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from a post on bee-l about vsh
from a post on bee-l about vsh
mike syracuse ny
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Very interesting study.
The F1 VSH removed 51% of varroa infested larvae as compared to 66% for VSH.
In a practical sense I wonder how this relates. For instance, someonewho sells VSH queens grafted from VSH breeders. The area has a lot of VSH drones. I wonder how much VSH behavior you would get by raising queens from those F1's?
It seems to me that you advocate mimicking the natural selection model, in which productivity under natural (unaided) conditions is the measure of success/ideal assay. (You add in temperament as a secondary and optional feature)
This is great (by me). However it presents difficulties to established apiaries wishing to move away from treatment based regimes while maintaining the productivity and or population numbers that pay their costs. They can't make 'survivability' assays - its too costly.
It is this problem that the breeders are primarily trying to solve.
Or perhaps, there are a range of problems seeking solutions.
I think you are right to say that selecting for a single (if compound) trait (vhs) risks lowering the frequency of competing traits (while selection for survivability and productivity [SSP] doesn't); and that supplies a reason to be cautious. (At least for some - if constant importation of 'vhs' queens solves a commercial problem that's fine)
Are you saying that SSP provides the best breeding approach for any and all breeders, and that the resultant stock will be suitable for all (non-treatment) purposes?
And at the same time, agreeing that the best breeding approach (SSP) is not a suitable in-house way to tackle the problem of shifting an established treating apiary to non-treatment?
Meanwhile, you're also offering a critique of the accuracy of vhs claims.
I'm trying to create a sort of flow-chart of your reasoning here. It seems to me there are top-level and secondary arguments in play, and it isn't quite clear to me which are which in your mind.
Mike (UK)
The race isn't always to the swift, nor the fight to the strong, but that's the way to bet
Someone who makes a living off breeding can afford productivity losses due to stock replacement, and he can charge more for his genetics to compensate. Not to mention that "the best of 10" is not statistically likely to be as good as "the best of 100".
I know that's how I run, at least. Survivability is very important to me, because we have harsh winter conditions. So is my target a 5% winter mortality rate? No. That implies giving ideal wintering conditions. If I want my stock to have decent survival rates in the hand of beginners, who represent a fair share of my clients, then I must not give my bees better wintering conditions than many beginners do. Survival of the fittest only kicks in when a selection pressure is applied. I do skip the first month of bee sales to recover from my losses, though.
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I was wondering when you'd post about this!
We now perform two tests in our breeding program that select for VSH in addition to other economic traits. We use a large population and have an initial two-year selection cycle.
No colony is treated for mites in our operation. We're going on our 16th year without mite treatment. Our bees our gentle, productive and have done well for us. Our customers
like them too! Good VSH expression is one of many qualities good stock should have.
There seems to be an interest to make a VSH selection program more organized and cooperative at some point. Measuring VSH expression along with other good qualities
constitutes a breeding program. When one selects in a program, the chances of finding suitable breeding candidates is greater when one has a larger population. The "numbers game" again.
A group working together would achieve this more readily by having a greater collective population to select from. Still, finding a group of potential bee breeders who can readily make queens over the season and keep good records
has not been simple. Performing the non-reproductive VSH test: http://www.extension.org/pages/30984...e#.VHhy7kSweJs as well, has been a challenge.
You are correct that there are many claims for VSH expressing stock now.
We've found that this rubric works well when advising people on queen producers and queen strains:
"Follow the consistently good producer who consistently has good queens/bees."
Year in, year out, the outfits that have good stock will always do well for their customers.
VSH expression will exist in a population where both sides of the cross carry the heredity for the behavior. If the breeding population
does not have significantly high levels of VSH expression, the queens mated in that area will have less and less VSH, and less chance for mite resistance.
When curious about a strain's VSH expression, ask a queen producer for the history of their breeding program and ask if they will provide references.
Last edited by adamf; 11-28-2014 at 09:23 AM. Reason: omition
Nice post Adam. I got a few queens from Adam and Kelly a couple years ago and am really pleased with them. One in particular I am watching like a hawk. Made a huge crop of honey and came into the winter just as strong. I'm planning on it being the star of my breeding operation this coming spring.
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I'd be interested in 2 things:We now perform two tests in our breeding program that select for VSH in addition to other economic traits.
1. What are the tests?
2. When you tested your existing breeding population, did the tests mirror your assumptions as to the amount of expression in various populations?
I don't think statments like this help with general understanding (which is my goal). VSH behavior is not 'present' or 'not present'....it is the extent of the expression that counts. It would be like trying to classify humans as either having height or not having height...in fact the question is 'how tall'.VSH expression will exist in a population where both sides of the cross carry the heredity for the behavior.
Certainly they have 'less chance for bite resistance THROUGH THE VSH MECHANISM, and (in the scenereos i laid out on the first page of this discussion) by the time you have selected for VSH to produce a strong expression you have probably selected against other mite resistant traits...the ones the bees actually use when no one is selecting for VSH....does not have significantly high levels of VSH expression, the queens mated in that area will have less and less VSH, and less chance for mite resistance.
I'd give that advice to anyone curious about the substance and quality of a breeding program (ask history and ask for references). I don't think these will help very much in determining the VSH expression of a stock. The history (unless it is all first generation II USDA VSH breeder stock) doesn't tell you much about the VSH expression, and unless the references are doing a VSH assay on the colonies, they can't really offer any insight as to the extent of VSH expression.When curious about a strain's VSH expression, ask a queen producer for the history of their breeding program and ask if they will provide references.
I'm all for good queens from good operations with good reputations for producing good queens. In the end, I don't think VSH has much to do with it, and certainly the way it is so often used (to produce a mite resistant localized line by crossing VSH breeders with local stock) doesn't accomplish lasting results....unless VSH stock is constantly brought in....in which case the only real breeding that is happening is from the VSH supplier, and there is no lasting local progress to be made.
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We perform Alcohol Wash test and the Non-Reproductive VSH test on some candidates. Seasonal performance results are considered as well. We make our breeding decisions based on some of this data.
If we test strains of bees here, under our non mite-treatment management, the candidates that are not from VSH expressing colonies barely make it through their first season. These results in addition to our test data
demonstrate that there is a threshold level of VSH expression that needs to be maintained for colonies to survive. We don't usually quantify "%VSH" as that metric; although helpful in thinking about VSH vs Non-VSH
it is not accurate when thinking about the degree of expression. More useful are the survival and performance results, we select those that are great candidates overall.
Hum. Maybe. The literature describes potential VSH expressions (phenotypes) based on proposed genotypes. Once the molecular marker work is done and tested, it will be much simpler to select for high-expression breeding candidates.
This will need to be used wisely, as with any tool that aides, but does not substitute for a comprehensive evaluation of breeding candidates.
VSH expression is found in ALL populations of Apis mellifera. How one selects for it and then combines it with other desirable expressions is what a breeder, breeding for mite resistance, does.
If a queen producer is marketing "VSH Expression" as a benefit, determining how their breeding program and results have been, is a good selection tool for evaluating them. We both know that barely anybody tests for VSH behavior, as of
right now.
