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i just received your letter with the concert effort 2011, and or course you always count with my support to the Robert James Frnscino. When i didnt? yo know me, i am your friend of panama.
Well i can not send the envelope but il doit with my credit card today directly as always in your web page, where i have to send to you the confirmation? Give me a email...if you want. Well doc, i have many many days traying to reache your last answer,or your you medical point of view. I need to know if you really beleive that im in a hight risk or im thinking overreating about a posible meteoro in my head in a suuny day.
Again, Thank you very much for your lasts answers but i need please yes / NO Answers medical point or View. You told me in your answaer if I desire the reassurance take a test. Im gona doit and you know that, but i want to know if you believe if necesary for this last encounter blow job, frotage and vaginal sex protect take the test. Medical Point of View. Medical Facts!!!! thanks.
Doctor I am going to need psychological help because i like to live to the edge of the danger and that unquestionably must be treat it , because I am putting always my life in risk and that conduct is not good.
Do You Remember the girl of the club that I told you, This time I took her out of the club and we went to my hotel (this was 29 of December). She show me her a HIV test that she had took on 28 of November. (NEGATIVE).
She perform oral sex without preservative ( Suck my Penis), Then, I put a condon and we had the first vaginal sex relation. Then she returned to me and practice oral sex ( Suck my penis) and frotage (She rub her vagina against my penis). Warning, never was direct penetration without condom, only rubbing or frotage.
We continue playing and I put the other condom and we proceed to the second vaginal sex relation. There is my history doctor, now I feel a lot of anxiety, I know that insertive oral sex does not carry a high risk and that frotage neither.
I contact the girl and ask her to repeated the HIV test on 3 of January and also was negative. I have a hard copy of the last test (5 days after our encounter). But I have a horrible anxiety, In summary: *She has 2 negative HIV Test (28 of November and the 3 of January) * I was with her on 29 of December (Blowjob without condon, frotage and vaginal sex with protection)
Do you think that im over reacting? Please your recommendation
Doc thaks for your asnwer and support. You only answer me about fingering, but would you recommend a hiv test for a only episode of cunnilingus or that kind of cunnilingus of touching wet vaginal lips..... medical point of view?
New Donation ( REF EPFE6XXXXXXXXX) i love to help you becasue you always help me. (Low Risk Situation) Nov 30, 2010
Dear Doctor, first of all let me give you thank you for de recital favorites by Nissman.. I love it. Here i am again a litle worry.I have written to you the past days but I have not had the luck to get an answer from you. You already know me and know that I am a men with panic or fobia with HIV. Here is the situation, I went to a night club last tuesday and my friends paid to me a vip lap dance with the stripper. The facts: She start dancing naked and I kissed hers thighs and legs around the pelvis near the vagina, y never put my tongue inside her vagina or licked her clitoris. But my lips and nose touched slightly their vagina by the movements of the dance that stripper did, while I kissed hers thighs really near of her vagina. So yes my lips touched slightly her vagina. Additional, i put one of my fingers inside her vagina and masturbate her for no more than 30 seconds. Here is my question...Would you recommend a test for this episode? Under medical Point of view its necessary to take a test only for this incident. thanks for your always support. Im gona do what ever you recommend me. If you say thats is a neglible risk and move on, i wil, and if you think that its better take a test, well i will doit. The stripper has a 30 days ago hiv negative test.
Response from Dr. Frascino Hi,
Welcome back to the forum.
Your HIV-acquisition risk is negligible to nonexistent, assuming the skin on your fingering finger was intact. HIV testing would not be warranted.
I'm delighted you are enjoying Barbara Nissan's CD thank-you gift for your last donation to my foundation. Steve (Dr. Steve, the expert in The Body's Tratamientos forum) and I will be performing an AIDS benefit with Barbara Nissan next summer. She's a phenomenal pianist and very kind soul.
Thank you for your ongoing support of The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation and its two-prong mission to (1) provide crucial services to men, women and children worldwide living with HIV/AIDS and (2) promote HIV/AIDS awareness through advocacy and education. Your tax-deductible gifts are warmly appreciated.
Regarding your fear of HIV, try reading through the wealth of information on this site, in its archives and on the related links. The better informed one becomes about HIV and exactly how the virus is, and is not, transmitted, the less frightening HIV becomes. Ultimately, if you remain fearful, counseling may be beneficial in helping you confront and conquer your fears. Sex is supposed to be fun, not anxiety provoking!
Be well. Happy Holidays.
Dr. Bob
Response from Dr. Frascino Hi,
Sorry for the confusion. My statement "your HIV-acquisition risk is negligible to nonexistent" was meant for the entire episode -- the lap dance, kissing, lips and nose touching vagina, minimal cunnilingus and fingering. The caveat about having intact skin on your probing finger was to make sure there were no extenuating circumstances.
Hope that clarifies things.
Dr. Bob
Response from Dr. Frascino Hello,
Frottage is not considered an HIV-acquisition risk. Latex condom-protected sex is considered "protected," assuming the latex condoms were used properly and did not break. Unprotected insertive oral sex carries only a very minimal risk for acquiring the virus. That your gal-pal tested HIV negative a few days before and five days after your wild night at the No-Tell Motel significantly reduces any potential risk of HIV transmission to the remote possibility she acquired the virus only very recently and is still in her window period.
In summary, your HIV-acquisition risk is very low. If you desire the reassurance of a convulsive HIV-antibody test result, you will need to wait until the three-month mark.
Regarding your follow-up question from your previous post, you report your "lips touched slightly her vagina" but you "never put (your) tongue insider her vagina or licked her cliteris." HIV testing is not warranted as a consequence of this action.
Finally, I think psychotherapy (counseling) would help you confront your irrational fears of HIV.
Good luck. Stop worrying. Be well.
Dr. Bob
The short answer is "no."
Your HIV-acquisition risk is negligible to nonexistent. HIV testing is not medically necessary or warranted. However, if testing helps you put your unwarranted worries permanently to rest, it may be helpful psychologically. Your test result will undoubtedly be negative.
Hope that helps.
Dr. Bob


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Ejected From the Feast
Matthew Henry comments, "Those, and those only, who put on the Lord Jesus, and to whom he is all in all, have wedding clothes." Personal, saving trust in Christ is necessary to be a part of His banquet. Such faith ...Read More
The Wedding Feast
Jesus tells us in Luke 12:48b that "everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more." The more we have been blessed with ...Read More
A Tale of Two Sons
Being able to discern the faithful son is actually an act of self-indictment on the part of the leaders. If they can rightly choose as faithful the son who left his disobedience, surely they must also be able to discern ...Read More
Divine Generosity
All sins make us guilty before the Lord, but some sins are worse than others in their impact on people and in the way they violate God's will. We might think it strange that our Father calls the most ...Read More
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The Bible does not say that there are secret truths that only certain believers can find in Scripture. Those things that we do not see upon our first reading of a text are not invisible; rather, incomplete knowledge is often ...Read More
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Matthew Henry reminds us that yeast "works silently and insensibly, yet strongly and irresistibly." The kingdom of God works in a similar fashion. Though Christians often suffer and the darkness looks overwhelming, the kingdom is growing nonetheless. One day it ...Read More
Parables of the Kingdom
John Calvin comments on today's passage, reminding us that the lack of clarity in the parables is not due to the parables themselves. The problem is really the hearts of sinful people. "The word of God, in its own ...Read More
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Following is a representation of the Assembly Daily File. A re-sorted version of this report will be found filed under each committee -- showing all dates posted for that committee.
