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Laudrup: Cup final win would be 'huge' for Swansea
Swansea manager Michael Laudrup says victory in the Capital One Cup on Sunday would represent the biggest achievement in his young managerial career.
Laudrup's squad head into the final against League Two opponents Bradford City as favourites to land a major piece of silverware, a feat the Welsh club could hardly imagine at the start of the season.
And Laudrup refused to downplay the impact victory would have on both the club and his career, should Swansea hold aloft the trophy at Wembley Stadium.
"It will be my biggest achievement as a manager because it will be a small club winning a trophy," Laudrup told the Telegraph. "Because of what it means to this club, to this city, to everybody and because of that it will be huge."
Swansea have enjoyed a number of superb performances this season, the club sitting mid-table on 37 points in the Premier League and still with a chance to reach a European spot.
But it has been the club's run in the League Cup which has really caught the eye, the semi-final two-legged defeat of Chelsea a remarkable achievement for Laudrup and his men.
However, with the positive results has come the added expectation of achievement, and despite Bradford's giant-killing ways - the League Two club overcame Arsenal and Aston Villa en route to the final - Laudrup is under no illusions his side are expected to brush the minnows aside in an "extraordinary" final.
"It puts some pressure on us and we have to accept we are the favourites for the simple reason that we are the Premier League side and that makes it such a different, extraordinary final because in normal circumstances we would be sitting here now talking about Swansea going to the final after winning at Anfield and beating the Champions League winners from last season [Chelsea] over two legs without conceding a goal and now we have to play Man City, Man United, Tottenham, whatever," he said.
"No, we have to play a League Two team so that makes it so extraordinary, this final. This is such a special game and I think it will be a game and a competition which will be remembered because of Bradford.
"In 10 years' time people will still remember the year that Swansea played Bradford. If it had been Swansea against Man City or Man Utd then last year it was Cardiff v Liverpool, two years ago Birmingham v Arsenal. So we can win the game and they will be remembered. That's the deal."


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LeSorelle raises funds for UNICO
The LeSorelle committee of the Keystone Chapter of UNICO hosted Pat Valtos of Sophisticated Lady at a fundraiser at St. Mary's Center.
Along with Mary DePalma, chapter vice president and event chairwoman, Unicans and friends participating included Orene Azzarelli, Cesira Berardelli, Grace Berardi, Cathy Bianchi, Margaret Caterino, Sandy Collins, Melanie Collins, Margie Del Vecchio, Rose Ann Dougherty, Cathy Gerard, Carmela Iannetta, Marie Lalli, Mary Mack, Michele McDade, Cherie Mecca, Dolores Mecca, Elizabeth Mecca, Mary Lou Montana, Valerie Riggi, Mary Rinaldi, Marge Ruggiero, Marie Scaringi, Ann Summa, Tillie Tarantini, Marilyn Vitali and Nettie Wormuth.
Amazing alumna
Jennifer Franko Vasquez of South Abington Twp. was among six graduates of Indiana University of Pennsylvania honored with the 2012 Young Alumni Achievement Award. A 2001 summa cum laude graduate of IUP with a bachelor's degree in mathematics, Jennifer is an assistant professor of mathematics at the University of Scranton. While at IUP, she was a student in the Robert E. Cook Honors College, a provost scholar, peer mentor, supplemental instruction leader, orientation leader and Reading Is Fundamental volunteer. She received a Tony Kuczinski Memorial Scholarship and an Arthur G. Morrell Memorial Scholarship, both in mathematics. Jennifer was a member of the international honor society Kappa Delta Pi, the Kappa Mu Epsilon mathematics honor society, Mortar Board national senior honor society and Phi Eta Sigma national honor society, for which she was a vice president and chairwoman. An active member of the Association for Women in Mathematics and the Mathematical Association of America, Jennifer received a Project New Experiences in Teaching fellowship in 2007, Inspiring Leadership Award from Indiana University in 2006, a Rothrock Teaching Award for associate instructors from Indiana University in 2005 and a research assistantship to work on topological quantum computing from 2002-2007. She also has co-written four professional publications. She completed her master's degree in mathematics in 2003 and her doctoral degree in mathematics in 2007, both at Indiana University Bloomington.
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The Philanthropic Educational Organization Chapter AO-CA of Clarks Summit members Sandy Corselius, Donna Kepler, president, and Gertrude Myer, presented a program for continuing education grant to Amanda Faux. The program affords academically eligible single mothers an opportunity to attend college while living on campus with their children. Amanda is a participant in the Women with Children Program at Miscericordia University. ... Society of Irish Women executive board members, including Alice McDermott, Melinda Ghilardi, Mellisa Glucksnis, Patty Jones, Courene Loftus, Silvia Passeri, Ann Marie Renda, Kate Schneider and Cathy Wechsler, are helping plan the 15th annual St. Patrick's Day dinner for Saturday, March 16, at the Scranton Cultural Center at the Masonic Temple.

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Completing an 18-month mission orbiting the Earth more than 6,000 times on-orbit the International Space Station (ISS), the Optical Reflector Material Experiment (ORMatE-1) returns to Washington, D.C., to NRL's Electronics Science and Technology Division to begin experiment testing and analysis.
Retrieved September 2009 by the crew of NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour, ORMatE-1 is a passive study of optically reflective materials with a focus on silicon carbide (SiC) for use as a lightweight mirror substrate. Various types of SiC ceramics, as well as various coating materials and cladding deposition technologies are also tested in the experiment.
"Lightweight, high precision mirrors are critical for enhanced optical systems and advanced communication systems currently being designed and tested," said Robert Walters, Ph.D., head of NRL's Solid State Devices Branch. "The effects of different optical polishing methods are investigated to determine if the different processes result in varying resistance to radiation exposure for future space-based applications."
ORMatE-1 provides a platform to expose new materials to the harsh environment of space and to generate on-orbit performance data to support space qualification of specific materials. The experiments are housed within the Passive Experiment Container (PEC), a roughly two-foot by two-foot metal box, and affixed to the ISS. After an exposed period of one to two years, the PEC is closed and recovered by an astronaut for return to Earth for post-flight evaluation.
In addition to SiC material testing, NRL scientists will conduct post-flight analysis of other advanced glass substrate materials including ultra-low expansion (ULE) and corrugated borosilicate, multiple coating and traditional substrate combinations and a novel mirror design consisting of a composite sandwich structure of molded borosilicate used to evaluate structural integrity and optical performance. ORMatE-1 will help quantify effects on optical and mechanical properties as a result of radiation, micrometeor pitting and compaction, which can change the radius curvature of components. Research will also assist in determining the effects of degassing of dense and porous materials as a result of going from ambient to vacuum conditions, ultra-violet (UV) and atomic oxygen exposure.
ORMatE-1 is conducted as a scientific research partnership with The Aerospace Corporation, Naval Research Laboratory and the Air Force Research Laboratory Materials Directorate (AFRL/ML) and is part of NASA's Materials on the International Space Station Experiment (MISSE), a Langley Research Center (LaRC) program designed to provide rapid access to space for materials and device exposure tests via the ISS.


