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INGLEWOOD, Calif. (December 17, 2011)—Five weeks removed from a half-length victory in his stakes debut in the Real Quiet, Liaison became a Grade I winner, defeating Rousing Sermon and 11 other 2-year-olds in the $750,000 CashCall Futurity Saturday at Hollywood Park.
In the process, the son of Indian Charlie, who was euthanized Thursday in Kentucky at age 16 after battling cancer, and the Victory Gallop mare Galloping Gal became the second consecutive Real Quiet winner to repeat in the Futurity. Comma to the Top completed the parlay en route to Horse of the Meet honors in 2010.
Owned by Arnold Zetcher and ridden by Rafael Bejarano, Liaison, who won by a neck, gave Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert a record sixth Futurity win.
Before Saturday, Baffert's victories included Real Quiet (1997), Captain Steve (1999), Point Given (2000), Pioneerof the Nile (2008) and Lookin At Lucky (2009).
Saving ground while racing just behind the pacesetters – Handsome Mike and the Baffert-trained Drill with 3-1 favorite Majestic City poised to their outside – Liaison angled outside for room entering the stretch, gained the advantage with less than a furlong to run and held off the surge of the California bred runner-up. Rousing Sermon also finished second in the Real Quiet Nov. 12.
The final time of 1:42.88 for the 1 1/16 miles over Cushion Track was the fastest since Pioneerof the Nile (1:41.95). The 5-1 second choice, Liaison paid $12.20, $7.20 and $4.80. The margin of victory equalled the smallest in race history, matching Roving Boy (1982), Temperate Sil (1986), A.P. Indy (1991) and Stormello (2006).
Rousing Sermon, a 13-1 shot whose lone stakes win came in the California Cup Juvenile Oct. 29 at Santa Anita, returned $12.40 and $6.40.
If the son of Lucky Pulpit had been successful Saturday, Hall of Famer Jerry Hollendorfer would have become the first trainer to win both the Futurity and the Hollywood Starlet in the same year. The Hollendorfer-trained Killer Graces, a 14-1 shot, captured the Starlet Dec. 10.
Brother Francis, a maiden making his first start beycond seven furlongs, paid $8 to show. The son of Lion Heart made a menacing move at the winner, but couldn't sustain his rally. He wound up 1 ½ lengths behind Rousing Sermon and a half-length in front of the Baffert-trained Sky Kingdom.
Victor Espinoza, Brother Francis' rider, lost his whip inside the eighth pole.
A $290,000 purchase at the Keeneland September sale in 2010, Liaison has won three of four. The $375,000 payday pushed his bankroll to $469,560.
Empire Way was fifth, followed by Blingo, Handsome Mike, Cozzetti, Drill, Majestic City, who lost for the first time in four starts at Hollywood Park, Basmati, Desormais and Groovin' Solo.
The longest shot in the field at nearly 88-1, Groovin' Solo was pulled up by jockey Alonso Quinonez. The rider's right rein broke at the mile pole.
The latest Futurity victory had extra meaning for Baffert. He trained Indian Charlie, who won four of five races in his brief career, including the 1998 Santa Anita Derby.
"We've had emotions all week about Indian Charlie,'' said Baffert. "He was such a good horse and he didn't get going as a sire until the very end.
"Winning this race is very important. It's the last chance to run at a big pot other than the Breeders' Cup. This race is very pivotal for future stars. It's where they start separating themselves. I'm glad I was on the front end of the separation.''
Bejarano is looking forward to more successes with Liaison.
"He's just going to improve off this race,'' he said. "I'm really happy with this horse. (Baffert) has done an awesome job with him.
"He broke so well, but I knew there were a few speed horses in there, so I just put him right in behind them. I was just waiting and waiting and when I found the right opportunity, I swung him out in the stretch and he showed a big kick.''
Thanks largely to an 85-1 shocker by Bud I Crushed It in the first leg of the Pick 6, there will be a carryover of $93,036 Sunday, which wraps the 26-day Autumn meet.
Since it is closing day, there will be a mandatory payout. The Pick 6 commences in the fifth race. Post time is 12:30 p.m. and approximate post time for the beginning of the Pick 6 is 2:33 p.m. PST.
Trainer Mike Mitchell doubled Saturday, enabling him to clinch the training title.
Mitchell, who won the sixth with McKenzies Way and the eighth with Bluegrass Reward, has 18 victories, three more than Baffert and Doug O'Neill. Both Baffert and O'Neill have only one scheduled starter Sunday.
The title is the 19th of Mitchell's career and his seventh at Hollywood Park. It was his third Autumn championship, but first since 1996.
The feature attraction Sunday is the $80,000 On Trust Handicap.
Restricted to California breds, the On Trust will be run at 7 ½ furlongs over Cushion Track. Mensa Heat, a four time winner since he was claimed for $25,000 April 15 by trainer Ted H. West for owner Peter Redekop BC Ltd., is the 122-pound highweight and will have six opponents.The On Trust is the ninth race. Scheduled post time is 4:37 p.m. PST.
As part of the closing day festivities, there will be drawings between races for gift cards and various other prizes.
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Had some friends come over to chat and ended up staying to dinner, so we jusr worked our way through a few things I had out on the sideboard, standing in the queue for tasting or taking to lunches soon.
2011 Blue Mountain Gamay Noir - BC wine that was crisp and fruity as expected - always buy a case for the summer in the garden.
1998 Dom. de Marcoux CNduP - continues to please. Drinking at peak now with red fruit and nice spice levels. Smooth.
1997 Clerico Arte - this nebbiolo/barbera blend was drinking beautifully - my friend had asked for just a taste before they left and ended up sitting down to finish the bottle with me. Dark fruit and mellow oak, well structured and the tannins now softening, finishing with clean but proportional acidity. Must try to find my remaining stash of 1996 to try soon.


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It's finally time to meet our I'm a Huge Fan: Britney Spears winner, Jenny! Our winner Jenny and her friend Nathan flew all the way out to sunny LA from their home in Alabama for the once-in-a-lifetime chance to meet and interview Jenny's favorite celebrity, Britney Spears. Watch the beginning of her emotional journey, starting with a stop at a vocal coach at The Singers Workshop, who Britney has worked with for her tours. There is so much to share from this amazing I'm a Huge Fan. Watch now and check back soon on PopSugar for the next installment, and the big moment. Thanks to Robert Rodriguez for Lindsay's wardrobe.


