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Zero Tolerance should be illegal.
The Logical Conclusion Of Zero Tolerance: College Prof Suspended Because Daughter Wore A GoT Tshirt
from the tolerating-stupdity dept
When we talk about the stupidity that is school-affiliated zero-tolerance policies, the stories usually revolve around an administration's inability to marry common sense with their reactions to non-issues. This can produce somewhat varied results, from really dumb stories about children being children and ending up in serious trouble, to a far more angering practice of victim-blaming. What it all boils down to, though, is an overreaction to certain tragic situations that results in bureaucratic lunacy on a level I never would have thought possible. School shootings and violence are the impetus in these cases, but we see this elsewhere as well. 9/11 resulted in the s#!*-show we know as airport security and NSA surveillance. The Boston Marathon bombing has resulted in the kind of militarized protection and media-blitzkrieg that would likely have other world nations that deal with far more terrorism shaking their heads. And, in each of these cases, we learn a simple truth that we should have seen coming all along: reactionary policies breed stupidity, corruption, and trouble.
So let's get back to zero-tolerance policies in schools and witness the logical conclusion they offer: a college professor who had recently been at odds with his school's administration was just suspended for posting a picture of his child wearing a Game Of Thrones t-shirt.
A popular community college professor was suspended after posting a photo of his daughter wearing an oversized T-shirt bearing a tagline from this season of Game of Thrones—Daenerys Targaryen's "I will take what is mine with fire and blood." Francis Schmidt, who teaches art and animation at Bergen Community College in New Jersey, shared the photo on Google+, where it was seen by several of his work contacts. One of them, a dean, decided the shirt was a veiled threat of some kind.
In case you can't see the image, it's of Schmidt's daughter doing a handstand while wearing a Game of Thrones t-shirt that includes the tagline: "I will take what is mine with fire & blood." In case you think it's reasonable that such a picture being shared on social media could be interpreted as a threat to commit violence at a local community college, stop thinking that because that's a stupid thought. I imagine Schmidt said as much when he was called in to meet with the administration to explain why he'd sent a "threatening email", despite the fact that no email had been sent.
At the meeting, Schmidt explained the shirt in the context of Game of Thrones and showed Miller that the "fire and blood" tagline has 4 million results on Google. The professor asked why his photo had caused such a reaction, and was told that "fire" could be a metaphor for "AK-47s." Schmidt was placed on administrative leave without pay later that week, and told he would have to pass a psychiatric evaluation before he could return.
Now, like me, you should be even more confused. There's no way you could somehow interpret "fire" to mean "AK-47" any more than you could interpret "fire" to mean "Easter ham." They aren't related. And if you're thinking that there's so little sense being made here that there must be something more to this story, there sure as hell is. The head of the school's administration had just been delivered a vote of no confidence by the staff, including Schmidt, who had also filed a grievance recently for being denied a request for a sabbatical. You don't need to read between the lines much to understand that this is probably a trumped-up charge serving to punish a member of the teacher's union.
Which brings us nicely back to my original point: it isn't just the stupid you have to worry about when it comes to zero-tolerance policies, it's also the corrupt. When we overreact to admittedly tragic occurrences, we almost invariably open up the possibility for abuse through that overreaction.
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For the past few years I have been introducing students, teachers and parents to a toolkit of resources assembled to help students use search engines that match their learning styles. One of the most popular tools in my toolkit has been Twurdy, a simple search engine that displays results by readability. Unfortunately, it appears as though Twurdy has gone off the grid at this point in time. I cannot find this beloved tool.
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The Common Core Standards identify six instructional shifts necessary for effective implementation of the ELA/Literacy strand. These instructional shifts provide a framework to help us understand the big picture before diving into the specific individual standards.
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SAMR Through the Lens of 21st Century Skills October 15, 2013, 4:00 PM CST
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This webinar will demonstrate how to use the SAMR model of tech integration as a guide for planning and implementing classroom learning experiences that take student learning to higher levels. Join me and Infinitec as we look at some traditional learning tasks focusing on 21st century research and writing and walk them up the SAMR ladder to help you "Teach Above the Line."
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50 Cent- Candy Shop
23. 3. 2006
50 Cent
Candy Shop
[Intro: 50 Cent]
Uh huh
So seductive
[Chorus: 50 Cent & Olivia]
[50 Cent]
I'll take you to the candy shop
I'll let you lick the lollypop
Go 'head girl, don't you stop
Keep going 'til you hit the spot (woah)
I'll take you to the candy shop
Boy one taste of what I got
I'll have you spending all you got
Keep going 'til you hit the spot (woah)
[Verse 1: 50 Cent]
You can have it your way, how do you want it
You gon' back that thing up or should i push up on it
Temperature rising, okay lets go to the next level
Dance floor jam packed, hot as a teakettle
I'll break it down for you now, baby it's simple
If you be a nympho, I'll be a nympho
In the hotel or in the back of the rental
On the beach or in the park, it's whatever you into
Got the magic stick, I'm the love doctor
Have your friends teasin you 'bout how sprung I gotcha
Wanna show me how you work it baby, no problem
Get on top then get to bouncing round like a low rider
I'm a seasons vet when it come to this shit
After you work up a sweat you can play with the stick
I'm tryin to explain baby the best way I can
I melt in your mouth girl, not in your hands (ha ha)
[Bridge: 50 Cent & Olivia]
Girl what we do (what we do)
And where we do (and where we do)
The things we do (things we do)
Are just between me and you (oh yeah)
[Verse 2: 50 Cent]
Give it to me baby, nice and slow
Climb on top, ride like you in the rodeo
You ain't never heard a sound like this before
Cause I ain't never put it down like this
Soon as I come through the door she get to pullin on my zipper
It's like it's a race who can get undressed quicker
Isn't it ironic how erotic it is to watch em in thongs
Had me thinking 'bout that ass after I'm gone
I touch the right spot at the right time
Lights on or lights off, she like it from behind
So seductive, you should see the way she wind
Her hips in slow-mo on the floor when we grind
As Long as she ain't stoppin, homie I aint stoppin
Drippin wet with sweat man its on and popping
All my champagne campaign, bottle after bottle its on
And we gon' sip til every bubble in every bottle is gone
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Monday, November 2, 2009
the sky goes dark...
Our days will get shorter and shorter until Winter Solstice on December 22nd when we start gaining light back again. Not to be a downer or anything but I hate living in the dark. Don't you? Remember a few months ago when it was light until after 9 pm?
Ok enough wallowing in the darkness.
The first day of November was darn beautiful! What a lovely day to get out and do a little fall clean up. Here are a few things I found to be happy about.
We filled our huge yard waste container and 6 qty 30 gallon bags! Satisfying.
Slug eggs, found and destroyed! Very satisfying!
The Canna's. They still have unopened buds, and with no freeze in sight (fingers crossed) they might just get to bloom.
This might be the last time (for the season) that I mow and edge the lawn. AND, with all the rain we've received the lawns that were allowed to go dormant over the summer (most of Portland it seems) are green again. It's like spring….and with our relatively mild climate they will stay green all winter long. Coming face to face with these fabulous berries when I was making a quick stop at Starbucks. Moss. The rains bring out the moss and I do love moss.