Hopefully, this will change soon!
Bee breeding has always been a challenge because of how honey bees mate, in the air, with drones from more then one colony. Isolated matings and artificial insemination overcome this challenge. Managing this, has been a goal for any bee
breeder throughout bee breeding history.
Using VSH expression as one component in our breeding program, has helped us to remain treatment-free. We're very grateful to all the people at the USDA who were involved in the discovery and development of VSH for bee breeding!
Last edited by adamf; 11-28-2014 at 08:05 AM. Reason: spellink
I am confused by this statement... If you are advertising based on a genetic characteristic, why would you not select for it? It seems the only way to select for it at this time, would be to measure "%VSH" expression or some similar definition. Since the marker work is not ready yet and there are environmental interactions with the expression of behavioral traits, I would think you would have to rely on measuring the phenotypic expression, at least to some degree.
I do not wish to speak for deknow, but I think that is basis of his question.
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We *do* select for VSH behavior. We use two specific tests, and we use gross selection: we choose our breeders from breeding candidates that perform well without any mite treatments.
The statement: "% of VSH expression" is a misnomer and was used originally to describe how close to high VSH expression colonies were estimated to be after crossing. As the genetic mechanics of VSH expression is elucidated
I'm sure there will be several phenotypes that express VSH that are genotypically different. A breeder's selection however, would still be on the overall colony health and performance of the candidate.
Screening for the presence of VSH behavior is what you're describing I think. Certainly that can be selected for and given a value. I'd give it a binary value though: ex: expresses VSH or doesn't express VSH, where there is a cut-off for minimum
score, rather then as a "%VSH Expression".
Is this any less confusing?
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Jeff Bezos officially introduces the worst-kept secret around: the Amazon Kindle.
I think this will go down in history as a "right idea, bad timing" kind of thing.
I don't really see a very big market for this, especially considering the price. I read ebooks with FBReader on my Nokia N800, which can currently be purchased for about half the cost of Kindle.
The screen on this reader (and the sony) is the main difference. It looks a lot more like paper than any other handheld out there.
The wireless choice seems odd - why not just use wifi? Amazon could cut a deal with starbucks if they wanted to provide mobile content.
Having this available only through amazon could really hurt it - the main selling feature for it is the screen, which you have to see to appreciate. I'm not sure people will be convinced to drop $400 for something they might end up returning (even if amazon's returns are easy enough.)
reading ebooks on an n800 or a palm can't compare to reading them on e-ink. I have a sony reader which I absolutely love. It has gotten me to start reading again.
I consider myself fairly attracted to tech in general. I own multiple Windows PCs and Macs, I have an HDTV and HD satellite service with and HD DVR. I have an XBox 360 as well as a Wii for the kids. Both my wife and I own iPods, though mine is left unused these days because I bought an iPhone. All this in mind, I still can't wrap my head around the idea of an e-reader. I read books apx. an hour every weekday, and while the idea of having multiple books in a single device has some attraction I like having a physical book, be it paperback or hard-bound.
Looks bulky, and seems expensive. For the same price, I could get an ipod touch and read my books on that. Of course, I might go blind from the tiny screen, but you get the point. Additionally, 9.99 for books that cost less on paper seems rather absurd.
I will not buy this.
I don't know what their design department was thinking. It looks like it belongs at Epcot or Tomorrowland. It would've been futuristic in the 70's.
Going to need the economies of scale to bring the price down - a lot. I'm with the rest of you on this: I'd be interested if the price was less than $200. The sticking point there would be the quality of the screen. However it seems obvious to me that Amazon has the potential to make a lot of money on thses down the road if it takes off. Given that, $99 or even less seem more appropriate.
This is going to be great when public libraries start offering ebooks in a compatible format (or until there's a reasonably cheap subscription service). Until then (and Kindle v2), I'll pass.
I tried to dislike it and failed. Alas, it's not without fault.
There's a typo in the title of the article.
I really want this to work. I own the Sony ebook reader and I see some clear advantages to buying the Kindle (asthetics aside).
Yeah, gotta agree with you there. This thing is butt-ugly. They needed to talk to Apple's design folks.
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This is the first e-ink reader I've seen that'll handle PDFs, so I'm interested. Still, that price is bad, and EVDO isn't the quickest way to download.
Plus, it looks god-awful.
People made a lot of similar comments about the iPod and the iTunes store. That said, I don't think that Bezos is holding the iPod of the literary world in his hands. It's ugly and clunky looking. Seriously, it resembles a desktop calculator my dad owned in 1982. I'm not sure why I'd pay to subscribe to a blog either. If the aim is to make it like a newspaper subscription delivered daily to your palm, they're too late to make money on that. Subscriptions to websites failed and RSS feeds and news aggregators nailed the coffin. A keyboard? I think the iPhone has proven that a physical keyboard is really an unnecessary thing of the past.
I like the idea of a digital book. It seems like the logical thing to do given environmental concerns but I'm starting to get the feeling that a device like this missed the boat. What with the convergence of devices like music players, cell phones, and web browsers doesn't it really seem like the next logical step would be to tack the functionality of Kindle into another device? If it's going to be a stand alone device, it need to be much cheaper than $400 then.
PDFs? Both Engadget and Gizmodo said PDFs don't work on it. PDF is the killer app for me. Lugging around 500 page programming books isn't really feasible.
Amazon's page only has comments from people like "The most common complaint seems to be lack of PDF support. Yeah, pretty dumb. But easily handled. The Kindle supports MOBI files." Not exactly from the horse's mouth, and Amazon seems to be determined to be mute.
Um, from the article:
Follow the link. It does PDFs.
It's a small group of blogs, and I'm guessing they solicited them as contributors. Apparently they're getting paid. Interestingly, there's a basic web browser buried in the software with the samples shown at the press conference (according to Gizmodo), but I'm betting that that will be turned off.
I think the service is great, it's the hardware that I'm most concerned about.
You can copy TXT and Mobi (unprotected only not purchased DRM book) from a PC to it using USB or memory stick.
There is only one valid point I see, the price point. It's somewhat of an iffy issue since they pay for the cell service, which basically means you can access it ANYWHERE (who cares about wi-fi when you can connect without a hotspot?). That might make up the difference in price, but then they charge for blog access on a subscription based fee. While I understand magazines and newspapers charging for their content, things like Slashdot are kinda weird to charge for, and hence my only reluctance to buy it.
I've been watching the promotional videos on Amazon's website. I'm left wondering whether or not selling it only on Amazon.com will be a drag on sales. I still think it's ugly but the size and shape make a bit more sense seeing someone handle it. It seems like if you were on the fence, being able to play with it would be the deciding factor. The price seems like a mistake to me, as does the lack of an RSS aggregator. Why would I pay for that sort of content delivery when I can get it for free on a number of other platforms?
I think the article is wrong about PDF's. I watched all of the coverage at Gizmodo and Engadget, and they both concurred on non-PDF'age. Amazon's website does not contradict that. I'm not too worried about that though, since that sounds more like a software limitation that can be patched later.
I'm all for reading electronic versions of books, and I recognize that there is a need for DRM on such things. But is this really the best they can do?
