information Officer-Solutions and Partners 3 (CIO-SP3) prime contract for both Small Business and 8(a) restricted categories. 1AIM is comprised of the following three small businesses: 1st American Systems and Services, LLC (1ASAS), Innovative Management & Technology Services, LLC (IMTS), and One Enterprise Consulting Group (1ECG).
CIO-SP3 is a 10-year, multiple-award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with a $20 billion ceiling. The government-wide contract is managed and administered under the direction of the National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC). The contract vehicle is intended to provide for health, health science, and biomedical-related IT services to meet scientific, health, administrative, operational, managerial, and information management requirements.
"The CIO-SP3 award is an outstanding opportunity for 1AIM," explained Alpa Shah, President and CEO of 1ASAS. "Our unique and high-quality team was specifically chosen to provide the best possible capabilities across all task areas of the CIO-SP3 contract."
"The CIO-SP3 contract tagline is 'Everything IT' enabling government customers at all federal agencies to leverage contactors that possess depth and breadth of scope required to support complex solutions," said Matt Metheny, President and CEO of 1ECG.
The 1AIM team was awarded the following task areas: IT Services for Biomedical Research, Health Sciences, and Healthcare; Chief Information Officer (CIO) Support; Imaging; Outsourcing; IT Operations and Maintenance; Critical Infrastructure Protection and Information Assurance; Digital Government; Enterprise Management Systems; and Software Development.
The 1AIM Team will use its healthcare and scientific focus, as well as its IT capabilities to collaborate effectively. "All companies share the vision of 1AIM as a unified and performance-oriented organization founded on the principles of collaboration, transparency, process-oriented management, and outstanding performance," said Chirag Patel, President and CEO of IMTS.
"Each of the subcontractors is industry leaders in their respective fields that further augment our skills, resources, marketing abilities, and relevant experience," said Sanjay Shah, Program Manager of 1AIM.
For more information, please contact Sanjay Shah at www.1asas.com.
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Calvin R. Winstead
Calvin R. Winstead (89) passed away at his Electric City, Wash., home Friday, June 14, 2013. Cal was born April 30, 1924, in Tioga, Louisiana, the second youngest of Allen and Nora Winstead's eight children. Calvin remembered sitting on his father's lap as a youngster, drinking his coffee. (might be where he got his 2-pot-a-day habit). His dad would give him one bullet and the gun because they knew if Calvin went hunting they would have dinner. When he was 9 years old, Calvin's mom died and at 13 his dad passed away. Calvin then lived with his great aunt Nora "Grandma" Harrison in Bossier City, La. until graduation from high school.
Following graduation, he joined the 3C's, then worked in an Oregon box company and then as a logger in Galeese, Oregon, when Calvin met and married Dorothy Rice who worked at the hotel where he lived.
During World War II, he served in the US Navy in the South Pacific, then to Alaska, where Gunner's Mate Calvin R. Winstead requested permission to use the ship's gun to shoot a big bear, "permission denied". By war's end, Calvin was in Manila, Philippines.
After the war, Calvin's family lived in Seattle for 8 years and Monroe, Wash., for 22 years. Following retirement as a foreman from the Seattle waterfront, Calvin moved to Electric City 25 years ago with Mary - his second wife, who died in 2000 following a long illness. "Daddy was the most loving and dedicated husband I have ever known. He cared for her every need and never went any place that she couldn't go with him."
A quiet and gentle man, Calvin dedicated his life to his families, was an avid deer hunter and fisherman, his final fishing trip being the day before his passing. His son Cal and he were faithful fishing buddies to the end.
His legacy also lives on through his two children: Calvin E. "Cal" Winstead and Pat Butler; four step-children whom he treated as his own: Gail, Laura, Eddy and Glen; grandchildren including: Nicole Collie and Michelle Collie who were able to attend the memorial service and many great-grandchildren.
Services for Calvin were held Thursday, June 20, 2013, at 1 p.m., at the Strate Funeral Home Chapel in Grand Coulee with his burial next to his beloved Mary at Spring Canyon Cemetery.
His family requests any donations be made to the Care and Share Food Bank, Grand Coulee, WA 99133.
Friends may sign Calvin's online register book at HYPERLINK "http://www.stratefuneralhome.com" http://www.stratefuneralhome.com, Strate Funeral Chapel is honored to be serving Calvin's family.


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ITHACA, N.Y. – A stingy defensive effort in the second half lifted the Columbia men's basketball team to its sixth straight win, a 74-58 triumph at Cornell on Saturday. The Lions (13-6, 2-0) held the Big Red (1-15, 0-2) to 29.6 percent shooting (8-of-27) and forced eight turnovers in the final 20 minutes to erase a three-point halftime deficit.
Cory Osetkowski had a monster game, setting career-highs with 19 points (on 8-of-11 shooting from the floor) and five blocks and narrowly missed a double-double with a team-high nine rebounds. Maodo Lo scored a game-high 20 points, converting on 8-of-12 attempts from the floor.
The Big Red's pressure forced a myriad of turnovers which led to a 10-4 run, giving Cornell a 15-10 lead with 12:03 left in the first half. Strong shooting kept the Big Red in front, 24-18, at the 7:49 marker before Columbia made its move.
Alex Rosenberg keyed a 7-0 spurt with five points (and an assist) to put Columbia on top briefly with 5:12 left, but Ned Tomic answered with a trey on the next possession to put Cornell back in control and the Big Red took a 35-32 edge into the break.
