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The Cherries of Freedom: A Report
Toby Press, 2004 - 88 Seiten
A German soldier deserts in Italy during the Second World War, and for the first time, experiences real freedom. A classic of post war Germany.
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Adds cumulative summary statistics to all search results in a streaming manner. The
streamstats command calculates statistics for each event at the time the event is seen. For example, you can calculate the running total for a particular field. The total is calculated by using the values in the specified field for every event that has been processed, up to the current event.
streamstats [reset_on_change=<bool>] [reset_before="("<eval-expression>")"] [reset_after="("<eval-expression>")"] [current=<bool>] [window=<int>] [time_window=<span-length>] [global=<bool>] [allnum=<bool>] <stats-agg-term>... [<by-clause>]
Required arguments
- stats-agg-term
- Syntax: <stats-func>( <evaled-field> | <wc-field> ) [AS <wc-field>]
- Description: A statistical aggregation function. See Stats function options. The function can be applied to an eval expression, or to a field or set of fields. Use the AS clause to place the result into a new field with a name that you specify. You can use wild card characters in field names. For more information on eval expressions, see Types of eval expressions in the Search Manual.
Optional arguments
- allnum
- Syntax: allnum=<boolean>
- Description: If true, computes numerical statistics on each field only if all of the values in that field are numerical.
- Default: false
- by-clause
- Syntax: BY <field-list>
- Description: The name of one or more fields to group by.
- current
- Syntax: current=<boolean>
- Description: If true, the search includes the given, or current, event in the summary calculations. If false, the search uses the field value from the previous event.
- Default: true
- global
- Syntax: global=<boolean>
- Description: Used only when the
windowargument is set. Defines whether to use a single window,
global=true, or to use separate windows based on the
by clause. If
windowis set to a non-zero value, a separate window is used for each group of values of the field specified in the
by clause.
- Default: true
- reset_after
- Syntax: reset_after="("<eval-expression>")"
- Description: After the streamstats calculations are produced for an event,
reset_afterspecifies that all of the accumulated statistics are reset if the
true. The
eval-expressionmust evaluate to true or false. The
eval-expressioncan reference fields that are returned by the
streamstatscommand. When the
reset_afterargument is combined with the
windowargument, the window is also reset when the accumulated statistics are reset.
- Default: false
- reset_before
- Syntax: reset_before="("<eval-expression>")"
- Description: Before the streamstats calculations are produced for an event,
reset_beforespecifies that all of the accumulated statistics are reset when the
true. The
eval-expressionmust evaluate to true or false. When the
reset_beforeargument is combined with the
windowargument, the window is also reset when the accumulated statistics are reset.
- Default: false
- reset_on_change
- Syntax: reset_on_change=<bool>
- Description: Specifies that all of the accumulated statistics are reset when the group by fields change. The reset is as if no previous events have been seen. Only events that have all of the group by fields can trigger a reset. Events that have only some of the group by fields are ignored. When the
reset_on_changeargument is combined with the
windowargument, the window is also reset when the accumulated statistics are reset. See the Usage section.
- Default: false
- time_window
- Syntax: time_window=<span-length>
- Description: Specifies the window size for the
streamstatscalculations, based on time. The
time_windowargument is limited by range of values in the
_timefield in the events. To use the
time_windowargument, the events must be sorted in either ascending or descending time order. You can use the
windowargument with the
time_windowargument to specify the maximum number of events in a window. For the
<span-length>, to specify five minutes, use
time_window=5m. To specify 2 days, use
- Default: None. However, the value of the
max_stream_windowattribute in the
limits.conffile applies. The default value is 10000 events.
- window
- Syntax: window=<integer>
- Description: Specifies the number of events to use when computing the statistics.
- Default: 0, which means that all previous and current events are used.
Stats function options
- stats-func
- Syntax: The syntax depends on the function that you use. Refer to the table below.
- Description: Statistical and charting functions that you can use with the
streamstatscommand. Each time you invoke the
streamstatscommand, you can use one or more functions. However, you can only use one
BYclause. See Usage.
- The following table lists the supported functions by type of function. Use the links in the table to see descriptions and examples for each function. For an overview about using functions with commands, see Statistical and charting functions.
Type of function Supported functions and syntax Aggregate functions
Event order functions
Multivalue stats and chart functions
streamstats command is a centralized streaming command. See Command types.
streamstats command is similar to the
eventstats command except that it uses events before the current event to compute the aggregate statistics that are applied to each event. If you want to include the current event in the statistical calculations, use
current=true, which is the default.
streamstats command is also similar to the
stats command in that
streamstats calculates summary statistics on search results. Unlike
stats, which works on the group of results as a whole,
streamstats calculates statistics for each event at the time the event is seen.
Escaping string values
If your <eval-expression> contains a value instead of a field name, you must escape the quotation marks around the value.
The following example is a simple way to see this. Start by using the
makeresults command to create 3 events. Use the
streamstats command to produce a cumulative count of the events. Then use the
eval command to create a simple test. If the value of the
count field is equal to 2, display
yes in the
test field. Otherwise display
no in the
test field.
| makeresults count=3 | streamstats count | eval test=if(count==2,"yes","no")
The results appear something like this:
|2017-01-11 11:32:43
|2017-01-11 11:32:43
|2017-01-11 11:32:43
Use the
streamstats command to reset the count when the match is true. You must escape the quotation marks around the word
yes. The following example shows the complete search.
| makeresults count=3 | streamstats count | eval test=if(count==2,"yes","no") | streamstats count as testCount reset_after="("match(test,\"yes\")")"
Here is another example.
You want to look for the value
session is closed in the description field. Because the value is a string, you must enclose it in quotation marks. You then need to escape those quotation marks.
... | streamstats reset_after="("description==\"session is closed\"")"
reset_on_change argument
You have a dataset with the field "shift" that contains either the value DAY or the value NIGHT. You run this search:
...| streamstats count BY shift reset_on_change=true
If the dataset is:
- shift
Running the command with
reset_on_change=true produces the following streamstats results:
- shift, count
Basic examples
1. Calculate a snapshot of summary statistics
|This example uses the sample data from the Search Tutorial but should work with any format of Apache web access log. To try this example on your own Splunk instance, you must download the sample data and follow the instructions to get the tutorial data into Splunk. Use the time range All time when you run the search.
You want to determine the number of the bytes used over a set period of time. The following search uses the first 5 events. Because search results typically display the most recent event first, the
sort command is used to sort the 5 events in ascending order to see the oldest event first and the most recent event last. Ascending order enables the
streamstats command to calculate statistics over time.
sourcetype=access_combined* | head 5 | sort _time
Add the
streamstats command to the search to generate a running total of the bytes over the 5 events and organize the results by
sourcetype=access_combined* | head 5 |sort _time | streamstats sum(bytes) AS ASimpleSumOfBytes BY clientip
When you click on the
ASimpleSumOfBytes field in the list of Interesting fields, an information window shows the cumulative sum of the bytes, as shown in this image:
streamstats command aggregates the statistics to the original data, which means that all of the original data is accessible for further calculations.
