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As parity becomes the rule more and more in the NHL, it becomes more difficult to make playoff picks.
This year, I have a lot of the favourites, yet if you've been following my Power Rankings at all, you would know that I won't be surprised if several lower seeds jump up and bite the higher seeds.
For example, I have the Washington Capitals at nine and the New York Rangers at ten. I'm picking the Caps to win, but will hardly be shocked if they're pushed to the limit by the Blueshirts.
Even the Vancouver Canucks, the top seed in the entire postseason, have a tough draw in the first round, so it's not going to be a real shock if low seeds again make noise in the playoffs.
For more information, please check out the following:
The Playoff Payoff - A more detailed stats breakdown, with strategy, likely line combinations and deep sleepers for each team.
NHL Power Rankings - You'll have some idea how good I think a team is based on their finish here.
NHL Player Rankings - Not geared to the NHL playoffs, but a position-by-position breakdown of the league's best.
WASHINGTON CAPITALS vs. NEW YORK RANGERS
Provided Mike Green is able to play for the Capitals, they deserve to be favoured in the series, but not in any way the lopsided match-up that would be typical of a top seed against an eighth seed. Green doesn't have a strong playoff track record and his production was down even before his concussion woes, but with Dennis Wideman sidelined, the Capitals surely need their power play quarterback to make a difference.
Even though they weren't the scoring juggernaut that they were in 2009-2010, the Capitals have the requisite skill to handle the Rangers, unless Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist comes up huge, which isn't an impossibility, since he has been the backbone of the Rangers' push to the postseason.
The Rangers' late-season scoring troubles (17 goals in the last nine games) could only be magnified by the absence of Ryan Callahan, their second-leading goal scorer, who suffered a broken ankle blocking a Zdeno Chara shot last week, so the Rangers desperately need sniper Marian Gaborik to be more productive than he was during the regular season, when he scored a modest 22 goals.
Perhaps the swing position for the Capitals will be goaltending. They won't have Jose Theodore around to start the first game of the playoffs, only to be banished to the bench thereafter, so Michal Neuvirth figures to get the first shot between the pipes, with Semyon Varlamov ready to step in, if need be.
The Pick: Capitals in seven.
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS vs. BUFFALO SABRES
As long as defenceman Chris Pronger is out of the Flyers lineup, and the Flyers remain ever-secretive on that front, they are vulnerable. The goaltending hasn't been strong enough to overcome the absence of the veteran shutdown defender, but just because there are questions on the back end doesn't mean the Flyers aren't a dangerous bunch.
Few teams can match the forward depth that the Flyers can roll out, so Philadelphia has the ability to advance, as long as the goaltending, led by rookie Sergei Bobrovsky, holds up.
A strong finish to the season, going 16-4-4 in the last 24 regular season games (including a pair of wins over the Flyers) lifted the Sabres into the playoffs and while the Sabres don't have six players with at least 49 points, like the Flyers, they did get significant contributions late in the year from players like defenceman Andrej Sekera and winger Nathan Gerbe, players that will play a more prominent role than their overall point totals might suggest.
With a collective effort, the Sabres have an opportunity to upset a Flyers team that finished the regular season with five regulation wins in 14 games after Pronger suffered a broken hand.
The Pick: Sabres in seven.
BOSTON BRUINS vs. MONTREAL CANADIENS
Perhaps the perfect contrast in styles, with the Bruins employing muscle and intimidation against a speedy and shifty Canadiens group that has no hope of matching the Bruins if the game turns into trench warfare.
Montreal might need goaltender Carey Price to stand on his head to steal the series, but it's tough to forecast an advantage in goal when the Bruins answer with Tim Thomas, who just happened to record the highest save percentage in history this season.
The Canadiens aren't especially deep, so they'll need the guys at the top end to produce, which means another big playoff from LW Mike Cammalleri, continued production from RW Brian Gionta and C Tomas Plekanec and something, anything, from C Scott Gomez, who is coming off a miserable 38-point season. Defencemen P.K. Subban and James Wisniewski will also need to contribute on the power play.
While Boston isn't overpowering offensively, they boast more weapons than the Canadiens, with a nice mix of playmaking centres David Krejci and Patrice Bergeron as well as power forwards Milan Lucic and Nathan Horton. If the Bruins are to avoid the upset, they're going to need their power play to be much better. Since acquiring Tomas Kaberle from Toronto, the Bruins' power play is just 7-for-67 (10.4%) in 23 games.
The Pick: Bruins in six.
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS vs. TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING
It's asking a lot to put the weight of the entire series on the health of one player, but when that player is Sidney Crosby, it's understandable if his presence can make the difference between the fourth and fifth seeds in the East.
Crosby has been practicing with the Penguins and it wouldn't make a lot of sense for him to practice without the objective of having him play in the postseason, but as long as the Penguins are casting doubt on 87's availability for Game One, the Penguins are in a tough spot.
In 41 games since Crosby was sidelined, the Penguins have 13 regulation wins. With no shootouts at their disposal in the playoffs, Pittsburgh will have to generate more offence, which means getting more from trade acquisitions James Neal and Alex Kovalev, who have combined for three goals in 39 games since arriving in the Steel City.
