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AFTON — The Interstate 35 volleyball team nearly pulled off a major upset of Class 1A No. 11 ranked-Bedford here on Oct. 9 in the Pride of Iowa Conference semifinals, falling to the Bulldogs, 25-17, 21-25, 11-25, 25-20, 10-15.
The Roadrunners jumped out to an early lead in the fifth and deciding set before Bedford's attack proved to be too much.
"They've done that on occasion, where they've prepared for the tough opponent," Interstate 35 head coach Tim McKinney said. "They were thrilled to get here on the second night. We didn't play our best (Oct. 8). I gave them the morning off and they came prepared. They played better, and I was very pleased."
The Roadrunners took a commanding early lead in the first set, on its way to cruising to a 25-17 win in the set. Interstate 35 and Bedford went back-and-forth in the second second set before Bedford pulled away late in the set.
After Bedford rolled in the third set, Interstate 35 dug deep and pulled out another win in the fourth set, forcing a fifth set.
"I didn't think Bedford served as tough as I was expecting them to," McKinney said. "So we were able to pass a little better, and we got our right side attack going. That seemed to hurt them."
Seniors Rachael Wiggins and Ellen Lupkes led the team in kills with 11 and nine, respectively. Wiggins also racked up five block assists to go with one solo block.
Jenna Sandquist and Jordan Williamson each contributed two block assists, while Sandquist added 16 assists.
Lupkes also served six aces on 16-of-17 serving for the match. Williamson finished with three aces on 16-17 serving, and Brooke Brommel had three aces on 17-17 serving.
Sandquist and Wiggins each had two aces while Abby Boyer finished with one. Boyer also had three kills. Williamson had a team-high eight digs.
Third-place match
After the upset bid against Bedford fell short, the Roadrunners moved on to the third-place match against Martensdale-St. Marys. The Blue Devils knocked off the Roadrunners in three straight sets, 25-18, 25-20, 25-20.
"Unfortunately, we had to go five (against Bedford), so that fatigued us a little bit," McKinney said. "I told them in the huddle, we're not going to make excuses. It's hot, they're hot. We're fatigued, they're fatigued. We're going to play the volleyball we know how to play. In the gym it kind of showed. Bedford went three-and-out, we went three-and-out."
Class 1A No. 10-ranked East Union swept Bedford in three straight sets in the championship match.
Wiggins and Lupkes once again led the team in kills with eight and seven, respectively. Boyer finished with five kills.
Wiggins also had a team-high six digs, while Brommel, Sandquist and Williamson each added four. Sandquist finished with 17 assists.
Lupkes and Wiggins each had three block assists, while Williamson and Brommel each had two. Lupkes also finished with eight aces on 8-8 serving. Jessica Deuel served 3-3 with three aces.
"Martensdale served all right," McKinney said. "Our passes went to the 10-foot line and we were kind of scrambling with our attack. I tried to switch the defense there a little bit, and it kind of threw them off because they hadn't seen it much. I thought they responded well. We were picking up some of the tips they were doing. We were a little fatigued, and we didn't get our attack going like we can. That was probably the difference because we were a little weak in the legs."
Interstate 35 defeated Central Decatur 2-0 and Nodaway Valley 2-1 on Oct. 8 to advance to the semifinal round of the Pride of Iowa Conference Tournament.
The Roadrunners host Clarke in the first round of regional action at 7 p.m. on Monday.


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Max Scherzer says he can get even better.
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The Washington Nationals ace threw one of the most dominant games in baseball history — pitching his second no-hitter of the season and striking out a team-record 17 — and then vowed he wasn't done.
"I still have room for improvement," he said.
Try telling that to the NL East champion New York Mets after Scherzer totally shut them down in a 2-0 win Saturday night that completed a doubleheader sweep.
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The arrangement of office equipment can have an enormous impact on whether a business succeeds or not. Subtle changes to the office arrangement will not only result in a more healtful work place but it will also help increase productivity.
It can make a web working at home business endeavor much more comfortable and successful and simultaneously have a positive influence on your health.
Did you know that using a mouse on a regular basis could result in the onset of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome or other related injuries? Here are some pointers on how to structure your office as to avoid any of these risks.
Arranging Office Equipment
Try to locate your desk away from high-traffic areas. This could avoid injury as well as excessive distraction. Keep the area under your desk clear from wires and all other clutter. Arrange all reference materials for easy access. By doing this you will be able to find certain information right away.
If you are a note-taker have a designated area to keep them. Keep your screen clean. Use high-contrast natural screen colors. Keep the mouse close to the keyboard.
Don't place your monitor in front of a window. Doing so can put unnecessary strain on your eyes with the difference in light intensity. If your desk is located near a window, use window blinds to reduce glare. The monitor should be placed at eye level as to minimize strain on your neck. The distance between the screen and your eyes should range between 18 to 30 inches.
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What is ergonomics? Ergonomics is adapting your physical work space to suit your body. When purchasing an office chair, make sure that it can give you sufficient back support as well as arm support. It should also be adjustable and stable.
Excessive twisting and reaching should be avoided when in a sitting position. Change positions frequently. Attempt not to cross legs as this action cuts off circulation and can cause spider veins. Crossing legs at the ankles is preferable.
In addition to adjusting your physical work space, it is important that you consider your computer use behavior. If you are not using the equipment in an ergonomically sound way, although you work station may be ergonomically correct, you will still be vulnerable to computer use injuries.
Concentrate on using a light touch to grip and click the mouse. Press keys on the keyboard gently. Wrists need to be kept in a straight position, and also make use of a palm rest while not typing.
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Queens Park Rangers manager Harry Redknapp has admitted that he thinks Brazilian goalkeeper Julio Cesar will leave the club in the summer, but he reckons defender Christopher Samba will stay at Loftus Road.
QPR signed the goalkeeper from Italian giants Inter Milan last summer and on arrival, the keeper admitted that he wanted to play in the Champions League and was hoping that the club could achieve that, but unfortunately things haven't worked out for the London club.
Redknapp's men were relegated last weekend after drawing 0-0 to Reading and will face next season playing in the second-tier of English football.
Cesar missed the club's match with Arsenal at the weekend and was replaced by Robert Green and Redknapp revealed that was because of a back injury, but he also admitted that it's a tough choice he has to make as he believes Cesar won't be at the club some next season.
"He's had a little bit of back injury," said the Hoops boss to reporters.
"But it is a difficult one because I don't see him playing here next season, so I want to play Rob Green.
"I think Julio is a player for a top club, a top Italian team, a top Spanish team or a top Premier League team. He is good enough to play anywhere.
"Rob has come in and done well. Rob will probably be my goalkeeper next season.
"Julio is in the Brazil team. He is not a player for the Championship.
"He has got a World Cup coming up. He needs to be playing in the Premier League or a big league abroad."
Although they are facing a summer of losing a lot of their star players, Redknapp believes that he will be able to keep hold of record signing, Christoper Samba.
"I'd like to keep him, he'd be the best centre-half in the Championship," Redknapp said.
"He had one bad day at Fulham and everyone got on his case. He's a good player and we need him back playing.
"(But) I don't know what will happen."
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DIXON – Just when the Sauk Valley Skyhawks needed a spark, freshman Kalli Scheppers came through in the nick of time.
The outside hitter smoked seven kills in a 13-point span midway through the third set of the Skyhawks' Region IV Tournament play-in game against Black Hawk on Wednesday evening to help turn the tide in Sauk's 25-21, 20-25 25-22, 25-23 victory.
"It was all adrenaline," said Scheppers, who had a match-high 20 kills to go with 11 digs and a pair of stuff blocks. "We were getting good passes from our back row, and I just wanted to put a few kills down so their efforts weren't wasted. That shifted things in our favor, and we all got super-excited to finish strong."
The Skyhawks (26-13) held off a late Black Hawk charge to win the first set, then the Braves (13-25) jumped out quickly in the second set before holding off Sauk to even the match at 1 set apiece.
Black Hawk maintained that momentum into the third set, building a 15-9 lead after scoring seven of nine points to seemingly take control of the match.
But after a Skyhawk timeout, Kayla Kurz spiked a kill for a sideout, then setter Karly Koch (44 assists, 1 block, 5 points) went to the game plan outlined by coach Jay Howell during the break.
"He said we had to play with the same mentality and energy that Black Hawk had," Koch explained, "so I told Kalli that I was going to set her right away and get her going. Coach said if they couldn't shut her down, to keep going to her until they could stop her."
Scheppers' final kill in that stretch put the Skyhawks ahead 20-18, and Jessica Bonnell (11 kills, 4 blocks, 11 points) and Kurz had kills to close out the set after Black Hawk tied the score at 22-all.
Sauk kept rolling to start the fourth set, racing out to a 10-3 lead before the Braves battled back. Black Hawk actually took leads of 17-16 and 18-17, but another Scheppers kill tied the score at 18-all, then Ali Massey's ace, a combo block from Scheppers and Randi Wilkin (6 kills, 4 blocks) and Scheppers solo block gave the Skyhawks enough of a cushion to close out the match.
While the Black Hawk block had been giving Sauk's hitter fits, Scheppers' impressive run seemed to loosen the Skyhawks up. While the block continued to play a role the rest of the way – Black Hawk had 12 blocks in the match, while Sauk stuffed 10 – the Skyhawk hitters didn't seem as discouraged by it through the final set.
Part of the reason for that was an adjustment made by back-row stalwarts Nicole Shaffer (24 digs, 7 points) and Mariah Long (17 digs, 10 points).
"Our job back there is to get to the ball, no matter what," Long said. "Coach calls us the 'Human Spatula' in the back row, and we just want to keep everything in play and not let anything hit the court."
As frustrated as Sauk's hitters were with their spikes getting blocked and dug up by the Braves, the Skyhawks' defense was just as solid.
"We always seem to be a little shaky in that second game," libero Nicole Shaffer said, "but we picked it up after Kalli's kills got us going. We knew we had to be on our toes against Black Hawk, because they block the ball well and so do we."
The Skyhawks advance to the Region IV semifinals Saturday at College of Lake County, where they will take on Highland at noon. The winner of that match will play for the regional title at 4 p.m., likely against powerhouse Kishwaukee.
Rayven Morrow led Black Hawk with nine kills and 4 blocks, while Emily West had eight kills and 2 blocks. Kelley Wallace had six kills, 4 blocks and five points, and Brittany Scott finished with 21 assists, 8 points, 3 kills and 2 blocks. Morrison grad Brooke Elliott served for a team-high nine points, and Riverdale alum Lauren Ickes had four kills and a block.
"Momentum changes all the time in volleyball, and they were able to keep it at key times," Black Hawk coach Mary Davis said. "We knew we'd have to get blocks on their hitters to stay in the match, but we went through little funks where we couldn't get a sideout."
The Braves were playing with somewhat heavy hearts, as Davis was recently diagnosed with stage-4 bone cancer. Upon their pregame introduction, each Sauk player presented Davis with a flower and embraced her, bringing tears to Davis' eyes.
College volleyball
Region IV Tournament play-in match
Sauk Valley def. Black Hawk 25-21, 20-25, 25-22, 25-23
Star of the match: Kalli Scheppers, Sauk, 20 kills, 11 digs, 2 blocks
Key performers: Jessica Bonnell, Sauk, 11 kills, 4 blocks, 11 points; Karly Koch, Sauk, 44 assists, 2 blocks, 5 points; Nicole Shaffer, Sauk, 24 digs; Rayven Morrow, Black Hawk, 9 kills, 4 blocks; Emily West, Black Hawk, 8 kills, 2 blocks
Up next: Region IV Tournament semifinal, Sauk Valley vs. Highland, noon Saturday at College of Lake County


