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My first thought is that it was "fat" and we were about to be told his weight gain was not, in fact, a good thing contrary to Brian's theory of offseason weight gains
Unverified Voracity Had Subs. It Was Crazy.
Most Beilein quote ever. This MLive piece starts with the promise of a 'knock down, drag out party' celebrated by John Beilein in the aftermath of his team advancing to the Sweet 16. This invites questions about what Beilein considers a rager. Questions: answered.
"the (grandchildren) came over, we had a heck of a party -- pizza and chicken wings, it was crazy over there. … It was Patrick's (birthday on Sunday), we had subs. It was crazy."
I've been laughing at "We had subs, it was crazy" for 15 solid minutes.
i can't breathe
I love this man.
I wish this was more relevant, but it's still a good counterpoint to Brady Hoke's lovely boringness. An already-thin 2012 Notre Dame recruiting class has been veritably gutted over the past few weeks, what with Gunner Kiel, Davonte Neal, and Justin Ferguson heading out of Dodge for various reasons ranging from insufficient chest to excessive baby to whatever Justin Ferguson has going on.
With Tee Shepard's instaflee last spring that hacks out the top four recruits from a 17-member class, something that might be useful if Michigan were to play any of these dinguses as upperclassmen—dollars to donuts Michigan buys out the 2014 game at the last second out of spite.
In any case, Neal's departure gave ESPN cause to recount his bizarre recruiting story:
The Chaparral (Ariz.) High School product waited until 20 days after national signing day to announce his college decision, setting up a morning ceremony at his former elementary school, Kyrene de la Esperanza.
With 600 schoolchildren, friends and family members on hand for the Feb. 21, 2012, announcement, Neal did not show. He made his announcement several hours later in front of a handful of reporters.
Six days later, Neal withdrew from Chaparral and enrolled at Phoenix Central.
In a universe where Michigan was in on this kid's recruitment:
NEAL: [describes setup]
HOKE: You want to do what?
NEAL: [re-describes setup, mentions he's not even going to show]
HOKE: You are under the mistaken impression that we are Tom Haverford. We are Ron Swanson. Enjoy wherever it is you end up, and wherever you end up after that, and wherever you end up after that. Send me your travel memoir.
/eats bacon-wrapped turkey leg
Q: Who is the most Swanson? RELATED THING I JUST THOUGHT OF: Brady Hoke has a quality claim to the throne of Most Swanson College Football Coach. Bronco Mendenhall is a contender solely because he is named Bronco, but with Pat Hill and Danny Hope trolling unemployment lines the mustache category is all but moot. Bacon, libertarianism, temperature endurance… a case can be made for Hoke. In retrospect it's surprising that there has not been a Parks and Recreation episode in which a shirt-sleeved Swanson scorns his coworkers during a brutal Pawnee Winterfest blizzard.
I mean, I'm srlsly. From the Pyramid of Greatness:
"Fish, for sport only, not for meat. Fish meat is practically a vegetable."
"Honor: if you need it defined, you don't have it."
"Buffets: Whenever available. Choose quantity over quality."
"Torso: should be thick and impenetrable."
"Frankness: cut the BS"
I'm having difficulty envisioning potential competitors. Orson immediately thought Schnellenberg, who would be a landslide winner if he was still coaching. The only other guy we came up with was Paul Johnson, and while Johnson bests Hoke in certain categories (lack of GAF, old-timeyness, hair helmet) Hoke wins meat hands down.
Oh hello Cincinnati. By 2017 the Bearcats may be a glorified MAC team in a glorified CUSA, but it's still a more interesting matchup than a game against East Nowhere, and Michigan has acquired it for the not-that-princely sum of 1.2 million dollars, and they probably had to throw in a basketball home and home, but I like the idea of that home and home so bully for scheduling.
The UC game continues a new trend in M (and to a somewhat lesser extent OSU) nonconference scheduling where they move past the MAC teams and just buy games against Real Opponents. Michigan's lined up Colorado, Oregon State, and now Cincinnati without offering anything other than cold hard cash. In this case the cash isn't even much more than the going rate for a MAC game—nearing one million dollars at last check. The economics have changed to the point where I expect Michigan will have a one-off home game against a low-level power conference opponent annually.
I WANT TO BELIEVE. Frank Clark has not done all that much so far at Michigan other than get completely lost on basic zone reads and that one fluke interception in the Sugar Bowl, but he's frigging huge now and people are saying mean things about him:
Frank Clark called the 'F'-word, emerges as leader to enter Michigan starting lineup
I feel this is a good thing even if they're not breaking out the swearing. They are apparently not doing so.
Michigan offensive tackles Taylor Lewan and Michael Schofield combine for five years of starting experience. They've seen a lot of football, and can judge talent as well as anyone.
And both, asked open-endedly which defensive lineman provides the most difficult matchup in practice, offered the same answer: Frank Clark.
"He's just so quick. He's got such a quick step, it's hard to handle him. He's a freak," said Schofield, who wasn't the only Michigan player to invoke the F-word.
Added senior defensive lineman Jibreel Black: "Ever since Frank came in here, he's been a freak athlete. It's just a matter of putting it all together."
Yo man let's cut back on the freak talk until the dude accumulates some of those play-type things, but here's hoping. If Clark busts out that'll mitigate a lot of the issues that crop up without Jake Ryan.
Elsewhere in I WANT TO BELIEVE, Michigan is "raving" about Jehu Chesson and Amara Darboh:
Jehu, in one-on-ones, he's just flying by people with his speed," Gallon said. "Doing all these amazing things. You can tell he's learning."
Both are built more in the mold that coordinator Al Borges desires for his pro-style offense: Tall, long and capable of stretching the field.
"Those two have demonstrated in the first few days that they have some big-play ability," Borges said. "They've won a few jump balls -- lost a few, but we haven't lost them all.
"Both of them have really good straight-line speed, particularly Jehu. Amara is fast, too. Amara is feel-fast -- probably more feel-fast than he is time-fast. His time isn't terrible, either."
Well, that's odd. Rothstein has an article about the transition from tackle to guard that quotes Steve Schilling on the challenges:
"When you get in the NFL, you almost have to be able to play, unless you're a starter, you have to be able to play guard and tackle on both sides and a lot of times center also if you want to make it as a backup on the team," said former Michigan lineman Stephen Schilling, who played both guard and tackle. "For me, the switch from tackle to guard wasn't as much as if you were playing the right side the whole time and you switch to left, because you muscle memory gets so used to doing things one way and you have to flip it."
Schilling was on the right his entire career at Michigan. The Hoke regime, meanwhile, has elected to move projected RT Mike Schofield to LG and back and is repeating that progression with Ben Braden. This may be a zone versus power thing: Schilling probably didn't pull more than a handful of times during his playing career. Michigan went to an all-zone system in Carr's last two years; while Rodriguez was considerably less monomaniacal than Mike DeBord, pulling was still a rare occurrence.
Man, everybody is on our jock now. CBS's Matt Norlander previews the South Regional:
Rank the remaining four teams:
1) Michigan
2) Florida
3) Kansas
4) Florida Gulf Coast
Why Michigan will be going to Atlanta ... The Wolverines now have the second-best offense in the nation, scoring 120.9 points per 100 possessions, that number adjusted for tempo. It's really good, second only to Indiana. The Burke factor is huge. I am a sucker for really, undeniably good point guards at this time of the year. Burke doesn't make mistakes as often as Aaron Craft and he's got a better set of tools on his hip than Shane Larkin or Peyton Siva. He'll be huge. …. Overall, the team has as much balance and weaponry as anyone in this tournament. Play a little D, and Atlanta will be the next stop.
That last bit is kind of an issue. He also talks up Stauskas—a bit, anyway. I expect Stauskas to do little against the Jayhawks. While he is Not Just A Shooter™, his midrange game is extremely clunky right now and he won't have a size advantage over the guy checking him. This is a bad matchup for him.
The Michigan chatter has gotten to the point where Bill Self's getting asked about it. Being the sexy upset pick makes me nervous.
It's too bad there is no available solution for this. You may not have noticed but this year's NCAA tourney is heavily regionalized. It's hard to get incensed about this when the pairwise has so much jitter that Notre Dame could have been either a one seed or out of the tournament going into the CCHA championship weekend, but if you're looking for this…
Over the past year, the people that oversee ice hockey within the NCAA, has changed. Last April, Mark Lewis was named "executive vice president for championships and alliances." …
Lewis, among other things, set out to address issues with declining attendance across all NCAA events. Obviously, attendance is relative, but even in men's basketball, there have been more empty seats than there have been in decades.
Essentially, under Lewis, the message coming through is of an emphasis on maximizing attendance at the events. And it's under that atmosphere — whether directly or indirectly — that the men's ice hockey committee operated this year.
…I have one or two ideas about how to make this happen. One: don't put regionals in St. Louis, you twits. Two: home sites for top seeds, you twits. If you decide not to do this, put one (one) regional in or around Michigan every year instead of zero most years and two this one time.
Etc.: LSUfreek gifs the most recent NCAA commercial. Countess confident he'll be back full go. Iowa reaches NIT Final Four by whomping Virginia; conference might have been good this year.
Scoop Jackson still exists! Remember when everyone was so mad about him? Things have changed a lot since then. I know it's not cool to be happy people get fired, but can we make an exception for David Whitley? Not so awesome: congratulations on the soccer story of the year, Brian Straus! Your prize is this letter about COBRA benefits. : (
You're a Roman, Kirk, or you should have been.
Bread and Circuses. Here's your +1.
A superb episode start to finish! Got to love the "use your swords" tactical hubris after they tried the prison escape!
that we have a coach nerdy enough to make a statement in public directly linking crazy to subs.
1. I hope the hype for F word is legit, guy looks like a scary scary man in his shirtless pic
2. I still dont know how B. Miller held onto the ball from that whammy
3. I will be eating a sub tomorrow during the game and I am very excited for it
...you guys are nearly as vanilla as Beilin. When I first read "subs" in the title, the first thing to come to my mind was sex slaves. I didn't get the sandwich connection until reading the full context of the quote.
Okay then...
Yeah man. Guess I'm too vanilla.
I watched the post-game Beilein press conference and couldn't stop laughing, it started with the Saturday menu, "we had pizza and chicken wings, it was crazy." Sunday got crazier with subs.
It was the best kind of laughing, the kind you do as a kid when an adored grandparent says something that makes you laugh, not at them, maybe not even with them, but just out of the joy of finding something so innocently and perfectly funny.
I love that picture up top with Brady Hoke's head at the bottom right, with a look of surprise and on the way to being excitement..."Subs? what?!!!"
(Edit: I of course am not the first one to see this, sorry for the obvious/redundancy)
I get that they're trying to boost attendance, but when there's only two CCHA teams in the field, you're seriously going to put them in the same regional? One of which is a 1-seed nd the other is a 2-seed??
Cincy is definitlly entering a time that will determine their direction for years to come. By the time they play Michigan, they could be an elite, Big Ten team, or they could be playing in the Big East's de facto C-USA.
A lot of people think Cincy wouldn't be a fit for the Big Ten, but they have been a fringe candidate for AAU membership as late as 2010 or 2011, and the Nebraska Fiasco has eliminated the requirement that Big Ten teams be AAU members, anyway.
It's time for the Big Ten to stop pretending not to be an athletic conference and officially go after schools based on their athletic programs. I would love to see Cincy act as Ohio's "little brother," giving them a team with a one-way hatred for the Buckeyes on their schedule, similar to Sparty being on Michigan's schedule.
I wouldn't mind seeing Cincy and Ga Tech as the last two Big Ten teams in a 16-team conference.
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Great post. So few realizehow great Michigan has been having to deal with MSU doing anything possible to hurt our program... Meanwhile OSU is all alone in that state. If we didnt have MSU and they had an instate ruval. Wed be CRUSHING THEM year to year . Id love to see OSU get a real instate rival like Cinci
I hope someone has a sign at the game tomorrow. WE HAD SUBS. IT WAS CRAZY. This needs to be a bigger deal. We need to find video of the actual quote.
The "We had subs . . . it was crazy" pic is funny, but it'd be better if Beilein were smiling.
did anyone else notice that coach hoke is in the background of the "we had subs, it was crazy" picture.
@jmblue beileins hard face is what makes it funny
I don't think this response will get the love it deserves because this is no longer the lead post. Wonderful.
When I first saw Brian's post I assumed that the "win" was crazy as we were able to put in all "subs" at the end and bench the starters.
Little did I know it was about freak out crazy: sub sandwiches.
Back off about the hockey playoffs being in St Louis because of this I got to see Michigan play in the sweet 16 and elite 8. The only other thing the city has is the wrestling championships. Until the new football stadium is built in 2017 I don't see St Louis getting a football national championship here.