The light. Fall brings a different light (when there is light). Soft and diffused.
Fall leaves, especially huge golden Terapanax leaves.
And lastly…since it's cooling off I have an excuse to bring out my sock monkey slippers!What's making you happy these days?
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Why throw all those leaves away. pile them up they make the best Leaf mould-it does take about two years,but it's worth itReplyDelete
Oh linda...I wish! In a word...space. I just don't have any. I need to annex the neighbors under-utilized backyard for my greenhouse and composting needs. In my dreams! At least the City does have separate yard waste pick-up so they are being used in this manner somewhere, by someone...ReplyDelete
Candlelight dinners, long evenings reading by the fire, hot cocoa, a full pantry!ReplyDelete
I see you've done the turn-around from disliking to reveling in fall. Good for you.ReplyDelete
Those clerodendrum trichotomum berries are beautiful, and the lovely moss pictures make me want to get out and plan my moss garden (slated for next summer.)
I like cozy fires, cooking the kind of hot food I can't stand to think about during summer, watching the winter juncos come to the feeder, planning next year's garden projects and imagining how beautiful everything will be in spring!
Jane, I am trying. This post started out being nothing but negative. But yesterday was so beautiful I decided to do my best to put on a fall happy face....ReplyDelete
Sorry about the short days way up north. Being closer to the equator has its advantages at this time of year. ;-) Seriously though, your images are lovely. You're so good about bringing pieces of your garden indoors, like those terapanex leaves.ReplyDelete
I'm not happy about the long dark nights, but it is a relief to not have to worry about the yard for a while.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 02, 2009
Hi DG~~ It's okay with me if you want to complain about the stupid darkness. Lord knows I do enough of it on my blog. Damn it's raining. Damn it's windy. Damn it's cold. And Damn it's hot. But you're right. There are a lot of things to be happy about. The obliteration of slug eggs. The green. I love the moss, especially growing on aging cement or rocks. The slanting sunlight on the green lawn. And slippers! I love yours.ReplyDelete
I adore your sock monkey slippers ! They match my sock monkey hat that I recently got from the Sundance catalog.ReplyDelete
I must find a pair !
And the garden.... it looks so lush and beautiful. The moss is particularly soothing to see. I think I will try to grow some different varieties this winter.
I rearranged my entry containers this past weekend and that made me happy.
What gorgeous color in your garden. I am thankful that we too, have mild winters and can enjoy color in the garden year long.ReplyDelete
Pam, way to rub it in!!!!ReplyDelete
how it grows, sorry to hear it gets to you too..
Grace, it never seems like complaining when you do it!
DD Michelle, my sock monkey slippers were a Christmas gift from the husband last year, but I happen to know he picked them up at the super exclusive shop called Target...maybe they've got them again this year? I loved the pictures of your entry containers!
AZ plant lady, lucky you! Your mild winters are heavenly.
OMG! Those slippers are awesome! ADORABLE!ReplyDelete
And those berries are really interesting too.
I still hope to convince you to like the fall. Things I love about the darker days:ReplyDelete
Everything planted this last month will get regularly watered if the rains don't hold out on us-next year they have a head start.
Daydreaming about the garden, reading catalogs, making lists, with none of that pesky business of actually having to go out there and plant everything.
Around 5 when it was getting dark at work today, I offered hot toddies around the water cooler, and got takers. Nice way to end the day.
The Christmas lights are lining street trees downtown and in Northwest. Tonight we stopped for dinner on the way home, it was early, but we got to see the twinkling lights against the dark city backdrop. I was just in awe of how beautiful it all was.
Coat weather. Sweaters, boots, scarves, gloves, hats. It's so much fun to pull out the cozy stuff and head out all bundled up in the blustery weather.
Soup - hot and sour soup, creamy potato soup, corn chowder, lentil stew. Perfect for fireside dinners.
I'm sure there are more things to love, I just know it.
Thanks Sylvana!ReplyDelete
Megan, your list is impressive. I do love me some sweaters, scarves, gloves and hats. And I suppose taking a break from the pesky business of actually working in the garden is nice. I guess the big question is why is nobody offering up hot toddies at my water cooler!?
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Answered by Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum.
Question: At what point in time during Mass it is considered too late for anyone coming into the Mass to receive Communion? These days I see a lot of people who enter the Mass even as Communion is being given and they head straight to receive. Is this right? — E.M., Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Answer: Like most priests, I am loath to give a straight answer to this question because, in a way, it is a catch-22 question for which there is no right answer.
It is true that before the Second Vatican Council some moral theology manuals placed arrival before the offertory as the dividing line in deciding whether one fulfilled the Sunday obligation of assistance at Mass. But after the liturgical reform, with its emphasis on the overall unity of the Mass, modern theologians shy away from such exactitude.
Mass begins with the entrance procession and ends after the final dismissal and we should be there from beginning to end. Each part of the Mass relates and complements the others in a single act of worship even though some parts, such as the consecration, are essential while others are merely important.
To say that there is a particular moment before or after which we are either "out" or "safe," so to speak, is to give the wrong message and hint that, in the long run, some parts of the Mass are really not all that important. It may also give some less fervent souls a yardstick for arriving in a tardy manner.
Although I prefer not to hazard giving a precise cutoff moment, certainly someone who arrives after the consecration has not attended Mass, should not receive Communion, and if it is a Sunday, go to another Mass.
Arriving on time is not just a question of obligation but of love and respect for Our Lord who has gathered us together to share his gifts, and who has some grace to communicate to us in each part of the Mass.
It is also a sign of respect for the community with whom we worship and who deserves our presence and the contribution of our prayers in each moment. The liturgy is essentially the worship of Christ's body, the Church. Each assembly is called upon to represent and manifest the whole body but this can hardly happen if it forms itself in drips and drabs after the celebration has begun.
Thus people who arrive late to Mass have to honestly ask themselves, Why? If they arrive late because of some justified reason or unforeseen event, such as blocked traffic due to an accident, they have acted in good conscience and are not strictly obliged to assist at a later Mass (although they would do well to do so if they arrive very late and it is possible for them).
Likewise for many elderly people, even getting to the church is an odyssey, and one must not burden their consciences by counting the minutes.
If people arrive late due to culpable negligence, and especially if they do so habitually, then they need to seriously reflect on their attitudes, amend their ways, and if necessary seek the sacrament of reconciliation.
Depending on how late they arrive they should prefer to honor the Lord's day by attending some other Mass, or, if this is not possible, at least remain in the Church after Mass is over and dedicate some time to prayer and reflection on the readings of the day. ZE03110420
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Follow-up: Communion for Late Arrivals [11-18-03]
An attentive reader suggested that my reply to a Nigerian correspondent as to "what point in time during Mass it is considered too late for anyone coming into the Mass to receive Communion" (see Nov. 4) did not quite address the question at hand. The core query appeared to be "asking a more direct question, about how much Mass is required before receiving Communion."
This could have serious consequences, the follow-up questioner noted, as "Mass is not a prerequisite for receiving Communion. If it were, I and other extraordinary eucharistic ministers could not bring Communion to the shut-ins, the sick, the elderly, or the imprisoned."
