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Hundreds were injured and at least one person died Saturday in Cairo when police swept through a camp of protesters in Tahrir Square. A crackdown continues in Syria. Yemen's oppressive government remains in place.
It's always important to keep things in perspective.
Still, what happened Friday on the campus of the University of California Davis has struck a chord. In a demonstration of support for the Occupy movement, a small group of protesters was sitting, arms linked together. Campus police told them to move. The students didn't. And that's when an officer walked down the line of seated men and women, pepper-spraying them. Some took it straight in their faces. Many of the several hundred others who were there screamed in terror and frustration.
A video of the incident has been viewed more than half a million times so far and has spread the story.
Campus police said the officers had been surrounded by protesters and commanders have defended their actions. So did university Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi — which led to a call from the school's faculty association for her resignation. Katehi has since said she wants an outside, independent panel to review what happened and that she doesn't plan to step down.
There's a second video related to this story that we want to share. In some ways it's more powerful than the one that's been going viral.
On Friday, after a news conference she held, Katehi remained inside one of the university's buildings for a couple hours. Outside, protesters regrouped. And when she emerged, there was one of the most amazing scenes so far related to the Occupy movement. As Katehi and another woman walked three blocks to an SUV, they passed through a gauntlet of several hundred students — who remained silent in a powerful show of their disdain.

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2013 Softball
Ravens sweep Bluffton at Anderson
Bluffton drops HCAC twin-bill at Anderson
April 9, 2013
By: Keisha Holtsberry, sports information assistant
ANDERSON, Ind. - The Bluffton University softball team lost both games at Anderson University on Tuesday, April 9, 2013. The Beavers fell to 15-13 overall and 7-3 in the Heartland Conference.
The first game remained scoreless until the top of the fourth inning when Jessica Kuzara (Flat Rock, Mich./Huron) crossed the plate. She reached first on an error by Anderson's second baseman with one out in the inning. Natalie Nikitas (Jeffersonville, Ind.) was up next to bat for the Beavers and she reached on a fielder's choice as Kuzara moved to second on another Anderson error. Ariana Muffo (New Athens, Ill.) grounded out to first, but advanced both runners in the process. Brittany Baker (Springboro) followed with a single, allowing Kuzara to cross the plate. Chelsea Weitz (Dayton/Carroll), who came on to run for Nikitas, was tagged out at home, ending the inning for the Beavers.
Anderson came out in the bottom of the fourth inning and responded, scoring all four of its runs thanks to five hits in the frame. Sophomore Emily Kolezynski (Strongsville) worked two scoreless innings to keep Bluffton within striking distance, but the Beavers left the bags full in the seventh, three of eight runners Bluffton left on base, as the home team closed out the 4-1 victory.
The Beavers were led by Baker who was 2-for-3 at the plate. Starting pitcher Chloe Shell (Covington) took the loss, allowing four runs on seven hits in four innings of work.
Anderson came out ready to play in the second game and put up runs in the first, third, and fourth innings before the Beavers finally got untracked.
The Beavers scored two runs in both the fifth and sixth innings to make a game of it. Shelby Erford (Paulding) opened the inning with a leadoff walk. Ashley Knippen's (Wapakoneta) single moved Erford to second. One out later, Kuzara came to the plate and her single loaded the bases for the Beavers. Muffo then delivered a two-run double which allowed both Erford and Knippen to cross the plate for the Beavers, making the score 6-2.
After AU tacked on a run in the bottom of the fifth, the Beavers scored two more runs in the sixth inning. Kolezynski was up first for the Beavers and she led off the frame with a base hit. For the second straight inning Knippen followed with a single, moving Kolezynski into scoring position. Both runners advanced on a wild pitch, bringing Katie Clark (New Palestine, Ind.) to the dish. She delivered with a two-run single, but the visitors were unable to continue their comeback as Anderson held on for the 7-4 vicotory and series sweep.
The Beavers were led by Muffo and Knippen who went 2-of-3 and 2-of-4, respectively. Kolezynski slipped to 1-3 on the season She gave up four runs on five hits in three innings in the circle. She finished with one strikeout and one walk.
Bluffton will look to shake off the dirt and move forward when the Beavers travel to Goshen College on Friday afternoon before hosting Franklin College on Saturday, April 13. The matchup with the Maple Leafs is slated for 3 p.m. at Goshen, Ind., on Friday.


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It could've been much worse.
Orlando Magic general manager Rob Hennigan said an MRI exam revealed that Glen Davis suffered "no significant structural damage" when Davis injured his left shoulder Wednesday night.
"After further evaluation by our medical staff, Glen Davis has been diagnosed with a left shoulder sprain," Hennigan said in a statement. "The MRI showed no significant structural damage. He will be treated non-operatively. Treatment will include rest and subsequent strengthening of the muscles around his shoulder. His return will depend on progress made during his rehabilitation."
Hennigan and team officials wouldn't specify how many games they expect Davis to miss, the severity of the sprain or whether Davis dislocated his shoulder. It's possible Davis will require at least a month to rehabilitate his shoulder.
Still, a sense of relief washed over Davis when he learned his injury wasn't as severe as many had feared.
It appeared as if Davis dislocated the joint when he suffered the injury with 47.8 seconds remaining in the Magic's 90-83 win over the Washington Wizards.
Davis went up for a shot, and as he elevated, Wizards center Emeka Okafor fouled him, hitting downward on Davis' left forearm. It was a clean foul, but Davis crumpled to the Amway Center floor. He screamed several times as he lay on his back and clutched his shoulder.
Davis received the MRI Thursday morning.
His absence will thrust rookie Andrew Nicholson, second-year player Gustavo Ayón, sixth-year veteran Josh McRoberts and rookie Kyle O'Quinn into more prominent roles. It's unclear who will start at power forward, but whatever the decision, the younger players likely will receive more extensive playing time.
"He's been great for us," guard J.J. Redick said after the win over Washington.
"But we need other guys now to step up. We have capable guys that can do it, and I don't expect us to drop off in any way. Are we going to miss him if he's out for more than a couple of games? That's a possibility. But whether it's a week, two weeks, whatever, I know that we have guys who will step up."
Davis' injury occurred just as he and his team were hitting their stride.
The Magic have won a season-best four consecutive games and have compiled a surprising 12-13 record. They would reach .500 if they defeat the Toronto Raptors on Friday night in Toronto.
Davis and wing Arron Afflalo are the Magic's leading scorers, each averaging 16.0 points per game.
Davis ranks second on the team in rebounding, collecting 7.9 boards per game.
Just as important, the 6-foot-9, 289-pound veteran arguably is the Magic's most rugged, most effective one-on-one defender in the low post.
But Davis' biggest improvement this season has been his attitude. By his own account, Davis is an emotional player, and during his six-year NBA career, his temper has sometimes boiled over, limiting his effectiveness on the court and straining his relationships with coaches Doc Rivers and Stan Van Gundy.
New Magic coach Jacque Vaughn put Davis into a leadership role, naming him a co-captain before the season started. The move forced Davis to be accountable, and Davis has done a better job of setting an example for the Magic's youth-laden roster.
Vaughn and Davis weren't available to comment Thursday, because the team traveled to Toronto and didn't practice.
"There's no question he's been very important for us," Afflalo said shortly after Davis was hurt.
"We've just got to keep doing what we do defensively as a team. . . . The bigs have been a big part of that, so hopefully they can continue to anchor the defense."
Josh Robbins covers the Orlando Magic and the NBA for the Orlando Sentinel. You can reach him via e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com and connect with him on Facebook at facebook.com/JoshuaBRobbins. Follow him on Twitter at @JoshuaBRobbins.


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David Gelhausen was just days before his second birthday when his 12-year-old aunt, Rebecca Sue Gelhausen, was kidnapped from Painesville and then raped and murdered.
The victim�s body was discovered Feb. 17, 1974, in a wooded Perry Township area. The horrific crime continues to haunt Rebecca�s remaining family members 40 years later.
Her killer, James W. Cooper Jr., now 64, was originally sentenced to die in the electric chair after a Lake County Common Pleas Court jury convicted him of strangling Rebecca to death.
But in 1978, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Ohio�s revised Death Penalty Law, resulting in Cooper and 119 other condemned prisoners receiving lighter sentences.
Cooper�s sentence was then commuted to life with parole eligibility in 15 years. He is once again up for parole June 24.
�I think it�s ridiculous we have to go through this parole process every couple years,� said David Gelhausen, of Perry Village. �He was the first person to get sentenced to the electric chair and then not get it. They said it was cruel and unusual punishment. What he did to my aunt wasn�t cruel and unusual?�
�He was cold and unremorseful�
Lake County Prosecutor Charles Coulson recalls hearing about the case as a young assistant prosecutor.