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This spring, the CUNY Graduate Center will present the music of three groups of immigrants who have made New York City their home: March 14, Dominican; April 19, Irish; and May 15, Middle Eastern. The concerts, which are free, begin at 7:30 p.m. and will be held in the Graduate Center's Baisley Powell Elebash Recital Hall, 365 Fifth Avenue (at 34th Street). For further information please contact the concert office at: email@example.com or 212-817-8607
The full schedule and programs include:
March 14, 2007
7:30 pm (free)
Edilio Paredes & the Ballet Folklórico of Alianza Dominicana
The first concert explores the evolution of Dominican bachata in New York City. Edilio Paredes is the most influential figure in its creation. His lead guitar recordings have shaped the genre, distinguishing it from Cuban bolero, out of which it emerged. The Conjunto Folklórico represents the future of Dominican musical culture in our city, fostered by the Alianza Dominicana, who are dedicated to passing on the dance forms of the Dominican Republic to the next generation.
April 19, 2007
7:30 pm (free)
Passing it On: Teachers and Students of Irish Traditional Music
This concert will feature the next generation of New York's Irish American community, playing tunes passed down for generations. Four of the region's most accomplished teachers will be joined by their top students in sharing tunes and stories: fiddle player Brian Conway and his sister Rose Flanagan, known for their stewardship of a style of playing traceable back to Ireland's County Sligo; award-winning accordionist Patty Furlong;and pianist/flute player Brendan Dolan.
May 15, 2007
7:30 pm (free)
The Bassam Saba Ensemble
The final concert looks to the future of music in our city with the original compositions of world renowned instrumentalist, conductor, and composer Bassam Saba. Equally at home with Arabic and Western music, he is considered one of the outstanding ney players in the world, as well as being in demand as a Western classical flutist. A passionate, worldly, and multi-faceted musician, Mr. Saba composes what could be considered life stories.
The concerts are presented with the generous support of The Baisley Powell Elebash Endowment. The Graduate Center is the doctorate-granting institution of The City University of New York (CUNY). An internationally recognized center for advanced studies and a national model for public doctoral education, the school offers more than thirty doctoral programs as well as a number of master's programs. Many of its faculty members are among the world's leading scholars in their respective fields, and its alumni hold major positions in industry and government, as well as in academia. The Graduate Center is also home to twenty-eight interdisciplinary research centers and institutes focused on areas of compelling social, civic, cultural, and scientific concerns. Located in a landmark Fifth Avenue building, the Graduate Center has become a vital part of New York City's intellectual and cultural life with its extensive array of public lectures, exhibitions, concerts, and theatrical events. Further information on the Graduate Center and its programs can be found at www.gc.cuny.edu.
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CAPE CANAVERAL (AP) - The astronauts on NASA's next-to-last space shuttle flight hit the halfway point of their 16-day journey Tuesday, marveling over earthly vistas and expressing sadness over Endeavour's looming retirement.
Endeavour's six astronauts took it easy on their eighth day in orbit. On Monday, they said goodbye to three space station colleagues who landed safely in Kazakhstan aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule.
Now there are just nine men - representing the United States, Russia and Italy - aboard the shuttle-station complex.
The shuttle astronauts worked on the International Space Station's air system and, getting a little time off, soaked in the views more than 200 miles below. They sounded like excited children when the French beaches of Normandy appeared in the windows.
Two of the crew will venture back out Wednesday for the third spacewalk of the mission, to hook up some power cables to the Russian segment of the orbiting outpost. A fourth spacewalk will follow at the end of the week; the astronauts will attach the shuttle's inspection boom to the space station to give future crews extra reach for potential repairs.
In a series of TV interviews Tuesday morning, commander Mark Kelly and his crew said they will be sorry when Endeavour's final voyage comes to an end June 1.
"It looks like it belongs right here" at the space station, said spaceman Gregory Chamitoff.
This is the 25th flight of Endeavour, the youngest of NASA's three remaining space shuttles. It was built to replace the lost Challenger and blasted off for the first time in 1992.
Discovery ended its flying career in March. Atlantis will take flight one last time in July to close out the 30-year space shuttle program.
NASA, meanwhile, said it would be "a matter of days" before the unprecedented photos taken during Monday's Soyuz departure are made available. The pictures of the essentially completed space station and the docked Endeavour will serve as a historic memento as the shuttle program ends.


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Bluffton College junior defensive lineman Brian Steiner recently grabbed a spot on the 2001 Verizon Academic All-District IV 2nd Team Defense.
A sport management major from Rawson, Ohio, Steiner owns a 3.57 GPA and ranked sixth on the team in tackles this season with 50. Six of his stops were behind the line of scrimmage and he added two quarterback sacks, a recovered fumble and a forced fumble.
Steiner is involved in Fellowship of Christian Athletes and BASIC.
Verizon sponsors Academic All-America Teams in two fall sports, football and volleyball, and accepts nominations on behalf of athletes who have met high academic requirements along with being varsity contributors to their respective teams.


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Kathy Smith: Ageless Energy
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Kathy Smith has stood at the forefront of the fitness and health industries for more than thirty years with a collection of books, videos, audios and DVDs on walking, cardiovascular health, nutrition, strength training, yoga, Pilates, menopause, dance and all-things-exercise.
Kathy has made it her life's work to get people up and moving. And her experience has taught her that what Boomers worry about losing most is their ENERGY. Without energy, stamina, strength and balance are lost, as well.
"Ageless Energy" will focus on reframing the notion of "getting fit" from something that has to be done in a gym, a fitness center, on machines, with special clothes at a separate time of day to movement that is easy, fun and part of everyday living.
Kathy will address how viewers can "get out of their own way" and understand and adopt healthy eating and regular movement are pathways to building stamina, strength and reducing stress – in other words, effortlessly maintaining and increasing energy.