I believe I did address the question at hand in the previous column, although it entailed explaining why I eschewed suggesting a clear minimum Mass requirement in order to receive Communion and also to fulfill Sunday obligation. Yet, our correspondent raises a valid point.
In preparing my original reply I had thought of mentioning Communion outside of Mass, but as the question was tailored to late arrival at Mass I considered it might confuse the issue and left it out. It appears that my hesitation has returned to haunt me.
It is necessary to distinguish Mass from other moments in which Communion is received. The Church provides two basic rites for receiving Communion outside of Mass. One is for those occasions when for some good reason Mass in unavailable but Communion is possible. The other is for bringing Communion to those who are unable to attend Mass due to age or infirmity.
Both rites have the same basic structure but differ in the prayers and texts provided.
This structure is: greeting; penitential rite; Liturgy of the Word; on some occasions homily and prayers of the faithful; Communion rite with the Our Father; sign of peace; "This is the Lamb of God …" and its response "Lord, I am not worthy …"; Communion; concluding prayer; and final blessing.
There are slight variations in the rite when presided by a priest, deacon or by an extraordinary minister of the Eucharist. The Liturgy of the Word may be extended or abbreviated according to pastoral needs with the possibility of using the same readings as at Mass or just reciting a brief verse from Scripture.
The question as to how much of this is required in order to receive Communion varies according to concrete situations. But when Communion is distributed because Mass is unavailable, then, in principle, those who wish to partake should attend the entire rite.
This would be the situation, for example, in parishes with no resident pastor and, usually, in prisons whenever it is possible to gather the inmates so as to form an assembly. Otherwise the rite may be carried out at each cell with a brief Liturgy of the Word, although the local ordinary may approve particular adaptations to special circumstances unforeseen in the liturgical books.
Communion to the sick, elderly or shut-ins presents a different pastoral situation, and the special circumstances allow for particular solutions. If possible the entire rite should be carried out each time, although the Liturgy of the Word may be abbreviated so as not to sap the strength of the weak.
When Communion is distributed to large numbers of infirm people living separately in hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, etc., the liturgy allows the minister to carry out an abbreviated rite reciting the antiphon "Oh Sacred Banquet" in the chapel or in the first room and distributing Communion in each room using just the formula "This is the Lamb of God…" and "Lord, I am not worthy." He recites the closing prayer in the last room or the chapel but omits the final blessing.
I consciously omit here any reference to bringing viaticum to the dying as this rite is usually united to the anointing of the sick and is the exclusive province of the priest.
The structure of Communion outside of Mass could also provide a guideline for those who strive to attend daily Mass (apart from Sunday Mass). While the principle of attending the entire Mass remains firm, one may be a little bit more flexible regarding reception of Communion on weekdays if it is impossible to arrive at the very beginning.
In these cases it is best to consult directly with the pastor as to the best means of proceeding in order to fulfill one's desire for Communion while respecting the dignity and sanctity of the sacrament.
Another interlocutor asked about the opposite end of Mass and if people may leave after receiving Communion.
The Mass ends with the dismissal, but as a mark of respect the faithful should wait until the priest has entered the sacristy and any final song has ended. Leaving after Communion does not allow us to thank God properly for the gift of his Son and also deprives us of the added grace of the concluding prayer and final blessing.
At times the members of the congregation resemble marathon hopefuls as they stampede toward the exit after Mass. In other circumstances, one wishes they would only get out sooner and not hang around chatting in the aisles. But that is a theme for another occasion.
This article has been selected from the ZENIT Daily Dispatch
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This story was updated at 9:55 a.m. EST.
The Pope may make a special call to the International Space Station during the upcoming flight of the space shuttle Endeavour, according to a NASA official.
In what would be the first papal call to space, discussions are underway to try to arrange for Pope Benedict XVI to speak to two Italian astronauts onboard the space station, NASA spokesman Rob Navias told SPACE.com.[Stunning Space Photos by Italian Astronaut Paolo Nespoli]
NASA is discussing the potential call with the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Italian Space Agency (Agenzia Spaziale Italian or ASI), he said.
"No final decision has been made – it is under discussion," Navias said. "We are discussing with ESA and ASI the potential of the pontiff calling the crew in a scheduled event slot that belongs to ESA."Part of what will drive this, in whether or not it comes to fruition, is whether or not we launch on April 29, what the Pope's schedule looks like and whether there is any other opportunities if we launch later than the 29th."
If Endeavour launches as scheduled next Friday, the call may occur on May 4, according to an Associated Press report, which cited the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano.
European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori, who has flown twice before to the space station, is one of the crewmembers of Endeavour's STS-134 mission, which is slated to launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 29.
The satellite call will occur when Endeavour is docked to the orbiting outpost. Endeavour's STS-134 mission will be the orbiter's last before the shuttle is retired from service.
The second Italian astronaut, Paolo Nespoli, has been living and working on the International Space Station since December. Nespoli launched to the station aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket.
Nespoli is expected to return to Earth in September with two of his station crewmates, NASA astronaut Cady Coleman and Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev.
During the call, one of the astronauts will be carrying a silver medal that was donated by the Pope, according to the AP.
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The US American ambassador to Honduras, Hugo Llorens, wrote a cable on June 19, 9 days before the president of the country, Manuel Zelaya, was arrested by the military on orders of the Supreme Court, reports Le Monde. There had been rumors of a military coup, but on that morning he had breakfast with the head of the military General Romeo Vazquez Velasquez, and the head of the army, General Miguel Garcia Padgett, who both assured him that the military would not depose the president to install a junta. They said it was just a rumor circulated behind closed doors to put pressure on the politicians. The ambassador also reported that they would not act without the knowledge of the US, and concluded that the military "do not have the least intention to attack the legitimate government" (reverse translated from French).
When the president was arrested by the military at dawn on June 28, Llorens – one might guess from his cable communication – did not know that the Supreme Court had issued an arrest warrant for the president. Based on this previous communication, one may therefore suspect that the ambassador felt betrayed, thinking that they had done a coup d'État nine days after promising that they would not do it, not knowing or understanding that in spite of appearing to be a coup, it was not a coup.
However, there is a problem with this interpretation: A persistent rumor that Llorens knew about the arrest order in advance. From the cables it appears he did not.
There is one way in which these different facts can be reconciled. The generals did not, in Llorens's words as translated by Le Monde, say that they necessarily would inform him personally. Just his country. There is a US air base in Honduras, and Marines train there. Given the close contacts it is beyond likely that at least some of them would have known. Thus, the generals did not lie to the ambassador.
Furthermore, the military of Honduras never attacked "the legitimate government," the legitimate government being the Congress and the Supreme Court. Furthermore, they did not "attack" the president, they arrested him on orders of the Supreme Court (and then they set him free abroad rather than hold him). So the generals kept their word quite literally on that point, too.
What should be of concern, though, is the ambassador's words that Zelaya is not an ideologue, thinking that USA can manipulate him. That is either ignorant, or misleading. Zelaya was bought by South American interests, most likely Hugo Chávez, already in his election campaign. This bribery continued with the so-called ALBA "loans", in a process that in most every country would have made the president guilty of high treason. Furthermore, he said explicitly that he obeyed Chávez second only to God ("Después de Dios, ¡Chávez!"). If Llorens was ignorant about this, it is not good. If he is protecting Zelaya (or someone else), it is even less good.