Apple has done pretty good on their handheld devices lately, I'd be up for that, but they usually announce upcoming gadgets, so I don't see one for the foreseeable (at least a year) future. I think they're waiting for a format where they can do color. The videos also indicate a need or ability to use a touch screen of some type. The unfortunate thing is all these things that people want (including myself) would SEVERELY limit battery life. Where most e-book readers can last for a week or more, color, animation, touch screens, smaller or "prettier" interfaces, are going to cost in terms of either money or power. This seems to work fine, just a little too costly for they layman.
Bezos, who's had the experts telling him for years he's a dope, has turned his previous dumb idea into a bezillion dollars. Now, having spent three years in research, he launches his next big idea. Assembled internet geniuses, having spent three minutes looking at pictures, gleefully announce he is the stupidest man alive. Well, I'm glad we got THAT settled quickly.
It needs to support pdf via email.
College textbooks could be the other killer app for this, besides selling NY Times bestsellers to people who normally pay $15-25 for hardcover.
Okay, a clarification on the PDF thing: I and a number of other reporters spent some time with someone who had the title "Kindle Director" after Bezos' talk. I missed the question that triggered this, but he specifically discussed how well the PDF conversion process worked with documents of different sizes and the aspect ratio of the screen. Now that I have time to look, the official press package doesn't mention it, so maybe it's a capability that's not yet enabled. I'm going to update the post accordingly.
Spot the Apple-head, but: It's soooo ugly!
I could be wrong here, but the video and descriptions lead to the possibility that emailing the document automatically converts it, hence the $.10 charge (just in case they have to do so). Could be wrong though.
Random thoughts gleaned from the interweb:
Let me see if I understand this correctly. Amazon wants me to pay $400 for a monstrously ugly device that allows me the privilege of buying digitally downloaded ebooks that don't have any of the production and distribution overhead of physical books, but are still priced at several dollars higher than a physical paperback book.
And I don't want to do exactly this on the notebook I already own why?
I knew this was coming but I still just bought Sony's latest e-reader as a Xmas gift for my wife. I have no idea if she'll like it but the Kindle lacks ANY sex appeal.
But half the cost of the hardcover book you can buy when the book is first available.
People who want to read books when they first come out in HC instead of months or sometimes a year later when they come out in paperback are going to be happy paying $10 instead of $20, but yes $8 paperback buyers need a better price.
Amazon needs to have titles drop to $5 after the x months, once the paperback editions come out.
Who cares about the ereader bit? It's a random product that (to the end user) casually uses a cell phone network without 2 year contracts and "plans". Hopefully it means cell phone companies are insisting less on their networks being a product, and are willing to allow other companies to simply use them as wireless infrastructure.
That's what I was thinking. Beige plastic? How can they be serious?

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Alex Haley's book and television series, Roots, the latter in 1977, helped galvanize people's interests in their own roots, their own family stories. Then the efforts of the Church of Latter Day Saints, or Mormons, to record the marriages and families of many Americans' ancestors made a wealth of genealogical information available. Then the Internet put that information within reach, right at home.
Today I am one of the many people captivated by genealogy research, discovering aspects of themselves as they learn about their ancestors and their lives. This blog, Relative Musings, is about genealogy research and some of my own discoveries that I want to share. This is a beginning.


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Welcome to Sabai Sabai, Germantown's very first Thai restaurant!
Sabai Sabai is the collaborative effort between the previous owners of one of the most renowned and highly regarded Thai restaurants in the Rockville/DC Metro area and their extended family of longtime friends. After 15 years of success, our owners decided to take a break, sell the business and hand over the restaurant to a different management team. They had plans to relax, finally read all those books that piled up, clean the garage, take a trip around the world, climb Mt. Everest (ok, maybe not that one)…though unsurprisingly soon after, the building of a restaurant beckoned yet again. Call it a twist of fate, karmic attachment to delicious Thai cuisine, or a love of putting together warm and inviting spaces where new and old friends can gather to enjoy each other's company. So with the most popular recipes in tow, our chefs will be whipping up our past customers' cherished dishes along with entirely unique creations for you to savor.
We look forward to having you join us for an upcoming meal, whether it's a quick and simple lunch between work or a more relaxed dinner in our cozy and comfy atmosphere. And on those occasions when you're craving some yummy Thai food but don't have time to sit down, just give us a call ahead or come in and we'll freshly prepare you a take-out feast.
Sabai Sabai Thai Restaurant
19847M Century Blvd.
Germantown, MD 20874
Call 301.528.1400 for reservations and takeout orders.
Delivery everyday from 4:30pm until 30 minutes before closing (within 4 mile radius).
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Howdy ya'll, its me Dawn your trusted fellow artist and friend back with another lesson that I think you might enjoy. Today I will be doing a lot of requests because I really haven't done so in a while. To start, I will be showing you guys "how to draw Pinter", step by step. Who is this Pinter you ask? Well, if you watch the Nickelodeon show called "Planet Sheen", you will already know that Pinter is a flying eyeball that works for the evil Dorkus as one of his minions. Pinter is described as being a brown nosing weasel that will stop at nothing to be an informant for Dorkus. I guess you could say Pinter is your typical minion that you commonly see with evil doers in any good animated or fictional series. He is super easy to draw which means there should be little to no problems at all when it comes time to draw Pinter in detail. You can even draw him hovering around the heads of Sheen, and his buddies as they try and hide what they are talking about so his evil master doesn't know what they are going to plot next. Well, that will do it for this tutorial description. I have to start getting ready for another Live stream which means I have to bust my butt to get all my tutorials up for the day. Peace out folks, and enjoy your drawing day!
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By Barry Janoff
September 4, 2012: In 2011, Greg Jennings was a member of the victorious Super Bowl XLV Green Bay Packers. In 2012, the wide receiver will show off other talents in a humorous campaign as the new Old Spice Guy.
Old Spice this week will debut an NFL-themed marketing campaign in which Jennings touts the Old Spice Champion scent. The effort features the brand's current, eclectic tag line, "Believing in Your Smellf" as it aims to show how Old Spice can help guys "overcome adversity and win on and off the football field."
The campaign will be anchored by a series of TV spots – three 30-second and four 15-second — as well as print, Internet and social media including Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. Lead agency is Wieden+Kennedy, Portland.
The first spot is scheduled to break during the NFL season-opening game on NBC – Dallas Cowboys vs. New York Giants – on Sept. 5. The subsequent spots will roll out over the course of the NFL season, according to the company, primarily during NFL programming on NBC, Fox, ESPN and NFL Network. Digital ads will appear across a number of sports, entertainment, humor and men's interest outlets.
Old Spice is a division of Proctor and Gamble, which is an official marketing partner of the NFL. Previous humorous Old Spice marketing featured Ray Lewis of the Baltimore Ravens and football player-turned-actor Terry Crews.
"Old Spice Champion is about inspiring self-confidence when guys need it most," Jason Partin, brand manager for Old Spice North America, said in a statement. "With Greg Jennings, who embodies the true spirit of a champion, this campaign is designed to reach NFL fans in need of a little extra confidence when tackling whatever life throws their way."