Add the
table command to the search to display the only the values in the
bytes, and
ASimpleSumOfBytes fields.
sourcetype=access_combined* | head 5 |sort _time | streamstats sum(bytes) as ASimpleSumOfBytes by clientip | table _time, clientip, bytes, ASimpleSumOfBytes
Each event shows the timestamp for the event, the clientip, and the number of
bytes used. The
ASimpleSumOfBytes field shows a cumulative summary of the bytes for each
2. Compute the average of a field over the last 5 events
For each event, compute the average of field foo over the last 5 events, including the current event. Similar to doing trendline sma5(foo)
... | streamstats avg(foo) window=5
3. Compute the average of a field, with a by clause, over the last 5 events
For each event, compute the average value of foo for each value of bar including only 5 events, specified by the window size, with that value of bar.
... | streamstats avg(foo) by bar window=5 global=f
4. For each event, add a count of the number of events processed
This example adds to each event a count field that represents the number of events seen so far, including that event. For example, it adds 1 for the first event, 2 for the second event, and so on.
... | streamstats count
If you did not want to include the current event, you would specify:
... | streamstats count current=f
5. Apply a time-based window to streamstats
Assume that the
max_stream_window argument in the
limits.conf file is the default value of 10000 events.
The following search counts the events, using a time window of five minutes.
... | streamstats count time_window=5m
This search adds a count field to each event.
- If the events are in descending time order (most recent to oldest), the value in the count field represents the number of events in the next 5 minutes.
- If the events are in ascending time order (oldest to most recent), the count field represents the number of events in the previous 5 minutes.
If there are more events in the time-based window than the value for the
max_stream_window argument, the
max_stream_window argument takes precedence. The count will never be > 10000, even if there are actually more than 10,000 events in any 5 minute period.
Extended examples
6. Calculate the running total of distinct users over time
Each day you track unique users, and you would like to track the cumulative count of distinct users. This example calculates the running total of distinct users over time.
eventtype="download" | bin _time span=1d as day | stats values(clientip) as ips dc(clientip) by day | streamstats dc(ips) as "Cumulative total"
bin command breaks the time into days. The
stats command calculates the distinct users (clientip) and user count per day. The
streamstats command finds the running distinct count of users.
This search returns a table that includes:
dc(clientip), and
Cumulative total.
7. Calculate hourly cumulative totals
This example uses
streamstats to produce hourly cumulative totals.
... | timechart span=1h sum(bytes) as SumOfBytes | streamstats global=f sum(*) as accu_total_*
This search returns 3 columns: _time, SumOfBytes, and accu_total_SumOfBytes.
timechart command buckets the events into spans of 1 hour and counts the total values for each category. The
timechart command also fills NULL values, so that there are no missing values. Then, the
streamstats command is used to calculate the accumulated total.
This example uses
streamstats to produce hourly cumulative totals for category values.
... | timechart span=1h sum(value) as total by category | streamstats global=f | addtotals | accum Total | rename Total as accu_total
8. Calculate when a DHCP IP lease address changed for a specific MAC address
This example uses
streamstats to figure out when a DHCP IP lease address changed for a MAC address, 54:00:00:00:00:00.
source=dhcp MAC=54:00:00:00:00:00 | head 10 | streamstats current=f last(DHCP_IP) as new_dhcp_ip last(_time) as time_of_change by MAC
You can also clean up the presentation to display a table of the DHCP IP address changes and the times the occurred.
source=dhcp MAC=54:00:00:00:00:00 | head 10 | streamstats current=f last(DHCP_IP) as new_dhcp_ip last(_time) as time_of_change by MAC | where DHCP_IP!=new_dhcp_ip | convert ctime(time_of_change) as time_of_change | rename DHCP_IP as old_dhcp_ip | table time_of_change, MAC, old_dhcp_ip, new_dhcp_ip
For more details, refer to the Splunk Blogs post for this example.
See also
- Commands
- accum, autoregress, delta, fillnull, eventstats, trendline
Have questions? Visit Splunk Answers and see what questions and answers the Splunk community has using the streamstats command.
This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® Enterprise: 7.1.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 7.1.3, 7.1.4, 7.1.5, 7.1.6, 7.1.7, 7.1.8, 7.1.9, 7.1.10, 7.2.0, 7.2.1, 7.2.2, 7.2.3, 7.2.4, 7.2.5, 7.2.6, 7.2.7, 7.2.8, 7.2.9, 7.3.0, 7.3.1, 7.3.2, 7.3.3, 7.3.4, 8.0.0, 8.0.1
Rasselin -
The reason that the histogram looks off is because the screen shot is truncated. The purpose of this screen shot is to focus on the ascending order of the timestamps.
Hettervi - Thank you for pointing this out and for the link to Splunk Answers. I have fixed the example.
The histogram in step 1 is incorrect based on the example. If you request head 5 (you get the most recent 5 events) so the histogram would show bars to the right not to the left, regardless if you sort ascending after the head command. The histogram is displaying like if the sort occurred before the head command. The graphic should be updated to reflect the search.
I think the example in section 7 is incorrect, "calculate hourly cumulative totals for category values". I can't get it to work on my instance. I see that other users on Splunk Naswers has experienced the same issue.

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In which Daniel and Greg talk a lot about Las Vegas, a lot about Greg's new public relations services, a little about the holidays, and a bit about Daniel's atheism. Fun!
Affiliate Summit West 2013 is coming up in a few days, and Greg and I are getting ready for our annual trip to Las Vegas! In our opening segment, we cover hotels, gambling, hitting downtown Las Vegas, and how to get great deals using a Facebook game called MyVegas. The game's fan group that I mentioned is the MyVegas Friends and Deals group.
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A Texas Thanksgiving, with a side of Larry McMurtry's bookstores
You know you're in rural Texas for Thanksgiving when you're walking through the woods behind the family member of a friend, and he's got a gun in his holster. Later you eat some fried okra and biscuits and gravy from the gas station for breakfast. Later you're walking the dog and a fat, hairy, wild black pig goes crashing past, and everyone's bummed that you didn't shoot it. And you are, too.
Can't wait to go back.
I half-expected JR and Lucy to come out while I was trying to pet the ornery miniature donkeys – one of whom pretended to like me and then butted me in the chest – and offer me some sweet tea or a bourbon. We weren't in Dallas, but instead a little more than 100 miles west of the city, not far from Bowie (not pronounced like David but Jim, the knife guy, so it's boo-ee), and the weather was perfect, as was the company.


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"Venomous Creatures" - Monday, January 28, 10 p.m. (ET/PT)
With Christopher and Bobby at the helm of Ewing Energies, and Elena working to gain a stronger foothold within the company, J.R. and John Ross strike a deal to wrestle control of Ewing Energies away from them. Meanwhile, Pamela Rebecca Barnes schemes with John Ross to take half of Christopher's shares in Ewing Energies to fulfill her father's desire for revenge against the Ewings. And Ryland's mother, Judith, (guest star Judith Light) proves to be just as evil as her son.
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By Chris Traczek
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To some, doing the exact same thing over and over again, but expecting a different, or better, result is the definition of insanity.
So, why would facility managers — from restaurant and grocery store owners to medical professionals and school district superintendents — continue to utilize tried, but hardly true, cleaning methods that have been proven repeatedly to not deliver the required or recommended level of cleanliness demanded by the public and mandated by health care organizations, particularly in the restrooms?