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Brian David Schweitzer (born September 4, 1955) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Montana. Schweitzer is its 23rd and current governor, serving since January 2005. Schweitzer currently has one of the highest approval ratings among governors in the nation, with polls regularly showing a rating of above 60 percent. Schweitzer chairs the Western Governors Association and formerly chaired the Democratic Governors Association.
Schweitzer was born in Havre, Montana, the fourth of six children of Kathleen (née McKernan) and Adam Schweitzer. His maternal grandparents were Irish and his paternal grandparents were ethnic Germans from present-day Russia and Ukraine. Following his high school years at The Abbey in Canon City, Colorado, Schweitzer earned his Bachelor of Science degree in international agronomy from Colorado State University in 1978 and a Master of Science in soil science from Montana State University, Bozeman in 1980.
Upon finishing school, Schweitzer worked as an irrigation developer on projects in Africa, Asia, Europe and South America. He spent several years working in Libya and Saudi Arabia and speaks Arabic. He returned to Montana in 1986 to launch a ranching and irrigation business in Whitefish.


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The Invisible Clock is an assistive device that works great for medication reminders, meeting timer, exercising and literally hundreds of other activities when a flexible timer is needed.
The unit has 12 daily alarms that can be set for specific times. This provides you with flexibility in alerting you or your child to perform a specific task when a specific interval is not practical. Alternately, the unit allows you to choose a specific interval when it is more convenient. In fact, you can choose both.
The 12 alarms are automatically organized by the time of day, so it's easy to keep track of your programmed alarms and easy to check, erase, or set additional alarms. The Invisible Clock uses a vibration system (similar to that of the common pager) that is private yet easy to feel.
You can even adjust the vibration or beep to low for a gentle and quiet reminder, or to medium or high for a stronger alert. The single AAA battery is easy and inexpensive to change. Affordably priced, easy to program and use.


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Super Mario jumps on domain squatter
Lackadaisical Nintendo finally says 'it's-a me!'
Nintendo has take control of the domain name SuperMario.com – fifteen years after it was first registered by a third party.
The games company recently filed a cybersquatting complaint with the US National Arbitration Forum over the address, but the case was resolved before a formal hearing could be held as the previous owner agreed to transfer the domain to Nintendo.
It's not unusual for big companies to file complaints using the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy to claim back domains that use their brand names, but it is unusual for a company to wait so long.
Whois records show that SuperMario.com was registered back in February 1996. Archive.org shows that for most of the time since then, the domain showed a placeholder or "parked" page.
It was not until the owner of the address started providing links to playable versions of some of Nintendo's games last year that the company decided it wanted the address.
The company is not a vigorous enforcer of its trademarks in the online world – UDRP records show that most of the 29 cybersquatting cases it has filed since 2000 regarded its Pokemon-related brands.
Today, other classic characters such as SuperLuigi.com and PrincessDaisy.com remain parked in the hands of third-party registrants. ®


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Senate Finance Committee members gave tacit approval Wednesday for the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas to proceed with recruitment scholar grants despite a moratorium on overall awards.
Finance Committee Chairman Tommy Williams, R-The Woodlands, didn't ask for a formal vote but asked members to give a sense of how they would like the agency to proceed.
"I think the agency is looking for some direction from the Senate Finance Committee before they proceed with these recruitment grants," Williams said.
Williams said the grants represent offers already made to scientists and researchers who may have already given notice to current employers.
The overall moratorium was instituted because of problems discovered with the process of awarding grants to entities, and the recruitment grants were caught up in the delay. Lawmakers are working on measures to reform CPRIT.
"My position would be we need to follow through with these recruitment grants," said Sen. Juan Hinojosa, a McAllen Democrat who is Finance Committee vice-chairman. "We cannot just leave them hanging out there."
Sen. Joan Huffman, R-Houston, said the recruits are "the best and the brightest" in cancer research and that it would be "shortsighted" for the state not to follow through on its commitment.
"We need these people," agreed Sen. Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound, a leader on the agency overhaul.
Williams said, "I sense a clear commitment on the part of the Finance Committee that we need to move forward with these recruitment grants."


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Lee Duigon
February 9, 2012
Do you ever wonder where the current occupier of the White House gets his theology? I mean all that creepy stuff about "Jesus wants you to pay more taxes, so I can give your hard-earned money to my good-for-nothing constituents," ordering the Catholic Church to pay for birth control, giving the keynote speech at a pro-abortion rally, putting Mohammed on a par with Christ… and all the time insisting he's a Christian.
No, you won't find any of that in the Bible. But you will find it in a certain religious document whose existence has been kept a secret—until now.
We are talking about a long-lost ancient scroll, the Gospel according to St. Abamo. It was discovered four years ago in an adult bookstore in Chicago, and has been authenticated by a secret committee of experts headed by the Right Reverend Suzie Pantyhose, the first transgender bishop of the Peoples Liberation Church in America.
"The committee's finding was unanimous," he, she, or it said. "There wasn't a single vote against it."
In addition to Bishop Pantyhose, the committee, described as "very diverse," consisted of a gay activist, a union organizer, a university professor of gender studies, and a frog.
The committee found that the Gospel of St. Amabo was originally written in Kenya, or maybe Indonesia or Hawaii, and then suppressed, in the 4th century, by "the 1% of racist, bigoted, homophobic churchmen who didn't like it." A customer at the adult bookstore found it in an unlikely place, quickly realized its importance, and hand-delivered it to someone in Chicago identified only as "a close friend of the president" and whose initials are Bill Ayres.
Who was St. Amabo? No one really knows. All that can be said of him for certain is that he wrote in English and attended "a famous school of higher education" which never released his grades.
"The fact that he wrote in English centuries before there was an England," Bishop Pantyhose explained, "just goes to prove that the English language was invented somewhere else."
