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True Potential Wealth Management is part of the successful True Potential group of companies and offers wealth management services to private clients, trustees and businesses throughout the UK. We have corporate offices in London and Newcastle upon Tyne.
Key Facts About the True Potential Group
- Established in 2007 by a management group with extensive experience in UK advice distribution, investment management and financial services technology.
- Provides services and investment solutions to close to 20% of all UK financial advisers and clients
- The True Potential group of companies has been recognised with several major industry awards.
- Administrators of more than £52 billion in client assets (as of 31 December 2015)
- Founded the 'True Potential Centre for the Public Understanding of Finance' in partnership with the Open University Business School. The Centre aims to make financial education more accessible through its research and free courses available to the public, including 'Managing My Money' and 'Managing My Investments'.
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Our History
True Potential Portfolios Soar Through £3 Billion Barrier
True Potential Platform Exceeds £6 Billion
True Potential Wins Best Support Service for Sixth Year Running
True Potential Wins European Business of the Year Award
Launch of True Potential Protection
True Potential Wins the Guardian's Business Partnership Award
True Potential Wins the Online Technology Provider of the Year Award
£2 billion invested in our True Potential Portfolios
Deloitte Fast 500 for Fourth Year Running
Deloitte Fast 50 for Third Year Running
We reached the 12 month anniversary since the launch of our True Potential Portfolios
Our flagship True Potential Portfolios reach £1 Billion investment total
True True Potential and UBS Asset Management join forces to launch innovative multi-asset fund range
Released our True Potential Portfolios to all financial advisers.
Launched our third free personal finance course on FutureLearn
Added six new funds to the True Potential Wealth Strategy Fund Range.
Launched Managed Portfolio Series.
Added four new funds to the True Potential Wealth Strategy Fund Range.
Launched True Potential One® lifetime planning tool.
Launched Investment Management Firm and eight Wealth Strategy Funds.
Introduced our Auto Enrolment proposition to corporate clients.
The True Potential LLP group is administrators of more than £67 billion in client assets.
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Demonstrated impulseSave® live on stage at FinovateFall 2014, a leading financial services technology conference. As one of only five UK-headquarted companies at the conference, it was a proud moment for everyone at True Potential.
Received permission to administer our TPI Pension in-house.
Launched impulseSave®, a first-of-its-kind technology that allows investors to add as little as £1 to their existing investments. By offering impulseSave® online and via our tablet and smartphone apps, we empower our clients to top-up their investments on-the-go and reach their financial goals.
Launched the True Potential Centre for the Public Understanding of Finance (or True Potential PUFin for short) in partnership with the Open University Business School. The centre aims to empower the UK public to better understand their personal finances. One of PUFin's first acts was to develop a series of free online personal finance courses to help the public learn more about their money.
Undertook our first survey of the UK's savings habits and uncovered some surprising information. The 'Savings Gap' in the UK runs deeper and wider than people think, with many under-prepared for retirement.
Further quarterly surveys have delved deeper into the savings habits of the nation, each producing their set of shocking results.
Launched V6 technology, which offers financial advisers a holistic view of all client information, available on-the-go with seamless data links and integrated planning tools.
Launched our Wealth Platform, built entirely in-house, to provide an integrated investment solution for UK financial advisers and their clients.
True Potential Adviser Services established with a management group containing extensive experience of UK advice distribution, investment management and financial services technology.
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We have the drive, ambition and expertise to continue our mission to revolutionise wealth management. We are committed to pushing technology even further to help clients take control of their finances and financial advisers to provide world-class services.
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U.S. Beach Volleyball Update: FIVB World Cup Teams
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Dec. 5, 2012) – USA Volleyball has confirmed that 2012 Olympic silver medalists Jennifer Kessy (San Luis Obispo, Calif.) and April Ross (Costa Mesa, Calif.) along with the new U.S. men's team of Jake Gibb (Bountiful, Utah) and Casey Patterson (Van Nuys, Calif.) will represent the United States at the FIVB World Cup on Jan. 9-13, 2013, in Brazil.
Along with winning the silver medal in London, Kessy and Ross won the gold medal at the final 2012 FIVB World Tour event in October in Thailand. They took bronze at the Rome Grand Slam and finished the 2012 season ranked fourth on the World Tour. Domestically, Kessy and Ross won both AVP tournaments held in 2012 and the NVL tournament held in Baltimore. They finished the season with $106,600 in team winnings.
Gibb finished fifth at the 2012 Olympic Games in London with Sean Rosenthal (Redondo Beach, Calif.), his partner since 2006. The pair went on to win the 2012 FIVB World Tour Championship thanks to two gold medals, two silver and one bronze on the 2012 Tour. They also won one AVP Tour event and finished 2012 with $152,300 in team earnings.
However Rosenthal split with Gibb at the end of 2012 to compete with Olympic gold medalist Phil Dalhausser (Ormond Beach, Fla.). Gibb has since paired up with Patterson, who competed domestically with Ryan Doherty (Toms River, N.J.) in 2012.
Canada's men's team of Chaim Schalk and Ben Saxton and the women's team of Liz Maloney and Heather Bansley will also compete in the event, which will offer more than $300,000 in prize money.
The United States won both the men's and women's points championships on the NORCECA Beach Circuit this season. That is an improvement over 2011 when the women finished second and the men were sixth.
U.S. teams won 14 NORCECA medals in 2012, all either gold or silver.
U.S. athletes who competed in the NORCECA Beach Circuit either qualified at an International Development Qualifier tournament, or were selected from the USAV Beach Elite Development Program, which is overseen by Coach Jeff Conover.
U.S. Medalists in the NORCECA Beach Circuit
Guatemala (March 30-April 1)
Women's Gold: Jenny Kropp (Hawthorne, Calif.) and Whitney Pavlik (Laguna Beach, Calif.)
Men's Silver: Matt Heagy (Phoenix, Md.) and Tony Pray (Tucson, Ariz.)
Chiapas (May 18-20)
Women's Silver: Michelle Moriarty (Houston, Texas) and Traci Weamer (Upland, Calif.)
Chula Vista (Sept. 28-30)
Women's Gold: Emily Day (Torrance, Calif.) and Heather Hughes (Fallbrook, Calif.)
Women's Silver: Summer Ross (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Morgan Beck Miller (Coto de Caza, Calif.)