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Allegations of "sweatshop" labour conditions for workers producing outfits for Olympic volunteers were being taken "extremely seriously", the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (Locog) said.
Adidas, the firm at the centre of allegations made in The Independent, is said to be investigating the claims.
A spokeswoman for Locog said: "We place a high priority on environmental, social and ethical issues when securing goods and services and take these allegations extremely seriously.
"We have spoken to Adidas and they have assured us that they are investigating these allegations, the conclusions of which will be made public.
"We regularly remind all of our licensees of the importance we place on the sustainable sourcing code they have each signed up to."
The Independent alleged that Olympic merchandise which will be worn by British athletes and volunteers at the Games "is being manufactured for Adidas in sweatshop conditions in Indonesia".
Workers at nine Indonesian factories which have contracts to produce Olympic shoes and clothing for Adidas are allegedly working up to 65-hour weeks and earning as little as 34p an hour.
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Updated at 3:30 p.m. WILTON, Conn. — A Wilton man was shot in the face when a rifle went off during a struggle over the gun with his wife, Wilton police said Tuesday.
The man, 47, was taken to Norwalk Hospital with life-threatening injuries after the g un went off once Monday morning in a home in Grumman Avenue, police said in a news release.
Only one shot was fired, police said. The woman, 39, suffered facial injuries, but they were not life-threatening, police said.
The struggle over the hunting rifle took place in an upstairs bedroom, Police Capt. John Lynch said Tuesday. Lynch said he did not know the caliber of the rifle and did not comment on what prompted the struggle.
Police have not released either person's name. The couple have two high school-age children, Lynch said.
Police responding to a report of a gunshot Monday morning found the woman had gone to a neighboring home to call 911. The man was found with a life-threatening gunshot wound in the couples' adjacent home, where the gun had gone off, police said.
No one else was in the home, police said.
The Wilton Police Department and Stamford District Attorney's Office were investigating. The Connecticut State Police Major Crime Scene Investigation Unit assisted with evidence collection.
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Expo 2015 will be held in Milan from 1 May to 31 October, under the theme "Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life", a 360 degree itinerary dedicated to food. Record crowds are expected in attendance, with nearly 30 million visitors participating and over 7000 events organized for the occasion.
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High Rejection Rates Result in Delay of LG and Samsung OLED TVs
High Rejection Rates Result in Delay of LG and Samsung OLED TVs
There's been talk of LG Display's inability to meet volume production for their 55-inch OLED TVs of late. And after all that fanfare from LG and Samsung who showed off their OLED wares during CES 2012 held earlier this year, a report by The Korea Times has surfaced recently suggesting that mass production of OLED televisions from both manufacturers, not just LG alone, are likely to be delayed till late 2013 due to issues with the manufacturing process.
"Samsung and LG recently scrapped their plans to mass-produce 55-inch OLED televisions this year as the companies are having serious difficulties in improving manufacturing yield,'' according to an analyst from leading market research firm, DisplaySearch. "Samsung and LG planned to start selling OLED TVs at major outlets worldwide during the London Olympics. But mass-produced OLED TVs will be available from late next year, not this year".
High rejection rates encountered at manufacturing facilities has proven to be the main stumbling block., thus denying TV makers such as LG and Samsung the ability to produce viable yields of OLED panels for the mass market. While churning out smaller OLED panels for mobile devices isn't much of an issue, manufacturers "are facing all kinds of problems in trying to scale up the size".
LG and Samsung OLED TVs are prized mainly for slim profile (approximately 4mm thick) and high-contrast panels compared to mainstream LCD models. However, steep starting prices are another hurdle both South Korean makers have to overcome. Samsung Electronics' CEO, Kwon Oh-hyun, added that although the company is making progress under their business roadmap, high prices and low manufacturing yields of OLED TVs "are still problems" at this point in time.
Samsung's 55-inch ES9500 OLED TV is expected to cost over US$9,000, while LG's EM9600 OLED offering of the same size will fetch approximately US$8,000.
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Although the weather outside may not seem golf like, the official day for the start of high school golf season has already come and gone.
The Washington boy's golf team looks to have another great year, and qualify for state for the sixth straight year, despite losing many of their top senior players.
Head coach Mark Berhow has confidence that his younger players will step up to play, and that Washington will have some good competition in the Southeast Conference.
"We have three returning varsity golfers from last years squad, and we look to those guys for our leadership," Berhow said. "We have some good competition in our conference, I think Fairfield will provide some good competition again for us, and do some battling for our conference title, but this year I think we have some quality golfers that will really help us be competitive."
The Demon's first meet is scheduled for April 4 at Washington. That meet would be one of four home conference meets this year for Washington.
Conference for the Demons are on May 7 at Mt. Pleasant, sectionals on May 10 and districts on May 17.


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WASHINGTON (AP) -- News reports say the Justice Department has filed the first criminal charges in the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya.
CNN, NBC News and The Wall Street Journal said Tuesday that unspecified counts had been filed in the 2012 attack that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. CNN said the charges named Ahmed Abu Khattalah, a Libyan militia leader. The Journal said charges were filed against more than one person.
The Justice Department called the investigation a top priority but would not confirm the reports. The Obama administration has come under fire for the lack of charges. Conservatives have accused the White House of covering up failures that led to the attack, including by then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, a possible presidential candidate.


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Our family farming history began with my great-great-... (nine generations ago) grandfather Johannes. He, his wife and three children left Saxony, Germany, on April 20, 1734, aboard the ship St. Andrew, mastered by Capt. John Stedman. They landed at Philadelphia on Sept. 22 and eventually settled our family's first "New World" farm near Society Run in Frederick Township, Montgomery County, Pa., in 1743. Pig farming was our family's specialty until the mid 1950s. A lot has changed since then. Our BQA cow–calf operation includes 100% grass-fed registered Red Angus, Hereford and purebred Beefalo; 30 to 35 pastured Duroc and Spot pigs; 100 Freedom Ranger broilers; and 90 Golden Comet and Buff Orpington layers. We organically maintain 80 acres, comprising 15 acres in rotational pastures, 15 acres in tillable cropland, and alfalfa/mixed grass hay on the balance. We have never used chemical pesticides or herbicides on our pastures or hay fields. We are not a "certified" organic farming operation, but we prefer the natural/organic approach to help promote sustainability.
Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever! Let Israel say, "His steadfast love endures forever." Let the house of Aaron say, "His steadfast love endures forever." Let those who fear the Lord say, "His steadfast love endures forever." Out of my distress I called on the Lord; the Lord answered me and set me free. ...
Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!
Giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift!
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
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I've always stated that creating a software solution is half and art and half an engineering process. Just like building an house, or a car, or any mechanical or electrical device, the art is that part of the work where someone has to create something new to satisfy the customer need.
Architects are the figures that plays the artistic role. Sure, they don't re-invent everything from scratch every time: Architectural Design Pattern are here to demonstrate that ideas can be reused successfully. But, still, architects put patterns and new ideas together in order create something new.
Engineers are the more practical side of this role-playing game and they are more concerned with processes and implementation of the solution so that it can feasible in first place, but also be maintainable, predictable, replicable and cost-effective.
In the software industry we have Architects but my feeling is that we're missing the Engineers. This means that a lot of what is being produced from the software industry is more an art than a science and this drives to the fact that the quality, and the maintainability of the final product is completely dependent on the people working on it. In addition to that, since there are no standards to follow, each one will do as it wish. If you put several people working together you'll obtain a cauldron of different styles that leads inevitably to higher maintenance cost and low stability and predictability. (I don't know if you have the same feeling, but I would like to have a feedback on this, if you care to share.)
Of course I'm generalizing a lot here – I complete discussion on this matter would easily fill a book – and there are several exception to this, but I think I can say without any doubt that if I had to make a picture of my perception of the software industry I'd draw a conglomerate of craftsman workshops and not a factory district.
In the last years I struggled a bit with this lack of the "engineering" discipline: particularly I found an evidence of this situation in BI projects. While there's at least two well-know architectural approach (Kimball and Inmon), with other options rising (like the Data-Vault), but still there are no rules and tools that can make the creation of a BI solution more standard.
In order to be able to add people to an existing project quickly, being sure that they would create something that anyone of the existing team can easily understand, that the infrastructure of all of our BI solution would be similar in order to make its development faster and easier to maintain, I've defined a sets of rules and tools that helps to make the work easier and higher in quality.
The idea is that the rules will define the standards, and once we have the rules, we can also create the tools to apply them quickly. This will shorten a lot the time need to build the solution (which is the part with the lowest added-value) and leave much more time to design it (where there is the "core" value of it).
I've got this idea watching "How it's made" on Science Discovery channel, watching people building the awesome Airbus 380. If such complex machine can be assembled by several people everyone doing a small part of the work, we should be able to do it also with BI solution! We "only" need rules that will drive organization of work and tools to make work easier and faster for anyone. Of course this also leads to a solution that is flexible enough to accomodote quickly new customers requests or changes of direction.
Apply the idea to Business Intelligence and you'll have and "Engineered BI Solution" which will be both sound and agile. I like to call it "Adaptive". That's what I've already presented on PASS European Summit 2010 in an specific session that had very good feedbacks and that's what I'm going to show in my "Creating a BI Solution from A to Z" post-conference seminar (8 hours of deep dive, blending theory and practice, architecture and engineering, making it a unique session of its kind), in my next BI Virtual Chapter meeting (more on this in another post) and also in the next posts of this series.
If you're new to BI or you'll starting a new BI project in the next months, or you simply want to learn more on this approach, don't miss the opportunity, and share your feedback!
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If you look at DWH design tools like wherescape-red, or genereic DWH managament tools like Kalido, BIReady or Quipu there are defnitly solutions going the right direction. Note that comparing DWH architectures (like Inmon or Kimball) is difficult because they are often on a different level. Note that Data Vault is a recipy for creating the central EDW for eg an inmon or Kimball DWH, while Kimball is a recepy for conforming your data-marts. Also note that according to inmon the Data Vault is a best practice for the central EDW inmoon style.
@DM Unseen: The products you mention are surely interesting and I have to say you a big "Thank you" beacuse you helped me to discover also BIReady that I didn't know and that seems to be very very interesting.
My feeling, anyway, remains the same. We should have rules that we define and that we determine are the correct ones for us, despite having a product that implement and enforces them or not. Otherwise we are too much bound to the tool we choose to use. I'd like to have something like the PBM for SQL Server. We know the rules (eg: data and log files should be on different volumes) and we can apply them manually. If there is a tool that help us (PBM in this case) we can automate the check and in same cases enforce their application automatically. In this way our rules will drive the development and the implementation and not the opposite, where a tool drives to rules.
Thanks a lot for your feedback!
This is possible, it is actually called Informationb Architecture. Information Architecture deals with the rules/principles like Auditability, Standardisation, Integration, flexibility & usability etc. We then use Data Architecture to choose modeling techniques like start schemas, normalized or Anchor Modeling(Data Vault) & repositories like staging, central EDW or Data Marts to implement the constraints/principles from the Information Architecture. We also choose a LOAD (ELT/ELT) architecture based on the principles to get to an integrated EDW Data Architecture that fulfills all our requirments. This ia of course not as easy as a BPM tool;)
Tools like BIReady are indeed complex apps because they assume that there is "One (EDW/Data) Architecture to rule them all". Note that while DWH management tools are quite flexible by nature, they still cannot be universally applied and need to be evaluated against the required information architecture.
@DM Useen
do you have some link to share regarding IA and BI/DWH? AFAIK is mostly relatated to the web and not related to BI/DWH specifically.
For understanding Information Architecture Principles you could look eg at http://www.opengroup.org/architecture/togaf8-doc/arch/chap29.html
For an intersting Data Architecture that incoorporates BI you could look at http://www.b-eye-network.com/channels/5087


