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New Orleans Saints safety Malcolm Jenkins applauded Bills quarterback Thad Lewis for his toughness in the pocket leading up to Sunday's game in New Orleans.
Jenkins said he remembered watching Lewis literally have his helmet knocked off after a Miami Dolphins defender drilled Lewis. And all Lewis did was bounce back to his feet and lead Buffalo to a win on the road.
The Saints walked into Sunday's game with the same mentality, and many defenders once again applauded Lewis for his toughness after New Orleans' 35-17 win. The battered and beaten Lewis couldn't keep it all together, though, as one of the league's best defenses once again played a heavy role in a Saints' victory.
"We knew the pressure was going to be there. That's what all teams do," Lewis said. "And I thought in the beginning we adjusted real well. But the Saints kept coming, and that's what led to some of the early turnovers."
The beatdown literally commenced on the first play and continued throughout most of the game.
First quarter
(15:00) The Saints have only seen a sprinkling of the read-option offense maybe on a handful of snaps this season. Only the Bills know how much read option was in the game plan, but Buffalo seemingly removed it after the first play from scrimmage.
Lewis lined up in the shotgun with Fred Jackson stand alongside him. Lewis faked the handoff and kept the ball, running left along the offensive line as Junior Galette took away a possible run to the right. Meanwhile, David Hawthorne lined up next to Curtis Lofton in a two-linebacker formation to start the play.
Hawthorne shed off center Eric Wood once Lewis darted to the outside. Then Hawthorne took a clean shot to an unsuspecting Lewis, immediately dislodging the football as Lewis laid face down in the turf.
The hit caught Drew Brees' attention, even though he wasn't watching the play. "I didn't see it," Brees said. "I heard it. And then eyes came up and the ball was popping out of there. Wop! That was big."
Galette beat Jabari Greer to the fumble recovery and Jackson made the tackle on Galette. When asked about the Bills not going back to the read option after the first play, Galette said, "I wouldn't either."
(12:45) Hawthorne wasted little time re-introducing himself to Lewis on first and 10 from the Saints' 47. New Orleans gave Lewis a 3-4 look as he received the snap in the shotgun. Galette and Akiem Hicks occupied the tight end and right tackle, respectively, on the edge. Hawthorne blitzed from his linebacker spot and shot up the gap untouched between the tight end and tackle to sack Lewis for a 6-yard loss.
(6:12) Injury or not, Cam Jordan continues to shine as a pass rusher as Jordan picked up his sixth sack of the season on third and 5 at Buffalo's 34. Of course, Jordan displayed even more on the play as he forced and recovered a fumble on the play.
Lewis lined up in the shotgun and the Saints sent a four-man rush. Jordan used a simple inside move in a one-on-one matchup against the Bills' Erik Pears. All Pears could do was watch in horror as Jordan crunched Lewis before he could unload the football, jarring the ball loose. The Saints took advantage of this turnover, scoring a touchdown three plays later.
Second quarter
(10:49) The Bills' Steve Johnson, up against Kenny Vaccaro in one-on-one pass coverage, has advantage Bills written all over it. Johnson beat Vaccaro in the slot a few plays earlier for a 17-yard reception. Johnson beat Vaccaro for a second time on a little go route, this time for a 13-yard TD pass on third and 2. Johnson made a nice catch as Lewis' pass was a touch behind Johnson, but Johnson beating Vaccaro off the line of scrimmage opened the play up.
(7:55) The Saints blitzed Lewis once again on second and 7 at the Bills' 41. Bills tight end Scott Chandler drew Galette in one-on-one assignment on Lewis' blind side. Bad idea. Galette sped past Chandler around the edge and pulverized Lewis for a 7-yard sack. Lewis fumbled the football away, but the Bills recovered. The hit stunned Lewis.
Fourth quarter
(10:44) Keenan Lewis said in the locker room Monday how he wanted to end the season with at least eight interceptions. He's nearly halfway there through seven games as he made an easy interception off Thad Lewis to help seal the win.
Marquise Goodwin shot up the sideline on a go route on third ad 6 from the Bills' 33. Thad Lewis had a bit of jumpy feet when making the throw and badly underthrew Goodwin. Lewis read the ball perfectly to make the interception. He came up lame, injuring his knee after the play, but returned to the game and said he was fine Monday morning.
We're moving this week's blitz report a touch higher in film study as the defense's ability to pressure Lewis played a massive role in the Saints slowing down the Bills' offensive attack.
Here are Lewis' results against the blitz (more than four pass rushers):
First quarter
- Hawthorne sack
- Incomplete pass to Robert Woods, big pressure from Parys Haralson
Second quarter
- Steve Johnson minus-2-yard reception, pressure by Haralson
- Johnson 14-yard reception
- Galette sack, Derek Legursky recovers fumble
- Chandler 15-yard reception
- Incomplete pass to Chandler, Hawthorne with major pressure
- Incomplete pass to Chandler, Chris Carr with good pass breakup
Third quarter
- Chandler 11-yard reception
- Incomplete pass, no play, roughing the passer
- Incomplete pass, no play, roughing the passer
- Goodwin 26-yard reception
- Lewis 2-yard run
Fourth quarter
- Chandler 1-yard reception
- Incomplete pass to Johnson
- Graham 5-yard reception
- Chandler 13-yard reception
- Incomplete pass to Chandler
Totals: 8-13, 83 yards, 2 rushing yards, two sacks, one forced fumble, two defensive penalties
Here are Lewis' results without facing the blitz:
First quarter
- T.J. Graham 14-yard reception
- Scott Chandler 5-yard reception
- Incomplete pass to Graham
- Jordan sack and fumble recovery
- Incomplete pass to Frank Summers
- Incomplete pass to Jackson
Second quarter
- Steve Johnson 17-yard reception
- Jackson 3-yard reception
- Johnson 13-yard TD reception
- Chandler 22-yard reception
- Robert Woods 7-yard reception
- Incomplete pass to Woods
Third quarter
- Incomplete pass to Johnson
- Johnson 7-yard reception
- Chandler 5-yard reception
- Marquise Goodwin 11-yard reception
- Graham 55-yard TD reception, no play, offensive holding
- Incomplete pass to Chandler
Fourth quarter
- Johnson 11-yard reception
- Incomplete pass to Goodwin
- Keenan Lewis interception
- Goodwin 19-yard reception
- Jackson 5-yard reception
- Incomplete pass to Jackson
- Johnson 12-yard reception
- Incomplete pass to Johnson
- Glenn Foster sack
- Incomplete pass to Woods
- Incomplete pass to Graham
Totals: 14-26, 151 yards, one TD pass, one interception, two sacks, one lost fumble, one offensive penalty
The Saints offensive line showed some flaws against the Bills' aggressive defensive front as Brees hit the deck four times after the line protected Brees very well the previous two games.
First quarter
(14:18) The Saints appeared to be on their way to scoring off the early turnover on second and 4 from the Bills' 16. Brees lined up in the shotgun and wound trying to escape the Bills' Jerry Hughes to no avail for a 7-yard loss. Hughes lined up against Charles Brown and beat the Saints left tackle on an inside move in a one-on-one matchup. Grubbs couldn't help Brown in time as he had his hands literally full of Kyle Williams. Brown has lost an individual battle leading to a sack in each of the last three games.
Second quarter
(10:12) The Bills' Da'Norris Searcy caught Brees by surprise as Brees stood in the shotgun on second and 4 from the Saints 26. Searcy came in between Zach Strief and Jahri Evans as both Saints offensive linemen took on other defenders. Brees tried to unload the football quickly, but he tucked it away for a 9-yard sack. Brees may have been in trouble anyway as Kyle Williams wrestled his way past Brian de la Puente to pick up a half sack with Searcy.
Third quarter
(10:47) This time Kyle Williams outmuscled Ben Grubbs to pick up another sack on Brees on third and 7 from the Bills' 37, putting the Saints out of field-goal range. The Bills rushed five defenders as Brees stood in the shotgun. Brees drifted up in the pocket and Williams broke free from Grubbs, who was holding Williams, allowing for the ankle sack.
Fourth quarter
(12:39) It was only time before Mario Williams picked up a sack on Brees. Williams didn't fall for the play-action fake to Khiry Robinson on second and 8 from the Saints' 32. Benjamin Watson looked like he was supposed to be blocking someone else on the play, even though Williams lined up across from him. So Watson gave Williams a free release. Jed Collins tried to slow down Williams, but the Bills pass rusher literally threw Collins out of the way with his right arm to eventually chase down Brees for a 1-yard loss.
First quarter
(4:50) The demise of Lance Moore has been greatly ... you know the cliche. The 15-yard pitch and catch from Brees to Moore was about as precise of a passing play as you can find.
Brees lined up in the shotgun as Moore jogged back and forth across the formation before the snap to eventually line up as the second wideout between Marques Colston and Kenny Stills. Moore ran a post route and Bills rookie Nickell Robey raised his hand before to let his teammates know he's on the coverage. Robey had pretty good coverage on Moore, but the throw was just too perfect for the TD strike. The more you watch it, the more the play makes you say, "Whoa!"
