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Yesterday's post was based on data taken in the morning which usually is the peak time for SmartBro subscribers to be on-line. Thus, for the sake of fairness, the following data is from the presumably off-peak, or lean, time for the SmartBro subscribers to be on-line. Most of these snapshots were taken between 01:00 H to 04:00H (01:00 to 04:00 a.m.).
To verify which IP Address was this Compaq Presario 2100 Notebook was connected to, tested out SpeedGuide's Security Scan,
The IP Address 126.96.36.199 is within the address range from 18.104.22.168 to 220.127.116.11 specifically assigned to SmartBro. Proceeded with the similar tests for 126.96.36.199 using the same sites as yesterday. Hereunder are the results:
Using the IP-Address.com speed test, powered by OOKLA Net Metrics, shows that my SmartBro connection is now capable of 1447 kbps (180.9 KB/sec transfer rate) download and 60 kbps (5 KB/sec transfer rate) upload speeds. Both speeds are considerably faster than yesterday's results of 223 kbps (27.9 KB/sec transfer rate) download and 34 kbps (4.3 KB/sec transfer rate) upload speeds.
This translates into a download index of 9.18Maps, slightly decreased from yesterday's 9.19Maps,yet still is much better than the average APEC index of (8.86Maps).
Using Speedtest.net, the results are:
Today's 1.91 Maps download speed, and 0.07 Maps upload speed are slightly better than yesterday's 0.22 Maps download speed and 0.05 Maps upload speed. Moreover, yesterday's 236 ms Ping was a tad lesser than today's 260 ms Ping! Better confirm this with a PingTest.
Compared to yesterday's 0% Packet Loss, 572 ms Ping, and 77 ms Jitter, the results shown right from Pingtest.net, which determines the quality of the broadband Internet connection, i.e., 10% Packet Loss, 275 ms Ping, and 94 ms Jitter, are worst than before!
The difference might be explained by the change in server: yesterday it was a server in Cebu City, but for this test the server was located at Mandaue City. Thus, SmartBro was rated F – Very poor again.
Taking the offer from Pingtest.net to 'Test to other servers to confirm.' and selected the yesterday's server based in Cebu City, and it returned: 12% Packet Loss, 873 ms Ping, and 905 ms Jitter! Aha! Yeah, it is confirmed!
Maybe there should be another Pingtest rating, such as FFF, for the Poorest of the poor just for SmartBro! Mental suggestion to Pingtest: change 'Rate your ISP' from 5-star rating to thumbs-up/thumbs-down, and maybe I will vote, and give a 100 thumbs-down clicks for SmartBro, just for this!
In AuditMyPC, moreover, the results are:
Today's 653 kbps download speed, 26 ms latency and 42 kbps upload speed are generally better than yesterday's 319 kbps download speed, 42 ms latency 68 kbps upload speed. Although the upload speed decreased by as much as 61% compared before, the download speed increased by a 104% from yesterday. Moreover, latency—the delay or time consumed sending a packet from a node and receiving a response from the recipient— was about halved, i.e., today's latency was much faster than before.
These results [Click here for the graphical summary of the tests.] might confirm that there is a lesser number of SmartBro subscribers connecting to the Internet during the particular times in this research: (01:00 to 04:00 a.m.). Be that as it may, the above shows that generally, during these so-called off-peak hours, the download speed is MUCH FASTER, the upload speed SLIGHTLY BETTER, but the Ping is INCREDIBLY WORST! Better surf in the day time during Peak-Time or early morning during the so-called off-Peak? Think again.
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This is a detour from my three-quarter written blog on another aspect of philosophy of science - but not much of a detour. It still addresses a topic on my long term agenda.
We spend of lot of energy blaming people who do various things we don't like. In particular, private complaints about proponents of biopsychosocial (BPS) approaches including CBT/GET are a favourite passtime - I understand why, but we make up most of the people listening.
This has some value, as it chips away at the image that these BPS claims are in any way acceptable or without controversy. However, it also holds us back.
While we gain some ground with people who already know a bit about the topic, and are sympathetic to us, we lose ground with people who are ill-informed about ME and CFS issues.These people may be susceptible to the rhetoric used about the ME community by some media and BPS sources.
Professor Malcolm Hooper has made some exceptional efforts at addressing this issue, and I extend that praise to many who support and assist him. It is not enough. Patients in general and the ME and CFS communities in particular have long been denied a say in issues on health. The irony is this appears to be in violation of the spirit of biopsychosocial approaches, though I am sure many will deny this. We are stakeholders in the medical outcomes, just as much as governments are, and we deserve representation and respect.
One of the problems we face is that we are making allegations based upon minimal evidence, and to some this can be presented as evidence of our irrationality, especially if they are unaware of the history of this disease and how we have been treated.
If someone does something we do not like, often we attribute some nefarious purpose to it, based on prior history of that person. This may or may not be correct about a specific instance, but its hard for others to see that without being aware of the history, and lets face it, most are unware of the history.
If person Z does action A, then we often claim some reason for this based on past experience. This is very hard to prove. To show pattern, we have to show this person has done A,B,C and so on.
There is a way forward. I am attempting, step by step, to esablish a roadmap for that.
Now while I cannot prove that a particular psychiatrist or researcher has done something completely unacceptable, despite some evidence that they have, some things are easier to establish than others.
If the person is a medical practitioner then they have to adhere to medical ethics or face reprimand. If they are an academic researcher, they have to adhere to academic ethics (from their institution) or face reprimand. In both cases they are expected to adhere to sound research methodology.
There are many reasons why medical practitioners have a profound lack of knowledge on ME and CFS issues. One is they have almost no time to really keep up-to-date. It has been said that the closest a doctor is to being up to date is right out of medical school. Over time they fall further and further behind. This is reality, I do not wish to berate doctors for this, although I think that institutions could do more to improve the situation - and no that doesn't include institutionalized evidence based medicine, though I intend to address that at another time. So if there is any blame on this specifically, it is most appropriately directed at the institutions and systems designed to keep doctors up to date. To claim that ME is not a real disease, has no physical problems, or has no abnormal pathology on tests, is not much different to AIDS denialism. This is an untenable and ignorant view in the current decade, and needs to be eradicated.
Doctors are also reliant on established information sources. This includes medical journals, and in the UK it includes NICE (National Institute for health and Clinical Excellence). If there is entrenched bias on the science from such sources, the doctors who rely on them could be severely misinformed.
They are also guided by their professional bodies. In the UK that is the General Medical Council.
There are many academic institutions involved also. In the UK one of these is King's College in London.
I think we are going about this the wrong way. There are checks and balance in society. We have been attacking the visible problem. We should be attacking the systemic failure of the normal checks and balances. We should be making this their problem. We should be making it their problem in such a way that not addressing it puts them in disrepute.
Professor Malcolm Hooper has done some things to address this issue. I think the ME and CFS advocate community could do more. I think it is time for us to do more.
Lately I have seen a trend on Phoenix Rising and other advocacy sites that I highly approve of. We are becoming more sophisticated in our approach to these issues. In particular we have very long technical threads discussing the science from many points of view, and recently a thread was started to go back and review older evidence for things we might have missed.
I have called the paper from the PACE trial a Rosetta Stone. The glaring errors (especially in the design and execution of the study) and easily misunderstood representations in the paper and press statements are a pointer to what we need to look at. Quite a number of people have worked on this, and in particular I would like to thank Tom Kindlon for his work on re-assessing harms in the PACE trial.
Suggestive evidence is not enough unless a pattern can be established. Clear breaches in logic and unfair representation of issues can be challenged on scientific grounds. This has been done, though more is yet to be released, and I do think we could make more of unfair representation in media communications based upon the facts and anything that can be directly inferred from the facts.
Medical ethics require fair treatment of patients, but also fair treatment of prospective patients who receive treatment based upon research which is highly reliable, and a requirement to not bring the profession into disrepute. These are their Achilles' heels.
Scientists rely upon their scientific reputations. So do their institutions. A prolonged pattern of apparently misleading statements and science can undermine the reputation of an institution. They are responsible for their own member's conduct, particularly if they fail to identify and correct issues over years and decades.
Now various researchers in the BPS approach have conducted research that many of us regard as highly questionable. There are however accepted standards in science that give them some protection, and justifiably so. Any individual breach could simply be a mistake. A pattern of breaches in standards is a cause for concern. But for who? Who is responsible? Who is the watchdog who is supposed to say, "enough, these matters need to be addressed"?
Who are responsible? Their respective institutions and oversight bodies are responsible. If an institution misses a breach of standards, that could be called an oversight or error, or even allowing the individual the benefit of doubt. If, however, they fail to address many similar breaches from many people, on many occasions, year in and year out over decades - that is a different problem. It is strongly indicative of a systemic failure of the oversight body. They should also be called to account.
We should be assembling clear and factual statements of issues that require investigation. Where there is a pattern of apparent issues we should not be so much claiming a breach of standards, as claiming there is sufficient evidence to investigate a breach of standards.
Such statements should be directed at every regulating and standards body involved, from research colleges to medical boards, from government departments to the World Health Organization. If necessary the same statement should be sent to multiple organizations.
If or when these relevant bodies dismiss these statements as not worthy of investigation, then that particular body should be made to explain. If they fail to explain, adequately and in a timely fashion, this fact should be disseminated widely to other bodies, organizations and media. If the organizations responsible for adhering to standards cannot function adequately, we should be calling for their overhaul or for them to be completely scrapped. Those complaints should go to the next raft of supervising organizations. These complaints are also valid if the oversight body claims it has no responsibility on these issues - that is just passing the buck, and implies they have no relevance at all.
Now I haven't said much about the media in the UK in this blog. I have not seen much evidence of fair, balanced reporting in a widespread fashion in the UK, but this is hard to prove from isolated instances. This is a fundamental failure of journalism, and it is not limited to the UK just most obvious in the UK. I think that might require another blog some time in the future. It is a similar story for the peer review process in journals - it certainly needs to be investigated.
So expect me to be hard on individual claims of misconduct or misrepresentation that are made about many involved in BPS for ME and CFS. I don't want vague claims. I want the kind of evidence that will bring down institutions, end careers, and discredit BPS so badly that it will force a complete re-evaluation of the science, perhaps a complete paradigm shift.
In other words, I want rational research, fair treatment for patients in medical matters and beyond, and a better standard of medical and social care.
Bye, Alex
The Blame Game: A Way Forward?
Blog entry posted by alex3619, Jan 27, 2012.
About the Author
I am a long term ME patient with many complications. While I have pushed research advocacy since 1993, I became political around 2009. My current project is a book called "Embracing Uncertainty". Uncertainty in medical science seems anathema to too many doctors. "I do not know" is something more doctors should be honest about.


