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BOULDER -- Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper's office announced Wednesday that a University of Colorado adjunct professor will replace retiring Boulder District Judge Roxanne Bailin on Aug. 31.
Andrew Hartman is an adjunct professor of law and the director of experiential education at CU, as well as a partner with Gross Hartman LLC. His legal practice focuses on intellectual property, advertising, licensing and litigation counseling. Before he began work at the university, he was general counsel for Keen Inc. He also has been a partner with Cooley LLP and Reed Smith, he was an associate with Brinks, Hofer, Glison and Lione, and also an associate at Lord, Bissel and Brook.
He earned his law degree at Georgetown University and his undergraduate degree at the University of Michigan.


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Nebraska Receives NLI From Sweden
The Nebraska women's tennis team's roster just got bigger. Coaches Scott Jacobson and Hayden Perez successfully recruited Lisa Andersson, who signed her National Letter of Intent to join the scarlet and cream.
Andersson, a native of Varberg, Sweden, is currently ranked No. 7 nationally in her age group and No. 34 overall in Sweden. Andersson was a Swedish National Team Championship Finalist and a National Team Championship Doubles runner-up.
Head Coach Jacobson is pleased with the news and looks forward to the Huskers future with Andersson on the squad.
"We are very excited to have Lisa joining our Husker family," Coach Jacobson said. "We believe she has the ability to have an immediate impact on the success of our program. Lisa is a tremendous tennis player and a wonderful person as well. I am confident she will represent our Husker family and University with tremendous Class throughout the course of her career".

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Longtime resident of Climax Springs
Twila Rose West, daughter of Norman E. and Viola F. Gray Bussard, was born, February 4, 1934. She passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 in her daughter's home in Stoutland, Missouri at the age of seventy-nine. She had a beautiful soul with a gentle spirit.
Twila was united in marriage to Jon D. West on February 28, 1966. Together they have shared a wonderful forty-seven years together.
Twila, a long-time resident of Climax Springs, Missouri, was a homemaker, and spent a number of years working at the Climax Springs Post office.
She enjoyed collecting stamps, working on genealogy and family history; she had a large collection of salt and pepper shakers that she loved.
Twila is survived by her husband, Jon West of the home; her daughter, Rose Yeager of Stoutland, Missouri; a son Norman Lock and wife Susan from Eldon, Missouri; a sister, Bobbi Hankins of Colorado; five grandchildren, Tracy Lock of Stoutland, Missouri, Keith Middleton of Lebanon, Missouri and Heather Calhoun, Karma Xavier and Scott Green all of Eldon, Missouri; four great-grandchildren, Leighton Cooper and Isaac Cooper of Greenview, Missouri and Daylon and Skylar Calhoun of Eldon, Missouri and dozens of nieces and nephews, sisters-in-law, and family members and friends that will miss her terribly.
Twila was preceded in death by her parents, Norman E. and Viola F. Bussard; three brothers, George, Raymond, and Teddy; three sisters Norma, Wanda and Gloria and a daughter, Merri Anne Lock.
In lieu of flowers donations or memorials can be sent to the family in care of Allee-Holman- Howe funeral home.
Online condolences may be made at www.alleeholmanhowe.com.
Allee-Holman-Howe Funeral Home of Camdenton is assisting the family with arrangements.


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Like many us I am working the holiday this year. It's fortunate that the weather has cooperated and served up a crystal clear early morning and provided us with a sunny transit in Delaware Bay's upper reaches and the C&D Canal's meander. Nothing in particular stands out about the trip, it was just a picture perfect ride. I couldn't not take the video.
My crew and I wish you all a healthy, happy holiday season. Wherever you may be spending it, enjoy.


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Alzheimer's Early Detection: Would You Want to Know? (Excerpt)Richard Lipton, M.D., discusses the pros and cons of getting early testing for Alzheimer's. Dr. Lipton's mother died from the disease but has so far chosen not to be tested. Dr. Lipton is the Edwin S. Lowe Chair at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, vice chair of neurology at Montefiore Medical Center and director of the Einstein Aging Study. Watch full interview. (August 14, 2012)
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I've given in …January 25, 2011 at 2:41 pm | Posted in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) | 2 Comments
So … I admit it … this shoulder is really starting to get me down, p me off, put my beak out of joint etc. I've finally stopped saying, 'This too will pass,' or 'it'll go away if I do my exercises' or 'I just need to adjust my neck pillow' or whatever, and made an appointment with the doctor to see if she'll refer me to physio.
My previous on-going physio sessions haven't been going on since the summer, because they had a bit of an NHS shake-up at the hospital and decided that no one was allowed more than five appointments – everything can, apparently, be sorted out in five appointments, or so the top dogs say. So, given that I'd already had about fifty-five appointments, I turned up one day and was told, 'Sorry, but this is your last one. Don't worry though, you can have more if you get referred by your doctor.' Fortunately it coincided with a pretty good patch and I haven't needed to go back.
So … I've made an appointment with the doctor but I can't see her until Feb 8th. Then there's a five-week waiting list to see the physio (or at least that's what they were planning when they told me I couldn't have any more. It might be more than five weeks now. The point of the five appointments only thing was to get the waiting list down to manageable proportions and make it a five-week waiting list. We shall see …
So …. by the time I DO see a physio (assuming the doc is willing to refer me, gets the letter dictated, gets the secretary to type it up, gets it posted), we're looking at end of March. And that's why I've been putting off going to see the doc in the first place, because I kept thinking it's not that bad, and it's bound to clear up soon etc. The silly thing is it's not that bad … but it's just niggling away all the time as these things do, and quietly affecting everything else in my life including what's left of my sanity!
Still … thinking positively … if it has gone away by then, great – someone else will be in luck when they get a call saying there's been a cancellation … and if it hasn't then at least I'll be seeing someone, and not deciding then to see the doc and having to wait until the end of May for an appointment!
Woohoo – the rain's stopped and the sun's coming out – and I feel magically cheered up all of a sudden!
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Fitch grinds out win over Stonington
Groton - Several times during the course of Friday's game, the players on the Fitch football sidelines chanted for their offensive teammates to "keep grinding."
Grind the Falcons did. They kept moving forward using the program's tried-and-true double-wing offense, gradually wearing down Stonington 34-20 in a high school football game at Dorr Field.
Fitch ran 66 times for 473 yards and five touchdowns. It only attempted five passes.
"Roll up the sleeves," first-year Falcons coach Jordan Panucci said. "When we were on the headsets, that's what we were saying. 'Let's pound it.' That's what we're supposed to do. Pound it and it will break. It worked. That what's we did. God's Offense."
Friday night was a far cry from the 62-26 drubbing the Falcons took last weekend against Rhode Island power LaSalle Academy. The Falcons controlled the line of scrimmage. They averaged 7.2 yards per carry. And they didn't allow an offensive touchdown in the second half.
"We're a running team," senior co-captain John Moscal said. "If we don't have the running going well, we collapse. That's what happens when you run the ball. Holes were opening up left and right. Everything was going well for us."
Fitch got a lot of rushing yards from four different backs, none of which will be confused with being built like Adrian Peterson.
Moscal, a fullback, ran 21 times for 123 yards and two touchdowns. He's 5-foot-6 and, "165 on a good day."
"Usually when you see players in the NFL at the fullback position, you would think like 6-foot, 5-11, 230 pounds or 240 pound, easy," Moscal said. "I'm nowhere near that.
"You can see how I stay low. I use my low center of gravity to outplay the ends and linebackers. Sometimes it works. Sometimes they just toss me down like a little rag."