The initial 30-second spot, "Film," finds Jennings wearing his Packers uniform on what appears to be a football field, playing catch Frisbee with a dog named Roscoe. "We did it! We did it, Roscoe! We're alive," Jennings says as the two frolic on the field to the soundtrack of inspirational music. He then approaches the camera. "When you use Old Spice Champion it's like you're the star of a Hollywood film about your own life."
The camera then pulls back to reveal that the action is being shot on a sound stage. Roscoe the dog turns out to be an actor in a sweaty pooch suit. He removes the false dog head and moans, in response to Jennings, "As opposed to playing a small bit part in someone else's film."
An equally sweaty guy playing a nearby tree then adds, "Tell me about it, bro." Text adds, "Believe in Your Smellf." (See the full spot here.)
According to Jennings, who was a member of the NFL All-Rookie Team in 2006 and is a two-time Pro Bowler, "Approaching life with a winning attitude has helped me achieve my goals and conquer any challenge that I've been faced with. I've always been a huge fan of Old Spice and jumped at the opportunity to work with them on this campaign. I think NFL fans will get a kick out of seeing me in some pretty compromising situations in these commercials."


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Cougar Women Begin Four-game Road Trip at Montana
Dec. 17, 2007
FIRST GLANCE: The Washington State women's basketball team (3-6) kicks off its four-game road trip with a game against Montana (6-3) at Dahlberg Arena in Missoula, Mont. The Cougars and Lady Griz are slated to tip-off at 6 p.m. (Pacific).
COUGARS ON THE RADIO: Cougar women's basketball, normally heard on 1150 AM, will be broadcast on 104.3 FM for the game against Montana. Steve Grubbs will have the call live from Missoula.
THE COUGARS: Junior Katie Appleton leads the Cougar scoring attack with 14.8 points per game, good for fifth in the Pacific-10 Conference. Her 3-point shooting percentage (.519) ranks second in the conference. The 5-foot-8 guard also leads the Cougars in rebounding, pulling down 5.2 boards per game, and her 2.78 steals per game are tops in the Pac-10.
With 2.89 assists per game, sophomore guard Colleen Betteridge leads WSU and ranks tied for 10th in the Pac-10.
LAST TIME OUT: Led by the shooting of junior guard Katie Appleton, the WSU women's basketball team defeated San Jose State University 78-72 in overtime Sunday at Friel Court. Appleton scored a career-high 29 points on 11-of-20 shooting, including a 3-pointer with 11 seconds left that ultimately sent the game into overtime. With the Cougars up by two points in the overtime period, Appleton once again came up big, hitting a jumper to put WSU up by four at 1:46. It would be free throws for the Cougar offense from that point on, as WSU claimed a 78-72 overtime victory.
SCOUTING MONTANA: The Lady Griz, victorious in each of their last three games, are led by Mandy Morales and Sonya Rogers. The duo, both junior guards, average 19.8 and 13.9 points per game, respectively. Senior forward Johanna Closson leads the team in rebounding at 5.9 boards per game, and nearly averages in double-figures, scoring 9.4 points per game.
THE SERIES: The Cougars are looking to halt a seven-game losing skid to the Lady Griz and trail in the all-time series 17-20. Montana won last year's match-up 70-64 in Pullman.
NEXT UP: WSU closes out the nonconference portion of its schedule at Long Beach State, Friday. The Cougars and 49ers are scheduled to tip-off at 7 p.m. at the Walter Pyramid.
COUGS HAVE HEART: Washington State University will host the inaugural 'Cougs Have Heart' Women's Basketball game Friday, Jan. 4, against the University of Washington at Beasley Coliseum. The game, sponsored by Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital and The Hope Heart Institute, is slated to tip-off at 7 p.m.
DAUGHERTY'S FIRST CLASS: WSU Head Coach June Daugherty announced the signing of seven players to National Letters of Intent, Nov. 14. Her first recruiting class at WSU included five All-Americans and five individuals ranked by various publications. The future Cougars include: Katie Grad (Auburn, Wash.), Jessica Oestreicher (Redding, Calif.), April Cook (Long Beach, Calif.), Danielle Lenoir (Los Angeles), Lexie Pettersen (Spokane, Wash.), Rosie Tarnowski (Philadelphia, Penn.) and Jazmine Perkins (Berkeley, Calif.).
RECRUIT RANKINGS: WSU's recruiting class has been gaining national recognition. Blue Star Basketball ranked Daugherty's inaugural recruiting class as the 16th-best in the country, and second-best in the Pacific-10 Conference, while HoopGurlz.com ranked the Cougars' class No. 24 in the nation.
COUGAR HEAD COACH June Daugherty: With a career record of 314-213 entering this season, veteran coach June Daugherty is exactly what the Cougars needed. The first-year WSU head coach has a proven history of turning programs around. At Boise State (1989-96) she compiled a record of 123-74, led the Broncos to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history, achieved their first-ever national ranking and won their first regular season conference title. At Washington (1996-2006) Daugherty led the Huskies to the Pacific-10 Conference title in 2001, their first since 1990. She also led Washington to nine postseason appearances in 11 seasons, six NCAA Tournament appearances and three WNIT appearances, making it all the way to the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship's Elite Eight in 2001.
JUNE'S BLOG: Check in with WSU head coach June Daugherty all season long at www.wsucougars.com. Daugherty will be posting regular updates to her blog throughout the 2007-08 season. To access June's Journal, click the link on the women's basketball page.
THIRD HALF RALLY: Join the WSU women's basketball team at the Hilltop Restaurant for the Third Half Rally following select games this season. Refreshments and food will be available following the UCLA game (Jan. 12), Oregon game (Feb. 17) and Stanford game (March 2)
TUNE IN FOR COUGAR WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ON THE INTERNET: Cougar women's basketball fans can listen to all the road contests during the 2007-08 season with broadcaster Steve Grubbs. Radio broadcasts of away games are live on the Internet...go to www.wsucougars.com, click on the Cougars All Access link (right side, main page) and sign-in...subscription is $6.95 per month.
COUGARS ON TV: Three of WSU's games this season are scheduled for live television broadcast. The Cougars' match up with Washington in Seattle (Feb. 3) is slated to air on FSN, while the home contests with Washington (Jan. 4) and Oregon State (Feb. 15) will air on FSN Northwest. WSU has had more games selected for television this season than in any other since 2001-02.
COUGS ON THE INTERNET: Stay up-to-date on all Cougar women's basketball action...releases, statistics, and notes are loaded weekly at www.wsucougars.com.
