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Man tasered outside Buckingham Palace
London: A man is in police custody after being tasered outside Buckingham Palace while shouting and holding a knife to his own neck.
The man, thought to be in his 50s, was seen ranting and also pressing another 15cm blade to his chest, while holding a set of beads.
As a policeman shot him with the Taser he lunged at the officer, taking a series of swipes before the electrical charge knocked him to the ground.
The drama unfolded as hundreds of tourists and Londoners gathered outside the palace for Sunday's midday changing of the guard.
Witnesses said the suspect, who was arrested on suspicion of affray, broke through a barrier and was walking towards the guards when he was stopped by police who were "on him in seconds".
A video posted on YouTube shows the bespectacled man shouting and walking round while holding the knives against his body before an officer stuns him with the charge.
He was quickly surrounded and the weapons kicked out of harm's way while officers checked him over.
Eyewitness Kevin Burrows, 33, from Surrey, said the man broke through a cordon as the changing of the guard was about to happen.
The kitchen porter said: "I thought: 'Oh my God, I can't believe it.' There must have been about 15 police officers on foot who surrounded him once he'd been tasered. The police saw him really quickly and were obviously cautious.
"He was in his 40s I'd say and I think he had knives in both hands.
"Everybody was standing back when it happened and people were actually quite calm, I think everyone was surprised.
"They had to divert the procession away from him. I think he was making his way to the guards.
"The man didn't have the chance to get close to anyone as the police were right on him in seconds."
The Queen and Prince Philip were at Sandringham at the time of the incident.
Police at the scene told members of the public that a man "tried to make an exhibition of himself during the guard change" and that there were "mental health issues".
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said the man was arrested on suspicion of affray and has been taken to a central London police station.
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Maple Park resident Robert Burgin, 49, was at the Heritage Prairie Farm Market in Elburn when he answered 11 questions for the Kane County Chronicle's Al Lagattolla. Burgin has a booth at the market, where he sells meat and eggs that are raised on his farm.
Where did you grow up? I grew up in Carol Stream.
What was your first job? Pulling weeds at a neighbor's yard
As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? A pro football player and a farmer
So you got half of that? Well, I played college football. I played at Bethel University, defensive back.
Is there a movie you would recommend? I love "Grumpy Old Men."
Do you have a favorite charity? Hesed House. And my church, Elburn Hill Church.
Do you have any hobbies? I'm an avid Green Bay Packers fan. I like fishing, hunting and I love farming. And I'm a school teacher.
Where do you teach? Carol Stream
What is your favorite local restaurant? I like the Kountry Kettle in Elburn. I eat there every Sunday. There's Papa G's in Elburn. There's a place in Sycamore, the Sycamore Cafe.
What is an interesting factoid about yourself? I broke my leg my freshman year in high school, at Mooseheart's field, in 13 places. I was in a cast for four months.
What high school did you play at? Wheaton Academy

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This Weeks Questions:
1. 5 items you can't live without on a daily basis(water, food, shelter, and clothes dont count)
I would have to say my computer, my books, a ponytail holder, my car and a cold Mt. Dew in the morning!
2. All time favorite book? Why? The Janet Evanovich series. I can read her books over and over again and they are just laugh out loud funny books. They always pick me up when I am having a bad day!
3. Something you'd like to accomplish before the end of 2012
I would like to get my business better established.
4. If you could go back and relive any year of your life which year would it be? My Senior year in High School! I had a blast and would love to do all the things again that I did back then with the friends I did them with!
5. What do you wish people knew about you without you having to tell them?
Just because I am happy 99% of the time doesn't mean that I don't have a bad day and need a good friend too!
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Upcoming water planning efforts will get a boost now that the New Mexico Finance Authority has approved a funding request from the Interstate Steam Commission.
Officials say the funding will go toward updating all 16 regional plans as well as the state water plan.
The commission had requested $400,000 from the Finance Authority's Local Government Planning Fund to match $400,000 in state funds to speed up the effort within two years.
As part of a new approach, State Engineer Scott Verhines says regional water planning groups will identify problems, projects and policies to assure available water supplies meet critical demands.
The commission plans to develop supply and demand projections over 40 years and will work with the regions to develop a summary of legal issues and economic forecasts.
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(AP) — Facebook is now allowing teenagers to share their posts on the social network with anyone on the Internet.
The change announced Wednesday affects Facebook users who list their ages as being somewhere from 13 to 17.
Until now, Facebook users falling within that age group had been limited to sharing information and photos only with their own friends or friends of those friends.
The new policy will give teens the choice of switching their settings so their posts can be accessible to the general public. Facebook says teens opting to be more open will receive a warning that they are exposing themselves to a broader audience.
The initial privacy settings of teens under 18 will automatically be programmed so posts are seen only by friends.


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HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS — A rugged early-season schedule and the lack of a true go-to-guy could have been their downfall. It had the potential to render all of that preseason fawning over the Denver Nuggets a waste of time, if these Nuggets weren't made of the rugged materials at their core.
They played a staggering 17 of their first 24 games on the road, away from the friendly and high altitude confines of the Pepsi Center, going 12-12 during that stretch to stay afloat just long enough to get to the place where they are now. And that place is smack in the middle of a stretch that sees them playing 12 of 14 games at home with a chance to make some serious noise in the Western Conference standings.
The Nuggets are 10-4 since their schedule evened out and are winners of five straight after a Sunday's victory over the Golden State Warriors. At 23-16, Denver is looking more and more like the team some pundits believed to be a challenger to the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Northwest Division and the Western Conference.
There is still plenty of work to do, of course. Even with this recent climb, they are still looking from the outside on the top four in the West. But they're in a position now to battle the Memphis Grizzlies and Warriors for that fourth spot.
One of the biggest reasons they are in this position is their penchant for playing their best basketball in the fourth quarter of games that could go either way, as Christopher Dempsey of the Denver Post explains:
Suddenly, the fourth quarter has become the Nuggets' quarter.
Whether they slosh through the first three quarters or play well from the start and find themselves in a tight contest, the fourth has been the separation quarter for this team, trying to hit its stride this month.
The Nuggets outscored Golden State 37-18 in the fourth quarter Sunday night to make a tough game look like an easy 116-105 win at the Pepsi Center. It was the Nuggets' season-high fifth straight win.
So what's different in the fourth quarter?
"Urgency and desperation and professional pride," Nuggets coach George Karl said.
The Nuggets turn up the defense and shift the offense into overdrive in the final period. During this five-game winning streak, they've outscored their opponents 151-102 in the fourth, an average of 30.2 points to 20.4.
"I feel like we're most focused in the fourth quarter for some reason," center JaVale McGee said. "I don't know why. I feel like we take the first half for granted, but we really go hard in the fourth quarter."
In addition to the surge, the Nuggets appear to have struck gold on another front. Ty Lawson and Danilo Gallinari are turning into the sort of 1-2 punch that you need to grind out games, guys who power the attack when need be. They combined for 41 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds against the Warriors.
It doesn't hurt to get 22 points from your bench in the fourth, as they did Sunday. But the guys who make the Nuggets go on a nightly basis have to do their part to create an opportunity for the bench to handle their business.
But with a core group that also includes HT fave Kenneth "The Manimal" Faried, the versatile and dangerous Andre Iguodala and crafty veterans like Andre Miller and the underrated Corey Brewer, the Nuggets have the pieces to keep their current run going for a while.
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Too many aging Americans, too few new doctors spell trouble, experts say
THURSDAY, Sept. 10 (HealthDay News) -- The United States faces a dire shortage of cardiologists in the coming years, a shortage made even more critical given the increasing demands of a population rapidly growing older and heavier.
The shortfall could reach 16,000 cardiologists by 2050, according to a new report from the American College of Cardiology (ACC). As of right now, there are already 3,000 too few cardiologists in this country, the report finds.
"We have a gap now, and it's a tremendous gap, and our feeling is that it's going to be getting worse as we have the baby boomers cresting at age 65," report author Dr. George Rodgers, chairman of the ACC's Board of Trustees Workforce Task Force, said during a Thursday teleconference. "Our guess is that the deficit in cardiologists is going to probably widen, and even double, by the time we get to 2030 or 2050."
That means that in order to keep up with demand, the United States will need to have twice as many cardiologists in 2050 as it had in 2000.
"In order to care for increasing numbers of patients who are managing their multiple chronic conditions, we will of course need additional highly skilled people," said Dr. Janet Wright, the ACC's vice president for science and quality.
Yet the forces working against this are formidable, including a dwindling number of training spots available for budding cardiologists.
The report appears in the Sept. 22 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
Heart disease is the top killer of both men and women in the United States.
According to the American Heart Association, at least 80 million people in the United States had at least one type of cardiovascular disease in 2006, including a history of acute heart attack (almost 8 million individuals), stroke (6.5 million people) and heart failure (5.7 million).
In 2005, 864,480 people died of heart disease, but this is actually an improvement. Over the past eight years, both deaths and disability attributable to heart disease have gone down 29 percent, the ACC reported.
"Even though there has been this nice drop, it translates into more and more people managing multiple cardiac problems in addition to other health issues," Wright said. "Our population is living longer, thank goodness, but we're going to need additional highly skilled people to help manage them."
"In a way, we're victims of our own success," Rodgers added.
In the study, the authors surveyed people involved in the hiring of cardiologists. Based on that survey, the ACC projects a shortfall of up to 16,000 of these professionals within the next four decades.
The main reason: a 25 percent reduction in the number of slots available for cardiology training in medical schools spurred by an assumption that family practitioners would be able to provide much of the care for heart disease patients.
That has not turned out to be the case.
Other findings from the report:
One clear solution would be to increase the number of fellowship positions available. Currently there are 1.5 candidates for each available position, Rodgers said. "It's not a pipeline problem," he said, but rather a funding problem.
"We also need to make the work environment more sustainable," Rodgers said. "The demands on cardiologists are tremendous. We need to work out a better work-life balance."
