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JSR 109: Web Services Inside of J2EE Appsby Al Saganich
Over the last six months, a number of standards have begun to emerge in the areas of Web services' lifecycles, security measures, collaborations, and transactions. JSRs have emerged to begin the process of defining, in a standard way, the different aspects of how Web services might be supported in a J2EE-compliant application server.
JSR 109 specifically discusses local client access to Web services, server lifecycle, and deployment of Web services. JSRs 104, 105, and 106 combine to describe various aspects of Web services security, including APIs for trust services, digital signatures, and encryption. JSRs 156 and 157 define a basis for supporting transactions and collaborations between Web services, including support for 2PC (JTA) and business-style transactions. In this article, we will examine the intent of JSR 109 and examine its impact on Web services implemented in a J2EE environment.
JSR 109: Web Services For J2EE
Current specification status: Version 0.3
(public review version 1.0) dated 15-April-2002.
Introducing JSR 109
Over the past few years, J2EE has emerged as the dominant standard for serving up information on the Web. A large number of standards have evolved, of which Web services is one of the most recent, to place application functionality behind Web front ends. First there were servlets and JSP, as well as stateless session Enterprise Java Beans. Over time, the EJB specification changed and grew to support stateful, then entity, and eventually message-based semantics.
Its only logical to assume the J2EE arena will continue to grow and evolve. JSR 109 is one of the latest specifications to expand J2EE support into new areas. JSR 109 effectively defines how a J2EE application server could be expanded to provide native support for deploying, managing, and accessing Web services in a standard fashion.
Specifically, JSP 109 covers a number of important areas:
- Client-side programming model -- how J2EE applications can access Web services as if they were "traditional" remote objects.
- Server-side programming model -- how Web services can be implemented as servlets and stateless session EJBs and their lifecycle.
- Web service deployment and deployment descriptors -- how Web services might be deployed in a compliant application server.
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In this article, we will examine various areas of JSP 109 to understand the benefit of each. But as you read this article, please remember that specifications are designed to describe a solution to a problem. Often we look at a technology and think only in terms of what it does, losing sight of the problem it was meant to solve. As we read specifications, we should continue to ask, "What problem does this solve?" A specification should describe a solution to a problem, without being too broad or too narrow in scope.
First and foremost, JSP 109 attempts to define a programming model for implementing Web services so that outwardly, they appear exactly the same to the calling application, regardless of how they were implemented. Because Web services are controlled and defined by many other specifications, JSR 109 cannot require any changes beyond the scope of how a Web service is implemented and deployed in a compliant application server. We'll look at the various aspects of the development and deployment model shortly.
In addition, JSP 109 attempts to define a client-side programming model that mimics other J2EE programming models; developers familiar with "traditional" remote methodologies will be familiar with JSR 109. By "traditional," we mean that JSR 109 defines a client-side programming model that is consistent with other J2EE applications, uses JNDI, etc., to obtain access to a remote interface and then call into the object it references.
Note: A number of members of the voting Web services communities, such as Sun and BEA, have expressed significant reservations with the scope of JSR 109. For a complete review of comments, see the voting page.
Client Programming Model
The purpose of the client-side programming model of JSR 109 is to clearly define how Java applications might access a Web service locally in a manner similar to how EJB access works today. The problem is one of complexity. Other JSRs define mechanisms for accessing Web services not residing locally within an application server; however, such methods add a significant level of programming complexity to client applications. Accessing a Web service from within the application server that defines it should be a straightforward process. The client-side programming model in JSR 109 defines a mechanism for accessing a locally-deployed Web service in a simple and well-understood manner.
Three Models
JSR 109 defines three specific client programming models -- client-managed port access, container-managed port access, and dynamic port access. We will be concentrating on client-managed access, which defines an interface, based on the original WSDL, to the Web service. Using client-managed access, an application requests a port to a specific interface. Container-managed port access acts much like client-managed, except that the container manages calls to the instance directly, and the client requests a generic port that might be used to access multiple different instances.
A Note on Ports
Before we jump into accessing a Web service, we must first understand the concept of ports. A port is effectively an instance of a Web service. A client application accessing a Web service must ask a service interface for access to the service, at which point the application server might either serve up an existing instance or create a new instance to handle the request. Readers familiar with EJB programming will find the client-side programming model for JSR 109 very familiar.
With dynamic port access, no prior knowledge of the WSDL definition is required, and calls are generated on the fly. While significantly more robust, dynamic access to any object hasn't proven to be very useful in real-world applications. In the future -- if or when dynamic programming becomes more prevalent -- such access methods will prove valuable. For the remainder of this article, we will work with the more traditional container-managed port access model, where a definition of the Web service interface is known to the client beforehand. We'll look at client-managed and container-managed port access later.
Step 1: First we obtain an
as we would in any JNDI client application. (The specifics of JNDI
are beyond the scope of this article. Interested readers are directed to the
Javasoft JNDI tutorial.)
When we examine the Web services deployment, we will understand the specifics
of the actual name used to access the Web service; until then, we'll need to
take the Web services name on faith. Clearly the application server would need
to ensure that the actual Web service was bound into the JNDI tree.
Example 1. Client-managed port access.
00 InitialContent ic = new InitialContext();
01 SomeSpecificServiceInterface srv = (SomeSpecificServiceInterface)ic.lookup
02 ServiceInstance si = (SomeSpecificService)srv.getServiceInstancePort();
If we look closely at this snippet, we see a traditional JNDI lookup on line
00. On line
01, we obtain an specific instance of a generic
object interface. All services are required to implement the
Services interface,
which defines a number of common methods for accessing a service, such as returning
specific instances. Anyone familiar with the EJB specification will see the resemblance
between a
Services interface and an EJB home interface. On line
02, we then
obtain an instance of a remote object, which defines the actual method calls
on the instance of the object.
Client-managed port access is typically used when a Web services definition
is completely known at development time. If for some reason the application
server could not return an instance supporting the cast operation on line
an exception would be thrown.
Example 2. Container-managed port access.
00 InitialContent ic = new InitialContext();
01 Service srv = (Service)ic.lookup
02 ServiceInstance si = (SomeSpecificService)srv.getPort();
Example 2 differs only slightly from Example 1. Specifically, on line
01, we now request a generic instance of the object. No interface was specified,
so the container is free to return any appropriate available instance
that matches the requested JNDI name. Line
02 also differs in that we use a
getPort() call rather
then a specific named
get<some port>Port
call, as we did in Example 1.
