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How much experience and training do you have with knife fighting techniques?
That plays a role in the answer.
Also, generally speaking, a folding knife can be carried more places than a fixed blade.
This is a discussion on Kabar TDI or Spyderco Delica w/ Wave within the Defensive Knives & Other Weapons forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; someone recently asked me what i would do if someone tried to take my firearm or if something happened to my dominant hand and i ...
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someone recently asked me what i would do if someone tried to take my firearm or if something happened to my dominant hand and i couldnt grab my firearm and started to make me think about my self defense and firearm retention strategy. for the time being i have done some "modifications" on one of my old EDC knives. its a Gerber EZ out. i bored out a hole and made a clip so it is now tip up, and also put on a ziptie to make a cheap but effective "wave" feature. dont knock it, because it actually works . now this was only a temporary fix until i found the right knife and have narrowed down my choices to the Kabar TDI and the Spyderco Delica 4 with emerson wave. they are both one hand deployable and both blades under 3" which is a need so i can carry in most places.
if you had to decide between the TDI and the Delica 4 w/ wave for firearm retention and offside self defense which would you choose and why? if anyone has both which do you prefer? and if you would choose something different what would you choose and why?
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How much experience and training do you have with knife fighting techniques?
That plays a role in the answer.
Also, generally speaking, a folding knife can be carried more places than a fixed blade.
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Well, unless you are trained in knife fighting, i would avoid a knife fight at all costs. Thjat said, the TDI is a nice knife but I found it to be uncomfortable at times, so I went back to an everyday folder
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youtube trained for knife fighting....just joking. little actual knife fighting training. but have had hand to hand training. this would primarily be an if someone got a hold of my gun i could pull this knife as a last resort retention technique. i am planning on getting proper knife training in the future too.
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IIRC the TDI was designed with people with no/low amounts of knife training taken into consideration. Basically, if needed, you can just grab the handle and start punching with it. Not the most elegant technique, but it can work.
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The TDI is supposed to utilize the the best parts of the Straight Blade knife and the Karambit, it does neither. If you are legal to carry a fixed blade knife take a look at the Gryphon M10 or the Emerson Fixed Blade Karambit. My EDC is the Spyderco P'Kal. Also, look into the James Keating Drawpoint Series DVD's for good instruction on knife use.
I tend to like the smaller fixed blades for defensive carry work. Not only is an obviously stronger blade, but to me they are much quicker to deploy if you had to. You also don't have to worry about the locking mechanism failing you and earning the nickname of "stumpy".
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For purely self defense, the Ka-bar is prob better, but for me... If I got to carry it everyday and I do carry my Wave every day. I want a tool, I use my pocket knife as a tool nearly every day (simple stuff, opening boxes, cut string, clean finger nails) so I need the most functional tool I can get and still feel good about it as a last chance SD knife.
The way I see it is.. the odds I'll ever need my gun, then add the odds I'll need my gun and my knife at the same time made the Spyderco an easy choice for me. I also don't want people, good or bad, to see my knife hanging on my belt.
(Plus this over weight gun nut I've met wears two of them just inside each hip bone and loves to whip them out... gave me a bad taste for them)
I have 3 different tdi knives. I love them all. The small ones are much easier to carry and conceal, at least on me with the way I dress. That spider co looks nice though. Carry both! You can never have to many knives!
What no choice for "BOTH" ?
I actually carry both a spyderco Delica and a TDI LE on a daily basis. The Delica is carried clipped in my left rear pocket (along with my Cav Arms tourniquet). I use it as a utility knife to open boxes,cut rope, etc without spooking the herd.
The TDI is worn at about 11 o'clock on my belt concealed. It is what I would use to get out of touching distance problems that I could not extricate myself from with empty hands alone. That could be a weapon retention problem, but more likely a grappling or grounded problem possibly involving multiples. Fixed blades are much easier to use with people hanging all over you than folders. The fixed blade you just pull and insert ...the folder has to be fixed before it can be used as a knife. If you get out and train that against non cooperative opponents you see that opening a folder in a clinch (especially against multiple opponents) is easier said than done. The delica CAN be used as a weapon if I have to, but it is not what I'd go to first.
Of course your local laws will largely determine what your knife carry options are.....
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There are various knife fighting training videos (Personal Defense Network has a handful) and a few courses. A little practice with rubber knives shows you how really difficult it can be. And, if you look at some of the other videos available (Target Focus Training has a good one, but I've seen several like it) that show knife fights as more likely being someone charging and stabbing - no real form or finesse, just a lot of commitment and ferocity.
After trying to find ways to be comfortable with my TDI I finally gave-up and went back to my Benchmade Presidio. It's a little thick and heavy, and the grips tend to wear on your pants, but it is built like a tank, fast, has a great blade (mine is 154CM), and even with its size is far more comfortable than the TDI. The big thing with any tool is to practice (deployment more than fighting, although both are good) and develop muscle memory.
Most "knife fights" in America are simply fights that involve one or more of the participants pulling a knife at some point. They are not "knife duels" in the classical sense...at least not in the US. The "good guy" will most often NOT be armed when the fight kicks off, so in fight weapon access is a critical skill to build. So as to knife training make sure what you are training for replicates the realistic problem you'd actually be facing...not something from the 18th century or from a kung fu movie.....
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i jhear you guys with the both, but only got money for one right now. i will probably end up getting both eventually just trying to figure out which on first. ive been taking a liking to my ghetto waving knife setup so i may go with the spydie first. guess this will also deend on availability when i actually go to get a new knife. im one of the people that like to do research and be 100% behind my purchase. hearing everyones responses is deffinately helping me, thanks and keep em coming. i carry 2 knives on me at all times now. the one in my back right pocket is more my tool and everyday common use one. this knife i am looking at getting will be on my weak side, either front left pocket or appendix (about 11) depending on which one i go for. i understand that when i will need to use a knife for defense the situation will be pretty bad and close quarters, possibly ground. thats why i have a knife on both sides.