The ACC is also encouraging team-based approaches incorporating nurse practitioners and non-cardiologist health-care professionals.
More information
There's more on heart disease at the American Heart Association.
SOURCES: Sept. 10, 2009, teleconference with Janet Wright, M.D., vice president, science and quality, American Cardiology Association (ACC), and George Rodgers, M.D., chairman, ACC Board of Trustees Workforce Task Force; Sept. 22, 2009, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
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Turkish international defender Semih Kaya is aware of interest from Manchester United, according to agent Tekin Birinci.
Galatasaray vice president Ali Durst confirmed that Red Devils manager Sir Alex Ferguson had already made contact with the club at the start of last week, and the news came as no surprise to Birinci, even though negotiations have not started between the two parties.
"I read about it too, but I do not think there are negotiations underway. The player has great quality, it is normal to be followed by the big clubs, who have scouts around the world," he told Calciomercato.com.
"Galatasaray president Unal Aysal has publicly put to rest all the rumors, excluding a transfer. At least for the moment."
Regarded as one of the top young defenders in Europe, Kaya is known as 'the rock' at the Turk Telekom Arena, and has already made six appearances for his country at the age of 21.
Manchester United are short of players in defence at present, with captain Nemanja Vidic joining youngsters Phil Jones and Chris Smalling on the treatment table at Old Trafford.
That leaves Rio Ferdinand and Jonny Evans as the only fit senior centre backs currently on the books, which goes some way to explain Ferguson's interest in adding in the position during the January transfer window.
Previous reports in Metro claim Manchester United would need to pay £15 million to bring the player – who has a contract with Gala until 2016 – to the Premier League.
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The Music Department of Oklahoma Christian University presents a Double Bill of two short "one act" operas on Sunday, April 12, at 7:30 PM on the campus in Hardeman Auditorium. The works performed are Mozart's "Cosi fan tutte" (abridged) and "Dr. Miracle" by Georges Bizet.
Both comedies revolve around the foibles of human nature, especially regarding the unpredictability of men and women in love. Favorite comic plot devices used in both productions include jealous lovers, suspicious parents, scheming servants, and characters appearing in several disguises.
Cast members include OC students Courtney Knapp, Justin Frunk, Lavon Wheeler, Melissa Eastman, Ryan Gonzales, Tommy Winberry, Chelsea Thut, Elliot Wright, Hayley Neff, Matthew Sloan, Sarah Duvall, Shiloh Martin, with guests Jacob Conger and Chad Anderson.
The performance is fully staged with professional orchestra, and is directed by Karalyn Merritt and conducted by Dr. Ken Adams. Admission is free. For further information call 425-5530.


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A New Home For Nokia
Microsoft Monday revealed its plan to acquire Nokia's mobile business in a deal valued at $7.2 billion. The acquisition, Microsoft hopes, will ramp up the company's relevance in the mobile device market and give it an edge over competitors Apple and Samsung. Nokia is one of a slew of acquisitions Microsoft has finalized since 2011. The acquisition lineup points to Microsoft's commitment to cloud computing, social media, advancing its Xbox gaming console and Xbox Live capabilities, as well as its move toward hardware, especially in the mobile device market. Following are 12 deals the software giant has closed since May 2011.


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Seagate Needs Better Backups? Buys Mirra
from the storage-expands dept
I've been a big fan of the Mirra personal backup server since I got one a year and a half ago. Having learned lessons the hard way concerning not having backups, Mirra's simple setup and real-time file backup was absolutely worthwhile. I've even been able to convince at least five others to get Mirras as well. They're a bit pricey, but when compared to trying to salvage lost data, it can be absolutely worthwhile. The more technically minded like to point out that you could build your own such solution, but that takes time and effort, and you'd have to find the right software to make it work. The Mirra just works. The one big limitation is that it really isn't "remote" backup. It only does real-time backup if you're on the local network. A couple weeks ago, however, IBM's Tivoli unit announced plans to offer easy, remote, real-time backup, which may have woken up Mirra to the competitive threat. Either that, or it woke up Seagate. Possibly both of them, as Seagate is now buying Mirra. It will be interesting to see if the association with Seagate will allow them to offer cheaper version, and if they'll eventually be able to do better remote backups as well.


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A stretch of sidewalk in rural DeKalb County doesn't lead anywhere, no one ever uses it and - at times - it just suddenly stops. Not only that, the project along the newly expanded Highway 70 cost taxpayers more than $160,000.
Construction worker Danny Henry said he always passes by the empty sidewalk as he travels along Highway 70.
"Drive it every day," Henry said. "Never see people walking."
So Henry called the Channel 4 I-Team to find out why Tennesseans' tax dollars paid for what he calls the "sidewalk to nowhere."
"Nobody's going to use that. It's a waste of time. It's a waste of money," he said.
The two-mile long sidewalk sits between the community of Dowelltown, with a population of 355, and Liberty, with a population of 367.
"It's a waste of money for what they've done," Henry said.
There are no schools and no shopping areas near the sidewalk, and an abandoned building may have once been the only business in the area.
The only attraction you might see is the famous Liberty Mule mural on the side of a rocky cliff.
The Tennessee Department of Transportation said the final price tag was $162,747.
"Our goal is always connectivity," said TDOT representative B.J. Doughty. "If you'll notice, all over the state, there are sidewalks that don't connect. Part of the reason for that is that sidewalks are very expensive to install."
TDOT said they wouldn't have just put in sidewalks on their own. The project came as a kind of bonus when they widened the highway.
While they don't have any paperwork to show that local officials asked for it when it was proposed in the mid 1990s, TDOT is certain local authorities were advised.
"The community is going to take advantage of that opportunity, even if it means it could be the future when the sidewalks will actually connect to something," Doughty said.
In the meantime, visit DeKalb County if you want to take a walk. And if you do, wave to Henry as he drives by, because he'd like to see somebody actually use it.
"They're wasting money on pouring concrete that no one's ever going to use," he said.
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|2011-07-29, 21:29
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Ichigo wasn't given a choice, and he tried to get rid of his hollow powers, and was actually surprised to see him again in the Decide Arc. He's not the type that would try to force a power on a person, that they didn't want. Besides, he wanted his own powers back ---he jumped at the chance to get them. Selfish yes, but then he's not perfect. He didn't dwell on it long enough because he wanted his powers back, but had trouble admitting that. So he used "helping them rid themselves of the ebil hollow powah" as an excuse.
Like Aizen said "There is no such thing as 'truth' or 'lies' in this world; there never has been. There is only plain, hard facts. And yet, all beings who exist in this world take only those 'facts' that are convenient to them, and take them to be the 'truth'. They do so because they know no other way to live. However, for those powerless beings that make up the majority of this world it is those 'facts' that are inconvenient for their own self-affirmation that make up the real 'truth'."
If you want to blame anyone, blame Urahara for being so smart, that he's stupid. His choices, the ones that he makes to protect people, always end up putting them in harm's way. Blame Ishida for being the worst dad in the mangaverse, despite his being the coolest dad in the mangaverse. Do not blame Ichigo, for being a pawn. That's all he's ever been because of the constant lies, and I don't think he deserves all the criticism that he gets.
Besides, Ichigo is the most important character. How come people get so mad, because he's the one that has most of the crowning moments of awesome?
In all my years in the Bleach fandom never ever have I ever seen anyone mad because she DID NOT say Kurosaki-kun. Are you a masochist?
Spoiler for CLICK ME PLEASE!!!:
Like Papa Quincy said...
Spoiler for Um yeah, Clicking would be nice:
"it's not that he doesn't want to tell you. He doesn't have anything to tell you"
Unless Ishida drew a picture of Ginjou, even if he told Ichigo who attacked him, what good would it have done? He's a stranger What makes you think that Ichigo would have known he was talking about Ginjou?
Ginjou inferred that their powers, were bad and he used Ichigo's own experiences with his hollow to drive the point home. Why would Ichigo ask, what makes it unpleasant, when Ginjou has already compared their plight, with Ichigo's. Ichigo knows first hand, how much grief hollow powers can cause. Hollows aren't evil but they eat people..they consume the soul. Here are humans that are both Human and Hollow like he is. Why would he assume that there is no downside, to their powers, when he's experienced the downside of hollow powers first hand?
Besides like I said before, he didn't care to go into too much detail because deep down inside, all really gave a damn about was his own feelings of powerlessness.
Getting his powers back,so he could once again be the hero, was his main objective. So he seized the opportunity that was presented to him and did so. Of course he wouldn't try to ask a bunch of questions because he that might mean he can't use them to get his powers back. He was using their desire to get rid of their so-called unwanted powers to get his own back. Because he realized that he wanted them after all. Their wanting to give him their powers were a convenient excuse for him to get his back. He's a flawed hero, he's not really that noble and is actually quite selfish. (Something I find refreshing) ---
He didn't beat it to death, because--- See Aizen quote above, because it makes no sense for me to type it twice, especially since I am tired of repeating myself, something I did a lot of times during this post.
Gonna end this here...I swear to god I am gonna answer the rest of your post, just not now.I am really stoked off of the Thundercats premiere --so this response is incomplete,because I want to post about how great it is, on the the ThunderCats websites
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Edit: I just noticed you elaborated on the last point here:
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|2011-07-29, 22:46
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Btw, Ginjo = Gin + Benjo. Ginjo is a silver toilet. Your argument is invalid.
|2011-07-29, 23:05
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I wasn't talking about ishida in that statement you quoted...