The specification states that container-managed port access might be used when
the client only accesses the Service definition for the object.
02 then
assumes that the client knows about a specific interface that the service might
not support. If the container did not understand the requested cast, an exception
would be thrown at run time. More likely, the client did not have a complete
WSDL definition at build time, and therefore cannot use the
get<some port>Port() method, but
rather the client would cast the appropriate instance type --
a seemingly more likely possibility.
Server Programming Model
The server programming model is perhaps the most important aspect of JSR 109. The ability to understand how a Web service behaves during the various phases of its lifecycle allows the Web service developer to create services that behave predictably under a variety of conditions. The EJB specification defines the lifecycle for the various EJB types. JSR 109 goes to the next level and extends the EJB model to define how Web services act in a Web services container. JSR 109's treatment of server programming is an attempt to solve the problem of consistency of behavior.
A Quick Background Note
Web applications and EJBs normally execute inside of "containers." A container provides all of the services that the EJB or Web application might require at runtime. Transaction, JNDI, JDBC, and similar services are all provided through the container. Normally, there are two types of containers within an application server -- Web application and EJB containers. Both offer similar services, such as lifecycle management, for the object in question, but differ slightly, based on what service they provide. Web application containers know how to load servlets; EJB containers know how to load EJBs.
Before we get into the specifics of JSP 109, let's understand what is required to support Web services in a J2EE-compliant manner. First and foremost, the implementation of a Web service should be transparent to the client. The fact that a Web service is implemented within an application server in Java should in no way change the client's view of the service behavior. Additionally, we'd like to be able to use our Web service on a variety of application servers. Thus, the programming model should be portable and robust, to support both today's implementations and those of tomorrow.
Of lesser, but still high, importance is seamless integration with existing J2EE services, such as JDBC. We'd like our Web services to be able to take advantage of the advances already available in J2EE in a simple way, without compromising the integrity of the service itself.
With these goals in mind, JSP 109 defines two specific support areas for Web services: stateless session bean and servlets. JSR 109 is disappointing in that message-driven beans are clearly omitted without explanation. Message beans allow for scalable asynchronous messaging, an important aspect of Web services. While the behavior of message beans can be simulated with either a stateless session bean or a servlet, additional coding is required.
Ports are an important concept within Web services, and JSR 109 defines how ports are mapped to services within a J2EE application server. Ports within a Web service are similar in concept to instances in a JVM.
- WSDL: The definition of the Web service APIs. WSDL isn't really a part of the Web service, but rather defines how the Web service can interact.
- Service Definition Interface (SDI): The SDI for a Web service defines the actual methods supported by the service. Remember, service definition is separate from service implementation.
- Service Implementation: The actual implementation of the Web service. In JSR 109, this is either a stateless session EJB or a servlet. Normally, a service implements the SDI directly and may or may not actually implement the Java interface defined by the SDI.
- Security Roles: While JSR 109 touches on security roles, it effectively inherits security role behavior from the servlet and EJB specifications.
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The proposals of opposition parties to punish top government officials with pay cuts in the face of the nation's economic slowdown and rising unemployment have garnered wide support from people looking for a more competent government and a better life, regardless of political affiliation. Unfortunately, the proposals were voted down in the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT)-dominated Legislative Yuan on Friday.
Of course, people understand that cutting the salaries of top officials will not help to boost Taiwan's economy. They also realize that the government must urgently cut back unnecessary spending, adopt reform measures and push forward policies that set people's livelihoods as the top priority.
However, the support for the pay-cuts proposals reflects the public's mounting disappointment over the government's handling of economic issues and sends a clear message that the government needs to feel some of the public's pain during the current economic downturn.
The issue has once again raised concerns about political bickering only two weeks after the legislature voted down a motion of no confidence against Premier Sean Chen (陳冲) in a measure initiated by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Whether opposition parties will table more proposals to challenge President Ma Ying-jeou's (馬英九) government remains to be seen. However, what is clear is that constant political confrontation does not help the economy.
Former president Lee Teng-hui (李登輝) offered a thoughtful remark on Friday about a possibly negative effect of the opposition's proposals to cut high-ranking government officials' salaries. Doing so, Lee said, would badly damage their morale and discourage them from serving the country because their salaries are already lower than those of their peers in other countries.
According to local media reports, Lee said the solution to the nation's economic woes did not lie in redressing the performance of top government officials, who were the same people serving the country when he was president. Instead, the real solution is to ask the government to implement economic measures efficiently and, more importantly, demand new leadership, he was quoted as telling the press.
In reality, asking top government officials to take a pay cut during difficult times may represent some basic democratic principles, such as asking top officials to bear their share of responsibility. With most of the public suffering during this economic downturn, there is no reason why top officials should be immune from such suffering.
On the other hand, this practice could also be a bad bet given the difficulties the government already faces in recruiting professionals and nurturing talent. If such a situation continues, the government will be left with only mediocre and incompetent officials.
With these factors in mind and putting politics aside, the government should realize that one way to make decisionmaking more efficient and competent is to replace poorly performing Cabinet officials in charge of economy-related departments with officials who have more economic sense and expertise. This is something on which lawmakers across party lines — including KMT legislators Ting Shou-chung (丁守中) and Lo Shu-lei (羅淑蕾) — have agreed.
Another option is a complete Cabinet reshuffle, which will demand a bold and resolute premier who is able to remove incapable ministers, even in defiance of opposition from his own boss.

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A distant hello
Have almost blogged for half a year now, didn't want to make a big production of this celebration. Will have a small do at home, some deep fried swans and some oysters, per usual. Fancy a stroll down the wild side? Why not visit two New York based Artist.First Tommy Kane with wonderful studies of New York and the world. Then the russian born Peter Oumanski with his Poetic drawings and sketchbooks.
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Neuroscience has transformed itself into a highly interdisciplinary science rooted in biology that integrates psychology, chemistry, physics, computer science, philosophy, math, engineering, and just about every other type of science that we know of. Botany? Synthesis of new drugs. Oceanography? Animal models. I'm sure there must be some science that neuroscience hasn't touched, but I can't think of one.
