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Today, mission controllers at ESA's ATV Control Centre in Toulouse, France, will pace Jules Verne through a second day of crucial manoeuvres designed to demonstrate the vessel's navigation capabilities.
The second demonstration day will test ATV close proximity manoeuvring and control including testing contingency manoeuvres for the ATV Control Centre and the ISS crew. ATV will manoeuvre to within 11 metres of the docking port of the ISS Russian Service Module Zvezda. ATV will also navigate for the first time using a laser-based optical system.
Demonstration Day 2 ends with the ISS crew sending an ESCAPE command sending ATV away from the Station.
Data collected during Demonstration Day 2 will be made available to ISS managers for their go-ahead to proceed with a first docking attempt on Thursday. Jules Verne ATV is scheduled to dock with ISS at 16:41 CEST (14:41 UT) on 3 April.
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Time CEST Activity Distance to ISS14:26 Depart station point S-1/2 39 km15:12 Arrive at station point S1 15.5 km15:58 Arrive at station point S2 3.5 km17:10 Arrive at station point S3 249 m17.53 Retreat test17:55 Hold test17:59 Resume test18:13 Arrive at station point S4 19 m18:31 Arrive at station point S41 11 m18:34 Retreat from S41 11 m18:36 Arrive at station point S4 19 m18:38-18:45 Perform 'Escape' from S4
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NORTH DARTMOUTH, MA-Visiting Massachusetts Maritime Academy scored the only goal of the fourth quarter and held off the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's men's lacrosse team, 10-9, in a non-conference match at Cressy Field Monday.
MMA sophomore midfielder Jake Bickley (Wilbraham, MA/Minnechaug Regional HS) scored at 8:39 of the fourth quarter to break a 9-9 tie.
The teams had battled back and forth for the first three quarters, with neither squad able to gain a decisive advantage. The Corsairs took an early 1-0 lead on a goal by sophomore attackman Josh Arsenault (Revere, MA/Malden Catholic HS), and led, 3-1 in the first quarter before the Bucs scored the next two goals to tie the game. Junior attackman Brian Burke (Del Mar, CA/San Dieguito Academy) scored three times for Mass Maritime in the second quarter. The Bucs built leads of 8-6 and 9-7 in the third quarter, but UMass Dartmouth got goals from Arsenault and sophomore midfielder Nick Campbell (Rutland, VT/Rutland HS) to tie the contest entering the fourth quarter.
Arsenault finished with five goals and one assist for the Corsairs, while junior attackman Andrew Foster (Newbury, MA/Danvers HS) added two assists. Brian Burke scored six times for the Buccaneers.
Mass Maritime outshot UMD, 34-33. Freshman goalkeeper Cameron Crown (Walpole, MA/Walpole HS) made 12 saves for the Corsairs, while junior James Hitchings (Dover, MA/Dover-Sherborn HS) made 10 for the Bucs.
"We played well in a lot of areas, but we just didn't execute at the end, and we couldn't score when we needed to," said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach Kevin Mahoney. "We had a nice effort, but it was a disappointing loss."
The Corsairs dropped to 2-4 with the defeat, while MMA improved to 2-1 with the victory. UMass Dartmouth will return to action when they visit Keene State Saturday in their Little East Conference opener, while the Bucs will visit SUNY Maritime Thursday evening.


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Here's our shop window this week. We've gone semi-halloween, which isn't too much of a stretch for us since some of our prints allude to the dark side. A concerned customer asked me once if we were devil worshippers (she wasn't joking) For her information and everyone else's;
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- and here's a photo of our window by Sue, a blogger from Melbourne who's massively into patchwork http://thecraftypioneer.com/
Talking of which here's a patchwork quilt by Grandmother Deborah
(see she quilted her name and the date 1988 on it) She died when she was nearly 101 and could remember the sinking of the Titanic, so she was very old when she finished this lovely quilt. If you look closely the pencil marks where she sketched out her pattern are visible.
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Astronomers spotted icy rings encircling the planetoid Chariklo, a 250-kilometer-wide hunk of ice and rock that orbits the sun between Saturn and Uranus. In "Icy rings found around tiny space rock" (SN: 5/3/14, p. 10), Christopher Crockett added that Chariklo may also have unseen orbiting moons keeping the rings in place.
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Brussels, 19 June 2012
Women on Boards: Vice-President Viviane Reding meets with leaders of Europe's business schools and industry
Today, EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding met with European Industry Associations, European Business Schools and Senior Executive Women to discuss progress being made on improving the gender balance in company boardrooms.
Despite around 60% of university graduates being female, women still represent only 14% of board members in Europe's biggest listed companies and only 3% of board presidents. Business schools play a crucial role in equipping young women for a career in business and helping them to reach the top. They are helping women to prepare for professional careers through seminars, training programmes and providing networking opportunities.
"I do not accept the argument that there aren't enough qualified women to fill supervisory boards - you just need to look at the list of 7 000 'board ready' women that European Business schools published a few months ago to see that there are," said Vice-President Viviane Reding, the EU's Justice Commissioner. "The pool of talent is there – companies should now make use of it."
In September 2011, the European Business Schools and Senior Executive Women launched a call to action to shatter the glass ceilings which impede senior women executives from acceding to corporate boardroom seats throughout Europe. Their ever growing list of "Board Ready Women" – up to 7 000 today from 3 500 in March 2012 – makes it clear that there are more than enough eminently qualified women to help lead Europe's and the world's corporations into the 21st century and that it is now time to shatter the ceiling that has kept these women from ascending to these board of directors positions.
Why gender-balanced boards?
In these difficult economic times – when we are facing the challenges of an ageing population and skills shortages, in addition to the financial crisis – it is more important than ever to take advantage of everyone's skills: both female and male.
There are four main reasons for breaking the glass ceiling on company boards:
On 1 March 2011, EU Justice Commissioner Reding met chief executives and chairs of boards of publicly listed companies to discuss the under-representation of women on corporate boards. She challenged all publicly listed companies in Europe to sign up to the "Women on the Board Pledge for Europe" and commit voluntarily to increasing women's participation on corporate boards to 30% by 2015 and to 40% by 2020 (see IP/11/242 and MEMO/11/124).