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|Vegetable cooking spray
|Olive oil
|1 1⁄2 Teaspoon
|Skinless boneless chicken breasts
|1 Pound, cut into strips
|Diced green pepper
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|Sliced green onions
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|Seeded minced jalapeno pepper
|2 Tablespoon
|Minced garlic
|1 Tablespoon
|Sliced fresh mushrooms
|8 Ounce (1 Package)
|Canned no salt added chicken broth
|3⁄4 Cup (12 tbs) (Undiluted)
|Dry red wine
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
|Dark brown sugar
|2 Tablespoon
|Chili powder
|1 1⁄2 Tablespoon
|Low sodium worcestershire sauce
|1 Tablespoon
|Dry mustard
|1 Teaspoon
|No salt added tomato sauce
|16 Ounce (2 Cans Of 8 Ounce Each)
|Diagonally sliced green beans
|1 1⁄2 Cup (24 tbs)
|4 Ounce (Uncooked Tubular Pasta)
|Grated manchego cheese
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Place over medium-high heat until hot.
Add chicken, and cook 8 to 10 minutes or until chicken is tender, stirring often.
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Add green pepper and next 3 ingredients to skillet; saute 2 minutes.
Add mushrooms; saute 2 minutes.
Add broth and next 6 ingredients; cook, stirring constantly, 2 to 3 minutes or until thoroughly heated.
Remove from heat, and set aside.
Arrange green beans in a steamer basket over boiling water.
Cover and steam 5 minutes or until crisp-tender.
Drain well.
Cook pasta according to package directions, omitting salt and fat; drain well.
Combine pasta, chicken, tomato sauce mixture, and beans; toss well.
Spoon mixture into an 11- x 7- x 1 1/2-inch baking dish coated with vegetable cooking spray.
Cover and bake at 350° for 15 minutes.
Uncover, sprinkle with shredded cheese, and bake 5 minutes or until cheese melts.
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Calories 2195 Calories from Fat 563
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 64 g99%
Saturated Fat 4.2 g20.8%
Trans Fat 0.1 g
Cholesterol 383.1 mg127.7%
Sodium 764.6 mg31.9%
Total Carbohydrates 216 g71.9%
Dietary Fiber 34 g136.2%
Sugars 78.3 g
Protein 174 g348.1%
Vitamin A 351.2% Vitamin C 496.2%
Calcium 36% Iron 99.9%
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Natural Language & Linguistic Theory
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Parameters for Wh-movement types: Evidence from child English
- Dana McdanielAffiliated withLanguage Sciences Laboratory, University of Southern Maine
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In this paper we report on a longitudinal study investigating Wh-constructions in children ranging initially from 2;11 to 5;7. We found that, in addition to accepting English-type Wh-movement, some children, for a period of time, also acceptpartial Wh-movement, Wh-copying, andmultiple Wh-movement, constructions that exist in languages like German and Romani, in which a Wh-phrase occurs in a [-Wh] SpecCP. Importantly, none of the children who accept these construction types manifest the That-Trace Effect. To account for this correlation, we propose an analysis whereby grammars allowing the Wh-constructions do not have the [pred] feature of Rizzi (1990) that distinguishes the specifier of relative clauses from other SpecCPs. We suggest that children are born with their parameter set in this way and later, if they are learning a language like English, switch to a grammar that includes the [pred] feature.
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The Big Ten Football Championship Game will remain in Indianapolis through the 2021 season, the conference announced today.
Lucas Oil Stadium, the home of the NFL's Indianapolis Colts, has been the site of the Big Ten Football Championship Game since its inception in 2011.
The 2014 Big Ten Football Championship Game is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 6 at 8pm ET on FOX.
"The Big Ten Conference and member institutions are excited to return to Chicago and Indianapolis for future football championship games and basketball tournaments," said Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany. "These two cities have been tremendous hosts and partners with first-class facilities and an outstanding base of Big Ten alumni and fans who support conference events. We are proud of the history that we have developed with these two great cities and look forward to maintaining a significant presence in both locations."
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It's a great stadium, but I'd really like to see a rotation or even the opportunity for the school that wins it to host it in their local stadium – IE, MSU won it last year, so the 2014 game goes to Ford Field. If Penn State wins it, they can host it at Heinz or the Linc and there's enough time to coordinate with the NFL to schedule this.
It would be much better if it was in Chicago.
12 months is actually not long enough to guarantee enough hotel rooms. Detroit, Chicago, Philly, Indy etc are convention cities and they are not all going to remain vacant anticipating a teams victory.
A much better question is who in their right mind wants to sit outside at a football championship game in Chicago in December? The Big 10 was smart when they decided to keep the games in Indy because they were certainly NOT going to sell out Soldier Field.
While I think Indy is a nice city and location to have the Big Ten Championship game I believe it is not fair to other Universities and States that participate in the Big Ten Conference. Most of the schools within the conference are state schools and thus funded by their state taxes. To exclude the other states the opportunity to ripe the benefits of having this event is not fair. Cities such as Detroit (Michigan) and soon to be Minneapolis (Minnesota) have indoor football facilities and should have been put into a rotation of sharing the Big Ten money pool. The Big Ten and the NCAA personal continue to line their own personal pockets. Shame on the Big Ten. Follow the money trial of this occasion and others and you will find corruption.