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This is what my life's come to: I'm touring Dodger Stadium with a landscape architect by the name of Mia Lehrer, an affable arborist who in the off-season planted 100 trees here, 3,000 plants, blah-blah-blah, and she notes that the ballpark itself — the superstructure, the chassis — is shaped much like a catcher's mitt.
"Hmmm, interesting," I say, which it really isn't, though I'd never made that connection myself ... the ballpark and the mitt.
But Lehrer has done good work here. Her off-season gardening project is among the more obvious upgrades to the old joint, much of which is hidden below ground, or in electrical substations, or in batting cages you'll never get to use.
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Young Jin Lee is an assistant professor of management information systems for the Austin E. Cofrin School of Business at UW-Green Bay. He received his B.A.in Business from Chung-Ang University in Korea in 2000 and his B.S.B.A in Information Systems from the Ohio State University in 2001. He completed his Master in Information Systems and Management from Carnegie Mellon University in 2003. He received his Ph.D. in Business Administration majoring in Information Systems in June 2010 from the University of Washington – Seattle.
Dr. Lee has taught a variety of courses in information systems in University of Washington Forster School of Business before joining UW-Green Bay. He is currently teaching undergraduate courses in business statistics and information systems.
In terms of research, Dr. Lee mainly conducts research on economics of social media and social networks in online recommendation systems. His research also includes piracy and digital rights management, adoption and diffusion of IT innovations and practices, new product development, decision theory and behavior dynamics. His research has appeared in prestigious conferences such as International Conference of Information Systems, Workshop on Information Technology and Systems, Conference on Information Systems and Technology, and Annual INFORMS Meetings.
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We Love Soaps has received an outpouring of emails and comments today about the passing of Helen Wagner. I hope some of the articles and videos and classic photos have done a small part to help honor this legendary actress.
I was assigned to be Ms. Wagner's escort at the New York Mayor's Pre-Emmy event in 2004 when she, and nine other legends, were to receive the Lifetime Achievement Awards the following night. I honestly could not keep up with her. I was 33 and she was 85! I was in such awe of an actor playing a role for so long. My mother watched Nancy Hughes with her mother for 14 years before I was even born. President Eisenhower was still in his first tern when Ms. Wagner shot the AS THE WORLD TURNS pilot in November 1955. Incredible!
It's been six years since that Pre-Emmy event and Nancy Hughes was still going strong last month at Bob and Kim's anniversary party. Thank you Helen Wagner for making housewives cool decades before there was a TV show about it. Simply an amazing, one-of-a-kind talent, world-record-setting legend! We will never forget you.


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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H55 features high zoom, slender profile
Sony launches the 10x optical zoom Cyber-shot DSC-H55 today with a 25mm wide angle Sony G lens. It offers a set of semi-premium features like 720p HD video recording and optical image stabilization in a compact form-factor.
At the heart of the Cyber-shot H55 will be a 14.1 megapixel Super HAD CCD sensor (of the 1/2.3″ variety) and a BIONZ image processor. That stabilized G lens offers a maximum aperture range of f/3.5-8.0 and an equivalent focal range reaching out to 250mm. Also included is Sweep Panorama shooting mode, a function that will stitch together a single, wide-angle panorama from images captured as the photographer pans horizontally across a scene.
The H55 will record 720p HD videos at 30 fps and will output MP4 HD files. Video recording utilizes a new stabilization mode called Active Mode. According to Sony, this new feature will offer better stabilization when the user is moving with his or her subject. Images and videos will be framed using the camera's 3.0 inch 230k-dot LCD. And along with all of Sony's latest Cyber-shot releases, the H55 will feature a dual memory card slot that accepts SD/SDHC cards and the MemoryStick Pro Duo format.
The Cyber-shot H55 might sound familiar to those who kept track of camera releases around this year's CES when Sony announced the Cyber-shot HX5. The two cameras bear identical physical specifications measuring 4 1/8×2 3/8×1 3/16 inches and identical 10x optical zoom lenses. The HX5, with 1080i HD video and GPS + Compass functionality, is more feature-heavy than the H55. For about $100 less, the Cyber-shot H55 will offer some of Sony's premium features and a higher zoom range than any of its current W series offerings.
Pricing and availability
The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H55 will be available in April 2010 for $250. Color options include black and silver, and pre-sales will begin in February.


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Israeli scientist Daniel Schectman was awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize for chemistry for his discovery of quasicrystals, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Wednesday.
The discovery, made in 1982, changed the way chemists look at solid matter.
"Contrary to the previous belief that atoms were packed inside crystals in symmetrical patterns, Shechtman showed that the atoms in a crystal could be packed in a pattern that could not be repeated," the academy said.
"His discovery was extremely controversial. In the course of defending his findings, he was asked to leave his research group. However, his battle eventually forced scientists to reconsider their conception of the very nature of matter," it said.
Shechtman is a distinguished professor at the Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa.


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Gareth Southgate appointed head coach of England U21 team
Gareth Southgate has been appointed the new head coach of the England Under-21 team on a three-year deal.
Last Updated: 23/08/13 10:33pm
Southgate, who played 57 times for England, will begin work immediately ahead of the side's qualifiers for the 2015 European U21 Championship next month.
The first qualifier against Moldova takes place in Reading on September 5 before a trip to Finland four days later.
The former Middlesbrough manager will report to the FA's director of elite development, Dan Ashworth.
Southgate was himself the FA's head of elite development between February 2011 and July 2012 and had been earmarked as its technical director before deciding against taking up the post.
He had to apply for the Under-21 role however - the FA initially interviewed 10 candidates.
Southgate said: "I'm delighted to get this role and extremely excited about the prospect of working with the best and brightest young players in the country.
"I'm a proud Englishman and playing for my country was the pinnacle of my playing career.
"Since retiring as a player I have gained a lot of knowledge and experience of the game both here and abroad, and I'm eager to play my part in preparing players to compete at the highest level.
"Whenever any team steps onto the pitch for England, being successful is of huge importance, but it is also about developing a clear style of play that can allow our talented young players to flourish."
England manager Roy Hodgson said: "I know Gareth well and he has the right philosophy and approach to football, and I'm very much looking forward to working with him.
"Having taken the Under-21s earlier this month I'm aware of the talent that exists within the group, so it is a great opportunity looking ahead to the tournament in two years' time."
Ashworth said: "I look forward to working with Gareth. He came through a comprehensive interview process, showing a real understanding of our need to ensure a consistency in the style of play across the England development teams at every level.
"Gareth shares our belief that now is an important moment for English football. It is the time for change and his ideas and experience will be crucial to the direction we wish to take the development teams in the future."


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One point of confusion I see with Power Query is some people believe Power Query adheres to the Excel limit of a max of 1,048,576 rows that can be imported. However, there is a way around this limit. When using Power Query, on the Query Editor dialog, under Query Settings, near the bottom you will see these settings:
What each setting means:
Load to worksheet: This specifies whether the data to be downloaded will be stored in an Excel table within the worksheet. The box is checked by default.
Load to Data Model: This specifies whether the data to be downloaded will be stored in the Data Model (i.e., Power Pivot). This is NOT checked by default.
The million rows limitation exists only if you import data into an Excel table (by checking the "Load to worksheet"). If you load the data directly into the Data Model by checking "Load to Data Model" and unchecking "Load to worksheet" then you don't have such a limitation. The other reason to use the settings this way is to avoid the worksheet size limit in Power BI for Office 365 for browser display of 10MB and instead use the data model limit of 250MB.
If you leave both boxes unchecked, the query will be saved but no data will be downloaded.
Note that "Load to Data Model" will not show up as an option if you are using Excel 2010. In 2010, you will need to use Power Pivot to pull on the connection created by Power Query to load data into the data model.
More info:
Power Query Data–Should it be Loaded to the Worksheet?
How To Load Data Directly Into the Excel (Power Pivot) Data Model


