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Doctor of Pharmacy Dual Acceptance Program with Midwestern University's Chicago College of Pharmacy
Selected students who successfully complete specified coursework at Hebrew Theological College will be granted an early acceptance to the Chicago College of Pharmacy for coursework leading to a Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree. Students interested in the program must meet the following requirements:
•Must apply to the dual acceptance program immediately prior to the beginning of the student's first year in the degree program at HTC and be accepted by both HTC and CCP.
•Must score in the top 20% on a College Entrance Exam (ACT: 25 OR SAT (3 sections): 1700). To be considered, applicants must submit national test scores for ACT or SAT that include a writing component score;
•Earn a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.2 on a 4.0 scale;
•Reflect a people/service orientation through community service or extracurricular activities;
•Reflect proper motivation for and commitment to the pharmacy profession as demonstrated by previous work, volunteer, or other life experiences; and
•Possess the oral and written communication skills necessary to interact with patients and colleagues.
All prerequisite coursework must be completed within two academic years at HTC. A minimum overall grade point average (GPA) of 3.20 must achieved at the end of the spring semester of the first and second professional years and at the end of all pre-pharmacy coursework at HTC. Students must earn a grade of "C" or higher in all required courses. Students are not permitted to repeat courses for a higher grade.
Required Curriculum
For students pursuing a Bachelors degree at HTC, the following courses are required in addition to the Judaic Studies and General Education requirements specified in this catalog (see page 13):
Semester Hours
English Composition (ENGL 111 and ENGL 211)6
Speech (SPCH 210)3
Biology (NSCI 180 and NSCI 181)8
Anatomy (NSCI 201)4
General Chemistry (NSCI 170 and NSCI 171)8
Organic Chemistry (NSCI 270 and NSCI 271)8
Physics (NSCI 160)4
Math (MATH 261 and MATH 272)8
Economics (BUSN 215 or BUSN 217)3
Social and Behavioral Science Electives6
General Education Electives8
Total Hours66
Upon successful completion of the required coursework as outlined above, students will begin their studies at Midwestern University's Chicago College of Pharmacy without taking the PCAT assessment. Students will complete the remaining four years of the degree program at CCP while maintaining a relationship with HTC. HTC will assist CCP as appropriate to arrange Sabbath-observant placements during the 4th Year Professional Practicum program.


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Here is the seventh installment of a series that checks in with the seven Division I programs in the state to give a glimpse into the past and the future. Teams are scheduled to appear according to the chronological order in which their seasons ended. Tuesday's visit was with Towson. Wednesday's visit is with Loyola.
The good: In a season when the Greyhounds fell short of their objective of capturing back-to-back national championships, they did boast a first-team All-American in Joe Fletcher. The junior defenseman recorded 64 ground balls and 17 caused turnovers while being asked to shadow opponents' top attackman. Fletcher became the program's first player to earn first-team honors since midfielder Gavin Prout in 2001, but coach Charley Toomey said he does not think the accolade will go to Fletcher's head. "Joe Fletcher is just a lunch pail guy," Toomey said. "He's a guy that's going to come in every day and give you his best effort – whether it's on game day or a Monday. He prepares the way that you want every kid in your locker room to prepare. And what he's willing to do is to grab onto some of the younger guys and to kind of teach them. Rather than worry about himself and develop his own game, he now understands the importance of having the guys around him develop. So that's where I've seen Joe take that next step. We're so happy with what he's been able to accomplish on the field. It's going to be real important that he comes in and helps us to develop younger guys." … The offense finished the season ranked 11th in Division I in scoring after averaging 11.8 goals, and significant piece of the puzzle was junior attackman Justin Ward. The Glen Burnie native and Old Mill graduate led the team in assists (35) and points (62) and ranked 11th in the country in assists per game (2.2). Toomey said he was most impressed by Ward's evolution as a scorer. "[H]is goal was to not only be a feeder but to be a threat on the offensive end as a scorer, and I think he proved to a lot of people that he has the ability to do that," Toomey said. "Justin got what he worked for. A lot of kids, it comes naturally forth. Justin Ward is not afraid to put the hard work in. He'll come in and watch film with the coaches, but more importantly, when no one is watching, he's out there and he's doing something to make himself better. So it didn't surprise us at all to see Justin have the kind of success that he had. We kind of expected that, and we're going to expect it again in his senior year." … The team was a senior-heavy group as evidenced by the five starters who graduated and five more who contributed to the program's success. But the coaches were also able to cultivate results from several freshmen and sophomores. Sophomore attackman/midfielder Nikko Pontrello registered 16 goals and 19 assists and sophomore defenseman Pat Frazier posted 24 ground balls and 12 caused turnovers as starters. Freshman attackman Zach Herreweyers compiled 19 goals and three assists, sophomore faceoff specialist Blake Burkhart won 47.1 percent of his draws and scooped up 41 ground balls, and freshman defensemen Justin Verratti and Jason Crane got significant playing time. Their experience will be pivotal if the team harbors any hope for the future. "Those guys got meaningful minutes for us, and we're going to need them as juniors and sophomores to play significant roles," Toomey said.