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How to Make Decisions in the World Market by FRED W. O'GREEN/President, Litton Industries, Inc. < Iintend to describe the interna-tional environment in which some of Litton Industries' operating decisions are being made Hopefully, my remarks will shed some light on why the socioeconomic and political atmosphere encountered abroad may dictate operating decisions which seem wrong or even irrational when viewed from afar by the board of an American company. 1 also would like to suggest thai the environment which business is encountering in Europe is beginning to occur in this country as well. These circumstances are due, in part, to changing market conditions, demographic shifts, and new tech-nologies, for Litton has had to mod-ify its operations in Europe and to modernize its industrial facilities in order to grow. As I describe some of the problems that we have encoun-tered and the tough decisions that we have made, keep in mind that Litton's 100 divisions are each operated independently and that its divisions abroad are headed by foreign nationals of the countries in which the divisions are located. The 100 divisions employ approximately 75,000 people worldwide, and sales this year are expected to reach a little over $4.2 billion. Five European Nations Sweden; Litton had a successful cash register business in Sweden, It was based on electromechanical technology, which became obsolete following the development of electronic technology based on microprocessors. We had two electromechanical plants in Sweden, one in Varburg on the west coast, and another in Stockholm. Both had excellent technology, a superb work force, and excellent management in electromechanical capabilities. Sweden itself is highly socialistic, with a high tax structure that brings the accompanying social costs to approximately 60 to 70 percent, compared to about 25 to 35 percent in the U.S. These operating costs, together with the additional capital that would have been required to shift to electronics, forced us to give up a trained work force loyal to our company, to liquidate our assets, and to re-establish a capability with which we could make competitive products at a profit. Our decision was to come back to the U.S. Here is what happened when we tried to move gradually out of Sweden. First, when a company announces its intention to leave Sweden, it has to do so publicly. In our case, we faced further complications because we needed to provide a spare parts inventory for seven years for all the electromechanical cash registers that we had sold throughout the world. A confrontation was inevitable. Before a company in Sweden can announce a stop-work decision, it must request permission from the Work Council, a group made up of the very workers you are planning to lay off. Once you get through this, you seek the permission of various government agencies. This should not be confused with your decision to stop work. You must first seek permission to stop. Without that permission you do not stop. It took us two years to negotiate a phase-out plan, and only then did we begin to phase down The social responsibilities of a Swedish company to its workers are dependent, in part, on the worker's length of service. You must pay full salaries for up to three years. In our case, the government subsidized a
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The proposed Keystone XL Pipeline would carry thousands of gallons of crude oil from the Alberta tar sands across the American Plains every day. Despite claims by developer TransCanada that there is little risk of disastrous environmental impact, opponents of the project are concerned about the potential for contamination of waterways and fragile ecosystems.
In September thousands of people converged on the White House in the largest act of civil disobedience in the history of the U.S. climate movement. The protesters sat-in peacefully and over 1,200 were arrested in protest of the Keystone XL project. Now the movement has gained fierce support from landowners of Nebraska. More than 2,000 people showed up at the Nebraska State Department hearing to say they don't want crude oil running through the delicate Sandhills or the Ogallala aquifer—which supplies water to most of the Midwest.
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In its risk assessment, is the State Department just taking the developer of the Keystone XL pipeline at its word?
Solving the "It's not my problem" problem. A psychologist on what keeps us from coming to terms with the climate crisis.
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Tales of witnesses to Cairo massacre back pro-Morsi version
Overlooking the scene where 55 supporters of deposed President Mohammed Morsi died during a standoff with the Egyptian military two weeks ago are two 16-story apartment buildings whose residents are perhaps the only unbiased witnesses to what happened.
With no videos or photos having surfaced of the initial violence, Morsi supporters and the military have offered two very different versions of what set off the confrontation, the deadliest incident since the military toppled Morsi, Egypt's first democratically elected leader, early this month. At least 100 people have since died in clashes between the military and Morsi partisans, most recently Tuesday, when nine people were killed.
But the July 8 incident outside the Republican Guard headquarters in eastern Cairo remains a touchstone for those who say Morsi was toppled in a military coup and that the military has since taken an approach to Islamists that guarantees years of low-level warfare. Many here fear that Morsi's incompetent Islamist government has been replaced by an excessively brutal security force reminiscent of the three decades of Hosni Mubarak's rule. Indeed, it was a call against police brutality that launched the January 2011 uprising that led to Mubarak's fall.
The military's version of events says pro-Morsi protesters tried to storm the Republican Guard headquarters, where Morsi partisans think the deposed president is being held, and that security forces turned to live bullets only after they'd fired warning shots, blank rounds and tear gas to no effect.
Protesters say they were simply praying when an unwarranted attack began.
The stories of nine occupants of the apartment buildings whom McClatchy interviewed seem to back the protesters' version of events, even though many of those residents said they had little sympathy for Morsi and had grown frustrated with the protesters' constant chants, which had gone on for days.
Among them is a 24-year-old soldier who painfully conceded that the military "used excessive force" as he recalled the initial sounds he heard. The soldier, whom McClatchy isn't identifying for his security, said he thought the military was fed up with protesters and that the shooting reflected that.
For four days leading up to the attack, Morsi supporters had been staging a sit-in at the site, chanting against the military and at times vowing revenge. Some would hurl insults at the troops. On July 5, protesters had tried to storm the headquarters and troops had opened fire. A widely distributed video showed a man lying on the ground near soldiers, shot in the head.
But what unfolded July 8 was very different, residents said.
The July 5 incident took place in the daytime, after hours of escalating tensions. There were witnesses with cameras. The day had been tumultuous before the outburst of gunfire.
What happened July 8 came during a rare silence in what had been days of noisy protest.
The residents said they didn't hear crowds charging or screams from the military for protesters to move back until after the initial burst of gunfire; the military said all those things happened before anyone had fired a shot.
Nor did the residents recall seeing or hearing protesters praying, as Morsi supporters claimed.
What they do remember is being awakened suddenly, just before 3:45 a.m., by a burst of gunfire so powerful that they think it could have come only from the military. It wasn't until after the shots began that they heard security forces urging people to move back.
"From the sound of gunfire, I thought 5,000 people had died. They were shooting for no reason," the soldier said. "Everyone in the military is sick of the Muslim Brotherhood," he offered by way of explanation, referring to the organization through which Morsi ascended to the presidency and that now bolsters his supporters.
If there had been tear gas before the shooting, residents didn't smell it, though they noted that it often takes a while for the gas to reach their homes.
Khalid Sayed, 25, a grocer who lives on the first floor of one of the apartment buildings, said he'd grown accustomed to noise outside his window as protesters chanted against Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, the minister of defense and the head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, who'd announced July 3 that Morsi was no longer president. By 2 a.m., the chants were waning, and Sayed had fallen asleep.
A burst of gunfire woke him. When he looked out his window, he saw protesters fleeing east and west on Salah Salem Street and south on Tayaran Street. Several witnesses told McClatchy they then saw soldiers start to move past the barbed wire that separated the troops from Morsi supporters and toward the protesters. Soon afterward, the gates to the Republican Guard headquarters opened, and more and more troops moved out, Sayed said.
"We are used to noise. But I didn't hear anything before. Just shooting," Sayed said.
In a news briefing in the days after the attack, military spokesman Col. Ahmed Mohammed Ali said the military had tried to avoid using force, urging protesters to go back and launching tear gas and blank rounds before finally resorting to deadly force.
Ali said the military must defend government facilities no matter who was threatening them. Of the 55 people killed, three were soldiers or police officers, the government has said.