After some struggles in recent years, the Lightning may be happy just to be in the playoffs, but have enough veterans -- Vincent Lecavalier, Martin St. Louis, Simon Gagne and Ryan Malone, most notably -- that have tasted playoff success that they won't be overwhelmed by a Penguins roster that has racked up a lot of playoff games in the last three seasons.
At the same time, Tampa Bay's defence is suspect and they're counting on 41-year-old G Dwayne Roloson to backstop the whole effort.
The Pick: Penguins in six.
VANCOUVER CANUCKS vs. CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS
While the Canucks can say they want another matchup with the Blackhawks, there would have been more favourable first-round opponents for the league's top seed. The Canucks finally have a healthy defence corps, which gives them a depth advantage on most any team, their goaltending is as good as any and they boast a strong group of scoring forwards. They didn't finish ten points ahead of all others for no reason.
At the same time, the depth forwards of the Canucks will be challenged. C Manny Malhotra is out with an eye injury and LW Raffi Torres is suspended for the first two games, so the bottom six is a little suspect; perhaps Cody Hodgson will be a factor in a third-line role.
After sneaking into the playoffs, the Blackhawks can't mind facing off with a team that they've bounced from the playoffs in back-to-back years. If C David Bolland is able to return from a concussion, he'll give the Blackhawks a much-needed checking presence to throw at the Sedins, which could help free up Jonathan Toews for more offensive endeavours.
Naturally, the Blackhawks will need rookie G Corey Crawford to play well if they're going to knock off the top-seeded Canucks and last year's Norris Trophy winner, Duncan Keith, has to be a difference-maker for Chicago (he hasn't been nearly as consistent this year, so it can't just be assumed that Keith will provide 27 minutes of sterling all-around play, night-in and night-out).
The Pick: Canucks in seven.
SAN JOSE SHARKS vs. LOS ANGELES KINGS
It's not as if the San Jose Sharks, with six regulation losses in the last 37 games, need a lot of help, but getting the Kings in the first round is a better fate than what awaits the top-seeded Canucks.
The Kings may get RW Justin Williams back at some point in the series, though he's recovering from a dislocated shoulder, so it's hard to know how effective he will be. More importantly, franchise centre Anze Kopitar is out and the Kings (like most teams) don't have a ready-made replacement for their No. 1 pivot.
If the Kings can get outstanding goaltending and defencemen Drew Doughty and Jack Johnson can control play, maybe they'll have a shot against the Sharks, but San Jose has so much more depth and G Antti Niemi has been every bit as good for San Jose as G Jonathan Quick has been for Los Angeles.
Gritty winger Ryane Clowe is questionable for the Sharks, due to a lower body injury, and his absence certainly taxes the Sharks' depth, but San Jose has too many weapons.
The Pick: Sharks in five.
DETROIT RED WINGS vs. PHOENIX COYOTES
It's expected that Henrik Zetterberg won't be ready to start the series for the Red Wings and that's a major loss, but Detroit is nothing if not deep, so they may be able to escape the series without him.
Rest assured, it won't come easily. The Coyotes don't have big-time scorers, but defenceman Keith Yandle is a Norris Trophy candidate and the Coyotes took the Wings to Game Seven in Round One last year.
If there is an advantage to be had for Phoenix, it rests in goal, where Ilya Bryzgalov is capable of stealing a series, particularly if Jimmy Howard isn't up to the task for the Red Wings.
Siding with depth and experience, the Wings will find a way to get it done, giving Zetterberg time to get healthy and have an impact.
The Pick: Red Wings in seven.
ANAHEIM DUCKS vs. NASHVILLE PREDATORS
I so wanted this year to be the year that I would pick the Predators to advance beyond the first round, but matching up against a Ducks team that has been rolling late in the year isn't an easy way to go.
Anaheim's biggest question may be in goal, where Jonas Hiller is recovering from vertigo and Ray Emery, who filled in admirably while Hiller has been out, has been nursing a lower body injury. Emery is supposed to be ready for the playoffs and if either he or Dan Ellis can provide stability between the pipes, the Ducks have the firepower up front to match any team.
The line of Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry and Bobby Ryan may be the league's best and it could be an epic matchup against Predators defenders Shea Weber and Ryan Suter, but even if the Predators can somehow neutralize the Ducks' top line, there is still a matter of handling Teemu Selanne, who simply notched 80 points in 73 games as a 40-year-old this season.
Nashville's buttoned-down style will be in contrast to a more free-flowing Anaheim attack, which should make for a competitive series, but one in which MVP candidate Corey Perry could make the difference.
The Pick: Ducks in six.
Teams best equipped to pull off upsets (aside from those already picked): Chicago, Nashville, N.Y. Rangers
Future Series PicksWESTVancouver over AnaheimDetroit over San JoseVancouver over DetroitEASTWashington over BuffaloBoston over PittsburghBoston over WashingtonCUP FINALVancouver over Boston
And, my list of playoff projections, obviously influenced by my team picks. If you have different picks -- and I'm sure many of you do -- do not follow my player picks to the letter; perhaps use the Playoff Payoff to find value on the teams you like best this spring.
