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To a large measure, this problem can be overcome by properly citing your sources. So does citing your sources mean following some predetermined pattern of citation? I guess my answer would be only if you are planning on publishing the results of your research in some formal genealogical journal or other such publication. Ultimately, what is important is whether or not someone who looks at your citations, which includes you at a later date, can decipher where the materials came from.
Let me give an example of what I am talking about. Here is a perfectly proper citation:
Tanner, Maurice, and George C. Tanner. 1923. Descendants of John Tanner; born August 15, 1778, at Hopkintown, R.I., died April 15, 1850, at South Cottonwood, Salt Lake County, Utah.
This citation conforms to the 15th Edition of the Chicago Manual of Style. See University of Chicago. 2003. The Chicago manual of style. Chicago, Ill: University of Chicago Press. But guess what? I really need a lot more information to find the book. First of all, how about recording where I found the book? Such as which library I was in when I made the citation. For convenience, I may also wish to note the page of the information I used. I also suggest I might want to note if the book is available online. I may have looked at a paper copy of the book in the library where I found the book, but if I look online, I might find the book is readily available in digital format. In fact, the above Tanner genealogy is available both in the HathiTrust.org Digital Library and in HeritageQuestOnline.com.
Keeping a list of sources searched can become really burdensome. If you are like me, I might initially search eight or ten different websites in a matter of a few minutes. I do not become overly concerned about recording these initial searches because I will probably come back to the same sites more than once anyway. But once I begin to address a specific research issue, such as finding a specific record or date, I have a greater incentive to avoid duplicating my searches. This is particularly true if I am visiting a library. Of course, if I do find any information about an individual, either online or in a paper document, I record the information immediately, usually by making a digital copy of the document or linking to the website with a source in my genealogical database.
Having just recently finished another series of presentations to several genealogical societies, I fully realize that recording the information gathered in a genealogical database is far easier said than done. This is where I find the advantage of carrying a copy of my database with me, either on my laptop or smartphone, where ever I go. So I either end up with a digital image of the document and the source where the document came from or a notation on my computer or smartphone in Dropbox.com or Evernote.com about the item.
What I have found is that if I do not transfer that information to a more permanent location in conjunction with my genealogy program, I will often forget the origin of the information and lose the notes I have made. So there is a fairly large measure of discipline involved in successfully creating a research trail that you can follow back to the source.


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Fruit Mystery: "It gives them the dangerous poos."
Zoological mishaps are becoming a perhaps unexpected theme in recent gaming, what with IGN's announcement of Squids not being animals and all. It continues with Brett Graham's Fruit Mystery. Brought to our attention by Jonathan "Braid" Blow over at Qt3, it's a high-drama flashgame about trying to feed various animals fruit. It's highly educational. "I'm not entirely sure what just happened to me," said Alec after I forced him to play it, "but I'm never feeding animals fruit again". Truth.
In associated news: Squids are one of the four fundamental forces of the universe, alongside the Weak Force, the Strong Force and Gravity.

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Guiding the transition from childhood to adulthood can be a rocky task for parents—but here are Scientology principles that show you how to do it right.
Raising your tweens and teens does not have to be a struggle. It can be one of your most rewarding experiences. But since children do not come with a manual, the question remains: How? How can you best help them grow into happy, upstanding citizens operating on their own initiative?
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An offseason that included a drunk-driving charge and a fractured pinkie has reportedly ended in the expected: Washington's All-American tight end won't be available for the opener.
According to Adam Jude of the Seattle Times, Austin Seferian-Jenkins has been suspended by head coach Steve Sarkisian for the Huskies' game Saturday against Boise State. The suspension, which stems from Seferian-Jenkins' DUI following a one-car crash in March, could've been worse; Jude reports that Sarkisian had initially handed down a two-game suspension, but sliced it in half after the player met several of the coach's disciplinary requirements.
The decision to suspend Seferian-Jenkins apparently has nothing to do with the tight end's injury, either, as he had already been medically cleared to play in the opener against the Broncos.
Seferian-Jenkins, who was initially indefinitely suspended following the arrest, is the school's career leader for tight ends in receptions, receiving yards and touchdowns. His name litters both preseason All-American teams and 2014 NFL first-round mock drafts.


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I am pretty new to messing around with the bits of a system, and I am trying to learn to use bitsets as a way to solve a few problems I am having. My question is this:
is there a way to use memcpy to copy the bits of say an integer into a certain place in a bitset? Say I want to make a key from my three ints such that the first 8 bits of the bitset are the 8 bits of integer one, the second 8 bits of bitset and the 8 bits of integer two, etc.
I want to do something like this:
Since bits are reversed, I would like the output from that to be:Code:#include <bitset> #include <iostream> #include <limits> #include <cstring> using namespace std; int main( ) { bitset<24> key; int num1 = 5; int num2 = 7; int num3 = 2; memcpy(&key, &num3, 8); memcpy(&key+8, &num2, 8); memcpy(&key+16, &num1, 8); cout << key << endl; }
00000101 00000111 00000010, but it most definitely isn't. I am completely lost in the fact that numbers are reversed in their binary representation on little endian systems (apparently?) and would really appreciate if someone could explain to me a little better than the tutorials I have found so far.
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US scientists are heavily involved in all four Large Hadron Collider experiments and represent 20 percent of the ATLAS Collaboration and 30 percent of the CMS collaboration. With more than 1,700 American scientists working on Large Hadron Collider research, the United States has more CERN users than any other nation.
Seven US national laboratories and 94 US universities from 33 states and territories conduct LHC research. This research brings together a diverse group of physicists, engineers, professors, postdocs and students and helps drive technological and scientific innovation in the United States.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Dec. 13, 2012) – For a second straight year, Katie Holloway (Lake Stevens, Wash.) has been named the USA Volleyball Female Athlete of the Year for sitting volleyball.
Holloway's 2012 season with the U.S. Women's Sitting Volleyball Team included a silver medal at the Paralympic Games in London and a gold medal at the Volleyball Masters in The Netherlands.
She earned Best Spiker honors at the Paralympic Games and was named Most Valuable Player of the Volleyball Masters. The Women's Sports Foundation nominated her for 'Sportswoman of the Year' in the team sport category.
"I am very honored to be named Player of the Year," Holloway, 26, said via e-mail from Louisville, Ky., where she was attending the AVCA Convention and NCAA Women's Division I Championship. "I am so thankful to USA Volleyball for all the support throughout the last four years and leading up to London."
After Holloway and the U.S. Women's Sitting Team finished second to China at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing, winning gold in London became the team's focus. The team played exhibition matches against Chinese club teams both in the United States and China over the past four years.
In 2012, the team visited Shanghai for exhibition matches and also played against the team from Netherlands in the United States.
The U.S. Women's Sitting Team opened the Paralympics with a loss to China in pool play. It came back to defeat Slovenia, Brazil and Ukraine before losing to China again, 22-25, 25-15, 32-30, 25-15, in the gold medal match.
"My highlight for 2012 was the semifinal round against Ukraine," Holloway said. "I felt we played some of the best volleyball during that match. The low point was losing the third set to China in the gold medal round. It hurt my heart."
Holloway started all 17 sets that the U.S. Women's Sitting Team played in at the Paralympic Games. She led the U.S. Women in scoring in four Paralympic matches, finishing with 98 points on 80 kills, nine blocks and seven aces. Her best match was the gold medal game against China, where she scored 33 points on 28 kills, three blocks and two aces.
"I absolutely could not have been where I am without the help of (U.S. Women's Sitting Team Head Coach) Bill Hamiter, our athletic trainer Brian Choate and the team," Holloway said. "Bill has created an amazing program that has helped us become faster and stronger and helped us develop a greater volleyball IQ. Brian has made me the healthiest I can be and was of utmost importance to my mental and physical well-being.
"My teammates have been critical in getting us to the top and I couldn't imagine finishing the way we did without all of us together."
Holloway plans to stay with the team, but may take some time off after recently accepting a position as a recreational therapist with the Department of Veterans Affairs in Palo Alto, Calif.
"This sport is so close to my heart, I definitely couldn't live without it," Holloway said. "But as I transition into the next chapter of my life and my career, I will probably spend some time off getting settled into my new position. I am very excited to see how the program blossoms from here, we already have so many new players who look promising."


