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John Kearse thought he'd made a hit. It was January 2003 and Kearse, then a copy writer at Boston advertising agency Arnold Worldwide, had helped design Monster.com's ad spot for the upcoming Super Bowl.
In the humorous commercial, an unmanned 18-wheeler tore through a corn field and blew up a gas station while an unemployed truck driver sat in a diner. "Somewhere a trucking company needs a driver," a narrator said. "Somewhere a driver needs a job. That's where we come in."
"It was fun," recalled Kearse, now Arnold's creative director. "But ultimately that ended up helping us lose the account."
In an unexpected turn, Monster, which had paid more than $2 million for 30 seconds of air time, came under fire from trucking unions that accused the company of stoking fears about tractor-trailer highway safety. Kearse and his team at Arnold, the brains behind three straight Super Bowl ads for the online recruiting service, were summarily dumped by Monster.
Welcome to the high-stakes world of Super Bowl ad making, where clients spend millions and expect miracles, viewers demand entertainment that rivals the big game itself, and the slightest miscalculation can get you fired.
"There's a tremendous amount of pressure to make the client happy, and it feels like your job is riding on it," said Lance Jensen, chief creative officer at Boston marketing firm Hill Holliday. "They kind of look you in the eye, like 'Don't mess this up.' "
This year, the pressure is as high as ever. A 30-second spot on CBS's broadcast of Super Bowl XLVII costs a record $3.8 million — by far television's most expensive half-minute — and the verdict on every ad will be rendered almost instantaneously via social media.
For advertisers, the Super Bowl is an opportunity to reach the biggest television audience of the year — one that actually wants to watch ads. Last year's game between the New England Patriots and New York Giants was seen by 111 million people, according to Nielsen Media Research.
Super Bowl commercials have become such a pop culture sensation that half of all game viewers will rewatch ads online, and 40 percent will share their favorites with friends on social networks, according to a survey by Venables Bell & Partners, an ad agency in San Francisco that is making a spot for Audi this year.
The lineup of advertisers for this year's Super Bowl includes mostly familiar corporate names, such as Anheuser-Busch, Coca-Cola, Disney, and Volkswagen, whose commercial already is available online and drawing some charges of racism. The ad stars a white man from Minnesota speaking with a Jamaican accent, trying to cheer up his somber office colleagues.
For now, Los Angeles marketing agency Deutsch LA, which made the spot, appears to be safe from the ax that fell on Arnold after the runaway truck ad 10 years ago. Jamaica's minister of tourism has declared the spot inoffensive, and Volkswagen is standing by the commercial, saying it has no plan to pull it.
Then again, Kearse noted that Monster listened to some pregame grumbling from trucking groups that had heard about the Arnold ad, aired it anyway, then dropped the agency when the outcry grew louder after the Super Bowl.
A few lesser-known companies are using the Super Bowl stage to raise their profiles. Newcomers include MiO liquid water flavoring and SodaStream, maker of a homemade soft drink system, which already has made headlines because CBS rejected its original ad knocking Pepsi and Coke.
Opportunities to make Super Bowl commercials are rare. Boston's ad agencies, like the hometown Patriots, won't be part of this Super Sunday, but they have conceived some of the most memorable commercials of the last 15 years.
Hill Holliday made two classic Super Bowl ads for Budweiser in 2002 and 2003. The first depicted the beer maker's iconic Clydesdale horses bowing to the New York City skyline in a tribute to victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The second featured the Clydesdales in a football game, with a zebra reviewing a close call in a replay booth.
Another Monster.com ad, from Mullen, consistently makes the list when critics rank the best Super Bowl commercials of all time. "When I Grow Up," for the Super Bowl in 1999, featured children sharing uninspiring career goals.
"When I grow up, I want to file all day," a boy began. Another added, "I want to claw my way up to middle management," and a third said, "I want to be a yes man." At the end, onscreen text asked viewers, "What did you want to be?"
The ad touched a nerve in every adult with a dream deferred, said Bruce Gold, Mullen's senior vice president and group account director.
"It wasn't about the number of listings on the site or how easy it is to use," said Gold, part of the creative team that designed the spot. "It was more emotional. 'What did you want to be?' You still have the opportunity, through Monster."
Making the commercial was the advertising equivalent of running a two-minute drill in football. Super Bowl ads are often developed over many months, but Gold recalled that Monster.com, still a fledgling company at the time, asked Mullen to pitch ad ideas in November 1998, just two months before the big game.
Monster had dropped about $1.6 million on a 30-second spot before hearing pitches and expected to be wowed by a proposal that would launch the job site to national prominence.
"There was tremendous pressure because of the money at risk," Gold said. "It was sort of their introduction to the public, and it was basically their entire ad budget."
Monster executives picked "When I Grow Up" from what Gold described as a "wide variety of ads." Only weeks before kickoff, a film crew traveled to New York, Louisiana, and Minnesota to shoot the commercial.
The ad-making process was less hurried but no less challenging for Jensen when General Motors tapped Modernista, the now-defunct Boston ad agency Jensen cofounded before joining Hill Holliday, to create a minute-long Hummer ad for the Super Bowl in 2006. Jensen's team conducted extensive market research and came to a discouraging conclusion: A lot of consumers did not like Hummer.
"Hummer was very polarizing because of the growing focus on gas mileage," Jensen said. "We realized we were facing an uphill battle, so we had to try hard to be very disarming and charming."
Modernista drew laughs with a lighthearted spot in which a Godzilla-like creature fell in love with a giant robot and gave birth to an H3.
When the Super Bowl is over, ad makers will turn their attention to the Feb. 24 Academy Awards, an event some in the industry call the "female Super Bowl," Kearse said. But even with a hefty price tag of $1.7 million for a 30-second spot, ads during the Oscars still cost less than half of what they do during the Super Bowl, and the spotlight is much smaller.
There are other major advertising events, like the Final Four and the Olympics, but "nothing is like the Super Bowl," Kearse said. "Nobody's tuning in to watch the ads during the Olympics."
Callum Borchers can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @callumborchers.


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The drilling crew at a Chesapeake well site in Louisiana was "injecting fluids at high pressure to break down the shale and release natural gas," when some cattle ingested the fluid and died. 19 of the cattle died.
That sure sounds a lot like hydraulic fracturing. In 2005, at the urging of Dick Cheney, former Halliburton CEO, Congress exempt fracing from the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) as part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. It's way past time to repeal that exemption! I'll have a link up later to resolutions your group, municipality, county, etc. can adopt asking our legislature to remove the exemption.
But, there's no need to worry because the industry tells us that hydraulic fracturing is perfectly safe and never, ever contaminates any water and it's really precise except for when it's imprecise.
UPDATE: First person account HERE. I got word that the death toll is now up to 30 but that's unconfirmed.
in a pasture next to a Chesapeake Energy Corp. drilling site in Caddo Parish. (Jim Hudelson/The Times)
DEQ: 'Nobody is owning up to it'
DuBose said he and Canady captured on video a yellowish-green substance that was spewing into the air and falling onto the ground. Caddo deputies also said a yellowish-green substance was covering the ground and a Chesapeake employee said it was a chemical used in the fracing process.