Columbia started the second half with a 9-2 run to jump ahead, 41-37, capped by a Lo triple with 15:50 to go. Just as it looked like the Lions would put the Big Red away, Cornell strung together eight in a row to regain the lead, 51-49, after a Dwight Tarwater 3-pointer from the top of the key at the midway point of the half.
Lo tied the game with a backdoor layup just over a minute later to spark an 8-0 spurt, helping the Lions leap frog Cornell for the final time. After a Nolan Cressler jumper with 6:10 on the clock, Columbia's held the Big Red without a basket for the next 5:10 to put the game out of reach.
The Lions shot 50 percent from the game, but were limited to 2-of-9 from beyond the arc. However, Columbia got to the line 30 times, and converted at an 86.7 percent rate.
Rosenberg finished with 17 points, knocking down 11-of-12 from the charity stripe and dished out five assists. Isaac Cohen held Cressler, Cornell's leading scorer, to just six points and 3-of-11 shooting while contributing six rebounds and three assists.
The Lions will remain on the road next weekend to square off against Yale on Friday, Jan. 31 at 7 p.m. and Brown on Saturday, Feb. 1 at 6 p.m. Both games can been viewed on the Ivy League Digital Network.


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2003-04 Women's Basketball
Weekly Recap 1-6
Bluffton wins first of season; Karin Schaller named Co- Heartland Conference player of week
By Ben Risinger, SID
The Bluffton College women's basketball team (1-10) picked up their first victory of the season on Saturday when they defeated Lake Erie College 68-50. Last Monday the Beavers were defeated by Olivet College 76-41 and Tuesday the team battled Adrian and lost 68-42.
Sophomore Karin Schaller was named Co-Heartland Conference player of the week for her efforts. Schaller broke her own single game block record on Saturday when she knocked down nine shots for the contest.
Olivet 76, Bluffton 41
The Bluffton College women's basketball team was defeated by Olivet 76-41 Monday evening. Bluffton is now 0-9 on the season.
The Beavers fell to a 43-19 point deficit at the end of the first half in which they shot a dismal 23.8 percent from the field. Bluffton improved their shooting to 37.5 percent from the field in the second half but were still out-scored by Olivet by a 33-22 margin.
Freshman Tanya Rickenberg (Defiance/Paulding) had yet another strong performance for Bluffton posting a team
leading 15 points on the day. Karin Schaller (Jenera/Arlington) closely followed with 14 points and a team high nine rebounds.
Schaller added two blocks to her ever-growing single season record which now stands
at 49.
Adrian 68, Bluffton 42
The Bluffton College women's basketball team (0-10) fell to the Adrian Bulldogs (4-6) 68-42 on Tuesday afternoon.
Leading the Beavers in scoring for the day was senior Lindsay Bacon (Troy/Troy) with 13 points. Freshman Tanya Rickenberg posted 12 points and a career high nine rebounds. Junior Christina Champion (Oregon/Clay) had a career high seven boards for the day.
Bluffton shot 30 percent for the game compared to Adrian 's 42 percent.
Bluffton 68, Lake Erie 50
The Bluffton College women's basketball team (1-10) picked up their first win of the season at home on Saturday afternoon by defeating Lake Erie College (1-7) 68-50.
"The team finally deserves to get a win. If we play like we did today there really is no team that we can't beat," Head Coach Amanda Curtis said. "I'm very proud of the way that the team played. We didn't have the mental mistakes that hurt us. Now, going into the conference season we can have some momentum and confidence that we can beat our opponents."
There were many positives for the contest too. Senior Lindsay Bacon (Troy/Troy) threw in a career high 25 points. Freshman Tanya Rickenberg had 15 points and six assists. Junior Christina Champion had career highs with points (11), rebounds (9) and assists (4). Finishing the double digits for Bluffton was Sophomore Karin Schaller with 10 points and 18 boards for the double-double. Schaller broke her single game block record with nine for the contest. She surpassed her old record of eight for the season.
Lake Erie led with the first bucket of the game, but did not lead for the rest of the contest on Saturday. The Beavers shot 42 percent for the game compared to Lake Erie 's 30 percent. Bluffton also led the battle of the boards with 52 rebounds to The Storm's 28. Bluffton had season highs in points with 68 and free throws made (23).
Leading the team in scoring for the season is Tanya Rickenberg averaging 12.7 points per game which is good for seventh in the HCAC in scoring. She also leads the team in assists with 51 for the year (third in HCAC). Karin Schaller averages 11.3 ppg (11th in HCAC), leads the team in rebounds with 119 (leads conference) and blocks with 60 (leads conference). Lindsay Bacon is the other Beaver averaging in double figures with 11.8 ppg (ninth in HCAC). She is 17-for-21 from the free throw line for .810 percent.


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England will not be able to train at the Donbass Arena in Donetsk on Monday ahead of their Euro 2012 clash with co-hosts Ukraine.
Although the pitch recovered sufficiently from a violent thunderstorm for France to complete their win over Ukraine on Friday, there has been some damage.
And UEFA have asked England not to hold a pre-match session on the pitch as scheduled. Instead, they will train at their HQ in Krakow before flying into Donetsk, where Roy Hodgson and skipper Steven Gerrard will conduct their normal press conference.
It is also anticipated the England players will embark on a walk-round of the stadium, even though it is only seven days previously that they played there.
France's game against Ukraine on Friday was held up for an hour after a massive thunderstorm.
With water lying on the pitch, it was not anticipated that the game would restart.
However, with obvious scheduling and TV broadcast problems, UEFA opted to recommence the game, with France eventually emerging 2-0 winners.
In addition to that final group game, a quarter-final and semi-final will also be held in the stadium, both of which could also involve England.