The bad: After graduating just two starters from the squad that won the university's first Division I NCAA title, Loyola appeared poised to become the first team to repeat as national champion since Syracuse did it in 2008 and 2009. The team fared well for the most part, but was bounced from the semifinals of the Eastern College Athletic Conference tournament by Ohio State and promptly lost to seventh-seeded and eventual NCAA titlist Duke in the first round of the NCAA tournament. From players showing up late for meetings to cell phones ringing in the locker room, Toomey conceded that he may have underestimated the obstacles facing teams trying to repeat. "A lot of people talked to me about the challenges of winning, and I may have pooh-poohed that a little bit because I felt that we had so much talent and the same kids," he said. "Quite honestly, we need to go back to work. We need to go back to winning practices and never take a day off. We need to be a more disciplined team in my opinion, and that's something we did a terrific job of [in 2012], and I think that may have slipped a little bit." … The team was barely edged by the Blue Devils in that first-round contest, falling 12-11 in double overtime. But the Greyhounds coughed up a 7-2 advantage with 3:06 left in the second quarter and could not protect an 11-10 lead in the final 3:32. Toomey called the loss to Duke "a microcosm for our whole season." "We were undisciplined, we had 10 fouls, and that's not the Loyola way," he said. "I don't know where the [preseason] polls will have us, but I know that when we come in and see the polls, we're going to be hungry, and I think with the senior leadership that we will have, we'll be motivated the right way to get this thing fixed. A lot of people have said, 'You had a great season.' By our standard as coaches and certainly in our locker room, it was a disappointing season because we felt we were built not necessarily to win another championship, but we felt like we were built to at least get to the final eight and then you've got to get a little bit lucky. So it was a disappointment in our locker room." … The team was strong in many statistical categories this season, but faceoffs were an area of vulnerability this season. The unit ranked 46th in the nation with a 46.2 percentage, and Burkhart (114-of-242) and junior Brendan Donovan (55-of-121 for 45.5 percent and 13 ground balls) were just so-so. Toomey said the onus is on the coaches to beat the bushes for players who can help the team improve on faceoffs under the watchful eye of volunteer assistant coach Steve Vaikness. "The one thing we want to do for Coach Vaikness is create competition and maybe we didn't have the competition that we felt like we needed every day at practice, and that's probably one of the biggest concerns that we have that we need to address," Toomey said. "Everybody makes themselves a little better every day at practice when you have somebody pushing you and you're scared that you can lose your job. That's what our goal as coaches is, to bring in kids that are going to compete. Don't get me wrong. We love the kids that are in our locker room currently. But it's our job as coaches to never let you feel comfortable, to make sure that you're challenged the right way. … We're not used to being under 50 percent at the X, and we need to improve that."
Personnel changes: Loyola bade farewell to five starters, but the one position decimated by graduation was the midfield. The entire first line of Chris Layne (14 goals and 10 assists), Sean O'Sullivan (18, 4) and Davis Butts (8, 11) is gone as are second-line midfielders Harry Kutner (3, 3) and Phil Dobson (4, 1). Pontrello could remain in the midfield, and juniors Matt Sawyer and Kevin Ryan are leading candidates to join Pontrello as starters. But Toomey is optimistic about several others on the roster. "[A] guy like [redshirt freshman] Jeff Chase who has been in our locker room but has been injured, we think he's ready to explode," Toomey said. "And we also really believe in [freshmen Thomas] Labadini and Tyler Albrecht. Tyler Albrecht's a kid that was playing really well for us and stepped on the field for a few runs against Duke in the playoffs, and we think he has an opportunity to really help us. So we're happy with what we have returning, but I think we all know that we need a few freshmen to step in and fill some holes." … The graduation of attackman Mike Sawyer (36, 7) leaves the Greyhounds with an opening for a right-handed shooter. Ward is cemented as the quarterback, and Herreweyers and junior Brian Schultz may battle for the left-handed spot. Pontrello – if he does not stay at midfield – and Matt Sawyer could fill the right-handed spot, but Toomey said some promising recruits could also warrant playing time. "After them, Matt Cunningham, Zack Sirico, a couple of other incoming freshmen, they have that opportunity to compete for that spot," Toomey said. … The defense has a few holes to fill, too. Crane and Verratti might be the primary competitors for the starting role created by the graduation of Reid Acton (22 ground balls and 18 caused turnovers), and the departure of short-stick defensive midfielder Josh Hawkins (11 goals, two assists, 25 ground balls and 13 caused turnovers) should open the door for junior Kyle Duffy (14 ground balls and two caused turnovers) to pair with junior Pat Laconi (four goals, six assists, 24 ground balls and 20 caused turnovers). But there is still some ambiguity regarding who will replace long-stick midfielder Scott Ratliff (14 goals, four assists, 77 ground balls and 29 caused turnovers). Frazier was Ratliff's backup in 2012, but his development as a defenseman may keep him there. Junior Tom Robinson and sophomore Alex Klincewicz have been waiting in the wings, but Toomey is confident that the coaches will find a capable successor. "Replacing the pole, hey, we may not be able to play as much offense as we have in the past with our pole, but we'll develop the next guy," Toomey said. "We've had the luxury of guys like P.T. Ricci and Scott Ratliff playing here, and we'll find the next one."
Forecast for 2014: Partly sunny. Loyola found out that life as a reigning national champion was not all candy and chocolate as the team dealt with internal issues and inspired opponents. The team still had a successful season, but barely managed to get into the 16-team field of the NCAA tournament. The graduation of five starters and Ratliff and Hawkins would seem to suggest that the 2014 campaign may be even more arduous, but the Greyhounds will move into the Patriot League where they will likely vie with Lehigh and Bucknell for conference supremacy. And Toomey is a master motivator who will not let the players forget the pain of dropping that double-overtime contest to Duke in the first round of the NCAA tournament.


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My emotions are very fickle and very short lived anyway. I've never really been depressed, I mean honestly my experiences of depression are things like reading truly idiotic comments online, or hearing disappointing news over something I was excited about, etc, and they're very short lived, usually at around 5 minutes tops. People tend to assume that I am depressed or pissed off a lot when I talk to them online but I just have a very dry and morbid sense of humour, I tend to not indulge people if they attention seek and can often give off very mixed vibes, which is oddly very different to in person when I'm usually laughing every 20 seconds and having a good time with my friends.