Second... Control. When Ichigo first gained his vizard powers he could not control it and they were dangerous. the first thing on ichigo's mind should be "can I control these powers"... if these powers were really bad for the fullbringers could it be that they did not know how to tame these powers like the vizards did? Is being a fullbringer like having Hichigo inside of him? and seriously he is going to inherit all of their powers; is he really ready to try and control 6 hichigo's? For all he knows these powers could turn him into a complete monster... Sure he wants power, but it could be that the end result of this path could be turning into a monster. Not asking about the downsides is like signing a contract without reading it first
Third... Trust. At no point or time did Ginjou ever prove he was trustworthy. Ichigo should be approaching these guys with caution, and that means asking questions. Hell the fullbringers never even bothered to tell ichigo how becoming a fullbringer would grant him his old powers back; ichigo just ran into this whole thing blind... there's a difference between being desperate and being desperate AND stupid. A desperate man is willing to take dangerous risks, but a desperate stupid man takes risks without knowing the risks... ichigo falls into the later
I mean for all Ichigo knew Ginjou was really evil and this was all a plot to use ichigo for their own evil purposes and then stab him in the back... or should i say chest?
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|2011-07-30, 09:00
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And you can't change my mind to say that Ichigo is dumb and stupid in trusting them, eventhough he has nothing left anyone to trust……it doesn't make any sense….a stranger is still a stranger……..and in fact, mind you, Ichigo is been lying EVEN TO HIMSELF TOO right in the beginning of this arc when he said to Keigo that "I'm fine with peace until I die" with his POV's saying: "I've never once felt superior due to being able to see ghost. And I never thought to make a living with it. I also never thought to help anyone because of it I ……..just dreamed of having a life where I couldn't see them. I've become what I've always dream… "
If he really feels that way in the beginning then why didn't he just choose to stay away from them and just act like statue which not minding anyone. And now, just this past chapter, he's asking himself what is the purpose of regaining his power if all of this just happen – my answer? …..its because he's dumb and stupid in trusting them.
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He expects urahara, isshin and his friends not too keep secrets from him? Hypocrisy. what has he been doing since day one? He kept the secret of his powers from his friends and family. Ichigo of all people should understand that sometimes that their are good reasons to keep secrets. Ichigo himself practially said as such himself when he first found out his father had powers. I mean Orihime, Chad and Ishida are just treating Ichigo the same way he treated all his non-superpowered friends and relatives when he had powers.
Ichigo is also an idiot because he he is growing distrustful of people without actually trying to get the truth from them. First Isshin; Ichigo told him that he himself was guilty of lying and thus told his father that he can tell him the truth when he's ready... If ichigo's gonna grow distrustful of his father because he did not tell him the truth after ichigo himself told him he was willing to wait, then ichigo should FIRST confront his father. Confront him and demand to know the truth right here and now and see if he is still tight lipped. He allowed Ginjou to talk him into being distrustful of his father with no actual reasoning and without trying to find out the truth himself... Hell, Isshin might have even had some clues on how Ichigo could regain his powers, but Ichigo would not know because he never even bothered to confront his father
And Second there is Urahara... He has done A LOT to help out ichigo in the past year; sure he was a secretive jerk in his methods, but ichigo can not deny that he's been most helpful. His friends in both SS and the vizards also trust him. He's done a lot more to earn ichigo's trust than complete stranger. At the very least he deserves the benefit of the doubt. I mean Ginjou makes it seems ominous that Karin has been meeting with Urahara, and Ichigo just lets that turn into a seed of distrust without actually trying to talk to either of them and find out what's up. Cause really, if he DID confront them, they would tell him that Karin has been going to Urahara's place to buy anti-ghost gear since handling spirits is her job now... Ichigo would found out that there is NOTHING suspicious actually going on.
This is why ichigo is an idiot... he took the word of a complete stranger and has allowed himself to grow distrustful of those around him without actually investigating the issue himself. If he had just confronted them, he might find that his reasons for distrust are completely unfounded.
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|2011-07-30, 19:57
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Err... wasn't it implied (if not outright stated) that he was a relatively good student? Poor thinker he may be (horrifically bad at that, given recent events), but I thought he was implied to have been relatively intelligent theoretically.
|2011-07-31, 00:55
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He's using his emotion to take the decision. Not his logic.
Of course his action is getting worsened as he's fight to protect others, not to satisfy his own goals. In result, it broke his mind when everyone he protected is going against him.
As Ginjou itself, it's not that easy for Ichigo to suspect him.
He's losing his power and obsessed to return to the battlefield.
It comes someone looking for him and saying that he would help him to regain his power. This turn of situation is also supported by Tsukishima's Fullbring, as Ginjou said that Tsukishima killed a shinigami before. Making Ichigo who always think emotionally comes into conclusion : Ginjou is my friend, Tsukishima is my enemy.
|2011-07-31, 05:50
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I didn't word the poor thinker part correctly, but you're right in calling it a difference between being logical and being driven emotionally.
As for Ginjou, I don't think that anybody is really arguing why Ichigo eventually came to trust him. But no amount of obsession should have stopped him from being wary of accepting an 'unpleasant' power which, by all rights, he should have been comparing with the initial unpleasantness (understatement, as somebody else said) of being a Vizard. I'd like to think even Ichigo should have put avoiding another situation like that above getting his powers back, or at least been wary of such a situation being possible.
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Stars align for Double-A infield partners
Angel-turned-Brewer Segura joins Gennett in Huntsville infield
By Andrew Pentis / Special to MLB.com | August 2, 2012 6:02 AM ET
"It's open-mouth, closed-mouth," said Ohio native Scooter Gennett. "If he gives me an open mouth, then I have the bag. If he gives me a closed mouth, he has the bag. The shortstop has priority. He decides. But if there is something that he doesn't know about the guy, I might flash him back a closed mouth for me to have it."
"You have to be smart," adds Jean Segura of San Juan, who speaks his second language with almost as much confidence as he practices his first love. "It depends what pitch [is thrown], how late or out front is the hitter, where the catcher calls a pitch -- there are a lot of things you have to focus on. Sometimes, we [know in advance], sometimes we don't. Sometimes we go by the pitch. If it's an outside pitch, I'll cover it. If it's an inside pitch, he'll cover it."
There is of course more to do than monitoring the opposition's running game for Gennett and Segura, both 21 and now two of the Brewers' top seven prospects after the latter infielder was shipped from Los Angeles in one of many pre-deadline deals (see table, below). They turned their first double play in their joint debut on Sunday, a 6-4-3 maneuver in the third inning.
"We got that out of the way. It was real smooth. We're going to turn a lot more and hopefully make some Top 10s with it," Gennett said, referring to Top 10 highlight reels. "I am really excited to work with him and pick up some things. It was a great trade that's only going to make our organization better, but it's also going to make me and him better."
And in the short-term?
"We got what we needed," he added, "and that was a shortstop."
In fact, the Southern League Stars have had seven different shortstops -- including the recently released Tommy Manzella -- play at least 17 games at the position. Segura is No. 8, at least for the rest of 2012.
"I feel good about the trade," said Segura, who played against his new teammate in the Midwest League in 2010 and in the MLB Futures Game last June. "I have known Scooter for a long time. He's a good second baseman, and I'm happy to share the field with him."
And in the long-term?
"It's a good chance," he added, "for me to have success in the big leagues."
That's because Segura's first and former organization was flush with Erick Aybar (shortstop) and Howie Kendrick (second base), who are contracted to be side by side through the 2015 season. Coincidentally, Aybar, who is currently on the disabled list, and Kendrick are the only Minors duo in recent years to also play together in the Majors. They were stationed at Double-A Arkansas in 2005 and at Triple-A Salt Lake in 2006 while making their MLB debuts three weeks apart. (The Halos would sign Segura out of his home country in January 2007.)
Aybar and Kendrick may not be the anomaly for long, as Huntsville's is not the only formidable pairing with a chance to arrive next. Consider the connected talent at Double-A: Manny Machado (shortstop) and Jonathan Schoop (second base) at Bowie; Wilmer Flores (SS) and Reese Havens (2B) at Binghamton; Hak-Ju Lee (SS) and the just-promoted Derek Dietrich (2B) at Montgomery; and, a sleeper set, Chris Owings (SS) and David Nick (2B) at Mobile.
Why have there been so few prospects to realize their potential alongside one another? Like people, positions change. Take Gennett, who was drafted as a Florida high school shortstop in 2009. He switched to second in May 2010. Then there is Segura, who played second his first four years as a pro before sliding over to short on Opening Day 2011.
One Milwaukee scout said his organization plans to leave Segura where he is "as long as he continues to show that he can play there." But the scout added that, while he may be in the minority, he views him as more of a second baseman or, with Gennett in play, a third baseman. (For his part, Gennett said this, "I think I can be an above-average second baseman defensively in the big leagues.")
So Brewers All-Star Rickie Weeks need not fear for his job at second, not yet anyway. Gennett (14 errors in 103 games) and Segura (18 errors in 97) are not flawless farmhands by any means, but there is also a lot to like about their futures. One scout from another National League club who has seen the 5-foot-9, 164-pound Gennett this season, said he is most impressed by his hitting ability, his high energy and added that his colleagues undervalue him because of his size. All three characteristics are shared by Segura, who at 5-foot-10 and 164 pounds just happens to be listed one inch taller and one pound heavier.
The similarities on offense: Gennett batted .304 over his first two pro seasons and has posted .285/.326/.380 marks so far this season, his first at Double-A. Segura meanwhile was a career .316 hitter entering this year and, through 94 games at Arkansas and three at Huntsville, he has put up a .297/.347/.406 line. Yes, a lot to like.
Do the ballplayers see their new marriage without separation?
"I definitely see that in our future. I definitely see us continuing to move up," Gennett said, "and ultimately turning double plays in the big leagues."
"We're going to play and maybe we'll move out together," Segura, traded once already, added cautiously. "You never know."
Speaking of...
There is only one relationship on the diamond that is more communicative than a double-play combo -- that of catcher and pitcher. So when MLB.com's No. 10 prospect Jacob Turner was traded from the Tigers to the Marlins in advance of the deadline (see table, below), Detroit added a care package in Triple-A Toledo Mud Hens batterymate Rob Brantly.