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Proposal would retire many chimps from research
Updated 11:24 pm, Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Most chimpanzees used in scientific research paid for by the federal government will be "retired" under recommendations proposed Tuesday by an advisory group, a potentially game-changing development for a key research facility of the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.
The report by the National Institutes of Health calls for the retirement of 93 percent of the almost 700 chimpanzees it currently houses or supports and stricter rules for 50 on which it would allow future research. Four centers, one an M.D. Anderson facility southeast of Austin, currently conduct such research.
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"In many cases, chimpanzees are no longer a necessary component of that research," said Daniel Geschwind, a researcher at the University of California Los Angeles who co-chaired the working group that issued the recommendations. "There is no compelling scientific reason to maintain a large research population."
The report is the latest step in escalating efforts to restrict chimpanzee research, currently only conducted in the U.S. The rules were pushed for and welcomed by animal rights groups.
The recommendations presumably would apply to 167 chimps supported by NIH funding and housed at M.D. Anderson's Michale E. Keeling Center for Comparative Medicine and Research in Bastrop. Another 115 government-funded chimps are housed at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute in San Antonio.
Christian Abee, director of the Keeling Center, said if the recommendation is adopted, it would redirect center programs and preclude certain studies.
He called the report conclusions "controversial and short-sighted."
"If we reduce the number of chimpanzee research subjects to 50, it will result in delays in preventative and therapeutic agents," Abee said.
Abee said that chimpanzees are particularly good models for hepatitis C, testing the effectiveness of vaccines that save up to 20,000 human lives a year.
He said it was unclear from the report whether the Keeling Center's chimps would be transferred to a federal sanctuary or retired at the site and whether any would continue as some of the 50 still being used in research.
In all, roughly 2,000 animals are at Keeling.
Texas Biomedical Research Institute also criticized the recommendations.
It issued a statement saying it "respectfully disagrees with the working group's recommendations that severely limit the future use of chimpanzees in biomedical research and that will slow urgently needed medical advances necessary to prevent and treat human diseases that afflict millions of Americans as well as hundreds of millions of people living in other countries."