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(homemade 6" lift)yeahh baby...PICTURES PG 3
Posted 04 January 2006 - 10:39 PM
got the metal and stuff for my lift last night, cut it up and drilled it at my old highschool in their machine shop... their equipment is from the 30s so its kinda rough and not very "straight" anymore, meaning my blocks are also kinda rough and hopefully dont need the holes to be lined up perfect...
anyways, I'm getting started on the back tonight. I will bolt things up and get stuff ready to weld for tomorrow, my neighbors suck so i can only really work untill about 9 or 10pm before they start to whine about the noise.
I have a camera and I want to post pictures as I go, but could someone tell me how to post pictures in the usmb photo gallery? I havent figured it out.
Posted 04 January 2006 - 10:43 PM
Posted 04 January 2006 - 10:48 PM
a 6 inch lift? dang man you must really want ground clearance!!! im wondering where you got your long bolts for the lift? and how many "points" do you have to lift to get it done?
well I'm using 14 lift blocks, if thats what you are asking. I'm using my rear trailer hitch to jack up on and place jackstands on while I work on the rear, I'm not sure how I'm gonna hold up the front untill I look at it really good.
I dont need long bolts for the lift, because I'm using rectangular tubing, I will be using 2" bolts. if I find I need long bolts I can either get some all-thread or go down to oregon spring or some machine shop and have them made if I need it.
I'm getting rid of my lifted jeep cherokee that sits on 31s, I wont settle for any less ground clearance than I had with that.
btw if anyone wants a lift jeep cherokee that has seen some pretty good offroad use, I'm asking 1500... I need it to buy my tires and pay off my dad..
Posted 04 January 2006 - 11:13 PM
w00t! more lifted subarus! yay!
Posted 04 January 2006 - 11:51 PM
Posted 04 January 2006 - 11:57 PM
psssst.....I've got better clearance in my 4" (high clearance) lifted, with 28" tires than my buddies 6.5" lifted, with 35" tires YJ....he's got me owned in almost every other category though
haha, measuring from the body or the differantial
hey I'm going 4 wheelin tomorrow morning with my jeep, anyone wanna come along to tow me out? I need to get into some extreme stuff and take pictures so maybe people will be more interested in my jeep. I'm thinking bout either heading out to estacada or tillamook unless someone else knows better spots to go that are closer.
Posted 05 January 2006 - 12:00 AM
body....he's got me there....but because of his body lift, his t-case is still lower, and front leaf shackle lift, I've even got better approach angle, if he didn't have more power, better gearing, better articulation and a rear locker, I might be able to give him a run for his money.......
I'm still keeping my subaru....no heeps for me thank you
good luck on your project! maybe you can buy some pre-fabbed front strut extensions from SJR or something
Posted 05 January 2006 - 12:00 AM
I gotta get me sum airtools
Posted 05 January 2006 - 01:07 AM
Posted 05 January 2006 - 01:15 AM
Do you have line wrenches? They should work the best plus some type of penetrator wouldn't hurt. Stumpy
Posted 05 January 2006 - 01:31 AM
I cut mine also, didn't even try to get the old ones of yet. Wanted to get the wheels back on to see how it sits. Replacements came in the AA kit for the rear but my fronts are to short also. Will be checking into replacements for those unless AA supplys them.
Do you have line wrenches? They should work the best plus some type of penetrator wouldn't hurt. Stumpy
nope... one of my friends might tho, I'm not gonna worry about it till I get everything else done later... who needs brakes anyways
p.s. I suggest you dont drive on the road when I do...
Posted 05 January 2006 - 01:50 AM
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Posted 05 January 2006 - 04:01 AM
anyways my progress thus far has been to get the rear subframe rump roast'y dropped... friggin exhaust hangers and heat sheilds that run along the exhaust hung everything up and it took me the longest time to figure that out too
well tomorrow I will bolt everything up, and hopefully be able to weld things up in the rear and(optimistic...) get the front end taken apart and ready to put together.
Posted 05 January 2006 - 03:09 PM
My exhaust was easy as I just scraped the whole thing. Will modify the Legacy one when I put it back together.
Posted 05 January 2006 - 08:54 PM
Posted 06 January 2006 - 04:19 AM
anyways as much as I hate to say it, without some help, I think my subaru project is doomed at this point, two vehicles broke down today, both of which I have to fix tomorrow, school starts monday, I got a god damn TICKET for not having an atv/ohv permit($140... god, those pigs dont got anything better to do)
the front has to wait at least untill the next weekend because i have to drive this thing to school, but I just hope I can get what i need to make the rear end work right for now and get it together so I at least have a start on it. this is soo great, I take a day off from working on my car or doing anything to go out and play in the jeep, and everything has gotta stack up all at once.
blah... well now I know its at least gonna happen
Posted 06 January 2006 - 09:23 PM
Posted 06 January 2006 - 09:49 PM
you can't run , you can't hide,murphy will always find you.....
I dont think there would really be a problem if I hadnt ran out of beer...
update: I've gotten the rear bolted up and almost ready to go, I'm just waiting for my friend to get back with the sqaure tubing he promised me to tie the blocks together, who knows maybe I'll have time to get the front done this weekend, but i have to drive this thing bright n early to school on monday regardless of its condition.
Posted 07 January 2006 - 12:59 AM
Find a small pipe wrench. It mangles the fittings, but they COME OFF.
ok I encountered another problem... brake lines too short(duh), so since I know I didnt need them I ended up cutting them, I couldnt get them off any other way to let the rear subframe thingy drop down enough. any tips/pointers/advice/etc.. to get them off?
Flare renches suck
Line wrenches suck
Once you try a Pipe Wrench, you'll NEVER use anything but.
Posted 08 January 2006 - 07:46 PM
I still need to find brake lines and shocks before I drive it around the street right now, right now its kinda fun driving it around but w/ no shocks the thing would be a nightmare at high speeds. I think I'm going to need help with the front if anyone would be available, I'm also losing my welder tomorrow cause my uncle needs it back :-(.. I'm at a total loss of whats the easiest best way to go with the strut extensions.
Posted 08 January 2006 - 08:04 PM
welcome to the club, good job! i can't wait for pics
my girlfriend already hates me,
Posted 08 January 2006 - 08:04 PM
Posted 08 January 2006 - 08:12 PM
make extensions that come out of the knuckle instead of on the top.....just watch the camber before you weld anything.....
my welder is going back to my uncle in a couple days, I cant start on the front untill tuesday so I might not have it, hoping for a bolt on solution that isnt permenant... this car is FUN with no shocks in the back...
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Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23, known as the "Salty Dogs," welcomed a new commanding officer at a ceremony held last month at Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md.
U.S. Navy Cmdr. Mike Masica, chief test pilot for VX-23, assumed command of the squadron from U.S. Navy Capt. Thomas "Lou" Tennant.
"Over the last year and a half, Lou has flawlessly led this squadron through numerous history-making events," guest speaker Rear Adm. Jeffrey Penfield said. "In all cases, your involvement has ensured success that can be directly attributed to your leadership."
Tennant, an Oklahoma native, earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering in May 1990 from the University of Notre Dame, where he was commissioned through the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps. He attended the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School in 1999, earning a test pilot designation and a master's degree in aeronautical engineering.
Tennant's successor, Masica, of Sarasota, graduated with distinction from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1995 with a bachelor's degree in ocean engineering. In 2009, he earned a master's degree in aviation systems from the University of Tennessee.
He has flown more than 2,650 hours in 20 types of aircraft, completed 586 aircraft carrier arrested landings and is a member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots.
Masica, a graduate of Pine View School, had several family members in attendance when he accepted command of the squadron, including his 91-year-old grandfather, Capt. Gene Masica, a 1945 Naval Academy graduate, and his father, Cmdr. Mike Masica, naval aviator and a 1969 Naval Academy graduate.
"The idea of service is that we do things for others because we know the things we do will bring benefit to others," Masica said. "Brave, hard-working men and women serve in our U.S. Navy and Marine Corps to protect our nation. They serve to get the mission done and they serve to make a difference. We must always remember these dedicated service members who deploy worldwide and make our efforts and service match theirs."
With more than 1,200 military, civilian and contractor personnel supporting the effort, VX-23 executes test and evaluation of fixed-wing tactical aircraft by providing aircraft and pilot assets, maintenance service, safety oversight and facility support. VX-23 maintains 47 configured aircraft, including F-35B, F-35C, F/A-18A-F, EA-6B, EA-18G, T-45A/C aircraft and X-47B. The squadron conducts operations from a facility that includes three large hangars and also operates and maintains a TC-7 catapult and MK-7 arresting gear facility.
— Submitted by Victor Chen, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division
Navy promotes Pine View grad
Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23, known as the "Salty Dogs," welcomed a new commanding officer at a ceremony held last month at Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md.


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Willie Walker is on a mission to make math more enjoyable for students without the use of a textbook, using only the human calculator, the brain.
"This is an aspiring program it gets them excited enthusiastic abut it and once we get them inspired enthusiastic we can teach them anything," says Willie.
His method of madness is called "mental math" and so far students are computing numbers beyond belief. In less than five seconds they had the answer. Some students say Walker's method is more exciting than the conventional way.
"It's different because Mr. Math teaches us shortcuts; it's faster and quicker to get our math courses," says Calaysia Jones.
Now the principal of Greenville Elementary is hoping to score big by implementing "mental math" at his school.
"We are attempting to do the best we can to have a high score of what we're capable of our children are certainly capable of this just another avenue to increase the scores through math it's a good system," says principal George Pridgeon.
A system that could add up just in time for this year's FCAT. Madison County school officials say they've seen a significant improvement in students who are using the mental math method and plan on using throughout the district.