"I first heard about it from some of my teammates," Brantly said of being involved in the deal. "I was a bit shocked. I thought they were pulling a joke on me. I was sitting there eating and everybody started shaking my hand, saying, 'Good luck, man.' I had no idea what they were talking about, but it was off Twitter. Finally, I got the call from [Tigers GM] Dave Dombrowski."
Brantly, no slouch himself and now Miami's 13th-ranked prospect, served as Turner's receiver at Class A West Michigan in 2010. He admitted, however, that he didn't have a strong rapport with the heralded hurler until they reunited at Triple-A Toledo following his promotion from Erie on June 6. On the advice of roving catching coordinator (and 2010 manager) Joe DePastino, Brantly "made it a point" to huddle with Turner in the clubhouse and strengthen their rapport. Three days later, on June 9, he caught Turner's first Triple-A win.
"Learning the pitchers' strengths in certain counts, what they feel most comfortable throwing in challenging situations so that the pitcher is not up there shaking three, four times," Brantly said of the necessary in-game back-and-forth. "Jacob has good stuff all across the board -- his two-seamer has a lot of life on it, and it took me a little bit of time for me to get familiar with it -- but he has confidence in all of his pitches. There isn't a lot of shaking off going on. He'll trust what I call and go for it."
Most recently, Brantly was a part of Turner's organizational debut: five innings of one-run ball and a win on Saturday. The battery boarding together at Triple-A New Orleans only helps things. "You want to get along if you're going to be living with a person, right?" Branly asked in jest. "I'm not saying we're completely simpatico. There are occasions where I'll put down something, and he'll want something else, but we'll find it."
Non-waiver Trade Deadline Deals
|Joe Musgrove, Asher Wojciechowski, Carlos Perez
|Matthew Heidenreich, Blair Walters
|Jacob Turner, Rob Brantly, Brian Flynn
|D.J. Mitchell
|Colton Cain, Robbie Grossman, Rudy Owens
|Nathan Eovaldi, Scott McGough
|Jean Segura, Ariel Pena, Johnny Hellweg
|Charlie Culberson
|Pedro Hernandez
|Bobby Borchering, Marc Krauss
|Zack Cox
|JC Sulbaran, Donnie Joseph
|Christian Villanueva, Kyle Hendricks
|Ethan Martin
|Tommy Joseph, Seth Rosin
|Jacob Brigaham
Dan Straily is still not a ranked prospect around here, but he is a prospect, and that couldn't be said, say, a year ago. The A's Triple-A right-hander, featured in this week's Prospect Pitch, has been completely remade as a hurler (new mechanics, new arm slot) but, at 23, the former 24th-round draftee out of hotbed baseball universities Western Oregon and Marshall, told this writer that his transformation has as much to do with his mind as his arm. One comment that didn't make it into the story: "I remember when I first got here a couple of years ago. I would go to the field and be like, 'I hope my curveball is on today, I hope I can spot up the fastball.' And this last year and a half, it's been more like expecting it. And if it's not there, I don't care -- I find a way to get there." And in the process, he's found himself a prospect, even if he remains unranked.
Prospect(s) Down (and now Back Up)
This column space was misused in two separate editions. No. 37 Gary Brown (Giants) and No. 58 Aaron Hicks (Twins), both center fielders leading off for Eastern League clubs, were counted "Down." That was this writer's mistake. Brown (.227 in April) and Hicks (.220 in May) have both had their struggles at the plate in their first try at Double-A, but these guys have more recently shown the ability to counter advanced pitching. What has them back playing to their potential? After recording his seventh straight multi-hit game on July 13, Brown told MiLB.com, "I know now I'm making my adjustments from pitch to pitch rather than game to game or at-bat to at-bat." And Hicks? He collected a career-high five hits -- including his 10th homer -- on July 25 then told us the key to his improvement was also partly mental: "Maturing as a hitter, trying not to hit the longball and stay in the gaps."
Memo from Mayo
Over this year's Trade Deadline period, a total of 22 players now on teams' Top 20 prospect lists at Prospect Watch were dealt. That doesn't include a number of players, like Bobby Borchering and Colton Cain, who were on Top 20 lists at the time of the trade but aren't now. The overall list is a bit short in terms of elite prospect talent. Last year, the buzz was around Zack Wheeler as the top name on the move. Though there are players from the Top 100 rankings -- three to be exact -- there aren't the "sexy" names that get people talking. That doesn't mean there weren't talented players and future big leaguers who are with new organizations. For Draft and prospects expert Jonathan Mayo's full analysis of these moves, visit MLB.com's Prospects Central.
Your Questions, Answered
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Reading Material
- Robert Stephenson peaks at 101 mph, writes MiLB.com's Jonathan Raymond.
- Fellow Red Billy Hamilton is, uh, fast, writes SI.com's Albert Chen.
- Jackie Bradley Jr. had a short slump, writes The Providence Journal's Tim Britton.
- Nick Castellanos has fun at Fenway, writes the Detroit Free Press' Shawn Windsor.
- Mitch Mustain takes a new field, writes the Los Angeles Times' Gary Klein.
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Programs at a Glance
Undergraduate Program
The Department of Music offers a 64-credit major in music leading to the BS degree. The undergraduate program offers a general program of study with emphasis on theory (18 credits), musicianship (4 credits), history (15 credits), and performance (12 credits) within a liberal arts college curriculum. Students also choose 12 credits of Music electives and complete their program with a 3-credit senior project (such as senior recital, composition project, or research paper). Graduates of the music program will be prepared for further study in all avenues of music. Successful graduates have gone on to careers in education, journalism, performance, and music technology. Acceptance and placement in theory, musicianship, and performance courses will be by exams and interviews administered by appropriate faculty.
A 12-credit minor and an 18-credit enhanced minor in music are also offered, requiring any undergraduate music courses except MSH 114, MSH 115, and MSH 245. For further information, please consult with the Music Department.
Graduate Program
The 42-credit MAT is a professional degree for those who plan on teaching music, providing students with the Master's component for New York State Professional Certification. It is a combined degree in applied music and music teaching, offering students a professional level of performance and the opportunity to continue serious study in music, while simultaneously developing teaching options. The program is designed to prepare students for K-12 certification. Students are assigned fieldwork and student teaching, and are supervised by faculty members in the Departments of Music, Early Childhood and Childhood Education, and Middle and High School Education. Graduate advisers or coordinators of the three departments provide counseling.
The Music Department can be reached at (718) 960-8247, or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Dr. Diana Mittler-Battipaglia
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Gawker - Jon Gosselin Shopping For an Apartment In Trump Towers - jon gosselin: "Today we received a tip that Jon Gosselin was roaming our city. Then we learned of a 'major' Jon and Kate announcement being made on Monday. Now we've received a tip that he's shopping for an apartment in Trump Towers.
A reader writes:
I was at my friends apt at trump towers on 66th and riverside blvd..... we were in her apt... then left to go to dinner... in the hallway was the realtor of the building and she was with JON from jon and kate plus 8. It was CLEARLY him. He had bloodshot eyes. We all rode the elevator together. He was looking at an apt on the 8th floor.
Bloodshot eyes? Ha! One of the tips earlier today said that Jon was smoking a cigarette and had a big diamond stud in his ear. Jon Gosselin is a caged tiger just waiting to be unleashed! If he and Kate are divorcing and Jon moves to the Upper West Side, we just can't wait for all the sighting tips to start rolling in of Jon Gosselin, New York City's newest Lothario, picking up young girls in bars on Amsterdam Avenue (May we suggest 'White Trash Wednesdays' at Brother Jimmy's Jon? Always a good time!)
Ladies of New York—Are you ready to be taken by Jon Gosselin?"


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Enums in Java (One More Time)
Pages: 1, 2, 3
A Mini-Language for Enums
I have designed a mini-language called jEnum for declaring enums, and I
have written a small "compiler-like" translator that translates
jEnum declarations into the equivalent Java class. For example, the
declaration for enum
Day given in the beginning of this article is
translated into the equivalent Java class listed above--this is actually
how the class was created. Moreover, jEnum permits an optional package
declaration (simply copied over into the class) and an optional class
comment (also copied), and allows the specification of underlying integer
values and string representations for the objects, as illustrated in the
following example:
package com.softmoore.util;
* Various USA coins
enum Coin { PENNY("penny") = 1, NICKEL("nickel") = 5, DIME("dime") = 10,
QUARTER("quarter") = 25, HALF_DOLLAR("half dollar") = 50 };
Although the enums-as-integer-constants alternative has merit in certain circumstances, the enums-as-objects alternative is generally preferable because of its type safety. Of course the enums-as-objects alternative still has its shortcomings. This section briefly outlines jEnum, which retains the strengths of the enums-as-objects alternative while at the same time providing a compact, efficient declaration of enumerated values. In other words, it also satisfies criteria number 2.
For the compiler-oriented reader, here is the simple grammar for the jEnum mini-language.
compilationUnit = ( packageDecl )? ( docComment )? enumTypeDecl .
packageDecl = "package" packagePath ";" .
packagePath = packageName ( "." packageName )* .
docComment = "/**" commentChars "*/" .
enumTypeDecl = "enum" enumTypeName "{" enumList "}" ";" .
enumList = enumDecl ( "," enumDecl )* .
enumDecl = enumLiteral ( "(" stringLiteral ")" )? ( "=" intLiteral )? .
packageName = identifier .
enumTypeName = identifier .
enumLiteral = identifier .
commentChars = any-char-sequence-except-"*/"
The grammar allows an optional package declaration in the beginning that
looks just like any Java package declaration, optionally followed by a standard
Javadoc comment. The enum type declaration begins with the word
enum" (itself also a reserved word in the jEnum
language). The enumerated values are enclosed in curly braces and are
separated by commas. Each declaration of an enumerated value consists of a
standard Java identifier, optionally followed by a string literal enclosed in
parentheses, optionally followed by the assignment operator "=" and
an integer literal.