Since its inception, neuroscience has gotten its grubby little fingers all over the science community. Now, it's not clear whether the recent flood into even more fields is the result of ambitious forward thinkers or crafty businessmen, but either way, "neuro" as a prefix is popping up everywhere. While some of these up-and-coming fields show promise or, at least, raise interesting questions, others are less convincing…
Neuromarketing: Studies consumers' sensorimotor, cognitive, and affective response to marketing stimuli
How: fMRI, EEG, eye tracking and GSR (Galvanic Skin Response)
Why: Provides information on what a consumer reacts to. (For example, is it the color, sound, or feel or a product that drew you to it?)
Does it hold water? The neuromarketing firms say so, but there's minimal peer-reviewed published data to support their claims
Neuroeconomics: Studies decision making under risk and uncertainty, inter-temporal choices (decision that have costs and benefits over time), and social decision making
How: fMRI, PET, EEG, MEG, recordings of ERP and neurotransmitter concentrations, in addition to behavioral data over various design parameters
Why: Some facets of economic behaviors are not completely explained by mainstream economics (expected utility, rational agents) or behavioral economics (heuristics, framing)
Does it hold water? The field has emerged as a respectable one, with centers for neuroeconomic study at many highly regarded universities
Neurolaw: Integrates neuroscientific data with the proceedings of the legal system
How: MRI, fMRI, PET
Why: Supporters believe reliable neuroscientific data can elucidate the truth behind human actions
Does it hold water? TBD. Lie detectors and predictive measures are not yet refined enough to make any real claims. However, the insanity defense (in which a defendant can claim that a neurological illness robbed him or her of the capacity to control his or her behavior) can clear defendants of criminal liability. In addition, the ethics of sentencing and lawmaking with neuroscientific data falls in a grey area.
Neuropolitics: Studies the neurological effects of political messages as well as the characteristics of political people
How: fMRI, GSR
Why: To asses the physical effect of political messages . Also, are liberals and conservatives mechanically different?
Does it hold water? Probably not, but everyone likes a little neuro-babble.
I'm sure this is only the beginning of the neuro______ revolution.
Brain Scans as Mind Readers? Don't Believe the Hype. – Wired.com
The Brain on the Stand – NYTimes.com
Why is every neuropundit such a raging liberal? – Slate.com
Neuroeconomics – Wikipedia
Neuromarketing – Wikipedia
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However, we as a company, as well as several individual employees, have received humbling awards and recognition in 2012. We are so very thankful to our loyal customers for bringing our hard working associates recognition they truly deserve. We are proud to share a few of the accolades awarded to LSB and our associates this past year.
Steve Tscherter, President / CEO, Lincoln Savings Bank
Honored as a 2012 Business Hall of Fame Laureates for Junior Achievement
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Vice President, Mortgage Lending, LSB Mortgage
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The Harvard women's swimming and diving team looks to wrap up a perfect Ivy League dual season and claim the league's head-to-head title as it takes on rivals Yale and Princeton in the annual HYP meet Saturday evening at 5 p.m. at Princeton's DeNunzio Pool.
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Live results of the meet will be available here.
The Trophy Case
The 2008-09 Crimson captured the Ivy League and ECAC meet championships but suffered a dual loss to the Tigers in last season's HYP meet. Harvard is eager to defend its Ivy meet title but would like to first claim the Ivy dual crown. The Crimson last won the dual title in 2005-06, when it posted head-to-head records of 10-0 overall and 7-0 against Ivy League competition. In each year since, an HYP split has left Harvard with a 6-1 final Ivy record.
Battle of Unbeatens
All three teams enter Saturday's meet with flawless league records and a share of the lead in the Ivy League standings. Harvard (5-0, 5-0 Ivy League) is finishing its Ancient Eight schedule and can therefore clinch the league dual title outright with an HYP sweep. Princeton (4-0, 4-0) has a meet remaining with Columbia, while Yale (6-1, 4-0) will take on Brown later. A sweep by the Tigers or Bulldogs would clinch them a share of the dual championship.
The Best Around
The HYP meet will likely decide the Ivy League's dual champion, and it serves as a preview of the Ivy League Championships at the end of next month. An HYP team has won 31 of the previous 33 league titles and 26 of the 33 Ivy meet championships. (The league champion was determined by the dual standings from 1983-96.) The Crimson and Tigers have occupied the top two team positions at Ivies for each of the last seven years.
Last Time Out
Harvard celebrated Senior Day with a sweep of all 13 events en route to a 177-66 win against Brown in the Crimson's final home Ivy League dual meet Saturday. Alexandra Clarke (1,000-yard freestyle, 100 butterfly) and Kate Mills (200 free, 400 individual medley) won two individual events each. Katy Hinkle played a part in three total event wins (50 free, 200 medley relay, 200 free relay).
Scouting the Bulldogs
Yale comes in without a league loss but on the heels of a stinging non-conference defeat at the hands of Navy, 151-149, Saturday. Navy rallied in the final yards of the final event, the 400 free relay, to hand the Bulldogs their first loss. Susan Kim leads the Eli swimmers. She captured the 100 and 200 breaststrokes and the 200 IM against Navy and is the defending Ivy champion in both breaststrokes. The Yale roster also features Hayes Hyde, last year's Ivy 200 fly champ.
Scouting the Tigers
Harvard's Ivy championship last season ended Princeton's three-year run as league meet champion, but the Tigers are still clinging to a three-year streak as dual titlists. Princeton has won all four of its dual meets and claimed a team title at the Bucknell Invitational this season. The Tigers' most recent win came Sunday at Dartmouth, 169-126, as Princeton posted 12 event wins. There are two defending Ivy individual champions on this year's edition of the Tigers, Alicia Aemisegger (500 free, 1,650 free, 400 IM) and Courtney Kilkuts (200 IM).
History Lesson
The Crimson defeated Yale, 232-87, and fell to Princeton, 170.5-148.5, in last season's HYP meet at Blodgett Pool. Harvard had at least three of the top five finishers in eight of the 15 individual events and finished with a 1-2 finish in the 400-yard freestyle relay. Kate Mills set a school record in the 200 free with a time of 1:47.42 that she would eclipse at Ivies. She joined Katy Hinkle (50 free) and Meghan Leddy (200 backstroke) as winners of individual events. Susan Kim was Yale's lone event winner, in the 100 breast. Alicia Aemisegger led Princeton with wins in the 200 fly, 500 free and 1,000 free.
Coming Attractions
Harvard sees its final head-to-head action of the season when it welcomes Boston neighbor Northeastern to Blodgett Feb. 12.