�He took a towel and put it around her neck, took her to a stream and slowly strangled her,� said Coulson. �He�s evil and no good. We�re preparing letters to hopefully keep him in prison the rest of his life. He should never walk free.�
Lake County Sheriff�s Major Charles Caldwell, a lieutenant with the office at the time, took the confession from Cooper that helped put him on death row.
�I don�t know that he had a motive. I know this much: He was out on bond for a previous sexual assault on a girl � I believe she was 14 years old � and an armed robbery,� Caldwell said. �When all Ohio death sentences were commuted to life in 1978, I told the parole board I felt that was his break that he got. I don�t know what his motives were. I don�t care what his motives were. He needs to spend the rest of his life in prison. I see some of these family members quite often. I reach out to them.�
Caldwell said he hopes as many people as possible sign an online petition to keep Cooper at the Grafton Correctional Institution in Lorain.
�This victim needs and deserves us to speak on her behalf,� he added. �We owe this to that 12-year-old girl and her family to stop this guy from being out on parole. Here was a 12-year-old girl raped and murdered. Her body was left like a piece of garbage. It�s ugly and it�s insane. It�s one of the most vicious and heinous crimes I�ve worked on in my 49-year career.�
�I think he murdered her because he didn�t want a witness like he had in the first (rape). He was very cold and unremorseful. I can still remember her laying on that slab in the morgue and taking fingerprint impressions on her tiny little hands. There�s a satisfaction knowing you�ve removed someone like this from society.�
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�It was very rough for the family�
The victim�s mother, Mrs. Louis Gelhausen, told The News-Herald in 1974 that she last saw her daughter, a sixth grader at Walnut Middle School, alive at 1 p.m. Feb. 17 that year.
Rebecca, described as a quiet girl who loved books, had been on her way to Painesville Recreation Park to go ice skating with a couple girlfriends. She never made it.
�I found out later that her friends had already left,� her mother said. �When she didn�t come home after dark Saturday, we started to look for her.�
Sherry Nelson, Rebecca�s cousin who lived in Madison Township at the time, recalled the search for the 4-foot-10 inch girl with light brown hair and freckles.
�She was baptized just before she got murdered,� said Nelson, who now lives in Missouri. �I was only 20 when she got murdered. We were hunting for her, our whole family was. I remember when they called and said they found her in the river. It was very rough for the family � her dad had a stroke. She was a very lovely child. I remember James Cooper. His dad was a minister.�
Rebecca has two brothers and two sisters who are still alive, but other family members said memories of the case are still too painful for them to speak of yet.
Madison Township resident Floyd Swank was a former neighbor and close friend of the Gelhausen family.
�We used to run around Painesville together as a group,� said Swank. �I had a secret crush on Becky when I was younger. She was a sweet, caring person. We all sat by each other on the bus every Sunday to Faith Baptist Church. It was hard to ride the church bus on Sundays after that. It�s like your heart was ripped out.�
Swank was 11 when the murder occurred.
�We used to go walking in Recreation Park and skip rocks,� he said. �As kids, we really didn�t worry about being kidnapped. You didn�t hear of that then. It was devastating to everybody in the neighborhood. I think it�s sickening they would even think of releasing him on parole.�
Thompson Township resident Brenda Mace, another cousin of Rebecca�s, agreed.
�The crime he committed against Becky was so heinous,� said Mace. �I don�t see why he should get out. I was 17. My mother and her mother were sisters. We all went down to the river searching for her.�
`She cannot speak for herself�
At the time of the murder, Cooper was a 23-year-old who worked at a Grand River marina.
He forcefully took Rebecca from Recreation Park to a secluded area on the Grand River near Vrooman Road � what today is Mason�s Landing Park in the Lake MetroParks � and sexually assaulted, strangled her and left her for dead.
Several witnesses reported seeing Cooper trying to get his car out after it got stuck.
�There was a lot of very good evidence,� said Caldwell. �Half of the dish towel was found in the trunk of the vehicle he was driving, the other half was around her neck. I was at the FBI National Academy in Quantico and had to come back for the trial.�
In 2010, Cooper applied for clemency from then-Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland.
The Adult Parole Authority convinced Strickland to reject his plea to be released after noting he showed �absolutely no insight or remorse� for a �very vicious and heinous crime.�
The Parole Board also reported his institutional conduct as only �fair� and found �substantial reason to believe he will engage in further criminal conduct if released.�
One of Cooper�s defense lawyers, Gregory Gilson, has died. The other, Leo J. Talikka, is retired but instantly recalled the case when contacted recently.
�I have tried many, many other murder cases. But this was really a tough case. It was a horrible, horrible murder,� said Talikka. �I was court-appointed and I did not want the case. My oldest daughter was the same age as the victim. But I was forced to take him. I had death threats because of that case.�
�The trial lasted 18 days. Two restaurants here in Lake County refused me service because of the publicity. One waitress said, �Are you Mr. Talikka?� I said, �Yes.� They said, `Well, I�m not gonna serve you because you worked too hard to get that (racial epithet) off.��
Bret Vinocur, a Columbus-based volunteer crime victim�s advocate, is organizing the petition drive to block Cooper�s release on his website blockparole.com.�
�He wants out. It�s been 40 years. Her parents are dead. I�m worried,� Vinocur said. �We need to speak for Becky Gelhausen. She cannot speak for herself.�
Those interested can sign the petition.


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By Dimitra DeFotis
Shares of airlines are trading lower this morning, despite speculation that the skids are greased for a merger between American Airlines and U.S. Airways.
On Wednesday, a federal judge cleared the way for American Airlines parent AMR (AAMRQ) to exit bankruptcy, which hastens the merger of American Air and U.S. Airways Group (LCC). Shares of AMR are down nearly 1% this morning, while U.S. Air stock dropped nearly 2%. The merged airline would be up against United Continental Holdings (UAL) and Delta Air Lines (DAL), which merged with Northwest. Shares of each are down 1%.
The big transport input cost, fuel, is a factor. Crude oil prices are up about 1.5% today to $93.69 per barrel.
In case you missed it, Barron's columnist Randall Forsyth is among those of us dreading the cacophany in the skies if cellphone calls become the norm on airplanes. See "That Airline Racket," Nov. 23."(subscription required). He noted that airline stocks have …
"… taken off over the past year as the industry's 'rationalization' has meant higher fares, reduced capacity, and fewer amenities for passengers. Some measure of competition still comes from discounters such as Southwest (LUV), JetBlue (JBLU), and Spirit (SAVE). What's left of antitrust enforcement ought to prevent these cut-rate carriers being scooped up by the big three of the skies, although Jack Hough noted … that Alaska Air (ALK) could draw takeover interest over the long haul ("Merger Mania May Soon Be on the Way," Nov. 21) (subscription required).
From aerospace and transport analysts at RBC Capital Markets, a brilliant Turkey-Day tidbit written by Robert Stallard, Steven Cahall and Karl Oehlschlaeger:
"Airlines for America is anticipating 1.5% more passengers will fly this Thanksgiving period or ~31k more travelers/day. Load factors are expected to be ~85%. Who's in the other seats? Maybe some Yukon Golds. Not mashed taters though - Boeing (BA) has been using sacks of potatoes to test signal strength on aircraft for in-flight wifi. To test coverage on aircraft Boeing needed full planes for accurate results but couldn't get people to sit motionless for days at a time … [but] potatoes are good human stand-ins due to their water content and chemistry. So if anyone is being obnoxious at your Thanksgiving table consider replacing them with a tater. "


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A Phoenix woman says she's out nearly $10,000 after her purse was snatched through a smashed window on her SUV.
The woman, who doesn't want to be identified, decided to head to the Phoenix Mountain Preserve and go for a hike on Sunday.
"I just cruised up the trailhead, and it's sort of miles of mountain preserve," she said.
The woman parked in the lot near 32nd Street and Lincoln Drive, hid her personal belongings and locked her SUV. Her purse was underneath the rear middle seat of her vehicle. When she returned about three hours later, that perfect day turned into quite the hassle.
"I basically got back to my car, and there was glass everywhere and my whole body was shocked," she said.
"There was a note from the park ranger, (which read) 'Here' s the police (department's) number. Call them,'" she continued.
Her purse was gone. So were her two business debit cards as well as her personal debit card. In less than three hours, the victim said whoever stole her purse racked up $9,000 in charges, including withdrawing at least $1,000 from area ATMs.
"I can't imagine it's one person. I think it's a team of people," she said
The woman believes someone knew exactly where to find her purse by watching her from a distance.
"I believe it's an organized thing, because it's just too much (money stolen) so quickly and so professionally done," she explained.
Phoenix police Sgt. Steve Martos said the department is looking into the case.
"(It) is somewhat unusual from the standpoint of how did these individuals get a pin number to withdraw that type of cash? How did they get the cash?" he said.