19 head of cattle die near north La. gas well
...investigators found white, milky puddles here and there both on the well site and in a 400 square-yard area just inside the pasture.News video available HERE
The livestock died Tuesday near rain puddles in their pasture, said a Caddo Parish sheriff's spokeswoman, Cindy Chadwick. Local residents reported the cattle were foaming at the mouth, bellowing and had bleeding tongues.
"The cows' tongues hanging, bleeding off front and back, foaming at the mouth and bellowing" she said.
William Dubose said he captured video of yellowish-green fumes that smelled like a combination of antifreeze and petrochemical.
Antifreeze just happens to be one of the chemicals in frack fluid.
Frac Water Chemicals Chemical Components (From MSDS)
This is not an isolated case. One of the Wise County Commissioners lost a calf because it got in a spill on his land, in Freestone County several cattle died so the gas company paid the owner and hushed him up. There are many such cases if you dig around a little bit.
If it does that to cattle, imagine what will happen to people. Oh, HERE's what.
Scientists studying residents living in a 1970s era housing development built atop a retired oil field waste pit found an extraordinarily high incidence of lupus, an autoimmune disease. Researchers calculated that the rate was 30 to 99 times higher in people living in this six-block area of Hobbs, NM, than what would be expected in the general population.Drink up! Eat up!
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Given the amount of "noise" being generated out of Marvel Studios lately, their rivals at DC Comics – at least on the film side of the industry – have been quiet. Oh, sure, they have Zack Snyder's Batman-Superman team up on track for 2015, and that's been producing sporadic bubbles of gossip and hearsay involving cameos and/or costume designs. But from an outsider's perspective, it doesn't look like DC is doing much to keep up with the Phases and Netflix deals being signed at Marvel.
Leave it to an "insider," then, to confirm that Warner Bros. and DC are deep into their own discussions and developments to keep pace with Marvel – with one of those projects being Guillermo Del Toro's long-in-development Justice League Dark. In an interview with Cinefilos.ir (and picked up by ComingSoon), Del Toro went on the record to say that he's still in active development on the project, and that it's one small piece of a very large "DC universe." Oh, why don't I let him explain it:
"We're still on [Justice League Dark], writing, and hopefully it will happen but there are no developments that are new. We're still at Warner Bros., they are making plans for the entire DC universe. All the superheroes, all the mythologies, and part of that is Justice League Dark. They're planning on TV, movies, and all the media, so we have to fit into that plan."
Wow. It's a snippet of a conversation, but if Del Toro knows what he's talking about (and there's no reason to believe that he doesn't), the Warner Bros. and DC really are making moves behind the scenes to mirror the expanding strategies of Marvel Studios. Del Toro mentions movies and TV. Does that mean lesser-known members of the JLA could develop their own TV programs, like Arrow or Smallville? And where will Justice League Dark fit in?
For those who might not know, Dark started in 2011, and was an alternate team to the classic JLA that consisted of supernatural heroes like John Constantine, Madame Xanadu, Deadman, Shade, the Changing Man and Zatanna. They dealt with supernatural, bizarre cases that were outside the realm of the normal JLA. And given Del Toro's cinematic track record with creature features like Pan's Labyrinth or the Hellboy movies, you can understand why he's an ideal fit to bring a movie adaptation of the book to the big screen.
Now, I don't believe it makes sense to introduce the JLD before a Justice League of America has been established. And maybe that's what Snyder is hoping to do with his Batman-Superman movie … especially if those Wonder Woman rumors are true. But once the JLA is set, expect Warner/DC to put the foot on the gas, meaning Del Toro and his team will need to be ready to plunge into production.


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With so many games having playoff implications this week, we didn't expect to be writing much about Sunday's Oakland Raiders-Carolina Panthers matchup.
We also didn't expect quarterback Cam Newton to lose his cool on multiple occasions.
Early in the Panthers' 17-6 win, Newton was seen kicking Raiders defensive tackle Tommy Kelly. We'd guess that Newton felt like Kelly was not letting go of him quickly enough. Kelly wound up being penalized on the play for pushing Newton after the kick.
"I was trying to get up," Newton said. "... Nothing good happens when you're at the bottom of a pile. With me looking at the replay, I realize it looked like I kicked him, but I was just trying to get up as fast as I could and get to the next play. He fell a certain type of way, then he put his hands in my face."
That moment wasn't so egregious, but Newton will receive more criticism for his behavior late in the game. Newton made contact with official Jerome Boger after being taken down hard after a fourth-quarter throw. Newton was looking for a flag and yelled at Boger while getting in his face.
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The contact wasn't huge, but it certainly warranted the 15-yard unsportsmanlike-conduct penalty that Boger called on Newton. Even Boger said after the game it wasn't a big deal, noting that he didn't eject Newton because the bump wasn't "of a malicious nature."
But a fine is likely to follow for Newton. He apologized after the game and said he already had apologized to Boger.
The second-year pro has played well during Carolina's latest 4-2 stretch, but moments like this show he still must do a better job controlling his emotions.
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The place name literally means "farmstead or village of a man called Ingjaldr," from the Old Scandinavian (Viking) personal name + "by." [3]CITATION[CLOSE]
Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
Sir Roger de Ingoldsby, founder of the family was lord of the parish of Ingoldsby in 1230. [4]CITATION[CLOSE]
Lowe, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print. The township of Moorhouse in Durham held a special significance to the family. " In the seventeenth century this township was the seat, in succession, of the families of Ingleby and Roper." [1]CITATION[CLOSE]
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
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Some of you may simply want to know what distinguishes a symphony from a sonata, or what makes music "modern," or what a conductor does to get an orchestra to play like that. Others may be simply looking for encouragement to venture outside their classical comfort zone.
The following sampler of recommended fall classical concerts is here to help. Some events promise to educate, others to stimulate. All promise a high level of artistic return. May you emerge from some or all of them realizing that it's not how much you know about Bach and Beethoven that counts, but how open your ears and mind are to the musical experience.