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Manchester United duo Jesse Lingard and Michael Keane have extended their loan stay at Leicester City until January 2nd.
The pair both moved to the King Power Stadium on a one-month deal at the start of November, and experienced differing fortunes for the Npower Championship title contenders.
Lingard, a 19-year-old attacking midfielder, featured four times for Nigel Pearson's side before briefly returning to the Red Devils to play in Monday night's U21 draw against Southampton.
Keane, a 19-year-old centre back, injured his hamstring on debut against Bolton Wanderers, and returned to Old Trafford for treatment on the injury.
The defender is close to full fitness however, and will join his teammate in returning to the Midlands.
Both players are available for six games over the festive period, with the Foxes taking on Barnsley, Millwall, Cardiff City, Hull City Burnley and Huddersfield Town in the next 27 days.
Manchester United have also confirmed today that winger Robbie Brady will stay with Hull City until the same date in January.
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AMD has found significant performance increases through its Mantle tech, which gives games more-direct access to the GPU, rather than going through APIs like OpenGL and DirectX, which can be bottlenecked by CPUs. The approach is being adapted for DirectX 12, which promises to be a low-level "console-like" API that also enables devs to "fully exploit the GPU."
Of course, DX12 won't be fully deployed until next year. That isn't stopping NVIDIA from trying to offer its own solution to compete with Mantle.
The new GeForce 337.50 Beta Performance Drivers promise optimizations of up to 71%, according to NVIDIA's own benchmarks. The performance gains come from being "laser-focused" on DirectX efficiency. Specifically, the new driver aims at reducing CPU overhead and increasing GPU utilization--much like Mantle.
Perhaps the most significant difference between NVIDIA and AMD's approach is that developers won't need to use a different API and all games that support DX11 will benefit on all DX11-capable cards from NVIDIA. "Unlike our competitor's API solution, the DirectX 11 enhancements in 337.50 Beta benefit all GeForce GTX DirectX 11 GPUs, not just the latest and greatest graphics cards," the company says, taking an obvious jab at AMD.
Gains will vary depending on your CPU, GPU, OS, and system configuration, but everyone should experience "some degree of enhancement." For NVIDIA card owners, perhaps now is a good time to do some benchmarking of your own.


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i about to install the castle 2400kv motor in an was wondering if any of you guy have done it and had pictures? i know that i will have to dremel out that nub cause the castle motor is longer just wondering how to mount the esc. thanks
Sorry no pics but i used a piece of foam out of a traxxas aluminum parts package cut to size and ca glued it to the chassis butted up next to the servo at the same height as the torque tube and then double sided tape d the esc to it. I also had to dremel some of the plastic brace for the torque tube so i could get proper gear mesh. Just do a test fit with your pinion and you'll see what i mean.
To fit the Esc, revome the mounting hole,chassis dremel is needed towards the end of the motor, driveshaft side.
My Castle installation
is the shaft in the first pic just a cover
Oh, the esc..
Also, make sure the 1415 is level when you are done. This will ensure you have installed it correctly.
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cool i got a pede 4x4 in a trade with the same motor and esc as piced hope the one im getting looks that good. cant wait till tueday when it gets here
Nice work guys its looks very well done and i bet the power from that setup is mental...peace
Famous last words...watch this!!!!
This is one of the most useful thing I bought, it's a shroud cover by Dusty Motor I bought on ebay.
The only thing is that I had to glue the velcro.
I can run non-stop with a 3s lipo and sand paw on the snow, which I think this can be as hard as riding in tall grass. With a 13t pinion, esc and motor temperature is 125°F and never goes up 145°F (outside temperature: 40°F)
I'm glad to know that I helped!
I'm a bit obsessive, everything must be perfect and bulletproof... But I can say that this shroud cover + the center driveshaft mod + the 1415 2400kv & MMP combo juste make my stampede perfect and bulletproof
how much bigger in length is this compared to the stock vxl? Looking to get the 1415 with an HW sc8 esc
I already have many ''must'' upgrade, inlcuding the bullet poof mips
The velineon of the stampede is 36mm diameter, 55mm long and the 1415 is the same diameter but 69.5mm long.
You are right, MIP is the no. 1 upgrade to do on a stampede. But the the list of upgrade to make a perfect RC would be endless...
That's an HR motor plate, with heat sinks on top. Post #3
I really like that HR motor mount and their trademark cooling fins. I have 3 on my 2wd trucks but not on my Rally or Sl4sh.
My Black & Blue Rally is faster than your color...
Quickly did a search... Found it:
Thanks man!
Nice install, I just ordered the same ESC/motor combo
Just get yourself ready for some serious power man.....peace
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Today was the first day I officially drove my pede with my 2400kv mm. Thing is insane. I have te 25c 3s lipo in it right now and have a 3s 40-80c coming which I heard will make a big difference. I can't imagine it's already crAzy!
The official Philly basher
You know me so well Peter LOL
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Awesome motor for the p4de!! Running one myself. 4s lipo will bring a smile to your face but a frown to your wallet lol.


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The E. Philip Saunders College of Business at Rochester Institute of Technology is recognized in the top 100 programs listed in the 2013 Best Undergraduate B-Schools rankings by Bloomberg Businessweek.
Since 1988, Businessweek has published annual rankings of U.S. business school MBA programs, and in 2006, it also started publishing annual rankings of undergraduate business programs.
"Our national rankings help highlight our strengths in developing students," says dt ogilive, dean of Saunders College. "The accessibility of our faculty—combined with students gaining real-world experience through one of the oldest and largest cooperative education programs in the world—allows Saunders graduates to excel among their peers on Day 1, at the start of their careers."
The Saunders undergraduate program has minors in nine business disciplines: accounting, business administration, digital business, entrepreneurship, finance, international business, management, management information systems and marketing. A co-op is required of all business students in their junior and senior year, and students are also encouraged to study abroad as part of their educational experience.
"Our average class sizes are much lower than for other schools, and this is one of our strengths," ogilvie notes. "Add to that the accessibility of our faculty members and the small-school attention our students receive while benefiting from being at a large university—which includes elective courses in one of the top student incubators in the country at RIT's Simone Center for Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The Bloomberg Businessweek ranking is one more indicator that we are successfully implementing our plan."
