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Review of the Formaldehyde Assessment in the National Toxicology Program 12th Report on Carcinogens
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Dr. Alfred O. Berg
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University of Washington School of Medicine
Alfred O. Berg (Chair) is a professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Washington. His research interests are centered around evidence-based research and policy in family medicine, including the development and use of clinical practice guidelines as practice and teaching tools. Dr. Berg has served on many national expert panels using evidence-based methods to guide practice and policy, including chair of the United States Preventive Services Task Force, co-chair of the Otitis Media Panel convened by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, chair of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Sexually Transmitted Disease Treatment Guidelines Panel, and member of the American Medical Association/CDC panel producing Guidelines for Adolescent Preventive Services. He currently chairs the CDC Panel on Evaluation of Genomic Applications in Practice and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health State-of-the-Science Conference on Family History and Improving Health. Dr. Berg is a member of the Institute of Medicine and has served as a member and chair of several National Academies committees. He is currently a member of the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education and the Committee on the Assessment of Studies of Health Outcomes Related to the Recommended Childhood Immunization Schedule. Dr. Berg earned an MD from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
Dr. Patrick A. Zweidler-McKay
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Ctr
Patrick Zweidler-McKay is Section Chief for Pediatric Leukemia and Lymphoma and an associate professor in the Division of Pediatrics at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. His interests are in developing targeted therapies for children with leukemias and neuroblastoma and his research laboratory is directed at understanding the critical pathways that contribute to leukemia and neuroblastoma. Clinically, he specializes in treating children with particularly difficult or relapsed forms of leukemia and lymphoma, such as infant acute lymphoblastic leukemia and T-cell leukemia/lymphoma. Dr. Zweidler-McKay has previously served as a member of the National Research Committee to Review the Draft IRIS Assessment on Formaldehyde. Dr. Zweidler-McKay earned a PhD in molecular biology and genetics and an MD from Temple University.
Dr. David Kriebel
University of Massachusetts
David Kriebel is a professor and chair of the Department of Work Environment at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. He is also co-director of the Lowell Center for Sustainable Production. Dr. Kriebel?s research focuses on the epidemiology of occupational injuries, cancer, and non-malignant respiratory disease. He has published on various aspects of epidemiologic methods, particularly on the use of quantitative exposure data in epidemiology. He has been active in developing dosimetric models to better understand the effects of aerosols on the lungs. He teaches introductory and advanced courses in epidemiology, risk assessment, and research synthesis. Dr. Kriebel has served on several National Academies committees, including the Committee on Beryllium Alloy Exposures and the Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides. Dr. Kriebel received an ScD in epidemiology from Harvard School of Public Health.
Dr. Ivan Rusyn
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ivan Rusyn is a professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering in the School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill. He directs the Laboratory of Environmental Genomics and the Carolina Center for Computational Toxicology in the Gillings School of Global Public Health at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a member of the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Center for Environmental Health and Susceptibility, the Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, and the Carolina Center for Genome Sciences. Dr. Rusyn's laboratory focuses on the mechanisms of action of environmental toxicants, the genetic determinants of the susceptibility to toxicant-induced injury, and computational toxicology. He has served on several National Research Council committees and is currently a member of the Committee on Use of Emerging Science for Environmental Health Decisions and the Committee on Toxicology. Dr. Rusyn received his MD from Ukrainian State Medical University in Kiev and his PhD in toxicology from UNC-Chapel Hill.
Dr. Kent E. Pinkerton
University of California, Davis
Kent E. Pinkerton is a professor in the Department of Pediatrics in the School of Medicine and the Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Cell Biology in the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California, Davis. He also serves as director of the university's Center for Health and the Environment. His research interests focus on the health effects of environmental air pollutants on lung structure and function, the interaction of gases and airborne particles within specific sites and cell populations of the lungs in acute and chronic lung injury, and the effects of environmental tobacco smoke on lung growth and development. Dr. Pinkerton has served as a member of the National Research Council Committee on Estimating Mortality Risk Reduction Benefits from Decreasing Tropospheric Ozone Exposure and the Committee for Review of the Army?s Enhanced Particulate Matter Surveillance Project Report. Dr. Pinkerton received a PhD in pathology from Duke University.
Dr. John B. Morris
University of Connecticut
John B. Morris is the Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor, a professor of pharmacology and toxicology, and Assistant Dean for Research in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy. His research focuses on toxicity of inhaled irritant vapors, irritants and asthma, regional uptake and metabolism of inspired vapors, physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling, and risk assessment. Dr. Morris has served on the editorial boards for Toxicological Sciences and Inhalation Toxicology and on advisory panels for the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the Department of Energy. He has also served as a member of the National Research Council Committee on Emergency and Continuous Exposure Guidance Levels for Selected Submarine Contaminants. Dr. Morris earned a PhD in toxicology from the University of Rochester.
Dr. Meir Wetzler
State University of New York
Meir Wetzler is chief of the Division of Leukemia in the Department of Medicine at Roswell Park Cancer Institute, professor of medicine in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in the State University of New York at Buffalo, and assistant research professor in the Department of Immunology in the Roswell Park Graduate Division State University of New York at Buffalo. Dr. Wetzler?s research interests focus on the role of signal transducer and activation of transcription in leukemogenesis; the cellular and humoral immune response to leukemic-associated antigens; and cytogenetics in acute myeloid leukemia and acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Dr. Wetzler earned an MD from the Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel.
Dr. A. Jay Gandolfi
University of Arizona
A. Jay Gandolfi recently completed a position as Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies at the University of Arizona and is now a professor emeritus. His research interests include the molecular and cellular mechanisms of toxicity. His most recent studies have concentrated on the use of in vitro systems to evaluate cell specific injury, including the effects of low-level metal exposure on cell signaling and gene expression and the development of in vitro models to reflect in vivo toxicity. Tissues of interest are the liver, kidney, bladder, and prostate. Dr. Gandolfi earned a PhD in biochemistry and biophysics at Oregon State University.