A year later, only 24 companies had signed the pledge, prompting the European Commission to launch a three month long public consultation that closed at the end of May, seeking the opinion of citizens and stakeholders (IP/12/213). The number of responses received shows the great interest in this matter: the Commission received responses from almost 500 individuals, companies, organisations and governments from all over Europe.
The Commission is now analysing the responses and preparing an economic analysis. The Commission's Legislative Work Programme for 2012 announces a legislative initiative on improving the gender balance in companies listed on stock exchanges.
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| October 23, 2011, 7:44 pm
David Ray Williams could make pretty much any vehicle dance, even a Suburban.
The hydraulics system he built made his midnight blue SUV go up and down and rock and roll in rhythm with a stereo system he attached behind the license plate.
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He called his prized Suburban "Rump Shaker," which was inscribed on the side.
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New York City Subpoenas TXTmob For All Text Messages Sent At Republican Convention
from the seems-a-bit-extreme deptOver the last few years, with the growing recognition of the concept of "flash mobs" or "smart mobs" it's no surprise that various tools have been created to help manage large crowds of diverse individuals who converge for a single purpose. One of those was a project called TXTmob, which was widely used in 2004 by people protesting the Republican National Convention in New York City. Lots of folks used the service to send out group messages to others participating, and to quickly organize and disperse as necessary. As you may recall, there were some confrontations between protesters and the police, resulting in a bunch of arrests. Many of those arrested claim that the arrests were unfair, and have sued the city. As part of its defense, lawyers for New York City have now sent a broad subpoena to the guy who created and ran TXTmob demanding, among other things, many of the text messages sent via the service, including the identities of the senders and recipients. Needless to say, this seems like an overly broad request -- and Tad Hirsch, the MIT PhD. student who set up the service, claims that much of that information no longer exists. Even if it did exist, it seems to be overstepping privacy bounds to demand that Hirsch hand over such information, especially without any specifics included. The whole thing smacks of using subpoenas to intimidate people.
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Dear Minister, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Thank you for inviting me to this important conference.
Let me open with the words of European Commission President Mr Barroso from last December: "Across Europe, for the first time in half a century, many of our citizens look to the future not with the expectation of a better life, but with uncertainty and even fear. Over one in five Europeans live under the threat of poverty, including more than 25 million children." He then went on to argue for more effective social protection.
Today, Europe faces profound social challenges, due to the acute financial and economic crises, and an ageing society. The net result? Spending cuts, but at the same time greater social needs. But cuts not only affect those who need care. They also affect those who provide it: social workers face job cuts, and loss of income. And for those who remain employed, it means even more work. These challenges underscore the importance of why you are here.
Do we truly want cohesion in our societies? Do we truly want an inclusive society? If so, promoting and implementing social action is vital. And we should begin by respecting everyone's human rights, and we should all be accountable.
What does this actually mean?
'The principles of human rights and social justice are fundamental to Social Work,' according to the international definition of social work.
In the fight against poverty and in the battle to enhance people's human rights protection, social workers are on the front line. You work to promote equal treatment of those who are more vulnerable because of their gender, age, ethnic origin or religion, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity.
But in practice, achieving the right balance can be difficult. You face such thorny dilemmas as:
- How much time can a social worker really invest in engaging meaningfully with people with psychosocial disorders, given the overall workload?
- To what extent should irregular migrants be assisted when they find themselves in great needs?
- Is it in the best interest of children to be assigned to foster families if their mother is begging on the streets?
As the economic crisis shows no signs of immediate ending, such issues are more topical than ever. Social work will become of greater importance to more and more members of society.
Therefore, it will not surprise you that the Fundamental Rights Agency sees social workers as one of our closest allies in implementing fundamental rights day by day – together with teachers, nurses and doctors, local authorities, and police forces. Human Rights protection is not only the responsibility of officials in ministries and judges in courts, but just as much, the responsibility of all of you in the frontline in municipalities, where people live their life.
Human rights are not only about laws and international treaties. They are more about human beings, and about always putting the individual first. So is social work.
The Fundamental Rights Agency is an independent EU institution. We provide assistance and expertise to EU institutions and Member States, on how to best implement fundamental rights. We do this by collecting and analysing data, and by checking how policies and legislation impact individuals. We also collect and disseminate examples of promising practices. We increasingly also try to bring people together to learn from each other by exchanging experiences and look for ways forward.
Our work shows that in the EU we still need to make significant efforts to ensure equal treatment for all. Let me very briefly mention a few striking examples. I will focus on two groups of vulnerable people that you probably often engage with as social workers.
1. First, the Roma: In 2011 we carried out the biggest survey of its kind in eleven EU countries with the largest share of Roma. We reached out to 80.000 Roma household members. The results showed that:
- We clearly see that Roma are much worse off than their direct neighbours. These systematic differences show that beyond poverty, it is the day-to-day racism and discrimination that has to be tackled for improving social inclusi
- about 90% live below their national poverty line;
- around 40% said that someone in their household had to go to bed hungry at least once a month, because they could not afford to buy food;
- on average, fewer than one out of three Roma were in paid employment;
- around 20% of the Roma could not read and write, while only about 15% of the Roma had completed any education beyond compulsory level.
For the first time, neighbours of Roma were also interviewed. The survey reached out to 15.000 household members. We clearly see that Roma are much worse off than their direct neighbours. These systematic differences show that beyond poverty, it is the day-to-day racism and discrimination that has to be tackled for improving social inclusion.
2. The second group is people with disabilities. According to the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions, on average in the EU:
- 36% of people with disabilities are at risk of poverty or social exclusion;
- only 45% of people with disabilities were in employment.
- Almost twice as many people with disabilities leave education early compared to those without disabilities.
Surely, not giving equal chances to people with disabilities, Roma, or any other disadvantaged group for that matter is not only a human rights challenge, but it is a waste of talent. It is also a missed opportunity for each individual, as well as for society; particularly in these times of ageing societies.
Ladies and gentlemen,
European countries with the most effective social protection systems and with the most developed social partnerships are known to be among the most successful and competitive economies not just in Europe, but also worldwide.