In St. Amabo's Gospel, a character called "Jesus" is depicted as a roving community organizer who collected taxes above and beyond those demanded by the Romans. [Note: We are fully persuaded that this cannot be Jesus Christ Our Lord; but we are not the president. To avoid any hint of blasphemy, let us call this character "Al Linsky."] Throughout Judea—which he calls Palestine—Al Linsky sets up abortion clinics, prophesies a rise in sea levels due to SUVs and toilet paper, officiates at same-sex weddings, and promises his followers big chunks of other people's money. He is shown as feasting lavishly on imported Kobe beef, larks' tongues, and other costly delicacies. Every few weeks, he goes on a luxury vacation paid for by his followers. Sentenced to be crucified, he is pardoned at the last minute and retires to a palatial estate paid for by other people's money.
"No wonder they suppressed it!" says a close adviser to the president. This person wishes to remain anonymous. He, she, or it added, "Comrade President reads a chapter of St. Amabo every night before he shreds the Constitution. You wouldn't believe how many lines of his speeches he steals from St. Amabo."
Among the president's favorite verses are these.
"And they said unto him, What must we do, to gain eternal life? And he answering said, Sell all that thou hast, give me all the money, and sign up for government health care."
"Suffer the little children to come unto me, and I will abort them."
"No man can serve two masters: therefore, serve thou the government, and give me all your money."
"And when he had fed loaves and fishes to the five thousand, behold: in the next town there were ten thousand who had no loaves and fishes."
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"And the three blind men entreated him, Master, restore our sight. And Al Linsky said unto them, Behold, I will do a thing that will make thee feel even better than having thine own sight restored; and he spoke words of power, and made all the men's neighbors blind as well. And they rejoiced in that they were now made equal."
Well, now we know why the president doesn't bother to go to Jeremiah Wright's church anymore. He's found something much better than "God damn America."
He has discovered "God bleed America, and drain her dry."
� 2012 Lee Duigon - All Rights Reserved
Lee Duigon, a contributing editor with the Chalcedon Foundation, is a former newspaper reporter and editor, small businessman, teacher, and horror novelist. He has been married to his wife, Patricia, for 34 years. See his new fantasy/adventure novels, Bell Mountain and The Cellar Beneath the Cellar, available on www.amazon.com
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Nov. 21, 2008
PORTLAND, Ore. - Last year, in an 88-70 victory over Portland at the John J. Lee Amphitheater, Yale shot 63.3 percent from the field. On Friday in the rematch, it was the Pilots' turn to shoot lights out. All five starters scored in double figures and UP made 59.6 percent of its shots en route to a 77-58 victory over the Bulldogs before a crowd of 1,596 at the Chiles Center.
"They are a much better basketball team," said Joel E. Smilow, Class of 1954 Head Coach of Men's Basketball James Jones of the Pilots, who returned four starters and added a junior college All-America point guard. "They are more experienced and are much better at what they are trying to do."
Nik Raivio led Portland with 18 points and nine rebounds. Kramer Knudsen made all six of his shots from the field and finished with 14 points, while Robin Smeulders added 12 points and six rebounds.
Alex Zampier paced the Bulldogs with 15 points and four assists. Ross Morin added 10 points, while Garrett Fiddler had nine points and five rebounds. Travis Pinick scored seven points but was limited to 18 minutes because of foul trouble. Paul Nelson had a season-high six points in 11 minutes off the bench.
After trailing by as many as 17 points in the first half, Yale cut the deficit to 10 on Raffi Mantilla's three-pointer with 13:56 remaining in the second half. Portland built the lead back to 18, but the Bulldogs had one more run left. Zampier's three-pointer pulled Yale within 11, 59-48, with 8:12 left.
The Bulldogs had a couple of opportunities to get within 10 points but couldn't capitalize. The Pilots (2-1) then sealed the victory with a 13-4 run over the next four minutes.
"Our team is built on rebounding and defense, and we didn't do a good job in the first half," Jones said. "I thought we were much better in the second half. We don't have a great three-point shooter, so we have to [come back] with our defense, and it's hard in a hostile environment."
Portland, which opened its season with a victory over Washington, outrebounded the Bulldogs 37-25. Yale, though, had seven offensive rebounds in the second half.
The Bulldogs are off until Monday night when they play at Oregon State at 7 p.m. PST.
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The Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corp of Engineers were hoping to clear up a murky issue on March 25, when they released a proposed an expansion of their federal authority over "waters of the United States."
The goal of the proposed rule is to clarify and target the Clean Water Act to the benefit of agriculture. Yet ag groups remain skeptical, as this proposed rule would give the federal government regulatory authority over millions of acres of wetlands and about 2 million miles of streams.
Watch this report from AgDay:
The first step it to actually define what are "waters of the United States"?
The proposed rule from the agencies defines them as:
- All waters which are currently used, were used in the past, or may be susceptible to use in interstate or foreign commerce, including all waters which are subject to the ebb and flow of the tide
- All interstate waters, including interstate wetlands
- The territorial seas
- All impoundments of a traditional navigable water, interstate water, the territorial seas or a tributary
- All tributaries of a traditional navigable water, interstate water, the territorial seas or impoundment
- All waters, including wetlands, adjacent to a traditional navigable water, interstate water, the territorial seas, impoundment or tributary
- On a case-specific basis, other waters, including wetlands, provided that those waters alone, or in combination with other similarly situated waters, including wetlands, located in the same region, have a significant nexus to a traditional navigable water, interstate water or the territorial seas
"There needs to be clarification on the Clean Water Act," says Lois Alt, a West Virginia chicken farmer, who won a case against EPA concerning the regulations of the Clean Water Act. "There are no farmers that can't handle regulations, and I don't know anybody who cares any more for the land than a farmer."
Ag Groups Speak Out
This proposed rule has huge implications for cattlemen, says Ashley McDonald, National Cattlemen's Beef Association environmental counsel. "This has the impact of causing numerous cattle producers to have to have permits, which are costly and time-consuming," she says.
The rule, she says, could define any land in a floodplain being "waters of the United States." "Anyone who has common sense knows that if you define anything in a floodplain as being a water of the United States, you will shut down a lot of productive activity on that land," she says. "It will be a big headache for cattle producers across the country."
Other groups, such as the American Farm Bureau, National Corn Growers Association and the Agricultural Retailers Association have expressed concerns over the proposed rule but are still reviewing the 370-page draft.
The EPA Administrator's View
In an op-ed letter posted to AgWeb on March 25, EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy said the proposed rule will support a strong farm economy.
"Over the last decade, the Clean Water Act has been bogged down by confusion," she said. "Some in the agricultural community might think that this rule will broaden the reach of EPA regulations—but that's simply not the case."
She said the proposed rule will not add to or expand the scope of waters historically protected under the Clean Water Act. Also, it will not regulate groundwater or tile drainage systems; and it will not increase regulation of ditches (whether they are irrigation or drainage).
"By working arm in arm with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, we made sure we're addressing farmers' concerns up front," she said. "The rule keeps intact existing Clean Water Act exemptions for agricultural activities that farmers count on. But it doesn't stop there—it does more for farmers by actually expanding those exemptions.
