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The Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) is a national organization composed of highly successful working professionals as well as students aspiring to be.
This month at its national conference, the organization chose the Allan Hancock College SACNAS chapter to receive its prestigious Role Model Chapter for Outstanding Community Service award — a selection that was made from among the country's community colleges and universities.
"We are one of the smaller SACNAS chapters, but also one of the strongest, especially when it comes to mentorship and student achievement," SACNAS advisor and mathematics instructor Irene Wong said.
The recognition came at the annual conference held recently in Seattle. The group was also recognized for their outstanding community service in 2008 and in 2011 was named the first-ever Community College Chapter of the Year.
"These awards are very competitive, and I'm so proud of our chapter members who have given so much to the community and to the college," Wong said.
At the same conference, students Eddie Triste, Elida Gonzalez and Shane Nourizadeh had the opportunity to present their summer internship research. Triste and Nourizadeh studied Nanosystems technology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Gonzales took part in breast cancer research at the University of California, Los Angeles.
All three students were able to participate in their respective research projects because of connections made through the SACNAS organization, Wong said.
SACNAS is dedicated to fostering the success of scientists, whether college students or professionals. Members are dedicated to giving back through mentorship, peer networks and professional development.
— Sonja Oglesby is a public affairs and publications technician for Allan Hancock College.


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Speakers to December Graduates: We're Counting on You
- 12-16-2013
- By Jeffrey R. Wakefield
The bitter cold outside was no match for the warmth and good cheer inside the Athletic Complex Multipurpose Facility on Saturday, as UVM's 212th commencement, its last to be held in December, unfolded ceremoniously.
Between the 270 graduates (219 undergraduates and 51 graduate and medical students), family and friends, over 2,200 people were packed into the complex. As at May commencements, the festiviites began at the event's far reaches with a color guard complete with pipes and drums solemnly leading a robust platform party to the platform at center stage.
The speeches that followed -- from representatives of UVM's various governance groups, President Tom Sullivan, Provost David Rosowsky, and commencement speaker Major Jackson, poet and Richard Dennis Green and Gold Professor of English – had a common theme: the challenge of the times, the great responsibilities graduates face in entering a troubled world, and the faith their elders have in their abilities to help right the planetary ship of state.
"At the University of Vermont, our educational mission is to prepare students to be dedicated, ethical, accountable, global leaders," said President Tom Sullivan. "As graduates of UVM, you are now well equipped to become highly effective leaders." Graduates have great responsibility, Sullivan said. "And I hope you will build your ambitions and set your sights to make a difference in the society that you move into."
"You're graduating at a time of great challenge and great opportunity for our nation, for our world, for our planet, and for our species," added Rosowsky. "And we know you are among the brightest, most well educated, most curious, and most capable graduates of any university. We have very high hopes for each of you. "
Commencement speaker Jackson mock threatened a test at the end of his remarks, which the poet said would be a "proliferation of allusions and similes, quotations of poets, philosophers, singers that fly in your direction."
That was only slightly overstated, as Jackson managed to quote everyone from Shelly to Kafka to Harry Potter.
Jackson added a new theme to the collective wisdom speakers imparted: the importance and challenge of self discovery.
"We need celebratory moments like today," he said. "To not only rejoice at your completing your studies at University of Vermont, but to also reflect upon the journey, to look back and ruminate on the meaning of your most recent achievement and growth as a human being."
But then he returned to the message of the day.
"I know telling you that our renewal as a civilization is in your hands is a tall order," he said. "Many of you just got a good night's sleep after weeks of studying and months and months of sitting in classes, and now I am asking you to save the world? Not really. Not exactly. We realize today that you are, more than anyone else here, especially endowed with the spirit and responsibility to continue the betterment of society and to sustain the practices and beliefs that make us great. If we have done our jobs, if our pedagogy is far‑reaching and radical, then we have instilled in our students an irrepressible commitment to independent thinking, a moral and intellectual inclination towards improving the world and a grand optimism for the future and their role in creating that future."

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Arsene Wenger has decided to commit his future to Arsenal amid rife speculation that he would be moving to Paris Saint-Germain next summer.
The 63-year-old will be in his last year of his current contract with the club after this summer and the failure to hold talks with the club on extensions had led many to believe that this would be his final season at the club.
PSG had made a concerted effort to sign him earlier in the summer and though they have finally appointed Laurent Blanc to replace Carlo Ancelotti at Parc des Princes.
The fact that PSG offered only a 12-month deal to the Frenchman further fuelled speculation that Wenger might make the move from London to Paris next summer.
But Wenger has moved to dismiss such possibilities by announcing that preliminary talks have started with the club regarding the extension of his bumper £7.5million-a-year contract.
"I am committed to staying longer at this club. I've already had a chat with Ivan. It went very well, not a problem," said the Frenchman.
In the past, Wenger had generally agreed three-year deals, but he has stated that the team needs to be doing well for him to stay: "What I will always do in the future is not to use my longevity as an advantage to stay in this position if I don't do well.
"The contract will be decided in the future. That will depend on how well I do. I've always shown my commitment to this club and I don't think I need to prove anything on that."
He further added that he would like to challenge for trophies again in the coming years: "I don't automatically assume that I will be here.
"I think I knew when I committed to my last contract and the contract before that the club were going through a very sensitive period, because we had less financial resources and the challenge was to stay at the top and in the Champions League during that period."
"We are coming out of that period and I hope in the next two or three years the club will be competing for the Premier League."
Wenger, who has led Arsenal to 11 trophies in 17 years, concluded: "My heart is with Arsenal. I'm not at PSG because my heart is with Arsenal."
The Frenchman who is known for his ability of spotting young talent and turning them into big stars is currently in Indonesia for the first leg of Arsenal's Far East tour, with 20-year-old Yaya Sanogo as his only summer signing thus far.
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(Reflecting on what might have been.)
Of all the incredulous claims about Kimbo Slice's future, it's starting to seem like very few of them are going to pan out. Though Si.com reported that former Boston police officer Sean Gannon was the front runner to become Slice's next opponent on the October 4 CBS show, Elite XC's Jared Shaw told Five Ounces of Pain that the bout definitely won't be happening. You could interpret this as a sign that Elite XC has officially gotten their collective mind right when it comes to Kimbo Slice matchmaking, but Sam Caplan says the fight was scratched not because it's a pointless circus bout, but because of Gannon's "financial demands."
In other words, Elite XC is perfectly willing to bring YouTube quality fights to network TV, but only if they can do it cheap. Looks like we're back to either Ken Shamrock or Brett Rogers.
Outside the cage, it looks as if Kimbo will no longer be co-starring with Hulk Hogan in the lovable 3-D children's film "Kung Fu U." According to the Wall Street Journal's Market Watch, things fell apart "due to a misunderstanding among the agents involved with the Kimbo Slice deal" and Stereo Vision has since retracted their press release.
You know what that means? There's a spot open in a hot new 3-D martial arts movie, and you get to play opposite Hulk Hogan, of "Mr. Nanny" fame! Get those audition tapes ready. Try to make them better than this one.


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|2012-03-18, 09:54
|Link #26482
I am no one
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Inside your head
She's only in the charge of adjustment, the hard work all done by the pilots and their pals. So they can customize the I.S. in 10 minutes or less (the time given between the fight). Note that most girls are pessimistic about it, and thus only select few want the custom job anyway, three of them are Houki, Shizune, and Yuzu.
(The result are, needless to say, awesome )
I mean the realistic prince, like Prince of Britain for example. Not really farfetched right??
|2012-03-18, 12:48
|Link #26484
Just another Idiot
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Delusion world
Err.... what is the good things which came out of introduction with IS?
*Age is trying to find the middle ground*
I am working on an antagonist who claimed that if you are not with them, you are against them and since I can't think of any good middle ground, the logic fallacy is somewhat justified....
To up the ante of making people think about the good thing about IS......
That new Antagonist agree with all the negative thing about IS, but the problem is, he is such a douche bag that you rather be branded a hypocrite than to agree with him.
Society-wise, in my universe:
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|2012-03-18, 20:49
|Link #26486
That one guy
Join Date: Nov 2011
I finally have a name for the second AI, Shiruka!
Spoiler for how shiruka got her name:
Idea for Laura's 2nd shift. Finally gave up on trying to integrate all weapons at once. This is probably the only other second shift I've conceptualized that actively uses equipment quantization as a key function.
Scwarzer Regen 2nd shift would have two forms.
First form grants Scwarzer Regen with support units on the back and two flight assist units that propel the unit via PIC. The PIC unit is actually advanced to the point it can match speeds with most units equipped with boosters, sometimes even surpassing them in acceleration and speed. The back unit and PIC pods combined grant Schwarzer Regen a combined amount of 10-20 wire-guided daggers, though these daggers can be controlled like tentacles, it is common practice to use the wires to just retrieve the knives. This form also has a physical lance for close range combat, and also functions with the AIC as a powerful throwing weapon.
The other form is an artillary mode. Schwarzer Regen can summon up to 4 PIC assisted railguns. The weapons are extremely powerful as PIC is used to conserve as much kinetic energy as possible, increasing the destructive ability by at least 20%. To reduce recoil, the railguns' rear unit has a PIC generator. This generator produces a PIC base that makes sure the railgun won't move even against the extreme recoils. The PIC basement from the railguns also serve a second purpose as spherical AIC shielding for Scwarzer regen, each cannon adds another PIC basement as well as another layer of AIC shielding. The drawback to this system is that Scwarzer Regen cannot move while the railguns are engaged.