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It's not hard to believe this has going on in South Florida for at least 25 years.
It's a shame the NCAA is so skittish now about the death penalty, SMU got exactly what they deserved being a program built from the bottom up on cheating.
It's not hard to believe this has going on in South Florida for at least 25 years.
It's a shame the NCAA is so skittish now about the death penalty, SMU got exactly what they deserved being a program built from the bottom up on cheating.
Go Gators!
On a side note the former A.D. at Miami when all of this went down was the head of the infractions committee on the NCAA...what a joke! This is the same guy that cleared Derrick Rose to play at Memphis through the clearing house then over a year later said he was ineligible...this jokers name is Paul Dee. The phase he used against Memphis was "strict liability." Coach Cal today sent out a tweet and all it said was....Paul Dee....strict liability! Classic....
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South Beach is a cesspool of people who want to flaunt their money and be famous. I haven't been to Gainsville or Tallahassee but I would imagine there is more money and flaunting down in Miami than in either of those two cities combined.
I think it's kinda silly to even talk about Miami deserving the death penalty right now. The SMU scandal was really really bad.
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However, I will quibble with one thing -- the infractions committee does not have anything to do with clearinghouse operations, so it's not factual to say that Dee cleared Rose to play. And I doubt any other leader of the infractions committee would have made a different decision given what the organization's rules are.
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And the death penalty is not off the table...
Mark Emmert says he's 'fine with' death penalty
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NCAA vice president of enforcement Julie Roe Lach said Wednesday the "majority of ... support" she encounters within the organization is for sanctions like bowl bans and scholarship reductions that stop short of the death penalty--even in the event of mammoth scandals like the one unfolding at Miami. But apparently, she didn't talk to the NCAA's own president.
This being said, the death penalty isn't necessary to drive a stake through the heart of the Miami football program. With serious sanctions coming down the pipe, The U is certainly going to lose some recruits they previous thought they had, and future recruits will be less likely to consider Miami. Al Golden is probably out the door as soon as the season ends. So even if the investigation takes 2-3 years, Miami will start to feel the effects much sooner. A five-year bowl ban and a loss of 10 scholarships per incoming class for at least that long will have a similar impact as the death penalty without all the messy details (scheduling, TV contracts, conference realignment, etc.). It would take Miami a decade to recover from a punishment that severe.
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There are many reasons to follow and mock the Miami Hurricanes scandal, ranging from the large dollar amounts to the spectacle of a 40 year old man sad that his college friends would forget about him after he stopped giving them money. But in addition to the national part of the story, there are many local angles as well. We have talked a great deal about Clint Hurtt, the Louisville Recruiting Coordinator who is at the center of the scandal, but UK fans should not forget about the former Miami Athletic Directors role as well. Paul Dee was in charge of the Miami program for 15 years, from 1993-2008 and as such, had the job of overseeing the out of control Hurricane ship. He hired Butch Davis, followed him up with Larry Coker and then finished the sundae with Randy Shannon. In addition, he headed many fundraising efforts and became very close with one Nevin Shapiro, the booster who is alleged to have given over $2,000,000 in illegal inducements to Miami athletes.
Shapiros relationship with the players has been well-documented in the thorough Yahoo Sports report But Shapiro was also very close to Dee himself, taking a number of donations from the booster and at one point, having Shapiro lead the Hurricanes on the field before the game. He either knew of Shapiros relationship with the players or was willfully negligent in discovering why this 40 year old man seemed to be boys with all of his football players, while donating huge sums of money to the school.
The Yahoo story shows that Dee is clearly an incompetent, or potentially dirty, Athletics Director. However it is also clear that Dee is a hypocrite in every sense of the word. From 2008-2010, Dee was in charge of the NCAA Committee on Infractions. He oversaw two high profile cases in USC football and Memphis basketball. During those two hearings, Dee decided to use his power to move the NCAA into a different realm of enforcement than it had previously ever enter into. Whereas before, some form of knowledge was usually required to give a school sanctions, Dee began the notion of strict liability in NCAA enforcement. He essentially claimed that anything that happens on a schools campus or in connection with its programs, should be known by the administrators and if it is not well that is tough.
In both the USC and Memphis cases, knowledge of the infringing actions was never shown, and in the Memphis case never alleged. Still Dee took the position that the programs and coaches such as Calipari should be punished on a strict liability basis. He famously said, high profile players demand high profile compliance. While making those comments, Dee set himself out to be a new renegade enforcer of college athletics, sick of excuses and forcing compliance to all rules. And yet now we find out that Dee oversaw what potentially may be the most egregious rule-breaking over the past two decades in college athletics. Whereas USC had one main player (Reggie Bush) who took money from outside boosters/agents and Memphis had one player (Derrick Rose) whose ACT score was in question, Miami has 72 CONFIRMED players who took illegal benefits. And all of those benefits were taken from a booster so connected to the program that he was allowed to run out on the field with the team at a home game.
Hypocrisy is a word thrown around all the time in the world and it is often not appropriate for the situation. But in this case, hypocrisy doesnt even seem a strong enough term. Paul Dee oversaw a committee that took down John Calipari and the Memphis basketball program by creating a new no knowledge needed standard never before enforced. Now Calipari is somewhere likely seething as this same man who took away his programs accomplishments with a self-righteous standard that he was clearly not capable of following, is now proven to have been the head of the greatest rogue program of them all. All Miami games should, and one would presume will, be vacated and the program must receive the maximum punishment. But more importantly, Paul Dee has been shown to be the worst type of leader, a hypocritical weasel of a man who believes his calling is to chastise others while he willfully neglects the own rot under his nose. Matt Jones....Kentucky sports radio 8-18-11
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Trust me. Miami isn't getting the death penalty. I'm not going through everything, but the whole story is based on pretty flimsy evidence and the word of a convicted felon/liar. I'll give you an example:
There were 33 texts between Phillips and Shapiro between May and December of 2009 and Phillips was a frequent guest at Shapiro's house and boat. What's the problem with this argument? Phillips was playing in the NFL at this time. How is this a problem?
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Funding is secured for the $54 million first phase of the project next to campus | June 28, 2013
Preparatory site work for the construction of University Station, a mixed-use development at Montgomery Road and Cleneay Avenue adjacent to Xavier's campus, gets underway in July. Planning for the project has been underway for two years between Xavier and developers Messer Construction Co. and Ackermann Group, who have worked with city and community leaders to plan a development that benefits Norwood, Cincinnati and the Evanston neighborhood.
"We've worked very closely with Xavier University as well as leaders from the cities of Norwood and Cincinnati and the Evanston Community Council to fulfill our vision for a revitalized Montgomery corridor," said Dobbs Ackermann, CEO of Ackermann Group.
The developers have announced that funding is secured and the site is ready for preparation work. Construction fencing will be in place in early July as the team gets ready to begin the project, which is being financed by a lead loan from U.S. Bank and through an allocation of New Market Tax Credits from local and national sources currently being finalized. In addition, the project is using funds from a City of Norwood Tax Increment Financing (TIF) District to help finance the required public improvements.
Ackermann said the project is conceived and designed as a pedestrian-friendly urban space that he believes will be far more than a standard mixed-use development.
"University Station will be a catalyst for the continued visual and economic improvement of the Norwood, Evanston and Avondale communities, and a connector that links the communities to Xavier University," he said.
Liz Blume, director of the Community Building Institute at Xavier and a former planning director for the City of Cincinnati, said planning for the project has been very collaborative.
"Xavier has worked with Messer and Ackermann as well as representatives from Norwood, Evanston and Avondale to design the ideal, walkable, mixed-used development for our neighborhood," she said. "We're thinking about the kinds of uses that will serve the University and the larger community, things like new restaurants, a bank, our book store being more accessible to the community—things that will improve the amenities available to everyone who lives nearby."
University Station is an off-campus project intended to serve the University and larger community and create a welcoming environment for the whole neighborhood. It is located on a 20-acre site that used to be occupied by the BASF plant, Zumbiel Packaging and other smaller businesses. The land will continue to be owned by Xavier's XUPROP CO and leased for 95 years to a Messer/Ackermann entity with the buildings and other improvements owned by the developer as well.
Phase One is a $54 million, 315,000-square-foot mixed-use development on 15 acres connected by a neighborhood street grid. It includes 40,000 square feet of office space, 35,000 square feet of retail—11,000 square feet for the Xavier University bookstore—900 parking spaces and a 225,000-square-foot, 480-bed, 180-unit apartment complex serving Xavier and the local community. The developer is working with several prospective tenants for the office and retail space and expects to announce leases in the next several weeks.
As Phase One is being built, the development team will be working on the second phase of University Station, which includes significant additional office space, more new retail and possibly a hotel on the remaining 300,000 square feet of property.
Messer expects construction of University Station to begin in mid-July. More than 350 jobs will be created over the course of the first phase of the development, which is slated to open in August 2014.


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ROCKFORD (WIFR) -- The discovery of Baby Crystal on the side of a rural Rockton road shocked and saddened many in our community. Dozens came to the infant's funeral to say a prayer for a little girl they never knew. One local couple has been following the case since Baby Crystal's graveside service in 2004.
"Everything comes from our heart to that little girl, we just appreciate the time we had to come here today," said Brian Leist back in 2004 after he and his wife Patti attended Baby Crystal's funeral.
The Leists say they'll never forget that December day when they, along with dozens of others, helped lay Baby Crystal to rest. The couple says they wanted to honor the little girl, saying no child deserves to be thrown away.
"One thing I look at is, that child will never have a chance to go to school or play on a playground, it's just unfortunate," Brian Leist said Thursday after hearing Baby Crystal's mother, Katie Stockton, pled guilty to first degree murder.
"I just can't fathom anyone doing something like that to a baby, I just absolutely cannot. It's just so sad and should never happen to an innocent child like that," added Patti Leist.
Even with four kids and four grandkids to keep them busy, the Leists say they've kept an eye on the case and were curious to see the outcome of Katie Stockton's trial. Thursday's plea deal caught them somewhat off guard.
"I think it's great, I think it's about time. It took a long time to bring her to trail even though there is no trial. She is going to be punished and rightfully so now they have to move on to the other two babies," says Patti Leist.
Stockton might never get punished for the two infants found dead in the trunk of her car. The coroner hasn't been able to confirm whether Stockton is the mother of due to lack of DNA evidence
"They were too young to have any sin and they're in God's heaven now," says Brian Leist.
Stockton will be sentenced April 5th.