This is why Europe's 2020 strategy advocates an 'inclusive' growth that can deliver economic, social and territorial cohesion. What does this mean in practice? Let me explain with two examples:
1. First, improving social inclusion of people with disabilities and older people: The aim is to promote more independent living, by facilitating a transition from institutional care to community-based services. This includes the gradual implementation of personal assistance schemes, day centres, personal budgets, education and employment support, as well as self- and peer-advocacy organisations.
Social workers play a crucial role here, in helping to achieve human rights standards for people with disabilities:
- first, by respecting the dignity of people with disabilities giving them the same chance as others of having their voice heard;
- second, by supporting the development of self-advocacy organisations to increase the active participation of people with disabilities in the community.
- And third, by providing them the necessary support to make decisions on what is best for them and not taking decisions on their behalf.
From a human rights perspective, what counts is 'better care' – whether this is in larger or in smaller institutions, or at home, is secondary.
You probably know the disability movement's slogan: "Nothing about us – without us!"
And this slogan is not only valid for the disability movement. It is equally true for everyone. If we all follow this slogan in our daily work – from EU institutions to governments to local authorities to social workers; if we all take the people we work with seriously and listen to them before taking decisions, then we will have made a big leap towards better social inclusion and better human rights protection. This came out clearly from our surveys.
2. This brings me to my second example: Roma inclusion. Social workers and educators have a crucial role to play in promoting equal access to quality education for Roma children. In 2011, the EU agreed on a common Framework for national Roma integration strategies. It sets goals that Member States must reach to improve the situation of Roma. In education, EU governments are now fully committed to eliminating segregation and the misuse of special needs education, and to increasing enrolment in early childhood education and care. Our studies clearly show that an inclusive school system gives the best results.
Again, social workers will be engaged in this work:
- by supporting Roma parents and children in their efforts to improve their education, in particular to assure that the children attend pre-school;
- by ensuring that their right to equal treatment and non-discrimination is respected in practice;
- and by facilitating their active participation in decisions that affect them.
Ladies and gentlemen, in concluding let me reiterate that:
- Improving people's well-being and helping to make their human rights a reality are two sides of the same coin: they complement and reinforce each other. Both social work and human rights place the individual centre stage.
- Direct involvement of the people in the matters that affect them from the beginning pays off. This sounds like more work from the outset, but in the long run, it is more effective and far more successful.
- To progress we can, and must, learn from each other. We need to exchange information with others, also across countries, on what works, and what doesn't, like at your important network.
- And lastly, your work is an important contribution to how human rights are implemented to make a difference for those millions of individuals who depend on you.
Thank you!


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NEW HAVEN - Yale fencing announced its competition schedule for the 2009-2010 season. The year will see Yale host two home meets. In all, Yale fencers will compete at 10 different events this year.
Yale fencers will kick off their season on Nov. 21 at the Penn State Open. The Open, a two-day event, is an individual event that serves as a warm up for the regular season that begins after winter break. The Brandeis Invitational is also before the Bulldogs break for the winter. It will be held on Dec. 5.
After break, the Bulldogs host their first home event, a dual meet against Vassar on Jan. 18. The meet will take place on the seventh-floor fencing salon at Payne Whitney Gym. Yale then heads to the NYU invitational in New York City on Jan. 23. The Bulldogs are back at home the following weekend for two dual meets, against Sacred Heart University and Drew University. The meets will take place on Jan. 30, also in the fencing salon at Payne Whitney.
Feb. 12 kicks off four days of Junior Olympic competition in Memphis, Tenn. Only athletes young enough to qualify (under 19) will attend this individual competition. The Ivy League championship is then decided over two weekends, on Feb. 21 and 28. The Bulldogs will head to Ivy North at Cornell and Ivy South at Penn in pursuit of an Ivy title. From there, select Yale fencers will head to NCAA Northeast Regionals on Mar. 14. Fencers wrap up their season on Mar. 25-26 at the NCAA Championships.
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It's been a tough decision to make this time around…there were a few hard choices to make in narrowing it down…but it's finally here: The CHA Winter 2013 Scrapbook Update Top Ten Hot Picks list!
The show was buzzing with excitement as we rang in 2013 in Anaheim. Attendees were very optimistic about the future. The Hot Picks definitely reflect that excitement over new directions and a new evolution happening in the industry.
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My friend has very recently been diagnosed with a grade 4 Glioblastoma. She begins radiation therapy (XRT) next week on a palliative basis. Is there any evidence that the use of the drug Temodar (temozolomide) would improve her survival, and if there is, what would a course of this drug entail?
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Rain fell on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday before Portland, Oregon's CityFest, an open-air, family-friendly evangelistic festival in downtown Waterfront Park. On Friday, August 22, skies cleared and temperatures rose into the 80s. An estimated 180,000 people thronged the park over two days, listening to Christian music and preaching, and enjoying a variety of activities.
Such attendance at an evangelistic event was notable in one of America's most liberal and least-churched cities; more surprising was the support of openly gay Mayor-elect Sam Adams, who offered warm greetings from the platform. "Regardless of our differences, we have come together," Adams said. Corporate sponsors had signed up too: Wells Fargo, KeyBank, and the Portland Trailblazers, among others.
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Live stats, Audio and Video are available through the links at the top of this page, on the schedule page or on the Green Terror LIVE page.
OPENING KICKOFF: Today's Centennial Conference (CC) game marks the 44th meeting between McDaniel (4-3, 3-3 CC) and Franklin & Marshall (5-2, 4-2 CC) in a series that dates back to 1904. The Diplomats lead the all-time series 25-16-2 and have won the last six meetings after the Green Terror took seven straight between 1997 and 2003.
WHEN LAST WE MET: John Harrison threw for a program-record 404 yards on 26 of 35 passing with five touchdowns to lead Franklin & Marshall to a 41-20 CC victory over McDaniel last season. The Diplomats were the fifth team last season to roll up more than 400 yards of total offense on the Green Terror, putting up 437 yards, including 406 through the air. CJ Billera (Allentown, Pa./Emmaus) caught seven passes for a career-high 110 yards, including a touchdown, in the loss for McDaniel. Tom Massucci (Seneca, N.J./Tabernacle) had his fourth career 200-yard passing day, completing 16 of 33 passes for 211 yards and a touchdown.