The Schwarzer Regen's 2nd shift retains the plasma blades from its predecessor as well as the AIC system. However certain changes to the overall system allows Scwarzer Regen to generate two AIC fields at once or move while one AIC is active. The range however is still limited and moving too far away will disengage the AIC. Unlike most IS, the Scwarzer Regen's physical structure has been reformed for ease of use. Using remnant data from the VT system, Scwarzer Regen's frame is now capable of much greater flexibility using selective-morph pieces. This means that even without PIC assist, the motions of running and physical movement are no longer an issue. Beyond inherent weight, many forms of locomotion are assisted by recycled kinetic forces, this also stabilizes the frame so the feeling of walking on stilts is eliminated. With this physical system in place, PIC usage is lessened, freeing up more processing ability to apply inertial control to other applications.
|2012-03-18, 22:24
|Link #26487
I am no one
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Inside your head
10 tentacles are way overkill, we already knew even two of them are damn useful. This assuming they don't take much CPU to use because Laura never move when using them (most of the CPU power already taken by AIC)
Otherwise, the design is awesome.
@ Eras
They do have queen and princess, I'm not sure about king though since England already Matriachial if you want to be symbolic.
|2012-03-18, 23:35
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I am no one
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Inside your head
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Bristol Motor Speedway is the biggest little track in racing. The most popular venue in all of NASCAR, which was recently named one of the World's 30 Most Important Sports Venues by ProSport Magazine, has approximately 160,000 seats around the .533-mile concrete marvel and features an atmosphere that is completely unique to Thunder Valley. It is a race fans' track – they choose it every year over any other as their favorite – where there's not a bad seat in the house. At BMS, fans see all of the action all of the time. And there's plenty of action.
Race cars might go a bit faster at larger tracks, but there's not a driver in the sport who won't tell you the sense of speed during a 15-second lap at Bristol is as great as is at any track in the sport. There's one thing that's absolutely certain about the World's Fastest Half-Mile. When it comes to excitement, there's no other place like it. Put 43 cars in a bowl, add the intensity of thousands of excited fans and mix at high - extremely high - speeds. That's the recipe for a day, or night, of racing at Bristol. It is incomparable.
NASCAR fans look forward all year to the events at Bristol Motor Speedway, the first Sprint Cup event taking place each March and the second happening in August under the lights. Tickets to those races are among the most highly coveted in the sport due to the mystique of Bristol, which for many is a throwback, the type of short track where many of the sports' legends first competed.
The track, celebrating its 51st anniversary in 2012, has a long and glorious history. Larry Carrier and Carl Moore were at the first race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. in 1960, and they decided they wanted nothing more than to bring racing to northeast Tennessee. By July of 1961, the track was open for business. The oval was a perfect half mile of asphalt with 22-degree banking in its turns and it held only 18,000 seats. Forty-two cars started that first race in 1961 and only 19 finished, proving from the get-go that racing at Bristol was definitely a challenge. Not surprisingly, the driver who took the checkered flag in that first race was not the driver who started in that car! Jack Smith drove the first 290 laps of the Volunteer 500, but Johnny Allen took over as a relief driver and finished it up to grab the win.
In 1969, the track was altered as the turns were banked at an intimidating 36 degrees and it was re-measured to its current distance of .533 miles. The lights went up in 1978, and that August the track played host to the night race that has now become NASCAR's most popular event. Bristol Motor Speedway became the first track with an all-concrete surface in 1992 and four years later, it was sold to Bruton Smith and Speedway Motorsports Inc. At that point, there were about 71,000 seats at the facility, which was renamed Bristol Motor Speedway. But by the August race in 1996, 15,000 seats had been added and more - much more – would be added over the next decade.
No words can prepare a race fan for what now awaits as he or she walks into Bristol Motor Speedway for the first time. Grandstands named for some of the sport's greatest drivers - Dale Earnhardt, Cale Yarborough, Richard Petty and 12-time race-winner Darrell Waltrip - now completely surround the concrete oval with double- and triple-decked seating. With nearly 200 luxury suites included, Bristol Motor Speedway's capacity makes it the fifth largest sports venue in the world in terms of permanent seating and those NASCAR tickets are considered gems in the world of NASCAR. There is only one Bristol – and only one kind of racing that takes place there. The kind that keeps fans on their feet from the green flag to the checkered flag. Bristol Motor Speedway -- it's an experience like no other!


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We are now pretty much at the half way point of this season and it is around times like these when you do a little half-time review thingy.
While there is no way GMS is going to bother with a big, extensive mid-term report, we will take a little look at how the race for the Golden Shoe race is coming along.
For those sheltered individuals who are unaware of what this is, the European Golden Shoe is the award for the player that scores the most league goals in Europe.
Winners in recent years have been stellar names such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Diego Forlan, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Francesco Totti.
GMS were having a little look at some of the leagues around Europe to see who is on the way to taking the 2013/14 award.
Then we came across the great website www.eurotopfoot.com and realised they were doing the brilliant work of keeping a close eye on the race.
So, for your perusal and in a lovely slideshow we have got the current top ten leading the race. Now, before you accuse GMS of not being able to do sums, bare in mind that it isn't solely the number of goals a player scores that counts.
The UEFA coefficient of the league where the goal was scored matters and so some goals scored are worth more than others, leading to a points system.
Anyway, click to start the slideshow and see the current top ten in the race for the European Golden Shoe...
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The Pakistani military roundly rejected a U.S. investigative report into the November friendly fire incident that resulted in the deaths of 24 Pakistani soldiers, saying the implication that Pakistan deserves any blame is "unjustified and unacceptable."
"Pakistan does not agree with several portions and findings of the Investigation Report as these are factually not correct," the Pakistani military said in a statement. "The fundamental cause of the incident... was the failure of U.S. / ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) to share its near-border operation with Pakistan on any level."
According to the U.S. investigative report, in late November a ground force of 120 Afghan and American soldiers were moving through rugged terrain near the Afghanistan/Pakistan border when they began taking fire from a ridgeline in Pakistan. The ground commander in the area had been told there were no Pakistani military forces in the area and ordered air strikes by helicopter on the ridgeline, the report said. Those airstrikes, however, struck two Pakistani military outposts, killing two dozen Pakistani soldiers. The outposts were only three months old and had not been marked on American maps.
The U.S. report identified several instances of failures of communication and other mistakes that led to the friendly fire incident, but ultimately said the airstrikes were justified. U.S. and NATO officials offered their "deepest regrets" over the incident, but never officially apologized.
US Takes Some Blame in Deadly Pakistan Friendly Fire Incident
In its response to the U.S. report, the Pakistani military said their soldiers died because the U.S. military did not tell them about their near-border operations, which "violated all mutually agreed procedures with Pakistan... put in place to avert such uncalled for actions."
"This obviously was a major omission," the statement said.
U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Stephen Clark, who led the U.S. investigation, said in December a U.S. officer at the Border Coordination Center did not share the exact location of the U.S.-led unit on purpose and was told to be vague in reports to the Pakistani military. In previous instances, U.S.-led missions had been compromised after specific information had been given to Pakistani forces, Clark said. Compounding the problem, the officer was providing the Pakistanis with wrong information because mapping software had been incorrectly loaded on his computer.
The Pakistani response also said the U.S. had violated its own mandate by initiating an "unprovoked engagement" outside Afghanistan's borders.
Pentagon spokesperson Capt. John Kirby told ABC News today that the U.S. stands by Clark's investigation and said that characterizing American actions as "unprovoked" is "simply false."
"We've said that before many times," Kirby said. "We've also said... that there were errors made on both sides."
Kirby noted that Pakistani officials had declined to participate in Clark's investigation, which could have made it "more thorough."
A Pakistani military account of the incident provided in December to the U.S. Congress by Pakistan's lobbying firm in Washington, D.C., differs greatly from the American account. It claims a NATO helicopter mistakenly began firing on a Pakistani outpost called Volcano after it had been given incorrect coordinates for the incoming fire. When another outpost, Boulder, attempted to signal the helicopters using illuminating rounds, the helicopters then turned and attacked it as well.
"Any allegation that the NATO troops thought that they were firing on insurgents when they attacked the Volcano and Boulder observation posts is baseless," the Pakistani document says. "NATO was aware that the bases were there when they fired on them. NATO troops are also well aware that terrorists seeking refuge in mountainous areas install themselves in ravines and deep valleys which provide cover from aerial attacks -- not in plain sight on the top of a mountain."
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Candidates running for the Davidson County Board of Education vow to give back to their community while addressing the budget, new schools, overcrowding, quality teachers, communication and being more visible in the community.
Seven residents filed this summer in hopes of obtaining one of the three seats on the five-member board. The four-year terms ended for Allan Thompson, Karen Craver and Alan Beck. Beck is the only incumbent in the race.
Along with Beck are Phillip W. Craver, Brian Feezor, Chris Hackett, Vicki Trail, Chip Vanderzee and J. Chris Whitaker.
Beck, 50, filed for his fourth term after enjoying working with everyone.
"I believe (that) the people who voted me in … I work for them … the administrators, parents, teachers and students," Beck said. "You make a difference with the stuff you're doing. We have been trying to keep jobs, which is important, and maintain the budget."
Beck is interested in staying on the board because he wants to see some of the projects that he's been working on be completed. He mentioned that a lot of schools have been built during his time on the board. This year Oak Grove Middle School opened, and Beck would like to move forward with the building of a high school on the same land. He mentioned money is the issue, however the system is trying to figure something out.