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OK. I'm looking for your thoughts here.
I said two things on Sunday in the Pentecost sermon that was just a little sloppy. I'm not proud of it. I was just two quick, trying to get to my main point.
I claimed that it was only the twelve who spoke in other languages. But I spoke with too much certainty. The 'they' in Verse 1 could have been the twelve together with all or some of the 120 believers mentioned in Acts 1. Secondly, I said that it was a wind that came upon the room, rather than a 'sound like a wind'.
OK -- for some of you, it doesn't look that bad. But one person in church wondered if I had a doctrinal axe to grind. And for the record, my point was simply that not everyone spoke in tongues that day -- a still valid point even if it was 120 speaking in other languages.
Either way, I'm not particularly looking for advice on Acts 1. [Another post if you want.]
Here is what I want: I want to know if you appreciate it when ministers apologise the following week if they were wrong about the text [or claimed too much].
- Would you appreciate that?
- Or would a clarification or apology detract something from the following week?
- Would you put a note in the Bulletin? Like 'Corrections' in a newspaper?
- Does an apology communicate something good [i.e. all of us have a ways to go when reading our Bible]?
- Or does it destroy trust?
- When is a blunder big enough to say something?
- What was the worst blunder you've heard? [Not a bad sermon, but an error in fact] But please don't name names...
- Have you heard a preacher apologise?
- Have you apologised the next week [in a Bible study etc] for something similar?
I have shared my blunder. Please share your thoughts... but be gentle!
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AUBURN HILLS (AP) — When Trey Burke took the floor shortly before tip-off, he was the only Utah player to come out of the tunnel at first.
Burke's teammates stayed behind, playing a little joke on the rookie point guard by leaving him alone on the court for a few seconds before eventually joining him.
"I was mad at the guys, because that was embarrassing, but they do little things like that to me once in a while," Burke said.
Burke should have expected a prank like that, because this was his return to Michigan — and for the most part, it was an enjoyable one. He had 20 points and a career-high 12 assists, leading the Jazz to a 110-89 rout of the Detroit Pistons on Friday night.
Burke, who was the national player of the year at Michigan last season and led the Wolverines to the Final Four, had plenty of supporters in the crowd at the Palace. He shook off a slow start and outplayed Detroit counterpart Brandon Jennings as the Jazz built a big lead.
"That felt good. We had a lot of fun out there," Burke said. "I'm not even going to lie. I was nervous at the start, and I had to get my nerves calmed down. My family was here, and all the people who have supported me in Michigan, and I knew this was my only chance to play in front of them this year."
Enes Kanter added 18 points for Utah and Marvin Williams scored 17. Rodney Stuckey led the Pistons with 21, but Detroit looked flat for much of the game after a five-day layoff.
"We worked real hard this week, and put a good effort in this week," Detroit center Andre Drummond said. "To come out like we did tonight, we took a step back."
The Pistons had a chance to draft Burke with the No. 8 pick last year, but took Kentavious Caldwell-Pope instead.
Burke signed autographs before the game, and when his Utah teammates left him alone on the court, it gave the crowd a chance to give the young point guard a cheer.
Burke got another ovation when he was announced with the Utah starters, and the Jazz opened the scoring when he made a clever pass to Derrick Favors for a dunk.
The crowd at the Palace was announced at 18,528, and there was plenty of maize and blue around. Burke didn't score until the second quarter, when his 3-pointer put the Jazz up 44-37.
A steal and a layup by Burke made it 50-42, and there were some boos for the home team when Utah took a 58-45 lead into halftime.
The second half didn't start any better for Detroit. The Jazz scored the first eight points of the third quarter and led 66-45 after a dunk by Favors.
"It was unexplainable to me," Pistons coach Maurice Cheeks said. "Maybe the days off affected us in terms of getting up and down the floor."
Burke had nine points and five assists in the third, capping the quarter with a driving floater off the glass in the final seconds for an 89-65 lead.
"He looked tight early on, and I decided to play him a longer stretch than a shorter one to let him play himself into a rhythm. He was throwing great passes, and that got him into the offense," Utah coach Tyrone Corbin said. "You always root for guys who are playing at home. He wanted to show the fans how much he has developed his game, and he did that."
Utah's lead reached 29 in the fourth. Detroit's vaunted front line of Drummond, Greg Monroe and Josh Smith combined for only 18 points on 5-of-18 shooting. Smith and Monroe made only one field goal each.
Detroit passed up a chance to draft Burke, the local favorite, and instead the Pistons addressed the point-guard spot by trading for Jennings, who has impressed at times but been inconsistent. He scored 11 points on 4-of-13 shooting Friday.
Burke turned the ball over seven times, but he surpassed his previous career high in assists with a pass to a cutting Jeremy Evans in the fourth quarter for a 98-72 lead. Burke had 11 assists against San Antonio on Wednesday.
NOTES: Utah went 9 of 22 from 3-point range and played the Pistons to a 44-all tie in the paint. ... Kyle Singler scored 13 points for the Pistons. Drummond had 10 points and 13 rebounds.


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British maestro Edward Downes, who conducted the BBC Philharmonic and the Royal Opera but struggled in recent years as his hearing and sight failed, died Friday along with his wife at an assisted-suicide clinic in Switzerland. He was 85.
Their children said Tuesday that the couple died "peacefully and under circumstances of their own choosing" at a Zurich clinic run by the group Dignitas.
"After 54 happy years together, they decided to end their own lives rather than continue to struggle with serious health problems," said a statement from the couple's son and daughter, Caractacus and Boudicca.