LAST TIME OUT: Al Desiderio caught three passes – all for touchdowns – accounting for 161 yards to lead No. 24 Ursinus in a 43-18 CC victory over McDaniel last week. Justin Decristofaro completed 23 of 38 passes for 367 yards with five touchdowns for the Bears. Tom Massucci threw for 215 yards for the Green Terror, completing 17 of 45 attempts with a pair of touchdown passes. Massucci went 4-for-9 for 75 yards in the first quarter, staking his team to a 13-7 lead through the game's first 10:44.
WITH HONORS: Aaron Slaughter (Baltimore, Md./Loyola) and Chris Kolb (Keymar, Md./Francis Scott Key) earned spots on their respective CC Weekly Honor Rolls last week. Slaughter earned the defensive nod after leading the way with 10 tackles. He also had a pass breakup and blocked an extra-point attempt. Kolb was named to the special teams ledger after returning the Slaughter blocked PAT for two points – the first Green Terror player to accomplish the feat since 2001.
LEADING THE WAY: Matt Cahill (Broomall, Pa./Haverford Twp.), Chris Kolb and Aaron Slaughter will captain the squad in 2010. The three captains are the fewest named by the Green Terror since 2007 when it was just Brad Baer and Ryan Mellinger guiding the team. Cahill and Slaughter become the first three-time captains in the history of the program. Kolb will join his senior teammates as a first-time captain.
KEEP ROLLINS', ROLLINS', ROLLINS: With 43 rushing yards on Saturday, freshman Joe Rollins (Temple Hills, Md./Surrattsville) now ranks second on the squad with 142 yards on the ground. After not playing in the opener, Rollins is tops among all Green Terror running backs, averaging 5.1 yards on 28 carries. The 5-foot-6 back racked up a season-best 80 all-purpose yards in Saturday's loss. In addition to his 43 yards on the ground, he caught two passes for 12 yards and returned one kickoff 25 yards.
DEFENSIVE STRUGGLES: In its three losses this season, the Green Terror defense has been torched especially compared to the points allowed in its four wins. In the three losses this season, opponents are averaging 37.6 points per game while in McDaniel's four wins, teams have averaged just six points a game – and two have failed to score at all. The Green Terror has dropped its last eight games when allowing 21 or more points. In fact over the last five seasons, the Green Terror has won just once when an opponent has reached the 21-point mark. The only occasion in the 28 times it has happened since the beginning of the 2006 season was a 52-37 victory over St. Vincent in last year's opener.
TWO POINTS!: Chris Kolb accomplished something on Saturday that had not been done in the conference all season and a Green Terror player had not accomplished since 2001. Off a third-quarter blocked PAT – McDaniel's second of the day – Kolb scooped up the Aaron Slaughter blocked kick and returned it the distance for two points. The last time the Green Terror successfully did that was when Scott Stolzenburg returned a blocked Susquehanna extra-point for two points on Sept. 8, 2001.
PICKING IT UP: Chris Kolb has done a little of everything this season, including now returning a blocked extra point for two points and executing four fake punts. However, it's his day job at cornerback that has him making the biggest name for himself. He may only have 25 tackles – ninth on the team – but he has a conference-leading seven interceptions. His 1.00 picks per game ranks fourth in Division III. He also has eight pass breakups, ranking second in the CC with 15 passes defended.
RECORD WATCH: With three games to play, a handful of program records are within reach for the Green Terror this season. On offense, Matt Cahill needs just six receptions to match Teron Powell for the program record with 145 catches. On defense, Chris Kolb needs two interceptions to equal Carroll "Splinter" Yingling's 43-year mark of nine picks in a season. On special teams, Nick Bender (Harrisburg, Pa./Susquehanna Twp.) needs one more blocked kick to give him five for his career and break a seven-way tie atop the career list. As a team, McDaniel has five blocked kicks this season. The program record is nine during the 2001 season.
200-LEVEL COURSE: Tom Massucci notched his eighth career 200-yard passing game, matching Jamie "Boo" Harris for the third most in program history. Only Green Terror Sports Hall of Famers Brian Van Deusen '96 (23) and Ron Sermarini '00 (18) threw more in their careers. Massucci accomplished his eighth 200-yard day on just 17 completions – the second fewest of his career in such an outing. It was also the fourth time he threw for 200 yards in a loss. In the process, he passed Harris in career yards. Through just 21 career games, he has now thrown for 3,533 yards and needs 179 to pass Brad Baer for fourth place on the all-time list.
NO MORE STREAKING: Tom Massucci had his string of 159 consecutive passes without an interception snapped in the fourth quarter on Saturday. With 7:18 remaining in the contest, the junior was picked off for the first time in five games, dating back to a four-interception day against Moravian on Sept. 11. During the time between picks, Massucci completed 81 passes with 10 touchdowns. During the stretch, he completed passes to 12 different receivers, including catching his own pass on Saturday. As a team, the Green Terror had gone 170 attempts without an interception with 15 different receivers accounting for the 92 receptions during the span.
THREE-AND-OUT: McDaniel has not exactly responded well coming out of the locker room this season. In the third quarter of games this season, the Green Terror has been outscored, 42-12. On Saturday, McDaniel held Ursinus to nine points in the frame but was able to muster just five points. The only other game in which the Green Terror put up points in the third period was on a seven-yard Tom Massucci-to-Matt Cahill touchdown at Catholic.
STARTING STRONG: Conversely, McDaniel has done a great job of starting games well. The Green Terror has scored 44 points in the first quarters of games this season – more than 40 percent of its entire output for points. With the exception of the season opener at Juniata, McDaniel has scored on one of its first two offensive possessions in each of the other five games where it has scored. Even in the Juniata game, the Green Terror drove into field goal but missed the 37-yard attempt.
CATCHING BIG AIR: While the McDaniel run defense has been suspect in two of previous three weeks, the pass defense had been much improved since the bye, allowing a combined 254 yards through the air in the two games entering last week. However at Ursinus on Saturday, the secondary was burned for 372 yards – the most in 10 games. The last time the Green Terror allowed a 300-yard passer was when the Blue Jays' Hewitt Tomlin threw for 301 in last year's finale. John Harrison – this week's opposing quarterback – notched a career- and program-best 404 last season.