"We worked with USDA's Natural Resource Conservation Service and USACE to exempt 53 additional conservation practices. These practices are familiar to many farmers, who know their benefits to business, the land, and water resources. Conservation is an all-around win," she said.
She said the bottom line is that before the rule—producers were uncertain whether they needed certain types of permits. But, after the rule—if producers choose to partake in any of the 53 conservation practices detailed in the proposal—they won't need those permits or pre-approval.
The proposal is subject to a 90-day comment period slated to begin in a few weeks. At this time, there's is no timetable for when the rules will be released.
For More Information
Read the EPA's Fact Sheet: How the Proposed Waters of the U.S. Rule Benefits Agriculture
Related story: E.P.A.'s Proposed Rules on Water Worry Farmers (New York Times)


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So here's the second release of giggle, with heaps of fixes and new features! Here are the relevant links:
- Release notes
- Tarball (MD5: ef23f4c4d3d30a9338b95437828a7e03)
- Roadmap
Visit the project page for more information!
Call for artists and tango lovers: Giggle is still in need of an icon! it'd be sooo great if someone provided a suitable icon for the desktop entry and the about box.


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WATCH: Cat Hijacks Professor's TV Interview
While cats are well known for having no time for your BS but, for one particular cat, neither did Polish historian Jerzy Targalski.
During a TV interview, his cat decided to climb atop Targalski's head.
Targalski was weighing in on "the controversial forced removal of Polish top judge Malgorzata Gersdorf" by the country's ruling conservative party, when his orange floof began pawing and clawed his way up Targalski's arm.
"Eh - we tolerate this?" Targalski asked in relation to the journalist's question but it could also be a statement to the fact the cat was now up around his neck.
Although the cat wrapped his tail around his owner's eyes and head, Targalski was completely unfazed, continuing to give his views.
Of course, these antics reminded us of 'BBC Dad', international relations expert and Pusan National University political-science professor Robert Kelly, whose interview was gatecrashed by his kids mid-interview.


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The ALA Presidential Citation for Innovative International Library Projects began as an ALA Presidential initiative of Dr. Loriene Roy, ALA President in 2007-2008 and Notable IRRT Member. Citations are awarded each year by the ALA President at the International Relations Round Table (IRRT) International Librarians Reception during the ALA Annual Conference to recognize innovative contributions to international librarianship. IRRT is a Round Table of the American Library Association with a mission to develop the interests of librarians in activities and problems in the field of international library relations.
In 2010, IRRT was invited to collaborate with future ALA Presidents in the nomination and award process. At this time, a decision was made to change the previous title, ALA Presidential Citation for International Innovation to ALA Presidential Citation for Innovative International Library Projects.
Nomination Process:
Projects must be nominated by an ALA member or an individual with an IFLA affiliation. In an effort to recognize many diverse and worthy projects as possible, only one library project must be submitted by the nominator. To nominate a library project, nominators must complete the Nomination Form and submit it to the International Relations Office by e-mail or regular mail. Distinct projects by an individual, group or organization may be nominated separately in the same year. However, it is unlikely that the Citation will be awarded for more than one of the projects. Past recipients of the ALA Presidential Citation for International Innovation may be considered only for new innovative projects. Citations recognize innovative projects that result from the work of an individual, group or organization.
The following criteria will be used in selecting recipients.
- the recipient will have designed and implemented a highly visible innovative library service(s) in a country outside of the United States within the last three years;
- the innovative service(s) must be unique, original, and greatly improve existing library services for users;
- the service(s) should draw attention to the potential of library service/s to creating positive change;
- the service(s) must demonstrate a strong likelihood of sustainability and have potential to serve as a model for other libraries;
- the service(s) must be current, that is, it must be in operation during the year that the Citation is awarded.
Call for Nominations:
The deadline for nominations is January 10. Nominations are submitted to the ALA International Relations Office (e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com) for review by the IRRT Advisory Award Committee on the ALA Presidential Citation for Innovative International Library Projects. Call for Nominations and Nomination Form.
Certificate Awarding Process:
Individuals submitting nominations will be notified by March 1st of each year regarding the decision of the IRRT Advisory Award Committee.
An invitation letter to attend the ALA International Librarians Reception and accept the citation will be issued to the successful nominations by the ALA International Relations Office.
Successful nominations will receive a framed citation from the current ALA President at the International Librarians Reception on the Monday evening of the ALA Annual Conference. The Citations will be announced in various ways including through an announcement on the IRRT website and shared with ALA's Public Information Office.
Funding to attend the ALA Conference is not provided, nor is there a financial award with the Citation. However, recipients requiring assistance with letters of invitation or other documents related to conference attendance should contact the ALA International Relations Office.
Past Award Recipients
The 2018 Citations were awarded to:Darkht-e Danish Online Library for the Women of Afghanistan, Calgary Canada, Digital Center enters Mongolian Yurts, Inner Mongolia, China, La Biblioteca Movil, Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala, Little Migratory Birds Project, Suzhou, China.
The 2017 Citations were awarded to: Rural Internet Hotspot Lending Programme Welington County Library Canada, Project FryskLab, Europe's First Mobile Library, Leeuwarden, Netherlands, Augustana Human Library, Alberta, Canada
The 2016 Citations were awarded to: The Cloud Service Project, Inner Mongolian Library; Nanaimo Correctional Centre Program, Vancouver Island and Regional Library, BC, Canada; Marroniers Library Application, International School of Geneva, Switzerland; Library @ orchard, National Library of Singapore; Librarians on the Radio, Vancouver Island Regional Library, BC, CANADA.
The 2015 Citations were awarded to: NLB Mobile app by the National Library Board of Singapore, Establishment of Taiwan Resource Center for Chinese Studies (TRCCS),Digital Literacy as a Core Service at Edmonton Public Library and The Science and Technology Academic and Research-Based Openly-Operated Kiosks (STARBOOKS) Project in the Philippines.
The 2014 Citations were awarded to: The Jagodina Public Library in Serbia and its five village library branches, the In-House Library Training Program Supporting Roma People at the Public Library Fran Galovic,'Koprivnica in Croatia, the Topic Room iPad Application at the ZLB Library, Berlin in Germany, and the Edge, State Library of Queensland in Australia.
The 2013 Citations were awarded to: The AUN e-Library Project at the American University Library in Nigeria, the e-Books on Demand Project of the European Libraries Network, the OSU Children's Library Fund (OCLU) of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
The 2012 Citations were awarded to: The World is Just a Book Away (Projects in Indonesia), Chinese Medicine Digital Projects — Hong Kong Baptist University, Riecken Community Libraries (Projects in Guatemala and Honduras), The Urban Office — Helsinki City Library (Finland).