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Former All Blacks coach John Mitchell is still expected to link up with Premiership side Sale Sharks despite stressing his desire to return to his post with the Johannesburg-based Lions.
The former Sale player and coach was recently found not guilty of all complaints of misconduct levelled against him earlier this year - allegations that led to him being suspended by the Golden Lions Rugby Union (GLRU).
With his suspension formally lifted, Mitchell has been requested to return to work according to his legal representatives but speculation continues to link him with a permanent role with the Sharks having acted as a consultant in recent weeks and also been appointed as a member of the club's 'rugby strategy management board' and charged with helping to guide the club's future.
"John is elated with the outcome and feels that his position and reputation as an international coach has been fully vindicated," said his management agency, The Fordham Company. "He is looking forward to returning to Ellis Park as head coach to assist the Lions to achieve their full potential."
It has also been revealed that the disciplinary panel has made a number of recommendations relating to the "restoring of the working relationships between Mitchell and the GLRU" that reached breaking point in June. "John is committed to working hard together with the GLRU to address these issues going forward," added John Fordham, the agency's chief executive.
Fordham added that Mitchell's legal representatives and the GLRU's lawyers Erasmus Inc were engaged in discussions to address the resolution of certain underlying issues that gave rise to the complaints and to discuss Mitchell's future with the club. "John is committed to remaining in South Africa and in continuing in his position as head coach of the GLRU. He's looking forward to his return to the club tomorrow," he said.
However, the Manchester Evening News reports that Sale remain confident that Mitchell will return to the club in the near future. Officials at the Premiership strugglers reportedly declined to go on the record but the newspaper believes that Mitchell is just seeking a 'satisfactory' end to his three-year stint with the GLRU.
Mitchell steered the Golden Lions to the Currie Cup title in 2011 but success has been elusive on the Super Rugby stage with The Lions relegated from the competition at the end of this season having finished the lowest of the South African franchises to be replaced by the Southern Kings.
In related news, former Lions player Jonathan Mokoena insists reinstating Mitchell would be "biggest mistake" in the history of South African rugby". The former South African 7s captain, who spent a brief spell with the Lions from 2010-11, took to Twitter to air his concerns about Mitchell's coaching style.
In a stunning attack he also labelled Mitchell a "demon" who treated players like "animals". He added: "We (the players) are humans, not animals. We are adults. You don't curse and swear adults who are married and already have children - that is not how you treat people."
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The next scheduled session will be a four week series held on Tuesdays from 2 to 3:30 p.m. starting Nov. 13 at the DeGraff Community Center. Each 90-minute session includes registration, presentation by a health professional, time for discussion, a healthy snack and giveaways. Health screens will be offered.
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MIDDLETOWN, Conn. – MIT scored three runs in each of the first two innings that propelled the Engineers to a 7-5 non-conference baseball victory over Wesleyan University this afternoon. Sophomore Hayden Cornwell (Newport Beach, Calif.) had a pair of hits and drove in three runs for MIT.
MIT (17-6) started quickly as freshman Jacob Rothman (Charlotte, N.C.) led off with a single and senior James McKinney (Wakefield, R.I.) walked to put the first two aboard. Junior Creed Mangrum (Sandy, Utah) singled to center to score Rothman, with McKinney following him home and Mangrum making it to third when the ball was misplayed by the center fielder. Cornwell then brought him home with a sac fly to center to make it 3-0.
After Wesleyan came up with an unearned run in the bottom of the first on a sac fly by Jonathan Dennett, another Cardinal error opened the gates for three more MIT runs in the second. With one out freshman Kendall Helbert (St. Louis, Mo.) singled and junior Jon Rea (Palo Alto, Calif.) walked to put two on. After a strikeout, a balk moved the runners up for McKinney who hit a grounder to third that could not be fielded cleanly, allowing one run to score. After a walk to Mangrum, Cornwell delivered a two-RBI single that made it 6-1 and knocked Wesleyan starter, Jimmy Hill, out of the game.
An MIT error in the bottom of the second led to two more runs for Wesleyan as the Cardinal loaded the bases on a hit, an error and a hit batter. With two away Donnie Cimino singled to bring home two runners and make it 6-3.
It stayed that way until the sixth when Wesleyan drew within a run with two more scores. After leading off with a single, Steve Moran made his way to third on a pair of ground outs. Matt Sorkin was hit by a pitch to put runners on the corners, and the pair executed a double steal with Moran's run making it 6-4. Andrew Yin followed with an RBI single that made it 6-5.
MIT answered in its next at-bat, as Cornwell led off with a triple and scored on an RBI groundout by freshman Nate Rodman (Corvallis, Ore.). MIT's pitching did the rest as sophomore K.J. Parent (Knoxville, Tenn.), who came on in the fifth, allowed just a single in the seventh and senior Henry Zhu (Overland Park, Kan.) finished off the final two innings by allowing just a two-out single in the ninth to pick up his fifth save of the year.
Parent picked up the win, going three innings and allowing four hits and a pair of runs. Freshman Nicholas Locascio (Naples, Fla.) started for the Engineers and gave up five hits and three runs, none earned, in four innings of work. Hill, the Wesleyan starter, took the loss after giving up four hits and six runs, just two of which were earned, in 1.2 innings.
At the plate sophomore Parker Tew (Chapel Hill, N.C.) also had a pair of hits for MIT, while McKinney scored twice for the Engineers. Yin, Cimino and Moran all had a pair hits for Wesleyan.
MIT will play on the road again tomorrow when it plays at Worcester State at 3:30 p.m. Wesleyan will also play tomorrow, against another New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference foe as it travels to Coast Guard for a 4:00 p.m. game.


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The Big 12 Conference Board of Directors agreed to a formal grant of television rights for a minimum of six years during a teleconference today. The approval by the Board was unanimous; however the University of Missouri did not participate in the vote on the advice of legal counsel.
Interim commissioner Chuck Neinas was authorized by the Board to immediately distribute legal documents for institutional execution. An earlier vote related to equal revenue distribution becomes effective upon the formal assignment of rights by all institutions. The Board did not set a deadline but indicated a desire to expedite the approval process.
The grant of rights was included in a joint resolution proposed by both the University of Oklahoma and the University of Texas. In addition to the grant of television rights for at least a six-year period, the proposal included agreements related to high school content and access to football games for institutional third-tier telecast packages.
Specifics of the resolution included an agreement that during the term of the grant of rights: there will be no changes related to current or future primary television rights agreements or Conference bylaws, rules or policies related to member institution branded outlet rights; Conference bylaws will reflect that no member institution branded outlet will show high school games or highlights, noting that it is permissible pursuant to NCAA interpretation to use scores, standings and statistics of high school games; and, that additional games beyond the one member institution retained football game for telecast purposes must be approved by both institutions and both Conference telecast partners.


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Minivans have been around for decades and used to be a very popular mode of transportation among families. So, in the hopes of creating more enthusiasm for this fading segment, the 2013 Mazda5 takes a new approach that is definitely worth a second look.
Outside, the Mazda5 has the same smiling grille from last year, but now it boasts integrated turn signals. Also, both sides of the vehicle still feature full-length sliding doors that allow for ultimate maneuverability for your wolf pack in the back seats.
The latest Mazda5 still rides on a car chassis, but the interior is nothing but versatile. Unlike previous models, though, the 2013 model is only available with captain's chairs in the second row instead of a bench seat. The captain's chairs, including the driver and front passenger seats, offer plenty of room for all adults. On the other hand, the rear bench does not offer the same amount of room and should be left to the kids.
The Mazda5 could be called the Mazda Cargo, since there is plenty of room even with all the seats occupied. For example, Mazda installed a fold-out table with cup holders between the second-row captain's seats and storage bins underneath. Also, all rear seats can fold down flat, allowing for almost 100 cu ft of cargo space!
To keep the price down on the new Mazda5, engineers decided not to offer very much in terms of technology or gadgets. There's no navigation, premium audio systems or even a backup camera for any of the three trim levels: Sport, Touring and Grand Touring. However, the Mazda5's top two trim levels come with backup sensors, plus Bluetooth hands-free phone and audio. Options for the 2013 model include a DVD Rear-Seat Entertainment System that comes with wireless headphones, a power moonroof and remote engine start.
Only one engine is available for the new Mazda5: a 2.5-liter, 157-horsepower inline 4-cylinder engine. The base Sport trim has an available 6-speed manual transmission, but the only transmission available on the other trims is a 5-speed automatic that does have a manual shift mode. The manual transmission will get slightly better gas mileage in the city, but on the highway both transmissions offer around 28 miles per gallon.
Prices for the Mazda5 start at under $20,000 for a base Sport trim, while a fully loaded Grand Touring will be much less than $30,000. With such a low price point, competition is tough to find. Nevertheless, it does include the Toyota RAV4, which offers optional all-wheel drive but no sliding doors, and the Dodge Grand Caravan, which offers a V6 engine but has worse fuel economy than the Mazda5.
The 2013 Mazda5 is a new take on a vehicle segment that some try to stay away from, but this outside-the-box minivan might be perfect for those looking for a vehicle with plenty of style, a practical interior and good fuel economy, while not being cluttered with endless overpriced, high-tech extras.