The statement said Downes, who became Sir Edward when he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1991, had become almost blind and increasingly deaf. His 74-year-old wife, Joan, was a former dancer, choreographer and television producer who had devoted years to working as his assistant. British newspapers reported that she had been diagnosed with cancer.
The deaths are the latest in a series of high-profile cases that have spurred calls for a legal change in Britain, where assisted suicide and euthanasia are banned.
Born in 1924 in Birmingham, England, Edward Downes studied at Birmingham University, the Royal College of Music and under German conductor Hermann Scherchen.
In 1952, he joined London's Royal Opera House as a junior staffer -- his first job was prompting soprano Maria Callas. He made his debut as a conductor with the company the next year and went on to become associate music director. Throughout his life, he retained close ties to the Royal Opera, conducting 49 different operas there over more than 50 years.
He also had a decades-long association with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, where he became principal conductor and later conductor emeritus.
Downes was known for his support for British composers and his passion for Prokofiev and Verdi, on whom he was considered an expert.
In the 1970s, he became music director of the Australian Opera, conducting the first performance at the Sydney Opera House in 1973. He also worked with the Netherlands Radio Orchestra and ensembles around the world.
The couple are survived by their children, who said their parents "both lived life to the full and considered themselves to be extremely lucky to have lived such rewarding lives, both professionally and personally."


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This year marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring. In 1962, the renowned marine biologist wrote the book based on a wealth of scientific evidence that she collected, which proved that the abuse of DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethan) and other pesticides adversely affected the environment. She said that if the use of such pesticides was not controlled, springs with singing birds and fragrant flowers would disappear and human health would be jeopardized.
At the time, Carson had been diagnosed with breast cancer and two years after the book's release, in 1964, she died. Following publication, the book came under heavy attack from the chemical industry, which accused her of being both ignorant and hysterical.
As the US environmental movement started to develop, many countries passed legislation banning DDT, and scientists and government agencies started to research and control the use of various toxicants.
Rereading the book today, half a century after it was first published, one finds that her beautiful language still clearly conveys her concern about the effects of environmental pollution.
In Taiwan, the environmental movement only found room to develop following the lifting of martial law in 1987. It has since then had to face a difficult challenge as the government has made industrial development a national priority since World War II.
One example of this focus on industrialization is the National Industrial Development Conference held by the Ministry of Economic Affairs on Monday and Tuesday last week.
Although representatives from environmental and labor groups were invited to participate, the consensus statement that Minister of Economic Affairs Shih Yen-shiang (施顏祥) read at the closing ceremony failed to include any opinions voiced by these groups.
At the conference, environmental group representatives had to speak loudly to make themselves heard over the government officials, who were given microphones. Afterward, this behavior was interpreted by the media as the environmentalists "shouting" at government officials.
That same Tuesday, at the Ministry of Culture's 2012 Humanities International Speakers Series, Michael Sandel, a professor of political philosophy at Harvard University, was invited to give a lecture on the topic: "What Money Can't Buy: the Moral Limits of Markets." The event drew more than 6,000 listeners to the National Taiwan Univeristy Sports Center for a discussion on justice.
Sandel said that at their core, many problems involve moral and political issues and such problems cannot be resolved through economic means alone. One must consider the essence of the problem and discuss it rationally in order to determine what role the market can play. He called on the audience to think seriously about and rationally discuss public issues that are controversial in nature.
Throughout the wet and cold winter days, Taiwan's environmental and labor activists are waiting for the arrival of spring.
Hopefully, it will be joyous with birds singing and fragrant flowers blooming, and nobody will have to shout loudly when discussing controversial public issues.
It seems the nation and government agencies need to engage in earnest discussion about Taiwan's industrial development policy.
Lin Yi-ping is an associate professor in the Institute of Science, Technology and Society at National Yang-Ming University.
Translated by Eddy Chang


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Focus on more than the Giants
Most of the players in uniform tonight will be focused on the Giants. Many of them will be fighting for jobs.
But the rest already have started work on the Bengals.
The NFL's Opening Night is just seven days away, and the league's first Sunday is 10 days from now. That means, as Bill Belichick likes to say, there are "a lot of balls in the air'' for every team.
There might not be another period on the league calendar where focus is more splintered.
The prime-timers have to get ready for the season. The coaches have to balance working on Week 1 and getting a good enough evaluation on the bottom of the roster. The personnel folks have to make those evaluations and shape the structure of the 53-man group they'll pick on Saturday. And then, there are the contract issues surrounding the team.
Here are the most important on- and off-field issues facing the Patriots as (some of) the players take the field at New Meadowlands Stadium tonight:
1. Tom Brady's contract — The shocking thing about Belichick's response to a series of questions Tuesday about negotiations wasn't the dodging. It was the fact that it was the first time he'd been asked about it in a news conference all summer.
Apparently the memo hasn't been passed out properly. This is the most important contract negotiation in the history of the franchise. And from a business standpoint, it is Issue No. 1 facing the team over the next seven months, considering Brady's place as the greatest and most recognizable player in franchise history, the dollars that will be invested, and the role the NFL's labor unrest plays.
NFL sources have indicated that while the doors are not closed on anything, once the whistle blows Sept. 12, if a contract isn't done there's a pretty good chance that Brady and the team won't come to an agreement before 2011.
Will it affect the 2010 season? Because of Brady's approach, probably not. But it is something that hangs over the franchise until it gets done, and it's an awfully big loose end to have to worry about.
