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NCAA men's hockey tournament brings boost to local businesses
Manchester is in the spotlight for the NCAA Men's Hockey Northeast Regionals.
The games have brought people from across the country to spend time and money in the Granite State. The city rolled out the red carpet for hockey fans, putting on a show for the crowds streaming into the Verizon Wireless Arena.
Meanwhile, local businesses were enjoying the boost in traffic. Mayor Ted Gatsas said the hotel reservations and restaurant rushes pump millions into the economy.
Downtown restaurants were flooded with fans hoping to catch a glimpse of the game while grabbing a bite to eat.
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There's good news and bad news about Amy Heckerling's Vamps. The good news is, a large portion of the two new clips from the vampire comedy are full of classic Heckerling comedy (like the bit about embalming lotion.)
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Windows 8 Notifications: Using Azure for Periodic Notifications
At the end of my last post, I put in a plug for using Windows Azure to host periodic notification templates, so I'll use this opportunity to delve into a bit more detail. If you want to follow along and don't already have an Azure subscription, you can get a free 90-day trial account on Windows Azure in minutes.
The Big Picture
The concept of periodic notifications is a simple one: it's a publication/subscription model. Some external application or service creates and exposes a badge or tile XML template for the Windows 8 application to consume on a regular cadence. The only insight the Windows 8 application has is the public HTTP/HTTPS endpoint that the notification provider exposes. What's in the notification and how often it's updated is completely within the purview of the notification provider. The Windows 8 application does need to specify the interval at which it will check for new content – selecting from a discrete set of values from 30 minutes to a day – and that should logically correspond to the frequency at which the notification content is updated, but there is no strict coupling of those two events.
Take for instance, a Windows 8 application for Chez Contoso (right), a local trendy restaurant that displays its featured entrée on a daily basis within a Start screen tile, trying to lure you in for a scrumptious dinner. Of course the chef's spotlight offering will vary daily, so it's not something that can be packaged up in the application itself; furthermore, the eatery may want to have some flexibility on the style of notification it provides – mixing it up across the several dozen tile styles to keep the app's presence on the Start screen looking fresh and alive.
Early each morning then, the restaurant management merely needs to update a public URI that returns the template with information on the daily special. The users of the restaurant's application, which taps into that URI, will automatically see the updates, whether or not they even run the application that day.
Using Windows Azure Storage
Since the notification content that needs to be hosted is just a small snippet of XML, a simple approach is to leverage Windows Azure blob storage, which can expose all of its contents via HTTP/HTTPS GET requests to a blob endpoint URI.
In fact, if Chez Constoso owned the Windows Azure storage account, the restaurant manager could simply copy the XML file over to the cloud (using a file copy utility like CloudBerry Explorer), and with an access policy permitting public read access to the blob container, the Windows 8 application would merely need to register the URI of that blob in the call to startPeriodicUpdate (along with a polling period of a day and an initial poll time of 9 a.m.). There would be no requirement (or cost) for an explicit cloud service per se: the Windows Azure Storage service fills that need by supporting update and read operations on cloud storage.
Unfortunately, there is a catch! By default, the expiration period for a tile is three days; furthermore, if the client machine is not connected to the network at the time the poll for the update is made, that request is skipped. In the Chez Contoso scenario, this could mean that the daily dinner special for Monday might be what the user sees on his or her Start screen through Wednesday – not ideal for either the restaurant or the patron.
- The good news is that to ensure content in a tile is not stale, a expiration time can be provided via a header in the HTTP response that returns the XML template payload, and upon expiry, the tile will be replaced by the default image specified in the application manifest.
- The bad news is that you can't set HTTP headers when using Azure blob storage alone, you need a service intermediary to serve up the XML and set the appropriate header… enter Windows Azure.
Using Windows Azure Cloud Services
A Windows Azure service for a periodic notification can be pretty lightweight – it need only read the XML file from Windows Azure storage and set the X-WNS-Expires header that specifies when the notification expires. Truth be told, you may not need a cloud storage account since the service could generate the XML content from some other data source. In fact, that same service could expose an interface or web form that the restaurant management uses to supply content for the tile. To keep this example simple and focused though, let's assume that the XML template is stored directly in Windows Azure storage at a known URI location; how it got there is left to the reader :).
With Windows Azure there are three primary ways to setup a service:
Windows Azure Web Sites, a low cost and quick option for setting up simple yet scalable services.
Windows Azure Virtual Machines, an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (Iaas) offering, enabling you to build and host a Linux or Windows VM with whatever service code and infrastructure you need.
Windows Azure Cloud Services, a Platform-as-a-Service offering, through which you can deploy a Web Role as a service running within IIS.
I previously covered the provisioning of Web Sites in my blog post on storing notification images in the cloud, so this time I'll go with the Platform-as-a-Service offering using Windows Azure Cloud Services and ASP.NET.
Getting Set Up for Azure Development
If you haven't used Windows Azure before, now's a great time to get a 90-day free, no-risk trial.
As far as tooling goes, you can use Visual Studio 2012, Visual Studio 2010, or Visual Web Developer Express. I'm using Visual Studio 2012 for the rest of this post, but the experience is quite similar for Visual Studio 2010 and Visual Web Developer Express.
Since the service will be developed in ASP.NET, you'll also want to download specifically the Windows Azure SDK for .NET (via the Web Platform Installer). In fact, if you don't have Visual Studio already installed, this will give you Visual Web Developer Express automatically.
Creating the Service
In Visual Studio, create a new Solution (File>New Project…) of type Cloud:
When you create a new Cloud Service, you get the option to create a number of other related projects, each corresponding to a Web or Worker Role that is deployed under the umbrella (and to the same endpoint) of that Cloud Service. Web and Worker Roles typically coordinate with other Azure services like storage and the Service Bus to provide highly scalable, decoupled, and asynchronous implementations. In this simple scenario, you need only a single Web Role, which will host a simple service.
For the type of ASP.NET MVC project, select Web API, a convenient and lightweight option for building a REST-ful service:
Coding the Service
At a minimum, the service needs to do two things:
- return the tile XML content within a predetermined Windows Azure blob URI, the same one that is updated by the restaurant every morning at 9 a.m.
- set the X-WNS-Expires header to the time at which the requested tile should no longer be shown to the user. In this case, let's assume the restaurant stops serving the special at midnight each day, and you don't want to show the tile after that time.