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30-35 days. Also called Pak Choi, this leafy green has been cultivated in Asia for centuries. A miniature variety, Toy Choy grows just 5" tall and is ready to harvest in as few as 30 days. The thick, white stems and glossy, dark green leaves are tender and crisp. Tolerates warm weather better than full size types. Small plants are ideal for growing in containers.
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White Rock Claret Napa Valley 1988
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White Rock Vineyards produces world class Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay, using only the fruit from our own vineyard. Our 36-acre family run estate is situated in its own small valley in the southern foothills of the Stag's Leap Range on the historic site of White Rock Vineyards which dates back to 1870. The Land and the Vines The estate is a small valley consisting of 22... Read more
White Rock Vineyards produces world class Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay, using only the fruit from our own vineyard. Our 36-acre family run estate is situated in its own small valley in the southern foothills of the Stag's Leap Range on the historic site of White Rock Vineyards which dates back to 1870. The Land and the Vines The estate is a small valley consisting of 22 acres of terraced hillsides and 14 acres of benchland. The soil of our hillsides is white volcanic ash, distinct from the typical Napa Valley alluvial soil. The combination of mature vines, volcanic soil and varied exposures create complex and age-worthy wines. The hills are planted predominantly to Cabernet Sauvignon, with blocks of Cabernet Franc, Merlot, and Petit Verdot. These varietals combine to produce Cabernet Sauvignon blends in the Bordeaux tradition. The cooler benchland is planted to Chardonnay using a variety of Burgundian and old California clones. These vines produce small berries at 1.5-3 tons per acre resulting in wines of intense fruit and spice flavors, a distinct minerality and a long balanced finish. The Winery and the Wines The winery is located underground, in the caves that were bored in 1988--one of the first winery caves dug since the 1800's. Our red wines are aged within these caves, under ideal temperature and humidity. The "Laureate" Cabernet Sauvignon is our flagship wine, sourced from the upper hillside vines. These vines produce a dense, structured wine that offers delicious flavors now, and rewards further aging with even greater complexity. The "Claret" blend emphasizes forward fruit and a balance of flavors crafted to complement food and age gracefully. The Chardonnay grapes are hand-picked and hand-sorted, then transferred directly into the press. From the press the juice goes directly to French oak barrels, 5-10% of which are new. Here it ferments and ages on the lees for 10 months before bottling. Only a small percentage of the wine in barrel undergoes malo-lactic fermentation, resulting in a finished wine that is complex and flavorful while still remaining bright, crisp, and refreshing. Sustainable Farming Practices Since establishing our vineyard in 1977, we have been committed to sustainable natural farming. We have never used herbicides, pesticides or fumigants in our vineyard. We practice an integrated soil management program designed to ensure the health and fertility of our soils. Elements of this program include: Permanent native cover crops with tillable nitrogen-fixing crops where needed. Weed control is accomplished by mulching and hand hoeing around each vine. Fertilization is through our own composted winery pomace and targeted use of organic fertilizers. The Label The upper label is a reproduction of a woodcut depicting the property as it was in 1870. The original stone building shown in the center is the old White Rock Vineyards cellar. Read less
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The Connoisseurs' Handbook of the Wines of California and the Pacific Northwest: This blend of Cabernet Sauvignon (70-80%) with Merlot, Cabernet Franc, and Petit Verdot can be very rich and is always high in oak... (1998) 950 cases made.
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If you're going to center your movie's plot around a cutting-edge technology firm, take a lesson from director Shawn Levy and choose Google. Levy's The Internship stars Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson as two out of touch salesmen who reinvent themselves at a tech company through a highly contentious internship. Today on Twitter, Levy revealed that the company would be the very real, and very progressive, Google. The director has also accompanied his Tweets of late with set photos. Hit the jump to check them out.
If you don't already follow Levy on Twitter, remedy that by clicking here. Here's what Levy had to say about the pending location for The Internship:
"Amazed I kept my mouth shut for 4months about the real setting of
#TheInternship .Happily,it's now public.We're going to Google,baby.Google."
Google, recreated at GeorgiaTech by our brilliant ProductionDesigner TomMeyer. Filming at real Googleplex in sept…!
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Annual. Sunrise Blend's assortment of luscious colorful blooms flutter in the breeze against vigorous heart-shaped foliage from midsummer to the first fall frost. The flowers open in early morning, and may stay open all day on cloudy days
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I used a Dovecraft C6 Rectangular Card Blank and papers from the Dovecraft Painted Blooms 6 x 6 Paper Pad to create my card. The sentiment is a Dovecraft Sentiment Stamp stamped with Onyx Black Versafine Ink and I added some gems from the Dovecraft Back to Basics Goody Bag - Pink.
I found this fabulous stamp which was a magazine freebie along time ago. I stamped it out using 'onyx black' Versafine onto 'Ranger' watercolour card. I then coloured using my own watercolour pencils. Cut out using various dies that I own. I then took a 'C6 deckled edge white card blank' & covered with pink card. Then I took a sheet of 'Back To Basics' Bright Spark paper & covered it leaving a space at the edges. Then I took a Sara Davies, 'Fancy Flourish' die cut & some
'Painted Bloom' gems & added them all to my card using 'Collall' all purpose glue. Finishing it off with a 'Thanks' sentiment from the 'It's All in the Words' set by Sweet Dixie. You can find further details on my blog The Camels Hump
I used this very old stamp from LOTV - one of my favourite florals - to make this very simple card.
The base is a 6x6 inch card and the image was stamped with Memento ink in grey flannel onto watercolour card . Then coloured with Spectrum Noir Aquablend pencils in floral shades. I cut and embossed a frame and tag from white card with pierced dies and mounted it all onto black card using my favourite collall all purpose glue. Then finally a tiny bow to finish it off!
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I used a 6x6 Card Blank, pretty floral papers from Dovecraft Bright Spark and Dovecraft Gemstones. Then heat embossed flower centres with Wow Taffeta Pink Glitter Embossing Power using Embossing Pen & Heat Tool
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The area has no shortage of players going dancing for March Madness.
Here are four former varsity standouts from the region to watch in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament and when you can see their first-round games.
- Paul Jorgensen, Butler: The New City native graduated from Don Bosco Prep. The guard played two seasons at George Washington helping lead them to the NIT title last year with an average of 15.7 minutes per game. He has two seasons of eligibility remaining at Butler. (10.5 PPG, 3.2 RPG). Friday, March 16 vs. Arkansas at 3:10 p.m.
- Rickey McGill, Iona: The junior guard is a Spring Valley native. As a sophomore, he was the only Gael to start all 35 games, leading the team with 32.1 minutes per game. He was ranked 47th in the nation and second in the league with 5.1 assists per game. (13.5 PPG, 5.6 APG). Thursday, March 15 vs. Duke 2:40 p.m.
- Ty Jerome, Virginia: This 20-year-old sophomore from New Rochelle is the lead guard for the University of Virginia, the overall No. 1 seed. He leads the Cavaliers in assists and is third in scoring. The Iona Prep scored double figures in both ACC Tournament games last year. (10.5 PPG, 3.1 RPG). Friday, March 16 vs. UMBC 9:20 p.m.
- Eric Paschall, Villanova: The 21-year-old Villanova forward hails from Dobbs Ferry. The junior athlete took home the Rookie of the Year honor in 2014-15 at the Atlantic Ten Conference while at Fordham University. (10.4 PPG, 4.8 RPG). Thursday, March 15 TBD (LIU/Radford First Four winner) 6:50 p.m.
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Under and by virtue of the Power of Sale contained in a Security Deed given by William H Smith and Sandra Smith to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., dated July 24, 2007, recorded in Deed Book 434, Page 512, Appling County, Georgia Records, as last transferred to Bank of America, N.A., successor by merger to BAC Home Loans, Servicing, LP, fka Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP by assignment recorded in Deed Book 481, Page 142, Appling County, Georgia Records, conveying the after-described property to secure a Note in the original principal amount of ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX THOUSAND AND 0/100 DOLLARS ($126,000.00), with interest thereon as set forth therein, there will be sold at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash before the courthouse door of Appling County, Georgia within the legal hours of sale on the first Tuesday in December, 2012, the following described property: SEE EXHIBIT "A" ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF
The debt secured by said Security Deed has been and is hereby declared due because of, among other possible events of default, failure to pay the indebtedness as and when due and in the manner provided in the Note and Security Deed. The debt remaining in default, this sale will be made for the purpose of paying the same and all expenses of this sale, as provided in Security Deed and by law, including attorney's fees (notice of intent to collect attorney's fees having been given). Said property will be sold subject to any outstanding ad valorem taxes (including taxes which are a lien, but not yet due and payable), any matters which might be disclosed by an accurate survey and inspection of the property, any assessments, liens, encumbrances, zoning ordinances, restrictions, covenants, and matters of record superior to the Security Deed first set out above.