Bloomberg Businessweek surveyed more than 27,000 students from the Class of 2013 at 145 schools, with an average of 32 percent of the class responding at each program. The survey also collected responses from 218 corporate recruiters who hire undergraduate business students.
Note: One of nine colleges at RIT, the E. Philip Saunders College of Business is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB International) and enrolls more than 1,200 undergraduate and graduate students. The Saunders College and its entrepreneurial Venture Creations Incubator work in partnership with RIT's Albert J. Simone Center for Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship to integrate business education with RIT's world leading technical and creative programs. Graduate programs include Master of Business Administration, MBA-Accounting, Executive MBA and master's degrees in finance and administration.


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It has been said that the reason doctors and surgeons have not embraced simulated training to the same degree as airline pilots is because they don't "go down" with their patients. The implicit message is that pilots have an incentive to utilize the very best training tools.
This distinction is important because as 3-D display and virtual reality technology continues to improve it will soon reach a point where it is just as good if not better than current training techniques. The U.S. military has already embraced virtual reality training to prepare soldiers before they go into actual combat because it has been demonstrated to save lives. The same will soon be true in the health care industry, but first doctors and surgeons (and the medical institutions that train them) will need to unlearn existing training methods which they have relied on for the past many decades.
This lesson in unlearning is not, however, limited to the health care sector. As this article suggests, innovative leaders in the automotive industry are already embracing the technology. There is no reason educators and professionals in a host of other industries can't do the same.
My question to Future Blogger readers is what other industries you think can benefit from 3-D/virtual reality training.


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James Harden, who has played for the Houston Rockets less than three months, already holds an impressive franchise record, a streak of 14 games with at least 25 points.
The streak is over. The Celtics, called "old, tired and slow" by their coach last week, took a little shine off Harden's run, keeping him just 1 point from making it 15 games with their 103-91 victory at TD Garden Friday night.
Harden was stymied by two of the more dynamic on-ball defenders in the league: Avery Bradley and Courtney Lee.
"That combination with Courtney Lee and Avery together, is one hell of a combination," said the Celtics' Kevin Garnett.
Bradley's return wasn't supposed to save the team. Coach Doc Rivers kept saying that. The players said it.
Six games have passed, the last five in which the Celtics have allowed an average of 84.4 points, and their minds have changed.
"That all starts with the return of Avery Bradley," said Paul Pierce.
Lee, who spent the last two seasons in Houston and averaged 30.3 minutes in 2011-12, may have just needed a push from Bradley to be better in practice, and a push to the bench for the opening tip.
"When we guard each other, we make it hard on each other," Lee said. "They started pressuring me a little bit today, but I was able to deal with it because [Bradley's] pressure is 10 times worse than whatever they're going to do."
Even though he has averaged almost 10 fewer minutes as a reserve, Lee has watched his assists and steals go up and his turnovers go down.
When he entered the game for Bradley on Friday, the Celtics were trailing, 17-8, getting outhustled and beat on transition by a ferocious Rockets team ranked first in the NBA in pace factor, which measures the number of possessions a team has per game.
But with two minutes left in the first quarter, Lee intercepted a pass and raced down to drain a 3-pointer.
Then with five seconds left, Lee picked up a loose ball, sprinted down the floor, and floated a jumper at the buzzer that gave the Celtics a 24-21 lead. They never fell behind again.
No one finished with a higher plus/minus rating than Lee, who helped the Celtics go plus-17 while he was on the floor.
Before Friday, the Celtics had gone 3-7 against teams ranked in the top-10 in pace factor.
"It's time for a change now," Lee said.
"We're new and young," Rivers said. "I thought we were doing way too much thinking on the floor instead of just buying into what we're doing. For whatever reason, it's taken a while."
Defensively against Harden, Lee and Bradley both shined.
Harden turned the ball over six times, just the fifth time in 36 games he has had at least six turnovers.
And when he needed to hit 3-pointers down the stretch, Bradley was in his face. Harden finished 2 for 8.
Once, Bradley appeared to get beat, when Harden made a crossover move that resulted in Bradley falling backward onto the floor.
Asked about the play, Lee said, "When did he get crossed?"
"Listen," Lee said. "He shoved my man and got pushed to the ground. [Harden] didn't even go nowhere.''
Back and forth in practice, the two go at each other. On a team together, they're hard to beat.


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American Guns cancelled
Will sends us a link an article at Fox News that reports the Discovery Channel show, American Guns, has been cancelled as a result of a bunch of Facebook comments;
"I know you all have to make money but would Discovery Channel PLEASE consider ceasing to broadcast the show in the U.K.? Sadly your program makes buying/owning guns seem fun, glamorous, even normal," wrote one. Another tweeted, "Dear Discovery Channel: it's not appropriate showing the program American Guns now!" Another weighed in: "With Discovery shows like 'Sons of Guns', 'American Guns', 'Ted Nugent's Gun Country' etc it's not surprising how guns r seen as acceptable."
It's terrible that gun owners were portrayed as "normal", isn't it? The Facebook comments have been dumped down the Memory Hole, but there are scads of recent comments from people who support the show.
I DVR'd the show to watch on weekends because they did work on some pretty unique projects. Some of the clips are still available on the website but the episodes have been removed.
The representative of Discovery with whom Fox talked wouldn't link the show's cancellation to the shooting last week, but Fox notes that the popularity of the show was on an upswing;
The show had a 50 percent ratings increase for its second season premiere, and one of its stars, Renee Wyatt, recently said she would "definitely" be interested in returning for season three.
So, you know, read what you want into that.
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Near the quiet pool lies a lagoon-style 4.5-meter-deep (15-ft) scuba-diving pool measuring approximately 15 by 15 meters (50 by 50 ft) containing an artificial reef and connecting to a 100-meter-long (109-yard) shallow channel for beginning divers. An independent watersports center, AquaWorld, offers beginner, refresher, and certification diving courses (surcharges).
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Friday, August 24, 2007
Red River Rivalry: Dangerous To Your Scrotum
A Texas fan who walked into an Oklahoma City bar wearing a Longhorn t-shirt was viciously attacked by an Oklahoma Sooner fan who tore the man's scrotum.
Yes, you read that correctly: he tore the man's scrotum.