Having seen now what Chávez did once his democratic cover was blown, introducing a full-blown dictatorship by similar methods as Hitler once did, I don't think anybody can argue that the defense of democracy in Honduras was too rash, too determined. It was appropriate. Unfortunately Venezuela is in a different position, the judiciary already having been completely compromised, and the legislative as well, so a repeat is not possible. The best hope for Venezuela is a popular uprising and that the security forces remain passive while the people throw out the dictator quite literally.
Ulf Erlingsson writes for the rule of law, human rights and liberal democracy; against corruption, coup d'états, and oppression at Blog.Erlingsson.com. He tweets at Twitter.com/ulferlingsson.


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Man kills 13 people in Serbian shooting spree
Published 12:00 am Tuesday, April 9, 2013
VELIKA IVANCA, Serbia (AP) — He went from house to house in the village at dawn, cold-bloodedly gunning down his mother, his son, a 2-year-old cousin and 10 other neighbors. Terrified residents said if a police patrol car hadn't shown up, they all would have been dead.
Police said they knew of no motive yet in the carnage Tuesday that left six men, six women and a child dead in Velika Ivanca, a Serbian village 50 kilometers (30 miles) southeast of Belgrade.
After the rampage, police said suspect Ljubisa Bogdanovic, a 60-year-old who saw action in one of the bloodiest sieges of the Balkan wars, turned his gun on himself and his wife as authorities closed in. Both were in grave condition at a hospital in the Serbian capital.
In the small lush village surrounded by fruit trees, the suspect's older brother Radmilo broke down in tears, unable to explain why the massacre had happened.
"Why did he do it? … I still can't believe it," he said sobbing, covering his face with his hands. "He was a model of honesty."
"As a child, he was a frightened little boy. I used to defend him from other children. He couldn't even slaughter a chicken," he said.
But he said his brother had changed after serving in the army during a brutal Serb-led offensive against the eastern Croatian town of Vukovar in 1992 — the worst bloodshed during Croatia's 1991-95 war for independence.
"The war had burdened him," Radmilo, 62, told The Associated Press in an interview. "He used to tell me: God forbid you live through what I went through … Something must have clicked in his head for him to do this."
Twelve people in the village were killed immediately between 5 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. and one person died later in a Belgrade hospital, Serbian police chief Milorad Veljovic said.
"Most of the victims were shot while they were asleep," Veljovic told reporters. "The most harrowing scene discovered by police was the dead bodies of a young mother and her 2-year-old son."
The suspect had lost his job last year at a wood-processing factory, the police chief said.
Although such mass shootings are relatively rare in Serbia, weapons are readily available, mostly from the 1990s wars in the Balkans. Media reports said the suspect had a license for the handgun.
Residents said Bogdanovic first killed his son and his mother before leaving his house and then began shooting his neighbors. They expressed deep shock, describing the suspect as a nice, quiet man.
"He knocked on the doors and as they were opened he just fired a shot," said villager Radovan Radosavljevic. "He was a good neighbor and anyone would open their doors to him. I don't know what happened."
"I never saw him angry, ever," said Milovan Kostadinovic, another resident. "He was helping everybody, he had a car and drove us everywhere."
Still, neighbors said an entire five-member family was shot dead in one house, including the small boy who was the suspected killer's cousin.
Kostadinovic said the suspect was confronted by police while en route to his house.
"If they didn't stop him, he would have wiped us all out," Kostadinovic said, standing in front of his two-story, red tile- roofed house. "He shot himself when police stopped him."
His wife Stanica said their small white-and-brown dog Rocky had gotten very nervous early in the morning and was barking and jumping up and down. She said when her husband opened their door, a policewoman shouted: "Get back in!"
"He was shooting everybody. Police saved us," she said.
"I never saw him angry, ever," said his first neighbor Ljubomir Kostadinovic. "He was helping everybody, he had a car. And drove us everywhere."
Ljubomir's wife Stanica Kostadinovic said on the fatal Tuesday morning, their small white-brown dog Rocky got very nervous, barking and jumping up and down. The husband opened the door and a policewoman shouted: "Get back in! He was shooting everybody. Police saved us."
The suspected killer owned a gun but neighbors and his brother said he never hunted or shot weapons, even at weddings or celebrations as is traditional in the Balkans.
"He was quiet as a bug," Stanica Kostadinovic said.
Nada Macura, a Belgrade hospital spokeswoman, said the suspect had no known history of mental illness. Stanica Kostadinovic said the man's father had hanged himself when he was a young boy and his uncle had a history of mental illness.
Aleksandar Stekic, 29, was fast asleep when his mother was killed. He heard the shots but "thought I was dreaming."
"When I got up about half an hour later, I found her dead on the doorstep," he told the AP.
Stekic said he went to the next house and found the same scene there, and then again in the next one.
"At that moment, I no longer knew where I was," Stekic said, adding that a policeman had handcuffed him while he roamed outside, thinking that he was the shooter.
Police blocked off the village while forensic teams and investigators in white protective robes took evidence from homes where the shootings took place.
Doctors said later Tuesday that the suspect's condition was critical but his wife — who had called the police before she was shot —was able to communicate with the hospital staff.
Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic said the killings showed that the government must pay more attention to gun control and other social problems facing the Balkan nation, which is still reeling from the 1990s wars. His government held an emergency session and was expected to proclaim a national day of mourning.
Serbia's last big shooting spree occurred in 2007, when a 39-year-old man gunned down nine people and injured two others in the eastern village of Jabukovac.


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by Anthony Sizemore, Student Sports Reporter
The Alice Lloyd Eagles traveled to Madisonville, Tennessee on Thursday, February 20th, to battle Hiwassee College and hosted Ohio University Chillicothe on Sunday, February 23rd. Here is a recap of the four games.
Game 1
The first game of the baseball season for Alice Lloyd would see Neil Dillon take the mound for the Eagles. Both teams went scoreless through one, but Hiwassee was able to draw first blood in the bottom half of the second inning, taking a 1-0 lead. Hiwassee tacked on an insurance run in the fifth inning to make it 2-0 in favor of the hosts. ALC did pile up six hits, but had nothing to show for it.
Dillon pitched a good game, allowing just those two runs along with four hits while walking two and striking out two in five innings pitched. Timmy Sublett pitched one inning in relief.
Game 2
In the series finale, Chance Westerfield took to the hill against Hiwassee College. ALC got on the board first with an RBI by Patrick Barnett. Hiwassee tied the score at 1 in the bottom of the second inning. The game really turned in the third inning, however. A five-run third inning gave HC a comfortable 6-1 advantage. Three more runs came across in the fifth to make it 9-1 in favor of the home team.
In two and two-thirds innings, Westerfield surrendered six runs (two earned), two hits and walked three batters. Daniel Burgess, Chris Delgado, Ryan Burrow, Jarrod Tate and Mackenzie Hicks pitched the last three and two-thirds innings, allowing three runs combined.