We''ve all seen the janitorial professional pushing a cleaning cart loaded down with an array of spray bottles, rags and paper towels, broom, mop bucket filled with some type of cleaning solution and a string or flat mop.
While this looks like an efficient cleaning system, on closer inspection, a number of inefficiencies become apparent, such as:
Cleaning chemicals dispensed by spray bottle do not always reach the dirtiest areas, nor do they possess the application pressure necessary to remove ground-in dirt
Wiping with rags or towels often just redistributes the dirt and grime and does not actually remove it
The same can be said for mop-and-bucket floor cleaning techniques: Hard-to-reach surfaces where bacteria and germs can breed are often ignored, and if the solution in the mop bucket is not changed frequently, soiled water is often introduced to the very areas that need to be cleaned
Regarding the person actually doing the cleaning, a large amount of physical stress can be imparted due to the stooping, bending and scrubbing involved in the process, leading to cleaning inefficiencies
Many restrooms are so soiled that the "hands-on" cleaning required is actually a job de-motivator, leading to ineffective cleaning practices, lowered employee morale, increased employee turnover and associated training costs
For conscientious employees, completing a thorough floor-to-ceiling cleaning regimen is a time-consuming process.
So, what''s the solution to this cleaning quandary?
For more and more facility operators, it is the introduction of a touchless cleaning solution, one that takes a lot of the responsibility for achieving the desired results out of the hands of the janitorial staff and places it in the operation of a mobile cleaning unit that uses low-pressure/low-flow dispensing of cleaning chemicals with clean up as easy as depositing any excess liquid down a floor drain.
The Solution
This solution is known as spray-and-squeegee touchless cleaning, a system that promises time savings and reduced physical stress when compared to traditional mop-and-bucket cleaning, in addition to cleaner, more sanitary facilities.
The efficacy of the technique''s cleaning capabilities is available in a recent report titled, "Cleaning Effectiveness of the Spray-and-Squeegee Touchless Cleaning Systems Versus Conventional Mopping."
The report was generated by Advanced Testing Laboratory, an independent laboratory based in Cincinnati, which tested the effectiveness of spray-and-squeegee touchless cleaning technology against the cleaning capabilities of string and flat mops.
The Results
The results of the study found that spray-and-squeegee touchless cleaning technology showed dramatically cleaner tile and grout surfaces in restrooms when compared to cleaning those surfaces with string or flat mops.
Specific key results show that using spray-and-squeegee touchless cleaning technology:
Reduced the amount of microbial residue on tile by 99.9 percent — compared to 81 percent when using a string mop and 82.2 percent when using a flat mop
Reduced the amount of microbial residue on grout by 98.1 percent — compared to 43.1 percent when using a string mop and 56.8 percent when using a flat mop
Reduced the amount of simulated-urine residue on tile by 97.4 percent — compared to 53.1 percent when using a string mop and 57.4 percent when using a flat mop
Reduced the amount of simulated-urine residue on grout by 98.3 percent — compared to 38.5 percent when using a string mop and 21.6 percent when using a flat mop.
In other words, the string mop left 36 times more microbial bacteria on the grout surface, while the flat mop left 40 times more simulated-urine residue on the grout surface when both were compared to spray-and-squeegee touchless cleaning technology (Figure 1).
The testing took place in a restroom on a typical tile floor where specific sections were marked off for use by the spray-and-squeegee touchless cleaning unit, a cotton-string mop and a polyester microfiber flat mop.
Equal amounts of microbial bacteria and a chemical solution representing human urine were applied to each area before each cleaning tool and process were applied to the designated area.
Freshly opened, never-used mop heads were used for each trial, along with a commercially available spray-and-squeegee touchless cleaning unit.
The study''s conclusion states, "The data in this cleaning study clearly shows that the spray-and-squeegee touchless cleaning equipment does a superior job in removing both microbiological and chemical soils, as compared to conventional mopping. Overall, the spray-and-squeegee touchless cleaning technology removed 36 times more bacteria and 40 times more chemical residue than the string and flat mops on the hardest-to-clean grout surfaces. Therefore, the use of spray-and-squeegee touchless cleaning technology instead of conventional mops should result in cleaner, more sanitary and fresher-smelling bathrooms."
To the general public, these results are probably eye-opening.
To the experts in the cleaning industry, however, the resounding results are validation that spray-and-squeegee technology delivers the best of all worlds when compared to traditional cleaning regimens.
Expert Advice
"The benefits of time savings and the reduction in physical stress experienced by cleaning staff when using spray-and-squeegee technology are plain to see and document," says Bradley Drury, a product manager for Hydro Systems Co. "Now, with the results of this study, there can be no question that cleaning your restroom facilities with a spray-and-squeegee unit will result in a much, much cleaner and more sanitary facility when compared with traditional mop-and-bucket cleaning methods."
While insanity might be defined as repetition with the hope of a different result, it''s equally insane to keep funding a cleaning regimen that has been proven to be more time-intensive, more costly, more stressful, less motivating, less efficient and less able to deliver the desired results.
Thanks to the recent test results, using spray-and-squeegee cleaning technology has been proven to eliminate all of the deficiencies associated with mop-and-bucket cleaning and is an obvious choice when considering how to take facility cleanliness to the next level.
Chris Traczek is a freelance writer based in Bolingbrook, IL. For more information on Hydro Systems or ICS touchless cleaning technology, please call (513) 271-8800 or visit www.hydro-ics.com.


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What is a TMDL?
The Total Maximum Daily Load Program is a Federal program authorized under the Clean Water Act to address waters that are not meeting water quality standards.
Salem Creek is considered impaired for its uses, The City of Winston-Salem has a TMDL for the reduction of fecal coliform (bacteria) and turbidity (sediment). To achieve this reduction, the City of Winston-Salem has developed a plan which outlines steps to take in public education and outreach, monitoring, assessment, and reporting.
Water Quality Recovery [pdf/484kb/17p].
A TMDL is a calculation of the maximum amount of a pollutant that a waterbody can receive and still meet water quality standards. The TMDL is then used to establish limits on sources of the pollutant which are classified as either point sources or non-point sources. Point source is a pollutant that comes from a single, identifiable source, such as a factory or refinery. Non-point source pollution comes from many different sources. Non-point source pollution is caused by rainfall or snowmelt moving over the ground. As the runoff moves, it picks up and carries away natural and human-made pollutants, finally deposing them into lakes, rivers, wetlands, coastal waters and even underground sources of drinking water.
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Hi, guys, im writing a research paper on one issue.