The victim said her banks have refunded her most of the money. She said after this theft, she only plans to hike with her personal belongings from now on.
"I would definitely recommend all hikers have some fanny pack or some type of backpack and bring all your valuable information," she said.
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[citation needed]This is not new. If you plug up one outlet, they'll just find another.
Gotta catch 'em all!
While it sounds like the company overall sucked at the way it was handling these, in this particular instance, that kind of behavior COULD lead to a sexual harassment suit. All it takes is for one person to express that they feel this is unprofessional (which it is) and then management would HAVE to do something else to stop this behavior from happening else said employee could sue the company for a hostile work place and would most certainly win in court because management did nothing to prevent the inappr
However this above statement disturbs me. It's okay if they spend time updating WTO and free trade articles, but not anime pages? They shouldn't be updating either pages. Anime pages are one thing, and they can and should be reprimanded for that. But I shudder at the thought of governments paying employees to update Wikipedia. Why aren't the head bureaucrats getting reprimanded by someone!!! ugh.
I wouldn't be surprised to find that the agricultural ministry has some expertise in the WTO and international trade issues. Individuals contributing to a public information resource on issues that they are professionally acquainted with seems rather ordinary... even commonplace. I also wouldn't be surprised if these individuals had a lot of other things they were doing as well (and would find themselves hard pressed to justify not seeing to other tasks in order to favor time editing Wikipedia entries).
Not the famous hacker I take it?
"Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love." -- Albert Einstein


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There is no point in hiding it, we all know it's coming, the next generation of gaming hardware is without a doubt an inevitability and this week I thought it would be a perfect time to take a look at everything we know about the next generation hardware from Sony. Sure nothing has been "confirmed" from the bosses at Sony, but there comes a time prior to the announcement and launch of any major product that the rumours start to live a life of their own, as they say "there is no smoke without fire".
Sounds like Sony is bringing one very nice hardcore gaming console once again. Keeping the blu-ray or something different? Which would also ask if PS3 games will work on it.
Well Blu-ray is a fairly future proof format, it only requires minor tweaks (in some cases only to firmware on certain devices) to be able to read 100GB - 200GB discs, so I see no reason why Sony would abandon the format they've invested so heavily in, especially given the impending release of "mastered in 4K bluray" and the uptake of the format.
Backwards compatability I doubt will exsist given the different architecture of the GPU / CPU, sony investing heavily in GaiKai and the fact that "HD" re-releases prove so financially tasty to developers.
Ok HD remakes may not sound much when the source was HD already but rarely are todays games [email protected] and that would certainly be a big market in the coming years for todays top games.
cant wait for the reveal.. Its going to be a beast gaming machine.. Media secondary hopefully
What's funny is that we know ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! Every single article that has "here's what we know" then proceeds to write paragraph after paragraph of lies. No one but Sony knows anything, so stop posting these articles as though they contain any facts at all when they don't.
Hardware excluded, Sony has a real chance to show something special. I just feel it in my bones that a few stellar first party studios are working on some AAA launch titles. I honestly think Sony's learnt from their past mistakes and has been humbled to level with gamers. They're going for the jugular this time around.


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Submission + - Electronic Frontier Foundation Demands Ubuntu To Disable Online Search (muktware.com)
sfcrazy writes: Ubuntu 12.10 met with some controversy before and after it's launch. Initially it was about the inclusion of Amazon Ads and privacy in the latest edition of Ubuntu. Now, EFF, Electronic Frontier Foundation, has also raised concern around data leak and Amazon ads. EFF demands that Ubuntu should Disable "Include online search results" by default. Users should be able to install Ubuntu and immediately start using it without having to worry about leaking search queries or sending potentially private information to third party companies. Since many users might find this feature useful, consider displaying a dialog the first time a user logs in that asks if they would like to opt-in.


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SANTA CLARA, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/29/12 -- AccelOps, Inc., a pioneering developer of software that integrates security (SIEM), performance and availability monitoring into a single easy-to-use application, doubled its customer base and revenues for its 2012 financial year, which ended September 30, 2012. AccelOps also introduced significant cloud, database and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) monitoring enhancements to its software, and closed an $18 million round of financing during the year.
AccelOps software is used to monitor more than 350 data centers worldwide. Customers include managed service providers, government agencies and enterprises in all vertical sectors, including financial services, education, healthcare, manufacturing and retail. The third-generation product continues to pioneer comprehensive, integrated monitoring across the entire IT infrastructure.
AccelOps' real-time analytics and next-generation Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) gives users a single-screen view of all on-premise and cloud resources: servers, storage, network, security, virtualization, users and applications. Patented real-time analytics technology cross-correlates log and event data to make sense of complex IT patterns and events as they happen. The AccelOps modular architecture is designed for today's virtualized hybrid cloud environments and eliminates the need for multiple single-function tools, providing greater visibility while reducing unnecessary cost and complexity for modern IT organizations.
"2012 was a turning point for the SIEM market, and the time has come for a new generation of integrated IT monitoring," said Elie Antoun, President and CEO of AccelOps. "Cloud security and operational effectiveness are inseparable. Our customers tell us how much more secure and effective their environments are when they replace existing SIEM, network, server and other single function monitoring tools with the 'single pane of glass' view our software provides."
Additional information is available at www.accelops.com.
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AccelOps provides a new generation of integrated security, performance and availability monitoring software for today's dynamic, virtualized data centers. Based on patented distributed real-time analytics technology, AccelOps automatically analyzes and makes sense of behavior patterns spanning server, storage, network, security, users, and applications to rapidly detect and resolve problems. AccelOps works across traditional data centers as well as private and hybrid clouds. The software-only application runs on a VMware ESX or ESXi virtual appliance and scales seamlessly by adding additional VMs to a cluster. Its unmatched delivery of real-time, proactive security and operational intelligence allows organizations to be more responsive and competitive as they expand the IT capabilities that underpin their business. For more information, visit www.accelops.com.
AccelOps and the AccelOps logo are trademarks of AccelOps, Inc., a privately held Delaware corporation. Other names mentioned may be trademarks and properties of their respective owners.
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Thad Lewis has one advantage this season that he hasn't had in his first three years in the NFL.
Thad Lewis has one advantage this season that he hasn't had in his first three years in the NFL.
The former Duke quarterback is in the same offense for the first time in consecutive years. That showed on Friday night as the fourth year pro guided the offense down the field in his first two possessions in the second quarter.
Lewis took over the offense with the Buffalo Bills down 3-0 to the Carolina Panthers. In Lewis's first two possessions as quarterback, the Bills drove the field for a field goal and a subsequent touchdown to go up 10-3. The Bills eventually won 20-18.
"The opportunity to be in the same offense two years in-a-row, it makes things a lot easier," Lewis said.
Lewis is in a fight with Jeff Tuel for the backup job to starting quarterback E.J. Manuel. He responded on Friday night with a 6-for-11 effort for 63 yards.
Lewis signed with the St. Louis Rams in 2010 as an undrafted free agent after shattering records at Duke. The quarterback left the Blue Devils with 48 records in tow. He threw for 10,065 yards for the Blue Devils and 67 touchdowns.
In his first three years in the NFL, he played for three different offensive coordinators in St. Louis and then a season and a half in Cleveland. The Bills traded for him last season and Lewis ended up logging the most snaps of his career after a Manuel injury.
He finished last season with 1,092 yards and four touchdown passes in six games with the Bills.
He's soaked up every minute, including playing with the deep and talented wide receiver depth the Bills have accrued.
"When you get that opportunity to play with the guys, it's awesome," Lewis said. "I wouldn't trade it for the world. There are a lot of young guys and they're very talented and you have to take advantage of that."
Lewis isn't sure whether or not last season's track record and what he's doing in the preseason is giving him the inside track for the backup role to Manuel and he's not worried about it.
It's a process and he's just working at it, he said.
"I just feel like I'm getting better and better," Lewis said. "Every practice, every day, every preseason game, that's all you can do. As long as I don't make the same mistakes as last week, the same mistake as the practice before, that helps you out when you're battling for the No. 2 position."
In the end, it just comes down to trust, Lewis said.
"You just have to let people know if your number is called you can go in and the team doesn't miss a beat from what the starters are doing," he said. "I want the guys to rally around and trust and believe in me."
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The problem with Chinese experimental homebuilt aircraft is, a half hour after you test fly it, you....
You what? A half hour after you test fly it, you WHAT?!
Feel like having another [youtube.com]...
The problem with Chinese experimental homebuilt aircraft is, a half hour after you test fly it, you....
...get shot down by the Chinese airforce and your family is billed for the cost of the missile.
How is this news? People make homebrew/budget planes and what-not all the time. Remember those idiots with their weather balloon? Does X-Prize mean anything to you?
Coming up next - man grows his OWN food!!1!