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Geographical coverage: International
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Survey name(s): Retail Prices Index Survey, Opinions and Lifestyle Survey, Labour Force Survey, International Passenger Survey (IPS), Integrated Household Survey, Family Resources Survey, English Housing Survey, Census, General Lifestyle Survey
Where we live: Living with parents
In the UK an estimated 63 per cent (4.6 million) of all those aged 16-24 were living in the parental home in 2012.
In the UK, in 2012, there were more men than women aged 16-24 living with their parents at 69 per cent and 57 per cent respectively.
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There has been a decrease between 2002 and 2012 in the percentage of young people who were active in the labour market: from 54 per cent to 37 per cent for those aged 16 to 17 and from 75 per cent to 72 per cent of those aged 18-24.
The unemployment rate for those aged 16 or 17 has increased from 19 per cent in 2002 to 37 per cent in 2012: over the same time period the rate for 18-24 year olds increased from 11 per cent to 20 per cent.
In 2012 a smaller percentage of those in full-time education were also in employment than in 2002 in both the 16-17 and 18-24 age groups.
What we do: Leisure time
Around three-quarters of 16-17 year olds and 18-19 year olds (77 per cent and 72 per cent respectively) in Great Britain in 2011/12 reported medium to high levels of satisfaction with the amount of time to do the things they like, compared with just over half (55 per cent) of 20-24 year olds.
There was a reduction in participation in moderate intensity sport by 16-19 year olds in England between 2005/06 and 2011/12: for example, 63 per cent of 16-19 year olds participated in sport once a week in 2011/12 compared with 67 per cent in 2005/06.
In 2012 in England there was a significant increase (6.6 percentage points) in young adults who visited a museum or gallery compared with a year earlier.
Between 2005/06 and 2011/12 in England there was an increase of 3.6 percentage points in the number of 16-24 year olds who had volunteered in the last twelve months.
Individual well-being
In 2012 in the UK, young people aged 16-24 rated their satisfaction with their lives at a higher level than the average for all ages.
Highest ratings for life satisfaction were in the 16-17 and 18-19 age groups with slightly lower ratings for those in their twenties: a similar pattern for the age groups emerges in response to questions about how worthwhile the things in their lives are and how happy they were yesterday.
Young people in the UK in 2012 reported the lowest levels of anxiety for the previous day compared with the average for all other age groups.
In 2012 young people in Great Britain reported that they were very optimistic about the next 12 months: between 80 and 85 per cent reported a medium to high level of optimism.
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- Question from Fiona: Is mastectomy done even when the cancer has spread to, say, the bones?
- Answers - Gabriel N. Hortobagyi, M.D., F.A.C.P. In general terms, the standard of care today is that when metastases are present at the time of diagnosis of the primary, then no definitive surgery is performed on the primary unless there is a need to control a bleeding, ulcerated breast for quality-of-life purposes. In recent years, the question has been raised whether removing the breast in the presence of metastasis might favorably affect survival. There is interest in addressing that through additional research and there is at least one ongoing clinical trial outside the United States looking at that, but it is not considered a standard procedure nor is there definitive evidence that it helps. There are no trials currently in the U.S. But there has been some skepticism in the medical community, so there is no trial ongoing or planned for this issue.
On Wednesday, October 18, 2006, our Ask-the-Expert Online Conference was called Inflammatory Breast Cancer. Gabriel Hortobagyi, M.D., Thomas Buchholz, M.D., and moderator Jennifer Sabol, M.D. answered your questions about inflammatory breast cancer, a rare but aggressive form of breast cancer.
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The entire parking lot was blocked off, and tenants said they were told authorities were looking for pipe bombs.
Tenants were evacuated from the apartments around 5 p.m.
Huntsville Police confirmed the apartment they entered was vacated on Wednesday.
Police said the complex's maintenance crew was cleaning out a recently vacated unit when they uncovered what police are calling two explosive devices in a back bedroom closet.
The bomb squad detonated the devices without any problems, but the explosives caused quite a panic.
HPD and the FBI are now trying to locate the previous renters. It's unclear why they left the pipe bombs around.
After more than two hours, Huntsville Police opened the apartment complex back up to the residents.
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City's hospitals brace for deluge of 'Sandy babies'
New Yorkers will be seeing some new babies nine months after Hurricane Sandy left many in the tri-state area cooped up inside and without power, the New York Times reported this weekend.
One expectant mother, Meaghan Murphy, apparently explained to the Times that "with no power, no TV, no lights, even without that much food, there was no much else to do."
Murphy apparently added that her husband, Patrick, "is so handsome."
"I couldn't resist," she told the Times.
The Times credited "inoperable" elevators and "deluged" lobbies for the impending baby boom.
The Times cited a sociological study in rural India that reportedly found that with increased access to electricity, birth rates dropped, but notes that "no statistically sound effect on births was found after the 1965 power failure in the Northeast," and that there was actually a drop in birth rate from the year before nine months after the 2003 black out. The Journal of Population Economics reportedly found an uptick in births after minor storms, but the opposite following bigger storms like Sandy.
However, local hospitals are reportedly readying for an increase in births mid-summer, which would be approximately nine months after Sandy.