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While the rationalization over the hiring of Pat Shurmur occupies most minds across the North Coast, now that pitchers and catchers officially report in less than a month, a quiet off-season will finally give way to the crack of the bat and the smack of the ball into the glove, albeit in Arizona. Given that most Indians' fans have been waiting for this time since the final out of 2010 and given that little has changed regarding the make-up of the team from that final out to today, perhaps it's time to take a look at expectations for the 2011 Indians. Thus, now that the ceilings have been painted throughout my house and with the driveway as clear as anyone could ever imagine with the amount of accumulated snow around said driveway, let's get loose a Lazy Sunday attempting to determine what can realistically be expected from the 2011 Tribe and what the performance of the team, in relation to those expectations, mean to the overall health of the franchise… You'll remember (or maybe you won't) how this past week's Tomahawks closed out, scratching the surface on the idea that "if the Indians were to even stick around .500 for the first couple of months of the season…there may be some seeds of interest sewn around a building team that (quite suddenly) doesn't look as far away or seems to be on par with the other major sports franchises of the town".
If that arbitrary thought planted any kind of seed, leave it to Anthony Castrovince to grab his gardening gloves and watering can as he took great care in nurturing that "seed" of an idea to fruition in a fantastic piece taking that idea and running with it. If you haven't yet seen it, I would encourage you to go and read the whole missive as snippets aren't going to do it justice. That being said, these would be the two most pertinent thoughts as it relates to where this Sunday is heading in this space:Never mind that the Indians' last rebuild, tenuous as the end result might have been, saw the club win 93 games and barely miss the postseason just three years removed from the initiation of the process. And never mind that such a turnaround looks like -- wait for it, "Spaceballs" fans -- "ludicrous speed" when compared to the ongoing and longstanding droughts in places like Pittsburgh and Kansas City. Cleveland possesses a bit of an impatient fan base. A nearly 50-year wait between titles will do that to a town. --snip-- While 2011 is not projected to see the Tribe take that grand leap into contention, it is most definitely a time when this team, which attracted the lowest attendance total in the Majors last season, has a chance to win back the hearts of -- or, at the least, generate some interest from -- even the most fickle fans. With that groundwork laid, AC then itemizes the major determining factors for the season that I'm not going to cherry-pick from as (again) the whole piece is worth a read as a reminder as to where the Indians currently stand and what needs to go right for them to make 2011 a "success". But that idea led me to wonder, what would it take – in terms of on-the-field-performance – to consider 2011 a successful season? Are there benchmarks that would push it one way or another? Certainly, individual development of particular players plays a major role here as certain players (LaPorta, Masterson, and Brantley) need to take leaps to consistency while other players need to re-capture consistency (Carmona, Sizemore, and Hafner) while still more players need to build upon the lessons, and limited success, learned in their brief time in MLB (Santana and Carrasco, most notably). But those individual's performances are easily quantifiable and will start to reveal themselves in the first few months of the season and, while those individual performances are going to go a long way in determining the success or outlook for the team, what would constitute "success" or a sunny "outlook" for the team in a big picture view in terms of a win total? Just to introduce some context, the 2003 Indians were 68-94 (lest you've blocked it out of your synapses, the 2010 Tribe was 69-93) and the following year, that young group of players at the beginning of the last decade took a CONSIDERABLE step forward in their development, winning 12 more games in 2004, going 80-82. Players like Victor, Hafner, and Westbrook asserted themselves very firmly as "core" players and while others showed flickers that would never catch fire (Broussard, Coco, Matt Miller…no seriously, look at that team) and others failed to achieve consistency (two particular LHP come to mind…again, look at that team) or began their fade into oblivion, the building blocks started to fall into place. Of course, that same group would make another SERIOUS jump of 13 wins the next year, in their 93-win campaign in 2005 with more success ahead of them. Regardless, at a certain point in that 2004 season, the Indians' "Plan" turned into something that fans could very easily see and perhaps even buy into as a young group of unproven talent began to prove themselves. After a slow start (the 2004 Tribe was 18-26 on May 26th), the young Indians would never go further than 8 games under .500, actually reaching the .500 mark for the 1st time on June 21st at 34-34. In a weak AL Central, the Indians climbed their way out of an early hole and started to show that they were capable of at least playing .500 baseball or better, despite the obvious youth of the team and the question marks on the team. Interestingly, the 2004 team (after reaching the .500 mark towards the end of June) would not actually break past the .500 mark until July 25th, as they spent over a month hovering around .500, bouncing between 3rd and 4th place in the division. After putting an impressive run together to start August, the Indians found themselves at 63-55 on August 14th, just 1 GB of the division-leading Twins. From that point until the end of the season, the Indians dropped in the standings, going below .500 a mere two weeks later, with a late-season bid to finish 81-81 coming up just short. Why is it instructive to look at that timeline of the 2004 season? Realistically, it likely represents what would be considered a best-case scenario (or at least and "awfully-good-case" scenario) for the Indians of 2011. While I'd love to say that "if everything broke right for the 2011 Indians, they might sniff some contention in what is a stronger, if still flawed, division", the more pragmatic approach to what to expect from the Indians has them finishing somewhere between the low-70's and the low-to-mid-80's in wins. While that's a pretty wide range of victories, it's an idea that is delved into pretty deeply by Adam Van Arsdale at LGT, who attempts to legitimately find a range of finishes for the 2011 Tribe based on two sets of projected WAR (optimistic and pessimistic…or "good" and "bad") for the principals of the 2011 Tribe. The entire piece is fascinating to read, though beware if you're unsure about how WAR works and how Adam uses it to come up with his predictions – which, truth be told, is mid-60's in wins as a low end and the low-80's at the high end – you might find yourself confused due to the vagaries of WAR and through no fault of the author. That being said, the process is well-done and the conclusions hold up in terms of realistic "guesses" for 2011 records. Of course, if you're looking for a comprehensive "guess" as to what the entire MLB standings might look like this Fall, RLYW has their projections based on the CAIRO projection numbers and, in case you're wondering (and I'm guessing you are), the CAIRO projections have the Indians finishing with a 74-88, "good" for 4th in AL Central. If you're wondering how accurate this system has been in the past at correctly predicting records, here are the 2010 CAIRO projections for the AL Central, rounded off to the nearest number with the actual records in parentheses shown after: White Sox: 88-74 Projected (88-74 Actual) Twins: 82-80 Projected (94-68 Actual) Indians: 76-86 Projected (69-93 Actual) Tigers: 75-87 Projected (81-81 Actual) Royals: 71-91 Projected (67-95 Actual) With the exception of the Twins, there's about a win disparity of between 4 and 7 wins from the projections to actual records. If that disparity still existed for 2011, that would put the Indians' possible records between 67 and 81 wins…or about what Adam's piece at LGT came up with in terms of mainly negative and mainly negative performances. Let's say that's the range then, in terms of projected wins at the high end, with the Indians potentially hitting the .500 mark or (in the most optimistic of projections) just eking over it. Would a season like that do enough to capture the attention of the city or would it be termed a "success"? As AC adroitly pointed out in his aforementioned piece, "fans here were slow to warm to even the 2007 team that won an AL Central title and finished a win shy of the World Series, and they'll be slow to adopt this latest incarnation of the Indians, too" coming up with the same conclusion that the Indians would have to "hover around .500 to register on the radar again" in terms of compelling the fanbase to take notice. However, a large part of whether they are able to generate any kind of excitement will come from the manner in which the team reaches that final record. If they're able to make a run at some point in the season and spend some time above .500 as the 2004 team did, even if they fall back beneath that watermark (again, as the 2004 team did), the sense that success is feasible will become plausible. But is success feasible, or is even thinking that the Tribe can be a .500 team outrageously optimistic? One of the most interesting aspects of the CAIRO projections to me is how it uses Runs Scored and Runs Allowed projected for each team, plugs it into the Pythagorean Expectation and spits out a projected record. That aspect is interesting because of the way that the 2010 teams was projected to perform, resulting in the 76-86 projection for last year, which the Indians obviously never reached. Here are the 2010 CAIRO projections and the 2010 Results for the Tribe, with ranking in the context of the rest of MLB as follows:2010 CAIRO Projections 778 Runs Scored - 8th highest projected total for all of MLB 833 Runs Allowed - 5th most as a projected total for all of MLB2010 Results 646 Runs Scored - 5th lowest in MLB 752 Runs Allowed - 7th most in MLBWhile the Indians' pitching staff didn't allow nearly the amount of runs projected for them, their final ranking in the bottom quarter of MLB is on par with what was projected, the big difference from what CAIRO projected in 2010 and what actually happened comes on the Runs Scored side of the ledger. Of course, Terry Pluto wrote prior to the 2010 season that he "knew the Indians would hit", something he ended up writing about 4 more columns backtracking off of or attempting to explain his rationale, but it speaks to the level of ineptitude of the hitters in 2010, particularly after what was expected from them. Obviously, many factors contributed to the underwhelming final number (injuries to Sizemore, Cabrera, and Santana as well as poor performances by Sizemore, Cabrera, LaPorta, Brantley…do I need to go on…), but if you look at the 2011 CAIRO, you'll see that the offense is again expected to outperform the pitching. In the 2011 CAIRO projections, the Indians are projected to score 728 runs (which projects to the 11th highest in the MLB) and allow 802 runs (which projects to the 4th most in all of MLB), which is how the 74-88 record comes about. That doesn't look too far off, and maybe that overestimation of the offense is in the cards again and maybe the pitching will surprise to some extent, but it got me wondering in terms of some of the other projections out there, what kind of Runs Scored in particular could be expected from the other two projections that are readily available – ZiPS and Bill James, via the player pages at Fangraphs.Using the Lineup Analysis tool at Baseball Musings (and not even allowing this to open up as a discussion for what the 2011 Batting Order should be…because that is baseball discourse at its lowest level), plugging in the ZiPS projections for the 9 assumed starters on the Indians results in an offense that would average 4.87 runs per game, or about 790 Runs Scored on the season. Realizing, of course, that the Lineup Analysis tool assumes that the same 9 players will be in the lineup every day and…well, that just doesn't happen (ahem, Hafner), it is interesting to note that the Bill James projections for the same players results in a team that would average 5.02 runs per game, or 844 Runs Scored on the season. Those are pretty big numbers and both projections are extremely top-heavy, with the majority of the production coming from Santana and Choo, with complementary contributions by Sizemore, Cabrera, and Hafner, as the projections for the bottom half of the lineup border on nauseating. However, after the Indians' offense fell on its collective face last year, there is reason for optimism with Choo, a presumably healthy Santana, a less-than-presumably healthy Sizemore, with Cabrera hopefully looking to get untracked once more as a dynamic young player who just turned 25 last November with 1,610 PA under his belt in MLB and with a 101 OPS+ in his career as a middle infielder. Are there places in the lineup that you have to squint to see that glass as half-full? Of course and as Pluto reports some disconcerting infield alignment news that it could be Donald at 3B (where he actually played LESS in the Minors than he did at 2B) and Nix at 2B with Cord Phelps starting in AAA as a 2B/3B/LF(?) being "a swingman between different positions, although he is expected to play every day -- somewhere ", it would certainly seem that the Indians are attempting to find the best "fit" among the square pegs for the round holes and continuing to ignore the idea that defense is…um, kind of important in the infield with a slew of groundball pitchers. Pluto goes on to predict that Valbuena or Everett looks like the Utility IF as it stands now (and it won't be Louie V), and after reading all of that, let's hope that this can change out in Arizona (although remember that Pluto gets his Sunday "Notes" from the organization) because the idea floated out there this morning actually makes the infield look worse than it did yesterday…which I didn't think was possible. It could be that finding a spot for Nix strikes me as underwhelming and because I'm higher on Donald than most (so the Indians will make the obvious move to further his development by making him learn ANOTHER new position at the Big League level), but when a revelation like this has me wondering what Jack Hannahan could do at 3B…yeah, that's not good news. Regardless of what they do to start the season at 2B and 3B, the Indians have their top two hitting prospects (with Jordan Bastian laying out some of the question marks heading into Goodyear and possible answers) at those positions and, while that may not translate to a obvious over .500 season in 2011, it starts to lay the groundwork. Perhaps that's the progress that needs to be seen this season – seeing the cement poured and begin to dry over the infrastructure that's been laid over the course of the last 2 ½ years. For the pitchers, we saw Carmona, Masterson, and Carrasco (most notably) at their best and their worst throughout 2010. While neither the ZiPS projections nor the Bill James projections predict many good things from the rotation (and the Bill James ones are exceedingly more optimistic, with better projected ERA's most notably for Masterson – 4.11, Carmona – 4.26, and Carrasco – 4.45), if a couple of them are able to show the consistency that eluded them in 2010, it becomes much easier to see how the Indians plan on attempting to contend in the coming years and how that poured cement leads to a smooth ride, rather than a bumpy one. If Carmona is able to build on his reclaimed career by incorporating his new change-up into his arsenal to keep hitters more off-balance or if Masterson can limit damage done by LH hitters or if Carrasco is able to avoid the HR ball, the Indians start to boast more "known" quantities going forward, an absolute must in the rotation. Beyond that idea, if two or all three of those pitchers find consistency and success, the Indians begin to cobble together a rotation that, at its best, can be very good. That being said, if the trio of Carmona, Masterson, and Carrasco all continue to struggle to find that consistency, the rotation becomes more full of questions than answers and, as a result, the depth that is likely ill-prepared significantly in 2011 because of a lack of experience (White, Pomeranz, Gardner, among others) or because they possess back-end-of-the-rotation ceilings (Huff, Laffey, Tomlin, Gomez, among), the Indians will find themselves scuffling to get a lead to Chris F. Perez in the 9th inning. Perhaps the Indians' pitching staff surprises as it did in 2010 and the presence of C. Perez at the back end of the bullpen provides stability that hasn't existed since…um, Mike Jackson, but the presumed struggles of the rotation may have to be offset by the projected increase in offense for the 2011 Indians to "hover around .500", as a means to provide some optimism that this incarnation of the Indians is destined to follow the path of the mid-1990s Indians or, more accurately, the mid-2000s Indians instead of...say, the mid-1980s Indians or the mid-1970s Indians or the…well, you get the idea. Certainly, a .500 record doesn't capture the imagination the way that a division pennant does, but it shows growth and improvement for a team and, if I'm looking at the path by which the Indians need to take to get to that .500 mark, it's not all that difficult to envision. A healthier offense with more consistent contributions from various spots up and down the lineup, a more settled bullpen with a stopper at the back end and some promising arms in the rotation make .500 a realistic end point for the 2011 Indians. Whether they get there or not and whether they are able to get some breaks and some pleasant surprises that they haven't gotten since 2007 (except for the emergence of Choo) will determine whether 78 wins or 84 wins is a pipe dream or a real possibility. But whether they get there or not in 2011 will be a huge determining factor as to where this organization goes past 2011.To say that this is an important year for the Indians is an understatement as the negative rhetoric surrounding them has become pervasive and the questions around the organization are constant. An ability by the 2011 Indians to show improvement (even incrementally) goes a long way to justifying the actions of the organization since the middle of 2008 and a failure to show improvement (again, even incrementally) provides more cannon fodder for the shots to the hull (some justified, some not so much) that this organization has taken since the middle of 2008. The importance of 2011 certainly doesn't mean that contention should be expected, but a team that is able to show signs of life or feature compelling young players (like Choo, Santana, Carrasco, and others) for a fanbase still licking their collective wounds after the last few Julys, would go a long way to changing the tone of the perception of this team going forward as the team could point to tangible improvement both in terms of individual players and overall record. As for that overall record, what level of "improvement" is necessary for that feeling that the Indians are, once again, heading up the mountain instead of continuing to travel downhill? The baseline for noticeable improvement probably starts around 75 wins and realistically sits closer to that .500 mark in as much as it would take those totals to generate some interest in the Indians around town. That bar may not look all that high in the context of MLB, but whether this Indians' team is able to achieve it (and if they are, how they go about doing it with captivating players leading the way) will determine whether contention in 2012 or 2013 is plausible or whether it is laughable.