To create the API for returning the XML content, add a new empty API Controller called Tiles on the ASP.NET MVC 4 project (or you can just modify the ValuesController that gets automatically created):
In that controller, you'll need a single Get method (corresponding to the HTTP GET request that the Windows 8 application will make on a regular basis to get the XML tile content). That Get method will access a parameter indicating the name of the blob on Windows Azure that contains the XML. For example, a URL like:
will access the blob called dinner in a Windows Azure blob storage container called chezcontoso. The api/tiles segment of the URL is controlled by the ASP.NET MVC route that is set by default in the global.asax file of the project, so it too can be modified if you like.
The complete code for that Get method follows and is also available as a Gist on GitHub for easier viewing and cutting-and-pasting. Note, you will need to supply your own storage account credentials in Line 5ff (see below for a primer on setting up your storage account).
1: // /api/tiles/<tilename>
2: public HttpResponseMessage Get(String id)
3: {
4: // set cloud storage credentials
5: var client = new Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient.CloudBlobClient(
6: "http://YOUR_STORAGE_ACCOUNT_NAME.blob.core.windows.net",
7: new Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageCredentialsAccountAndKey(
10: )
11: );
13: // create HTTP response
14: var response = new HttpResponseMessage();
15: try
16: {
17: // get XML template from storage
18: var xml = client.GetBlobReference(id.Replace("_", "/")).DownloadText();
20: // format response
21: response.StatusCode = System.Net.HttpStatusCode.OK;
22: response.Content = new StringContent(xml);
23: response.Content.Headers.ContentType =
24: new System.Net.Http.Headers.MediaTypeHeaderValue("text/xml");
26: // set expires header to invalidate tile when content is obsolete
27: response.Content.Headers.Add("X-WNS-Expires", GetExpiryTime().ToString("R"));
28: }
29: catch (Exception e)
30: {
31: // send a 400 if there's a problem
32: response.StatusCode = System.Net.HttpStatusCode.BadRequest;
33: response.Content = new StringContent(e.Message + "\r\n" + e.StackTrace);
34: response.Content.Headers.ContentType =
35: new System.Net.Http.Headers.MediaTypeHeaderValue("text/plain");
36: }
38: // return response
39: return response;
40: }
42: private DateTime GetExpiryTime()
43: {
44: return DateTime.UtcNow.AddDays(1);
45: }
And now for the line-by-line examination of the code:
|Line 2
|The Get method is defined to accept a single argument (this will be of the format container_blob) which is automatically passed in by the ASP.NET MVC routing engine to the id parameter. This leverages the default route for APIs as defined in the App_Start/WebApiConfig.cs of the ASP.NET MVC project, but you do have full control over the specific path and format of the URL.
|Lines 5-11
|This instantiates the StorageClient class wrapper for interacting with Windows Azure blob storage. For simplicity, the credentials are hard-coded into this method. As a best practice, you should include your credentials in the role configuration (see the Configuring a Connection String to a Storage Account in Configuring a Windows Azure Project) and then reference that setting in code via RoleEnvironment.GetConfigurationSettingValue.
|Line 14
|A new HTTP response object is created, details for which are filled by the rest of the code in the method.
|Line 18
|The blob resource in Windows Azure is downloaded using the account set in Line 5ff. The id parameter is assumed to be of the format container_blob, with the underscore character separating the distinct Windows Azure blob construct references. Since references to containers and blobs in Windows Azure require the / separator, the underscore in the parameter value is replaced before the call is made to download the content. You could alternatively create a new MVC routing rule that accepted two parameters to the Get method, container and blob, and then concatenate those values here. I opted for the implementation here so as not to require additional modifications in other parts of the ASP.NET MVC project.
|Line 21
|A success code is set for the HTTP response, since an exception would have occurred if the tile content were not found. It's still possible that the content is not valid, but the notification engine in Windows 8 will handle that silently and transparently and simply not attempt to update the tile.
|Line 22
|The content payload for the tile, which should be just a snippet of XML subscribing to the Tile schema, is added to the HTTP response.
|Line 23
|The content type is, of course, XML.
|Line 27
|To guard against stale content, the X-WNS-Expires header is set to the time at which the tile should no longer be displayed on the user's Start screen, and instead the default defined in the application's manifest should be used. Here the time calculation is refactored into a separate method which just adds a day to the current time. That's actually not the best implementation, but we'll refine that a bit later in the post. Note that the time is formatted using the "R" specifier, which applies the RFC1123 format required for HTTP dates.
|Lines 31-35
|The exception handling code is fairly simplistic but sufficient for the example. If there's any problem in accessing the blob content, a HTTP 400 status code is returned. The notification processing component of Windows 8 will realize there's a problem and not attempt to modify the tile. The additional information provided (message and stack trace) is there for diagnostic purposes; it would never be visible to the user of the Windows 8 application.
|Line 39
|The HTTP response is returned as the result of the service request.
|Line 42-45
|GetExpiryTime calculates when the tile should expire and the default tile defined in the application's manifest should be reinstated. In the code embedded above, the tile will expire one day after the content was polled versus the default of three days. The Gist includes an updated version of that calculation that I'll discuss a bit later in the post.
Testing the Service
The Windows Azure SDK includes an emulator that allows you to run a Windows Azure service on your local machine for testing. You can invoke the emulator when running Visual Studio (as an administrator) by hitting F5 (or Ctrl+F5). For the service application we're working with, that will open a browser to the default page for the site. That page isn't the one you want, of course, but since the tile is available via an HTTP GET request, simply supplying the appropriately formatted URI should bring up the XML content in the browser.
After confirming the service works, it's time to give it shot with a real Windows 8 application that leverages periodic notifications. If you've got one coded already, then all you need to do is provide the full URI to startPeriodicUpdate. If you haven't written your app yet, the Push and periodic notifications client-side sample offers a quick way to test.
When you run that sample, select the fourth scenario (Polling for tile updates) and enter the URL for the service you just created. Then press the Start periodic updates button.