Birth rates in New York apparently typically peak in July, but the director of the division of gynecology at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, Jacques Moritz, reportedly told the Times they expect an increase of 10 to 20 percent at the end of July as compared to last year.
New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center chief of obstetrics Amos Drunebaum reportedly said his hospital expects an even greater increase from the year before, estimating 20 to 30 percent.
A patient of Grunebaum's who was having trouble conceiving a second child is now pregnant, after having sex three times in one day during the storm, she told the Times.
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WAUKESHA, WI (WTAQ) - A state appeals court ruled Wednesday that incriminating statements should not have been used against an alleged child molester in West Bend.
Police took Corey Uhlenberg into custody in 2011, after a 5-year-old girl accused him of sexually touching her. Uhlenberg asked for an attorney, but a detective told the man he was not under arrest – and the officer continued to question him and got some incriminating statements.
Uhlenberg asked a Washington County Judge not to have the statements be used against him – but the judge rejected the request, saying the man was not in custody.
Uhlenberg eventually pleaded guilty to second-degree child sex assault, and was sentenced to 12 years in prison. He appealed the conviction. And Wednesday, the Second District Court of Appeals in Waukesha said the questioning should have ended after Uhlenberg asked police to bring in an attorney.
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PISCATAWAY, N.J. (Jan. 8, 2013) – Rutgers gymnastics freshman Jenna Williams (Bordentown, N.J.) garnered the first EAGL Rookie of the Week honors of the 2013 season, the league announced Tuesday. Williams received the accolade following her collegiate debut at New Hampshire on Jan. 6.
"I think Jenna's honor is well-deserved," said head coach Louis Levine. "She really rocked her uneven bars and vault routines at New Hampshire. She is doing a great job and has done everything we have asked of her so far."
Williams helped lead Rutgers on the bars, posting a 9.850 to tie her for second place overall in the meet with junior teammate Alexis Gunzelman (Tabernacle, N.J.). The freshman's score on the bars was tied for the highest score on any event for the Scarlet Knights against the Wildcats.
Her score helped Rutgers tally a team total of 48.900, the third-best mark in the event in program history. The Scarlet Knights' score topped New Hampshire's total of 48.700 in the same event.
The Bordentown, N.J., native was one of two Rutgers gymnasts to post a 9.800 or higher in two events, joining senior Danielle D'Elia (Colts Neck, N.J.). Williams also tallied a 9.800 on the vault for another second-place finish.
Williams and the Scarlet Knights are back in action at the Livingston Recreation Center next weekend, hosting Alaska and Yale on Saturday, Jan. 12 at 1 p.m.
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What do you do if you with two high school football teams after a massive brawl? If you're the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference, you decide to have them both lose the game in a rare, double forfeit.
Just six weeks after the Lewis Mills football team stood on the Muzzy Field gridiron with nothing but smiles stretched across its collective face following a win in its first-ever varsity game, things have suddenly turned sour.
Thirty-six seconds into the third quarter of Saturday's Pequot Conference Sassacus Division affair with North Branford, things turned ugly. On just the third play of the second half, a bench-clearing brawl broke out between the Spartans and the Thunderbirds which brought the game to a halt. North Branford was leading 42-7 at the time of the stoppage.
But the CIAC ruled on Tuesday that the contest will go down as a defeat for both teams. Paul Hoey, associate director of the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference, said that after discussions with game officials, it decided to rule the game a double-forfeit.
"It's a double-forfeit with a loss being charged to each team," Hoey said. "This has been confirmed following consultation with the game officials at the contest, the state football rules interpreter, and the staff and football committee members from the National Federation of High Schools."
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Toby Keith 's dream of opening a home away from home for kids battling cancer will become a reality later this month. After ten years of fundraising, Toby's OK Kids Korral will begin operation November 21 as a home away from home for pediatric cancer patients and their families. The facility is located just two blocks from The Children's Hospital at OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City
Toby says, "Thank you to all of those people who have supported us over the years. Ten years goes by fast when you are working toward a goal this big."
The OK Kids Korral features 12 overnight suites that sleep five, a family resource room, laundry room, theater and a reflection room. To donate to the cause or volunteer to help at the OK Kids Korral, go to TobyKeithFoundation.org .
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Elizabeth Edwards Tells All
She opens up about John Edwards's affair.
Elizabeth Edwards's memoir doesn't hit bookstores 'til May 12, but the Internet is already buzzing about it. Here's a sneak peek of what's in store.
- The affair
According to the New York Daily News, which has acquired an advance copy of Resilience: Reflections on the Burdens and Gifts of Facing Life's Adversities, Elizabeth Edwards shares her initial reaction to learning of the affair. "I cried and screamed, I went to the bathroom and threw up."
- The lies
Even when Edwards confessed to his wife, he lied, claiming he had slipped up just once, Elizabeth writes. His original version of the story "left most of the truth out," she says.
- The mistress
Outside a New York hotel, Rielle Hunter told John Edwards: "You are so hot." He later paid her $114,000 to produce a batch of short films on his candidacy. Elizabeth says Hunter is a parasitic groupie who invaded the Edwardses' life, and that she's "pathetic."