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Connections: Calling All Bobcats
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The first athletics-wide celebration in years summons the Bobcat faithful
By H. Jay Burns
Carolyn Campbell-McGovern '83 figured that the recent Athletics Celebration Dinner was a success when she heard familiar laughter from a table nearby.
Campbell-McGovern was sitting up front with her mother, other honorees and their families, and President Hansen. The elegant setting "was very special," she says.
Nearby, friends from her field hockey and lacrosse days were enjoying a Bobcat mashup with other generations of alumnae and "really having a great time," Campbell-McGovern says with a laugh.
"That's the kind of night it was — a tribute to great Bates spirit, where everyone supports each other."
The evening featured a number of awards (Dan Doyle '72, for example, was inducted into the Scholar-Athlete Society that he helped found five years ago) plus a tribute to the late Robert Hatch, Bates' longtime athletics director and professor emeritus of physical education.
It was delivered by Trustee Ed Wilson '62, who neatly distilled the elements of Bates spirit when he described Hatch and the late Dean of Admissions Emeritus Milt Lindholm '35 as true "patriots" of Bates athletics.
"UCLA had John Wooden; Bates College had Bob Hatch," said Wilson.
The event at Boston's Seaport Hotel and World Trade Center reflected the spectrum of Bobcat sports, from coaches and senior staff to former All-Americans, Bates award winners, and those most loyal partisans, parents and relatives.
"Isn't this great!"
President Hansen welcomed the group by noting how Bates understands that "passion for athletics only deepens over time." Jeff Price '87, the new publisher and president of The Sporting News, served as emcee and said the evening was about "pride and excellence." Director of Athletics Kevin McHugh stood behind the lectern, looked out at the 200-plus crowd, paused, and said, "Isn't this great!"
It's been a while since Bates hosted a major Bobcat celebration — but not hard to draw a straight line between then and now.
In 1973, for example, a "Friends of Bob Hatch" testimonial honored Hatch when he retired as football coach. Attending that event, among others, was Steve Brown '69, just a few years removed from a football career under Hatch.
Flash forward 37 years to the June event, and there was Brown, now a Trustee, receiving one of several newly created Bates Best awards (see sidebar) for his athletics contributions, including his role in establishing the Friends of Bates Athletics program.
And back in 1979 at the Park Plaza in Boston, the last big all-sports dinner helped raise funds for Merrill Gym. William "Chick" Leahey '52 was there in his role as baseball's winningest baseball coach under AD Bob Hatch. And in June 2010, there was Leahey, retired since 1990 and soon to turn 85, receiving the first Robert Hatch Award for "demonstrating a passion for Bobcat athletics."
Campbell-McGovern, who received a Bates Best athletics award, liked the way the Leahey and Hatch tributes reminded her of her Bates experience.
"Bob Hatch was a great administrator. From where I sit now, I appreciate that fact even more," says Campbell-McGovern, deputy executive director for the Ivy League.
She says she was a Bates athlete "at a really good time" for women, as Hatch and others were attentively moving Bates sports toward true coeducation. "I never felt disparity between men's and women's programs," she says. As a captain, "I would've noticed it." She does recall asking in her freshman year why the football team was allowed to arrive on campus before classes, "but then the field hockey team was allowed to arrive early by my sophomore year."
And while fundraising was a background theme at the June event, attendees did buzz about the ongoing Garcelon Field project to install a FieldTurf surface plus new grandstands, lights, and press box. The $2.6 million project, as a matter of fact, is entirely donor-funded.
Bestest Behavior
Newly created this year, Bates Best awards recognize significant work by alumni and parents that engages Bates people with the College and that displays passion and commitment for advancing the Bates mission.
The Bates Best awards presented at the Volunteer Recognition Dinner in May honored volunteer work during 2009–10, while at the Athletics Celebration, Bates Best awards recognized lasting contributions to the Bates athletics program.
Volunteer Service
Reed Chisholm P'13
Renee Leduc Clarke '98 and Liam Leduc Clarke '98
Weston Bonney '50
Michael Charland '93
Alan Green '75
Larry Handerhan '05
Jennifer Glassman Jacobs '00
Judy Marden '66
Sarah Pearson '75
Jennifer Guckel Porter '88
Christian Rogers '04
James Ross '85
Ken Spalding '73
Bill Sweat '79
Kathy and Bob Whelan P'05
Jim Wylie '60
Athletics Achievement
Steve Brown '69
Carolyn Campbell-McGovern '83
Ira Waldman '73
Lynn Willsey '54
Becky Flynn Woods '89