I got a poem by Lachlan Irvine and i researched him and the Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
This poetry is by Lachlan Irvine. Lachlan Irvine was one of the members in Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia. He served in the Eighth Battalion, Australian Regiment 8RAR during 1966 to 1967 and in the Third Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) in Vietnam during 1967 to 1968. He was suffering with a psychological disease called Post Traumatic Stress Disorder for twenty years later. However, he began writing poetry from summer of 1987. Later that year, the Australian pop star and Vietnam veteran Normie Rowe made recordings of Vietnam War poetry and nine of them were written by Lachlan Irvine. Lachlan now is studying for a PhD in History at the Australian National University. (Lachlan Irvine)Vietnam Post-Traumatic Blues
Like Lachlan Irvine, many other soldiers suffered with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. As he mentioned in the poetry, soldiers coming back from the war cannot go to sleep. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is emotional condition that sometimes follows a traumatic event. Some events that cause one fearful, helpless, or horrified are the main reason to have soldiers Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The symptoms of this disease can make one re-experience the event through thoughts, memories, or even flashback to make one feel similar emotional intensity. ()
According to the National Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Study, more than half of all male Vietnam veterans and almost half of all female Vietnam veterans, about 1,700,000 Vietnam veterans in all, have experienced serious stress reaction symptoms. Also, in 1986 to 1988, when the survey was conducted, 15.2 percent of all male Vietnam veterans (479,000 out of 3,140,000 men who served in Vietnam) and 8.1 Percent of all female Vietnam theater veterans (610 aout of 7,200 women who served in Vietnam) were suffering with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. ()
As veterans coming back from the war, they probably have suffered with this Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and so did Lachlan Irvine. He wanted to tell other people about this disorder and enligtened others by writing a poetry. Veterans with this disorder increased the divorce rate, crime rate, and also the drug abuse rate. Other people in the society would look at these veterans and would have felt angry, pity, etc. However, these veterans had a reason to these actions. By transforming this disorder into blues, he expressed him and other veterans pain.
One thing that I do not know is that when you cite someone's work
you put parenthesis. For ex. for books you write something like
I am good. (Myself)
but what about internet webpages without author?
Can you guys please correct my bad research paper and answer me that question.
Thanks a bunch!
a poem, but not a poetrySay, simply:
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
This poem is by Lachlan Irvine.


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The Golden State Warriors today signed guard Coby Karl of the Idaho Stampede, making him the 11th Call-Up of the 2009-10 NBA D-League season and the third from the Stampede to the NBA. Karl joins 70 current NBA players with NBA D-League experience.
A 6-5 guard, Karl has appeared in five games with the Stampede this season, averaging 27.2 points, 7.8 rebounds and 4.2 assists. He scored in double-figures in all five games, including scoring a season-high 36 points on two occasions. A two-year member of the Stampede, Karl played 22 games in Boise's Qwest Arena during the 2008-09 season, when he averaged 18.6 points, 4.4 rebounds and 5.5 assists.
Karl rejoins the NBA having appeared in three games for the Cleveland Cavaliers before being waived on Jan. 6. A member of the 2008 Western Conference Champion Los Angeles Lakers, Karl appeared in 17 games for L.A. during the 2007-08 season. During his tenure with the Lakers, he was assigned three times to the NBA D-League's Los Angeles D-Fenders, where he averaged 17.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 4.2. During his NBA career, Karl scored 30 points in 20 games for Cleveland and Los Angeles.
A three-time Western Athletic Conference All-Academic Team selection at Boise State, Karl ranks third on the Bronco's all-time scoring list with 1,698 points. In his senior season he averaged 14.8 points, 4.1 rebounds and 4.0 assists, and was named a First-Team All-WAC selection. Karl, son of Denver Nuggets coach George Karl, left Boise State as the all-time leader in games played (127) and three-pointers made (266).


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Report from the North Rim – date posted Nov 1, 2013
November 1 through December 1 the North Rim is open for day use only unless snow closes Highway 67 prior to that date. Overnight parking will not be allowed along the Highway 67 corridor inside the park.
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Services: The North Rim is day use only in November, defined as dawn to dusk. No overnight parking is permitted along the Highway 67 corridor inside the park. The North Rim Visitor Center, Backcountry Permits Office, and all other services are closed. Water is available outside the Backcountry Permits Office. Pay-at-the-pump gas and diesel will still be available.
North Rim Campground: Camping will be available provided a backcountry use permit has been obtained in advance – these permits are available through the South Rim Backcountry Information Center, and at the Visitor Center at Pipe Spring National Monument located in Fredonia, Arizona. No car camping. Overnight parking of vehicles is not allowed.
Backpacking: Hikers (with a backcountry permit) may proceed to open trailheads. Only hikers descending the North Kaibab Trail and holding a valid backcountry permit, will be permitted to park overnight at the North Kaibab Trailhead.
Weather: Come November, short days and cold nights have arrived. Remember the North Rim is at 8,000 feet (2,438 m) which means that nighttime temperatures are guaranteed to be in the in the 20's F and 30's F (-6C to -1C) at best. Watch the weather carefully and talk with experienced friends or park rangers, know when to call off your trip. A few feet of snow could easily fall in a powerful, early winter storm.
Roads: Unimproved roads to destinations such as North Bass Trail and Point Sublime are open until winter weather closes them. Be aware, tree fall is common on the North Rim and you should have alternate routes for getting to and from trailheads (the possibility exists that the road you enter on may be blocked upon your exit). The roads to Point Imperial and Cape Royal Road are closed for the season, all other roads remain open until December 1 unless Highway 67 closes.


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CSU College of Engineering attracts record number of women, earns national recognition
Colorado State University was honored this summer with the Women in Engineering Initiative Award for increasing the number of female students pursing engineering. The award comes from the Women in Engineering ProActive Network and recognizes an outstanding project or initiative that serves as a model for other organizations.
The initiative to draw more women to the program began in 2007 by Kathleen Baumgardner, CSU's College Strategic Communications director. At that time, women attending the college grew by 38.2 percent.
"Engineering enrollments are up at CSU, but the number of freshmen women in all of our programs has doubled," Baumgardner said.
The college has also focused on recruiting female faculty, with eleven tenured female faculty members in 2011, compared to five in 2006.
"Since we've seen this increase in women, we've added such programs as the School of Biomedical Engineering and expect to see even more dramatic growth in women enrolled in engineering," Interim Dean Steven Abt said. "This fall, we're expecting to see the largest number of women ever in our programs."


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So here's No.4, recorded last Wednesday on Trev's Birthday. April Fools' Day. Andrea, our producer (up in Sheffield at the moment for tonight's launch of her new album, Photograph), has compiled the list for No.4 and I'm excited by it. See, I've been away in Great Yarmouth playing pool at the EPA Interleague Finals- full details available soon on my blog– so I'm putting up the pod without having listened to it. And neither of us, at our age, can be expected to remember what we talked about, so for both me and Trev we are now like you- just a person listening to two old blokes talk a load of old rubbish.
Here's the list. I hope you enjoy the listening part.
- April Fool's jokes
- The Gregorian Calendar
- Andrea takes an important phone call
- An appearance by Simon's cat Tess
- It's Trevor's birthday! But who does he share it with?
- Trev and Simon get proper work
- Sushi
- Dry Life and Blimey That's Good!
- Other Trev and Simon characters
- Cobblers To The Stars
- You say chiropodist, I say chiropodist
- Shampoo and hairdryers
- Hairy Simon, beard glue and pubic wigs
- The Two Chemists sketch
- Andrea fails to return
- Anita Harris
- Trevor's birthday card from Simon
- Andrea returns
- The Bloody Benders and other absurd old books
- Birthday cake!
- Manatees, walruses and Lord Horny Man
- The Quex Museum
- Andrea is banished
- The Manchester Museum/Museum of Manchester
- Trev And Simon on Twitter
- Andrea's CD goes on sale in Japan
- Trevor's birthday present from Simon
- Nazis in space! Again!
