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WILMINGTON, Del. -- A Delaware judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging the state Labor Department's determination that a company must pay its employees the state's prevailing wage rates.
Vice chancellor Donald Parsons ruled Wednesday that SimplexGrinnell failed to exhaust its administrative remedies by appealing to Delaware's labor secretary before going to court.
SimplexGrinnell supplies alarm and detection systems to private commercial customers and government agencies. The company filed its lawsuit after the labor department recently reversed an earlier decision and said it had to pay certain employees the prevailing wage rates, and that must do so retroactively.
Under state law, the Labor Department sets minimum wage rates for laborers and mechanics employed on certain public works projects.
According to court records, those rates are almost double what SimplexGrinnell currently pays its employees.


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Jan and Duncan Allsopp welcome you to Rawcliffe House Farm Cottages and our B&B alternative, Studio Rooms.With great views of the North York Moors and only a short drive away from the market town of Pickering, near to Whitby and the Yorkshire Coast with all its lovely beaches and Helmsley.
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I'll be spending time in WAX over Christmas and was wondering if anyone has fished in that area lately. I've seen the sat photos of Lake Waxahachie and some ponds nearby but don't know anything about the lay of the land.
I've emailed the Chamber of Commerce but have had no reply yet and my family up there knows less about fishing than I do. Any info is appreciated.
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Tonight in Secaucus, N.J., the NBA held its annual NBA Draft Lottery to determine the selection order for the 2010 NBA Draft, to be held June 24 at Madison Square Garden.
The 76ers, who entered the lottery with a 5.3 percent chance of winning the No. 1 overall selection, ended up with the 2nd selection in the Draft. The Sixers had a 6.0 percent chance of earning the second pick.
The Sixers, who were represented at the Draft Lottery by rookie point guard Jrue Holiday, finished the 2009-10 season with a record of 27-55.
Evan Turner of Ohio State is projected as the No. 2 pick in the draft.


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Driven higher by retransmission fees and digital revenue, CBS beat earnings expectations with an upbeat outlook for 2013. But revenue came in lighter-than expected, dragged down by CBS Radio's advertising declines, as well as foreign exchange rates, and the impact of the Republican and Democratic conventions pre-empting six nights of programming. But CEO Les Moonves' projections for the fourth quarter were rosy, saying the company will benefit from higher retransmission compensation, plus more digital revenue, as well as the surge of political advertising, which shifted into the fourth quarter this campaign season.
Revenues inched up 2 percent to $3.42 billion—the strongest growth from a 12 percent increase in affiliate and subscription fee revenues. Excluding one –time items earnings came in at 65 cents per shares, four pennies more than anticipated, and up from 50 cents a year ago.
(Read More: What Earnings Reports Have Revealed About Ads)
Moonves boasted that CBS , which was once almost entirely reliant on advertising, is now diversifying: This past quarter, a record 44 percent of its revenue came from non-ad sources, namely compensation for its broadcast and cable networks. Moonves says that the company has recently closed retransmission deals for over 40 percent of its distribution, and says "they were signed on terms significantly better than anything we've done before." With more deals due up for renewal in the next year, he says the company will beat its goal of reaching $1 billion in retrains and affiliate revenue by 2017


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Pete Carroll's A Better Seattle contributes funding to support Saturday's gun buyback event
SEATTLE – A Better Seattle, a Seattle Seahawks community outreach program led by Head Coach Pete Carroll, has donated $10,000 to support the Gun Safety Initiative, including the gun buyback program. Initiative organizers also announced that Saturday's buyback event will include a buyback of high capacity magazines.
"Our gun buyback program will help protect public health and safety and reduce gun violence in our communities," said McGinn. "I thank all of our sponsors and community partners for coming together to make this program possible. The rapidly growing community support for this effort and louder calls for stricter gun control laws in our country from President Obama are good signs that we are moving in the right direction."
"We are committed to reducing youth violence in our community and proudly join this larger collection of corporations, private citizens and community organizations who have come together to provide the financial support to make the gun buyback program a reality," said Pete Carroll, A Better Seattle Founder and Seattle Seahawks Head Coach.
"This is another important step in achieving our shared vision of creating safe environments, especially for our youth. The City's Gun Safety Initiative demonstrates leadership and teamwork by our elected officials, the Seattle Police Department and the numerous agencies who have collaborated on this project," said Carroll.
"I am grateful to all the contributors who have stepped forward to try to prevent tragedy by making this gun buyback possible," said King County Executive Dow Constantine.
Founded by Seahawks Head Coach Pete Carroll in 2011, A Better Seattle is designed to create a culture of safety and peace by reaching at-risk youth and reducing violence in our communities. A Better Seattle serves as a unifying force to develop partnerships between corporations, law enforcement and community groups to build healthy communities and reduce youth violence. Their donation will help purchase gift cards that will be used as an incentive for individuals to turn in weapons and high capacity magazines at the gun buyback event.
The total private financial support for the gun buyback effort now stands at $118,100. The Seattle Police Foundation is acting as the coordinator for the event and has donated $25,000. Donors include Amazon ($30,000), Nick and Leslie Hanauer ($25,000), UW Medical Center ($10,000), and PEMCO ($5,000).
The first gun buyback event will be held this Saturday, January 26, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM at 600 7th Avenue, in the Republic Parking lot. This is beneath Interstate 5, between Cherry and James Streets. Signs will be posted on site with specific directions.
Participants should unload and secure the weapon in the trunk of the vehicle or in a locked container prior to transport. Individuals should not attempt to unload the firearm if they are not familiar with the weapon. Upon arrival at the gun buyback location, individuals will be advised to leave the firearm in the vehicle until contacted by a uniformed Seattle Police officer. The officer will meet individuals at their vehicle and safely retrieve weapons, magazines or ammunition from the vehicle. Once any weapons are rendered safe, officers will return to the vehicle with the appropriate gift card compensation.
Those who are not driving to the event are asked to secure the unloaded weapon in a box prior to bringing the weapon on site. Such individuals should contact a Seattle Police officer on site prior to entering the location, and notify the officer that they would like to turn in the weapon. Individuals will be escorted to the drop off location.
In exchange for a weapon, individuals will receive up to $100.00 gift card for hand guns, shotguns, & rifles, and up to $200.00 gift card for assault weapons. Police armorers will be on site to determine if a weapon is functional and/or intact. Full gift card value will only be given for working weapons.
The event will also include an offer of additional gift cards for "high capacity" magazines, but they MUST accompany the weapon. Gift cards will not be offered for magazines only. Gift cards in the following values will be offered:
$10 gift cards per magazine for more than 10 rounds (handguns)
$15 gift cards per magazine for 50 – 100 rounds
$25 gift cards per magazine for over 100 rounds
A detailed FAQ for Saturday's event can be found at http://seattlepolicefoundation.org/seattle-king-county-gun-safety-initiative-faq/.


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The Elephant House
Gourmet Tea & Coffee House and Restaurant
Opened in 1995, The Elephant House has established itself as one of the best tea and coffee houses in Edinburgh. Made famous as the place of inspiration to writers such as J.K. Rowling, who sat writing much of her early novels in the back room overlooking Edinburgh Castle.
Ian Rankin, author of the bestselling Rebus novels, and Alexander McCall-Smith, author of The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency and other series of novels, have also frequented The Elephant House, as well as many others throughout the years.
Experience the magic yourself. Visit us and savour a cup of tea or coffee before venturing out to explore historic Edinburgh.
- A cup of coffee from The Elephant House will deliver to you a full round taste …
- It will bring back warm memories …
- It will ease your pain …
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- We serve only the finest arabica coffees – you won't find robusta at The Elephant House.
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Arabica: The Coffee Choice
Not all beans are created equal
Beans that look beautiful in a tin can actually be old and stale and can taste harsh. Our coffee is roasted locally, and in small quantities, which achieves a peak of flavour. Also, the coffee is stored unsealed for no longer than one day, ensuring unparalleled freshness.