If you omit the string literal, then the name for the enumerated value
will be used. If you omit the assignment of an integer literal, then the
compiler will assign values sequentially after the last assigned value,
starting with zero, if none are assigned. The string values are returned as
part of the
toString() method, and the integer values are returned
by the
ord() method. For example, given the following enum
enum Color { RED("Red") = 2, WHITE("White") = 4, BLUE };
REDhas the label "Red" and ord 2
WHITEhas the label "White" and ord 4
BLUEhas the label "BLUE" and ord 5
Note that Java reserved words are still reserved in jEnum; you can't
have a package named "
this" or an enum type named
for." Additionally, all string labels (string
literals or enumerated value names) must be distinct, and all integer literals
must be strictly increasing. Thus the following would not compile, as labels
are not distinct:
enum Color { RED("Red"), WHITE("BLUE"), BLUE };
Nor would this declaration compile, because integers are not increasing
WHITE is auto-assigned the value 2):
enum Color { RED = 1, WHITE, BLUE = 2 };
As a more complete and realistic example, consider this enum type declaration that, through the magic of bootstrapping, is actually used by the jEnum translator.
package com.softmoore.jEnum;
* This class encapsulates the symbols (a.k.a. token types)
* of a language token.
enum Symbol {
enumRW("Reserved Word: enum"),
abstractRW("Reserved Word: abstract"),
assertRW("Reserved Word: assert"),
booleanRW("Reserved Word: boolean"),
breakRW("Reserved Word: break"),
byteRW("Reserved Word: byte"),
caseRW("Reserved Word: case"),
catchRW("Reserved Word: catch"),
charRW("Reserved Word: char"),
classRW("Reserved Word: class"),
constRW("Reserved Word: const"),
continueRW("Reserved Word: continue"),
defaultRW("Reserved Word: default"),
doRW("Reserved Word: do"),
doubleRW("Reserved Word: double"),
elseRW("Reserved Word: else"),
extendsRW("Reserved Word: extends"),
finalRW("Reserved Word: final"),
finallyRW("Reserved Word: finally"),
floatRW("Reserved Word: float"),
forRW("Reserved Word: for"),
gotoRW("Reserved Word: goto"),
ifRW("Reserved Word: if"),
implementsRW("Reserved Word: implements"),
importRW("Reserved Word: import"),
instanceOfRW("Reserved Word: instanceOf"),
intRW("Reserved Word: int"),
interfaceRW("Reserved Word: interface"),
longRW("Reserved Word: long"),
nativeRW("Reserved Word: native"),
newRW("Reserved Word: new"),
nullRW("Reserved Word: null"),
packageRW("Reserved Word: package"),
privateRW("Reserved Word: private"),
protectedRW("Reserved Word: protected"),
publicRW("Reserved Word: public"),
returnRW("Reserved Word: return"),
shortRW("Reserved Word: short"),
staticRW("Reserved Word: static"),
strictfpRW("Reserved Word: strictfp"),
superRW("Reserved Word: super"),
switchRW("Reserved Word: switch"),
synchronizedRW("Reserved Word: synchronized"),
thisRW("Reserved Word: this"),
throwRW("Reserved Word: throw"),
throwsRW("Reserved Word: throws"),
transientRW("Reserved Word: transient"),
tryRW("Reserved Word: try"),
voidRW("Reserved Word: void"),
volatileRW("Reserved Word: volatile"),
whileRW("Reserved Word: while"),
The mini-language jEnum translator accompanies this article. If the enum
declaration for
Day is defined in a file named
Day.enum," then the command
$ java -jar jEnum.jar Day.enum
will generate the complete class
Day.java shown above for the
enums-as-objects alternative, including standard Javadoc comments for the
methods. You can combine the call to
java and its command line
arguments into an executable file (a Unix shell script or a Windows batch
file), so that the translator can be invoked as simply as:
$ jec Day.enum
There are four important points that you should know about using the jEnum
translator. First, the source file name does not have to end in
.enum." Any suffix is accepted as long as the full
file name is supplied.
Second, if the file name does end in the suffix
.enum, then supplying the suffix as part of the
command line is optional. The translator will search first for a file with the
exact name specified on the command line, and then for a file ending in
.enum. The following is also acceptable:
$ java -jar jEnum.jar Day
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Third, the name of the Java file produced by the translator is based on the
name given in the enum definition, not the name of the source file. In other
words, if the file were named simply "
d.enum," the
Java source file would still be named "
Day.java." Of
course, good naming conventions recommend naming the source file
Fourth, the compiler accepts three flags that allow you to generate the different enum alternatives as follows:
-ogenerates the enums-as-objects alternative. (This is the default.)
-cgenerates the enums-as-integer-constants alternative, implemented as a class.
-igenerates the enums-as-integer-constants alternative, implemented as an interface.
Additionally, the
-c flag not only creates the
class containing the integer constants, but also attempts to provide some of the
functionality of the enums-as-objects approach by defining several public
static methods such as
toString(int n),
prev(int n), and
Complete code for the jEnum compiler, plus several examples and Javadoc files for this article, are available in jEnum.zip
Adding type-safe enums is one of the most requested enhancements for Java. See developer.java.sun.com/developer/bugParade/bugs/4401321.html.
Eric Armstrong wrote one of the earliest (and still one of the best) articles describing enums in Java in "Create enumerated constants in Java."
For another excellent reference on typesafe enums in Java, see Chapter 5: "Substitutes for Missing C Constructs" of Joshua Bloch's Effective Java Programming Language Guide (Addison-Wesley, 2001; ISBN: 0201310058); specifically, "Item 21: Replace enum constructs with classes."
Glen McCluskey provides yet another clear explanation of the typesafe enum construct in this Java Developer Connection (JDC) Tech Tip, "Using Enumerations in Java Programming," (August 2001).
James Gosling and Henry McGilton originally advised Java programmers on how to cope with Java's enum absence in "The Java Language Environment" whitepaper (see the "2.2.3 No Enums" section).
"Using Enumerations in Java Programming," Java Developer Connection (JDC) Tech Tips, August 7, 2001.
"Using readResolve," Java Developer Connection (JDC) Tech Tips, February 5, 2002.
"Java Q&A: Constants, I do declare, Readers describe how they employ constants," by Tony Sintes.
"Use constant types for safer and cleaner code," by Thomas E. Davis.
John I. Moore, Jr. is Principal Consultant for SoftMoore Consulting.
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Shoreditch a hub of 'exciting innovation', says science minister
David Willetts lays out economic recovery with data apps
Big Tent Science minister David Willetts told a gathering at Google's Big Tent event this morning that future scientific research will rely heavily on the mining, slicing and dicing of data from the public sector.
His comments come as the government's Open Data Institute was launched, having been plonked on the London's Silicon Roundabout late last year. The outfit will encourage small biz and entrepreneurs, with the help of a £10m pot, to turn raw information from Blighty's government into something tangible and worthwhile.
Data such as statistics on crime, the weather, schools figures and other stuff is expected to be mangled by software makers in search of financial value.
Tech City, as Cabinet ministers prefer to describe the Shoreditch roundabout, got a special mention by Willetts, who lumped it in with research in Cambridge as an example of a "very exciting" cluster of "innovation" that'll help boost the UK economy.
Indeed, as expected, Willetts failed to stray away from espousing the importance of open data and the ability to repackage it as any app developer sees fit. The minister stuck to safe ground for the crowd of Guardian readers (for one day only, at least), by saying that huge datasets will be needed to help develop search and ranking tools - which presumably is where Google comes in.
The well-documented love-in between the government and Google showed no sign of letting up today. But then, why would it.
On the "virtual world", which basically means anything to do with the interwebs, Willetts offered up this nugget: "I recognise this is going to change nearly everything that I do as a minister."
The minister later added, with a nod to Prof Ian Hargreaves' so-called Google Review, that he was in favour of open access to publicly funded research. Willetts opining that not only had Hargreaves "taken an important step forward" but that Google chairman Eric Schmidt - with his MacTaggart lecture in 2011 - had really helped get the party started. ®
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Deanna M. Neff, MPH
Periodontal disease refers to bacterial plaque and infections around the gum and tooth root. It can happen around 1 or several teeth. In its more advanced stages, surgery may be needed to fix damaged gums.
Copyright © Nucleus Medical Media, Inc.
This surgery is needed when:
This surgery slows the progression of periodontal disease by reducing deep pockets and bacterial growth. Periodontal disease can cause other health problems if not treated.
Problems from the procedure are rare, but all procedures have some risk. Your dentist will review potential problems, like:
Before your procedure, talk to your dentist about ways to manage factors that may increase your risk of complications such as:
Sometimes, sedative medications are used to make you more relaxed during surgery. If you are undergoing conscious sedation, you will be asked to not eat for at least 6 hours before surgery. Otherwise, you can follow a normal diet.
A local anesthetic will be used near the gum disease.
Your dentist may recommend conscious sedation. You will be awake, but will not have anxiety during the surgery.
This surgery is usually done in an outpatient setting. You do not need to stay overnight. If you are undergoing sedation, you will have it through an IV. Your heart rate, blood pressure, and breathing will be monitored during and after the surgery.
The periodontist or dentist will numb the affected area using a local anesthetic delivered through a needle. They will make a small cut in the gum line near the tooth root. The gum flap will be pulled back, and the infected area will be cleaned and scraped. The gum flap will be repositioned to minimize the deep pocket size that formed. The gum will be stitched back into place. A dressing will be applied.
The time it takes to complete the procedure depends on the extend of the damage and how many gum areas are affected.
Anesthesia will prevent pain during surgery. Pain and discomfort after the procedure can be managed with medications.
During your stay, the dental staff will take steps to reduce your chance of infection, such as:
There are also steps you can take to reduce your chance of infection, such as:
When you return home:
It is important for you to monitor your recovery. Alert your dentist to any problems right away. If any of the following occur, call your dentist:
If you think you have an emergency, call for emergency medical services right away.