I see this more as 'Some people in China living comfortably enough to focus on things that may or may not pay off.' It might just be for fun but it's flexing the brain. Intellectual curiosity, you know?
Time airborn I assume...
That's not a bad way of looking at it. So we imagine that there's a smooth surface in three dimensions; each of these guys dreams of escaping that surface.
No, the depth of the impact crater
I've got to concentrate
I've got to concentrate
Pinch hitting for Pedro Borbon, Manny Mota
You ever see a grown man naked?
Well, I'm glad you two figured out what I was doing, even if one of the mods didn't.
Some people will do just about ANYTHING to escape a communist dictatorship.
I don't know... that one guy did create a people [wikipedia.org] powered plane.
Mod parent up! I've resisted the idea, but between this and China overtaking the U.S. as the world's biggest market for automobiles [google.com], I'm about convinced that America is not only in decline but is well down the slope. OTOH, it's still way better than Russia (I've been there) which is only barely surviving thanks to its vast resources being able to overcome frightening inefficiencies.
The people outsourcing the companies are doing it because government meddling and taxes have made it too expensive to run any kind of competitive business here. And we're just about to get another dose of that.
It's a sliding scale of course. But the US doesn't have to match Chinese wages, just come close enough that it doesn't make financial sense to take things abroad. Tax the companies, tax the raw materials, tax the profits, tax the income, force them to buy goods and services through regulation then tax that too, tax the workers, tax their healthcare, tax their food, tax their transport, tax where they live, tax their taxes... The surprising thing is that anyone can afford to keep *any* business in the US.
Minor update to remove some ambiguity)
It's a sliding scale of course. But the US doesn't have to match Chinese wages, just come close enough that it doesn't make financial sense to take things abroad. Whe way it works in the US now is: Tax the companies, tax the raw materials, tax the profits, tax the income, force them to buy goods and services through regulation then tax that too, tax the workers, tax their healthcare, tax their food, tax their transport, tax where they live, tax their taxes... The surpri
But to add some typos apparently. Oops.
Nonsense. They just want to get around the natural cost of not being able to trade the health and lives of their workers and the wellbeing of their country for personal wealth.
If they manufacture here in the U.S. they might (god forbid) have to not put poison in the baby formula and toothpaste, avoid lead and GHB in the kid's toys, and god knows what other horrors.
Cessna is reportedly saving about $77,000 USD by manufacturing in China yet the SkyCatcher still costs >$100,000 USD to buy.
Half of every dollar spent on aviation in the US goes to cover liability. Also, Cessna, by far, has the largest markup of any of the light piston US manufacturers. From what I've read, the plane is targeting $111,000. If liability laws were brought into sane reason, that same aircraft could likely be had for something like $50,000. Yet one more reason to drown all the attorneys tomorrow. And if the FAA were revamped such that it more readily allowed free market competition, that price could likely be in the
we suffer a higher death and injury rate as a direct result.
I wanted to clarify something here. That was meant to be taken in relative terms rather than an absolute. In absolute terms the death and injury rate is actually pretty low; with the most dangerous segment being on par with motorcycles. In relative terms to what it could be, its far higher than what is otherwise technically obtainable.
You say that as if you need no facts to back it up. Looking around, the best estimates I could find were 3 to 5 percent of the cost of a plane are litigation and litigation-prevention costs. There's also a fairly significant amount for insurance, some of which goes to paying for litigation, but all totaled it still seems to be less than either of the two largest costs, parts and labor.
So, please stop pulling numbers out of your ass.
Its a well documented fact that liability in aviation consumes
Stop putting your head up your ass.
How thorough were those numbers? The correct numbers need to consider each level of the process and the excess insurance costs as well. Each part manufacturer will carry extra liability insurance (that costs more) and will tack that on to the price of their parts. Each producer of sub-assemblys will buy those more expensive parts and tack on their excess insurance costs. That happens all the way up the chain.
It is really a shame what planes cost. As a private pilot stuck renting for the foreseeable future, I've tried to figure out all different ways to afford a plane and just haven't been able to work it into the budget. Even decent used planes go for at least $15k - usually $25k or more.
The new SLSA rules (well, they've been around long enough now that it's hard to call them "new" anymore) have allowed for some interesting new manufacturers to spring up, but the prices are still pretty high. Best price I've
"And if the FAA were revamped such that it more readily allowed free market competition, that price could likely be in the $30k range while at the same time making aviation safer for everyone;"
Can you clarify that statement? What can the FAA do to allow more free market competition? In fact, the Cessna SkyCrasher isn't an FAA Certified aircraft at all. It's a light sport aircraft, and as such, doesn't need to be certified by the FAA. It's built to a standard that is called ASTM. That standard is defined as an industry consensus, that way, the cost is significantly lower. In fact, it's far lower than a traditional FAR Part 23 certified aircraft like the Cessna 172 which costs more than twi
In fact, the Cessna SkyCrasher isn't an FAA Certified aircraft at all. It's a light sport aircraft, and as such, doesn't need to be certified by the FAA. I
You did catch me making a snafu there. As a light sport, you're right that its not technically "certified". It is, however, declared to be in compliance with ASTM, of which the FAA does verify. My understanding the FAA does tersely verify with manufacturer at least some intent of compliance - unofficially. In that vein, the SkyCatcher isn't really the best example to hold high as I did. Accordingly you are right to rebuke me on it.
Just the same, the point remains, aviation is well over twice as expensive as
I have the privilege of being able to inspect a lot of cessnas (couple dozen or so) from fully complete up to date and functional to a hangar fulla parts, and every stage in between, including one crashed one where the bonehead decided to fly his groceries with him instead of buying them where he was going, and didn't estimate his weight correctly and didn't make it. He lived through it, but the plane is chunky style now spread out and he needed a lot of re-constructive surgery from what I hear. (old airport where I live, besides being a big farm, I maintain the grounds and fences and do the mowing, etc)
There has GOT to be a better way to build affordable airplanes. What that might be I don't know, but this old traditional way needs some serious rethinking. Those things are *ridiculous*, and absolutely no wonder why they are expensive and need a lot of reliability insurance, etc. They are made of one zillion tiny pieces of aluminum held together with 100 zillion rivets. Even the ones in good shape aren't capable of keeping their own doors shut if they aren't keylocked, I have to go around and reclose them all the time. I can't see how they keep from getting recalled, rube goldberg doesn't come close to what they are. It's no wonder they need massive inspections and certifications and insurance, etc. and cost so much.
I have no idea on the quality of other brands and makes, but if one were given to me I'd sell it pronto and look around some more.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STvpqWeZ158 [youtube.com]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbwV-GWIZz8 [youtube.com]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRo9UvzgJYM [youtube.com]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqa5nyk6hCk [youtube.com]
Correct me if I'm wrong, but can't you "easily plot" any 2D set of related numbers on an XY graph?
Sure, but consult a patent lawyer first.
A huge trend in the near future (0-20 years) will be home and distributed engineering (inventing) and manufacturing. People will trade information on technologies, how-to information, plans, and parts to make sophisticated products in their home or workshop.
This is not to say we're all going to get replicators or nanotech manufacturing like in "The Diamond Age" but the level of sophistication of home built products is going to go way, way up. From small appliances to tools to vehicles to weapons, it'll be possible to make a large number of items in places other than traditional factories, in small quantity and high quality.
To see this sort of thing emerging, look at efforts like Reprap to make a self replicating 3d prototyping machine (which probably won't be 100% self replicating for a long time, but which is a great starting point for at-home applications of the technology) or home CNC machines like router tables and small CNC machine tools. You can buy a CNC milling machine capable of producing small parts eg. for firearms and small engines for less than $3000 with computer. Once these become widespread part libraries for them will be as available as clip-art. Want a new part for your bicycle? Download the pattern, place the raw material in the machine, and walk away.
As quality items become harder to find in mass produced outlets, items made at home will take their place. Any item with a niche market will probably be made in these mini manufactoria... there won't be a profit any more in making small quantity items since there'll be tremendous competition from small manufacturers.
No need to keep an inventory of obscure auto parts on hand (or to pay for storage space or sunk costs in the inventory). Just keep the pattern available and churn out parts as needed. Need a part you don't have a pattern for? Ask someone on the internet to measure their part and make a pattern from it, using the same CNC mill to automate the measurements.
I like the trend myself... but can you imagine the fit the government will throw when it figures out it can no longer regulate eg. firearms because anyone with a CNC mill can turn one out in a day or two? I can see them at first trying to ban home manufacturing, trying to ban precursor items and materials, then trying to create an overarching government agency to police the whole thing.
It'll be similar to recording companies figuring out they're no longer needed since anyone can distribute or purchase music on-line without their involvement.