The Elephant House offers three classic straight coffees. We also serve a historically famous blend and a different speciality coffee every week.
Blended coffees combine a variety of tastes to create greater complexity and richness in a coffee. At its best, good blending is high art and offers a unity in diversity which few straight coffees can match.
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September 9, 1925 - March 25, 2013
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Raymond "Jake" Grzyb of Florida, NY entered into rest on Monday, March 25, 2013. He was 87.
The son of the late Jacob and Blanche Kosior Grzyb, he was born September 9, 1925 in Florida, NY.
He was a US Army World War II Veteran.
He was a member of St. Joseph's Church, St. Josephs Holy Name Society, St. Josephs Banquet Committee, Warwick Valley Knights of Columbus 4th Degree, Past Commander of American Legion Post 1250 Florida, NY and Seward Senior Citizens.
Survivors include his loving wife of 65 years, Clara Andryshak Grzyb at home; daughters: Carol Dembeck of Florida, NY and Patricia Nixdorf and husband, Lou of Florida, NY; sister, Teresa Noha and husband, Harry of Delaware; grandchildren: Walter Thompson and Brian Thompson; brother-in-law, Edmund Pawelek; sister-in-law, Helen Lis; and several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by brother, Edward Grzyb and sister, Frances Pawelek.
Visitation will be held on Wednesday, March 27th, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at T.S. Purta Funeral Home, 22 Glenmere Ave., Florida, NY 10921. Legion Services will be held at 7 p.m., Holy Name Services at 7:30 p.m. and Knights of Columbus Services at 8 p.m. A Funeral Mass will be held Thursday, March 28th, at 10 a.m. at St. Joseph's Church, 20 Glenmere Ave., Florida, NY. Rev. Joseph Tokarczyk will officiate. Burial will be in St. Josephs Cemetery, Florida, NY.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Josephs Church Restoration Fund, 14 Glenmere Ave., Florida, NY 10921.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the T.S. Purta Funeral Home; to send a condolence online, or for directions, please go to www.purtafuneralhome.com .


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Hundreds of students from across South Carolina gathered in Columbia Tuesday to thank legislators for their support of Lottery Tuition Assistance, and to ask them to ensure its continuity.
Hundreds of students from across South Carolina gathered in Columbia Tuesday to thank legislators for their support of Lottery Tuition Assistance, and to ask them to ensure its continuity.
Joy Baine of Duncan was one of the participants recognized in the South Carolina House of Representatives. A second-semester certified nursing assistant student at Spartanburg Community College, Baine said her schooling wouldn't be possible without lottery assistance.
In 2010, Baine was laid off from her job as a medical transcriptionist. Upgraded technology decreased the demand for her expertise, she said. Despite her experience and certification as a surgical technician, she was unable to find employment.
"I looked for over a year for a job and was at the end of my rope. I thought I was going to retire," she said.
A flyer from SCC caught her attention and at 50 years old, she decided to investigate pursuing her long-time interest in nursing. Lottery tuition assistance relieved her final obstacle.
"If it didn't exist there's no way I would've gone back to school. With me out of work, we couldn't have afforded it," she said. "It helps tremendously, it really does."
Many of the students at Tuesday's annual Lottery Tuition Assistance Rally had similar stories. Last year, 40,000 students in South Carolina's technical college system received $49.5 million in lottery tuition assistance. Since the program started in 2002, 350,000 individuals have received allocations.
Every year, lottery tuition assistance allocations have to be approved by legislators and despite the state's financial turmoil, they have continued to approve, and last year even increase, the award.
"They have always funded us and we want to show our appreciation and remind them we need it again this year," said Kelly Steinhilper, vice president of communications for SC Technical College System.
In 2012-2013, the state legislature increased the lottery tuition assistance allocation from $47 million to $49.5 million. Steinhilper said the SC Technical College System is asking legislators to maintain the $49.5 million allocation because it allows individual grants to remain above $1,000, therefore covering most of a student's tuition bill.
Gov. Nikki Haley's budget proposal, however, would trim the allocation back to $47 million.
Sen. Glenn Reese, D-Spartanburg, said decreasing lottery tuition assistance was unacceptable.
"Education is at the forefront of everything. All these students graduate high school counting on that money. We need to keep that in place and find the money for what she wants to do elsewhere," he said.
During the rally, Reese's sentiments were also voiced by speakers Sen. Vincent Sheheen, D-Kershaw, and Rep. Phil Owens, R-Pickens.
"Please be assured providing adequate funding for lottery tuition assistance is a priority for myself, Sen. Sheheen and other legislators," Owens said.
The maximum lottery tuition assistance allocation in 2012-2013 was $1,140. At SCC, the full-time tuition is $1,860, so even if a student doesn't receive any Pell Grant assistance, their tuition is about two-thirds paid, said SCC President Henry Giles. About 31 percent of SCC's students receive lottery tuition assistance, about 51 percent receive Pell Grant money and there is some overlap in the two groups.
Since 2008, Giles estimated SCC's student population has increased about 20 percent and over the same amount of time they have lost 50 percent of their state funding. To stay afloat, the college has shifted a greater burden onto students, increasing the tuition about $250 each semester.
Changes to the Pell Grant and lottery tuition assistance have been able to defray some of that increased cost to SCC students, but not entirely, Giles said.
"We are still dealing with a lot of students whose families don't have the money for them to go to college," he said. "So any dollar or two really does make a difference to their education. To lose any, to lose 10 percent, of their funds would be significant."


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Mo Lijun wears a cross around her neck and proudly proclaims, "I am Christian, now."
It's a new development for the 22-year-old from the Yunnan province of China. She is one of about 200 Chinese students working in Williamsburg for the summer, as part of an exchange program.
This is Mo's second summer in Williamsburg — she visited two years ago — and she recently moved to California to attend college. But finding a job is difficult in California, she says, and she is friends with the owner of Wasabi in Williamsburg.
Mo's conversion to Christianity occurred in California, where she says Chinese churches are abundant. But, while in Williamsburg, she heads to...


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Issues in Labor Statistics | Summary 10-07 | July 2010
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Seasonally adjusted hours series from the Current Population Survey
by Randy Ilg
The number of hours that Americans work each week is an important measure of economic activity. During periods of labor market contraction, the number of hours worked usually falls as businesses cut overtime or put some full-time workers on part-time schedules. As economic conditions improve, businesses typically increase hours among workers to meet expected demand. Changes in hours, then, can be a useful gauge of the state of the labor market, particularly at turning points in the business cycle.
Estimates of the number of hours worked are available from the Current Population Survey (CPS), a monthly sample survey of households that provides the official measure of national unemployment and a variety of other labor market data.[1] The CPS measure of the workweek refers to actual hours at work during the survey reference week for all persons who worked, including the self-employed. These data are based on responses by individuals and are tabulated on a per-person basis. For workers with more than one job, the measure represents hours worked at all jobs combined.
Trends in hours are influenced by seasonal variations. However, hours estimates have not been available from the CPS on a seasonally adjusted basis in the past. Thus, over-the-month comparisons were not advisable. Recently, several CPS hours data series have been adjusted for seasonality. (See box.)
Seasonally adjusted CPS hours series
The seasonally adjusted hours series can be accessed by clicking on the links below or by using the codes provided on the BLS Web site at http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/srgate.