ON THE BLOCK: McDaniel blocked two kicks in the same game for the second time this season and now have five blocks on the year. Prior to Saturday, the first three blocks were all punt blocks. At Ursinus, the Green Terror got to a pair of Bear extra-point attempts. It was the first blocked PAT since Sept. 22, 2007 at Dickinson and first time the squad blocked two point-after attempts since blocking two at Catholic on Sept. 17, 2005 – both in overtime.
TERROR TIDBITS: Today is the second of three straight Homecoming games in which the Green Terror will play. A week after dropping a 43-18 decision to Ursinus in the Bears' Homecoming game, McDaniel will play in front of the Franklin & Marshall's alums today before returning to Bair Stadium in next week for its own Homecoming on the Hill… Matt Cahill has caught a pass in 21 consecutive games – one of eight CC receivers to have an active streak of at least 20 games.
COACHES' CORNER: Tim Keating is in his 18th season at the helm of the Green Terror. His 107 victories are the most by any McDaniel coach. Keating enters this week with record of 107-73-3, guiding the program to seven CC championships and a pair of NCAA playoff wins. Before coming to the Hill, Keating notched a 26-23 record in five seasons at Wesley… John Troxell is in his fifth season at Franklin & Marshall. He is 25-23, guiding the Diplomats to a 9-2 record and ECAC South Atlantic title last season after back-to-back 4-6 records and a 3-7 inaugural season at the helm. Troxell took the reins following five seasons as an assistant coach at Lafayette, serving as video coordinator, running backs coach, recruiting coordinator and special teams coach for the 2004 and 2005 Patriot League champions.
THE WORD ON FRANKLIN & MARSHALL: The Diplomats enter today's game after knocking Muhlenberg from the ranks of the conference unbeatens with a 17-7 victory in Allentown last week… Franklin & Marshall scored 14 points in the third quarter to overcome a 7-3 halftime deficit. Sam Massaro ignited the comeback, blocking a punt and recovering it in the end zone just 1:22 into the third quarter to give the Diplomats the lead… His blocked kick and touchdown earned him CC Special Teams Player of the Week honors… John Harrison completed 16 of 25 yards for 121 yards. As a team, the Diplomats threw for 172 yards on 19 of 30… Jay Ridinger caught 11 of those passes for 113 yards…Massaro and C.T. Marsh led the defense with 10 tackles apiece. Massaro added a sack and two tackles for loss… John Kaschak leads the team in rushing with 452 yards. As a team, the Diplomats rank ninth in rushing offense with 545 yards… Harrison has thrown for 1,578 yards, completing 65.9 percent of his passes (145-for-220) with 16 touchdowns. Harrison ranks second in the conference in passing yards and has the best completion percentage of any CC signal caller… Ridinger has been Harrison's favorite target all season, catching 51 balls for 701 yards… Franklin & Marshall is second in the conference in scoring defense (15.3 ppg), pass defense (159.0 ypg) and leads the league in sacks (22).


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Alabama Gov. George Wallace filed a U.S. Supreme Court suit contesting the legality of President John Kennedy's recent mobilization order for the use of federal troops in Alabama. The suit was designed to keep the already alerted troops out of racially troubled Birmingham, but could apply as well to the uneasy campus of the University of Alabama, where pending integration suits could bring another threat of mob violence.
UA trustees agreed to admit two black students to the all-white university, but asked a federal judge to delay the admittance until the racial situation quieted in Alabama. Gov. Wallace vowed to bar the two from admission to the university. Kennedy made it clear that he would use U.S. troops and marshals if needed to crack racial barriers at the university.
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy asked the courts to prohibit Gov. Wallace from interfering with the enrollment of black people at UA.
Frank A. Rose, president of UA, said the university would meet its forthcoming desegregation crisis with "dignity and integrity."
The new Tuscaloosa County Courthouse was taking shape and would be ready for occupancy by the year's end. The new jail at the rear of the building would be connected by a corridor to the main building.
Tuscaloosa-born flutist Ransom Wilson, an internationally acclaimed virtuoso, conductor and classical recording artist was the recipient of the first Alabama Prize, a $10,000 award sponsored by The New York Times Co.'s three Alabama newspapers, The Tuscaloosa News, The Gadsden Times and The (Florence) TimesDaily.
Joe Terry and Camille Elebash produced a documentary that traced George Wallace's career from his days as an already politically astute University of Alabama student to his retirement. The two-part documentary was aired on public television 25 years after his "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door."
The city celebrated "John Stallworth Day" as it paid tribute to the former National Football League all-star. Stallworth went from Tuscaloosa High School to Alabama A&M and on to a 14-year career as a wide receiver with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Two well-known Tuscaloosa houses, one scheduled for demolition, were saved when purchased by businesswoman Mary Nell Taylor. The houses were the 1835 Williams-James House, known as "Ivy Towers," at 907 17th Avenue and a dwelling at 1615 Paul W. Bryant Drive, which had a demolition permit approved by the Heritage Commission of Tuscaloosa County. Each had been used as low-cost housing for students.
After criticism from parents and guardians whose children attended Sprayberry Regional Educational Center, school officials altered the original plan to transfer all special education students who would have attended Tuscaloosa County Alternative School to Sprayberry. Only those in grades K-6 the following year would be accepted.
After an extended shutdown, Tuskalusa Lumber Mill in Moundville announced that it would not reopen, putting 172 employees out of work.
Alabama's Ruben Studdard became "American Idol."
The Tuscaloosa County Commission asked UA to reimburse the county for the overtime it paid sheriff's deputies who worked UA football games.
A 200-year-old magnolia tree that graced the Stillman College campus fell after being struck by lightning.
The University of Alabama baseball team beat LSU 10-3 to win the SEC tournament title.
The Cottondale-based barbecue restaurant Pottery Grill announced plans to open a restaurant in Northport.
The Tuscaloosa City Board of Education decided to consolidate an alternative school for students in middle and high school who repeatedly violated the student code to be located in an unused wing of the Oak Hill School. The wing had its own entrance.