Anyway, I've dealt with a lot of serious blows in life, the dead of family members left and right, my mothers death, being stuck in ruts often with long periods of unemployment between jobs, usually because they judge over my appearance rather than my personality and willingness to work hard, ignorance on a daily basis, people pointing and laughing over my appearance in the streets or making snide comments in which I usually find the funny side of because its their ignorance which forces them to act so rediculously rude and stupid, but as I said I don't particualrly get depressed or beat up about things. I'm usually more often focused on what I'll be doing later that day or what awesome game or movie I have lined up, and I guess that could be considered a distraction to deal with serious issues but it's not like they go completely unignored, I just try to keep a healthy mind and try to keep well adjusted, after-all the highest highs and lowest lows of my life are pretty much no different from what every other person in the world has had to deal with at various points in their life.
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Assassinx89 wrote:
Well you do realize alcohol is a depressant drug right? (it makes you feel depressed)
This is incorrect. Alcohol does not make you feel depressed. Rather, alcohol is a CNS depressant, which means it raises the action potential threshold in your neurons and makes them less likely to fire. This is what causes the cognitive and psychomotor problems of drunkenness, but it's also what makes getting drunk fun. Also, there is evidence that moderate amounts of alcohol are protective against stress-induced memory impairment. I've got a research article from Hormones & Behavior if you're interested.
Apparently I was misinformed thanks :)
Drowsiness and fatigue could potentially simulate a temporary state of depression which are possible side effects although not everyone has the same side effects.
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I don't know what I do, it just passes. I feel like absolute crap for as long as a few days, it may only last a few minutes but, it happens and then it's over. Right now, I'm fine. A couple nights ago, I was not.
Midnight ramen is the best ramen.
^ Picture, nuff said woman.
I got bipolar depression.1 Week i can have lots of energy and feel great and next morning i just cant even get out of bed.I start watching anime and it help me forget about reality so that helps.
I've never had depression where it was caused by something occurring in the brain.
My depression was always caused/brought about by the people around me and their bullsh*t.
So it's easy for me to deal with it because I just don't think about them and the depression will go away.
Like back in high school, there were people who would stop being friends with me because I was gay and they said I should act straight, I told them that I didn't care if they stopped being my friends... I'm not going to pretend to be someone I'm not.
Of course this issue depressed me at the time because anybody would feel hurt from being excluded, but nowadays I don't care about it anymore. This sort of issue doesn't depress me anymore. It's about building a thicker skin and staying true to your own identity.
One of my philosophy in life is that, it's always better to live a life of honesty than a life of lying to yourself.
The way I hold you and the night just seems to fly
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You looking at me? I'm looking at YOU!
Nature. Look out the window. Open the window. Heck, go outside and feel the breeze flow through you. Inhale the fresh air. Perceive nature. Sit next to a tree, and relax next to one. Connect with the earth.
You just need to find reasons why you should keep going on and get to a doctor if you can. No one's going to help pull you out of yourself and if they try, you'll make sure they don't. So you really need to learn to stop being so hard on yourself because you're mostly your worst enemy here. Generally there's another issue you may have that leads to depression so try and figure the root of it if you can. There's really only so much advice I can give in vague situations and I would gladly try to help anyone who may be suffering from clinical depression, with personal experience though I'm kind of also trying to get out.
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When I get depressed, I just tell myself I could end it all by killing myself. Then I think about that, and find being dead to be boring, because dead people don't do much.
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When I was depressed the best thing I did was to find some little time to write what was going on about myself, like how I was feeling. Then you could start writing some simple stuff you wanted to do to feel better.
Having a list of objectives and ways to achieve them was really helpful.
Having done that I did get out of depression. I always feel like it's not too far away.. like I could feel like that again anytime if something bad were to happen. But in the end I continue to try doing things better for my own health and life.
To be honest, I don't get depressed a lot. It starts mentally, you tell yourself that sulking is a waste of time and life is too short to be depressed. After you're passed that, then you get to the physical part. I usually go to the gym and take my depression out on heavy weights. Another alternative is taking a simple walk and appreciate the things around you. Being a christian, praying really helped me a lot.
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When I get depressed, which I am right now coincidentally, I write. It really helps. I don't have anyone to talk to about these things, so I write out my feelings instead. I also listen to relatable music, it helps calm me down.
I'm more active on Twitter. Hmu there? //late replies
Look at my....Screen.......name I'm not the most "Stable" of people. I can honestly say that I'm depressed most of the time. The only time i'm not depressed is when i'm occupying my time with a task/talking to someone/POSTING in a FORUM/ or playing VIDEO GAMES. But once I sit down for even the smallest amount of time or talk to my family I immediately feel like $h1t because that's is what I think my life is worth....... on a good day maybe it's worth 2 dollars.
Right now Listening to Music is making me feel ok because the music is putting mellow images in my head :3


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Current Law Students / Re: 1L workload« on: August 18, 2005, 08:48:48 PM »
10 hours a day? It sounds like you entered with the assumption that they were trying to hide the ball in the first place thus making you think you had to search for the ball. The ball is there, once you think you have found it, roll with it. If you are wrong you will find out come class time and can use the insight from that class to determine what snagged you. Don't keep looking if you think you found it. That is what "they" want you to do. In reality, it is right there in front of you. Good luck.
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I'm just interested and/or curious what the different views/skillsets we have here . Let's just sum up in general hacking experiences, pen-testings, virus writings whatever.
As for me I'm pretty quiet on hacking itself, more cause i don't find myself skilled enough to bring it in the open, if i even want it to bring it out.
I merely test at home, in my secure LAN, I like to wargame at home. I still have to catch up on common techniques ,so I have my work at home. At work I did some testing and "white-hat"- thingies, which surprisingly got appreciated.