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ORLANDO, FLA. – The Columbus Crew kicked off the 2014 Disney Pro Soccer Classic with a bang on Wednesday afternoon, as the Black & Gold jumped out to an early lead over Trillium Cup rival Toronto FC and never looked back. Aggressors for the majority of the contest, Gregg Berhalter's players claimed their second consecutive victory in preseason play, and their first against MLS opposition in 2014.
Drawing a foul in the ninth minute just outside of TFC's area, Jairo Arrieta gave frontline partner Federico Higuain the opportunity to draw first blood, and the Argentine Designated Player did exactly that in the 10th minute of play. Higuain's perfectly placed dead ball gave veteran goalkeeper Julio Cesar no time to react, and just two minutes later Josh Williams put Cesar in the same situation, fiercely striking a loose ball on the volley that froze the Toronto netminder.
LISTEN: Post-match audio from Berhalter, Williams and Wahl
Toronto managed to pull a goal back in the 15th minute through a Tyson Wahl own goal, but a second-half insurance goal from Adam Bedell sealed the Crew's victory. With the exception of starting goalkeeper Matt Lampson, Berhalter fielded two separate lineups in each half of play, as the Black & Gold continue to hone their fitness and tactical abilities throughout preseason. The club will continue building upon this foundation on Saturday, February 22 against the Philadelphia Union (1:00 p.m. ET / live stream on TheCrew.com).
Columbus Crew 3 – Toronto FC 1
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Venue: ESPN World Wide of Sports Complex (Kissimmee, Florida)
Referee: Robert Sibiga
Assistants: Joe Fletcher and Mark Cohen
Fourth Official: Mark Geiger
Weather: 77 degrees and partly sunny
CLB – Federico Higuain (unassisted) 10'
CLB – Josh Williams (unassisted) 12'
TFC – Own goal (Tyson Wahl) 14'
CLB – Adam Bedell* (Agustin Viana) 62'
*Indicates non-rostered player
Columbus Crew: Matt Lampson; Josh Williams, Patrick Slogic*, Tyson Wahl; Waylon Francis; Wil Trapp ©, Tony Tchani; Hector Jimenez, Federico Higuain, Justin Meram; Jairo Arrieta
Columbus Crew: Matt Lampson; Chad Barson, Kevan George, Michael Parkhurst ©, Ben Sweat; Agustin Viana, Kingsley "Fifi" Baiden; Dominic Oduro, Ben Speas, Agustin Viana, Bernardo Anor; Adam Bedell*
*Indicates non-rostered player
Substitutes not used: Steve Clark, Matt Walker, Ross Friedman
Toronto FC: Julio Cesar; Nick Hagglund (Chris Mannella* 76'), Steven Caldwell (Gale Agbossoumonde 46'), Doniel Henry (Ryan Richter 66'), Justin Morrow (Ashtone Morgan 66'); Jackson (Reggie Lambe 46'), Jonathan Osorio (Jeremy Hall 66'), Michael Bradley (Kyle Bekker 66'), Alvaro Rey (Manuel Aparicio 66'), Dwayne De Rosario (Kene Eze 75'); Gilberto (Andrew Wiedeman 46')
*Indicates non-rostered player


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Spolsky vs Uncle Bob
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The last few weeks, a dispute has been going on between Joel Spolsky and Robert C Martin, a.k.a Uncle Bob. It all started when Jeff Atwood and Joel Spolsky aired the 38:th Stack Overflow podcast when Joel mentioned that he often gets a suggestion that he should add unit testing as a 13:th thing to The Joel Test: 12 Steps to Better Code, which Joel did not agree with. Joel explains:
There's a debate over Test Driven Development… should you have unit tests for everything, that kind of stuff… a lot of people write to me, after reading The Joel Test, to say, "You should have a 13th thing on here: Unit Testing, 100% unit tests of all your code."
And that strikes me as being just a little bit too doctrinaire about something that you may not need. Like, the whole idea of agile programming is not to do things before you need them, but to page-fault them in as needed. I feel like automated testing of everything, a lot of times, is just not going to help you.
Joel basically have two different kinds of objections. The first one is about what you spend your time on:
But, I feel like if a team really did have 100% code coverage of their unit tests, there'd be a couple of problems. One, they would have spent an awful lot of time writing unit tests, and they wouldn't necessarily be able to pay for that time in improved quality. I mean, they'd have some improved quality, and they'd have the ability to change things in their code with the confidence that they don't break anything, but that's it.
Joel's second objection is about the fragility of the test suite:
But the real problem with unit tests as I've discovered is that the type of changes that you tend to make as code evolves tend to break a constant percentage of your unit tests. Sometimes you will make a change to your code that, somehow, breaks 10% of your unit tests. Intentionally. Because you've changed the design of something… you've moved a menu, and now everything that relied on that menu being there… the menu is now elsewhere. And so all those tests now break. And you have to be able to go in and recreate those tests to reflect the new reality of the code.
The discussion went on the to the SOLID principles of object-oriented design that Uncle Bob gathered, which Uncle Bob and Scott Hanselman did a walkthrough of in a recent episode of Hanselminutes. Joel again:
It's object-oriented design, and they're calling it agile design, which it really, really isn't. It's principles for how to design your classes, and how they should work. And, when I was listening to them, they all sounded to me like extremely bureaucratic programming that came from the mind of somebody that has not written a lot of code, frankly.
But Jeff and Joel didn't do their homework on Uncle Bob coding and his relationship with agile. Uncle Bob was the originator of the meeting that led up to The Agile Manifesto and he's been writing code for a living approximately since Jeff and Joel was born. He also writes a fair amount of his code writing in the public, so Bob posted his thoughts on what was said on the podcast.
I'm not religious about TDD. I consider it a discipline worth following. I don't write all my tests first. Some small number of them are simply more convenient to write after the code. There is even some code I don't write tests for at all, because it's just not worth it. But those are exceptions to the rule. The vast majority of the code I write, I write test first. (And no, Joel, this isn't a waste of my time.)
Bob also decides to override Joel on agility:
Joel said that the SOLID principle aren't "agile". (sigh). Everybody and his uncle thinks he knows what the term "agile" means. But I'm the guy who called the meeting where the name "agile" was picked. I've been writing about Agile development since the term Agile development was created. I think I know what is Agile and what isn't. And I think I have the authority to override Joel on this one. Joel, the SOLID principles are agile.
About Joel's experiences that typically 10% of the tests break when you change your code, Uncle Bob writes:
Joel went on to complain about the fragile test problem which is that as you make changes to your code, some of your tests naturally fail. Joel quoted the statistic 10%. That's laughable, and indicates that Joel has never tried to to gain anything beyond a surface understanding of TDD (a failing typical of business wonks). If you design your tests such that 10% of them fail due to a single point change, then you need a new career. Test design, like any other part of software design, is about decoupling.
As the debate went on, Atwood wrote a blog post he called The Ferengi Programmer, where he says that even though he appreciates that the SOLID principles are not objectionable on the surface, there is a danger on relying to heavily on rulesets.
Rules, guidelines, and principles are gems of distilled experience that should be studied and respected. But they're never a substute for thinking critically about your work.
What Jeff writes is indisputable. There will be no good software without critical thinking of what you do, and people writing books, guidelines or methods are generally aware of the risk of people slavishly following your advice without being aware of the context, but it's not an easy thing to avoid. It all boils down the Dreufys model of skills aquisition, and what level of the skill the reader has reached at the time they read the advice. Following Jeff's advice means that you decide you want to move from Advanced Beginner or Proficient to Competent on the Dreyfus scale on that skill. That particular move is considered something you have to do deliberately and not something that automatically happens just because the years go by.
After some more argumentation in public, it was decided that Uncle Bob should be on the air for a Stack Overflow podcast and that episode was recently aired. Uncle Bob got the chance to describe the thinking behind the SOLID principles, and Joel asked questions about when they are relevant. A small pattern evolved where Joel asks why the principle is important, Bob gives an example of being able to deploy components separately, Joel asks if this principle is only relevant in very large projects where you need separate deployability, and Bob comes off as agreeing with Joel on this one.
When it comes to quality and TDD, the differences are more clear (even though the value of tests as documentation seems to be accepted by all). Bob explained the importance of creating a test suite that is not as brittle as Joel's experience where 10% typically break after a change, and how it can be done by separating logic and presentation and testing right below what's shown on the screen. Jeff suggests that how it's always been done in the Unix community where you first write a command line application and then you write a UI on top of that to drive it.
In the end of the podcast Jeff, Joel and Bob talks again about the risk of following advice and about the skill level of the programming community and they all agree that there are far too many developers that does not care about what they do. All in all, they all agree that caring is essential, but the feeling is that they do not believe in the same way of developing software. All three acknowledge that responding to change is important but how much design and test-focus you need to achieve that is the core of the differences, and that's a difference that is quite wide-spread in the industry. Change is quite constant, but how we deal with change differs vastly.
This discussion naturally generated a lot of discussions on in the blogoshpere, and on the forums the signal-to-noise ratio dropped. A thoughtful comment that relates to learning was presented by Dhananjay Neneto as a reaction to Jeff's post on The Ferengi Programmer. Dhananjay says:
My big difficulty with the post is that it is an advice which may do more harm to junior programmers than good. It might encourage them to make tradeoffs before they learn the cost and implications of making the tradeoffs. And it might set themselves away from a path that requires careful and judicious application (which requires a lot of effort in the early days) and helps them internalise the principles.
This debate is one that could go on forever, and a debate that normally is on a too noisy level to be interesting, but there are interesting elements here; elements that are not only a matter of taste. Several questions arise:
In what way do we get new developers to learn things that experienced developers internalized without falling over too hard while learning?
How to we cope with change and where is the cutoff point where are efforts to plan to cope for change are no longer paying back?
Are SOLID principles only valid for complex projects? When should and shouldn't they be applied and where is the line between use and overuse?
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Thanks for the summary...
Kevin E. Schlabach
Thanks for writing this so well and showing a journalistic review (both sides). I've seen a lot of the noise, and many of the pieces... but I was struggling to follow where this conversation went. You've reduced it down to the important pieces and summarized it here for history sake which will be important because you are correct that the debate will continue for months to come.
are they crazy?!
andrew mcveigh
I like Joel's writing, but he's come up against pretty much an unstoppable (development) force in Robert Martin. He should do his homework.
Re: Thanks for the summary...
Niclas Nilsson
Kind regards
Kent Beck's reaction is missing
Sebastian Kübeck
In a recent podcast, Joel Spolsky makes comments that make clear his lack of knowledge of what I do and what I say. His work has not afforded him the opportunity to evaluate the quantity or quality of my work as a programmer.
see: www.jroller.com/sebastianKuebeck/entry/uncle_bo...
apart from that, I have to agree with Kevin.
Thanks also!
To be or not to be Agile
Mohammad Azam
This is like saying that hey I will take one structure out of your house and that will be a pillar. If you take out the pillar the whole building will collapse.
I would agree that TDD slows down the development at FIRST! but later in the life cycle of the project you will find out how much time you have saved. You can try to run fast from the start of the marathon and hope to win the race but you will most likely end the marathon if you are going at a constant speed.
Re: To be or not to be Agile
Greg Young
That would mean that 10% of your tests are testing the same functionality ... ouch.
100% coverage, just because?
Eugene Tolmachev
a bug database?
Tim Andersen
A wise man once told me that if you need a bug database, then clearly you have too many bugs.