Game 1
Justin Smith was named the starter for the opening game of the series against Ohio University-Chillicothe. ALC wasted no time getting on the board, scoring two runs to take an early 2-0 lead after one inning of action. Four more in the second and two more in the third blew the game open, and Alice Lloyd was well on their way to victory, leading by the score of 8-0. The game was called after five innings due to the mercy rule. ALC put up three more to lock up the victory in the last inning.
Alex Dapkus had a monster game with six runs batted in while Trae Minton drove in two. Shane Pack also had two RBIs, while Tanner Hensley drove home one. It was a nice way to start the season for Smith, going four innings and allowing only two hits and walking three batters. Smith also recorded three Ks, while Timmy Sublett pitched one perfect inning in relief.
Game 2
Wayne Sparks started the second game of the series with OUC. ALC drove in runs in the first four innings to take a commanding 7-0 lead. Ohio-Chillicothe answered with four runs in the fifth, but the deficit was just too much for the visiting team to overcome.
ALC scored seven runs but was only credited with four RBIs. Austin White knocked home two, while Wyatt Hamilton and Shane Pack had an RBI apiece. Sparks pitched three — walking one, striking out five, and allowing zero hits and zero runs. Chris Delgado, Logan Condra, Jarrod Tate and Mackenzie Hicks pitched the final four innings of relief, allowing three hits and four runs.


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Let's jump in the time machine and flash back in time to the early 2000s when Tom Cruise wasn't a known crazy person, "Freedom Fries" were an innovation in redneck culinary circles and men under the age of 40 wearing visors in public was considered to be socially acceptable. Thanks to Al Gore's Internet invention, fantasy football was starting to blow up -- and we were advised to select running backs with our first 13 or so picks.
Back to the future, the NFL has become a passing league. And fantasy football is a gazillion-dollar industry with endless amounts of analysis and statistical know-how. We know now that building a fantasy team with running backs first doesn't have to be the way to go. Quarterbacks and receivers are getting love, too.
This year, you can make an argument for taking one of five, maybe six wide receivers in the first round of your draft. Andre Johnson, Roddy White and Calvin Johnson are virtual locks to go in Round 1, and you could also see Greg Jennings, Hakeem Nicks or Larry Fitzgerald come off the board before Round 2.
If you're able to land two of those guys in the first two rounds, your team should be in very good shape, especially if you're able to pinpoint sleepers at running back and QB the rest of the way.
I'm an Andre Johnson guy, and once again he is atop my wide receiver rankings. But for the first time in a couple of summers, I had to think hard about that one. White has solidified himself as one of the top point-producers in fantasy football, and I'm a big fan of Nicks, who might have finished as the top wide receiver in fantasy football last year had he not had injury issues in the season's second half.
You can't go wrong with any of those three in Round 1, with the "if healthy" caveat, of course. And as an added bonus, your fellow owners won't mock you for not taking a running back. Doing it while wearing a visor is another story, though -- well, unless you're Steve Spurrier or you're on the LPGA tour, I suppose.
On to the wide receiver rankings…
1. Andre Johnson, Texans: The presence of Arian Foster opens things up for Johnson and this offense.
2. Roddy White, Falcons: Will the addition of Julio Jones help or hurt White's fantasy value?
3. Hakeem Nicks, Giants: I'm willing to take on the injury risk for this semi-sleeper wideout.
4. Calvin Johnson, Lions: If Matt Stafford stays healthy, look out. If he doesn't, you should still look out.
5. Greg Jennings, Packers: Don't worry, there are plenty of balls to go around in the Green Bay offense.
6. Larry Fitzgerald, Cardinals: His numbers will rise now that Arizona no longer has a pu-pu platter at QB.
7. Vincent Jackson, Chargers: He was projected as a top-7 or top-8 wideout before last season's holdout.
8. DeSean Jackson, Eagles: Like LeSean McCoy, he needs a healthy Mike Vick to max out his production.
9. Reggie Wayne, Colts: He's 32 and Peyton Manning has that neck injury. Those are big question marks.
10. Mike Wallace, Steelers: Is he more than just a very good deep threat?
11. Miles Austin, Cowboys: I thought he was overrated last year. This season, he is undervalued.
12. Marques Colston, Saints: A solid, consistent option, Colston is good for 1,000 yards and seven TDs.
13. Brandon Marshall, Dolphins: If Miami had traded for Kyle Orton, Marshall would have made my top 10.
14. Mike Williams, Buccaneers: It will be interesting to see how Tampa's young offensive players progress.
15. Dwayne Bowe, Chiefs: I'm betting that his 15 touchdowns last season were an anomaly.
16. Sidney Rice, Seahawks: It's worth noting that Rice signed in Seattle after QB Tarvaris Jackson did.
17. Anquan Boldin, Ravens: Jamison Hensley said Boldin will get 90 catches. Who am I to question Jamison?
18. Brandon Lloyd, Broncos: See Bowe, Dwayne and apply it to all of Lloyd's fantasy numbers from 2010.
19. Santonio Holmes, Jets: Great receiver, but he's stuck with Mark Sanchez and a run-heavy offense.
20. Dez Bryant, Cowboys: Bryant and Austin will benefit from having a healthy Tony Romo under center.
21. Wes Welker, Patriots: His numbers took a dive in 2010. Was it because of the knee or something else?
22. Stevie Johnson, Bills: He is the unquestioned No. 1 receiver now that Lee Evans is in Baltimore.
23. Jeremy Maclin, Eagles: This "mystery illness" that knocked Maclin out of training camp is concerning.
24. Kenny Britt, Titans: I'm not wasting a pick hoping this troubled talent will pan out, but you can if you want.
25. Chad Ochocinco, Patriots: He'll be focused, but don't expect a Randy Moss-like renaissance.
26. Percy Harvin, Vikings: How will he fare as Minnesota's top target? Will he click with Donovan McNabb?
27. Austin Collie, Colts: This guy was on a tear last season until concussions knocked him out of the lineup.
28. Steve Smith, Panthers: Playing with Cam Newton should mean a somewhat productive season for Smith.
29. Mike Sims-Walker, Rams: He's like kryptonite for me, but I'm intrigued now that he's with Sam Bradford.
30. Mario Manningham, Giants: He had 944 receiving yards and nine scores in 2010. Now he's a starter.
If you really want to draft a rookie…
Go with A.J. Green, who is head and shoulders the top receiver on the Bengals' roster right now.
Three wide receivers with sleeper potential…
1. Roy Williams: I know, I know, it's Roy Williams. But it's also a Mike Martz offense.
2. Sidney Rice: If he plays like the receiver we saw in 2009, he will be a steal.
3. Jordy Nelson: Will he build on his strong Super Bowl run with the Packers?
Three wide receivers I'd draft with caution…
1. Hines Ward: Turn off the lights and lock the doors. It's over, at least in terms of his fantasy value.
2. Kenny Britt: He's on Roger Goodell's hit list, and he hasn't come close to playing up to his potential.
3. Santana Moss: John Beck. Rex Grossman. John Beck. Rex Grossman. John Beck. Rex Grossman.
(For my quarterback rankings, released on Monday, click this link. You can find the running backs right here.)
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FAIRBANKS (AP) — The University of Alaska Fairbanks' grand experiment in sustainable student housing has officially begun.