"You can't do it without the community behind you. They already wanted it," Beck said. "There were too many kids (at North Davidson and Ledford middle schools). It was not a healthy learning atmosphere. We have some of the prettiest schools. We have got incredible deals on them."
When out in the community, Beck said residents stop and talk with him or voice a concern because they know the board cares and will try to fix the problem.
"I can't always make everybody happy. I can make them comfortable. I don't sugarcoat. I'll tell the good and the bad," Beck said. "I tell them I'm a parent, too. I'll tell you what's going on … and this is why. I'll try to find more clarification and what we can do to make it fair."
Beck emphasized it's important to have someone with experience who understands the operating budget process, can address school issues, help maintain the schools, take care of the policies and procedures and know the history.
Beck works for Fed Ex and co-owns Anytime Fitness in Thomasville with his wife, Mary. He has lived in Davidson County for 21 years. He had two children graduate from the system while one child is a ninth-grader at East Davidson High School.
Feezor, 38, notes he is the only candidate who comes from an educational background. He was an agriculture teacher at EDHS for a little over six years. He left the school to be a stay-at-home father. For the past three years, Feezor has been a preschool teacher at Midway United Methodist Church working with 3-year-olds.
Serving on the Ledford-North Davidson Area Middle School Committee this past school year gave him a different perspective of what the school board does. With two strong members not running for election, Feezor said, it was important to have somebody with an educational background fill one of the open seats.
Due to the influential people in his life, Feezor wants to provide the same for another young person. He said test scores and accountability are important, but he wants to continue fostering memorable experiences.
"All of us have hundreds of people to thank for the education we received," he said. "I remember the fun we had and the learning that came with it from the teachers and administrators that paved the way."
He applauds the system for addressing overcrowding issues and building a new middle school. He said the same problem is going on at the elementary level and that needs to be looked at as well.
Feezor said the system should find new ways to improve communication with board members, teachers, staff and parents. He wants to visit the schools on a frequent basis. He also noted an effort should be made on improving parents' participation at the schools.
Feezor graduated from NDHS in 1992. He received an ornamental horticulture associate's degree from N.C. State University and a bachelor's degree in agricultural education from N.C. Agricultural and Technical University. He has also served on the advisory council at Midway Elementary School where he has a kindergartner and third-grader. He also has a sixth-grader at Oak Grove.
Hackett, 39, is trying his luck again after running in 2010. His interest in being on the board comes from a belief he has something to offer the system.
"I'm ready and willing to work in fields that need to be filled," he said. "We need a board that is willing to come out and help when stuff happens. … I don't understand how someone with a full-time job can give it what it needs to actually be right. Being retired, I'm more flexible. I have an open mind."
School safety is an important issue for Hackett because parents should feel like their children are safe while at school. He would like for discussion for year-round schools to take place. As a school board member, Hackett wants to review the financial budget to discuss doing more with a tighter budget as well as fight a little harder with the state to keep money.
"It's time for some fresh ideas," he said. "We need to make sure we keep good teachers. Without good teachers, there's no need for school. We have some really good schools."
He is also against the graduation project. He suggested turning it into a community project where students do service projects to make it a life-long experience in a controlled setting.
Hackett believes Oak Grove Middle was not needed. He said additional room could have been added to both Ledford and North Davidson middle schools. He said now the county has to come up with money for the high school. Hackett noted that the system should make sure that each of the schools have the same playing field when it comes to technology.
He's in favor of Davidson Early College and the Yadkin Valley Regional Career Academy. His daughter, Velvet, attends the Early College.
Hackett is a retired firefighter with the City of Lexington and is active with the Midway Volunteer Fire Department. He is a 1991 North Davidson High School graduate. He has also earned certifications from Forsyth Technical and Davidson County community colleges. Hackett's other children, Chad and Sher, attend Oak Grove. He is married to Mitzee.
Trail, 67, has lived in the Denton area for more than 20 years. Coming from poverty, Trail just wants to give back to the community. As a mother and grandmother, Trial said, she knows the needs of the children.
"Putting children first is what's important," she said. "No matter what's your political belief … you have to think of the children. I care about the children. They're just great."
She said students have so many issues in today's world they just need someone who cares. If elected, Trial wants to be visible in the schools to talk with teachers and administrators to see what's needed. She noted that nothing can be addressed or solved without good communication.
"Everybody working together to solve the problem takes care of the issues," Trail said. "I want to be a voice for the teachers and principals. The teachers care, and the administrators are good. I just want fairness."
Something that concerns Trial is the number of students in the county who are hungry. She emphasized that students who do not eat are not able to learn. She also believes there should be more vocational schools to give students options after high school.
Trail has been a dental hygienist since the early 1980s. She received a degree from Dekalb County Community College and works at Dr. Sim Siceloff's office. She conducts programs related to dental hygiene at the schools. She is also a mentor with Communities in Schools of Lexington/Davidson County. Trail is active at Meadowview Presbyterian Church.
Trail is married to John. Her daughter, Stephanie Dunn, graduated from Denton High, and her son, Eric Trial, graduated from South Davidson High School. She also has two grandchildren who attended SDHS and one grandchild who is a student there.
Vanderzee, 43, hopes to win one of the open seats because education sets the foundation for youths.
"If elected, I will be a sounding board member for parents, administrators and students," Vanderzee said. "I love to help the kids … help them to develop something. We have a great system in Davidson County."
As an employee with the City of High Point, Vanderzee said he has devoted a lot of extra time there and now wants to give back to his own community. He is an analyst and has worked in High Point for 20 years. Supporting the community you live in is important, Vanderzee said.
Vanderzee wants to be supportive and push accountability as well as communication for teachers, administrators, parents and students. He wishes there was a new high school to support Oak Grove Middle or a communicated plan that something is in the works. He wants to be part of making sure it gets built.
He emphasized that communication between the Davidson County commissioners, students, parents and school administrators will be the key. Parents should be able to address the board with any problems that may arise.
"I'm willing to answer any questions anybody has about me personally and my ideas as it relates to my adventure on this board," Vanderzee said. "I invite the community to ask me questions. I want to understand what's expected of me. If I don't know what's broken, I don't know what to fix."
Vanderzee is a 1987 graduate of NDHS. He also received an associate's degree in business administration from Ashford University. He has also coached in the Welcome-Arcadia area in the past and assisted with band boosters at NDHS.
Vanderzee is married to Christina and has two sons — Reed a junior and Sam a freshman at NDHS.
"I'm not an educator," Vanderzee said. "My knowledge of planning and the organizational skills that I have will bring a different look or perspective. Working with the public, I understand how the pieces come together. If we don't work together, we're not going to have success."
Whitaker, 35, believes his ideas will help Davidson County be a model system. As a former emergency medical service employee, Whitaker said the department received certifications that stated they met or exceed expectations. He would like to see the school system follow the same path and set an example for other schools.
For example, he would like to see the graduation rate higher. He also supports the Early College and the career academy. He just wishes more students had the chance to earn two-year associate degrees.
He said the system has focused so much on overcrowding and forgotten about educating the students. Whitaker said nothing is wrong with a new school, however he suggested the system should have added to the existing schools to save money and use the money elsewhere. Whitaker also emphasized that parents should always believe their child is safe while they at school and traveling to and from school.
He also noted that the drug policy at West and Central Davidson high schools that require student-athletes to submit to random drug tests wastes money. He said there's no serious consequences for the students if their test returns positive. Whitaker suggested rehab or some other alternative should be considered.
"If parents are that concerned, they should test their own kids," he said.
By having the correct staff and quality teachers in the schools, no child should fail, Whitaker said. He also emphasized how important communication between parents and the board is. He said the board should address every issue no matter the size.
He is a 1995 graduate of NDHS. He has a second-grader at Friedberg Elementary School. Whitaker also coaches flag football and is the baseball director for the Midway Athletic Association. He worked with EMS for 13 years and is now a CNC machinist programmer.
"I feel like I'm the only one that has an open-door policy," Whitaker said.
Craver, 45, said through his job as an assistant district engineer for Davidson and Rowan counties with the N.C. Department of Transportation, he has worked with both county school systems, planning departments and community colleges on many transportation projects. That experience will be an asset during future projects for the county schools, Craver said. He has been with the department since 1993.
He also noted that with his job he has assisted the administration on million-dollar projects that would be beneficial in working with the school system.
"I don't have any major issues with the school system or board members," Craver said. "I'm interested in learning more about the graduation projects, cutbacks in education, overcrowding issues, larger class sizes, student testing and plans for a new high school in the northern part of the county. I'd like to commend the Davidson County Board of Commissioners for all of their efforts to build new schools. I feel confident by working with the budgets, I can bring in good information."
Craver also comes from a family of educators and said teachers are extremely important.
"We need to treat all of our employees with respect and pay all of them decent salaries," he said. "If it was not for all these folks, I wouldn't be here. I want to give something back to the education system. They made a difference to me. Teachers to cafeteria workers to janitors … it takes everybody."
Craver graduated in 1985 from West Davidson High School and has lived in the area his whole life. He attended Guilford Technical, Forsyth Technical and Rowan Cabarrus community colleges to study classes in the field of surveying and civil engineering technology. His son is a junior at WDHS.
He said serving on the board would be a big opportunity to give back to the community. He said he has a lot to learn about the whole school system and just wants to make the best decisions with the board.