Wingback Bobby Johnston, another small but feisty runner, had 23 carries for 151 yards. Terrell Scholle ran 14 times for 98 yards and a score. Senior co-captain Xavier Crawford added four carries for 96 yards and a touchdown.
All of the Falcons' yardage was made possible by a young line - tacklers Jordan Green (senior) and Quinn Leuthy (junior), guards Tory Knaff (senior) and Justin Marceau (sophomore) and sophomore center Billy Goff.
"It's easy to hide behind the line," Moscal said. "Although we're not big on the line, I'm not bigger than them. I kind of hide and get through holes that nobody really sees."
It was not a good season debut for Stonington. Quarterback Divante White is a better passer than some of his predecessors, so the Bears tried to take advantage of his arm.
It didn't work. White completed 7 of 24 passes for 176 yards and a touchdown. Sometimes he overthrew receivers. Sometimes his receivers dropped the ball.
"We did not do a good job with our execution today," Stonington coach A.J. Massengale said. "It's a lot of things. It's not one thing. We just weren't sharp."
Harry Calmar caught a 54-yard touchdown from White and scored on a 71-yard kickoff return for Stonington. Zach Poirier also ran for a 10-yard touchdown.
After the win, Panucci was clutching the game ball.
"You step into big shoes," Panucci said about taking over for former coach Mike Emery. "Everybody expects a lot when you take over as a head coach at a school like this. It's nice to have the W. Now it's time to move forward. Now it's time to think about next week and the beast we have to play (Norwich Free Academy)."


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H&M plans to open a store in Boulder.
The popular "fast-fashion" clothing company known for its lower-priced apparel and accessories filed a minor modification application this week with the city of Boulder to open a store at the Twenty Ninth Street mall.
Sweden-based Hennes & Mauritz AB plans to combine four spaces at 1755 29th St. -- spaces formerly occupied by the recently relocated MontBell and Lucy and the shuttered Gymboree and The Territory Ahead -- into an 18,000-square-foot space, said Jessica Vaughn, a planner for the city of Boulder.
H&M also has job openings listed on its website for a store manager and a department manager for a location at the Twenty Ninth Street mall.
An H&M spokeswoman could not immediately be reached for comment, and Twenty Ninth Street officials declined to comment.
The Boulder store would be H&M's fourth in Colorado and represents another high-profile retailer landed by Twenty Ninth Street within the past year. Specialty grocer Trader Joe's last year picked the retail center as the locale for one of its first Colorado stores.
H&M operates stores at the 16th Street Mall in Denver and at FlatIron Crossing in Broomfield. A third location is under construction at The Streets at Southglenn center in Centennial.
H&M's entrance into Colorado came with plenty of fanfare. A line 900-people strong wrapped around the Denver Pavilions store in advance of the late 2011 opening.
H&M, which operates more than 2,800 stores in 48 markets, opened 304 stores between Dec. 1, 2011, and Nov. 30, 2012, according to the firm's annual report.
The company plans to accelerate that growth rate by opening 325 stores during the comparable period this year.
"This means that we will effectively be opening a new store every day," CEO Karl-Johan Persson said in a statement accompanying the annual report. "In 2013, the highest rate of expansion will again be in China and the U.S."
In the United States, H&M has cherry-picked markets that fit its demographic -- a younger customer base -- and picked areas where it feels it could have a "slam dunk," said Jon Schallert, a retail analyst who heads the Longmont-based The Schallert Group Inc.
When H&M entered Colorado in 2011, there was concern that the trendy retailer would pull away hordes of customers from other clothing stores, including local boutiques, Schallert said.
That wasn't the case.
"It seemed to be a non-event," he said. "It really isn't a dramatic new format; it really isn't a revolutionary retail concept. ... It's not a store that is going to be a game-changer.
"It's not an Apple Store."
Sean Maher, who heads an organization that promotes and supports downtown Boulder businesses, said he doesn't believe that H&M's arrival would negatively affect the local clothiers on the Pearl Street Mall.
"I think that the demographic and the target market (H&M is) going after are not necessarily the same ones that our locally owned retailers are going after," said Maher, executive director of Downtown Boulder Inc.
Jessica Helson, owner of Chelsea, a women's designer clothing boutique at 2088 Broadway in Boulder, said she sees H&M as a potential benefit to her business.
"In general, I'm always excited about a new retailer coming to town who will draw more shoppers to Boulder and add to the tax base," she said.


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Richard K. Sleicher, 58, 19 Oak Ave., Mont Alto, Pa., died at 11:36 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, in the Chambersburg Hospital.
Richard K. Sleicher, 58, 19 Oak Ave., Mont Alto, Pa., died at 11:36 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born March 27, 1954, in Waynesboro, he was the son of the late Richard H. and Dolores (Shockey) Sleicher. He lived most of his life in the Mont Alto area. Rich graduated from Waynesboro Area Senior High School with the class of 1972. He later graduated from Harrisburg Area Community College with an Associate's Degree in Police Administration. He and his wife of over 37 years, Leslie (Luckenbach) Sleicher, were married on Aug. 23, 1975, in the Otterbein Church in Mont Alto. Rich worked for United Telephone and Sprint as an equipment installer, installation team leader, installation supervisor and project manager. He was a life member of the Mont Alto Volunteer Fire Co. No. 1, where he held the office of president, vice president, secretary, trustee and various committee chairmanships. He was also a carnival chairman and assistant chairman for over 36 years. He was also a member of the South Mountain Volunteer Fire Co. and Eagles Club Inc., Waynesboro. Rich enjoyed trains and was an avid train collector. A celebration of life will be held at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013, in the Mont Alto Fire Hall, 517 S. Main St., Mont Alto. Burial will be private at the convenience of the family. The family will receive friends following the service in the fire hall. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions to help support the fifth-grade field trip to Camp Eder at Mowrey Elementary school may be sent to: Mowrey P.T.O., 7891 Tomstown Road, Waynesboro, Pa. 17268. Please place "Camp Eder" in the memo line of the check. Grove-Bowersox Funeral Home, Waynesboro, is handling the arrangements. Online condolences may be expressed at www.bowersoxfuneralhomes.com


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Another important issue is making sure currently held locks are always released even if an exception is thrown.
ChainLocker does it for you by managing a list of held locks and wrapping the processing in
try-finally block, where all held locks are released in the
finally block. The hand-over-hand locking strategy of
ChainLocker means that up to two locks may be held at any point in the processing. Here is what it looks like:
if (state0 == null) { throw new Exception("state0 can't be null"); } var takenLocks = Enumerable.Repeat(false, 3).ToArray(); var states = Enumerable.Repeat<object>(null, 3).ToArray(); states[0] = state0; try { ... } finally { // Release still held locks (If an exception was thrown) for (int i = 0; i < 3; ++i) { if (states[i] != null && takenLocks[i]) { Monitor.Exit(states[i]); } } }
(Please ignore the hard-coded number
3 in the code: This is generated code, so the DRY principle is not violated. When I write code manually, I don't hard-code the constant; but in generated code, it is acceptable and saves space.)
In the aforementioned code, the
takenLocks variable is a Boolean flag array initialized to
[false, false, false]. This means that, at this point, no lock is taken. The
states variable is an array of objects that represent the objects that are locked/unlocked during processing. During normal processing, the locks will be released by
ChainLocker in the hand-over-hand fashion; but if an exception is thrown, the
finally block will unlock any remaining state objects that are still locked. It is crucial that the order in which the locks are taken by all threads is identical to avoid deadlocks.