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Last semester, Copping started Harry off with the alphabet, putting letters together into words, recognizing words, learning grammar and reading ancient Greek (or Attic Greek, as it's called) which varies significantly from the Greek spoken today. "Harry got pretty far into the grammar last semester," said Copping, "and he was understanding concepts that I thought there was no way an eight-year-old could comprehend—concepts like case, number, gender."
thesaurus wrote:This is such a prevalent misunderstanding of language learning. For various reasons we've come to falsely associate knowing Greek and Latin with being smart, when in fact they are just languages like Spanish or Chinese. Case, number, and gender are concepts that 8 year-olds use constantly and fluently without realizing it. The only thing that makes them difficult is the way we teach them. In fact, if we were to teach our children Ancient Greek as babies they would be fluent, not because they are "genius babies" but because they have the innate ability to learn languages through immersion.


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Congratulations and many blessings to alumna Barbara Vinson (M.Div., 2012), who has taken a position with VITAS Innovative Hospice in Merrillville, IN. This good news is matched by another joy in her life, with the birth of grandson Skylar who was born on 22 October. Barbara is also working on illustrating a children's book, in partnership with author alumna Addie Miles (M.A.D.D., 2012).


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In a change over last week's results, Kern County's most recent update thrusts one Indian Wells Valley Water Board candidate back into the lead for the board's third seat.
In a change over last week's results, Kern County's most recent update thrusts one Indian Wells Valley Water Board candidate back into the lead for the board's third seat.
Kern County Elections Division posted its third unofficial update Monday afternoon, widening a briefly narrow race between candidates Leroy Corlett and Judie Decker.
Corlett retook a 75-vote lead for one of three seats on the IWVWD's board of directors after Decker enjoyed a brief 7-vote lead over Corlett last week.
Kern County's election results show Corlett with 3,932 votes, 71 votes ahead of Decker's 3,861 votes. When combined with up-to-date election results from the water district's San Bernardino County voters, Corlett has a total of 3,955 votes and Decker has 3,880 votes for the entire district.
IWVWD water board candidates Chuck Cordell and Don Cortichiato retained their respective leads for two of the three seats. Cordell has 5,230 votes total and Cortichiato has 4,263 votes.
Ridgecrest City Council's votes did not change. Jim Sanders and Lori Acton still remain in place to be seated on the new council Dec. 5, with Acton having a 102-vote lead over Mayor Ron Carter.
Mayor-elect Dan Clark retained a 522-vote lead over Vice Mayor Jerry Taylor.
San Bernardino's vote count is up-to-date as of Monday evening. Its final update will come with its official certification.
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Just this weekend we Photoshopped a picture of the LG Nexus to match a description from a hands-on report, and already that image is being spread around the web as a real device. Even when things are clearly marked as fake, they sometimes get passed around as real.
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The Eagles continue to be a franchise willing to take risks.
That was my first thought when I woke up to the news that the team has agreed to a one-year deal with quarterback Vince Young, as reported by NFL Network's Albert Breer.
We saw it back in 2004 when the Eagles acquired Terrell Owens, despite questions about his personality in San Francisco. The Birds of course got to a Super Bowl before things blew up and T.O. was sent packing.
A couple years ago, they surprised everyone by taking a chance on Michael Vick. Now, he's arguably the face of the franchise and the team's starting quarterback.
Last offseason, despite popular opinion that they wouldn't trade Donovan McNabb within their own conference, never mind their own division, the Eagles sent him to the Redskins for a pair of picks.
And now, Vince Young. A quarterback who kept Titans fans entertained for five years and won a lot of football games (Tennessee was 30-18 in games he started). But also a quarterback who frustrated Titans coaches and fans with a perceived lack of professionalism.
I have been following the Titans from afar like everyone else, but here's what Jim Wyatt of The Tennessean had to say about Young's release yesterday:
Young thrilled fans with his play at times, but also frustrated coaches and teammates at times with his inconsistency. As a Titan he was 30-18 as a starter, went to two Pro Bowls and was the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year in 2006.
But his volatile relationship with former coach Jeff Fisher came to a head after a game against the Redskins last season, when Young cussed out the coach in front of the team. The following week the Titans put Young on injured reserve because of a thumb injury that required surgery.
Earlier in the offseason, Wyatt wrote about Young missing meetings and provided more details on his issues with the coaching staff.
But after doing their homework, the Eagles apparently feel like Philadelphia can be a good place for Young to resurrect his career at the age of 28.
And why not?
The Eagles drafted and groomed Kevin Kolb, before turning him around for a Pro Bowl-caliber cornerback and a second-round pick. They gave Vick a chance, and he turned in his best year as a pro in 2010.
And now, they'll reportedly take a chance on Young. There are a lot of reasons why this could work. And it all starts with Young's talent. Despite the issues I mentioned above, Young still had success on the field in Tennessee. The Titans went 13-6 in the last 19 games he started. And Young threw 20 touchdowns and 10 interceptions the last two seasons.
No one questions his arm, as Young was able to hit on big plays in 2010, averaging 8.0 yards per attempt, just a notch below Vick (8.1).
In Philadelphia, he'll have structure with Andy Reid and Marty Mornhinweg, two coaches who continue to build their reputations as quarterback-molders. And he'll have downfield weapons in DeSean Jackson and Jeremy Maclin.
Perhaps most importantly, Young will have someone to look up to. Imagine if last year at this time, I told you Vick was going to have to take Young under his wing in Philadelphia. No one would have believed it.
And so, while Vick continues to work on his own game and continues his own rehabilitation process, here is one more item to add to his plate: mentor Young. Given the course of events that landed Vick here in the first place, you get the feeling this is something he'll embrace.
On the field, the question is: Will Young be able to win games? He'll have a shortened offseason to learn the offense, and the Eagles will need him to be ready to play if Vick goes down. But a lot of that is going to fall on Reid and Mornhinweg. As long as Young has the right attitude, shouldn't they be able to simplify the offense and play to his strengths? They've been up to the challenge in the past, so it's not surprising they think they can do it again with Young.