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An anti-drug march was held in Tallahassee's Richmond Heights neighborhood Friday night. The children carried signs and wore yellow hard hats to show they are rebuilding what drugs and violence tried to destroy their community.
Benjamin Benjamin of the Boys and Girls Club says, "They get to see themselves as a part of something, they can make a difference no matter how old they are."
"These kids are our background, they're what's going to be for us tomorrow, and we educate them against drugs, we'll have some great kids," explains resident Maria Blake.
This march is part of an effort by residents and local law enforcement to establish the Richmond Heights community as an area against drug activity.
Kathy McGhin of the Tallahassee Police Department says, "The police are here working with the residents, we have pride in our community, we want drug dealers to know we're not going to take it anymore."
Many of the parents taking part in the march say it still "takes a village to raise a child" and they say with every step they're actually moving closer to a brighter future for their kids.
"Planting the seeds of hope in this community as well as in this whole city because the children are our future, and what we put into them, in their minds and hearts, is going to guide them into the future and ultimately our own future," says parent Melanie Stutson.
Friday's march was coordinated by the Tallahassee Police Department's "weed and seed" initiative.

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John Lannan pitches three strong innings, as the Phils beat the Pirates, 5-0.
The Phils erupt on a fangless Pirates team, as they defeat the Bucos 5-0.
The Phils took the lead in the second as, with the bases loaded, via Darin Ruf being hit by a pitch, an infield single by Dom Brown, moving Ruf up to second base, and a single by Yuniesky Betancourt, moving both runners up a base, and with one man out, Humberto Quintero forces in a run with a walk, scoring Ruf from third, giving the Phils a 1-0 lead, while moving Brown to third base, and sending Betancourt up to second base, as the bases remain loaded. The Phils then took a 2-0 lead as Ben Revere walks in a run, forcing home Brown, while sending Betancourt and Quintero on to third and second base respectively, as the bases stayed loaded. The Phils then made it a 3-0 lead as Michael Young hits an RBI single, scoring Betancourt from third, while sending Qunitero up to third base, and Revere on to second base, leaving the bases loaded. The Phils then added to their lead as Chase Utley walks, bringing home Quintero, giving the Phils a 4-0 lead, while sending Revere on to third base, and Young up to second base, as the bases stayed loaded. The Phils then took a 5-0 lead in the fourth as, with a man on third, and with nobody out, Young hits an RBI ground out, 4-3, for the inning's first out, as he knocked in Revere, who had started the inning off with a single, then stole second base, before moving on to third on catcher Michael McKenry's throwing error. That would end up being the final score as Raul Valdes threw two 1-2-3 innings.
John Lannan (2-0, 1.13) got the win as he threw three scoreless innings, giving up just one hit and two walks. Mike Adams pitched a 1-2-3 inning, striking out a batter. Adam Morgan collected his first hold of the spring as he threw three shut out innings, walking two batters, while striking out two. Raul Valdes pitched two 1-2-3 innings, striking out two batters. A.J. Burnett (0-3, 17.36) took the lost as he lasted only an inning and a third, giving up four runs on four hits, two walks and a hit batter, while striking out two. Kris Johnson pitched one and two-thirds innings, giving up a hit and a walk, while striking out three. Wandy Rodriguez pitched three innings, giving up an unearned run on two hits, a walk, and a hit batter, while he struck out three Phils. Duke Welker, Vic Black and Hunter Strickland combined for three scoreless innings, giving up two hits (Welker (1), Strickland (1)) and a walk (Welker) between them, while striking out a batter (Black).
The Phils had nine hits in the game with Ben Revere (RBI), Michael Young (2 RBIs) and Yuniesky Betancourt all leading the team with two hits each, all singles. Dom Brown (Single), John Mayberry, Jr. (Single) and Cesar Hernandez (Single), had the other three Phils' hits. Chase Utley had the other Phil RBI, via a bases loaded walk. The Phils also had five walks in the game (Revere, Utley, Darin Ruf, Betancourt and Humberto Quintero) and two hit batters (Ruf (2)) in the game.
The Phils will played a game with a team made up of players from the Dominican Republic (WBC). The game will be played at Bright House Field and will start at 1:05 pm EST.