Average hours, total at work, all industries
Average hours, persons who usually work full time, all industries
Average hours, total at work, agriculture and related industries
Average hours, persons who usually work full time, agriculture and related industries
Average hours, total at work, nonagricultural industries
Average hours, persons who usually work full time, nonagricultural industries
Average hours, at work in nonagricultural industries, wage and salary workers
Average hours, at work in nonagricultural industries, wage and salary workers, persons who usually work full time
NOTE: Historical seasonally adjusted series are available from 1976 forward with the exception of average hours for persons who usually work
Seasonal adjustment attempts to eliminate the influence of periodic fluctuations brought on by recurring calendar-related events and makes it easier for data users to observe cyclical movements in the series.[2] To seasonally adjust the series history, it was first necessary to account for occurrences when the length of the workweek deviated from normal seasonal patterns because of some unusual event, such as extremely severe weather. If these events had not been identified, they could have distorted the normal seasonal pattern for hours, having unintended consequences on the data. Some examples of these abnormal events were major winter storms that hit parts of the country in January 1977, January 1978, January 1982, February 1994, January 1996, and February 2007. In addition, one-time shocks were identified and accounted for, such as the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. (These attacks occurred during the household survey�s reference week.) After accounting for these abnormal events, various hours series were seasonally adjusted. (See chart 1.)
At the end of each calendar year, seasonal adjustment factors for the household survey are updated. Seasonally adjusted estimates for the previous 5-year period are subject to revision. First-time revisions for the most recent data can be quite large but rarely alter the trend observed in the initial estimates.
The seasonally adjusted hours series can provide useful information for analyzing movements over short timeframes. Seasonally adjusted hours had been on a downward trend for roughly a year prior to the onset of several recessions of the past 30 years. With respect to the 1981�82 and 1990�91 recessions, average hours began increasing within months of the respective official ending dates. In the aftermath of the 2001 recession, however, hours remained relatively flat for nearly 3 years, and then expanded only modestly from 2005�06. Unlike in previous expansionary periods, hours never attained prerecession levels.
During the current economic contraction, average weekly hours have fallen sharply, from 39.0 hours at the beginning of the recession in December 2007 to 38.1 hours in March 2010. The hours series for persons who usually work full time also declined, although by a smaller magnitude.
In sum, the recently developed seasonally adjusted hours series from the CPS provide data users with a timely measure of hours for all persons at work and for those who usually work full time. Changes in these estimates over the course of the business cycle provide an important gauge of labor market activity.
This Issues paper was prepared by Randy Ilg, an economist in the Division of Labor Force Statistics, Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics. E-mail: email@example.com; Telephone: (202) 691-6378.
Information in this summary will be made available to sensory-impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200. Federal Relay Service: 1-800-877-8339. This report is in the public domain and may be reproduced without permission.
[1] The Bureau of Labor Statistics provides estimates of hours from two distinct surveys—the Current Population Survey (CPS), or household survey, and the Current Employment Statistics (CES) survey, or establishment survey. Data on hours from the CES are usually regarded as the primary source for hours paid in the private sector and are tabulated on a per-job basis. The CES recently developed hours measures to cover all employees in private, nonfarm establishments. For more information, see Angie Clinton, John Coughlan, and Brian Dahlin, "New all-employee hours and earnings from the CES survey," Monthly Labor Review, March 2010, pp. 34�40, on the Internet at http://stats.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2010/03/art3full.pdf.
[2] For more information on seasonal adjustment and associated issues, see Richard B. Tiller and Thomas D. Evans, "Methodology for seasonally adjusting national household labor force series with revisions for 2010," Current Population Survey (CPS), Technical Documentation, January 2010, on the Internet at http://stats.bls.gov/cps/cpsrs2010.pdf.


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If Marcy Gilroy's life were a concert, she'd currently be in her second act.
On the surface, it seems as if the bank-executive-turned-piano-teacher has undergone a creative metamorphosis, but to those who know Gilroy, her latest endeavor is less of a departure and more of a homecoming.
A classically trained pianist, Gilroy has played the piano since she was 4 years old. Mozart's "Fantasia in D Minor" comes as naturally to her as does the glittering jewels and gowns she's photographed wearing at black-tie events.
But Gilroy is much more than a socialite.
Step inside her Prestancia home and you'll see for yourself. A woman doesn't convert half her living space into a piano studio if she's not seriously disciplined or seriously talented.Gilroy is both.
"This isn't a music mommy-and-me where we twirl around and play games," Gilroy says as she breezes into the living room she uses for her Child Prodigy piano series. "This is structured piano."
Eight baby pianos in red, black and pink are assembled in a U-shape across a zebra-print rug in the middle of the room. Clothespins hold sheet music and colorful name tags in place. Pushed under a bay window in the room is a zebra-print bench in which Gilroy has stored a collection of toy drums, tambourines and other instruments.
"My significant other will tell you the reason I love this so much is because I'm still a kid," Gilroy says, bending down to pluck the keys on a miniature piano.
The mother of four attended New York University School of Performing Arts in the late 1970s. She performed at Lincoln Center, taught at New York City's High School for the Performing Arts and worked as an accompanist at the New Jersey School of Ballet.
She seemed destined for a life as a concert pianist until she graduated with an MBA from Barney School of Business and set out for Wall Street.
A former senior-level executive at Bank of America and Fifth Third, Regions and Citizens banks, Gilroy spent 25 years in wealth management until the banking industry went bust a couple years ago. That prompted Gilroy to revive her oldest passion — music.
Gilroy started "A Prelude to the Classics" in the spring of 2009. Within two months she had eight students. A year-and-a-half later, she was up to 60 students, ranging from 2 years old to 82 years old.
Piano Distributors on U.S. 41 recently latched on to her Child Prodigy series. According to Gilroy, the program will soon be replicated in 32 retail piano locations throughout the U.S. — zebra-print decor and all.
"It's a little funky," Gilroy says of the studio, which also offers guitar, drum and voice lessons. "But this is me; this is my style."
Gilroy is overjoyed with the success of her program. She says her children's classes have been a labor of love.
"It's unbelievable," Gilroy says. "I feel like I should have done this years ago."
if you go
Students from Marcy Gilroy's "A Prelude to the Classics" piano studio will perform a recital at 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 22, at TPC Prestancia. For more information, call 266-5847 or visit www.apreludetotheclassics.com.
Contact Heidi Kurpiela at [email protected].


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In a recent press news from 13th December, SAP announced at the SAP Influencer Summit in Boston that "leading software vendors are adopting the open SAP HANA platform for their existing products and building completely new applications." Among them are companies such as T-Mobile and TIBCO. The In-Memory-Technology HANA has been introduced in 2010. SAP says, the DBMS technology is at the core of its platform roadmap and supposed to support their cloud and mobility strategy.
The HANA platform is used within real-time analytics applications. For performance optimization, the platform reads large amounts of operational and transactional data from any data source into memory – all of that happening in real time. One class of applications that can leverage such capabilities are Smart Grid applications. For example, by analyzing huge amounts of smart meter data, utilities could reduce costs by yielding more precise consumption forecasts. SAP claims in its advertisements that depending on the system configuration data analyzes can be up to 3600 times faster.
It is important to consider that HANA is work in progress. Its first ingredients comprise the Business ByDesign Software Development Kit, the River application Platform as a Service offerings which is language-independent but Java-based, and an analytical appliance.
According to a technology report by Gartner Research,
The HANA Architecture is a work in progress, and will undergo several significant changes before it is completed. This potentially exposes SAP users to challenges for migrating to, and integrating with, different technology generations.
SAP's vision will force megavendor competitors to respond by clearly and openly articulating their cloud and in-memory computing strategies.
In addition to addressing formidable technology and go-to-market challenges, SAP will have to introduce its highly innovative vision in a way that will be acceptable to the most-conservative part of its customer base.
It needs to be seen whether the strategy to hold large amount of data in memory will really work, as some critics doubt. Eventually, the press release tries to address these doubts by introducing success stories. For example, Jeff Wiggin, vice-president of Enterprise Information Technology, T-Mobile, USA is cited:
We recognized that being able to respond to the needs of our customers in real time would give us an incredible competitive advantage and improve the quality of the customer experience. In order to deliver that kind of experience, we needed an underlying platform behind our sales and marketing efforts, allowing us to uncover customer insights and then act on those insights in minutes, not weeks. SAP HANA delivered exactly that.