Beethoven Festival — Revolution 2012: Here's your chance to roll over a huge amount of Beethoven, plus a great deal of other genre-busting music (would you believe Beatles arrangements and a grand finale jam with the Ernest Dawkins and Jimmy Burns bands?). For its second annual salute to Ludwig van B., the International Beethoven Project is presenting more than 60 concerts in nine days, featuring some of the cream of local musicians, along with such celebrated guests as violinist James Ehnes, pianists Charles Rosen and HJ Lim and ensembles ranging from the Lincoln Trio to Ensemble Dal Niente. A $30 pass gets you into one days of events; a $350 VIP pass gives you admittance to everything. Saturday-Sept. 16 at National Pastime Theater, 941 W. Lawrence Ave.; internationalbeethovenproject.com
Music in the Loft: The series, celebrating its 20th anniversary, is one of the best places in town to spot gifted young musicians on their way up. The season's lineup of chamber music will bring new faces and old and a new downtown location for concerts. Kicking things off Sept. 15-16 will be star alumni, the Pacifica Quartet and clarinetist Anthony McGill. The 20th-anniversary concert Nov. 9 will include resident composer Lita Grier's "Elegy," written in memory of the series' late founder and director, Fredda Hyman. Suite 801, Fine Arts Building, 410 S. Michigan Ave.; $25, $10 for students; 312-919-5030, musicintheloft.org
Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: This free weekly noontime showcase for gifted under-30 artists remains the best classical value around. No wonder Preston Bradley Hall is invariably packed each Wednesday afternoon. The series will celebrate its 35th anniversary Sept. 26 with a performance by violist Richard Young, oboist Alex Klein and pianist Kuang-Hao Huang. Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St.; 312-670-6888, imfchicago.org
International Contemporary Ensemble: As part of the season-long Museum of Contemporary Art exhibition "MCA DNA: John Cage," the museum's resident ensemble will explore the music and relationship of Cage (whose 100th birthday is being widely celebrated this year) and another influential master of the 20th-century avant-garde, Pierre Boulez. Oct. 6 at the MCA, 220 E. Chicago Ave.; $28; 312-397-4010, mcachicago.org
Baroque Band: Chicago's intrepid period-instrument orchestra launches its sixth season with a program featuring its newly created Baroque Band Choral Ensemble. Concerts include music from the English Chapel Royal by Purcell, Blow and Handel. Oct. 19-24; various locations; $35, $30 for seniors, $15 for students; 312-235-2368, baroqueband.org
Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra: The highly regarded young Austrian conductor David Danzmayr directs his first concerts as the orchestra's new music director. The program includes two classical favorites, Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony and Rodrigo's "Concierto de Aranjuez." Ana Vidovic is the guitar soloist. Nov. 10-11 at Lincoln-Way North Performing Arts Center, 19900 S. Harlem Ave., Frankfort; $35-$55; 708-481-7774, ipomusic.org
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My first job was in retail. I remember the stresses placed on my boss to deal with employees who were lazy or hung-over or unmotivated, or any combination of the above. I worked with people who were barely into their teenage years and people who were so far beyond retirement age it was just sad. We had Saturdays when no one was coming in and then suddenly at 3PM we were overwhelmed.
How can Wal-Mart expect its employees by and large to be that on top of things? How can it expect managers to cope?
I know it was the setup for the gag, but as far as I'm concerned, Wal-mart is second only to McDonald's in setting up consumer expectations that aren't met. And something like this just makes it worse. Just my 2 cents.
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Russian meteor likely unconnected to asteroid flyby
A 150-foot asteroid is set to fly past Earth today. NASA says the asteroid will come within 17,150 miles of the earth, which is closer than many communications and weather satellites. (Feb. 15) AP
More than 500 people are injured, reports say.
A Russian meteor blast that has reportedly injured more than 500 people appears unconnected to the flyby Friday of an asteroid passing close to Earth, according to astronomers.
The 13-story-size asteroid, 2012 DA14, passes within 17,100 miles of Earth around 2:24 p.m. ET on Friday before heading off into space. The Russian meteor, likely likely about 49 feet wide and travelling at 40,000 miles-per-hour, struck Russia's Chelyabinsk region, about 900 miles east of Moscow late Thursday, according to news reports.
"The Earth travels about a million miles in a day and these are two events separated by almost 24 hours, so it is unlikely they are connected," says asteroid expert Richard Binzel of MIT. Meteors the size of the Russian one hit Earth every century or so, according to Paul Chodas of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., who notedg that the last such blast happened over Siberia in 1908. "We just have the incredible coincidence of this happening just before the asteroid flies by," Binzel says.
MORE: What would happen if a meteorite hit a big city?
Further, the Russian meteor landed in the Northern hemisphere while Asteroid 2012 DA14 is approaching from the direction of the South Pole, arguing against a connection. The damage in Chelyabinsk, reportedly broken windows, was caused by the air pressure wave created when the meteor zoomed into the Earth's atmosphere and broke up more than 12 miles high above Russia.
"It's nice of Nature to give us the full spectrum of possibilities," Binzel says. Astronomers will want to recover whatever pieces of the Russian meteor remain for study in the lab. The space rocks are thought to be leftovers from the era of the Earth's formation.
Update: At a briefing on Friday, Bill Cooke of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., said the Russian meteor was essentially undetectable before its impact because of its relatively small size and because it was hurtling toward our planet from a sun-facing direction. That means Earth-based telescopes couldn't see it. "Telescope work at night, not during the day," Cook said.


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All the cool ladies are now using their chests to show support for their favorite college sports. It all started with Tiffany, a University of Kansas supporter who tweeted a shot of her Jayhawk-adorned boobs to "give a little boost" to her struggling team.
And it worked! We always knew boobs had magical powers.
Soon after, the Twitter account @KUboobs popped up, along with about a dozen other accounts dedicated to other colleges—@UF_Boobs, @arkboobs, and @bamaboobs, just to name a few.
Yay, boobs!
But, this whole thing just leaves us feeling a little… unsatisfied. We see boobs all. the. time. Since, you know, we have them.
It's about time that guys return the favor and start a Twitter account dedicated to their sexy butts—or, even better, bulges.
You don't even have to get naked—butts look good in anything cough sports uniforms cough.
C'mon boys, show us what you've got!
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Yes, it's two game posts in a row. My knitting isn't going well, so you all have to suffer the consequences. Besides, I realized when I mentioned Shock last week, that many people may not have heard of it (or indeed most, as like most Indie RPGs it has far too small an audience compared to the big dogs). This is my attempt to hopefully let even one more person know this exceptional game is out there.
Superlatives actually fail. I say things like exceptional or best or incredible far too often around here, and that weakens their sting. If I ever meant the words before, I mean them here – Shock: Social Science Fiction is the hands-down best SF rpg ever written. The reason why is simple – most SF games concentrate on the bang-zoom factor, the spaceships and laser guns and everything else. Shock turns that on its head by concentrating on the social issues the technology brings. Players choose a single "Shock" – the big SF thing that makes the world most different from now – and then each proposes an issue (often ripped from the headlines or science section of the paper) to be one of the issues explored in the game.
For example, if Ridley Scott's Blade Runner were a Shock game, the Shock would likely be "Near-/Super- Human Replicants" while the issues might be "Nature of Humanity," "Slavery" and "Fallibility/malleability of memory".
Each player creates three characters , their primary character, and two minor characters (the ally of one player and the antagonist of another). Further, each of the primary characters is tied to a specific issue (so Roy Batty might be tied to "Nature of Humanity" or "Slavery" for example) guaranteeing that the issues get explored in that character's scenes.
If it sounds like heady stuff, it is. I've never played a happy game of Shock, but I have also never played a game of Shock that wasn't thought provoking and insightful. It plays like the greatest SF stories read, filled with fallible characters stumbling towards their own personal redemptions, against a backdrop that reflects their struggles rather than feeling divorced from it. If you are interested in a different RPG experience than the mainstream, I cannot recommend it enough.
PS – in pulling up the link for this, I learned that Shock: Human Contact has passed its Kickstarter goal and will be out in February. Suffice to say, I've already got mine ordered.


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Chris Collins is entering his fourth season as an assistant coach with the Bisons.
Collins played one year of baseball for Lipscomb head baseball coach Jeff Forehand at Trevecca Nazarene University. After his playing days were over, Collins spent four years as an assistant coach for Forehand working as a hitting instructor, outfield coach and a recruiting coordinator.
When Forehand left Trevecca in the summer of 2006 to become the head coach at Lipscomb, Collins stepped in as his replacement as the sixth head coach in the history of the school.
"Chris is not only an excellent baseball coach, but one of the finest Christian men that I know," Forehand said. "He brings knowledge, enthusiasm and energy to our team immediately. He will be able to help us take our program to another level."