From afar, it seems like Young has been at his best when he's been allowed some improvisation. The numbers suggest that too. According to Pro Football Focus, Young had a 115.1 QB rating last year when pressured and a 99.0 QB rating when blitzed.
I'd like to take a closer look at Young's performance last year, but my initial reaction here is that the Eagles took a good risk. According to Breer, it's a one-year contract, meaning that if things don't work out, the Eagles can likely get rid of Young and find a safer option. As I've mentioned many times before, Vick's injury history has been a little exaggerated. In five years as the Falcons' starter, he missed more than one game just once.
But if he does go down, it seems like Young would give the Eagles as much of a shot to win games as the other names out there.
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Not much to do today other than try to find a secure spot for my recycling bins, and think about what happened to the Eagles yesterday.
I'm most fascinated by the postgame scene. When Andy Reid trundled into the interview room, I was struck by how deflated he looked. Almost literally. Not making a weight joke here, but we all know the coach has lost more than a few pounds this year, and he's been growing out that brushy mustache until it dwarfs the rest of his features. The man who stood at the podium Sunday, swathed in rain-spattered black, looked like a shrunken, diminished version of the familiar coach.
We've seen Andy lose games before, and then brusquely declare how he has to do a better job. This was different. This time, the 14th-year coach seemed to be questioning himself as much as we were questioning him. I asked Reid if the change in defensive coordinators during the bye week, intended to galvanize the defense, had instead unsettled it.
"How can I stand up here and tell you it didn't, with the way we played?" he said.
That is not an Andy Reid answer. I have been asking this man questions since 2002, and I know an Andy Reid answer when I hear one. An Andy Reid answer to that sort of question usually involves everyone looking in the mirror while sharing pieces of pie.
Reid summoned a tiny bit of snark when ESPN's Sal Paolantonio asked him if he thought the team needed to hear a different voice. Reid asked if Sal wanted to talk to 'em. Otherwise, we seemed to be talking to a man as bewildered by the Eagles' response to the Falcons' sharp, focused play as we were.
I've heard this theory floated by former Eagles such as Brian Westbrook, and I think it resonates: So many of these Birds are not Andy guys. The great free agent coup of 2011, when the Eagles outsmarted the rest of the league by going out and signing everybody on the market in a few days, still resonates. Vince Young and Ronnie Brown are gone, but Nnamdi Asomugha, Jason Babin and Cullen Jenkins play on. Plus, some of the young guys who were drafted here have known nothing but struggle and failure; they've heard about Reid's successes, haven't lived them. Remember, the Eagles last won a playoff game in the 2008 postseason.
In the NFL, you can't paper over draft failures with free agent signings. Uusually in NFL free agency, you wind up paying for glittery things a guy now at the end of his prime did while he was playing for somebody else, not what he is going to do for you in the future. That's not the way to win.
Moroever, when guys are drafted together and grow up together, win together, they build a strong bond, among themselves and with their coaches. Guy comes in from some other organization, gets a big guarantee, where's his incentive? What's his bond with you?
Also disturbing was Vick's postgame interview, at the same podium. I don't think Vick was saying he wants to be replaced, when he told us Reid was "obviously" considering a QB change, and that he would support whatever the coach did. I think he was trying to be a team guy, and acknowledging that he has not played well.
I think being unable to get this offense going has sapped Vick. The turnover problems have made him hesitant, tentative. He can't trust his constantly changing o-line, and at 32, Vick can't trust in the one thing he always believed in, his own superior athletic ability, which he used to think could solve any problem.
Vick is a crucial step slower than he was a few years ago, but he isn't as slow as he looked against the Falcons. The QB moved like he was carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders.
I don't think handing the season over to rookie quarterback Nick Foles is going to save the Eagles, who really can't give up on the playoffs at 3-4. But Reid needs to get Vick's mojo back, and maybe his own, as well. And I have no idea how that is going to happen.


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David Taylor arrived at Pacific last week and joined his teammates in individual workouts and in open gym pickup games, showing the ability that got him noticed in his homeland and earned him a spot on the German junior national team. Verlin said Taylor needs better consistency with his jump shot, but he likes his ability to create for others and finish at the basket. And his defense isn't that bad, Verlin said, because "he moves his feet really well, not like a typical European."
"I've been really, really impressed, as he came in much more physically fit then I thought and his quickness, knowledge and awareness of the game have stood out," Verlin said. "We counted on him to contribute immediately during the recruiting process and he will."
Taylor, 18, was born into basketball. His father is former LSU standout Derrick Taylor, who went on to have a 16-year professional career in Germany. Derrick Taylor was the second-leading scorer on LSU's 1986 Final Four team and was a fourth-round pick in that year's NBA Draft. In 1989, after two seasons in the now-defunct CBA, Taylor, a 6-foot scoring guard, moved to Germany and remained active until 2005.
"I pretty much watched every home game he played growing up," David Taylor said. "I always wanted to be a point guard, because he was my role model and I wanted to do whatever he was doing."
Verlin said he first heard about Taylor through David's uncle, Mark Howser, who resides in Dublin and used to play basketball with Verlin in a Sonora city recreational league. Howser is the brother of Taylor's mother, Marion, and had encouraged his nephew to come to California to attend college and play basketball. Taylor's parents agreed with the plan and Pacific became the school to show the most interest in the 6-2, 200-pounder.
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"I started off playing soccer, because that was the German sport and all my friends played soccer, so I did too, but I made the switch at age 11," Taylor said. "When I was small, I always got cut off all-star teams and that motivated me to become better and finally people began to recognize that I could play. It took a little time, but I caught up and became pretty good."
Verlin said Taylor, who suffered bruised ribs in a workout on Monday and missed Tuesday's session, will compete for playing time at point guard with seniors Andrew Bock and Sama Taku and freshman T.J. Wallace.