As for all periodic updates, when startPeriodicUpdate is called, the endpoint is polled immediately, so you should see the tile updated on your Start Screen along the lines of what is shown to the left. If you were to manually update the tile XML in blob storage, you should see the new content reflected in about a half-hour, since that's the default recurrence period specified in the sample application. For the actual application, a recurrence period of one day makes more sense; additionally, you'd set the startTime parameter in the call to startPeriodicUpdate to 9 a.m. or slightly after to be sure that the poll picks up the daily refreshed content.
Deploying the Service
When you're satisfied the application is working with the local service, you're ready to deploy it to the cloud with your 90-day free Windows Azure account (or any other account you may have). You can deploy the ASP.NET site to Windows Azure directly from Visual Studio by selecting the Publish option from the Cloud Service project (right).
If this is the first time you've published to Windows Azure from Visual Studio, you'll need to download your publishing credentials, which you can access via the link provided on the Publish Windows Azure Application dialog below.
Selecting that link prompts you to login to the Windows Azure portal with your credentials and download a file with the .publishsettings extension. Save that file to your local disk and click the Import button to link Visual Studio to your Azure subscription. You only need to do this once, and you should then secure (or remove) the .publishsettings file, since it contains information that would enable others to access your account. With the subscription now in place, you can continue to the next step of the wizard.
You may next be prompted to create a storage account on Windows Azure. This account is used to store your deployment package during the publication process, and it can be used by all the services you ultimately end up deploying. As a result, you need only do this once; although, you can change the default storage account used at a later stage in the wizard. To create the account enter a storage account name, which must be unique across all of Windows Azure, and indicate which of the eight data centers should house the account.
If you have existing services deployed, you'll have the option to update one of those with the build currently in Visual Studio, or as in this case, you can create a new Cloud Service on Windows Azure. Doing so requires supplying (1) a service name (which must be unique across Windows Azure since it becomes the third level domain name prepended to the cloudapp.net domain which all Windows Azure Cloud Services are a part of) and (2) the location of the data center where the service will run. As you can see to the left, I chose my service to reside in the East US and be addressable via periodicnotifications.cloudapp.net.
If the service name is valid and not in use, the Common Settings and Advanced Settings options will be populated automatically and allow some customization of how the service runs and what capabilities you have (e.g., remote desktop to your VM in the cloud, whether to use a production or staging slot, if Intellisense is enabled, etc.) The defaults are fine for our purposes here, but you can read more about the additional settings on the Windows Azure site.
At this point the Next button brings you to a summary screen which indicates that your choices will be saved for when you redeploy, or you can just click Publish to deploy your service to Windows Azure now. Within Visual Studio you can keep tabs on the deployment via the Windows Azure Activity log (accessible via the View->Other Windows menu option in Visual Studio) – note that it may take 10 minutes or more the first time you deploy to a new service; subsequent updates are generally much quicker.
Now that the service is fully deployed to the cloud, you can revisit the sample tile application and provide the Azure hosted URI (versus the localhost one used earlier when testing) to see the complete end-to-end process in action!
Tidying Up
Earlier on, I mentioned I'd revisit the tile timeout logic, namely the implementation of GetExpiryTime in the code sample; it's time to clean up that loose end!
Since Chez Contoso updates its menu daily at 9 a.m., it seems quite logical to have the tile expire on a daily basis (which was the default implementation I introduced above), but that creates a less than satisfactory experience:
When users fire up the application for the first time, the URI will be polled for the tile and by default the tile will expire 24 hours from then. If a user should first access the app at 8:45 a.m. and then disconnect for the rest of the day, they will continue to see the previous day's special on their Start screen! I'd say that if the restaurant stops serving at midnight, no one should continue to see that day's special beyond that point.
To address that scenario, here's an updated implementation of GetExpiryTime:
1: private DateTime GetExpiryTime()
2: {
3: Int32 TimeZoneOffset = -4; // EDT offset from UTC
5: // get representation of local time for restaurant
6: var requestLocalTime = DateTime.UtcNow.AddHours(TimeZoneOffset);
8: // if request is hitting before 9 a.m., information is stale
9: if (requestLocalTime.Hour <= 8)
10: return DateTime.UtcNow.AddDays(-1);
12: // else, set tile to expire at midnight local time
13: else
14: {
15: var minutesUntilExpiry = (24 - requestLocalTime.Hour) * 60
- requestLocalTime.Minute;
16: return DateTime.UtcNow.AddMinutes(minutesUntilExpiry);
17: }
18: }
The basic algorithm here is to convert the time the request hits the server (in UTC) to the equivalent local time. Here, I'm assuming the restaurant is on the East Coast of the United States, which currently is offset by four hours from UTC (Line 3). One disadvantage of this particular approach is that the conversion to Standard Time will require a change to the algorithm. That could be alleviated by moving the offset to the services configuration file (ServiceConfiguration.cscfg), but it would still need to be updated twice a year. A more robust (and likely complex) implementation is almost certainly possible, but I'm deeming this 'close enough' to illustrate the concept.
Once the representation of the time local to the restaurant is obtained (Line 6), a check is made to see if the time is before or after 9 a.m., the time we're assuming management is prompt about updating the coming evening's special.
If it's before 9 a.m. that day (Line 9), then the tile is set to expire before it's even delivered, because the current contents refer to the previous day's special entrée. This does mean that the tile is delivered unnecessarily, but the payload is small, and the Windows 8 notification mechanism will honor the expiration date. An alternative would be to return an HTTP status code of 404, which may be more correct and elegant, but require updating a bit more of the other code.
If the request arrives after 9 a.m. Chez Contoso time (Line 13ff), then the expiration time is calculated by determining how many minutes are left until midnight. Once that time hits, the tile on the user's Start screen will be replaced with the default supplied in the application's manifest, which would probably include a stock photo or some other generic and time insensitive text.
Final Design Considerations
Congratulations! At this point you should have a cloud service setup that can service one or many of your Windows 8 applications. Before signing off on this post though, I wanted to reiterate a few things to keep in mind about periodic notifications.
- If the machine is not connected to the internet when it's time to poll the external URI, then that attempt is skipped and not retried until the next scheduled recurrence – which could be as long as a day away. The takeaway here is to consider expiration policies on your tiles so that stale content is removed from the user's Start screen.
- The polling interval is not precise; there can be as much as a 15-minute delay for the notification mechanism to poll the endpoint.
- The URI is always polled immediately when a client first registers (via startPeriodicUpdate), but you can specify a start time of the next poll and then the recurrence interval for every request thereafter.