Second quarter
(3:53) Brees said he knew from the start of the play on first and 10 from New Orleans' 31 that Kenny Stills posed a mismatch on the Bills linebacker set to defend the rookie wideout. It ended in a 69-yard TD reception for Stills.
Stills started on the right side of the formation and ran left to essentially line in the slot before de la Puente snapped the ball. Brees drew in Hughes on the play-action to Thomas. Hughes knew he was in massive trouble and turned around to chase after the sprinting Stills. He never caught Stills on the out-and-up route.
(:35) Jimmy Graham made his limited snaps count, most notably in his two TD receptions.
Graham lined up in the slot on second and 10 at the Bills' 15. The Saints tight end ran a post with Hughes on the one-on-one coverage. Once Graham cut toward the middle of the field, Graham created the separation he needed for Brees to find Graham for the 15-yard TD connection. Searcy gave a last-ditch effort with a hit at the goal line, but Graham dove in for the score.
And Graham's post-touchdown "dunk" was more like a layup.
Third quarter
(5:21) Graham lined up in the slot on Brees' right as the Saints quarterback stood in the shotgun on first and 10 from the Bills' 13. Graham ran a quick out route running toward the sideline at the 9. It looked as if Searcy would defend Graham, but the Bills safety picked up Darren Sproles instead. It left Kiko Alonso scrambling to defend Graham. It was too late by then. Graham caught the pass and extended through a Jairus Byrd tackle attempt to reach over the goal line for the score.
Fourth quarter
(7:44) Brees had to improvise and run for his life on third and 20 from the Bills' 42. Protection up the middle failed twice as Williams and Marcel Dareus broke through the middle of the offensive line. Brees scrambled to his right and looked like he would run the football as he had running room, but not nearly enough to gain a first down.
So why not heave it up to Stills in the end zone facing single coverage from Robey? Stills won the jump ball, picking up his second TD reception of the day on a 42-yard catch.
Sean Payton by far has been more loyal to kicker Garrett Hartley than any other kicker to play in New Orleans during Payton's tenure when Hartley dealt with struggles on and off the field. I wouldn't anticipate Hartley's job being in jeopardy despite his two missed field goals.
Hartley's first miss on a 47-yarder in the first quarter looked like Hartley pulled the kick more than anything else to doink it off the upright. The second miss from 38 yards was hit on a line, but the line was barely on the wrong side of the upright. The snap and hold seemed fine on both accounts.
Chalk it to a bad day.
Here are the top five offensive personnel formations the Saints have implemented the past five games:
1. Drew Brees, Darren Sproles, Marques Colston, Lance Moore, Kenny Stills, Jimmy Graham, Zach Strief, Charles Brown, Jahri Evans, Ben Grubbs, Brian De La Puente - 44 plays (35 pass, nine rush), 7.84 yards per play (9.09 per pass play, 3.0 per rush play), 15 first downs, one touchdown.
2. Drew Brees, Darren Sproles, Marques Colston, Kenny Stills, Nick Toon, Jimmy Graham, Zach Strief, Charles Brown, Jahri Evans, Ben Grubbs, Brian De La Puente - 19 plays (14 pass, five rush), 7.64 yards per play (8.07 per pass play, 6.4 per rush play), nine first downs, one touchdown, one lost fumble.
3. Drew Brees, Darren Sproles, Marques Colston, Lance Moore, Kenny Stills, Jimmy Graham, Zach Strief, Charles Brown, Ben Grubbs, Tim Lelito, Brian De La Puente - 19 plays (15 pass, four rush), 4.63 yards per play (5.0 pass, 3.25 rush), six first downs, two touchdowns.
4. Drew Brees, Pierre Thomas, Marques Colston, Lance Moore, Kenny Stills, Jimmy Graham, Zach Strief, Charles Brown, Jahri Evans, Ben Grubbs, Brian De La Puente - 17 plays (16 pass, one rush), 4.88 yards per play (5.19 pass, 0.0 per rush), six first downs, one touchdown.
5. Drew Brees, Pierre Thomas, Jed Collins, Marques Colston, Kenny Stills, Benjamin Watson, Zach Strief, Charles Brown, Jahri Evans, Ben Grubbs, Brian De La Puente - 13 plays (four pass, nine rush), 2.38 yards per play (2.25 pass, 2.44 rush).
*The Saints have scored 22 offensive touchdowns using 21 different personnel groups. Pretty amazing when you think about it.
I found through the first five games how the officials didn't hinder the Saints too much at all. The last two weeks that hasn't been the case as the officials made a few questionable calls or no calls against Buffalo.
First quarter
(1:22) Jamaal Westerman's 15-yard penalty for a late hit on Brees wasn't all too vicious, as it appeared Westerman gave Brees more of a shove in the chest than anything else. But I guess I can see where the refs figured Westerman could have stopped himself from hitting Brees. Maybe. I watched it at least 10 times and it didn't look all that blatant.
(:06) Brees said he received no explanation as to why he was called for the first of his second consecutive false-start penalties. I'm guessing the official called Brees for rocking his body slightly on a hard count.
Second quarter
(15:00) The official motioned to Brees after throwing the second false-start flag that Brees motioned his arms. One word for this one: insane. I have no idea how that's called. Zero.
Fox Sports officiating analyst Mike Pereira agreed saying Tuesday afternoon (via Pro Football Talk), "How can that be a false start? Come on. That's not enough for a false start. And not only do they call him once, they call him twice."
(4:51) Hawthorne attacked Lewis throughout the game, but I thought during the game Hawthorne was lucky not to receive a penalty for his big hit on Lewis coming in free on a blitz. After watching the hit several times, the refs made the right call with the no call. Hawthorne wasn't late and he didn't hit helmet to helmet.
Third quarter
(11:35) Hughes raked at Brees' facemask on a screen pass to Thomas, almost pulling Brees' helmet over his eyes. Missed call. Should have been a 15-yard penalty. Brees was sacked on the next play stalling the drive.
(2:22) Corey White learned a hard lesson when it comes to blitzing and hitting the quarterback. White's first roughing the passer penalty was questionable. The only thing I saw was he hit the back of Lewis' helmet with his hand. I guess by the letter of the law that's a penalty.
(:16) The second White roughing the passer penalty was a no brainer, as it was a helmet-to-helmet hit. It wouldn't stun me if White receives a fine for the hit.
Fourth quarter
(14:20) You can't grab a wide receiver's arm and spin him around once you're beat on a stop-and-go route. The Bills' Stephon Gilmore did just that to Robert Meachem. The official threw the flag and then the pass interference penalty was waved off. If it wasn't interference, it was definitely holding. Bad no call.
This season ProFootballFocus.com has been kind enough to provide NFL beat writers with weekly gradebooks for the respective team he or she covers. So here are a few tidbits from PFF's outlook from the Saints-Bills game:
Offensive summary
- Strief with the offense's best grade, no pressures allowed in 45 snaps in pass protection.
- Watson had his highest-graded game of the season, and second straight game above +2.0. Mostly from his work in run blocking - ran a route on only 15 of his 47 snaps.
- De La Puente had the team's lowest grade, struggling to block Kyle Williams and Marcel Dareus.
- Moore graded well.
- Brees was better under pressure (158.3 QB rating) than when he wasn't pressured (137.5 rating).
- Sproles without a carry for the first time all season
- Thomas averaged just three yards per carry to the left side A- and B-gaps, compared to 6.5 yards per carry rushing to the right side A and B-gaps.
- The Saints threw at Gilmore just once all game (defensive pass interference flag picked up on that play).
- Passes thrown more than 20 yards downfield have accounted for 14 percent of Brees' attempts this season (11.9 percent in 2012). He has an "accuracy percentage" of 39.5 percent on those passes (48.8 percent in 2012).
Defensive summary
- Galette with his highest-graded game of the season.
- Bunkley graded well.
- Defense missed five tackles, all of them coming from the two usual offenders Malcolm Jenkins (eight on the season) and Lofton (11 on the season).
- Bush has yet to miss a tackle this season despite playing 305 snaps.
- The Bills had a 23.2 QB rating throwing into Keenan Lewis' coverage.