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Invinsa crop stress protection technology is "a very exciting technology that we see as a new tool for growers to use to protect yields from heat and drought," says Trent Leopold, vice president of Agronomic Business with AgroFresh Inc. "We've seen it over the last three seasons in North America and South America and have seen the potential for yields to be protected from 5 percent to 15 percent on wide variety of crops."
AgroFresh, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rhom and Haas, has entered into an alliance with Syngenta Crop Protection to develop and commercialize Invinsa. "We are excited to enter into this strategic alliance with AgroFresh," says Travis Dickinson, head of marketing for Syngenta Crop Protection. "Both companies will contribute resources to development and commercialization of Invinsa."
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Christmas is upon us.
As a firm believer in go-big-or-go-home, when it comes to decorating, I've amassed quite a large inventory of shiny and sparkly baubles. Collections range from primary colored, Adirondack country style or shiny, candy, crystal, silver and gold, snow and ice or the newest, fuchsia and chartreuse-themed.
Picked up here and there on sale or at secondhand stores, they are combined and disassembled into small and large trees, garlands and containers at the Cazenovia Public Library or GHD's lobby by the first weekend of December.
I had to give up Lorenzo because their decor had to be done at the same time as the Cazenovia Garden Club needed help. Priorities, you know.
I try not to glue or wire any display, so that all components can be easily returned to the appropriate collections after the New Year. Easiest to make are "piles" on mantels or tabletops, either on trays, mirrored tiles or roping, between candles. Every year the themes change, which adds drama and surprise, plus angst as I decide what needs to stay home first.
All are stored in clear labeled bins in my unheated, third floor attic. Last year, after a basement remodel, I fitted floor to ceiling shelves in the furnace room, so everything is migrating to the warmth and convenience of being one floor closer to where it's needed.
Once I start, the house is a disaster for a solid week.
Unless we have family or friends coming, it takes a big push to start. Why bother?
I will plan a party just to make me decide. In the past, it made things more exciting, but now I don't have the energy of my youth. Being mature means accepting changes and finding a new normal. Because it always was so, doesn't lock us into proceeding to not see the joy and freedom of taking a new path.
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Since the initial Lambda proposal was released (and the in-depth InfoQ analysis), there has been a subsequent state of the lambda which has significantly moved the goalposts of the lambda project in JDK 7.
There were a number of criticisms of the initial syntax proposed, but the problems ran deeper than pure syntax (which after all, was just a strawman). One of the key issues was that Java has no direct support for function types; and that introduced holes in Java's type system (an array of functions would permit exceptions to leak). Whether these problems were insurmountable or not (or more likely, within the given time-frame for JDK 7's increasingly delayed release), the current state-of-the-lambda has no mention of function types at all.
Instead, we have an adaptation to make it easier to write inner classes. These classes are referred to as SAM classes, or Single Abstract Method classes. This represents a significant subset of abstract classes and interfaces in the Java language that just have a single abstract method; for example,
run() method,
compare() method, and so on. (Abstract classes which have a single abstract method are also permitted such as Eclipse's org.eclipse.core.runtime.jobs.Job.)
The current work-in-progress spec suggests that the following would therefore be equivalent:
Collections.sort(list,new Comparator() {
public int compare(Object o1, Object o2) {
return(o1.toString().length() - o2.toString().length());
// is the same as
{ Object o1, Object o2 -> o1.toString().length() - o2.toString().length() }
Again, the syntax is at the proposal stage so may change in the future, but the idea is that the lambda project will permit inner classes to be written more succinctly than using the new anonymous class approach. Otherwise, the lambdas remain the same expressiveness as inner classes; you can capture state from the local heap (though whether that heap remains mutable post capture is still a hotly debated topic). However, some changes to the language (like being able to capture effectively final variables), and having type and method/exception inference makes it much more concise than the equivalent anonymous class.
One reason for following this approach is to permit existing classes (primarily the
java.util collections classes) without having to be modified. Had the function type approach been used, then it would have been necessary to retro-fit the collections classes to take lambdas as well, or forgo their inclusion (and therefore usage) in JDK 7. Whilst other libraries would have been able to be flexible, the monolithic Java libraries aren't so mutable and this may be a reason why a different approach was chosen.
It may also be possible to use method references to substitute for a SAMbda as well. For example, we could have:
public class Comparisons {
public static int compareLength(Object o1, Object o2) {
return(o1.toString().length() - o2.toString().length());
public static int compareHash(Object o1, Object o2) {
return(o1.hashCode() - o2.hashCode());
// examples
# references are method handles, which are similar to
java.lang.reflect.Method. However, unlike
Method, they are resolved at compile-time (rather than run-time) and the JVM's JIT will have sufficient smarts to be able to in-line the method references automatically. There are also other optimisations that this permits, such as creating a single class to represent delegated method handles for a given SAM type, rather than creating a new anonymous class at the point of use.
Finally, there are contentious issues as well. The initial draft of the current spec prohibited the use of
break and
continue, but that was subsequently clarified to prevent breaking out of a SAMBda into the enclosing scope. The other key change is that
return is implied, and is not allowed in the body of the lambda itself; though a substitute keyword
yield (not to be confused with
Thread.yield()) has exactly the same semantics as a
return would in an inner class. Ostensibly this is to permit a lambda to trigger a return from a method in which it is called later (a so-called 'long return'). There may be a change in the syntax in the future to permit
return to be used unadorned in a lambda, and require a subsequent new keyword (or keyword combination, like
long return). Other similarities will include
this to refer to the enclosing SAM instance, and
Outer.this to refer to an instance of the enclosing class.