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ITWAS not yet seven-thirty and Gabriel Gessi was already at his desk. It was his daily routine. Half an hour running on the treadmill at his gym, half an hour scything through the empty pool, a quick shower, a shave and then on to his office, already charged to face the onslaught that constituted his average day. The only interruptions to this brutally physical routine came in the form of his frequent trips overseas, although, even then, he would try his level best to kick-start his working day on a physical high.
The past three months had not seen him deviate from this punishing routine, even though the accus-tomed high had been marred by a succession of ir-ritations that he really should not have been expected to handle. Even though they concerned him.
Gabriel Gessi inhabited that rarefied world of the supremely wealthy and, as such, was not ac-customed to dealing with life's minor irritations.
His adrenalin rush came from the aggressive cut and thrust of deals and acquisitions, not from the more prosaic set-backs that dogged most people's working lives.
Set-back number one had come in the form of the temp who had sailed through the interview process under the successful camouflage of an ef-ficient working girl but who, after one week, had turned out to be a ditzy emotional wreck who spent the majority of her two weeks sniffing dis-creetly into a handkerchief and muttering lame excuses about boyfriend problems.
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The whole thing had been extremely trying and Gabriel was overjoyed that his life was now going to return to normal.
For the first time in three long months, he had actually strolled through the smoked glass doors of his very plush four-storied offices without a scowl on his face.
Rose would be back today. Life could return to its normal smooth course, leaving him to get on with the process of running an empire without having to worry about the tiresome nuts and bolts.
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In that quiet time before employees started arriving, time which he usually spent going through the emails which would have been for-warded overnight, Gabriel instead swivelled his leather chair round so that he was facing the huge window, staring out at a skyline that was cluttered with the busyness of the concrete jungle, but still oddly beautiful against the crisply blue May sky.
The past three months had showed him how much he relied on Rose. She was well paid but he contemplated giving her another pay rise. Or maybe a company car, although he couldn't imagine her driving to work. Who did? He, per-sonally, either took a cab or else was driven in by his chauffeur, sparing him the horrors of the London traffic. But she might be able to use a car if she ever wanted to get out of London.
Briefly, Gabriel wondered whether she ever did. Despite his occasional prodding, he realised that he knew precious little about her personal life. She had a talent for deflecting unwanted questions that would have guaranteed her a career in the dip-lomatic service.
Did she even have a driving licence? He vaguely assumed that everyone did, but maybe not.
Wrapped up in the lazy perambulations of his thoughts, he was only marginally aware of time passing and not at all aware that it was nine until, reflected in the glass pane through which he was still staring, he saw her standing in the open door-way that separated his office from her working area.
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Rose involuntarily drew in a deep breath, re-leasing it very slowly. It steadied her nerves. Even when she had been coming in every day, seeing him every day, he still had, had he but known it, an oddly destabilising effect on her. Something about his sheer, overpowering physicality.
Three months spent away intensified the effect to the point that she felt faint, even though her face remained as pleasantly unrevealing as always.
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The brusqueness of his tone released her from her immobility and she walked towards the chair positioned in front of his desk and sat down. "I see you haven't changed, Gabriel," she commented dryly. "Still avoiding all the rules of common po-liteness. Aren't you going to ask me about my trip to Australia?"
"No need. I gathered from your emails that you were having a whale of a time. You've changed. You've lost weight."
Rose couldn't help it. She blushed as his blue eyes gave her the once-over.
She fought to remember what her sister had said about getting out of the rut she was in, tearing herself away from her hopeless infatuation with a man who was a health hazard when it came to members of the opposite sex.
But he was just so sinfully sexy. It was impos-sible not to feel her toes curl in her sensible flats as she drank in the sensuous curve of his mouth, the powerful beauty of his features, the daunting "Yes, I have," she admitted steadily, looking down at the letter on her lap and nervously smooth-ing her fingers over it. "It was hot over there. I lived on salads. I'm sorry you had such a problem with my replacements," she said, changing the subject because those amazing eyes of his were boring holes through her. "I honestly thought that Claire was going to work out or else I wouldn't have recruited her. What exactly was the problem?"
Gabriel, however, was still reeling from the transformation, not sure that he liked what he was seeing. Gone was the comfortably plump Rose, last seen in a practical navy-blue suit and white roll-neck sweater. In its place was a very slim Rose, showing off a surprisingly eye-catching figure in a tan and black checked skirt that actually revealed a bit of thigh and a figure-hugging black three-quarter length T-shirt that revealed breasts that would be more than just a good handful. The only sensible thing about her were her flat ballet style shoes.
"I never knew you had legs," he mused aloud. "Of course I have legs, Gabriel! How do you think I manage to get from A to B? On wings?"
"But you've always hidden them before, ' He moved swiftly from chair to desk and perched there, staring down at her assessingly. "And very attractive they are, too. But you might want to observe a little more decorum in the office."
Rose's mouth dropped open in outrage at his openly sexist remark.
"What have you done to your hair? Have you done something to your hair? It looks different."
"I haven't done anything to my hair, Gabriel, aside from having it trimmed, and shall we leave the subject of me behind just for a moment, ?' She fiddled with the letter, not quite knowing how she was going to give it to him without having to sit through the torturous process of watching him read it.
"Why? I'm fascinated by the transformation. I thought you were going over to help your sister with her new baby. I had no idea you were going for a complete make-over."
"I did go to help Grace!' "And in the process decided to go on a crash diet, cut your hair and lounge around in a bikini all day so that you could go brown, ?"
Rose counted to ten and wondered what exactly she saw in a man who was as arrogant as they came and saw nothing amiss in barging through every warning red light she was giving off without a second's thought.