T-Mobile is using HANA for storing 2 billion customer records to run all necessary reports with an average response time of five seconds.
It is surprising to see the speed at which even more conservative IT vendors are now fostering their cloud strategies.
Readers interested in details of the technology topics behind HANA can read the book "In-Memory Data Management" by SAP founder Hasso Plattner and Alexander Zeier. Moreover, Gartner published a technology report on HANA two months ago.
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No need to pre-compute OLAP Cubes
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In the traditinal model, summarized views (OLAP cubes) are batch built periodically and then used for analysis. Not only is there a delay in getting the latest usable data (a few hours late just does not cut it anymore!) but also you are stuck with existing views of the summarization which can't be changed easily without DBA involvement and such.
HANA offers some of Hadoop's capabilities but processing is much faster in the case of HANA. A Hadoop cluster can ultimately be scaled beyone what HANA is built for. The largest Hadoop cluters span 1000's of machines and are into the multi-petabyte range.


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Slightly Stoopid was formed in 1995 in Ocean Beach, California by childhood friends Miles Doughty and Kyle McDonald. Soon after, Sublime front man Bradley Nowell discovered the duo and asked them to perform a set at the Foot Hill Tavern in Long Beach, California. Nowell immediately signed them to his label, Skunk Records, while the band was still in high school. A pair of releases soon followed; 1996's punk-tinged Slightly $toopid (featuring a guest appearance by Nowell on the song "Prophet" – later covered by Sublime and released on their box set, Everything Under the Sun) and 1998's surf-inspired The Longest Barrel Ride.
The group self-released 2001's Acoustic Roots: Live & Direct (a 40-minute acoustic set, captured live at San Diego 's Rock 105.3 radio station) – the first for their own label, Stoopid Records, before issuing 2003's Everything You Need on Surfdog Records (a musical departure for the band, that sold more than 185,000 copies).
The group has toured frequently since its inception, including appearances arts festivals such as Coachella, Harmony, Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits, and New Orleans Jazz Fest. Additionally, the group has played sold-out shows in Australia, Japan, Guam, Portugal, Denmark, the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, and the Dominican Republic. "Without [the fans], we'd just be playing at the bar," admits Kyle. "They make it worth our while – when we go out and people are having that good of a time, the energy goes back and forth. Just a good time – we rely on each other's energy."
The band's seventh studio album, "Top of the World", was released on August 14, 2012. The seven-piece band continued to explore a variety of styles with help from some of their biggest influences and heroes including: reggae legends Barrington Levy and Don Carlos of Black Uhuru; "unofficial 8th member" Karl Denson of Greyboy Allstars; longtime band friend and touring partner G. Love; Fishbone frontman Angelo Moore; ex-Jurassic 5 emcee extraordinaire Chali 2na; Dumpstaphunk's Ian Neville; and hit-making singer/songwriter Angela Hunte.
The album entered the Billboard 200 at a career high No. 13 as well as on Billboard's Independent Albums chart at No. 3. Top of the World also debuted on Billboard's Rock Albums and Alternative Albums charts with a final position of No. 4. Following the album release, the band performed on the "Red Bull Sound Space at KROQ" on August 23, followed by appearances on tastemaker indie music website Daytrotter and SiriusXM. The group also appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on September 12 to play their current single, "Top of the World." Their most recent album, "Meanwhile Back At The Lab," was released June 30th 2015.
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By: Mark McGrouther, Category: Science, Date: 01 Oct 2010
This week we feature an incredible image of a Warty Prowfish shooting out a cloud of presumably toxic fluid. We see Port Jackson Sharks mating and talk about cannibalistic shark embryos. The 12 new fish movies complete the current series on wrasses. Thank you as always to all contributors.
Oophagous sharks Learn about cannibalism in embryonic sharks.
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Eastern Gambusia a major pest species in south-eastern Australia
Port Jackson Sharks mating #1 3 images of Port Jackson Sharks mating
Tail of Escolar 2 new images of an Escolar showing the keels on the caudal peduncle
Warty Prowfish and cloudy fluid A fish that shoots out a cloud of toxic fluid.
Bicolor Cleanerfish, Labroides bicolor
Bluehead Wrasse at Julian Rocks
Carpet Wrasse at Julian Rocks
Floral Maori Wrasse in the Gold Coast Seaway
Golden Wrasse at Cook Island
Green Moon Wrasse at Julian Rocks
Ringed Slender Wrasse at Flinders Reef
Senator Wrasse at Bare Island
Sixbar Wrasse, Thalassoma hardwicke
Slingjaw Wrasse at Pixie's Pinnacle
Snakeskin Wrasse at Bare Island
Threespot Wrasse, Halichoeres trimaculatus
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LOS ANGELES, April 9 (UPI) -- Four men suffering from chronic, complete spinal cord injuries -- legs paralyzed for years -- moved their legs after being implanted with an epidural stimulator.
Researchers from the University of Louisville, University of California, Los Angeles, and the Pavlov Institute of Physiology said the epidural stimulator delivers a continuous electrical current to the men's lower spinal cords, imitating signals the brain transmits to trigger motion.
The research builds on an initial study involving Rob Summers of Portland, Ore., paralyzed after being struck by a vehicle, who recovered a number of motor functions after being implanted with the epidural stimulator.
In this study, published in the journal Brain, three men, paralyzed from auto or motorcycle accidents, were also implanted with the epidural stimulator and evaluated. New tests were also conducted on Summers.
The researchers said the three new men to the research were able to execute voluntary movements immediately following the implantation and activation of the stimulator.
"Two of the four subjects were diagnosed as motor and sensory complete injured with no chance of recovery at all," lead author Claudia Angeli of the Human Locomotor Research Center at Frazier Rehab Institute and an assistant professor at University of Louisville's Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center, said in a statement.
"Because of epidural stimulation, they can now voluntarily move their hips, ankles and toes. This is groundbreaking for the entire field and offers a new outlook that the spinal cord, even after a severe injury, has great potential for functional recovery."
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Aleks Emelianenko Still Claims to Be Healthy, and He Doesn't Care What You've Heard
(In his own words: "Tattoos are my hobby. That is that." Photo courtesy of Sherdog.)
While you're trying to figure out what witty zingers might pass between Aleksander Emelianenko, Vladimir Putin, and Jean-Claude Van Damme in our latest caption contest, you might be wondering to yourself, what ever became of Aleks after he was kicked off the Affliction event amid rumors that he may or may not have Hepatitis B? Well don't worry. According to Aleks, it was all just a paperwork issue, as he explains to The Fight Network:
"I came late, couldn't get my Visa in time and I was not allowed to fight. I'm healthy."
That's weird, because just last week M-1′s Raimond Joost said you had "medical issues." Granted, he also expressed optimism that they could be resolved, but he sure as hell didn't try and chalk the whole thing up to Visa troubles. Not to mention, if it was just a paperwork snafu, why would the CSAC's Bill Douglas say this:
"The one thing that I can absolutely say is that he (Emelianenko) was not and will not be cleared to fight in California. He is officially denied a license and that will stand for all of the United States of America."
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Figure 5. Float System PUMP SYSTEM
To provide fuel for smooth quick acceleration a double spring pump plunger is used in the Model "BC" Carburetor. (As shown in Figure 6.) The rate of compression of the top spring versus the bottom spring is calibrated to insure a smooth, sustained charge of fuel for acceleration.
To exclude dirt, all fuel for the pump system first passes through the pump screen in the bottom of the float bowl. It is then drawn past the ball check into the pump well on the intake stroke of the plunger. Upon acceleration the force of the pump plunger seats the ball check and forces fuel up the discharge passage. The pressure of the fuel lifts the .pump outlet ball check from its seat. The fuel is then sprayed on the edge of the venturi by the pump jet and delivered to the engine.