Dr. Toshihiro Shioda
Massachusetts General Hospital Cander Center
Toshihiro Shioda is an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and director of the Molecular Profiling Laboratory at Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center. Dr. Shioda?s research focuses on the way in which toxic substances in the environment affect the regulation of gene function in the mammalian cells, including stem cells and germ cells. That work has included the use of cutting-edge technologies of genome analysis to determine how environmental endocrine disruptors and other toxins act at the molecular level to disrupt genetic and epigenetic programming in human and mouse cells in live bodies and cell cultures. His laboratory is also exploring the molecular mechanisms of breast cancer resistance to certain anti-estrogen therapies. Dr. Shioda received his MD license in Japan and earned a PhD in biochemistry from Hiroshima University Graduate School of Medicine.
Dr. John C. Bailar, III
The University of Chicago
John C. Bailar III is an emeritus professor of the University of Chicago. His research interests have included trends in cancer, assessing health risks, such as the risks of new chemicals, and misconduct in science. His areas of expertise include statistics, biostatistics, epidemiology, and environmental and occupational hazards. Dr. Bailar worked at the National Cancer Institute for 22 years, and he has held academic appointments at Harvard University, McGill University, and the University of Chicago. For 11 years, he was the statistical consultant and a member of the editorial board for The New England Journal of Medicine. He was a MacArthur Fellow from 1990 to 1995, and was elected to both the Institute of Medicine and the International Statistical Institute. Dr. Bailar has served as a member and as chair of many National Academies committees. His most recent committee work has included participation in the Committee on the Analysis of Cancer Risks in Populations Near Nuclear Facilities ? Phase I and the Committee to Review Possible Toxic Effects from Past Environmental Containment at Fort Detrick. Dr. Bailar earned an MD from Yale and a PhD in statistics from American University.
Dr. Thomas J. Smith
Harvard School of Public Health
Thomas J. Smith is a professor emeritus at the Harvard School of Public Health. His research interests are in the characterization of environmental and occupational exposures for studies of health effects and the investigation of the relationship between environmental exposure and internal dose. He has developed a toxicokinetic modeling approach for designing exposure evaluations for epidemiologic studies. He is currently using the approach in a cohort study of lung cancer mortality in the United States trucking industry where workers are exposed to diesel exhaust. Dr. Smith is also involved in an exposure study of human metabolism of 1,3-butadiene. He has served as a member of the National Research Council Committee on Human Health Risks of Trichloroethylene and the Panel on Monitoring and the Institute of Medicine Committee on the Assessment of Wartime Exposure to Herbicides in Vietnam. Dr. Smith received a PhD in chemistry and environmental health from the University of Minnesota.
Dr. Lauren Zeise
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment California Environmental Protection Agency
Lauren Zeise is Deputy Director for Scientific Affairs for the California Environmental Protection Agency?s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA). Dr. Zeise oversees the department?s scientific activities, which include the development of risk assessments, hazard evaluations, toxicity reviews, cumulative impacts analyses, frameworks and methodologies for assessing toxicity and cumulative impact, and the department?s activities in the California Environmental Contaminant Biomonitoring Program. Dr. Zeise was the 2008 recipient of the Society of Risk Analysis?s Outstanding Practitioners Award. She has served on advisory boards and committees of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Office of Technology Assessment, the World Health Organization, and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Dr. Zeise has served on numerous National Research Council and Institute of Medicine committees. She is currently a member of the Committee on Use of Emerging Science for Environmental Health Decisions and the Committee on Sustainability Linkages in the Federal Government. Dr. Zeise received a PhD in environmental sciences from Harvard University.


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I don't know if this is the right forum (edit as necessary, Grendel), but I received this unbelievably sad link about Dean Young this morning, and I'm passing it along to those who might not know. Basically, he needs a heart transplant, and the link offers a way to help.
At Iowa, I sat in on some poetry seminars with Dean, and he was a really smart, really cool guy. He lived in that crazy Victorian house, and I'm pretty sure he was more or less a hero to some of the poets who followed him from Chicago.
I had no idea about his condition, and I wish him all the best, as I'm sure everyone who knows him does.

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For example, if you have an extension for a downstairs bedroom, this will increase the size of your property and you may have to pay more Council Tax. However, if the room has been built because of your disability, you can get your new higher rate of Council Tax reduced, so you pay the same as before.
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Chamber Orchestra Spring Concert Sunday Eve• April 18, 2013 Share:
The Wabash College Chamber Orchestra will present a spring concert at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, April 21, in Salter Hall in the Fine Arts Center.
The orchestra opens with a performance of Les Preludes, a symphonic poem by Franz Liszt. Liszt is remembered primarily for his contribution to piano virtuosity, both through his own performances and a host of students. He was a veritable titan of the keyboard, and it was said of him that once having read a piece for the first time, no subsequent performance of his was limited by the musical notations of its composer. He would instead amuse himself by converting a simple melody into double octaves or tenths, and all compositions became a sort of springboard for his own improvisatory brilliance. His sight reading was astounding: He regularly read full symphony scores at sight, converting all transposing instrumental lines into a single coherent rendition for piano two-hands, all performed with the utmost ease and fluency.
WCCO closes with Beethoven's Symphony # 3 in Eb Major "The Eroica." One of the staples of the classical repertoire, this colossal work was originally dedicated to Napoleon Buonaparte. Beethoven was enchanted with the idea that this man of destiny would bring democratic values to a world long dominated by royalty. Beethoven himself felt keenly the irony of performing music, which he knew to be divinely inspired, for a society of princes, dukes and potentates who fancied themselves to be of divine origin. He chafed under the social restrictions that his common birth enjoined upon him. When Napoleon effectively renounced all democratic pretensions by declaring himself emperor, Beethoven tore up the dedicatory page of his symphony in a fit of outrage. But the work itself remains a testament to the ideal hero: a thrilling first movement; a monumental and profound second movement in the form of Marche Funebre (funeral march), which transcends the genre in every respect, with multiple fugues and an almost programmatic description of the final hours of a man's life on earth; a lively scherzo; and a fourth movement that is a daring theme and variations, replete with innovations of form and structure.
Under the direction of Alfred Abel, the orchestra has performed works by a wide variety of composers from the 16th to the 20th century including not only great masters like Bach, Bartok, Stravinsky, Beethoven, Brahms, Ravel, Vivaldi, Haydn, Handel and Mozart but also composers who are less frequently performed by today's orchestras, including very early composers such as Rameau, Mouret, Purcell, Byrd and Jenkins.