In his two seasons as head coach at Trevecca in 2007 and 2008 Collins posted a record of 81-34-1. In two seasons in the TranSouth Athletic Conference he guided Trevecca to a 38-9 record and two conference championships. Trevecca also played in the NAIA Region XI Tournament both seasons.
Collins earned numerous awards at Trevecca. He was named both the TranSouth and Region XI Coach of the Year in 2007. He also directed Trevecca to No. 4 nationally in the NAIA, the highest ranking ever for the team in 2007.
According to the Trevecca athletic department web site, Collins produced two All-Americans, one honorable mention All-American, one NAIA Scholar-Athlete, ten NAIA Region XI first team selections, one Region XI Player of the Year, three NAIA Region XI Rawlings Gold Glove award winners, one TranSouth Player of the Year, 12 TranSouth First and seven Second Team selections, four TranSouth Rawlings Gold Glove Award winners, and 11 TranSouth Scholar-Athlete Award winners in his two seasons.
"This is an opportunity to be part of what looks to be a resurrection of sorts of Lipscomb athletics across the board and especially with baseball,"Collins said. "It was such a high-caliber program in the NAIA years ago. Obviously, the school is trying to create the same kind of legacy and tradition in the NCAA."
Collins played for the University of New Mexico and South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, Ariz., before finishing his collegiate career at Trevecca.
Collins was a standout player for Trevecca before becoming an assistant coach. His best season was in 2002 as a senior when he batted .412, leading the TranSouth in home runs with 20. He also drove in 51 runs. He received All-TranSouth and NAIA Region XI First Team. He earned honorable mention All-American.
Collins points to his longtime association with Forehand as the most positive aspect of their working relationship.
"The No. 1 attribute that an assistant coach needs to have is to be able to anticipate what the head coach wants," said Collins. "As a player under Jeff I realized pretty early that we think along the same thought pattern a great deal of the time."
"I feel like as an assistant coach I can do what Jeff wants and do it the way he wants it done. I think from a professional standpoint that typifies our working relationship."
Collins graduated with a degree in communications from Trevecca in 2002, and completed his Masters in Science of Management degree from Trevecca in 2004.
Chris and his wife Sharon reside in Nashville, and have a son Cason and a daughter Kaylyn.


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What does the number 400 have to do with tuna? Thoughts on World Tuna Day
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A week ago, the world's CO2 concentration in the atmosphere just breached the 400 parts per million level for the first time in the history of mankind. What does this number mean to tuna—to our seafood?A week ago, the world's CO2 concentration in the atmosphere just breached the 400 parts per million level for the first time in the history of mankind.
It dampened my enthusiasm to celebrate the World Tuna Day (May 2) even though this event has seen two large tuna fisheries get MSC certified for two consecutive years.
Crossing the 400 threshold means nothing for many of us because the impacts of CO2 from 350 to 400 cannot be felt. It is a level set by science as a target limit for us to reduce and eventually reverse further increase in CO2 without much social and economic cost. Allowing CO2 to breach this level means that it will be harder and much more expensive for us to bring down CO2 levels without compromising life, property, and health. The last geologic time when we had CO2 levels this high was some 2 million years ago!
What does this number mean to tuna—to our seafood?
The temperature of the earth the last time CO2 levels were this high was inhabitable for any life form. Because our oceans absorb much of the CO2, our seas are expected to become acidic—a condition that could weaken, if not dissolve, the fragile skeletons of many marine organisms, and consequently turn the marine ecosystem into a lifeless sea.
And how will tuna be affected? As the seas become warmer, tropical tuna will invade what are today cooler climates. There is growing scientific evidence that skipjack tuna move eastward from the Western Pacific during episodes of warmer seas. This means that fishers in the Western Pacific Ocean could probably lose their fish, bringing economic dislocation to fishers and countries dependent on this seafood.
This change in ocean temperature could likewise affect the availability of food for newly-spawned tuna. Food sources for baby tuna may either shift to other areas or even die. This could ultimately weaken the future replenishment of tuna stocks.
For fishers, extreme weather is expected, compromising their ability to go out and fish safely at sea.
So what can we do?
We need to build a robust population of tuna stocks (called resiliency) to overcome such oceanic perturbations and perhaps buy time for tuna to adapt to these changes by applying better tuna management practices.
For us consumers, this means raising a louder voice to call on our governments to put in measures to rebuild tuna stocks—measures that should have been put in place a long time ago. Perhaps, this increase in CO2 levels would prove to be enough reason to realize this call.
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The EMBO Meeting 2012 is coming to Nice
HEIDELBERG, 16 July 2012 – What determines the rate of ageing and how can we live longer? How do cells grow and divide? What new species have been recently discovered in the depths of the ocean? These are some of the questions scientists will attempt to answer at The EMBO Meeting to be held in Nice, France, on 22-25 September.
This year more than 1500 scientists from around the world will gather to listen to more than 100 leading researchers talk about the latest developments from across the life sciences.
Journalists, science writers and science bloggers are welcome to participate at the conference, including attendance at the scientific lectures, concurrent sessions and poster sessions. Online press registration and more information for journalists are available at: http://2012.the-embo-meeting.org/press.html.
Confirmed keynote speakers and special lecturer include:
Paul Nurse, 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and Légion d'honneur 2003: Controlling the cell cycle
Linda Partridge, Director of the University College London Institute of Healthy Ageing, and founding director of the new Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing in Cologne: Nutrient-sensing pathways and ageing
Eric Karsenti, Project co-director of TARA OCEANS, Group Leader and Senior Scientist at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), and sailor extraordinaire: A forgotten world: The living ocean
Three press events are planned with the keynote speakers:
Meet the press with Paul Nurse: How do cells grow and divide? Sunday 23 September, 11.00 am-12 noon.
Meet the press with Eric Karsenti: TARA OCEANS: New species from the depths of the ocean. Monday 24 September, 10.00-11.00 am
Meet the press with Linda Partridge: Putting the brakes on ageing. Monday 24 September, 11.00 am-12 noon.
Explore the full programme online at www.the-embo-meeting.org. The Abstract Book will be available online to registered participants and journalists two weeks before the conference starts. Interview opportunities can be arranged prior to the conference or onsite, beginning on Saturday evening after the opening address.
The EMBO Meeting is an annual conference that offers a forum for the exchange of scientific ideas on topics covering the entire range of the life sciences. Now in its fourth year, the conference attracts around 1500 participants from Europe and worldwide. Scientific delegates include principle investigators, postdoctoral researchers and students. Policy makers, editors, career advisors, journalists, science bloggers and industry representatives figure strongly among the participant list.
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Entertaining: Wedding China Redo
Event planner Rachel Hollis gives new life to old wedding china
Recipes for this story
Strawberry & Spring Onion Salad
Rosemary Lamb Chops
Lemon-Thyme Sorbet with Lemon-Coconut Cookies
When making wedding preparations, brides often go with classic white. Not only for the dress, but for their wedding china, too. But as their design preferences evolve, so do their personal styles. As a result, their white dinnerware may be retired to the back of the cabinet just as the wedding dress is relegated to the back of the closet.
Los Angeles event planner Rachel Hollis, shown above, was asked by friends to update the white china they chose at the time of their wedding. Things have changed--the couple now has three grown children and different tastes. For a family gathering, Rachel surrounded the pretty but simple china with table linens in a warm palette and complemented it with patterned service plates, creating an interesting layered and up-to-date ensemble.