Bank of America, N.A., successor by merger to BAC Home Loans, Servicing, LP, formerly known as Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP is the holder of the Note and Security Deed to the property in accordance with OCGA § 44-14-162.2.
The entity that has full authority to negotiate, amend, and modify all terms of the mortgage with the debtor is: Bank of America, N.A., 177 Countrywide Way, Mail Stop: CAO-911-01-05, Lancaster, CA 93536, (661) 951-5100. To the best knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the party in possession of the property is William H Smith and Sandra Smith or a tenant or tenants and said property is more commonly known as 285 Gail St, Baxley, Georgia 31513.
The sale will be conducted subject (1) to confirmation that the sale is not prohibited under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and (2) to final confirmation and audit of the status of the loan with the holder of the security deed. This law firm is seeking solely to foreclose the creditor?s lien on real estate and this law firm will not be seeking a personal money judgment against you.
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EXHIBIT "A" All of the following described property, to wit: All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in Land Lot No. 283 of the Second Land District of Appling County, Georgia, and being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at the intersection of the easterly right of way of Gail Street (55' R/ W) with the southerly right of way of Second Avenue (55'R/W) and from said point run South 32 degrees 20 minutes East a distance of 140 feet to the Point of Beginning. Thence North 57 degrees 40 minutes East a distance of 200 feet to a point; thence South 32 degrees 20 minutes East a distance of 140 feet to a point; thence South 57 degrees 40 minutes West a distance of 200 feet to a point located on the easterly right of way of Gail Street; thence North 32 degrees 20 minutes West along and with said right of way a distance of 140 feet to the Point Of Beginning. This property being now or formerly bound as follows: North by lands of Curtis M. Smith and Dinah S. Smith; East by lands of E.C. Reeves; South by lands of Earl Griffis; and West by Gail Street. This description according to a survey and plat thereof by Denean W. Dixon, G.R.L.S. No 1647, dated April 6, 1998, recorded in the office of the Clerk of Superior Court, Appling County, Georgia, Plat Book 14, page 423. Said plat is incorporated herein by reference for a more full and complete description and all other legal purposes. Parcel Number J002-055
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Our favorite giant atomic lizard is back and he's not alone! The sequel to 2014's Godzilla picks up with the Monarch organization faced with not one but four giant kaiju. Godzilla is joined by classic Japanese movie monsters Rodan, Mothra, and the three-headed King Ghidorah.
As the crypto-zoological agency Monarch seeks to understand and control the monsters, another agency surfaces with its own ideas for the godlike beasts. Dr. Emma Russell (Vera Farmiga) and her daughter Madison (Millie Bobby Brown) are caught in the middle. They scramble to survive as Godzilla's battle with his fellow monsters shakes the Earth to its core.
- Kyle Chandler
- Vera Farmiga
- Millie Bobby Brown
- Ken Watanabe
- Ziyi Zhang
- Bradley Whitford
- Sally Hawkins
- Charles Dance
- Thomas Middleditch
- Aisha Hinds
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- The film has the same kaiju lineup as Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) (Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster).
- This movie states that Ghidorah is a fairly recent discovery thus Monarch has had little time to study him. Except that the post-credit scene in Kong: Skull Island (2017), set in 1973, shows that Monarch knows about him along with Godzilla, Rodan, and Mothra. However, this was simply a cave painting that offered a physical description of Ghidorah and not much else, Ghidorah himself was discovered by Monarch in 2016 frozen in ice.
- [from teaser trailer]
- Madison Russell: Hello? Is anyone there? I'm trying to reach... I'm tryin' to reach MONARCH.
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Critics are dumb, this movie is easy to follow and is a true Godzilla movie. Just what we wanted.
Movie knocked me out edge of your seat
King of the Monsters delivers what its genre requires. Truly awesome monster scenes fill the screen, often imbued with emotional resonance by music cues.
Easily the most satisfying of his Hollywood-produced adventures and a respectable cousin to the long string of Japanese ones, the sequel to Gareth Edwards' admirably serious but dullish 2014 film is the first to suggest any promise for what Legendary is calling its MonsterVerse — a franchise in which the Japanese kaiju world meshes with that of Hollywood's favorite oversized ape, King Kong.
Godzilla: King of the Monsters is as narratively incomprehensible as it is visually, with an even-more-talented roster of overqualified actors tasked with carrying the film's insipid story and trying to make their characters' bizarre decisions seem halfway plausible.


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Cnet says that hundreds of critical hospital devices across the U.S. have been infected by the Conficker worm. The number of hospitals affected wasn't disclosed, but the problem isn't thought to be widespread.
Cybersecurity expert Marcus Sachs broke the news at a security conference in San Francisco, raising the question of what would happen if this were to happen to millions of machines in the medical industry. According to sachs, the devices affected were hospital computers and devices used to control critical equipment, such as heart monitors and MRI machines.
No one is quite sure how the computers acquired the worms to begin with, but most of the Windows 2000/NT machines were to old to benefit from Microsoft's October patch which fixed many of the vulnerabilities Conficker preyed on. [Cnet via Slashdot]


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Is your heart still pounding after the comeback-laden Round 2? The field shrank to just eight teams, and we're a mere 14 days from the final matchup in Salem.
Here in the regional finals, two Empire 8 teams are still alive, and both must travel to the upper Midwest for their Saturday matchups. Elsewhere, Wesley and Mary Hardin-Baylor are meeting in the postseason for the sixth time in seven years, with the Wolverines holding the 3-2 edge. The day's fourth game, between Mount Union and Wabash, comes nine years after these teams last met, which was also the last time the Little Giants made it this deep in the playoffs.
Pat Coleman, Keith McMillan and Ryan Tipps bring you more than just score predictions this week; we also give you a breakdown of each game and what we think the key factors will be.
If you're feeling prescient, leave your final score guesses below. There'll be a live blog running here on The Daily Dose during Saturday's games, and all tweets with hashtag #d3fb are included.
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UW-Whitewater Bracket
Ryan's take: UW-Whitewater 40, Salisbury 21
The Warhawks give up barely 70 yards a game on the ground; Salisbury gains on average more than 360. It's likely Saturday's result will meet somewhere in between. The Gulls have put up wads of points all season on teams that aren't familiar with its triple-option offense, which has the dynamic trio of superback Randal Smedley, slot Ross Flanigan and quarterback Dan Griffin at its disposal. Only once in the past nine weeks has Salisbury posted fewer than 41 points. But no matter how many points the Gulls conspire to put up on the defending national champions, it's improbable that they have answers for Levell Coppage, Matt Blanchard or Tyler Huber on the UW-W offense. The skill there is considerable. The players complement one another, and the push off the front line will have Salisbury remembering back to their game against Wesley.
Keith's take: UW-Whitewater 28, Salisbury 24
In each of the six previous Warhawks playoff runs, there's been a quarterfinal or semifinal game decided by three to 10 points. This is that game this year. Salisbury will strike early, as there's no way to simulate an offense that lines its backs up within two yards of the line of scrimmage, and hits holes with remarkable quickness. Even if UW-Whitewater is stronger up front and blows plays up, some seams will develop. By halftime, though, the Warhawks should have a feel for what they're dealing with, and that's when Salisbury — the nation's No. 1 team in passing efficiency, not just scoring offense — has to show some diversity in its attack. When they lull the Warhawks to sleep with the option and then fake it, QB Dan Griffin needs to hit the open streaking receiver. Ball security is also big; The Seagulls have two fumbles in 100 playoff rushes. Defensively, that second half is when Levell Coppage and his offensive line begins to wear down the opposing defense. Thirty carries and a second-half rally from down 24-14 wouldn't surprise me. UW-Whitewater has earned the respect, and playing at Perkins Stadium, I have to pick them. But Warhawks fans shouldn't view Salisbury as another Eastern team they can push around. It's more like a team built in its 'pound the rock' mold, and one that won't be overwhelmed by the continuous thump of run play after run play.