Men's Silver: Will Montgomery (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and Tri Bourne (Aiea, Hawaii)
St. Lucia (Oct. 28-30)
Men's Gold: Jon Mesko (Traverse City, Mich.) and Will Montgomery (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
Men's Silver: Jeff Carlson (Newport Beach, Calif.) and Tony Ciarelli (Huntington Beach, Calif.)
Women's Gold: Traci Weamer (Upland, Calif.) and Kathryn (Babcock) Piening (Kalamazoo, Mich.)
Trinidad & Tobago (Nov. 17-19)
Women's Gold: Emily Day (Torrance, Calif.) and Summer Ross (San Diego, Calif.)
Women's Silver: Tealle Hunkus (Girard, Ohio) and Traci Weamer (Upland, Calif.)
Men's Gold: Will Montgomery (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and Tony Ciarelli (Huntington Beach, Calif.)
Aruba (Nov. 30-Dec. 2)
Women's Gold: Tealle Hunkus (Girard, Ohio) and Summer Ross (San Diego, Calif.)
Men's Silver: Avery Drost (Hawthorne, Calif.) and Will Montgomery (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
Summer Ross (Carlsbad, Calif.), who gold medals at the last two NORCECA Beach Circuit events in Trinidad & Tobago (with Emily Day) and Aruba (with Tealle Hunkus) has been nominated by ESPN NEXT as "The NEXT great Olympic star."
In 2010, Ross became the first athlete to win both the under-19 and under-21 FIVB world championships in the same season. She also won the inaugural AVCA sand volleyball championship in April of 2012.
The other nominees are sprinter Ryan Bailey, ski jumper Sarah Hendrickson, cyclist Taylor Phinney and downhill skier Mikaela Shiffrin.
To vote for Ross, click here.
Three time gold medalists Misty May-Treanor (Santa Monica, Calif.) and Kerri Walsh Jennings (Saratoga, Calif.) were honored by the March of Dimes on Nov. 28 as its Sportswomen of the Year at a luncheon held at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York.

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What is the difference between choking and panicking? Why are there dozens of varieties of mustard-but only one variety of ketchup? What do football players teach us about how to hire teachers? What does hair dye tell us about the history of the 20th century?
In the past decade, Malcolm Gladwell has written three books that have radically changed how we understand our world and ourselves: The Tipping Point; Blink; and Outliers. Now, in What the Dog Saw, he brings… (more)
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge has ruled that hearings in the 2001 Chandra Levy murder case will continue to be closed to the public and the news media.
The hearings have been held behind closed doors over the last several weeks and could signal a problem with the prosecution. Ingmar Guandique, an illegal immigrant from El Salvador, was convicted of Levy's murder in 2010 and is serving a 60-year prison sentence.
Levy was a Washington intern whose murder went unsolved for years and captivated the public because of her romantic relationship with a California congressman.
Prosecutors have cited undisclosed "safety issues" in arguing that the hearings should be sealed. Judge Gerald Fisher ruled Thursday that the media would not suffer "irrevocable harm" because details from the hearings will ultimately be made public.
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Snap o' the Day: Rugby Road morning
We realize that this photo, shot Tuesday morning from a car (well, a Jeep actually), is nothing too special. But we just got tired of seeing that knife-wielding PETA chicken as our "Snap o' the Day."
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That's vehicle in the image isn't a Jeep, it's a Ford Explorer. I can't see the license plate number, but it looks like my daughter! If it is, God help all the pedestrians in or near that intersection! :)
dang it! Another typo! I meant "the vehicle in the image"
If you take the time to look carefully at this picture it is anything but ordinary. The red of the scooter, stoplight,and jacket of the girl waiting at the corner to cross all create an internal movement of the eye around the picture. The movement created by red objects is juxtaposed by the actual movement of the girl rushing to cross and the scooter turning the corner. These moving objects create a tension with the still objects waiting to spring into action --the truck and group on the corner. The silver grey sky, slate colored pavement and dark trees create their own melancholy atmosphere. A beautiful picture in it's coloring, atmosphere, and tension of movement against stillness.
And if you want to see a moving picture --look at that jeep


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MONTREAL - To borrow the title of the 1944 song by Thelonius Monk and 1986 film by Bertrand Tavernier, 'Round Midnight is where it's happening at the 33rd Montreal International Jazz Festival. The fest has always paid special attention to its late-evening offerings, but this year there is an embarrassment of riches – most of them groovy and either highly affordable or free.
A triple threat of Montreal DJ crews take over L'Astral for the free midnight series Open House. An adventurous roster of international and homegrown talent touches down for the revitalized, electro-funky Les Nuits series, which moves down the street from Club Soda to loft-like environment of the SAT, at 11 p.m.
A trio of local live hip-hop and electronic bands keeps the vibe alive with the always popular Nightcap series at midnight in Metropolis's intimate Savoy room. If all that sounds a little too new-school cool for you, there's the more traditional nightly jazz jam sessions, at 11 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Hotel.
On the roster for L'Astral's Open House is globe-trotting bass ambassador Poirier and local Ninja Tune label honcho Ghostbeard's reggae-centric Sud-West night, which continues through Sunday. The name comes from the general geographical location for the pair's monthly Tuesday evening jam at the St. Ambroise Terrace, where bike-path users can stop for a pint and some righteous rhythms.
"There's no other night like this in Montreal," Poirier said, preparing to head down to the brewery for duty despite the rain, earlier this week. "We play a lot of dub, reggae and dancehall. People dance eventually, but it's not our first goal … We really play the music we want."
The pair upped the energy level to rock the snowsuit crowd at Igloofest this past winter, and are confident they can move jazz fest revellers in search of some end-of-soirée oomph.
Taking over Monday through Wednesday is Jazz Amnesty Sound System, featuring eminently knowledgeable DJ duo Andy Williams and Sweet Daddy Luv.
"We're about jazz-funk, Latin jazz, African jazz, straight-on '40s swing – all these flavours," Williams said. The veteran of buzzed-about local DJ crews Brass Knuckles and The Goods knew he had found a new partner when he saw Luv's massive music collection, dubbed "The Record Canyon," which takes up the entirety of the latter's Villeray basement.
"It was like heaven," Williams said. "Then he came to my house and, coincidentally, all the jazz records I have, he hadn't heard of. So we thought, 'We can do a great set of all different kinds of jazz.'"