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The last day of the CQ WW DX CW contest. But nothing of interest to report. Sunday morning was one of those mornings when I didn't seem to fully wake up. It was after 11am before I got into the shack.
My intention was to make some more contest contacts on 10m. Although I don't compete seriously, I usually decide what category I am going to play in - single or multi-band, QRP or Low Power - and stick to it so that if I do make a decent number of contacts I can send an entry in. But this time my effort didn't even justify sending in a check log.
I heard some interesting big gun stations such as in Africa (Gambia, Senegal) but I just could not be heard over the others calling. One Russian station seemed to be following me around and he wasn't having much luck either. It was hard going even with the more run of the mill stations. I felt like I was running QRP. In fact, I've had better results when I did run QRP (such as for the CQ WW WPX back in May, when I used the KX3 ) than I was having this weekend.
It was obviously a mistake to limit myself to 10 metres. Not everyone was having such bad luck as me though. I heard a DX station who wasn't hearing my calls working fellow blogger Tim G4VXE. So much for the magic dipole!
After I broke off for lunch I couldn't be bothered to get back on the air again and so I spent the afternoon listening to a broadcast concert. I will draw a veil over my lamentable effort. (Those who are really interested to see the extent of my embarrassment can take a look at my contact log.)


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does anyhone know when either set is released?
I still haven't heard any updates about the Ghostbusters that were announced, what, last October??
I think you'll find it was June!!!
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Yes, I agree that the packaging will be interesting seeing that you get a Kuby & a piece to the puzzle so to speak.
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On Tuesday, the Lakers waived forward Shawne Williams, but not before he earned $475,334.
The Lakers now have 14 players on the roster, one below the league maximum.
Including three waived players (Chris Duhon, Elias Harris and Williams), the team's total salary this season is $78,934,933. The Lakers will also pay a luxury tax penalty to the league, in the neighborhood of $11.3 million.
Injuries have derailed what was a promising start to the season. At 14-21, the Lakers are paying approximately $90.2 million in payroll and taxes -- for a 13th-place team in the Western Conference.
With Kobe Bryant (knee), Steve Nash (back), Steve Blake (elbow), Jordan Farmar...


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From left: Wendy McCrory Rotz, SU Alumni Association president; Jen Tofts, Joyce Scott Parker, Robert Ward, and President Bill Ruud.
University presents awards at annual event
A series of awards was presented recently as part of Shippensburg University's annual Alumni Days. The awards, presented by the SU Alumni Association, included the Exceptional Service Award, the Humanitarian Award and the Alumni Chapter Award.
Recipients of the Exceptional Service Award are Bill Minsker 68-73M and Robert Ward 77. The annual award from the association is presented to an individual or individuals who through personal effort or involvement have helped the university in a significant and exemplary way. It is the highest volunteer recognition presented by the association.
Minsker, of Linglestown has been a steadfast volunteer at and vocal advocate for the university. He regularly participates with the Admissions Office volunteering at open house events on campus, as well as working at regional high school fairs. He helped coordinate and schedule visits to educational institutions in Poland which helped result in the recent signing of an agreement to begin an exchange program between Shippensburg and the Wroclaw University of Economics.
Minsker volunteers with the Southcentral Pennsylvania Alumni Chapter, attends many regional events and has hosted incoming first-year students and their parents in his home as part of the Freshman Welcome Program. He spends half of the year in Pennsylvania and the other half in Wroclaw where he teaches English at the university.
Ward, of Wilmington, Del., is an avid supporter of the university, in particular the John K. Grove College of Business. During the years, he has shared his professional experience and insights with students in such programs as the Business Career Expo and the Alpha Kappa Psi Etiquette for Success program. He is a member of the college's advisory board and has provided funds for scholarships. He is director of operations at the Delaware Valley Service Center of Computer Aid Inc.
The Alumni Humanitarian Award was presented posthumously to John W. Scott. The award was established in 2003 to honor both an alumnus and a member of the campus community in recognition of his or her direct impact on diversity and cultural experiences of students on campus. Recipients exemplify a commitment to the growth of human understanding, beyond any professional responsibilities, and freely give of their time and effort to support the academic success and retention of multicultural students at Shippensburg University. Receiving the award on his behalf was his sister, Joyce Scott Parker.
Scott, a 1960 graduate, was one of the best basketball players to ever play for Shippensburg and was inducted into the university's athletics Hall of Fame in 1986. After graduation, he taught at Chambersburg High School (where he was the first African American to teach there), in Colombia as a Peace Corps Volunteer, and at Cheyney University. He was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Uruguay during the 1966-67 academic year. He also served as director of bilingual/bicultural growth for the Harrisburg School District and retired from there as the district's director of English as a Second Language. He died in February, 2008.
The Alumni Chapter Award was presented to Jen Tofts of Haddon Heights, N.J. It is given to an alumnus in recognition of his or her direct impact on the success of a particular alumni chapter and its goal to help reconnect alumni with the university as members of active networks within the Shippensburg family.
Tofts, a 1996 graduate, has been an integral member of the Philadelphia Alumni Chapter Planning Committee since its inception in 2002 and has served on the Alumni Association Board of Directors from 2005 to 2009. She is a fourth grade teacher in the Bellmawr School District. According to the nomination form, she is a vocal advocate for the association and an avid participant in its events. She has also served as a alumni admissions representative at college fairs and recruitment events in the New Jersey and Philadelphia regions. In addition, every summer she invites first-year Shippensburg students from her area to her home as part of the Freshman Welcome Program.


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Bed bugs are back!
After an almost 50 year hiatus bed bugs have reappeared with a vengeance.
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I spent the morning of Day 1 at FOSS.in at GNOME project day. I was pretty excited to meet Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay and Runa Bhattacharjee in person finally. 🙂 Sankarshan's encouragement is one of the main reasons I decided to try to submit my talks to FOSS.in (Anne Østergaard's encouragement is another 🙂 ) We started … Continue reading
Hello from Bangalore! Just got back to my lodgings after the first day of FOSS.in! I still have lots of pictures and stuff to upload, but here are a couple of videos I took yesterday of the scenery in Bangalore. I have to say the traffic here is amazing; there doesn't seem to be any … Continue reading


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CRESTVIEW � What local and county officials frequently call "Crestview's economic generator" is on the verge of generating yet more economics for the north county.