Pat's take: UW-Whitewater 31, Salisbury 17
I think we have a speed kills situation here. It's a big week for Salisbury, the most capable passing triple-option offense to make the postseason in the expanded playoff era, and I like them to stay competitive in the usual way. They can maintain possession, shorten the game, all the things necessary to keep the score close. The Sea Gulls' defense needs to come up big against the Warhawks' run game to make it competitive. They may be able to break a couple scores but UW-Whitewater will adjust.
Delaware Valley Bracket
Ryan's take: St. Thomas 31, St. John Fisher 14
I'm not sure that St. John Fisher can handle the kind of run game that St. Thomas brings to the table. The Cardinals have been adept at keeping passing attacks out of the end zone and winning those games, but the only two times this season that opponents have rushed for more than 200 yards, Fisher limped away with losses. The Tommies get a lot of paydirt out of the 5-foot-9 Colin Tobin at running back, but the Dakota Tracy-to-Fritz Waldvogel tandem means that the passing game is in play — always. Fisher has had a great run and, like the 8-2 Wheaton team of 2008, proved that two-loss Pool C teams absolutely deserve consideration for the postseason. The ride, however, ends here.
Keith's take: St. Thomas 25, St. John Fisher 22
I like the Cardinals' chances a lot if Ryan Kramer starts. The Tommies' defensive m.o. is smother the run (No. 1 nationally this season at less than 47 yards per game, in a no-slouch conference), and Kramer — a converted running back who wears No. 21 — gives Fisher a diverse playbook. Options, screens and draws are all in play when Kramer is in. The Tommies have leaned on Colin Tobin in the playoffs, and Fritz Waldvogel being a threat to go the distance at any time is the perfect complement to bruising running. If Ahmed Hassanien is the St. John Fisher quarterback, that plays into St. Thomas's sack-happy pass rush. UST outrushed its two playoff opponents, 354-14 and 391-4, so SJF needs its run game to be a factor to keep the game from getting out of hand. Otherwise, all the reasons you'd normally knock a team — playing in the cold, traveling several states away, not having faced high-caliber opponents — aren't things that concern me about St. John Fisher.
Pat's take: St. Thomas 24, St. John Fisher 10
St. John Fisher took down two teams that the AFCA poll thought more highly of than our poll did, in Johns Hopkins and Delaware Valley. That type of ranking differential is usually an indication of a weaker schedule — our voters are more likely to keep a team with a good loss ahead of an unbeaten team. I mention all this in order to set up the point that St. Thomas is no such team. They've been to the playoffs each of the past three years and they are much healthier than at this point in 2010. Like last year, the Tommies have a strong run game and are primarily dependent on one receiver, but if Fritz Waldvogel goes down, as he did early in last year's quarterfinal, at least the Tommies are in slightly better position. Defensively, St. Thomas is firing on all cylinders but will be facing a better challenge than either of the previous two weeks in the playoffs. The reason St. John Fisher doesn't score more than the 10 points Monmouth scored last week is because I don't think St. Thomas will put the ball on the turf three times and throw an easy pick. I've been pushing St. John Fisher in the first two rounds but can't for the third. Every good run stops eventually.
Mary Hardin-Baylor Bracket
Ryan's take: Wesley 38, Mary Hardin-Baylor 34
These two teams have more history together than any of the other pairings on Saturday, and despite that (or perhaps because of it), this matchup is the most difficult to predict. I like Wesley quarterback Shane McSweeny, the coach's dream combination of potent passing and skilled running. I like his array of receiving targets — and the headaches they'll provide to the UMHB secondary. I like the Wolverines' turnover ratio, the red-zone offense, Sean Hopkins' punt return ability. What I don't like are penalties and an injured All-America defensive lineman in Chris Mayes. UMHB will make teams pay for their weaknesses, but the fact remains that the Crusaders aren't as good against the pass as they are against the run. UMHB has seen good passing attacks, but Wesley has the edge in this one.
Keith's take: Mary Hardin-Baylor 42, Wesley 35
Let's get this standard analysis out of the way now. If the Wesley that scored 42 unanswered against No. 5 Linfield last week shows up from the opening kick this week, then UMHB has issues. But the Wolverines can't afford to be the poor tackling, penalty-prone, rely-too-much-on-Shane-McSweeny team that it has been at times the past two weeks. The Wolverines will miss Chris Mayes, but less so than they would have against a pass-heavy team. Defensive tackle Paul Gilstrop and linebackers Jeff Morgan and Mike Asiedu have to excel in run defense. We can't expect Wesley to hold UMHB under 100 rushing yards like Hobart (80) and Linfield (88); Salisbury (226 but only 75 passing yards) is a more apt comparison. Cru QB LiDarral Bailey hasn't had to attempt more than 17 passes since mid-October. Darius Wilson hasn't put up big numbers in the early rounds, but he's lost one fumble in 224 carries this season. Ball security was an issue in the 19-9 loss in Dover last season, as was having to play from behind. UMHB is better when they build an early lead, but if they do it on Saturday, they'll have to keep building, because the Wolverines have proven they can score in a hurry, and they're never out of a game.
Pat's take: Wesley 42, Mary Hardin-Baylor 37
Wesley brought back its entire linebacking corps this year, lost its entire secondary, and those are things which benefit the Wolverines against an option team such as Mary Hardin-Baylor. Chris Mayes being out with his ACL injury makes it a little more difficult for Wesley to hold the Cru down, however. UMHB's struggles on offense early in the season could easily be explained away by the Cru's flirtation with the pistol, getting them away from what they do best. And UMHB has held McMurry, a prolific offense, more or less in check twice. Shane McSweeny will be a different challenge, of course, than McMurry offered at quarterback, but not altogether different than East Texas Baptist's Sed Harris provided. Harris went 17-for-29 for 117 yards while also rushing for 290 yards on 30 carries in an Oct. 22 loss to UMHB. Wesley is better defensively, however, even with Mayes out.
Mount Union Bracket
Ryan's take: Mount Union 28, Wabash 20
After Wabash's historic win last week against North Central, the Little Giants have made this discussion all the more interesting. But this chapter will be a challenging one to get through. The Purple Raiders have stumbled from time to time over the season, but true to form, they haven't fallen. The Collins-Claycomb-Denton receiving squad is as formidable as any in Division III, helping to make UMU a consensus Top 2 team since the preseason. To stay in this one, Wabash's answer will have to be a physical corps of defensive backs — an element the team has. It also has a run defense that not only hits hard but is quick to flocking to the ball. Offensively, the Little Giants have their own receiving threats with Jonathan Horn and Wes Chamblee, each of whom have great hands and hovered around 150 yards in the North Central game. We all know what Mount Union is capable of. The Purple Raiders co-own Division III. No question. Wabash has heart — we saw that last week. That heart, along with some big plays and a stingy defense, will make this game a good one.
Keith's take: Mount Union 24, Wabash 12
I've got to respect the Little Giants after last week's comeback against a North Central team that was probably better than most teams bounced in the second round. But like Wesley, they can't fall behind again this week. Mount Union might not have a Cecil Shorts or a Nate Kmic this season, but they've got a Nick Driskill and a Charles Dieseul. When Centre scored 10 on the Purple Raiders last week, they became only the third team this season to reach that mark. Mount Union has had to scuffle for offense at times this year, and Wabash is good enough defensively to make it happen again, especially if defensive backs Austin Hodges and Kyle Najar play well. The Purple Raiders got wide receiver Jasper Collins back last week after four missed games, but lost top RB Jeremy Murray after five carries. Injuries are more of a factor in this semifinal than the others — we don't know which Wabash QB will start either. This to me sets up to be a game that appears ugly to the untrained eye, but beautiful to the fans of hard tackling, solid blocking and powerful running. Won't be fancy, as both teams try to take care of the ball, put the other in bad field position and let its dominant defense dominate.
Pat's take: Mount Union 28, Wabash 13
I can see Wabash keeping Mount Union at least somewhat in check offensively. I struggle to see Wabash taking advantage, however, at least with its offensive unit on the field. Wes Chamblee is going to have to do a lot of work in the return game to keep Wabash in this game. Mount Union knows how to keep its foot on the gas offensively. Whether the offense has enough horsepower is another question, but at least the Purple Raiders won't call off the dogs too soon and leave the door open for a comeback.


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The Power of Small Cures
Thayer researchers help turn nanoparticles and heat into a treatment for cancer.