The pair has a Sunday night residency at the Waverly Bar in Mile End and has been garnering interest on the Internet via its mixes on Mixcloud (mixcloud.com/j_a_s_s). Luv has posted over 100 mixes of his own in a variety of genres – from abstract house to country and post-punk – on his website (djluvsrecords.com).
"Part of it is just to keep up my chops and get better at what I'm doing," Luv said, "and to be able to share all the music in The Canyon. My mantra is to do a new mix every week until The Canyon dries up."
Rounding out the series is the returning Canicule Tropicale (who played four nights at L'Astral last year, and close out the series July 5 to 7), with DJs Philippe Noël and Kobal mixing Afro-Latin and Caribbean rhythms for the dance floor, with live painting from Gene Starship.
"We're two music-lovers and vinyl collectors who like to make people dance," Noël said. "You don't have to know salsa or samba … The fun is to see people from all different backgrounds dancing – Haitians, Latinos, Africans, whites, Asians. It's mixed; like in our music, there's a cultural harmony."
The coolest thing about the Open House series, aside from it being free, is the platform it gives to some of the city's discerning, underground DJ talent.
"It's important to do that," said Laurent Saulnier, the fest's vice president of programming, while pointing out that these aren't your standard top-40-spinning pop or big club DJs, but rather aficionados dropping stuff you won't hear anywhere else. "It's important to get this type of DJ to come play an event like the jazz festival. It's a natural fit."
Montreal DJs used to have their place in the electro-leaning series Les Nuits, alongside an array of local and international live acts. But Saulnier has simplified Les Nuits to put emphasis on the bands. This year's lineup includes: Venezuelan party crew Los Amigos Invisibles (who played Thursday); punk-funk veterans Fishbone (Sunday); Montreal techno DJ-singer-songwriter-producer-superwoman Misstress Barbara and her band (Tuesday); San Francisco rap veteran Lyrics Born (Wednesday); Dutch electro party trio Nobody Beats the Drum (Thursday); Ohio rapper Stalley (July 6); and the 5th anniversary party for Montreal DJ Lexis's website Music Is My Sanctuary (Saturday) with guests The Goods and Jazzanova (DJ set). Detroit rapper Danny Brown's show is cancelled due to visa problems.
Started as a way to get Lexis's DJ mixes out there, musicismysanctuary.com now boasts a team of 12 contributing writers and draws 30,000 visitors a month.
"The tree main segments are the radio show, the Future Classics (new stuff) and Forgotten Treasures (old stuff)," said Lexis, whose musical focus spans from house to hip-hop, jazz and soul."
The Music Is My Sanctuary night has been bumped up from Club Soda to Metropolis, and admission will now be free; it will be the fest's closing party following the free outdoor blowout by Montreal electro-pop duo Chromeo on Saturday, July 7.
"It's quite an honour," Lexis said. "Any musician or DJ in Montreal dreams of playing the (jazz) festival at least once."
The Montreal International Jazz Festival's Open House series takes place every night at midnight at L'Astral, 305 Ste. Catherine St. W. Admission is free. Les Nuits takes place at the SAT, 1195 St. Laurent Blvd. (except Music Is My Sanctuary at Metropolis, 59 Ste. Catherine St. E.) Tickets available at montrealjazzfest.com.
For more Gazette coverage of major Montreal festivals, check out our Festival Central page at montrealgazette.com/festivalcentral
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T-Mobile US, Inc. (NASDAQ:TMUS) try to takes its position in context of active momentum, while shares price slightly up 0.68% during latest trading session.
Several salient technical indicators of firm are now starting to make their way into the trading conversation. Every investor and other stake holder of firm are most concerned with its profitability. So to answer this concerns frequently used tools of financial ratio analysis, is profitability ratios, which are used to determine the company's bottom line and its return to its investors.
Start focusing on ordinary profitability ratio which covers margins; TMUS has gross profit margin ratio of 58.50% for trailing twelve months and operating margin is calculated as 12.60%, these are better detectors to find consistency or positive/negative trends in a firm's earnings. So upper calculated figures are representing the firm's ability to translate sales dollars into profits at various stages of measurement. To walk around the gross margin figure of firm that looks at how well a company controls the cost of its inventory and the manufacturing of its products and subsequently pass on the costs to its consumers.
Following in trace line of profitability ration analysis; second part is covering returns. The returns on investment amplify the findings, the firm's ROI concludes as 7.80%; it gives idea for personal financial decisions, to compare a firm's profitability or to compare the efficiency of different investments. The returns on assets of firm also on noticeable level, it has ROA of 4.10%, which signifies how profitable a firm is relative to its total assets.
To make strengthen these views, the active industry T-Mobile US, Inc. (NASDAQ:TMUS) has Quick Ratio of 0.60, which indicates firm has sufficient short-term assets to cover its immediate liabilities. In addition, the firm has debt to equity ratio of 1.08, sometimes it remains same with long term debt to equity ratio. Taking notice on volatility measures, price volatility of stock was 2.11% for a week and 1.62% for a month.


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The Village of Torrione
The village of Torrione belongs to the municipality of Terni, in the province of Terni, region Umbria.
>>>COVID-19<<< Data about spreading of Covid-19 in Torrione are not yet available.
For the province of Terni, to whom Torrione belongs, on 2020-07-01 are reported 377 cases. In the previos day there were 377 cases, thus having a variation of 0 cases, i.e. 0.00% with reference to the number of cases reported in the previous day.
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The village of Torrione is 1,75 kilometers far from the same town of Terni to whom it belongs.