"I often find that my clients stop using their wedding china altogether because their tastes change, which is sad--it's such an important part of family history," says Rachel. "But it's simple to pair existing china, especially if it's white, with accent plates and chargers to make it more current."
For this occasion, Rachel chose service plates in a paisley pattern made up of tiny mosaic-like squares of snappy turquoise, burgundy, yellow, and burnt orange.
The service plates inspired the new linens. Together, they're not overly matchy, but they come from the same color family. A runner in a large floral pattern layers over a rich burgundy tablecloth. Linen napkins in turquoise pull another color from the service plates. Each napkin is gathered at its center by a simple hammered-brass napkin ring.
As a nod to the past, Rachel used Waterford's "Lismore" pattern water glasses, a classic for brides since 1952. But she also used gold-flecked Murano wineglasses and champagne flutes to add sparkle.
"There's no need to keep old things in a box because they don't fit your design sensibilities anymore," says Rachel. "Everything can be repurposed or given new life if you use your imagination."
Photography: Dominique Vorillon
"Berber" linen table runner and "Brera Alta" linen napkins; fabric through Osborne & Little (osborneandlittle.com). Vino cotton tablecloth in "Ascot"; fabric through Clarke & Clarke (888/861-0366).
"Classic" buffet plates; Villeroy & Boch (villeroy-boch.com). "Kirk Stieff Repoussé" sterling flatware; Lifetime Brands (silversuperstore.com). "Lismore" goblets; Waterford (waterfordwedgwood.com). Brass napkin rings and Murano wineglasses and flutes; Tableart (323/653-8278).
Rachel pours champagne as Cindy Chapek shares a toast with her three children, who will dine on the transformed wedding china in its dinner debut.
Rustic iron lanterns from the homeowner's garden were moved inside for the centerpiece. Their weathered finish produces an interesting tension with the formality of the plates and glasses.
Instead of placecards at the head of each place setting, embossed cards with names hand-written in calligraphy from Orange Spot Pink Nose (orangespotpinknose.com) were tied to the back of each chair.
Rachel Hollis found the elements for the table's centerpiece on the homeowner's lemon and lime trees. The fresh fruit and leaves are colorful, cost-effective, and less fussy than a formal arrangement.
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Vanilla and poppy seed macarons from Bottega Louie (bottegalouie.com) were packaged in clear bags and tied with ribbon that matches the tablecloth as favors for all of the guests to enjoy.
Cindy Chapek's white wedding china, set against a background of teals, browns, and burgundies, shows off a simple-to-prepare spring luncheon with flavors as fresh as the table setting.
Strawberry & Spring Onion Salad
Rosemary Lamb Chops
Lemon-Thyme Sorbet with Lemon-Coconut Cookies
Shopping List
Check your pantry for these necessary items before shopping:
- Olive Oil (need 3 tablespoons)
- Dijon-style mustard (need 2 teaspoons)
- Salt
- Black pepper
- Sugar (need 1 cup plus a pinch)
- Flour (need 1 3/4 cups)
- Butter (need 1 cup plus 1 1/2 tablespoons)
- Eggs (need 1 large)
- 1 pound small strawberries
- 2 medium lemons (for zest and juice)
- 2 bunches green onions
- 1 bulb garlic (need 3 cloves)
- Mixed spring greens (about 5 to 6 ounces)
- 1 bunch fresh chives
- 1 bunch fresh dill
- 1 bunch rosemary
- 1 bunch lemon-thyme or thyme
- Champagne vinegar
- Balsamic vinegar
Baking aisle
- Confectioners' sugar (need 3 cups)
- 1 (12-ounce) package sweetened flaked coconut
- 18 baby lamb chops, separated and frenched (about 3 racks)
- Dry red wine for cooking
Strawberry & Spring Onion Salad
- 1 tablespoon champagne or white wine vinegar
- 2 teaspoons snipped fresh chives
- 2 teaspoons Dijon-style mustard
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon snipped fresh dill
- 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
- Pinch sugar
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 pound small strawberries, hulled and sliced 1/4-inch thick
- 2 bunches green onions, thinly sliced
- Mixed spring greens
In small bowl combine vinegar, chives, mustard, salt, dill, pepper, and sugar. Whisk in olive oil to form an emulsion.
In medium bowl combine strawberries and onions. Lightly toss strawberry mixture with enough dressing to coat. Lightly toss greens with enough dressing to coat. Top greens with strawberries; serve immediately. Serve remaining dressing on the side. Makes 4 to 6 servings.
Rosemary Lamb Chops
Ask the butcher to french and separate the chops to ensure even cuts. Serve the chops with mashed red-skin potatoes (cook skin-on for a heartier side dish) and steamed broccolini. Grill lemon slices along side the lamb chops to squeeze over broccolini.
- 18 baby lamb chops, cut about 1 inch thick (about 3 racks)
- 1-1/2 cups dry red wine
- 1/4 cup finely chopped fresh rosemary, divided
- 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- 3/4 teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1-1/2 tablespoons butter
Separate and trim fat from chops, if necessary. Place chops in self-sealing plastic bag set in shallow dish. Add wine, 3 tablespoons chopped rosemary, garlic, vinegar, pepper, and salt. Seal bag. Marinate in refrigerator 1 1/2 to 2 hours, turning bag occasionally. Drain chops, reserving marinade.
Heat grill pan over high heat. Grill lamb chops (in batches if necessary)--5 to 7 minutes for medium-rare doneness or 7 to 9 minutes for medium, turning once. (Or grill chops on rack of uncovered grill directly over medium coals until desired doneness, turning once halfway through grilling.) Season to taste with additional salt and pepper.
Meanwhile, place reserved marinade in small saucepan. Simmer, uncovered, over medium heat about 5 minutes or until reduced to 1/3 cup. Strain solids; return marinade to saucepan. Whisk in butter and remaining 1 tablespoon chopped rosemary; cook 1 minute. Serve with chops. Makes 6 servings (3 chops per person).
Lemon-Thyme Sorbet with Lemon-Coconut Cookies
This dessert is both crisp and cool. The lemon in the shortbread-style cookies complements the lemony herb-flavored sorbet.
Lemon-Thyme Sorbet:
- 3 cups water
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon snipped fresh lemon thyme or thyme
- 1 teaspoon finely shredded lemon peel
- 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
In small saucepan bring water and sugar to boil. Remove from heat; cool thoroughly. Cover and chill. Combine sugar syrup, thyme, peel, and juice in 9x9x2-inch glass baking dish. Cover; freeze 3 to 4 hours or until almost firm.
Break frozen mixture into small chunks. Transfer to chilled mixing bowl. Beat with electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy but not melted. Transfer to 4- to 6-cup freezer container; cover and freeze until firm.
To serve, let stand at room temperature 5 minutes before serving. Makes 9 (1/2-cup) servings.
Lemon-Coconut Cookies:
- 1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup sweetened flaked coconut
- 1 tablespoon grated lemon peel
- 2 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
- 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
- 1/3 cup sweetened flaked coconut
To make cookies preheat oven to 350°F. Grease 13x9-inch baking pan.
Combine flour and salt in medium bowl. In large bowl with electric mixer beat butter with 1 cup confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg. At low speed, gradually beat in flour mixture until blended. Stir in 1 cup coconut and lemon peel (batter will be thick). Spread in prepared pan. Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until deep, golden brown.