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text: Watching tonight's game brought me to tears. Angry, stinging tears. Junior just can't play defense in centerfield anymore. I finally admit it, and I think I'm the last one to realize it before the Reds' management and Junior himself will eventually realize it. It's sad, balls that a centerfielder should be getting to, catching or at the least diving for, are dropping in front of him for basehits. I'm not going to go so far as to say that Junior is the reason the Reds are losing five games in a row, but his defense surely isn't helping solve the problem. Surely, someone more important that all of us here on Redszone has to have noticed this, right?


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With a look at the schedule of events on day one, we can reasonably expect to see a preview of the Deathwing encounter (well, more of it), and the most common guess that I've seen so far is that the talent system is going to be overhauled in the run-up to the next expansion. Interestingly, that seems to have been a popular guess even before the BlizzCon schedule was released and all but confirmed that something is afoot. Speaking of expansions, there's the specter of that "World of Warcraft preview" panel this afternoon, and I think we all know what that's going to be about. Sort of.
Pandas? Emerald Dream? Xoroth? Tijuana? Ladies and gentlemen, place your bets.
Turn to WoW Insider for all your BlizzCon 2011 news and information. Get ready to kick off the weekend with the WoW Insider Reader Meetup, cohosted by Wowhead and Gamebreaker.tv, and look for our liveblogs of the convention panels, interviews with WoW celebrities -- and of course, lots of pictures of people in costumes. It's all here at WoW Insider!


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LANGHORNE, Pa. — A rally to keep Big Bird off the unemployment line was held across the street from Sesame Place Wednesday evening, as the beloved children's icon continued to be the most surprising central figure in the 2012 presidential election.
The Bain Workers Bus Tour, a nationwide tour with a contingent of workers from companies owned by Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney's private equity firm Bain Capital, pulled into the parking lot of a Chick-Fil-A restaurant to protest Romney's funding policies, dubbed "The Romney Economy."
"In a Romney Economy, Big Bird would be on the unemployment line as the 1 percent get tax breaks," said The 99 Uniting Website, a coalition of groups which include the Bain Workers. The group disapproves of Romney's business tactics and believes his economic policies only help wealthy Americans and ignore the financial needs of the 99 percent.
"Bain workers know firsthand what a Romney-Bain economy looks like," says the group's website. "Outsourcing the good jobs to China (and) leaving mostly low-wage jobs with limited benefits here in our communities," the site continues.
Big Bird became the unofficial face of the coalition when, during the first presidential debate, Romney promised to cut funding to PBS if elected. Romney, in outlining ways he would cut federal spending, said, "I'm going to stop the subsidy to PBS," adding, "I like PBS; I love Big Bird."
The short lived rally, which featured a Big Bird look-alike, took place in the shadow of Sesame Place because protesters were not allowed on the theme park grounds as originally planned. Park employees and local police guarded the entrances to the park, citing the demonstration was not affiliated with the Sesame Street brand.
"Sesame Place is a theme park focused on family fun and we do not focus on politics," said communications manager Susan Godfrey. "However we are happy that everyone likes Big Bird."
Speakers at the event had to protest quickly as police loomed nearby, threatening to shut down the rally. "The future of our economy is based on the education our children receive today," said high school teacher and mother Kristin Egan. She chastised Romney for wanting to pull the plug on funding the series siting the long term educational and health benefits a child receives just by watching the show. "Studies show that a child is more likely to eat an apple if it has a picture of Elmo on it."
Current employees of Bain Corporation holding companies, like Burlington Coat Factory and Dunkin' Donuts, asked voters to support a bump in the national minimum wage.
"I work 35 hours a week in the merchandising team at Burlington Coat Factory. I only make $7.60 an hour and am not eligible for health benefits," said Richard Hooten. "I have to support my mother and myself with that."
The 22-year-old Houston resident is touring with the Bain Bus hoping to sway voters with information regarding Romney's business dealings and economic philosophies.
"He just doesn't understand and keeps sending our jobs oversees or pays as little as he can," said Hooten.
Others who spoke at the rally reminisced about growing up with Sesame Street and using the programming to get excited about learning. "We have kids who depend on this for early education," said activist Don Griffin. "When parents cannot afford cable there is always PBS and Sesame Street."
Local Romney supporters, like Republican Mike Fitzpatrick, were also targeted by activists who held up signs denouncing the congressman's affiliation with Romney. Fitzpatrick's camp responded to naysayers by citing more than 30 bills proposed by the Congressman to support unemployed workers, and has visited 100 businesses in 100 days to hear firsthand from small businesses on creating jobs.
"Gov. Romney proved in the debates that much of the Administration's economic record is indefensible, and Mike Fitzpatrick thinks a Romney Administration can put us back on the right track," said spokesperson for Congressman Fitzpatrick, Faith Bender, via email. Fitzpatrick, who represents the 8th Congressional District of Pennsylvania which includes Bucks County, did not attend the rally.
As the sun began to set, authorities asked protesters to disband and leave the parking lot, which is also part of the Sesame Place property. As the activists led the Big Bird look-alike to the front of the Chick-fil-A restaurant, the character began to shake his head in disbelief, as so many in the country have while wondering how this 7-foot yellow bird entered the forefront of national politics.


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I seriously hope more EU countries will demand the same thing. It's outrageous
how Google blatantly breaks laws, especially privacy ones, and get nothing for it.
Whoever in the EU parliament will impose big fines for Google breaking privacy laws gets my vote. It seems it's the only way Google will learn. They have previously too pissed of Germany on privacy issues [slashdot.org].
US may not do the same, but Europeans take privacy seriously. We have had our governments to completely different agendas many times in the history
and distributing it (which is what Google is doing)
Show me where they're distributing it. From everything I've heard, Google is the one that said "Oops, we got this stuff by mistake & are going to delete it as soon as we let everyone know". Go read the man pages for Kismet, sounds like that's what they were using & didn't turn off the data collection option.
But they can fine you for recording and distributing it (which is what Google is doing)
Wait, what? Where can I get this information? Where is it being distributed? IIRC, they just used some old bit of wireless network scanning software and happened to pick up more than they meant to. I don't exactly like Google having all my personal information, but thinking that Google gives some kind of massive shit about a few people's unsecured information is is definitely in the tinfoil hat zone.
If I had to, what I would class this as is the same as if you were walking down the street with a digital rec
The only difference is that cell phones are encrypted. Maybe if Google and breaking encryption and listening in on network's, then your analogy would work.
I have to agree. While it's great that the European countries take privacy seriously, there is a real problem here. If someone transmits radio waves into public space - heck, into your house, your car and through your body - just how can any sensible person say you do not have a right to receive those radio waves? This is especially ridiculous outcomes in the case of wireless networks, since practically every European citizen carries a wireless receiver (in their mobile phone) all the time. There can be no expectation of privacy here.
As a related anecdote, Google has gotten in trouble in Switzerland because their camera is mounted higher than a person's normal eye level. This is a much more valid complaint, as it means that the camera occasionally sees over hedges and fences and into windows that people did reasonably consider to be out of the public view.
Wrong analogy. Open WiFi is like opening your windows and then walking naked in front of it (or do anything else that you want to keep private) and then be mad at somebody else when they see you.
How wrong you are. Open Wi-Fi is like an open window in your house - just because you leave the window open doesn't mean its okay for anybody to climb in and "have a look around".
Nobody climbed into the house. They looked through the wide open window while standing in the street. Don't like it? Close your window and draw the blinds.
You want the data turned over to the government? That is the absolute last thing I would want if google inappropriately collected my wifi activity. The government should supervise the destruction, not be given the data set to do with as they please...
If you'd actually read the article you would notice that they only wanted one hard drive to see what kind of data Google had collected and if they were breaking laws, and if they should be fined for it and told to stop doing so.
You know, police usually needs evidence so it can actually investigate and come to conclusion. Google refusing and destroying evidence is breaking even more laws and doesn't really show that Google is acting lawfully.
Good luck "supervising destruction" in a modern sense. Other than attempting to verify that the data has been deleted, what are you going to do? If this is stored anywhere in Google's cloud, chances are they'd have to copy it to a hard drive first, before being able to hand it all over. Then what, destroy that hard drive?
While I agree on being careful with the government, I find this american trait of total distrust in the government paired with way too much trust in private companies very much irrational. As do most europeans. We watch our governments, and we usually don't like them very much, but we don't think they were put there by the devil himself and are evil incarnate.
I seriously hope more EU countries will demand the same thing. It's outrageous
Actually, I kind of agree with Google's position about destroying it.
I mean, it boils down to "you have collected something which is illegal and invasive to have
I agree that if Google is actually scraping people's email and stuff from unsecured wireless that's a huge invasion of privacy and is a very bad thing. But, handing the same information over to a government who wouldn't be allowed to have it either doesn't seem any better.
I mean, it boils down to "you have collected something which is illegal and invasive to have
... why don't you give it to us and we'll, er, keep it safe."
No, it boils down to "you have told us you take photos from public places of houses, then you have to admit, that you also collect MAC-addresses and SSIDs (which you 'forgot' to mention when we talked about it) and then just two weeks later you tell us, 'whoops, we also collected some mails and some web sessions, sorry' and now we want to see, what you hav
No, it boils down to "you have told us you take photos from public places of houses, then you have to admit, that you also collect MAC-addresses and SSIDs (which you 'forgot' to mention when we talked about it) and then just two weeks later you tell us, 'whoops, we also collected some mails and some web sessions, sorry' and now we want to see, what you have collected, as we don't see any more reason to trust you".