- Gay mods and Paul Weller
- Trevor's birthday card and present from Andrea
- Ant and Dec
- Tiny pigs
- Trevor's rude awakening
- Andrea does a Marilyn Monroe impression
- Simon's mouse problems
- Listeners' questions/feedback/insults
- Simon is bullied by a podcast fan
- Transmission Impossible and Trev And Simon's 'retirement'
- Circus Of Evil
- Cumbria/Cumberland
- Spontaneous trips
- Birthdays/birth dates
- Maisie's daft questions
- Trev and Simon's free rides
- Trevor and Keren from Bananarama
- Charlie Sheen
- Free boots and Cher
- How to end the podcast
- Trevor's birthday books
- Could this be the last Trev And Simon podcast?
- What does Simon's middle initial stand for?
Jeepers! That's 51 things. Sorry it's so long. Over an hour this time. Andrea has told us off and said from now on it must be an hour maximum. But, as you will become aware, Andrea kept nipping out making phone calls, leaving us to our own devices. So, it's her fault. She's to blame. And since blame is only for God and small children, I'll let you decide which one I am.
Oh, here's my birthday card to Trev and Andrea's cake for him.


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Buffalo Bayou Partnership's pontoon boat tours are a terrific way to spend time with family and friends and see Houston from a different perspective! Enjoy urban views of downtown, bayou wildlife and watch bats emerge at dusk from Waugh Drive Bridge.
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The Foo Fighters first album. Stand-up Mark Maron's twice-weekly WTF podcast. What they have in common is technology that makes it possible for artists to launch their careers by creating professional recordings in a bedroom, basement, garage or hotel room. They did it and so can you.
Whether your sights are set on going platinum or reaching a million downloads, you'll want to consider a few basic recording techniques. For a little guidance, we turned to Shure Associate Chris Lyons, producer of Shure podcasts and author of Introduction to Home Recording and Podcasting to share some fundamental tips for getting great audio.
Let's talk about the fundamental differences between home recording and podcasting.
Home recording is the term used for any recording created outside of a traditional professional recording studio. This term can be misleading because recording equipment has become so compact, easy to use and affordable that there might be no difference between the equipment used in a traditional recording studio and what is used in a home 'project' studio.
Podcasting is the generic term for creating audio or video files that can be subscribed to, so that the subscriber is automatically notified that a new episode is available. It is also a generic term for downloadable (non-subscriber) recordings – especially those that are part of an ongoing series.
Podcasts can contain audio only, audio with graphics, or video, and can be played on an MP3 player or a computer. Podcasts are created by traditional media organizations while others are created by companies, religious groups, educational institutions, or individuals.
The bottom line is that home recording is a method of capturing and producing content, while podcasting is a means of distributing that content. In other words, many people reading this issue are both home recordists and podcasters.
Six Things You Can Do To Make Your Recordings Sound More Professional
1. Get the right gear.
If you only need one mic (to record a podcast with just one talker or just one music track at a time), a microphone with a USB output might be most convenient. If you need to record multiple talkers, singers, or instruments simultaneously, then XLR mics connected to a mixer is a better solution. If the mixer doesn't have a USB output, an XLR-USB adapter can do the job.
2. Find a quiet place.
Household noise (from appliances, heat/air conditioning, etc.) may not be that noticeable to you, but a microphone hears it loud and clear. To get professional-quality sound, record in a location that is as quiet as possible.
The 'deader' the better.
As recording equipment becomes more compact, you can look to smaller and smaller spaces for your home recording and podcasting needs. This is good because it provides more opportunity to find the most acoustically neutral (quietest and least reflective or 'dead') area. Smaller areas also make it easier and less expensive to improve the acoustics.
What are you looking for? It's more what you are looking to avoid:
Reflective or hard surfaces, such as windows or concrete walls. If your space includes these surfaces, you will want to 'deaden' them with acoustic foam, carpet, blankets, or heavy drapes.
Fans, air conditioning units, furnaces or other appliances that generate mechanical or electrical noise.
Other people. Use a sign to alert family and friends to stay away while you are recording.
Make a few sample recordings.
Your brain is quite good at ignoring background hiss or mechanical noise, so make a recording of the chosen areas for a minute or so. Then listen to them on your MP3 player or computer. You'll be surprised at how much noise the microphone picks up that you didn't notice while standing in the room. Obviously, the area with the least amount of noise should be the winner.
Place the microphones far from unwanted sound sources.
Be sure to also point the microphones away from any unwanted noise. Make a few sample recordings of the chosen recording area, with the microphone facing different directions, to find the quietest possible placement.
While you can clean up the sound (somewhat) during the editing and mixing process, the equipment can become expensive and the techniques start to get very advanced. Even if money and expertise are at your fingertips, there is only so much that even the world's best sound engineer can do to soften the negative affects of background noise and hiss without noticeably altering the sound of voices or instruments.
Simply put: the best way to eliminate unwanted and ambient noise is to make sure you do not capture it in the first place.
Can't find a "dead" enough space? Sing or talk into the closet. One of the best tricks we've found is to open the closet door, throw blankets or sleeping bags over the wide open doors, and position the mic so that the least sensitive side of the mic is facing into the back of the closet. The more clothes in the closet, the better! This absorbs many of the reflections and can give you a more intelligible sound
3. Stop the Pop.
First of all, you need to understand what popping or plosives are.
When you say the word 'pop' for example, you will hear an explosive breath after the 'p', that is, 'po-puh'. Pops occur most often with "p", "t", "d", and "b" sounds, and can be very distracting on the final recording. Windscreens and pop filters provide an acoustically transparent shield around your microphone, which breaks up the wall of air before it hits the mic and helps reduce popping sounds.
One thing you never hear in professional recordings is pops from breath noise. Be sure to use a pop filter and/or adjust microphone position to avoid these unwanted sounds.
4. Stay in control.
Maintaining a consistent sound level is critical.
Make sure your sound sources do not move in and out of the pickup areas of the microphone. Movement (for example, varying distance from the microphone) will change recording levels, which are hard to fix later.
It's annoying when your recording level keeps going up and down, forcing listeners to keep adjusting the volume. Learn to maintain a consistent position relative to the microphone, both in terms of distance and angle. This will keep overall audio level steady.
Record any instruments separately from vocals
Use two microphones: one positioned near the singer's mouth and one positioned near the instruments sound source.
5. Learn to use effects.
Digital audio effects can make both voices and instruments more pleasant to listen to and that allows listeners focus on your music or message.
There are plenty of effects you can use for home recording, though most podcasts (especially if you capture clean sound) don't require much in the way of effects processing. While you can find a separate piece of hardware to provide each unique effect, most are commonly included as unique controls within a single software package or digital mixing console.
Effects processing is a means of manipulating or changing certain aspects of the recorded sound with the goal of enhancing the overall sound quality. Sometimes an effect is applied to an individual track (vocal or guitar, for instance) while other times it is applied to the finished recording.
Equalization can brighten a dull-sounding track, or tame one that has too much high frequency content, or just help different tracks to mix more transparently.