Make Lemon Glaze:
Immediately stir remaining 2 cups confectioners' sugar and lemon juice in medium bowl until smooth. Spread Lemon Glaze evenly over warm cookies. Sprinkle with 1/3 cup coconut. Cool completely. Cut into 1-inch triangles. Makes 5 dozen small cookies.


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Touré Neblett's ideological twin brother Ta-Nehisi Coates:
The American Case Against a Black Middle Class
I went on a Twitter rant yesterday because I'd finished Isabel Wilkerson's phenomenal The Warmth Of Other Suns. The book is a narrative history of the Great Migration through the eyes of actual migrants. Several points stick out for me.
1) The Great Migration was not an influx of illiterate, bedraggled, lazy have-nots. Wilkerson marshalls a wealth of social science data showing that the migrants were generally better educated than their Northern brethren, more likely to stay married, and more likely to stay employed. In fact, in some cases, black migrants were better educated than their Northern white neighbors.
2) In this sense, the migrants to Northern cities resembled immigrant classes to whom black people in these same cities are often unfavorably compared to. There's a quote in Wilkerson's book which I can't find where a supervisor basically says that blacks are the favored workers because they will work hard at the worst jobs for relatively little money. You would have thought the guy was talking about Hispanic farm-hands today.
3) The black migrants were not immigrants. They were citizens of this country who did not enjoy its full protection. Unlike other immigrant classes, blacks were never able to cash in on their hard work and middle-class values. For all of their work-ethic, education-valuing, and long-term marriages, they received the worst wages in the worst jobs, were limited to the worst housing, and stuffed in the worst schools.
6) America does not really want a black middle class. Some of the most bracing portions of Wilkerson's book involve the vicious attacks on black ambition. When a black family in Chicago saves up enough to move out of the crowded slums into Cicero, the neighborhood riots. The father had saved for years for a piano for his kids. The people of Cicero tossed the piano out the window, looted his home, torched his apartment and then torched his building. In the South, when black people attempted to leave to earn better wages, they were often forcibly detained, and thus kept in slavery as late as the 1950s.
On a policy level, there is a persistent strain wherein efforts to aid The People are engineered in such a way wherein they help black people a lot less. It is utterly painful to read about the New Deal being left in the hands of Southern governments which were hostile to black people, and then to today see a significant chunk of health care, again, left in the hands of Southern governments which are hostile to black people. At this point, such efforts no longer require open bigotry. They are simply built into the system.
Where do I start?
First things first – from Wikipedia:
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration (2010) is a historical study by African-American author Isabel Wilkerson.[1][2] It is about the The Great Migration and the Second Great Migration, the movement of blacks out of the Southern United States to the Midwest, Northeast and West between 1915 and 1970.[1][2] The book intertwines a general history and statistical analysis of the entire period, and the biographies of three persons: a sharecropper's wife who left Mississippi in the 1930s for Chicago, named Ida Mae Brandon Gladney; an agricultural worker, George Swanson Starling, who left Florida for New York City in the 1940s; and Robert Joseph Pershing Foster, a doctor who left Louisiana in the early 1950s, for Los Angeles.
As you can see, we are really talking about two great migrations, both of which were triggered by wars, the mechanization of southern agriculture and northern/western industrialization.
Now a little point-by-point rebuttal:
1. Which "Northern brethren" is Mr. Coates referring to? The White Anglo-Saxon Protestants? The Irish Catholics? The Italians? The White Russians? The Jewish? The Poles? The Hungarians? The Germans? During the same period that 6 million blacks moved north and west there were also tens of millions of immigrants flooding into those same areas from all over the world.
2. If blacks were the favored workers then what happened? Did those greedy, rich, white factory owners prefer paying higher wages to inferior employees because of racism?
3. Yes, black people got a raw deal in this country for most of our history. I don't want to seem flippant about slavery and Jim Crow segregation but lots of groups have been mistreated throughout history. At some point there needs to be a statute of limitation on historic grievances.
6. Isn't Cicero a suburb of blue/Democratic/unionized Chicago? Last I checked Chicago was in Illinois, and even southern Illinois is north of the Mason-Dixon line. So exactly who is to blame here?
I'm not quite sure how the idea that black people weren't allowed to leave the south fits with the "great migration" concept.
As for those New Deal Southern governments, they were all Democrats. In regard to the current implementation of health care, is there some documentation that the quality of healthcare in the South is racially discriminatory? Seriously – that's a really troubling assertion, especially if it's true. Where is the evidence?
The fact is that Touré/Ta-Nehisi is a bigot. He doesn't care about facts or evidence. All he cares about his irrational hatred of white people. He will grab a hold of anything that supports his bigoted views and ignore anything that doesn't.


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HIGH POINT, N.C. - Conference Carolinas announced the All-Conference Teams, Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, and Freshmen of the Year award winners in conjunction with the Conference Carolinas Basketball Tournament Championships that will begin this weekend. Head Coaches from conference member institutions nominate and then vote on the award winners who represent the best of the best for the conference.
Coker's Mason Ambler earned First Team All-Conference honors; this is his third all-conference selection. Ambler reached the 1,000 point mark on Jan. 23 vs. Limestone and finished his career with 1,210 points total. Mason averaged 17.7 points per game and 8.4 rebounds per game on the season.
Men's All-Conference 1st-Team
Kendrick Easley, Mount Olive
Chris Woods, Pfeiffer
Daniel Bailey, Queens
Brandon Young, Anderson
Mason Ambler, Coker
Men's All-Conference 2nd-Team
Richard Barbee, Belmont Abbey
Jarrell Douglass, Limestone
Craig Hayes, Mount Olive
Mike Holloman, Mount Olive
Danny Friend, Limestone
Men's All-Conference 3rd Team
Jeff Pettiway, Pfeiffer
Brandon Wright, Erskine
Tony Anderson, Anderson
Chad Patus, Belmont Abbey
Gerald Boston, Barton
Freshman of the Year
Gerald Boston, Barton
Player of the Year
Kendrick Easley, Mount Olive
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Iowa senior tight end C.J. Fiedorowicz will play his final college game Wednesday when the Hawkeyes face LSU in the Outback Bowl. The New Year's Day bowl will cap a career that started slowly but will end with the former Johnsburg standout being the team's second-leading receiver in the regular season with 26 catches and six touchdowns. Fiedorowicz will then turn his attention to the NFL and is expected to be one of the top tight end prospects for this spring's NFL draft.
It's surreal to think how fast my career has gone. I don't think I will probably realize it until next year when I'm in an NFL training camp and I look back and think back to my teammates and the career I had here. After coming off a 4-8 season last year and after that last game against Nebraska, we were getting after it, working out five days a week. But all that time we put in paid off and we had two opponents [Northwestern and Michigan] who overlooked us. It's huge for us to get to a bowl game like this because I haven't been [to a New Year's Day bowl] in the four years I've been here. So it's huge for my career to end this way.
We're used to being an underdog. I think we were the underdog in eight of the 12 games this year. But we never look at that stuff. It's Iowa football – we don't get the biggest recruits like Nebraska, Michigan or Ohio State, but we're going to go in each week and compete and we're going to play Iowa football – physical football – and we're going to put up our best fight and we're in every game. I think when we beat Northwestern in overtime – that really turned our season, and [beating] Michigan on Senior Day was probably my favorite one just because of it being my senior year, playing my last game at home and being able to celebrate with my teammates in the locker room. There's just no better feeling.