According to the OKNews.com story linked above, the UT fan and a friend entered the bar where they were immediately accosted by Allen Michael Beckett, an alleged OU "fan," who began screaming at the Texas fan, calling him "everything under the sun" for wearing his Longhorn tee into the establishment. After trying to ignore the guy's abuse for 20 minutes, the UT fan and his pal finally just went to the bar to pay their tab and get the hell out of Dodge (or Oklahoma City in this case). But when the UT fan turned around, Beckett grabbed his crotch and refused to let go.
The UT fan hit the Sooner fan several times. Yet even after bar patrons intervened (although being Oklahoma, the story fails to mention whose side they intervened on), Beckett didn't let go the Longhorn fan go until he heard his scrotum tear and blood began to run down his leg.
It took 60 stitches to close the wound. Beckett has been charged with aggravated assault and battery (although they should add hate crime as well. Because if tearing a man's scrotum isn't a hate crime, folks, I don't know what is).
Even worse, we here at the MZone have learned this isn't the first time such a "scrotum attack" has happened to a Texas fan who stumbled into an Oklahoma bar as evidenced by the shocking...
If you're still scrolling down...
...you've been warned.
Just remember, you can't unring a bell.
My sincere apologies for the coffee now dripping off your computer screen.
All kidding aside, I hope authorities throw the book at Beckett...then kick him in the balls as hard as humanly possible.
P.S. Oh, and to all of you who now want gouge your eyes out with a tongue depressor - just be thankful you didn't have to Photoshop the original picture. Trust me on that one.
(HT: SpankyToes)
12 comments:
- Bo said...
- August 24, 2007 7:42 AM
- Bo said...
- August 24, 2007 7:42 AM
- Bo said...
- August 24, 2007 7:42 AM
- beast in 'bama said...
This calls for Biblical justice. Anybody got Jackie Sherrill's number?
- August 24, 2007 8:42 AM
- beast in 'bama said...
Re: Disturbing Photo - is that Sting?
- August 24, 2007 8:44 AM
- surrounded in columbus said...
ah, maybe i don't want to know, but just what the hell is the baby powder for?? keep the noose from chafing?
- August 24, 2007 8:51 AM
- Mr. Parker said...
Nothing will ruin your day quite like having to get your scrotum stitched up from being ripped apart.
- August 24, 2007 8:55 AM
- Out of Conference said...
I guess the Texas fan should have just said, "I love Crepes" and be done with it.
- August 24, 2007 9:05 AM
- Matt said...
Hmmm. You never really know. Beckett might have actually been a Texas fan who was so glad to see a fellow Longhorn. Sometimes it's just so hard to let go.
I had a nightmare last night that we lost to Illinois.
- August 24, 2007 9:11 AM
- TitleIX said...
you are a sick man
how the F did you find that picture???
personal library?
You Tube?
I mean, seriously....there are some kodak moments NO ONE needs! ;-)
- August 24, 2007 2:33 PM
- buckidrummer said...
I never want to hear another powdered donut complaint again!!
- August 24, 2007 4:32 PM
- MagnumTrojan11 said...
Now I know why everything is bigger in Texas. Streeeeeetch it!
- August 24, 2007 4:40 PM


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That end of January RedC Poll. January 29, 2013Posted by WorldbyStorm in Economy, Irish Politics, The Left.
Seeing as we're thinking about polls, there's something interesting happening at the moment and in a way it's hard to explain. What we appear to be moving towards is a situation where all the broad groups, including Independents and Others, but notably excluding the Labour Party, inhabit zones of support between 15 and 25 per cent. Look at the graph and one can see that since September 2011 after an initial spike in the ratings for Fine Gael – and one delivered overwhelmingly by Independents and Others voters, the general trend has been towards the 15 to 25 area for Sinn Féin, Fianna Fáil and Independents. There have been set-backs. For much of last year those three groups were in the sub-20 position. Sinn Féin has risen above 20 per cent only once in the RedC polls, that in May of last year. But overall, and very oddly, their fortunes seem to be linked.
Interestingly a Sunday Times poll appears to corroborate much of the general trends, with FG at 26 per cent, the LP at 11 per cent, FF at 24 per cent (worth thinking about that) and SF at 19 per cent. That leaves 20 per cent for Others/Independents.
Fine Gael by contrast while never regaining the dizzy heights above 40 per cent seen in May 2011 had managed to make the 30 to 35 per cent band its own until late last year and early this. Now it's dipped sub-30 two polls in a row – and more tellingly across other polls (including the Sunday Times poll).
Labour continues its slow decline, reaching down towards the 10 per cent level that was its lot for much of the past three decades.
Obviously all others do well when FG and LP decline, but note that it is all others. Sinn Féin, Independents and Others and Fianna Fáil. There's still a fairly strong correlation between Fine Gael and Independents and Others, generally when one is up the other is down, look at March and October 2012. This is interesting because it suggests a core of former FG supporters who cannot bring themselves to vote for either SF or Fianna Fáil and will therefore tilt towards Inds/Others. Room there for a right of Fine Gael party? Could be.
Labour's vote, by contrast, is being cannibalised by both Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil, though more the latter than the former. That's interesting too. One would wonder will we see a somewhat more left inflected rhetoric from SF in light of that? But if we are reaching the core LP vote then that would suggest some limits on SF's rise, for can it hope to gain more support from more dyed-in-the-wool LP supporters. But that also suggests limits on FFs support too. For FG has reached its traditional poll ratings of the pre-2011 period. Perhaps FF can pull votes from there. But perhaps not.
More likely all parties will consider the Independents and Others and wonder how they can prise away support from what now constitutes 1 in 5 voters. And that's an odd bloc to put it mildly. Is it the fact there are so many Independents now that they have a much higher profile before and even if in opposition seem to be a credible part of the system – whatever they actually are happening to do? Or is it that this is a reservoir of the undecideds, or those merely waiting the moment to trip back to FF? Hard to know, but one would have thought that at this stage that vote would be a lot softer than it appears to be currently.
Granted it's not quite as simple as an LP to SF and FF transfer of support. Votes will come from (almost) everywhere and go (almost) everywhere in different numbers. But it's not unreasonable to suggest that this is probably the major dynamic at work because LP votes are going somewhere.
Why now? Pat Leahy suggests in the SBP that the effects of the Budget have come into sharp focus this month and consequently people are exercising their ire at the Labour Party. He also asks where can the upward rise of Fianna Fáil stop.