To the municipality of Terni also belong the localities of Acquapalombo (6,25 km), Appecano (6,58 km), Battiferro (7,80 km), Battiferro Cecalocco (7,75 km), Boccaporco (3,08 km), Campomaggiore I (5,73 km), Campomaggiore II (6,16 km), Campomicciolo (2,94 km), Carone (4,14 km), Case sparse (-- km), Castagna (7,42 km), Cecalocco (8,47 km), Cervara Bassa (3,58 km), Cesi (8,93 km), Cesi Stazione (13,01 km), Cinque Strade (2,66 km), Colle Ballone Contea (6,18 km), Colle dell'Oro (1,53 km), Colle Giacone (8,06 km), Colle Sant'Angelo (4,96 km), Collelicino (6,36 km), Colleluna I (4,34 km), Colleluna II (4,95 km), Collerolletta (2,97 km), Collerolletta I (3,66 km), Collerolletta II (3,83 km), Collescipoli (4,80 km), Collesecozza (4,63 km), Collestatte (8,47 km), Collestatte Piano (8,66 km), Contea (4,92 km), Costanzoni (5,78 km), Faggio (4,60 km), Fontana di Polo (6,36 km), Gabelletta (8,76 km), Gabelletta di Cesi (6,91 km), Gina Palmucci (3,27 km), Giuncano Scalo (9,12 km), I Quadri (10,24 km), La Romita (4,90 km), Lagarello (5,24 km), Larviano (4,89 km), Macinarotta (5,42 km), Mandrie (7,52 km), Maratta Alta (3,97 km), Maratta Bassa (4,69 km), Marmore (7,61 km), Mazzelvetta I (11,07 km), Mazzelvetta II (10,34 km), Miranda (5,48 km), Noceta (13,65 km), Pantano (6,06 km), Papigno (5,07 km), Perticara (3,41 km), Perticara Alta (3,45 km), Perticara I (4,08 km), Perticara II (3,58 km), Piediluco (12,68 km), Piedimonte (3,58 km), Piedimonte II (3,85 km), Pietrara (3,65 km), Poggio I (5,30 km), Poggio II (5,83 km), Poggio III (5,50 km), Poggio Lavarino (7,87 km), Polenaco (10,12 km), Porcivalle (6,97 km), Porcivalle - San Giacomo (4,98 km), Porzano (11,13 km), Poscargano (6,33 km), Poscargano I (4,59 km), Poscargano II (4,00 km), Pozzo Azzuano (9,65 km), Pozzo Saraceno (4,27 km), Pracchia (10,21 km), Predaro (4,52 km), Rivo (3,13 km), Rocca San Zenone (4,35 km), San Carlo (5,33 km), San Clemente (2,78 km), San Giacomo (5,39 km), San Giacomo I (6,80 km), San Giacomo II (6,25 km), San Liberatore (6,77 km), San Rocco (4,27 km), San Valentino (2,50 km), Sant'Andrea (5,75 km), Settecani (7,36 km), Tidurano (10,83 km), Tiro a Segno (6,48 km), Toano (3,42 km), Torreorsina (9,59 km), Tuillo (1,17 km), Valenza (3,74 km), Vallemicero (8,06 km), Vanzetti (3,80 km), Venti (9,98 km), Villa Margine (10,76 km), Volghe - Prisciano (4,52 km).
The number in parentheses following each village name indicate the distance between the same village and the municipality of Terni.
Please notice that in what follows no statistic nor population data are available at the moment: the same are available for the Italian places having al least the status of municipalities ad for most of the villages too.
The distribution of the most commun family names is equally unavailable.
Please find in what follows:
- The banks in Torrione, when available.
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- Weather and weather forecast for the municipality of Terni, to whom Torrione belongs.
- Hotels in Torrione and its surroundings.
- Free ads in Torrione and in its province and region too.
- Map and road map of Torrione.
- A selection of videos about Torrione.
In the hamlet of Torrione there is no bank.
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The parishes in Torrione
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Where to stay in Torrione and its neighborhoods
Hotels, Resorts, B&B in Torrione and its neighborhoods.
You can arrange the results by number of stars, by popularity, by distance or even by the guest review score choosing among young couples, mature couples, families with young children, families with older children, people withfriends, or solo travellers.
Free ads in Torrione
Most recent free ads in Torrione, municipality of Terni, province of Terni, Umbria region, updated at 09:01:41, 02 July 2020. Place your free ad on Torrione: no registration needed. Place your free ad.
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Map and road map of Torrione
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Just fill in the free text search box placed on top of the map with any of previous categories and then press enter.
Please feel free to use the same free text search box placed on top of the map to find any kind of business activities you're interested into.
Videos about Torrione Terni, Terni, Umbria
Several videos about Torrione, Terni, Terni, Umbria.
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50 in 50 is a PixlD Initiative in collaboration with Barbadian creatives to showcase work which highlights and celebrates Barbadian life as we approach the 50th year of Independence. This will run from October 12 to November 30th, 2016, so check back daily.
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Boston Marathon bomb suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in custody
Tamerlan Tsarnaev killed, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev captured in Watertown
A 19-year-old Massachusetts college student wanted in the Boston Marathon bombing was captured hiding out in a boat parked in a Watertown backyard Friday and his older brother lay dead in a 24-hour drama unprecedented in Boston and one that paralyzed the area with fear.
After a tense, all-day manhunt and house-to-house search by thousands of SWAT team officers with rifles and armored vehicles, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was cornered in a homeowner's yard, where he exchanged gunfire with police while holed up in a boat, authorities said.
He was taken away on a stretcher and was hospitalized in serious condition with significant blood loss, NewsCenter 5 was told.
Just before 9 p.m., Boston police announced via Twitter that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was in custody. They later wrote: "CAPTURED!!! The hunt is over. The search is done. The terror is over. And justice has won. Suspect in custody."A cheer went up from a crowd of bystanders in Watertown.
Boston Mayor Tom Menino tweeted "We got him," along with a photo of himself talking to the police commissioner.
The break came on Franklin Street in Watertown when a homeowner saw blood on his boat, pulled back the tarp and saw the bloody suspect inside, police said.
A terrible night of violence
During a long night of violence, brothers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev had killed an MIT police officer, severely wounded an MBTA Police officer and hurled explosives at police in a frightening and never-before-seen-in-Boston car chase and gun battle that ended in Watertown, authorities said.
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"A bomb went off with a huge cloud of smoke, with another bomb and then it was even more chaos on the corner where they kept firing. And there was a black Mercedes SUV that stormed through the corner and hit a police cruiser. And right after that occurred, I saw a police officer, he had his foot on the dead suspect with the gun pointed at him," said Mike Julakis, who lives on Dexter Avenue in Watertown.
With a large part of Greater Boston virtually paralyzed, thousands of officers with rifles and armored vehicles swarmed the streets Friday, hunting for Tsarnaev, after his older brother and alleged accomplice, Tamerlan, was killed in a furious getaway attempt overnight.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, who had been known to the FBI as Suspect No. 1 and was seen in surveillance footage of the marathon in a black baseball cap, was killed overnight by Watertown Police in a gun fight, officials said.
He was then run over by his younger brother who was fleeing the scene, sources told NewsCenter 5's Kathy CurranHis younger brother, Dzhokhar, who had been dubbed Suspect No. 2 and was seen wearing a white, backward baseball cap in the images from Monday's deadly bombing escaped and was on the run.