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At 9 p.m. Friday Stuttgart Police Department Ptl. Cody Eason initiated a traffic stop after noticing a brake light out on a vehicle.
An 18-year-old Stuttgart man is facing a possession of a controlled substance charge after a traffic stop Friday.
At 9 p.m. Friday Stuttgart Police Department Ptl. Cody Eason initiated a traffic stop after noticing a brake light out on a vehicle. The driver pulled over near the intersection of Wood and Third streets and the officer made contact with the driver.
The black male's license was for identification only, and at that time SPD Ptl. Jeffery Bokker arrived on the scene. The officers asked for consent to search the vehicle, according to the report.
"He gave Officer Bokker and I consent to search the vehicle. During the consent search of the vehicle I found a flip down compartment on the roof of the car, a bag of green leafy substance that I believed to marijuana (was) inside," Eason wrote in his report that was released Monday.
The man was then placed under arrest and charged with possession of a schedule six controlled substance and no driver's license. The man was also given a warning for brake light.
The Stuttgart Daily Leader does not release names in misdemeanor cases until convicted. Readers can find the listings of those tried in Stuttgart's District Court on Wednesday's Public Safety page when made available by the Stuttgart District Court. At that time they will also be listed at www.StuttgartDailyLeader.com.


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Disgruntled former captain Ross Taylor has slammed New Zealand's team management, dismissing head coach Mike Hesson's advice as "laughable" and claiming he was not given enough support in his 18-month stint as skipper.
Taylor was stripped of the Twenty20 and one-day captaincy last week on Hesson's recommendation, and rejected an offer to stay on as test skipper in the wake of New Zealand's drawn test series away to Sri Lanka.
Opener Brendon McCullum will take on all three roles and faces a baptism of fire as he leads New Zealand on tour to South Africa later this month.
"I knew it'd be tough from the outset (with Hesson)," Taylor said in comments published on the New Zealand Herald's website (www.nzherald.co.nz) on Sunday.
"I gave him as much support as I could but it wasn't reciprocated.
"We liaised during the Champions League," added the 28-year-old, who played with the Delhi Daredevils at the T20 tournament in South Africa in October.
"He wrote down a few things for me to improve on, which were laughable, frankly."
Hesson, a career coach with no experience as a player at senior level, was appointed in July.
A former coach of New Zealand A sides and provincial side Otago, he also had a short stint as assistant coach to John Bracewell at English county side Gloucester and was head coach of Kenya last year.
Taylor, New Zealand's top test batsman, has opted out of the tour to South Africa in a blow for the tourists' hopes of upsetting the number one-ranked test nation in their two-match series.
He has flagged a return to the team in time for their three-test home series against England in March, but said he still felt "raw" after his demotion.
"I knew I had areas to work on, like in communication, but I didn't get much support," he said of his captaincy, during which New Zealand struggled in all three formats of the game.
"Instead, I organised a number of things myself, like chatting to (psychologist) Gilbert Enoka. I thought that indicated I was trying to be a better captain.
"I'm more disappointed in the process to be told four days before the test series began (in Sri Lanka) that they didn't want me as captain.
"I also wasn't consulted in the tour review process by (New Zealand Cricket chairman Chris) Moller or (NZC chief executive David) White. No one got hold of me."
New Zealand play three T20 matches against the Proteas before the first test at Newlands in Cape Town from Jan. 2, 2013.


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The central character of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale The Little Mermaid dreams of giving up her life in the sea to find love on dry land. The agony she undergoes exchanging her tail for a fully human form is poignant. It makes one wonder what it would be like to become another sort of thing, something we've desperately wanted to become.
Even before the Fall, human beings longed for dramatic change. In Genesis we see that Eve longed to be like God, to share in his very wisdom and goodness (Gen. 3:5-6). That longing was not the problem, since we see that in Christ, we are destined to "participate in the divine nature" (2 Pet. 1:4). Rather, the problem was that Eve grasped at God's wisdom and goodness instead of waiting and trusting God to fulfill her God-given longing. After the Fall, that longing is now utterly frustrated in human beings. This is one gracious reason God has given us the moral law—to show (a) that it truly is our destiny to live godly lives as outlined in the law, and (b) that it is now impossible to live in accordance with God's law without divine grace.
Thus we find ourselves in a desperate situation. We long to know and experience truth, beauty, and love in perfect fulfillment—the very wisdom and goodness of God. This yearning is what drives human beings relentlessly to create, to write, to ponder, and to love. But history and our everyday experience show we fall so far short of this goal as to lead us to despair; we are, as Paul put it, in a "wretched" situation, destined to live and die in futility (Rom. 7:24).
In the midst of our desperate situation, the gospel announces some startling news: In Christ, God has done that which is necessary ...1


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Jacoby Jones injured in bus brawl with stripper
Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Jacoby Jones was hurt early this morning after a brawl erupted on a party bus filled with his Ravens teammates according to TMZ.com.
It happened after a night of partying in Washington D.C. celebrating Bryant McKinnie's birthday.
Sources at the scene say at about 3 AM, as people were leaving Opera Ultra Lounge, people on the bus began fighting. In addition to teammates, at least one stripper was on board.
An eyewitness said he saw a bottle being swung at Jacoby Jones -- it connected with his head and hurt him. Reportedly an ambulance was called "for a bleeding male" but he was not taken to the hospital.
Sources say a stripper named Sweet Pea is the one who hit Jacoby with a gigantic Ace of Spades bottle and this may have triggered the brawl. We're told the bottle smashed over his head and he was "bleeding everywhere."
We're told Jacoby's friends tried to retaliate against Sweet Pea but Bryant McKinnie tried to stop him, and a fight broke out between the friend and Bryant.
Police responded to the scene but no arrests were made. There was evidence of an assault but no one cooperated with cops
Wasn't the booze cruise with strippers up in Minnesota on Bryant McKinney's birthday too?
That guy likes to party.
This is some funny stuff. It's made a bad day just a tad better. Those are some ugly ass beeyatches!!
I think the woman on the right is a man.
Not sure if that is an ugly stripper in the McKinnie jersey or Bryant himself.
The "Sweet Pea" on the bus, well let's see who she is....
She's not a 38 waste, she's a complete waste. 5'7", 163 lbs. should NOT be a stripper, she should be a guy.
Jacoby is lucky to be alive if that thing hit him with a giant bottle of Champagne.
Sweet Pea should be signed to our practice squad.
LMFAO we would never loose another game..She could be the whole line... err, the ho line.
There...now don't you feel better about your team ??