You've got to think that the legacy of the bust and the bailout means that huge swathes of voters are lost to Fianna Fáil for ever. But where's the ceiling? 25 per cent? 30 per cent?
And he notes that the growth of SF while 'more uneven' is 'still a clear trend in the long term'. It's difficult not to think that SF is now occupying the ground that the LP did – however briefly from late 2008 onwards where the latter party was achieving on occasion ratings in the mid-20s and sometimes even higher again. All part of the volatility that now makes up normal political life in the Republic, but still remarkable.
Richard Colwell from RedC in the same paper makes the point that in Dublin Labour has been overtaken by Sinn Féin. That's a problem too for the LP.
Leahy believes this year is 'make or break' for the coalition. On the face of it, given these poll ratings, hard to disagree. Where next?
Meanwhile, Adrian Kavanagh on Political Reform suggests the following outcome were an election held with these ratings.
Fine Gael 56, Labour 15, Fianna Fail 38, Sinn Fein 25, Independents, Green Party, United Left Alliance and Others 24.
He thinks that both the RedC and Sunday Times poll results point to only an FG and FF coalition having sufficient seats to govern without the need of third parties or Independents. That would certainly make for a most interesting period ahead. And for those of us on the left a worrying one.
By the by, Paddy Healy on Political Reform asks a most interesting question, whether Patrick Nulty et al will run as LP candidates at the next election?
Finally I've noted before that for FG hitting sub-30 was problematic and it now appears to have lapsed to that level. But there's another milestone, or is it a rubicon ahead. When and if FG is overtaken by Fianna Fáil, difficult but by no means an impossibility if Leahy's thoughts about a potential ceiling on FF's vote being 30 per cent or so are correct then that will provide problems not just for that party as a party but for the leadership of Enda Kenny.
And what shape the Irish political landscape then? Consider a situation where FF was on 30 per cent or so, FG in the mid-20s or so, Sinn Féin on 20 per cent and the LP on 10 per cent. That would leave but 14 per cent for Independents.
Interesting times? Too interesting.
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NAUMANN, Gustavo; LLANO, María P. e VARGAS, Walter M.. Climatology of three days precipitation in La Plata Basin. Meteorologica [online]. 2012, vol.37, n.1, pp.27-36. ISSN 1850-468X.
A climatology of various properties of precipitation in intervals of three days is developed. This climatology has a particular importance for the extended forecast of precipitation. Therefore the main objective of this climatology is the development and the initiation of extended forecasts of 6 to 10 days in terms of probabilities divided into categories. For this, the frequencies of days with precipitation in three days windows are analyzed. Each frequency of zero days of precipitation for day i is the result of a lack of rainfall in three days moving windows centered on i, in the same way the frequencies are obtained up to three days with precipitation, respectively. We used data from 94 stations in a common period (1959-1998) in the study area. Annual waves of the properties obtained for precipitation and their synthesis are studied through harmonic decomposition. A vector representation of the defining properties of harmonic analysis is propose, such as date of occurrence of the maximum (phase) and amplitude. Finally, special emphasis is placed on the study of extreme precipitation events, such as the annual march of the maximum represented by the 90th percentile of daily precipitation.
Palavras-chave : Climatology; Daily precipitation; Probability.


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WASHINGTON - Most U.S. House members from Tennessee belong to an increasingly influential behind-the-scenes group that prides itself on staking out the most conservative of conservative positions.
Once a week, six of the seven Republican representatives from the state come to a meeting on the ground floor of the Capitol that starts with a prayer and then launches into a robust discussion of how to accomplish conservative legislative goals.
It's known as the Republican Study Committee, and it has become so big -- 175 of the chamber's 232 Republican members belong -- that the Republican leadership cannot afford to ignore it, even when its positions put the party at risk of falling out of step with the public at large, experts on Congress say.
At least one observer says the group played a major role in the congressional drama that unfolded in October.
"It's because of the RSC that the government shutdown happened," Duke University political scientist David Rohde said in an interview.
The study committee was willing to continue funding the government only if the Affordable Care Act was significantly modified. On its website, the group says, "When others look for the easy road, we're here to do what's right. ... We are here to get government out of the way."
Although the committee has existed for more than 40 years, its membership and influence increased dramatically after the election of 2010 sent dozens of tea party members to Congress.
The National Journal, a public policy magazine, called the RSC "the cabal that quietly took over the House."
"Members consider themselves conservatives first and Republicans second," the Journal wrote. "They did not come to Washington to play for the Republican team; they came to fight for conservative principles. If that means voting against party interests, so be it. For core RSC believers, ideological purity trumps legislative accomplishment. Period."
Tennessee members are Reps. Diane Black, of Gallatin; Marsha Blackburn, of Brentwood; Scott DesJarlais, of Jasper; Stephen Fincher, of Frog Jump; Chuck Fleischmann, of Ooltewah; and Phil Roe, of Johnson City, all Republicans. Blackburn and Black frequently appear at RSC news conferences.
Republican Rep. John "Jimmy" Duncan Jr., of Knoxville, is not a member.
The RSC is "a great place for legislative information in general," DesJarlais said. "It's a great place to go for an hour or an hour and a half."
Blackburn said the meetings "are a chance to bring out great ideas."
But political analysts such as Norm Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute say inflexible positions taken by RSC members contribute to the gridlock that dominates Washington.
"It still espouses a radical ideology," he said. "If the leadership were to cross the Republican Study Committee, they would have real trouble on their hands."
And Rohde said, "They have constrained the speaker's freedom of action."
At least a dozen members of the RSC wanted to remove Speaker John Boehner of Ohio from his position when the 113th Congress started in January. Boehner later had to go to the committee "on bended knee" to restore harmony among House Republicans, according to the National Journal.
Tennessee members, however, say it's unfair to label it a no-compromise group.
"I wouldn't throw that blanket over everybody," DesJarlais said. "A lot of great debate takes place. You get multiple sides of every argument."
Said Blackburn: "I don't think it makes compromise harder. It enriches debate."
The RSC chairman, Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana, acknowledged the group's influence over leadership.
"We try to move them in a direction that's more conservative."
Scalise said the group's membership believes firmly that "the details matter" when it comes to policy.
Other Tennessee members join DesJarlais and Blackburn in praising the RSC's legislative role.
"Congressman Black came to Washington to take on the major challenges of the day, and the RSC helps craft bold solutions to tackle important issues like out-of-control Washington spending, and protecting Americans from the disastrous effects of Obamacare -- issues that are of core concern to Congressman Black's constituents," said spokesman Tom Flanagin.