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I agree on the annual scheduling debacles. Would love to see Michigan rekindle the Pac10 home and homes, albeit hopefully with more success. I even mentioned this to RR during his west coast trip last spring but I'm sure to no avail. It's sad when money has become the only factor with respect to future schedules. It's a shame that we don't stagger great away games against the ND schedule.
Unverified Voracity Eyes The Jugular
MONDAY MONDAY MONDAY! This is probably going to be way less blood-spattered than the average person who might care about this would like, but it should be entertaining anyway: I'll be on Bacon's show on WTKA this afternoon… with Jim Carty! Carty's on at the beginning of the 4PM hour and I'll be joining him midway through. You can probably guess the topic: the dissolution of the Ann Arbor News. No, I'm not planning on getting into a really complicated discussion about the academics investigation that 15 minutes on a radio show can't do justice.
(One of these days, I promise, I will be on the radio to talk about football. Again, it's April.)
Christening. It looks like Michigan's going to open up their spectacular new renovated stadium next year with a terrific game against traditional power Massachusetts:
According to a source, it was Michigan that approached UMass about the game, which would be played at Michigan Stadium, which holds 106,201 for football.
"We'd like to, we want to, and we're looking into it," said UMass spokesman Jason Yellin.
Lame. Might as well get the yearly complaint out of the way: this is the worst thing about college football. Bill Martin's decision to extend the ND series until the sun expands was fine as long as Michigan would occasionally schedule an interesting second game, but that looks like it's never going to happen. When is Michigan going to agree to any series against an opponent respectable enough to demand a return game, even if it's a 2-for-1 situation? It doesn't have to be USC, but this is awful.
Two changes that will never get made that would improve things immeasurably: banning I-AA games and instituting a maximum of seven home games (or a minimum of five true road games, which would prevent things like Michigan vs New Mexico State at Ford Field from evading the directive). Since exactly zero people in the NCAA's hierarchy care about the people who pay for the entire enterprise, this will never happen.
Leaving as fast as possible in as many ways as possible. Lane Kiffin caused defections at Tennessee are up to a spectacular nine now, which is a lot more folk a lot faster than Rodriguez "ran off," to use the parlance of people who don't know what they're talking about. The latest is QB BJ Coleman, who actually appears to have gotten run off:
"It's the best move for me," Coleman told The Free-Press. "What changed my mind is, after this spring, I don't see myself getting a fair shake. Based on conversations with coaches and things that happened this spring, I feel the staff has goals that do not include me."
This brings Tennessee down to two scholarship quarterbacks, one of whom is terrible senior Jonathan Crompton. And yet Kiffin said no thanks to the two committed quarterbacks he inherited from Fulmer, including top-100 guy Tajh Boyd. Relevance to Michigan? Slight. I guess he's taking a lot of heat that might otherwise be directed at Rodriguez.
Despite the irrelevance, the mention is because he's instantly the most fascinating head coach in college football. He committed yet another stupid, minor recruiting violation recently, by the way. Of course he did. This could go towards Spurrier direction or John L Smith; I have no idea which it will be.
Smotcyz! Smotycrz! Smotycz! Smotrycz! There's an inside view into my Smotrycz spelling process for you. I plan on charging 9.95 a month for things like that soon*, so soak it up now while it's free.
Anyway, Michigan's most recent commit had another AAU weekend and there were a couple reports. This is from NBE:
Good height, but needs to get physically stronger before the Big 10. His size and skill away from the basket makes it look like he was made for John Beilein's system and he should get the most of his strengths at Michigan. Showed ability to slash to the basket, but needs to finish more often once in the paint, as evidenced by failing to convert on an easy lay-up. Added strength will help.
Kind of sounds like Deshawn Sims, no? Smotrycz is taller but probably not as athletic. Meanwhile at NERR:
Evan Smotrycz was the catalyst as the Michigan bound forward really brought his game to another level. Not only was he making shots from the perimeter, but he also showed a much improved dribble drive game, as he was able to break his man down with a right to left cross-over on more than one occasion. But it wasn't just his ability to score off the dribble that was so impressive as he also passed the ball tremendously well, acting as a facilitator in the second half with his ability to create open looks for his teammates.
Evan Smotrycz picked up right where he left off a day earlier as he was outstanding for the second consecutive day, making shots, breaking people down off the dribble, and passing the ball very well. It was his consistent excellence throughout the course of the weekend that helped propel the Rivals all the way to the finals before finally losing to a New Jersey Celtics team that featured top 50 junior Kyrie Irving and the nation's top sophomore Michael Gilchrist.
I'm getting a little skeptical of these reports from NERR because identical ones are showing up at Scott Hazelton's site. Hazelton runs a basketball school/camp sort of business and Smotrycz is a protégé. The glowing reports might not be 100% fair and balanced, then. Might want to scale those down to places where Smotrycz is not a titan astride basketball.
That's not to say the last two weeks haven't been very good for public perception of Smotrycz's game: every national pundit who's offered an opinion has been extremely positive, and most have brought him up apropos of nothing except his ability to ball.
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In other basketball recruiting. UMHoops has a wider roundup for those interested, with the most important development being the apparent cooling off between NY PF Will Regan and Michigan. Regan's latest top five doesn't include Michigan. With Michigan still hot on the heels of Trey Zeigler and in need of another point guard after Kelvin Grady's transfer, both open slots in this class are probably going to guards or wings, which Regan is not.
Grady's transfer brings the 2010 class to at least three spots. I've suggested in the past that Michigan might take four depending on the NBA status of Manny Harris and the fifth year status of Anthony Wright, but it's been pointed out to me that Michigan would then be approaching the loaded instate class of 2011 with just one open slot unless there was unexpected attrition. That's something they probably won't want to do unless the hypothetical 2010 player they're taking is freakin' awesome.
More media machinating. So: a kind mention from John Bacon on his weekly NPR commentary (transcript here) amidst his take on the Ann Arbor News is going kaput. Carty takes issue with some of the numbers:
I'm a little skeptical that, as John claims, more people read MGoBlog during football season than purchase the Ann Arbor News (this is a metrics issue, not a shot at MGoBlog, but a question about the difficulty of measuring individual Internet visitors, vs. the 250,000-plus people a week who you know bought the News, because you have their money).
Carty's right as to the difficulty of measuring the relative readership across mediums. My stats are public in two flavors:
- Sitemeter, which measures pageviews and visits, and
- Quantcast, which does an awful lot of complicated stuff to come up with some demographic numbers.
The upshot, as far as I can tell: the blog does about 2 million pageviews a month now. By traditional internet accounting these hits come from about 110,000 monthly uniques, but Quantcast thinks that's about 2x too generous as far as the number of actual people who check the site. The Ann Arbor News has a circulation of about 45k, which by standard industry math corresponds to sixty trillion readers. So… draw your own conclusions. The mere fact that it's plausible is probably more interesting than the current winner.
More JMFC, and friends. To hockey recruiting now: Jack Campbell was interviewed by the Wolverine, and certainly sounds like a guy who will end up on campus by his scouting reports on teammates current and future:
Merrill - absolute stud. Enough said. Next JMFJ.
This is a man who is into Michigan hockey. The second, premium section of the interview($) contains another statement similar to the one discussed earlier, where Campbell professes his loyalty for Michigan before mentioning the dark possibility that the team that drafts him will be really into Sutter brothers and want him elsewhere. Chances of a defection remain slim but nonzero.
Elsewhere, 2010 D Kevin Clare was the subject of an extensive Red Line Report profile. After JMFJ2.0 and Adam Clendening were called up to the U18 team, Clare was handed increased responsibility on both ends of the ice and responded:
"With the departure of those two skilled players, Kevin has completely stepped up his game and shown to everybody that he has a lot more to his game than just being a hard-nosed, tough defenseman," remarked U-17 assistant coach John Wroblewski. "He is exceptional with the puck, cool under pressure and can handle the power play very well." …
"We look at him to be one of the harder players, to set the tone physically and to make sure that the opponent knew when he was on the ice," Wroblewski said. "The biggest thing with Kevin is lately he has shown such a great ability to go back for pucks and just read the situation on the breakout. As a defenseman, it is invaluable to have that knowledge and presence back there.
"On the opposite end of the puck, he has shown an absolute knack for knowing when to step up into the play and delivering pucks to the net. That has made him a great asset on the power play as well as 5-on-5."
Cool biographical tidbit: Clare's father is Irish, as in from-Ireland Irish, and played Gaelic football, but didn't want Clare to get into it because there's no professional opportunities.
Aww. Couldn't get an R-U-N-N-O-F-T in there?
You have the power to do something about scheduling! Don't buy season tickets, and don't buy those awful packages that force you to get a ticket to see UMass along with the game against State. The AD will only reconsider scheduling good teams when the stadium is half-full for the crappy games.
Giving up my tickets to see OSU, PSU and ND because I don't really care if I get to attend the Deleware State game? Yes, the home schedule isn't always so great, but "Boycott [whatever]!" seldom works.
I'll eat the $50, give the tickets to someone who doesn't get to go to games (and who will appreciate the chance to see Michigan play anybody) and simply complain about the current state of college football.
Thanks for proving my point. Complaining isn't going to do crap, because you're still buying tickets. Maybe you really just enjoy complaining with no discernible impact, but an organized ticket boycott is the only way to improve the schedule. When the money stops coming, things change.
That's like not talking to your brother for 20 years because he forgot your bday one year just to prove your point.
I will still buy my season tickets while living 2,000 miles away so I can attend 2-3 top games/year while selling the rest to friends/family for face value. I'll also continue to push the athletic department to start sceduling better OOC games.
You go ahead and stop buying tickets and organize a boycott until the scheduling issues are sorted out. I'm also sure you can get the 10,000+ that are on the ticket waitlist to get off waitlist as well.
Let me know how that works out for you.
And I'm telling you that as long as you keep giving the athletic department your money for season tickets, they're going to laugh in your face when you push them to schedule better teams. I didn't say a boycott would be easy or even feasible, just that it's the only way to get things done. Got any better ideas?
If there was ever a game for the administration to bust out the pocketbook and pay a team enough to not have to give a return trip, the re-opening of the stadium is the game. They could easily get a beatable team with name cache and history if they wanted. Its insulting to the fans who will pay for the stadium upgrades to have to watch UMASS in the first game in the new stadium. I'm disappointed that the AD sees UMASS as a fitting opponent to open the stadium. Awful.
I don't mind scheduling teams like Delaware St. and UMass right now, considering the current state of the team. I think Coach Rodriguez would take a hell of a lot more heat for losing the stadium opening game than for scheduling (and presumably beating) a 1AA school. Once the new regime gets its legs under itself I think this should definitely stop (don't want to see these teams on the schedule in 2011 or 2012) but for now I don't see any problem with letting the team gain some experience/confidence and ease into the schedule.
as long as they don't have western/eastern/central or some other MAC/WAC/SWAC team taking up the other two non-conference games.
I could care less about the schedule. Let's just hope RR can get this team going, then I'll bitch about who they play.
Martin and his legacy at UM is inexorably tied to Rodriguez. RR needs wins right now, and this is a way to meet this need.
Once RR is set and Michigan is an established power, then it is another story.
Scheduling UMass is the right thing to do.
It's not like we're USC/Texas/Florida here people. we won 3 games last year.
While I agree that UM should not be looking for a fight it cannot win, at least schedule someone from a decent conference. There is no connection with UMass, and I am fairly certain that a good high school team could compete with the Minutemen. I would prefer UM try to schedule (a) a decent-to-good non-BCS team like TCU/East Carolina/Utah/BYU, or (b) schedule a mediocre BCS team, maybe from the Big 12 or the Big East.
"On Oct. 1, 1927, Michigan played Ohio Wesleyan in the first game at Michigan Stadium. The game was a success as Michigan started the scoring on a 28-yard pass from Louis Gilbert to tight end Kip Taylor and prevailed easily, 33-0. The new stadium was dedicated three weeks later against Ohio State on Oct. 22, 1927."
Two changes that will never get made that would improve things immeasurably: banning I-AA games and instituting a maximum of seven home games (or a minimum of five true road games, which would prevent things like Michigan vs New Mexico State at Ford Field from evading the directive).
What if the latter arrangement meant that our athletic department were to cease being profitable? Would that change your perspective? Our operating expenses have soared over the past decade, in large part due to spiring tuition costs (which are not subsidized here, unlike most schools).
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I'm so glad the show is "BIG" and not "HUGE"
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The Detroit News is reporting that MSU has announced home-and-home series versus Alabama and West Virginia. MSU has also is extending their series with Notre Dame. MSU is taking on big time opponents while UM is scheduling FCS teams.
We are talking about 2015 and 2017 here. Saban will likely be gone from 'Bama at that point, and nobody knows if WVU will be any better than a FCS team when that game is actually played. I give MSU credit for scheduling some good OOC teams, but I suspect UM will be playing some good teams as well over that span.
Also, let's not discount the fact that MSU may be viewed as an "easy" OOC win by the opposition. It seems that elite teams have a hard time scheduling other top teams in the OOC (and I know there are the exceptations - see OSU) because neither team wants to play a really tough opponent when both teams are still a little rusty and still have the conference slates to deal with. I think Dantonio is going to put MSU in a better position than under JLS, but I don't think 'Bama or WVU are expecting a NC candidate when they meet up.