Oh, I'm not disputing that Google keeps admitting to having harvested way more than they ought
Oh, I'm not disputing that Google keeps admitting to having harvested way more than they ought to have. I just don't see how giving the information to the government makes things better.
Easy, how can we be sure, that Google captured the data accidentally? How can we be sure, that they really only captures some fragments which are basically noise. They lied to the German government twice now. And had to admit to having collected way more data than previously admitted. Don't forget, they have been doing that
And not being from the US I actually trust my government more than a company which has a "strained" relationship with privacy.
I leave it for you to judge your own government, sir. I don't trust my, or most anyone else's government, to play by the rules. I just presume they're all turds.
Actually it is, as the person asking for it has exactly the job of making sure, that companies respect the privacy laws. Their power is very limited (just look at the puny fee he can hand out).
So, it's a law with no real te
US may not do the same, but Europeans take privacy seriously.
If you stand on a street corner and yell back and forth at your neighbor across the street, is somebody standing 100 feet away from you with a tape recorder capturing your conversation violating your privacy?
That's exactly what Google was doing with their wireless capture. I can't say I really like it, but at the same time I also can't say they were violating privacy. If I want to have a private conversation I stop yelling or start using encrypt
I seriously hope more EU countries will demand the same thing.
Couldn't that mean more copies of that data floating around? I think the best solution is to keep what they have sequestrated and secured (whatever the hell that means these days) so it's at least in one place, assuming that's the state of the data now. If that's the case and I knew I had data like that collected by Google, I'd want the single source destroyed with appropriate folks watching. If nothing else we'll see some geeks dressed up watchi
I seriously hope more EU countries will demand the same thing. It's outrageous
how Google blatantly breaks laws, especially privacy ones, and get nothing for it.
Blatantly? Others more knowledgeable than me have suggested that this was an honest mistake. Furthermore, this may be reading too much into the summary's language, but this part sounds fishy
the German government wants to know what they've collected. They do not think that destroying the drives suffices for compliance with the laws.
Are we to understand that the german government has made laws and isn't exactly sure on what's legal and not legal according to those laws? Because if they don't know, how the hell would Google know how to abide by those laws.
Furthermore, why are you upset with google rather than the hypocrites in office who are clear
How can this be modded "interesting"?
I seriously hope more EU countries will demand the same thing. It's outrageous
how Google blatantly breaks laws, especially privacy ones, and get nothing for it.
Google does not break laws, they are doing this legally, (at worst) in an unregulated area - collecting publicly available data on an industry scale.
Whoever in the EU parliament will impose big fines for Google breaking privacy laws gets my vote.
I do not want EU legislation on this, thank you. There is still the rule of subsidiarity, so this is a national question anyways.
Don't use Google services you say? That's a little bit hard when they have their cars driving around sniffing web traffic.
Wow. Google is NOT sniffing web traffic, they are at best wardriving (but not accessing WLANs), maybe recording encryption schemes on found WLANs. So? Any telco/ISP-provided router is configured f
You've got to be kidding me -- Google collected "private" data that was being _broadcast_ by people's Wireless Access Points, and it's Google's fault? Any idiot within ~100m or so could do the same thing.
If Europeans really "take privacy seriously", they would configure their equipment correctly.
Google's explanation is that they didn't do any of this on purpose and frankly it's actually a pretty believable explanation when you read the details. They intentionally sniff out Wifi access points for Geolocation on devices with no GPS (like Skyhook). Unfortunately they apparently recycled some code written for a 20% project by another employee. What they wanted was MAC addresses they could correlate them to physical locations -- what they actaully saved instead was the entire packet which also contai
Oh good. I was worried it would end up in the wrong hands.
My thoughts exactly, how does giving the wifi data to a government solve anything.
So they can determine whether google did anything wrong, and if so, google can be punished to prevent them or somebody else from repeating this in the figure. (What, too obvious?)
As for the other concerns, do you really think prosecutions of private citizens will arise from this? I don't. But I do think the govt. should collect just enough of the drives, say a randomly selected 1%, to determine what actually happened.
Google's already freely stipulated that they did something wrong. If they're willing to admit that they broke the law and collected this data, then why would the German government still need this data?
Oh, that's right, only because it's a treasure-trove of never-needed-a-warrant-in-the-first-place data.
An independent auditor is the nearest thing we'll get to fair inspection of this, but they'll just hand that crap over to the government, anyway. Let's face it:
1. This data is most probably completely usele
how does giving the wifi data to a government solve anything.
That was my first thought, too. First of all, handing it over doesn't guarantee that you haven't made a copy of it. And distributing either an original or a copy doesn't guarantee any security, even if it is the German government.
Besides, there's the obligatory troll, you know who *else* was a German government? Someone's gonna go there...
I mean, it was worrisome that Google had that much private data, but my government? That's perfectly fine. I'd trust them with anything.
(Or maybe it was "I'd trust them to do anything.")
Google [has] until May 26 to hand over one of the hard drives that it had used to collect and store information in Germany, where Street View is not yet available.
Through a spokesman, Google reiterated its offer to destroy the WLAN data in conjunction with regulators, but stopped short of saying it would hand over a hard drive, which would allow regulators to see for the first time what kind of data had been collected.
So they're happy to "destroy" is but don't want to turn it over so Germany can see exactly what they were gathering? Smells fishy to me.
Not to mention, they want the hard drives turned over? They've never heard of, you know.. copying?
So, rather than work with google to make sure all data is destroyed, regardless of whether it was copied, they'd rather google just give them the hard drives.. cause then.. what?
Whats fishy about it at all?
If the issue is privacy - Google is more than willing to destroy it, simple as that.
If the issue is the German Government not having it - they can go and collect this information themselves. Google put in the effort to record the data. Nothing is stopping an arm of the Government from doing the same thing. Google would be foolish to just give it away. That would essentially be wasting their time and money. I bet if they were offered money for the data, they'd consider it.
So they're happy to "destroy" is but don't want to turn it over so Germany can see exactly what they were gathering? Smells fishy to me.
If you had followed the German Ministry of the Interior, especially under Mr. Schäuble, more closely, you would destroy the hard drives yourself, FOR Google.
Why would I, as a citizen, want that Google hands over this data to the same government that's been undermining privacy rights and the principles of a *federal* state for years? A centralized taxpayer database to circumvent the illegality of central databases on citizens? Got it! (ELENA). A central database of all online & telephony connections
Google is actually doing a good thing: now I don't have to remember the password for my wireless network; any Android device can automatically look it up on Google's servers.
Thanks, Google!
1. If you run an unencrypted 802.11 network, expect your data to get pwned.
2. It was an accident of code reuse (seriously, guys, code-reuse accidents happen quite often).
3. If people were just casually using the internet, https saved their stupid little asses from letting their data out in the wild.
4. Why do we trust the German government (or any EU government, for that matter) with this data more than we trust Google? I know that the EU is better about not giving companies a blank check, but let's not forget about the kind of crap that governments pull. This is a surveillance freebie, provided that the illicit persons being surveilled are professional idiots (i.e. had an open network).
Google screwed up, but has the Google-hatred here risen to such a high degree that we're okay with just handing over even accidentally-collected data to the government? I'd at least insist on an independent auditor, to make sure that government abuses of the data didn't take place. With Google's resources, I'd go so far as to take it to the (largely impotent) EU court of human rights.
I don't even see why this is illegal. As far as I can tell, they recorded what access points were broadcasting, from a public space. What's the big deal here? You (Germany) believe you have an expectation of privacy when you are loudly broadcasting to the four corners a welcome to connect?
Why do we trust the German government (or any EU government, for that matter) with this data more than we trust Google?
When has the German government ever used information on its citizens for something bad? Oh, yeah, I remember now....
4. Why do we trust the German government (or any EU government, for that matter) with this data more than we trust Google?
Why do we trust Google more with it than the government? Right now, only Google knows what exactly they captured. The government wants to know, too. Because they want to snoop on you? Please, be serious. Don't you think they could've their own streetview cars on every corner if they wanted to?
I personally think our current german government stinks and is probably the worst one we had since the founding of the federal republic. But a rational view says me it's a lot more likely they want the data so they can
Google collected broadcast data by accident, but as yet has not violated my privacy.
So the German government wants Google to violate my privacy by giving my data to the German government.
Which is (as many have pointed out) exactly who i want to be protected from when I decide to consider my data private.
Germany needs to be sat down in the back of the EU with a tall, cone-shaped hat on its head. Again.
Google collected broadcast data by accident, but as yet has not violated my privacy.
It violated your privacy. If we follow your line of though, then spies don't violate your privacy. Privacy is violated only by those who get your information from spies. Spies themselves have nothing to do with it.
You consider someone with a laptop spying on you? Any laptop w/ wireless can see this information, it is being broadcast to a public space.
I don't consider anything I broadcast private. That's why I encrypt it if I plan to broadcast anything potentially sensitive.
You'd think that even the smallest minds in the German government could understand broadcast =/= private, almost by definition.
Exactly. People who think Google could have done this "accidentally" must not have ever done any project involving storing data.
The data Google collected must have gone through tens of Google employee, you know, the Google that is famous for its very high bar on hiring only those highly skilled, motivated, engaged, creative employees, AND the company's main expertise is data minning.