2. Logan Mankins's status — The Pro Bowl guard hasn't set foot in the team facility in nearly eight months, and there is some risk to keeping the restricted free agent tender — a one-year, $1.54 million offer that binds him to the club — on him.
Mankins signing and reporting in midseason in order to get the six games he needs to accrue the year toward free agency could make for a serious disruption in the locker room. The issue could boil over if the relationship between player and club remains acrimonious at that point, which figures to be just when the team is finding out what it is.
The Patriots have moved forward with Dan Connolly at left guard, and if they're resolute in sticking to that, actively shopping Mankins next week or granting him permission to seek a trade could be what's best for the team.
This team has always been good at tuning out these kinds of problems, but it's worth at least exploring nipping this one in the bud, rather than walking through midseason wondering if a landmine is underneath your feet.
3. The secondary — Leigh Bodden landing on injured reserve leaves the Patriots thin and young at cornerback. Jonathan Wilhite is now the dean, and the oft-targeted third-year pro is one player whose job will change as a result.
Devin McCourty becomes a starter on the left side, Darius Butler goes to Bodden's spot on the right, and Wilhite presumably plays in the slot — an arrangement that has been intact most of the preseason. Last week, the team started working Butler inside in an effort to get he, McCourty, and Bodden out there at the same time, but that's out the window now.
The primary concern becomes the growth of these players, individually and as a group, and the affect an impotent pass rush will have on their confidence. The Patriots have spent preseason snaps working on blitz packages, and clearly will have issues getting to the quarterback with the standard four rushers.
The bottom line is that if the Patriots want to send extra players at the quarterback, they need to be solid on the back end. And losing Bodden is a big blow.
4. The running game — The first-team offense certainly has had a different look through three preseason games. Over the last three years New England's offense has become a spread-em-out, pass-happy group that has employed the shotgun more than any team in league history.
Things are changing, with Bill O'Brien getting his footing as de facto offensive coordinator. On the first offense's final possession last week against the Rams, the Patriots lined up in the shotgun and threw on 10 straight plays, chewing up 98 yards and scoring a touchdown, as they worked on their hurry-up offense.
But prior to that, Brady took 62 preseason snaps and was under center for 44. And the play selection (28 runs, 34 passes) was remarkably balanced.
The ability of Fred Taylor and Sammy Morris to stay healthy, and Laurence Maroney to deliver in some manner, is vital to a running game that has added girth in tackle Sebastian Vollmer, a first-time, full-time starter, and tight end Rob Gronkowski on the right side. But sticking to all of that will be more of a challenge, with the temptation of falling back on Brady and his passing weapons.
5. The locker room — The problems last year were well-documented and by now have been acknowledged by players and coaches, in actions if not in words.
One interesting sight from the first few weeks of the preseason has been inside linebacker Jerod Mayo going to midfield by himself, serving as the lone captain. It's clear that Mayo and several other young players are being positioned by the coaches to take leadership roles.
When will we find out how they're doing? Well, young teams typically go through bouts of inconsistency, and the Patriots are young on defense. The most telling signs will likely come when the team struggles and needs to find a way to stop the bleeding.
Against the Rams, Brady and the offense handled such a situation in-game, turning it on late in the second quarter and racking up touchdowns on three straight possessions. The defense, in a similar circumstance, yielded a long scoring drive to an offense made up of backups and piloted by an undrafted rookie free agent quarterback.
The problem isn't impossible to fix. But its existence underscores that the Patriots still have a lot left to address.
Albert R. Breer can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @albertbreer.


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2003-04 Men's Basketball
Senior Brad Boyles leads team with 17 points, Beavers lose second consecutive game by only six points
By Ben Risinger, SID
February 11, 2004
CINCINNATI, OHIO - The Bluffton College men's basketball team (9-13, 3-8 HCAC) were defeated by Mount St. Joseph (9-13, 3-8 HCAC) 48-42 on Wednesday night.
The contest was a close one as the Beavers consistently stayed with the Lions throughout the first half, taking the lead twice and tying the game three times. MSJ would march into the locker with a 29-18 lead. In the second half Bluffton came back as they would take the lead 34-33 with left in the contest. That lead would be short lived, however, as the Lions would answer right back with a 10-2 run to widen their own lead again to 43-36. The Beavers would battle back once more to be down 46-42 with 20 seconds left, but could not take the game in the end.
Leading the Beavers was senior Brad Boyles (
/South Adams) with 17 points. Sophomore Scott Bergman (Elmore/Woodmore) would throw in a team high eight rebounds.
Leading Mount St. Joseph was Paul Volkerding with 18 points for the night.
Bluffton shot 33 percent for the game compared to the Lions 30 percent. The Beavers won the rebounding battle by pulling down 39 boards for the contest to MSJ's 37. Bluffton committed 22 turnovers for the game, with MSJ posting 16. The Lions would then convert 14 points off of Beaver turnovers.
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"Coach Saban said he wished he would've been able to tell me before I quit my old job, sold my house, moved all the way across the country with my family and had six other coaching offers I turned down instead of telling me now," said Nussmeir as he stood next to his crying wife and kids on the front lawn of the new Tuscaloosa house that they can no longer afford. "He (Saban) said the only reason he can't have me join his staff for this season is because he can't have too many offensive coordinators. He can only have one. And he hired three. But he said he was going to bring me in for the 2013 season. And I know it's true because he said he would pinky swear that he would keep his word about that – which has to really, really mean something. I mean, it's not like he offered to just sign some random piece of paper."