"Have you ever been in the company of a newborn, Gabriel?"
"Now that's something I've always tried to avoid, "
"Thought so, because if you had you would know that screaming newborns and tanning on loungers are two things that don't go hand in hand."
"Surely your sister didn't expect you to look after the thing the whole time!"
"It wasn't a thing. It was a baby. A beautiful little boy. They called him Ben." Her voice softened as she remembered the feel of that small, that had kick-started her determination to change the rut into which she had comfortably sunk. Grace, two years older than her, had been so bliss-fully happy. Next to her, Rose had had an ugly vision of her own life and its sad limitations and she hadn't cared for what she had glimpsed. In two years' time she would be twenty-eight, the same age as her sister, but would she be cradling a newborn infant with a loving husband by her side if she continued doing what she was doingworking flat out for a man who didn't have a clue she existed aside from her role as his capable sec-retary? Or would she be the eternal career girl who spent her life improving her house and bet-tering her lifestyle with nothing to show for it in the end? Well, nothing worth having, anyway. A certain wistfulness crept into her voice as she told him about her experiences in Australia. Grace's husband, Tom, was an orthopaedic surgeon and had needed his nights to be free of interruption so that he could get enough sleep to enable him to operate safely. Hence, Rose's input had been more than just a luxury. She had done her fair share of waking up during the nights, settling the baby back to sleep after his feed, but she had enjoyed every minute of it.
Gabriel was hardly listening to her spiel about the baby. Babies would doubtless eventually come for himhe was, after all, half Italianbut for the moment he couldn't care less about the antics of some undersized human being on the other side of the world.


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The FAQ says to exclude do this; but where do i just do this and what is the code... ?
The FAQ says to exclude do this; but where do i just do this and what is the code... ?
so - if I understand now - using wp built in gallery has no way to do this. correct?
um, if I understand correctly, you just want the Colorbox to work for whole WordPress galleries just like the demo on my website?
That is easy, just activate the plugin, go to the settings page and set the plugin to auto for all images.
But sometimes I want to exclude colorbox from working - wp gallery doesn't give me an obvious place to insert a class.
FAQ- Add the CSS class "colorbox-off" to the image you want to exclude.
jQuery Colorbox does not add the colorbox CSS class to images that already contain the CSS class "colorbox-off".
for instance can i have the gallery type grouping but when clicking the image not do the colorbox thing but treat as normal link. I'm probably misunderstanding how this can be done.
Ah, ok, I misunderstood the first time.
You are right - it seems that there is no built-in way to add CSS classes to images inside a WordPress gallery :-(
I changed my needs to keep using this plugin...
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Books I've Got Poetry to Keep Me Warm
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During the Great Blackout of Aught-eight, I did, in fact, read poetry aloud. I've got shelves packed with books here in the office and skinny little poetry books often get lost in the jumble. As soon as our computers lost power, I started picking out the narrow books and reading bits aloud.
The first poetry collection I grabbed was Mark Svenvold's Empire Burlesque. There is a poem called "I Recall Being Beautifully Stoned," subtitled "Seattle 1993," and it's about a failed suicide attempt and hitchhiking and being picked up by Ezra Pound in drag. Here's one bit:
"She stopped for me, said, "Get in," lit a joint, said: "The perfect BLOW-JOB'S every man's true EL DORADO Don't let anyone tell you different."
and it ends:
"What is this place?" Pound said, at last. "North 85th and Greenwood," I said, helpfully.
"No, no," with a sweep of his hand
That took in the Piggly Wiggly & the strip northward
clear to Canada
"No," he said again. "I mean THIS!?"
I turned the page and there was a poem called "White Pages" that was about King Kong. This part was the real genius bit:
Terrible, lusting, big-fingered Kong,/crushed, bereft, knowing it's all wrong
Then I abandoned Empire Burlesque and picked up City of Corners, by John Godfrey. I only read one poem from that, called "Across the Way," and its last stanza was something else again:
Full-term rotundity/in steamy daylight/Her posture:/Magnificent
But then I picked up a book called Wideawake Field by Eliza Griswold. There were some bad poems, there, but there were also some good ones. The thing about good poems is you have to read all of them to get why they're good poems. And so I sat quietly and read it until the lights and Information Superhighway came back on, at which point I immediately forgot about poetry and fired up some porn.


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Lance Armstrong's Lawyers Demand On-Air Apology From '60 Minutes'
Lawyers for cyclist Lance Armstrong are asking for an on-air apology from CBS News' 60 Minutes. Last month, the news magazine aired an interview with Tyler Hamilton, one of Armstrong's teammates, in which he said he saw Armstrong take performance-enhacing drugs. Hamilton also alledged that the International Cycling Union helped him conceal a positive test result at a Swiss event.
The AP reports:
In a letter sent Wednesday to CBS News Chairman and "60 Minutes" executive producer Jeff Fager, lawyer Elliot Peters said the May 22 segment about Armstrong was built on a series of falsehoods, and he accused the reputable CBS show of sloppy journalism.
"In the cold light of morning your story was either extraordinarily shoddy, to the point of being reckless and unprofessional, or a vicious hit-and-run job," Peters wrote. "In either case, a categorical on-air apology is required."
CBS News spokesman Kevin Tedesco said Wednesday he couldn't immediately comment on the letter, but added: "We consider this the most thorough investigation into doping in the sport of cycling ever done."
Yesterday, the head of Switzerland's anti-doping laboratory, Martial Saugy, told World Radio Switzerland that Armstrong never tested positive for EPO, but instead was one of four "suspicious" cases during the Tour de Suisse in 2001.