The changes to the lambda proposal to be a drop-in replacement for SAMs is less ambitious than the project's original proposal, but has the advantage of being easier to implement and not requiring any changes to the existing collections classes in order to be immediately useful. (Changes to the collections classes would have been necessary if function types were added in any case.) It may also be possible to create function references in the future using the same lambda-like syntax, but targeted for a future JDK release.
This post has been updated to reflect the fact that the break/continue has been resolved, and to include the type inference for formal parameters and exception types.
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Great news
William Smith
Re: Great news
prassee sathian
closure syntax which should be pluggable into the core platform.
How to do this in old Java
Lukasz Czapski
Example, before:
Comparator myComperator = new Comparator() {
public int compare(Object o1, Object o2) {
return(o1.toString().length() - o2.toString().length());
Collections.sort(list, myComperator);
Comparator myComperator;
public int myComperator (Object o1, Object o2) {
return(o1.toString().length() - o2.toString().length());
// this is executed in constructor
Collections.sort(list, myComperator);
All "magic" is done in AnonymousClassCreator. It creates objects for all fields in given object if there type is known. It uses convention: a method in given class is used that has the same name as field. Here there is method 'myComperator' and field 'myComperator'. So it creates object that implement 'Comparator' that will be using method 'myComperator' from given class.
More info can be found here .
Re: How to do this in old Java
Sam Pullara
Re: How to do this in old Java
Knox Liam
Re: How to do this in old Java
Lukasz Czapski
It is only idea to establish link between method and field, creating something like pointer. How it would been implemented, it depends how strict it should be. I use reflection and name matching becouse it was easier to make proof. But it could be more fragile, or less flexible. For example using: Annotation for matching, and reflection could be replace something like Lombok .
Re: How to do this in old Java
Mario Fusco
sort(list, on(Object.class).toString());
or, for example, if you want to sort a list of cars based on the age of their owners you could write:
sort(cars, on(Car.class).getOwner().getAge());
I believe this solution is easier and more readable.
Re: How to do this in old Java
Lukasz Czapski
It is only a kind of tool to make "closure" in java. Lambdaj is more mature, but it has fixed vocabulary. In that way (where methods are treated as objects) you have to create your own set of operations, which could be more adequate for given domain.
It is an experiment how it could be done (example).
No Function Types
Knox Liam
If there is no support for defining a method to take a arbitary matching function signature then the whole proposal is floored as at the root of its demand was for dealing with frameworks such as fork-join where this is exactly what you want


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B-School Applicants Stick Close To Home
"Going global" may not be the simplest strategy for U.S. business schools looking to fill empty seats, at least when it comes to recruiting foreign students.
A new report out Wednesday shows that schools in Asia and Europe are seeing more local students stay, well, local.
Indian students sent 28.9% of score reports to in-country business programs in the 2012 testing year, up from 17.3% in 2008.
Scores sent to the U.S. comprised just over half of all score reports, a sharp drop from the 64.6% reported in 2008. The data was collected by the Graduate Management Admission Council, which administers the GMAT, a popular b-school admission exam.
The report may disappoint U.S. schools in their efforts to amp up international enrollment in order to make up for declining numbers of domestic students. Because many schools require that applicants take the GMAT or another admission tests, sending a score report is considered a strong indicator of students' application intentions.
U.S.-based business schools received 75.8% of all GMAT score reports in the 2012 testing year (July 1, 2011-June 30, 2012), down from 81.1% in the 2008 testing year.
(On an absolute basis, the number of score reports sent to U.S. schools increased by 4% as global score reports increased by 11%.)
Eastern European students also stayed closer to home, sending more reports to programs in the U.K., France, the Netherlands and Switzerland and cutting the share of U.S.-bound reports to 44.5% from 64.7% in 2008.
And Western European students sent just 28.4% of score reports to the U.S., down from 39.5% in 2008, opting more for schools in France, Germany and other still-strong slices of the euro zone.
Many business schools express concern that sure-thing students from the U.S. and Europe may gravitate toward schools in Asia as those institutions gain in global stature and emerging economies offer more job opportunities than their more developed counterparts.
However, few students from outside Asia consider attending business school there. Students from Western Europe sent just 0.2% of score reports to Central and South Asia and 1.68% to East and Southeast Asia, while students from the U.S. sent just 0.03% to Central and South Asia and 0.2% to East and Southeast Asia.
U.S. students aren't venturing very far at all. In the 2012 testing year, U.S. students sent 97.9% of their score reports to U.S. schools, just a hair below the 98.1% reported in 2008.
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Radio Disney, the No. 1 radio network for kids, tweens and families, is hosting its second annual "Back To School Drive" benefitting Boys & Girls Clubs of America's "Tools for Back-To-School" campaign.
Throughout August and September, Radio Disney stations across the country will hold local events inviting kids and families to donate school supplies to support their local Boys & Girls Clubs. Part of Radio Disney's Project Family initiative that inspires families to take action and make a difference, the nationwide events will support Boys & Girls Clubs of America's efforts to prepare the nearly 2 million club members with the tools necessary to be successful and build a brighter future.
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Toronto, ON – The annual Home Run Derby isn't until July 15. But for fans at Rogers Centre, it felt like it was.
Six different players connected for seven home runs as the Toronto Blue Jays held off the Cleveland Indians, 10-8.
J.P. Arencibia went 3-for-4 with two home runs for the Blue Jays, who avoided a three-game sweep. Edwin Encarnacion hit a three-run shot, while Jose Bautista clubbed a two-run blast and Colby Rasmus added a solo shot.
Jose Reyes was walked twice, scored three times and had a stolen base in the victory, Toronto's first of the season.
"I think everyone has an idea was this offense is capable of," said Arencibia. "Two games don't make your season and no one's worried here. Everyone knows what we have in this clubhouse."
Toronto starter Mark Buehrle gave up six runs on seven hits over 5 1/3 innings. Steve Delabar (1-0) got the final two outs of the top of the sixth to pick up the win, while Casey Janssen pitched a flawless ninth to earn the save.