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MSU Landscape design symposium set for Oct 20
For the Daily News
Anyone who wants to learn about historic gardens of the South should plan to attend Mississippi State University's 55th annual Edward C. Martin Jr. Landscape Design Symposium on Oct. 20.
The MSU Department of Landscape Architecture and the Garden Clubs of Mississippi, Inc., sponsor the event each fall to teach participants about landscape architecture and gardening. This year's theme is the gardens and historic plants of the Antebellum South.
The symposium begins at 9 a.m. in the Bost Center auditorium on MSU's main campus. MSU Landscape Architecture associate professor and the symposium chairman, Bob Brzuszek, will open with a presentation on the Southern U.S. regional ecology and its contribution to sense of place.
Featured this year will be guest speaker Jim Cothran, the award-winning author of Gardens of Historic Charleston and Gardens and Historic Plants of the Antebellum South. Cothran will speak about the gardens and historic plants of the Antebellum South as well as gardening in small spaces.
"My talk emphasizes distinguishing features of gardens of the period, historic plants and the dissemination of gardening information and fashion, which played an important role in shaping the horticultural and gardening legacy of the South," Cothran said.
MSU landscape architecture assistant professor Michael Seymour will present on the historic layouts of Mississippi's town squares. Seymour will discuss how he used old photographs and maps to document the patterns of vegetation, circulation, structures, fencing and furnishings of historical time periods.
Attendees can register the day of the event for $25. Forms are online at http://www.lalc.msstate.edu; click on "Edward Martin Landscape Design Symposium" under the "Coming Events" menu.
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SEATTLE, Nov. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Allrecipes.com, the world's #1 digital food brand with more than 1 billion annual visits, celebrated its biggest Thanksgiving ever as record-breaking numbers of home cooks visited the site during the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving Day. The day before Thanksgiving, Wednesday November 21, saw Allrecipes' busiest traffic day ever, shattering previous records with more than 7.9 million visits from home cooks. For the first time ever, the biggest hour of traffic on the site was between 3-4 p.m. PT, an hour later than past years. This trend shows the transition of home cooks leveraging mobile devices in the kitchen while cooking, rather than searching on a laptop or desktop and then moving to the kitchen with a printed recipe or written notes.
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Visits to Allrecipes.com from mobile devices the week leading up to Thanksgiving Day were up 97 percent year-over-year, with the total number of visits from mobile devices for the same time period reaching an astounding 12 million. The recently-launched Video Cookbook app for Windows 8 and iOS, saw nearly 20,000 unique visitors, while nearly 4 million home cooks visited Allrecipes from a tablet device the week leading up to Thanksgiving, a 232 percent increase year-over-year.
Top Thanksgiving recipes of 2012:
- Yummy Sweet Potato Casserole
- Turkey Brine
- Grandma's Green Bean Casserole
- Apple Pie by Grandma Ople
- Grandma's Corn Bread Dressing
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- Candied Yams
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More than 1.6 million home cooks also sought out original, made-for-web video content to gain inspiration and confidence for preparing the year's biggest feast. Allrecipes.com video views shot up 200 percent year-over-year as home cooks eagerly devoured instructional food-focused videos on the web, mobile devices and internet TVs.
What did home cooks need the most help with? Below are the top five instructional videos home cooks watched this Thanksgiving:
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- How To Brine A Turkey
- How To Make Turkey Gravy
- How To Make Stuffing
- How To Make Pumpkin Pie
The top recipe videos for Thanksgiving were:
- Whipped Sweet Potato Casserole
- Candied Sweet Potatoes
- Green Bean Casserole
- The Best Mashed Potatoes
- Apple Pie By Grandma Ople
Specialized diet recipes trended up this year compared to last, with searches for vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and Paleo recipes during the week leading up to Thanksgiving rising 40 percent. For vegetarians, vegans, and others with dietary restrictions, the top recipes were:
- Top vegetarian - Thanksgiving No-Turkey Turkey
- Top vegan - Roasted Beets 'n' Sweets
- Top gluten-free - Gluten Free Thanksgiving Stuffing
- Top Paleo - Quinoa Stuffing
Regionally, America's tastes are as diverse as the country's geography. The most uniquely popular side dish for each region is:
- Northeast - Potato Filling (432 percent more popular in the Northeast than the rest of the U.S.)
- South - Yellow Squash Dressing (233 percent more popular in the South than the rest of the U.S.)
- Midwest - Old-Fashioned Scalloped Corn (238 percent more popular in the Midwest than the rest of the U.S.)
- West- Citrus Glazed Banana Squash (327 percent more popular in the West than the rest of the U.S.)
Families also enjoyed a second helping of Thanksgiving! The most popular leftover recipes are:
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- Potatoes - Baked Potato Soup I
- Gravy - Chicken Gravy Enchilada Casserole
- Cranberry Sauce - Thanksgiving Leftover Wontons with Cranberry Salsa
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PoliceTraining.net Training Calendar
Most of us have probably heard the
term "esprit de corps" during the academy and maybe while studying for a
promotional exam. Other than that, many have probably given little thought to
the term itself despite trying to act on its principles. The American Heritage
Dictionary describes esprit de corps as "A common spirit of comradeship,
enthusiasm, and devotion to a cause among the members of a group." It indicates
it is synonymous with morale.
As managers and leaders, we should
reflect on whether our agency is committed to its mission which would require
an esprit de corps among its personnel. It is a safe bet that an agency with it
will have a respected leadership team that recognizes that maintaining this
department state of mind takes continual nurturing and laser focus. For those
without it, developing esprit de corps within your agency should be an
important objective for long-term success. The following is a basic blueprint
that will foster an environment conducive for esprit de corps within your
1. Recognize Good Work but Focus on Group Effort
Officers sometime feel that when
they mess up, their errors will get addressed but when they do well, it is
overlooked or taken for granted. Managers should not be remiss in recognizing a
job well done but should try to put the focus on the team effort as multiple
personnel are often involved in major cases getting solved, heroic actions, or
the making of dangerous arrests. Involved personnel to include dispatchers
should be noted for excellent work when applicable.
2. No Rush to Judgment
When officers are accused of
misconduct or failures, it is important not to jump to sudden conclusions even
if you suspect that the problem is within your agency. Pressure from local or
major media may cause a leader to want to temporarily placate potential
community unrest by chastising his/her officers so he/she looks like a
disciplinarian. Instead, he/she can clearly articulate that the matter will be
thoroughly investigated in a timely manner and if discipline is merited, it
will be handled.
If some preliminary information can
be disseminated without compromising a fair investigation, it should be, since
we live in an information society that will try to glean intelligence from
wherever it can, which can unfortunately result in gross misinformation.
Leadership will have access to the truth so it is important that the accurate
story gets told.
3. Training
Investing in an officer through
training demonstrates a commitment to his/her safety and success. Even with
tight budgets, there is plenty of available free training to include on-line
training. Also, developing personnel to be in-house trainers can bring long-term
returns on an initial investment in an instructor course. Well-trained
personnel are a win-win for the officer/dispatcher/records and the agency.
4. Career Development
Following up on training, managers
should try to annually assess personnel on their goals and try to develop plans
to help accomplish them. Even though some circumstances will not allow every
officer to obtain every assignment they want, they should appreciate the effort
you gave. Also, these efforts at career development can allow you to help steer
an officer toward assignments that best suit his/her skills or knowledge base.
Finding the square plug for the square hole can be coordinated through this
type of program.
5. Community Policing
By encouraging community policing
efforts, an agency can help develop trust between its personnel and the
customers they serve. This trust is vital for any real success at making a
community safer because it takes a team effort between the server and the
served. When officers have the overall support of those they risk their lives
to help, it can go a long way in the develop of esprit de corps.
6. Working Conditions
Poor working conditions can
demoralize an agency's personnel, making it difficult to buy in to a common
cause. A good start is looking to improve their work time arrangement. Since
officers have to work odd hours, holidays and rotating shifts, management
should work with them to find alternative shift scheduling (i.e. 10- or 12-hour
shifts, the use of switch time) that can improve an officer's personal health
and home life.
Working conditions also include
clean and orderly stations and access to more safety equipment (some of which
is available through grant programs). And working conditions are not only
limited to scheduling and equipment but personnel as well. Unprofessional or
corrupt personnel can cause a toxic environment for officers to work in and
properly addressing to include termination of officers unfit to wear a badge is
vital. Bad cops are poisonous to esprit de corps.
7. Support Good Pay and Benefits
Officers expect their leaders to
support them in obtaining and maintaining good pay and benefits. Leadership can
often make good arguments on why officers should be paid well. The old adage of
you get what you pay for is particularly noteworthy for law enforcement, which
is built on trust and the confidence of the public we serve. That support
should also include holding officers to high standards so that their work is a
good return on a community's tax investment.
Esprit de corps should be a goal of
any police leadership team. By having a plan with objectives and working
together with the officers and those they serve, an esprit de corps may be
developed, which has a foundation for long-term success.
Tom Wetzel is a northeast Ohio suburban police lieutenant, SWAT officer, trainer and certified law enforcement executive. He holds a black belt in Goshin Jujitsu. He can be reached at email@example.com.
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BALTIMORE ( Stockpickr) -- Put down the 10-K filings and the stock screeners. It's time to take a break from the traditional methods of generating investment ideas. Instead, let the crowd do it for you. From hedge funds to individual investors, scores of market participants are turning to social media to figure out which stocks are worth watching. It's a concept that's known as "crowdsourcing," and it uses the masses to identify emerging trends in the market. >>5 Stocks Under $10 Set to Soar Crowdsourcing has long been a popular tool for the advertising industry, but it also makes a lot of sense as an investment tool. After all, the market is completely driven by the supply and demand, so it can be valuable to see what names are trending among the crowd. While some fund managers are already trying to leverage social media resources like Twitter to find algorithmic trading opportunities, for most investors, crowdsourcing works best as a starting point for investors who want a starting point in their analysis. Today, we'll leverage the power of the crowd to take a look at some of the most active stocks on the market today. >>Why the Fed's "Taper Tantrum" Doesn't Matter These "most active" names are the most heavily-traded names on the market -- and often, uber-active names have some sort of a technical or fundamental catalyst driving investors' attention on shares. That's especially true now that earnings season is officially underway. And when there's a big catalyst, there's often a trading opportunity. Without further ado, here's a look at today's stocks. >>5 Stocks the Pros Love This Summer
Sirius XM Radio
Nearest Support: $3.20
Catalyst: Technical Setup >>5 Big Trades After the Fed Meeting Satellite radio operator Sirius XM Radio ( SIRI) is down just shy of 2%, driven lower on high trading volume by a bearish technical setup. Sirius XM has had a major about-face in the last two months, going from rallying hard in May to correcting just as hard in June. The rounding top pattern put into shares at the end of last month triggered a few weeks ago, and shares have been making an orderly descent ever since. I think it's early to try to build a position in SIRI right now. Wait for the downtrend resistance line to get broken before jumping in.
Realty Income
Nearest Support: $40
Catalyst: Dividend Hike >>5 Stocks Insiders Love Right Now Retail REIT Realty Income ( O) didn't just start selling off this week. Shares of the large landlord have been getting shellacked since the middle of May, when a downgrade from Goldman Sachs ( GS) sparked selling. For income-seekers, one positive outcome from that is a higher dividend yield, currently at 5% for Realty Income. And with today's dividend announcement, that yield is continuing to increase. Realty Income announced yesterday that it was hiking its monthly dividend payout from 18 cents to 18.15 cents. The shareholder pay raise is small, but coupled with the huge drop in shares over the last month, this stock's yield has become massive. I'd suggest waiting to build a position from here - we're still a little way off from $40 support.
CemexNearest Resistance: $10.25
Nearest Support: $9.75
Catalyst: Latin America Proxy >>5 Stocks Poised to Pop on Bullish Earnings Newsflash: Unlike the recent weakness in the S&P 500, emerging-market stocks have been getting hammered for pretty much all of 2013. That's showing through in Mexican cement maker Cemex ( CX) as it tests key support today. Cemex made a major swing in today's session, cracking all the way down to test key support at $9. Since then, it's rebounded back up to shorter-term support at $9.75 - if shares can hold that level until the close today, Monday may be a good time to jump into CX as a short-term buy. Longer-term, resistance has been constraining CX to lower highs. Until that resistance line gets broken, I'd only recommend more experienced traders take a position in this stock. To see these stocks in action, check out the at Most-Active Stocks portfolio on Stockpickr. -- Written by Jonas Elmerraji in Baltimore.
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Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Yes, Another Minnesota Post
Look, I wouldn't say we're obsessed with the Gophers, but it's true that they do get a lot of mentions on this site. Of course, when we're given so much great material by them and as our main rival due to the Little Brown Jug, how can we avoid it?
Of course the worst part for us is, each time we mention them, I know the Gopher trolls like Gopher1377 and MinnesotaOverUSC are going to flood our comments saying things like "2005, bitch!," or that Mason "pwned" Lloyd, and the old standard: "You can't spell Lloyd without two Ls...ok, actually you can do it with one 'L' unless you go back and count 1986." But with the stats to back it up, like that lone victory since the Reagan Administration, sometimes, we have to just take it.
That's why, with so much animosity between our two schools, we put up as many posts as we do and have to get our shots in whenever we can. Especially against their fans who once pointed at a U-M fan who strayed into the Metrodome for a game said, "Hey, you're from Michigan!"
But, for a change, this post is not a poke at our bitter rodent rivals. It's actually a bit of Big 10 news that we couldn't avoid posting about: Minnesota is set to announce that Tim Brewster will be named the new head coach of Golden Gopher football. Brewster, who captained the Big Ten winning Illinois team in 1984 (you remember, the one that coach Mike White built and then paid for with NCAA sanctions), was most recently tight ends coach with the Denver Broncos.
Tim Brewster?
6 comments:
- Crabapple Buck said...
If they had waited a week, they could have had Tony Dungy after he gets fired for losing to New England again.
- January 17, 2007 7:37 AM
- Can't spell Lloyd without 2 "L's" said...
They should have put it to the voters....Coach Ventura?
- January 17, 2007 8:14 AM
- Lichty said...
Glen Mason is a pretty good coach considering what he had to work with, but he could not win close games when Minnesota was ahead. He aslo had a horrible relationship with the local alumni and HS coaches.
He had to go as the Minnesota is trying to pay for their stadium they needed someone who could put some energy back into the program.
There is not much HS Football talent in Minnesota, so the Minnesota coach must at least be in a position to get what is there.
By all accounts Brewster is a great recruiter (he is credited with recruiting Vince Young) and Minnesota will need it, as their talent, especially on defense has always been a glass ceiling for them.
I think it was a good move and I do not think Dungy would have considered it (intersestingly, another famous alum, Flip Saunders will probably take their basketball job at the end of the season).
- January 17, 2007 12:45 PM
- Editor said...
I know a lot of Texas fans consider Brewster to be one of the two best recruiters that Mack Brown has had on staff since he's been in Austin. That's saying something.
- January 17, 2007 1:41 PM
- Zippy said...
Lou Holtz. Tanned. Rested. Ready.
Oh, what could have been.
- January 17, 2007 6:43 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
i didn't have time to read this/comment on this yesterday, but this is very funny. unfortunately, its subtle, so i had to read it a couple of times to catch the obesession/minnoverusc/"owned" references, but very nice. maybe one your best "tongue in cheek" pieces yet.
and i think this happens to be one of the stupidest coaching moves in recent history. if you look @ the gopher's record from about 1965 thru today, the only bright spots are Holtz's and Mason's tenures (i still remember that f'ing ricky froggy). mason has taken them to a bowl pretty consistently, which isn't anything to dismiss lightly.
what i don't get is if minn wanted to really up the profile of the program, why go out and hire an obscure TE coach from the NFL? i don't care what he did at UT, when they announced this, the collective world went "who?".
seriously, how many gopher fans heard this and said- gee, now that we have tim brewster, i think i'll buy one of them sky boxes for $500k? to fire a winning coach for a big name, high media replacement would be one thing (hell, for $4.5 million, they could have probably got saban to leave 'bama), but this makes less sense than nebraska firing solich after a winning season and hiring callaghan (people had at least heard of him).
- January 18, 2007 1:52 PM