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Submission + - Intel's plans for x86 Android, smartphones, and ta (extremetech.com)
MrSeb writes: "From the story: "Last week, Intel announced that it had added x86 optimizations to Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, but the text of the announcement and included quotes were vague and a bit contradictory given the open nature of Android development. After discussing the topic with Intel we've compiled a laundry list of the company's work in Gingerbread and ICS thus far, and offered a few of our own thoughts on what to expect in 2012 as far as x86-powered smartphones and tablets are concerned." Main points: Intel isn't just a chip maker (it has oodles of software experience); Android's Native Development Kit now includes support for x86 and MMX/SSE instruction sets and can be used to compile dual x86/ARM, "fat" binaries; and development tools like Vtune and Intel Graphics Performance Analyzer are on their way to Android."


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2011 northwestern
Opponent Recap: Northwestern
Previously: Western Michigan, Notre Dame, Eastern Michigan, San Diego State, Minnesota
- @ Boston College, 24-17 (W)
- Eastern Illinois, 42-21 (W)
- @ Army, 14-21 (L)
- @ Illinois, 35-38 (L)
- No. 12 Michigan, 24-42 (L)
- @ Iowa, 31-41 (L)
- No. 21 Penn State, 24-34 (L)
- @ Indiana, 59-38 (W)
- @ No. 10 Nebraska, 28-25 (W)
- Rice, 28-6 (W)
- Minnesota, 28-13 (W)
- No. 14 Michigan State, 17-31 (L)
- Texas A&M, 22-33 (L), Texas Bowl
Record: 6-7 overall, 3-5 B1G, 5th place Bo Division
|166.6 ypg, 45th
|176.7, 83rd
|254.2 ypg, 38th
|230.4, 71st
|420.8 ypg, 34th
|407.1 ypg, 80th
|28.9 ppg, 51st
|27.7 ppg, 66th
|T/O margin:
|+3, 40th
Recap: My friend who went to Northwestern tells me that the campus isn't as pretty as I remember it (from about a decade ago, when I went there for nerd camp) due to deforestation. Can someone confirm this? If so, that sucks.
That has nothing to do with their football season, which was one most Wildcats fans would probably want to forget. You kind of don't feel too bad for them, though, because they set themselves up for disappointment. But hey, at least the Heisman campaign was pretty epic. I wonder if I asked nicely I could have some surplus Persastrong dumbells.
(more after the jump)
Opponent Watch: Week 13
I said I would write a final opponent watch to recap the season. This is not it. I'll have that one next week.
About Last Saturday:
Bad guys - 0, Good guys - a billion
(more after the jump)
Opponent Watch: Week 12
(Wait. Which one is Michigan playing again?)
About Last Weekend:
No. 16 Nebraska 17, No. 18 Michigan 45 (W)
"Guess why I smile a lot."
"Uh, 'cause it's worth it."
The Road Ahead:
Ohio State (6-5, 3-4 B1G)
Getty / via the Huffington Post
- Akron, 42-0 (W)
- Toledo, 27-22 (W)
- @ Miami, 24-6 (L)
- Colorado, 37-17 (W)
- Michigan State, 10-7 (L)
- @ No. 14 Nebraska, 34-27 (L)
- @ No. 16 Illinois, 17-7 (W)
- No. 15 Wisconsin, 33-29 (W)
- Indiana, 34-20
- @ Purdue 26-23 OT (LOL)
Last game: No. 21 Penn State 20, Ohio State 14 (L)
Recap: Recap. Have to do a recap. Last recap. Gotta finish by the end of Tuesday. Tuesday's over. Damn. Gotta finish by Wednesday. One-day-late Championship recap. Okay.
... Ohio State fell into a hole early. Penn State RB Stephfon Green took a run up the middle, evaded some tackles, and sprinted 39 yards for a touchdown. 7-0 Nittany Lions.
The ensuing Buckeyes drive stalled because Ohio State C Mike Brewster snapped the ball into his ass while QB Braxton Miller was in shotgun formation. (I think this is when this particular bad snap happened. Bad snaps happened many times throughout this game. I think Brewster ended up blaming it on his gloves.)
Penn State drove and got a field goal, miring the Buckeyes in their third 10-0 deficit in as many weeks.
Ohio State wasn't dead, though. Not yet. Miller ran the option to good effect and scored on a 24-yard keeper; most of the Buckeyes' large chunks on the ground came from his option keepers, which is to say he kept the ball every time. He and Denard are both members of the "never pitch" movement.
That's not anything relevant, but I google imaged "option keeper" and it's what I got.
Also, WR DeVier Posey returned from suspension. He didn't make a huge impact (4 catches, 66 yards), but he was pretty much the entire passing offense, and he did do this.
All of this game's points were scored in the first half before the allure of B1G football got the better of both teams. Penn State scored another touchdown and field goal in the first half but failed to convert on a redzone opportunity in the second half when Ohio State turned the ball over on a fumble.
On that possession, the Buckeyes defense mounted an impressive goal-line stand to keep the Nittany Lions out of the end zone.
The second Buckeye touchdown came in the second quarter when Braxton Miller found TE Jake Stoneburner on a deep crossing route in the end zone. It was an impressive throw. Something tells me that he might eventually be pretty good when he's given a real offense to work with.
You probably know the rest. Ohio State drove ferociously for a Hail Mary opportunity in the final minutes, but the first fourth-down conversion fell short when a Miller scramble, set back by a false-start penalty, fell short of the first down marker. The second attempt after a quick Penn State three-and-out fell incomplete because Penn State actually knows how to cover receivers. Unlike you, Wisconsin. For shame.
Right now they are as frightening as: Voldemort down to his last Horcrux.
Michigan should worry about: When you look at Miller's highlight reel, the thing that stands out is that he scrambles effectively to buy time for his receivers to get open. He keeps his eyes downfield, and his instincts are usually good when it comes to finally tucking and running. A lot of his game-winning or almost-game-winning touchdowns came when he danced around in the backfield for some length before finding his target.
To get to him, Michigan's secondary will need to stay on receivers for a lot longer than they're used to, and D-line discpline will be essential. If he's able to break through the containment, Miller will make plays.
Michigan can sleep soundly about: The Nittany Lions rushed for 239 yards on not that many carries. Their running backs consistently found enormous holes in the Buckeyes defensive line and frequently had to be tracked down from behind by linebackers. It looked like Ohio State's defensive line was caught in pass rush mode at the wrong times -- the ends were way overcommitted, allowing the backs to run right by them.
Next game: No. 15 That School Up North
(more after the jump)
Opponent Watch: Week 11
Finally, a post on Tuesday. November is championship football, and championship football requires championship opponent watching.
(Fear scale: 0 = Bye week; 1 = If Michigan loses to this team Lloyd Carr will announce his retirement a second time; 5 = Illinois any given year; 8 = Best in B1G, which may or may not actually be any good; 9 = National title contender somewhere in the SEC; 10 = Hold me, Ace)
About Last Saturday:
No. 24 Michigan 31, Illinois 14 (W)
The Road Ahead:
No. 19 Nebraska (8-2, 4-2 B1G)
David Swanson / Philadelphia Inquirer
- Chattanooga, 40-7 (W)
- Fresno State, 42-29 (W)
- Washington, 51-38 (W)
- @ Wyoming, 38-14 (W)
- @ No. 7 Wisconsin, 48-17 (L)
- Ohio State, 34-27 (W)
- @ Minnesota, 41-14 (W)
- No. 11 Michigan State, 24-3 (W)
- Northwestern, 28-25 (L)
Last game: Nebraska 17, No. 12 Penn State 14 (W)
Recap: Nebraska shrugged off last week's upset loss to Northwestern as well as the national scandal that has been monopolizing headlines to win a football game on the road.
Their rush offense steadily churned out a 17-0 lead midway through the third quarter before Penn State finally put together a cohesive touchdown drive. A Rex Burkhead (25 carries, 121 yards, 1 TD) fumble at the beginning of the fourth quarter gave the Nittany Lions a short field, so with the help of some trickery, Penn State was able to find the endzone again to cut the lead to 17-14.
That's when the Huskers defensive front, led by LB Lavonte David, who had been quiet for most of the game, stiffened. Three times they stuffed Lions running backs for no gain on short yardage. 2nd and 1 turned into 3rd and 1 turned into 4th and 1, which ultimately led to a turnover on downs.
Miraculously, the Penn State defense was able to force a Nebraska four and out to get the ball back with 49 seconds remaining, but Nittany Lions QB Matt McGloin (16/34, 193 yards, 0 TDs, 0 INTs) had trouble finding receivers on the desperation drive, and his last pass under pressure fell incomplete.
Huskers QB Taylor Martinez had a pedestrian day, completing 13 of 26 passes for 143 yards and no TDs or INTs. He was also limited on the ground, carrying the ball 19 times for just 56 yards -- only one of those carries was a sack. He did manage the game well, however, and the offensive play of the game was his last-second option pitch to Rex Burkhead that went for a touchdown.
Right now they are as frightening as: The mounting sense of unknowing you get as you stare down the betting lines this week. 7.
Michigan should worry about: Option offense, which is something Michigan doesn't really know if it can stop. Northwestern ran it successfully but then outsmarted themselves by abandoning it in the second half. Illlinois used it in limited quantities, and while Michigan stifled the hand-offs, the Scheelhaase keepers were effective and therefore worrisome.
Michigan can sleep soundly about: Numerous reports indicate that Nebraska's offensive line is about as deep as Michigan's, i.e. drowning is a hazard only for the very young or the very intoxicated. The Wolverines D-line play has been steadily improving since the bye week, so that matchup looks to be favorable.
Additionally, if you've ever watched Martinez throw … eesh. Imagine Denard passing, but instead of an arm he has a chicken wing. Expect to see Jordan Kovacs nuzzling the line of scrimmage frequently.
DE Jared Crick has been out with a torn pectoral muscle, so Mark Huyge at least can sleep a little better.
When Michigan plays them: Both teams are going to try to make each other take to the air, at which point it's anyone's guess.
Martinez thrives on the kind of passing game that made Denard a 2500+ yard passer last year -- as teams choke up on the run game, receivers find themselves wandering alone in areas of the field large enough to raise a horse. Michigan's safeties have done a good job of not blowing these sorts of assignments or getting beat deep so far, but again, they haven't been tested by a true option offense where the whole point is to get safeties to bite on play-action. Worry if the Wolverines can't stop the Burkhead-Martinez tandem early.