Likewise I can see large corporate manufacturers of some items begging for a government bail-out because no one wants to buy their mass produced crap any more. Why pay $100 for a cheap wal-mart bike when the CNC machine shop in the next town can produce one with 3x the quality for the same price? Why pay a computer store $35 for a plastic keyboard when you can get a solid brass one with better components made at home?
PS: For those of you that know what this means... we'll be able to evolve an STC pattern for common items
can you imagine the fit the government will throw when it figures out it can no longer regulate eg. firearms because anyone with a CNC mill can turn one out in a day or two?
This is already possible and criminals do it [wikipedia.org].
The only people making firearms non-commercially in the USA are hobbyists. For everyone else, buying them at WalMart is easy enough.
I have a benchtop milling machine and enjoy using it (would like to get a lathe soon). I understand where you're coming from, but just because the ability is there doesn't mean people will take advantage of it. Cheap manual mills and lathes have been available for a long time and the only ones buying them are retired machinists and hobbyists. The "average Joe" could care less.
There's a world of difference between benchtop tools and small CNC. The latter requires far less skill to produce far more complex parts. More to the point, CNC permits easy replication or repeated parts with high tolerances. Make one for yourself, and one for a friend.
There'll always be professional engineers and drafters, but there are also people who love to design things for free.. witness the availability of free CNC machine designs online, and patterns to run on them. Or free software, for that
But did you make that stub yourself?
I'm not saying that CNC doesn't change things. I'm saying that it doesn't change things very much for the average home user. For professionals and/or advanced hobbyists, it's game changing -- just look at things like the CriCut. For the average homeowner... yawn!
Actually, I did make the stub myself
Not for a heavy use trailer or anything, but I was proud of it... I'm not a pro machinist.
Let me put it this way... CNC doesn't change things on its own. People not making things now aren't going to suddenly run out and buy a CNC system, even if it's dirt cheap (relatively).
But cheap CNC appeals to do it yourself types the same way fixin
People will trade information on technologies, how-to information, plans, and parts to make sophisticated products in their home or workshop.
Yeah well, don't be so optimistic. You can bet there are certain groups [sfgate.com] who will always be out to nip that kind of thing at the bud.
Making things is more complicated then you give it credit.
Very much in general:
Before you machine a part you often start with a rough casting or billet.
After you machine a part you might heat treat and/or electroplate it, depending.
After that you might do a final grind or EDM (Electric Discharge Machining), depending.
Heat treatment, beyond the torch and quench, will never be anything other then hazardous and industrial. I wouldn't set up an arsenic salt bath at home, even if it were easy.
The sa
Again, It's true that some things cannot/will not be made at home, always.
You're wrong about heat treating, by the way. Plenty of folks out there have set up their own small foundries, and are casting aluminum and iron. Plenty of other folks (like me) have computer controlled kilns for case hardening.
I think if some complex process is a stumbling block to making a desired item, the designer will try to work around it... redesign a part so it doesn't need the complex process, or substitute a process t
It takes more than 4 Chinese to build an aircraft, because two Wongs don't make a Wright.
We have so much regulation in this country we just can't experiment with new kinds of airplanes or invent a new way of air travel. Imagine all the red tape you will have to go through just to put the damn plane together.
The FAA has frozen innovation in the airplane industry: we still base our airplane designs in the same basic principles invented 100 years ago because trying something new would require years of research and testing just to comply with their safety requirements.
I predict these chinese invent
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Our Dear Leader will just try again in a few months. He won't stop until his corporate buddies get everything they want.
Whatever you may think of him, we're four years away from a federal election and Harper's Conservatives control parliament the C-11 committee. If Stephen Harper want to give his "corporate buddies" "everything they want," he wouldn't need to "try again in a few months." The amendments would have been approved, and the bill would pass the house of commons. In fact, C-11 is a reintroduction of a bill that died on the order paper last parliament, so they wouldn't have even needed to put them in as amendments: "everything they want" would have been introduced with the rest of the bill at second reading. Either way, any public outcry would be drowned out in a few weeks by the forthcoming budget debate.
Don't be a moron. It's not an endearing quality.
I invite you to read the HOWTO on boiling frogs. It has so many applications.
Only a moron would think that this is the end of it and that Little Hitler/Harper won't try this and worse again. Both he and the conservatives know it is a balancing act; selling out Canadian's freedoms and getting reelected.
You can eat your words when they table again all the items they couldn't bamboozle through this time. They will try again and again until they can slide it through without a fuss. Next time they will probably package it with other items like "all newborn Canadians must be tattooed with
There should be a "-1 senseless partisan rhetoric" moderation option. After just a few years of minorty-party rule political discourse in Canada has descended to playground fistfights and bickering--quite sad really.
How soon people forget what it is like to have a majority government in parliament. "PM Harper is a tyrant who will stop at nothing to impose his hidden agenda/corporate lobby buddies wishes/kitten-killing campaign/etc" blah blah blah. Same could've been said about Cretien, or Mulroney, or Tr
Why try again? they got everything they actually wanted, AND made people think that they didn't. It's win-win for everyone... well, except the general population, but we don't count anymore.
This is classic, they ask for a thousand things, and settle for 500, meanwhile the media reports how the grassroots campaigns won and that consumers "only" lost half their rights. That's not a victory for us!
Dear Anonymous Coward,
Thank you for your recent correspondence regarding the Lawful Access tools in our proposed legislation. I am always happy to respond to the questions and concerns of my constituents.
Our Government is strongly committed to ensuring that Canadians' rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms are respected.
The new lawful access tools proposed in our legislation will not derogate from existing safeguards and privacy protections. The need to respect a person's reasonable expectation of privacy, as protected under the Charter, always guides law reform. Such authority will continue to be exercised bearing in mind privacy rights under other legislation, such as the Privacy Act and the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act.
Police will still be required to obtain judicial authorizations in order to obtain information under our legislation and law enforcement agencies will not be able to intercept private communications or obtain transmission data without being authorized to do so by law. Let me be very clear: the police will not be able to read emails or view web activity unless they obtain a warrant issued by a judge.
While technology has advanced significantly over the past four decades, the legal frameworks and investigative tools available to the police and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) have not kept pace with this evolution. This proposed legislation would provide law enforcement and CSIS with the modern investigative tools they need to help fight crime and thwart national security threats.
The investigative tools created in this legislation preserve existing safeguards, such as requirements for warrants, court authorizations or other lawful authority to target specified communications. They are time-limited, and nothing put forward in the proposed legislation would reduce the existing safeguards.
Thank you again for taking the time to write regarding this issue. If you have any further questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact my office.
Yours sincerely,
Hon. Gary Goodyear, P.C., M.P.
Cambridge-North Dumfries
The point of writing your MP is to let them know that you oppose/support what they are doing. If they get flooded with letters they might reconsider their stance on the issue. The repsonse you get is irrelevent.
It's still stupid that even though I can do X because of "fair dealing", it's illegal to do X if I have to break "digital locks" in order to do it. This is the same lunacy that made the DMCA in the US so ridiculous. When is it going to sink in that none of the format-shifting or other provisions that are legal in the proposed bill make any sense unless you can legally *exercise* those rights regardless of what protections the copyright holder places on the material? It's like saying "Yes, you can legally
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Every hoops junkie quivers at the very thought of NCAA bids warranted based on evidence spit out by computers.
"Watch the games!" they bellow. "Talk to coaches," they plead. "The RPI is flawed," they lament. And on and on goes the song and dance of those who yearn for the days of the "eye test" on the tip of every analyst's tongue.
Here is the problem with such flawed thoughts. I love watching "the games" as much as anybody - the Comcast sports package is to me as a Sex and the City marathon is to my fiancee. I estimate that I watch between 20-to-30 hours of game action each week, and by Sunday night I inevitably form biases based on what my eyes tell me.
As weeks go on, I grow attached to stories, coaches, and styles. I cling to a team I loved in November even if it has underperformed since the first of the year. And do you know what puts my opinions in check every time?
The numbers.
They play no favorites. They tell no lies. And they are the best tools available to a group of suits determining the fate of a team's blood, sweat and tears.
That's not to say watching ESPN has no merit. It provides valuable context for discussion. It helps inform the power brokers about certain teams, injuries, conference strength, level of play at different parts of the season and more.
The best way to select the most deserving at-large candidates is to put together a search committee that loves the game's nuances and respects the numerical evidence behind them.
That's also the manifesto From the End of the Bench uses in putting together its annual Bubble Breakdown. We list the numbers, point out good wins and bad losses then espouse on those hard statistics with the evidence of the eye.
And we will do that each Wednesday until the week before Selection Sunday, when we pull double duty on Wednesday and Friday.
The two key numbers next to each bubble member's record are the RPI (ratings percentage index) and SOS (strength of schedule). The NCAA selection committee uses both, particularly non-league SOS on the second number, as a barometer of discussion. If a team makes the initial cut, its profile is dissected further. We do both as we analyze each power league and the mid-major bubble boys below.