Mahmoud Suleiman, 28, a pharmacist, said he didn't see any protesters shoot in those crucial initial minutes.
"As soon as I heard the shots, I moved to my balcony. The Republican Guard is right next to my apartment. I just saw the soldiers shooting. I didn't see the Brotherhood shooting, but maybe I didn't see everything. I just saw Brotherhood with sticks."
Suleiman said he heard a Brotherhood sheik who was leading the protesters yell through a loudspeaker, "Don't shoot. We are your brothers!"
Doctors whom McClatchy interviewed that morning said most of the patients admitted to the hospital had been struck in the neck, head and chest, but none of the witnesses saw where the wounded had been struck, just streams of blood flowing from their bodies.
Sayed also said he'd seen soldiers beating some of the protesters.
As the attack escalated, some apartment-building residents tried to go down and record the events but soldiers urged them to go back inside. One man showed McClatchy his shaky 18-second video of a soldier waving people inside. The video was shot during daylight, at least an hour after the gunfire had begun.
Omar Khalid, 24, said he didn't leave his home until the gunfire had subsided two hours later. Others said that when they opened their front doors, they found protesters in the hallways, begging for shelter.
"Open the door or we will die," Khalid remembered protesters telling him.
As the sun rose, residents said, they found shell casings and tear gas canisters strewn along Salah Salem Street.
Small reminders of the attack remain at the scene. At his shop, Sayed has a boot that belongs to one of the wounded. A bullet hole runs through it, near the ankle, and a bullet is inside. In front of the building, the walkway is broken up; protesters had used the bricks as weapons.
Cameras have been installed on the tops of the apartment buildings, perhaps so neither side can contest who's at fault.
"Everyone is asking what happened," Sayed said. The security forces "couldn't have moved out in those kinds of numbers without a plan."
McClatchy special correspondent Amina Ismail contributed to this report.


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Jerusalem: Center of the World
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For over 40 centuries, untold numbers of Jews, Christians and Muslims have come to Jerusalem to look for God, while billions more have worshiped from afar. This documentary delves into the historical facts and religious beliefs that have led so many thousands to live and die for this city. Host Ray Suarez, together with an outstanding roster of historians and scholars, explores the founding of the city, and the birth and convergence of the world's three major monotheistic religions. He lends voice to the key events in the city's history as described in the Hebrew and Christian Bibles, the Talmud, the Hagaddah, the Koran and the Hadith. And he takes us through Jerusalem's constantly shifting role in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The documentary takes viewers far beyond the city's exteriors to follow the paths taken by Abraham, David, Jesus, and Mohammed, among countless others. From a strikingly intimate perspective, Suarez travels deep into the city. With illustrations from over 300 pieces of iconic artwork from every genre and period, this program brings one of the oldest cities in the world to life.
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Old Fashion Walnut Butter Cake with Golden Orange Raisin jam
Difficulty: Medium
Servings: 1-2
Preparation Time: 10 mins
Cooking Time: 40 mins
1. Cream butter and sugar together in a Bosch kitchen machine at speed 2, increasing to 5 when butter is softened. Beat until butter is pale yellow.
2. Gradually add in each egg and vanilla essence. Combine flour and baking powder together and sieve. Fold into egg and butter mixture. Add walnuts and mix well.
3. Preheat oven to 180°C. Transfer batter to greased baking tins and bake for 35 to 40 minutes. Check that inserted skewer comes out clean.
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The purpose of the Student Temporary Assistant Resource Services (STARS) Program is to provide the Commission with temporary administrative support and to provide networking for students throughout the Commission. The STARS Program offers student employees structure, motivation, leadership skills, and diverse work projects, which expose students to various levels of the business of the Federal government. Students in the STARS program gain first-hand experiences in the Federal government by providing support to the professional staff. Their job functions include routine office automation tasks, data entry, research projects, and production work. Throughout the school year, STARS work a minimum of 16 hours and a maximum of 40 hours per week during normal business hours. If you are interested in the STARS program, send your resume to Tiffany Gray at email@example.com.
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ShutterPro is an online, cloud photo storage and photo sharing service. ShutterPro also provides photo backup services. Users can make their photo albums public or private and can share photos across social media. The ShutterPro API allows developers to access and integrate the functionality of ShutterPro with other applications and to create new applications. Some example API methods include uploading images, sharing photos, and managing account information and photo content.


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BioWare Announces That Mass Effect 4 Is Fresh, Beautiful, and Now Playable
Electronic Arts' BioWare studio recently announced that its upcoming Mass Effect game, tentatively titled Mass Effect 4, was already in a playable state. BioWare Edmonton and Montreal general manager Aaryn Flynn commented on the project briefly on Twitter, stating that it was "Ambitious. Beautiful. Fresh but recognizable. And fun."
For those who aren't familiar with BioWare's massively popular franchise, Mass Effect is a critically acclaimed sci-fi role-playing series that has had a polarizing effect on gamers.
The original trilogy allowed gamers to custom build a character known as Commander Shepard (whose gender, first name, and origin story could be modified), who gathered allies across the galaxy to battle the Borg-like synthetic race of world-destroying Reapers.
What made the Mass Effect trilogy such a personal experience for many gamers was that the choices players made in each game carried over to the next one -- characters who died in the first game would not return in subsequent games, and universe-altering decisions made in the first game could reverberate through the rest of the trilogy. Therefore, each player had a slightly different experience throughout the trilogy, which lasted well over 100 hours from start to finish.
However, EA and BioWare were harshly criticized for Mass Effect 3 -- a game that not only felt rushed, but ended the trilogy on a sour, nihilistic note -- destroying most of the universe that had been painstakingly developed over the course of the three games. The backlash was so great that BioWare issued an apology to fans and ultimately patched the game's finale with a longer, although equally gloomy, ending via DLC (downloadable content).
Not much is known about Mass Effect 4 at the moment -- except that it runs on the Frostbite 2 Engine, similar to BioWare's other major upcoming title, Dragon Age: Inquisition. However, the very existence of Mass Effect 4 has plenty of gamers wondering if EA and BioWare can redeem the franchise after the Mass Effect 3 debacle.
What made Bioware great
To understand how Mass Effect evolved, we need to take a look back at BioWare's history, before and after its acquisition by EA in 2007.
BioWare was founded in 1995. It rose to fame with fantasy games like Baldur's Gate (1998) and Neverwinter Nights (2002), but it didn't achieve mainstream recognition until Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (2003), a seminal sci-fi role-playing game that would set the standard for the "BioWare RPG" over the next decade.
Knights of the Old Republic, which was published by LucasArts and initially released for the original Xbox, took three years to develop. The game, which took place 4,000 years before the events of the Star Wars films, allowed the player to play the role of a Jedi.
What made Knights truly unique was its decisions -- good acts would turn your Jedi toward the Light Side, while evil ones would lead you toward the Dark Side. Based on your actions, your characters' appearance and powers would change accordingly. In addition, the outcome of the story changed considerably based on moral decisions made throughout the game.
BioWare's subsequent games, such as Jade Empire, Dragon Age, and Mass Effect, were all built upon those mechanics introduced in Knights of the Old Republic.