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call -151 writes: Many years ago, a human-generated intentionally nonsense paper was accepted by the (prominent) literary culture journal Social Text. In August, a randomly-generated nonsense mathematics paper was accepted by one of the many low-tier ``open-access'' research mathematics journals. The software Mathgen which generated the accepted submission takes as inputs author names (or those can be randomly selected also) and generates nicely TeX'd and impressive-sounding sentences which are grammatically correct but mathematically disconnected nonsense. This was reviewed by a human, (quickly, for math, in 12 days) and the reviewers' comments mention superficial problems with the submission. The references are also randomly-generated and rather hilarious. For those with concerns about submitting to lower-tier journals in an effort to promote open access, this is not a good sign!


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MassGeneral Hospital for Children allergist, Rajashri Shuba Iyengar, MD, MPH, shares the "101" on seasonal allergies Seasonal allergies are an abnormal reaction to an ordinarily harmless substance, in this case pollen. This condition is also called "hay fever." Pollen is inhaled into the body of an allergic person and causes activation of the immune system. The pollen, or allergen, is seen by the cells of the immune system as harmful. The white blood cells, which normally defend against infection, produce IgE antibodies. These antibodies attach to specialized cells known as mast cells, prompting the release of active chemicals. The chemicals, like histamine, then cause itching and congestion. Therefore, a seasonal allergy sufferer has episodes of itchy/watery eyes, runny nose, sneezing, and itchy throat. In some people, these allergies also can trigger asthma. A person suffering from allergies can be sensitive to just a few or many different types of pollens from trees, grasses, weeds as well as mold spores. The time of year that an allergic person develops symptoms depends on many factors, including the geographic region they live in as well as the months that the specific pollen that triggers the allergy is released. The propensity to develop allergies is genetically determined. Therefore, people with seasonal allergies should work with their allergist to find out what they are allergic to and how to keep their allergies under good control. Allergy treatment plans involve "detection and protection." This includes using specialized testing methods to determine what specific allergens a person is sensitive to. It also involves using proper avoidance techniques and medications.
The effect of rain on seasonal allergies is complex and frequently unpredictable. Rain hydrates the soil and promotes growth of plants and vegetation. Therefore, we sometimes observe higher pollen counts after a heavy rainfall. However, rain can also weigh down pollens and decrease counts. As a result, pollens carried by the air, like tree pollens, are usually weighed down during heavy rain. There are also associations between thunderstorm activity and asthma deaths as well as emergency room visits. Some scientists speculate that cold air in the storm sweeps up particles such as pollen, and concentrates them in a narrow band of air close to the ground. Also, specific molds in the air may play an important role in sensitive people.
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It is believed that global warming, which includes both warmer temperatures and higher ambient carbon dioxide levels, speeds up the flowering of plants. This can result in earlier plant blooming, causing pollen seasons to start earlier. Climate change has also been linked to longer pollen seasons, greater pollen exposure, and increased allergic disease. This means that a seasonal allergy sufferer can expect to have more severe symptoms over a longer period of time due to the effects of global warming.
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20/20's David Muir spotted in downtown Beaumont
A few Beaumont locals were surprised to see a familiar face at The Cafe, formerly Quality Cafe, as they ate lunch Thursday, July 18.
The Examiner spoke with the owners of the cafe, who confirmed 20/20 Co-anchor David Muir was eating with colleagues from ABC news.
The owner of The Cafe said she was inquisitive as to why their crew was there, but they refused to say.
Other sources confirmed the crew was at the Federal Courthouse downtown, but could not comment as to why the crew was there or what story was in the works.
The owner of The Cafe said the crew admitted only that the show would air some time in mid-August.
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CARPENTERSVILLE – A funny thing happened when the other kids saw Eduardo Lopez Soriano skipping kickball for quizzes. They followed suit.
The 11-year-old was born in the U.S. but learned only minimal English growing up in a Spanish-speaking home. He moved to Mexico at age 6, and by the time he moved back to the States before the start of his fifth-grade year, most of the English he'd picked up had left him.
But Soriano came back determined. He'd take the Scholastic books home, read them at night before bed.
He started coming in at recess to take the quizzes associated with Scholastic's System 44 program, a baseline program for beginner students to learn the phonetic sounds of the English language.
"He started from no English basically," said Kelly Uehlein, Soriano's bilingual teacher at Lakewood Elementary School. "He became kind of an inspiration and a role model for the others.
They started coming in at recess. And when he passed out of the System 44 program, it really motivated the others to get to where he is."
Since Soriano became the first in his class to test out of the program, four others have followed behind him. They're now in Scholastic's Read 180 program, which helps students move on to greater use and comprehension of the language.
Soriano's efforts have earned him national recognition. He was chosen as one of 12 Scholastic All-Stars for the gains he's made within the English language.
Northwest Herald reporter Shawn Shinneman caught up with Soriano and Uehlein in a Lakewood classroom to talk about how the fifth-grader made learning a language look easy.
Video games also came up.
Shinneman: So how long have you been in the U.S., Eduardo?
Soriano: I was born here. But when I was 6 – I think so – I went to Mexico for four years. They teach me a little bit of English.
They didn't know a lot, but they teach me a little bit. Then I came back here when I was 10. I didn't know anything of English.
Shinneman: So what was it like coming back here? You're around a lot of English speakers. Was it tough to get back in the groove and pick up the language at first?
Soriano: I guess. I came here and the teacher showed me a lot. Like the 's.' I didn't know how to say.
Shinneman [turning to Uehlein]: How have you seen him improve over the course of the year?
Uehlein: Well, he started this year back from Mexico. I know at the beginning, he was very shy about using his English and about participating in class.
And his grandma was very worried about his lack of English when he started with us.
When we would do the reading, he'd be in small group with me and I'd do Reading 101 with him, and he would say something wrong and I'd give him a skill, like a sound to work on, and he'd go home and practice.
He'd make it happen for himself. I'd be like, 'Did you practice last night?' He'd be like, 'Yeah!' He'd take the suggestions and really go with it.
And really, he just improved a lot because of his own motivation and wanting to be successful.
So with that gaining of the skills, then he was able to have more confidence.
And he started participating more in class, and giving more answers, and sharing more complex answers with his partner.
He's just really exploded with his ability right now. So it's amazing to watch him.
Shinneman: Are there other dual language kids in the class?
Uehlein: He's with a class of bilingual students. ... Previously, he had taken a test and wasn't able to be put into the bilingual.
He came back from Mexico with so little skills, they put him in there anyways with permission, so that he could get that support from us bilingual teachers.
Shinneman [to Soriano]: So at home, do you speak with your family in English?
Soriano: No, I speak in Spanish because my grandma doesn't know English. So we have to speak Spanish.
Shinneman: Well I also want to learn a little about you. What do you like to do for fun?
Soriano: Play video games. ... Sometimes I like to read "Magic [Tree] House" books. I like them.
Shinneman: What kind of video games do you play?
Soriano: Street fighter. Soccer.
Shinneman: Do you know what you want to be when you get older?
Soriano: I want to be a dentist.
Uehlein: Why is that?
Soriano: I don't know. I like it.