The ethnic Chechen brothers who had lived in Dagestan, which neighbors Chechnya in southern Russia had been in the U.S. for about a decade, an uncle said, and were living on Norfolk Street in Cambridge.
From Watertown to Cambridge, police SWAT teams, sharpshooters and FBI agents surrounded various buildings as police helicopters buzzed overhead and armored vehicles rumbled through the streets.
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Authorities who pursued the brothers after the fatal shooting of MIT Police officer Sean Collier and a subsequent carjacking knew immediately they were dealing with the suspected Boston Marathon bombers.
Law enforcement sources told Curran the suspects told the carjacking victim in Cambridge they were the Boston Marathon bombers, that they had just killed a police officer and told the victim, "If you don't give us your car, we'll kill you."The long night of stunning crime began at 10:25 p.m. Thursday, when MIT Police received a call of shots fired. Five minutes later Collier was found with mortal wounds in his police cruiser. Sources described his slaying as a "cold-blooded murder."
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Beyond the fact that your customers want to get rid of them, what do you know about red imported fire ants (RIFA) and the options in controlling them? RIFA brought an interesting history with them to the United States, along with a reputation for being a health hazard and dangerous pest.
The red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta, established around Mobile, Ala., in the 1930s, and probably arrived via soil from South America used as ship ballast. They have spread relentlessly in every direction during the last 70 years. The map in Chart 1, page 27, shows their anticipated range in the United States. As a grounds maintenance professional, you may have a potentially life-threatening insect infesting the property for which you are responsible. A small percentage of the population is so allergic to fire ants that two or three stings can cause anaphylactic shock and, ultimately, death. Damage to electrical equipment by fire ants also is a fact of life in the South.
If there was one fire ant control product that was best for every situation, this would be a very short article … and I would be out of a job. Unfortunately, no single product offers all the best control characteristics. Consequently, effective, affordable fire ant control is best done through what I like to call the "targeted treatment" approach: Treat only where you need to treat, using the least-expensive, most-effective product.
What is the best treatment? Ask yourself what your goal is. Do you want them gone fast? Do you want them gone for a long time? How much can you afford? Product selection is a balancing act based on your control needs. There are three basic characteristics of concern: speed of control, duration of control and cost. To note, here's a simple fact of life in fire ant country: No product will give 100 percent control every time or last more than about a year.
If the head coach storms into your office on Aug. 25 and rants about fire ants on the football field for that Sept. 1 game, speed of control is your goal. Until last year, there wasn't much you could do for that coach. The fastest products, those containing hydramethylnon, took three to six weeks to fully control colonies. In 2004, however, DuPont Professional Products introduced a broadcast bait containing Indoxacarb (DuPont Advion fire ant bait). It is used just like any other bait and reliably gives more than 90 percent control in three days, and close to 100 percent in a week, at a cost of about $15 per acre. Other than surface-sprayed contact insecticides, no other product comes close to that speed.
With most other insecticides, the term "residual control" is used for the period in which a chemical residue will continue to kill insects after application. However, none of the fire ant bait products have any chemical residual control. Reappearance of fire ants in a treated area is due to natural reinvasion by either mating flights or ground migration. The rate of reinvasion depends on season, weather and a host of other factors, but it will generally happen in less than a year. Consequently, the term "duration of control" is more appropriate than "residual control."
Granular fipronil (TopChoice) is applied as a broadcast granule and takes about a month to work; however, it provides an extremely long, true residual. Some tests show more than 90 percent control maintained for over a year, and sometimes longer. The cost: $245 per acre.
Broadcast-applied contact insecticides still are used widely by many professionals. Their main advantage over baits was speed, but that is less of an issue with the advent of Advion. Bifenthrin, for example, can provide residual control for several months. The problem with these treatments is they use several times the amount of pesticide per unit area as baits, and are indiscriminate killers of non-target organisms. Costs range from about $50 to $100 per acre.
Following the previous mentions of cost for various products, consider that labor differences on a per-application basis are minor because all the products are applied similarly; however, you must look at your year-long fire ant control program before deciding on a product. Fipronil granules cost more, but you will need only one application per year. How does this compare to your labor and product costs for two or three applications of other products?
Let's say it takes a worker 5 minutes to treat an acre with a vehicle-mounted spreader. Labor and machine costs are $30 an hour, so that's $2.50 per acre. Using fipronil then costs $245 + $2.50, for a total of $247.50 per acre.
Bifenthrin costs $100 per acre, but you need at least two, possibly three, applications per year: ($100 × 2) + ($2.50 × 2), equaling $205 per acre. This is less than fipronil, but you've used several times the amount of active ingredient; and what if you need a third application?
Even without doing the math, baits will come in at a fraction of the cost, but what if there is reinvasion between treatments and a stinging incident occurs? These are the kinds of choices you have to make in choosing fire ant control.
Broadcast products (primarily baits) are the most economical way to control fire ants from a commercial grounds-maintenance standpoint. The main reason? Time. It takes one person approximately 15 minutes to treat an acre of land with bait using a hand-held spreader, and it takes two people an hour to locate and treat every colony in even a moderate infestation on that same acre (and they would probably miss a significant percentage of the colonies). With a bait, there is no need to search out any colonies since the ants find the bait themselves.
Charts 2 and 3, left, show the results of a test conducted in East Texas in the fall of 2004 that is probably the most "textbook" trial I have conducted in 16 years of fire ant research. Advion and Talstar have their usual, extremely fast control, followed by Amdro, ExtinguishPlus and TopChoice. By the time Distance kicks in with the hot weather in the spring, fast-acting plots already are getting reinfested. Talstar appears to "break" after about eight months, while TopChoice is still going strong. Speed versus duration — it's almost always a tradeoff.
My team and I also have initiated two projects designed to demonstrate the concept of targeted treatments. One is a 9-hole golf course. The map in Photo 1, page 30, shows an aerial photo of the course with our treatment plan overlaid on it. We prepared several treatment options (see Table 1, page 29). For our purposes, we used maximum control on the front half, with moderate control on the back. Due to budget constraints, the management likely will drop to monitored or even super-economy in the future. Initial results show close to 100 percent control of ants in treated areas through two months. Because this course had an existing fire ant problem, we treated the high-traffic areas with Advion.