Update at 4:56 p.m. ET: '60 Minutes Stands By Its Story'
60 Minutes just released a response to the letter sent by Lance Armstrong's lawyers. Essentially, 60 Minutes does not back down. It says its story is accurate.
"Lance Armstrong and his lawyers were given numerous opportunities to respond to every detail of our reporting for weeks prior to the broadcast and their written responses were fairly and accurately included in the story," Jeff Fager, chairman of CBS News, wrote in a statement. "Mr. Armstrong still has not addressed charges by teammates Tyler Hamilton and George Hincapie that he used performance enhancing drugs with them."
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LFC_Armchair_Supporter LFC_Armchair_Supporter Jan 3, 2013 11:22 Flag
Is Rodgers right?
Maybe not as good as Messi atm.. the potential is there though?
Messi has service from other players ie strikers.. seems to me Suarez has to do much by himself or have I got that wrong?Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
I don't think so. All I'd say is that I think Messi is in the very special player bracket while Suarez is in the category just below that.
You make a very valid point about the quality of service and players around them though. I think Suarez would be lethal in that Barca side.
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LFC_Armchair_Supporter LFC_Armchair_Supporter Jan 3, 2013 11:34 Flag
So then do you think Sturridge is able to supply service to Suarez and vice versa?
I think Messi is a once in a generation player, like Cruyff or Pele. My opinion is that in time he will be seen as the best ever. No-one today really compares to him, even Ronaldo.
Suarez is a very good player. (He's a *** too.) But he's not Messi and isn't going to be Messi. That's not a criticism of him. Messi stands alone in terms of ability and continuing achievement.
And Messi doesn't spend half his time diving and whingeing and getting his retaliation in first.
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LFC_Armchair_Supporter LFC_Armchair_Supporter Jan 3, 2013 11:51 Flag
His attitude does need some adjustment.. As he gets older that should stop.
dsteer_lfc_68 dsteer_lfc_68 Jan 3, 2013 21:24 Flag
I think it's been a while since he's actually gone down don't you think? I know its covered ground, but don't you agree he's battled through a number of challenges of late and not gone down, unlike some other high profile players recently? In fact think he got his reward last night after fighting off a block that I'm sure others would not have.


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By Air Force Tech. Sgt. Mike R. SmithDecember 14, 2007
ARLINGTON, Va. (Army News Service, Dec. 14, 2007) -- More than 140 National Guard members in the Midwest responded this week to a band of deadly, mid-December storms that stretched from eastern Texas to the Ohio Valley and into northern New York and New England.
Trees and power lines in some states were brought down by inch-thick ice accumulations, which closed roadways and left thousands in need of emergency assistance from federal, local and state agencies.
In Kansas, the Kansas National Guard provided emergency power for water-treatment facilities, sewer systems and shelters in at least two counties. Nearly 130,000 residents were without power there. Guard units also delivered cots to Red Cross shelters and were planning observation flights to check on remote residents.
"We have seen a huge increase in requests for Guard support," said Sharron Watson, a Kansas Guard spokesperson. "Generator missions have been the biggest request, but we have also had our Guard members out clearing roadways in southeast Kansas."
In Missouri, Governor Matt Blunt declared a state of emergency Sunday. National Guard members activated that night and were out on the streets providing assistance by Monday morning.
Guard members in the state responded quickly to the call. An Army Guard armory in the state was used as a warming shelter and Soldiers provided security for residents there. Soldiers also provided transportation and cleared debris from roadways. Members of the 203rd Engineer Battalion provided generators and conducted door-to-door wellness checks for rural areas in Barton County.
In neighboring Oklahoma, Governor Brad Henry declared a state of emergency for all 77 counties, due to the widespread freezing rain there. The state's joint-operations center coordinated missions and Guard members there responded to requests for assistance by transporting 100 cots and opening a Red Cross warming shelter at the armory in Broken Arrow.
Oklahoma Guard members also responded to at least five requests for emergency power in the state's northeastern region. They provided fresh water to residents in Wikiupp and delivered more than 1,000 sandbags in Clatsop County.
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Marvel Assembles an Official Title for Third "Avengers" Movie
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You know him best as the mastermind of Project Rooftop, but apparently cartoonist Dean Trippe has a sideline gig as Barack Obama's presidential photographer. How else to explain the photo series "Barack Obama Looking at Awesome Things" Trippe is hosting on his tumblr, featuring our chief executive getting up close and personal with Lion-O's Sword of Omens, Green Lantern's Power Ring, Speed Racer's Mach 5, Luke Skywalker's Lightsaber, Batman's batarangs, Captain America's shield and many more objects of geekery? (Oh man, if you thought the debate over whether Red Hulk would be able to pick up Mjolnir was divisive….)
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CSE Department News
New Undergraduate Program in Data Science Grows Rapidly, Graduates First Student
In Fall 2015, the EECS Department and the Department of Statistics in LSA launched a joint undergraduate program in Data Science. As of Spring of 2016, the program had grown to 79 declared majors, 36 in engineering and 43 in LSA. The first engineering student to graduate with a degree in data science was Ryan Schrader, a dual data science/computer science major who matriculated in December 2015. [Full Story]
Prof. Dragomir Radev Teaching Course on NLP Through Coursera
This summer, Prof. Dragomir Radev is teaching two offerings of his course,"Introduction to Natural Language Processing" through Coursera, the online education platform which aims to provide universal access to the worlds best education. The first course offering began July 4th and the second is set to begin on August 1st. Both sessions are 12 weeks long. [Full Story]
CSE Kicks Off Another Summer Of MiBytes Computer Camps
MiBytes, a series of summer computer camps hosted by CSE, has kicked off for summer 2016. This summer CSE has brought back all three camps: Tinkering with Mobile Apps, Game Design & Development, and Hacking in a Digital World. [Full Story]
Michigan ranks #2 in robotics by 2 different groups!