Let's look at the actual processing done by
ChainLocker inside the
try block:
// Lock state0 Monitor.Enter(states[0], ref takenLocks[0]); // Execute stage0 states[1] = stage0((T0)(states[0])); // Bail out if returned null if (states[1] == null) { return; } // Lock state1 Monitor.Enter(states[1], ref takenLocks[1]); // Execute stage1 states[2] = stage1((T1)(states[1])); // Bail out if returned null if (states[2] == null) { return; } // Lock state2 Monitor.Enter(states[2], ref takenLocks[2]); // Release the state1 lock so other threads can work on it Monitor.Exit(states[1]); takenLocks[1] = false; // Execute stage2 stage2((T2)(states[2]));
The processing for each
stage is similar (identical except that the last
stage doesn't do an early bail out check). In each
stage x, the corresponding
state object
states[x] is locked and the Boolean flag
takenLocks[x] is set by
Monitor.Enter(). Then, the
stage x itself is executed (casting the
state object to its actual
Tx type), and the result is stored in
states[x+1]. If the result is
Do() simply returns (the
finally block will clear the held lock).
Concrete ChainLocker Subclass
ChainLocker is great, but if you misuse it, you can enter a deadlock. Consider the following two methods using a two-level deep
void Foo(A a) { ChainLocker<A, B>.Do(a, () => { return a.LookupChild() }, () => { ... }); } void Bar(B b) { ChainLocker<B, A>.Do(b, () => { return b.Parent() }, () => { ... }); }
Assume the hierarchical data structure is "
A contains a list of
B objects." The
Foo() method works in the order
A -> B. But the
Bar() method works in the order
B -> A. If
Foo() and
Bar() are called from two separate threads, you may easily get into a deadlock where each method is trying to lock an object currently locked by the other thread. The generic
ChainLocker will not protect you from this situation; but a trivial subclass/specialization can do it. Consider the following subclass for the MS:
public class SchoolLocker : ChainLocker<IDictionary<int, Lecture>, Lecture, Class> { }
SchoolLocker is less verbose than using the generic
ChainLocker because you don't have to specify the parameterized types in each call and, of course, it guarantees that the locks are taken in the correct order.
public AttendLecture(int lectureId, int studentId) { SchoolLocker.Do( _lectures, lectures => { Lecture lecture = null; lectures.TryGetValue(lectureId, lecture); return lecture; }, lecture => lecture.FindAvailableClass(), availableClass => availableClass.AddStudent(studentId)); }
Sharing State and Stage Isolation
In the
AttendLecture() method shown in the last code snippet, I used the
SchoolLocker subclass. It ensures only that the locks
ChainLocker takes itself are taken in the right order. However, each
stage delegate has access to its outer scope, and because it is defined inside a method, it also has access to the entire object state (including the root). This is very convenient if you want all stages to have access to some shared state or object, such as a logger. But it also allows the
stage delegates to ignore all the nice machinations of the
ChainLocker and potentially wreak havoc on the system. One way to minimize this risk is to define the
stage delegates as static methods instead of in-place anonymous methods. This way, each delegate will have access only to the state variable passed to it by
ChainLocker and to static variables of the hosting class. If you don't want to expose even static variables, you can define the delegates in a separate class altogether. Here is what it looks like:
private static Lecture LookupLecture(IDictionary<int, Lecture> lectures, int lectureId) { Lecture lecture = null; lectures.TryGetValue(lectureId, out lecture); return lecture; } private static Class FindAvailableClass(Lecture lecture) { return lecture.FindAvailableClass(); } private static void AddStudent(Class availableClass, int studentId) { availableClass.AddStudent(studentId); } public void AttendLecture(int lectureId, int studentId) { new SchoolLocker().Do( _lectures, lectures => LookupLecture(lectures, lectureId), lecture => FindAvailableClass(lecture), availableClass => AddStudent(studentId)); }
Another benefit of this approach is that stages that are used by several methods (like
LookupLecture()) can be reused. What about sharing something between all stages (like a logger) without exposing the entire outer scope? There is a special version of
ChainLocker that accommodates this scenario. It's called
StateLockerEx and has an extra argument called
shared that is passed to each
stage function. Here is
ChainLockerEx for a two-level deep hierarchy:
public class ChainLockerEx<T, T0, T1> where T0 : class where T1 : class { T _sharedState; public ChainLockerEx(T sharedState) { _sharedState = sharedState; } public void Do(T0 state0, Func<T, T0, T1> stage0, Action<T, T1> stage1) { if (state0 == null) { throw new Exception("state0 can't be null"); } var takenLocks = Enumerable.Repeat(false, 2).ToArray(); var states = Enumerable.Repeat<object>(null, 2).ToArray(); states[0] = state0; try { // Lock state0 Monitor.Enter(states[0], ref takenLocks[0]); // Execute stage0 states[1] = stage0(_sharedState, (T0)(states[0])); // Bail out if returned null if (states[1] == null) { return; } // Lock state1 Monitor.Enter(states[1], ref takenLocks[1]); // Release the state1 lock so other threads can work on it Monitor.Exit(states[0]); takenLocks[0] = false; // Execute stage1 stage1(_sharedState, (T1)(states[1])); } finally { // Release still held locks (If an exception was thrown) for (int i = 0; i < 2; ++i) { if (states[i] != null && takenLocks[i]) { Monitor.Exit(states[i]); } } } } }


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DURHAM, N.C. – Leading 3-0 after five innings, the Blue Devils plated eight in the bottom of the sixth and added two more in the eighth en route to a 13-0 victory over Boston College Friday evening at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
Duke (14-13, 4-6 ACC) scored seven or more runs in a single inning for the third time in the past four games with its eight-run sixth against the Eagles. After a strikeout to begin the frame, seven straight Blue Devils reached base before junior Jordan Betts capped off the inning with his fifth home run of the 2013 campaign, this one a two-run shot to left center.
Betts was one of three Blue Devils with multiple hits in the game as the Wilmington, N.C., extended his hit streak to nine games with a 2-for-4 evening at the plate while also adding three RBI and two runs scored. Sophomore Andy Perez registered his fourth, three-hit game of the year, going 3-for-5 with two RBI and two runs scored. Senior Jeff Kremer, who is also enjoying a nine-game hitting streak, went 3-for-4 with three RBI.
Sophomore Trent Swart (3-1) was outstanding against the Eagles, tossing seven scoreless innings. The Duke left-hander allowed just two hits – both singles – and struck out six batters to bring his team-leading strikeout total to 40 on the season. Sophomore Dalton Brown completed the shutout with two scoreless innings in relief.
"We really played well in all three phases," said head coach Chris Pollard. "Trent [Swart] pitched a great ball game. His ability to come out and put up shutdown innings after we scored early was big. Our situational hitting in the first was very good. After [Jeff] Kremer's double, we moved a guy with the push bunt and scored him with the sac fly. We came up with a two-out hit in the fifth and we came up with the big inning in the sixth to break it open. All-in-all, our situational approach was very good."
Back-to-back hits to right center in the bottom of the first catapulted Duke to an early 2-0 advantage. Perez led off the inning with a base hit and proceeded to swipe second for his 11th steal on the year. A double off the bat of Kremer scored the first run of the game, followed by a Betts sac fly to give the Blue Devils a 2-0 margin after one.
A Kremer RBI single in the fifth made it 3-0 in favor of Duke before the Blue Devils opened up the game the following frame. Redshirt sophomore Chris Marconcini led off with a base hit and junior Matt Berezo reached on an error before junior Anthony D'Alessandro drew the walk to load the bases. That brought sophomore Reed Anthes to the plate and the Duke catcher laced a 3-1 pitch to right field, driving in a pair. D'Alessandro scampered home on a wild pitch and Perez knocked in his 13th and 14th RBI on the year with his third hit of the night. Kremer kept the inning going with an RBI single to center before the Betts home run finished off the scoring in the sixth.