By Anna Fiorentino
Photographs by John Sherman
When a dog named Carmen was diagnosed with an oral melanoma, there was both bad news and good news. The bad news was that the aggressive tumor could kill her within a few months. The good news was that the black Lab could join a clinical trial of magnetic hyperthermia, a new treatment being developed by the Dartmouth Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence (DCCNE), a collaborative research initiative involving engineers from Thayer School and clinicians from Geisel School of Medicine and Norris Cotton Cancer Center at Dartmouth.
Wedged between her gumline and lip, Carmen's grape-sized malignancy was the largest that DCCNE researcher Jack Hoopes, a Geisel School of Medicine professor and Thayer adjunct professor, had seen since embarking on trials in thousands of mice and three other dogs. Standing above an anesthetized Carmen in an operating room at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC), Hoopes says, "We're seeing if magnetic hyperthermia treatment can be adapted to these kinds of larger lesions."
The first step for Carmen will be surgery to excise as much of the tumor as possible. Then magnetic iron-oxide nanoparticles will be injected into the tumor site to penetrate any remaining cancer cells. The dog will be placed under an alternating magnetic field that will cause the nanoparticles to heat up. The heat will kill the cells that come into contact with the nanoparticles.
"You can allow for a more precise delivery of toxins from the heat to one specific area instead of giving a limited dose of chemotherapy or radiation to a large area of the whole body," Hoopes says. And unlike chemo, which can stop working or be too toxic to tolerate, magnetic hyperthermia can be repeated as often as needed.
Ideally, magnetic hyperthermia would be a stand-alone therapy, but for now DCCNE researchers are combining it effectively with standard cancer treatments. "We've had good success pairing magnetic hyperthermia with chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, or a combination," Hoopes says, adding that all three dogs treated before Carmen are now cancer-free.
GETTING MAGNETIC HYPERTHERMIA to work in animals is a step toward the DCCNE's ultimate goal: using magnetic hyperthermia to treat ovarian and breast cancers—including metastases—in humans. Now in the third year of a five-year, $12.8 million grant from the National Cancer Institute, the DCCNE brings together multiple areas of scientific, engineering, and clinical expertise to make that happen.
Materials scientist Ian Baker, who is both director of the DCCNE and Thayer School's Sherman Fairchild Professor of Engineering, heads up efforts to create new biocompatible iron-oxide nanoparticles that work better than commercially available nanoparticles. His group's newest nanoparticles are coated with dextran, a kind of glucose. "They heat better than those sold commercially," says Baker. Producing particles that range in size from 8 to 100 nanometers, his group is characterizing the properties of the particles, including measuring how well they absorb electromagnetic power.
Protein engineers, led by Thayer professors Karl Griswold and Tillman Gerngross, are creating antibodies that couple with the iron-oxide nanoparticles and carry them to cancer cells. The group's in-vitro studies have shown promise. "Depending on the types of nanoparticles and cancer cells we are examining, we can get, in some cases, two orders of magnitude better targeting having an antibody on the nanoparticle versus not having an antibody on it," says Griswold. In the group's early studies of ovarian cancers in mice, the antibodies are able to deliver nanoparticles to some but not all tumors. In studies of breast cancers in mice, only small nanoparticles arrive at the tumor. The group will continue to tailor the coupling of antibodies and nanoparticles until they can target cancers from different patient populations and better understand the biological complexities of tumor targeting. "Our current results highlight the need to carefully match particle design with the intended clinical application," says Griswold.
Another team of researchers, led by Geisel radiology professor and Thayer adjunct professor John Weaver, is developing sensing methods to provide the hyperthermia systems the information they need to be effective. "The first piece of information required is where the nanoparticles are within the tissue. We have developed methods of measuring the nanoparticles' relaxation time, which characterizes their ability to rotate freely. It provides information about which microscopic compartment the nanoparticles are in—vascular, extracellular, intracellular—and how tightly the nanoparticles are bound to the surrounding structures," says Weaver. "The second piece of information required is how many nanoparticles are present. We have tools that correct for relaxation effects so the number of nanoparticles in a given volume can be measured. The third, and possibly most important, piece of information is how hot the tissue is during the treatment. Blood flow is very efficient at pumping heat out of tissue, so it is very difficult to predict what temperature is being achieved with a given power. We have tools that are able to measure the temperature during the hyperthermia application so you know exactly how hot the tissue is and can adjust the treatment to achieve therapeutic temperatures."
One of the DCCNE's several Geisel colleagues, Steven Fiering, a professor of microbiology, immunology, and genetics, has demonstrated that nanoparticles carry the body's own pathogen-fighting phagocytic cells into tumors with them. Fiering's group has also shown that when mice with melanomas are treated with magnetic hyperthermia, their immune systems are able to slow or block recurring tumors.
Dartmouth isn't the only National Cancer Institute-funded Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence. There are eight others, including Stanford, Johns Hopkins, and MIT. "Other centers are researching nanotechnology, and two or three are working together," says Baker, "but we're the only center with multiple projects focused on a single topic: magnetic hyperthermia."
IN THE OPERATING ROOM, Hoopes watches as Dr. Eunice Chen, a DHMC surgeon, excises as much of Carmen's tumor as she can with a cauterizing scalpel. Hoopes hands Chen a syringe filled with a black fluid containing about 80 milligrams of nanoparticles. "Inject the nanoparticles into the tumor bed. Get as many as you can in," he says.
Chen rotates Carmen's head so the nanoparticle-laced fluid won't trickle out of her mouth. In the future, the team will likely use a new slow-release gel that will prevent leakage. Ben Cunkelman Th'13 '14 and Robert Collier '13 Th'13 invented the gel, made of a starch polymer, in a course Hoopes teaches at Thayer, ENGS 56: "Introduction to Biomedical Engineering." The students applied for a patent for the gel in February—one of nine patents associated with the DCCNE so far. "The idea is to apply the gel onto a tumor margin after surgery and after a certain amount of time the gel will degrade, leaving the nanoparticles on the margin," Cunkelman explains.
But for now, Chen injects the nanoparticles into the tumor site and lets them settle for a half hour or so. Then Carmen's bed is rolled across the hall into Hoopes' laboratory. Hoopes positions Carmen's head over a grid of red dots that looks more like a child's game than an alternating magnetic field. He and Thayer Ph.D. Innovation Program student Alicia Petryk '06 Th'07 '08 '13 attach four probes to Carmen's smooth, black coat and inside her mouth, connecting her to a thermal camera that will monitor her temperature. The magnetic field is applied to the nanoparticles, raising their temperature a tenth of a degree every 10 seconds. "Inappropriate use of the magnetic field could result in dangerous toxicity from overheating of the patient's outer-circumferential body tissues if the electromagnetic frequency and field strength is too high or incorrectly matched, so we're being conservative," says Hoopes.
Demonstrating that magnetic hyperthermia can be done safely and effectively will be one of the many hurdles involved in securing FDA approval to treat humans. "We think the magnetic iron-oxide nanoparticles will be very safe at the doses we are using," says Hoopes. "Similar nanoparticles have been used to treat anemia and as an MRI contrast agent in the past, and neither have shown any toxicities."
Hoopes keeps monitoring the probes and adjusting Carmen's head to regulate the direct heat she receives. After 45 minutes, Hoopes powers down and Petryk disconnects the probes. Carmen begins to wake from the anesthesia.
At last Carmen is released to her owner, who tells Hoopes, "It's been a real honor to be part of this." Hoopes reassures him that the dog should have a new lease on life.
"But if we have to," Hoopes adds, "we can always treat her again."
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Don't ask. I don't know. Nope. Absolutely no idea.
I mean, why do we bother? Why do we spend time previewing and analyzing these games, when the truth is none of us have a clue? So don't ask me what I think is going to happen Sunday night in Game 4 after what took place in Game 3.
Didn't we all have Game 3 nailed? The Celtics were in trouble, remember? How were they ever going to recover, either emotionally or physically, from the sad events of Game 2? OK, maybe, with the help of the Almighty, the crowd, and the refs, they might find a way to pull out a close one.
So there they were, up 22 (85-63) after three. Yeah, we sure know our stuff.
The final was 101-91. Miami tried to make it interesting in the fourth quarter, getting it to 8 on a Mario Chalmers 3-point play that made it 95-87 with 3:09 left. But the Heat got no closer.
So both the East and the West have honest-to-goodness series going. And this game was pretty much a carbon copy - oops, dated reference - of the game that took place in Oklahoma City on Thursday night.
"They played well,'' acknowledged Miami coach Erik Spoelstra. "They got us tonight. Their reserves came in the game and really knocked us back on our heels. And from that point on we were playing catch-up, it seemed like, the whole night.''