Strief - 70 (offensive snaps), 100%; 7 (special teams), 25%
Grubbs - 70, 100%; 7, 25%
Brown - 70, 100%; 7, 25%
De La Puente - 70, 100%
Brees - 70, 100%
Evans - 64, 91%; 7, 25%
Watson - 46, 66%; 8, 29%
Thomas - 45, 64%; 4, 14%
Colston - 44, 63%; 1, 4%
Stills - 39, 56%
Collins - 32, 46%; 4, 14%
Meachem - 29, 41%
Moore - 27, 39%; 1, 4%
Hill - 24, 34%; 24, 86%
Graham - 18; 26%
Toon - 17, 24%
Sproles - 16, 23%; 7, 25%
K. Robinson - 13, 19%; 9, 32%
Lelito - 6, 9%; 7, 25%
Lofton - 71 (defensive snaps), 100%; 4 (special teams), 14%
Vaccaro - 70, 99%; 2, 7%
Lewis - 70, 99%
Jordan - 64, 90%; 4, 14%
Greer - 63, 89%
Bush - 59, 83%; 15, 54%
Hawthorne - 51, 72%; 7, 25%
Galette - 50, 70%
Hicks - 47, 66%; 4, 14%
M. Jenkins - 32, 45%; 4, 14%
T. Johnson - 29, 41%
Bunkley - 26, 37%
J. Jenkins - 25, 35%; 4, 14%
White - 23, 32%; 17, 61%
Foster - 22, 31%; 3, 11%
Carr - 20, 28%; 13, 46%
Abdul-Quddus - 19, 27%; 18, 64%
Haralson - 18, 25%; 4, 14%
Dawson - 13, 18%; 17, 61%
Humber - 8, 11%; 17, 61%
Special teams
Herring - 21, 75%
Reddick - 16, 57%
Drescher - 11, 39%
Morstead - 10, 36%
Harris - 10, 36%
Hartley - 7, 25%
McCown - 7, 25%
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SPRINGFIELD – Baystate Medical Center has been cleared of wrongdoing in its use of live pigs for training sessions.
In March, the Washington, D.C.-based group Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine filed a complaint with Hampden County District Attorney Mark G. Mastroianni alleging the practice violates state animal cruelty laws.
Medical residents and attending physicians use anesthetized pigs for Advanced Trauma Life Support training, learning to treat certain severe injuries in humans, such as spinal cord damage or major head trauma. The pigs are then euthanized.
Dr. Ronald Gross, Baystate's Chief of Trauma and Emergency Surgical Services, said there are usually four or five sessions per year and each uses about four pigs. A veterinary staff is present for all sessions, he said.
Last week, Mastroianni said Baystate's program does not break state law.
Mastroianni's office worked with the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and state police, sending an inspection team to Baystate in March. They also performed a surprise inspection in April and found no violations.
"We are pleased with the outcome of the comprehensive review," said Gross. "Baystate Medical Center is committed to the highest quality of care for laboratory animals."
Dr. John J. Pippin, a senior adviser for PCRM, said the group is "disappointed that the inhumane, cruel, and unnecessary killing of pigs will be allowed to continue."
Baystate spokesperson Jane Albert said the hospital is doing the right thing. She said it has "one of the most advanced simulation centers in the country and, when it's appropriate, we use simulators."
Albert said the best way to train for ATLS is using pigs, which best replicate the human body for certain procedures. No simulators exist that come close enough to the program's needs, but when one does, Baystate will use it, she said.
Pippin said one called TraumaMan System is preferred by the American College of Surgeons over pigs. ACS spokesperson Sally Garneski said the ACS "does not suggest (simulators) are superior to cadavers or animals but an alternative when the use of animals is not possible or practical" and does not endorse a specific brand.
"I think (Gross) doesn't know how to do it any other way. If he can't bring the program into the 21st century, he shouldn't be in charge of it," said Pippin.
"PCRM is a radical group," said Albert. "The claims they've made in the past have not been true."
In 1990, the American Medical Association condemned the PCRM, saying they have "supported a campaign of misinformation" and "misrepresent(ed) the critical role animals play in research and teaching." It has since rescinded the resolution.
In 2007, three neurologist's groups asked the AMA to denounce the PCRM's "multi-year crusade against the March of Dimes including protests directed at March walkers, volunteers, and donors."
Pippin confirmed that PCRM objects to the March's funding of "useless animal experiments" and believes animal research in general has not produced a "return on the investment."

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Jenn French likes to think of herself as a versatile soccer player, which suits Gov. Livingston coach Mike Roof very well, as he needed her basically all over the field last fall. Up front and in the middle perhaps to stage an aggressive game plan, in back against more difficult opponents.
This year, Roof has utilized the senior mostly on the front line, and French has responded with 11 goals, already a career-best for a single season. Last fall she had eight goals and four assists.
French is fourth in goals in Union County behind Julianne Cornell of Mother Seton (which plays in the Greater Middlesex Conference-Blue Division) with 18, Brearley's Jillian Pecina with 16, and Linden's Shannon Walsh with 13.
"One of the reasons I've been scoring more is that last season I played more midfield and this year we're more of an attacking team and I'm playing striker," French said.
She still spent some time on the back linel because the defense is extremely young, and Roof uses French's veteran experience as sort of a coach on the field.
But even when French is in attack mode, it hasn't always been easy for Gov. Livingston.
"In previous years I set up goals," French said. "I think since we're such a young team, we've had to learn how to finish. A lot of our freshmen and younger players are in attacking positions and we're starting to get in sync."
The Union County Tournament seeds were released on Monday and it was interesting to see which teams landed in the 5-8 slots. While it was no surprise that Scotch Plains (8-2), Westfield (6-2), Gov. Livingston (7-2) and Cranford (8-1) earned the top four seeds, it was unusual to see how the rest of the bracket was filled out.
In what might be a UCT first, the next four seeds – Oak Knoll (3-4), Summit (3-6), New Providence (3-6) and Union (1-8) – all had sub-.500 records. That's not because Union County is enduring a particularly weak year. It's quite the opposite.
The Union County Conference was rearranged this season so that teams were put into three divisions based on talent. New Providence is a Group 1 school, but for the last several years, it has held its own with the county's best, Scotch Plains and Westfield, and therefore was placed in the Mountain (middle) Division, as was Oak Knoll. Summit and Union are in the top division, the Watchung Division.
After losing a 2-1 decision to Summit early last month, New Providence will play host to Summit 4 p.m. Thursday. New Providence has not beaten Summit since the 2010 Union County Tournament quarterfinals.
Also on Thursday, Westfield (6-2) will face a challenge when it plays host to Pennington (3-2) at 4:15 p.m. Pennington, which controls the ball very well, handed Montclair, No. 16 in The Star-Ledger Top 20, a 1-0 loss last week.
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LOS ANGELES -- Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland on Sunday's starting pitcher in Los Angeles against the Dodgers: "Rick Porcello is trying to figure the happy medium between throwing his sinker too hard or too slow. And he has to use all his pitches more."
Porcello is 3-4 with a 5.93 ERA.
His one standout game was May 12, when he pitched seven innings and allowed no runs on four hits to the New York Yankees.
"In that game with the Yankees, he had tremendous sink," Leyland said. "High sinkers get the (crap) knocked out of them up here."


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Shepard has been stealing photos and artwork for YEARS. Why would Obama be different?
Its funny, I've been agreeing with Queerty for months that HRC's cocktail parties and sucking up to politicians and celebrities is a waste of our time and resources.
Now, what does Queerty do? They run a contest to promote a cocktail party where all of us good fags can go suck up to politicians and celebrities.
What. The. Fuck?
If I win, does that mean I get to kick the ladder out from under his poser ass?
Ah yes, the pure plagiaristic "style" of Shepard Fairey (the recent ripoff "artist(?)" of those over-touted Obama posters).
Shhhhhh…don't tell anyone…but he steals…outright steals artwork from other artists and then calls it his own.
Check out the link below for an expose' as well as blatant examples of his plagiarism.


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Fallen Glee star, Cory Monteith, has reportedly been cremated after a private viewing f his body by his immediate family and partner.
According to TMZ.com, the actor, who was best known for playing Finn Hudson in the hit US teen musical drama, was cremated after a private viewing of his body by his mum Ann, brother Shaun and long-term on and off screen girlfriend, Lea Michele.
The development has hurt his biological father, Joe Monteith, who claims to have known nothing of the cremation, commenting to the site:
"[I] am going to miss Cory very, very much. I'm saddened at the fact that I couldn't have been there to see my son before he was cremated,"
Monteith was found dead in his Canadian hotel room on Saturday after staff checked on him when he failed to check out. A toxicology investigation revealed that a mixture of alcohol and the illegal drug, heroin, were the cause of death.
Monteith had a well-documented battle with substance abuse, and even checked himself into rehab in April to help battle his demons.
But according to friends of the star, whilst he lived a clean and hardworking lifestyle whilst in America filming the show with his anti-drugs girlfriend Lea Michele, he led a double life when he returned home to his native Canada.
According to TMZ, despite his recent rehab stint, when the actor returned to his hometown of Vancouver he would return to his old self, a "hard-partying substance abuser."
Michele was well aware of his issues, and publicly supported him when in rehab, but it is said that in recent weeks his family became increasingly aware in a change in Monteith's behaviour as he seemed to distance himself from them.
The coroner released a statement on Tuesday revealing the cause of death to be a mixed drug toxicity, involving heroin and alcohol, stating:
"There is no evidence to suggest Mr. Monteith's death was anything other than a most tragic accident. Mr. Monteith's family has been made aware of the circumstances surrounding the death.
"On behalf of family members, the BC Coroners Service asks that the media respect their privacy at this difficult time."
Adding that it offered "its sincere condolences to Mr. Monteith's family and friends".


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Like Shake Weights, the Ab Roller and "Sweatin' to the Oldies," sports clichés are for the lazy.
Why build real muscle in the gym when you can shake, roll and sweat your way to a light sheen of perspiration and a slightly elevated heart rate?