American Academy of Periodontology
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIH)
Canadian Dental Association
The Canadian Dental Hygienists Association
Periodontal (gum) disease: Causes, symptoms, and treatments. National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research website. Updated August 2012. Accessed August 10, 2015.
pocket reduction procedures. American Academy of Periodontology website. Available at:
http://www.perio.org/consumer/pocket-reduction-procedures.htm. Accessed August 10, 2015.
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Time to Take the Blindfold Off
The Wall Street Journal's Blindfold Bracket contest was designed to present a bias-free way of filling out an NCAA tournament bracket. On WSJ.com, we provided detailed descriptions of the two teams playing in every tournament matchup, but excluded one thing: the actual names of the schools—and all the prejudices that come with them.
Given the results of this year's NCAA tournament, the biggest takeaway is that upsets do happen. There is also some insight gleaned from the way users used the Blindfold Brackets this year that could be helpful in your office pool next season.
About 40% of the fans who used the Blindfold Bracket this year crowned Indiana—which lost in the Sweet 16—as champion. Meanwhile, the next three teams, Florida (11.4%), Duke (10.7%) and Gonzaga (8.2%) failed to make the Final Four.
Meanwhile, just 6.21% of contestants chose Louisville, the only remaining No. 1 seed and the current tournament favorite. Even fewer picked No. 4 Michigan (0.5%) and No. 4 Syracuse (0.3%). And we're not even sure how 0.06% of fans selected No. 9 Wichita State.
So what gives? Our Blindfold Bracket gave each basketball team a rating in each of the following categories: experience, size, offense, defense, three-point shooting and hot streak.
By these measures, Indiana—which we dubbed the "Gumball Machines" to obscure its identity—was the clear favorite to win the tournament. The Gumball Machines had five-star ratings in every category except experience and hot streak.
Yet those stellar ratings can be nullified by one bad game—or the wrong team. As we noted in our description of the Gumball Machines, the team was "vulnerable if drawn into a low-scoring slugfest." That's what happened when it met the Buttons, our nickname for Syracuse, in a Sweet 16 game it lost 61-50.
That's not to say our ratings system didn't have any shortcomings. Yes, we gave the Boom Boxes—our code name for Louisville—five stars on defense, but there was no way to note its stifling full-court pressure defense without giving away its identity. And we badly underrated the First–Aid Kits, or Florida Gulf Coast. Perhaps next year we'll create a new category for "Awesome Alley Oops" and "Unstoppable Jams from Dunk City."
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Bluffton vs. Rose-Hulman/Defiance
Bluffton knocks off Defiance and falls to Rose-Hulman
September 10, 2006
Bluffton, Ohio - The Beavers dropped the Heartland Conference tri-match opener to HCAC newcomer Rose-Hulman by a match score of 6-3 on Saturday, September 9, 2006. Following the Engineers win over Defiance College, Bluffton took care of business, 7-2, vs. the Yellow Jackets. With the victory, the Beavers improved to 1-4, 1-3 in HCAC action.
Rachel Huckaba (Perrysburg/Perrysburg) and Jenna Kauffman (Wooster/Central Christian) both picked up straight set singles victories against Rose-Hulman at no. 5 and no. 6 singles, respectively. The Beavers were extremely competitive in the match as Courtney Hodson (Washington Court House/Washington Senior) went down in three sets at no. 3 singles while Chelsey Wenger (Bellefontaine/Bellefontaine) and Lisa Cherry (Waterville/Anthony Wayne) dropped tight contests at no. 2 and no. 4 singles. Cherry and Hodson picked up the lone doubles victory for Bluffton by a score of 8-2. Rose-Hulman was led at no. 1 singles by freshman Sam Danesis who did not drop a game at singles all day.
Following Rose-Hulman's triumph over the Yellow Jackets, Bluffton put together a dominating performance against Defiance College. Five Beaver victories in singles propelled Bluffton to a 7-2 victory in the final match of the day. Wenger and Kauffman lost only a single game each en route to victories at no. 2 and no. 6 singles. Hodson was victorious at no. 3 singles, 6-0, 6-2, while Cherry picked up a straight set victory at no. 4 singles. Huckaba went to three sets before winning the rubber set, 6-1. Devra Doan (Wooster/Central Christian) and Huckaba picked up an 8-4 victory at no. 3 doubles while Cherry and Hodson combined on an 8-6 win at no. 2 doubles.
The Beavers return to action on Wednesday, Sept. 13, when they travel to Ohio Northern. The indoor match is set to begin at 7 p.m.
No. 1 Sam Danesis (R) def. Jenna Liechty (B) 6-0, 6-0
No. 2 Julie Hopkins (R) def. Chelsey Wenger (B) 6-3, 7-6 (7-1)
No. 3 Mandy Grantz (R) def. Courtney Hodson (B) 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
No. 4 Katy Zawadski (R) def. Lisa Cherry (B) 7-5, 6-4
No. 5 Rachel Huckaba (B) def. Betsy Marschand (R) 6-3, 6-1
No. 6 Jenna Kauffman (B) def. Emily Dentler (R) 6-2, 6-4
No. 1 Danesis/Hopkins (R) def. Liechty/Wenger (B) 8-1
No. 2 Hodson/Cherry (B) 8-2 def. Kristin Wilson/Marita Gonzalez (R) 8-2
No. 3 Victoria Lee/Zawadski (R) def. Doan/Huckaba (B) 9-8 (7-3)
Rose-Hulman 6, Bluffton 3
No. 1 Emily Meyer (D) def. Jenna Liechty (B) 6-1, 6-1
No. 2 Chelsey Wenger (B) def. Amanda Auzins (D) 6-1, 6-0
No. 3 Courtney Hodson (B) def. Vanessa Vendetta (D) 6-0, 6-2
No. 4 Lisa Cherry (B) def. Laurel Smith (D) 7-5, 6-3
No. 5 Rachel Huckaba (B) def. Natalie Carey (D) 6-2, 4-6, 6-1
No. 6 Jenna Kauffman (B) def. Jessica Gullette (D) 6-0, 6-1
No. 1 Meyer/Auzins (D) def. Liechty/Wenger (B) 8-4
No. 2 Hodson/Cherry (B) 8-2 def. SMith/Vendetta (D) 8-6
No. 3 Doan/Huckaba (B) def. Casie Burkhart/Gullette (D) 8-4
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Paraag Marathe's 13-year ascension up the 49ers' front-office ranks has earned him the latest promotion to the title of team president, a role previously held by Gideon Yu.
Yu, who was instrumental in helping the 49ers' secure funding for the new Levi's Stadium, will remain a minority owner in the club. He served as the president since buying a stake in the 49ers two years ago.
"Thanks to @JedYork for entrusting me to complete your stadium project," Yu tweeted to CEO Jed York. "Looking fwd to many more years together as 49ers' co-owners!"
Also, the 49ers announced that Marathe's former role as chief operating officer will be filled by Al Guido, who previously was Senior Vice President of Global Sales for Legends and also worked prominently in the new stadium's development.
General manager Trent Baalke will continue to oversee the 49ers' football-personnel side.
"As we move closer to the opening of Levi's Stadium, our organization will continue to grow and evolve," York said in a statement. "Gideon, Paraag and Al have been instrumental in making the new stadium a reality, and I couldn't be more excited about the future of our management team and the 49ers organization."
Marathe served the past three years as the 49ers' chief operating officer, supervising such aspects as business operations, production, marketing, ticketing and suites, and stadium operations. He's also served as the club's chief negotiator on player contracts and salary-cap management, while also ushering football analytics into their grand scheme.
Marathe is a Saratoga native who earned his bachelor's degree from Cal's Haas School of Business before earning his MBA from Stanford.
"Paraag and Al have developed a tremendous working relationship and I am deeply confident in their leadership," York stated.


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Shadow of Mordor is a dark tale that has the former ranger Talion seeking revenge...but that doesn't mean every second of the story needs to have brooding. It looks like the team at Monolith is lightening the mood a bit with the introduction of Ratbag, a sniveling orc who wants to be warchief.
In the video below, we get a taste for how Talion and Ratbag interact. The orc seems to put his own best interests first, so it will be interesting to see how long Talion (and players) are willing to put up with him.
For more Shadow of Mordor info, check out the achievements and trophies you'll be earning when it releases on September 30.
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That's probably not very far off from real observed values
Actually, you're well wrong. Cycling, like anything else, is about power to weight ratio. Lance Armstrong [cruciblefitness.com], in training, could output 6.8 watts per kilogramme, which on his body weight of 74Kg is just over 500 watts. Some of the big fast guys (Tom Boonen [tomboonen.com], Magnus Backstedt [magnusbackstedt.com]) can sustain really startling outputs for long periods of time. I have a friend who peaks around 600 watts and can sustain better than 400 all day; but on his 102Kg that's only 6 watts per Kg. That's strictly amateur - he's fast for us, but he couldn't compete with the pros.
There's nothing at all hard about 200 watts. Any club cyclist who can do a ten mile time trial at evens is sustaining 4.8 watts/Kg for half an hour. I can do that, and I'm probably old enough to be your grandfather. I weigh 82Kg, so for me that's 381 watts. And I can certainly do 200 watts (13.5mph on the flat, for someone my weight) for eight hours continuous without difficulty.
Free beer for every kilowatt-hour, Energy crisis solved.
"Screw ethanol, we're green the hops way! Take that corn industry!"
A quick google suggests that 400 W is about right for a rider in good condition for a short time.
I've done some research into it, and I figure you're probably better off buying one of the 12W foldable solar panels (or the rollable ones, but they're even more expensive, and give even worse W/area), and tying it down over your Panniers than to use some kind of generator system on a bike. On the upside, depending on the rest of system, next years ultra mobile parts based on Intel's Silverthorne ought to be pretty awesome for this kind of thing, and hopefully offer performance in the range of 500Mh
Now, that is funny! Thanks for the morning laugh, it is the best way to start off the day.