The 2011 Citations were awarded to: The RISE Videoconferencing Network Alberta, Canada, The National Library Board of Singapore "Quest" Library Reading Program, The E-Publicaton System Platform Project at the National Central Library in Taiwan and The Expanding Information Access for Visually Impaired People Project in Vietnam.
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OK, everybody else is doing it, so I might as well indicate my awe at Obama's reframing of the racial question with the greatest American political speech of the past thirty years, by providing a link to what was this morning the most-viewed item over at YouTube:
I won't gush too much over the speech itself. Enough has been said elsewhere, and it's inarguably a great speech delivered by a great orator, whether you agree with his politics or not. But Lars, a previously unknown-to-me diarist over at DKos pointed out in whimsical fashion what may be the most remarkable aspect of this speech:
He Wrote It Himself.
I spent the last five hours in my woodshop with a lathe and sandpaper and an awl, carving this beautiful oak chair that I now present to you.
I did it because you will need something to sit down on when the full measure of what Ambinder wrote crashes upon you like all the heavens and the stars above.
Let me repeat it.
Because it bears repeating.
That speech today? The one that has pundits--from the liberal David Corn at The Nation ("This is as sophisticated a discussion of race as any American politician has sought to present to the public") to the conservative Charles Murray, of National Review Online ("it is just plain flat out brilliant—rhetorically, but also in capturing a lot of nuance about race in America. It is so far above the standard we're used to from our pols."), and those in between--noting the brilliance, sophistication, sincerity and candor of the words spoken by Obama? That speech?
He wrote it himself.
Once more, with feeling:
He wrote it. Himself.
Barack Obama did. He wrote it.
Now, if you are like me, and I pray for your soul you are not, you had the normal reaction to finding out this piece of information. You rushed right to the Library of Congress to determine exactly the last time that a President or a presidential candidate wrote a major speech alone, by himself or herself.
And, of course, what you discover is that other than the speeches Obama has written for himself, the last time a major speech was written without the aid of a speechwriter by a president or presidential candidate was Nixon's "Great Silent Majority" speech delivered on October 13, 1969.
Now that was a good speech. Evil, no doubt, to its very core, and designed to proliferate the feelings that allowed the great Southern Strategy success, but a good speech nevertheless.
In other words, not in my lifetime. And I am oldish. I have kids and wear dark socks with slippers and complain about the quality of my lawn and get hungover way too easily. But in the last 37 years there hasn't been a speech like this written by the man himself. Not like this.
Here is a chair. Regardless of who you support, or what you think of Obama, I want you to sit here, right here on this chair and consider something wonderful. To wit:
It is possible that we will have a President who not only will speak in full, complete sentences, but who will do so in a manner that is eloquent, and who will also be articulate and eloquent in delivering words he is intelligent enough to know, understand, and use in a speech he is capable of writing himself.
This chair, it is oak.
Sit and think about that.
After seven years of the worst crumble-bumblings of the nattering nabob from Crawford, think about that.
He wrote that speech. He wrote it. He, himself.


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GORHAM, ME-Host Southern Maine scored three late first half goals and Samantha Kiesel made 16 saves to lead the Huskies to a 12-10 win over the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth in their Little East Conference women's lacrosse playoff match at Paula Hodgdon Field Tuesday afternoon.
The Corsairs, who trailed, 10-5 with 27:45 remaining, sandwiched a pair of goals by sophomore attacker Brittney Enos (East Falmouth, MA/Falmouth HS) and one by senior midfielder Samantha Wonson (Lowell, MA/Lowell HS) around one by Southern Maine's Shelby Turcotte to close to within 11-8 with 18:41 remaining. Jackie Kelly's goal a minute and 50 seconds later gave USM a 12-8 lead. Wonson scored again with 12;23 to play, but UMass Dartmouth couldn't strike again until senior midfielder Stephanie Kinchla (Falmouth, MA/Falmouth HS/Quinnipiac) scored with just six seconds to play.
Rosie Forster and Samantha Purcell gave the Huskies an early 2-0 lead, but sophomore defender Selina Houghton (Billerica, MA/Shawsheen HS) and freshman attacker Taylor Corsano (Bourne, MA/Bourne HS) scored to tie the game with 19:25 left in the first half. Mary Vaughan and Lauren Santo put Southern Maine ahead, 4-2, before Enos scored to make it 4-3. Kelly and Houghton then traded goals before the Huskies increased their lead just prior to halftime.
Enos had three goals and two assists for the Corsairs, while Wonson and Houghton each had two goals. Santo and Kelly each scored three times for USM, while Turcotte and Forster each scored twice.
"We hung tough with the defending conference champions," said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach Jerry Jennings. "I was proud of our team and the way we played Their goalie was the difference in the game today. We played well and we limited our turnovers, but we weren't able to convert all of our chances, and that was the difference." UMD out shot Southern Maine, 37-35. Corsair sophomore goalie Angelina Donovan (Medford, MA/Medford HS) made 15 saves
UMass Dartmouth dropped to 5-11 with the defeat, while the Huskies improved to 8-10 with the victory. Southern Maine advanced to a Little East semi-final matchup at Keene State Thursday evening. The game was the final competition of the season for the Corsairs.


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A truly great survival story, written by the Russian ship Navigator; Albanov displays courage, perseverance, character and outstanding leadership skills. I wonder why this story is so little known. I suggest the reader not read the dust jacket, the preface, or the introduction until after completion of the book - to do elsewise detracts a little from the telling of the events.
An OUTSTANDING book! Five stars or six! A superbly written narrative/diary which was first published soon after the actual events happened. A real page-turner!
This is an excellent account of the fate of the Russian ship, the Saint Anna, and the twenty-five men and one woman who were on board. The Saint Anna left Russia in 1912 to look for new Arctic hunting grounds and then became trapped in ice in the Kara Sea. It drifted north for almost 1 1/2 years before the 32 year-old navigator, Valerian Albanov, left with 13 members of the crew to try to find help. This book is Albanov's account of what happened after leaving the ship.
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The preface states that the book is told in Albanov's own words, as entries in a daily journal. I believe that some of the book, however, is told in retrospect. Nevertheless, this is a wonderful read for those who enjoy reading about other people's ordeals and how these people overcame obstacles.
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Obama weighs in on race, reluctantly
President Barack Obama's agitation following the George Zimmerman verdict was apparent to people in the West Wing all week — so it was frustrating, if not surprising, to some in Obama's circle that he waited nearly a week to express his feelings publicly.
Since his reelection, the nation's first black president has said he'll be more willing to discuss more volatile issues, including race, which many close to the president see as the unexploded political ordnance of two presidential campaigns.
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But his decision to weigh in emotionally on a Friday afternoon — more a time for news dumps than major statements — reflected Obama's longstanding ambivalence about weighing in on a topic that will largely define his place in history. His remarks, by far the most expansive discussion of race in years, came only after days of soul searching, and apprehensive monitoring of the news to make sure the prospect of violence had receded enough to speak publicly.