The Okaloosa County Commission at its Tuesday morning meeting approved a lease with a Pensacola developer to build a 60,000-square-foot hangar at Bob Sikes Airport.
Dan Gilmore, owner of Rondan CEW LLC, has been interested in building a hangar "on speculation" to rent to future tenants, Airports Deputy Director Mike Stenson said.
"He�s been looking long and hard to build hangars," Stenson said. "He�s a developer. He�s developed communities, residences, subdivisions and that sort of thing. He saw the opportunity with Airbus coming" to Mobile, Ala. The European aircraft consortium plans to open a plant in Mobile that is expected to provide vendor opportunities into Northwest Florida.
Gilmore looked at general aviation airports throughout Northwest Florida, including some in Bay, Escambia, Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties, �but he chose Crestview because of the leadership we have in place and all that we�ve done for the airport," Stenson said.
He reportedly selected Bob Sikes Airport specifically for County Airports Director Greg Donovan, Stenson and Deputy Director Tracy Stage's involvement.
"When I asked around and inquired the first time, you could tell they wanted somebody up there (in Crestview). It's always nice to be wanted. When you want something, you can do things to make sure it gets done," Stenson said.
"He liked that it�s pre-permitted and all the storm water mitigation that�s been done and the taxiways that we enlarged," he said. "It�s an ideal environment for any aerospace company that wants to grow."
The county airports department was tasked with enhancing Bob Sikes' infrastructure over the past five years, obtaining more than $32 million in grant money to resurface the 8,000-foot runway, widen the taxiways, refinish aprons, add runway lighting and install utilities for future growth.
"No taxpayer dollars from the area have been used at all," Stenson said, emphasizing that grants have funded improvements. "We�ve been really aggressive in going aftergrant money. Obviously, it�s paying off. We�ve got everyone looking at it. We have developers wanting to build hangars there."
With a 140,000-square-foot footprint, Gilmore's project near the runway's northwest end will encompass the hangar, an aircraft parking apron, a parking lot for vehicles and administrative offices, Stenson said. The plan was to build the facility and attract a tenant.
"He�s been talking to other aerospace companies," Stenson said. "Once the word got out what he�s doing, his phone�s been ringing off the hook."
In fact, Gilmore said, he's already signed a tenant.
"I can't disclose who it is at this point, but you'll be very proud of him," he said.
The tenant anticipates providing about 150 permanent jobs, Gilmore said. Construction of the hangar will provide jobs for local builders, he said.
"All the employees, all the workers and all the people driving bulldozers and trucks, they'll all be local people," Gilmore said.
Having a tenant has added impetus to get the project moving. Gilmore said he anticipates construction beginning "within 120 days. We're waiting for the weather to get a little bit better."
"We've got to get it built and we've got to get it built quickly," he said.
"It�s great to know all our efforts are paying off," Stenson said. "We�ve worked our tails off to build a world-class industrial airport, and we�re seeing it happen before our eyes.
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This idea has been bouncing around in my head for a while. I'd like to propose an annual contest called
Archaic Code Contest in Common Lisp
I propose that it be held every October. The task for the contest will be released on the first of October and the deadline for entries is the last day of October. The goal of the contest is fun which is achieved by limiting the programming constructs to "Archaic" functions like CAR and CDR and perhaps only lists as data structures.
The first step is to define the allowable Common Lisp data structures, conditionals, iterative functions and access functions. Generally, I think data structures should be limited to lists. Macros should *not* be allowed because then people would just Greenspun "Modern" Common Lisp functions. Simple conditionals like IF are allowed, but I'm not sure COND is "Archaic" enough. What about iteration, should DOLIST be allowed or only recursion? Basically, I want to limit the allowable forms to the bare minimum "Archaic" forms while still enabling interesting problems to be solved. I'm going to do a little more research into what qualifies as an "Archaic" form.
Once we've hashed out what are the allowable forms, we can start discussing the types of problems to pose for the contest. Looking forward to everyone's thoughts. I'll try to collect my thoughts more, incorporating any ideas from responses, and follow this post up in a few days with better defined rules for the contest.


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Mr. Sawyer told the School Committee the proposed budget of $54.28 million will begin to restore staffing levels to provide the quality education the community has come to expect. He said the figure represents a $4.4 million increase over the current fiscal budget, an increase of 8.85 percent.
The proposed budget will restore 21 of the 31 full-time teaching positions that had been cut in previous budget cycles, Mr. Sawyer said. Of the 21 teaching positions, he said seven are at the elementary level, eight are at the middle school level and six are at the high school level.
He added that restoring the positions represents $1.1 million of the total budget increase and would bring down the average classroom size from 29 students to 26 students.
Mr. Sawyer said the current level of funding is not adequate to meet the needs of students, and resources are stretched thin around the district. He said he had the following goals in mind when drafting the budget:
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• Maintain the current educational program
• Restore administrative positions put on hiatus
• Meet state mandates
• Increase response to students' behavioral and mental health needs.
Mr. Sawyer said the budget also takes increased security into account, seeking three fulltime receptionist or "entry monitor" positions. He said he recognizes the challenges in promoting an increased budget, but said he is both "confident" and "optimistic" the community will act to support education.
School Committee members were unanimous in supporting the superintendent's recommendation. School Committee member Jason F. Palitsch said it is a significant first step in signaling to the community that school officials have heard residents' concerns and are taking action to lower class size.
School Committee member John R. Samia said he and his fellow committee members went too far in cutting 31 positions last year.
"This budget is a start," Mr. Samia said. "We have so far to go before we can catch up to where we need to be."
Committee member Sandra M. Fryc said that while the dollar figure seems high, the school district's needs are real. "This isn't a pie-in-the-sky wish list," she said. "We can't keep cutting. We need to move (the educational program) forward."
School Committee Chairman Erin H. Canzano said obtaining support for the budget will be a challenge. She said she looks forward to engaging the community and the other town boards to move the proposed budget forward.
"It's hard because children's futures are intangible," Ms. Canzano said. "We need to advocate this as a substantial investment in our students."


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When I started I was still a relatively new gardener, just beginning to realize I had something to show in pictures and something to share in observations. What fun it has been!