- The love
Despite their struggles, Elizabeth and John have stayed together. Elizabeth writes: "I lie in bed, circles under my eyes, my sparse hair sticking in too many directions, and he looks at me as if I am the most beautiful woman he has ever seen. It matters."
If your husband cheated, would you stay?
dude's a d*ck
No I would not stay with my husband if he cheated. We have 3 kids, 2 are girls and I do not want to show my girls that it's ok to be walked on. So I would leave for sure.
i'll think twice… right now, i have doubts that my husband is cheating on me. If i can prove this, i'm sure to trash him out. we have a son, but i'm also concerned with my dignity as a woman..:)
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The woman on the cover of the ObamaCare web site is smiling, but more than 3 weeks after ObamaCare's launch, many of the people trying to use the site aren't smiling at all.
That's because the site continues to be plagued with major problems. People haven't been able to sign up. Others can't even get past the initial registration page.
President Obama has ordered "all hands on deck" to get the site fixed and running smoothly, but questions about why these problems weren't caught before the launch and why it's taken this long to fix it persist.
Thursday, here in the valley, we may be able to ask those questions directly to the person who is overseeing the site – Kathleen Sebelius.
But just how problem-plagued is the process to sign up? And is everyone getting a "system error message" when they try to sign up?
The government is really pushing people to sign up on the website, and when I tried at first, I couldn't get through. But there's a couple other ways you can sign up.
You can call, or you can fill out a paper application. And people I spoke with say they're having better luck doing it the old fashioned way -- mailing it in.
"I could not get on the site at all, then when I got on the site, I went to certain areas, it just wasn't functioning properly and I gave up," says Mickey Izenman.
It's easy to give up when you keep getting an error. The online process, when you get through, is long one. First you have to pick a username and password.
Then you have to answer a barrage of personal questions, questions that verify your identity -- about 45 minutes worth of questions -- before you can check out the actual health insurance plan options.
"This is like going to a car dealer and spending the first 45 minutes with a credit manager doing an application before ever seeing a car or sticker on the window," says Alan Leafman.
Alan Leafman is a health insurance broker.
"We've gotten exactly one person through the website since October 1."
I also called their hotline to see how long it would take to register for health insurance over the phone, and... "All of our representatives are currently assisting other customers, please stay on the line, your estimated wait time is 15 minutes."
Whether on the phone, or online, waiting seems to be the norm.
This retiree says he was paying $500 a month for health insurance, with a $5,000 deductible. He got frustrated and ended up going through a broker.
"I can get a policy now which isn't even the best, next to best, for roughly $200 a month with a zero deductible and 90/10 coverage," says Izenman.
But that was no thanks to the government's website. He filled out and mailed a paper application.
"I don't know who the people in government consulted with when they designed this website, clearly they didn't consult with many insurance people or even consumers," says Leafman.
The old fashioned way with pen and paper takes less time to fill out than doing it online. But it could take about a couple weeks or more for the government to confirm the application.
But this way, you have time to pick out a health insurance plan.
Doing it online, if you get through, is instantaneous, but at the end of the process you have to pick a plan. And there are dozens of plans to choose from.
Health and human services secretary Kathleen Sebelius will be in the valley Thursday, visiting a healthcare call center in Phoenix. There have been calls for her resignation because of the way the launch was handled, but President Obama is sticking by her.
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General: Mitt Romney says that the middle class income is between $200,000 and $250,000 per year. What do you think about his comment and what do you think is the middle class?
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I think if my family (my husband and I are both teachers) made anywhere near $200,000 we would feel RICH!!!
paula fink
Well if that is considered the middle class, how come so many people below that rely on some type of government assistance? Romney clearly does not have the mentality (or education) to reach out to all walks of life, a mandatory requirement for leadership of this fast-changing nation and economy.
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According to the census bureau, "MEDIAN INCOME IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS (IN 2011 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS) 2011 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates" Median household income is $50,502. That's roughly 1/4 of Romney's idea of middle class. How out of touch can he be???
Mark Moyle
When Bush left office we were losing more than 800,000 jobs a month and my job was one of them. After 1 year, we were out of the red and gaining jobs despite Republican efforts to the contrary. Romney et al used their power and influence to lower their taxes so they aren't paying. Then in order to increase corporate profits and executive compensation, they sent my job and millions of others overseas. We are now making 1/2 what we used to so we're not paying either, but we're also not buying anything and It's consumer demand for a product or service that ultimately creates and keeps jobs.
Tony Kop[ec
it is unfortunate that my union dues goes to support a candidate that I do not believe in...It is another thing for me to receive propaganda in the mail supporting views I don't agree with.
Patricia Heltke
Since $200,000 is chump-change for Romney, he assumes it must be the floor for middle class income. Just shows how out-of-touch the rich guy is. Those of us in the $40-$100 thousand range like to think We are the middle. Of course it is always possible that we are wrong, and that we are now lower class, but what does that mean about the folks earning less than $40,000 a year. Oh my....