Why go through all the trouble of being clever and original with your sports talk? It's so much easier to regurgitate the same flabby banalities you've already heard 1,000 times on SportsCenter, or from some loudmouth at Buffalo Wild Wings.
Round-the-clock coverage of everything from obscure South American Equestrian events to NCAA Division III Women's Bocce Ball has made it tougher for the talking heads of the sports world to keep their game fresh. Still, it's high time we drop these obnoxious substitutes for ingenuity.
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Ever since I heard about the Terrafugia Transition, I've been fascinated. Maybe it helps that I saw an early prototype a couple of years ago when I dragged my then 9-year-old daughter and her friend out to a small, rural airstrip on Plum Island, Mass., near where I live, to get a first-hand glimpse of a modern-day "Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang" brought to life.
Founded in 2006 by MIT-trained engineers who are also pilots, the concept for Terrafugia is to deliver a dual-purpose vehicle for people who can't necessarily afford to own both a plane and a car. It's also for those who want to mitigate some of the residual costs associated with hangar storage, door-to-door travel time, and lack of transportation when they arrive at their destination. The vehicle part, which in some ways reminds me of a Smart Car, is big enough to accommodate two people and a small amount of gear. The airplane part of the design is focused around wings that fold out when ready to fly and fold in when hitting the road.
The Transition proof-of-concept vehicle was finished in July 2008, and it logged its first flight in 2009. It now has nearly 30 flights under its belt. Terrafugia has turned its attention to building the next-generation Transition and is on schedule (albeit a slightly revised schedule) to deliver its first production-ready vehicle by the end of 2012, according to Richard Gersh, Terrafugia's vice president of business development.
One year after I last checked in, the Transition hit yet another milestone in its flight plan. Late last month, the company was granted additional special exemptions it had requested from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), paving the way for the vehicle to launch full bore into its certification testing and crash test safety programs.
The first of those exemptions was granted by the Federal Aviation Administration last July, allowing the Transition to move forward with a maximum takeoff weight of 1,430 lb. -- an additional 110 lb. The extra weight was necessary to accommodate things like airbags, an energy-absorbing crumple zone, and a protective safety cage -- all components required for compliance with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS), which are not typically mandated for light sport aircraft.


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Valley duel puts Red Wolves on top
On their way to the KingCo 3A duel-meet championship the Cedarcrest Red Wolves had to get by someone they had never beaten: Mount Si. And what started as a see-saw battle of pin swapping turned into a sound victory for the Red Wolves, 45-27.
"The meet came down to four key matches, and if we had won a couple more we were in the hunt," said Mount Si coach Bruce Caldwell. He was referring to the 135-, 160-, 171- and 275-pound matches. The 'Cats only victory in those four came from Nick Martindale with a pin at 135.
The meet started at the 189-pound class where the Wildcats' Trevor Moore faced the Red Wolves' Robby Westermann. Moore, who has turned a few heads with his own aggressiveness on the mat, found himself in the battle of his life as Westermann immediately gained the advantage. With less than a minute in the round, Moore had been taken to the mat and with 27 seconds left, Westermann recorded the pin.
A true test of strength and endurance was shown in the 215-pound match between the Wildcats' Dylan Seubert and the Red Wolves' Cole Birk. Birk, who appeared to have added significant strength since last season, was a formidable opponent for the Mount Si senior. The first round was a grab fest as each wrestler jockeyed for position. Late in the round, Seubert scored a takedown. In the second, with Birk starting from the down position, Seubert moved the Red Wolf to his back. With 1:27 left in the second, he recorded the pin. The pin evened the meet score at 6-6.
Cory Anderson looked mentally prepared for his match at 275 pounds. His opponent was the Red Wolves' Vong Ly. With no score after the first round, Anderson chose the down position. He escaped quickly but then was called for stalling. The round ended with Anderson leading 3-2. The third would belong to Ly, who escaped from the down position and then took Anderson to the mat for the pin with 35 seconds left in the match.
The 103-pound class pitted a slow, methodical Jason Rothgeb against the Red Wolves' Steve Gunderson. It only took Rothgeb a minute and a half to gain the advantage, then pin Gunderson to the mat. At 112 pounds, the Wildcats' Alex Haas was pulled and Jordan Prior put in his place to take the forfeit from the Red Wolves.
With Prior taking the forfeit at 112 pounds, the Wildcat's Alex Haas stepped up to take on defending state champion Aaron Pedeferri. With a fast and furious flurry of moves, the young Mount Si wrestler found himself on his back and pinned with 1:08 left in the first round. Pedeferri showed his ability to completely control an opponent and is likely a repeat as state champion at 119 pounds.
Cedarcrest recorded pins at both 125 and 130 pounds. Kurtis Lett pinned the Wildcats' Jae Mandanas at 125 pounds and Darren DeBoer pinned Mount Si's Josh Magnussen at 130 pounds.
The Wildcats rebounded at 135 pounds as Nick Martindale defeated the Red Wolves' Tate Brammer. Martindale controlled the match from the start, pinning Brammer in the second round with only seconds left on the clock. The pin pulled the Wildcat's within striking distance, 30-24.
At 140 pounds, Brad Trombley faced Cedarcrest's Cody Hudson, a freshman. Hudson was powerful from the start, but the tall Trombley was tough to control. Hudson scored a takedown in the first round. In the second, starting from the down position, he scored a reversal and three-point near fall for a 7-0 lead. Finally, in the third, with 35 seconds left on the clock, he pushed Trombley's shoulders to the mat for the pin.
Mount Si co-captain Eddie Roberts came on in a big way to bolster his team's score. Roberts, wrestling Andrew Claussen in the 145-pound class, had a fight on his hands. Neither wrestler scored in the first. The only point scored in the second was a technical by Roberts on an illegal hold by Claussen. As the clock ticked down the last few seconds of the match, Roberts pulled a reversal, scoring two more for a 3-0 win.
Kyle Jacobsen faced the Red Wolves' Tony Stedman in the 152-pound class. Stedman, a veteran varsity wrestler, proved a far tougher foe than first thought as he scored a 3-1 win over Jacobsen. The win gave the Red Wolves a commanding 39-27 win. To tie, the 'Cats would need two pins.
In a battle of sheer brute strength versus a veteran wrestler, the Wildcats' Tyler Austin faced Cedarcrest's Alan Shultz in the 160-pound class. The question on everyone's mind was whether Austin could control Shultz long enough to get him turned for the pin. The answer came quickly as Shultz scored the first takedown midway through the first round. They would be the only points of the match as Austin never found the combination necessary to control Shultz. As the seconds ticked away the Cedarcrest crowd grew louder, realizing the Red Wolves had defeated their Upper Valley rivals.
The final match of the night pitted Nick Ippolito against the Red Wolves' Adam Speir. With the meet safely under their belts, Speir was wrestling purely for honor. And wrestle he did, eventually winning the decision 11-4.
Grinning from ear to ear following the meet was Cedarcrest coach Jeff Newcomer, formerly a Mount Si assistant coach.
"I saw it happening similar to the way it was," he said. "I knew Robby [Westermann] was going to come out and make a statement.
"I talked with Vong [Ly] for quite a while to get him psyched at 275. I knew he could beat that guy" Newcomer continued. "Vong weighed in at 205, and the other guy at 271, so that was a big match, a huge match."
Caldwell complimented the opposing team's effort.
"It was a good win for Cedarcrest," he said.
The two teams go into their final week of the season. The Red Wolves face Bellevue and Liberty this week, and Mount Si faces Mercer Island and Skyline. The junior-varsity qualifier starts this weekend.
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Suggestions for OpenGL 4.2 and beyond
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Used as a textbook in many colleges; an introduction to the histories and cultures of Native women in North America. Illustrated with art, photography and material culture.
A much-cited and reprinted essay, used in Native studies curricula on the centrality of representations of Native Americans in American popular culture to American identity, particularly the phenomenon of "playing Indian."
A brief literary history of the creative work of American Indian women with sections from 12 representative
contemporary writers.
An attempt to characterize the central themes and issues of feminist theory produced by folklore scholars.
An essay which suggests the value, to scholars and traditional cultures, of folklorists' and social scientists' attentions to the scientific traditions of the cultures they study—particularly in areas such as medicine, botany, pharmaceutics, agriculture.
Up-to-date histories and cultures of first peoples (North America) from a native perspective; highly illustrated, with stories, poems, eye-witness, first person accounts from native peoples on events, issues, art, mythologies, gender roles, economics, contact, sovereignty, self-determination, land, environment. Uses artifacts from the collections at the British Museum and Smithsonian.
Comprehensive bibliography on Native North American women, with historical commentary.
An examination of the representations and images—in American music—of Native American women.
A look at the history and contemporary manifestations of basketry from Native Southeastern people.
A proposal for constructing technological change using a culture-based approach.
An examination of an object from the collections of the National Museum of American Art, which suggests the possibilities for culture change and for humor and resistance in cntemporary Native/Hopi material culture.
A much-cited essay on bawdy oral traditions among Southern women, with special reference to particular traditions in my own family.