- You can leverage the notification queue by providing up to five URIs to be polled at the given interval. Each of those can have separate expiration policies and also provide different tag value (X-WNS-Tag header) to determine which tile of the set should be replaced with new content.
This section is a primer for setting up a Windows Azure storage account in case you want to follow along with the blog post above and set up your own periodic notification endpoints in Windows Azure. If you've already worked with Windows Azure blob storage, you won't miss anything by skipping this!
Getting Your Windows Azure Account
There are a number of options to quickly provision a Windows Azure account. Many of these are either free or have a free monthly allotment of services - more than enough to get your feet wet and explore how Windows Azure can enhance Windows 8 applications from a developer and an end-user perspective:
- Free 90-day trial
- MSDN subscription
- Microsoft Cloud Essentials (via Microsoft Partner Network)
- Microsoft BizSpark benefits
- Microsoft WebsiteSpark benefits
- 6-month and pay-as-you-go plans
Creating Your Storage Account
Once your subscription has been provisioned, log in to the Windows Azure Management Portal, and select the NEW option at the bottom left.
From the list of options on the left, select STORAGE and then QUICK CREATE:
You'll need to provide two things before clicking CREATE STORAGE ACCOUNT:
- a unique name for your storage account (3-24 lowercase, alphanumeric characters), which also becomes the first element of the five part hostname that you'll used to access blobs, tables and queues within that storage account, and
- the region you'd like your data to be stored, namely one of Azure's eight data center locations worldwide.
The geo-replication option offers the highest level of durability by copying your data asynchronously to another data center in the same region. For the purposes of a sample it's fine to leave it checked, but do note that replication does add roughly a 33% cost to your storage.
Once your account is created, select the account in the portal, and click the MANAGE KEYS option at the bottom center, to bring up your primary and secondary access key. You'll ultimately need to use one of these keys (either is fine) to create items in your storage account.
Installing a Storage Account Client
The Windows Azure Management portal doesn't provide any options for creating, retrieving or updating data within your storage account, so you'll probably want to install one of the numerous storage client application out there. There is a wide variety of options from free to paid, from proprietary to open source. Here is a partial list of the one's I'm aware of – I tend to favor Cloudberry Storage Explorer when working with blob storage.
- Cloudberry Explorer
- Cerebrata Cloud Storage Studio
- ClumsyLeaf CloudXplorer
- Azure Blob Studio 2011
- Azure Storage Explorer
Regardless of which you use, you'll need to setup access to your storage account by providing the storage account name and either the primary or secondary account key. Here for instance is a screen shot of how to do it Cloudberry Explorer:
Creating a Container
Windows Azure Blob storage is a two-level hierarchy of container and blobs:
- a container is somewhat like a file folder, except containers cannot be nested. This is the level at which you can define an access policy applying to the container and the blobs within it,
- a blob is simply an unstructured bit of data; think of it as a file with some metadata and a MIME-type associated with it. Blobs always reside in containers and are accessed with a URI of the format https://accountname.blob.core.windows.net/container-name/blob-name (http is also supported).
You can create a container programmatically of course, and the 3rd party notification service could do so, but it's likely you'll set up the container before hand and let the service simply deal with the blobs (XML files) in it. Depending on the storage client you're using, creating a container will be very much like creating a file folder in Explorer. Here's a snapshot of the user interface in CloudBerry Explorer.
Note that I've set the container policy to Public read access for blobs only, which would allow the storage account to be a direct endpoint that a Windows 8 application can subscribe to for periodic notifications. That's a supported, but less than ideal approach as the body of the blog post above explains. A service-based delivery approach would allow a more stringent access policy of "No public read access," since the storage key could be used by and secured at the service host.


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This site is the best place to get parish record information for Spain. The site itself is in French, but all the PDF files that this section of the site points to are in Spanish.
Contents of the Site
The home page contains a clickable ecclesiastical map all Spanish dioceses. The site links to the archival guide (PDF format) and the website for each dioceses. The PDF archival guides include an approximate list of the first records in each parish archive for:
- baptisms
- confirmations
- marriages
- deaths/burials
- financial records
Website Address
Using the Site EffectivelyIn order to search for a specific parish you need to know in which diocese the parish resides.
- Go to the above mentioned URL (copy and paste in your internet browser)
- On the map click on the name of the diocese you want to learn more about
- In the upper left corner of the screen a link to the diocese PDF file will appear. Click the link to view the PDF file
The PDF files contain the following information:
- Name and contact information for the diocesan archive
- History and inventory of the diocesan archive
- Alphabetical list of parishes within the diocese along with the town/city name where the parish resides
- Year of the first record for: baptisms, confirmations, marriages, deaths/burials, and fabricas (financial records)
Each parish list may contain any of the following abbreviated headings:
- B = baptisms
- C = confirmations
- M = marriages
- D = deaths
- F = fabricas
- GC = did the civil war affect the records? A parish may have existed before this time period, but the records may have been destroyed during the war.
- Co = are the records centralized in the diocesan archive
- Pic = sites of cultural interest
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Additionally some Spanish Church records have been microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah. Some of these microfilms can be ordered to family history centers around the world for anyone to use. You will need to do a Place Search in the Family History Library Catalog for the town where your ancestors lived to determine if the records for your ancestral parish have been microfilmed.
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Yes, it's a surprise
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I have been through some intense stuff at work. And it doesn't look like it's going to slack off anytime soon. There are major changes underway regarding our firewall, our Internet Service Provider, and our wireless Internet backup access. All of that means I'm not able to accelerate the publication of these stories. I had hoped to do maybe, Monday and Thursday, instead of just Thursday. Because I can do two of these a week, if I have time. Ah, time. Never enough. Never, ever enough. And if you haven't noticed, I haven't done any new painting in a month. No, never, ever enough time.
Maybe, when I win the lottery.
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October 10, 2013
By Margaret MacCarthy Bacon
The last government shutdown, which spanned Christmas and New Year's in 1995-1996 lasted for 21 days and is estimated to have cost taxpayers $1.4 billion. It was the longest government shutdown in history. During that shutdown, the S&P 500® Index fell 3.7%, but quickly rebounded after government employees returned to work.