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|8 years ago :: Sep 28, 2010 - 11:18AM #1
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|7 years ago :: Feb 12, 2011 - 3:59PM #2
This is very good advice. Just remember the saying, say it forget it, write it regret it. We need to be careful with what can be twisted and used against us.
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|7 years ago :: Jun 01, 2011 - 10:31AM #3
It is my suggestion that Facebook is NOT the place to air out any laundry regarding your personal life. Anything you post on it could be used against you in court if the divorcing spouse were vindictive enough.
My advice would be to keep everything you want private off of the Internet. People could access any and all information in regards to your life no matter what. Please be careful of what you post and where you post.
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More charges for suspected Silicon Valley arsonist
- Associated Press
- January 17, 2014 - 5:30 PM
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Prosecutors have charged a previously convicted arsonist with 13 felonies for allegedly setting a series of fires in Silicon Valley's largest city.
Patrick Brennan was charged Friday with 10 counts of arson and three counts of attempted arson for the string of fires near downtown San Jose during his arraignment in Santa Clara County Superior Court. He has a previous criminal record for arson in California as well as out of state,
Prosecutors say the San Jose fires caused more than $6 million in damage.
The 48-year-old Brennan was arrested on Wednesday for the arsons that began Jan. 8 and included a five-alarm blaze at a warehouse, a church and a home whose elderly owners barely got out alive.
Prosecutors say Brennan could serve multiple life terms in prison if convicted for the fires. He did not enter a plea and is being held without bail.
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I Want to put the instrument panel from a Gl (has a tach) to my Dl (no Tach)
Are the plugs on the back the same or do i have to change some wires about?
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Anyone ever swapped Instrument panels between a DL & GL
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Posted 11 March 2005 - 09:28 AM
Worked on the older '80's decade, but you had to change the oil pressure sender to make the guage work.
Posted 11 March 2005 - 03:57 PM
In the carb to spfi conversion manual, it states that the wire for the speed sensor is ini different positions between the Tach version and the version without tach, does somebody have a diagram with the pinouts of the plugs???
Posted 11 March 2005 - 06:04 PM
don't just change the IP, if you bring the wiring from the other dash most of it works, and i'm sure all of it will, once i get the wiring done, btw, yeah i've done it.
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An anonymous reader writes: Arthur David Olson, the creator and maintainer of the timezone database used in about every unix/linux platform in use on the planet, just sent the message to the timezone mailing list: — From: "Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E]" Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2011 11:16:02 -0400 Subject: Civil suit; ftp shutdown; mailing list shutdown A civil suit was filed on September 30 in federal court in Boston; I'm a defendant; the case involves the time zone database. The ftp server at elsie.nci.nih.gov has been shut down. The mailing list will be shut down after this message. Electronic mail can be sent to me at @gmail.com. I hope there will be better news shortly. --ado — A Google search does not yet reveal anything about this; does someone know what is going on?