But after 490 posts, I'm ready to move on. When I visit a garden or walk in my own, I am constantly on alert for blog-worthy photos or thinking of what I could say about what I am seeing. I think it's time to just go out and enjoy.
It's time to sign off this blog.
I'll continue blogging on my journal, which is an online diary I have kept for these four years as well. It is just mundane garden tasks, weather reports, complaints, and lots of random ideas for the garden as I think of them. If you still want to see photos of my garden and what I'm doing in it, it's on one of the tabs at the top of this blog.
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I thought that it would be obvious that we would be getting the introduction of more dragon slayers given that a big part of the central plotline is the disappeareance of the dragons (and the subsequent search of the lost dragons by their former disciples). It was only a matter of time, and we will be probably getting more. (or given the current pattern they are power based on the 5 chinese elements and we will only have 2 more)
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Spoiler for 124:
Ya wouldn't surprise me if their was 7 dragons that disappeared, what with all the 7's
|2009-02-24, 14:39
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Mashima has dissapointed me several times with Fairy Tail it has all the makings of being epic only to fail a few steps from reaching it. The Erza arc is a pretty good example of it. It started of well but then it ended up feeling dragged out, several dissapointing fights especially the one Erza had with that sword woman and then the arc ended in a wimper. The Water 7/Robin rescue arc this destroys Erza's arc in every way.
|2009-02-24, 17:00
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And I too agree that the story drags at times like now. Think we're expecting too much from the mangaka?
|2009-02-24, 22:33
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...possibly. Personally, I'm just going to let this guy write the story, because hopefully once we're done with this arc we'll go back to the dragon storyline and the mysterious number 7, and then things should be good... assuming the mangaka writes it well
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ZOMFG! another dragon slayer
Personally, I don't see them winning against Luxus unless Natsu brought with him etherion to consume....
|2009-02-25, 01:03
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Really, DragonBall was much more enjoyable of a series; DBZ was just a huge downward spiral
Really, i think that's been a major failing point for Mashima has been his choice of titles which have been making it painfully obvious what was gonna happen... I mean with a name like "triple dragon" there wasn't exactly many possibilities; espeically when you consider that a third dragon slayer showing up out of no where would have been a serious ass-pull... even the title to the next chapter gives me a pretty good guess at what is going to happen; a guess that i might not be too quick to make if not for the title
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^ and I bet Jubia's a dragon slyaer too..-_-"
I'm extremely disappointed that Luxus is a dragon slayer. Maybe he'll be beaten wimpily by a trick that only works on dragon slayers...I think that'll happen.
|2009-02-25, 04:34
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anyway, "Act of Elf", i'm not sure but from the context of the story, i think Luxus is whipping out something like "Fairy Law" to used against them... if the title of the next chapter is referring to Luxus, then i would go on to say that Luxus will want the spell to target his enemies and then it will be reviled that as much as he screams his anger, deep down he does not identify them as enemies and thus the spell will fail... aww...
i think this is gonna end in a rather anti-climatic fashion at this point
|2009-02-25, 08:02
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Very likely to happen, since Natsu also said "old man" in the previous page, implying it's one of Makarov's spells. Luxus said Rairyuu no hokou so that makes him the thunder dragon. Taking the elemental circle from Rave, Mashima fused "ocean" and "water" and removed "infinity", so we're left with earth/wind/water/light/dark, but since he introduced "iron",having "wood" as its reciprocal is also possible. Now, although having big fights is really fun and all, it wouldn't be so bad to keep the plot flowing-all we got to learn in this chapter is that Luxus is a DS and...yup,that's all. I'm hoping that Makarov will do a final spell to counter Luxus instead of him going all "I've seen the light" AND while he's at it, he could possess Luxus' body and take him out of the picture...
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Doesn't it strike anyone else as odd that Gazille, the Steel Dragon, was sent undercover to infiltrate FairyTail by the rival clan? That feels just so obvious and generic.
I'm seriously hoping that at some point they will explain why Nastu and Gazille couldn't leave the guild at first. It only said that those made of stone and those older then 80 years could leave.
It's also getting a little silly how many people are looking like Gerard in this series. Hiro Mashima must have a real hard on for that design. Now Mist Gun has his face?
I love that this manga is published by DELRAY here in the US. I have almost all the current volumes published here in the States. Which aren't many, honestly. They also publish NEGIMA! and they keep the Japanese honorfics in the translations. It's great how close they keep to the original. I wish they published more of my favorite mangas.
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Interviewed last night on Larry King Live, Washington said he regretted that he did not confront Dempsey the first time he was late to the set, so he challenged him when the actor was late again.
But Dempsey wanted to delay the scene more to wait for Grey's star Ellen Pompeo, who plays Dempsey's love interest, before shooting began.
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The 6-foot-5, 250-pound forward played his junior college basketball at Roane State Community College in Harriman, and was the Tennessee Junior College Player of the Year in 2011-12. He averaged 14 points, seven rebounds and three assists a game, while shooting an impressive 42 percent from beyond the 3-point line in his final season with the Raiders.
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Nesbitt echoed Bartow's assessment of Gadsden-Gilliard, who was also a highly-sought recruit for his football talents coming out of high school.
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Sir Alex Ferguson will have the 3-2 defeat to Spurs in mind as he takes his team to White Hart Lane, a ground he has enjoyed immense success at over the years
Walker, Dawson, Vertonghen, Assou-Ekotto
Parker, Dembele
Lennon, Dempsey, Bale
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Both sides were dealt cruel blows this week as Tottenham look set to miss Sandro for some time after the midfielder underwent surgery on a knee problem picked up in the 0-0 draw at QPR last weekend.
Younes Kaboul remains sidelined with a knee problem while William Gallas (calf) looks set to miss out as well.
For Manchester United, Darren Fletcher has been ruled out for the season following surgery on his ongoing bowel condition.
Nemanja Vidic is expected to return after suffering concussion in the club's 2-1 win over Liverpool, while Jonny Evans has been ruled out of the trip to White Hart Lane after suffering a hamstring injury.
- Despite beating Manchester United 3-2 at Old Trafford in September, Tottenham have not tasted victory over Sir Alex's men in 11 Premier League home games - a run stretching back to 2001.