It was definitely emotional in the locker room (after Michigan). If I could explain the moment, I would. It's just something you have to experience. Obviously, everyone was screaming, dancing around, having a good time. I'm not a big crier – some guys cried – but I'm not that kind of a guy. I'm the kind of a guy who likes to have fun, celebrate with my guys and jump up and down and listen to music, going crazy and letting it all out. I would say I'm right up there with the best of them (as a dancer). When I'm just doing it and not thinking about it, it's pretty good. But when I think about the moves, it can get ugly.
It's always been my dream to play at the next level. I've talked to agents, I've heard from (NFL) teams, but I'm not too focused on that because it's still coming. But everyone thinks about it. I've thought about it and how much harder it's going to be. I don't know what to expect, but it's another level and it's another chapter in my life. But I'm excited just to prove to my friends and my family that I can do it from a small town like Johnsburg. All the hard work I've put in is just going to pay off. I remember telling my friends that I was going to play in the NBA or MLB or NFL and they always said, "There's no way – do you know the percentage of guys that make it?" But I told them, "I'm going to prove you guys wrong one day." To actually do it is going to make everyone in my town proud along with my friends and my family.
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Why the Cable Guy Can't Keep an Appointment Like the Rest of the World
Your new pad is ace. All it needs now is cable. Easy! You'll be all set in no time; just take a vacation day and wait for some dude to show up and run a line to a box. What? More »
HP Killing webOS Devices
HP just announced that it's killing off its line of webOS devices. A terse line in a press release from the company today reads "HP reported that it plans to announce that it will discontinue operations for webOS devices, specifically the TouchPad and webOS phones." More »
Why the Government Won't Protect You from Getting Screwed by Your Cable Company
You hate your cable company, right? Seems like everyone does. Cable television routinely scores lower in customer satisfaction than just about anything else-including congress. More »
Goodbye webOS: The Greatest Phone You'll Never Use
The awesome little phone that could, webOS, is dead. Discontinuing all phones and tablets, HP intends to "explore options to optimize the value of webOS software." If that's not murder, then it's certainly lobotimizing, de-limbing and leaving webOS in the middle of an ocean. More »
AT&T's New Text Plan Overcharges You by 10,000,000 Percent. Literally.
AT&T's killing their $10/1,000 text plan. Now, you'll have to choose between $20 for unlimited, or forgo a plan and pay $0.20 per message. AT&T calls this "streamlining." We call it what it is: an outrageous, gigantic scam. More »
Unedited Thoughts About Technology Better Left Unposted
We just tried to send everybody home for the day. It's just Joe, Barry, Jesus and me. And it's Friday. So fuck it.
How To Couchsurf and Not Get Killed
You've saved just enough for that ticket to Thailand but barely have enough cash left to pay for a mango smoothie, let alone a hostel. Fortunately you can now crash on a person's sofa using an online travel network. More »
Huge Truck Rams Out of Building's Top Floor in New York
Today at 9am, a NYC salt-spreading truck crashed through the wall of a Queens Sanitation Department repair shop. It might've been kinda neat if the truck weren't on a top floor—with a driver inside, screaming his lungs out. More »
Why in the Hell Is Everyone Stealing Copper?
Search the news for "copper theft" and look through the headlines. LOOK. Why are there so many stories? Stealing wire to sell the copper? From a cell tower? More »
The US Patent System Is Killing Innovation
HTC sued Apple over mobile patents today. Again. Pretty soon Apple will likely sue them back. Again. Shrug. Throw it on the pile. And while the patent Cold War continues to heat up, weep for the real casualty: innovation. More »


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In October Frank Kyne and I expect to run a residency in Poughkeepsie. You can find the announcement here . The residency builds on the ideas presented here and three subsequent posts. I revisited a specific part of it in Cloning Fan-In . So what are we going to do? For a start we're going to assemble a team of 4 skilled mainframe folks from wherever we can. One of them will be me, which leaves... [More]
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As mentioned here , I recently participated in a residency in Poughkeepsie. Our task was to write the "Batch Optimization on z/OS" redbook that we hope will get out soon (though I think early next year is the most realistic timescale). These past two weeks I "toured" the redbook in the Nordics: 5 cities in 2 weeks (Helsinki, Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm and Aarhus). I really... [More]
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Usually when I go away on holiday I bring something back with me. Often in the form of fresh ideas. This year it's been such a hectic one that all I did was to flake out. So no new ideas this time. Perhaps that's a good thing, perhaps not. But I think I did achieve something: Mental decluttering. So I can, for example, look at stuff I was working on with a fresh take. And the timing is... [More]
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It's fair to say I've written very little in terms of book words these past two days. That's because I've been "doing research" on how the cache structure counters really work. "Doing research" is a euphemism for "finding out how the heck the darned thing works". Which is in itself a positive thing to do - but it does rather get in the way of writing stuff. :-( There is a section in the SMF 74... [More]
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Sometimes reading the SMF manual buys you less than you thought. I had completely ignored a nice little field - and the code I inherited to analyse SMF 74 Subtype 4 Coupling Facility data ignored it as well. R744SLEC in the Request Data Section for a structure is described by the text "Lock structure only: lock table entry characteristic". Can you guess what it is? :-) If I told you it was a one... [More]
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The other three residents are busy doing extensive setup work - and we hope to have some nice measurements later on. (I'm not sure how much later on there actually is, mind.) :-) So I have no RMF or DB2 SMF to play with yet. :-( Meanwhile I'm beginning to come up to speed again after the glorious experience of recovering from moving five time zones to the west. :-) So I actually got to writing... [More]
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So, I'm about to start writing. At last! As a team we had a discussion yesterday about how to deal with performance numbers. One of the roles I'm playing on the team is "the guy who writes about performance numbers". So we came to the following conclusions: We really can't talk about products made by other people - such as SAS/MXG or TMON for DB2. That's right out - because of our basic provenance... [More]


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What Snapchat Can Learn from Asian Messaging Apps
Snapchat is preparing a new feature that includes advertisements, but Asian messaging apps like WeChat, Line and Kakao Talk have already started integrating ads into their services.
For messaging apps, figuring out ways to make money is a challenging task – especially when they have to do so without getting in the way of people communicating with each other. While Asian apps already make money by offering mobile games to their users, they are also experimenting with various forms of ads.
Last month, WeChat, a popular messaging app developed by Chinese Internet giant Tencent Holdings, launched a new service in mainland China that allows companies using the app to place ads on other companies' WeChat accounts. For example, a wristwatch brand may place its ad on a clothing brand's WeChat account; the ad is viewed by people who follow the clothing brand's account. The fees are shared by Tencent and the companies that host the ads on their pages. Tencent, whose WeChat app has about 400 million active users, is a minority shareholder in Snapchat.


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The Texas Senate honored retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor for her public service and commitment to Alzheimer's research.
Her description of the disease's "devastating toll" was personal; her husband was diagnosed with Alzheimer's.
"It is a disease that affects every member of the family by virtue of the care that needs to be provided," O'Connor said.
It was noted in her introduction that she was in the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame, so she had something in common with Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, who was inducted into the Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame.