The second map, shown in Photo 2, below, is of a high school campus. The maintenance manager already was using TopChoice on his sports fields and playgrounds; however, the fans had to dodge dozens of fire ant mounds outside the stands. We simply filled in the gaps by treating with Extinguish Plus, using about 25 pounds ($200 worth), for virtually complete coverage. Why treat parking lot islands and roadsides? People stand there when they get out of their cars. Why treat behind the school where the HVAC equipment is located? Fire ants are notorious for shorting out relays, air-conditioning units and transformers. Need to justify treatment costs to your superintendent? Figure how much fire ant bait you can buy for the costs to repair a shorted-out air-conditioning compressor.
Fire ant control is not about killing fire ants, it's about preventing fire ant problems — stings and electrical shorts — and keeping those fairways and greens nice and smooth. An effective control program starts with a diagram of your site and knowing its use patterns. By selecting the proper balance of speed of control, duration of control and cost based on those needs, you easily can design a highly effective, surprisingly inexpensive fire ant management program that can be maintained for a few hours of labor per year. The potential for economic loss and human injury versus ease and low cost makes fire ant control an issue you can't ignore.
Dr. Charles Barr holds a Ph.D. in Rangeland Ecology and Management from Texas A&M University. He has worked in fire ant research for the past 16 years, specifically on the control of red imported fire ants. His areas of emphasis include product testing, biological control and the promotion of economically feasible fire ant control in the agricultural sector through integrated pest management practices.
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"A bomb won't go off here because weeks before the criminal pirating films was caught by monitoring his internet history. Pirating films funds terrorism and organized crime. Report it today.The logic is a bit difficult to follow, but the message is clear: if you are against the government monitoring your internet use, you are for killing babies.
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The streamlined Beta AR Jacket provides the backcountry minimalist with durable storm protection in a lightweight and packable format. This hip length GORE-TEX® Pro jacket reduces layering overlap and bulk, a helmet compatible DropHood offers quick storm protection, and reinforced shoulder and elbows survive alpine abuse.
A mainstay in the Arc'teryx lineup since 2000, the Beta AR is the do everything, most versatile waterproof/breathable jacket for mountain environments. Hand pockets, athletic fit that accommodates layers and a hood with an internal collar mean comfort in storms, climbing, skiing or simply enjoying the outdoors.
Hip length is the easiest to work with when layering waterproof/breathable garments. Not too short so it doesn't ride up or expose the lower back and not so long as to be cumbersome underneath a harness or a pack belt, the Beta AR hits the middle ground.
A good hood is a crucial detail on any serious alpine jacket. The Beta AR features the Arc'teryx DropHood, a helmet-compatible, fast adjust hood with a separate collar for draft protection.
The Beta AR is a solid, well-rounded piece. Durable, lightweight, with hand pockets and pit zippers for ventilation, it can manage storms, rock, snow and cool seasons. GORE-TEX® Pro delivers the highest level of waterproof/breathable performance.
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Overview of the Roman Kirstein collection
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Hoover Institution Archives© 2008
Stanford University
Stanford, California 94305-6010
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Overview of the Roman Kirstein collectionHoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, California
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© 2008 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved.
Title: Roman Kirstein collection
Dates: 1979-2003
Collection Number: 2003C76
Collector: Kirstein, Roman, collector.
Collection Size: 2 manuscript boxes (0.8 linear feet)
Repository: Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Serial issues, leaflets, and other printed matter, relating to the Solidarnosc movement in Poland. Includes many local Solidarnosc issuances.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages: Polish
Collection is open for research.
Access to sound recordings, video recordings, or motion picture material requires at least two weeks advance notice. Please contact the Hoover Institution Archives for further information.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.
[Identification of item], Roman Kirstein collection, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 2003.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find the collection in Stanford University's online catalog Socrates at http://library.stanford.edu/webcat . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in Socrates is larger than the number of boxes listed in this finding aid.
Scope and Content of Collection
Serial issues, leaflets, and other printed matter, relating to the Solidarnosc movement in Poland. Includes many local Solidarnosc issuances.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
NSZZ "Solidarnosc" (Labor organization)
Labor movement Poland.
Trade-unions Poland.
Poland Politics and government 1980-1989.


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Our top moments of the week:
9. Worst Wake-up Call: As if Briggs doesn't have enough on his mind already now that Charlie is pregnant, the FBI agent gets a disturbing phone call on Graceland that turns everything upside down. In the final moments of the episode, Briggs is excited when his phone rings because he thinks it's dirty cop Sid inviting Briggs on an inside job for the Solano cartel. Instead, Briggs hears the taped recording of the night he killed FBI Agent Juan Badillo last year. Where's caller ID when you need it?!
8. Best Non-Sex: As part of True Blood's victory lap, Jason faces his inability to relate to a woman platonically when newcomer Brigette invites him to bed for a sweet, chaste heart-to-heart. But it's wannabe fangbanger Ginger who finally gets lucky (sort of) when Eric offers her apology sex on the Fangtasia throne. Apparently years of pent-up desire is all the foreplay she needs, because mere seconds after straddling the fully clothed vamp, Ginger experiences la petite mort and then slides off his lap for a well-deserved snooze.
7. Best Haircut: After years staying away from the spotlight, Jared Leto has been inescapable this past year, as has his signature long locks and intense facial hair. However, when the Oscar winner stops by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the talk show host advises him to "take the beard down a notch." Always a good friend, Fallon goes one step further and actually trims his beard — which he's been growing since March — then and there on stage. "You trimmed my bush really good," Leto comments.
6. Worst Gut Check: Is McQuaid behind the Chicago bombing on Covert Affairs? The layout of the facility in one of his bunkers doesn't help his cause, but he claims to Annie — at gunpoint with the gun he gave her! — that he's been set up. "If you think that I am capable of this atrocity, then shoot me," he says. "Because I'm not going to some dungeon in Langley waiting for someone who set me up to carry out their plan. I have to get to the bottom of this." Annie lets him go and plays dumb when Auggie asks if McQuaid has contacted her. "He has to know what side I'm on right now," she says.
5. Saddest Goodbye: Despite Virginia's pleas on Masters of Sex, Lillian refuses to continue cancer treatments. "I don't want to spend what time I have left fighting a battle that I certainly will lose. And mostly, I don't want to fight with you," she says before overdosing on sleeping pills. When Virginia finds her, she frantically calls 911, but stops short of giving out the address. Not wanting to fight with her friend, Virginia hangs up, climbs in bed and embraces Lillian as she takes her last breath. R.I.P., Dr. DePaul.