Cheryl Stewart
I don't think Mr. Romney is understanding the facts of the nation, but rather the small percentage of upper middle class earners. Middle class is defined at those individuals with incomes ranging roughly from $25,000 to $100,000 with upper middle class incomes from $200,000 & above. I, like so many other Americans, fall into the $25,000 to $100,000 range. I think Mr. Romney is relying too heavily on his fact finder people and not enough on his own research. This is too important of an election to just spew whatever information he gets from campaign staffers. He is out of touch in this sense, but he knows protecting the wealthy is bad.
Yvonne D Macklin
So today I received a letter from IFT, telling me basically who to vote for! Why? Am I an idiot who can't make that decision on their own? I don't understand why IFT needs to waste their time on an election that they are not sponsoring. As for who I should vote for...really..Obama?? The last four years have been filled with lay offs, closing of small businesses, tax breaks for people who literally do nothing, and a teacher's strike in his home state with one of his own as Mayor of our city. Obama is supporting nothing doers and spitting on those who work to make a living. He's not my President! No IFT letter is going to change that!
marisol carlos
Some people will believe anything the AFT will tell them! It was Obama who said that he would tax people making over $250K at a higher rate, thereby defining the middle class as anyone who makes less than that. Obama claims to be for the middle class when he, himself has a $3 million home in Chicago and sends his daughters to private school. As for public education, class sizes have increased in the last four years - so much for smaller class sizes in public education!
Joseph Pagliaruli
No way!! He is wealthy and therefore delusional about the middle class!!
Ginger Diamond
If I make 157,000 per year, does this mean I'm lower middle class or poor?
Sandra Gordon
Mitt Romney, where have you been? People who make over $200,000 dollars are considered to be wealthy where I come from. Maybe you need to go and live in poverty for a week or two to understand what OUR children go through, daily! I am not considered middle class either... My salary is decent, but the people I take care of costs a lot of money...MY FAMILY!
Sherri Wilkie-Gefroh
Mitt is out of his mind, and out of touch with the real middle-class. If you watched the last debate, he told us teachers "to get behind him" I took that as do what I say or get screwed. I will not get behind YOU MITT... never!
Vernita Brooks
I think he is crazy. If that is correct then teachers and their kids should get free o reduced meals at school, but according to Tx we make too much to qualify.
Theresa Staley
Well according to Romney teachers are low class. Here in rual areas of Texas the average teacher working for 10 years only makes $42,000.00. So many teachers here complain about the pay but many times it's their own fault. They vote against thier own best interest. I know many teachers in my area that are going to vote for Romney. I just don't understand how people can keep doing this to themselves. I refuse to vote against my own best interest.
Brandy Wright
Are you kidding? I thought I was in the area of Middle class. I'm a high school teacher and I don't even make $50,000, I guess I'm in the low class and that's because I have a Master's Degree. He needs to come and visit Texas teachers in the lower Rio Grande Valley (South Texas) and have a heart to heart with us if he really wants to get in touch with the reality of things.
Yolanda G Flores
he doesnt know how to add
Lorenzo Lucero
Our household income is about $80,000/year. I teach and my husband is a police officer. We are definitely poor if Romney thinks $200,000 is middle class!!!The cost of living, gas, groceries, school lunches keep going up and we haven't had a good, decent raise in about 5 years! We can't keep up! Had to make cuts in our budget.
Sonia Longoria
Then I am not in the middle class like I thought I was. I must be poor class.
Jeri Calcote
Over 50 senators make over $50 million each. That is why they are so out of touch
Barbara Swaim
Romney's comments show his ridiculously biased perspective of American society and the needs of our people. He cares nothing about the 'real' middle class & even less about impoverished communities. Middle class encompasses many factors including income, education & profession. I believe six figures begins to elevate people into an upper class range.
Linda Sue Collins
Then, teachers are definitely not midde-class if we believe what the candidate says. It's unfortunate, that with so many suffering during this economic turndown, there are a great many people who believe we need a president who has never experienced economic hardship for himself.
Richard Collins
Prior to retirement in 2006, i was making 125,000 as an engineering manager and my wife was making 60,000 as a tech writer. At that time we were a little above middle class. I teach now and make 44,000 in an urban school. My wife is unemployed. so what do i consider middle class, about 80,000. The jobs are out there but they are hard to find, especially in education. (math) one of the local schools had 95 applications for one position.
Pat Montanaro
Last year, my students asked me what 'the 1%' was. I asked them to raise their hands if their families made a million dollars in a year. Of course, no one raised a hand. I explained that even a $million wouldn't put them in the '1%' and drew a simple diagram to show where we are in income distribution. We discussed how the million-dollar level of income would affect our lives and realized we can't even imagine. Many of my students are in working-family households earning 1/10 Mr. Romney's description. He consistently defines his disconnections. How can he represent or lead us? He can't even start to identify with me and my community.
Elizabeth Weight
I think middle income is between 50.000. - 90,000. Anything over this is high income.
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There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out the purposes and provisions of this Act, but no amounts shall be appropriated to carry out after October 1, 2002, any program, function, or activity of the Bureau under this or any other Act unless such sums are specifically authorized to be appropriated as of October 21, 1976 or are authorized to be appropriated in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this section.