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The national policy conference for the water sector or 'Future Water Conference' recently hosted its annual meeting at the Royal Geographical Society in London, June 25. With this year's theme 'Building resilience: A sector fit for the future', its host John Vidal, Guardian environment editor, made it clear during his opening speech that a 'nexus based approach' is what is needed.
The conference looked at the major issues the UK government needs to consider in order to secure resilience and leadership to build a water sector fit for the future. In the year when water is top of the agenda, this conference presented the opportunity to set in place policies that will influence the next phase for the UK water sector, which is facing challenges brought about by climate change and a growing divide in affordability across the country.
Anne McIntosh MP, Chair of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee stated that "We need to work more with nature". Ian Barker, Head of Water, Land and Biodiversity, Environment Agency addressed the conference raising that "the biggest challenge is uncertainty. Populations are increasing. Will the per capita consumption rates of an increased population rise or fall? Where will they all live? Are water conservation and demand management measures working? Recent extremes of droughts and flood have forced an evaluation of water infrastructure resilience. We need to be better prepared for future shocks".
The conference workshops further defined innovations and perspectives that would help build resilience and secure the water sector's future.
Damian Crilly of the International Water Association (IWA) hosted the workshop on Water Infrastructure Solutions. This workshop was part of the Nexus Dialogue on Water Infrastructure Solutions. It highlighted how water, energy and food systems are interconnected and have become increasingly more complex and dependent upon one another.
What was shown is how a disturbance in one system can destabilise others. This underpinned the relevancy of a nexus based approach. The requirement for cross-sectoral dialogue in water, energy and food sectors was endorsed by the workshop participants.
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The European Commission has today welcomed the commercial launch in Austria of a new European Union loan guarantee facility for innovative small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The Risk Sharing Instrument (RSI), developed by the European Commission in partnership with the European Investment Bank Group, will help small firms gain access to finance by guaranteeing some of the risk that banks take on through their lending. The European Investment Fund, which is managing the facility, today signed a first RSI agreement with UniCredit Bank Austria to support up to €120 million of lending over the next two years.
European Research, Innovation and Science Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn said: "We are committed to supporting innovative SMEs, both directly through our research programmes and indirectly through our risk sharing instruments with the European Investment Bank Group. This is the first of a number of agreements to come under the RSI. Furthermore, we are proposing a dedicated SME facility from 2014 under our future research and innovation programme, Horizon 2020."
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Saturday, July 10, 2010
A Little Sunshine - Best Disinfectant
To my mind, it's bigotry that has found a convenient issue to hide behind. Political correctness is the straw man that c/Conservatives drag up whenever they want to express an ugly view while claiming that their voice is being stifled. I give you Ezra Levant as an example, or Michael Coren. (If you are not familiar with either, Google is your friend.)
That said, if this is the kind of pithy, exciting discussion that Kory thinks we are missing in this country, I may have to change my opinion of the new station he is pursuing. What I mean by that is, maybe this vile, low rent discourse needs more exposure. Yes, I know it's already out there in print and on radio, but maybe up close and personal, in your living room, is what this country needs to wake up to what some of the right and frankly some of your government, stands for.
What is especially delightful, is the zinger that the author throws in at the end:
The CBC, however, must feel absolutely shattered.
The last two GGs -- Adrienne Clarkson and outgoing Michaelle Jean -- both had the CBC's turgid blood coursing through their brains.
But no CT scan is needed for Johnston.
He is CBC clear and bias-free.
You can practically hear the giggling 'gotcha' can't you? Except the author has exposed him/herself to be ignorant of the facts. I know, you are shocked. Though not the best source always, Wikipedia says this:
Johnston has also acted as moderator of two public affairs panel discussion programmes, The Editors and The World in Review, which aired in the 1990s on both CBC Newsworld in Canada and PBS in the United States.
So while Johnston didn't have extensive history with the CBC, 'CBC clear' would not be accurate and to throw a little PBS in there? Well, what can I say?
In fairness, we weren't expecting accuracy or fact from this group, were we?
26 comments:
- WesternGrit said...
Why does Kory T always scowl? Is it just an angry NeoCon thing, or does he think it looks good on him?
- 7:01 p.m.
- KNB said...
You'll have to ask Kory, but in general, Conservatives, at least this brand, aren't a happy bunch.
Their mission is to seek all that is wrong, in their opinion, with this country. Sadly, their insouciance about what matters, always translates. In fact, it seems to be a bit of a mantra.
Words on radio, print, photo ops...it's just there.
Maybe that is what you see.
- 7:24 p.m.
- Annie... said...
I have the strangest feeling that Harper is doing things to this Country we may never fix, and it is closing in on me.
- 7:41 p.m.
- KNB said...
Annie, don't let it close in. He is implementing his 'planned vision' of Canada, but most can be undone. Sadly, it will take years.
Yea, he's regressed the country and no one is speaking to it. False praise abounds and I'm not sure why.
Economy? Job growth? Yes, it was fantastic, but those numbers aren't real. Talking heads are telling us this, but media is reporting...yay!...in spite of fact.
I don't know, I still think fact will prevail.
- 8:23 p.m.
- KNB said...
Is no one outraged by that article? Hip Hip Hooray for the White Guy?
Seriously people, look that in it's face and speak to it.
- 8:25 p.m.
- ottlib said...
Considering that Sun Group of Newspapers primary markets are in the major metropolitan areas of this country I am surprised by this editorial, particularly the title.
Their markets are very diverse so I cannot see it as being a good business move to show disrespect for people of colour.
But what do I know?
- 8:55 p.m.
- KNB said...
Ottlib...agreed completely. That was the point of this post. They are so missing, nay, attacking their supposed target, it's laughable.
Let us allow them to contintue to show their idiocy...that is my vote at the moment.
- 9:57 p.m.
- Fred from BC said...
KNB said...
Is no one outraged by that article? Hip Hip Hooray for the White Guy?
The answer to that would seem to be "no, not really...".
Seriously people, look that in it's face and speak to it.
Speak to what? It's an *opinion* piece, and in the minds of many people (not just conservatives) it hit the nail right on the head. We got the best person for the job, period. How refreshing. If you don't like it, try reading the Red Star instead, where a Liberal can always be guaranteed to find just the right amount of political correctness and none of that nasty support for Stephen Harper.
- 2:13 a.m.
- RuralSandi said...
Fred, we can always count on you to be stupid and naive when it comes to Harper.
Harper wants the ethnic votes? I suggest that you send this article to every ethnic/black/olive/French person you know.
Ottlib - I live in rural Ontario and the Sun bought all the little newspapers in my county. It is trash now. Where there used to be a police report somewhere inside the paper it is now "front" page.
I saw the comments section before the Sun removed them and they were awful, disgusting and not very intelligent.
Most people I know don't read the Sun (you are considered a low life if you do), but I'm sure going to forward any of these articles to everyone I know.
CBC, GG - who's next.
- 6:27 a.m.
- Honey Pot said...
Why should the article be sent to every ethnic/black/olive/French person you know? Only a lefty would believe they didn't read a paper. Perhaps you could read it for them, just in case, and point out to them that they are being dissed, or some other stupid notion you would like them to believe.
The only racist party are the one's on the left, who for one reason or another don't believe ethnic/black/olive/French are capable of participating in society as contributing citizens because they are ethnic/black/olive/French.
The ethnic/black/olive/French can speak for themselves, they don't need no lily white socialist English ass, speaking for them, and telling them they are to play the perpetual victims, to provide a whack of lily white socialist English asses a job and a political platform.
- 7:35 a.m.
- RuralSandi said...
Honey Pot - you didnt' read what I said. I was talking about people I personally know and they don't read the Sun. Therefore, I thought they should see the article. When I sent it, they appreciated it. And, they did read it all by themselves, something most Cons supporters don't do. They instruct their supporters, via their website, in what to say and do.
By the way, the friends I refer to are lawyers, computer tech people, GM employees, artists, etc. Yup, they all read very, very well - something you don't do.
Do you not realize that people look down on those that read the Sun?
So get off your soapbox dearie.
- 7:55 a.m.
- Honey Pot said...
You read the Sun Sandi, so what does that make you?
"By the way, the friends I refer to are lawyers, computer tech people, GM employees, artists, etc. Yup, they all read very, very well - something you don't do."-rural Sandi.
What kind of a statement is that? Did you do that for them, or did they do it by themselves? Did someone try to stop them from doing that here in Canada?
Stop your bullshitting, you are a left-lib socialist racist who does not believe the majority of ethnic/black/olive/French are capable of thinking or participating, and your job is to perpetuate the myth of victimhood, for the party.
- 8:10 a.m.
- Gayle said...
Sandi, just ignore HP. S/he is clearly just trying to rile you. No one with a brain actually accepts what s/he has to say.
- 11:12 a.m.
- Gayle said...
"We got the best person for the job, period. How refreshing."
I will have to disagree with this. We got a qualified person for the position to be sure. What was once a figurehead position, directed more to public relations than to hard political decisions, has now become a very very political position due to Harper's conduct. So having a constitutional scholar in the position is certainly a good idea. However, the two previous GG were also more than qualified for the position, and both did a great job in that role.
But the "best"? I do not accept there is only one person in this country who could be the "best" person for the job. Rather, I suggest there are any number of people who could have taken on this role.
There is no such thing as one person, and one person only, being the best for a position. Every person brings unique qualifications and abilities to any position.
- 11:16 a.m.
- Gayle said...
KNB, I did read the article. The author creates a strawman and goes with it.
"You, like us, have no doubt seen the federal career ads where, written in invisible ink, are the words, "white men need not apply.""
This is a lie. Made it up and then railed against it. I know several people working for the federal government. Aside from one woman of colour, they are all white men.
What most people fail to realize, or, like the author of this piece, deliberately mislead people about, is the real reason for affirmative action. AA is not about hiring unqualified people for a position. When most people go through the hiring process, they are naturally inclined towards candidates who are the most like them. Since white men still dominate most employment/management sectors, it is natural they will be drawn to white men as the best candidates. (This, of course, is not unique to white men. It is simply natural for all of us to be drawn to people we identify with personally). AA forces them to think outside their own comfort zone - and it works.
In any event, as I said at the beginning, this article is based on a straw man. I never even considered this is about a white man being appointed to a position previously held by a woman of colour - and I am quite confident most people failed to note that as well. In fact, I am quite confident the people who noticed that were the same people who felt that a woman of colour should not have been in the position in the first place.
- 11:26 a.m.
- RuralSandi said...
Honey Pot have reading comprehension problems? I was pointing that I had a diversity of friends (forgot to mention - various political stripes) - duh.
I don't read the Sun. I saw the horrible headline on the internet and thought I'd read it - silly me.
I am not a bigot and I am not a socialist and Honey Pot trying to throw mud doesn't make it so.
Honey Pot - I would think if you don't like racism you'd make a comment about how disgusted you are with the article. Now, who's racist?
- 4:43 p.m.
- Dman said...
Who actually writes this anti-social vile and deliberately misleading drivel. Kory KornKob needs some serious behaviour modification therapy, to get close to vaguely normal !!!
- 5:06 p.m.
- Omar said...
I'd like to know why all the reference to 'affirmative action' which as a policy doesn't even exist in this country. Last I knew what we had was a program called 'employment equity' which may or may not still be in existence under the Harper regime.
- 5:38 p.m.
- KNB said...
Fred, inane banter as usual. At least you are consistent.
Best man? I'd say there were a myriad of choices available in this country.
I think he is imminently qualified and if you read the post, that certainly is not what I am arguing.
I'm insulted by the rah, rah, good ole white boy promotion. No, insulted doesn't cover it. Disgusted.
It never occurred to me upon reading about the appointment that the man was white. I suggest most of the country is far beyond noticing that. What did strike me was that it was a really bland choice. I'm sure he's a good man and obviously had the credentials, but there certainly is no sense of progress here.
The opinion, which represents the chain incidently, is clearly racist. Celebrating the fact that there is at long last a white male in the position, means de facto that you resented the past two appointments of females, who didn't happen to be white.
It's disgusting.
- 7:31 p.m.
- KNB said...
Sandi, you are being goaded by someone who makes it their mission to misunderstand and misconstrue.
For me...not worth my energy.
- 7:34 p.m.
- KNB said...
Gayle, I completely agree with the straw man argument. It's their 'go-to'manner of debating what is not debatable.
I confess that I'm sad that so many fall for it.
- 7:36 p.m.
- KNB said...
Hey Omar. You're right. Affirmative Action doesn't exist here and I have no idea if Harper has played with hiring laws. To the best of my knowledge, those are provincial affairs.
- 7:38 p.m.
- AnonymousCoward said...
Gayle said:
"But the "best"? I do not accept there is only one person in this country who could be the "best" person for the job."
By the very definition there can only be one best. Guess English is hard on you.
No one said others were not qualified to do the job, just that Johnston was considered the best out of the qualified pool.
Agree or disagree, but it is refreshing to not pander to the immigrant or minority groups.
I think Madame Jean did a great job as GG. She brought a lot class to the job. Seal meat, tours of Afghanistan, wearing a CF uniform on Remembrance Day....classy.
But don't tell me being a black immigrant from Haiti didn't help her get that position.
Personally, I had hope Harper extended her for a year or more.
- 1:13 a.m.
- Fred from BC said...
KNB said...
What did strike me was that it was a really bland choice. I'm sure he's a good man and obviously had the credentials, but there certainly is no sense of progress here.
"No sense of progress", you say?
What an interesting choice of words..."progress". So interesting, in fact, that I'm going to give you a chance to reconsider it; surely you didn't just validate everything the offending editorial said and blow your own argument right out of the water, did you?
(nah...couldn't be...:)
The opinion, which represents the chain incidently, is clearly racist.
Okaaaay. First of all, who decides which of the many writers, columnists or contributors of any newspaper "represents the chain"?
Does Christie Blatchford represent the chain she writes for? How about Margaret Wente? I'm sure you can't stand either one, but the Globe and Mail *is* a liberal newspaper with a couple of conservative writers. The National Post is the opposite...so who "represents" them?
(keeping in mind that most editorials aren't written by the same person every day; you knew that, right?)
As for being "racist", I suggest that you probably see racism in everything (and everyone) Consevative but never, ever in a Liberal.
Celebrating the fact that there is at long last a white male in the position, means de facto that you resented the past two appointments of females, who didn't happen to be white.
Ummm...that's not exactly what it said. The article expressed surprise that political correctness was not a factor *in this* appointment. The theory being that once you start making selections based on race, creed, gender etc it is highly unlikely that you will ever STOP using those criteria to make your selections. But the Prime Minister did just that...hence the surprise...
It's disgusting.
More like a joke. It's a tempest in a teapot, which is why no one else noticed it or is attempting to make a huge deal of it. Sorry to burst your bubble...
- 3:10 a.m.
- Gayle said...
"By the very definition there can only be one best. Guess English is hard on you."
And I guess logic is hard on you.
There is no one person who is best for the position, because it is impossible. Or maybe you can prove to me there is no other person in Canada who would be better.
It is such a lie to suggest someone is the "best man for the job". It is a lie propogated by the racists who claim that the only reason, or even one of the reasons, a person of colour was chosen for a position was due to their race. According to these same racists, the reason a white man is chosen for the position is because he is the best one for the job.
- 9:24 a.m.
- Gayle said...
"The article expressed surprise that political correctness was not a factor *in this* appointment. The theory being that once you start making selections based on race, creed, gender etc it is highly unlikely that you will ever STOP using those criteria to make your selections. But the Prime Minister did just that...hence the surprise...'
This is a racist comment. Just because someone of colour is chosen for a position, it does not mean they were chosen because of their race. Only a racist would think race played a role in their selection.
- 9:26 a.m.