There have been 16 other shutdowns dating back to 1976, which ranged from one day to 18 days, so it's hard to estimate the impact of this year's drama until politicians in Washington actually reach an agreement. Economists estimate that even a short shutdown — of three or four days — would begin to trim several decimal points off economic growth. A longer shutdown of three or four weeks would have a more detrimental effect. Of greater concern to us is that a government shutdown would lead to increased debate regarding the debt ceiling. Although we feel it is likely that the debt ceiling will be raised by mid-October, it is an issue that we will be monitoring closely.
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By David Hillmeyer
Despite the headline-grabbing news pertaining to a U.S. government shutdown, shutting down the government isn't a new political tactic to investors. The current furloughing of nonessential government employees, for example, is the 17th such shutdown the federal government has undertaken over the years. However, a difference between recent closings and those of years past is that these discussions are playing out through the media rather than behind closed doors on Capitol Hill. Both sides of the aisle are using tactics that limit the other's willingness to negotiate.
Republicans are choosing to include spending cuts to the Affordable Care Act as part of their bill, while Democrats are refusing to negotiate to limit the items added to the debt ceiling. We should continue to monitor polling data for signs that each party's popularity is taking a hit because, in our opinion, shared blame would increase the likelihood of the two sides coming together. Our base-case scenario, however, is that a resolution will be realized without the country defaulting on its debt. Nevertheless, the partisanship observed since, and prior to, the shutdown leaves tremendous uncertainty.
To this point, market participants seem to be assuming that Congress will pass a continuing resolution (CR) that will allow the government to reopen soon and address the debt ceiling prior to expiration. We can observe this complacency by evaluating the small change in risk premiums for fixed income asset classes. For instance, the Barclays U.S. Corporate Investment Grade Index has priced within a three-basis-point range for the past three weeks (one basis point equals a hundredth of a percent). Ten-year Treasury yields remain within five basis points of where they were in mid-September. Furthermore, the S&P 500® Index is within 3% of its record close (reached in September 2013). These patterns of low volatility could likely wane, however, if nothing remains resolved as we approach the debt ceiling cutoff.
We have already observed an increase in the Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index (VIX), which has experienced a move higher of nearly 50%, or about six points since Sept. 18, 2013. Additionally, the T-bill market is exhibiting signs of stress, with October maturities now yielding more than 0.25%. This is more than 20 basis points higher than late-November T-bills. From a pricing perspective, the T-bill market is showing some similarities to April 26, 1979, when the U.S. Treasury Department temporarily missed making payments on certain short-term maturities due to what it claimed were operational errors.
The closer we get to the looming debt-ceiling date established by the Treasury Department, the higher the probability, in our opinion, that we will see a CR bill passed, combined with an increase in the allowable borrowings. In recent days, the White House has intimated that the administration would entertain an increase in the debt ceiling to a date that is shy of its original demand. Although this would address any immediate concerns regarding a default, the temporary nature of the resolution could likely lead to increased market uncertainty and higher volatility.
As is, however, the shutdown should negatively impair fourth-quarter U.S. gross domestic product figures. This will likely have an impact on the Federal Reserve's willingness to begin reducing the pace at which it purchases mortgage-backed securities and Treasurys. At this point, we could see the so called "tapering" program get pushed into 2014.
In the event of an actual default by the Treasury, risk assets should experience significant selling pressure, with U.S. equities leading the market lower. The immediate reaction in the Treasury market is a bit more uncertain and, contrary to what many believe, we may actually see 10-year yields migrate lower.
Given the nature of today's political crisis in Washington, D.C., positioning for one particular outcome is very challenging. Given the potential outcomes, taking extreme positions is probably not warranted. However, for those concerned about a default and a subsequent selloff of higher-beta (riskier) assets (high yield or equity investments, for example), credit volatility is low and, as a result, we believe credit hedges may be one cost-effective portfolio consideration during this period of uncertainty.
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The S&P 500 Index measures the performance of 500 mostly large-cap stocks weighted by market value, and is often used to represent performance of the U.S. stock market.
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LETTER- Shad need their freedom
I was disappointed to read Downing L. Smith's April 13 letter, "Save the dam for recreation." I will attempt to set his mind at ease about the removal of the Woolen Mills Dam.
First, the dam will not be completely removed. Only a portion of the center section will go in order to allow many types of fish to migrate up stream to spawn.
Smith complains that an "outstanding yet underused recreational asset" will be destroyed. One has only to visit the former site of the Embrey Power dam in Fredericksburg to see how that area has been improved. Fishing, canoeing, and kayaking have all been enhanced by the restored Rappahannock River.
Smith asks, "Why destroy a habitat that has existed for 150 years to replace it with something unknown?" There's a very good answer to that question, one that scientists and experts agree on. Dams change the ecology of a river to the detriment of aquatic life.
Thomas Jefferson's father, like many colonials, fished for shad on the Rivanna River every spring. Nowadays, the American Shad is in danger of becoming extinct.
Legend has it that when George Washington's Continental Army was encamped along the Schuylkill river at Valley Forge in the long winter of 1777-78 and were starving, an early spring run of shad up the river saved them.
In 2000, Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and the District of Colombia penned an agreement– endorsed by governmental and environmental groups– to help improve the health of the Chesapeake Bay and its rivers. The scientists and experts employed by these organizations have a wealth of knowledge that exceeds that of letter writers Dan Sebring or Downing Smith on river habitat and ecological matters.
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Route of Charles V: the last journey of an emperor
Port of Laredo
Panoramic view of Laredo, in Cantabria
Burgos cathedral
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Bridge in Jarandilla de la Vera, Cáceres
In 1556, Spain witnessed a symbolic journey. Emperor Charles V disembarked in Cantabria, northern Spain, to cover the approximately 550 kilometres to Yuste monastery in Extremadura, where he would retire and subsequently die after 40 years of historic rule. Four centuries later, you can relive this exciting itinerary on the Route of Charles V. Are you ready to follow in the footsteps of a real king?