An Angelo La Bruna two-RBI single in the eighth accounted for Duke's final runs of the night.
Right-hander Hunter Gordan (0-3) suffered the loss for Boston College (3-20, 0-9 ACC), allowing five runs, three earned, on six hits in 5.1 innings of work. Shortstop Joe Cronin, third baseman John Hennessy, center fielder Tom Bourdon and first baseman Travis Ferrick accounted for the Eagles' four hits in the game.
The Blue Devils and the Eagles will wrap up the series Saturday with a doubleheader at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park, starting at 1 p.m.


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After receiving a B.A. in mathematics from the University of Vermont and a M.S. in mathematics from the University of New Orleans, Scott Keith came to UAB to pursue a Ph.D. in biostatistics. For three years, Scott's research has involved developing and applying statistical methodology to analyze medical and epidemiological data. He is particularly interested in obesity research, survival analysis, and nonlinear models.
Scott believes that the research environment is an important aspect for deciding where to pursue one's academic career. "The most attractive aspect of UAB was the research and training environment. When I was planning the next step of my graduate education my top priority was to find a school that would offer me opportunities to work in collaboration with statisticians and public health researchers in other fields. Moreover, I was looking to find a department that would provide me the highest level of support for achieving my own research goals. Among the schools to which I applied, UAB was clearly the best choice in both respects; the Department of Biostatistics has far exceeded by expectations."
When asked what his most rewarding experience at UAB was, Scott replied, "To me, the most rewarding experiences are those at which you work the hardest. I recently co-authored a paper in which we investigated the relationship between obesity and headache among women. The research and programming that went into developing the unique statistical framework that we applied to analyze the data required a lot of my effort. Having that paper accepted for publication has been my most rewarding experience at UAB to date."
A large part of Scott's success has been is mentor, Dr. David Allison. "When I came here I was looking for opportunities and training in biostatistics. Dr. Allison has been tremendously helpful in both regards. Under his guidance I have been actively interacting with scientists here and abroad, refereeing articles, publishing papers, presenting abstracts, and conducting my own research. His influences on my current skill set and potential for future success are truly beyond measure."
Because Scott enjoys conducting research and teaching, he plans to pursue a faculty position upon graduation. "My long-term goal is to become an independent researcher. To get there, I intend to continue my work on statistical methods application and development in conjunction with collaborative research in public health."
What is Scott's advice for other graduate students? "Make mistakes and learn from them."


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WESTFORD -- The School Committee extended the contract for the superintendent of schools through June 30, 2016.
Superintendent Everett "Bill" Olsen Jr.'s salary will be $170,993. His contract began July 1.
Olsen will be eligible for an annual performance bonus of up to $4,000 based on reaching his goals agreed upon by the superintendent and the committee.
Any other increase in compensation must be approved by the School Committee.
Goals will be proposed to the committee by Sept. 1 each year and agreed upon by the first School Committee meeting on October of each year.
Olsen will be paid a travel allowance of $300 per month for 12 months, an increase from his previous contract.
He is entitled to medical, dental and life insurance benefits generally available to town employees. The School Committee will pay Olsen an annual payment up to $3,500 to reimburse him for money spent by him during that year to purchase life insurance and long-term disability insurance.
When Olsen retires, he will be paid $3,000 per year of service as superintendent up to a maximum of $30,000. This is an increase from the superintendent's previous contract.
Olsen voluntarily accepted no salary increase for the last two years and did not accept his entitled bonus last year.
When the contract is finished, Olsen would have been completed his 47th year in education.
"I'm not necessarily saying it will be my last contract, but I do have to look to the future," he said.
School Committee Chairwoman Angela Harkness, Judy Culver and Arthur Benoit were on the committee negotiating Olsen's contract.
"We're happy to have you for another three (years)," said David Keele at the meeting where the contract was signed.
Contracts were also signed this month with the Westford Education Association, math and reading interventionists and office professionals.
An agreement was reached between the School Committee and the teachers' union in June; however, it took months to complete the paperwork to ensure the documents reflected the changes agreed upon.
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Anne Louise McPherson, 43, of Hutchinson, died on Nov. 17, 2012, at Hutchinson Regional Hospital.
Anne Louise McPherson, 43, of Hutchinson, died on Nov. 17, 2012, at Hutchinson Regional Hospital.
Anne was born July 16, 1969, in Warrensburg, Mo., the daughter of James and Marolin Kelly.
At age 4, Anne and her family moved to Leon, where she graduated from Bluestem High School. She next attended Butler Community College, then transferred to Kansas State University in Manhattan, graduating with a BS in Business Administration in 1991. After graduation Anne joined the accounting firm of Lindburg & Vogel in Hutchinson where she was a licensed Certified Public Accountant.
She met her future husband, Trey McPherson, during this period; both just happened to live in the same apartment complex. They were married on Aug. 17, 1996. Anne and Trey are the parents of two beautiful children, JD, 14, and Kate, 10.
Anne left her accounting career to pursue her true calling of being a full time mother, devoted wife, and spirited homemaker who enjoyed volunteer work at her children's schools and attending their many sporting events. She was an excellent cook and everyone looked forward each year to her "holiday plates." She was actively involved in PEO Chapter EK, serving a term as President, and PTO in the children's schools. She was a member of Holy Cross Catholic Church of Hutchinson.
Diagnosed with Stage 4 colorectal cancer on Dec. 31, 2009, Anne began a fierce battle to conquer the disease. She fought hard, showing everyone her character, strength, courage and positive determination throughout. Even on the hardest days she never lost her sense of humor nor her kindness for those around her. She has many close friends in the community and will be loved and missed by all who knew her.
Anne is survived by her husband, Trey; their children, JD and Kate; her parents, Jim and Marolin Kelly; parents-in-law, John and Ann McPherson; her sister, Julie Patterson (Dennis); their children, Wade and Mallory; brother, Jimmy Kelly; brother, Barney (Kim) Kelly; their children, Wyatt, Kyan and Georgia; and sister-in-law, Melissa Gott (David) and children Ryan and Alex.
It was Anne's wish to be cremated. A memorial rosary will be held at 10 a.m. followed by a Memorial Mass at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, with both services being held at the Church of the Holy Cross, 26th and Plum Street. Services will be led by Father Joseph Eckberg. A private family graveside will be held following the mass.
Friends may sign her book, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday at Elliott Mortuary, Hutchinson.
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Oak Ridge police began searching last week for a man they believed robbed the Big Kmart pharmacy. The suspect was not located but after the Kmart was robbed a second time, the search became more intensive.
Oak Ridge police began searching last week for a man they believed robbed the Big Kmart pharmacy. The suspect was not located but after the Kmart was robbed a second time, the search became more intensive.
Then, on Wednesday afternoon, police received information concerning the possible whereabouts of the suspect and began searching the field and woods behind the McKenzie Acres apartment complex.
On Feb. 26, Kmart pharmacy employees reported a white man approached the clerk at the pharmacy about 9:30 a.m., handed her a note and demanded prescription medication. He reportedly then walked past the clerk, confronted a pharmacist and stole $56 and four bottles containing more than 350 oxycodone pills. The suspect fled the store.
Lt. Robin Smith said the pharmacy was robbed again on Tuesday, and the suspect's description was similar to that of the previous robber. The lieutenant said detailed reports were not yet available from Tuesday's robbery.
On Wednesday afternoon, the Police Department released the name of the suspect in the Feb. 26 robbery after warrants were issued for his arrest.