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* Gold hits fresh high since September, up for 3rd day
* SPDR sees first outflow in nearly a month
(Updates prices)
By A. Ananthalakshmi
SINGAPORE, March 13 (Reuters) - Gold extended gains to a
third session on Thursday, scaling fresh six-month highs as
investors sought to hedge their bets against geopolitical
tensions in Ukraine and economic slowdown fears in China.
Gold is seen as a safe-haven asset during times of economic
and political uncertainty, when the metal is preferred by
investors over riskier assets such as equities. It has gained 14
percent so far this year on the global uncertainties.
A recent bond default in China and a weak exports report
sent equities and base metals lower. More data on Thursday
showed China's economy slowed markedly in the first two months
of the year, with growth in investment, retail sales and factory
output all falling to multi-year lows.
Spot gold rose 0.4 percent to $1,371.76 an ounce by
0737 GMT, after jumping 1.3 percent on Wednesday. The metal
earlier on Thursday hit $1,374.85, its highest since Sept. 10.
Technical buying has also been supportive of price momentum
in the last two sessions, especially after prices cleared a
recent high near $1,355 an ounce.
"Given bullion's technical break, it may be at risk of
profit-taking in the near term, barring an escalation of Eastern
European tensions," HSBC analysts said in a note.
"Geopolitical events can have a pronounced, but sometimes
short-lived impact on gold."
Reuters technicals analyst Wang Tao said spot gold faces
resistance at $1,375-$1,377, a break above which will open the
way towards $1,433.31, the Aug. 28 high.
The biggest factor driving gold prices at the moment is the
stand-off between the West and Russia over Ukraine.
The EU agreed on a framework on Wednesday for its first
sanctions on Russia since the Cold War, a stronger response to
the Ukraine crisis than many expected and a mark of solidarity
with Washington in the drive to make Moscow pay for seizing
New money has been flowing into gold-backed exchange traded
funds in recent weeks, in a sign of investor confidence, after
record outflows last year.
However, holdings in SPDR Gold Trust, the world's
largest gold-backed exchange-traded fund, fell 1.50 tonnes to
811.20 tonnes on Wednesday - the first decline since Feb. 19.
Physical demand has been subdued due to the price rally,
with prices in China - the biggest bullion consumer - trading at
a discount to spot prices.
Metal Last Change Pct chg
Spot gold 1371.76 5.18 0.38
Spot silver 21.31 0.07 0.33
Spot platinum 1467.75 1.95 0.13
Spot palladium 771.8 2.4 0.31
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When two promising North Central Missouri Conference rivals and schools assigned to Class 4 District 6 met Friday posting identical records and mirror-like team stats this football season, pregame talk certainly would include a very competitive and close battle was about to take place on the field.
When two promising North Central Missouri Conference rivals and schools assigned to Class 4 District 6 met Friday posting identical records and mirror-like team stats this football season, pregame talk certainly would include a very competitive and close battle was about to take place on the field.
A full moon coupled with an exhilarating spirit of Homecoming being celebrated during the week leading up to the big game certainly would favor the home team.
While those ideas may carry weight to reasoning, the fact of the matter is the Spartans were simply the better discliplined football team. Moberly demonstrated that identity before a packed Dr. Larry K. Noel Spartans Stadium.
The mighty Spartans came up with five turnovers - including a couple of picks by Brandon Elkins - and Moberly capitalized on an estimated 125 yards worth of penalties racked up by Marshall, and the Spartans celebrated its 2012 Homecoming with a convincing 41-12 victory against the Owls.
"We were pretty sluggish in our play in the first half, but really stepped things up in the second half with our kids doing a good job both offensively and defensively," said Moberly football coach Jason Ambroson. "What kept us ahead in the first half, in my opinion, was the penalties Marshall was creating. Their lack of discipline stopped some of their sustaining drives and those penalties allowed us to keep the game close. Otherwise, I think Marshall would have been up by two touchdowns at halftime. Realistically, penalties stopped some scoring drives in the first half and that trend carried over to the second half. Their mistakes kept us in the ball game, and ultimately we capitalized on them to win this football game."
The win gave Moberly (5-1, 3-0 NCMC) stronger security of having a fourth-position spot and a first round home game when district seeding are released in three weeks for the playoffs.
After a scoreless first quarter last Friday, the Owls' first turnover of the game - a fumble recovered by senior Kalob Hesson - led to a Moberly score in the second period.
Starting from the Marshall 41, the Spartans marched down field and would score when junior quarterback Justin Connaway followed the lead blocks established by Matt McCune and Mickey Sires to run the football up the gut for a 4-yard touchdown with 8:40 remaining.
Marshall (4-2, 3-1 NCMC) did not let Moberly fans enjoy that moment long.
On the first play from scrimmage on the Owls' ensuing possession, senior quarterback Alex Maupin ran the football to his left around the corner and made a swift cut right crossing toward the opposite side of the field running untouched 64 yards for a touchdown.
Shortly after this score and Moberly leading 7-6, the Spartans would be without the services of one of its leading tacklers and main kicker when senior linebacker/kicker Ricky Webb exited the game with a left shoulder injury. Sophomore Gregg Bain took over kicking duties and he made good on 4-of-5 PATs during the game.
Moberly put together an impressive 90-yard scoring drive that ate up nearly 6 minutes of the clock to take a 13-6 lead with them into halftime.
Connaway connected with Elkins on a couple of passing plays that netted 38 yards during the 10-play drive that was capped on a strong 28-yard rushing touchdown by Bain with 2:25 left.
Once again, Marshall bounced right back and threatened to score with a long scoring drive of its own before the half ended, but Elkins clipped the Owls' wings with his first of two interceptions of the game.
The 6'2 linebacker Elkins snatched Maupin's pass near midfield and returned it about 30 yards giving Moberly the football with 0:46 remaining before the break in action.
"We talked about a lot of things in the locker room at halftime, and we came out making those adjustments on the field in the second half," said coach Ambroson. "Anytime a team can come up with five or six turnovers in a game like we did, it really helps. What that did to Marshall and the fact they ended up having so many penalties in the game, that it forced Marshall to do things offensively that they probably are not too comfortable with in doing. And that is throwing the football. We got up on them by two scores, and they knew they needed to do something quick to get back into the game and were forced to pass. We were fortunate to have about three key interceptions to help stop them from being a scoring threat because their strength lies in being a power running team."
Owls quarterback Maupin ran 16 times for 128 yards and two touchdowns, and runningback Marc Plummer gained 93 yards on 17 carries.
Maupin would complete 7-of-21 passes for 78 yards, including three interceptions.
Moberly received the second half kickoff and used 4 minutes of the clock covering 65 yards before Bain scored on a 3-yard run.
But the Owls mirrored that effort and capped its 58-yard scoring drive on its ensuing possession when Maupin also ran the football in from the 3, cutting Marshall's deficit to 20-12 with 2:31 remaining in the third quarter.
From here, Moberly's defense stiffened up a notch and with the aid of Marshall often hurting themselves having penalties stop their own offensive drives or help Moberly move the chains, the Owls never became a scoring threat the rest of the evening.
Elkins caught a 5-yard touchdown pass from Connaway with just 11 seconds remaining in the third to push the Spartans lead to 27-12.
Meanwhile, just 15 seconds into the fourth quarter Elkins found himself with the football in the end zone again when he stepped in front of a Maupin pass for a "pick-6" interception running untouched for the score.
"My first interception of the game ... I was just there at the right time to make the pick. On the second one, the coaches read what Marshall was doing and they made me move over and I happened to be in the right spot," said Elkins. "Their quarterback threw his pass directly at me, I had to catch it because it was perfect. I had no one in front of me so I easily scored on that play. Those were my first ever interceptions and they felt pretty awesome."
Moberly also came up with two more turnovers in the final stanza. Senior lineman David Chapman recovered a fumble and sophomore Chris Palmer out-leaped Marshall receiver Logan Harris to come down with an interception at the Moberly 27 yard line.
The Spartans last score of the game was an impressive effort by the O-line when they separated the Marshall defense just like Moses - while using God's power - parted the Red Sea letting the Israelites through only it was Connaway that ran up the middle reaching the end zone. The 5'10, 141-pound quarterback went untouched 40 yards for a touchdown.
"The play was we call a quarterback wham. Our tight end goes in motion across the field and I fake a couple of handoffs, keeping the ball myself to run with it," said Connaway. "The line did such a great job on that play. The blocking was solid and the hole was wide open for me to run through."
Coming up in Week 7 the Spartans travel this Friday to battle undefeated and sixth-ranked Hannibal (6-0, 4-0 NCMC). The Pirates football team has been a nemesis of Spartans for many years as Moberly has only beaten Hannibal once in at least the past 18 seasons.
During the Spartans' magical 2007 football season when the team went 11-1 while reaching the Class 3 state quarterfinals, Moberly defeated Hannibal 39-22.
"I think most of us know that Hannibal seems to always have a good football team, and they are doing very well this year too," said Elkins. "We will need to put together our best practices of the season next week and play our best football when we play them next Friday. If we all continue to work hard, doing the things that each of us are suppose to do in a game I like our chances. If we can do that, it would be huge win for our team."
Passing QB Justin Connaway threw for 112 yards completing 11-of-19 passes, 1 TD and I INT.
Rushing RB Gregg Bain rushed 9 times for 64 yards and 2 TDs. QB Connaway has 61 yds. on 8 rushes and 2 TDs. RB Joe Galaske went 59 yards on 14 carries.
Receiving WR Brandon Elkins caught 5 passes for 52 yds and 1 TD. Blake Joiner had 4 receptions for 31 yds. TE Jalen Troy had a 24-yd. catch, while Scott Mason had one for 5 and Cameron Smith caught another for 2 yards respectively.
Takeaways LB Brandon Elkins had 2 INTs and Chris Palmer had one. Kalob Hesson and David Chapman each recovered a fumble.