The Tuscaloosa County Commission approved installing stop signs and crosswalks along Patriot Parkway, the road leading to Hillcrest High School, less than a week after a 13-year-old student was struck by a vehicle as he crossed the road.
A new cost estimate for a proposed county road linking U.S. Highway 82 to a school in the Romulus community was almost triple the previous projected cost. The new estimated indicated the 5.4-mile, two-lane road would cost taxpayers $15 million.
Benjamin Cooper, 14, received the "Chief's Award" from Tuscaloosa Police Chief Ken Swindle after he spotted a suspicious car in his neighborhood, took a photo with his phone and sent it to police. The alleged burglar was arrested with a stolen weapon in his car.
Fourteen players on the Benjamin Barnes YMCA team would represent Tuscaloosa as one of 14 teams nationally to participate in the fifth annual Little League Urban Initiative Jamboree in Williamsport, Pa.
Some Pickens County residents saw the proposed federal prison to be built at the intersection of Alabama Highway 14 and Pickens County Road 78 as a boon to the county, but some residents near the location say they are not being offered enough for their land. Some said they were offered less than they paid for the land.
The last downtown drugstore, H&W Drugs on Sixth Street was closing after nearly a century in business.
Tuscaloosa Fire and Rescue Service Assistant Chief Marvin Tant retired after 44 years with the fire department.
Fights that led to gunfire on the Strip prompted the Tuscaloosa Police Department to increase its presence there.
Removal of tornado debris on private property by the city was to end after a year in which the city had removed about 1.5 million cubic yards of tornado debris from privately owned property at no cost to the owner.
The Tuscaloosa City Council unanimously approved the final element of a comprehensive overhaul of building and zoning codes for areas in the path of the April 27, 2011, tornado.
The Gulf seafood chain, the Shrimp Basket, was preparing to open on McFarland.
Big Lots set a grand opening day for July 20 at its new location in Northport after its previous site was destroyed by the 2011 tornado.
The UA softball team defeated Michigan 4-3 in the NCAA Super Regional championship game while the women's golf team beat Southern California by one stroke to win the national championship.
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We have long known that conservatives in Congress are hopelessly out of touch with both reality and the American people. So while it represented nothing new, House Minority Leader John Boehner's (R-OH) recent comments on health insurance reform made me do a double take:
Boehner claimed, with a semi-straight face, that he has yet to meet a regular "American" who favors the option — despite polls showing that a majority of voters support to the idea of having the choice of a government plan.
"I'm still trying to find the first American to talk to who's in favor of the public option, other than a member of Congress or the administration" said Boehner, whose sole recent foray into a public discussion of health care reform was a tea-party-style event in Ohio a few weeks back.
Now it is pretty startling that in John Boehner's day-to-day life he hasn't come across a single American who supports a public health insurance option, despite pretty much every poll consistently showing overwhelming public support for a public option (typically between 56 to 62% on the low end and 75 to 80% on the high end). So given that at the very least a simple majority of Americans support it, how the hell has the leading Republican in the House of Representatives managed to not meet a single American who supports it?
How sheltered is this man??
Seriously, it is one thing to oppose policies that are supported by an overwhelming majority of Americans, which conservatives seem to love to do, but to actually have no contact with someone who disagrees with them, or to go out of their way to just pretend these people don't exist…it is just flummoxing.
But on the off chance the top ranking Republican in the House of Representatives doesn't spend all of his personal time locked away in some dark underground lair, surrounded by hand-picked claque of right-wing ideologues, there is one other explanation I can think of to explain his otherwise inexplicable comments: perhaps John Boehner has a very particular definition of "American".
Is it possible that he has so thoroughly internalized that oft-insinuated conservative notion that those who don't agree with them aren't "real" Americans? Has he actually convinced himself that his opponents are literally not American citizens?
You would think someone would have to be very mentally unhinged to slip into such a delusional state, but is it really that hard to imagine? We've heard plenty of this rhetoric from the likes of George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Sarah Palin and countless conservative pundits over the years. Also keep in mind that a recent poll showed that less than half of Republicans believe that President Obama is an actual American citizen.
This tinfoil hat conspiracy has also been espoused and fanned by many conservative members of Congress, including 12 Representatives who actually co-sponsored the so-called "Birther Bill" seeking to require future presidential candidates to submit proof of citizenship prior to running (you know, so we don't get another Obama situation–event though his birth certificate has been available since early on in his campaign).
So maybe that is it. Maybe Boehner has met plenty of people who support the public option, just no "real Americans", who by virtue of his worldview are unable to support anything he doesn't.
Which is worse? To be that physically isolated from the majority of Americans by his typical circle of far-right ideologues, or to be that blinded by ideology and self-righteousness that he can't even bring himself to acknowledge that those who disagree with him are even citizens?
I'll leave it up to you to determine his malfunction.
UPDATE: Click here to sign the following petition from Health Care for America Now! to Rep. Boehner: "Hey John Boehner! I'm an American AND I support the public health insurance option!"


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"It just requires a change of attitude," he explained to me. Be willing to walk up hills, and be willing to take walk breaks down hills.
Well, I wasn't quite ready to make the leap to 50 km, let alone 30 km. But for the 20 km I had planned, I did follow his advice about walking up (if not down) the hills. To my amazement, not only did I not lose much time on the climb this way, I was actually passing people who were "running". In fact, the difference between me and them was they were bouncing up and down a lot more. I was able to shuffle-step by, listening to their labored breathing.
Finally I made the leap to 30 km and after, to the marathon distance at Skyline to the Sea. I know there's a 50 km in my future. But as I said, 50 km races aren't inspiring to Don. His goal is the Western States 100.
I was shocked when Don first described his training for the race: one run per week plus maybe a few visits to the gym for strength work. Okay, I figured.... he probably does some Pete Pensyres-like mega-fest each week. Hardly. His weekly runs were typically 50 km. One weekend, he said, he did a double run, running both Saturday and Sunday, neither of them particularly long.
So I was really interested to see how Don managed at the race, which ends this morning at 11 am. I was tracked him on the UltraLive webcast. Deep down, I still didn't believe he could do it.
True to his own advice, he started slowly. There's some nasty climbing from the start in Squaw Valley, California, over Emigrant Pass. I imagined him trudging up the hills, the altitude adding to the difficulty. But then he started passing people. Steadily his progress continued.