Smith said the suspect is 35-year-old Jeramiah Frederick Webb, last know address listed as 6149 Morgan County Highway, Lancing. Smith said Webb is wanted for robbery.
At the time of the Feb. 26 robbery, the suspect was wearing khaki cargo pants and a long-sleeved a black jacket with a white stripe on the sides.
Smith said the suspect had been seen "hanging out" around Kareday Terrace apartments in the Scarboro neighborhood and Oak Ridge Fire Station No. 3 on Tuskegee Drive.
On Wednesday afternoon, officers were sent to the Tuskegee Drive area where they and canine partners began searching the field and wooded areas behind McKenzie Acres and the East Tennessee Riding Stables. Other police vehicles were visible on Tuskegee Drive and Tulsa Road.
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TRAINING: My days are pretty hectic and very busy. I attend Zen Jiu-Jitsu in the mornings to practice Jiu-Jitsu, and in the evenings I go to Young Tigers to practice my stand-up and MMA. In between, I fit in physical training and I make sure I dedicate some time to my family as well. By the time the day ends I'm pretty exhausted.
When and why did you start training for fighting? I started training for fighting at the age of 12 in karate-do for health reasons. I was asthmatic, and thanks to the sport I was able to breathe better and eventually not experience any more symptoms. Throughout the years I mastered other martial arts such as San-Shou. After seeing my victories as an amateur fighter, I realized that I have a talent in martial arts and decided to train harder. Once I left Cuba I pursued my career as a professional fighter in MMA.
What ranks and titles have you held? Brown belt in Wado Ryu karate-do 2001, CFA belt lightweight championship 2011, 3rd Dan black belt judokickbox 2012, ISKA Champion 2009
Do you have any heroes? Jesus Christ is my hero. I wouldn't be here without him.
What does it mean for you to fight in the UFC? Fighting in the UFC, the world's largest MMA organization, means that I can show the world my talent and be able to provide a better future for my family, especially my two daughters. It means that once I succeed further in the organization I will be able to provide more help to those in need. It is an honor to be a part of this big family that is the UFC.
Did you go to college and if so what degree did you earn? I attended school post high school in Cuba and studied sales management.
What was your job before you started fighting? The job I had and still have is working for an export company loading vehicles into containers being exported overseas.
Specific accomplishments in amateur competition? 6 gold medals in karate youth nationals, 4 wins in Sanda San-shou tournaments were I won one Silver and 3 Gold medals
Specific accomplishments in pro competition? I have had 6 victories and in my last bout I won the lightweight tournament in the organization Championship Fighting Alliance on December 17, 2011
Favorite grappling technique: no specific one
Favorite Striking technique: Anything that KOs my opponent.
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BOULDER --George Ruibal badly beat his girlfriend in the small Longmont apartment that the couple had just rented in December 2007 and then took to caring for her until she succumbed to her injuries, prosecutor Chris Estoll told a Boulder County jury Tuesday morning as Ruibal's second-degree murder trial opened.
Defense attorney Eric Klein, however, told jurors that Ruibal, 58, is innocent, did not beat Dana Pechin, and that she suffered her injuries away from the couple's apartment and at the hands of another man entirely.
The attorneys' statements came Tuesday morning in Boulder District Court in front of a jury of 10 men and four women, which includes two alternates, who will spend this week and next listening to evidence and arguments. Ruibal was arrested and charged in April 2011 after a Boulder County grand jury reviewed the case and handed down a five-page indictment. Prosecutors took the case to the grand jury after a statewide cold-case task force and an outside police agency reviewed the Longmont Police Department's investigation.
Estoll revealed during opening statements that a man who shared a cell with Ruibal after his arrest would testify that Ruibal confessed the murder to him and that Ruibal said he was sorry he "strangled" his "baby."
Ruibal and Pechin lived together in an apartment on the 300 block of 15th Avenue. He called police to report that he and a co-worker who had given him a ride home found her dead under a blanket on the couch. Her injuries were so severe that police initially suspected she had been in an automobile accident. But about a month after she died, the Boulder County coroner ruled Pechin's death a homicide and determined her cause of death was a closed head injury associated with manual strangulation.
Estoll said that Ruibal had a history of domestic violence with Pechin and became particularly enraged with her shortly after he sold his Jeep to rent the apartment with her and even told an acquaintance that "one of these days I am gonna kill that bitch." Estoll described a beating and strangulation that caused Pechin to urinate in her pants. The prosecutor said Ruibal's rage immediately changed to affection after the beating and he changed her clothing and sat with her as she began the process of dying as a bleed inside of her skull cut off oxygen to her brain.
But she did not recover, Estoll told jurors as he showed them photos of her bruised and swollen face after her death and an autopsy photo of blood collected on the inside of her skull.
According to police reports and prosecutors, Ruibal told investigators that Pechin set out alone to go to Albertson's and returned hours later and was "f----ing hurt." He told police she wanted to go to the hospital, but they could not get a ride and that he believed she was getting better. He went to work and returned home to find her dead, he reported.
Police became suspicious of his story because he had a cut on his face that implied he had been in a struggle and Pechin did not appear on the grocery store's surveillance video. Ruibal's DNA was found on her neck, Estoll noted, adding that police and prosecutors believe another man's DNA also found on her neck was likely from third-party contamination.
Klein said evidence in the case will raise more questions than it answers. He told jurors no witnesses will testify that the couple fought the night Pechin was injured, that Ruibal's DNA was on Pechin's neck simply because they were a couple, and that his DNA was under her fingernails for the same reason. Further, Klein said, Ruibal cooperated with police throughout the investigation and never fled. Defense investigators turned up a man named Joel Dorn, who has not cooperated with investigators, who could be responsible for Pechin's death, Klein said.
"George Ruibal is innocent," defense attorney Eric Klein told the jury.
Klein added that the man who shared a cell with Ruibal after his 2011 is a "con man" who lies for his own benefit and saw fabricating Ruibal's confession as a way to get himself out of trouble.
Klein said the case of Pechin's death had gone cold and police were pressured to close it. Ruibal, he said, was the obvious choice because he was the boyfriend in their stormy relationship.
Prosecutors began to call witnesses Tuesday morning.
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GS: Where are you from?
RS: Hueytown, Alabama
GS: What degree did you/will you receive and when?
RS: I'm pursuing a Ph.D. in Materials Engineering
GS: How long have you been at UAB?
RS: 7 years. I received my bachelor's from UAB in 2006
GS: What is your research?
RS: Optimization and characterization of Bioactive glass nanofibers as scaffold material.
GS: What made you choose UAB for your graduate studies?
RS: The polymers research in the Materials engineering department and the experience I obtained while at UAB through the McNair scholars program.
GS: Have you received any awards or honors?
RS: CMFSDP fellowship, 2nd place in the 2009 graduate students research day, mentor in the ALSAMP program, and mentor in the McNair program.
GS: What has been your most rewarding experience at UAB?
RS: The Materials engineering department encourages its students to do outreach to recruit high school and elementary students. I have had the most rewarding experiences teaching young students about Materials engineering and inspiring them to do well in school and one day go to college and hopefully beyond.
GS: Who was your greatest influence here at UAB and why?
RS: Dr. Robin Foley who took the time to mentor and encourage me as an undergraduate student and was a wonderful example of a successful woman in engineering. Dr. Derrick Dean who always encouraged me to keep trying (no matter how many times the experiment failed) and helped me understand the joy of research, and Dr. Gregg Janowski who helped me think through my research and go beyond the literature review to find understanding.
GS: What is your motivation in your academics/research?
RS: My motivation is to make my family proud and to be the best I can be.
GS: What are your plans after graduating and for the future?