The Model "BC" Carburetor employs the conventional float needle and seat to control the fuel level in the float bowl. In accordance with concentric float bowl design, dual floats are used to maintain fuel level. (As shown in Figure 5) For some applications a small clip connects the float needle to the float. In this manner, the float needle is drawn from its seat by the float as the fuel level lowers, thereby permitting an ample entry of fuel into the bowl to meet increase engine demand.
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New laws emerging from regular session
BATON ROUGE — Gov. Bobby Jindal has so far signed 26 bills into law, giving way to the regular session's first official acts that include a program to draw veterans and service members back to Louisiana.
The governor put pen to paper on five bills sponsored by lawmakers from the Terrebonne-Lafourche delegation that are related to tourism and fisheries issues, including one that renames a Grand Isle hatchery in honor of late oysterman Mike Voisin of Houma.
From Jindal's legislative package, House Bill 312 by Rep. Nick Lorusso, R-New Orleans, was endorsed to clear the way for military families from Louisiana to return home.
It's the first from the governor's package, and it will assist veterans and members of the Armed Forces by extending the time periods for renewing certain state and professional licenses.
Under current law, license and reinstatement fees and continuing education payments are suspended for 90 days after their release from service or discharge from active duty.
Jindal said part of the problem with the existing requirements is that spouses of military members who relocated out of the country because of assignments or service-related matters are not afforded any extension upon their return.
But with the new law going into effect, the 90-day limit will soon be extended to 180 days for service members and veterans.
Military spouses will also be afforded the same time frame.
"They have earned the right to return home and pursue their next venture, and we should do everything in our power to provide them with the opportunity to succeed," the governor said.
The governor also signed House Bill 172 by Rep. Gordon Dove, R-Houma, which will change the name of the bivalve hatchery in Grand Isle to the "Michael C. Voisin Hatchery."
Now known as the Sea Grant Bivalve Hatchery, it is part of the state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries' marine research laboratory in Jefferson Parish.
Before his death in February, Voisin championed the idea of off-bottom oyster harvesting, which is being studied in Grand Isle.
Jindal trusted Voisin's knowledge of seafood and appointed him to several positions, including seats on the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission and the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board.
The governor likewise signed the following into law:
— House Bill 142 by Dove to allow fishermen to use wire mesh measuring 2 and 5/16 inches square or larger to construct their crab traps, which is the size of the escape rings already required by the state and enough to allow fishermen to avoid dealing with smaller crabs.
— House Bill 140 by Rep. Truck Gisclair, D-Larose, to add two new members to the Lafourche Parish Tourist Commission to include representation from under-served areas, as appointed by the Lafourche Parish Council.
— Senate Bill 217 by Sen. Gary Smith, D-Norco, to prohibit the transport of hazardous materials on the Apple Street portion of La. 48
— House Bill 246 by Gisclair to authorize the state Department of Transportation and Development to transfer 74,885 square feet of land on the western side of the old Leeville Bridge to Lafourche Parish for use as a new boat launch that would be free to the public.
— House Bill 345 by Raymond E. Garofalo, Jr., D-Chalmette, to extend for three years the oyster seed ground vessel permit program, which requires fishermen who are harvesting on public grounds for commercial reasons to be licensed.
The bills from the regular session, scheduled to adjourn June 6, can be accessed at www.legis.la.gov.
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BRUSSELS — The head of the European Union's executive arm says the bloc is ready to provide Ukraine an 11 billion euros ($15 billion) aid package in loans and grants over the coming years.
Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said Wednesday it will include 1.6 billion euros in loans and 1.4 billion euros in grants from the EU as well as 3 billion euros in fresh credit from the European Investment Bank.
Barroso didn't immediately provide details over what time the money will be disbursed and which conditions on overhauling its economy the government in Kiev will have to meet.
The United States announced a $1 billion aid package in energy subsidies Tuesday.
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Two former Gainesville city commissioners have launched campaigns to return to the dais.
Two former Gainesville city commissioners have launched campaigns to return to the dais.
Ed Braddy, who served two terms from 2002 to 2008, filed paperwork on Friday to begin a campaign for mayor.
Mac McEachern, who served from 1981 to 1987, signed up Thursday to run for City Commission District 4, a seat now held by Randy Wells.
Where as the mayor's race is crowded with already seven announced candidates, McEachern is the first candidate to sign up for District 4, although incumbent Wells plans to seek a second term.
Braddy, 40, said his campaign would focus on "pocket book issues" facing taxpayers.
In a campaign press release, Braddy said that residents and businesses are "getting slammed with higher taxes and fees, escalating utility bills, and traffic gridlock by design."
"There is an extravagant appetite at City Hall and an economy that cannot support that appetite," Braddy said in an interview.
He pointed to the City Commission's plans to develop a bus rapid transit system as an example for his argument. Braddy said he felt the city's resources would be better spent improving headways on existing bus routes in east Gainesville, a move that "would do far more for people that need the service."
For the last few years, Braddy has co-hosted the conservative political talk radio show Talk of the Town. He said he plans to leave the show on Jan. 17 to comply with federal regulations.
Under federal law, a radio station that provides time to a candidate for public office within 60 days of a general election "shall afford equal opportunities" to the other candidates for that office.
Before he hit term limits in 2008, Braddy served two terms as the commissioner for District 2. He served as chairman of the commission's Public Safety Committee and Regional Utilities Committee.
Braddy works at Santa Fe College and is executive director of the American Dream Coalition, a nonprofit group critical of smart growth policies that emphasize dense, mixed-use developments instead of single-family subdivisions and promote transit instead of the automobile.
McEachern, 81, served two terms in office from 1981 to 1987, included a stint as mayor-commissioner in 1983 and 1984.
He says the current City Commission has not done enough to acknowledge and address concerns and questions that residents have brought to meetings about issues such as the biomass plant now under construction.
"There's been a disconnect between the citizens and city government and I want to address that."
McEachern said the city should work to renegotiate the biomass plant contract to lower costs. He criticized the city's decision to use current customers' fuel adjustment charges to build up a reserve fund to cushion against the future rate impact of the biomass plant.
He also said the city needs to cut the size of the annual transfer -- in the range of $36 million -- of GRU revenues to the city general fund.
"It's really not a cash cow," he said of the utility.
On transportation issues, McEachern said buses need to run more frequently in east Gainesville and the maintenance of roads, sidewalks and bicycle paths are priority infrastructure issues.
The candidates who have launched campaigns for mayor are Braddy, incumbent Craig Lowe; Pete Johnson, a member of the city Plan Board and former member of the Gainesville-Alachua County Regional Airport Authority board; Mark Venzke, who ran for City Commission in 2012; barber shop owner Edward Earl Young, former city commissioner Scherwin Henry, and Donald E. Shepherd Sr.
The official candidate qualifying period runs from noon Monday, Jan. 28 to noon Friday, Feb. 1.


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Mon.26.DEC.2011 -- Creating the OutBuffer
Today in the Dushka Russian AI we will try to create the OutBuffer function to change the declensional ending of a Russian verb.
Tues.27.DEC.2011 -- Right-justifying ЗНАЮ
Although we have created the OutBuffer module to permit the SpeechAct module to hold a Russian verb right-justified in place for a change of inflectional endings on the fly, we are finding it difficult to obtain an "alert" report of the exact contents of the OutBuffer towards the end of a pass through SpeechAct. Into SpeechAct we put a diagnostic "alert" box, and then it appeared that OutBuffer was being called but no data were being revealed.
By testing for the contents when four characters trigger an IF-clause, we have determined that the OutBuffer does indeed take a word from the PhoBuffer and display the word in a right-justifed position. We were able to toggle from English to Russian typing and input the Russian verb for "I know", which soon showed up in a right-justified location when the WhatBe module asked a question about the Russian word. Now we are ready to design code that will intercept a Russian verb being "spoken" and change its inflectional ending on the fly, a feat which we will consider to be a major advance in our creation of a Russian AI Mind.