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When I copy two columns—approximately 5MB in disk size and containing fewer than 400,000 rows—from one table to another, the copying process seems to enlarge the transaction log by about 100MB, even when I drop the indexes from the destination table. I use the following statement to copy the data:
INSERT into Table_A (Col1, Col2) SELECT Col1, Col2 FROM Table_B
The database is set up to truncate on checkpoint, and autoshrink is turned on. Is it typical for this INSERT statement to cause the transaction log to increase by such a large amount, and if so, what can I do to reduce the log's size?
Based on the information you provided, you can account for about 60MB of log space for your operation. Each row in the INSERT CASE claims about 56 bytes of log-record overhead. So, assuming that each data record uses 12 bytes, each insert would occupy about 70 bytes of log space. Multiply 70 by 400,000 records, then multiply the product (28 million bytes) by 2 to account for the compensation log record's reserved space. So far, the byte consumption amounts to 56MB. But wait—you aren't finished. SQL Server has to allocate about 650 pages to perform the insert, so you can tack on an additional couple of megabytes. The rest of the bloat could be due to the log file's original size. If the table contains a clustered index, the amount of space would increase again because of splitting index pages.
To keep your inserts from increasing the transaction log file so much, execute the inserts in smaller transactions based on an ordering key. And to reduce the log's size, you can also run one of the shrink log space scripts (i.e., DBCC SHRINKFILE and DBCC SHRINKDATABASE) that are available from the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Web site at http://msdn.microsoft.com.


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Dad of Boston victim asks for prayers
The father of the 8-year-old boy who perished in the Boston Marathon bombings is thanking family, friends and strangers for their support following his son's death.
Article continues below ...
Bill Richard released a statement Tuesday afternoon about his son Martin's death. He says his wife, Denise, and 6-year-old daughter Jane also suffered serious injuries in the blasts.
He also asks for continued prayers for his family as they mourn Martin.
Other neighbors and friends remembered Martin as a vivacious boy who loved to run, climb, and play sports including soccer, basketball and baseball.
The Richard family was watching Monday's race, and had gone to get ice cream before returning to the area near the finish line before the blasts.


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By: Mark McGrouther, Category: Science, Date: 01 Apr 2011
I don't mind saying that I'm pretty excited to be able to announce that the new Find a Fish page is online. Working on this page (and those that sit beneath it) has consumed more of my evenings than I would like to admit. In addition, as always, some great images were added. Thanks troops!
A new master index of fishes has been added to the site. Find a fish will make it much easier to view at a glance all the assets for a particular family. Currently, the site contains information on 1054 species but that number is increasing rapidly. The family with the most content is the labridae (wrasses), with 82 species represented (out of a total Australian fauna of 230 species).
Diamondfish, Monodactylus argenteus
Flathead Sandfish
Flathead Sandfish buried
Flathead Sandfish, Lesueurina platycephala
Largemouth Goby in the Minnamurra River
Largemouth Goby, Redigobius macrostoma
Spiny Pipehorse from Palm Beach
Threeband Butterflyfish at Lord Howe Island
Threeband Butterflyfish, Chaetodon tricinctus
Vanuatu Snapper, Paracaesio gonzalesi
Whitley's Gurnard Perch, Maxillicosta whitleyi
Tags fishes, ichthyology, Find a fish,
Thanks so much for your very informative reply Dave. I really appreciated the input of scientists who are working in this field of research. I will email tassygirl directly to ensure that she sees your comment.
Hi tassygirl. Thank you for your comment. Climage change is an issue that I believe we should all be taking very seriously. I'm not 100% sure which species you are refering to as a 'gummy dogshark'. There is a Gummy Shark, Mustelus antarcticus and also quite a number of dogsharks that are in a different family, the Squalidae. Having said that, however, I don't think it detracts one bit from your concern about changing distribution patterns as a result of ocean warming (don't get me taking about ocean 'acidification'!). The Whitley Award winning add link redmap website is trying to document changes in species distributions in Tasmania. Dr Peter Last from CSIRO Hobart, who was one of the interviewees in the ABC story is a close colleague of us fish-folk here at the Australian Museum. One of the comments he made in the interview is particularly scary, "If things keep changing in this way we're not sure what would happen to those elements or those fishes that occur right at the southern tip of Tasmania. These have got nowhere else to go."


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Nanya Technology has introduced Elixir DDR3 1600 XMP (Extreme Memory Profiles), a gaming memory module of its retail product line. The memory chipmaker is performing live demonstration at the ongoing Computex 2009 show, through joint promotion with motherboard makers Gigabyte Technology and Electronic Arts (EA).
Nanya's Elixir DDR3 1600 gaming memory module delivers data transfer rates up to 1600Mbps, doubling today's DDR2 memory, and operates at 1.5 volts (versus 1.8V for DDR2). The Elixir DDR3 supports Intel XMP, which delivers over-clocking performance in the Intel Core i7 CPU- and Intel X58 Express chipset-based desktop boards.
The DDR3 will become a mainstream very soon, said Pei-Lin Pai, vice president of Global Sales & Marketing and spokesman of Nanya. Nanya said it is on track to migrate to 68nm/50nm stack technology to increase DDR3 market share.
Currently, DDR3 accounts for 20% of the combined production at Nanya and Inotera Memories, according to Pei. The proportion is expected to exceed 30% in the second half of 2009.
Nanya's booth highlighting Elixir DDR3 at Computex 2009
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — A lot has happened since London.
The New York Jets were feeling pretty good on the flight back from over the pond after improving to 3-1 with a 27-14 victory over the Miami Dolphins at Wembley Stadium on Oct. 4. Todd Bowles' bunch would win the following week, too, topping Washington and getting off to a surprising 4-1 start.
Meanwhile, the loss cost Joe Philbin his job, with Dan Campbell taking over as interim coach of the struggling Dolphins.
The Jets (5-5) are 1-4 since, mired in a stretch of inconsistency that has seen them slip from early-season sensations to trying to remain in the playoff hunt.
Must-win at MetLife Stadium on...
Miami Dolphins head coach Joe Philbin walks the sideline during the game against the Jets.