True enough. While there were some requisite big numbers put up by the Celtics' marquee players, the game turned when the bit players checked in. OK, let's get specific. We're talking about Keyon Dooling and Marquis Daniels.
Neither one is asked to score. They're all about energy and effort at the defensive end. "I thought what our second unit did was come in with a defensive energy that changed the game,'' said Doc Rivers. "And they scored off the defense. They got stops and they ran the floor.''
Dooling and Daniels sparked a game-changing run of 15 straight points as the Heat were scoreless for 7:10 and held without a field goal for 8:40. This enabled the Celtics to go from being down, 28-22, to in front, 37-28. The Heat never got closer than 7 (37-30, 39-32, 41-34) again.
But those guys with the big contracts weren't bad, either.
Start with Kevin Garnett, a.k.a The Reluctant Pivotman. He is the 7-footer who long ago revolutionized the game with his elegant perimeter prowess. He would go days, weeks, months, years, decades, centuries, and eons without venturing near the basket. But recent events have forced him to alter his offensive M.O., and Friday night he may have spent more time way down deep in what the great Hubie Brown refers to as the "painted area'' than he has, well, ever. Only two of his 10 field goals came on jump shots outside the lane, and only one was a face-up, that being an inside-out 18-footer from the right provided by a Paul Pierce drive-and-dish with 56.1 seconds remaining.
I mean, the Celtics high-lowed the Heat into submission.
"They established him deep in the paint,'' Spoelstra said of Garnett. "We can do some things better in terms of getting him a step further out and trying to disrupt him a little bit on his catches, but he was able to get into a real good comfort zone.''
"One of the things we kept telling them,'' said Rivers, "at the end of the day, throw it up.' There's nobody taller than him on the floor. Throw it up in the air. Kevin will go get it.''
Garnett finished with 24 points and a game-high 11 rebounds in just under 34 minutes of play. He looked anything but fatigued.
And neither did Pierce, who went 41 minutes and who may not have shot well (7 for 21) but who played with great ferocity. What overtime game?
Ray Allen went a tick under 38 minutes. He had a pair of threes, grabbed five rebounds, and even put the cap on a broken play with a driving dunk. Tell the good Padre to stay home. Ray Allen's not quite ready for the Last Rites.
The Kid? Well, The Kid was all right. Rajon Rondo let the game come to him, starting out slowly and then exploding in Miami's face with a take-charge second half. "He stabilized us, really,'' said Rivers.
"He broke us down off the dribble, he made a lot of plays,'' pointed out Spoelstra. "Like they usually come, they're in random situations. Not play calls, not things you can necessarily scheme for.''
For the record, the King of Random finished with 21 points and 10 assists in just under 43 minutes.
What it added up to was that the Celtics had more energy, more zip, more resolve, and more of just about everything. The Heat had LeBron James, who finished with 34 while scoring 30 of their first 59 points.
"We know this is a tough place to play,'' Spoelstra conceded. "But we know we can play a lot better than this.''
Probably so. But will it be enough to come away with a win that will send them home up, 3-1? Wait a minute. Are you looking for a prediction? Get serious.
Bob Ryan is a Globe columnist and host of Globe 10.0 on Boston.com. He can be reached at email@example.com.


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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Peyton Manning may be everywhere, but he is never alone.
The Broncos' quarterback is a cross-over star who shares. He shares product and humor in his commercials. He shares pizza through his 21 Papa John's franchises in Colorado.
He shared a 36-14 Broncos victory here on a Veterans Day Sunday against Carolina with the likes of Von Miller, Tony Carter and a suffocating Denver defense that sacked talented quarterback Cam Newton a career-most seven times.
"Sometimes, the media will divide a team into three different teams: Broncos offense, Broncos defense and Broncos special teams, and you write about it as if it's three different teams when we all actually are on the same team," Manning said. "You did know that, right?"
There's that humor he shared.
He also shared a day of individual accomplishment with his good friend Brandon Stokley. He shared in a job well done with waterbug Trindon Holliday and the Broncos' special teams.
Manning even shares a couple of lofty slots with Dan Marino on some significant all-time lists. The Broncos' dominant victory will be marked as the 147th regular-season victory in Manning's career. That ties him with Marino, the former Miami Dolphin great, for third all time. Heads up, John Elway. You're next. One more Manning-led Broncos victory will tie him with the Broncos' former quarterback-turned-front-office boss for second all-time.
Wait. Manning is reaching that rarefied space where there is achievement within an achievement. On Sunday he threw his 420th career touchdown pass. Again, he is tied with Marino, this time for second place.
"Dan Marino, after my dad retired, was my favorite quarterback growing up," Manning said. "I am grateful for all the receivers and all the protection that I have received along the way."
The Broncos team that Manning shares has also put the special in special teams thanks to the electric Holliday, who had his second return for a touchdown in two weeks.
It has a defense that got an interception return for a touchdown by Carter, a safety from strong safety Mike Adams on a sack of Newton, and a career-most seven sacks against the Panthers' prized quarterback.
Manning said the divide between Broncos' offense, Broncos defense and Broncos special teams would be written. This one's for Peyton.
"It's the Broncos who scored those touchdowns," Manning said. "And anybody on the team that wants to score a touchdown I'm for it."
It didn't go well early for the Broncos. For one drive in the first quarter their defense forgot that tight ends are eligible receivers. After a touchdown flick from Newton to a wide-open Greg Olsen put Carolina up 7-0, Broncos' defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio adjusted.
From then on, Manning showed the more physically gifted Newton how playing quarterback is done. On the play when he tied Marino with his 420th touchdown pass, Manning rolled right on a flood pattern right. It was first-and-goal from the 10 and the Broncos lined up three receivers to the right, all of whom ran patterns to the right side as Manning sprinted out right.
From the slot, Stokley delayed and dragged to the middle where he was wide open. Manning threw across his body and right on target.
Touchdown pass No. 420 was from one 36-year-old to another.
"It's cool to be a part of doing special things out there," Stokley said. "But you don't really pay attention to it when you're in the moment. I did not know that was 420. But it is cool when you're done you can look back and know you were part of something special."
Manning and the offense might as well have taken the rest of the day off. The Broncos have become an AFC version of Devin Hester and the Chicago Bears. The Broncos have their own home run return threat in Holliday and a defense that scored its fourth touchdown in four games. Holliday returned a punt 76 yards for a touchdown that gave the Broncos a go-ahead, 14-7 lead in the second quarter. And in the third, cornerback Carter came up with his second touchdown return when he stepped in front of a harried Newton pass to the sideline and sprinted 40 yards for a score.
The Broncos (6-3) can bury San Diego (4-5), and all but clinch the AFC West by beating the Chargers next week in Denver. After helping the Broncos reach their comfortable perch, Manning signed autographs for several men and women who are serving our country. He shared his name. He then stopped to chat with 16 family members of coach John Fox, who won his homecoming game.
Manning shared his time. He then walked out to a team bus alongside a few Broncos security and adminstrative personnel.
This was a day, and victory, in which Manning was never alone.
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Pass or Fail
Peyton Manning's sixth 300-yard passing game of the season was enough to get the Broncos through on a day when the offense finished with only two touchdowns.
A lot of Cam Newton's 241 yards passing came in mop-up time in the fourth quarter. He had 152 after three quarters. The Broncos sacked him seven times.
Special teams
The Broncos' special-teams units sprung return man Trindon Holliday free for the second consecutive week as he had a 76-yard punt return for a touchdown.
This game was a maturity test for the young Broncos as the compliments keep coming from near and far. They passed the test and gave coach John Fox the kind of victory he had hoped for in his return to Carolina.
Game Balls
LB Von Miller — Four tackles for loss, a sack and forced the Panthers offensive front to have to deal with him all day.
KR/PR Trindon Holliday — Had a 76-yard punt return for a touchdown and made his first appearance on offense.
Coach John Fox — The Broncos knew it meant enough to Fox to give him a game ball when all was said and done.


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The butterfly vivarium is a custom-fabricated, temporary shell structure that sits within one of the Museum's existing galleries. It has been designed to be a "kit of parts" that can be broken down, stored, then reinstalled in future years. It is a completely sealed, self-contained environment, and is maintained by its own HVAC system.