So what happened to Nussmeir's new job between the time he agreed to it on Friday and the time the offer was pulled on Monday? According to MZone sources, after Nussmeir accepted Saban's offer, the Tide head coach then made an offer to Oklahoma State offensive coordinator Todd Monken on Saturday and Stanford OC Pep Hamilton on Sunday. When both said yes, it left Nussmeir as the odd man out since Washington's offense wasn't as highly ranked as Oklahoma State's or Stanford's. No word yet on whether Monken or Hamilton will be next to get &^%$ by Saban on this one.
When the MZone asked Nussmeir what he was going to do this fall since all the prime OC jobs are already filled at this point, Nussmeir said he was going to stay in Alabama. "Coach Saban said he'd help me get a job at the Piggly Wiggly during the time I'm not on his staff. What an awesome, caring man, huh?"
While, Nussmeir seemed understanding about having his job yanked away at the 11th hour, other assistant coaches weren't so forgiving of Saban.
"It's deplorable," said new Florida OC Brent Pease. "A person agrees to something, doesn't look elsewhere because he thinks he's set, then is told at the last minute, 'Sorry, you're on your own'? And that's supposed to be okay? I can't believe there's not a national outcry about this. But, as usual, the ESPN's and Gary Danielson's of the world aren't saying shit. They only care about the players. Typical."
Last summer, the SEC instituted limits on the number of assistant coaches a team can have. But Saban, notorious for having extra coaches to his staff at Alabama, was unfazed at the time. "It's not going to be that much of a management issue for us to be able to continue to create the same number of opportunities for young coaches and just try to manage it a little better."
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"We didn't train as hard as we did for second place," forward Meghan Duggan said. "It's one of those things we have to swallow."
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Happy Friday, everyone! It's been a busy week here at U.S. Catholic and I'm sure you've all been busy too. Here are some of the top stories from the news you might have missed this week.
Everyone has been talking about Pope Francis and his interview with the Jesuits [1] that was published in English in America magazine. Many have praised the pontiff's words, however there is some criticism that has emerged from it. As Phyllis Zagano pointed out in the National Catholic Reporter [2], America skipped over two sentences that can be found in the transcripts in any other language. The sentences discussed the role of women in the church (A topic that caused an Australian priest to be the first person to be excommunicated by Pope Francis) [3]. America apologized for "inadvertently" omitting the sentences. [4] Heidi Schlumpf also defended America in her column in NCR claiming that the mistake should be forgiven [5], using the "Christian charity that our pope has talked to much about."
Speaking of the pope, many people have been labeling his actions as "liberal." Charles C. Camosy, an assistant professor of Christian ethics at Fordham University, blames our society for creating labels. People either fall into one group or the other—conservative vs. liberal, pro-life vs. pro-choice. He warns against this in religious contexts [6] because labeling pushes one group to the sidelines and makes them "the others". Camosy says Pope Francis is neither "liberal" nor "conservative." He is a Catholic.
The Florida Catholic Conference of Bishops is stepping in to stop the October 1 execution of a man [7] accused of the murder of two women. "Even those who have committed terrible deeds and caused great pain possess a human dignity that is inherent in all persons," said the statement from Florida bishops. "This dignity, instilled by our Creator, is neither earned nor can it be forfeited." Prayer services and vigils are scheduled for that date to pray that Gov. Rick Scott realizes the sanctity of all human life.
Everyone loves a good story about a radical nun or priest who protests against a group or organization doing something against church teaching. Sister Teresa Forcades from the Spanish left, however, is getting mixed reviews. The BBC reported on the sister's love of religion and her political involvement, praising her as a "star" and a "unique political figure." [8] The Catholic Church, on the other hand, does not approve of some of her views [9], including her opinion that an individual has a right to control their own body, even a woman's right to decide over abortion. Sister Forcades' ten-point manifesto on how to change the Spanish government can be seen here [10].
With Americans currently debating the initiation of Obamacare, many on both sides of the political spectrum are getting heated by the topic. Republican Senator Ted Cruz from Texas voiced his opinion and called for a filibuster last Tuesday. [11] Speaking on behalf of millions of Texans and Americans opposed to the new health care law, Cruz hopes "to play some very small role in providing the voice." Individuals from both parties want a decision to be made before the potential government shut down on October 1.
Rooftop gardens and farms are sprouting up everywhere as they gain popularity. Cities like Chicago and New York are boasting about the number of green rooftops they've converted into places where plants and vegetables can grow. Rooftop farming offers many benefits [12]—architectural, ecological, educational, and environmental. NPR's program The Salt asks why more places aren't doing it [13] and discusses the challenges and benefits of rooftop farms.
Before you go, here's some good news from the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) [14] this week. New numbers have found that Catholics are still less likely to get divorced compared to other religious affiliates or those who are not religiously affiliated. But, CARA warns, the statistics are much more complicated than that. Check out this article to read more about their findings. [15]
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After three straight league losses this month — to South Wasco, Condon and Cascade Locks — the Horizon boys' basketball team regained footing over the weekend to take wins over Arlington and Echo high schools.
Friday night's game against Arlington nearly filled the Wy'east gym, with Horizon's trademark musical fan-base in attendance. Mr. Nagreen's bongo drums beat rhythm into the Hawks' game and by the end of the first quarter, the home team led 18-4.
"We wanted to come out, throw our press on them, and leave no doubt," Coach Ron Haynes said.
And after winning the first three quarters by a margin of 22 points, the Hawks left no doubt which team would walk away with the win.
Haynes used his subs and JV players throughout the game, and all 12 players on the team scored.
Arlington attempted a comeback in the fourth quarter. The Hawks switched to a 2-1-2 zone formation in the fourth, which Arlington capitalized on by shooting three-pointers. They made four in the fourth and went on to outscore Horizon 24-14. The 10 point deficit was ineffectual, however, and the Hawks coasted away with the 67-55 win.