As far as Michigan's passing game goes, jump balls are probably not such a great idea. Nebraska boasts one of the B1G's best cover corners in Alfonso Dennard, and the guy playing opposite him is not so bad either. The Wolverines' passing game does seem to be more sophisticated than the Huskers' and relies less on establishing the run game, so there's that.
Ultimately, I wouldn't be surprised to see both teams combine for six turnovers.
Next game: at No. 18 Michigan
(more after the jump)
Dear Diary Roots for Kirk, Not Kirklings
Wallpaper by Blue Indy, but monuMental made one too.
For a half, it almost felt like last year. Northwestern attacked Michigan's youth on defense with, among other check plays, the triple option (Picture-paged by dnak). With the "curse of 5-0 lurking in the shadows like some angry pedo-bear" (jhackney) and big chunks of yards (ST3's Inside the Box Score, includes ref commentary) coming off Michigan's hide all I could think about was how jamie mac said Michigan was tempting fate and the sharks by breaking every Just Cover Blog Rule in the book. Michigan was about to be the victim of the Ugliest Game of the Week (stubob). Then the Hoke things started happening again:
- Michigan forced a fumble, because Michigan leads the nation in fumble recoveries (Turnover analysis, by Enjoy Life)
- And baaaarely picked off another (Game Wrap with pics by Blue Seoul)
- The offense dominated in 3rd and long and 4th and short situations (Moving picture pages by Logicdangerchrisdanger),
- The Wolverines avoided the upset scare (can they do it again? –Maize_in_spartyland's Upset Watch. .<p>no<p>. says a guy from the future.)
- And entered the mid-way point of its season 6-0, a thing which in Lordfoul's life has happened just three other times.
Michigan is at the mid-point. Eye of the Tiger tries to project what the second half has in store. Maize_in_spartyland hands out grades. On to MSU; get your program.
Not So Much with the Hate Week
Yes, I still play NCAA'04 because it was awesome.
Since MSU had a bye week preoccupied diarists went back to State's offensively challenged game in Columbus to ask things like is our biggest rival a bowl team (Chi-Blue), and whether our arch-rival's ethical struggles teach us about the human capacity for lying to oneself (hailtothe).
On the boards, Michigan Arrogance asked whence the great Spartan trollers of yesteryear? Perhaps with MSU recently closing the gap from 39 games back to just 36 in the all-time rivalry, things have gotten a bit more sanguine. Also the fact that Michigan State is a great university with a great athletic program that has beaten us in football three years running under a great football coach. RationalMSUfan previews the offense, while bama blue has their best-in-the nation defense covered. Smile, Mark Dantonio (at right, HT Six Zero):
Maybe it's just that the trolls coaching one of the big Detroit programs (HT: MGoAndy) and Spartan Bob (HT: Everyone Murders) have both been shipped out the of state. The Spartan Bob article makes it sound like Michigan fans are a bunch of classless griefers but nobody I know ever said they hate him; we hate that a guy named "Spartan Bob" was in a position to hair-trigger the clock when the Spartans needed it most.
After the jump: more from the board, a three-part preview of Three and Out, and other things Michigan is better at than Michigan State.
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My eccentric Oregon financial advisor doppelganger. Smart Football points to a fellow who goes by FishDuck and is all about zone reads, feeding his dog, the violent-yet-genteel devouring of Mike Patrick, and more zone reads:
An interesting point picked up from Chip Kelly's presentations: Oregon has tipped inside/outside zone for six years without ill effect because declaring the play causes people to overreact to it, which opens up constraint plays. More than that, the zone often acts as its own constraint as over-aggressive players flow playside or bunch up inside, opening cutbacks and bounces.
He's also got a video on Oregon's deployment of power, which it uses as a counter to their usual inside zone stuff. We haven't seen this out of Borges yet, but I'm hoping. My desire to see Michigan pair an opposite-side-of-the-line speed option with the inside zone borders on lust. And by "borders on lust" I mean "invades Poland with sexy tanks."
On point. Doctor Saturday lays out the situation and the stakes on Saturday as well as you can:
When he was hired in January, Hoke's mission was explicitly to roll back the Rodriguez era, to restore whatever it was that made Michigan feel like Michigan again. To that end, even Wolverine fans seemed to find the sudden proliferation of countdown clocks, macho posturing and various Buckeye-related eccentricities laying it on a little thick. But six weeks in, the Wolverines are right on schedule in the national polls, the Big Ten standings and the weekly stat sheets. If they clear the midseason hurdle Rodriguez's teams never could at Michigan State, they can claim one more phase of the mission accomplished.
Kind of a big deal, this game.
Point: Tim. Reportorial ex-girlfriend Tim, who now goes by the bizarrely long moniker "Tim Sullivan" over at Rivals, was a committed skeptic about Rob Bolden since he was one of a trio of touted in-state quarterbacks in the 2009 recruiting class.
Despite the rankings, Tim said the guy didn't know how to play football. It seems like his scouting prowess has been borne out:
Game Over, Man. Game Over. This quarterback contest is done. Urban Meyer remarked toward the end of Penn State's first offensive drive that at Thursday practice, he did not see Bolden complete a single pass over five yards. This makes sense, as Bolden did not throw a single decent pass on the entire first drive. …
Rob looks completely shattered at this point, and it's time for the coaches, players, and fans to embrace the crazy train that is McGloin Moxie Mania.
It's McGloin o'clock in Bolden's Penn State career. Beaten out by a walk-on, does a transfer again beckon? /NYT headline writer imitation
Point: Hoke. Shudder at the awful puntasaur display in the Iowa-Penn State game:
…Iowa got to the PSU 33, faced 4th and 8... and punted. That Guthrie was able to pin PSU on their own 10-yard line (a solid accomplishment) is irrelevant. Punting from the other team's 33-yard line is A F---ING STUPID AND TERRIBLE IDEA. I don't even need statistics to back me up on that one (although they would). Even if Ferentz didn't want to try to convert on fourth down (4th and 8 isn't easy, obviously), why not give Mike Meyer a crack at a field goal? It was a beautiful day, the ball was lined up near the middle of the field, and Meyer has made 50+ yard field goals in the past (this year, in fact). But no. Ferentz gave a vote of "no confidence" to both Meyer and his offense on that play. Iowa probably deserved to lose the game for that decision alone.
Of course, JoePa was determined to out-conservative -- or out-dumb -- Ferentz; he punted three times from the Iowa side of the field, including late in the game on 4th and 2 from the Iowa 36. If he really didn't think his offense could rip off a two-yard gain against a gassed and reeling Iowa defense, I... I just have no words for the level of neanderthal football thinking on display in this game.
Of course, that coaching blunder on Ferentz's part might be narrowly eclipsed by the decision to eschew running a two-minute offense upon getting the ball at the Iowa 20 with two timeouts and 1:42 to go before halftime. God forbid we try to score there. It's not like we don't have a no huddle offense that's been effective this year or a kicker with decent range. Nope.
Even if trying the field goal with Gibbons is a mistake, it pales in comparison to that business. I cannot express how much I love the Mathlete's new Dumb Punt of the Week feature. The inaugural winner is Ohio State's Frank Solich, who punted on fourth and one from the Buffalo 36. Buffalo has the #91 rushing defense. After an 11 yard punt, Buffalo drove for a touchdown. Ohio State lost by a point. The game theory gods do not take kindly to being spited so grandiosely. (See also: Kirk Ferentz.)
I missed another Hoke game theory bit: he got the ball at the 22 with about two minutes left and did not pull the Ferentz. Robinson rushed for a loss of one on first down, then five straight passes got Michigan to the Northwestern 44 before Robinson's third awful interception set up a Northwestern field goal drive. While we've seen Hoke eschew half-ending drives a couple times this year, those were with a minute or less on the clock, not two.
Now… it didn't work out that time, but these things are never 100%. Did it make sense at the time to try to score with a couple minutes left against Northwestern's defense? Yeah.
Glarb glarb glarb. So when Michigan shuffled its fullback on third and one and got owned I had a conniption fit. This was the result of DeBord Doom re-emergence:
That's the corpse of Steve Watson you see getting annihilated at the LOS. Glarb.
BWS picture-pages this and points out that the shuffling fullback opened up the Gardner rollout TD on which he had either the run or pass; I'm not so sure showing the first play is worth the cost to get a yard when your redzone offense seems to be able to get a yard whenever it wants. I like diabolical machinations better when they're like the above Oregon stuff—plenty diabolical in their own right without the counter.
Mitchbreaks. Mitch McGary's impending Michigan decision now seems far less certain:
Recently, reports came out that Mitch was nearing or had made a decision. However, Tim refutes that notion "He hasn't made a decision. I just talked to him tonight (Monday night) and we talked about it a little bit. He's coming home Wednesday night and we're going to sit down and talk about it. They get a four or five day break this weekend so he's flying in to O'hare and my older son will pick him up. We'll be able to sit down and sort things out."
Likely rumor vector: AAU coach to national guy, national guy tizzy checks in with coach a few more times, everyone wants to back off. Confidence level: reduced, but still high.
Etc.: Denard Robinson is healthier this year because he is homeopathic or something. Mark Huyge has had a tough year. Holdin' the Rope doesn't like "smug, pompous buffoon" Mark Dantoinio. Jon Merrill suspension 50/50 to end his career. Sad face.