Is it likely that all of them didn't notice the extra bulk of data coming in? Heck, some of them might even have been using t
It's sad that Google is getting punished for "doing the right thing" and being honest about their screw-up.
Google: Oops! We accidentally collected all this data we weren't supposed to. Sorry, but we thought you should know. We'll just be deleting* that now... Germany: NO! You don't respect EU laws! Turn that data over!
If Google had just kept quiet and didn't admit their wrongdoing, nobody would have known about the issue, and there wouldn't be any of the wrangling we see now. But should a company keep qui
Google: Oops! We accidentally collected all this data we weren't supposed to. Sorry, but we thought you should know.
But that's not what has happened *at all*. From the article of the slashdot story this story links to:
The Internet giant said it would stop collecting Wi-Fi data from its StreetView vans, which workers drive to capture street images and to locate Wi-Fi networks. The company said it would dispose of the data it had accidentally collected.
Alan Eustace, senior vice president of engineering and research for Google, wrote in a blog post that the company uncovered the mistake while responding to a German data-protection agency's request for it to audit the Wi-Fi data, amid mounting concerns that Google's practices violated users' privacy.
They're basically saying "let's just forget anything happened" by offering to delete the data. Uh-nuh, not really how it works. If they didn't pay attention and ran software that violated privacy laws, they should be punished. THEN we can delete the data...
it's exactly this sort of persecution which creates a culture where companies never admit anything, ever.
What are you talking about? What "persecution"? If they violated laws, they get punished. Where's the problem? I'd rather have corporations involuntarily investigated, than then "admitting their wrongdoings" and there being no consequences for it.
> It's sad that Google is getting punished for "doing the right thing" and being honest about their screw-up.
This comment reminds me of the movie "The Quiz Show", when Van Doren confesses his role in the rigging of the game during a House Committee meeting. At first some people congratulates him for coming forward, but then the chairman says: there is no merit in telling the simple truth. Then everybody applauses.
It's sad that Google is getting punished for "doing the right thing" and being honest about their screw-up.
It's not as if they discovered it themselves and brought it to the attention of the authorities. On the contrary: The authorities were concerned, questioned Google, and Google discovered: "oops..."
And yes, it is proper to punish someone who admits his guilt. It is also proper to punish someone who lies until the end harsher, but saying "ok, I did it" does not get you off free.
Technically Google did discover it themselves. They were asked for the data they had collected, they audited it internally and realized they had made a mistake. At that point, rather than try to cover it up, they came clean and admitted the error. They had only been asked to turn over the data at that point, it was still in their hands and they could theoretically have attempted to hide their mistake or claim that the data was corrupted or lost or whatever. I believe many corporations out there would ha
Germany Demands Google Forfeit Citizens' Wi-Fi Data
Surrender the data? Let me Google [google.fr] this.
Germany has certainly been keeping their eye on the search giant.
Or so the Germans would have us believe.
First time that shtick's ever been funny and accurate.
The information is very useful.
Useful is an interesting word.
Let's play a game. Pick a theme: Your choices are "naughty" or "nice". Now list as many uses as you can.
I used to think that grabbing & keeping 'everything' was good.
But these days I advise my clients to not collect and/or store more data than they absolutely need, and/or are authorised to do.
This is as dumb as merchants and others (illegally) holding your bank or credit-card data.
Google wants 'maps / streetview' to localise you more precisely if you have not GPS by linking your location to a Wifi SSID as well as just the cell towers?
Great, good idea. Not evil.
But why the heck do they need to collect the
summary says:
"Google says they've offered to just destroy the data, in cooperation with national regulators, but the German government wants to know what they've collected."
Ya, that's what the German government says. But more probably:
"Google says they've offered to just destroy the data, in cooperation with national regulators, but the German government wants what they've collected."
...but abstract it from any locational or identifying data. Wrap it up in a bow and let them waste their time wading through it.
The Gestapo was never eliminated it just reinvented itself as the German Government. While one can argue that Google was fairly stupid to collect the data in the first place (why create a potential liability since we know that the "powers that be", not just in Germany, always want more information). What was Google hoping to do with the data -- market locations of open WiFi spots? First of all the *information* is "public" -- anyone citizen is free to collect it (if they want to drive around a fleet of v
Did anyone realize that the data could be destroyed by magnetizing the drives and re- aligning the iron?
Just a thought.
Nondeterminism means never having to say you are wrong.


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BERLIN — German auds love opulent nature docs and horror movie spoofs, and Berlin-based distrib Falcom is looking to meet the demand with its new Cannes acquisitions, "The Penguin King 3D" and Marlon Wayans' "Untitled Found Footage Comedy."
Produced by Anthony Geffen and Sias Wilson, the $20 million "Penguin King" is narrated by David Attenborough and follows a young penguin that grows up to become a fully-fledged king in the Antarctic.
Kaleidoscope, which is releasing "Penguin King" in the U.K., is handling world sales on the doc.
If "Untitled Found Footage Comedy," which sends up movies likes of "Paranormal Activity," follows in the footsteps of the hugely popular "Scary Movie" franchise, Falcom could have a major winner on its hands: the first "Scary Movie" took in more than $24 million at the German box office. Wayans and producer Rick Alvarez co-wrote "Untitled Found Footage Comedy," which IM Global is selling internationally.


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Cash. In so many ways, it's the perfect gift. It always fits, the color is definitely right, and it quickly and easily nestles into the crisp white envelopes you keep in your desk's bottom drawer. What's more, almost everyone can enjoy using it. But is it really the right gift to give?
Apparently not, according to the IGM Economic Experts Panel. Fifty-four percent of respondents to this week's poll disagreed or strongly disagreed with the notion that gift-giving is inefficient because recipients could satisfy their preferences much better with cash.
"Balderdash," said Carl Shapiro of Berkeley. "This narrow notion of 'efficiency'—and what life is about—gives economists a bad name." A bad name that the Atlantic had some fun with this week in the sendup, "If Economists Wrote Christmas Cards." (The New York Times and Quartz also had something to say about the economist-scrooge stereotype.) "Bah, humbug," said Christopher Udry of Yale. "Such a claim takes an oversimplified model too seriously. Gifts can serve many purposes."
Most of those who disagreed did so on the basis of gift-giving being about personal relationships. "Instead of proposing to your wife with a diamond ring, you offer her a gift card of equal value," hypothesized Austan Goolsbee of Chicago Booth. "Efficient—if you don't count your hospital bills," he said.
"It's the thought (identifying the right present) that matters!" said Markus Brunnermeier of Princeton, who strongly disagreed. "In addition, money lacks the surprise element," he said.
Twenty-two percent of respondents expressed uncertainty. "For many (most?) gifts, 'efficiency' is not the point," said Nancy Stokey of the University of Chicago. Most of the undecided referred to the emotional side of gift giving. "Try a cash gift next Valentine's Day," quipped Richard Thaler of Chicago Booth. It seems unlikely that we'll hear any first hand accounts of that little price theory test.
Even those who agreed that cash is more efficient pointed out that gifts should depend on the recipient. "Motivation for the present has to be non-monetary—but try giving your spouse cash!" said Anil Kashyap of Chicago Booth.
The poll didn't ask how much givers should spend, but many of the economists put forward suggestions for homemade gifts and small, thoughtful presents. Darrell Duffie of Stanford suggested hand-knit socks. And research from Chris Hsee indicates that you're probably spending too much on gifts, anyway.
Overall, the message is clear. In a personal relationship, especially one that you want to build or keep strong, cash is just the wrong choice. If you're interested in getting rid of the recipient, a crisp $20 bill ought to do it.
Cash. In so many ways, it's the perfect gift. It always fits, the color is definitely right, and it quickly and easily nestles into the crisp white envelopes you keep in your desk's bottom drawer. What's more, almost everyone can enjoy using it. But is it really the right gift to give?


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we have to quickly assemble a team to tunnel to the center of the Earth with nuclear bombs to restart the core's rotation!
But how can we obtain the needed unobtainium?
First we'll construct the vehicle out of obtainium. Using it we'll then obtain the unobtainium. Then we'll coat the vehicle with the unobtainium we obtained with the obtainium.
Is there anything obtainium can't help you obtain.
But how can we obtain the needed unobtainium?
Duh, time machine. Go get some from after when we've already gotten some. Too easy.
Okay. I'll wait now while you go ahead and bring back the first time machine...
so how far is the date / year off?
...How many other 'estimations', such as distances to distant stars, etc, can be off by a small percentage that would result in a large amount of actual distance?
Umm, I'll estimate 30%... it would be larger but sales and marketing departments have not yet become involved in things like interstellar distance and core super-rotation.
My inner core rotation is much slower than it should be, especially after a biggish lunch.
A large lunch should increase your inner core rotation, how else are you going to make room?
Earth's surface would not be protected from charged particles spewing from the Sun, and life would not be able to exist.
You mean... "God would have created us in such a manner or in a location so as to tolerate the particle flux. In the ocean, for example." Right?
The particle flux is part of God's creation too. We wouldn't 'tolerate' it, we would rejoice in it as evidence of his bountiful provision of life-affirming radiation for us, his children. For without it we wouldn't be as we would be, and what are the chances of that happening through accidental evolution? Not much!
Behold! He's coming with the clouds! And every eye shall be blind with his glory! Every ear shall be stricken deaf to hear the thunder of his voice! Come forth and drink the waters of the Glow, for this ancient weapon of war is our salvation, it is the very symbol of Atom's glory! Give your bodies to Atom, my friends. Release yourself to his power, feel his Glow and be Divided. There shall be no tears, no sorrow, no suffering, for in the Division, we shall see our release from the pain and hardships of this
The particle flux is part of God's creation too.