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Consistent with section 1110 of title 31, beginning May 15, 1977, and not later than May 15 of each second even numbered year thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate a request for the authorization of appropriations for all programs, functions, and activities of the Bureau to be carried out during the four-fiscal-year period beginning on October 1 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which such request is submitted. The Secretary shall include in his request, in addition to the information contained in his budget request and justification statement to the Office of Management and Budget, the funding levels which he determines can be efficiently and effectively utilized in the execution of his responsibilities for each such program, function, or activity, notwithstanding any budget guidelines or limitations imposed by any official or agency of the executive branch.
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Siri leads voice-recognition renaissance
As smartphones become ubiquitous, more searches will be performed on mobile devices and speech-controlled technology will become critical.
Microsoft (MSFT) and Google (GOOG) have both given it a shot and tried to support voice controls on their operating systems that run on several smartphones and PCs, however neither has managed to gain traction. (Microsoft owns and publishes Top Stocks, an MSN Money site.)
All that changed when Apple (AAPL) introduced Siri in October last year. Not only has it turned out to be one of the iPhone 4S' defining features, it has also brought speech-recognition back into vogue.
No wonder then that voice recognition hogged the limelight at CES 2012, where a host of products on display -- ranging from HDTV, tablets, smartphones to even cars -- sported this new feature.
A number of factors have worked in Siri's favor. Apple launches the incredibly popular iPhone only once a year, on average, and that creates a lot of anticipation in the media as well as in customers' minds. So, Siri did benefit a lot from the heavy marketing that the iPhone received. However, as with all previous attempts at voice recognition, even this initial euphoria ought to have died down. But the fact that Siri is not just another speech- recognition software that can interpret only a strict set of commands but a language-parsing agent that gives it a superior understanding of natural speech is what makes it so popular.
Siri's tantalizing features include the ability to take dictation for text messages, set reminders, initiate calls and get weather updates -- all at a mere voice command. Such an interactive voice-driven interface encourages greater use of smartphone features by making it much easier to access technology-on-the-go. According to a recent industry study by Arieso, the iPhone 4S has almost doubled data consumption as compared to its predecessor, the iPhone 4, and the introduction of Siri is considered to have enabled the huge growth.
One of the most important smartphone features that Siri is driving is an increase in mobile search. As smartphones become ubiquitous, more searches are going to be performed on mobile phones and voice-recognition technology could be at the forefront of this change. Google has been trying to increase its presence in the mobile search market through Android and will want to come up with a more interactive voice-recognition engine than its Google Voice Search or the Voice Actions feature that comes integrated with Android. The same applies to Microsoft, which has its own TellMe software that redirects all voice queries to Bing Search for Windows Phone.
Siri's success, due to its natural language understanding skills, poses interesting questions for Google and Microsoft's search business as voice search could replace text search in the future.
Right now, Apple uses Google and Bing as a last resort to redirect some of its search queries only after it has exhausted its own database, as well as those of partners Yelp and Wolfram Alpha. If Siri becomes more widely used and Apple seeks to bring more partner databases into the fold, Google and Bing search could be pushed further into the background -- or at least slowed.
Google and Microsoft will therefore redouble efforts to integrate natural language processing skills into their existing voice recognition software, else they risk losing major traffic and therefore major ad revenue as well.
Google's mobile search division contributes more than 32% of its stock value, as per our estimates, and it clearly has the most to lose from this scenario. The company is apparently readying a Siri-like interface in a project code-named Majel that will be added to its Voice Actions feature on Android, in order to counter Apple's advances.
Meanwhile, Apple could look to use its huge cash base (almost $80 billion in cash and cash equivalents) to acquire some of these local business search companies such as Yelp or OpenTable or MapQuest and divert ad revenues to itself, thereby opening up a new revenue stream. Also, it can spread Siri across its portfolio of products, adding it to the iPad, the MacBook line and the in-the-works Apple HDTV, to cash in on the surge of interest in voice-recognition technology.
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Could the age of self-service BI (business intelligence) finally be near? And, if so, are organizations ready?
For years, BI vendors have promised a way for managers to easily build their own reports from scratch, without the help of IT staff. Now, with the release of Microsoft Office 2010, managers are finding they can do these tasks using a powerful new Excel feature, called PowerPivot. And by its ease of availability if nothing else, this feature is promising to shake up the field of BI.
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"It will spread like wildfire. As organizations upgrade to Office 2010, Excel users will adopt PowerPivot, whether the [IT staff] likes it or not," said Gartner analyst Rita Sallam.
Thus far, BI professionals seem ambivalent about PowerPivot. At a packed PowerPivot birds-of-a-feather session at the Microsoft TechEd conference last June, many admitted that the feature is powerful, even as they worried about the repercussions of its use within their own offices.
"Some of our concerns [are around] letting users loose, the size of the files that they want to share and the kind of data they want to share," one attendee said.
As the name implies, PowerPivot is a PivotTable on steroids. With PowerPivot, you can pull into Excel large amounts of data from multiple database tables, databases, or other sources of data, then sort and filter them almost instantly. Data can be reorganized around one column or compared against columns from another data source. You can divide the data by time, geographic origin, or some other parameter. Since it runs Microsoft's business intelligence software on the back end, it can do much of what a full-fledged BI application can do.