Yes - that's right!
The Future of Transportation
The National Academy of Engineering held a regional meeting at Michigan focusing on driverless cars and connected transportation. Read more about Big Data for Transportation, led by Prof. Al Hero; Cybersecurity for Transportation, led by Prof. Kang G. Shin; and the overall program. [Full Story]
Beyond Asimov: How to Plan for Ethical Robots
In The Converstation, Prof. Ben Kuipers discusses the moral and ethical guidelines we should give robots as they soon will be a part of our daily lives. He delves into past moral rules and the complex situation of guiding robot behavior in our society. [Full Story]
Michael Wellman Appointed Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the College of Engineering
Michael P. Wellman, the Lynn A. Conway Collegiate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, has been selected to serve as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the College of Engineering, effective July 1, 2016. He succeeds Alec Gallimore, who will become the new Dean at the College of Engineering. [Full Story]
CSE Sponsors TechTwilight to Support Young People in STEM
CSE is a sponsor of the 2016 TechTwilight. TechTwilight provides companies and student groups with the opportunity to celebrate and share their innovations in a festive environment of discovery. The event encourages young people to pursue careers in, and develop life-long interests in, science, technology, and engineering. [Full Story]
Google, U-M to Build Digital Tools for Flint Water Crisis
A partnership between Google and the University of Michigans Ann Arbor and Flint campuses aims to provide a smartphone app and other digital tools to Flint residents and officials to help them manage the ongoing water crisis. The Michigan Data Science Team, led by CSE Prof. Jacob Abernethy, will be involved in the partnership. [Full Story]
EECS 183 Showcase Highlights Another Round of Final Projects
On Thursday, April 21st, students, parents, and professors attended the EECS 183 Showcase at Palmer Commons. Non-CS students from EECS 183, Elementary Programming Concepts, presented what they learned about CS this semester in a day-long showcase that featured over 150 projects made by over 600 students. [Full Story]
Hacking into Homes: Security Flaws Found in SmartThings Connected Home System
Prof. Atul Prakash, CSE graduate student Earlence Fernandes, and Jaeyeon Jung (Microsoft Research), have performed a security analysis of the SmartThings programming framework. They were able to hack into the automation system and essentially get the PIN code to a homes front door. [Full Story]
Girls Encoded Motivates Students to Study CS
For the second year in a row, over 100 high school girls and their parents attended Girls Encoded, an all day event designed to educate and encourage girls to study computer science. The event took place Saturday, April 9th and was co-directed by Prof. Rada Mihalcea, CSE research fellow Veronica Perez-Rosas, and CS student Lauren Molley. [Full Story]
CSE Launches Health Initiative for Staff
To foster an environment of wellness in the spirit of the University's MHealthy program, the CSE Division is tapping the power of computation to help encourage healthy behavior amongst its administrative and support staff. [Full Story]
CSE at South by Southwest
U-M attended the 2016 South by Southwest festival in Austin, and CSE participated in showing off another round of innovative technologies. South by Southwest began as a small film and music festival and has grown to become one of the biggest arts and technology fests in the country. Spanning two weeks and a half-dozen conferences in Austin, Texas, it brought together executives and creative types from industries ranging from tech to gaming to music to movies. [Full Story]
It's Official: Computer Science is #1... and #2!
Computer science is a fast-growing discipline with huge potential for impact, and this is clearly reflected at the University of Michigan in terms of two measurements: the number of declared majors in the undergraduate program, and the employment survey data available from student co-ops, interns, and full-time hires. [Full Story]
Doowon Lee Receives Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship to Improve the Reliability of Computer Systems
Doowon Lee, a CSE PhD candidate, has been awarded a Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship to support his research while he completes his dissertation, which is entitled, Low-Cost Comprehensive Robustness for Modern Heterogeneous Systems. The Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship is awarded to outstanding doctoral candidates in the final stages of their program who are unusually creative, ambitious and risk-taking. [Full Story]
Passwords, Privacy and Protection: Can Apple Meet FBI Demand Without Creating a Backdoor?