Miami and Duke are battling it out for a No.1 seed with a weekend rematch in Cameron and perhaps another tilt for the conference tourney crown deciding which clubs gets the coveted top line. Below these two heavyweights, the tournament picture is less clear. UNC's victory over North Carolina State last Saturday bolstered the Tar Heels' profile and continued the Wolfpack down a middling, maddening path.
Both are on the right side of the bubble (for now) and should stay there save a late-season collapse. The rest of the league? A fifth bid may rest on whether the committee forgives Virginia for some head-scratching early-season losses.
On the right side
North Carolina (19-8, 9-5; RPI 21, SOS 10): The Tar Heels had the classic hollow profile before Saturday's emotional victory over the Wolfpack. UNLV was their only win of merit before this past weekend, but the Heels really only have one bad loss (at Texas) and are playing better basketball since Roy Williams' switch to the four-guard offense. The computer numbers (for now) have the Heels above water, but this week contains two games with little to gain, but plenty to lose (at Clemson, vs. Florida State).
North Carolina State (19-8, 8-6; RPI 23, SOS 16): Maddening inconsistency has plagued a team that easily passes the eye test, but has had trouble putting together extensive periods of bid-worthy play. The Wolfpack are just 3-4 in their last seven games, but a favorable final four (no Duke, Virginia, Miami or UNC) and wins already over UConn and Duke have them on the right side. They SHOULD stay there, but a late-season slip against inferior competition could bring candidacy into question.
Right on the bubble
Virginia (19-8, 9-5; RPI 75, SOS 135): The computer numbers are dragged down by quizzical losses to Old Dominion (RPI 323) and Delaware (RPI 149) that put the Cavaliers in a big hole. A 10-6 conference record at the end of the week likely won't be enough to make up for the bad computer numbers. The non- conference win at Wisconsin looks a lot better now, but the Cavs make-or-break time comes Thursday at John Paul Jones Arena against Duke. Will the Blue Devils be caught looking ahead to the Hurricanes?
On the wrong side
Maryland (19-8, 7-7; RPI 67, SOS 111): There just isn't much there. And hold on, College Park, I know the Terps stormed past Duke a few Saturdays past, but they followed what could have been a season-defining win with an equally devastating loss at Boston College. Maryland's next two are manageable, but won't help computer numbers (at Georgia Tech and Wake Forest), before one final sprint to bid consideration. Maryland likely needs to get to 11-7 in conference and that would include victories over UNC and Virginia.
Big East
Otto Porter has to start receiving some Player of the Year consideration after filling the stat sheet with 33 points, eight rebounds and five steals in Georgetown's 57-46 victory over Syracuse - the last time the two rivals faced off at the Carrier Dome as conference foes.
The Hoyas have won nine straight and vaulted to the top of the crowded league standings, ahead of Louisville, Syracuse and Marquette. All four of those teams are fine, although Syracuse has lost its footing on a No. 1 seed, losing for the fifth time in its last nine games on Monday.
On the right side
Pittsburgh (21-7, 9-6; RPI 40, SOS 55): The stretch run opens up with home games against South Florida and Villanova and a road test at league bottom- feeder DePaul. The 'Nova game is concerning, but just two more wins get the Panthers to 11 in the Big East, a number that should be more than safe for inclusion. Just in case, they have racked up four solid wins (at Georgetown and Cincinnati, vs. UConn and Syracuse) with no truly bad defeats.
Notre Dame (22-6, 10-5; RPI 38, SOS 76): Unlike other bubble sorters, I'm firmly in the Irish camp. They have stockpiled wins, including victories over other possible tournament teams (Kentucky, BYU), Pittsburgh, Louisville and a key sweep of Cincinnati (a main tiebreaker over the Bearcats). The final three aren't easy, including road games at Marquette and Louisville, but 11-7 in league should be enough.
On the wrong side
Villanova (18-11, 9-7; RPI 54, SOS 37): That was the definition of a bad, bad loss. Monday's one-point setback to league cellar-dweller Seton Hall was crippling. No sugarcoating in this sphere. However, too many (if any) teams on this list can proudly showcase wins over teams like Louisville, Syracuse, UConn and Marquette since January 22. Saturday's victory over Marquette was huge. One more win (at Pitt or vs. Georgetown) gives them a fifth marquee win and puts them at the top of the 50-50 pile. The question remains - what do the Wildcats have to do at the Garden if they drop two tough games to close the conference slate at 9-9? Probably something substantial.
Cincinnati (19-9, 7-8; RPI 49, SOS 30): The computer numbers are similar to Villanova's, but these are two teams heading in opposite directions. The Bearcats have dropped five of six and now need to run the conference table to re-enter the fray. They have a week to think about a must-win home date with UConn and also must take down Louisville (a tall order for a team in a tailspin) before the home finale against South Florida.
St. John's (16-11, 8-7; RPI 62, SOS 29): Like the Bearcats, St. John's must win out. That includes a home game at Notre Dame and the season finale a week from Saturday against Marquette. The Red Storm have the win over Cincinnati in head-to-head action, but also have bad losses to San Francisco and UNC Asheville. The benchmark appears to be 11 conference wins. Without that total, 12 or more total losses and middling computer numbers probably prove too much to overcome.
Big Ten
The nation's best conference has already locked up five bids in our estimation (Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State, Wisconsin and Ohio State) after the Buckeyes awoke from their slumber to thump Minnesota and slip past Michigan State.
Indiana and Michigan are battling for the tournament top line, but is any team playing better than Wisconsin? The Badgers have won five of six, including a win at Illinois, a 22-point victory over the aforementioned Buckeyes and a 28- point thumping at Northwestern.
Minnesota nearly clinched its inclusion with an upset of No. 1 Indiana on Tuesday.
On the right side
Illinois (20-9, 7-8; RPI 30, SOS 6): In the nighttime hours of Sunday, February 3, Illinois needed to turn around its season in hopes of making the...NIT. What a difference a month makes. Since the home loss to Wisconsin, the Illini have won five of six, including wins over Indiana and Minnesota. Some prognosticators think a .500 league mark is key, but From the End of the Bench points at non-league wins over Butler and possible top seed Gonzaga, along with great computer numbers, to argue that 8-10 should be plenty.
Minnesota (19-9, 7-8; RPI 15, SOS 1): Breathe easy. The victory over No. 1 Indiana pretty much puts the Gophers in the tournament unless they disappear again down the stretch. Yes, prior to Tuesday, Minnesota had lost five of six, but 13 Top-100 victories and an RPI that is historically more than safe are key metrics.
Big 12
Kansas' thrilling Monday night OT victory over Iowa State was more about the loser than the winner. Iowa State has always had an at-large-discussion-worthy profile, but now it has an "A" on the visual inspection to boot. This is where the eye test is useful. It reaffirms what the computer spits out.
I won't put the Cyclones in the "lock" status, but they have moved from firmly on the bubble to an inch above it in From the End of the Bench's estimation. At press time, only Kansas and Kansas State are mortal tournament locks, but several others are looking good.
On the right side
Oklahoma State (20-6, 10-4; RPI 28, SOS 49): The Cowboys had so many chances to steal the fatigue-ridden, double-OT thriller against Kansas, but couldn't quite get the job done. The next two should be W's (TCU, Texas) before two tough games to close. Those should only be about seeding as long as the Cowboys handle business before then. Twelve Big 12 wins is a tourney lock.
Oklahoma (18-8, 9-5; RPI 20, SOS 7): The Sooners should be in "lock" territory by this time next week. A contest at Texas and a home date with bubble-sitter Iowa State provide two winnable contests to go on top of impressive computer numbers. If Oklahoma's best win other than Kansas is at Baylor, then how are the RPI/SOS numbers so high, you ask? Schedule manipulation is the answer. The Sooners played a horde of non-league games against teams they were favored against, but not the laughingstocks many of their compatriots loaded up against. I'm talking the RPI 60-100 teams that keep the RPI high once conference play kicks in. Well played Lon Kruger.
Iowa State (19-9, 9-6; RPI 53, SOS 72): Some suspect officiating down the stretch worked against the Cyclones' upset bid, but all is not lost. They need to get a game in the Oklahoma series (at the Sooners Saturday and hosting the Cowboys next Wednesday) before a season finale at disappointing West Virginia. Because of the average computer numbers, 2-of-3 is advisable, though not easy. The Cyclones would be "IN" today, but tomorrow?
On the wrong side
Baylor (16-11, 7-7; RPI 61, SOS 23): It's all in front of you, Baylor. One of the nation's most frustrating teams has dropped three straight, and now finds itself in a four-game playoff with a tournament bid on the line. Three-of-four is mandatory, and it would include a win over either of the league's two best teams, Kansas or Kansas State. Anything less and Scott Drew can write his team's NIT ticket.