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A Redford Township man has been charged in an attempted escape from police after a shoplifting incident in Royal Oak.
The accused, 42-year-old Martin Markowicz, turned off his headlights at one point to avoid detection by police, authorities say.
Markowicz was recently charged with second-degree fleeing and eluding a police officer, larceny in a building, first-degree retail fraud, driving with a suspended license and reckless driving in the 44th District Court. His bond was set at $100,000, no 10 percent, and will appear for a pretrial conference at 9 a.m. Friday, Oct. 4.
The Redford man�s package of charges stem from a check on his Ford pickup Monday morning in the area of 14 Mile Road and Coolidge Highway. His vehicle looked suspicious, police reported.
When he saw officers, he turned off his headlights and turned into a neighborhood west of Coolidge.
When police caught up to Markowicz, he sped up through the city, touching 90 mph at some points.
As the police chase ensued, officers were able to deflate two of his tires near 11 Mile Road and Woodward Avenue. He continued on, however, heading south into the Ferndale area, officials say.
Royal Oak police enlisted help from several other agencies during the five-minute chase. At Woodward Avenue and Nine Mile Road, police deflated his remaining two tires, forcing him to stop a short time later.
Markowicz was arrested, and during a search of his car, police found items stolen from the Royal Oak Meijer, which is located at 5150 Coolidge Highway, authorities say.
Police add that Markowicz has a criminal history that includes convictions for fleeing and eluding, larceny from a building and larceny from a vehicle.