UAF unveiled its newest housing development, the Sustainable Village, on Oct. 3. Unlike the generic dorms scattered across most campuses, the units form a living research project that supporters say could reshape construction techniques in the north.
In terms of student housing, the development is barely a blip among the hundreds of units offered on campus — the four buildings house just 17 students. But the Sustainable Village, built amid a spruce forest in cooperation with the neighboring Cold Climate Housing Research Center, will be watched closely in the years ahead as a model for efficient cold-weather construction.
"This is an example of what's possible — just a small one," CCHRC President Jack Hebert told the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner.
Using a combination of student suggestions, proven techniques and experimental design, the development was erected in just five months. It emphasized sustainability, with little heavy equipment used. Even the trees on the site were chipped to be used on the pathways between buildings.
The units are each warmed with a 17,000 Btu furnace, the same as the type used to heat the cabs of long-haul trucks. Without any other heat sources, the super-insulated buildings could be heated with an estimated 200 gallons or less of heating fuel per year.
Each building will have supplementary systems to provide an added boost — hydronic pumps, solar heat, pellet stoves or a ceramic storage device.
With tight, hyper-insulated homes, inadequate ventilation is often the main problem. To address that, Hebert said, designers tied the heating and ventilation systems together — it's impossible to heat the home without proper air movement.
"It's like a nice, thick parka, and it's zipped all the way up, all the baffles are filled," Hebert said.
To see how the units perform, each unit is being wired with monitoring equipment. Students also are assigned tasks such as keeping track of water and energy usage.
The units are built on marginal permafrost at an average temperature of 31 degrees. Keeping that ground frozen is a primary goal, using two different types of foundations. One unit even has a system to circulate cold air beneath the house to keep the ground frozen.
"We've tried a number of things here," UAF Chancellor Brian Rogers said. "We'll see what works — it is an experiment."
The project has thus far been cost-effective, finishing on time and under budget. At about $200,000 per building — not including land and monitoring equipment that will gauge its performance — the units are expected to be paid off entirely through student rent. Rogers said it's the lowest per-bed cost of any University of Alaska housing project in many years.
"The project will support itself," Hebert said.
He said it also could provide a recipe for Alaska construction techniques. The Sustainable Village homes were each designed so their components can fit into a DC-6 cargo plane, providing a possible recipe for rural construction.
Laura McCollough, the UAF director of residence life, said the $700 per student monthly rents in the Sustainable Village are comparable to other on-campus private room housing. She said the units drew solid interest, with a waiting list of applicants pursuing one of the rooms located south of the UAF main campus.
"I've always been interested in sustainable living, and this just seemed like a cool opportunity," said Lex Treinen, a graduate student in Northern Studies who lives in Spruce House.
CCHRC officials plan to spend the next year evaluating the performance of the Sustainable Village units before embarking on the next phase in 2014. Depending on what succeeds and fails in the first phase, the next four buildings could end up being considerably different, Hebert said.
"We're very much looking at the economics of these systems to see how they work," he said.


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Cooliris, maker of the photo-browsing app of the same name, is getting into the messaging business today with the launch of a new app called BeamIt.
When co-founder and CEO Soujanya Bhumkar gave me a demo of the app earlier this week, he argued that there's room for another messaging app, largely because popular messaging tools like the recently acquired WhatsApp are designed more as utilities.
Sure, those apps are fine for communicating with your friends and family, but in Bhumkar's view, they don't provide great experiences. By way of analogy, he said that BeamIt offers an improved experience in the same way that Flipboard improved on RSS readers. (Flipboard, like Cooliris, is backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers — though in its various permutations, Cooliris has actually been around longer.)
On a basic level, using BeamIt will seem similar to other apps. You can create groups, then share messages and photos within those groups. However, Bhumkar pointed out several features and little touches that could make it stand out.
For one thing, photos are shared at full resolution rather than the shrunk-down version that you usually see elsewhere. Bhumkar said that while other apps have treated "beauty and speed as a zero sum game,",BeamIt can offer both, thanks to dataflow and data binding technology, allowing for "prioritization of data and pixels" as well as "pushing the relevant data on demand."
The app also makes it easy to share and browse large groups of photos, to comment on individual pieces of content (instead of having to say, "Hey, I really liked that photo of the thing you shared two days ago"), and to share those individual pieces with other groups. Via email and mobile web, you can also share with people who aren't BeamIt users.
Cooliris has also created a full offline experience. While offline, not only can you browse the photos and messages that have been downloaded to your device, but you can also upload and comment on photos, and the app will automatically sync once it's online again. Bhumkar said that can be particularly important in markets like China and India where the company says it has seen significant growth, and where users are more sensitive to data costs.
Bhumkar added the company decided to pursue messaging after seeing the popularity of the similar features in its existing app. Ultimately, he said it made more sense to build an app that really focused on messaging, rather than trying to add more and more of this functionality in an app that was really built for media browsing. Existing Cooliris groups and conversations, meanwhile, will be automatically migrated to BeamIt.
BeamIt is launching on iOS today, with plans for web and Android versions to follow. The app is free, with Cooliris planning to offer a premium subscription for additional features later on.
BeamIt by Cooliris: Introducing Visual Messaging from Cooliris Team on Vimeo.


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The Physical Science component of Alaska EPSCoR Phase III focused on permafrost, in particular permafrost-ecosystem interactions, ground ice formations, and construction methods for building on permafrost.
One major research goal was to quantify the direct and indirect ways in which a changing arctic ecosystem influences permafrost extent. EPSCoR physical scientists determined that outside factors – namely groundwater, vegetation and soil – can have a more significant effect on permafrost extent than air temperature. For example, they found that groundwater can raise permafrost temperatures by up to 12 degrees Celsius, while insulation by soil and vegetation can reduce temperatures by up to 8 degrees Celsius – both higher numbers than the 5-degree rise in air temperature anticipated by many climate models.
Members of the physical science component also:
- Discovered glacial ice on the Arctic coastal plain, a find which has rewritten the recent geologic history of the area
- Developed a new permafrost map of Alaska, the first since 1965
- Modeled frost heaves and explored techniques to build roads and bridges on unstable permafrost and in earthquake areas
- Created Permafrost Watch (www.permafrostwatch.org), a web site which combines remote sensing, ground measurements, and climate modeling to create both retrospective and predictive models of permafrost extent and related phenomena
- Designed a predictive map of Alaskan permafrost extent through 2100 and a 'hindcast' model of historic permafrost in Interior Alaska stretching back a millennium
- Built a statewide permafrost monitoring network along a north-south transect
- Held an international workshop on "Permafrost and Sustainable Development of Northern Communities"
Permafrost studies were augmented in 2010-12 through the introduction of the "Human-Hydrological Systems" theme. The theme encompassed permafrost study but broadened its scope to include interrelated changes to climate, permafrost, and hydrology, the feedbacks which link them together, and the societal implications of a changing water regime.


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Seymour Martin Lipset
Seymour Martin Lipset (March 18, 1922 - December 31, 2006) was a leading American political scientist and sociologist. Originally a socialist and then (by 1950) a liberal, he became a neoconservative in the 1970s, promoting democracy and capitalism around the world and fighting campus radicals,.