Turn your calendar back to the 16th century, when Spain was the world's foremost superpower. Imagine a major historical leader, Charles V of Spain, disembarking in northern Spain after his abdication with more than 50 boats. Accompanied by his entourage, he set out on a journey lasting more than a month through the regions of Cantabria, Castile-León and Extremadura until he reached the site of his retreat, Yuste Monastery. Here we offer suggestions for following in his footsteps through 34 municipal districts in these three regions. Choose whichever part of the route you like best – in all of them you will find stunning settings along with an artistic and cultural heritage, and monuments that conserve all the charm of the period. Below are some of the most attractive destinations:
The route. Eleven destinations not to be missed
The route starts in Laredo (region of Cantabria) where Charles disembarked and where today you can see a symbolic bust of the emperor. Don't miss the old town, defensive walls and stately houses. You'll also be able to enjoy beaches like La Salve –Laredo is set in a privileged location on the Cantabrian coast.
After travelling through various parts of Cantabria we come to Medina de Pomar (in the province of Burgos, Castile-León), 60 kilometres from Laredo, where Charles V once spent the night. Enjoy its medieval atmosphere and the Alcázar de los Velasco, a magnificent 14th-century castle.
Some 100 kilometres further on is the city of Burgos, whose Arco de Santa María arch depicts the figure of Charles V. The cathedral, which has the UNESCO World Heritage designation, and the Las Huelgas Royal Monastery are among the other treasures to be seen here.
Once in the province of Palencia, we can continue on to Venta de Baños, 90 kilometres from Burgos. Legend has it that the Visigoth king Recceswinth ordered the construction of the church of San Juan de Baños by way of thanks, after noting the curative properties of one of its fountains. This Visigoth basilica is well worth visiting.
After passing though beautiful and unique areas such as Dueñas, we come to the province of Valladolid and its capital city (37 kilometres from Venta de Baños). Here the emperor stayed in the old Royal Palace. This is the ideal place to stroll around and visit its palaces, the Plaza Mayor square, cathedral and its Santa Cruz Residence. Another tip? Don't miss a trip to Medina del Campo, only 55 kilometres away, where you'll be welcomed by the impressive castle of La Mota.
Continuing on along our route, now in Salamanca province, we come to Peñaranda de Bracamonte, 55 kilometres from Medina del Campo. Its old town has been declared a Historic-Artistic site. Further on, in Avila province, we come to the village of Barco de Ávila. Here the emperor met with a warm welcome, as you will too. From its castle there is a wonderful view of the Tormes River.
The final stage starts in the province of Cáceres, in Extremadura. There, the town of Jarandilla de la Vera, 90 kilometres from Barco de Ávila, is home to the outstanding Charles V Parador Hotel, a palace steeped in history where the king himself stayed. Nine kilometres further on, the route finishes in Cuacos de Yuste. Here, at the monastery and in the adjacent palace (whose distribution is very similar to that of the palace where the monarch was born) is where Charles V spent his last days. When you lay eyes on this lovely place, you'll understand why he chose it.
If, besides history, you're also a sports enthusiast, then this route will be perfect for you. If water sports are your thing, you can go sailing, surfing or scuba diving, or take boat trips in Laredo. For hiking fans, Cantabria, Castile-León and Extremadura all have signposted routes where you can explore the local countryside. You'll love their viewing points, walks through chestnut forests, and the waterfalls and natural swimming pools to be found at the Garganta de los Infiernos (hells' gorge) Nature Reserve in the province of Cáceres. Horse riding, caving, river canoeing, climbing, paragliding and hot-air balloon flights are some of the other options on offer.
To relive the spirit of this route on your way, we recommend the following events held in honour of the emperor. The "final disembarkation of Charles V" is celebrated in Laredo at the end of September. You'll be surprised to see the local people dressed up in period costume, and you'll be able to buy typical products at the Renaissance market, enjoy fireworks displays and concerts, mingle with noblemen and street musicians and performers, and see knights demonstrating their courage with the lance.
Another key date is the "Route of the Emperor" Cultural Tourism Walk, which takes place from Laredo to Medina de Pomar in mid-October. The route runs over 40 kilometres and recreates the atmosphere of the 16th century on forest trails and livestock paths. When you reach Medina de Pomar you can enjoy a medieval dinner and the re-enactment of the arrival of Charles V.
The Route of Charles V has all this and much more to offer: delicious gastronomy, wonderful places to spend the night… Any time of year is good to make this journey, although perhaps the most pleasant temperatures are in spring. You can do the whole route or the parts you choose in your own vehicle –the route is well signposted. Become a dreamer and travel back to the times of this historic emperor.
For more information, check at the tourist offices in each place, and at: Cantabria Tourism Castile-León Tourism Extremadura Tourism
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Eric Clapton's 50th anniversary tour came through Dallas, Texas March 19th at the American Airlines Center. This tour is not getting the publicity of The Rolling Stones 50th anniversary tour, and it seems typical of Clapton to not toot his own horn like Mick and Keith do. Although it is not getting the attention of the media like The Stones tour, it is an equally important milestone in Rock n Roll history. On a beautiful spring evening in Dallas, the 67 year old guitar god proved that he is every bit the musician he has ever been.
Musician is a title that is earned and I don't use lightly. Eric Clapton is a virtuoso musician of the highest level. In his understated, "Slow Hand" way he took us on a kaleidoscopic tour of his rich musical legacy. And what a tour it is…
I scored my tickets from a good friend I work out with. He called late Monday afternoon with the good news. Making it to a concert on a Tuesday night can be a little challenging and unfortunately we were late for the opening act The Wallflowers. This is Bob Dylan's son, Jakob Dylan's band. We sat down in our seats just in time to hear their best know song "One Headlight" . They sounded great, but we only heard their last four songs. It was a pleasant surprise to see that the arena was completely full for The Wallflowers. Apparently, most of the fans that attended the show had no problem being on time for the 7:30PM start time. This is the first concert I've been to in years where so many fans turned out for the opening act. Very impressive, and a great indication of the popularity of this great band.