Horizon traveled to Echo on Saturday to play a team they had never beaten on the road. Their trip to the Big Sky East Conference was fruitful, and the Hawks came away with their 9th win of the season, and a first-ever win at Echo High School.
The eight-point, 62-54 victory came in large part to solid free-throw shooting, particularly in the final minutes. The Hawks shot 89 percent from the line, making 12 of 13 in the fourth quarter alone. Highlighting that statistic were Bobby Cofrances, who went six for six, and Jeff Larson who went four for four in the quarter.
"We kept our composure," said Haynes. "Our free throw percentage was terrific and we had seven assists on 20 points in the first quarter, which meant we were moving the ball very well."
Jeff Larson scored nine in the first quarter, helping the Hawks outscore Echo 20 points to eight in the first quarter. They slacked in the second, however, and lost their 12 point lead to finish the half at only three ahead. Cameron Root drained a three and a two in the second. The third quarter was a stalemate, with both teams scoring 13 points each. Cofrances and Larson led in the fourth with six points each, while the Hawks' defense held Echo to 16 points and only one trip to the free-throw line.
Jared Nagreen finished the game with a double-double off 16 points and 12 boards. Senior Jeff Larson led the team in scoring with a season-high 20 points and six for seven from the stripe.
The Hawks played Dufur Tuesday evening at Wy'east Middle School. Results from that game will be in the Jan. 21 issue of the Hood River News.
Horizon girls:
The Lady Hawks continue to improve this season, despite a tough losing streak. They lost to Arlington 40-21 and to Echo 39-17.
"We played the best basketball we've played since the beginning of the season," commented coach Amanda Bellus. "Even though we lost the game (vs. Arlington), we played much better and the whole team came away with a positive experience."
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Saturday, October 27, 2012
Nebraska Open Thread AND Wangler-to-Carter Anniversary
And did you know that today also marks the 33rd anniversary of "greatest single play in the 100 year history" of Meeechigan football?
Go Blue!
One of my favorite forgotten moments of the clip above is #23 (don't know the player's name) who, on the play before the final play flat out threw the ball out of bounds in order to stop the clock. You can see Lee Corso going crazy about that, and I believe the rule was changed to prevent such moves in the future. But that day it was legal, and the only reason Michigan was even able to get the final play off.
Ufer was right - "Johnny Wangler to Anthony Carter will be heard until another hundred years of Michigan football is played." Especially if we have anything to do with it!
20 comments:
- Nick said...
The mystery player on the previous play would be the fullback, LP Reid.
- October 27, 2012 9:35 AM
- Tom C said...
Afternoon from the land of Cocky.
Go Blue Y'all
- October 27, 2012 4:16 PM
- Tom C said...
I wonder if they miss ole Frank Solich
- October 27, 2012 5:16 PM
- Rigby said...
B.S. on the overturned catch!Inconclusive at best.
- October 27, 2012 8:20 PM
- Dennis said...
It's a little early for Lent. What persuaded Hoke to give up Touchdowns the last couple weeks?
Missed some of the game, will rewatch later, but why isn't Gardner in?
That is a pretty cool call and that was a pretty good Indiana team, and got you im the Gator Bowl instead of the Liberty.
- October 27, 2012 10:54 PM
- Dennis said...
I do hope you come back, by the way. I didn't get to comment on KYF, I was thinking you would win with Nebraska being a bit gimpy on offense.
- October 27, 2012 10:56 PM
- Ramona said...
Hmm.. may not be able to stay awake much longer, home sick to begin with, this is not helping. Look forward to a Monday morning postmortem... what happened to adjustments? and could the 3rd string QB be worse? Why not Gardner?...looking forward to more Andy wallpaper, will help balance out the inevitable "healing" pics that will be sure to follow this night. HOPE TO BE WRONG...
- October 27, 2012 11:00 PM
- Yost said...
Well that sucked.
- October 28, 2012 1:45 AM
- phil said...
Hey! What's all this laying around stuff feeling depressed?
You say Denard may be finished? You say the Big Ten Championship is "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when Woody Hayes punched the Rose Bowl? Hell No! And it ain't over now. 'Cause when the goin' gets tough....………
The tough get goin'! Who's with me? Let's go! What the fuck happened to the MZoners I used to know? Where's the spirit? Where's the guts, huh? This could be the greatest season of our lives, but you're gonna let it be the worst. "Ooh, we're afraid to go with you phil, we might get in trouble. Well just kiss my ass from now on! Not me! I'm not gonna take this. Buckeyes are a dead team! Northwestern, dead! Iowa, dead!... We're just the guys to do it. Let's go get 'em.
Let's do it!
- October 28, 2012 3:07 PM
- Andrew said...
Phil you inspire me....waiting for the Frankenstorm...feeling sorry for myself...fuck it...GO BLUE!!!!
Thanks Phil for the slap of reality....
BTW...I could really use a healing picture...
- October 28, 2012 5:25 PM
- Yost said...
phil, that was simply outstanding.
- October 28, 2012 5:43 PM
- Ramona said...
Hear hear! Phil, you are absolutely correct. We do NOT ever give up on the Blue!
I follow you, Phil, I follow you, until the healing pics go up anyway.... then from the man-cave I flee to go shopping!!
- October 28, 2012 6:38 PM
- Big Red said...
You guys still have a pretty good shot at playing for the Big Ten championship, I'm not sure we can win out.