Compression can help to add punch and prevent annoying audio peaks. A compressor automatically turns down the talker's or singer's peaks (loud parts) by a preset amount so they don't cause distortion. Compression also reduces the difference between the loudest and softest note, so the apparent loudness is greater. Example usage: A singer might vary in loudness from very soft to very loud, but the compressor reduces the magnitude of these extreme changes.
6. Listen carefully.
Monitor what you are recording while you're recording it. This allows you to be aware of vocal issues (such as lip-smacking, mouth noises or pops) or musical mistakes that warrant a second take. To avoid feedback, you need to monitor through headphones or earphones; to avoid latency, you need to connect the headphones somewhere outside of the computer. (More about latency to follow.)
The simple truth is that before you can record or mix good sound, you need to be able to hear what you're getting. In audio terms, monitors allow you to listen to the audio while it is being recorded or edited.
Here's how:
If you are mixing or editing different sounds that were previously recorded, you can monitor through loudspeakers, headphones, or earphones.
If you're trying to sing or play along with a recorded music track, you need to monitor through headphones or earphones. If you try to do this with the speakers, the sound of the speakers will be picked up by the microphone , which could in turn 'bleed' onto the new track or be re-amplified through the speakers. This can cause the whistling or howling you know as feedback.
You must be able to monitor in real time, with almost no latency. A few milliseconds of latency isn't critical, although it can slightly alter your perception of pitch or tone. More than 10 milliseconds of latency can have a noticeable effect on your rhythm and timing. To monitor in real time, you need to tap into the audio signal before it gets converted from analog to digital and fed into the computer.
Tip: Minimizing Latency
Latency is a delay in the signal path caused by the time required to convert sound from analog to digital (or vice versa) or otherwise process the signal. Usually measured in milliseconds, latency can occur at multiple points in the signal path…and it can really add up. This means the sound you are hearing might not be happening in real time.
While you cannot fully avoid latency, regardless of how much you spend for processing power, you can use hardware that allows you to listen to the sound at the beginning of the signal path.
If you are using one microphone, look for one with 'zero latency monitoring' (which means it has an integrated headphone amp) so you can monitor directly from the microphone.
If you are using multiple microphones, use an interface box with headphone jacks, which will let you mix and monitor the combined output.
If you are recording directly from the sound source (such as from an electric bass guitar connected to a direct box), check to see if your USB adapter has a monitoring option.


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Loyola Greyhounds at Binghamton Bearcats
Friday, November 8, 2013 | 8:00 p.m.
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Quick Hits About The 'Hounds
Loyola University Maryland will open its 103rd season of intercollegiate basketball when it takes the floor against Binghamton University.
Last year, the teams played each other in their season-opener, as well, with Loyola prevailing, 71-45, on November 9, in Reitz Arena.
Friday's game is the second of a two-game series between the teams.
The game will mark the official start to the head coaching career of G.G. Smith who became the 20th head coach in program history on April 12, 2013. Smith spent the last six years as an assistant to Jimmy Patsos at Loyola.
The Greyhounds return eight players from a team that went 23-12 last year.
Last Time Out
The Greyhounds wrapped-up the 2012-2013 season on March 26, 2013, in Greenville, N.C., at East Carolina University in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament Quarterfinals. The Pirates outlasted the Greyhounds, 70-58, and went on to win the CIT title.
Robert Olson hit a jumper with 12:26 left in the game to put Loyola in front, 45-44, but it would be the Greyhounds' last point for 5:47, and East Carolina would turn a one-point deficit into a eight-point lead.
Dylon Cormier led Loyola with 12 points in the game, while seniors Olson and Anthony Winbush closed their careers with 11 and 10, respectively.
Start Of The Smith Era
G.G. Smith was named the 20th head coach in Loyola University Maryland men's basketball history on April 12, 2013.
The 1999 graduate of the University of Georgia spent the last six seasons as an assistant coach at Loyola for Jimmy Patsos who took the head coaching position at Siena College in March.
Loyola amassed a 106-87 record (.549) during Smith's six years as an assistant. The 106 wins and the .549 winning percentage are the best of any six-year stretch during Loyola's Division I history (since 1982-1983).
As a player, Smith was a three-year starter and four-year letterwinner for the Bulldogs from 1995-1999. Smith helped the Bulldogs advance to the 1996 NCAA Sweet 16 and another tournament appearance in 1997. He left Georgia as the school's career leader in games played (129), wins in a season (24) and 3-pointers in a game (nine).
Smith is the son of current Texas Tech University Head Coach Tubby Smith. The elder Smith led the University of Kentucky to the 1998 NCAA Championship and is in his 23rd season as a head coach. G.G. Smith played for his father from 1995-1997 at Georgia.
Meet The Staff
Joining G.G. Smith on the Greyhounds' bench this season will be assistant coaches Keith Booth, Josh Loeffler and Dan Ficke and director of operations Kevin Farrell.
Booth spent the last two seasons as an assistant women's coach at Loyola after serving as an assistant to Gary Williams for seven years at the University of Maryland. An All-American and four-time All-ACC player at Maryland, Booth won an NBA Championship with the Chicago Bulls.
Loeffler brings considerable Patriot League experience with four seasons, and two League Championship Game appearances (2010 and 2011), at Lafayette College. He was also the head coach at NCAA Division III school Stevens Institute of Technology from guided the Ducks to a 46-13 record in two seasons and an NCAA Sweet 16 bid in 2007.
Ficke is a graduate and four-year lettermen of Loyola where he also earned his master's degree. The last three seasons, Ficke has been a member of the staff at Wake Forest University where he was the Special Assistant to the Head Coach and Director of Scouting and Recruiting.
Farrell returns for his second season as the Greyhounds' director of operations and sixth overall with the program. He was a four-year manager for the team as an undergraduate at Loyola.
Look Back At 2012-2013
Loyola finished the 2012-2013 season with a 23-12 record, marking the first time in the school's Division I history (since 1982-1983) that the Greyhounds have posted back-to-back 20-win seasons.
The Greyhounds finished their final season in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference with a 12-6 mark, tying for second place.
After falling in the first round of the MAAC Championships, Loyola its first-ever bid tot he CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament. Following the Greyhounds' 2012 appearance in the NCAA Tournament, it was the first consecutive postseason bids in school Division I history and the first since 1953 in any division of competition.
Erik Etherly and Dylon Cormier became the first set of Loyola teammates to be named to the All-MAAC First Team in the same year.
Cormier led the team with 16.4 points and 1.8 steals per game, while Etherly averaged 15.7 points and a team-best 6.5 rebounds per game.
Ethelry was named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-District I Second Team for the second year in a row, the first time a Loyola player has been selected to the group on more than one occasion.
Back In The Fold
Eight players return to the Greyhounds' program this year from last year's team that went 23-12: senior guard Dylon Cormier, senior forwards Jordan Latham and Chido Onyiuke, junior guard R.J. Williams, sophomore forward Franz Rassman and sophomore guards Tyler Hubbard, Jarred Jones and Eric Laster.
Cormier was the team's top scorer a year ago, posting 558 points in 34 games for an average of 16.4 per contest. He was also the top rebounding guard in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, pulling down an average of 4.6 per game, a total of 155.
WIlliams returns for his third season as the Greyhounds' starter at point guard. Last year he posted a 2:1 assist:turnovber ratio, averaging 4.0 assists in 17 games played. He averaged 31.7 minutes per game and shot 86.4 percent from the free-throw line.