The Pac-12 is the league of parity this year (but in a good way). Last season, even the top of the league was so mediocre that the bottom-feeders had a chance on any given night. This year, the top and bottom of the league are stronger, again providing "any-given-game" theatre in the late-night hours.
Only Arizona is a lock at this point, but four (possibly five) teams are still looking like legit tournament possibilities. Let's examine them below.
On the right side
Oregon (22-6, 11-4; RPI 48, SOS 105): The computer numbers aren't great, but the 11 conference wins are working in the Ducks favor along with a soft closing stretch. Winning two of those games would leave no doubts, especially since their SOS is projected to continue to rise. Getting Dominic Artis back is a must, and could play as early as Thursday night.
UCLA (20-7, 10-4; RPI 42, SOS 46): League wins at Arizona and Colorado along with a non-conference victory over Missouri are keeping UCLA on the right side of this bubble. A split down the stretch is probably enough, though the Bruins should be favored in three of the four games.
California (18-9, 10-5; 43, SOS 32): The Golden Bears are really making a "push" for at-large inclusion. Head coach Mike Montgomery's shove of leading scorer Allan Crabbe has reached social media all-star status, but Cal's overall play has also received plenty of Twitter praise. The Golden Bears have won five straight, including a tightrope victory walk through the state of Oregon last week. The two-point victory in Eugene was more pivotal, but avoiding the letdown in Corvallis was also key.
Right on the bubble
Colorado (18-8, 8-6; RPI 26, SOS 20): The computer numbers are better than the three teams on the right side, but a worse league record leaves the Buffaloes in this predicament. Can they jump a team above them on this list if they finish two games worse in league play? Maybe, but it leaves their fate up to a lot of variables. Colorado has its chances down the stretch, heading to Cal on Sunday and hosting Oregon next Thursday.
On the wrong side
Arizona State (20-8, 9-6; RPI 88, SOS 128): The Buffaloes are actually sixth in the conference standings (a damaging self-image problem) partly because the Sun Devils took them down in Boulder (63-62 OT) last Saturday. However, any momentum built up was quickly lost by the bad home loss to Washington. Because of the computer numbers, the Sun Devils need to win at UCLA and Arizona to increase their credibility and move back into the discussion.
Does anyone but Florida want to make the NCAA tournament. Tennessee, maybe, but were the Vols starting from too far back? Ole Miss, maybe, but the profile lacks much substance.
There are other candidates as well that we sift through below. Just know that Florida is the class of the league (although it needs to get healthy fast) and the others are just scrapping for invites.
On the right side
Missouri (19-8, 8-6; RPI 37, SOS 58): A 1-1 week actually helped the Tigers profile. Losing at Rupp is no shame, and the victory over top dog Florida gave Missouri another signature win to go on top of neutral court victories over VCU and Illinois. The end-of-season schedule is comforting, save a season- finale trip to red-hot Tennessee. The Tigers look good for now as long as they win the games they should.
Kentucky (19-8, 10-4; RPI 47, SOS 54): I still think the Wildcats are in a precarious position, sliding slightly down the stretch and already set to be judged as a team playing without its best player (Nerlens Noel). That said, Coach Cal's kids went into damage control last week, including a big-time home win over Missouri. The road test at Arkansas may sway the seesaw as the final stretch also includes two easier games (Mississippi State, Georgia) and a season ender in Rupp against Florida. Splitting the four games puts the Wildcats at 12-6 in a big-time league, but also makes them just 4-4 without Noel (if you count the Florida game he was injured in). The computer numbers aren't great either, so it would be a fascinating argument. How much does the Kentucky name intrinsically count?
Right on the bubble
Tennessee (17-10, 9-6; RPI 51, SOS 27): The wins just keep on coming. After a loss to bottom-feeder Georgia, Tennessee stood at 11-10 overall and just 3-6 in league play. Since then, the Vols have won six straight, including a win against Kentucky and Tuesday's national TV statement over Florida. The train needs to keep going to stay on the tracks.
Alabama (19-9, 11-4; RPI 64, SOS 86): Quantity vs. quality? The SEC will be tough to judge this season because it's uncharacteristically full of RPI mediocrity. Alabama has beaten up on league's soft under belly and sees 12 league wins at the end of the rainbow, but is that enough? The computer numbers say no. Kentucky is the Crimson Tide's biggest win. From the End of the Bench thinks 3-1 down the stretch with a no-harm, no-foul loss to Florida, could be good enough, but also losing to bubble mate Ole Miss is not advisable.
Mississippi (20-7, 9-5; RPI 58, SOS 130): Another one of these SEC bubble profiles where 12 league wins is possible, but it could come with a high-50s or worse RPI and a SOS in the high 120s. Missouri is the only win of note on the schedule, so Ole Miss' only defense is the abundance of league wins. The fate of Alabama and Ole Miss may be tied directly to how the committee views the league or perhaps a winner-takes-a-bid showdown on Mar. 5 in Oxford.
Mountain West
In an email conversation with a friend a few weeks back, we both applauded the quality of basketball played in the Mountain West. CBS Sports Network was a favorite late-night landing place to watch entertaining, well-played hoops between quality opponents.
Nothing has changed since then as the league looks to safely land three teams with a ceiling as high as five or six in the Big Dance. New Mexico is the lone Lobo (wolf) as a legitimate lock, but two others are heading that way as the middle of the league scratches and claws for more bids.
Right side of the bubble
Colorado State (21-6, 8-4; RPI 17, SOS 25): The Rams are as good as in as long as they navigate the remaining minefield of inferior competition. Their SOS will take a pretty big hit by the time the season ends (projected in the mid-40s) but the RPI will still be plenty good enough barring a collapse. It would have been nice to win one of the close losses to UNLV or New Mexico last week, but a sweep the rest of the way puts the Rams in, and even three wins is likely good enough. But why play with fate?
UNLV (21-7, 8-5; RPI 15, SOS 13): UNLV is playing its best basketball of the season, winners in four of five, which includes the scalps of three possible tourney teams (New Mexico, San Diego State, Colorado State). The rest of the schedule isn't daunting, with the only concern a bout with desperate Boise State. As long as the Runnin' Rebels handle their business at Nevada on Saturday, we may move them into the lock category.
Right on the bubble
San Diego State (20-7, 8-5; RPI 33, SOS 41): Here is where things get interesting. The Aztecs handled their business last week, but now face a difficult three-game stretch starting in the Pit against New Mexico on Wednesday night. A home date against equally desperate Air Force sandwiches a road finale in Boise. Two wins are likely good enough, but is one? That would put the Aztecs at 21 victories, 9-7 in conference with an improving SOS that reaches the mid-20s. Then what?
Wrong side of the bubble
Boise State (18-8, 6-6; RPI 45, SOS 69): The ultimate conundrum needs to finish off a three-game stretch on Wednesday against Nevada before taking a mighty swipe at a venerable gauntlet to close (vs. Colorado State, at UNLV, vs. San Diego State). I like the Broncos a lot when I watch them, but then I miss games like a 75-59 loss to Nevada and wonder what happened. What they have done to date actually may matter very little. How they close will make or break their chances.
Air Force (16-10, 7-6; RPI 68, SOS 59): That we are even discussing the chances of a pair of .500(ish) Mountain West teams, while hesitating to include 12-win SEC clubs tells you all you need to know about the quality of the two conferences this season. The Falcons need to get hot - like red/white hot - down the stretch to have a prayer. Victories at San Diego State and home against New Mexico are a must (and a pretty tall order).
Atlantic 10
The revamped A-10's gain is the rest of the bubble's loss. The league's overall strength is one of this season's biggest surprises with the possibility of four or even a league-record five bids. No one has fortified itself as a lock to date, but Saint Louis is on the brink and Butler isn't far behind.
Right side of the bubble
Saint Louis (21-5, 10-2; RPI 34, SOS 77): One of this season's best stories (as reported by TSN's Lucas Gulotta last week) is also its hottest team, winners of nine straight. A season sweep of Butler and a 14-point waxing of VCU are included in the streak. The only thing keeping the Billikens from lock status is time (and games). Another win or two seals the deal.
Butler (22-6, 9-4; RPI 29, SOS 61): They haven't looked like the Bulldogs for a few weeks, and a trip to VCU beckons this weekend. They SHOULD be fine, but a win or two down the stretch won't hurt.
On the bubble
VCU (22-6, 10-3; RPI 35, SOS 79): Where are the quality wins? The best is a neutral court victory over Memphis eons ago then maybe Belmont? Alabama? The Rams were dominated by the Billikens, and now comes the weekend tilt with Butler. Another laid egg may stick in the committee's mind.