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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eT8bIujbzqA]YouTube - Expose for iPhone: Second Look[/ame]
video via Steven Troughton-Smith
Sometimes it's the simplest ideas that are the most useful. Steven Troughton-Smith, a twenty-year-old independent iPhone developer (and student) living in Ireland, has finally released a working implementation of the "Exposé for Springboard" concept as a working app. Called Orbit, it's available for $1.99 on Cydia, and is a simple and straightforward way of navigating up to 12 home screens using a Exposé-like interface.
The developer is said to be working on an Orbit 2.0 app that makes use of a "pinch" gesture to bring all miniaturized screens up at once. More than just another app, Orbit 2.0 would be a subtle but significant and fundamental modification of the basic iPhone navigation paradigm. Especially if you have a large number of home screen to navigate, this would make a significant difference in the smoothness and speed with which you can control your apps.
Apple's centralized control of the "look and feel" of the iPhone interface is helpful - up to a point - for helping ensure the ease of use that we've come to expect. However, it may be that the jailbreaking community can provide these kinds of innovative breakthroughs that could make the iPhone eve better. It's further proof that both the authorized and jailbreaker ecosystems are important, and key to future innovation.
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Continuing the 2014-15 preview we started last week, this article is focused on wrapping up the Atlantic Division and starting the Metropolitan:
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2013-14 Finish: 37-31-14 record, fifth in Atlantic Division
Last season's breakout performance/pleasant surprise: Kyle Turris never managed to accomplish much with the then Phoenix Coyotes and they didn't exactly part on the best of terms before he was traded to the Senators, but he started to live up to his potential once he came to Ottawa. It helped that they were willing to give him far more playing time than he ever got with the Coyotes, but he also deserves credit for taking advantage of it. The 2013-14 campaign was his best yet as he finished with 26 goals and 58 points in 82 games.
Can he do it again? He'll have more pressure put on him this season as the departure of Jason Spezza makes him arguably the Senators' top forward, but he'll also get even more playing time as a result. He finished sixth on the Senators in terms of power-play ice time per game in 2013-14 and that won't be the case this season. He should at least be able to match his 2013-14 numbers and he might even surpass those marks by a small amount.
Last season's biggest disappointment: What was the biggest difference between the 2013 and 2013-14 Ottawa Senators? It wasn't Daniel Alfredsson – although losing their long-time captain had to hurt, he was no longer key player on the ice and the Senators actually did far better offensively in 2013-14 than they did during the lockout shortened campaign. No, the biggest difference came between the pipes. Although he missed part of the 2013 campaign due to injury, when Craig Anderson did play in that campaign, he was outstanding with a 1.69 GAA and .941 save percentage. Last season he fell back to Earth hard with a 3.00 GAA and .911 save percentage.
Will he bounce back? The shortened campaign wasn't the first time Anderson was able to propel a team to the playoffs. He was also a big factor in the Colorado Avalanche's run in 2009-10. He struggled to stay at that level the following season though and that's what led to him being dealt to Ottawa in the first place. He's capable of being a top-15 goaltender, but he's far from a safe bet, especially now that he has Robin Lehner pushing him for the starting job.
Notable Additions: David Legwand, Alex Chiasson
Notable Departures: Jason Spezza, Ales Hemsky
2014-15 Outlook: Losing Jason Spezza hurt this team a lot and it's not like they were particularly good to begin with. Granted, Bobby Ryan might bounce back after attempting to play through a sports hernia for most of the 2014-15 campaign and Mika Zibanejad might take a step forward, but neither of those things are likely to push the Senators into the hunt for a playoff spot.
Player to Watch: All eyes in Ottawa will be on Alex Chiasson as he's the most noteworthy player coming to Ottawa as a result of the Jason Spezza trade. Chiasson had 13 goals and 35 points in 79 games with Dallas as a rookie and he might get a bigger role with the Senators in 2014-15. He's not expected to be a future star, but he could have some fantasy value in standard leagues next season.
2013-14 Finish: 46-27-9 record, lost in first round to Montreal (4-0)
Last season's breakout performance/pleasant surprise: Ben Bishop was a solid backup goaltender in Ottawa, but it wasn't until the Senators shipped him to Tampa Bay in exchange for Cory Conacher and a fourth round pick that Bishop's career really took off. The 2013-14 campaign was his first full season with the Lightning and he finished with a 2.23 GAA and .924 save percentage in 63 games. Unfortunately a late season wrist injury prevented him from participating in the playoffs.
Can he do it again? As mentioned above, Bishop was a solid backup before his 2013-14 campaign, so his performance didn't come out of nowhere. He finished third in the Vezina Trophy voting and we doubt he'll rank that high again in 2014-15, but he should still be one of the league's better starters.
Last season's biggest disappointment: The Lightning were hit harder by injuries last season than underwhelming individual performances, but it is fair to say that Tampa Bay had higher hopes for goaltender Anders Lindback. While Bishop ran away with the starting job, Lindback didn't even look particularly good in the backup role. He had a 2.90 GAA and .891 save percentage in 23 contests and struggled in the postseason when the Lightning were missing Bishop.
Will he bounce back? The Lightning needed to provide him with a $2.2 million qualifying offer to retain Lindback's rights and they didn't feel he was worth that much. He ended up signing a one-year, $925,000 deal with Dallas instead. He's not a threat to steal the starting gig from Kari Lehtonen, but at the same time, the Stars might end up leaning on Lindback at some point in 2014-15 given Lehtonen's injury history. Although Lindback's tenure with the Lightning couldn't have gone much worse, we don't see him as a lost cause and wouldn't be surprised if he proves to be a decent backup for the Stars.
Notable Additions: Brenden Morrow, Brian Boyle, Evgeni Nabokov, Anton Stralman, Jason Garrison
Notable Departures: Anders Lindback, Nate Thompson, Teddy Purcell, B.J. Crombeen
2014-15 Outlook: The 2013-14 campaign was a rollercoaster for Tampa Bay between Steve Stamkos suffering a broken right tibia, Martin St. Louis demanding a trade, and Bishop's eleventh hour injury. It seems unlikely that the Lightning will endure a similar string of bad luck this time around. The flip side of that is the team is more dependent on Stamkos than ever now that St. Louis is gone, but as long as Stamkos stays healthy, Tampa Bay should be able to make the playoffs and make some noise when they get there.
Player to Watch: Ondrej Palat and Tyler Johnson will be interesting this season as the Lightning are counting on them to avoid sophomore slumps after great rookie campaigns. However, we'll highlight Victor Hedman instead. He got off to a somewhat slow start to his career after being taken with the second overall pick in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. It wasn't that he was a bad defenseman, he just wasn't living up to the high expectations that came with that pick. Hedman stepped up in 2013-14 though with 13 goals, 55 points, and 53 penalty minutes in 75 games. That resulted in him getting Norris Trophy votes for the first time (42 to be precise, which was good for ninth place). Serious Cup contenders typically need an amazing defenseman backing them up and the Lightning hope that Hedman will fill that role. With that in mind, how he does in response to his 2013-14 breakout campaign will play a big role in shaping the Lightning's future.
2013-14 Finish: 38-36-8 record, sixth in Atlantic Division
Last season's breakout performance/pleasant surprise: The Toronto Maple Leafs inked Mason Raymond to a one-year, $1 million contract for the 2013-14 campaign and he gave the Maple Leafs plenty of bang for their buck. He scored eight goals and 17 points in his first 22 games and while he did slow down significantly after that, he didn't collapse. Raymond finished with 19 goals and 45 points in 82 contests, making it his second most productive season from an offensive standpoint.
Can he do it again? The Calgary Flames inked him to a three-year, $9.45 million contract over the summer in the hope that he'll maintain the standard he set in 2013-14 and that's not a bad bet in the short run. That's dependent on him getting top-six minutes like he did in Toronto though and that might lead to him declining in the second and third years of his contract. That's because the Flames got a lot of promising young forwards and they're likely to start surpassing him in the depth charts by the start of the 2015-16 campaign.
Last season's biggest disappointment: Clearly the Toronto Maple Leafs weren't confident in the idea that James Reimer could lead them in the playoffs or they wouldn't have gotten Jonathan Bernier. Even still, they were counting on Reimer to compete with Bernier for starts and that largely didn't happen. Reimer ended up participating in 36 games, but Bernier dealing with lower-body problems towards the end of the season played a big part in that. In turn, Reimer was one of the reasons the Maple Leafs collapsed towards the end of the season. He finished with a 3.29 GAA and .911 save percentage.
Will he bounce back? Reimer's not a bad goaltender and is still capable of being a starting goaltender. Just not in Toronto. That being said, almost every team already has someone they've committed to as their number one guy for the start of the 2014-15 campaign, so even if Reimer gets traded, he's unlikely to be his new squad's opening game starter. All the same, we think his chances of bouncing back are better if he gets a change of scenery. If he's forced to spend another season with Toronto then we wouldn't count on him starting in more than 25 games.
Notable Additions: David Booth, Stephane Robidas, Matt Frattin, Roman Polak
Notable Departures: Tim Gleason, Nikolai Kulemin, Jay McClement, Mason Raymond, Dave Bolland, Carl Gunnarsson
2014-15 Outlook: On paper, the Toronto Maple Leafs look like a serviceable team. Phil Kessel is one of the league's best goal scoring threats and they have a decent core of forwards backing him up in Joffrey Lupul, Nazem Kadri, and James van Riemsdyk. Bernier has the potential to be a great starter and while their defense was a source of concern last season, this group is certainly capable of doing better in that regard. For the last few years, Toronto has been missing an intangible factor though. This is a franchise that seems too prone to just completely fall apart for prolong stretches and what happened towards the end of the 2013-14 campaign was only the latest example of that. So while they certainly look like a team capable of competing for a playoff spot, they've made it very tough for people to believe in them.
Player to Watch: Leo Komarov's first attempt to make the jump from the KHL to North America didn't work out well for him or the Toronto Maple Leafs. He returned to the KHL for the 2013-14 campaign and ended up scoring 12 goals and 34 points in 52 contests. That was apparently enough for Toronto to sign Komarov to a four-year, $11.8 million contract. Maple Leafs GM Dave Nonis feels that Komarov is capable of providing Toronto with a lot more than they got from him in 2013 when he recorded just nine points in 42 games. There will certainly be a lot of pressure on Komarov to prove Nonis right.
2013-14 Finish: 36-35-11 record, seventh in Metropolitan Division
Last season's breakout performance/pleasant surprise: So much went wrong for Carolina in 2013-14, but the Andrej Sekera-for-Jamie McBain and a second round pick trade the Hurricanes did with Buffalo in the summer of 2013 really worked out for them. Sekera had by far the best season of his career with 11 goals and 44 points in 74 games.
Can he do it again? Part of Sekera's growth last season stemmed from the fact that he got significantly more power-play ice time in Carolina and he's likely to play a meaningful role with the man advantage again this season. That will help him from falling back to Earth completely, but it would still be surprising if the 28-year-old managed to reach the 40-point mark again. It would be safer to pencil him in for 30-40 points, which would still make the 2014-15 campaign his second most productive season.
Last season's biggest disappointment: There's a couple good choices for this one, but let's highlight Jordan Staal. For years it was believed that he was being held back in Pittsburgh because of the presence of Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin and if he could just get out from under them, then he would be a much better contributor offensively. Which, to be fair, wasn't an unreasonable premise given that he did show glimmers of that as his role increased in Pittsburgh. However, the Hurricanes have largely been burned by the acquisition of Staal. He had just 40 points in 82 games last season, which has to be far less than they had been hoping for when they signed him to a 10-year, $60 million deal.
Will he bounce back? Staal's still a solid two-way forward that's capable of holding his own on a scoring line. Although he probably won't live up to his cap hit, Staal should at least do a bit better than he did in 2013-14. If you're hoping for him to be an offensive leader for the Hurricanes though, he'll probably end up disappointing you.
Notable Additions: Tim Gleason, Jay McClement, Brad Malone
Notable Departures: Justin Peters, Manny Malhotra
2014-15 Outlook: The Carolina Hurricanes have the pieces in place to make the playoffs, but they have so many X-factors and that's typically a bad sign. They need Alexander Semin to bounce back and predictability has never been his strong suit, they need Jeff Skinner to stay healthy, but his concussion history unfortunately makes that hard to guarantee. They're betting on John-Michael Liles turning a corner after an ugly fall from grace in Toronto. They have to hope Anton Khudobin, who still has just 57 games worth of NHL experience, is solid this season because Cam Ward is no longer a safe bet to be a capable starter. They just need so many of their gambles to pay off because the battle for playoff spots in the Metropolitan Division will be fierce. It certainly wouldn't be absurd to pencil them in as a Wild Card squad, but they're far from a safe bet to live up to that standard.
Player to Watch: Pretty much all of the players mentioned in the outlook above would be good candidates for this category, but in the interest of keeping things fresh, let's highlight Elias Lindholm instead. Lindholm attempted to make the jump straight from the Swedish league to Carolina last season and that proved to be a difficult transition for him to make. That being said, he did find his way as the season went on and was gradually given more ice time as a result. After recording nine goals and 21 points in 58 games in 2013-14, he might take a significant step forward this season.
2013-14 Finish: 43-32-7 record, lost in first round to Pittsburgh (4-2)
Last season's breakout performance/pleasant surprise: Ryan Johansen is an easy pick for this one. His potential was never in doubt, but he started his career with two relatively quiet seasons in Columbus. That changed in 2013-14 with him scoring 33 goals and 63 points in 82 games.
Can he do it again? Definitely. Some players' breakout campaigns seem to come out of nowhere, but Johansen's rise was expected and that makes us significantly more comfortable betting on him going forward. Obviously, the Blue Jackets still need to agree to terms with the restricted free agent and until they do, there's the outside chance that he won't be able to report to training camp with the rest of the team. Assuming he signs before it gets to that though, Johansen should flirt with the 70-point mark this season.
Last season's biggest disappointment: The Columbus Blue Jackets went into the 2013-14 campaign hoping that Marian Gaborik would be one of their offensive leaders, but it didn't work out that way. Between a sprained knee and broken collarbone, Gaborik only played in 22 games with Columbus last season and even when he was healthy, he didn't seem to fit into the team's plans. They ended up dealing him to Los Angeles for two second round picks and Matt Frattin.
Will he bounce back? It's likely that everyone reading this knows that Gaborik already did bounce back. He proved to be the spark that the Kings' offense needed and was a big part of their championship team. The Kings have since inked Gaborik to a seven-year, $34,125,000 contract. Going forward, Gaborik should continue to be a top-line talent, but his health remains an area of concern. Gaborik has a long injury history and because of that, he's always an above average gamble going into any given season.
Notable Additions: Scott Hartnell, Simon Hjalmarsson
Notable Departures: Nick Schultz, Derek MacKenzie, Matt Frattin, Blake Comeau, Nikita Nikitin, R.J. Umberger
2014-15 Outlook: The Blue Jackets will enter next season with a great goaltender in Sergei Bobrovsky, a strong defense, and a core of forwards that provide a nice mesh of skill and grit. They were a middle-of-the-road team in terms of goals per game last season and they probably won't see a meaningful improvement in that regard this season, but the way their team is built, that's not a huge concern. They have the potential to not only make the playoffs this season, but also hold their own against the best teams in the league once they get there.
Player to Watch: The Columbus Blue Jackets managed to lure Simon Hjalmarsson from the Swedish league after he recorded 27 goals, 30 assists, and 87 penalty minutes in 55 games last season. It helped that Hjalmarsson was already familiar with Blue Jackets GM Jarmo Kekalainen, who was the director of scouting in St. Louis when the Blues selected him in the second round of the 2007 draft. He never ended up playing for St. Louis, but he has the potential to be an effective power forward in the NHL.