Latham started 16 games a season ago and shot 48.6 percent from the field. He scored a season-high 17 points at eventual Sweet 16 team Florida Gulf Coast University and was also the team's top shot-blocker, averaging 1.16 per game.
Jones, Laster and Rassman all earned valuable experience during their first seasons at Loyola, and Hubbard was a stretch-the-defense shooter in his first season on the court after redshirting in 2011-2012. Jones started nine games and averaged 11.0 minutes per game. He shot 56.6 percent from the field, had 17 blocks and the same number of steals. Rassman made six starts during his first campaign; he had eight points, nine rebounds and three blocks in his third collegiate game (UMBC) and then scored 13 in his first start (vs. Saint Peter's). Hubbard had three double-figure scoring games, knocking down 17 on 4-of-5 from 3-point range and 6-of-7 overall against UMBC.
New Dogs
Seven players will make their Loyola debuts this season with the roster featuring two juniors who transferred from other schools, three redshirt freshmen and two true freshmen.
Denzel Brito will suit up for the Greyhounds after spending 2010-2012 at a different Jesuit school with a similar name: Loyola University Chicago. As a sophomore in 2011-2012, Brito started 21 games for the Ramblers and led the team in assists with 3.5 per game, while averaging 7.0 points and 2.5 rebounds. In their last four games, he averaged 11.0 points.
Stefano Mancini joined the team before the fall semester. The former Gatorade Player of the Year for the State of Maine spent the 2011-2012 season at the University of Maine.
Forward Josh Forney and guards Damion Rashford and Sean Tuohy Jr. all redshirted last season for the Greyhounds and will see their first collegiate action this season.
True freshmen Nick Gorski and Jevon Patton were the first signees by the new coaching staff at Loyola and joined the program this fall. Both Gorski and Patton led their respective high school programs to state titles in 2012-2013, Gorski at Benedictine Prep in Richmond, Va., and Patton at Olympic High School in Charlotte, N.C.
Gone, But Not Forgotten
Five players earned their Loyola degrees and left the program after exhausting their eligibility last season: forwards Erik Etherly and Julius Brooks, swingman Anthony Winbush and guards Robert Olson and Luke Wandrusch.
Etherly returned from an early-season shoulder injury to average 15.7 points and 6.5 rebounds while earning All-MAAC First Team and NABC All-District I Second Team honors for the second year in a row. He finished with 1,245 points and 669 rebounds in three seasons at Loyola.
Olson was the team's third-leading scorer with 12.7 points per game, and he also averaged 4.2 rebounds as a guard. A 2012 All-MAAC Third Team member, Olson graduated with 1,264 career points and the second-most 3-pointers made in a career (211).
Winbush was the quintessential multi-role player for the Greyhounds; he saw action at every position but center last season offensively, and he frequently defended the opponents' best player, regardless of position. He led the team in overall rebounds (197), was second in overall assists (76) and averaged 7.0 points per game.
Brooks provided toughness, rebounding and inside scoring for the Greyhounds, playing in 34 games and starting 10. He averaged 4.5 points, 3.4 rebounds and nearly a blocked shot a game as a senior.
Wandrusch was a four-year walk-on to the program who was a solid addition to the Greyhounds' scout team.
New Year, New Coach, New League
Many things associated with the Loyola men's basketball program have changed, such as first-year head coach G.G. Smith moving up after spending six years as an assistant on the Greyhounds' bench.
Loyola will also be a member of the Patriot League for the first time in 2013-2014. The school announced in August 2012 that it would make the move to the conference, and the move became official on July 1, 2013.
The Greyhounds will compete against American University, fellow Patriot League newcomer Boston University, Bucknell University, Colgate University, College of the Holy Cross, Lafayette College, Lehigh University, the U.S. Military Academy and the U.S. Naval Academy.
Preseason Patriot League Picks
Loyola senior guard Dylon Cormier was one of five players named to the Preseason All-Patriot League First Team, an honor shared by Bucknell's Cameron Ayers, Holy Cross' Dave Dudzinski, Boston University's D.J. Irving (player of the year) and Lehigh's Mackey McKnight.
As a team, the Greyhounds were slated to finish fifth, just six points out of third place. Boston University was the unanimous pick to win the league, followed by Lafayette, Army, Bucknell, Loyola, Lehigh, Holy Cross, Colgate, American and Navy.
Series History Versus Binghamton
Loyola and Binghamton will play for the second time in series history on Friday night, the first coming when the teams squared off last year in the season-opener in Baltimore.
The Greyhounds won that decision, 71-45.
Binghamton scored the game's first two points, but Loyola held the Bearcats scoreless for 10-minutes, 30-seconds as part of a 19-0 run that helped the Greyhounds build a 17-point advantage. They would hold that same margin at the half, 39-22. Binghamton cut it to 14, 41-27, with 17:25 to play, but an Erik Etherly dunk spurred a 22-5 run that covered nearly nine minutes and put Loyola ahead, 61-32, with 8:58 left in the game.
Dylon Cormier led all scorers with 21 points, one of four Loyola players to reach double figures. Erik Etherly, Tyler Hubbard and Robert Olson all scored 11. Julius Brooks finished with eight points and a game-best seven rebounds.
Exhibition Recap
Loyola hosted NCAA Division II Shippensburg University on Halloween Night and defeated the Raiders, 92-59.
The Greyhounds led by eight at halftime, but they extended that advantage to 20 just over six minutes into the second half and went up by as many as 39.
Dylon Cormier led Loyola with 27 points and 12 rebounds, while Eric Laster added 13. R.J. Williams scored nine points and had four steals, while Jordan Latham blocked four shots and scored six points.
Turn The TV On
In a continuing agreement with the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN), five Loyola men's basketball games will be broadcast by the regional sports network this season. Additionally, those games will be carried by various other RSNs nationwide.
The Greyhounds' November 16 home-opener against former MAAC foe Fairfield University will be broadcast, as will the November 20 game at UMBC and the December 7 affair at Mount St. Mary's. MASN will also broadcast the Greyhounds' February 15 game against Boston University. MASN will also pick up the ROOT Sports Pittsburgh feed of Loyola's game at West Virginia University on December 2.
Two Loyola games will air nationally on CBS Sports Network as part of the Patriot League's television package. The Greyhounds will be featured on back-to-back Monday nights in January, starting with a January 13 game in Reitz Arena against Lafayette, followed by the January 20 contest at Boston University.
Another pair of games will also be televised, with SNY originating the November 26 game at the University of Connecticut and ESPN3 carrying the December 30 contest at the University of Miami.
Introducing The Patriot League Network
The remainder of Loyola's home games, and all non-televised conference road games will be streamed live on the new Patriot League Network.
Launched in August 2013, the network features live and on-demand content from all 10 Patriot League schools on a free, HD platform.
No log-in or subscription is needed, and fans can watch hundreds of Patriot League games in a variety of sports at www.patriotleague.tv.
Brito, Laster Spend Summer Overseas
Two Loyola players, – Denzel Brito and Eric Laster – gained valuable experience playing overseas during the summer of 2013.