Examines the "Indian" photographs by Gertrude Kasebier, in NMAH collections, and compares her work to the clichés of 19th century Native photography.
A much-reprinted article used widely in collegiate curricula (Native Studies and Women's Studies); deals with images and representations—visual, material, philosophical—of Native American women in American culture; the centrality of some of the representations (the Princess and the Squaw) to American popular culture and American identity.
Explores government and missionary attempts to assimilate Indians in boarding schools, and many of the student's adaptive strategies for cultural preservation and resistance.
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Errant SOTU Tweets lead to love child: Tennessee Rep. Steve Cohen admits to having daughter with wife of Frank Sinatra Jr. (Too weird to overlook. WEWS Channel 5)
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The Crime Scene this morning
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- Cleveland: Missing 76-year-old woman found (WKYC Channel 3)
- Jail for Euclid teen in armed attacks (WOIO Channel 19)
- CMSD looking into report of principal being assaulted (WTAM 1100AM)
- Willoughby Police make prostitution arrest (News-Herald)
- Euclid man charged with firing gun in Wickliffe hotel room (News-Herald)
- Elderly man body slammed in rage attack (Victim suffered a broken hand during attack in his own driveway. Morning Journal)
- Lorain man accused of beating woman (Chronicle-Telegram)
- Businesses cashing bogus payroll checks (Star Beacon)
- Fewer inmates to help with projects (Star Beacon says private manager of Lake Erie Corrections Facility in Conneaut finds that few can be considered trustworthy enough to be allowed outside.)
- Police in Lyndhurst, South Euclid seek help in locating aggravated robbery suspect (Sun Messenger)
- Ohio wants doctors to assist with executions (News-Herald, from AP)
- Police sergeant gets second chance plus $50,000 (Sandusky Register)\
- Village sues couple over home addition (Chagrin Valley Times)
- Deer culling totals 139 so far this year (Solon Times says three tons of meat will be donated to food banks)
- Heroin overdoses rise in 2012 as the Drug Task Force continues to combat the issue (KentWired)
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- 'College Scorecard' flawed; Mixed results locally for new college comparison tool touted by Obama (Morning Journal says part-time students who predominate at community college unfairly downgrade the institution)
- Committee releases survey on facilities to Cleveland Heights-University Heights schools community: update (Sun Press)
- Pinching Pennies: CWRU libraries ranked among worst funded in nation (CWRU Observer)
- Ohio May Get $1.7 Million in Toyota Settlement (Ideastream)
- Peter Lewis donates $1 million toward addition, renovation of aquatic center at Menorah Park (Crain's Cleveland Business)
- What if your vendor is hacked? (Crain's Cleveland Business)
- The power of fuel cell technology in Northeast Ohio (Crain's Cleveland Business)
- Restaurants get a taste for Cleveland attorney's 'cash mobs' (Crain's Cleveland Business)
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- Cleveland Rules for Young Single Men (Zillow.com, via Cleveland Scene)
- Fire company to end contract with township (Chagrin Valley Times. Volunteers say township can make do with its paid staff; the township owns the trucks.)
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Richmond National Battlefield Park offers a variety of ranger-guided education programs that are well organized, informative and engaging. These programs will help your students gain a greater understanding of the cultural and natural resources of this national park, enhance your classroom instruction and fulfill the Virginia Standards of Learning objectives. All reservations must be made prior to your visit. In order to make reservations, please follow the steps listed below.
1. Select a program that matches your curriculum needs or course of study.
2. Prepare a list of 3 possible dates for your field trip.
3. Contact Richmond National Battlefield Park's Education Department at (804) 771-2018 or email the education coordinator.
4. Give the following information: name of school, contact person, phone number, grade level, number of students, program, date and time.
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Customer Support, Videos Help 'Weekend Warrior' Add Radiant Heat
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It's easy to understand the frustrations expressed by a friend who was pondering our planet's environmental challenges.
"I have to admit, many times I feel exasperated and powerless with the problems facing us and our environment," said Gail Kopp. "Climate change, monoculture, wildlife diversity loss, fish population collapse, Franken-food, obesity, water pollution and food animal cruelty.
They all seem so large."
But instead of giving up, Gail launched into research on sustainable living. After extensive research, Gail concluded that the best way she and her family could live more sustainably is through thoughtful choices. Here's her advice:
• Cook meals. When we buy convenience foods or eat fast foods we're supporting industrial agriculture, which is harmful to the environment and not ecologically sustainable. Many prepared and fast foods are made from corn or soy, crops raised in vast monoculture swaths using chemical fertilizers and pesticides.
When we cook we choose fresh ingredients. We control the calories and portions, and can leave out preservatives, trans-fats, high-fructose corn syrup, artificial colors and flavors.
• Eat less meat. Approximately 70% of the grains grown in this country are fed to "food animals." Entire forest ecosystems are being converted to cattle ranches.
• Eat mostly plants. It takes 10 times more fossil fuels to raise a calorie of animal-source food as it does to grow a calorie of plant-source food. Organic fruits and vegetables are best, but for conventional produce, choose those grown with the fewest pesticides. Our most sustainably raised food comes from local farmers.
• Grow a garden. There's not much more sustainable than fresh, wholesome vegetables and fruit grown in your own backyard.
• Keep your soil alive. Chemicals like fertilizers, weed-killers and fungicides destroy the soil and its organisms. Organic management may take more startup time and investment, but will pay off big dividends and become easier in the long term.
• Make your yard a sanctuary: Bring on the birds and bees! Pollination, seed dispersal and insect control are just a few benefits. Provide food, water, shelter and nesting sites.
• Compost. Don't throw yard and kitchen wastes into the trash; our landfills are overflowing already! Compost leaves, grass clippings, fruit peels and vegetable scraps. It will return their essential nutrients to garden and yard.
• Support local businesses. You localize the dollars and jobs and improve sensitivity to community development issues.
• Vote your heart. Express your opinions and let elected representatives know how to earn your vote.
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BlackBerry announces SecuTablet, a modified Galaxy Tab S
BlackBerry has just revealed a new tablet, but don't worry, it's not a follow-up to the flop that was the company's PlayBook. It's called the SecuTablet, and it's basically a modified version of Samsung's Galaxy Tab S 10.5, albeit with a strong focus on data security. The device is a result of BlackBerry's purchase of security firm Secusmart last year, as well as a software partnership with IBM. The SecuTablet is part of BlackBerry's attempts to find success in targeting the corporate and government security sectors.


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MOBILE, Alabama — For McGill-Toolen's Carmen Carlos, it was a defeat at the Jesse Owens Invitational that inspired her to reclaim a course record. And for Baker's Buddy Soto, it was a movie that inspired his running career.
Carlos and Soto are this year's Mobile Press-Register Cross Country Runners of the Year. For Carlos, it's her third straight honor, while Soto is the first athlete from a public school to receive the boys' award in more than 10 years.
"Each time I've won, it's a great honor," said Carlos, who won her third straight individual AHSAA Class 6A state championship in a course record 17 minutes, 19.76 seconds this season. "It's something that I don't take for granted."
The turning point for Carlos came at October's Jesse Owens meet. Going for her third straight individual Elite Girls' title, she lost to Tallahassee (Fla.) Chiles' Lily Williams (17:29.05 to 17.32.74).
Williams broke Carlos' Oakville Indian Mounds Park course record, and Carlos vowed to come back and regain it. Carlos was true to her word, as she came back to Oakville and ran away from the competition at state to win by more than a minute.
The 17:19.36 also broke Williams' record.
"Carmen told me just before the 6A girls race that she was going for the record," said McGill-Toolen coach Drew Bentley. "I've never known her to do that before."
"During the race, I felt pretty good, but I didn't really know how close I was to breaking the record," Carlos said. "But I was pretty surprised to see the time (on the clock). I was definitely happy."
Soto's inspiration to run came from watching a movie about the late U.S. running legend Steve Prefontaine.
"After watching the movie, I started reading some of his quotes," Soto said. "One of my favorite ones reads like this: Some people create with words. I want to create something magnificent from running."
What Soto created was a season to remember. He won the individual Mobile County Championship, as well as the 6A sectional race, and was the recipient of the Charlie Spencer Award, given by Mobile County coaches as the outstanding all-around male cross country runner.
Soto finished second individually in the 6A boys championship race in 16:04.89 and helped Baker finish sixth in the team competition.
"My goal this season was to at least break 17 minutes," Soto said. "During June, I ran 40 to 50 miles a week, but in July, I went up to 60 to 70 miles a week. I also ran with a friend, and that helped me a lot. I don't think anybody expected the kind of season I had."
Carlos and Soto said their breakthrough seasons were an offshoot of their teams' performances.
"We had a lot of new girls on our team who did real well this year," Carlos said. "Next season, I think we'll have at least another runner-up finish at state."
"After our first meet," said Soto, "we got a lot of attention because it wasn't St. Paul's or McGill-Toolen dominating all of the races. Ryan (Archie) and I did our job supporting the team, and we were more like a family."