La Salle (19-7, 9-4; RPI 39, SOS 77): Two must-win home games against Duquesne and George Washington start out a stretch run topped off by a visit to Saint Louis. Will that game be needed? Let's examine. The wins over Butler and VCU are big, and the computer numbers are manageable. If the Explorers finish 11-5 in the league, it may only take one conference tournament win. It's a thin- line profile.
Temple (19-8, 8-5; RPI 41, SOS 44): The profile looks better than it did 10 days ago. Three straight wins, including an eight-point victory over La Salle, put the Owls in the ballgame. A late-season, non-league game against Detroit precedes must-wins against Rhode Island and Fordham. Three wins would mean six in a row heading into the season-closing home game against VCU. The Owls' profile will be taken very seriously heading into the final game if they handle their business.
Missouri Valley
Cinderella has resided underneath the Missouri Valley's arches many times in the last decade. The Mountain West and A-10 are now getting the MVC's normal street pub (with good reason), leaving The Valley looking at two, maybe three, bids. From the End of the Bench is putting on a stamp and sending in Wichita State's tournament invite, but we aren't ready to do the same with Creighton.
Right side of the bubble
Creighton (22-7, 11-5; RPI 46; SOS 100): Let's start with the ugly. The Bluejays SOS and RPI scream bubble trouble, as does the 2-4 mark in their last six games. The non-league wins over Wisconsin and fellow bubble members Arizona State and Cal are more than many can say in the non-conference, but the room for error is shrinking. The season finale against Wichita State looms large.
Wrong side of the bubble
Indiana State (16-11, 9-7; RPI 59, SOS 56): The one-point win over Iona didn't instill any confidence, but it was necessary to keep this profile on life support. The Larry Bird story would have been a great tournament angle, but a 3-4 mark in their last seven has the Sycamores looking NIT. The only thing Indiana State can control is its last two regular-season games. At that point we can let it know what damage it needs to do in the conference tourney.
West Coast Conference
Welcome to another year dominated by Gonzaga and Saint Mary's. The 'Zags are a legitimate No. 1 seed and Final Four candidate, while the Gaels continue their surge into the tournament discussion.
On the bubble
Saint Mary's (24-5, 12-2; RPI 44, SOS 122): So, let's talk shop. The Gaels (again) did themselves no favors with a pathetic non-league schedule. Fortunately, ESPN's last edition of BracketBusters afforded them an opportunity against fast-fading Creighton. Granted, Saint Mary's seized the day and added a quality win to a profile short on them. Two more wins puts them at 26 and 14 in the league. A trip to the tournament final may be necessary.
Other Leagues
Let's get right to it. Several of the teams below are in better position than the Mississippi and Virginia's of the world. That can, and likely will, change. Let's examine the fluid state of several mid-majors having big-time seasons.
Right side of the bubble
Memphis (24-4, 13-0; RPI 18; SOS 83): The loss to Xavier will knock the Tigers down a seed line or so, but the computer numbers and conference dominance should be more than enough to overcome the setback.
Right on the bubble
Belmont (22-6, 12-2; RPI 27, SOS 85): The shellacking of Ohio was an important show for those committee members keeping close watch, but Belmont can't afford another conference loss until the tournament title game. The RPI is solid as is the victory over bubble teammate Middle Tennessee State, but is it enough? It's tough to find a precedent.
Middle Tennessee State (25-4, 17-1; RPI 32, SOS 133): The schedule strength is a killer, so the margin for error is negligible. The Blue Raiders are a very good team, but the lack of profile-enhancing wins coupled with the 15-point loss to Belmont is keeping them down. The only thing left to do is keep winning and wait.
Wrong side of the bubble
Akron and Louisiana Tech (Akron - 21-4, 12-0; RPI 49, SOS 163; La Tech - 24-3, 14-0; RPI 51, SOS 248): From the End of the Bench joined these two at the hip because they have similar missions. Keep winning, finish the regular season unbeaten in their perspective league and make the conference tournament title game. Auto bids are a safer route because neither league is particularly strong and both overall schedules don't provide any memorable wins, however you never know. Several others above need to fall flat down the stretch to open the door.


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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- A Penn State faculty member with more than 30 years of professional journalism experience and a half decade in the classroom has been selected to fill a first-of-its-kind position in the College of Communications.
John Dillon has been named the inaugural Norman Eberly Professor of Practice in Journalism. The position was created through the University's ongoing Faculty Endowment Challenge to provide support for an outstanding professionally-oriented faculty member in the Department of Journalism.
A major gift by Joseph Eberly and his wife, Shirley, endowed the position in the name of Norman Eberly, who graduated from Dickinson College in 1924 and then worked as a newspaper journalist for 20-some years -- first as an undergraduate -- before joining the Penn State staff as a writer-editor in the College of Agricultural Sciences. He helped publicize agricultural extension and outreach efforts across the state of Pennsylvania and also worked closely with student writers.
Dillon, who spent nearly all of his career at the Richmond Times-Dispatch, teaches news writing and reporting, feature writing and news media ethics. In addition, he annually leads an independent study option for top journalism students to write for the Centre Daily Times during the academic year.
During his tenure at the Times-Dispatch, Dillon served as a feature writer, business news reporter, assistant city editor, special assignments editor, assisant managing editor and deputy managing editor.
The Eberly professor of practice is expected to possess exceptionally strong professional credentials and skills, possess extensive contacts at media outlets and organizations, stand among the best classroom teachers in the college, work within the college to facilitate internship and career placement opportunities, and serve as a liaison for the program with relevant journalism associations and organizations. Dillon will continue to teach and bring professional journalists to campus who possess specialty reporting expertise in fields such as business, science and technology. In addition, the endowed position will provide support for embedded instruction in existing courses, special workshops and travel to important academic and professional conferences.
"We'll be able to serve our journalism students like never before," Dean Doug Anderson said. "John will, in essence, help mold and enhance our journalism curriculum and he will 'grow' the professorship and its impact. He will enable us to do a beter job than ever before of preparing our students for the changing media landscape they will enter."
Dillon earned his bachelor's degree from Creighton University and his master's from the University of Minnesota. He is a former co-chair of the Virginia Press Association Diversity Committee, a former president of the Society of Professonal Journalists in Virginia and a former board member of the SPJ Educational Foundation of the Virgnia Professional Chapter.
Joseph Eberly, the Andrew Carnegie Professor of Physics at the University of Rochester, learned the importance of writing from his father. His exams often include essay questions -- which, he said, are not often a favorite of physics students.
"Physics students are not used to that. But, if they cannot explain their science, there's no way to know if they really understand," said Eberly, who earned his bachelor's degree in physics from Penn State in 1957 and his doctorate in physics from Stanford in 1962. He was named recipient of the Outstanding Science Alumni Award from the University in 1998. "They need to know how to write, especially the graduate students for dissertations and publications."
Norman Eberly retired from Penn State to continue his writing career with the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, where he coordinated public relations efforts for the secretary of agriculture and made an impact across the Commonwealth, but he always stayed connected to Penn State. Until his death in 1996 at age 99, he faithfully followed Penn State football.
"It's clear that my father wasn't an academic but a writing-editing journalist," Joseph Eberly said. "My wife and I hope that Dad would like having his name associated with journalism at Penn State."


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WASHINGTON, DC -- Thirty-two landscape architects who have made enduring contributions to the profession were recently elected Fellows of the American Society of Landscape Architects. The designation "Fellow" acknowledges extraordinary work in landscape planning or design, leadership of people or programs, knowledge, or service to the profession. Every member of the Council of Fellows has demonstrated commitment to advancing the profession. The Fellows were formally invested on October 20 at the Society's annual meeting in San Jose, California. Fellows are nominated in one of four categories: works of landscape architecture, administrative work, knowledge, and service to the profession.
Nominated for knowledge by the Ohio Chapter, J. Brooks Breeden, FASLA, an Ohio State University landscape architecture professor, said, "I honestly do not see my accomplishments in the league of those who have asked me to join them in the Council of Fellows. If the Council of Fellows has chosen to reward my professional choices thus far with such an honor, I must have done some right things, and some things right. So, I don't think I ought to change anything that I'm doing. I'll just keep trying to do everything better." Breeden is the author of
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Signe Nielsen, FASLA, of New York, New York, has garnered numerous awards for projects, including the Route 9A reconstruction in Manhattan, Scenic Hudson Park at Irvington, and Phase I and II of the Staten Island Children's Museum. "Virtually every project we do has the potential to have a palpable, positive impact on people's lives. I take the honor of fellowship in ASLA very seriously and intend to continue my commitment to making cities more nurturing places."
Since 1899, 829 ASLA members have been elected to the Council of Fellows. A listing of the 32 members of the 2002 Class of Fellows-Elect follows. Biographies of the 2002 Class of Fellows and information on the Council of Fellows is available on the web at https://www.asla.org/Members/FASLA.htm.
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