4. Best Blackmail: He knows. After Mike asks Louis about Harvard's honor society key on Suits, Louis realizes he's a fraud. But instead of taking down Pearson Specter, he confronts Jessica, who cops to being a liar and hypocrite... and asks Louis what he really wants. "Pearson Specter Litt," he angrily demands. Now that's getting Litt up!
3. Best Eulogy: David Letterman, whose Late Show was on a break last week, fondly remembers his "delightful" longtime friend and frequent guest, the late Robin Williams. The two came up in the comedy club scene together in the '70s, during which Dave considered throwing in the towel after seeing Williams' stand-up. "I thought, that's it, they're going to have to put an end to show business. Because what can happen after this?" Letterman says. "People were drawn to him because of this electricity, this whatever it was that he radiated that propelled him and empowered him. ... I'm sorry I had no idea that the man was in pain, that the man was suffering. But what a guy, Robin Williams."
2. Best Family Bonding: For two girls who look nothing alike, Switched at Birth's Daphne and Bay sure do get mixed up a lot. But unlike that fateful day in the hospital 18 years ago, this time the girls have no one to blame but themselves. After the police link Daphne to the vandalism at Regina's construction site, she faces a felony charge and three months in jail for her second strike. However, when Daphne goes to turn herself in, Bay "confesses" to the cops in order to take the fall. Although Daphne tries to stop her, Bay explains that because of her lack of a criminal record, her punishment won't be nearly as bad as Daphne's would have been. Plus, it will give her "mad street cred" with other artists. And the best sister ever award goes to...
1. Best Commitment to the Cause: How do you get your cult of followers to embrace the idea of martyrdom? Sometimes you have to take matters into your own hands (literally). After Guilty Remnant leader Patti is kidnapped by a sleepwalking Chief Garvey on The Leftovers, she does her best to convince him to just kill her. When he refuses, opting to let her go free and face the music for kidnapping her, she picks up a shard of glass, jabs it into her neck and proceeds to slice her own throat. We're still not sure what exactly Patti or any of the G.R. members are up to, but Ann Dowd's superb performance will be missed.
What were your top moments?


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来自PIE * bhel, 燃烧,发光。词源同blank, black. 在古英语里这一PIE词表示各种颜色。
The exact color to which the Gmc. term applies varies in the older dialects; M.H.G. bla is also 'yellow,' whereas the Scandinavian words may refer esp. to a deep, swarthy black, e.g. O.N. blamaðr, N.Icel. blamaður 'Negro' [Buck]The color of constancy since Chaucer at least, but apparently for no deeper reason than the rhyme in true blue (c. 1500). From early times blue was the distinctive color of the dress of servants, which may be the reason police uniforms are blue, a tradition Farmer dates to Elizabethan times. For blue ribbon see cordon bleu under cordon. Blue whale attested from 1851, so called for its color. The flower name blue bell is recorded by 1570s. Blue streak, of something resembling a bolt of lightning (for quickness, intensity, etc.) is from 1830, U.S. Western slang.
Few words enter more largely into the composition of slang, and colloquialisms bordering on slang, than does the word BLUE. Expressive alike of the utmost contempt, as of all that men hold dearest and love best, its manifold combinations, in ever varying shades of meaning, greet the philologist at every turn. [John S. Farmer, "Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present," 1890, p.252]
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Awesome Royals Pitcher Gives Broke Fan Playoff Tickets on Twitter
The Kansas City Royals continue to be the best story in sports. Not only are they winning and ending decades of futility, but they're also making sure their fans are enjoying every minute of the ride.
Case in point: Royals reliever Brandon Finnegan recently gave a fan tickets to a game after said fan asked him on Twitter.
Amazingly, Finnegan responded that he could probably hook him up. After a pleasant exchange between the two, Finnegan delivered:
Seriously, is there a more likable team than the Royals? First, they made the playoffs after a 29-year hiatus, then they shocked the A's and further shocked the Angels. Then, for good measure, they treated their fans to a night out at a bar. Considering the Royals have been as relevant as an 8-track player for the last three decades, it's nice to see all the goodwill.
If the magic keeps going and they somehow win the World Series, we're thinking the Royals may pay off the national debt.


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I have a query which uses a series of functions to return the status of each document for a loan.
SELECT loan_number,
get_application_status(loan_number, date_application_ordered, date_application_verified),
get_appraisal_status(loan_number, date_appraisal_ordered, date_appraisal_verified),
get_endorsement_status(loan_number, date_endorsement_ordered, date_endorsement_verified),
get_waiver_status(loan_number, date_waiver_ordered, date_waiver_verified),
get_insurance_status(loan_number, date_insurance_ordered, date_insurance_verified)
FROM loans_table
WHERE loan_type IN ('A', 'B', 'C')
AND filing_date > TO_DATE('30-OCT-12')
AND filing_date <= TO_DATE('13-NOV-12');
It returns several hundred rows and takes around 30 seconds. I suspect that it is taking so long because each function uses a subquery with a MAX function, like this:
FUNCTION get_waiver_status (loan_number IN NUMBER, date_ordered IN DATE,
date_verified IN DATE) RETURN varchar2
last_upload_date DATE := NULL;
IF date_ordered IS NULL THEN
RETURN 'Not Ordered';
SELECT MAX(upload_date) INTO last_upload_date
FROM documents_table
WHERE documents_table.loan_number = loan_number
AND document_type = 'waiver';
IF last_upload_date >= date_verified THEN
RETURN 'Not Verified Since Last Upload';
ELSE IF last_upload_date < date_verified THEN
RETURN 'Verified';
END get_waiver_status;
How do I get the query to return faster? I have made indexes on loan_number and filing_date. I tried creating a trigger on documents_table to store the last upload_date of a document into a new table for the function to retrieve, but if a document is deleted, I need to be able to select the next latest upload_date from documents_table, which I can't do from within the trigger because I get a mutating table error. I am using PL/SQL on Oracle 10g R2.


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The question of whether to get long-term care insurance bedevils consumers and their advisers. Unlike medical insurance, it is intended primarily to cover people who need assistance with so-called activities of daily living -- for example, the care of a dementia patient or someone recovering from a broken hip. It can be expensive: Premiums range from $1,000 to $5,000 a year, depending on the age, sex and health of the purchaser as well as the extent of the coverage. And policy details can be confusing.