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Wonder what ever happened to the two-year-old inquiry into Auburn's independent study program? You're not alone. Here's a story I wrote that includes some comments from Auburn AD Jay Jacobs...
AUBURN - Nearly two years after a New York Times article prompted a review of Auburn's independent-study policies, university officials say the NCAA has not formally closed the matter.
Over the last 18 months, the Press-Register has repeatedly requested documents related to the NCAA's inquiry under the state's open-records law, which gives citizens the right to inspect public records.
Auburn has denied those requests, citing the open-ended nature of the NCAA's inquiry.
Auburn Athletic Director Jay Jacobs said Friday that the lengthy process is normal.
"We've done everything that we've been asked to do from Auburn's standpoint," he said. "We don't see anything unusual with the process. What I mean by that is, there've been no hiccups where we have to do this again or do that again. It's just been the normal process."
Jacobs said the inquiry is routine, and not a formal investigation. The university is awaiting a letter or some other notification that the inquiry is over.
"From my perspective, with everything that we do with them, they end up sending a letter," he said. "That's what we're waiting on that. Not by any stretch of the imagination is it an investigation. It's nothing unusual for us."
The New York Times report alleged that students, including many athletes, were receiving academic credit in independent-study courses for little or no work.
Auburn's investigation ultimately blamed two professors who taught "too many students in too many course sections" and violated university rules by keeping sloppy records.
The university attempted to fire tenured criminal justice professor Thomas Petee for his role in the scandal, but ultimately provided him with a consulting post at Auburn-Montgomery as part of a settlement.
Sociology professor James Gundlach, the whistleblower whose allegations prompted the report, has retired. He received The Drake Group's 2008 Robert Maynard Hutchins Award last week in Memphis. The award honors an individual "who has shown courage in standing up for academic integrity in the face of commercialized college sports."
Former Auburn President Ed Richardson said almost a year ago that the NCAA's response to the independent-study report was the only unresolved athletics issue left for new President Jay Gogue.
Richardson said he expected the NCAA to concur with the university's findings that the scandal was not related to athletics. (ep)
"We obviously had a few athletes involved, but it was just a case of very poor judgment (by professors)," Richardson said. "It was an embarrassment to the university, and I hope we get that one behind us."(ep)


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A curated list of indie news and recommendations from ITVS's Rebecca Huval.
It's #FollowFriday! Here are the TV and film aficionados who made Time magazine's 140 Twitter feeds to follow of 2013.
Filmmakers of all stripes are encouraged to apply to San Francisco Film Society's six-month and year-long FilmHouse residencies. Though Bay Area dwellers are given priority, anyone older than 18 with a video budget less than $3 million is eligible! Early deadline: April 22.
The latest installment in MIT Open Documentary Lab's "Should Filmmakers Learn to Code?" series is an interview with Hugues Sweeney of National Film Board of Canada. He encourages doc makers to team up with techies: "The time is for collaboration—get contaminated. What we call a 'webdoc' today is not about putting a doc online but using the web for all its storytelling capacities—its grammar."
Occasionally, indie filmmakers feel isolated. Abstract painter Agnes Martin has inspirational words for the solitary artist: "The best things in life happen to you when you're alone."
Kartemquin just added some ancient gear to its "equipment graveyard": The Auricon Sound-On-Film Recording Amplifier. "In spite of being obsolete, obscure, and something that Kartemquin never even used, it taught us about one more way filmmakers could record sound on film and fleshed out a little more of Camera #1's history," Kartemquin writes.
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In recent months, there have been a number of articles written about the recent Adirondack Park Regional Assessment Report, a research document that investigated issues concerning Adirondack communities, population trends, employment opportunities and the economic state of the region.
The report revealed a number of disturbing trends that will affect life in the Park in coming years. One of the most alarming concerns the aging of the Park's year-round residents.
According to the report, the Adirondack population is aging at a pace that is roughly three times the national average. Indeed, the average age of year-round, "inside the Park" residents is nearly five years older than the state average.
Communities inside the Blue Line have experienced a median age increase of nearly nine years, while the median age of out-of-the-Park communities has risen by only three years in the same time frame.
Possibly of greatest concern is the ever-declining population of residents under the age of 10, which is compounded by an exodus of residents between the ages of 20 and 35. For young families, these are typically the child-bearing years.
On a national level, students in grades K-12 make up 18 percent of the population. In the park, K-12 students represent only 13.5 percent of the population.
This exodus is reflected in the fact that school enrollments in the Park have decreased by more than 325 students annually throughout the current decade. This loss represents the equivalent loss of one average-size Adirondack school district every 19 months.
The loss of our youth is a wound that is hemorrhaging in nearly every town. At stake are local schools, community identity and the future of the Park. One of the most unique aspects of the Adirondack Park is the mix of wilderness lands surrounding small, working communities. It is a park that includes people on the inside rather than excluding them to the periphery of its borders.
Many of the region's smaller communities are shrinking as young people leave to seek educational or employment opportunities. Compounding the situation is the realization that second-home owners and seasonal residents are rapidly becoming a majority in many of these communities.
Hal Ketchum, a country singer hailing from Greenwich, a typical small town in upstate New York, captured the mood on his hit single, "Small Town, Saturday night." It is easy to relate to the lyrics as he laments, "You know that the world must be flat, because once people leave town they never look back. ... They go 90 miles an hour to the city limit sign and put the pedal to the metal before they change their mind."
Whether it is Greenwich or Tupper Lake, the outlook of opportunity for our young people is not terribly promising. One out of every three jobs in the Park is with the local, state or federal government. Tourism and the service industry fuels employment opportunities for another third of the population.
Issues such as production capabilities, transportation deficiencies and restrictions on construction and development continue to limit the scope of alternative opportunities.
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If Adirondack communities are going to grow rather than continue to condense, there must be a future that holds the promise of a decent wage to earn a living that can support a family.
Rather than search for a mythical star in the sky that will instantly bring prosperity to the region, I would argue that we look backward.
During the time frame of the heydays of the Adirondacks, the late 1880s through the early 1900s, most of the communities in the Park thrived. It was a time of grand hotels, guides and Great Camps. It is our heritage and history; it is hard to deny.
With the growing number of colleges in and around the Park now offering degree programs in outdoor recreation, ecotourism management, expeditionary studies and wilderness recreation leadership; it may be time to consider future opportunities for local youth to fill the ranks.
With the development of vocational-education programs to serve as feeders through a BOCES-level program that offers caretaker services, nature interpretation or guide training rather than auto repair or cosmetology, students could be better prepared for regional employment.
If there such courses and a career path available, it may serve to alleviate the perceived "Adirondack brain drain" that is plaguing our local communities. Additionally, a program may offer nontraditional students and opportunity to pursue a higher education. In a region with such a long and storied history of service industries devoted to tourism and summer camps, outdoor recreation and winter sports, why try to reinvent the wheel?
This is an industry that has fed the Park's residents for over a century. With the proper enhancements, it is an industry that can benefit future generations.
Consider that Plattsburgh State offers a bachelor degree program in expeditionary studies, North Country Community College has an associate's degree in wilderness recreation leadership, Paul Smith's College offers two- and four-year programs in outdoor recreation and ecotourism management, Potsdam State has a minor in outdoor recreation management, St. Lawrence University also has a minor in outdoorrecreation and students in Adirondack Community College's Adventure Sports Program finish with an associate's degree that includes certifications for National Ski Patrol, ski instructors, New York state guide licenses in rock and ice climbing, whitewater rafting and more.
The outdoor recreation industry is also currently experiencing a re-genderfication of the field. Outdoor leaders are no longer strictly men.
There are numerous female guides currently working in the region. Indeed, the Association of Naturalist Interpreters is now composed of more women than men, and I believe the trend will continue.
Female caretakers are becoming more common as well. Camp owners have explained that women are preferred because "they're more detail oriented" and "can be usually be located when needed, even during the hunting season."
A very successful Adirondack guide program has been offered to Warren County youth for several years. Organized by the 4-H program at the Cornell Cooperative Extension Education Center in Warrensburg, the program gives teenagers an opportunity to gain knowledge in the biological sciences and develop teaching and leadership skills.
Participants advance from the apprentice guide level through intermediate to full senior Adirondack guide status. Activities include field trips and classes, canoe and hiking trips, and community-service projects. Participants learn map-and-compass and GPS navigation; canoeing; tree, plant, wildflower and wildlife identification; environmental education techniques; woods lore and safety; Red Cross first-aid and lifeguard training; outdoor clothing and equipment preparation; wilderness trip coordination and more.
Participants have the opportunity to work with licensed Adirondack guides, forest rangers, fish and wildlife biologists, foresters, and skilled woodsmen.
The program is conducted in an informal atmosphere, conducive to building confidence and self-esteem. It may provide a model for the development of a similar, vocation-education program to be offered on a BOCES level in local school districts.