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Sports Central 2012 Pro Bowl Ballot
December 5, 2012 by Brad Oremland • Print Story •
Pro Bowl voting has been open for over a month, but now every team has played most of its schedule, so it's finally reasonable to vote for each conference's representatives. Here's a look at my ballot, with AFC players listed first. If you'd like to vote along as you read, you can do so here.
Tom Brady (NE), Peyton Manning (DEN), Matt Schaub (HOU); Aaron Rodgers (GB), Robert Griffin III (WAS), Matt Ryan (ATL)
The AFC looked like a cinch three weeks ago. Ben Roethlisberger's (PIT) injury situation opens the door for others, all questionably qualified. I chose Schaub based on efficiency and leadership. The Texans are 11-1, in no small part because Schaub has adapted his style to help them win. Schaub has more yards and a higher passer rating than Andy Dalton (CIN), who looks like the real deal but might still be a year or two away.
The NFC is full of strong contenders. Most notably, my ballot omits Drew Brees (NO) and Josh Freeman (TB). Matthew Stafford (DET) has a ton of yardage, but mostly because he throws a lot and plays with Calvin Johnson. Freeman has been very good, but with the level of QB play in the NFC this season, you need to be great. Brees and Andrew Luck (IND) are tied for the most interceptions in the league. Great QBs don't lead the league in interceptions. Brees is having an off-year, and Luck's still a rookie. There's every reason to expect they'll both play at Pro Bowl level in 2013.
Running Back
Arian Foster (HOU), Ray Rice (BAL), C.J. Spiller (BUF); Adrian Peterson (MIN), Doug Martin (TB), Marshawn Lynch (SEA)
Most of the choices here are pretty obvious. It's become fashionable for stat nerds to bash Foster, but he leads the AFC in rushing, leads the NFL in touchdowns, and has been the driving force for the best team in the league. Does he look as explosive as he did in 2010 and 2011? No, but that's a Hall of Fame standard you're holding him to.
I understand votes for Jamaal Charles (KC), Stevan Ridley (NE), and Chris Johnson (TEN). Charles and Ridley have excelled despite splitting time, and Johnson has been on fire recently, poised for a strong close to the season. But Spiller combines both of those points in his favor, and he's averaging 6.6 yards per carry. I'm sure that won't hold up, but it's still very impressive. Spiller is also an asset in the receiving game, one of only four players with 600 rushing yards and 300 receiving yards — Rice, Spiller, Martin, and Trent Richardson (CLE).
In the NFC, Frank Gore (SF) is having another fine season, and I would have liked to fit him onto the ballot, but not against this competition. I've only picked Gore once (2006), and that doesn't seem right for such an accomplished player, but I'm not into make-up calls. Lynch has out-rushed him by 166 yards, with a weaker offensive line. Alfred Morris (WAS) is having a nice rookie season, but Lynch is more valuable in the passing game, and he doesn't have RG3 to open up running lanes for him.
Wide Receiver
A.J. Green (CIN), Reggie Wayne (IND), Demaryius Thomas (DEN), Wes Welker (NE); Calvin Johnson (DET), Brandon Marshall (CHI), Roddy White (ATL), Vincent Jackson (TB)
There are always tough calls at this position. How do you leave off Andre Johnson (HOU) after what he's done the last month? How do you include him after what he did in the first nine games? If you prefer Johnson to Thomas or Welker, that's perfectly reasonable, but Thomas has been Peyton Manning's go-to, and Welker is on pace for 123 receptions. Thomas has 3 fumbles, but he's also got almost three times as many TDs as Johnson, and he's a deep threat (16.1 yds/rec) who creates opportunities underneath for his teammates.
In the NFC, I was all set to vote for Percy Harvin (MIN), but he's missed too much time. Dez Bryant (DAL) has been on fire recently, but both he and Jackson have been up-and-down. I like what V-Jax has done to open up Tampa Bay's offense, facilitating big seasons for QB Josh Freeman and RB Doug Martin.
Vonta Leach (BAL); Bruce Miller (SF)
This position is so hard to vote for, because most of these guys get very limited playing time. Even Leach has been on the field less often this season, and I almost went with James Casey (HOU), a converted tight end. Casey is a respectable blocker and a good receiver who plays most of Houston's offensive snaps. Marcel Reece (OAK) stepped up to fill the Raiders' injury void at RB, but he hasn't been an impact player at FB.
Frank Gore is averaging 4.9 yards per carry, and Miller deserves some of the credit for that. Darrel Young (WAS) has helped rookies Robert Griffin III and Alfred Morris excel at the pro level. I'd take Miller and Young over anyone in the AFC right now. Please note that Brit Miller of the Rams is not the same person as Bruce Miller of the Niners.
Tight End
Rob Gronkowski (NE), Heath Miller (PIT); Jason Witten (DAL), Tony Gonzalez (ATL)
Gronkowski's broken forearm will probably keep him out for the rest of the regular season, but he's so easily the best tight end in the league that it shouldn't matter. Even after two weeks out of action, he's still tied for most receiving TDs in the league, including WRs. I'd rather have 10 games of Gronk than settle for Brandon Myers (OAK) or Owen Daniels (HOU). Those guys are having nice years, but a lot Myers' production has come in garbage time, and neither of them blocks like Gronk and Miller.
Jimmy Graham's (NO) numbers are down, and he doesn't block at all. Witten and Gonzalez both have more catches and more yards than Graham, and frankly they're pretty easy choices this year.
Offensive Tackle
Duane Brown (HOU), Andrew Whitworth (CIN), Ryan Clady (DEN); Joe Staley (SF), Donald Penn (TB), Trent Williams (WAS)
Brown is the best, easily, and he's getting better as the season goes on. Against the Lions on Thanksgiving, he routinely drove defenders five yards off the line. Williams, healthy at last (mostly), has provided a huge boost for Washington's offense. A good left tackle may not be a young quarterback's best friend, but he's certainly close. I will freely admit that there's more guesswork at the offensive line positions than I'm comfortable with. Some of these guys I've only seen once, and it's difficult to draw meaningful conclusions about offensive linemen from stats. I'd particularly like more looks at Michael Roos (TEN), Joe Thomas (CLE), and both Atlanta tackles. Roos is weirdly inconsistent, down some weeks and way up in others. If you insist on including right tackles, you might vote for Sebastian Vollmer (NE) instead of Clady and Tyson Clabo (ATL) in place of Williams.
Offensive Guard
Andy Levitre (BUF), Dan Connolly (NE), Marshal Yanda (BAL); Mike Iupati (SF), Ben Grubbs (NO), Kevin Boothe (NYG)
I hear all the time how good Yanda is. I've watched a lot of Baltimore games, and I don't see it. But there's no third candidate I'm crazy about, so I give up. Maybe I'm missing something. I wish I got to see more Cincinnati games; Clint Boling (CIN) interests me. Grubbs will be an unpopular choice over his teammate Jahri Evans (NO), but Evans hasn't played at the same level he did the last three seasons. Right guard in the NFC: Josh Sitton (GB) or Harvey Dahl (STL).
Chris Myers (HOU), Mike Pouncey (MIA); Will Montgomery (WAS), John Sullivan (MIN)
Dan Koppen (DEN) can't do some of the things he used to, but the improved play of Denver's offensive line isn't just because of Peyton Manning, and Manning hasn't taken the fewest hits in the NFL just because he has a quick release. I'm not sure he edges Myers and Pouncey, though. It's hard to evaluate Nick Mangold (NYJ) with such limited talent around him on the Jets' offense.
Former first-round draft pick Trent Williams has gotten more publicity, but Montgomery is probably Washington's best offensive lineman. Sullivan edges a pair of vets I've chosen before, Jonathan Goodwin (SF) and Jeff Saturday (GB). The Packer running game is most successful when it goes up the middle. Todd McClure (ATL) seems to be slowing down as the season continues.