The vivarium is approximately 1,315 square feet. Butterflies are contained within the adult flight area which is approximately 62 feet long, 20 feet wide, and 13 feet high. This space is enclosed by a shell structure consisting of a series of arched panels springing from a carpeted floor along the west side of the exhibit, and supported on the opposite side by a row of columns. The north and south enclosing walls are made of aluminum panels. Running the length of the vivarium to the east is a transparent wall made of acrylic panels.
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When it comes to playing someone who's falling apart, Greta Gerwig's got it all together.
Gerwig – an increasingly visible muse for indie auteurs (Whit Stillman's "Damsels In Distress," Woody Allen's "To Rome With Love"), who's also make inroads into the mainstream ("No Strings Attached") – has found one of her most endearing roles with "Lola Versus." Playing a twentyish New Yorker whose fully mapped-out life suddenly/painfully/hilariously self-immolates, leaving her shell-shocked and careening through an uncertain landscape of dating, love, sex and self-esteem.
But while her character is in constant free fall, Gerwig reveals herself as a model of grounded messiness, admitting to PopcornBiz in one breath that she knows all about crises of confidence and revealing just how insightfully she's able to reflect on her industry in the next.
What was the first connection with Lola for you, the thing that made you feel like you could play her?
When I read the script I felt that I knew what the formula was that they were working with: I made the assumption that she would end up with [the guy it seemed] she was supposed to be with. It just became apparent while I was reading it that she was going to make a ton of mistakes and that it wasn't following a formula. She was this incredibly dynamic, crazy, selfish character that's dealt a rough hand, and then proceeds to make a bunch of bad decisions and make a mess of everything. All of it seemed so fun and dynamic and exciting and she was really pushing the story forward. As a woman you don't see a lot of movies like that – that you don't write yourself. If you write it yourself, you can write whatever you want, but most of the time the things that are offered to you, you usually have to stand by some big dude who's doing all the cool stuff. Then you get to chime in occasionally. So it was really fun.
Did you relate at all to that messy young adulthood that she was going through?
Yeah. I really did relate more to the messy young adulthood. When she starts the movie everything in her life is totally figured out and she knows everything and she's hitting all the marks that she's supposed to hit to be happy – or so she thinks. I relate to the mess. I'm totally more on the mess side. I feel like I'm always kind of crying and falling apart and not knowing, and I think that part of that is that I'm an actor and I make movies and everything seems uncertain all the time and there is no clear path and everything seems like it could go away tomorrow, which makes you both incredibly grateful and also incredibly neurotic. So I didn't have to look far to find that part of myself that was messy. But in a funny way--I'm much better at dealing with a mess, because I'm there all the time. So in a way, I had to create a character that was terrible at dealing with it – like, she hated it! She hated the feeling of being untethered and not knowing where she was going, that that was not something that was familiar to her or comfortable for her. So I had to create a kind of more uptight character that could then fall apart. I'm good at being all crazy.
Have you ever been in a dynamic like this, involved in a tight-knit group where eventually partner-switching starts to happen and then there's splintering in the group?
Amongst my friends that's never quite happened – amongst my girlfriends. Amongst my friends who are boys, they HAVE traded girlfriends and it's really weird. That is true. In New York the film scene is so little that everyone ends up dating each other. That's true.
How do you compare your studio film experiences to your indie film experiences and how do they play off of each other?
I think each movie is its own beast. Even in the smaller range, comparing 'Damsels In Distress,' which is a very small movie, to other small movies, that's totally different than, like, a 'Baghead' experience even though they're both tiny movies. I think the biggest difference, I find, is that there's more oversight in studio movies and more people looking over your shoulder and more voices to account for. There are people who need to be heard, because they run these businesses and they're putting up the money for it and they're the ones who stand to lose a lot. It's just being aware of those voices more. Whereas with 'Damsels,' we really just got totally free range – Whit [Stillman] got free range. He had a small budget and we went and made it and I don't remember seeing anyone on set telling us to do anything differently or looking at costumes or looking dailies or worried about that. I like both. I think a great producer is an amazing thing to have and can really push a film in a great direction. It's not that oversight is inherently bad. It can be great, but I think the difference with studio movies is built in and you don't get to choose that.
You mentioned that this film is a genre-buster, that it plays against what's expected. Is that what has to happen now for films to feel fresh and engaging, because audiences are so hip to the way that genres play by certain rules?
It's hard, because I'm not sure. I think about this a lot, actually. I think that in some ways when you watch a lot of films there is, because of genres, you know how they end. That doesn't necessarily reduce the pleasure of watching them.
Sometimes it increases it, right?
Yeah, and I don't think with the comedies of the '50's or Ernst Lubitsch or Preston Sturges that the people in the audience really didn't think that they weren't going to get together at the end. I think that they knew that those characters were going to get together. The pleasure was in watching how it happened, getting those actors together and how charming they were or how it was going to work out. In 'Bringing Up Baby' or something like that, you always knew that they were going to be together. So the pleasure becomes about something else, but I do think that there's something to subverting a genre right now that people are really getting a kick out of. I think it goes both ways. I love things like this. Why I loved this piece was that I loved how much it subverted the genre – but that being said, I love a well-executed genre movie. I think that's why people love, like, 'True Grit.' That's just a Western movie – and it's a remake of a Western – but it's great.
And the quirks aren't all that far afield from the John Wayne version.
Yeah, and I think that people took real pleasure in it, because it was straightforward in a way. I think there's room for that. In some ways I think it's a much harder hat trick to execute something known really well – I think that's a harder cat to skin. I think because of that most of the rom-coms, and stuff like that that you read, are just so saccharine. I think what I object to, more than them being kind of generic, is the fact that the characters are totally one dimensional and not interesting. Especially the women, they tend to be just flat and really liking Gummy Bears, which is not a character trait.
When you name-check someone like Lubitsch I know you know your cinema history. When you look back at the industry do you feel that you're filling a niche today that someone else filled back then?
I'm not sure. I think there's often a pretty wide gap between the way that you see yourself and the way that you are. I mean, I think the actors that I admire and look up to and love as actors in a kind of visceral way, they're all manly men. I really love all the Robert De Niro and [Martin] Scorsese stuff. I love 'King of Comedy,' and obviously, 'Raging Bull' and 'Taxi Driver.' I love Gene Hackman. Those guys are my guys. I love them. I think about them and they're the people that I want to emulate as an actor, which sounds strange because I don't think that I'm filling the Robert De Niro gap right now. I don't know why those men, particularly, but those are the ones that I'm drawn to. I have no idea what gap I'm actually filling in movies. I'm much more interested in movies themselves than me in them. That sounds falsely modest, but it's true.
I'm sure that has to do with a style of movies you're attracted to, that '70's era where men were still leading the movies.
Yeah. Maybe I need to look for some lady parts like that.
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This tartly told memoir with its tenderhearted core and luscious detailings of tangy borschts and double-decker Zwiebach buns slathered with homemade rhubarb jam is an honest, philosophical chronicle of poet and English professor Rhoda Janzen's return home at 43, to her Mennonite family, after being chewed up by a soap operatic sequence of very real personal calamities.
Mennonite in a Little Black Dress begins when Janzen's botched hysterectomy leaves her Velcro-strapping a urine collection bag to her thigh for six months. Just as she's snapped back from incontinence, Nick (her hunky, frequently drunk, charming, bipolar, and verbally abusive husband of 15 years) leaves her for Bob, a man he's met on Gay.com. That same week, a tipsy teen driver crashes Janzen's car on a snowy road. She ends up with two broken ribs and a fractured clavicle. "Under circumstances like these, what was�a gal to do?" she asks. "I'll tell you what I did. I went home to the Mennonites."
What transcends Mennonite in a Little Black Dress from a series of zany essays on "Menno" culture (a capella singalongs, raisins, and sweater vests) is Janzen's deeply nurtured respect for her community. She observes that, like the rest of us, Mennonites struggle with bratty children, substance abuse, dieting, and cheesy first dates an admission that opens up her quest to re-learn happiness into a universally felt exploration.
Janzen's spiritual leader turns out to be her sunny, irreverent mother, Mary, whose bouncy perceptions of sorrow, death, marriage between first cousins, and bodily functions she casually breaks wind at Kohl's while inspecting bundt pans end up revealing how intimately she grasps the true order of things. Hillary Huber is the narrator of Mennonite in a Little Black Dress and her droll, throaty voiceover perfectly pitches to Janzen's acerbic wit and academic background. A master quick-change artist, Huber so nimbly spins into bubbly, chattery Mary Janzen that when she conspiratorially shares, "A relaxed pothead sounds nice", about Rhoda's latest fling, it registers as mildly as "Please pass the Cotletten, dear." Nita Rao
The same week her husband of 15 years ditches her for a guy he met on Gay.com, a partially inebriated teenage driver smacks her VW Beetle head-on. Marriage over, body bruised, life upside-down, Rhoda does what any sensible 43-year-old would do: She goes home.