RS: I hope to get a job in industry or a post-doc at a national lab.
Reginna's advice for other graduate students:
Always keep abreast to what is new in your field of research - literature review should be an ongoing venture. Most of the time your research experiments will not work the first time (or second for that matter) but don't get discouraged and keep trying, it will pay off.


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On the state of Windows on the desktop
I really did not set the bar too high: I just hoped to have a nice user-friendly interface and recover the email I have in Maildir, and maybe watch my video collection on an external hard drive. You know, the usual stuff I do on Linux every day.
Please note that this article is a parody of what some Windows users write about Linux. The events described here have not actually taken place. However, the article is based on author's experiences with the Windows 7 operating system.
I didn't want to commit and install a new operating system right off the bat. I just wanted to try it first. So I typed "Windows Live" in my browser's search box to find a live version, preferably an USB image. Ok, so Windows Live wasn't a live version of windows but some kind of service you must sign into. I guess it's something like Ubuntu One. Not sure. Moreover, it turned out I'd have to actually buy it first before I could do anything with it. And there is not real live version of Windows 7.
I can understand not having a free version (well, no I can't, but let me just pretend I do), but why on earth is there no live CD? In 21st century, I firmly believed every OS could boot off a CD or USB stick and be able to show me what it looks like before I commit to it.
I called a friend of my friend's I knew had some experience with Windows before. He told me that I could download a free copy off torrent sites, and get a matching "activation key". I don't know what that is, but I thought free is still better than paying $200 for a system I know nothing about.
So I got an .iso file. I was lucky enough to find a copy that already includes this "activation key" thingy. I decided to boot it and see what it does.
Unfortunately again, the bootloader did not offer me the live version at all, and went straight on to install the system. The installer was easy enough.... or so I thought until I reached the partitioning software. "What is this thing?" I thought to myself. It didn't recognize any Linux partitions. There was also no option of resizing a partition to make room for Windows.
Not discouraged by the poorly conceived middle-ages partitioner, I rebooted into GParted Live and quickly resized one of my partitions and made two 10GB partitions. One for user files and one for system files.
Back in the installer, I formatted the two partitions as NTFS.
I won't bore you with rest of the installation since it was really boring. Let me just mention, just in case you didn't know, that there is no root on Windows. Really. Unlike any other operating system, Windows has a special account that is called "Administrator", which I imagine is something like root.
When I booted for the first time, my graphics were all messed up, there was no sound, and I could not connect to my wireless network. My other partition was simply called a D: drive, and I couldn't find a home directory, let alone mount D: as the home directory. I gave up, and decided to focus on getting the hardware to work.
After asking around, it turned out that I have to fetch drivers that are supposed to come with my hardware. I usually throw away such CDs. Bummer. So I borrowed a LAN cable from my neighbour, and quickly hooked my PC directly to the router.
It quickly become apparent that Windows has no package management to speak of. I had to actually go directly to software vendors' websites and manually download, unpack, and install software. In some cases, the packages would come as a RAR file, and there was no unrar to extract the files with. The worst thing though, is that Widows wanted me to reboot it every time I installed something new.
I finally got my hardware to work after four hours of research, downloading, and rebooting. By that time, I was already feeling like a slave to the OS.
Desperately needing to relax, I connected my external hard drive. No new icons appeared on the desktop. Instead, Windows started automatically installing drivers for the external hard drive and proceeded to inform me that the drive was ready for use (after a few minutes). Recovering from the shock, I glanced over the desktop just to notice no new drive icons have surfaced. After a futile hunt for my device, I rang the same guy that advised me on the art of obtaining Windows to give me new clues. He explained that, since my external hard drive has a JFS partition, I could not use it. For the next fifteen minutes, I was in a state of deep shock. All my videos inaccessible... no relaxation on horizon.
I finally decided to copy some of the video on an USB stick from my Linux system, and watch off it. So I was going to reboot, but then Windows decided it needed to install some "important updates", and kept me starting at the shutdown screen for well over 10 minutes. Then it finally decided to was high time to reboot. But then... woah! Boot loader was gone. I couldn't boot into Linux. What kind of bastard OS kills the existing bootloader? Totally insane!
After a few minutes of fiddling using my Linux Mint live CD, I recovered Grub, and was able to copy the video files right from within the live system. It was time to actually watch them.
Booting back into Windows (a process which was taking almost 2 minutes by that time), I plugged the USB stick in. And, of course, Windows had to install drivers for it as well. Thankfully, it didn't have to reboot. I clicked on a file, and Windows Media Player came up asking me a bunch of stupid questions I knew nothing about, and then decided it couldn't play matroska files. I called my friend over to help me solve this problem, and he brought an USB stick with some codecs and a whole bunch of software he thought we might need.
Friend plugged his USB stick in, and... you are guessing. Yes! Windows had to install yet another set of drivers for the new stick. What on earth is wrong with that OS...
We installed a whopping 18MB of codecs, and then the trusty VLC video player, and we enjoyed the show for a while.
It was time to do some work. I'd already come to terms with the fact that Windows didn't have a terminal emulator, didn't come with Firefox, and Vim was somehow not as nice as it was on Linux. But what about mail? I couldn't get Outlook to import my email. I asked around, but nobody was able to help either. Friend finally took off, saying he had better things to do than fiddle with an OS he knows very little about.
Someone has to rewrite all this crap. No LiveCD? No codecs? No software? No package manager?!?!?! Hello, this is like 2013, not 1993. I can't even imagine what would have happened if I had to compile something from source. I have no idea where I would find a compiler...
I'm glad at least I didn't pay for any of this shit. Or else I would have to convince myself that Windows was somehow superior to Linux so that I don't feel bad about the money.
I'm back on Linux because it works. Period.
Source: http://www.brankovukelic.com/2013/01/on-state-of-windows-on-desktop.html?m=1


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Wolters drafted by Wizards, ends up with Bucks
With the 38th overall pick in the 2013 NBA Draft, the Washington Wizards selected South Dakota State point guard Nate Wolters, and then traded him to the Philadelphia 76ers, who proceeded to send the Jackrabbits all-time leader in points and assists to the Milwaukee Bucks.
No matter how it all worked out by the end of the night, the 38th overall pick makes Wolters the highest NBA draft pick in SDSU history, and he looks forward to his new adventure.
"Being drafted to play in the NBA is a dream that I've worked my entire life to achieve," Wolters said. "Milwaukee is a great organization and I am very appreciative for this opportunity. I can't wait to start my career as a Buck."
Along with being the all-time leader in points, assists and free throws made at South Dakota State, Wolters earned third team All-America honors from the Associated Press, National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and Basketball Times following his senior campaign, when he helped lead the Jackrabbits to the NCAA Tournament for the second straight season.
Wolters also recorded the NCAA's highest scoring game of 2012-13 with 53 against Fort Wayne, which set both an SDSU single game and Summit League record for a regulation game. In reaching the record 53 points, he also broke and SDSU single-game record with nine 3-pointers.
For the season, Wolters averaged 22.3 points, 5.8 assists and 5.6 rebounds per game during his senior campaign, ranking fourth nationally in scoring and 21st in assists.
Wolters became the first player this century and only the third since the NCAA began keeping assists as an official statistic in 1983-84 to average 20 points, five assists and five rebounds in two separate seasons. He also falls into a category of just six NCAA players ieve 2,000 points, 600 rebounds and 600 assists in a career and with his 2,363 points being the highest scoring total of that elite group.
|NBA Draft Picks from South Dakota State
|Jim Sutton
|Minneapolis Lakers
|Don Jacobsen
|Syracuse Nationals
|Tom Black
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|Guy Mackner
|Atlanta Hawks
|Raul Duarte
|San Diego Rockets
|Lee Colburn
|Houston Rockets
|Steve Lingenfelter
|Washington Bullets
|Nate Wolters
|Washington Wizards
Despite being drafted, Sutton, Jacobsen, Mackner, Duarte and Colburn never played a game in the NBA.