Which god? A particle flux sounds like the kind of thing Prometheus would steal from Hephaestus for humanities (ab)use.
AOL voice: "Congratulations! You found the 'God particle'."
In the ocean, for example
But then Avitar would have been about giant, 3D, blue dolphins instead.
And yet the story still would've sucked, proving that there are some things that are constant across the many earths in the Multiverse.
Possibly - there are some theories which suggest that the solar wind might have blown our atmosphere away were it not for the magnetic field, Mars' thin atmosphere is supposed to be an example of this because its magnetic field is weaker than Earth's.
Venus manages to have an atmosphere 93 times more massive than Earth's while having no intrinsic magnetic field and being subjected to a stronger solar wind.
There is still much we have to learn.
Venus' atmosphere is heavier (almost all CO2) and is constantly replenished by outgassing at the 800F surface.
Venus also does have a magnetic field large enough to disperse the solar wind.
Ahh, The Zipper. I took my then-girlfriend on that ride once, she instantly became sick and refused to move for hours. Wouldn't even ride the damn Ferris wheel. I would have been bored if it wasn't for the good old Gravitron... which spins around, much like the Earth's core. Back on topic!
In Soviet Union, the Government controls spin.
This is an estimate, you'll note. But not just any estimate, it's the first accurate estimate.
Were previous estimates wild guesses made just for a laugh, with no expectation of accuracy?
And won't the next estimate researched be able to claim the same milestone, for all the same reasons?
It bothers me how often I hear absolutes with regards to "If not for XXX, life would not exist on Earth." Life has proven to be a lot more robust than such simple statements imply. Certainly, without a magnetic field, life on Earth would look a lot different than it does today as it would have adapted to a much different environment, but it would most certainly still exist with all other things being equal.
Yep there would probably still be life deep in the oceans, especially near volcanic vents where the water would be warm and chemotrophic organisms could survive on the chemicals that spew out.
Remind me again of why anyone would want to explore Mars instead of Europa?
What oceans?
No magnetic field means there's nothing to stop solar winds from stripping earth of it's atmosphere.
With no atmospheric pressure, the oceans would boil at 0C (and the water vapor would then be blown off into space too).
Also, no magnetic field implies little to no plate tectonics, meaning volcanism is nonexistant, meaning no tasty little geothermal vents for microbes to snack on.
Make no mistake - without a magnetic field, life would most definitely not exist on this planet. This is not a case of
With no atmospheric pressure, the oceans would boil at 0C (and the water vapor would then be blown off into space too).
Oh, good point 8-(
"What oceans?
No magnetic field means there's nothing to stop solar winds from stripping earth of it's atmosphere.
With no atmospheric pressure, the oceans would boil at 0C (and the water vapor would then be blown off into space too)."
Let me fix that for you.
Wild speculation has it that our atmosphere will be stripped off without a magnetic field. Most experts now disagree as Venus is proof that that is not true. Venus uses a ionopause (as does Mars) but it is generated a different way than Earth's magnetic field. Mars is a special instance because something catastrophic happened at one point. The atmopshere had enough pressure to hold liquid water (it can now, but only in low lying areas or short amounts of time), enough for oceans. What kind of atmosphere makes a difference too. Hydrogen verses carbondioxide for example.
The magnetic field does more by keeping us from getting cooked by radiation than anything else.
Make no mistake - without a magnetic field, life would most definitely not exist on this planet.
That is a statement rooted in faith, not in science.
Conceded. It really should read that life as we know it would definitely not exist on this planet. It's far too speculative to say all life. My apologies.
Remind me again of why anyone would want to explore Mars instead of Europa?
Because the monoliths told us to stay the hell away from Europa?
Exactly. It's overbuilt.
It's closer and you don't have to drag around an enormous drill.
We haven't been able to look very closely. The jury is still out on the one place (Mars) we believe life is possible that we've been able to test repeatedly (at least robotically).
We haven't even begun to examine Europa and have barely tested Titan... and that's only considering the places in the Solar System where we think life is possible based on our understanding of where and how life can exist, which itself is constantly being challenged and broadened.
The Solar System might be teaming with life that w
Well, intelligent life that resembles us in any way, yeah, I would agree we can be pretty certain about that, but life in general, even if it's very simple? I think it will be a long, long time before we can rule that out.
Of course, there's also the possibility that intelligent life could exist nearby in a form we would not be able to recognize.
If life really was so resilient we would have found ample traces of it on every other planet.
The fact that we can find it on even one planet implies that here it's pretty resilient. It also implies that here the conditions for it are in the survivable range of a fairly large number of parameters.
That's a bit of a fallacy... Of course life exists here: if it didn't, we wouldn't be here to observe it. So the 1-out-of-1 so far doesn't say much about the probability of life existing elsewhere, unless we find some place very similar to Earth. Also, "fairly large number of parameters" isn't quite accurate since, on a galactic scale, any place on/in the Earth is within a relatively small set of parameters. From our perspective it's a lot, because it's all we've been able to experience so far, with the
Certainly, without a magnetic field, life on Earth would look a lot different than it does today as it would have adapted to a much different environment
What would the differences in the environment be?
Radiation levels would be about the same. For every particle of any energy that is steared away from the Earth there is another one on the other side steered into the Earth. The poles get a bit more (non-solar) cosmic radiation than the equator because they come in more-or-less along the axis of the Earth's magnetic field. The magnetic pole is currently moving quite quickly somewhere in northern Alaska, and I haven't heard any reports of it leaving a swath
Would life really not be able to exist without Earth's specific geomagnetic field?
Or would it be able to exist anyway, just in a slightly different form?
I hear so many times how life needs extremely specific conditions to exist, and every year we find new forms of life that exist in conditions in which we previously thought unsuitable for life. Can we please stop having such a egocentric vision of where life can exist, and let us admit that we still don't really know what makes life possible or impossible y
...w/o magnetic field. We have oceans which are miles deep. We also have microorganisms which have been found in active volcanoes and inside nuclear reactors. Even humans spend most of the time inside radiation-shielding buildings and have survived trips to moon inside thin metal shell. I think it's more fare to say that life forms would be slightly different without magnetic field.
Oceans which would boil at 0 Celsius without an atmosphere.
Thus creating an atmosphere, clouding up, and cooling them down again.
Could take some time before the whole run-out-of-water thing happens. Time enough to start up the magnetosphere again.
See Venus. Tell us how it really keeps its atmosphere.
It's a nice way to punch up a news article or info piece. I think they may teach it in journalism school: people are really interested in death, and the apocalypse is a great way to attract eyeballs.
Scientists usually don't say such things, and the Nature article doesn't. But apparently the person who submitted it figured that a one-sentence answer "Scientists do an experiment and come up with a slightly different number from last time" didn't quite cut it.
Usually, it's the press who adds such things befo
We're all gonna die!
Someday... =)
Deinococcus radiodurans takes your puny solar radiation, chews on it, and spits it out as not worthy of food. Go ahead, try and kill me!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deinococcus_radiodurans [wikipedia.org]
"It is shown by kinematic estimates and three-dimensional plasma-neutral gas simulations that the solar wind can induce very fast a magnetic field in the previously completely unmagnetized Earth's ionosphere that is strong enough to protect Earth from cosmic radiations comparable to the case of an intact magnetic dynamo.
Consequently, even in the case of a complete breakdown of the Earth's dynamo, the biosphere is still shielded against cosmic rays, in particular
But is the atmosphere shielded from erosion by the solar wind?
I'm a layman but I would expect that, after 4.5 billion years, friction would have slowed down the inner core's rotation to match that of the rest of the planet. Has anyone hypothesized why that hasn't happened?
Coriolis force. As dense matter settles toward the core it will carry angular momentum along. This implies that the magnetic field is ultimately driven by differentiation.
So, the core rotates 1degree faster than the surface every million years. That's not much.
At the current rate of earth's rotation rate slowing, the surface will slow down some 30 degress in the next 400 years (this is a reasonably sound estimate used by people arguing against continuing "leap-seconds", that as the rotation rate slows geometrically, soon we'll be adding a leap second every month, then several a month, and so on. They suggest a leap-hour in 300 or 400 years.)
So...this suggests that the soli
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DEMOREST, Ga. – Lynchburg College scored seven unanswered runs and took advantage of three Birmingham-Southern errors en route to a 7-1 win in the Piedmont College Spring Classic Friday at Loudermilk Field.
Birmingham-Southern took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first. Jacob Mayfield, who went 2-for-3 with a run scored, doubled and later scored on a Jeremy Hatley RBI single before the Hornets used a five-run second and then added two runs in the fifth to take a 7-1 lead.
Evan Grovenstein, who had two hits on the day, singled start the ninth and scored on an Ethan Netherton ground out for the Panthers' final run.
Kyle Royalty took the loss for the Panthers, giving up seven runs, one earned, with a strikeout on the afternoon. Brandon Miller struck out seven hitters with no walks and allowed two runs on seven hits to earn the win for the Hornets.
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Make sure you have enough food that her contribution is completely extra. DH then needs to tell her that she is welcome to come after X time. If she shows up before X time she doesn't get to come in.
Honestly, she'll show up at two and expect to be entertained if I'm not careful.