After a brief intermission, Eric quietly strolled onto the stage with his incredible band: Doyle Bramhall II (guitar), Steve Jordan (drums), Chris Stainton (piano and keyboards), and Willie Weeks (bass), along with the amazing Paul Carrack (organ and keyboards), Greg Leisz (pedal steel guitar), and Michelle John and Sharon White (backing vocalists). Instead of kicking off the show with a bang, Eric started out the concert with two acoustic dominated songs: "Hello Old Friend" (A greeting to the crowd) and "My Father's Eyes". Both songs featured great pedal steel solos by Greg Leisz. After the first two songs, Clapton greeted the crowd by talking about how much he loved Dallas and that he considered it a second home. He then kicked it up a notch as the band launched in to "Tell The Truth" from his great Album Layla. This song featured outstanding solos from all three guitarists. Doyle Bramhall was amazing as he played his guitar Hendrix style (he plays left handed, with a right handed guitar that is turned upside down, so the bass strings are on the bottom and the treble strings are on the top). Up next was a song from Clapton's new album "Old Sock" called Gotta Get Over. This song stood up well against all the other well known hits that Clapton played. A powerful cover of the Albert Collins song Black Cat Bone featured amazing guitar work by Clapton and Bramhall. Clapton then went back to his Derek and the Dominos days and performed Got to Get Better in a Little While. This song was smoking hot! It was a huge bonus that Clapton was touring with Paul Carrack. Paul is a living legend in England. He is sadly, only moderately well known in the U.S.A. Paul took the first of three turns at lead vocal with "Tempted" from his days with Squeeze. This magnificent song was magnificently sung by one of the best "Blue Eyed Soul" singers on the planet. It is also very appropriate that Eric Clapton occasionally played the roll of "side man" to another singer/song writer. It hearkened back to the days when he toured with Delaney and Bonnie. He had several times in his 50 year career that he just wanted to be the guitar player in the band. Next Clapton played the first song from his days with Cream as the band almost blew the roof off the arena with an extended version of Badge. This song brought the crowd to it's feet for the first time in the show.
Clapton took a chair next and did an "unplugged" set that included Driftin' Blues, (Written by Johnny Moore's Three Blazers) a uptempo reggae version of Tears in Heaven that was only marginally effective, a great version of Lay Down Sally, Wonderful Tonight, and Layla.
Paul Carrack then returned to sing his great hit from his days with Ace: How Long (Has this been goin' on?). Clapton turned in one of his best solos of the night during this song.
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Doug McDermott's value to Creighton goes way beyond court
- Creighton basketball brings in about %245.5 million annually and much of that is a credit to McDermott
- McDermott is the front-runner to win player of the year while leading the Bluejays to a second-place Big East finish
- McDermott is a two-time all-american and led Creighton to the NCAA tournament the past few years
OMAHA — "A handoff, Gibbs, a give-back, a look for Artino, they look for McDermott. He's outside the arc. McDermott gets a screen. For three thousand! Yessir!" The voice of John Bishop, Creighton's play-by-play man, rang over the radio broadcast.
There was brief silence. In the background, the public address announcer told an already deafening crowd that Creighton star Doug McDermott had just gone "for threeeeee thousand" in his illustrious career.
"He has done it! History has been made in Omaha, Nebraska!" Bishop shouted.
Moments later, Doug McDermott's father called a timeout. He could do that, of course, because he's also Doug's coach. Doug buried his head into Greg's shoulder.
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Doug McDermott scored points No. 2,999, 3,000 and 3,001 all at once, a 3-pointer from NBA range with 11:27 left during Saturday's game against Providence. The likely National Player of the Year finished the game with a career-high 45 points, the perfect ending to a Senior Night for the most prolific player of this era.
During his four years as Bluejay, McDermott has scored 3,011 career points, seventh on the all-time Division I men's basketball scoring list. He's done that by shooting 55% from the field, and it's put him in position to become a first-team All-American for the third consecutive season, the first player to earn that distinction since Patrick Ewing and Wayman Tisdale in 1985.
Creighton has long boasted a deep basketball tradition and a loyal following in the Missouri Valley Conference — but there was a shift in the past four years. The already large home crowds in this city of 420,000 grew bigger and more boisterous. The Bluejays won games and kept winning, amassing a 104-36 record and reaching the NCAA tournament's round of 32. Last spring, they were tapped to join the Big East, drastically increasing their exposure and revenue.
It's crazy to credit McDermott for Creighton's recent, swift rise to national prominence, but it's even crazier not to.
Measuring a college athlete's true value can be difficult — and somewhat uncomfortable, considering it stands in stark contrast to the bedrock of amateurism on which the NCAA stands.
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But in McDermott's case, it's relatively simple to calculate a figure. Jason Belzer, a sports attorney and Forbes magazine contributor, suggests adding two numbers: McDermott's impact on the team measured by scoring proportion and NCAA tournament appearance payout.
Creighton basketball brought in about $5.5 million in 2012-13, according to the Equity in Athletics Disclosure database. Typically, one would divide that number by 13 scholarship players to determine how much each is worth — but McDermott has contributed more than his fair share to the program. McDermott has scored approximately 28.1% of the Bluejays' points since the fall of 2010; crediting him with 28% of Creighton's four-year total basketball revenue would mean that he has accounted for $6.2 million.
The revenue numbers include a significant uptick in ticket sales during McDermott's career — Creighton's attendance rose from 13,507 his freshman season to 17,155 and climbing the past two seasons.
Assuming Creighton would not have made the NCAA tournament and advanced to the round of 32 the past two seasons without him, one also can attribute the four NCAA tournament units awarded to him. That's about $1.5 million per unit ($250,000 per year, over six years).
Belzer argues that the financial value McDermott has brought to Creighton starts at $12.2 million over his four-year career, at least in tangible numbers, and goes up from there.
One could also speculate that McDermott has brought in millions of dollars in media exposure to both his school and the Big East this season as a potential national Player of the Year, and that a deep NCAA tournament run this month could net millions more. An Elite Eight appearance alone would earn $6 million (four NCAA tournament units).
"He might be, in financial terms at least, an outlier (because of) the fact that he stayed for four years," Belzer said. "His financial impact at the University this year at least is no different from, say, a great All-American or National Player of the Year. But the fact that he's been there for so many years, that he's taken them to multiple NCAA tournaments, that really puts his value at a different echelon."
Add in part of Creighton's share of the Big East's media rights contract — the 10-team league signed a 12-year deal with FOX worth approximately $500 million — and the figures start to look astronomical. It's hard to argue that McDermott played no role in the conference upgrade, even when considering all of the other factors involved.
"I don't know why the Big East chose us over a lot of other schools — I've never been told specifically," Creighton athletic director Bruce Rasmussen said. "The overall athletic program, our fan support, the facilities, but certainly you could say if we didn't have the success in the previous three years in men's basketball that we've had, maybe we wouldn't have gotten in. I think it was an accumulation, but certainly our men's basketball success in the last three or four years helped."