Drafted by the Baltimore Bullets in 1964, Black didn't play in the NBA until 1970, when he signed as a free agent with the Seattle Supersonics, under head coach Lenny Wilkens, where he played in 55 games before being waived.
Black played his final 16 NBA games with the Cincinnati Royals under head coach Bob Cousy, who claimed Black off waivers in February 1971. Black averaged 4.2 points and 3.6 rebounds in 12.3 minutes per game in his lone season in the league.
Black played just one year in the league, but played for two coaches who would end up in the Basketball Hall of Fame; Wilkens was enshrined in 1989, 18 years after Cousy, who gained induction in 1971.
Lingenfelter saw action in 10 games over two years in the NBA, playing seven games with the Washington Bullets in 1982-83, scoring eight points and grabbing 12 rebounds in 7.6 minutes per game.
After more than a year out of the league, the San Antonio Spurs signed Lingenfelter to a 10-day contract in February 1984. In three games with the Spurs, he scored two points and grabbed four rebounds, averaging just 4.7 minutes per game.
The Spurs waived Lingenfelter on March 5, 1984, and he never played in the NBA again.


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GOLDEN — The judge in the case against Austin Sigg ruled on Wednesday that defense attorneys may include testimony from an expert on adolescent brain development.
District Court Chief Judge Stephen Munsinger granted the motion on the grounds that the expert speak generally about adolescent brain development — including the effects of trauma — but does not opine directly about Sigg's mental state. Prosecutors in the case expressed concerns that Sigg's attorneys are setting up a "mental state defense."
Sigg is accused of kidnapping, killing and dismembering 10-year-old Jessica Ridgeway in October.
Munsinger granted the motion over requests from Chief Deputy District Attorney Hal Sargent, who asked that the ruling be postponed until after defense attorneys provided prosecutors with a list of the evidence the expert's testimony would relate to.
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Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Petty Special Off-Balance For ESPN
Expectations were high for the Richard Petty one hour special on Tuesday from the good folks at NASCAR Now. This TV series on ESPN2 had earlier presented a very warm and personal special from DEI on the anniversary of Dale Earnhardt Sr.'s passing. This show would be much different.
Back then, Nicole Manske was the single host and she showed her skills in conversation and interviewing with a wide variety of personalities. This time, Shannon Spake was going to be on-site at the Petty Museum in Randleman, NC. It houses a wonderful collection of trophies, cars and memorabilia. At the opening of the show, it was made clear that no ESPN personality was on-hand at the new Petty shop in Mooresville, NC. The focus of this show was going to be fifty years of history.
Surprisingly, it was Nicole Manske appearing on-camera at the beginning of the show. After a brief introduction, she introduced Spake who was in the interview location. The interaction between the two was awkward and it was clear from the start that Spake was uncomfortable in this role. As Manske would introduce Spake and her new set of guests, Spake in return would then re-introduce them again every single time as if she could not hear the "toss." Nervous and tentative, Spake would then ask basically the same question over-and-over again with a different subject. It was tough to watch.
Fans tuning-in were looking for a walk down memory lane and what they got instead was a lot of sitting. A whole lot of sitting. The problem was this was not the ESPN studio, it was the Petty museum and NASCAR Now was avoiding the very reason they were on-site. They were surrounded by fifty years of racing history and never even gave the TV viewers a tour. What a shame.
Manske is a TV pro and she zoomed through the news stories of the day, allowing David Newton to pay-off the Truex team penalties and offering a video denial by Max Siegel that DEI is for sale. During the show, Tim Brewer and DJ Copp combined for a fun look at the pit stops of old and that is exactly what the show needed a lot more of...a lot.
Spake talked with Dale Inman, Kyle Petty and the King. Her questions were basic and often seemed uninformed. ESPN2 played back video features that had been used before and one voiced by Allen Bestwick for this program. Unfortunately, neither Spake or Manske got up and walked. Petty is incredibly proud of the cars, trophies and memorabilia in the museum. He never got a chance to show it.
How incredibly strange that the program revolved around folding chairs and two reporters in the same building at different locations. If Manske and Spake had gotten-up, they would have experienced the Petty museum just like the NASCAR fans in these pictures. They might have actually had a good time.
Not a lot more can be said about this show except that it missed the mark. NASCAR Now has been an outstanding studio program this season and Manske's programs on-location from Daytona and DEI worked well. Unfortunately, this special show just did not click. Back to Bristol and the studio on Wednesday for Manske and company.
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38 comments:
- red said...
my initial comments are on the original post so this comes after several hours of pondering. i have figured out why i was so very disappointed in this show. given how much footage of the king is out there, how many of his competitors are still alive, how exciting that museum has been reputed to be, i thought we'd see a tight production, filled with memories and great film. add in the presence of the king himself and it's a sure hit.
unfortunately, none of that happened. it was a ramblin' mess that just seemed to wander about in circles -- but not in a good way. no energy, no laughs (except when inman said petty was lazy! you didn't need to be able to see behind those big old shades to see the momentary flash of irritation in petty's eyes at that comment!) instead of showing that fun piece on dj copp trying to use the tools of petty's time -- and it was funny, make no mistake! -- i would have enjoyed more with petty himself.
which is my next frustration. there sat the king and dale inman, nascar legends both and i truly felt bad for them as they tried manfully to handle the questions shannon spake tossed their way. she had THE perfect interviews sitting right there, waiting to talk and have a great time and her weak skills made the whole segment just drag. and i still can't understand why we needed two hosts at opposite ends of the same location?
espn generally puts together some fairly slick packages and it is SO frustrating that this was not one of those. they can't go back and try it again and i doubt any other nascar partner will try. so sad. such a great and historic story, waiting to be told, and it was so badly mishandled.
- July 9, 2008 at 12:09 AM
- Kenn Fong said...
Have you ever seen The King's eyes? I don't mind that he uses this trademark look but once in a while, I'd like to see him take 'em off.
Alameda, California
- July 9, 2008 at 12:18 AM
- SophiaZ123 said...
GREaT question. I know they are his trademark but good golly! The reason I like the old film's of him are SO I can see his eyes.
But this was a poor show. Spake should have NEVER been put in this position and I am flummoxed as to why she was chosen.
Nicole has shown she is at ease in such situations. No offense to Shannon but she comes off like a school girl trying to do a big class project.
This was the show that could....but did not.
- July 9, 2008 at 12:26 AM
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- July 9, 2008 at 1:20 AM
- bevo said...
That's a shame, glad I didn't see it. Sounds like the Producer really dropped the ball on this. Sirius did a show from there and it was great, of course the hosts have been involved in NASCAR for a long time.
- July 9, 2008 at 3:55 AM
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- July 9, 2008 at 5:54 AM
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- July 9, 2008 at 7:20 AM
- Anonymous said...
I had the same thoughts as I watched it, so JD, you are just echoing what I thought.
I certainly don't have tv/interviewing skills and probably wouldn't have done much better, but if Shannon is going to do this kind of work, she needs much improvement.