Defensive End
J.J. Watt (HOU), Elvis Dumervil (DEN), Cameron Wake (MIA); Calais Campbell (ARI), Jared Allen (MIN), Chris Clemons (SEA)
The NFC lists only 25 players at this position, most of them 4-3 DEs. After Campbell, there are no obvious choices. Instead of Allen and Clemons, you could easily go with John Abraham (ATL), Greg Hardy (CAR), Charles Johnson (CAR), Julius Peppers (CHI), or Jason Pierre-Paul (NYG). I like Hardy a little better than Johnson, but that seems to be a minority opinion.
I'm not crazy about Wake, and I feel like a sellout for going with so many pass rushers. I couldn't quite talk myself into Corey Liuget (SD) or Brett Keisel (PIT). I also considered Rob Ninkovich (NE), though he's a pass rush guy, too. Wake has more sacks (10.5), but Ninkovich has 6 sacks, 5 forced fumbles, 4 recoveries, and a batted pass. J.J. Watt is probably the most obvious selection at any position on the ballot. He leads the AFC in sacks, and he's re-defining what defensive linemen can do with his 15 pass deflections at the line. Dumervil leads the AFC in forced fumbles (6).
Defensive Tackle
Geno Atkins (CIN), Vince Wilfork (NE), Randy Starks (MIA); Justin Smith (SF), Henry Melton (CHI), Gerald McCoy (TB)
Atkins, who has outrageous stats for a DT (9.5 sacks, 3 FF), is finally starting to generate mention as one of the finest defensive linemen in the league. Wilfork's game is a little up-and-down, but when he's up (like the Thanksgiving carving of the Jets), he's incredible. He has 4 fumble recoveries and 5 pass deflections. Starks edges Kyle Williams (BUF) and Haloti Ngata (BAL) on my ballot. Ngata started the season strong, but he's been invisible the last couple of months. I also like rookie DT Dontari Poe (KC).
This is Justin Smith's 12th season, but he's still only 33. Melton looks to me like the impact player on the Bears' line this season, even ahead of Julius Peppers. McCoy was a close call over Jonathan Babineaux (ATL), Stephen Bowen (WAS), Darnell Dockett (ARI), and Ndamukong Suh (DET). Babineaux has 3.5 sacks and 3 PDs, and Bowen is particularly sound against the run. Dockett has a career-high 4 pass deflections — J.J. Watt notwithstanding, that's a lot for a lineman — and Suh is the dirtiest player in the league. When he's on, though, Suh causes real problems for opposing offenses. His Thanksgiving performance was overshadowed by the apparent kick to Matt Schaub's crotch, but he was hugely disruptive in that game.
Inside LinebackerJerod Mayo (NE), Derrick Johnson (KC); Daryl Washington (ARI), NaVorro Bowman (SF)
Washington is the cinch here. He's tied for 2nd in the NFC in solo tackles (87), plus he has ... wait for it ... 9 sacks. That's unheard of for an inside linebacker. Washington also has 2 forced fumbles, 2 pass deflections, and an interception. Wow. I like Bowman a little better than his teammate Patrick Willis (SF). You could vote for Luke Kuechly (CAR) or James Laurinaitis (STL) and that wouldn't be crazy. Laurinaitis leads the NFL in solo tackles (95).
No one stands out in the AFC. The Texans' Brian Cushing would have been a lock, maybe a Defensive Player of the Year candidate, if he hadn't been cheap-shotted and injured against the Jets. Mayo has 4 forced fumbles, 3 sacks, 2 pass deflections, and a
partridge in a pear tree fumble recovery. Johnson leads the AFC in solo tackles (86). However, there are a number of other directions you could go at this position. Paul Posluszny (JAC) has 74 solo tackles, 7 PDs, and 3 INTs. Karlos Dansby (MIA) has 71 solo tackles and 8 PDs. D'Qwell Jackson (CLE) makes big plays: he's got 5 pass deflections and 2 picks, one of them returned for a touchdown, plus 3 sacks, 2 forced fumbles, and 2 recoveries. Dannell Ellerbe (BAL) could be the next defensive star for the Ravens.
Outside Linebacker
Von Miller (DEN), Justin Houston (KC), Wesley Woodyard (DEN); Aldon Smith (SF), Clay Matthews III (GB), Lance Briggs (CHI)
Outside linebackers are so tough to compare, because there really are two distinct positions: pass rushers and space players. I've mostly selected pass rushers, because the best of them are true game-changers, impact players in a way the others usually aren't. The exceptions are Woodyard and Briggs. Woodyard leads the Broncos in tackles (62 solo), with 5 PDs, 4 sacks, and 3 INTs. Briggs ranks 3rd in the NFL in INT return yardage (110), with 2 TDs.
Miller is a DPOY candidate, while Houston has 10 sacks, 4 pass deflections, and an interception. Besides these three, there's really no one in the AFC who interests me. Shaun Phillips (SD) would probably be my fourth choice. Paul Kruger (BAL) might be fifth, but he's not on the ballot.
Aldon Smith leads the NFL in sacks (17.5), but it seems like his teammate Ahmad Brooks (SF) makes just as many big plays. DeMarcus Ware (DAL) is having a down year by his standards, but he's always a threat to opposing offenses. Chad Greenway (MIN) has 77 solo tackles and 2 sacks, plus he's good in pass coverage. Clay Matthews has missed a couple games with injuries, and the Packers aren't the same team without him. He might be the best defensive player in the NFC.
Ike Taylor (PIT), Antonio Cromartie (NYJ), Johnathon Joseph (HOU); Charles Tillman (CHI), Tim Jennings (CHI), Cortland Finnegan (STL)
Jennings is not a great player, but he's having a great season, including a league-leading 8 INTs and 19 other PDs. Tillman has set the tone for Chicago's potent defense, leading the team in tackles and forcing 8 fumbles.
Injuries have complicated the AFC ballot. Joseph has missed the last two games, and Ike T. has a broken ankle. Their cross-field counterparts, Kareem Jackson (HOU) and Keenan Lewis (PIT), have both made some nice plays. Jackson has 4 INTs, including a TD return, and Lewis actually leads the NFL in passes defensed (19, tied with Jennings).
Strong Safety
Mike Adams (DEN); Kam Chancellor (SEA)
Bernard Pollard (BAL) probably has the best stats, but he's developed a nasty streak — in a bad way. Several other AFC strong safeties are also having good seasons, including Yeremiah Bell (NYJ), Eric Berry (KC), Glover Quin (HOU), and George Wilson (BUF). Adams has 8 passes defensed, which leads all strong safeties, plus 2 FF, 2 FR, and a sack for a safety.
Chancellor is good enough that even people on the East Coast recognize him as one of the game's best young DBs. Roman Harper (NO) is having an unusually good year in pass coverage (10 PD, 2 INT). Adrian Wilson (ARI) isn't the player he was five years ago, but he's still not to be trifled with. I also like Donte Whitner (SF) and Major Wright (CHI), the latter mostly because he has a cool name.
Free Safety
Jairus Byrd (BUF); Thomas DeCoud (ATL)
Byrd, who made a splash as a rookie in 2009, is having another big year: 5 INT, 3 FF, 2 FR. He gets my vote over a strong field including Ryan Clark (PIT), Reshad Jones (MIA), Danieal Manning (HOU), Ed Reed (BAL), and Eric Weddle (SD). Clark has 60 solo tackles and 7 PDs. Weddle has 58 solo tackles and 7 PDs, with 3 picks and a touchdown. Reed has 4 INTs and 3 fumble recoveries.
DeCoud has 47 solo tackles, 5 INTs, a sack, and a fumble recovery. He's been a playmaker in Atlanta's secondary. Dashon Goldson (SF) is having another fine season, including 3 INTs, and Ronde Barber (TB) has had some nice moments, with 160 INT return yards. Quintin Mikell (STL) and Earl Thomas (SEA) are also having good years. My favorites in the NFC so far are DeCoud and Goldson.