Bo's teams had played much better down the stretch in 2008 and 2009, going 6-1 in the last 7 games, with both loses to teams that played for the national title (Oklahoma in 2008 and Texas in 2009). This was after relatively poor starts, 3-3 and 4-3. The last 2 years though they've started off strong, reaching the top 10 in November, only to fade down the stretch, 2-3 in our last 5 games both years.
This year, well we're now 6-2 and ranked #20/21, but we haven't really looked like anything special yet this year, unlike Bo's first 4 seasons when we looked pretty good either at the start or end of the year. I really don't know what to expect over these last 4 games. We could go 4-0 just as easily as we could go 2-2, which I'm sure you guys would prefer. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
- October 28, 2012 10:05 PM
- Shorty the Beachcomber said...
What a dump. Brian at MGOBLOG has been making excuses for Borges in regards to the facts that we don't have his skill set players in yet, etc.. This is very true. However, the situation is exacerbated here because anyone with half a brain would ask Denard what the hell he ran under Rich Rod to be so damn good and they'd just run that until Denard graduated (you build your system around the talent, not your talent around the plays you enjoy running). Further, no one would claim that Mattison came in with his ideal personnel (not even close) and look at the job he did... in his first year and second! His work was that of a miracle worker, and while no one expects that out of every coordinator his remarkable success only makes Borges' offensive inabilities look that much worse.
Over at Ohio State they have virtually the same offensive talent as Michigan. Their QB mirrors Denard, their receivers are nothing special and neither are any of their running backs. Their O-line has no player as highly touted as our left tackle. Yet, their offense is potent. So is Big Ten leader Nebraska's, and third ranked Indiana! No matter what attrition or sub-par talent evaluation has occurred at Michigan, no one can claim that Michigan's offense cannot keep up with Indiana's due to a lack of competitive recruiting.
Some men make it to certain places based upon the laurels of their past works. However, the truly great continue to generate great success by adapting with the times of the industry, not by being a one-hit wonder or a flash in the pan that had one stroke of genius. Borges' inability to adapt is getting him into trouble. Unfortunately, Hoke is not giving the appearance that he agrees with rationale on this matter and is defending the workings of an offense that has failed to generate a touchdown in three of eight games this year with one of the most threatening quarterbacks to ever play the game serving as Captain. Because of this I am not sure just who is the bigger threat to Michigan football, Al Borges or Brady Hoke. At some point (and hopefully that is the appropriate point) one has to recognize that excuses are like assholes, and something needs to be done to clean up the mess.
- October 29, 2012 3:12 PM
- Ramona said...
well, the no-TD thing didn't matter in the State game..
- October 29, 2012 3:22 PM
- Mikoyan said...
Just remember....everything Rich Rod did = bad or very bad. And the sun shines out of Hoke's ass. I've often asked myself if last year's success was the culmination of the Rich Rod years and not so much Hoke. Granted, Mattison gets a ton of credit for the astronomical improvement in the defense. But what happened to the offensive juggernaut?
- October 30, 2012 11:06 AM
- Dennis said...
[drums fingers together]
Excellent. It looks like my stock in Ann Arbor Torch and Pitchfork may be making a rebound.
Seriously, some of last year for you is much like some of this year for us. I didn't think you were as good as your record (better than us)though for the good of the B1G I was happy. I also think we are probably the worst undefeated team left. At times, even against defesnes with a pulse I see glimpses of what we might be. On defense, I wait for the worst. They are getting better, it will be interesting how they handdle Illinois. I think it will be closer than it should be.
I would suggest patience, which is hard. I think on offense there is still a lot of square peg round hole going on. I said earlier in the season that most of the last of the Carr guys, who better fit Hoke's vision were Sr.s last year. Hoke is in the same situation upperclassman wise that RichRod was in. On the plus side, he has more of his guys on the way up, so I don't think you will have another three year lull. Next year will be interesting, but I think your defense will win you games. And that is the difference between this transition and the last one.
This team on offense, much like ours, goes as Denard goes. We are lucky we have a better backup than you, but we did the same thing at Nebraskas last year as you. Miller got hurt and we couldn't do anything.
- October 30, 2012 12:33 PM
- Big Red said...
Speaking of Denard is he okay? I hope his injury wasn't anything serious.
- October 30, 2012 4:14 PM
- Yost said...
The Rich Rod offensive juggernaut was a myth. I recall a post we did here looking at his O stats and, against any team with a pulse, U-M got shut down, same as this year. Doesn't excuse this year, but also have to remove the rose-colored RR offense glasses, too.
Having said that, don't think Borges is coaching up the talent the same way Mattison is on defense.
- October 30, 2012 7:00 PM
- Yost said...
He's supposed to be fine for this weekend vs. Minn.
- October 30, 2012 7:00 PM


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One day after a grueling slugfest with Cherryville that ended in a heartbreaking loss, Hickory Post 48 closed out its regular season strong.
Led by solid pitching from Colton Allison, Post 48 picked up its 15th win of the season.
With the victory, Hickory ends its season at 11-3 in the Area IV West Division — tied three ways for first with Cherryville and Caldwell County.
Allison improves to 4-0 on the mound this season.
Offensively, Hickory was led by Phillip Carroll, who went 3-for-3 from the plate, while Tyler Pait was 2-for-5.
The Area IV playoffs start Tuesday. A pairing meeting will be held Sunday at 3 p.m. at the American Legion Fairgrounds.
For complete details on the Area IV playoffs, visit observernewsonline.com and pick up a copy of the Tuesday edition of Catawba County's community newspaper, The Observer News Enterprise, at newsstands throughout the county.
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