Even advocates acknowledge that it isn't for everyone. Jesse Slome, executive director of the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance, an industry group, sums it up well: "Long-term care is a universal issue facing all Americans who are getting older. But long-term-care insurance is not a universal solution."Many people think that their health insurance will cover long term care, but most don't. Nor do Medicare or Medicare supplemental policies. Medicaid will pay, but to qualify for Medicaid, your assets must dwindle away to almost nothing.
In recent years, we've received numerous complaints about the cost of the policies. Long term care insurance is a fairly new product, with many companies not offering it until the early 1990s. As a result, they had little experience to base their prices on, and early policies were priced significantly lower than they should have been, based on how the cost of claims and the fact that -- unlike life insurance, for example -- few people cancel the policies.
As a result, most long-term care insurers have bumped up their premiums sharply in the past few years -- in some cases 40 percent or more -- angering customers who signed up for policies at relatively low cost years ago. This is a problem across the country. Again, from the article:
"It's probably the most frequent complaint I hear," says (Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy) Praeger, who heads the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' health and managed care committee. "The problem is, the older policies weren't priced right to begin with. Companies expected about 8 percent of customers to stop paying their premiums, when, in fact the lapse rate is closer to 2 percent." That meant the insurers had to cover more beneficiaries than they expected at a time when the economic downturn has meant less returnon their investments.
Praeger acknowledges that rate increase requests have posed a dilemma for insurance commissioners. "If we don't give them the rate increase they need, the insurance carriers could become financially impaired, and that doesn't help people," she says. In fact, in recent years, a number of companies have stopped selling policies. As a result, she adds, it's hard to turn the increases down.


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Barclay steps in for Packers
GREEN BAY, Wis. — The man of the hour had been at his locker so long – conducting interview after interview in his half-removed football pants, sweaty undershirt and bare feet – that by the time he was finally getting out of the shower, the locker room was nearly empty. In fact, when the two Green Bay Packers offensive linemen crossed post-game paths, Don Barclay had a towel wrapped around his waist while Jeff Saturday was showered, dressed and headed for home.
But before departing, the veteran center stopped. He had one more thing to say to the undrafted rookie free agent tackle who'd stepped into the breach during Sunday's 23-14 victory over the Minnesota Vikings at Lambeau Field.
"Great job, bro," the 37-year-old Saturday said, smiling like a big brother near the bathroom sinks. "I'm so proud of you, man. Seriously."
Those weren't the first words of encouragement the 23-year-old Barclay heard Sunday, of course. Most of them came when he went into the game at right tackle after veteran T.J. Lang went down with a left ankle injury with 6 minutes, 42 seconds in the first half.
"When you first get in, you've got those nerves running. It's one of the things you want to focus on and make sure you're not the guy (making the mistake)," Saturday explained. "Those nerves are there, but I thought he responded very well. I'm just proud of how he worked. The guy didn't back down, he didn't question himself. If he had a bad play, he dropped it and moved on. And that's what that does, going out and playing with guys – it builds that confidence little by little."
Added left tackle Marshall Newhouse: "He played his butt off, there's no doubt about it. I've been in that circumstance, having to come off the bench cold and being thrown into the fire. He did a great job. It was just another instance of guys stepping up. Injuries are going to happen. Unfortunately we've had a lot of 'em, and he's just another example of that. He's a good kid, a tough player, and he proved why he belongs here."
While Barclay appreciated the words of support – "All the guys were behind me," he said – it meant more to him that coach Mike McCarthy kept calling running plays to the right side. Most of the Packers' 152 rushing yards came behind Barclay and right guard Josh Sitton, including James Starks' 22-yard touchdown run.
"I thought Don did a good job. Actually, I thought the confidence in the play-calling reflected that," McCarthy said. "When he first went in the game, I tried to take care of him and play it smart and, frankly, after halftime, we just really played a basic, clean football game. And I thought our players did a heck of a job.
"I thought Don gave us an opportunity to just keep rolling, play both run and pass. And I was pleased with what I saw."
In fact, McCarthy has liked what he's seen from Barclay and fellow undrafted rookie lineman Greg Van Roten for the last several weeks.
"I'll tell you, we've really been happy with what Don's been doing over the last month," McCarthy said. "You could see both him and Greg are coming on. That's what you expect from your young linemen. There's no surprise for me to see him play, especially as physical. He's a physical guy, he's a tough guy. He's what you're looking for as far as your right tackle, as far as your attitude. And he gave us a chance to just keep playing today, and that's all you ever ask for out of a young rookie when he comes in."
Barclay did get plenty of help – the Packers lined up a tight end next to him or had a back in to chip prospective pass rushers on most of his snaps – and he wasn't perfect. On his third play, he was beaten by defensive end Brian Robison, was flagged for holding and watched Kevin Williams deflect an Aaron Rodgers pass that Jared Allen intercepted. The play was nullified by Williams' personal foul for his hit on Rodgers, but it was a dubious start.
On Starks' touchdown, Barclay actually missed his tackle on linebacker Erin Henderson, but he got just enough of him to allow Starks to use tight end Ryan Taylor's block to get to the sideline and down the field for the TD.
"The first couple of plays was (I) kind of getting used to it. And then the second half I think I settled in and I got comfortable with it," said Barclay, who'd been a three-year starter at left tackle at West Virginia and made the team coming out of training camp. "The first play was maybe a little tunnel vision. I was just out there. It happens to everyone. But after that I got comfortable.
"You know, a couple plays probably weren't as pretty. But every play I was out there fighting my butt off and that's what it's all about."
Now, it's about figuring out where the line goes from here. Asked about the severity of Lang's ankle injury, McCarthy said team physician Dr. Pat McKenzie "didn't think it was serious." If Lang is able to play next Sunday night against Detroit at Lambeau Field, the Packers will have to decide whether to play him at right tackle, with Evan Dietrich-Smith continuing at left guard and re-relegating Barclay to the bench, or keep Barclay at right tackle and play Lang at his normal position.
McCarthy wouldn't entertain the question Sunday, but at the very least, Barclay has given the coaches something to think about.
"That's what I came here for, to put in what I could, cooperate with all the other players. And when I got the opportunity, I went with it," Barclay said. "I've been preparing for the past 12 weeks and it was a blessing to get in there and play with those boys.
"Anything that happens, any situation that occurs, I'm willing to do it. It was a blessing to step in there, whether I'm at tackle or guard, I'm going to give my all."
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