Here's a plot of his placings at checkpoints reporting data on-line (some checkpoints were out of communication range):
Steadily Don moved up through the field, passing close to 100 runners in the final 75 miles of the race. I was pleased to catch him finishing on the live video feed: he ran across the line, looking good. Super-inspiring.
The human body is an amazing thing, and confidence and strict adherence to a sustainable pace goes a long way to helping success in distance events. Good stuff to keep in mind, not just in running but in all pursuits.
If you're even near California Ave in Palo Alto, instead of stopping at nearby Starbucks, check out Zombie Runner if you want a good coffee in the morning. It's a bit more expensive and a bit slower, but worth it. And you get a chance to ask Don for some of his valuable running advice.


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By: Janet R. Jakobsen, Ann Pellegrini
Sexism is a Sin: The Biblical Basis of Female Equality
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I feel that fostering a climate of peace does not require attending protests of war, of writing a thousand letters to the government, nor anything else drastic or on a grand scale. No, I would like to propose that it starts with the individual; in developing a sense of inner peace, of oneness with God, in peaceful dealings with one another, and clearing out conflict which creates the opposite of peace.
Christians who believe in the concept of "love the sinner, hate the sin" may, in fact, "mean well." However, in most cases, I have seen it used as a very cleverly disguised way to preach intolerance, homophobia, and a way to deliberately create internalized shame within LGBT people in an attempt to make them feel distant to God.
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WOW! iPhone plans and prices are dropping faster than Rogers stock these days. With a 22 country launch on Friday (and a few days later in France -- vive la difference, eh?), some with multiple co-exclusive carriers, each with different tiers of service (from cheap, all-you-can-eat unlimited to tiny $$$ per byte ultra-rip-offs) it's a lot to keep track of -- but we're still going to try!
Read on for the good, the bad, and a lot of ugly!
Rogers/Fido Canada - WAR!
On the Canadian front (and yes, it is a war here people!) rumors of an Apple/Rogers falling out are probably going to fall out. My guess? Nothing much there unless Rogers is fanning the scarcity flame in order to get people who might be sitting on the fence or holding it to suddenly panic and rush the line on Friday. Apple Stores in Canada, unlike the US, have only pointed to Rogers/Fido for availability, and if Apple is sending units away from Canada to Europe, it may have more to do with the power of the Euro. (Nintendo's been accused of doing that with the Wii for months to profit from the stronger currency).
Telcel Mexico
2 year contracts south of south of the border in Mexico as well: MX$459/599/799 for 200/300/400 min., 100/150/200 SMS and MBs of data, with the 8GB handset going for MX$3419/2159/889 and the 16GB for MX$4689/3419/2159.
Ayaiyai! That's US$77 for a tiny 200MB!
Vodafone New Zealand
The good news? Due to the international date line, New Zealand will be getting the iPhone first and Hawaii last. In Aukland, New Zealand, the lineup is already forming to be the first (after a certain Portuguese un-boxer) to get the blessed device.
The bad news? They'll be paying out the pouch for it. 2 year contracts for NZ$80/130/250 for 120/250/600 min., 600 SMS, and 250/500/1000MB of data and 8GB handsets for NZ$549/449/199 and 16GB for NZ$699/599/359.
Ouch! That's US$189 for 1GB of data! Once again, the closer you are to a pole, the higher your prices!
Optimus Portugal
Thanks to Mário for sending this in!
Optimus (Orange) in Portugal has pre-paid, post-paid monthly, and 2-year contract prices. Contract minimum monthly usage plans are €30/45/64 which get you €0.149/0.129/0.099 per minute or SMS, 100/300/500 free in-network SMS, and MB of data, with the 8GB handset running €250/200/150 and 16GB, €350/300/250.
Vodafone Portugal
Meanwhile, Vodaphone is offering the Portuguese 2 year contracts as well: €29.90/44.90/64.90, with 100/230/500 min. and SMS, and a miserly 250MB of data, with an 8GB handset going for €299/219/129 and 16GB for €389/309/219.
Yikes! That's US$102 for 250MB?!
AT&T Mobility's President of Network Services has his own podcast where he goes over iPhone 3G performance. Check it out.
And while nowhere near as hackneyed as the iReady riff, Apple has posted its own information on how to prepare yourself for launch day.
Apple's VP of Retail, Ron Johnson, tried to set expectations: he claims they'll be taking 30 customers at a time, be able to handle 100 customers an hour, and aim to complete activation in 10-15 min. But they won't rush you if you want to take your time (though the crowd behind you, torches and pitchforks in hand, might help keep you moving at a brisk pace!)
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Tobacco proposal raises smuggling worries
The American Cancer Society on Nov. 21 marked 37 years of its "Great American Smokeout" by urging Congress to act on a cigarette tax bill aimed at decreasing public health costs by making tobacco prohibitively expensive.
The legislation, co-sponsored in April by Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., would nearly double the current federal cigarette tax, from $1.01 to $1.95 per pack. The bill is intended to prevent children from smoking cigarettes in the first place.
"Raising the price of tobacco products is one of the most effective approaches to encourage people to quit and prevent kids from picking up the deadly habit in the first place," said American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network CEO John R. Seffrin in a statement. "Research has consistently shown that every 10 percent increase in the price of cigarettes reduces youth smoking by 6.5 percent and overall cigarette consumption by about 4 percent."
But hidden behind the mission of public health is a growing problem of tobacco contraband that snakes its way between states and international borders while federal, state and local law enforcement struggles to thwart it.
State efforts to dissuade smokers and potential smokers through high taxes have been undercut by cigarette smuggling from low-tax jurisdictions including Indian reservations and Southern states to high-tax states like New York and Connecticut.
Michael LaFaive, director of the Morey Fiscal Policy Initiative at the Michigan-based Mackinac Center for Public Policy, said the proposal is a ripe target for Congress -- especially since children's health is at risk -- but doing so might widen a Prohibition-era market for smuggled cigarettes.
"The political class is turning cigarette packs into little gold bars by hiking these taxes," LaFaive said.