Carlos Santana and Mark Reynolds both hit solo shots and had two RBI for the Indians. Lonnie Chisenhall also knocked in a pair of runs in defeat.
Brett Myers (0-1) allowed seven runs and four of Toronto's homers in five-plus innings.
"Couldn't get the ball down tonight," said Myers. "I was fighting myself to get it down and just couldn't make the adjustment to get it down. The only person at fault here is me and I was working my tail off trying to get it down and just couldn't do it, couldn't execute it."
Nick Swisher plated the game's first run in the first when he hit a two-out ground-rule double to score Jason Kipnis.
In the bottom of the inning, after a leadoff walk by Reyes and a Melky Cabrera ground out, Bautista hit a two-run blast to left to give Toronto a 2-1 lead.
Arencibia hit a leadoff home run in the second on the first pitch to give the Blue Jays a 3-1 advantage.
Santana and Reynolds hit back-to-back two-out solo shots in the fourth, tying the game at 3-3.
In the fifth, Reyes hit a one-out single and stole second. Cabrera walked on a full count. After Bautista lined out to center, Encarnacion delivered a three- run blast on a 2-0 pitch.
Swisher had a leadoff walk and Michael Brantley was hit by a pitch in the sixth. Santana then hit a ground-rule double, scoring both Swisher and Brantley, and the game was tied once again, 6-6.
Arencibia hit another leadoff homer in the bottom of the inning, this time on a 1-1 count, and Myers was promptly replaced by Cody Allen.
However, Allen struggled as well. After striking out Mark DeRosa, he allowed a homer by Rasmus, followed by a double by Emilio Bonifacio. After a fly out by Reyes, Cabrera reached first base on a throwing error by Reynolds, which allowed Bonifacio to reach home.
Reynolds ripped a two-run single in the seventh, scoring Swisher and Santana.
In the eighth, Asdrubal Cabrera had a two-out double, followed by an RBI double by Kipnis. Swisher was walked again and Brantley hit an infield single to load the bases, but Santana grounded out to second to end the inning.
Reyes and Melky Cabrera were both walked with one out in the bottom of the inning. Bautista hit a grounder to shortstop, allowing Reyes to score.
Reynolds struck out on three pitches, Chisenhall grounded out to third, and Drew Stubbs went down swinging against Janssen in the ninth.
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The Indians placed pitcher Scott Kazmir on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right ribcage muscle, retroactive to April 2 ... Cleveland was 8- for-17 with runners in scoring position while Toronto was 2-for-7 ... The Indians left 10 runners on base ... Toronto struck out just twice ... The Blue Jays will face the Boston Red Sox and former manager John Farrell on Friday in Toronto.


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This spectacular Roberto Clemente single-signed baseball certainly ranks as one of the finest examples in the entire collecting world. As was his custom, Clemente has signed this Near-Mint official National League (Giles) ball on a side panel. The blue-ink signature grades a strong "9" and is further illuminated by its brilliant contrast against the snow-white surface. All of the manufacturer's labels are bold and distinct, and the ball, aside from only a tiny bit of surface wear, appears much as it did when first removed from the box. This is the finest Roberto Clemente single-signed ball we have ever had the privilege of offering. Clemente single-signed baseballs are quite scarce and, of course, extremely desirable. Examples in the condition offered here are rarer still and represent a paragon in the field of autograph collecting. LOA from James Spence/JSA. Reserve $2,000. Estimate $4,000/$8,000. SOLD FOR $8,225
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When Joi Rae '11 fi rst came to Barnard she knew she wanted to pursue a political science major. Since becoming involved with Civic Engagement House, taking classes with eight other Barnard sophomores around issues of public service, and living together in an activist community in Cathedral Gardens, Rae has fine-tuned her focus. "After I came into the [Civic Engagement] program, I realized that I wanted to do a concentration in human rights for my major," she says. So Rae has set off on a series of courses dealing with human rights within the political realm.
Likewise, Rachel Gerson '08, now a paralegal case handler for the New York Legal Assistance Group, was a psychology major when she became involved with Civic Engagement House in 2005, then at Plimpton Hall. "The program made me realize that there are so many things I could do with a psych degree aside from being a therapist," she says. "Now I'm interested in mental-health issues from a legal perspective." She plans to apply to law school in the fall.
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The program begins in the fall with weekly seminars led by Simpkins. Along with lessons in community organizing, Simpkins invites community leaders and public service professionals, many of them Barnard alumnae, to speak to the students. "We feel like we're activists now, but these women are still doing it" says Rae. "They haven't stopped since college." Toward the end of the first semester the students write position papers on a topic that matches their public-service interest. When the next semester rolls around, the participants find internships in New York City. They continue meeting as a group and privately with Simpkins to discuss how their internship is progressing.
Marissa Jeffery '11, for example, is interested in both women's studies and the environment. She landed an internship with the Women's Environment & Development Organization, a non-governmental group working to empower women as decision-makers who will further goals of social and gender justice as well as a healthy planet. "Women around the world are the caretakers of the environment, they're the ones who fetch the water and so on; they suffer the most when these resources aren't cared for," Jeffery explains.
Her classmate Rae did an internship with organizers of the Left Forum, an annual conference of progressive thinkers that takes place in New York City each spring. Likewise Tiara Miles '11 is the site director for Barnard's Let's Get Ready, an SAT preparation program for disadvantaged high school students. In addition to their internships, the students create a grassroots project that involves other Barnard students to give them a taste of community organizing. Some students participate in charity events and enlist their classmates to take part. Others focus on an issue in New York City and petition city council members. Throughout the program, they live together in Cathedral Gardens, the housing suites farthest from campus, further fostering the sense of an activist community. "It's not just something you do, but you also live civic engagement," says Miles.
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