( WATCH: President Obama's full remarks on Trayvon Martin)
When Obama has addressed race in the past — as when he described the subtle racism of his white grandmother during his famous Philadelphia address — the results have been memorable, emphatic and a rare window into his feelings about an issue that resonates deeply in his life.
Friday's remarks were more rushed and informal, but delved the same emotional depths: For one of the rare times since the publication of his memoirs 18 years ago yesterday, the president addressed what it felt like to be a black man in America, cycling through a list of experiences that shaped his world view – white people locking their doors, walking across the street, clutching their purses.
( Also on POLITICO: Obama's 10 most important lines)
Obama was prepared to address the issue during a round of rapid-fire interviews with Spanish language press on Tuesday — but to the astonishment of White House staff, Obama wasn't asked about it during two hours of round-robin questioning largely confined to immigration reform.
Still, that calibrated response wouldn't likely have gone nearly as far as the one he gave during his surprise appearance at the White House press room podium late Friday.
Obama was expected to make a relatively bland statement about the verdict. Instead, he went much further than staff expected, eliciting cheers and fist pumps from many aides, flabbergasted by his delayed personal response, when he declared, "Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago."
"He wasn't going to throw gasoline on the fire," said an Obama aide earlier this week when asked why the president — who had previously likened slain teenager Trayvon Martin to his son — had been largely mum since Zimmerman. "But you could tell he wanted to say something, he had to say something."
( Also on POLITICO: Al Sharpton: 'Historic moment')
Obama gathered a small group of senior aides Thursday night and told them that he wanted to address the case. He had watched the reaction to the verdict throughout the week and discussed it with friends and family, a White House aide said.
The president didn't want any media build-up to the remarks — and he preferred a less formal setting — so they decided he would surprise the White House press corps during the daily briefing, the aide said. Obama brought only an index card of handwritten notes to the podium and spoke largely off the cuff, the aide said.
Obama's staff felt it was one of the most powerful moments of his presidency. Martin's parents applauded the president in a statement Friday.
"What touches people is that our son, Trayvon Benjamin Martin, could have been their son," Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton said. "President Obama sees himself in Trayvon and identifies with him. This is a beautiful tribute to our boy."
( Also on POLITICO: Obama: 'Trayvon Martin could have been me')
A stickier issue is the Justice Department's decision to explore a potential civil rights case against Zimmerman, a move that came in the wake of an NAACP petition drive to bring charges against the 29-year-old former neighborhood watch volunteer.
Several administration sources over the past several days have questioned whether federal statute will cover the Martin incident, even as Obama personally anguished over the case.


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The United States is a funny place, full of self-contradictions. We know that science education is getting slammed, and has been for years. Yet in surveys (admittedly from a few years back) we also know that people love science news, and want to hear more about it. Many people understand that science has a big impact on their lives, but have a limited understanding of how science works, or even what it is.
And, of course, the past few years we've seen an unprecedented attack on it, both from government and from self-styled "think tanks" where thinking appears to be the last thing on their minds.
There's a clear need for us -- scientists, educators, hobbyists, and just plain old lovers of reality -- to do more to educate people. And more than that: we need to excite them. Science isn't just another topic to learn from a dusty book or a dry website, it's an aspect of the Universe itself to be experienced and to revel in.
Enter Understanding Science. It's a website designed to get people started in, well, understanding science. And as if they were sending a message straight to my heart, this is what they say about science:
Science is, in one sense, our knowledge of ... all the stuff that is in the universe: from the tiniest subatomic particles in a single atom of the metal in your computer's circuits, to the nuclear reactions that formed the immense ball of gas that is our sun, to the complex chemical interactions and electrical fluctuations within your own body that allow you to read and understand these words. But just as importantly, science is also a reliable process by which we learn about all that stuff in the universe. However, science is different from many other ways of learning because of the way it is done. Science relies on testing ideas with evidence gathered from the natural world.
The emphasis above is mine, because this is something I tell kids all the time. They think of science like a dictionary: a bunch of facts to memorize. But science is also the way we know those things. It's a method.
But it's far, far more than that. It's discovery, it's understanding, it's trying, it's thinking, it's asking, it's investigating, it's questioning, it's being clever, it's doubting, it's wondering, it's solving, it's uncovering, it's finding things out.
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Atlanta Falcons Takeaways From Last Week – June 27, 2016
One of the most underwritten aspects of the Atlanta Falcons' 2015 season was the disappearance of their running game in the second half of the season. It's going to be interesting to see how that potentially affects their upcoming 2016 campaign.
Through the first seven weeks of 2015, the Falcons were among the league's top rushing teams. They ranked second in the league with 907 rushing yards and also paced the league with 11 scores on the ground. Their second-ranked 208 rushing attempts through seven games also was indicative of their early-season success, as how many times teams run the ball is the rushing statistic that correlates best with winning.
However after that point the Falcons ground game ground to a halt. From Week Eight onward, no team in the NFL had less rushing yards than the Falcons. No team also scored less touchdowns on the ground as the Falcons managed just two scores over the final nine games of the regular season. Also the number of rush attempts fell to 25th most in the league over that span.
They were also among the league's most inefficient running the ball as well. After a healthy 10th-ranked 4.36 yards per carry through the first seven weeks of the season, that figure fell to 31st over the final nine games when the Falcons averaged just 3.28 yards per carry.
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Devonta Freeman rushed for 12 yards on 12 carries against the San Francisco 49ers in 2015
It is difficult to say what were the causes of this downshift in rushing fortunes. Certainly the injury to Devonta Freeman that occurred at the outset of the Week 11 game against the Indianapolis Colts played a factor into it. But it's hard to say that was the leading cause since Freeman's least productive game of the year came two weeks earlier against the San Francisco 49ers before the team's bye. That suggests that the downward trend may have already begun before Freeman was sidelined for the better part of two games.
Certainly the blocking must have played a factor in the team's rushing decline, although how much is hard to gauge. The tape shows that there were a more missed assignments. This is evidenced by the number of rushing plays that were stuffed for zero or negative yards.
Over the course of the first seven games, the Falcons were stuffed for no gain or negative yardage 35 times. That represents about one-sixth (16.8 percent) of their total rushing attempts over that span. Over the final nine games they were stuffed 60 times, which was over a quarter (28 percent) of their rushing attempts.
If that is attributed to poor blocking, then it seems that Freeman suffered worst from it. During the first seven weeks of the season, only 20 of Freeman's 131 rushes (15 percent) were stuffed. That figured doubled in the second half when 43 of his 134 rushes (32 percent) over the final nine games were stuffed.