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I get so disgusted when my Father in law telsl my daughter "Oh you've got some sexy shoes on" or "Oh look at you in your sexy shirt. She's one. I keep telling my husband to say something but I'm fed up. I'm not comfortable with that or his insistance on changing her and saying she doesn't need clothes on and should run a round nude for a little bit everyday. When I try to rock her to sleep and shes just still, and her eyes are getting heavy he'll just grab and paw at her and say "you stinker. You're not sleepy". No matter how long the visit whie he's talking he'll just stare at me holding her longingly. Anytime I have her he's hovering going "here I got her. You go, I got her. His wife will make him dinner and he gets angry with her.. "damnit, I'm holding baby. Can't you see that?! I'm not hungry". Then when he's holding her he'll sit there and tell me what she likes, and finds funny, and things she doesn't like. When she was newborn he tried showing me how to correctly breastfeed. I'm so grossed out by this man. His wife works at a daycare and he goes there on his lunchbreak and plays with all the babies. I need a hula hoop rule with man that cusses like a sailor btw. He needs to relax, fo-real because I'm about to rip my hair out or ban him from ever babysitting. I just can't trust a man that will refer to baby girl as sexy. Am I over reacting?
He needs to learn age appropriate language that is for sure. For his actions he sounds like he is over eager grandparent. Trust your mommy instinct on this though.
That sounds incredibly creepy and he would never be touching my daughter for any reason.
Its a little weird. I dont think i would let him babysit for sure. I dont let my sons be naked in front of ppl sure wouldnt if i had a daughter.
If you're looking for advice, I would start (as you said you have done several times) by asking my husband to speak to his father. After that, I would start being clear with FIL about what the rules are with my baby (not his).
Most definately over eager. He's only raised boys as well. First grand baby. Maybe a discussion explaining what appropriate is in order. BOUNDARIES! Key word for dealing with In laws right? bah
I agree.
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That sounds incredibly creepy and he would never be touching my daughter for any reason.
How about letting him feed her dinner since she is at the table food age? She could sit in his lap or right by him at the table so he can help take care of her but not cross other boundaries.
Aside from the sexy crap I would say over eager grandpa with a little grand daughter (especially since he only had boys) ... The sexy comments and running around naked stuff though.... Makes me feel dirty.
Well, i have to get to her quick enough If i plan on feeding her. While She has her plate of food he picks at his plate and feeds her stuff leaving the plate in front of her untouched. I mean, with everything he feels a strong need to do everything that I would normally do. Even feeding her. That'as definately the over excited grandpa that misses having his kids as babies. They just clash with me. He and his wife also forget to refer to each other as grandma and grandpa. She'll hand my daughter to my FIL and say "Here go by daddy" and MIL will chase my baby going "mama's going to get you". I corrected this numerous times which leads to eyerolling. Because of course I'm the weird one. On her Birthday i was feeding her carrots and hot dogs and she sat on the other side and fed her at the same time I was. Our hands would even hit and she'd go "oh woops! You go first". It's overwhelming and I can't stand having them around. To say the least. lol I'm so glad I'm the only one that would be uncomfortable. They and my husband make me feel irrational all the time.
Why wait for your hub to say something? Tell FIL that you want him to use more age appropriate language and to follow your lead with the baby.
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Last summer Star-Ledger food writer Vicki Hyman got me to eat periodical cicadas, which were then emerging for their once-every-seventeen-years singalong.
When Vicki came to me this year and asked me to participate in another food test in the Star-Ledger kitchen, it was a far more enjoyable premise: picking the best of ten jarred tomato sauces with New Jersey pedigrees.
I'll admit, as Vicki wrapped the jars in brown paper before the arrival of the three renowned, Italian-American Jersey guy chefs who were to test the sauces, I couldn't help but start rooting for and against particular sauces.
I mean, how can you not root against a sauce sold by a cast member of The Real Housewives of New Jersey? How can not root for
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All other Birmingham city schools will open to students on a two-hour delay Wednesday and faculty and staff, as well as administration, should report at their normal work times.
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David Baggs, Mike Gall and Matt Pearson collected RBI hits to spark a three-run third inning as the CCR Royals beat Wildside 10-3 in Fred Muche League action Wednesday. Mike Scaparro connected for a two-run double in the fourth and added a bases-clearing triple in the following frame to help T.J. Doyle pick up the win.
Knicks win
Nelson Mei's 24 points propeled the Knicks to an 82-73 Our Island victory over Our Island Realty.
Knicks 82, Our Island Realty 73
Average Joses 61, Call It A Wrap 56
The Heat 54, Toon Squad 53
Dannyboys 64, Ninjas 58
Kim crowned
Sarah Kim topped Elaine Lee, 3 and 2, to win the LaTourette Women's club championship.
Pat Tavella edged Adelaide Malihan, 2 and 1, for the first-flight title.
Ginger Yannotta's gross 89 won the 18-hole gross/net A division. Ellen Wu sported a 90.
Kathleen Daly posted a net 67 A score while Jo Lemole carded a 72.
Bea Karbowski's 104 led the B gross competitors. Charlyn Dondiego totaled a 105.
Cynthia Borchers won the B net with a 72. Grace Tomasetti scored a 74.
Birdies went to Kim (3rd, 11th, 16th holes), Wu (5 and 11), Jackie Piro (two), Daly (12), and Yanotta (17). Wu (five), Daly (12) and Judy Crowe (six) notched chip-ins. Karbowski had low putts with 31.
Top scores
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Wednesday Summer Mixed: Tony Coppola 244; Lisa Christiano 234-615; Janine Friend 226, 220-642; Emanuel Imperial 258-663; Domingo Oquendo 256; Eugene Sarsosa 257-727; John Peduto 687; Janice Bivona 211, 210; Erin Schneider 224; Richard Weinberg 242-665; Bob Jacobson 247-684; Amy Janicke 212, 233; Dave Kosinski 278-732.


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When I walked into the dome of Berlin's Bode Museum in July for Escada's Pink Party at the Berlin fashion week, it seemed no one was quite sure whether we were celebrating the resurrection of Escada or whether this was a bombastic way of saying good-bye.
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Bankers' ball binned, a step towards appeasement?
The storm raging through financial markets has already cost bankers much of their business, bonuses and public esteem. But now they won't even be able to drown their sorrows in their usual glass of bubbly at one of the most cherished events in Frankfurt's social calendar.


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Objectives and Outcomes
Program Mission Statement
The Bachelor of Arts degree in History at Penn State Altoona serves the university mission by introducing students to the study of the human past. This study involves not only knowledge about historical events but also an understanding of the causes and processes involved in the growth and development of cultures over time, an awareness of the function of change and continuities in past societies, and an appreciation of and respect for the many varieties of historical experience across cultures and over time. The craft of the historian includes the critical analysis of texts and arguments, the interpretation of evidence, research conducted in a variety of media, and clear and effective written and oral communication. These skills prepare students for vocational and professional opportunities in a variety of fields and also enable them to be life-long learners. In addition, a major in History helps them to become thoughtful and effective citizens of an increasingly interconnected world.
Program Goals
- To present basic information on the main stages of human historical development.
- To illustrate the interrelationships among history events through an understanding of the processes of change, continuity, and causation over time.
- To offer opportunities to analyze the implications of a broad range of social, economic, political, and culture problems and developments over time.
- To improve student mastery of critical reading, writing, and thinking skills.
Student Learning Objectives: Each of the above program goals will be realized through meeting specific student learning objectives which will be assessed in different appropriate manners in specific class settings and activities.
|Student Learning Objectives
|How Assessed
|When Assessed
|Master Chronological Thinking
|Written assignments and exams
|Survey Courses
100- Level Courses
|Master Historical Comprehension
|Written assignments and exams
|Survey Courses
100- Level Courses
|Master Historical and Historiographical Analysis and Interpretation
|Written assignments and exams
|400- Level Courses
Senior Capstone
|Demonstrate Historical Research Capabilities built upon the Analysis of Primary and Secondary Sources
|Research Projects
|400-Level Courses
Senior Capstone
|Demonstrate Skills in Analyzing Historical Decision Making
|Written assignments and exams
|400- Level Courses
Senior Capstone
|Demonstrate Values Associated with the Study of History
|Written assignments and exams
|Survey Courses
100- Level Courses
Senior Capstone
|Compete Successfully in Appropriate Educational and Professional Markets
|Exit interview and alumni surveys
|Post-graduation, periodic
Faculty Goals to Advance Student Learning Objectives
- Be knowledgeable about the history assessment program.
- Incorporate student learning objectives into their pedagogy.
- Include in course syllabi measurable means of assessing student learning objectives.
Criteria for Evaluation of Student Exams and Essays: Rising levels of mastery will be expected as students move from survey and 100-level courses to 400-level courses and the senior capstone.
- Student includes accurate and relevant information.
- Student shows an awareness of historical context.
- Student shows an awareness of the interrelatedness of events.
- Student articulates and organizes ideas in coherent argument.