Said Greg McDermott: "A potential Player of the Year candidate (plus) all of those things, it created a perfect storm for us to be attractive enough to be selected."
Tom Shatel, a columnist at the Omaha World-Herald, wants to see Doug in bronze. He penned a column last week begging for Creighton to erect a statue, a way to not only commemorate but immortalize a player he called a "shooting star."
"What are the odds that there will be another player like McDermott, with his impact on the program and community, anytime soon? If ever?" Shatel wrote. "Let's not kid ourselves that Creighton's emergence as a national name could have happened without him. The instant credibility that comes with a former mid-major finishing second in the Big East in its first year doesn't happen without No. 3."
Consider how close Creighton came to not getting Doug McDermott — and not having all of this.
If Creighton coach Dana Altman not left for Oregon. If Greg McDermott not been on somewhat tenuous footing at Iowa State and open to jumping to Creighton. If Doug McDermott signed some place other than Northern Iowa — his father's alma mater and former program — and if UNI coach Ben Jacobson had not let him out of his commitment there.
"It was really an easy decision to get Greg," Rasmussen said. "The luck was two things. One was timing. If we'd have done it earlier, we'd have probably gotten Doug. But if we'd done it any later, we probably wouldn't have. … The other luck was Doug. I thought Doug would be a very good player. All-American? First-team All-American? Maybe college player of the year? No.
"I thought he could be an all-Missouri Valley Conference player — which is accurate — I just set the ceiling a little low."
So did most. In high school, McDermott played alongside Harrison Barnes, the No. 1 recruit in the 2010 class. A who's who of college basketball coaches saw their team play plenty of times. None of the high-major coaches offered McDermott a scholarship.
So he followed his father to Creighton, where McDermott's career blossomed first in the Missouri Valley Conference, and now in the Big East. Both father and son have spoken many times about trying to separate their coach-player relationship from their father-son one as best they can, at least during the season. "It's been relatively easy," Greg McDermott said, "because Doug wants to be one of the guys."
"They've gotten a lot closer," said Theresa McDermott, Greg's wife and Doug's mother. "When Doug was growing up and in high school, Greg was a college coach and was gone a lot — a lot, a lot. They spent so much time together these last four years, more than they did the prior 14 or so years."
And every once in awhile — actually, a bit more frequently this season, considering all the milestones Doug has reached — Greg stops to reflect on how special this experience has been.
He pulls his son aside and tells him how much he appreciates what's happening, how much he's cherishing their time together, "just so he knows that what he's accomplished and what this team is accomplishing, I'm not so wrapped up in the daily grind that I've lost sight of that," Greg said.
In this one-and-done era of college basketball, so many young players are in a rush to get to the NBA. They don't want to stick around for extra years in college, risking injuries or the chance that their draft stock will dip as their game gets picked apart.
But Doug McDermott has turned down the chance to go pro early twice, while adding different dimensions to his game. He's improved his in-between game. The 6-8 forward is hitting his fadeaway jumper more consistently. He's added to his post play. He's worked on his defense and lateral movement. He honed skills and grew his confidence last summer alongside NBA stars at a Team USA mini-camp.
And his draft stock rose. He's projected to be a lottery pick in June's NBA draft.
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"He made the decision to come back to school," Greg McDermott said. "He had a target on his back, a new league that obviously wanted a piece of him, to see if he could do it against another level of athlete. For Doug to prove that he could — by adding things to his game — is really a credit to him.
"He's a piece of this puzzle that fits very well with the dynamics of our team."
Creighton's high-powered offense is a thing of beauty when shots are falling; the closest it came to perfection this season was in its pair of wins against No. 3 Villanova with its sensational perimeter attack (21 made 3-pointers against the Wildcats the first meeting) and efficient shooting (60% shooting from the field in both games combined). That opens the floor for Doug McDermott, whom Villanova coach Jay Wright called "as complete a player as I've ever seen."
"He's got the skill, but he's on another level in terms of basketball IQ than anybody we've got in college basketball," Wright said. "Larry Bird used to be like that. But I don't know if there's anyone who was that intelligent on the post and on the perimeter."
Said Georgetown coach John Thompson III: "He's impossible to guard because he can score from every position on the court. … It's impossible to stop him. You just have to hope that he misses, and he doesn't do that too often."
This season McDermott is averaging 26.5 points (best in Division I) and 7.2 rebounds per game, while shooting 52.2% from the field and 44.7% from beyond the arc.
He's doing it as the most prolific walk-on in college basketball history — given the designation this season after three scholarship seasons because senior guard Grant Gibbs was granted a sixth year of eligibility by the NCAA in the offseason. All parties benefited; Gibbs got a scholarship, McDermott got a longtime teammate back who averages 4.0 assists per game, and McDermott also got an off-campus apartment.
"I was pushing for it just because of that," he said, smiling.
The only down side? McDermott can hardly leave that apartment this season without being mobbed by fans. He's recognized and stopped anywhere and everywhere, though he's happy to sign autographs and take photos. He knows it's part of the drill. "He's hit superstar status in Omaha," Gibbs said.
"I try to have fun with it, because next year, it's not going to be the same," McDermott said. "I'm not going to be Kevin Durant or LeBron James. That's what it feels like, honestly, in this city. We don't have a pro team. We feel like we are the pro team."
Just as Durant and James will surely go down in NBA history someday, McDermott's name will forever be etched all over the college basketball record books. In recent weeks he's scooted past names like Oscar Robertson, Danny Manning and Larry Bird on the all-time scoring list.
"Doug is a throwback, not just as a player but to the days of the four-year star," ESPN analyst Fran Fraschilla said. "The guy who becomes his own brand. The Grant Hill. The Patrick Ewing. The Chris Mullin. The guy that plays all four years. The guy that we watched grow up before our eyes, from a precocious freshman playing for his dad to finishing up his career as one of the all-time greatest college scorers in history.
"He reminds us of how basketball used to be before the year of the one-and-done player."
In Omaha, they'll never forget that.
Nicole Auerbach, a national college basketball reporter for USA TODAY Sports, is on Twitter @NicoleAuerbach.


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