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School districts seek parent input for spending plans
Now that the state Board of Education has adopted emergency regulations and a template to help guide school districts in creating plans for spending their money, parents throughout the state should be hearing about community meetings asking for their opinions.
The Mt. Diablo and West Contra Costa districts started holding meetings in January to explain the state's requirements for the plans, which must focus on eight priorities.
Nellie Meyer, Superintendent of the Mt. Diablo school district, told parents during a Tuesday meeting at Ygnacio Valley High that the priorities fall into three basic categories: conditions of learning, student outcomes and engagement.
Conditions of learning include: proper teacher assignments and student access to instructional materials; implementation of the state's new Common Core standards; and student access to a variety of courses.
Student outcomes are: pupil achievement and other measures of student success, such as reclassification of English learners as fluent.
Engagement includes: parental involvement, student engagement, and school climate indicators such as suspension and expulsion rates.
Based on these priorities, districts must decide how to divide their money in ways that will best serve their students. The money includes base grants that can be spent on districtwide needs, along with supplemental grants intended to help narrow the achievement gap for students who are English learners, low-income or foster youth.
Districts with more than 55 percent of students in these categories receive concentration grants for their additional disadvantaged students.
Mt. Diablo does not qualify for a concentration grant because its percentage of disadvantaged students is not high enough, Meyer said. However, she said some schools have a much higher percentage of disadvantaged students.
"In my humble opinion, the formula is flawed," she said. "It should be by school."
Parents at the meeting broke into three groups and offered suggestions for improvement in each of the three basic categories, such as ensuring high-quality staff, providing parents with more information about students' progress and inviting families to fun activities on campus such as potlucks.
Meyer gave a similar presentation about the spending plan Wednesday to the school board. But some public speakers said the presentation included too much hard-to-understand education lingo, while leaving out information about how much money the district is receiving in base and supplemental grants.
Resident Willie Mims said the district needs to ensure that supplemental funding will help the students for whom it is intended.
The Mt. Diablo district will hold more meetings before finalizing its plan in June. Community meetings are at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Ygnacio Valley High in Concord, at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 20 at Diablo View Middle School in Clayton, at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 25 at Northgate High in Walnut Creek, at 6:30 p.m. March 18 at Concord High, and at 6:30 p.m. April 8 at Mt. Diablo High.
The West Contra Costa district held four community meetings in January and plans to establish a special committee comprised of parent representatives that will vote on its plan. The district has posted notes from its meetings online, including suggestions for programs or services that could help disadvantaged students.
Suggestions from El Cerrito High meeting participants included: better promotion of district resources, hiring certificated teachers for after-school programs, hiring writer coaches, reintroducing music and art, lowering class sizes at all grade levels, creating newcomer programs at schools, offering full-day kindergarten and early intervention preschool programs, eliminating classes with split grade levels, providing more alternatives to suspensions, offering writing support to English learners and additional reading and writing programs for all students, year-round schools, and more counselors.
How do you think districts should spend money earmarked for disadvantaged students?
Posted on Friday, January 31st, 2014
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Teachers can use this in-class/take-home paper to help Bible lessons thrive in students' hearts and hands. Each weekly paper presents the Bible story, a contemporary story, and a family component for extending the Bible lesson at home during the week. Need one per student.
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Iowa sheriff may fight policy on off-duty deputies
March 27th, 2013 by Ric Hanson
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – The Woodbury County sheriff is considering suing the county board of supervisors over a disputed policy that prevents off-duty deputies working community events from wearing their uniforms and driving county cars. The Sioux City Journal reports Woodbury County Sheriff Dave Drew wants to reverse a policy adopted in 2010 by the board that prohibits county employees from using county equipment for things like private security at community events. The board said at the time it was a liability issue.
Opponents argued people are more likely to respect uniformed officers. Drew, who was elected in November, says elected officials should have leeway to set their own policies. He told the board Tuesday that he would allow some time for them to work out a compromise before filing a lawsuit.


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Apparently, Army commanders were "envious" of the dust-colored pixelated camouflage being developed for the Marine Corps, and rushed to demand a similar pattern in their own colors, instead of playing it safe with the classic cloudy globs traditionally used for Army camouflage. Things went haywire when officials insisted on using the Army's traditional grey-green color scheme, which, when paired with the pixels — not to mention darker gear — turned soldiers into walking targets. "Brand identity trumped camouflage utility," says military journalist Eric Graves. "That's what this really comes down to."Envious... of the fabric print...
This gives new meaning to the term "fashion victim."
Fashion victim is a term claimed to have been coined by Oscar de la Rental that is used to identify a person who is unable to identify commonly recognized boundaries of style.You'd think military men would be beyond this kind of thing, but then again... military uniforms nearly always have nonfunctional aspects, and thoughts about how one will look in uniform surely affects the male mind, as those in charge of ordering new uniforms must know.
Fashion victims are victims because they are vulnerable to faddishness and materialism, two of the widely recognized excesses of fashion, and consequently are at the mercy of society's prejudices or of the commercial interest of the fashion industry, or of both. According to Versace, "When a woman alters her look too much from season to season, she becomes a fashion victim."


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If you are interested in restoring your gold cad-plated components (booster, caliper brackets, and other brake brackets) but don't want the expense of sending them out for plating, you can do it at home. For our restoration project, we decided to apply a gold cad finish ourselves using a kit from Eastwood Products.
The products needed are Golden Cad, Red Zinc, Green Zinc, and Diamond Clear.
We would be lying if we told you that we weren't skeptical about obtaining a nice gold cad-like finish with some spray cans. In the end, we were very pleased with the results.
We started by media blasting the brackets followed by a good coat of primer to prep the metal. After that cured, we sprayed the brackets with the Eastwood Golden Cad for a base color. The key to getting the tint coat is fogging an even, light mist of Red or Green Zinc then laying on a coat of Diamond Clear.
01. The Golden Cad is gold for the base. The Green and Red Zinc tints cad-like specs, and the Diamond Clear gives the shimmery finish.
02. The brackets shown are in the four various stages of restoration: media blasted, primered, gold base and tinted, and cleared.
03. This close-up shot shows the finish a little better. In person it looks great!
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The towering elm trees and gentle meadows of Winnipeg's Assiniboine Park have for generations formed an inspiring backdrop to the city's collective memory.
The Qualico Family Centre connects to the temporality of this landscape, evolving, growing and decaying in harmony with the natural rhythms of its surroundings.
With time, materials will allow the architecture to mature, growing into its site. The zinc fascia will patina to a soft grey, and a permanent record of local weather patterns will be imprinted distinctly on facades clad with weathering steel. Wood soffits of locally-salvaged elm will weather & a vegetated roof, planted with local grasses, will grow to become a raised piece of the forest floor.
As seasons pass, the reflected colors of the forest transform the building and redefine the experience of interior space. The angular forms channel harsh winter winds in specific ways, shaping snow into extensions of the structure.
See more of this contextual, unique project at the link...


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Brussels, 14 December 2011
Commissioner Barnier welcomes Parliament vote on reducing accounting red tape for more than 5 million small companies
"I very much welcome the European Parliament's vote yesterday approving measures to considerably simplify life for more than 5 million of the smallest companies in Europe. Allowing these companies to benefit from a very simple system of financial reporting will mean that they can free up resources to invest in their businesses and deliver further growth.
This is a significant step benefiting the European economy as a whole. I now invite the Member States to fully adopt these new simpler accounting rules and call on them to find other ways to reduce red-tape. The Member States should ensure that the benefits of simplification reach each and every micro-entity in the EU, which make up around 75% of EU companies. They are the backbone of our economy. Simplifications such as these are a cost-free way to support small businesses, and will add to our long-term prosperity."
In 2009, the European Commission tabled proposals to reduce burdensome accounting rules for Europe's smallest companies – so-called "micro entities". From next year, it will be possible for Member States to radically simplify the way in which micro-entities prepare their accounts. When it comes to publishing accounts, governments will be able to create a "one-stop-shop" which would see micro-entities only having to send their accounts to the tax administration, which would in turn be responsible for passing the accounts onto the Company Registry. Today, in many countries micro-entities have to file a full set of financial statements, including the balance sheet and profit and loss account, and are required to disclose this through publication in a national gazette.
The agreement is a major step in completing the Single Market Act (IP/11/469). It also honours commitments made in the Commission's better regulation and simplification programme, and contributes to the Commission's 2020 growth strategy. In October, the Commission launched proposals to also simplify accounting rules for small and medium companies, with potential cost savings up to €1.7 billion per year (see IP/11/1238).
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Having lost earlier to England and World champions New Zealand, the result against the Dutch was just reward for a combination of clever attacking and defensive grit from the girls in green.
But the second day at the Stateside tournament did not go to plan for Jon Skurr's young side as they lost the Bowl semi-final to China and were beaten in a play-off by Brazil, the hosts of this week's World Series leg in São Paulo.
Although disappointed with a return of four defeats in five games, skipper Shannon Houston says they will only get better by playing regularly against the world's top teams.
"It was a tough weekend but we knew it was going to be heading into it. We did get better as the day went on on Saturday and it was a gutsy game against the Netherlands which was a huge positive for us," she said.
"But it was disappointing that we couldn't continue to improve on Sunday. We do have a very new team and it's a steep learning curve but you want to and have to play against the best if you want to improve."
That will be the case again in São Paulo on Friday as Ireland have been drawn again with Atlanta winners New Zealand and England in Pool A, with the USA completing the quartet.
Houston added: "We'll take loads of lessons into next weekend and we've another really tough pool, but hopefully we can raise our own standards and continue to build as we move forward in the World Series."
Claire Keohane echoed her captain's thoughts by saying: "It was a tough weekend, but there's plenty of positives to take from the experience. We will learn and progress as the series goes on."
It was a baptism of fire for five of Ireland's players as they made their international Sevens debuts in Atlanta. One of them, the 21-year-old Nicole Cronin, marked the occasion with a try against the Dutch.
Giving her reaction as the squad moves on to Brazil, she said: "I had a really enjoyable first tournament. It was good to play against some of the top teams of the world.
"It was pretty enjoyable getting my first try in the World Series too and I'm really looking forward to next weekend now."
You can watch live coverage of Ireland's matches in São Paulo on wsws.irb.com.
Friday, February 21 -
IRELAND v New Zealand, Arena Barueri, 2.30pm local time/5.30pm Irish time
IRELAND v England, Arena Barueri, 5.36pm local time/8.36pm Irish time
IRELAND v USA, Arena Barueri, 7.58pm local time/10.58pm Irish time
Saturday, February 22 -
Cup, Bowl and Plate competitions (2.30pm-9.34pm local time/5.30pm-12.34am Irish time)
Related Links -
In Pics: Ireland Women At Atlanta Sevens
Ireland Women Finish Twelfth In Atlanta
Familiar Opposition For Ireland Women In Brazil