This may have been special to Dewhurst, but we're not sure, since he wasn't in the Senate chamber for her appearance.


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Kevin Vaughan and the Crimson are the No. 3 seed in the Ivy League tournament (Gil Talbot).
- Complete Game Notes (PDF)
- Watch Live on ESPN3.com (free)
- Live Statistics
- Ivy League Tournament Central
- Fan Information for Ivy League Tournament
- Gibbons, Vaughan Named to All-Ivy First Team
The Particulars
No. 17 Harvard makes its first appearance in the Ivy League tournament, as the Crimson faces No. 15 Penn for the second time in less than three weeks. The Crimson finished tied for third in the Ivy League at 3-3, while the Quakers own the second seed in the conference tournament after going 4-2 in Ancient Eight games. Cornell (6-0 Ivy) will serve as the host of the tournament as the No. 1 seed and will face No. 4 seed Yale (3-3) in the other Ivy semifinal.
Harvard is 1-2 against the Ivy League tournament field, defeating Yale, but falling to Cornell and Penn.
Follow From Home
ESPN3.com will broadcast the game live, with Rob Simelkjaer (play-by-play) and Jamie Munro (color) having the call. In addition, live statistics will also be available for the contest.
Harvard vs. Penn (Last Meeting)
The Quakers emerged with a 7-6 victory in double overtime over the Crimson at Harvard Stadium April 16. The Crimson netted two goals in the final 1:51 of regulation to tie it, but Penn's Drew Belinsky tallied the game-winner with 30 seconds left in the second overtime. Kevin Vaughan scored twice and Harry Krieger recorded 10 saves for the Crimson, while Belinsky and Morgan Griff tallied two goals apiece and goalie Brian Feeney made nine stops in net for Penn.
Series History
Harvard, which has won four of the last seven meetings against Penn, leads the all-time series, 42-34-2.
Harvard In The Postseason
The Crimson is looking to earn its first berth in the NCAA tournament since 2006. Harvard has qualified for the NCAA postseason five times, reaching the quarterfinals in 1990 and 1996. The Crimson is 2-5 all-time in the NCAA postseason and its game against Penn Friday will be the first for Harvard in the Ivy League tournament.
Harvard Against Ranked Opponents
The Crimson owns a 3-3 record against ranked opponents this spring, topping then-No. 20 Georgetown, 16-15, then-No. 14 Massachusetts, 11-9, and then-No. 14 Yale, 9-5. Harvard also fell to then-No. 5 Hofstra, 15-9, then-No. 6 Cornell by a goal, 13-12, and then-No. 15 Penn, 7-6, in double overtime. Harvard is 0-1 on the road against ranked opponents, but is 3-2 at home, including 2-2 at Harvard Stadium.
Stepping Up In Ivy League Play
Ryan Stevens (10-2-12) scored 10 goals in Ivy League play to pace the team, while Dean Gibbons led the team with 23 points (9-14-23). Gabriel Mendola is 32-of-54 on faceoffs (.593), while Kevin Vaughan has collected 23 ground balls. In net, Harry Krieger posted a 3-3 mark with an 8.00 goals-against average and a save percentage of .602.
Getting A Lead
Harvard is 5-0 when scoring first this season. The Crimson has found the back of the net first and won against Canisius, Holy Cross, Brown, Quinnipiac and Yale.
They're Honored
Dean Gibbons (A) and Kevin Vaughan (M) earned All-Ivy League first-team accolades, with Gibbons being named to the squad unanimously. Daniel Eipp (A) and Paul Pate garned All-Ivy honorable mention.
On The Sideline
Chris Wojcik '96, the Frisbie Family Head Coach for Harvard Men's Lacrosse, owns a 9-5 overall record and 3-3 Ivy League mark in his first season at the helm of the Crimson. Wojcik is three wins shy of tying Robert Madduz (1947-48) for eighth in program history with 12 victories.
Wojcik, who most recently served as an assistant coach at Penn, was an assistant for five seasons with the Crimson and was an All-American in lacrosse and All-Ivy selection in both lacrosse and soccer during his playing days at Harvard.
Converting Man-Up Chances
Harvard has scored 20 man-up goals out of 55 chances this season (.364). Opponents are 11-of-47 for a 23.4 percent success rate. The Crimson entered the week 11th in the country in man-down defense and 15th in man-up offense. Jeff Cohen leads the Ivy League with seven man-up goals.
Winning Mark
With nine wins this season, Harvard has posted its most victories since going 11-3 during the 1998 campaign.
Home Cooking
Harvard boasted a 6-2 record at home this season with wins over Canisius, Georgetown, Bellarmine, Holy Cross, Massachusetts and Yale. The Crimson went 1-2 against Ivy League foes at home this season. Harvard was 2-2 at Harvard Stadium and 4-0 at the new Soldiers Field Soccer/Lacrosse Stadium.
Plenty of Points
Jeff Cohen has been one of Harvard's most consistent scorers in his three years in Cambridge. Cohen, who had a 34-game point streak from Feb. 28, 2009 to April 2, 2011, has amassed at least one point in 37 of 39 games during his collegiate career. Dean Gibbons is currently riding a 27-game point streak since May 2, 2009, and has amassed 96 points during that stretch (56-40-96). Gibbons collected a point in every game during the 2010 campaign and every contest so far in 2011.
Leading The Offense
Dean Gibbons, who was named to the 2011 Tewaaraton Award Watch List and serves as a co-captain of the Crimson, leads Harvard with 53 points and 26 assists, and is second with 27 goals and four man-up tallies this spring. Gibbons needs three points to reach the top 10 for single-season scoring in program history.
To The Nines
Harvard has won 39 of its last 48 games (.813)in which it has scored nine or more goals. The Crimson has lost 40 of its last 48 games (.167) in which it has scored fewer than nine goals.
Strength Of Schedule
Five of Harvard's 15 games have been against schools ranked in this week's Nike/Inside Lacrosse Men's Division I poll (No. 2 Cornell, No. 7 Hofstra, No. 14 Penn, No. 15 Massachusetts and No. 19 Yale).
Fast Start
Harvard's 5-1 start this season marked the best for the program since going 5-1 to open the 2000 campaign. The Crimson has now started 5-2 in each of the last three seasons.
It's All Over
The Crimson is 6-1 when leading after three quarters, holding off Bellarmine, Holy Cross, Brown, Quinnipiac, Princeton and Yale. Harvard is 0-3 when trailing after three quarters, losing to Hofstra, Dartmouth and Albany, but is 3-1 when tied after three quarters of play with wins over Canisius, Georgetown and Massachusetts.
Century Club
With 53 points this season, Dean Gibbons has surpassed the century mark in scoring for his career. He has scored 89 goals and assisted on 60 tallies for 149 points, which ties him for 10th in school history with Mike Faught '79. Gibbons needs just four points to tie Jim Bevilacqua '89 (153).
Jeff Cohen has also reached the century club in just his junior season. Cohen has 91 goals and 17 assists for 108 points in his career. He needs just three goals to reach the top 10 for all-time tallies in program history. Cohen leads Harvard with 28goals and is second with 30 points this season.
Leading at the Half
Harvard boasts a perfect 6-0 record when owning a lead at halftime this season. The Crimson took leads into the break and held on for wins against Canisius, Georgetown, Bellarmine, Quinnipiac, Princeton and Yale.


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