Join The Conversation, in which Prof. HV Jagadish sheds some light on the issues involved in the FBI/Apple standoff over the court order to unlock a terrorism suspect's iPhone. [Full Story]
MBus is the Missing Interconnect for Millimeter-Scale Systems
Looking ahead to millimeter scale computing and the future of ubiquitous computing, EECS faculty members David Blaauw, Prabal Dutta, graduate students Patrick Pannuto and Benjamin Kempke, research scientist Ye-Sheng Kuo, and a number of other Michigan researchers have created MBus, a chip-to-chip interconnect that facilitates an ultra-low power system operation. [Full Story]
Hackers Tackle Assistive Technology
Dr. David Chesney and current computer science students are once again contributing to the development of assistive technology. On Thursday, January 28th, Chesney and his team launched Hacking for the Greater Good, a 6-hour hackathon that allowed students to work on projects that centered on assistive technology. [Full Story]
Three Michigan Universities Receive Pacesetters Awards to Attract More Women to Computer Science
The University of Michigan, Michigan Technological University, and Michigan State University have been selected for the National Center of Women and Information Technology Pacesetters program. Pacesetters is a 2-year program under which participating institutions develop aggressive and measurable goals for increasing the number of women in the US computing and technology workforce. [Full Story]
Secure Your Website Now: Let's Encrypt Enters Public Beta
Lets Encrypt, the free certificate authority created by Prof. J. Alex Halderman and CSE graduate student James Kasten, recently entered Public Beta, which allows anyone to request a certificate without needing an invitation. The service was created to provide an easy way for converting webservers from HTTP to HTTPS. [Full Story]
Elementary Programming Class Introduces Students to Coding
This story in The Michigan Daily highlights EECS 183, the introductory CS course taught by Dr. Mary Lou Dorf, who designed the class to be experiential and to provide the support for students to become both familiar with computing concepts and more confident in their ability to learn to code. [Full Story]
Fall 2015 Computer Games Showcase Highlights Over 20 New Games
On Friday, December 18th, Tishman Hall in the Beyster Building had a large crowd of over 100 attendees for the Fall 2015 Computer Games Showcase. The event showcased the final projects of computer science seniors in EECS 494, Computer Game Design and Development, which is taught by Jeremy Gibson. [Full Story]
Fairy Door in CSE is First at U-M
Fairies have for the first time ventured onto the Michigan campus and have taken up residence in a computer located in the Bob and Betty Beyster Building, which is home to CSE. Next time you're here, look for them in the first-floor atrium. [Full Story]
Five U-M Programming Teams Compete in ACM Regional Contest
Five University of Michigan programming teams have competed in the 2015 ACM East Central North America Regional Programming Contest, with two teams, the Valiant and the Conquering Heroes, placing in first and second place. The East Central North America Regional Programming Contest was held October 31st and took place simultaneously at four sites: Cincinnati, Grand Valley, Windsor, and Youngstown, and the U-M teams competed at the Grand Valley site. [Full Story]
Computing CARES: A Plan to Boost the Retention of Women in Computing
The field of computing is one in which women have been historically underrepresented. A few faculty in the CSE Division have recently begun in a new quest to boost the participation and retention of women in computing courses and degree majors. These expanded opportunities will be accomplished through a U-M's Third Century grant. Prof. Valeria Bertacco and Mary Lou Dorf spearheaded this effort through a proposal that they submitted this past summer to the Third Century Initiative. [Full Story]
Relationship with Addis Ababa Institute of Technology Grows with Research Exchange Program
Profs. Todd Austin and Valeria Bertacco have started a research exchange program between UM and AAiT. During the pilot program, which took place this year, three U-M CSE graduate students, William Arthur, Salessawi Ferede, and Biruk Mammo, traveled to Ethiopia for one month to bootstrap research projects with current AAiT students. [Full Story]
Michigan Researchers create virtual reality 'Matrix' with unreal engine
Popular Science magazine gives a glimpse of U-M's 3D Lab, which focuses on research into virtual reality, 3D modeling/printing, motion capture, and other emerging technologies. The Michigan Immersive Digital Experience Nexus has been recently upgraded with an 'unreal graphics engine,' and improved tracking system. PS calls the results "nothing short of breathtaking." [Full Story]
Don't like Siri? Build your own!
In this CBC radio interview, Prof. Jason Mars speaks about the rise of intelligent personal assistants and the computational load that is associated this trend. He and Prof. Lingjia Tang led the research project that resulted in Sirius, an open-source IPA that anyone can download and use. Sirius was used to model future workloads in order to determine requirements for future data centers. [Full Story]
John Holland (1929-2015): In Memoriam
John Henry Holland, University of Michigan professor of psychology, computer science, and complex systems, passed away on Aug. 9 at the age of 86. Holland was the first U-M Ph.D. in computer science (1959). He soon became one of the first professors in the U-M Department of Computer and Communication Science. [Full Story]
An Eye for Detail Brings Unique Rewards
Prof. Igor Markov has received two Knuth reward checks in exchange for suggesting improvements to publications authored by Prof. Donald Knuth of Stanford. According to MIT Technology Review, "Knuths reward checks are among computerdom's most prized trophies." [Full Story]
Over 140 Students attend 2015 MiBytes Computer Camps
MiBytes, a series of summer computer camps hosted by CSE, was even bigger and better for summer 2015. There was a 5-day Tinkering With Mobile Apps camp and a 2-week-long Hacking in a Digital World camp, both led by Dr. Jeff Ringenberg, as well as a 5-day Game Design & Development camp led by Dr. Jeremy Gibson. [Full Story]
Four EECS companies make Crain's list of most innovative companies, and one tops the list
Four EECS faculty and alumni companies specializing in the life sciences and computer security made the list of the top 25 most innovative companies in SE Michigan, according to Crains. Topping the list is Omni MedSci, Inc., a medical device company founded by Prof. Mohammed Islam. At #3 is NeuroNexus Technologies, Inc., specializing in neural probes; at #11 is Integrated Sensing Systems, Inc., a company working on microelectronic implants for monitoring heart functions; and at #14, Duo Security, a computer security company. [Full Story]
HTTPS-crippling attack threatens tens of thousands of Web and mail servers
ARS Technica reports on the Logjam vulnerability in detail and quotes Prof. J. Alex Halderman, who says, "Logjam shows us once again why it's a terrible idea to deliberately weaken cryptography, as the FBI and some in law enforcement are now calling for. That's exactly what the US did in the 1990s with crypto export restrictions, and today that backdoor is wide open, threatening the security of a large part of the Web." [Full Story]
Michigan Mobile Phone Ensemble Stretches, Challenges Performers and Audience
Creativity and tech were blended as the Michigan Mobile Phone Ensemble, under the direction of Prof. Georg Essl, performed 12 original works at its Final Class Concert in April. This story includes video of each of these unique performances. [Full Story]
Hospitals are testing a way to detect malware by analyzing the flow of electricity to connected devices
One of the biggest reasons why health professionals are reticent to connect their devices is a concern over security for health tech, attacking a device can mean attacking a person. Prof. Fu talks about WattsUpDoc, a program that uses power and electricity as a means to detect if a malware has been introduced into a network. Hospitals are now slowly beginning to sign up and try out this new malware detection system.