The volume of tobacco smuggling has skyrocketed in recent years. Between 2003 and 2012, the average of new tobacco diversion investigations more than tripled to 135 a year, according to figures from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
In Connecticut, just shy of a quarter -- 22.25 percent -- of all cigarette sales went untaxed in 2011, an increase of 10 percent from 2009.
Connecticut ranks fourth among the states with the highest cigarette taxes at $3.40 per pack, and 14th in the nation for total cigarette smuggling, according to a recent study from the Mackinac Center.
In New York, cigarette taxes are higher than any other state at $4.35 per pack -- which doesn't include the additional $1.50 tacked on in New York City -- and the state is the nation's leader in cigarette smuggling.
Blumenthal's bill, officially called the Tobacco Tax and Enforcement Reform Act, is intended to help law enforcement better identify criminals and terrorists who profit from the illegal trade of tobacco.
As a former attorney general of Connecticut, Blumenthal said he fought to prevent tobacco smuggling from causing more damage to public health and taxpayers.
"The public rarely focuses on it because it's sometimes ignored or regarded as sort of a victimless crime, but in fact, its victims are many," he said in an interview.
But ATF, chronically short of financial resources, prioritizes tobacco investigations only if they involve a nexus to organized crime, guns or funneling proceeds to terrorist groups, and casual exchanges of tobacco often go overlooked.
The letter in the middle of ATF has become "a small T," said Derek Champagne, district attorney of Franklin County, N.Y., whose jurisdiction includes the Mohawk St. Regis reservation.
Stories by the Albany Times Union and Hearst Newspapers earlier this month documented how ATF and state authorities have virtually turned a blind eye to cigarette smuggling from Mohawk and other Indian reservations throughout New York state to New York City and urban areas in Connecticut and throughout the Northeast.
"As much progress as we've made, we've hit a plateau, unfortunately and tragically," Blumenthal said. "We need to redouble our effort despite the progress that's been made."
Dan Freedman of the Hearst Washington Bureau contributed reporting. Email: email@example.com


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Lanell Marie, 13th child of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tajchman is the "First Baby of 1963" in Marion. She was born Jan. 2 at St. Luke Hospital. She and her parents will be the recipients of the fine first baby gifts offered each year by Marion merchants.
The first residence fire in Marion in many months occurred Wednesday at the Carl Anderson residence on Cleveland Street in Jex Addition. The Andersons and their four small children lost much of the clothing and belongings.
James Moffitt of Tampa will be among two contingents of volunteers departing Jan. 3 for Nigeria to work as secondary school teachers. After a week's orientation in Lagos and regional capitals, the volunteers will be assigned to secondary schools throughout Nigeria, using English as the language of instruction.
Marion High School's "Basketball Queen" will be crowned during halftime of the Warrior-Council Grove game next week. Finalists for queen are Cheryl Caselman, senior, and two juniors Donna Hanschu and Mary Konarik. The girls will be escorted by Mike Schwemmer, Lowell Ensey, and Max Jackson.
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John Clay: Racing world craves greatness from Orb
BALTIMORE — You've gotta root for Orb.
Come on, you've gotta root for Orb.
"Everybody should be rooting for Orb except the connections of the other horses," Bob Baffert said Friday as he stood in front of the Stakes Barn at Pimlico. "Anybody who's not rooting for Orb, there's something mentally wrong with them."
It should be noted that Bob Baffert, who has won the Preakness on five different occasions, does not train Orb.
Shug McGaughey trains Orb. There was the 62-year-old Lexington native Friday morning on Old Hilltop, outside the Stakes Barn, helping rinse off the Kentucky Derby winner after a bath.
In khakis, a blue shirt, a blue vest and something close to tennis shoes, McGaughey appeared relaxed a day before his star 3-year-old tackles the second leg of the Triple Crown.
After a 15-minute question-and-answer session with the media — McGaughey's daily ritual since Orb arrived here Monday afternoon — the trainer chatted with an Ole Miss grad about his days in Oxford, talked about playing golf with the Mannings, and reflected on an old boyhood fishing friend back in Lexington.
"I'm excited," said the man who doesn't always look excited even when he is, in fact, excited. "I'm excited about (Saturday)."
The sport is excited, too, because, well, it is that time of year when people are actually paying attention and the sport is allowing itself to think — if we can dare say it — Triple Crown.
We know, we know, the sport has dreamed those two words before. And yes, the sport largely dreams those two words because of the belief that the interest in a Triple Crown winner would draw attention to a sport badly in need of help.
And the sport has raised its hopes many times in the prolonged drought since Affirmed won all three races in 1978.
Real Quiet came oh-so-close in 1998. Smarty Jones led halfway down the Belmont stretch in 2004. Barbaro was such an impressive Derby winner in 2006. Big Brown appeared dominant in 2008 until he tanked in the Belmont.
Just last year, I'll Have Another was on the doorstep before being scratched just a shade more than 24 hours before the race.
Not one could get the job done.
And yet, for some reason, maybe because we are optimistic and sentimental fools when it comes to horses, even with two legs of the Triple Crown remaining, this year feels different, as if there really is more of a chance the feat can be accomplished.
"Orb is a freak," Baffert said before adding, "You have a horse that has won five races in a row. That's a very good horse."
Plus, there seems to be more of a rooting interest this time inside the sport which loves the people that genuinely love and support the sport.
Such is the case with co-owners, breeders and first cousins Stuart Janney III and Dinny Phipps. Janney's parents owned the legendary and ill-fated filly Ruffian. After winning the Derby, Phipps talked about first coming to Churchill Downs with his grandmother in 1957 when the family owned Bold Ruler.
You don't get any more tradition-rich than that.
Then there is Claiborne Farm, the legendary Bourbon County farm where Orb was born and which has a long relationship with the Phipps family. Claiborne is also where the great Secretariat stood at stud after winning the Triple Crown in 1973, the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years.
If he could pull it off, Orb would be the first Triple Crown winner in 35 years, although by now we should know not to get too far ahead of ourselves.
"There's a lot of ways you can lose, as we all know," McGaughey said Friday. "You hope he handles the track. You hope he handles the kickback of the dirt. You hope he handles the day. If he does all that, I would have to think it would take a pretty darn good horse to beat him."
Come on, you gotta root for Orb.