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LEXINGTON, Ky. -- The Kentucky baseball team, already ranked as high as a No. 8 in the preseason, has been ranked No. 15 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches' preseason top-25 poll, it was announced.
The Wildcats have already received school-record ranks in both the Collegiate Baseball poll (No. 8), which dates back to 1958, and the Baseball America top-25 (No. 11). UK has also been ranked No. 13 in the Perfect Game USA preseason top-25. The last time UK was ranked in the preseason was at No 19 in 2009 and No. 20 in 2008 by Collegiate Baseball. Preseason polls have been acquired back to 1999.
Kentucky enters the 2013 season boasting three preseason All-America honorees, including centerfielder Austin Cousino, southpaw Corey Littrell and two-way standout A.J. Reed. UK returns positional starters in shortstop Matt Reida and second baseman J.T. Riddle and outfielders Lucas Witt and Zac Zellers.
On the mound, in addition to the return of Littrell – who earned second-team All-Southeastern Conference accolades in 2012 – UK's weekend rotation returns senior Jerad Grundy. The Johnsburg, Ill., native elected to return to UK for his senior season after being picked in the 26th round of the 2012 MLB Draft by the Minnesota Twins.
The bullpen is boosted by the return of standout right-handed reliever Trevor Gott, who shattered the UK single-season record for saves while pacing the UK bullpen to a 40-0 record when leading after seven innings in 2012. Gott was on the 2012 watch lists for the USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Stopper of the Year Award, given to the nation's top reliever.
The Wildcats have a roster that includes 15 players that have been drafted in their careers, the second-most in the NCAA, just behind Vanderbilt (18) and ahead of UCLA (13), Florida (12), South Carolina (12), Arizona State (12) and Oregon State (12). In addition, UK tied for the NCAA lead with nine players in the Cape Cod League or with the USA Collegiate National Team, right after a school-record nine players were selected in the 2012 MLB Draft, second-most in college baseball.
Kentucky will open its 2013 season on Feb. 15 in Spartanburg, S.C., against UNC Asheville at 12 p.m. ET.
ESPN/USA Today Coaches' Poll
1. Arkansas (46-22)
4. North Carolina (46-16)
5. South Carolina (49-20)
6. Oregon (46-19)
7. Stanford (41-18)
8. Vanderbilt (35-28)
9. Florida State (50-17)
10. Arizona (48-17)
11. North Carolina State (43-20)
13. Florida (47-20)
14. Oregon State (40-20)
16. Oklahoma (42-25)
17. Rice (41-19)
18. Mississippi State (40-24)
18. San Diego (40-17)
20. Arizona State (36-20)
21. Georgia Tech (38-26)
22. Cal State Fullerton (36-21)
23. Baylor (49-17)
24. Texas A&M (43-18)
25. Virginia (40-18-1)
25. Louisville (41-22)
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The enhanced facility is 50 feet wide by 920 feet long and includes a 600-foot in-ground pit that includes an in-floor jacking system to remove and replace the wheel trucks. It also has administrative offices, training rooms and employee locker and lunch rooms.
In addition, the facility has a number of features to meet the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards for environmentally sustainable construction.
"The upgrade provides our mechanical forces a state-of-the art facility that will increase efficiency, providing a better work environment for employees and equipment for passengers," said Tommy Farr, Amtrak master mechanic.
The Amtrak Hialeah Preventative Maintenance Facility will maintain Viewliner, Amfleet II and Heritage Diner equipment used on some long-distance routes, which was previously serviced in an open-air environment. The facility will centralize maintenance of the equipment, improving efficiency and reducing equipment out-of-service time.
The facility was constructed by Dana B. Kenyon Co. of Jacksonville, Fla. The contract cost for the project is $32.7 million with $29.4 million funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.


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They need it to monitor us criminals, terrorists, and subversives.
Yeah, good idea. I'm pretty sure I read something about the need for this technology in an HBGary email or two...
Commies! Upsetting the peaceful internets.. shoot 'em
It's not a replacement for backhaul fiber. It's an improved material for optical amplifiers, frequency doublers, and other non-linear optical systems.
Article and summary are misleading
The potential bandwidth improvements over long-distance glass core fiber optic cables are not mentioned as significant, and it sounds like it would uneconomical anyway given that the manufacturing of these zinc selenide cores doesn't sound easy.
If it's semi-conductive, does it need to be earthed over a long run?
One advantage of fibre is the electrical isolation, no interference, and no potential difference between buildings.
Does having a semicondictive core erase that?
Probably not, intrinsic (undoped) semiconductors are really poor conductors, you could probably make the approximation that any long length of it had basically infinite resistance.
The new fiber is said to "allow for a more effective and liberal manipulation of light."
Upon hearing this news Speaker of the House John Boehner announced a bill to ban all Federal optical fiber research, saying it was further evidence of a "dangerous liberal bias in the research community."
I've never heard of zinc selenide so I looked it up.
Sounds hazardous. On the plus side maybe it will kill the rats that chew through the fiber optics.
I couldn't easily find out how abundant and cheap the material is.
Personally I don't think you can get too much cheaper than silica but then again I've got no clue what I'm talking about.
I did think and even looked up the material.
I even checked it twice now... still sounds hazardous to me. But like I said I could be wrong and these could be overkill warnings.
EU Index 034-002-00-8
EU classification Toxic (T)
Dangerous for the environment (N)
R-phrases R23/25, R33, R50/53
R23/25: Toxic by inhalation and if swallowed
R33: Danger of cumulative effects
R50/53: Very toxic to aquatic organisms, may cause long-term adverse effects in the aquatic environment
S-phrases (S1/2), S20/21, S2
Well, compared to a lot of other stuff this isn't that bad, but then again, if it were spread across a wide area (for a big fibre network) it would be a bit of a hazard. A lot more of a hazard than silica at any rate.
Selenium is quite rare, and zinc isn't super cheap, so it would be fairly expensive. There'll probably be some niche use for this, but it won't be knocking silica off it's perch any time soon.
It is hard to get the CO2 laser beam into the required area of the brain, precisely because no fiber would transmit the IR (wavelength = 10.6 micrometers) light. They are using a very clumsy pivoting arm with mirrors type of device for beam guiding which limits the ability to operate using CO2 lasers to superficial parts of the brain. Given the much better coagulative properties and larger penetration depth into biological tissue of the 10.6 micrometer light as opposed to, say, currently used YAG lasers (wavelength 1 to 2 micrometers, depending on the doping atoms) I expect this discovery to enable a whole new range of laser based surgical procedures.
The quality of scientific reporting at gizmag and all those tech-tabloids is pretty appalling, though. Seriously it is the fricken web, the thing was invented to make referring to original/more advanced sources easier. How hard it is to put a damn link to the publication or at least the uni press release!?
That is not restricted to science reporting. Things are comming to a point where blogers are more trustworth and informative than the professional press. At least most bloggers will link to their reference data.
The quality of scientific reporting at gizmag and all those tech-tabloids is pretty appalling, though.
I think the fact that fiber optics are so important in information transmission actually muddles things in this case, causing many of us to assume this was supposed to be a competitor to glass fiber optics instead of a way to carry lower frequency energy for cutting.
'allow for a more effective and liberal manipulation of light.'
it is bad enough this communist secret muslim obama is turning us into a freedom destroying country by giving us better healthcare. now his vile fascist liberal agenda is to manipulate the physical properties of light itself? as a solid conservative, i will not abide it
photons are conservative particles: conservation of mass-energy, conservation of momentum, etc. those evil liberals want to turn this good god-fearing conservative particle with p
most of us are stuck with a copper last mile.
Marvelous! The super-user's going to boot me! What a finely tuned response to the situation!


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Originally published on May 11, 2012 6:10 am
Mitt Romney's presidential campaign is in damage control mode after an article in The Washington Post accused the candidate of bullying in high school. Romney says he does not remember the incidents. Several of his classmates independently recall him going after students who seemed different, vulnerable or effeminate.


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DIXON – A Dixon priest has been removed from St. Patrick Parish and his computer use is being investigated by police, according to a letter that a church leader sent to the parish.
The investigation of Fr. John Gow was reported in a statement that Rev. Msgr. Eric R. Barr, vicar of the diocese of Rockford, sent to the local parish.
Penny Wiegert, director of communications for the diocese, did not respond Thursday to inquiries regarding Gow's length of service in the church, his age, and which police agency is investigating.
Lee County State's Attorney Anna Sacco-Miller said she knows of no priests who are being investigated in Lee County.
John McKenzie, the attorney in charge of the western division of the northern Illinois branch of the U.S. Attorney's office, declined to say whether his office is investigating Gow.
The vicar's letter was read to parishioners during Masses this past weekend. It is unknown how long Gow has been gone from the parish.
"As you know, Father John Gow has been away from the parish," the letter read. "He was removed by the Diocese of Rockford and has been in evaluation and treatment for issues affecting his priesthood. Father Gow will not be returning to St. Patrick Parish."
The letter went on to say that the diocese has been informed that law enforcement authorities are investigating Gow's computer use. The letter specified that there are no allegations – and the diocese has no information to suggest – that Gow engaged in inappropriate physical conduct with any minor or adult.
"The administrative action involving Father Gow is not punitive, but rather, precautionary, as we cooperate with the authorities in their investigation," the letter said.
An email from Wiegert said no criminal charges are pending against Gow.
"We also currently have no information from the authorities as to the contents of the computers seized and have no other comment relative to this beyond what is stated in the statement given to parishioners," she wrote.
Gow was ordained in 2008, according to the diocese's website.