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The buzz in the stands
If you can feel your toes, raise your hand. Didn't think so.
With the temperature expected to hover in the 20s Saturday at Titan Stadium, no players will have encountered game-day cold like this all season, so hanging on to the pigskin while absorbing hits could loom large.
Marquee matchup
Rockford Boylan receiver Brock Stull vs. Batavia cornerback Michael Moffatt.
Stull, a 6-foot-3 Division-I basketball recruit (Wisconsin-Milwaukee), was Boylan's quarterback last year and to start this season but transitioned to receiver, immediately becoming the go-to target for his successor at QB, junior Demry Croft.
Moffatt, meanwhile, has four interceptions and 15 pass break-ups on the year, and has done excellent work limiting opponents' premier receivers.
"Very good challenge for [Moffatt]," Batavia coach Dennis Piron said. "[Stull] catches the ball, he goes and gets it. He's very fast, athletic and he scores touchdowns. The quarterback's 6-6 so he can whip it to him, so yeah, the two of them are playing nice pitch and catch out there."
Special teams.
Kicking point-afters has been spotty for Batavia at times, although the Bulldogs are well equipped to make up for that by clicking on two-point conversions if need be. Punter Tucker Knox continues to be a great asset for the Bulldogs.
Rockford Boylan coach John Cacciatore said he thinks his Titans possess "a very solid" kicking game.
Best-case scenario for the Bulldogs
Batavia puts the game away before the final minutes.
Although the Bulldogs made a key defensive stand when they needed to in last week's 19-14 win against Lake Forest, Rockford Boylan has cornered the market on clutch wins this season, dating back to Boylan overcoming a 21-point deficit in Week 2 to rally past Rockton Hononegah, 35-34.
The Titans also have overcome halftime deficits each of the past two weeks in tight playoff wins over Cary-Grove (17-10) and Prairie Ridge (21-17).
"They believe they're going to win," Piron said of the Titans. "Clearly as a program, they've done that for a long, long time now. Because they believe they're going to win, they win, and they do it all the time. You've got to continue to press, you've got to be aggressive, you've got to go after them because they have no problem at all thinking 'Hey, it doesn't matter, we'll finish them off in the end.' "
Quarterback Micah Coffey has piled up 2,043 passing yards and running back Anthony Scaccia has 1,541 rushing yards for a Bulldogs team that Piron said is playing to extend its time together more than for a shot at state championship glory next week at Huskie Stadium.
"The guys don't break and say, 'Win state!' or anything like that, it's one more week, let's have one more week together," Piron said. "It's pretty special when you figure that out at a young age how precious this time is together. So it's cool, very cool."
Best-case scenario for the Titans
Boylan considers itself a run-first program, but you wouldn't know it based on the past couple of weeks.
The Titans have had to be more aggressive than they'd like throwing the ball in difficult conditions because of sluggish starts. Winning is the bottom line, but Cacciatore said the Titans would prefer to control clock in the second half.
"We've run the ball fairly well between [running back Nick Pumilia] and [Croft], but the defenses the last few weeks have chosen to take that away, so we've had to capitalize by throwing the ball," Cacciatore said. "That's never the plan going in."
Cacciatore is especially leery of being put in too many have-to-pass spots against Moffatt and the Bulldogs' secondary.
"The secondary looks outstanding," Cacciatore said of Batavia. "Probably the tallest and fastest secondary we've seen, and the linebackers don't look like some of the linebackers around here. They look like they're all built to run and run fast, and beat you up in space."
Batavia's vaunted offense finally cooled off a bit against Lake Forest, but Cacciatore knows tremendous efforts will be required from defensive leaders such as middle linebacker Zack Mathews (6-1, 230), brothers Graham and Quinn Smolirski in the secondary and defensive lineman Ian Riggs – all seniors – to keep the Bulldogs from a scoring pace that Boylan can't match.
Jay Schwab's prediction: Batavia 27, Boylan 20
Batavia has faced a better schedule, wields more playmakers on both sides of the ball and will start the more seasoned quarterback.
Still, earning a spot in the Class 6A state title game won't be easy – nor should it be – in a road game against a proud and athletic team that consistently has found ways to dig itself out of trouble.