Next thing, maybe they will create a device to store some of the *mechanical work* to be used later to convert into electrical energy.
a typical notebook computer CPU needing 100 watts, according to SiCortex CEO John Mucci
My laptop draws about 20Watts max when running on battery power, even with the CPU running full-throttle. Much of those watts is for the backlight and drive. A 'typical laptop CPU', an Intel Pentium Mobile, uses maximal 24W, according to the datasheet [intel.com] provided by Intel. Saying a laptop would typically use 100W is a bit overstated.
A team of ten MIT students powered a supercomputer [...] The system is low-powered and draws 1,200 watts without needing special power supplies or cooling.
Indeed, what's so special about a power-supply consisting of 10 MIT students? Nothing really...
Please allow me to offer the Geekaflop, which will be defined as the number of gigaflops per bag of Chitos, as determined by the weight loss of 10 MIT students pedaling flat-out for 10 minutes to keep the supercomputer powered up.
The new term would be abbreviated "HaM"(Hamster Megacycles), thereby incorporating the longstanding scientific truism "We stand on the shoulders of giants".
I once took part in a nutrition study that required each participant to ride a stationary bicycle for 20 min or so. I asked the lead researcher how much power a typical college student could produce. He said a healthy college student could produce about 180W for the duration of a test session.
The test itself was uncomfortable. There was no breeze to keep you cool (and, since the human body is only about 25% efficient, that meant you were dissipating > 500 W as heat), and you had to wear a mouthpiece
The students' special power supply and cooling, OTOH, came from beer! (Free, of course!)
The rich get rich, and the poor get poorer. The haves get more, the have-nots die.


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New Event During Community Days: Mud Bogs
People in Valley City have one more event to attend June 15 and 16 for Rally in the Valley community days. The first ever North Dakota Winter Show mud bogs will be that Saturday afternoon.
The mud bogs will be held outside on the west side of the Winter Show building Saturday, June 15; gates open at 2 p.m.
Mud bog are a race in which the goal is to drive a vehicle through a pit of mud of a set length. Winners are determined by the distance traveled through the pit.
Classes of vehicles allowed to compete are stock, modified, open and exhibition class. There's a $25 entry fee and $10 for exhibition. The Winter Show will take entries until June 10. Entry forms and rules are online at www.northdakotawintershow.com. To register, call (701) 845-1410 or stop by the Winter Show office located inside the Rosebud Visitors Center on Main Street in Valley City.
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Academic Team Wins It All
ST. MARYS — The Memorial High School Scholastic Bowl Team came in first place in the TV44 Quiz Bowl Tournament that took place this week in Elida.
The team's adviser, Chad Doll, said this team was destined for success after struggling last season.
"We've been very strong in practice this year already," Doll said. "Two years ago, we had a very senior-heavy team. So last year we were young. We took a few lumps early, but we grew a lot through the season last year. By the spring last year we had finished runner-up in a couple of tournaments, we'd won some very close matches."
Scholastic bowl is a Jeopardy-type academic team competition where schools compete to answer an array of questions on any subject ranging from history and literature to math and sports trivia. Doll practices with the team three times a week from a huge stack of practice questions and materials. Team members also have the option of practicing on their own.
"You feel pretty good," Doll said of the team's win. "I'm always happy for the players. They put in a lot of time. They do work hard at it like a lot of sports or athletes, they put in a lot of time and it's important to them so you're happy that they won. You feel good that hopefully you provided them the right kind of guidance to reach those goals. It's a great stress-reliever on the coach then, too."
TJ Wirth, the team's senior captain, said the nerves are the hardest thing about competing.
Teams sit at tables placed in rows with an announcer reading the questions aloud, and contestants are asked to look into a television when giving their answers.
One of the questions asked during the tournament Wirth said, was "What southwest Pacific island saw a lot of heavy battles during World War II?" The answer was Guadalcanal. When scores were announced at the end, St. Marys had won by several hundred points.
"There's a lot of words to use, and I'd say elated...knowing that all the work paid off and (you) can get over those nerves and just be excited," Wirth said of the win.
Wirth said he hopes to keep the winning streak going for the rest of the season. The team has upcoming competitions in January and February.
"It's always hard when you start off well because then you want to match as well as you have been," Wirth said. "And it seems like any defeat is that much more disappointing after a big win."


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Skidmore settles suit
CHARLOTTE COUNTY — Former county commissioner Robert Skidmore has settled a federal lawsuit with former county employee Shonna Jenkins.
County Attorney Janette Knowlton confirmed Wednesday that Skidmore and Jenkins had come to an agreement on a lawsuit Jenkins filed in federal court, accusing the former commissioner of unlawful gender discrimination and sexual harassment. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed as Skidmore, who lost a re-election bid, now is a private citizen.


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Three South Tama Partnership Center rooms have been leased at a rate of $400 monthly for use by the Iowa Valley Community College District under an agreement formalized on Monday, June 17.
South Tama School Board members Michelle Yuska, Mark McFate and Jackie Dvorak voted to approve the agreement with members Anne Michael and Ron Hala absent.
The three, second floor classsrooms, measuring a total of 1,430 sq. ft., have been remdoeled for this use.
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The South Tama Partnership Center on 9th Street in Tama will house some adult education classroom space for Iowa Valley?Community?College.
John Speer
Iowa Valley plans to provide Adult General Equivalency Diploma (GED) and English Language Learners (EEL) programs utilizing the area.
The lease terms call for a 90-day termination notice by each party.
The Partnership Center, the former location of the South Tama Intermediate School originally housed Tama High School and later Tama-Toledo and South Tama High School classes.
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Portions of the building are now used for the South Tama alternative High School. A room was remodeled last year for use as a Professional Learning room.
The South Tama School Board also meets in this room, having relocated from the Administration Building last year.
Approved was the Master Contract with the
South Tama County Education Association and the Skilled Iowa Employer Agreement which communicates STC's commitment to use the National Career Readiness Certificate as a means to document an individual's essential work-related skills.
Contracts approved were for Audrey Roth, high school science teacher, Cally Thompson, middle school special education teacher and Laura Larsen, elementary special education.
Resignations accepted were from Michele Behounek, secondary media integration specialist, Kelle Slagle-Boles, varsity girls golf coach and Pam Nichols, middle school education aide.
Approval was given for adjusting the secretarial benefits to $2.65 an hour.
In other business:
it was learned each middle school student will be issued an iPad for use during the school day, with the student agreeing to take good care of the IPad, never leaving the device unattended, not taking the iPad to the lunchroom, restrooms, or locker rooms, never loaning it to other individuals, keeping food and beverages away from the iPad, not disassembling any part of the iPad or attempting to make repairs, protecting the iPad by carrying it in the provided case, using the iPad in ways that are educational, appropriate and meet middle school expectations, not deleting apps off the iPad and not placing any decorations on the iPad case.
there was discussion on the middle school grading scale being as follows: A 100-95, A- 94-90, B+ 89-86, B 85-83, B- 82-80, C+ 79-76, C 75-73, C- 72-70, D+ 69-66, D 65-63, D- 62-60, and F 59-0.
Discussion of the PPEL fund which will expire in 2014, was to place the PPEL fund on the ballot again which, if approved, would be for another ten years. The PPEL fund is used for building improvements. Some of things discussed was the replacing the portables, remodeling the high school cafeteria, resurfacing the high school parking lot. Renovation of the Old High School building on 9th Street was done with the PPEL fund to make it into the Partnership Center.
A change approved for the STC High School Student Handbook states "Early graduates will not receive their diploma until Commencement Exercises are completed for the current year, with certain exceptions by the staff. The purpose of this is that once the student has received their diploma ,the are no longer a student at the High School and are ineligible to participate in high school events.
Middle School changes are for emergency situations. The following action will be taken for each type of lockdown. Emergency lockdown is for an imminent threat in or around the building. The office will announce Lockdown Emergency (if a drill will be followed with "This is a drill") No one will be allowed into the building other than law enforcement. Teachers will secure classroom doors, windows and blinds will be closed, all staff and students will stay clear of doors and windows, students in hallways will enter the first available classroom-lock doors, administrative office will contact law enforcement 9-1-1 for assistance. If students are missing from a classroom, they will notify the office by intercom, or if there is extra students in a classroom they will notify the office by intercom. Lockdown will be in effect until an "All Clear" is given from the office. Building evacuation will be used for Fire Drill, Gas Leak, Bomb threat or other needed scenario.


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New Delhi: The Supreme Court today made it clear that status quo ordered on 67 acre land adjacent to the disputed site in Ayodhya should not be disturbed while carrying out excavation activity in the vicinity.
"We are hopeful that this status quo will continue. While doing the excavation this status quo should not be disturbed," a bench comprising justices Aftab Alam and Ranjana Prakash Desai said.
The remarks were made by the bench during the hearing of issues relating to a permission seeking to change the tarpaulin and ropes at Lord Rama's make-shift temple at the disputed site and to relieve two judicial officers appointed at the direction of the Allahabad High Court since 2003 to visit the place fortnightly for keeping it updated about the situation there in Ayodhya.
The Registrar of the High Court made an application stating that since the issues relating to the the disputed Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid site in Ayodhya was now before the apex court, the two judicial officers, who had been appointed as Commissioners on High Court order should be relieved from their duty.
The Commissioner, Faizabad District, also said there was a need for permission from the apex court for carrying out work relating to the tarpaulin and ropes at the make shift temple. The bench was told that earlier it was on the order of the High Court such works were done.
While posting the matter for hearing on 18 February, the bench said it may allow the prayers made in the applications but will not allow any more impleadment in the case.
"Change of tarpaulin, ropes etc can be allowed but nothing should change the status quo," the bench said.