Unfortunately yelling is the only way. It just feels incredibly rude. I'm going to call her 24-48 hours before dinner and "go over" the itinerary. I'm going to tell her that I don't expect her before five. Honestly, she'll show up at two and expect to be entertained if I'm not careful.I'm also going to coach DH because I know she is going to call him to complain. I am also prepared for the fact that she may ignore everything and show up when she wants. In that case she's getting handed the remote for the tv and told to make herself comfortable.
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This is a key step in CDOT's efforts to partner with the private sector to determine the role high-speed transit could play in solving the challenges of the I-70 Mountain Corridor.
Technology providers are requested to provide detailed performance, operational and cost information. Submittals then will be analyzed using criteria determined in collaboration with corridor stakeholders. Technologies not yet in revenue service also will be further analyzed to determine if they can be proven to successfully operate by 2017.
"By partnering with the private sector in this way, we will be able to consider the widest possible range of potential transit technologies for the I-70 Mountain Corridor," said CDOT's Division of Transit and rail director, Mark Imhoff.
Qualified technologies will be organized by performance capabilities into three alignment groups: capable of operating entirely in the I-70 right-of-way; those needing to operate entirely outside the I-70 right-of-way and those requiring an alignment both in and out of the I-70 right-of-way. A representative alignment alternative for each group will be developed for feasibility analysis.
CDOT will follow this technology analysis with a similar financial analysis early next year. That effort will seek private-sector help to develop potential funding strategies and assess the likelihood of raising the necessary capital for an AGS. A determination of feasibility is expected in fall 2013.


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Office Floor Plans
This mashup is an interesting proof of concept of how the Google Maps API can be used to create an interactive office plan, complete with employee profiles. At the moment the map is just a demonstration of the possibilities, but it is also a working model so you can play with and explore the map's functionality.
The map overlays floor plans of an office directly on the building's satellite view in Google Maps. There are four overlays, one for each floor of the office building. It is possible to switch between each floor using the buttons in the top right corner of the map (replacing the normal map type buttons).
The mashup can also map the positions of employees on the floor plan. The map includes a search box so you can search for employees or you can select an employee from a drop down menu. There is even a form which allows the user to add an employee (and employee details) to the map.


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Updating to Windows Phone 7.5
The stone in the Mango
I Zunes
A Boot Camp reboot later and I had the phone plumbed into Zune. If this didn't work then I'd be screwed. And it didn't... and for a moment I thought I was. The update and instal process just seem to fly through various stages, and then nothing. The black and white logo that comes up on the phone appeared to be suggesting I plug it in. And seeing as it was plugged in already, I guess I had to unplug/replug it and ignore all those don't unplug warnings. Twenty minutes of hesitation later, I pulled the plug.
The handset view: the bar on the top left indicates installation progress
A warning flashed up saying my phone might be OK or it might not. The latter apparently being due to the fact that no back-up had been completed. As the phone blinked at me, I waited in hope that the other possibility – that the phone would restore itself from its previous state – would come to pass. Indeed it did. I was still on version 7.0.7008.0 and Zune was telling me that it had tried to instal version 7.0.7392.0. So I gave it another go. It took longer to go through its various stages but worked this time. Still no Mango though.
With the HTC Trophy still tethered, Zune reported another update – so it seemed like this was going to be a cumulative process. However, version 7.0.7403.0, that was now on its way to being installed, didn't suggest it was a major leap in dot releases. It occurred to me to unplug and give it a go on Windows Phone 7 Connector for Mac, but the fear of the phone becoming a brick was still fresh in my mind, so I persevered with Zune. Also, this update suggested that there was more than one to be installed, and indeed this was so.
At least Zune tells you what version you're installing
Another reboot and then version 7.10.7720 was coming into land, but it took its time. The numbering didn't make sense (unless you look it up), why was Windows Phone 7.5 showing as 7.10? Still, it seemed likely that Mango was being squeezed into my HTC Trophy, especially as it took 45 minutes to get there – and I wasn't wrong. Shame I couldn't have managed it on the Mac software though – ah, those pesky uncaught exceptions... If the Windows Phone forums are anything to go by, I'm not the only one. ®
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2012 Fantasy Football Wide Receiver Rankings: NFL Week 17December 26, 2012
With an exciting Week 16 under our belts, here are the LestersLegends 2012 Week 17 fantasy football wide receiver rankings.
1. Calvin Johnson, Detroit Lions
Megatron already broke the single-season receiving yards record. Next up is 2000-yard territory. The Bears held him to 34 yards in Week 7. Look for Megatron get revenge.
2. Dez Bryant, Dallas Cowboys
If Megatron wasn't having such an amazing season, Dez would be the talk of the town. He is averaging 115.4 yards with 10 touchdowns in his past seven games. He finishes up with the Washington Redskins' 30th-ranked pass defense. Dez had 145 yards and a pair of touchdowns against them in the first meeting.
3. Brandon Marshall, Chicago Bears
Marshall is second in the league in receiving yardage (1466) and tied for third in receiving touchdowns (11). He had 81 yards and a touchdown in the first meeting with Detroit.
4. Steve Smith, Carolina Panthers
Smith has scored in three of the past four games. He had 104 yards in the first meeting with the New Orleans Saints. The Saints rank 31st in pass defense.
5. Pierre Garcon, Washington Redskins
Garcon is averaging 85.8 yards with three touchdowns in his past five games. He had 86 yards and a touchdown in his last meeting with Dallas.
6. Randall Cobb, Green Bay Packers
Cobb is averaging 93 yards in his past three games. After four weeks without scoring a touchdown, he returned to the end zone last week. He has four touchdowns in five games on turf, making him a decent bet facing the Minnesota Vikings on the road.
7. A.J. Green, Cincinnati Bengals
Green has slowed a little, but is still averaging 88.3 yards per game with 11 touchdowns. He wraps the season up against the Baltimore Ravens.
8. Julio Jones, Atlanta Falcons
I am not expecting Julio to play a full game, but he should be able to do enough damage against the league's worst pass defense, even in limited time. Julio went for 147 yards and a touchdown in the first meeting with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
9. Vincent Jackson, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
V-Jax is averaging 88.9 yards on the season with a touchdown in every other game. He had 96 yards in the first meeting with Atlanta.
10. Demaryius Thomas, Denver Broncos
Thomas has 1312 yards and nine touchdowns on the year. He had 82 yards and a touchdown in the first meeting with the Kansas City Chiefs.
11. Andre Johnson, Houston Texans
Johnson is averaging 143.3 yards in his past six games, including 151 yards and a touchdown in Week 15 against the Indianapolis Colts.
12. Jeremy Maclin, Philadelphia Eagles
Maclin is averaging 97.7 yards with two touchdowns in his past three games. Michael Vick is auditioning for a new gig so Maclin, the team's best receiver, should see plenty of opportunities against the New York Giants.
13. Wes Welker, New England Patriots
Welker has averaged 11.3 targets in his last 14 games. He has caught 7.6 passes for 89 yards per game during that span. The last time he faced the Miami Dolphins, Welker had 103 yards and a touchdown.
14. Hakeem Nicks, New York Giants
Nicks is an extreme risk after failing to catch a pass last week, but Giants are never a team to write off. It will take a miracle for them to sneak into the playoffs, but stranger things have happened. Look for the G-Men to do their part against Philly.
15. Miles Austin, Dallas Cowboys
It is no secret that Miles has become Robin to Dez's Batman in Dallas. He does have two touchdowns in his past four games and a favorable matchup against the Redskins.
16. Marques Colston, New Orleans Saints
After half a season of mediocrity, Colston blew up for 153 yards last week. He's a solid play against the Panthers.
17. James Jones, Green Bay Packers
Jones leads the NFL with 13 touchdown receptions. He has five in his past four games, including one against the Vikings back in Week 13.
18. Eric Decker, Denver Broncos
Decker has three touchdowns in his past two games and 11 on the season.
19. Victor Cruz, New York Giants
Cruz has been non-existant the past two weeks, but has 100-plus yards and a touchdown in every game he's played against the Eagles.
20. Justin Blackmon, Jacksonville Jaguars
Blackmon has been targeted 35 times in the past three games. With Cecil Shorts out, the heavy workload should continue. Blackmon had 62 yards and a touchdown in the first meeting with the Tennessee Titans.
21. Danario Alexander, San Diego Chargers
DX bounced back from being shut out in Week 15 to score his sixth touchdown in his last seven games. He finishes up against the Oakland Raiders' 22nd-ranked pass defense. They are also one of 10 teams to have allowed 26 or more touchdown passes.
22. Reggie Wayne, Indianapolis Colts
Wayne has scored in two of his past three games. Wayne was held to 14 yards by the Texans in that other game. Wayne is averaging 98.3 yards with four touchdowns in seven home games and 78.4 yards with one touchdown in eight road games. The Texans are a tough matchup, but playing at home should help his cause.
23. Michael Crabtree, San Francisco 49ers
Crabtree is quietly having a solid season. He's averaging 69.3 yards with seven touchdowns in his last 11 games. He finishes up against the Arizona Cardinals.
24. Brandon Lloyd, New England Patriots
Lloyd is averaging 113.7 yards in his past three games. He only had one target the last time the Pats faced the Dolphins, but he's been targeted 37 times in three games since.
25. Roddy White, Atlanta Falcons
Roddy will play, but how much is the question. He's more likely than Julio to see limited snaps to rest up for the playoffs. That said, he can still bust out against the Bucs' pass defense.
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