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In this case the prosecutors and justice system were incompetent to prove this person was the killer.
In other cases they're incompetent to tell that the prosecutors and justice system have failed to prove the person was the killer.
When we execute convicted people there is no chance to catch the errors that are executing people who are not guilty. Not guilty people are killed because the system isn't adequate to execute only the guilty.
We shouldn't execute people, because we're not really sure that we're killing someone who's guilty.
Then allow life prisoners to request execution, rather than automatically execute specific people regardless of our knowing whether they're really innocent or not.
The same should be applied to terminal patients, too. If they want to die rather than suffer a horrible end, they should have the option. We think we can condemn people we think are murderers to death, but we refuse to allow people out of needless torture at the end of their life? What a weird society we've become.
I've always thought that this was the simplest solution to it. Keep the death penalty, but remove the power of the judiciary to apply it. A judge can sentence a killer to life in prison, but the killer has the power to decide how long that will be. They can spend the rest of their lives in a cage, or they can request execution if they want the easy way out. If you want to remove the possibility of a decision made under duress, or want to enforce a mandatory minimum punishment, just stipulate that they can't request it for 10 years or so.
We shouldn't execute people, because we're not really sure that we're killing someone who's guilty.
Maybe we shouldn't execute people because it's wrong.
Maybe we shouldn't execute people because it's wrong.
Frankly, I think it would be morally wrong if we had captured Hitler alive and we hadn't executed him.
Maybe we shouldn't execute people because it's wrong.
I'm against it because it gives the state too much power.
I will say it's odd how a lot of people who claim to be for more limited government tend to also be for giving government the ability to end a life.
I will say it's odd how a lot of people who claim to be for more limited government tend to also be for giving government the ability to end a life.
People rarely decide things based on a single factor. When you characterize their decisions in terms of that single factor, you usually arrive at an incorrect assessment of their motivations. Unfortunately, it's become popular to pick the one factor which makes people with opposing viewpoints look the worst, and then boldly claim that that's their sole motiva
Whether or not we can keep them locked up indefinately doesnt address whether it is just or not, and as for the notion of deterrent, I would just offer up these thoughts:
According to the Humanitarian theory, to punish a man because he deserves it, and as much as he deserves, is mere revenge, and, therefore, barbarous and immoral. It is maintained that the only legitimate motives for punishing are the desire to deter others by example or to mend the criminal......
My contention is that this doctrine, merciful though it appears, really means that each one of us, from the moment he breaks the law, is deprived of the rights of a human being.
The reason is this. The Humanitarian theory removes from Punishment the concept of Desert.
But the concept of Desert is the only connecting link between punishment and justice. It is only as deserved or undeserved that a sentence can be just or unjust.....There is no sense in talking about a 'just deterrent' or a 'just cure'. We demand of a deterrent not whether it is just but whether it will deter. We demand of a cure not whether it is just but whether it succeeds. Thus when we cease to consider what the criminal deserves and consider only what will cure him or deter others, we have tacitly removed him from the sphere of justice altogether; instead of a person, a subject of rights, we now have a mere object, a patient, a 'case'.
--CS Lewis, The Humanitarian Theory of Punishment [angelfire.com]
The exact some logic could be used to say we should not imprison people, or punish them in any way. "Because they might be innocent".
But that would be taking the argument too far. The world isn't black and white. Death is the ultimate punishment. You can't make up for taking someone's life once they're already dead.
No, you're right. But things can be done to help, and they still have their life to live from that moment onward, of which they can work to piece their world back together again. Once you're dead, that's it.
You assume that the chance of convicting an innocent man is the same as the chance of letting a guilty man run. In reality, the latter is big exactly because the justice system wants to be completely sure before convicting someone, in order to minimize the former.
It doesn't matter if the media has decided she's guilty. She may actually be guilty. What makes you so certain that she's not?
She may actually be guilty.
No, she's innocent. She wasn't proven guilty. Why is this so hard to understand?
Your guilt or innocence is a matter of fact, not opinion. You either killed someone or you didn't. No arbitrary number of people sitting on a stand can change reality.
She got off on a technicality, as the jury was swayed by improper use of the CSI Effect. The evidence presented at trial is more than sufficient to dispel any reasonable doubt. She cannot be convicted or sentenced, but that doesn't mean there is any chance that she didn't do it.
She may actually be guilty.
No, she's innocent. She wasn't proven guilty. Why is this so hard to understand?
Acquittal != innocence.
Similarly, conviction != guilt.
The goal of the system is to approximate accuracy, with a strong bias towards acquittal where the situation is in doubt. Hopefully, you can assume that a conviction is a very strong indicator of guilt, but you can't assume that an acquittal indicates innocence.
I a court of law, 'not guilty' is the the same as innocent. More accurately, she was 'not found guilty', as opposed to 'found not guilty'.
Duh, sorry, I meant to say 'Not Guilty' is *not* the same as innocent.
What's so hard to understand about new evidence surfacing that throws doubt on her innocence? A forensic examiner apparently only pulled the browsing history for IE and failed to recognize that a second browser was installed. The browsing history for that browser has now been examined and on the day that this child disappeared there were searches regarding methods for killing someone. Why is importance of THAT so hard to understand?
Bad example, but still proves the point. This datum of a search would not be enough to shift someone from not guilty by reason that I am not sure to absolutely guilty beyond any reasonable doubt. This WOULD be worth something in a Wrongful Death lawsuit, where the standard is merely the preponderence of evidence, but no one has standing.
You are right in that it's no proof in itself. What makes it suspicious is the timing.
You are right in that it's no proof in itself. What makes it suspicious is the timing.
And even the combination of search and timing aren't proof. But that's why we have juries, whose job it is to weigh the totality of the evidence. If the jury was teetering on the edge of convicting but could find just enough doubt to call it reasonable, perhaps this bit of information would have pushed them the other direction. Or not. But it's the sort of thing that should have been presented to them.
You need to be very careful in using people's searches in court. As an example, I run role-playing games, some of which are set in the modern world. I've searched for all sorts of information on criminal activity.
What is the
Because apparently using Firefox over Internet Explorer will help you keep your criminal searches hidden. If only Hans Reiser knew this, he could be finishing up ReiserFS5.
No, it's that Slashdot has gone the way of all other mainstream media. If it involves any piece of technology, it falls into that mysterious "tech" category. Oohh, high tech, they used not one but *two* browsers. Someone in the house searched that intertube thing for something. They even used it to send private messages like "what r u up 2?" She must have been conspiring with the illumanti to distract from [some other bigger BS conspiracy]. It's the NWO washing your brain...
I'm sorry, I can't continue. It's hard to lower myself to that level of stupidity. It hurts.
That mork format was really something else. Whoever thought that having the browser history stored in an impenetrable format with no tools to read it should turn in their nerd badge.
Did the local newspaper actually get a copy of the hard drive?
"Repeated requests by Local 6 beginning in 2009 for a copy of the hard drive that contained the Internet histories were denied by the state attorney's office, which claimed -- correctly, it turned out -- it did not have the data in its possession."
This kind of request should be denied outright, not because they don't have it.
I've googled
Doesn't mean I've killed a killed, raped, and videotaped the aftermath of a kid.
I also have the old crappy anarchist cookbook, a ebook on better living through chemistry
as well as googling how to assassinate the president and get away with it.
also how to murder my wife in a dolcett fashion, or use ammonium nitrate and methanol to visibly protest against the city hall the raising of property taxes...
google searches mean squat.
Oh boy, how the Internet can get you trouble...
OK, I admit to not being familiar with the term "dolcett fashion" and looked it up. Gah! I do not recommend this course of action.
I believe it would be difficult to categorize a murder as "dolcett fashion" as this truely would be more likely a suicide, perhaps with the assistance of a lot of psychobabble and drugs. Dolcett seems to imply the willing cooperation of the participant.
Again, I do not recommend researching this topic. If you ignore this you will
I wonder if this another case of certifications being treated as evidence of competence and experience. With the hundreds of infosec certs out there, and law enforcement agencies essentially being too ignorant to know the difference, or even to know if a certification has any value, I wonder if this happened because of incompetence disguised by a certification? Who doesn't know to look at all the browsers installed on the system? Seriously, that's such a boneheaded mistakes its frightening to think it happened.
The follow up to this should be an investigation into the whole certification process for all digital forensics persons working on this case, and if the certification turn out to be a joke, banning them and everyone that has the cert.
Back before cars had emission controls there was a class of people known as "shadetree mechanics" that could actually fix a car without knowing much about what they were doing. No formal or even informal training, but they got by because of simplicity of the engines at the time. I know of someone in the computer forensics business that rails against "shadetree forensics" because it will be the downfall of computer forensic examination as a whole.
Someone I know in the FBI has rather strong words about pushbutton forensics where if you click the right button you get an answer. Maybe not the right answer, but something to put in a report. In some ways, computer forensics tools are moving in that direction with more and more automation and less and less understanding. When it takes several weeks of intensive training to understand a tool it does in some ways open the doors to this sort of use.
What we have here is very simply a case of pushbutton forensics. The examiner failed to conduct a proper examination of the computer and was misled by getting some easy results. These easy results were put in a report and passed on. Nobody ever questioned the examiner about what he or she might have missed - like the simple and obvious question of "What about alternative browsers?"
This is altogether too common today. Yes, there is a lot of training out there for people and there are various certifications, but none of it means the person doing the examination is actually performing an examinations or just pushing buttons to see what pops out. No, the certifications are not a joke and it takes a lot of effort to get certified. Unfortunately, there is little followup once someone is certified it is just assumed that they know what they are doing and how to perform a correct examination.
In defense of examiners I must say they all have huge backlogs and the pressure to deliver a report quickly is incredible. But that doesn't excuse being sloppy and at its core pushbutton forensics is just being sloppy.
Is for her to get into an armed robbery attempt to recover her sports memorabilia and she'll be doing time for what she deserves.
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(NEW YORK) — A civil rights group that tracks extremist organizations in the United States says the number of anti-government groups is at an all-time high.
The Southern Poverty Law Center, a non-profit civil rights advocacy group based in Montgomery, Ala., says it has seen an 800 percent rise in so-called "patriot" groups in the last four years. Senior Fellow Mark Potok says in 2008, there were 149 patriot organizations, but by 2012, that number reached 1,360 groups.
Potok says it's the fourth straight year of explosive growth on the part of anti-government patriots groups, and he believes the fervor is fueled by the re-election of President Obama and the current debate on gun control.
The center says patriot groups are made up of people who believe the federal government is conspiring to confiscate Americans' guns and curtail liberties to create a socialist government or "new order." Most are non-violent citizens groups, but the center says there are some militias, which arm themselves and conduct military-style training.
"The whole situation seems to me reminiscent to the run-up to Oklahoma City and the terrible bombing that took the lives of 168 people in 1995," Potok declared.
Conservative critics say the organization uses rhetoric to undermine right-wing and conservative groups.
Cornell University law professor William Jacobson is skeptical of the Southern Poverty Law Center's findings and Potok's opinion.
"I think to say that it's a run-up to another Oklahoma City, I think, is highly irresponsible and it's simply the Southern Poverty Law Center playing politics," Jacobson says.
He adds, "The notion that asserting one's constitutional right to bear arms in accordance with Supreme Court decisions somehow renders you dangerous, I think, represents a political outlook of Mr. Potok and the Southern Poverty Law Center."
Jacobson says he believes people who represent a true threat of violence should be identified and monitored, but "to turn it into a political vendetta against, quote the 'right wing', I think is very irresponsible."
He says the Southern Poverty Law Center is making the claim simply to "justify its continued existence and to try and drum up contributions."
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FITCHBURG -- A Fitchburg man was arrested after he allegedly punched another man so hard Wednesday that he fractured several facial bones, according to court documents.
Gregory L. Sanders, 47, of 1295 Main St., is charged with aggravated assault and battery.
According to a police report included with court documents, the altercation began when Sanders allegedly became angry because he felt he hadn't gotten his fair share of beer, for which he and two others had split the cost.
Sanders allegedly became so enraged that he punched a 54-year-old Fitchburg man in the face. The man suffered a blowout fracture of his left eye socket, a fractured upper jaw and cheekbone. Hospital staff said the man may also suffer long-term vision loss and nerve damage to his face.
Sanders was released on personal recognizance and is due back in court July 22.
Suspects sought in pistol-whipping
FITCHBURG -- A man was pistol-whipped during an attempted robbery near at Highland Avenue and Concord Street on Thursday, about 11:35 p.m., police said.
"It was an attempted robbery," Sgt. Jeffrey Howe said. "They demanded his money from him."
Two suspects ran from the scene without getting any cash, Deputy Police Chief Paul Bozicas said.
The victim was able to run to a nearby house and call for help.
A state police search dog tried to track the suspect but couldn't pick up a scent.
Fitchburg woman faces 2nd OUI charge
GARDNER -- State police arrested a Fitchburg woman on charges she drove drunk on Route 2 after another concerned motorist alerted police.
"She actually was hitting guardrails," state Trooper Ann McDonough said. "Somebody called it in."
Trooper David Steward pulled over Nichole Blanchflower, 30, Electric Ave., Fitchburg, just before exit 23 about 11:15 p.m.
She was charged with operating under the influence of alcohol (second offense) and a marked-lanes violation.