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Tonight, the Checkers will head down south after a week in the Midwest to face the San Antonio Rampage before returning to Charlotte. After suffering their first regulation loss on the road in its rematch with the Grand Rapids Griffins on Wednesday, Charlotte bounced back to record a 5-3 win over the Rockford IceHogs, avenging a shootout loss from their previous meeting earlier on the trip. This will be the first of eight total head-to-head matchups between the Checkers and San Antonio this season, but is the only game between the two in the month of November.
The Checkers have enjoyed much success on this current road trip, bringing a 3-1-1 record into their matchup with the Rampage fresh off a win over the Western Conference's leading team in Rockford. Charlotte has gained seven points over the course of five games, improving its road record to 5-1-1 and propelling it to third place in the West Division with a chance to tie Abbotsford, which has played two more games than the Checkers, for first place tonight.
Game Information
Time8 p.m.
PlaceSan Antonio
Season Series
After Chris Terry and Mark Flood carried the offense early, Charlotte continues to get contributions from different sources as rookie Victor Rask became the first Checker to record a multi-goal game this season and forward Nicolas Blanchard added his second of the year on an empty-netter. Aaron Palushaj also extended his goal streak to three games with the game winner.
Terry extended his point streak to nine games (6g, 4a), eclipsing his previous career-long of eight, and is now just two games shy of tying Bobby Sanguinetti (11 games in 2011-12) for the team record. Special teams continues to be a strength for the Checkers as their 2-for-7 performance on the power play against Rockford marked the sixth straight game with at least one power-play goal.
The Checkers had to do a little lineup shuffling for the second game of their back-to-back on Thursday as veteran center Manny Malhotra signed a two-way contract with the Carolina Hurricanes prior to the game and was unavailable to play. The injury bug also bit Charlotte as Rasmus Rissanen sat out his second consecutive game while Brody Sutter missed his first game against Rockford. It may have struck again when All-Star defenseman Michal Jordan left the game with less than five minutes to go after taking a late, high hit from Rockford's Brad Winchester. The departure of Malhotra, coupled with the injuries, forced the Checkers to play a man down in the Rockford game, though the lack of transactions since then suggest that is unlikely to occur again tonight.
Update: The Checkers recalled forward Kyle Bonis from ECHL Florida on Saturday afternoon.
A report by the Raleigh News and Observer Thursday indicated that goaltender Rick DiPietro will make his second start of the season against the Rampage. DiPietro stopped 25 of 29 shots against Grand Rapids in his first start, taking the loss, in his Checkers debut.
With the win over Rockford, Charlotte recorded its fifth road win of the season, which is tied for most in the AHL. Charlotte hopes to carry the momentum from the strong road trip back home, where the Checkers are winless so far in two games, during a four-game homestand that begins against Chicago on Thursday.
San Antonio
Team Statistics
|7th West
|14th West
|3.00 (t-12th)
|2.25 (t-27th)
|2.67 (t-10th)
|3.00 (t-13th)
Power Play
|24.0% (6th)
|10.3% (t-28th)
Penalty Kill
|78.0% (25th)
|81.4% (16th)
|15.3 (9th)
|19.0 (18th)
The newly- formed line of rookie Vincent Trocheck, Bobby Butler and Garrett Wilson combined for 12 points (5g, 7a) in the weekend set against the Barons. Trocheck, a third-round draft pick by the Florida Panthers in 2011, now leads the team in points with nine (5g, 4a) through eight games and ranks seventh in points and tied for fourth in goals among AHL rookies this season. His scoring prowess is no fluke, as he recorded 50 goals and 59 assists (109 points) in 63 games while being named MVP in the Ontario Hockey League last season.
Helping Trocheck shoulder the offensive load is defenseman Greg Rallo, who leads the team in assists with five and ranks second in points with six. Right behind him are Butler and Wilson with five points apiece, while former Charlotte Checker Jon Matsumoto has chipped in four points in eight games. Besides Trocheck, the Rampage have struggled to find any other consistent scorers, as just three players (Butler, Matsumoto and Alex Petrovic) have recorded more than one goal so far.
San Antonio figures to still be without top goaltender Scott Clemmensen, who Florida called up a week ago, but so far rookie Michael Houser has answered the call in his stead. Houser is currently 2-0-0 so far this season, with a 2.00 goals-against average and a .930 save percentage while splitting time with veteran Dov Grumet-Morris. With San Antonio coach Peter Horachek yet to start a goaltender in consecutive games this season, choosing to instead to go with a rotation, the Checkers could see Grumet-Morris in goal tonight. Grumet-Morris has yet to record a win so far this season in four starts, going 0-4-0 with a 3.06 goals-against average and .907 save percentage.
Checkers Notes
Terry Takes OffWith his goal against Rockford on Thursday, Chris Terry continued his record as the only Checkers player to score at least one point in all nine of the team's games this season (6g, 4a). His overall point streak is the the second-longest in the AHL behind October Player of the Month Travis Morin of Texas, while his seven-game road point streak stands alone as the league's longest.
Terry, who has led the Checkers in scoring for each of the past two seasons and is also the team's current leader with 10 points, is in the midst of the longest streak of his career, edging out a pair of eight-game runs during the 2011-12 campaign. The only longer streak in team history was set by Bobby Sanguinetti, who scored in 11 consecutive games during the 2011-12 campaign.
Muse's Hot StartGoalie John Muse began his AHL season with a shutout streak of 154:03, breaking Dan Ellis's team record, set one season earlier, by just 59 seconds. The reigning AHL Player of the Week began the streak with back-to-back shutouts at Grand Rapids and Chicago last weekend, becoming the second goalie in team history to post consecutive shutouts (Justin Peters in 2012-13).
Since rejoining the team on a professional tryout contract from ECHL Fort Wayne on Oct. 23, Muse began his AHL season with a 3-0-0 record for the third time in as many years. No other Checkers goaltender has ever won his first three starts with the team in any season. Muse is tied for the league lead with two shutouts and ranks first in AHL goals-against average (1.00) and save percentage (.968) among goalies with three or more games played.
Rask Heats Up
Since scoring his first goal of the season in his fifth game on Oct. 25, Victor Rask has scored four times in his last five games. He has three goals in his last two outings, including a two-goal effort in Rockford on Oct. 31 that marked the first multi-goal game by a Checker this season.
With eight points (4g, 4a) in nine games, Rask is in a three-way tie with Mark Flood and Aaron Palushaj for second on the team in scoring behind Chris Terry (10 points). The 20-year-old center, who scored five points in 10 Checkers games before returning to his junior team in Calgary last season, is tied for eighth in the AHL in rookie scoring and boasts a cumulative plus-10 rating in 19 career AHL games.
Floodgates OpenMark Flood scored his fifth goal in six games on Oct. 26, becoming the fastest defenseman to reach the five-goal mark in team history. Justin Faulk set the previous record by scoring his fifth goal in his 23rd game last season. No Charlotte blueliner has ever scored more than 10 goals in a single season, a mark set by Bobby Sanguinetti in 2011-12.
Flood, who ranks second on the team in goals behind Chris Terry's six, ranks tied for second among AHL defensemen in goals and is tied for third in power-play goals (three). He has already surpassed his total of one goal from 52 KHL games with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl last season and is nearly halfway to his AHL career high of 11, set with Manitoba during the 2010-11 campaign.
Power SurgeAfter starting the season with one power-play goal in their first 13 opportunities (7.7 percent), the Checkers have 11 goals in their last 37 chances (29.7 percent), including at least one goal in each of their last six games. That run, which includes two seperate three-goal performances in Grand Rapids (Oct. 25) and Chicago (Oct. 27), has seen the Checkers climb into sixth place in the AHL with an overall percentage of 24.0.
The Checkers' streak of six straight games with a power-play goal is their longest since beginning last season with an eight-game streak that stands as the longest in team history.
Musical GoaliesBy starting Rick DiPietro on Wednesday, the Checkers became the first and only AHL team to use six different goaltenders this season (Justin Peters, Mike Murphy, Jesse Deckert, John Muse, Allen York) - a feat that they achieved in just eight games. That number marks a new team record, eclipsing the five goaltenders that Charlotte used last season. Only two AHL teams - Hamilton (six) and Houston (seven) - used that many goaltenders throughout the entirety of last season.
The Carolina Hurricanes dressing Peters and Murphy in each of their last three games marks the third consecutive season in which the two goalies on Charlotte's opening night roster would go on to be reunited in the NHL during the same campaign. Peters and Murphy also dressed for Carolina at the same time during the 2011-12 season, while Peters and Dan Ellis became Hurricanes teammates in 2012-13.
Packing UpThe Checkers' current stretch of six consecutive road games is part of a single trip from Oct. 25-Nov. 2, making it the longest in team history in terms of consecutive days away from home. The Checkers are 5-1-1 on the road this season and have trailed for a total of just 37:37 in that time, all of which came during their regulation loss to Grand Rapids on Wednesday.
Charlotte's five road victories are tied with Grand Rapids and Manchester for the most in the AHL, while its 11 road points trail those same two teams, both 5-0-2, by one. Only Rockford (eight) has played more road games than the Checkers' seven, while their two home games are the fewest in the league.
Change of PaceAfter playing four games in the season's first 21 days, the Checkers are currently in the midst of their busiest stretch of the season by playing six in nine. All games will be played on the road, and never in consecutive locations.
Against the RampageThe Checkers have an all-time record of 7-5-0 against the Rampage, including a mark of 4-2-0 in San Antonio. Charlotte won last season's series with a 5-3-0 record, including a 3-1-0 showing on the road.
The Rampage feature former Charlotte center Jon Matsumoto, who ranks tied for fifth on the team in scoring with four points (2g, 2a) in eight games. Matsumoto, who played 106 games for the Checkers in their first two AHL seasons, ranks eighth on the franchise's all-time goals (33), assists (49) and points (82) lists.
Quick Hits
- Charlotte has scored first in seven of its nine games this season, and is 5-1-1 in those games. When not scoring first, the Checkers are 0-2-0.
- After going a perfect 14-for-14 on the penalty kill in three consecutive games, the Checkers have allowed two power-play goals in each of their last two games (5-for-9 on the penalty kill: 55.6 percent)
- The Checkers have enjoyed at least seven power-play opportunities in each of their last three games
- The Checkers have yet to suffer a regulation loss when leading at either intermission and have yet to earn a point when trailing at either intermission
Player Streaks
- Chris Terry has points in each of his last nine games (Oct. 4-31; 6g, 4a).
- Aaron Palushaj has points in each of his last four games (Oct. 26-31; 3g, 2a) and goals in each of his last three (Oct. 27-31; 3g, 1a).
- Victor Rask has points in each of his last three games (Oct. 27-31; 3g, 1a) and goals in each of his last two (Oct. 30-31; 3g, 0a)
- Oct. 26 - (G) Rick DiPietro signed to professional tryout contract
- Oct. 31 - (C) Manny Malhotra released from professional tryout contract to sign with Carolina (NHL)
- Oct. 28 - (G) Allen York released from professional tryout contract


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The deadline is February 28, 2012. Enter here.
This year, two lucky schools will win the Ultimate Cool School Sweepstakes - one from grades K-3 and one from grades 4-6. Each school will experience a thrilling hands-on science assembly at their school that is fun and interactive, but also underscores the importance of science literacy.
Students will be amazed as they participate in interactive demonstrations and conduct mind-blowing experiments with a leading science guru and personality. Teachers will discover "cool" new hands-on activities and stimulating resources that will excite students in a special professional development workshop.