The first Mass Effect, released in 2007 and published by Microsoft , was the perfect evolution of Knights of the Old Republic. It used the same shoot and pause system as Knights, but added more modern combat mechanics such as taking cover.
Mass Effect, in many ways, represented the perfect Star Wars game without the Star Wars characters. It was also the last game that BioWare would develop before being taken over by EA.
How EA changed Bioware
To understand the impact that EA's acquisition had on BioWare, let's first take a look at the three Mass Effect games.
Year released
Total unit sales (all platforms worldwide)
Mass Effect
Windows, Xbox 360
3.4 million
Mass Effect 2
Windows, PS3, Xbox 360
4.6 million
Mass Effect 3
Windows, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii U
4.9 million
Considering that sales numbers keep rising, and EA is spreading Mass Effect to more platforms with every sequel, the arrival of Mass Effect 4 was inevitable.
EA's involvement, starting with Mass Effect 2, considerably altered the original game. The original Mass Effect had some more "hardcore" elements, which were eliminated in Mass Effect 2 and 3. For example, player customization and inventory options were simplified dramatically and the combat system was vastly improved.
The graphical enhancements in Mass Effect 2 were also extremely impressive. With EA's budget, BioWare started hiring more recognizable actors, such as Martin Sheen and Yvonne Strahovski, to give the game a truly impressive, Hollywood blockbuster feel.
With all of those enhancements, however, came a lot of DLCs -- downloadable content that gamers pay extra for. Let's take a look at the number of DLCs that each Mass Effect game asked players to purchase.
Number of DLCs
Total combined cost (retail)
Mass Effect
Mass Effect 2
Mass Effect 3
In other words, to enjoy the "full" Mass Effect 2 or 3 experience as EA envisioned it, players had to pay double the price of the original game.
Some of the DLCs, such as Mass Effect 2'sLair of the Shadow Broker, was high-quality content, while others, such as Mass Effect 3's From Ashes, simply appeared to be deleted content from the original game.
To many gamers, constantly adding on paid chapters started to ruin the franchise. No longer was Shepard's adventure decided by the choices made in the game, but it was defined by the number of additional DLC purchases made throughout the course of the trilogy.
Will Mass Effect 4 be a sequel, a prequel, or neither?
The original Mass Effect trilogy suffered from the same problem as Hollywood film trilogies -- it started off with a promising, self-contained story, followed it up with a flashier second chapter that ended on a cliffhanger, and concluded with a messy third act that completely tarnished memories of the original.
The big problem with introducing Mass Effect 4 now is that the story -- and the known universe -- came to an abrupt end at the conclusion of the third game. Any story that happens now will have to take place prior to the original trilogy or possibly thousands of years in the future.
However, the universe that BioWare created with the original trilogy, now expanded with comic books and novels, is as rich as (if not richer than) the Star Wars universe. If done right, Mass Effect 4 could very well be worth the wait.
What do you think, dear readers? Will BioWare take its time and impress us with Mass Effect 4, or is it destined to become a bloated mess that reminds us just how much EA has changed BioWare?
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DURHAM, N.C. (AP) Two freshmen seem to be figuring things out at the right time for No. 5 Duke.
Guard Rasheed Sulaimon has rediscovered his shooting touch after a brief slump. And now that he's a starter, forward Amile Jefferson is doing all the little things that have been asked of him.
With the rookie tandem contributing more, the new-look Blue Devils (17-2, 4-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) hope they can keep moving forward in Ryan Kelly's indefinite, injury-related absence that Sulaimon says ``changed everyone's game.''
Sulaimon is replacing Kelly's perimeter shooting and in the process, giving opponents someone else to worry about besides big man Mason Plumlee and guard Seth Curry. Sulaimon is coming off a season-best 25-point performance against Maryland in which he tied the school's freshman record with six 3-pointers.
In the four full games since Kelly was hurt, Jefferson's playing time increased from roughly 9 minutes per game to 22. His scoring average has more than tripled to 10 points per game and his rebounding average has jumped from 1.9 to 7.
``The coaches just told me to be patient - don't overthink things,'' Jefferson said Tuesday. ``Just come out there and play hard. If you make a mistake, play through it. They know I'm a young guy, I'm a freshman, and their message was just, `Bring energy.'''
Now the challenge for both freshmen is to keep that going Wednesday night during their next test, a visit to Wake Forest to play a team they beat by 18 points earlier this month. The Demon Deacons haven't lost an ACC home game this season while Duke is 0-2 in true road games.
Wake Forest had become Kelly's personal punching bag over the years. Four of his five career 20-point games have come against the Demon Deacons, including a 22-point day in the 80-62 romp 3 1/2 weeks ago at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
But when Kelly went down with an unspecified right foot injury in the Blue Devils' next game against Clemson, they had to reinvent themselves - and that created more opportunities for the freshmen.
``The team had a whole new identity when we lost Ryan,'' Jefferson said. ``Losing him, you almost have to change to continue to have the same sort of success that we had when he was here.''
The 6-foot-11 Kelly created problems for opponents because of his touch from the 3-point line - where he was shooting 52 percent. That forced power forwards to come out to the perimeter to defend him, cleared out the paint and left more space for Plumlee to post up and guards Quinn Cook and Sulaimon to drive.
With Kelly out, opponents can clog the lane with their big men because replacements Jefferson and Josh Hairston haven't shown they can shoot from the outside.
To counter that, the Blue Devils have placed more of a premium on setting screens, pounding the offensive glass harder and kicking those rebounds out to Curry and Sulaimon for 3s - all things Jefferson can do well.
``With (Kelly) being out, it kind of contracted the defense a little bit more and we have to rely on each other that much more just to score - screens, cutting hard, always making the right play,'' Sulaimon said. ``I think we're finally starting to adjust to that, and we're scoring together, and I think that's just going to make us a deadly team.''
Duke struggled to settle into its new identity in road losses at North Carolina State and Miami, but turned a corner last time out in the Maryland rout behind the two freshmen.
Sulaimon, who went 7 of 32 during a rough four-game stretch that included an 0-for-10 showing in the N.C. State loss, simply shot himself out of it. He hit four 3s in an early 1-minute, 45-second span and tied the school record for freshmen set by Trajan Langdon in 1995 and most recently matched last year by Austin Rivers.
``It was all mental,'' Sulaimon said. ``I worked out a lot and in practice, my shots would go in, and in the game, it would be something different. It was just a mind thing and the easiest way to get out of it is just to continue to work out.''
For Jefferson, his production increased at a much higher rate than his minutes did.
He has reached double figures in either points or rebounds in all four games since Kelly went down, and filled up his stat line in 24 minutes against the Terps with 11 points, nine rebounds, and three blocked shots while getting to the free-throw line nine times. He's expected to make his third straight start against the Demon Deacons.
``The more I've been able to get on the floor, the more comfortable I've been,'' Jefferson said. ``And having the opportunity to play more has just helped me progress at a faster rate.''


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i want Artest to come to the Lakers for Odom!!!
Quote from: SpudTrooper on December 13, 2005, 01:07 AMi want Artest to come to the Lakers for Odom!!! I don't want that nut job anywhere near the Lakers.