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Area churches are teaming up this weekend to present a 3.5-mile More Than Conquerors Mud Run at the I-80 Farms in Colfax.
The race, which starts at 9 a.m. Saturday, is based on the popular Warrior Dash. Participants can expect to get dirty, and will face obstacles throughout the event including scrambling over hay bales, leaping over fire and climbing under barbed wire. The course also will take participants across the Skunk River.
To register, visit Newton Church of The Way, Community Heights Alliance Church or Crossfit in Pella for more information.


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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The state says nine calf carcasses were found in the driveway of a vacant central Ohio home, and it's not clear how the animals died or why they were left there.
Ohio Department of Agriculture spokeswoman Erica Hawkins says a veterinarian viewed the carcasses Tuesday and found no evidence that the animals were hurt or abused or that they had any contagious disease. The department picked up the carcasses from the Columbus property to properly dispose of them.
Hawkins said it's a rare situation because most owners dispose of dead animals through legal methods.
She said the calves had unofficial ear tags that are used to distinguish one cow from others but don't include traceable information. She said information about the carcasses could be sent to authorities for further investigation.
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Saturday, October 07, 2006
Greetings from New Vienna
2 comments:
- serena said...
Catherine . . . I think that if you bookmark them from www.blogger.com and you have blogger remember their password/username it will take them directly to the dashboard page. Which, admittedly, is bit curcuitous to get around to the View Blog, but makes it much easier to post and gets around other problems.
I sign in I think every time I post on Blogger . . . handn't REALLY thought about it. I'm just used to it.
- Sat Oct 07, 09:32:00 PM 2006
- Mary Uible Crowson said...
WELCOME HH! Glad to see a post from you all!
Did not get to call this afternoon as I was running some errands for my friend with the lymphoma and then went to the library for some genealogy research. Trying to work on Ballantynes but harder than Uible since there are MANY lines and few of them are ours.
Does Mother remember a girl who helped her folks named "Daisy"? She was listed on one of the census pages today I looked at, I believe...maybe from 1920?
- Sat Oct 07, 11:02:00 PM 2006