- The hosts have collected just three points during that barren run. Spurs are 9/1 to beat Manchester United 2-1 with bet365.
- Jermain Defoe (pictured right) is in something of a goal drought, finding the net just once in his last seven league appearances.
- No team has conceded more goals (17) to top eight opposition than Andre Villas-Boas' side.
- Since March 2011, Manchester United have won 22 and drawn five (losing none) of away games in which they have scored.
- Robin van Persie has scored 21 goals in 27 games for United this season. At the same stage last campaign, he had 22 goals to his name.
- Sir Alex's side have scored the most goals away from home (26 in 11 games) than any other team.
- However on the two occasions in which they have failed to score on the road (vs Norwich and Everton) United have lost.


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NEW YORK — The financial crisis has finally caught up with Jamie Dimon.
As leader of
Now, even as other troubled firms are emerging from the wreckage, JPMorgan finds itself increasingly weighed down with the baggage of the crisis and other missteps since. The toll: at least $23 billion the bank has set aside to handle mounting litigation costs.
The bank disclosed that figure Friday along with the firm's first quarterly loss since 2004 and the first under Dimon's watch. The $380-million loss contrasts with a profit of $5.7 billion during the same period a year earlier.
"It's quite a shock," said Erik Oja, a banking analyst at S&P Capital IQ. "They didn't lose any money at all in the height of the financial crisis. But now, because of the acquisition of Washington Mutual, they are faced with an immense legal bill."
The legacy woes from WaMu — the giant Seattle savings and loan that overdosed on high-risk mortgage lending — account for much of a potential $11-billion settlement JPMorgan has been discussing with the
But the bank's troubles go beyond the WaMu acquisition. The bank also faces steep penalties stemming from Bear Stearns, the ill-fated investment bank it took over in 2008. JPMorgan is now on the hook for junk mortgage investments that Bear packaged and sold to investors.
Other big banks have problems too, including
But despite the sharp drop-off, especially in home refinancing, Wells reported its third-quarter earnings rose 13%, beating Wall Street's expectations. The San Francisco bank is "beautifully positioned" to benefit from an improving economy, Timothy Sloan, Wells Fargo's chief financial officer, said in an interview. The bank has increased earnings in 15 consecutive quarters, Sloan noted.
"As you start to eliminate some of the head winds, the opportunities are huge," he said.
Wells, the largest bank based in California, said it earned $5.6 billion, or 99 cents per share, up from $4.9 billion, or 88 cents, in the third quarter of 2012. Deposit growth was strong and overall loan balances at Wells rose 4%, with growth in commercial and industrial, auto, credit card and foreign lending.
Wells Fargo's crisis-era takeover of
Meanwhile, JPMorgan finds itself in the cross hairs of federal and state civil, regulatory and criminal probes involving last year's "London whale" trading losses, as well as credit card litigation and
Dimon, in a call with analysts, conceded that the bank's reversal of fortune troubled him.
"Obviously it's very painful for me personally, because I agree with you — I don't like losing money, obviously, for my shareholders," said Dimon, the chairman and chief executive.
JPMorgan booked $9.2 billion of the $23 billion in legal expenses in the third quarter. Excluding those costs, the bank would have reported quarterly net income of $5.8 billion, or $1.42 a share, beating Wall Street estimates.
While the bank otherwise reported strong profit growth in consumer lending, investment banking and asset management, quarterly revenue slid 8% to $23.9 billion.
Shares of both banks were essentially flat Friday despite a rally on Wall Street. JPMorgan stock lost 1 cent to $51.52, while Wells' stock shed 1 cent to $41.43. The Dow Jones industrial average, meanwhile, rose 111.04 points, or 0.7%, to 15,237.11.
Mortgage banking profit slid at JPMorgan and Wells.
Wells' mortgage banking income fell 43% to $1.61 billion, with originations down by 42%. Its pipeline of mortgages in progress was $35 billion, down from $97 billion a year earlier and $63 billion at the end of the second quarter. And its profit margin on home loans sold to investors narrowed.
Wells said it had made strong progress in cleaning up its loan portfolios, releasing $900 million in reserves that it had set aside but no longer needed to cover losses.
Rafferty Capital bank analyst Richard Bove was impressed by Wells' loan growth, improvement in credit quality, lowered expenses and increased capital.
He said the bank is positioned for powerful growth in a host of businesses if the economy improves, adding that the mortgage problems would sort themselves out in a quarter or two.
"The next major move in mortgages is likely to be up, not down," he said.
But JPMorgan's troubles may not end any time soon.
The bank's disclosure of its $23 billion in litigation reserves could invite even more lawsuits and investigations.
"It's like putting a big pot of honey out there," Oja said.
In addition to the litigation reserves, JPMorgan said its legal bills could grow by as much as $5.7 billion. Dimon expressed frustration with not knowing when legal clouds may clear.
"We would love to reduce the uncertainty around this for ourselves and for you, but it's very, very hard to do," Dimon said.
"It will abate over time, and the underlying power of the company you can see," he added. "So I wish I could give you a better answer, but one day it won't be a big number."
Tangel reported from New York, Reckard from Orange County.


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On the border of the English counties of Devon and Somerset, John Ridd's father is a yeoman farmer murdered in cold blood by one of the notorious Doone family. John is besotted with Lorna, the granddaughter of the head of the Doone clan, who is to be forced to marry the evil Carver Doone. John helps Lorna escape but circumstances lead to the discovery that she is not a Doone after all, and the newfound heiress moves. But the Monmouth Rebellion sees John wrongly accused of treason and he has to clear his name in London, where he finds Lorna once more and their love is rekindled. He is granted a royal pardon, and later Lorna is allowed to join him at his Exmoor farm. Just as they are married in Oare church, Carver Doone shoots Lorna at the altar and John, believing her dead, pursues and kills him. But is his love really dead?
Although Lorna Doone is perceived as a romance, it is set in the 1600s when writings such as poems about sexual life at the court and personal diaries such as those of Pepys could be incredibly graphic even by today's standards—and definitely more so than in the prudish Victorian times of the author. Had Blackmore written it in the seventeenth century, or nowadays, he would probably have done as this updated version and built on the existing innuendo.
by M.J. Porteus and R.D. Blackmore
Wild and Wanton
Sensuality Level: Spicy
Author Bio:
M. J. Porteus is the pen name of an author who writes in several other genres. She lives in "Lorna Doone country" in England with her husband. Learn more at www.mjporteus.com.