Phil Dawson (CLE); Blair Walsh (MIN)
Dawson had a kick blocked in Week 13, and it was his first miss of the season. He's 5/5 from 50 yards and beyond. The NFC is a tougher call. Alex Henery (PHI) hasn't missed since Week 1, but his longest attempt all season is 49 yards. In today's NFL, you expect a kicker to make some 50-yarders. Greg Zuerlein (STL) is hitting 50-yarders — seven of them, including a 60-yard FG in Week 4. But Zuerlein has six misses, including two under 40 yards. David Akers (SF) hit a record-tying 63-yard field goal in Week 1, but his nine missed FGs are tied for most in the NFL.
Matt Bryant (ATL) and Lawrence Tynes (NYG) are having great fantasy football seasons, but Bryant has missed too many short kicks and Tynes struggles beyond 40 yards. Jason Hanson (DET) is still getting it done, and Connor Barth (TB) has six successful 50-yard FGs, but ultimately I went with Walsh over Dan Bailey (DAL). Bailey has only two missed kicks, both from beyond 50 yards. Walsh is 5/5 on 50+ FGs and one of his three misses was blocked. Not bad for a rookie.
Dustin Colquitt (KC); Thomas Morstead (NO)
Tough calls this year, with lots of punters having nice seasons. Colquitt narrowly edged brother Britton Colquitt (DEN), Kevin Huber (CIN), and Brett Kern (TEN). Britton leads the AFC in net average (42.9) and lowest return average (4.8), though Denver is a great home for kickers and punters. Kern's statistics are nearly as good, but in a much tougher kicking environment. Dustin Colquitt got the nod because he leads the NFL in punts down inside the 20 (33), with only 5 touchbacks, and because he's been good for years but I've never chosen him.
I chose Morstead purely because of his 44.8 net average, the best in the league, and the best in history if he keeps it up. Andy Lee is 2nd in the NFC in net average (42.3), and he's having a nice year around the goal line (30 I-20, 3 TB). Jon Ryan (SEA), Tim Masthay (GB), and Brian Moorman (DAL) were my other finalists. Masthay leads the NFL in fair catches (23), and Moorman doesn't have a touchback all season.
Kick Returner
Leodis McKelvin (BUF); Randall Cobb (GB)
All the good returners are in the AFC. That conference accounts for 8/10 kickoff return TDs and 9/13 punt return TDs, and all five players with multiple returning TDs. Those five are Jacoby Jones (BAL), Marcus Thigpen (MIA), Trindon Holliday (DEN), Joe McKnight (NYJ), and McKelvin, who averages 28.3 on kickoffs and is having one of the all-time punt returning seasons, with 387 yards, a 20.4 PR average, and 2 TDs. In the NFC, Percy Harvin (MIN) was impressive before his injury, but he has 16 KRs and no punt returns. Cobb has over 1,000 return yards, with good averages and a touchdown.
Special Teamer
Darrell Stuckey (SD); John Wendling (DET)
As always, many of my favorite special teamers don't appear on the ballot. It's frustrating.
The team I voted for most this season was the Broncos (7), followed by the 49ers, Patriots, and Texans (6 each). On the 2011 Pro Bowl ballot, my leading teams were the Texans (7), Bears, Patriots, and Ravens (6 apiece).
2012 Midseason Awards
Offensive Player of the Year — Adrian Peterson (MIN)
Defensive Player of the Year — J.J. Watt (HOU)
MVP — Tom Brady (NE)
Coach of the Year — John Fox (DEN)
Assistant — Kyle Shanahan (WAS)
Rookie of the Year — Robert Griffin III (WAS)
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December 23, 2012
what about dez and crabtree? I thought you had 6 wide recievers in th pro-bowl for each team?


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Doc Rivers wasn't quite done listing everything that didn't work for the Clippers against the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday, yet already he was running out of breath.
"We were awful offensively. We just scored on happenstance. Guys found the ball and made a shot," Rivers said. "We had no rhythm. We had no pace. We had no execution. And we were fighting ourselves."
It was a bleak assessment, to be sure.
But behind the raspy voice detailing the woes, an unmistakable sense of satisfaction grew more and more obvious.
The source of which dramatically increases the odds of a long playoff run by the Clippers.
Despite so many factors working against them, they dug deep enough to forge a path to victory against one of the best teams in the Western Conference — not to mention their recent nemesis.
It wasn't pretty or artistic or imaginative.
But in many ways, it was better than all of those things combined.
They won ugly, relying more on mental toughness than physical prowess. It didn't come easy. They had to keep chipping away until the game tilted their way long enough to prevail.
That they didn't break somewhere along the line represents a significant change for the Clippers, whose league-wide reputation coming into this season was they crumbled when alternate paths to victory needed to be forged.
Or to be more blunt, the Clippers were easily intimidated.
"In the past, people came in here trying to push us around," Clippers forward Matt Barnes said. "And mentally I think it worked."
That's happening less and less under Rivers and with a more mature Blake Griffin elevating his game physically and mentally.
There is an undeniable resiliency to these Clippers, who continue to defy injuries and multiple roster additions to continue their ascent in the Western Conference.
Their win against the Warriors was their ninth in a row and strengthened their hold on the third seed in the Western Conference — and with it, home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs.
And they are playing without J.J. Redick and Jamal Crawford, two key role players.
Yet they continue to win.
Better yet, they continue to find ways to win.
Like Wednesday, when they overcame the slow shooting nights of Chris Paul and Darren Collison and others to beat the Warriors.
"I'm proud," Griffin said. "Proud of the way we fought. Proud of the way guys handled themselves. Guys were fighting. I'm just proud of the way we played."
In years past, that probably didn't happen.
Not long ago, the knock on the Clippers was they were front runners, just a high-flying, high-wire act that was fun to watch when things were going well.
But the minute someone turned up the heat and took them out of their comfort zone with some hard fouls or aggressive defense, the trouble started.
They'd get angry or down on themselves. The body language changed, their flow slowed to a crawl. The defense and communication waned and the silly fouls and mental errors mounted.
At that point, the Clippers would crumble.
This year, that no longer seems to be the case.
The Warriors were a prime example.
"It was one of those games you just had to keep fighting and finally it kind of broke our way," Rivers said. "To me, that's growth. I don't know if we win this game earlier in the year. It's one of those games where some teams let go of the rope. But I thought we hung in there, and I'm proud of them."
There is a reason for that, according to Barnes.
"Now that we're mentally locked in, I think it's harder to (get in our head)," he said," "You're going to have to beat us playing basketball, and that's hard to do."
As one of the Clippers' noted agitators, even Barnes openly questioned their toughness last year. It all came to a head in the first round of the playoffs against Memphis when he blasted the Clippers for getting punked by the Grizzlies.
The Clippers lost that series, and over the summer sweeping changes were made — not the least of which was getting rid of Vinny Del Negro as coach in favor of Rivers, the hard-driving force behind the Boston Celtics' championship run in 2009.
Rivers didn't just bring instant credibility to a locker room starving for proven leadership. He brought a no-nonsense, no-excuse philosophy in which misfortune is quickly dealt with and overcome — not the justification for failure.
The Clippers are acquiring a similar taste for adversity, having won in a variety of fashions with an ever-changing lineup.
"We've had so many injuries, so many ups and downs, and we're still getting guys acclimated," Barnes said. "But with all that being said, we're able to win tough games and blowouts. All different kinds of wins."
Said Griffin: "To have J.J. hurt for so long and (Paul) and Jamal and Matt Barnes hurt, to have all the guys we've had hurt this year, yet to be where we are, it's great."
The true test comes in the playoffs, of course.
But the more the Clippers show they can win when Plan A and Plan B aren't working, the better off they'll be in April and May.
"Listen, in the playoffs every game's not going to be pretty," Collison said. "It's going to be hard, especially against a very good team.
"There's going to be times you aren't playing well, but you have to do whatever it takes to win."
The Clippers are doing that now.


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