Tevin Coleman didn't suffer the same fate with a slight improvement over the second half of the season. He was stuffed on 18 percent of his runs in the first seven games, but that figure slightly improved to 16 percent in the back nine. That is hardly a change at all, which suggests that if the blocking overall was the overriding cause then it should have affected both players somewhat equally.
Freeman Plagued by Negative Runs in Second Half of 2015
What is interesting upon a deeper dive into the numbers on that front is how it seemed to be that the poor blocking for Freeman seemed to kick in right after the first seven games.
During his first five starts from Weeks Three through Seven, Freeman was stuffed behind the line of scrimmage on just 13 of his 109 runs (12 percent). Within that span, there was no better rusher than Freeman in the league.
His 578 rushing yards were the most of any back in the league during that five-game span and his 5.3 yards per carry was the seventh highest among backs that had received at least 50 carries during that stretch of games. He also doubled the output in rushing touchdowns (eight) of the next best runner.
During that five-game stretch, in only one game did Freeman get stuffed on more than 20 percent of his runs. That came against the Houston Texans in Week Four when he was stuffed three times on 14 carries (21 percent). It makes sense given that Houston was without a doubt the best rushing defense Atlanta faced during that span, finishing the year ranked 10th in rushing yards allowed.
But starting in Week Eight against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Freeman saw an increase in the amount of runs that went for zero or negative yardage. He was stuffed six times on 21 carries (29 percent) and for each of his last six appearances thereafter besides the matchup against the Colts when he had only three carries, Freeman was stuffed on at least 24 percent of his rushing attempts.
The Bucs were also one of the league's better run defenses in 2015, finishing just behind the Texans in 11th place. It's also worth poiting out that the Falcons had two matchups against the fourth-ranked Carolina Panthers in the second half of the season, as well as the 15th-ranked Jacksonville Jaguars. So there is certainly some credence to the reality that the increased toughness of the opposing defenses probably played a part in the decline of their rushing attack.
But the same cannot be said of the 49ers and New Orleans Saints, who ranked 29th and 31st against the run respectively in 2015. Yet both teams were able to stuff Freeman a healthy amount of times, with the 49ers dropping him for a loss on five of 12 (42 percent) run plays and the Saints six of 25 times (24 percent).
It may be less an issue in terms of the quality of competition, but simply because opposing defenses were keying more effectively on Freeman as to explain the dip in his production.
After that five-game stretch in which he was the best running back in the entire league, perhaps teams realized how much of a threat he was and took more effort to stuffing the box to defend against him and seemingly their endeavors paid off.
Falcons' Ability to Run With Lead Also Declined in 2015
Another stat that is also somewhat indicative of opponents doing a better job keying on the Falcons rushing attack is looking at their rushing success in the second half when they held a lead.
The reason why rush attempts correlate best with overall success in the NFL is because teams that have leads are more prone to run the ball, in part to run out of the clock and salt away the game. Teams that are behind are much more prone to pass in order to score points quicker to overcome any scoring deficit.
The evidence of this is clear. Last year teams ran the ball 54 percent of the time in the second halves of games when they held a lead compared to just 45 percent of time in the first quarter regardless of score when teams are expected to "establish the run." And teams that hold leads in the second halves of games are much likelier to continue to hold that lead at the end of the game, and thus the relatively high correlation between wins and rush attempts.
When breaking down the Falcons second-half rushing success in the first seven games versus the last nine, one sees somewhat of a disparity.
Interestingly enough despite their 6-1 record to start the season, the Falcons ran a play from scrimmage with a second-half lead in just four of their first seven games. Combining the rushing totals of Freeman and Coleman, the Falcons averaged 4.04 yards on 54 carries and had a success rate of 46.3 percent on those second-half runs.
Over the final nine weeks, the Falcons managed a second-half lead in five games and Freeman and Coleman combined for 32 carries while averaging 2.72 yards with a success rate of 37.5 percent.
It's apparent that opponents over the last nine games in 2015 were much more effective at shutting down the Falcons running game when they knew it was coming.
Of course that raises question marks about offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan's play-calling and how much of a factor that played into the team's late-season rushing struggles.
Falcons Play-Calling May Have Been Less a Factor than Execution
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Kyle Shanahan
Given Shanahan's finite popularity, it would be easy to blame him or his predictable play-calling for the second-half collapse of the Falcons ground attack. Especially in lieu of the numbers that show teams were far more effective at putting the clamps on the Falcons defense when they knew they were going to run.
It's certainly fair to suggest that play-calling was a factor, but probably wasn't the most overwhelming factor. The predictability of play-calling is something that I believe is often overrated because NFL teams spend so much time during the practice week leading up to games on deciphering formations, tendencies and keys to the point that there is very little that a NFL defense doesn't see coming on Sundays.
The reason why a team is successful running the ball isn't because they completely caught their opponent off guard. That plays a part of it and certainly is a reason why a team like the New England Patriots utilize two tight ends in order to give them added flexibility to run or pass. But it's not as if New England was somehow the league's most dominant rushing team because of that reason. With a lead the second halves of games, they were fairly middling in terms of their rushing production in 2015.
In fact the teams that averaged the most yards per run with a second-half lead were the Minnesota Vikings (6.1), Seattle Seahawks (5.3), Arizona Cardinals (5.2) and St. Louis Rams (5.1). Those teams were successful because they were able to execute better than their opponents in those instances.
Not coincidentally, running backs Adrian Peterson (680 yards), Thomas Rawls (422) and Todd Gurley (421) were a big part of the reason why those teams executed so well since they paced the league with the most individual rushing yards in those instances. And the combination of Chris (324) and David Johnson (223) gave the Cardinals a big boost as well.
Powerful runners like Peterson, Rawls and Gurley are ideally suited to grind down opposing defenses in the second halves of games. Notably all three runners were atop the league in terms of big runs of 15 or more yards in the second half when their teams had leads, indicating their explosive ability to gash defenses for chunk yardage after wearing them down.
One wonders if a smaller, quicker "slasher" like Freeman possesses that same potential. If based off last year's rushing success the answer appears to be no.
Freeman was one of 21 rushers that ran the ball at least 50 times in 2015 when his respective team had a second-half lead and only two averaged less yards per carry than him. Freeman's 3.18 yards per carry in such situations only managed to outpace Rashad Jennings (3.02) and Frank Gore (2.93).
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Tevin Coleman
Coleman fared better in those situations, averaging 4.78 yards on 18 carries. But he only saw two extended opportunities with 15 of his carries coming in the season-opener against the Philadelphia Eagles and later in the Colts game when Freeman was sidelined with an injury. It's just not a big enough sample size to draw a strong conclusion one way or the other.
Yet there is at least some evidence based off that limited sample that perhaps the reason for Coleman's second-half success is due to his explosive speed tiring out opponents similar to runners like Peterson and Gurley. That is further evidenced when comparing Coleman and Freeman's success based off the quality of opponent.