But hers is not just any home. It's a Mennonite home, the scene of her painfully uncool childhood and the bosom of her family: handsome but grouchy Dad, plain but cheerful Mom. Drinking, smoking, and slumber parties are nixed; potlucks, prune soup, and public prayer are embraced. Having long ago left the faith behind, Rhoda is surprised when the conservative community welcomes her back with open arms and offbeat advice. She discovers that this safe, sheltered world is the perfect place to come to terms with her failed marriage and the choices that both freed and entrapped her.
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- Dotty
- 05/01/2010
It's OK
As a Mennonite in the Fresno area, I hardly recognized my community in this book. I'm 25 years older than the author (whose family I know) and didn't suffer the deprivations she describes. There's a whole lot of literary license going on here. So I say, go ahead, listen to the book and enjoy it, but keep that grain of salt firmly in place.
A bigger disappointment for me was the mispronunciation of so very many words by the reader. I was under the impression that readers or producers checked with the author re pronunciations. Guess I was wrong.
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- Katherine
- 01/02/2010
Tender and Touching
This is a sweet tender book. Janzen Reflects back on her Mennonite upbringing with great humor and intelligence. She is kind to her parents and siblings. If you are looking for dirt, go elsewhere. This is a book of love and hope.
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- Susan
- 06/07/2010
Unexpected and funny
I am not sure what I expected but this was a fun listen and at times laugh out loud unexpectedly funny. The narration added a great deal to what otherwise might have been a disjointed "memoir". Somehow her voice and tempo made the transitions easier. I always enjoy hearing words that I know I don't know how to pronouce...half of the food consumed in this book met that definition.
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- Amy
- 03/03/2010
A surprising delight
An funny and quirky look into the life of this author. An excellent "read" and a good job by the narrator. Kept me interested and laughing the whole way through.
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- Michele Kellett
- 20/06/2011
Wanted to Love It
I also grew up in and out of an isolating religion, and thought I would relate to Ms. Janzen's book. However, her memoir does not succeed, at least for me.
The first problem is structural. This book had its genesis in e-mail messages to friends and colleagues during her sabbatical, and its structure betrays this: it's discursive, disconnected and uneven. Lots of space is taken up when she's bored (the pointless board game story), and not enough space given when she's busy/involved (the encounter with Mitch is dropped with virtually no development, even though I've read that they in fact became a couple).The narrative pools and repeats, but does not get anywhere: she has no more real insight at the end than she does at the beginning and the closing uplift feels tacked-on.
The second problem is one of tone. She insists that she is genuinely fond of and interested in the people and practices she describes, but she sure scores a lot of cheap shots off them before professing her affection. While it's clear that her upbringing launched an intelligent, hard-working woman into the world, it is also obvious that it left her so naive and unworldly that she was dangerously vulnerable to exactly the kind of disastrous marriage she made. She never expresses anger or regret toward her religion or community for this. Instead, she engages in relentless mockery of the "they don't even know what Prada is!" variety. When there is more serious criticism to be made, the fashion-label snark is a bit jarring. It makes Janzen appear more superficial and slight than she can possibly be. I understand she does not want to engage in self-pity, but she's turned it inside out with a coat of brittle barbs. What's hilarious over wine with girlfriends doesn't come off well on the page.
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- Cindy
- 31/07/2010
A fun ride!
This is a fast-paced, charming, smart memoir! GOOD FUN and the narrator easily brings across the irony and humor in the author's story. Great job.
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- Alice
- 12/05/2016
There were some humorous points, but all-in-all this book DRAGS. I grew up with lots of Amish and Mennonite so it was interesting to hear this point of view, but I was so often frustrated with the author I couldn't find much entertainment in the story. It's ok, and like the author I rarely leave a book unfinished, but...
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- H. Rene Peery
- 07/08/2015
Annoying to listen to
This book wasn't for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?
While I normally enjoy this genre of book, I just could not get into it. I gave it about 6 hours of listening time and gave up.
What do you think your next listen will be?
Happy Ali After
How did the narrator detract from the book?
Yes, could not stand her voice.
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- Carin
- 17/11/2011
Laughing through tears.
Boy, Rhoda Janzen has bad luck. The schadenfreude alone would be reason to read this memoir, but luckily she also has a sense of humor and a way with words. I hope I'm not giving away too much but you have to or else there's no plot summary at all. Rhoda grew up Mennonite but as an adult, she strayed far afield, becoming a college professor (Mennonites do not approve of higher education), marrying an atheist, not having children. Then she has a medical issue, and the procedure does not go well. To her surprise, her husband is great at nursing her back to health. Then he leaves her for a guy named Bob that he met online. A week later, Rhoda is in a terrible car accident. Unable to really get around (and unable to afford her house payments alone), she moves back in with her parents, temporarily. Which means she becomes reimmersed in Mennonite culture.
Most of us are probably pretty unfamiliar with the Mennonites. They are not the Amish - in fact the Amish split with them centuries ago because the Mennonites were so liberal - but liberal is not a word anyone would use to describe them. Rhoda's church had an outhouse. Her mother had grown up wearing clothes made from flour sacks. Rhoda and her first boyfriend in high school dated for a year without even French kissing - because they had no idea it existed. As someone who has lived fully in the secular world for over 20 years, she is the perfect person to introduce us to Mennonite culture. Also it's refreshing that she didn't have any great falling out with the religion herself - it's just not for her, but she respects her parents' beliefs and still likes the food and hymns.
Throughout the narrative, as small incidents of everyday life are conveyed, Rhoda is healing both physically, and emotionally. We get details of her tumultuous life with her artistic, bipolar husband. Returning home was obviously soothing to her soul as well as her body. And her mother is hilarious. Hilary Huber does a good job is giving the different characters different voices (although all fairly nasal though that's not her normal voice), but Rhoda's mother's voice is the best. The slightly childish aspect of the tone matches up perfectly to her upbeat, effervescent personality.
There is an explanation of the Mennonites at the end of the book.
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- Annie M.
- 24/07/2010
Funny and touching
Rhoda Janzen has Mary Carr's acerbic voice and Elizabeth Gilbert's desire to understand herself. So if you liked "Lit," "The Liar's Club," or "Eat, Pray, Love," you will find this a most satisfying addition to the group.
I listened to this book in bed and kept waking up my spouse because I was cracking up. There were even a few occasions when an actual snort escaped me. I had to turn the book off at that point, just for the sake of harmony in the old bedroom.
If you were the kind of person (like me) who couldn't wait to get away from the place where you grew up, only to realize later all the wonders you left behind--you will love this book.
In particular, I loved the author's rendering of her mother, a doggedly sunny ball of energy with a penchant for dopey scatalogical references, all within the context of a severe and austere religion. Much to laugh at here. I hope Janzen does a follow-up book on her mom! She is a character (and, oh, how I do mean that) about and from whom I'd love to hear more.
I think the narrator did a great job. Her tone is wry and tough when the humor calls for it, and soft when detailing some of the more painful moments.
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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) is scratching his head about a proposed NFL rule aimed at reducing players' head injuries.
Rubio tweeted on Friday:
I don't understand #nfl anymore. If RB can't lower head what do they do, take on tackler with chest? profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/14/nfl… #c'monman
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Rubio's tweet was in reference to the NFL Competition Committee's proposing a series of rule changes, including making it a personal foul for runners and tacklers to engage in head-first contact outside of the tackle box, The Associated Press reported Thursday.
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parnassus wrote:Hmm...it would transpire that Sunderland University is not the only place in this area with a dyspraxic admin department. I have just taken a closer look at the documents for my counselling skills course (real name 'Award in Communication and Self-Development in a Counselling Skills Context') and have discovered that I will not be starting until April 2009. On the enrolment night I was told that my first class would be on 8th September. As in next week.
Am I never to be free?!
I'm not hoping to become an accredited counsellor, as that would take too long and I'm uncertain about whether I would be any good at it. This course is only short (three months) and its main focus is on understanding body language, working out how your own beliefs and values colour what you say and how you say it, and establishing boundaries in a 'helping' relationship. I think it might help me to develop more tact.
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