Lipset had the vision to frame big enduring socially and theoretically meaningful questions (across societies and history), and the dogged determination to pursue each question over the decades, He used historical and comparative international material and followed the questions not the method. The result was fresh insights, and a great deal of repetition. He emphasized the middle range, as opposed to microscopic topics or broad theory. He had an abiding interest in democracy, stratification, Canada and America. He shared the Enlightenment faith in a positivist social science that could provide answers and be used for social betterment.
His major work was in the fields of comparative politics, Canadian studies, political sociology, trade union organization, social stratification, public opinion, and the sociology of intellectual life. He also wrote extensively about the conditions for democracy in comparative perspective. His conservatism was reflected in his emphasis on the positive and distinctive aspects of American society.
Early life
Lipset was born in New York City, the son of Russian Jewish immigrants. His father, Max Lipset, was a typographer and had been one in Russia; as a member of the Kiev typographer's union, who once met Stalin. "I remember that he was different from the other Bolsheviks," said Max. "The others would come and talk about Marxist theory and the revolution. Stalin spoke about organization, efficiency and money."[1] He grew up in the Bronx among Irish, Italian and Jewish youth. "I was in that atmosphere where there was a lot of political talk," Lipset recalled, "but you never heard of Democrats or Republicans; the question was communists, socialists, Trotskyists, or anarchists. It was all sorts of different left wing groups." Seymour was active in the Young People's Socialist League, an organization of young Trotskyists.[2]
He graduated from City College of New York, where he was an anti-Stalinist leftist and later became national chairman of the Young People's Socialist League. He left the Socialist Party in 1960 and described himself as a centrist.
Lipset received a doctorate in sociology from Columbia University in 1949. He was the Caroline S.G. Munro Professor of Political Science and Sociology at Stanford University (1975–1990) and the George D. Markham Professor of Government and Sociology at Harvard University. He also taught at Columbia University, the University of California, Berkeley, and George Mason University, and had an appointment at the Hoover Institution.
Lipset received the MacIver Prize for Political Man and the Gunnar Myrdal Prize for The Politics of Unreason. His book The First New Nation was a finalist for the National Book Award. He was also awarded the Townsend Harris and Margaret Byrd Dawson Medals for significant achievement, the Northern Telecom-International Council for Canadian Studies Gold Medal, and the Leon Epstein Prize in Comparative Politics by the American Political Science Association. He has received the Marshall Sklare Award for distinction in Jewish studies. In 1997, he was awarded the Helen Dinnerman Prize by the World Association for Public Opinion Research.
Lipset was a member of the National Academy of Sciences. He was the only person to have been president of both the American Sociological Association (1992–93) and the American Political Science Association (1979–80). He also served as the president of the International Society of Political Psychology, the Sociological Research Association, the World Association for Public Opinion Research, and the Society for Comparative Research. He was also the president of the Paul F. Lazarsfeld Society in Vienna.
Lipset was active in public affairs on a national non-partisan level. He was a director of the United States Institute of Peace. He has been a board member of the Albert Shanker Institute, a member of the U.S. Board of Foreign Scholarships, co-chair of the Committee for Labor Law Reform, co-chair of the Committee for an Effective UNESCO, and consultant to the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Humanities Institute, the National Endowment for Democracy, and the American Jewish Committee.
He was president of the American Professors for Peace in the Middle East, chair of the National B'nai B'rith Hillel Commission and the Faculty Advisory Cabinet of the United Jewish Appeal, and co-chair of the Executive Committee of the International Center for Peace in the Middle East. He worked for years on seeking solution for the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. This was part of his larger project of researching what factor allow societies to sustain stable and peaceful democracies. His work focused on the preconditions to democracy—especially high socioeconomic development and the consequences of democracy for peace.[3]
Lipset's first wife, Elsie, died in 1987. With her, he had three children: David, Daniel, and Cici. He is survived by his second wife, Sydnee, whom he married in 1990.
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About Lipset
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- Velasco, Jesus G. "Seymour Martin Lipset: Life and Work." Canadian Journal of Sociology. 29#4 (2004) pp 583+. online edition
External links
- Biography at the Hoover Institution.
- Obituary in the Washington Post.
- Obituary in the Jerusalem Post.
- [1]"Metta Spencer, "Lipset's Gift to Peace Workers: On Getting and Keeping Democracy." Peace Magazine, April 2007


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A day after reports of his DUI arrest became public, quarterback Josh Portis was waived by the Seattle Seahawks.
Portis, who took part in Monday's organized team activities, was in his second stint with the Seahawks, competing for the backup job with Brady Quinn and Jerrod Johnson. Portis signed with Seattle as an undrafted rookie in 2011 and spent that season on the 53-man roster. He spent part of last season on Seattle's practice squad before being released in November.
Portis was re-signed by Seattle in April following the trade that sent backup quarterback Matt Flynn to Oakland. Even without his recent arrest, Portis likely would have had a tough time beating out either the veteran Quinn or Johnson, who impressed the coaching staff at the Seahawks' rookie minicamp earlier this month.
So while Portis' legal troubles no doubt expedited the process, he was far from a sure thing to make the team come September.
Portis was arrested on May 5 for suspicion of driving under the influence after being pulled over for speeding on I-90. He is scheduled to be arraigned in King County District Court on May 28.
News of Portis' arrest came just days after the NFL announced that the Seahawks' 2012 first-round pick, Bruce Irvin, has been suspended four games for violating the league's policy on performance-enhancing drugs. And if you're wondering why Portis is getting the axe while Pete Carroll said the Seahawks plan to support Irvin, there are a couple of answers. For starters, like it or not, not all players are treated equally, and a team might view a star who has gotten into trouble as being worth the headache, while a third-stringer who may not make the team anyway, fair or not, might not get as long a leash.
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Deliberations for who will win the 2012 Nobel Prize for Literature will shortly be under way. With an impressive lineup of entries to choose from, there can be no surefire bet for who will take this coveted award. That's because currently the odds are only at 5/1 for the win.
Yes, not satisfied with the profits from gambling on sports, bookies have found a way to hedge bets on prestigious literary awards. Ladbrokes, a British betting enterprise dating back to 1886, offers odds for the 2012 Man Booker Prize and the Nobel Prize for Literature, among others.
Fancy a gamble? Here are the frontrunners as they stand now:
Haruki Murakami 5/1
Bob Dylan 10/1
Mo Yan 12/1
Cees Nooteboom 12/1
Ismail Kadare 14/1
Adonis 14/1
Ko Un 14/1
Murakami has a clear lead with far safer odds than his fellow nominees. His most recent work, IQ84, was translated from Japanese in 2011, and has received high acclaim from both critics and readers.
Bob Dylan is slightly more out of place this high in the list. Though his chances may appear strong, they're deceived by his popularity. Those placing bets are more likely to choose a name that's familiar to them. Gamblers loyal to him placed £100-plus bets that shot him up the list, from 100/1 to 10/1, bounding past far better respected writers Tom Stoppard and Cormac McCarthy (both 16/1). Ladbrokes' spokesman Alex Donohue puts Dylan's chances rather bluntly,
We're happy to 'fill the satchel' in bookmaking terms as we expect the Dylan backers to part with their cash again this year.