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First things first: Please check out my column from the pages of the Miami Herald this morning. It discusses how ugly the Dolphins looked as a football team at their first training camp practice Friday and why. It also tells you why there is good news on the way.
It also tells you that there still could be great news on the way. And the great news is that, contrary to many reports, the Dolphins have not completely closed the door on Kyle Orton.
Once you get done with that, head back here to the comments section because I will be live blogging the Dolphins 11 a.m. practice -- as I did yesterday.
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Cookie Recipe: Life-Changing Vegan Thumbprint Cookies
Nutty, oat-y, sweet with maple syrup and a touch of jam, these thumbprints will please vegan and non-vegan palates alike. They're a hearty tasting cookie — I personally feel that two or three with a cup of strong hot tea is a wonderful way to start your day. They're quick to mix up, easy to form and fill, and will disappear off of your cookie plate in a twinkle.
I first tasted Vegan Thumbprints at a Zen Buddhist monastery deep in the California wilderness. I'm boldly revealing my not-very-blissful ignorance when I admit to sighing in disappointment when I first saw vegan cookies on the menu. But one bite was all it took for my ignorance to drop away like a veil. (Ha!) These cookies are that amazing! Because the location was so remote, homemade cookies were one of our few treats, so needless to say, we were verrrry attached (ahem) to the kitchen's cookie offerings.
Since my Vegan Thumbprint Awakening so many years ago, I have learned not to scoff at vegan baked goods and my life is the better for it. I hope these cookies do the trick for you, too.
Tester's NotesIt was a lot of fun to revisit this recipe three years after we first published it. I have very little to add to the original, except the following:
- We originally just listed almonds as the nut of choice, but you can also use walnuts, cashews, pecans or other nuts. Or try mixing a few of your favorites!
- This time around, I tested this recipe using coconut oil (thanks to your comments!) and am completely converted. Coconut oil has a superior nutritional profile to canola oil, but even better, it produces a crisper cookie.
- I happened to have a wee jar of apple butter in my cupboard and on a whim decided to give it a try as a filling in place of jam. It is absolutely perfect and I highly recommend using it, especially if you are looking for a lower sugar option for jam. – Dana
Life-Changing Vegan Thumbprint Cookies
Makesabout 4 dozen (2-inch) cookies
- 2 cups
whole almonds or other nut like walnuts, pecans, or pistachios
- 4 cups
old-fashioned oats
- 1/4 teaspoon
- 1 1/2 cups
all-purpose flour, divided
- 1 cup
canola oil or melted coconut oil
- 1 cup
maple syrup
Assorted jams of your choice (see note)
Preheat oven to 350°F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper or a Silpat.
In a food processor, pulse the nuts until they are chopped into smallish pieces. It's OK if you have a variety of sizes, just don't grind them to a flour. I tend to leave them chunkier than most people because I like to bite into a decent piece of nut when eating these cookies. But you can grind them pretty fine, too. Transfer the chopped nuts into a large bowl.
Using the same food processor bowl, grind the oats with the salt into a coarse meal. Again, I like to leave a little texture in the oats. Transfer the oats to the bowl with the nuts, then add 1 1/4 cup of flour, reserving the remaining 1/4 cup.
Pour the oil into the bowl, followed by the maple syrup. (Doing it in this order, and using the same measuring cup, means that all the maple syrup will glide out effortlessly.)
Mix with a wooden spoon until combined. If the dough seem runny, add the additional flour but don't worry if it is too soft, as it will stiffen up a bit as it sits. I usually let it sit for about 15 minutes.
Form the dough into rough balls about the size of a whole walnut. The dough will be slightly wet but surprisingly not too sticky. You may want to use one of those cookie-sized ice-cream scoops if you have one (I don't). The cookies can be fairly close together as they don't spread much.
Using the back of a round 1/2 teaspoon measure, make an indentation in the top of each cookie. Wipe the spoon clean and use it to fill the indentation with your jam of choice.
Bake for about 15 minutes, or until the cookies begin to brown slightly. Remove from oven and let cool for about 15 minutes before moving to a rack to cool further (they're a bit fragile when they first come out of the oven).
Recipe Notes
I like to use a variety of jams for taste and color on my cookie plate. My favorites are red raspberry, apricot, and quince.
If you want to avoid sugar completely, you can dot the cookies with an almond, or a sliver of dried fruit like dried apricot or a few raisins before baking. Or try a fruit butter such as apple or pear butter.
I have heard of using whole wheat pastry flour instead of the regular unbleached white flour but I have yet to try it. I imagine it would be pretty good, adding to the nutty taste and hearty texture.
The unbaked dough keeps very well in the refrigerator for about two days if kept well-covered.
These thumbprints are an ubiquitous vegan treat and I'm sure there are many variations out there worth exploring. Have you ever added coconut, or used pecans or hazelnuts? Tell us in the comments!