Exit Interview of History Graduates
- Student Self-Assessment
- Student Assessment of the Major
For more information:
Dr. Marc L. Harris
Associate Professor of History
Arts and Humanities
Office: C129D Smith Building
Phone: 814-949-5242
Email: @psu.edu
Dr. Marc Harris is an Associate Professor of History and chair of Penn State Altoona's History Department. Previously serving as head of the campus's Arts and Humanities Division, Harris is a scholar of Constitutional History and the sagas of the early American Republic. Teaching at Altoona offers him a unique opportunity to contextualize national issues of those times at a regional level. "Our area [central Pennsylvania] was anti-federalist, anti-constitution," he noted. "A reason for the opposition to the Constitution was the proposal that you have to pay taxes to a central government, not just your state." These manners of historical perspective serve as intriguing platforms for discussion and research. His various courses also concern Business History, Pennsylvania History, Revolutionary America, and American History survey classes.
Dr. Steven C. Andrews
Instructor in History
Arts and Humanities
Office: C122 Smith Building
Phone: 814-949-5355
Email: @psu.edu
Dr. Steven Andrews has been a full time instructor of history since 2008. Prior to this appointment, he held the position of adjunct lecturer for thirteen years. He received his Doctorate from The Pennsylvania State University in 1995. Since 1995 he has taught a wide variety of courses to include courses on Western Civilization, Ancient Greece and Rome, Medieval History, the Crusades, the History of the Family, Women's History, the Holocaust, Nazi Germany, Communism, World War II, Tudor/Stuart England, the History of Absolutism, Eastern Europe, World War I, the History of Witchcraft and Magic, American Military History, and Pennsylvania History. Dr. Andrews was nominated for the University's prestigious Schreyer Award for teaching excellence in 2011. He is currently co-coordinator of the History Program.


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We Bed Down into Water: Poems
Northwestern University Press, 2008
Cloth: 978-0-8101-5187-1 | Paper: 978-0-8101-5186-4
Library of Congress Classification PS3568.Y3977W4 2008
Dewey Decimal Classification 811.54
John Rybicki offers up an unafraid set of poems in this charged book of verse. We Bed Down Into Water is rich with imagery of family, love, illness, death, and, indeed, water, which seeps in throughout the pages: rivers, pools, rain, and tears. His moving stories, in both prose and verse, struggle to hang on to a vision of the world that can still allow benevolence, luck, and laughter. In this, the collection embodies a contradiction: it is a tender book of fury, a book of bleak hopefulness.
Rybicki's work is steeped in challenge: the biological and spiritual challenge posed by his beloved's recurrent cancer or the daily challenges of an adopted child who could be, all too easily, lost. He spins these phenomenal struggles into a lyrical book that offers hope and awakens the reader into a new way of seeing.
John Rybicki is currently the Sandburg-Auden-Stein Poet-in-Residence at Olivet College. His published works include Yellow-Haired Girl with Spider and Traveling at High Speeds as well as poems in numerous anthologies and periodicals.
"John Rybicki collects the ordinary elements of a work day, whether it's work at the tire shop or work at the desk 'cracking one sharp stone against a page until it sheds/the proper sparks . . .' These are the fruits of hard labor and love, a poet banging away until the beams are balanced, until life is balanced for one day against all the confusion and swirling called a life. It is love, after all, that begs this testimony, but it is devotion that allows it to flower into song." --Sandra Cisneros, best-selling author of The House on Mango Street and Caramelo
"I cannot, dare not, will not commit the crime of commenting on Rybicki's verses. All I might do is cry with him, yet lack the courage to venture a feeling anywhere within the infernal precinct of this man's authenticity. Song, song--he, Rybicki is singing." --Gordon Lish
"John Rybicki has a hurricane heart, a hammer-heart, that is just waiting to unleash itself upon this perhaps undeserving world." --Rick Bass
Contents Acknowledgments 000 I Thirty Years Ago 000 Julie Ann in the Bone Marrow Unit, Zion, Illinois 000 Me and My Lass, We Are a Poem 000 Love Is the Heel That Knocks Hard Against the Floor 000 Tire Shop Poem 000 A Song for Kay Mullen 000 The Earth Is Not Quiet 000 Our Romance 000 This Tape Measure Made of Light 000 Outside the Bone Marrow Unit 000 II Interlochen Center for the Arts 000 The Violin Now, My God the Violin 000 Fire Psalm 000 Bulrushes 000 Two Movements for Martel Epperson 000 Yellow-Haired Girl with Spider 000 Say My Name 000 Her Body Like a Lantern Next to Me 000 Helena's Hair 000 Not Knowing Enough About Physics to Write This Poem 000 Long Before This Tenderness Between Us Was Born 000 So Quiet Sending 000 Snow 000 Fire Psalm Revisited 000 III Julie Ovary Song 000 Sleep Piling Up, Sleep Coming On 000 The Story 000 This Sun 000 King 000 Saint Clare of Montefalco 000 Silhouette 000 The Boy 000 Three Lanterns 000
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ANN ARBOR — Updates from the Wolverines' game against Minnesota:
Michigan 42, Minnesota 13 (1:19): Blake Countess with an interception and he returns it 72 yards for a touchdown. It's Countess' fourth interception of the season.
Michigan 35, Minnesota 13 (2:36): Devin Gardner finishes off the Gophers with a 2-yard TD run that was set up by a beautiful 41-yard pass down the sideline to Funchess. Funchess has had a huge game (7 catches, 151 yards) and appears to be Michigan's new split end. The Wolverines were forced to pass on that drive, though, because they couldn't effectively grind out the clock on the ground.
Michigan 28, Minnesota 13 (10:07): An 11-play Gophers drive ends in another field goal. Michigan's Ray Taylor knocked a pass intended for Maxx Williams down in the end zone to force the field goal attempt. And nobody knows why Minnesota attempted a field goal on fourth-and-5 at the 10-yard line.
Michigan 28, Minnesota 10 (:11): Fitz Toussaint takes it in from 12 yards out for his second TD of the day. On the play before, Gardner scrambled for a first down on third-and-5. It's the Wolverines' second 75-yard scoring drive of the quarter. Gardner was sharp with his decision-making the entire drive.
Michigan 21, Minnesota 10 (4:26): The Gophers went 55 yards in nine plays and chewed up another 5-plus minutes of clock. The drive ended with a 44-yard field goal. Minnesota's drive stalled with a delay-of-gam penalty on third-and-7.
Michigan 21, Minnesota 7 (10:08): A 21-yard pass from Gardner to Funchess sets up a 2-yard TD run by Derrick Green. Funchess is up to 5 catches for 83 yards and it appears the Wolverines have found a weapon with Funchess split wide at receiver. Just an impossible matchup for some defensive backs.
Halftime: Minnesota played the clock-control game effectively in the first half, and was able to chew up time and keep the ball out of Michigan's hands. The Wolverines will receive to open the second half.
Michigan 14, Minnesota 7 (1:25): Gardner finds Devin Funchess for a 24-yard TD. Funchess, a tight end, was split out wide on the play. He's up to 4 catches for 62 yards and a score. Michigan has had just four possessions this half.
Michigan 7, Minnesota 7 (:52): Mitch Leidner with a 7-yard touchdown pass to Maxx Williams. The drive last 9:44 and 16 plays, and started at the Gophers' 25-yard line. Leidner is 5 of 5 passing and has rushed for 31 yards on six carries in the first quarter.
Michigan 7, Minnesota 0 (10:36): Fitz Toussaint with an 8-yard TD to get the scoring started for the Wolverines. Michigan didn't attempt a pass on its first drive, needed just six plays to cover 35 yards. Freshman Derrick Green had two carries, including a 14-yard run on his first touch of the game. The drive started at the 35-yard line after James Ross recovered a fumble forced by Jibreel Black.
Michigan hasn't won a Big Ten championship since 2004.
The official quest to end that drought begins today, with the Wolverines hosting Minnesota in the 100th meeting all time between the two schools.
For Michigan, it's the conference opener coming off the bye week and lackluster performances against Akron and UConn. The Gophers started Big Ten play with a 23-7 loss to Iowa at home last week.
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S. M. Hojnacki, J. H. Kastner (Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, Rochester Institute of Technology), G. Micela (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo, Italy), E. D. Feigelson (Dept. of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University), N. Grosso (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Grenoble, Universite Joseph Fourier, France)
We are developing an automated classification technique to group X-ray sources detected in CCD imaging into clusters based on X-ray spectral attributes. The algorithm is non-parametric and uses established multivariate statistics and pattern recognition techniques. We have applied this spectral classification technique to a sample of sources selected from among the 1616 X-ray sources detected in Chandra Orion Ultradeep Project (COUP) imaging. The COUP dataset was compiled from an 850 ks Chandra observation of the Orion Nebula Cluster (ONC) that was obtained in January 2003 with the Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS), and represents by far the most sensitive and comprehensive description of X-ray emission from a pre-main sequence star cluster (Getman et al. 2005, ApJS, in press; astro-ph/0410136). We describe preliminary classification results for a subset of approximately 440 COUP sources for which high-quality ACIS spectra can be extracted. These results demonstrate that our spectral clustering technique can be used to efficiently identify pre-main sequence X-ray sources that lack optical or near-infrared counterparts and that display strong Fe K\alpha line emission and/or large-amplitude, impulsive flares. Within the COUP dataset, such sources likely represent the youngest protostars in the ONC.
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