Well he's twice the player Odom is (maybe more), and the Lakers aren't going anywhere as they are.
Man, it's times like this I wish the Wolves woudn't have screwed everything up. Between piss-poor drafting and the Joe Smith scandal, this team frittered away some GREAT KG years. So, I guess I am left to just sit back and hope that next year they finally get rid of McHale and go get KG the help that he needs to win it all...
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Liverpool yet to sound out Bent
Liverpool have not made any contact with Aston Villa regarding the possibility of a January move for Darren Bent, ESPN understands.
Bent, 28, has suffered a frustrating season at Villa Park, losing his place in the starting line-up, as well as the club captaincy, and could be open to a move elsewhere.
The England international has reportedly been on Liverpool's radar for some time and manager Brendan Rodgers has made it clear he wants at least one new striker in January to help deal with his side's current lack of options up front.
However, ESPN has discovered that there has not been any direct contact between the two clubs, while the word from Villa is that Bent is not for sale.
The Midlands club splashed out £18 million, breaking their transfer record, in order to bring in Bent from Sunderland and have no intention of selling him on the cheap.
With Liverpool not able to stump up the necessary cash for Clint Dempsey on transfer deadline day, Villa are not anticipating any sort of bid for the striker that is likely to turn their heads.
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- January 26, 2012
On January 26, 2012, Steve Hansen spoke to the IT Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan on "Strategies for Litigating Software Copyright Cases." This presentation described techniques for overcoming hurdles imposed by the legal standards for evaluating software copyright infringement. Mr. Hansen described some of the "expressive" aspects of software that are potentially protectable by copyright and how to use those aspects to build a non-infringement defense.
- February 7, 2012
On February 7, 2012, Hansen IP Law Owner Steve Hansen and Enoch Liang of Lee Tran & Liang presented "Protecting Your Footwear Designs—Design Patent and Trade Dress" to a group of footwear companies at the ENKWSA show in Las Vegas. "We were very pleased by the number of attendees as well as their insightful questions and level of engagement, " said Mr. Hansen. "The unauthorized use of intellectual property is rampant in the footwear industry, and we explained how design patents and trade dress protection can be used to protect valuable shoe designs. Enoch and I are very grateful to have had this opportunity to share our experience with the ENKWSA attendees," said Mr. Hansen.
- March 29, 2012
On April 5, 2012, Steve Hansen will present a webinar on the Yahoo v. Facebook case. The webinar is entitled "Yahoo v. Facebook, Statutory Subject Mater Defense May be Key." The webinar will discuss the scope of the lawsuit and the subject matter of the Yahoo patents as well as how recent statutory subject matter case law may provide Facebook with a defense to many of Yahoo's claims. The webinar is being offered by NALS, the National Association for Legal Professionals and is open to both members and non-members of NALS. For registration information, click here. The webinar will expand on the initial discussion of the case which we posted on the Business of Patents blog.
- April 18, 2012
On April 18, 2012 the American Bar Association's Intellectual Property Litigation Newsletter published an article by Steve Hansen entitled "The Increased Scrutiny of Reasonable Royalty Damages Awards." The article examines the evolving and increasing standard of proof applied to reasonable royalty patent infringement damage awards by the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals and whether such standards may conflict with the statutory mandate that patent holders be awarded at least a reasonable royalty upon a finding of patent infringement. For a copy of the article, click here.
- May 25, 2012
In its May 2012 issue, IP Management & Valuation published "Strategies for Keeping Your Patent Applications on Track" by Steve Hansen. The article discusses how to improve the value of patent portfolios by implementing strategies to ensure that they remain aligned with changing business conditions and strategies. "Patent applications are prepared and filed at a point in time based on the state of development of products or business conditions," said Mr. Hansen. As product development progresses or competitors make new moves in the marketplace, it is important to take a fresh look at your patent applications and, to the extent possible, make necessary changes or amendments. Such reviews may reveal that new patent applications are required," said Mr. Hansen. For a copy of the article, click here.
- August 1, 2012
In its August 2012 issue, Business Valuation Update published "10 Key Patent Damages and Valuation Takeways from Google v. Oracle" by Steve Hansen. This hotly contested case produced several rulings on methodologies for determining patent infringement damages, and the article explores some key lessons from those rulings. For a copy of the article, click here.
- September 15, 2012
Hansen IP Law is proud to announce that Super Lawyers Magazine has again named Steve Hansen a "Rising Star" in Intellectual Property for the State of Michigan in 2012. "I am grateful to have received this recognition last year and this year and will continue to strive to provide the type of client-focused, strategic intellectual property representation that led to my nomination," said Mr. Hansen.
- December 16, 2012
Hansen IP Law is pleased to announce that Steve Hansen authored a chapter of an upcoming eBook entitled IP Law for Businesses: Protecting Yourself & Your Company for ExecSense, the world's largest publisher of professional webinars, eBooks, eDocuments, & Podcasts (www.execsense.com). The chapter is entitled "Developing and Maintaining a Patent Portfolio" and is now available as a stand-alone item on Amazon.com by clicking here.
- September 15, 2013
Hansen IP Law is pleased to announce that Steve Hansen was named as a Southern California "Super Lawyer" for 2013 by Super Lawyers Magazine. "I began my legal career in Los Angeles and continue to litigate patent cases through my affiliation with the Los Angeles office of Lee Tran Liang & Wang," said Mr. Hansen. "I am grateful for the honor of being named a Super Lawyer in Southern California."
- October 15, 2013
Steve Hansen of Hansen IP Law serves as Senior Counsel to Los Angeles-based firm Lee Tran Liang & Wang ("LTLW"). LTLW and the Glaser Weil firm represent VIZIO, Inc. in several patent infringement actions, many of which involve non-practicing entities (NPEs) or "patent trolls." One October 2, 2013 the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California granted summary judgment of non-infringement and partial summary judgment of invalidity in favor of VIZIO in one such case, Oplus Technologies, Ltd. v. VIZIO, Inc.
In Oplus the patent holder asserted that VIZIO infringed two patents related to mathematical algorithms for converting television signals from an "interlaced" format to a "progressive" or "deinterlaced" format which is now prevalent the television market. The Court held that neither patent was infringed and that one of the two patents was invalid due to anticipation by the prior art.
- September 13, 2015
Hansen IP Law is pleased to announce that Steve Hansen was named as a Southern California "Super Lawyer" for 2016 by Super Lawyers Magazine. "I began my legal career in Los Angeles and represent several California-based clients. I also continue to litigate patent cases through my affiliation with the Los Angeles office of Lee Tran & Liang," said Mr. Hansen. "I am grateful for the honor of being named a Super Lawyer in Southern California."
March 30, 2012 Press Release: Hansen IP Law PLLC Announces Webinar on Yahoo v. Facebook Patent Case
January 30, 2012 Press Release: Hansen IP Law PLLC Announces the Launch of "The Business of Patents" Blog
October 27, 2011 Press Release: Patent Attorney Steve Hansen of Hansen IP Law Named "Rising Star" in Intellectual Property Law for 2011


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