The apex court had admitted several petitions challenging the Allahabad High Court verdict of three-way division of the disputed Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid site in Ayodhya.
It had stayed the operation of the 30 September, 2010 verdict of the high court.
The apex court on 9 May, 2011 had dubbed as "strange" the high court's verdict of three-way division of the disputed Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid site in Ayodhya and had stayed its operation saying none of the parties had demanded partition of the land.
While ordering status quo at the site, which means that prayers at Ram Lalla's make-shift temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya would be going on as usual, the Court had restrained any kind of religious activity on the adjacent 67 acre land, which had been taken over by the Centre.
All the parties to the suit had expressed satisfaction over the Supreme Court's May 9 order.
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TheBruinsBlog.net looks back at the top 10 Bruins moments of calendar year 2010.
A too-many-men on the ice penalty against Buffalo in double overtime seemed the devil's work to the Sabres, and then they were done in by Satan.
With the Bruins already leading their Eastern Conference quarterfinals series with the Sabres, two games to one, they needed just one sudden-death goal to pull within one victory of the second round.
At the 7:41 mark of the second extra session, Miroslav Satan scored the biggest goal of his brief Bruins career after a bench minor against Buffalo to clinch a 3-2 win and a 3-1 series lead.
The Bruins actually trailed the game, 2-0, heading to the third period. But David Krejci and Patrice Bergeron scored goals in the first first 6:40 of the third stanza to even things up. With Tuukka Rask (35 saves) holding down the fort, the stage was set for Satan to cash in at the end of the Michael Ryder's end-to-end rush.
Two games later, the Bruins eliminated the Sabres and advanced to the second round for the second straight year.


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During a recent interview Rear Adm. Thomas Moore, U.S. Navy program executive officer for aircraft carriers, made some interesting comments.
Defending the nearly $13 billion price tag to build the nation's newest carrier – CVN-78, the Gerald R. Ford – and the $3.8 billion for the CVN-71 USS Theodore Roosevelt refueling & complex overhaul (RCOH) work, Moore said the costs are worth it. Carriers, he says, are being relied on more than ever. "We are a carrier nation," he says. "We are a carrier Navy."
He's right.
Despite all of the hoopla and resources being directed at undersea, littoral and similar operations, when it comes to naval forces, the U.S. still loves its carrier fleet, relishing such catchphrases as "90,000 tons of diplomacy."
A couple of years ago, it did look like the country was ready to cool it with carriers for a bit. Instead, Congress, the Pentagon and the Navy made carrier funding a priority, despite continuing resolutions, sequestration and expected conditions of "fiscal austerity" with no end in sight.
Moore acknowledges the Ford funding profile has been anything but pretty, but he contends most of the major technology issues are behind the ship now and he's ready to tackle the contract for the next ship in the class, CVN-79, the John F. Kennedy.
Others, however, paint a murkier picture of the program. The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) says the Pentagon should delay contract awards for CVN-79 because of programmatic "shortfalls."
GAO reports, "The Navy faces technical, design, and construction challenges to completing Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) that have led to significant cost increases and reduced the likelihood that a fully functional ship will be delivered on time. The Navy has achieved mixed progress to date developing CVN-78's critical technologies, such as a system intended to more effectively launch aircraft from the ship. In an effort to meet required installation dates aboard CVN-78, the Navy has elected to produce some of these systems prior to demonstrating their maturity—a strategy that GAO's previous work has shown introduces risk of late and costly design changes and rework, and leaves little margin to incorporate additional weight growth in the ship."
Moore says the Navy has learned its lessons on the Ford class with the development of CVN-78 – and it's working to develop better shipbuilding procedures to cut costs even more for CVN-79
Navy officials say they look "forward to continuing a productive dialogue with GAO and Congress – it is key in maintaining a successful acquisition program to bring this new class of aircraft carriers to the fleet."
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In her convention speech, Ann Romney talked about the role of women in America. Host Michel Martin caught up with Rep. Marsha Blackburn before the speech. Blackburn says the concerns of women voters were key in drafting the Republican platform. She co-chairs the GOP platform committee, and heads the Women's Policy Committee in the House.
GOP Platform Aims To Garner Female Votes
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Wall Street Riot--of Rhetoric
The appearance of a brigade of the out-of-work and nouveau crunchy outside the temples and corridors of money and power along Wall Street in New York was enough to drive many of mainstream media's talking heads and Washington's bought-and-paid-for politicians into a frenzy of fear-mongering and demagogy this week. Cries of class warfare filled the airwaves; the Occupy Wall Street protestors were dismissed as a mob of lazy malcontents, losers, the easily duped. When these milder descriptives weren't enough to dispel the crowd or discredit the growing movement of young people wondering if the American dream were a lie, the rhetorical big guns were rolled out and the protestors were denounced as Troskyites, Leninists and worse: smelly hippies.
- You would think the barbarians at the gate weren't already inside, pillaging not America's mansions and monied interests but the collective wealth of millions in looted retirement accounts and 401ks. No, they weren't robbed Pretty Boy Floyd style, with a six gun. They were drained with a fountain pen by incomprehensible financial instruments, lapsed or repealed regulatory controls and reckless and bonus-addled bankers who drove the economy over the cliff in 2008.
- Paul Krugman has a field day with this "Panic of the Plutocrats":
What's going on here? The answer, surely, is that Wall Street's Masters of the Universe realize, deep down, how morally indefensible their position is. They're not John Galt; they're not even Steve Jobs. They're people who got rich by peddling complex financial schemes that, far from delivering clear benefits to the American people, helped push us into a crisis whose aftereffects continue to blight the lives of tens of millions of their fellow citizens.
Yet they have paid no price. Their institutions were bailed out by taxpayers, with few strings attached. They continue to benefit from explicit and implicit federal guarantees — basically, they're still in a game of heads they win, tails taxpayers lose. And they benefit from tax loopholes that in many cases have people with multimillion-dollar incomes paying lower rates than middle-class families.
This special treatment can't bear close scrutiny — and therefore, as they see it, there must be no close scrutiny. Anyone who points out the obvious, no matter how calmly and moderately, must be demonized and driven from the stage.
- Also not to be missed is one time Florida Rep. Alan Grayson explaining the meaning of the Occupy Wall Street movement to a condescending P.J. O'Rourke (Hmm. That could be redundant.)


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Staples boys basketball rolls over McMahon in opener
Updated 11:16 am, Thursday, December 13, 2012
WESTPORT -- The Staples High boys basketball team hardly let any possessions go to waste in a season-opening display of dominance on Wednesday evening.
Senior guards Peter Rankowitz and James Frusciante combined for 41 points, fueling a balanced scoring attack as Staples roared past Brien McMahon 73-49.
Four different players scored in double figures for the Wreckers, who piled up 14 assists as a team.
"To be a good basketball team you really have to pass the ball and take care of the basketball," Staples head coach Colin Devine said. "If you can keep the turnovers under 10 ... you're going to be a good team."
By running its half-court offense efficiently and picking apart McMahon in transition, Staples used an 18-0 run from late first quarter into the second to storm ahead 35-11. The Wreckers led 41-17 at halftime.
"We work a lot on our fast-break. ... We had a lot of practice," said Rankowitz, who led all scorers with 23 points.
Staples--a nine-win team a season ago--led by as many as 24 points in the first half.
"The intensity in the first half was excellent," Devine said. "That run really got us going."
Frusciante dropped in 18 points in the win. Junior forward Darryle Wiggins scored 12 points, while sophomore forward Connor Whelan finished the evening with 11.
"We just worked together--very unselfish," Devine said. "(We have) a great group, led by our seniors. Everyone stepped up at the right times."
The Wreckers led by as many as 25 points in the second half and made the night a long one for McMahon, which was implementing a new system on both ends of the court under first-year head coach Ken Dustin.
"I thought it'd be a struggle coming in," said Dustin, who is taking over a program that went just 4-16 last season. "We only had two weeks to prepare for a new offense and a new defensive scheme--them getting to know me and me getting to know them. You could almost kind of see it coming."
Sophomore guard Tim Hinton Jr. led McMahon with nine points, while junior guard Delquon Howard and senior forward Justin Walker scored eight points apiece.
"There's a lot of little things that need to be improved upon," Dustin said. "We'll get back to the drawing board tomorrow."
Staples opened the game with six straight points and never trailed.
"On opening night, this is exactly how we wanted to come out," said Rankowitz, who scored both inside and from behind the arc, hitting two 3-pointers.
Leading 19-11 after the opening quarter, the Wreckers shut down McMahon defensively in the second quarter. The Wreckers allowed just three field goals in the second.
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Larry McKinney 2 1-2 5 Delquon Howard 3 0-0 8 Jean Wyndlin 0 0-0 0 Harold Garcia 0 0-0 0 Andy Mitchell 2 2-2 7 Thomas Clyne 0 0-0 0 Channing Thomas 1 0-0 2 Justin Walker 2 4-6 8 Matt Downey 0 0-0 0 Tim Hinton Jr. 4 1-4 9 Brandon Christie 1 0-0 2 Jean Paul 0 0-0 0 Andrew Rivera 2 0-0 4 Kyle Jordan 1 0-0 2 Allen Lenard 1 0-2 2. Totals 19 8-16 49.
Alexander Addessi 0 0-0 0 Nicolaas Esposito 0 0-2 0 Andrew Felman 0 0-0 0 James Frusciante 7 4-6 18 Todd Goldstein 1 0-0 2 Joe Greenwald 2 0-0 4 David Katz 1 1-1 3 Jacob Melnick 0 0-0 0 Peter Rankowitz 10 1-2 23 Connor Whelan 4 1-1 11 Nick Ward 0 0-0 0 Darryle Wiggins 6 0-2 12. Totals 31 7-14 73.
3-pointers: M--Howard 2, Mitchell. S--Rankowitz 2, Whelan 2.