Falcons 2015 Struggles Partially Due to Premium Competition
If one looks only at the games in which the Falcons faced a run defense that ranked among the top 16 in 2015, one sees a drop in production compared to other games against lesser fronts. The Falcons faced a top 16 run defense six times last year, squaring off against the Panthers and Buccaneers twice, as well as the Texans and Jaguars.
In those games, Freeman and Coleman combined to average 3.59 yards per carry and had a success rate of 42.1 percent. But Freeman averaged 3.44 yards per carry with a success rate of 38 percent versus Coleman's 4.77-yard average and 77 percent success rate. To be fair to Freeman, Coleman only had 13 carries in those six games so it once again represents a very small sample size.
But in the 10 other games in which the Falcons faced run defenses that finished the year ranked 17th or lower, Freeman averaged 4.36 yards per carry and had a success rate of 51 percent. Coleman averaged 4.46 yards per carry and had a success rate of 43.2 percent. That led to a combined total which averaged 4.39 yards per carry for the two running backs and a combined success rate of 48.5 percent.
It's very shocking to see how big a drop-off in production that Freeman suffered against top defenses. The fact that his yards per carry nearly dropped a full yard and his success rate dropped 25 percent is shocking.
Disregarding the smaller sample size, Coleman didn't see any attrition against improved competition. One might conclude that Coleman's ability to gain yardage in larger chunks due to his explosive speed might prove more effective against quality run defenses. Explosive plays tend to be the best way to attack higher-caliber defenses.
Yet at least in 2015, there were legit concerns over whether Freeman could succeed not only against stacked fronts but also quality run defenses. That problem is only likely to grow in 2016.
Falcons To Face Much Stiffer Competition in 2016
The Falcons will add three more games against Top 16 run defenses this upcoming season based off last year's rankings. In fact the team will face four of the league's five best run defenses from a year ago, including the top-ranked Seahawks, third-ranked Denver Broncos, fourth-ranked Panthers and fifth-ranked Cardinals.
The Kansas City Chiefs (eighth ranked), Buccaneers (11th) and Oakland Raiders (13th) round out their oppeontns from the top 16. Another team that is worth mentioning is the Los Angeles (née St. Louis) Rams, who finished 20th in run defense last year if measured by yards, but managed a seventh place finish based off Football Outsiders' DVOA efficiency metric.
It's clear the Falcons are going to be poised to face a lot more tougher fronts this year. Three or four extra games against opponents that know how to effectively defend the run could be problematic, particularly if the Falcons run game doesn't show a marked improvement in their ability to run against stacked fronts.
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Alex Mack
That's where the addition of center Alex Mack in free agency as well as the expectation that the increased cohesion from the rest of the offensive line after spending another year working together comes into play. That should help reduce the number of negative plays that became rampant over the last nine weeks of 2015.
Throw in the potential that Coleman should have an increased role as well, and there is hope. Last year Coleman wasn't much affected neither by the quality of opponent nor the predictability of the run in the second halves of games on a limited sample. If that proves to remain the same with increased reps in 2016, then that too will play into expectations that the Falcons running game will have marked improvement this upcoming season.
But there are still lingering question in regards to Freeman. He'll have to show increased production this upcoming season when asked to salt away games in the second half as well as proving he can hold his own against premium competition.
If he doesn't, then it doesn't necessarily diminish his value to the team because we already know that at his best Freeman can be one of the league's most effective runners. But it does indicate that he might not quite be the true "workhorse" back that other top runners around the league are.
Not measuring up to the likes of Peterson and Gurley is by no means a crime. But it does raise concerns over whether or not the true cause of the Falcons' second-half rushing collapse in 2015 was because they were missing a key component in their backfield.
That component potentially being a runner that can "grind" the tough yards and wear down opponents. Alfred Morris performed that function during Shanahan's days with the Washington Redskins and someone has to emerge to do the same in Atlanta.
Coleman Might Play a Larger Role to Help Sustain Falcons Run Game
If Coleman cannot step up and help fill that void this upcoming season, that is going to be something that the Falcons have to consider acquiring headed into 2017. At this point, it seems doubtful such an acquisition would have a major impact on Freeman's value with the team in the future, but it definitely could affect Coleman's future.
Such a runner could potentially surpass Coleman as the team's go-to second option behind Freeman. That's why it's not a huge stretch to suggest that 2016 could be a make-or-break season for the second-year runner in Coleman.
If Coleman doesn't step up and prove himself a valuable commodity in some capacity to the team this year, then there's reason to believe that the team's 2015 third-round draft choice could be supplanted in the lineup in the near future.
As things sit today, it's impossible to see with any clarity on how the situation plays out for either Coleman or Freeman in 2016.
Ultimately the root causes of the Falcons' struggles to run the ball in the second half of 2015 still aren't exactly known. As opposed to one primary factor, it probably came as a result of several including Freeman's injury and running style, limited usage of Coleman, declining offensive line play, increased level of opposing competition and questionable play-calling.
But one thing is definitely known in that the Falcons have to be more consistent and effective running the ball against a much tougher slate of opponents this year, else there will be consequences. What those consequences are, only time will tell.
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CIGARETTES may contain traces of pig's blood, an Australian academic says with a warning that religious groups could find its undisclosed presence "very offensive".
University of Sydney Professor Simon Chapman points to recent Dutch research which identified 185 different industrial uses of a pig – including the use of its haemoglobin in cigarette filters.
Prof Chapman said the research offered an insight into the otherwise secretive world of cigarette manufacture, and it was likely to raise concerns for devout Muslims and Jews.
Religious texts at the core of both of these faiths specifically ban the consumption of pork.
"I think that there would be some particularly devout groups who would find the idea that there were pig products in cigarettes to be very offensive," Prof Chapman said today.
"The Jewish community certainly takes these matters extremely seriously and the Islamic community certainly do as well, as would many vegetarians.
"It just puts into hard relief the problem that the tobacco industry is not required to declare the ingredients of cigarettes … they say 'that's our business' and a trade secret."
The Dutch research found pig haemoglobin – a blood protein – was being used to make cigarette filters more effective at trapping harmful chemicals before they could enter a smoker's lungs.
Prof Chapman said while tobacco companies had moved voluntarily list the contents of their products on their websites, they also noted undisclosed "processing aids … that are not significantly present in, and do not functionally affect, the finished product".
This catch-all term hid from public view an array of chemicals and other substances used in the making of tobacco products, he said.
At least one cigarette brand sold in Greece was confirmed as using pig haemoglobin in its processes, Prof Chapman said, and the status of smokes sold was unknown.
"If you're a smoker and you're of Islamic or Jewish faith then you'd probably would want to know and there is no way of finding out," Prof Chapman said.
The Sydney office of British American Tobacco Australia was contacted by AAP.
A spokeswoman said a comment would be provided although it was not immediately available.
from: Daily Telegraph