And PowerPivot can work blazingly fast too. Architecturally speaking, it replicates the technology found in many in-memory databases, allowing users to sort millions of rows of data within a few seconds.
The best part about PowerPivot is that it is free, or at least it is a free feature of Microsoft Office 2010 (though to really enjoy its full power, an organization should also run Microsoft's SQL Server on the back end). This means that all the power Excel users in your organizations will start playing with it sooner or later.
But a potential danger lurks in this ease of use, said Andrew Brust, the chief technology officer for Microsoft integrator Tallan. (Brust also moderated the PowerPivot TechEd session.) Promiscuous use of PowerPivot may only aggravate a problem that has already become an issue for many data-centric organizations over the past decade, one that came about in large part due to the managerial popularity of Excel.


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Path of Exile gets new ladders – PvP Arenas Soon
As Grinding Gear Games continue with their beta test of the ARPG Path of Exile, today they have announced that all the Path of Exile closed Beta characters are being moved to Legacy leagues and they have created new Default and Hardcore leagues, which are now open. GGG are encouraging players to plat new characters on the new Default and Hardcore leagues so they can make balance changes and fix up any issues.
The game has also recently received some improvements such as full voice acting for NPCs and characters and more Act Two quest progression and they are looking to get arena PvP combat added in a few weeks time.
They also want everyone who has purchased a Path of Exile supporter pack to know that the goodies will be shipped out soon as the stock is finally arriving t their offices. These should ship out in a few weeks according to GGG.
Finally, the development team are still expecting to push the game into an open beta later this year which will be the last time characters are wiped. More beta content will also be added including Act III
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The long and short of it is: GGG is funded by a wealthy individual who is on some kind of friendly terms with the founders. Since GGG was able to raise $1M USD over the course of a few months via support packs, their benefactor has been thoroughly convinced of the game's solvency. Chris has stated they want their Open Beta to be as polished as much as the small company can offer. So instead of cranking out Act 3 and PVP in August, they decided to delay those patches (and thus OB) until November/December.
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Depending on your point of view some of you might have viewed Sunday's 10 run first inning, the Craig Counsell grand slam and the Brewers somehow holding onto that lead for the win to avoid the sweep as miracles. The way the starting pitching has looked to start the season I wouldn't blame you. How is it that the Cardinals and Mets can combine for 30 scoreless innings and the Brewers as a whole can't combine for like, two? Isn't that weird? Doesn't that suck? I don't want to talk about it. I want to talk about miracles. They happen everyday, you know. Continue reading →
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The National Repertory Orchestra would like to thank owner Jay Beckerman and Chef Brandon Farr from the Blue River Bistro for creating a spectacular World Cuisine Wine Dinner to benefit the orchestra. Our guests enjoyed a trip around the world pairing fabulous dishes with Pinot Noirs from New Zealand, California, France and Argentina. They made it so easy for us to raise money to help support our Summer Festival and Education & Community Engagement Programs. The food, service, ambiance and wines were spectacular. Everyone had a wonderful time while raising money for NRO! On behalf of the musicians we serve, our staff, Board, and Volunteers, I want to thank Blue River Bistro for their very generous contribution to the "Cultural Gem" of Summit County. For more info on the National Repertory Orchestra, call (970) 453-5825 or go to www.nromusic.com.
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Awards to Students: Up to three students may be selected as finalists in our local campus competition. The first-place finalist will receive a scholarship of $500 from the UW-Superior Foundation. All campus finalists will be recognized at the Writing across the Curriculum Showcase in the Spring. Finalists' essays will also be entered into a pool of essays to be judged at the UW-System level. Each UW System winner (two winners from UW comprehensive and doctoral institutions, and one winner from the UW Colleges) will receive a $2000 scholarship.
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Eligibility: The competition is open to any UW-Superior undergraduate student in academic good standing who will graduate in Spring 2014 or later.
Application: Submit an original essay on the topic given below (1,000-1,250 words in length, typed using Microsoft Word, double-spaced, 12-point font). A title page must be included with the following information: title of essay, student's name, major, institution, college and home address, e-mail address, telephone number, name of faculty or staff sponsor (if any), and the following statement: "I hereby affirm that this is an original essay and my own work." Submissions must be made by email to Dr. Deborah Schlacks, Coordinator of Writing across the Curriculum, at email@example.com; all essays must be attached as Microsoft Word documents.
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In his essay "Only Connect," William Cronon outlines ten qualities that distinguish a liberally educated person. Describe a moment from your recent education when you have been most vividly aware of the importance of one of these qualities.
You may find the Cronon essay here: http://www.williamcronon.net/writing/Cronon_Only_Connect.pdf
Strong student essays will invite reader engagement through description and reflection on personal experience, as well as demonstrate careful consideration of the Cronon essay. To learn more about the goals of a liberal education, you may wish to check the liberal education learning outcomes at http://www.aacu.org/leap/vision.cfm.
Winning essays from recent years can also be viewed on the contest website: http://liberaleducation.uwsa.edu/scholarship/.
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