And if that doesn't seal his fate for you, perhaps Swedish nobel panel member Horace Engdahl's "professed hostility for 'parochial' American writing" will–alongside MA Orthofer's sound advice:
If you know anyone who has actually generously donated money to Ladbrokes by 'betting' on him please try to get them professional help, either from a psychiatrist or an accountant.
Yes, I think that says it all; no Nobel for Dylan this year folks.
If you can't put a face to the names in the 3rd and 4th spots, it might be because they're newcomers to the Nobel scene. Mo Yan is a subversive author, once described by a TIME article as "one of the most famous, oft-banned and widely pirated of all Chinese writers." Nooteboom, a Dutch writer, enters the longlist for the first time in his extensive career, having published his first novel in 1955 at the age of 22. 46 of this year's 210 nominees are first-time candidates for the prize.
Notable writers from further down the list include Philip Roth (16/1), Joyce Carol Oates (33/1), Ian McEwan (50/1), Margaret Atwood (50/1), Salman Rushdie (66/1), Ursula LeGuin (66/1), and–winner of the 2011 Man Booker Prize for The Sense of an Ending—Julian Barnes (66/1).
So how accurate are the odds? Last year the winner of the prize, Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer, was given 9/2 odds, behind the favorite to win, Adonis, a Syrian poet who still ranks high on the list this year at 14/1. Therefore, Murakami isn't a completely safe bet, but his chances are looking rather strong.
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There are two special tracks on the CD that I did to pay tribute to two people who have influenced me. Track 11 is called Satching with the Alien and is a tribute to my old guitar teacher you may have heard of before, Joe Satriani. The other is track 12, The Power and the Glory which is a tribute to Yngwie Malmsteen since he showed me how I could combine my classical music training with hard rock guitar.
This was a fun album to record and I think I'm getting better at playing all the instruments myself. There is more cohesiveness on this album than my last from three years ago and I like the fact that everything has clicked into place. While it might be another three years before my next album those of you who don't know me know that I also compose and perform classical music. If you go to iTunes and drop my name into the search engine you'll find a few more of my older albums there that have a bit of a Danny Elfman nod to them. Not Oingo Boingo Danny Elfman, but more Beetlejuice Danny Elfman.
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Tournament Selection, Seeding, Placement, and Bracketology by SavageDragon
By now many of you know the ins-and-outs of bracketology as far as hockey goes. However, as the Notre Dame hockey bandwagon continues to gather steam, I'd like to take a moment just sittin' right there, to tell you how I became the prince ... er ... wait, I'd like to take a moment to describe the process in some detail.
I'll also provide an example in a reply to this that will serve as a template for reading future bracketology predictions that DiDi, Mr.W, and I (and others) enjoy doing passing the days until the field is actually announced. This is handy to read through and get an even better sense of exactly what types of accommodations have to (and don't have to, but may) be made in filling the bracket.
Yes, there are other resources out there, and they're quite good. Jason Moy over at USCHO as well as their FAQs provide excellent primers on the subject. But by recreating them in message board format here, I figure that it's more easily approachable for questions from those posters going through this for the first time (or going through it for the Nth time but also often confused by the process).
Tournament Selection
There are 16 teams in the tournament. Each conference receives an autobid, given to its tournament champion, and the remaining teams are filled by the highest ranked non-autobid selections as ranked by the Pairwise. The Pairwise is a measure using RPI, games against common opponents, and head-to-head matchups, to do an all-pairs ranking of all teams in college hockey.
In order to make the tournament, you must be a conference autobid winner, or you must be in the remaining available places and have a record above .500. You must also not be on probation or in the process of reclassifying to division 1 status, but that isn't a factor this season.
Generally, the top 15 in the Pairwise make it along with the autobid from AtlanticHockey (who often doesn't have anyone in the top 16). Though clearly it can happen that a non-top-15 team wins the conference tournament from a major conference, in which case that costs one of the "bubble" (13-15) teams a spot. As of right now, the conference leaders in the AHA are not in the top 16 (Mercyhurst, Bentley are hanging out in the 30s), so there are only 15 available spots in the tournament and only 10 available at-large bids.
Tournament Seeding
The first thing that happens is that the 16 teams are placed into four bands, based on overall rank in the PWR: #1-#4 are in band 1, #5-#8 are in band 2, #9-#12 are in band 3, and #13-#16 are in band 4.
NB: I usually use the convention "1-seed, 2-seed, 3-seed, 4-seed" for what the NCAA calls "bands". I use the convention #1, #2, ... #16 for the overall seeding.
Initial Tournament Placement
There are four regionals. For 2014 they are:
-- East: Bridgeport, CT hosted by Yale.
-- Northeast: Worcester, MA hosted by Holy Cross.
-- Midwest: Cincinnati, OH hosted by μ.
-- West: Saint Paul, MN hosted by Minnesota.
For each band, if any team is the host of a regional, those teams get placed first regardless of bracket integrity. This year there will almost certainly be at least one, as the Gophers are #1 in the PWR. Yale is #19, and the other two hosts are sub-.500 clubs who would need to win their conference tournaments to get a bid.
However, let me assume for my first discussion below that there are no host teams involved so that the bracket integrity is perfect:
The 1-seeds get placed first:
#1 gets placed in its closest region.
#2 gets placed in its closest available region.
#3 gets placed in its closest available region.
#4 gets placed in the remaining region.
The 2-seeds get placed second:
#5 gets placed in #4's region
#6 gets placed in #3's region
#7 gets placed in #2's region
#8 gets placed in #1's region
The 3-seeds get placed third:
#9 gets placed in #1's region to play #8
#10 gets placed in #2's region to play #7
#11 gets placed in #3's region to play #6
#12 gets placed in #4's region to play #5
Finally the 4-seeds get placed:
#13 gets placed in #4's region
#14 gets placed in #3's region
#15 gets placed in #2's region
#16 gets placed in #1's region
Scrutinized Tournament Placement
Now we have
From here we examine these eight first round games.
-- Are there any conference matchups in the first round? If so, can we swap teams within the same band in order to avoid this -- for example, swapping the #14 with the #13 to avoid having #3 and #14 from the same conference play each other. If so, do so.
-- Are the higher 1-seeds playing in unfavorable locales? If so, change them if the committee feels it necessary. At some point this is unavoidable that one of the top seeds will be in the same bracket with a host team. However, it is undesirable to have the #1 or #2 overall seed playing a true road game, and especially undesirable if that is against a team known to host a tremendous home ice advantage. The concern is greatest in the first round, but may be considered for the regional in general. This is likely irrelevant in 2014, as the only host will be a 1-seed.
-- Are there significant travel or attendance exploitations that can be done with a simple within-band swap?
In 2014, this doesn't seem that likely, simply because Minnesota will be a huge draw at home, BC will be strong in Worcester, and other perennial large draws would be draws in those same locations. That said, there are a few things that could be interesting on a more minor scale: trying to prop up Cincinnati (Wisconsin, Michigan, Notre Dame might be considered "local" enough to merit finagling them into a spot), and trying to prop up Bridgeport if Yale doesn't make it in (perhaps Quinnipiac, Providence, or UML)