Roe said the committee has established other "transparent working groups that encourage conservatives who have a wide array of views to develop consensus that can stand as a rallying point against the tax, borrow and spend approach advocated by the president and his allies."
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Comic Strippers
- Jared Paul Stern
Tim Pilcher's titillating new title, *Erotic Comics: A Graphic History* certainly covers the territory. Beginning with the salacious mosaics of antiquity—oh, those naughty Ancient Romans—and Japanese Shunga woodblocks, it travels through Hogarth's London and the ostensibly repressed Victorian era to the Tijuana Bibles of the 1930s, the rise of men's magazines following World War II and the underground "comix" era of the '70s.
However, we're partial to the '50s and '60s (as usual) and the work of fellows like Bill Ward (above) with his impossibly-proportioned pin-ups and burlesque queens. He drew more than 10,000 of them over the course of his career, more than any other such artist before or since, and his influence is still apparent today—just check out the cover of the Fratellis' *Costello Music* for one.


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We've entered a new phase in our household. It's called: Sports. Every. Night. Over the years, our girls have taken a similar liking to dance and spend most of their evenings together at the studio. Now, our little buddy is keeping us on our toes, practicing two times a week in hopes to make the […]
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prokaryote pro·kar·y·ote or pro·car·y·ote (prō-kār'ē-ōt')
An organism of the kingdom Prokaryotae, constituting the bacteria and cyanobacteria, characterized by the absence of a nuclear membrane and by DNA that is not organized into chromosomes.
Any of a wide variety of one-celled organisms of the kingdom Monera (or Prokaryota) that are the most primitive and ancient known forms of life. Prokaryotes lack a distinct cell nucleus and their DNA is not organized into chromosomes. They also lack the internal structures bound by membranes called organelles, such as mitochondria. At the molecular level, prokaryotes differ from eukaryotes in the structure of their lipids and of certain metabolic enzymes, and in how genes are expressed for protein synthesis. Prokaryotes reproduce asexually and include the bacteria and blue-green algae. Also called moneran. Compare eukaryote. See Table at taxonomy.


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He battled bravely but could not withstand the challenge of Emmrooz, trained on the course by Dhruba Selvaratnam for his main patron and course owner His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
Connections the recorded a double when Canwinn opened his local account in a 1400m handicap with Buick saying: "This horse deserved a win after some good efforts and Dhruba has his horses in good form."
Musabah Al Muhairi not only trains Atlantic Brave but also owns the highly progressive youngster who landed the other 1400m handicap in the style of a good horse.
Always travelling strongly, he hit the front 300m out and, despite wandering towards the nearside rail, ran on too strongly for his eight rivals to the delight of Smith who said: "That is only his sixth start and he has won four. He is improving all the time and is definitely a Carnival class horse if he goes on the Tapeta. The Jebel Ali Mile would be another option."
Jaci Wickham does remarkably well with her Purebred Arabians and for the second meeting running saddled the 1200m maiden winner.
On this occasion it was Fajr W'Rsan and Richard Mullen who landed the spoils.
Racing concluded with an 1800m handicap and Balierus responded well to first time blinkers to win for trainer Mubarak Bin Shafya under Xavier Ziani.
Earlier Effort made virtually all under Carlos Sanchez to win the 1000m handicap for trainer Abdulla bin Huzaim.


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CORPUS CHRISTI, TX (RNN) – J-Mychal Reese's desperation 3-pointer to force overtime did not fall, but the Texas A&M Aggies did, losing to the Southern Methodist Mustangs 55-52.
The loss comes in the consolation game at the Corpus Christ Challenge on Saturday night.
Despite outscoring SMU (6-2) 30-26 in the first half, the Aggies (6-2) could not make the crucial free-throw shots that the Mustangs made toward the end of regulation. SMU claimed its three-point lead in the final 3 seconds on the back of two made free throws by SMU guard Nick Russell.
Forward Davonte Fitzgerald led all Aggies in scoring with 12 points. Reese scored 11 points off the bench, and missed his only 3-point shot at the end of the game. Ten of A&M's 37 rebounds were caught by forward Kourtney Roberson.
Although solid from the free throw line, shooting 75 percent, the Aggies went three-of-10 from 3-point land and shot 38 percent from the field.
The Aggies return home to face the Houston Cougars on Dec. 4.
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(CBS) President Obama is likely to name Denis McDonough, one of his closest national security advisers, as his next chief of staff, White House officials told CBS News Chief White House Correspondent Major Garrett.
However, White House officials insist Mr. Obama has not made a final decision or formally offered McDonough the job.
In tapping McDonough, Mr. Obama would be relying on an inner circle ally for the key West Wing post. McDonough, 43, currently serves as the president's deputy national security adviser and is highly regarded by the president and White House staffers.
McDonough would replace current White House chief of staff Jack Lew, the president's nominee for treasury secretary.
Before his tenure in the White House, McDonough served as Mr. Obama's main adviser on foreign policy issues during the 2008 presidential campaign. Earlier, he worked as a foreign policy specialist in Congress, including as a senior foreign policy adviser to former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D. While his experience is in national security and foreign policy, he has little experience dealing with the lobbying community or big party donors.
McDonough has been the front-runner to replace Lew, whom Mr. Obama has nominated as Treasury secretary. He would be Mr. Obama's fifth chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel, William Daly and Pete Rouse, as interim chief of staff, preceded Lew in the job.
If Mr. Obama chooses McDonough it will likely be less because of his national security credentials and more because of McDonough's highly regarded status within the White House with key knowledge of West Wing power centers and personalities, Garrett reports. He also ranks near the top in terms of loyalty and close working relationship with the president.
"He's easy to work with and focused on getting the job done for the boss, hammering out the best policy possible given the political realities," said Doug Hattaway, a Democratic consultant who worked with McDonough in the Senate.
McDonough's place in Mr. Obama's inner circle was illustrated during the Navy SEAL raid that killed Osama bin Laden in May 2011. He is among those captured in a White House photograph seated in the situation room with Mr. Obama and other senior officials watching the raid unfold.
McDonough grew up in Minnesota, one of 11 children. Two of his brothers are priests. He is a graduate of St. John's University in Minnesota and received his master's degree from Georgetown University.
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