Richard Doddridge Blackmore (1825-1900) is an English author who loved the countryside of Somerset and Devon and set his most famous novel there, using factual places and events in the seventeenth century on which to base his romantic fiction. He is noted for his love of nature and his vivid descriptions.


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Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease in which the bodys immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissue. It can affect the skin, joints, kidneys, brain, and other organs.
Alternative Names
Disseminated lupus erythematosus; SLE; Lupus; Lupus erythematosus; Discoid lupus
The underlying cause of autoimmune diseases is not fully known.
SLE is much more common in women than men. It may occur at any age, but appears most often in people between the ages of 10 and 50. African Americans and Asians are affected more often than people from other races.
SLE may also be
Symptoms vary from person to person, and may come and go. Almost everyone with SLE has
Other common symptoms include:
- Chest pain when taking a deep breath
- Fatigue
- Fever with no other cause
- General discomfort, uneasiness, or ill feeling (malaise)
- Hair loss
- Mouth sores
- Sensitivity to sunlight
- Skin rash -- a "butterfly" rash in about half people with SLE. The rash is most often seen over the cheeks and bridge of the nose, but can be widespread. It gets worse in sunlight.
Swollen lymph nodes
Other symptoms depend on which part of the body is affected:
- Brain and nervous system: headaches, numbness, tingling, seizures, vision problems, personality changes
- Digestive tract: abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting
- Heart: abnormal heart rhythms (
- Lung: coughing up blood and difficulty breathing
- Skin: patchy skin color, fingers that change color when cold (
Raynauds phenomenon)
- Kidney: swelling in the legs, weight gain
Some people have only skin symptoms. This is called discoid lupus.
Exams and Tests
To be diagnosed with lupus, you must have 4 out of 11 common signs of the disease.
Your doctor will do a physical exam and listen to your chest. An abnormal sound called a heart friction rub or pleural friction rub may be heard. A nervous system exam will also be done.
Tests used to diagnose SLE may include:
- Antibody tests, including
antinuclear antibody (ANA) panel CBC Chest x-ray Kidney biopsy Urinalysis
You may also have other tests to learn more about your condition. Some of these are:
Antithyroglobulin antibody Antithyroid microsomal antibody Complement components(C3 and C4) Coombs test - direct Cryoglobulins ESR
- Kidney function blood tests
- Liver function blood tests
Rheumatoid factor
- Antiphospholipid antibodies
There is no cure for SLE. The goal of treatment is to control symptoms. Severe symptoms that involve the heart, lungs, kidneys, and other organs often need treatment from specialists.
Mild forms of the disease may be treated with:
- NSAIDs, such as ibuprofen, for joint symptoms and pleurisy
- Corticosteroid creams for skin rashes
- A drug also used to treat malaria (hydroxychloroquine) and low-dose corticosteroids for skin and arthritis symptoms
Treatments for more severeSLE may include:
- High-dose corticosteroids
- Cytotoxic drugs (drugs that block cell growth or drugs which dampen or suppress the immune system): These medicines are used if you do not get better with corticosteroids, or if your symptoms get worse when you stop taking them. Side effects from these drugs can be severe, so you need to be monitored closely if you take them.
If you have SLE, it is also important to:
- Wear protective clothing, sunglasses, and sunscreen when in the sun
- Get preventive heart care
- Stay up-to-date with immunizations
- Have tests to screen for thinning of the bones (osteoporosis)
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Outlook (Prognosis)
The outcome for people with SLE has improved in recent years. Many people with SLE have mild symptoms. How well you do depends on how severe the disease is.
The disease tends to be more active:
- The first years after diagnosis
- In people under age 40
Many women with SLE can get pregnant and deliver a healthy baby. A good outcome is more likely for women who receive proper treatment and do not have serious heart or kidney problems. However, the presence of SLE antibodies raises the risk of miscarriage.
Possible Complications
Some people with SLE have abnormal deposits in the kidney cells. This leads to a condition called
SLE can cause damage in many different parts of the body, including:
- Blood clots in the legs or lungs
- Destruction of red blood cells or
anemia of chronic disease
- Fluid around the heart
endocarditis, or inflammation of the heart ( myocarditis)
- Fluid around the lungs and damage to lung tissue
- Pregnancy problems, including miscarriage
- Stroke
- Severely low blood platelet count (platelets are needed to stop any bleeding)
- Inflammation of the blood vessels
When to Contact a Medical Professional
Call your health care provider if you have symptoms of SLE. Call your health care provider if you have this disease and your symptoms get worse or a newsymptom occurs.
Crow MK. Etiology and pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus. In: Firestein GS, Budd RC, Gabriel SE, et al, eds. Kelleys Textbook of Rheumatology. 9th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2012:chap 79.
Crow MK. Systemic lupus erythematosus. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 274.
Bertsias G, Sidiropoulos P, Boumpas DT. Systemic lupus erythematosus: Treatment - renal involvement. In Hochberg MC, Silman AJ, Smolen JS et al, eds. Rheumatology. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 132.
Ruiz-Irastorza G, Ramos-Casals M, Brito-Zeron P, Khamashta MA. Clinical efficacy and side effects of antimalarials in systemic lupus erythematosus: a systematic review. Ann Rheum Dis. 2010;69:20-28.
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If things get much better for the South Carolina and Clemson football programs, one or both will appear in the four-team college football playoff set to debut next season, Steve Spurrier will annex metro Atlanta and Dabo Swinney will get a call from Jerry Jones.
Momentum says maybe.
Palmetto State history says enjoy the afterglow while it lasts.
The Gamecocks and Tigers finished together in the top 10 of the Associated Press final rankings for the first time.
USC's No. 4 ranking is its best ever. Clemson is ranked in the top 10 for the first time since 1990.
The Gamecocks have three wins over top 10 teams, having defeated No. 5 Missouri, No. 8 Clemson and No. 10 Central Florida.
The Tigers didn't lose to a team ranked lower than No. 4.
What a season.
The top 10 reasons both Palmetto State teams wound up in the top 10:
Fittingly, Tajh Boyd and Connor Shaw, the best quarterbacks ever to play at Clemson and South Carolina, respectively, went out with dazzling performances in their final games.