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To: Teacher2Teacher Public Discussion
Date: 2007021814:32:34
Subject: Re: Vectors - dot.product and cross product
On 2001062117:39:50, John Oke wrote: >I have a lot of difficulty in understanding the meaning and >computation of dot.products and cross products. My other problem is >being able to state the angle between a line and a plane. Is it >possible to explain these in easy terms/words for an average student. >I shall be verygrateful > There is a wealth of information on dot and cross product on the web. I too, have always wanted a better understanding of these two vector operations. Go to Google and search for "Cross Product." Lots of information. I have a TI-89 and this calculator has cross product built in and it also has dot product (I have to use magnifying glass to see TI-89 screen). In fact just the other day, I happened to look at a Cliff Notes book for linear algebra and saw cross product explained and that brought back college days memories when I was first exposed to what I though was very abstract. I happened to look in my TI-89 book and saw that it could do cross product. Then a few days later, I talked to a pre med student at a major university who was also having some difficulty with cross product. I mentioned that the TI-89 could do this operation. The student was surprised because they used that model in class. After reading your post, I looked on Google and searched for cross product with TI -89 and came up with this at: http://www.tcc.edu/faculty/webpages/PGordy/Egr140/CrossDot.pdf "Determining cross products and dot products by hand: P x Q = (1i + 2j + 3k) x (5i + 0j - 1k) = 5(i x i) + 0(i x j) - 1(i x k) +10(j x i) + 0(j x j) - 2(j x k) + 15(k x i) + 0(k x j) - 3(k x k) = 5(0) + 0(k) - 1(-j) + 10(-k) + 0(0) - 2(i) + 15(j) + 0(-i) - 3(0) = -2i + 16j - 10k = (-2,16,-10) P • Q = (1i + 2j + 3k) • (5i + 0j - 1k) = (1)(5) + (2)(0) + (3)(-1) = 5 + 0 - 3 = 2" That is the first time that I have seen this hand method. The pattern is easy to follow. On the TI 89, I went to Math, Vector ops, cross product and did this: crossP( [ 1, 2, 3 ] , [ 5, 0, -1 ] ) enter and the answer comes up. The above PDF paper says use catalog. I didn't try that. One web site said use the TI-89 for homework if need be, but it was not allowed on exams. Too easy! The cross product has application in electicity and magnetisim. In the early days electricity and magnetisim were separate fields and Oersted discovered in a class that if a compass is parrallel to a wire with current flow, the needle would swing to a right angle position. Thus, electricity and magnetisim were related. I have also seen cross product used in mechanics courses.
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Ohio prisons cracking down on smuggled cellphones
- Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LEBANON, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections says it is cracking down on cellphones smuggled into the state's prisons.
The state has spent more than $300,000 in the past year to buy electronic equipment used to detect cellphones, which inmates are not allowed to possess. They're being used in the state's 28 prison facilities and four regional parole offices.
The Dayton Daily News (http://bit.ly/1hvtQBI ) reports that traditional detection methods turned up 483 cell phones in Ohio prisons last year, but many more likely go undetected.
Lebanon Correctional Institution Warden Ernie Moore says cellphones behind bars are dangerous because they give inmates the ability to continue criminal activity from the inside.
Popular smuggling methods include using books and hefty legal documents with sections cut out to hold a phone.
Information from: Dayton Daily News, http://www.daytondailynews.com


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Fandango: Over 1,000 Half-Blood Prince Showings Now Sold Out
Jul 13, 2009
HBP Film
Internet movie ticket retailer Fandango sent us a press release that had a few eye opening statistics, including noting that now over 1,000 screenings of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince due to open tomorrow at midnight have now sold out. "Harry is tracking to match last year's juggernaut, The Dark Knight, in
advance ticket sales," says Rick Butler, Chief Operating Officer of
Fandango. "Showtimes are selling out at a very fast pace, and it's
clear that the film's wider blockbuster appeal, solid word-of-mouth and
positive Internet buzz on Half-Blood Prince are helping fuel the
demand." The piece also points out that Half-Blood Prince is "one of the fastest-selling titles in Fandango's nine year history, on
track to replace Twilight as the company's third top-selling advance
ticketer (following Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith and
The Dark Knight, occupying the #1 and #2 spots, respectively)."