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Knicks rout Celtics for 8th win in a row
The Knicks remain red-hot and now take their longest winning streak since 2010 to Miami.
Their eighth straight victory was a 108-89 laugher over the Celtics Sunday night, setting up what should be an intense game Tuesday night against the defending champs.
LeBron James and Dwyane Wade missed the Heat's win in San Antonio Sunday night. But with the Knicks riding the NBA's current longest streak, it would be surprising if they don't play when Miami goes for its 30th win in 31 games.
"I want to see the whole team," Raymond Felton said. "Regardless of who they put out there, they still got a Miami Heat jersey. We're gunning for them no matter what. We're going out there to get a win."
The Knicks (46-26) are gunning for 50 wins and a very long playoff run as they continue their most successful season in more than a decade. The board in the locker room has a big 50 on it, put there by Rasheed Wallace. With 10 games left, they're well on their way to their first 50-win season since 1999-2000.
They dominated Boston, leading by double figures the last 31:06, to improve to 20 games over .500 for the first time since 2000. The Atlantic Division-leading Knicks opened a 41/2-game lead on the Nets and are back in second place in the Eastern Conference, percentage points ahead of the Pacers. The Celtics, winners of the previous five division titles, are 81/2 back. "We're playing like we're trying to get something accomplished," coach Mike Woodson said.
Carmelo Anthony scored 24 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. Chris Copeland added 22 points. Felton had 18, including a 50-foot bank shot at the buzzer to end the first half. J.R. Smith, who had scored at least 32 points in the previous three games, finished with 15 points and 12 rebounds. The Knicks shot 14-for-27 from three-point range.
The Knicks hope they escaped a scare with Kenyon Martin, who has been huge in Tyson Chandler's absence. Martin strained an abdominal muscle in the first quarter. He played in the second half but left the game and didn't return. Martin said it was "precautionary," given that the Knicks were up big, and that he will play Tuesday night.
Chandler, who sat again because of a bulging disc in his neck, worked out before the game. He looked a little stiff and grabbed his neck after taking some hook shots but hopes to return against the Heat.
Jeff Green had 27 points and Paul Pierce 24 for the Celtics, who were without Kevin Garnett (ankle inflammation).
The Knicks led by 17 heading to the fourth quarter and extended it to 24, with the Garden crowd reacting loudly. The Knicks went 3-1 against Boston -- the first time they have done that since 2003-04. "The fans definitely understand what's going on," Anthony said. "Any time we have a chance to beat Boston, it's always a good feeling."
The Knicks shot 11-for-16 from three-point range in the first half, including 6-for-8 in the second quarter, when they rang up 37 points.
The Knicks made 37 three-pointers in their first two games against Miami, both 20-point wins, but lost to the Heat here March 3. Woodson was asked if he hopes Miami is at full strength Tuesday.
"I really don't care," he said. "We've seen it enough. They're pretty good. I can't dictate what they're going to do. I've just got to worry about our team and us staying the course as far as our journey and what we're trying to accomplish."


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Va. Senate Approves Bill Requiring Ultrasounds Before Abortion Care
February 2, 2012 — The Virginia Senate on Wednesday voted 21-18 to approve a bill (SB 484) that would require women to obtain ultrasounds before they can receive abortion care (Kumar, "Virginia Politics," Washington Post, 2/1). The bill is expected to pass the Republican-controlled House in the upcoming weeks, and Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) has said he would sign it into law.
The bill was approved largely along party lines, with two Democrats joining Republicans in support of the measure.
The bill would require that a woman seeking abortion care receive an ultrasound to determine the gestational age of the fetus and be given the option to view the image. Abortion providers would have to keep a copy of the image in the patient's file. If a woman does not wish to view the image, she would have to sign a statement -- which would be kept in her file -- saying that she was given the opportunity to do so (Kumar, Washington Post, 2/1).


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I write this letter to encourage everyone in Rock Falls to vote for Eric Arduini for city clerk on April 9.
Eric is a lifelong resident of Rock Falls, a husband, and a father of two great kids, and he owns a business in Rock Falls. Eric has a high degree of integrity and a desire to better his community, and he would run the most transparent, open office the city has seen.
Eric has served on the Rock Falls City Council, and he currently sits on the fire and police commission. While serving on the city council, Eric worked with one objective in mind – to ensure the people of Rock Falls were put first.
I have had the privilege of speaking with Eric on many occasions about the city, and he always talks about Rock Falls with pride and belief in the bright future ahead. Good people like Eric do not run for public office nearly enough, so please vote for one of the good guys on April 9.


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Microsoft Invests $300 Million In Nook e-Readers 197
First time accepted submitter NGTechnoRobot writes "In a turn for the books the BBC reports that Microsoft has invested $300 million in Barnes and Noble's Nook e-reader. The new Nook reader will integrate with Microsoft's yet-to-be-released Windows 8 operating system. From the article: 'The deal could make Barnes and Noble's Nook e-book reader available to millions of new customers, integrating it with the Microsoft's new Windows 8 operating system. The as-yet unnamed new company will be 82.4% owned by Barnes and Noble, with Microsoft getting a 17.6% stake.' Guess the lawsuit's over, folks."


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(Longview, Texas) –LeTourneau University in Longview, Texas, is inviting the public to view a brand new Cessna 172 Skyhawk single-engine airplane and take a ride in the airplane during the LeTourneau University – Discover Flying Challenge Visit July 1 and 2.
Cessna will host a static display of the airplane from noon to 3 p.m. Tuesday, July 1, with sign-ups for flights with a Cessna pilot intern to be scheduled for 3 to 5 p.m. and more flights scheduled from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, July 2, at LeTourneau University's Abbott Aviation Center, 200 Airpark Drive, at East Texas Regional Airport. Each flight will take only 20 to 30 minutes. The plane can seat the pilot plus three passengers.
Daniel Tou, a May 2014 LETU flight graduate, is one of the summer interns for Cessna who is bringing the 2014 Cessna Skyhawk to his alma mater for this event with the goal to spread the word about general aviation and encourage others to learn to fly. Tou is one of six new pilot interns traveling across the United States for Cessna promoting general aviation and taking people up on discovery flights in the Cessna 172 Skyhawk.
Anyone can come view the airplane. Rules for the flights require that Discover Flyers must be 12 years or older. Individuals between 12 and 17 years old must have their parents sign a consent form and must be accompanied by an adult other than the pilot (an older sibling, family friend or parent.)
Anyone interested in participating can contact Laura Laster at (903) 233-4255 or email firstname.lastname@example.com to get consent forms and learn more details.
About LeTourneau University:
LeTourneau University is a Christ-centered, interdenominational institute of higher learning offering a wide array of undergraduate and graduate degree programs in aviation, arts & sciences, business, education and engineering. The university enrolls more than 2,700 students representing nearly all 50 states, more than 30 foreign countries, and 53 different denominational groups. Around 1,300 study at its main campus in Longview, Texas, a progressive hub city nestled among beautiful pine-forested hills and lakes in East Texas, approximately 120 miles east of Dallas, Texas, and 60 miles west of Shreveport, La. Students are also enrolled in a robust suite of online programs, as well as the university's innovative hybrid programs in Dallas and Houston. Committed to its core mission, LeTourneau University is a comprehensive institution of Christian higher education where educators engage learners to nurture Christian virtue, to develop competency and ingenuity in their professional fields, to integrate faith and work, and to serve the local and global community. The university is also led by its vision: Claiming every workplace in every nation as their mission field, LeTourneau University graduates are professionals of ingenuity and Christ-like character who see life's work as a holy calling with eternal impact.
For additional information, visit www.letu.edu.
LeTourneau University news releases can be found online at www.letu.edu