Over 600 Students Present Final Projects at EECS 183 Showcase
On Friday, April 24th, a number of students, parents, and professors attended the EECS 183 Showcase at Palmer Commons. Non-CS students from EECS 183, Elementary Programming Concepts, presented what they learned about CS this semester in a day-long showcase that featured over 150 projects made by over 600 students. [Full Story]
Winter 2015 Games Showcase Brings Lively Crowd to Tishman Hall
On Friday, April 24th, Tishman Hall in the Beyster Building had a lively crowd of over 100 attendees for the 2015 Computer Games Showcase. The event showcased the final projects of computer science seniors in EECS 494, Computer Game Design and Development, which is taught by Jeremy Gibson. [Full Story]
Students Show off Projects during Winter Semester Showcases
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TAMPA, Fla. — Marissa Alexander had never been arrested before she fired a bullet at a wall one day in 2010 to scare off her husband when she felt he was threatening her. Nobody got hurt, but this month a northeast Florida judge was bound by state law to sentence her to 20 years in prison.
Alexander, a 31-year-old mother of a toddler and 11-year-old twins, knew it was coming. She had claimed self-defense, tried to invoke Florida's "stand your ground" law and rejected plea deals that could have gotten her a much shorter sentence. A jury found her guilty as charged: aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Because she fired a gun while committing a felony, Florida's mandatory-minimum gun law dictated the 20-year sentence.
Her case in Jacksonville has drawn a fresh round of criticism aimed at mandatory-minimum sentencing laws. The local NAACP chapter and the district's African-American congresswoman say blacks more often are incarcerated for long periods because of overzealous prosecutors and judges bound by the wrong-headed statute. Alexander is black.
It also has added fuel to the controversy over Florida's "stand your ground" law, which the judge would not allow Alexander to invoke. State Attorney Angela Corey, who also is overseeing the prosecution of shooter George Zimmerman in the Trayvon Martin case, stands by the handling of Alexander's case. Corey says she believes Alexander aimed the gun at the man and his two sons, and the bullet she fired could have ricocheted and hit any of them.
At the May 11 sentencing, Alexander's relatives begged Circuit Judge James Daniel for leniency but he said the decision was "out of my hands."
"The Legislature has not given me the discretion to do what the family and many others have asked me to do," he said.
The state's "10-20-life" law was implemented in 1999 and credited with helping to lower the violent crime rate. Anyone who shows a gun in the commission of certain felonies gets an automatic 10 years in prison. Fire the gun, and it's an automatic 20 years. Shoot and wound someone, and it's 25 years to life.
Critics say Alexander's case underscores the unfair sentences that can result when laws strip judges of discretion. About two-thirds of the states have mandatory-minimum sentencing laws, mostly for drug crimes, according to a website for the Families Against Mandatory Minimums advocacy group.
"We're not saying she's not guilty of a crime, we're not saying that she doesn't deserve some sort of sanction by the court," said Greg Newburn, Florida director for the group. Rather, he said, the judge should have the authority to decide an appropriate sanction after hearing all the unique circumstances of the case.
U.S. Rep. Corinne Brown, D-Jacksonville, has been an advocate for Alexander. Brown was present at the sentencing, where she and Corey had a brief, terse exchange afterward as sign-toting supporters rallied outside the courthouse.
"The Florida criminal justice system has sent two clear messages today," Brown said afterward. "One is that if women who are victims of domestic violence try to protect themselves, the 'Stand Your Ground Law' will not apply to them. ... The second message is that if you are black, the system will treat you differently."
Victor Crist was a Republican state legislator who crafted the "10-20-life" bill enacted in 1999 in Gov. Jeb Bush's first term. He said Alexander's sentence — if she truly did fire a warning shot and wasn't trying to kill her husband — is not what lawmakers wanted.
"We were trying to get at the thug who was robbing a liquor store who had a gun in his possession or pulled out the gun and threatened someone or shot someone during the commission of the crime," said Crist, who served in the state House and Senate for 18 years before being elected Hillsborough County commissioner.
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As faculty, our goals for students are often tacit, hidden not only from students but from ourselves as well. We present a conceptual framework for considering teaching goals – what we want our students to achieve – that encourages us to think more broadly about what we mean by achieving in our knowledge domains. This framework includes declarative knowledge ("knowing that"), procedural knowledge ("knowing how"), schematic knowledge ("knowing why") and strategic knowledge ("knowing when, where and how our knowledge applies"). We link the framework to a variety of assessment methods and focus on assessing the structure of declarative knowledge – knowledge structure. From prior research, we know that experts and knowledgeable students have extensive, well-structured, declarative knowledge; not so novices. We then present two different techniques for assessing knowledge structure – cognitive and concept maps, and a combination of the two – and provide evidence on their technical quality. We show that these maps provide a window into the structure of students declarative knowledge not otherwise tapped by typical pencil-and-paper tests. These maps provide us with new teaching goals and new evidence on student learning.
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Thirteen-year-old Steven has a totally normal life: he plays drums in the All-Star Jazz band, has a crush on the hottest girl in the school, and is constantly annoyed by his five-year-old brother, Jeffrey. But when Jeffrey is diagnosed with leukemia, Steven's world is turned upside down. He is forced to deal with his brother's illness and his parents' attempts to keep the family in one piece. Salted with humor and peppered with devastating realities, DRUMS, GIRLS, AND DANGEROUS PIE is a heartwarming journey through a year in the life of a family in crisis.
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