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Women make up about 52 percent of North Carolina's population and roughly 55 percent of its voters, according to the political action group Lillian's List.
MILLS RIVER — Women make up about 52 percent of North Carolina's population and roughly 55 percent of its voters, according to the political action group Lillian's List.
Yet only 22 percent of those serving in the N.C. General Assembly are female.
In partnership with the Democratic Women of North Carolina, Lillian's List hopes to change that equation by rallying their collective forces to recruit, train and promote more progressive, pro-choice women candidates for state office, said Executive Director Carol Teal.
Teal was the keynote speaker at a luncheon held Tuesday at the Unity Center and sponsored by the Democratic Women of Henderson, Buncombe and Transylvania Counties. Roughly 150 Democrats from eight counties gathered in Mills River to hear Teal's talk, called "Saving Our State."
"I was talking with Luke Hyde (chairman of the 11th Congressional District) earlier today and we were commenting that we can't really recall a time in recent history when so many of us have felt so compelled to do something to turn our state around," Teal said.
The elections of 2010 swept Republicans into control of the General Assembly for the first time since 1896. That was "devastating" for Democratic women, Teal said, because a redistricting plan approved by GOP legislators "gerrymandered" the state's voting in ways that made it difficult for pro-choice, progressive candidates to win.
Before the GOP takeover, Teal said North Carolina was "a leader in the South in teacher pay... Now we're at the bottom." Republicans have undermined environmental protections, "turned their backs" on health care by refusing to expand Medicaid coverage to 500,000 poor citizens, and created laws that "suppress voting," she said.
But Teal said Democratic women shouldn't dwell on "all the things that are wrong now... You have to do the pity party, you have to be upset, but then you quickly have to say, 'What are you going to do about it?' And what we're going to do is work together in a strong partnership to get everybody engaged in the political process."
Modeled after the national pro-choice PAC known as Emily's List, Lillian's List focuses on strategically recruiting new women candidates who are "committed to reproductive freedom and equality for women." The North Carolina group is named after Lillian Clement, an Asheville lawyer who served as the General Assembly's first female representative in 1921.
The group has thrown its political clout and financial resources behind such candidates as U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan and N.C. Rep. Susan Fisher of Asheville. Currently, they are pushing a slate of five female candidates seeking General Assembly seats in 2014, including mountain resident Sue Counts, who is running to represent the 93rd District in Watauga and Ashe counties.
Recruiting Democratic women to run for state office has its own unique challenges, Teal said.
According to research done by Emily's List, "women have to be asked seven times on average, and women feel like they have to have a master's degree in several policy areas before they feel comfortable and confident to run," she said. "And men, not so much — they say, 'Yeah, I can do that.' We need women to have that same confidence."
The conservative movement has done a "brilliant job" of recruiting, nurturing and funding their candidates, Teal said. Their success has been a wake-up call for Lillian's List organizers, who are now laying the groundwork for elections beyond 2014.
"We realized that we needed to put more focus on building the bench, so when an opportunity in the General Assembly pops up, we can say, 'You, you, suit up!' We've got to have that (broad-based approach)... This is a long game here."
Teal said progressives need to develop a "network of scouts" across the state to ensure the pipeline of ready-and-willing candidates continues to flow toward Raleigh. And they don't just need to identify and groom candidates, she added, but also campaign managers and campaign staffers.
"These are the young people that are way smarter than I am, that know all kinds of fancy-pants stuff that is really necessary to run a modern campaign these days," she said. Her group started an intensive three-day training academy for campaign staff in Montreat last fall, named after slain Democratic strategist Jamie Kirk Hahn.
The luncheon was attended by several male Democrats, including aspiring Henderson County Sheriff Marty Katz, U.S. House District 11 candidate Keith Ruehl, N.C. Senate contender Rick Wood and Norm Bossert, who is running for N.C. House District 113.
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Expedia-Verified Reviews
Don't miss out on a lower price on this hotel
Get an overview of this hotelBudget-friendly hotel northwest of the Strip
Popular property highlights
Near convention center
This old west-themed hotel is within 4 mi of the Las Vegas Strip and the Las Vegas Convention Center. Las Vegas-McCarran International airport is 6.3 mi away.
Around the clock
Arizona Charlie's Decatur provides a casino and 24-hour bingo parlor; a seasonal outdoor splash pool with spa tub; and dining options that include a 24-hour café.
Rooms with views
With western-style or contemporary decor, Arizona Charlie's guestrooms offer desert, mountain, or city skyline views. Amenities include satellite channels and pay movies. Non-smoking rooms are available.
Languages Spoken
- English
Arizona Charlie's Decatur - Casino Hotel & Suites
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Located 4 miles from the Las Vegas Strip and numerous other attractions, Arizona Charlie's Decatur features a large casino, unique 24-hour bingo parlor, the first enclosed non-smoking gaming area in Las Vegas as well as a poker room with tournaments and complimentary lessons. Other gambling favorites such as table games and over 1,000 slots, video-poker, and keno machines are provided. 3 casino bars include the Naughty Ladies Saloon, with complimentary live entertainment nightly.
On-site dining options include a 24-hour café, a spacious buffet restaurant, a Subway sandwich shop, and the Sourdough Café.
In summer, guests enjoy a 50-foot-long free-form pool with an adjacent Jacuzzi.
Both valet and self parking are complimentary.
- Casino
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Designated smoking areas (fines apply)
- Elevator/lift
- ATM/banking
- Number of bars/lounges - 3
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Number of restaurants - 5
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Designated smoking areas
- 24-hour front desk
- Conference space
- Porter/bellhop
- Spa tub
- Coffee shop or café
- Total number of rooms - 258
- One meeting room
- Number of floors - 7
- Wedding services
- Outdoor pool
- Multilingual staff
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Languages Spoken
- English
- Spanish
Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Coffee/tea maker
- Private bathroom
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Satellite TV service
- Desk
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Daily housekeeping
- Iron/ironing board
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
- Number of bathrooms -
- Pay movies
- Shower/tub combination
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
Where to Eat
Sourdough Café - This casual restaurant with a Klondike mining-town theme serves appetizers, sandwiches, burgers, prime rib, seafood, and chicken dishes. It is open 24 hours (closed from 9 PM Tuesday to 6 AM Wednesday; hours subject to change).
Frisco Market Buffet - This large, airy restaurant with a Gold Rush theme serves American and international selections, seafood, pastas, prime rib, salads, and desserts. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, and Sunday brunch are served.
Subway - Located in the casino, this spot serves specialty sandwiches from early morning to late evening.
Noble Roman's - This restaurant serves pizza in the casino from early morning to late evening.
Ron's Steakhouse - This restaurant's menu features fine cuts of steak and a selection of seafood. It has a refined yet comfortable ambiance, and is open for dinner Wednesday through Sunday.
Casino bars - 3 bars, including Naughty Ladies Saloon lounge with complimentary live entertainment nightly, are located in the casino.
Beneath old-fashioned chandeliers, the casino measures over 56,000 square feet and offers over 1,000 slots, video-poker, and keno machines. Table games include blackjack, craps, roulette, and pai gow. Unique to this Las Vegas hotel is an enclosed non-smoking slot area and a 535-seat bingo parlor that operates 24 hours a day. Other gaming options include a race and sports book and a poker room with complimentary lessons Sunday–Thursday mornings.
Complimentary Ace PLAY™ membership cards permit players to earn cash back, comps, and other rewards at this hotel and its three companion hotels: Arizona Charlie's Boulder, Stratosphere Casino Hotel and Tower, and Aquarius Casino Resort in Laughlin.
The Naughty Ladies Saloon features complimentary nightly entertainment, including big-band dancing on Fridays and karaoke on Mondays. Local rhythm-and-blues and classic-rock bands are also in the lineup.
Nearby Things to Do
During the summer months, guests enjoy a 50-foot-long freeform outdoor pool and spa tub.
Located 3.5 miles from the hotel, the Johnny Miller-designed Badlands Golf Club offers 27 holes cut into the desert terrain amid arroyos and canyons. The facility includes the Nike Golf Learning Center and Ken Venturi Golf Academy.
Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, 25.5 miles away, provides rock climbing, biking and hiking trails, and scenic drives. The Lake Mead National Recreational Area, 30 miles away, offers fishing, boating, swimming, and hiking.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-in time ends at midnight
Minimum check-in age is 21
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Children 16 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 10.00 per day.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- No onsite parking is available.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation. Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property. The policies listed are provided by the property.
- Resort fee: USD 18.07 per accommodation, per night
- Business center/computer access
- Phone calls
- Faxes
- In-room coffee
- In-room bottled water
- Parking
- Additional inclusions
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: between USD 6 and USD 15 for adults, USD 6 and USD 15 for children (approximately)
- Early check-in fee: USD 20.00 (subject to availability)
- Late check-out is available for a fee (subject to availability)
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 10.00 per day
Hotel Name
- Arizona Charlie's Decatur Casino
- Arizona Charlie's Decatur Casino Hotel
- Arizona Charlie's Decatur Casino Hotel Las Vegas
- Arizona Charlie's Decatur Hotel
- Arizona Charlie's Decatur Casino Las Vegas
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Children 16 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.


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Curried Apple Soup
A great combination of flavors. Tart apples, onions, and thyme cooked with curry and pureed into soup. Serve warm with some crusty bread.
4 tbsp. unsalted butter
6 apples, Gala or Golden Delicious, peeled, cored, and diced
1 large onion, diced
3-4 fresh thyme sprigs
1 tsp. curry powder
6 cups chicken stock
Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
1. In a large saucepan, melt the butter over med. heat. Add the apples, onions, and thyme sprigs.
2. Cook, stirring frequently, until soft and golden brown, about 15 min. Stir in curry
powder until apples and onions are coated and curry is fragrant, about 30 sec.
3. Pour in stock and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer until apples are very soft, about 25 min. Remove from heat and cool slightly.
4. Puree mixture, in batches if necessary, in a blender until soup is smooth. Season with salt and pepper. Serve the soup hot or at room temperature.


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Category : Resume.
Topic : How to create a strong objective for resume. Author : Winward Richards.
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Your skills and abilities are the important components of an attention grabbing resume. Obviously not all can be described in a title but a reflection or gist of the same can certainly be showcased. You have to be smart enough to pen down your key strengths in a way that it does not take much of words and space in the resume but definitely draw employers attention. Describing your responsibilities, skills, abilities, and talents does not mean that you have to write down pages and pages to show what you possess. You should concisely explain your key qualities and strengths in a clear and straightforward manner. There should be no guessing game or twisters in your words and statements. Be very clear of what you are and what you are delivering to employers.


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'Voice of Cornhuskers' Greg Sharpe Recaps Wyoming Win, Previews Nebraska – Southern Miss
With an opening night scare behind them, the Nebraska Cornhuskers hope for a better showing when they host Southern Miss, Saturday night in Lincoln.
Nebraska held off a late charge from Wyoming last Saturday night, to win 37-34, in a game the Huskers led at one point 31-14 in the third quarter.
But despite the victory, the 'Voice of the Cornhuskers' Greg Sharpe told me it was anything but a 'winning' mood at Memorial Stadium:
The latest crooked number against the Huskers came courtesy of Cowboys quarterback Brett Smith, who led a Wyoming attack that amassed 602 yards of total offense, more than half of those yards, 383 of them, came thru the air, as the Cowboys took advantage of two late Husker turnovers to make it close at the end.
Nebraska defensive coordinator John Papuchis called the game a 'bad dream', but head coach Bo Pelini said the issues on defense were 'fixable'.
One thing that was undeniable, it was a very young Husker defense, with nine first-year players seeing action in the front seven Saturday night:
There were plenty of pluses on offense, starting with the running game, where both Imani Cross and Ameer Abdullah rushed for more than 100 yards.
Overall, the offense averaged more than 8 yards a play, was 9 of 17 on third downs, and held the ball close to 36 minutes. A very impressive showing for Nebraska's running backs:
Quarterback Taylor Martinez was solid in the first start of his senior season. He completed 17 of 22 passes for 3 touchdowns.
He did fall hard on his non-throwing shoulder in the third quarter and was sporting an ice pack late in the game:
Another area of concern for Nebraska against Wyoming was penalties - 10 in all - including a pair of false starts for the offense on 3rd and one:
Next up for Nebraska is Southern Miss, owners of the longest current losing streak in FBS - 13 games. The Golden Eagles turned the ball over six times in a loss to Texas State last week. They lost in Lincoln 49-20 to open the 2012 season.
Southern Miss gets most of its offense thru the air with a trio of newcomers. Cal transfer Allan Bridgford is the quarterback and against Texas State he passed for 193 yards to transfer Rickey Bradley, while freshman Tyre'oune Holmes caught 12 passes for 96 yards.
On the ground, they managed just 23 yards on 24 carries:
Kickoff is 5:00pm in Lincoln, Saturday night.