Brito trained with the Cape Verdean National Team prior to their play in the FIBA African Championships. However, due to a FIBA exclusion, he was not able to participate in the event itself.
Laster played in five games on a tour that visited Belgium, England and The Netherlands. He was lauded for his wing play by writers who covered the events against professional teams in those countries.
Cormier On The Charts
Dylon Cormier enters his senior season at Loyola with a chance to climb many of the Greyhounds' career statistical charts. Here is a look at where he stands:
|1,213 points
|Marquis Sullivan, 1,242
|Field Goals Made
|402 field goals made
|Jack Vogt, 410
|3-Pointers Made
|76 3-Pt. Made
|Anthony Walker, 81
|Free Throws Made
|333 free throws made
|Erik Etherly, 340
|172 assists
|Mark Rhode, 179
|139 steals
|Tom Gormley, 140
Latham On Blocks List
Jordan Latham enters the 2013-2014 season with 56 blocked shots in his two seasons at Loyola. He is 11th all-time in that statistical category, two shy of tying Mike Wagner (1987-91) for 10th and three away from Anthony Smith (1995-97) in ninth.
Latham blocked a team-high 37 shots last year.
Etherly Signs Pro Contract
Erik Etherly, a 2013 graduate of Loyola, signed a professional contract to play in the Israeli Basketball Super League for Hapoel Kazrin/Galil Elyon.
A two-time All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference First Team forward, Etherly will play in the top basketball league in Israel. Last year, the team won the Balkan International Basketball League, and it captured its first Israeli Championship in 2009-2010.
Through three games (as of Nov. 5), Etherly is the team's leading scorer (22.7 points per game) for the 2-1 side. He tallied 32 points and nine rebounds in a win over Hapoel Migdal Haemek.
High Marks
The Loyola men's basketball team scored the highest amongst squads in the State of Maryland in the most recent NCAA Graduation Success Rate report. The Greyhounds checked in with a 91-percent GSR, tops among the state's nine Division I schools, for players who entered the school between 2003-2006.
Baltimore Bred And More From Nearby
In recent years, Loyola men's basketball has put a strong emphasis on local recruiting, and it shows on this year's roster. Four players – junior guard Dylon Cormier (Cardinal Gibbons), junior forward Jordan Latham (City) and sophomore guard R.J. Williams and freshman forward Josh Forney (St. Frances) are products of schools within the city limits.
Four more players played in high school within 50 miles of Loyola, as the crow flies (thanks daftlogic.com): Jarred Jones, John Carroll, 20.5 miles; Tyler Hubbard, Montrose Christian, 32.6; Franz Rassman, Gonzaga College H.S., 37.2.
Up Next
Loyola will continue its road trip to open the season an hour up New York Route 79. The Greyhounds will face Cornell University at 4 p.m. on Sunday, November 11.
The Greyhounds open the home portion of their 2013-2014 schedule on Saturday, November 16, with an 8 o'clock game against a familiar foe. Loyola hosts former MAAC opponent and fellow Jesuit school Fairfield in a game that will be televised on MASN.


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Foreign Policy Won't Win the Election
Mitt Romney's speech at the Clinton Global Initiative is not going to help him win the election. If he continues wasting time trying to move the needle on foreign policy, he is likely to lose.
The neoconservatives are giving Gov. Romney bad advice. They have repeatedly trashed him on background in the media for not paying enough attention to foreign policy, claiming that focusing on it more would help him win. The facts are not on their side.
If Romney wanted to win the election based on a foreign policy bump, he would have two tasks before him: to make foreign policy a salient issue, and to make voters prefer him on that issue. On the first task, in every poll asking for voters' top priority, foreign policy/war/terrorism comes in under five percent. However much GOP foreign policy people don't like it, this election will turn on the economy.
Second, voters prefer Obama to Romney by 15 percent on foreign policy generally, and by 11 percent specifically on foreign policy in the Middle East. Even after the Obama administration's poor handling of the violence in Egypt and Libya, voters preferred Obama's response over the Romney camp's demagoguery by a margin of 45 to 26.
Focusing on foreign policy will not win Romney the election. And if he loses, as in 2008, the Republicans will have the neoconservatives to blame. Whether they would choose to accept the lesson of 2008 and 2012 is another question altogether.


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I did take some time to photograph Au, Target and Guido yesterday morning around 10AM.
Au was in his Command Chair where he can see out of the front door, up the stairs and (turning his head) check who's opening the fridge in the kitchen.
Target and Guido were on guard duty. And as you can see, some cats are more relaxed than others.
Aren't they handsome?
|Au with a slightly grubby nose
|Guido on guard - doing his meercat impression.
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I don't know if you notice, it seems cancer is spreading to epidemic proportions. Rare it is to find anyone who does not personally know someone who is afflicted with cancer. My husband's family is not stranger to it. An aunt and an uncle in his mother's side died of lung and breast cancers respectively. Then his several aunts and uncles in his father's side also has/had it in various forms. For me, an old high school classmate died of breast cancer at the age of 36 leaving behind 5 young kids whose father had long abandoned the family when he learned of her illness. How heartbreaking is that?
What I can do about it? Not much except maybe support them however I can in prayers, care, and whatever help I can extend. But I think the better way would be to take care of myself and my nearest loved ones in hopefully these would not befall us. One of the obvious thing to do is to eat healthily which this post will help in giving a recipe with several cancer-fighting ingredients.
A blogging friend sent me some of these lovely orecchiette (ear shaped) pasta which she got me from Italy. Thanks Sha! I've never tried these shapes before and quite curious of its texture and quality.
Then I got this recipe in the latest Delicious magazine. Their May edition is an all Italian issue. I had to halve the recipe because there's just too much of it. This recipe I adapted contains broccoli, garlic, and chilli peppers which are touted to be top cancer-combating food. I love the simplicity of this dish which can be had on its own or with other meats.
Pasta Broccoli
200 g orecchiette pasta (ear-shaped)
1 big garlic clove - thinly sliced
1 red chilli - deseeded and sliced
3 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
2 anchovy fillets (bottled or canned)
250 g broccoli - cut into small florets
- Blanch the broccoli in boiling water for 2 minutes. Drain and set aside.
- Cook the pasta 1 minute less than the pack instructions. Drain and set aside. Reserve some of the pasta water.
- A few minutes before the pasta is done, gently heat 1 Tbsp of olive oil and saute the garlic and chilli. Do not let it burn.
- Add the broccoli and cook for about half a minute. Add another 1 Tbsp olive oil. Stir to mix.
- Add about 1/4 cup of the hot pasta water and the anchovies. Cook in low heat while stirring frequently until the anchovies dissolve.
Season with salt and pepper.
- Add the pasta and stir to combine. Cook for another 2-3 minutes to allow the broccoli to cook some more.
- Add the last 1 Tbsp of olive oil and mix well. Dish up and serve immediately.


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You must not use or quote your mailbox address for any purpose until such time as we have issued your mailbox number and no mail will be released to you until we have received and approved your ID, a copy of which will be kept securely on file.
For customers within the EU, certified identification submitted must show a clear, original stamp, signature and be dated, by any of the following: a solicitor, notary, accountant, post office, local council, doctor, or minister of religion.
Customers applying from countries outside the EU will need to provide documents notarised by a Public Notary.