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The Jacksonville Jaguars continued to shore up their depleted secondary by selecting Florida safety Josh Evans in the sixth round of the NFL draft.
The Jaguars used the first pick of the sixth round to get Evans, who led the Gators with 83 tackles last season.
He was the third defensive back selected by the Jaguars in the three-day draft, joining second-round safety Johnathan Cyprien and third-round cornerback Dwayne Gratz.
Jacksonville is trying to replace most of its secondary from last season. The team parted ways with its top four cornerbacks — Derek Cox, Rashean Mathis, Aaron Ross and Will Middleton — as well as strong safety Dawan Landry. The only returning starter is Dwight Lowery, but Evans likely will compete with Lowery and Chris Prosinski for a starting spot.


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Weatherston out for Alloa
Alloa host neighbours Stirling in the Scottish Communities League Cup and they will be missing striker David Weatherston due to an ankle injury.
Eddie Ferns is also absent because of a knee problem, with manager Barry Smith telling his men that they will need to scrap to get through.
Smith said: "This game will have an edge to it and Stirling will be really keen to put one over us as we are in the higher league.
"They have brought in good strikers but I believe that we have players that can hurt them.
"We won well at Arbroath last weekend and it would be nice to do that at home."
Stirling include former Wasp Willie Robertson after he agreed a short-term deal with the Forthbank men and looks set to start as up to six players could be missing.
Injuries definitely rule out Ross McGeachie (foot), Darren Smith (calf), David McClune (calf) and Graham Weir (heel), with both Ross Forsyth and Sandy Cunningham facing fitness tests.
Manager Greig McDonald said: "Both sides had good results last weekend, however we are pretty big underdogs for this one especially as we have a weakened squad.
"The upside is that there is no pressure on us and we can go out and attack Alloa and see where that takes us."
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Crusaders reach AML finals with 49-42 OT win
The Elk County Catholic Crusaders advanced to tonight's Allegheny Mountain League championship game by defeating the DuBois Central Cardinals 49-42 in overtime Friday at the ECCHS gym.The Crusaders will meet the Ridgway Elkers who defeated the Johnsonburg Rams 56-38 last night at Ridgway for the league title. The game is set for 8 p.m. at St. Marys Area High School.After three quarters of play the Crusaders trailed the Cardinals 25-24. In the fourth quarter Elk Catholic outscored DuBois Central 7-6 to knot the game at 31 at the end of regulation on a driving lay up by Tyler Herzing. Neither team scored in the first four minutes of the fourth quarter as DCC's Jake Krause converted a three-point play at the 3:51 mark, 28-24 DCC. Herzing hit a field goal at the 1:35 mark, 28-26. DuBois Central called a timeout at the 1:03 mark with the ball. Dan Fitzpatrick sank one of two foul shots for DCC, 29-26. Ricky Pearsall scored for ECC with 24 seconds remaining, 29-28. Chris Marshall of the Cardinals sank two foul shots giving DCC the 31-28 lead with 18 seconds left. Herzing sank one of two foul shots with 11 seconds remaining, 31-29. Marshall was fouled with 10 seconds left and missed a foul shot with Pearsall getting the rebound. Herzing hit the field goal with three seconds to force overtime.In the overtime period, Elk outscored DuBois 18-11. The Crusaders were able to convert 14 of 18 foul shots in the four minute overtime."It was a good win. The kids are finding a way to win," said ECCHS coach Aaron Straub."We were fortunate to put down some free throws in overtime to beat an exceptional team," said Straub."We'll learn a lot from this game. We are proud to be playing in the championship game Saturday," added Straub.The Crusaders were led by Ricky Pearsall with 17 points on four twos, two threes and a three for four night from the foul line. Tyler Herzing scored 13 points on three field goals and a seven for 11 night from the foul line.DuBois Central was led by Chris Marshall with 17 points on seven field goals and a three for four night from the foul line. Jake Krause was next with seven points.Pearsall gave Elk the first points of the game on a putback. Marshall answered for DCC. ECC's Darren Simons scored with Marshall converting a three-point play, 5-4, DCC. A three by Pearsall gave Elk the 7-5 lead. Marshall tied the game at seven. Krause gave DCC the 9-7 lead. Herzing and Brad Gallagher traded buckets as DCC led 11-9 after the first period.Brock LaBue scored for DCC to open the second period. A three by Simons made it 13-12. Ben Daghir's field goal made the score 14-13, ECC. LaBue scored on a putback, 15-14. Pearsall hit a three, 17-15, ECC. Marshall hit a field goal to tie the game at 17 at the half.Mitchel Haberberger of ECC sank two foul shots to give the Crusaders the 19-17 lead. DuBois went up 23-19 as Fitzpatrick, Krause and Marshall each scored field goals. A three by Ben Daghir made it 23-22. Marshall increased the DCC lead to 25-22 with a field goal. Two foul shots by Luke Daghir cut the DCC lead to 25-24 at the end of three quarters.Elk Catholic outscored DCC 7-6 in the fourth quarter to force overtime. The overtime opened with Pearsall scoring off a steal. Herzing added two foul shots, a field goal and two more foul shots giving Elk the 38-31 lead. Simons sank two foul shots before Pentz scored DCC's first points in overtime on a foul shot with 1:42 left. Ben Daghir sank a foul shot before Marshall hit a field goal, 41-34. Herzing sank one of two foul shots with Pentz answering with a field goal for DCC, 42-36. Herzing sank two more foul shots with Fitzpatrick hitting a three, 44-39. Pearsall sank two foul shots with Simons adding two more, 48-39. A.J. Nesbit hit a three for DCC, 48-42. Pearsall sank a foul shot to close out the scoring with Elk on top 49-42.Game notesThe Crusaders are now 19-4 on the year.Tonight's game is scheduled for an 8 p.m. start between the Crusaders and the Elkers.DCCHS 42A.J. Nesbitt 0-1-0-0-3, Brock LaBue 2-0-0-0-4, Chris Marshall 7-0-3-4-17, Jake Krause 3-0-1-1-7, Brad Gallagher 1-0-0-0-2, Taylor Pentz 1-0-1-2-3, Dan Fitzpatrick 1-1-1-6-6. Totals 15-2-6-13-42.ECCHS 49Ricky Pearsall 4-2-3-4-17, Tyler Herzing 3-0-7-11-13, Ben Crowe 0-0-0-0-0, Eric Wehler 0-0-0-0-0, Darren Simons 1-1-4-4-9, Mitchel Haberberger 0-0-2-3-2, Ben Daghir 1-1-1-2-6, Luke Daghir 0-0-2-2-2. Totals 9-4-19-26-49.Score by quartersDCCHS 11 6 8 6 11 42ECCHS 9 8 7 7 18 49


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Carter sets career scoring mark for CS Bakersfield
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) -- Stephon Carter became the career scoring leader at Cal State Bakersfield on Saturday night, sparking an 82-71 victory over Cal State San Marcos.
A field goal with 12:13 left in the game put Carter over the top. He finished with 23 points to give him 1,530 for his career, surpassing the previous mark of 1,521, by Kenny Warren.
Cal State Bakersfield raised its record to 9-15 as an independent as Brandon Barnes scored 20 points and grabbed nine rebounds. Trevor White scored 14 points and Javante Manor added 12.
Cal State San Marcos classified this game as an exhibition. It was led by Danny Redmon, who scored 16 points. Jose Rivera scored 11 and Quincy Larson added 10.