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Oscar By The Numbers: Predicting Academy Award Winners Nate Silver-Style
The quest to predict this year's Oscar winners with the same mathematical precision that fivethirtyeight blogger Nate Silver called the 2012 presidential election has got a new contestant. The filmmaking website The Credits has teamed up with the social analytics and monitoring company Brandwatch, to create a predictive data visualization that it has dubbed "Social Oscars." East Coast Editor Bryan Abrams says the algorithm, which was created by British quant Edward Crook, predicts the Oscar front-runners by focusing on the positive mentions that nominated films, directors and actors generate via critics and social media such as Facebook and Twitter. more »


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April 28, 2013
Five Santa Clara Sporting Teams advanced to compete in the 2013 Cal-North State Cup Championships this coming weekend in Elk Grove near Sacramento.
State Cup Champions are awarded the coveted title and win a spot to compete in the Far West Regional (Region IV) Tournament to compete against 10 other State Champions from Alaska, Hawaii, Southern Califorinia, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Wyoming. This year's Far West Regional Tournament is hosted from June 17th-23rd in Honolulu, Hawaii.
The Sporting 95B Green Team (Ranked #2 in NorCal, #12 in US, and recent Dallas Cup Finalists) are playing for their fifth consecutive State Cup Championship title on Saturday against Los Gatos FC (Ranked #49 in NorCal). Another State Cup Championship by the '95B Green Team would set a new club record winning five state cup titles.
The Sporting 94B Team are making their fourth consecutive appearance at the State Cup Finals. The 94s (Ranked #4 in NorCal and #9 in US) compete against the Penninsula Extreme Team (Ranked #10 in NorCal). Sporting were State Cup Finalists from 2010-12 behind their long-time rival PAC Tigres, but defeated the Tigres yesterday 1-0 in a closely fought semi-final game.
The Sporting 98B Green (Ranked #1 in NorCal and #17 in US) face the Mt. Hamilton PAC Atlas team (Ranked #8 in NorCal).
In a show of club strength, the Sporting 97G White (Ranked #2 in NorCal and #35 in US) will play their sister team, the Sporting 97G Green Team (Ranked #18 in NorCal).
All games are played at the Bartholomew Sports Complex, 10150 Franklin High Drive, Elk Grove, CA., 90245
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A most exotic upbringing helped Martin Wallace through a most difficult transition.
It seemingly turned into a positive that the extra-large lineman has been stationed in one extra-large city after another.
The thoughtful, well-spoken senior offensive tackle is in the midst of his senior season for the Temple Owls with a visit to Penn State on Saturday.
But how did he even get there?
The journey began in New York City, in Midtown Manhattan.
His father once ran a theater and still is a technical director and producer of events at Brooklynís Barkley Center and on Broadway, recently working with the smash hit, ìThe Book of Mormon.î
His mother was a singer, dancer and Broadway actress. She now works for the theater union.
Wallace attended a public school without a football team. So he rode the train each day and played for the Harlem Hellfighters, a high school-based team named after the first all-black U.S. combat unit shipped overseas in World War I.
The eclectic mix of players from all backgrounds gathered for only a couple of hours each day but pulled together to go 10-2 during Wallaceís senior year. It was enough to help him earn a scholarship to Northeastern University, with its struggling Football Championship Subdivision team (formerly Division I-AA) in Boston.
Two years later, the school abruptly shut down the program, at least in part for economic reasons.
Many of his teammates simply gave up the game.
ìI wanted to keep playing,î Wallace said, simply.
So when he and his father entered the recruiting trail once again, they quickly ended it after a visit to Temple. The big city reminded him of home and wasnít too far from it. He liked the football direction the Owls were headed.
He went on to start all 13 games last season at right tackle.
The transition to Temple and how it happened, ìwas an awakening and a great learning point,î Wallace said. ìThe awakening part was that now I understood I was seeing football as a business.î
Even so, Wallace always seems to be pushing ahead to something brighter.
The criminal justice major hopes to become a fireman some day. ê


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Volleyball Releases 2014 Schedule
GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNCG volleyball team will host 12 matches at Fleming Gymnasium as part of its 2014 schedule, released in its entirety Tuesday by school officials. The Spartans will also host the Southern Conference Volleyball Championship for the third time in program history (2001, 2008).
During its SoCon slate, UNCG will face two new opponents in East Tennessee State and Mercer as both schools will join the league for the upcoming season. The Spartans defeated the Buccaneers last year in five sets at the Wake Forest Invitational.
The Blue and Gold kicks off the campaign fairly close to home, traveling to Charlotte for the 49er Invitational Aug. 29-30. UNCG will take on Sacramento State, Morgan State and host Charlotte at Halton Arena. The Spartans continue their non-conference schedule the following weekend, heading north to Lynchburg, Va., for a tournament hosted by Liberty. The field also includes USC Upstate and Howard.
The home portion of the schedule opens Sept. 12-13 as UNCG co-hosts the Spartan-Aggie Invitational will crosstown neighbor North Carolina A&T. The Blue and Gold will entertain Alabama A&M, UMES and A&T inside Fleming Gymnasium during the two-day event.
High Point serves as the first of two midweek non-league foes for the Spartans as UNCG will face off against its local rival Tuesday, Sept. 16 at the Millis Center. The Spartans then wrap up pre-conference play against defending SEC champion Missouri and host Miami at the Hurricane Challenge Sept. 19-20.
The Blue and Gold begins league play Sept. 26-27 on the road, battling Western Carolina and Mercer before traveling to East Tennessee State and Furman Oct. 3-4. UNCG's will welcome Samford, The Citadel, Wofford, Western Carolina, East Tennessee State, Furman, Mercer and Chattanooga to Fleming Gymnasium during its league slate while also making the trip to each SoCon school to complete the double round robin format.
The Spartans will play their final non-conference contest at home Oct. 7, squaring off against former SoCon rival Elon at Fleming Gymnasium.
The 2014 Southern Conference Volleyball Championship, scheduled for Nov. 22-24, will return to Greensboro for the first time since 2008. The top eight teams in the standings will battle it out to determine the league's automatic qualifier into the 2014 NCAA Volleyball Championship.
Follow the UNCG volleyball team all year long by logging onto www.uncgspartans.com and following the Spartans' official Twitter feeds @uncgsports/@uncgvb.


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I sit here still dumbfounded by the deal the Tigers made with Prince Fielder. I mean come on; 214 million over 9 years? That's a bit much for me, as I would of offered no more than a 5-year deal. There's too much uncertainty as to whether or not he'll be the same caliber player he is now, several years down the road. In the short term, I feel the signing of Fielder is great for the Tigers. Add him in with their Ace Justin Verlander, and I feel the Tigers could be a 100 game winning team this year. But that's this year. The further down the road you go, the older Verlander gets, and the older Fielder gets, and subsequently, the less games the Tigers win. Now you might be saying, "But he's only 27 years old"; yes, that's true. Fielder is in the prime of his career, and his contract runs out when he's only 37 years old, but you can't tell me that he'll hit 38 home runs, and drive in 120 like he did last season, for everyone of those years. As you get older, you start to slow down. It's the way your body works. 9 years is outragious to me.
I bring this up only because I was looking at players salaries for the 2012 season, and wondering if any of them were actually making what they're worth to their team. Let me use Alex Rodriguez as an example. (This ties back into too long of a deal for Prince Fielder). The Yankees signed A-rod to a 10-year, 275 million dollar deal when he was 32 years old. Now that he's 36, he's starting to slow down. (Or at least it appeared that way last season, as he was injured a lot.) Now, supposedly, Rodriguez has been taking those "miracle" treatements like Kobe Bryant took during the offseason. Watching Bryant, and comparing him to last season, he appears to be healthier (injury wise) than he's been the past couple seasons. If the treatements work for A-rod, like they worked for Kobe, he could shock us all, and hit 30 home runs, and drive in 100, in the 2012 season, but I just don't see that happening. Although Fielder was a lot younger than Rodriguez when he inked his massive deal, I still feel that the Tigers are making a mistake in the long run.
In the end, it's not really the amount of money that gets me. What gets me is the length of the deals. It's one thing to bring a young 22 year old guy up from the minor leagues and sign him to a 10-year deal, but signing a 27 year old to a nine year deal just doesn't make sense to me. The only upside for the Tigers is that Prince plays in 99% of the season's games. But that's likely to change as he gets older.