Boyd threw for five touchdowns and ran for another against Ohio State in the Orange Bowl.
Shaw completed 22 of 25 passes for three touchdowns, caught a TD pass and ran for another against Wisconsin in the Capital One Bowl.
"A lot of guys can't hit that in warm-ups," Spurrier said of Shaw's passing stats.
South Carolina made a habit of plucking the best players from the state in a streak that started with Stephon Gilmore and included Alshon Jeffery, Marcus Lattimore and Jadeveon Clowney. Recruiting coordinator Steve Spurrier Jr. lately has effectively zeroed in on Atlanta and its suburbs.
Clemson's familiar footprint is South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and North Carolina with recruiting coordinator Jeff Scott scoring consistently. As for star power, Ohio State got a hard lesson on the difference between athletes and playmakers.
"I don't know all the receivers in the country," Buckeyes head coach Urban Meyer said after Sammy Watkins racked up an Orange Bowl record 227 receiving yards, "but I can't imagine any better than that guy."
Clemson's Chad Morris and Brent Venables are the highest paid pair of coordinators in college football, and the creative salary structure model has worked splendidly.
Spurrier added game-changing toughness to his staff with quarterbacks coach G.A. Mangus (fifth year) and offensive line coach Shawn Elliott (fourth year), both of whom spread influence beyond their assigned duties.
The nation's two best non-conference wins of the season?
South Carolina over No. 8 Clemson
South Carolina over No. 10 Central Florida
Clemson's season-opening, 38-35 "GameDay" victory over then-No. 5 (and healthy) Georgia stands as one of the most impressive non-conference wins of the year.
Clemson led the nation in tackles for loss. Defensive end Vic Beasley had the last of his 13 sacks against Ohio State, and made four tackles for loss.
South Carolina in its three years with Clowney on scholarship had the luxury, like few other teams, of nagging passers with a four-man rush.
Spurrier just completed his ninth season at South Carolina. Dabo Swinney has been the head coach for six seasons at Clemson but came to the Tigers in 2003 as a wide receivers coach.
Clemson didn't crumble after a humiliating 51-14 home loss to Florida State, and South Carolina bounced back from a stunning 23-21 loss at Tennessee. The Gamecocks also survived the distraction of Clowney Gate, the mega-star's odd decision to sit out the Kentucky game.
South Carolina held on against inferior foes throughout the season, narrowly defeating Vanderbilt (35-25), Kentucky (35-28) and Florida (19-14).
Clemson survived so-so performances at N.C. State (26-14) and against Boston College (24-14).
On his way to the NFL, South Carolina junior wide receiver Bruce Ellington (Berkeley High School) caught two touchdown passes against Wisconsin, and threw a touchdown pass to Shaw.
As he did against Georgia, Clemson tight end Stanton Seckinger (Porter-Gaud) scored the game-winning touchdown against Ohio State.
"It looks like a little screen pass, and it all depends on the flow of the defense," Seckinger said. "Luckily, they did what we wanted them to and it ended up really good."
These guys have this postseason thing down.
South Carolina won a third straight bowl game for the first time in school history.
Clemson has defeated a top 10 opponent in a bowl game two seasons in a row (LSU in the Chick-fil-A Bowl, Ohio State in the Orange Bowl).
Fun in Florida last week while other prominent teams were losing bowl games allowed the Gamecocks and Tigers to make a final rankings push.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Lipscomb women's tennis team improved their record to 3-6 with a shutout win over Kentucky Wesleyan on Saturday afternoon at the Huston-Marsh-Griffith Tennis Center.
Head coach Andrew Harris said the win was exactly what the Lady Bison needed heading into conference play.
"Right answer at the right time," Harris said. "This was a match that we were fortunate to put together at the last minute due to our cancellation of our Liberty match earlier this spring. I was happy for our ladies today to come out, execute, and to make shots. No matter the match, you must come out and execute your game plan.
"We have two weeks now until Belmont and will evaluate where we are and what we need to do to make sure they are prepared for the most important part of the year."
The Lady Bison took an early lead when they secured the doubles point, winning all three doubles matches, to go up 1-0.
Freshmen Deahna Welcher and Jenny Borck teamed up at the No. 1 spot, where they took down Macey Hallstedt and Jamie Brown 8-1.
At No. 2, senior Elizabeth Keevil and sophomore Alyssa Bellini defeated Maddy Bogle and Tatum McMahon 8-1.
Seniors Danielle Hansen and Samantha Bowman picked up the Lady Bison's third win at the No. 3 spot, defeating Kendall Ganus and Danielle Hadler 8-6.
With a 1-0 lead, the Lady Bison moved on to singles play, where they handily posted wins at all six seeds.
Welcher breezed through her match a No. 1, shutting down Bogle 6-0, 6-0, while Bellini took down McMahon at No. 2, winning 6-2, 6-0.
At No. 3, Borck defeated Jayden Morrison 6-4, 6-3, and Keevil won at No. 4, beating Ganus 6-1, 6-1.
Hansen picked up a win at No. 5, where she defeated Brown 6-1, 6-4, and Bowman beat Butcher at No. 6, winning 6-3, 6-0.
The Lady Bison will head into a two-week break as they train for the start of conference play.
The Lady Bison's first Atlantic Sun match will be Saturday, March 17 at Belmont. Match play will begin at 10 a.m.
1) Welcher/Borck (LU) def. Hallstedt/Brown (KW) 8-1
2) Keevil/Bellini (LU) def. Bogle/McMahon (KW) 8-1
3) Bowman/Hansen (LU) def. Ganus/Hadler (KW) 8-6
1) Deahna Welcher (LU) def. Maddy Bogle (KW) 6-0, 6-0
2) Alyssa Bellini (LU) def. Tatum McMahon (KW) 6-2,6-0
3) Jenny Borck (LU) def. Jayden Morrison (KW) 6-4, 6-3
4) Elizabeth Keevil (LU) def. Kendall Ganus (KW) 6-1, 6-1
5) Danielle Hansen (LU) def. Jamie Brown (KW) 6-1, 6-4
6) Sam Bowman (LU) def. Hannah Butcher (KW) 6-3, 6-0


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