- July 9, 2008 at 8:26 AM
- red said...
i'm not sure what's happening here: i watched the show and i wrote my impressions as i watched as did other folks. did you guys miss that? no one said the dj copp piece wasn't excellent. what i thought was that it was misplaced, that it didn't belong on a show that was advertised as being a tribute to the king's 50 years of racing.
i have little problem with manske or spake. i have little problem with foks sitting down during interviews. but i did have a problem with that show. i'm not going to re-list all my concerns as i have already posted my impressions. i will say, however, that i think spake was not strong in her role as interviewer, that manske was not sharp in her role as co-host, second host, left side of the studio host -- whatever her role was supposed to be. the non-definition of her role was an immediate point of comment.
for me, it isn't about the personalities of the women involved. the entire broadcast was disappointing and frustrating. i made time to watch the show b/c of my respect for richard petty and my love of the sport. i had hoped for some great interviews and would have really enjoyed a video tour of that museum.
some have taken to questioning jd's "ax to grind" but i ask that you read comments from others as well. jd: could you please consider moving that NN column back up in the line so that the comments the folks wrote at the time can be read?
and anon at 1:20: i found your comment about "T&A" to be completely offensive and rude.
- July 9, 2008 at 8:32 AM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Anon 5:40 and 7:20AM,
You are both welcome to return and re-post without the offensive comments to Ms. Manske and myself.
I left ESPN in 1989 with a nice party and no hard feelings. Since Feb of 2007 we have seen a total change in the network's NASCAR coverage that has been tremendously positive. One bad show is not going to spoil the season.
Whenever we post on female announcers, we always get some men who need to make sexist comments, its just the way of the Internet. Sorry if someone was offended before the comment was removed.
OK, back to the comments.
- July 9, 2008 at 8:56 AM
- red said...
thanks, jd! that bad taste in my mouth has been cleansed.
- July 9, 2008 at 9:01 AM
- Thornton, Colorado said...
For veiwers that want the King to take off his glasses: IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN. And I don't have a problem with that. That is his style and has been since the early 70's. If you want to see them off, go in the pit and see him on top of the truck; they are off then. As far as the show: Yes. Disjointed to say the least. If veiwers don' want "t & a", then at least the camera crew could follow the Petty's (Richard and Kyle) around and have them stop at certain locales and talk about what particular trophy, picture, cars, etc. strike their fancy.
It must be an ESPN thing, what with the two separate locations in the same building. Perhaps Nicole and Spake can't stand each other.
The interview with Kyle was mainly about his tenure in the booth, not about his Dad's 50 year history, which was a shame as I know personally he has some great stories to tell along the way.
But in the end, folks, isn't it great that the mainstream media hasn't forgotten about The King, or his legacy? Alot of people (including modern day drivers,and this is a fact, don't even know who he is), so it's nice to see "someone other than Earnhardt" on T.V
God Bless the boys from Randleman.
- July 9, 2008 at 9:02 AM
- TexasRaceLady said...
I posted on the original article, so this comes the "morning after."
If the intent of the program was to celebrate 50 years of racing, ESPN missed the mark --- badly. In fact, they shot themselves in the foot, and looked like fools doing it.
I couldn't believe Spake didn't know that Richard and Dale Inman were cousins and asked when they first met. They had to be wondering about her understanding of the sport at that moment.
JD, I'm with you about the museum. It is crammed to the rafters with memories --- why on Earth didn't we see any of those memories? I'm sure Richard could tell a story with each trophy.
They missed a golden opportunity with Kyle to get the "behind the sunglasses" look at Richard.
And why two hosts? In the same building? No sense at all.
This show BOMBED --- in more ways than one.
- July 9, 2008 at 9:26 AM
- Lou,Kingston,NY said...
red said...
thanks, jd! that bad taste in my mouth has been cleansed.
July 9, 2008 9:01 AM
red, I work nights and get to read that trash.
I feel the same way.
Do not wish to carry over my short comment from other post. Many others have stated how I feel about the show better than I can and I agree. What a letdown. I really expected more. Will move on from here. One bad show, but it was an important one, that we can not go back and do over. NN still alot better than last season.
- July 9, 2008 at 10:16 AM
- Lou,Kingston,NY said...
when I said I feel the same way . I was in agreement w/red. thanks
- July 9, 2008 at 10:19 AM
- Anonymous said...
Who produced this miess? ESPN or Images?
It was embarrassing in its ignorance of the sport and Petty.
With all of the knowlegable and camera saavy race hitorians out there - many of whom lived thru the heyday of Petty- this show selects two female hosts who, btween them, probably cannot cite a significant fact about the King.
Smacks of ESPN sexism
Bray Kroter
- July 9, 2008 at 10:30 AM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
ESPN produces NASCAR Now. The NASCAR Media Group contibutes one feature that is run in the Monday show and both groups cooperate on issues like footage.
- July 9, 2008 at 10:41 AM
- Geez said...
This was a very confusing show. With all they had available to them, It was disappointing.
Look for Marty Smith to be all over today's show with his "breaking" Tony Stewart news. :-)
- July 9, 2008 at 10:45 AM
- Lisa Hogan said...
JD, when you posted that Shannon Spake was going to be the lead on this show, I thought, "Oh, dear". Unfortunately, I was correct.
When ESPN started the NASCAR contract, they made some questionable hiring decisions on their NASCAR staff. With Nichole and Shannon, they hired two cute females who had been on TV shows that had something to do with NASCAR. Nichole took this job and ran with it. She did her homework and is a total turn-a-round from her SPEED days. Shannon, on the other hand, has not made any progress. Having her do the interview with Richard Petty was an embarrassing mistake.
I don't understand why Brad D. didn't get this assignment. Too logical, perhaps? :)
I agree with others that the show was disjointed and seemed to have been thrown together. Nascar Now had an opportunity for a great show about one of our legends and it was totally wasted.
- July 9, 2008 at 1:11 PM
- Anonymous said...
I went ahead and watched it during my lunch break since I didn't have a chance last night and definitely disappointing :(.
The "fun" factor definitely was missing with the exception like someone said I believe in the other column with DJs and Tim's piece.
It seemed so "formal" the King is usually always joking and having a good laugh and that just wasn't there. They were just sitting there looking uncomfortable :(
The King was in NY today...he was on Fox and Friends First. It was a nice short interview. I don't see the link yet but of course I always have trouble finding things on their site.
Anywho, at the end he gave them a Cowboy hat to share during the week. He even took his glasses off for Doocey to try on so he'd have the King get up right :)
- July 9, 2008 at 1:25 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
I have been biting my tongue on that one, but don't you think Brad would have been wonderful at walking around and talking about the history with his hero?
- July 9, 2008 at 1:26 PM
- cncspd said...
I did not see the show but it sounds like they should have had Ryan McGee talk with The King.
If anyone knows The King and all of the history of his racing it would be Ryan. I am sure it would have been fun too.
Mike P.
- July 9, 2008 at 1:51 PM
- ML said...
I also watched the Petty interview on ESPN2, last night and was very disappointed. They could have had the inerview with out showing either Richard or Kyle all the time and showed a little bit of the Museum. THis would have enticed peope to visit. I was there years ago and would have like to see what the new museum was like. Richard or Kyle could have also talk about the different cars, as they answered the questions, rather than just a 'sit and tell' interview.
- July 9, 2008 at 2:20 PM
- AMS fan said...
Well it wasn't the best show. It felt like I was at a funeral and you should sit down, shut up, and show respect for the departed. (maybe not that bad but close)
It did seem somber though. Not much excitement to be celebrating 50 years. Brad would have been a kid in a candy store there. I think he would have asked questions I could relate to, and had fun.
That is my #1 problem with ESPN. I'm human, I make mistakes, ESPN and the announcers are no different. I haven't enjoyed my profession for years, so I tune to NASCAR for knowledge, fun and racin. ESPN most days is just dull, and this celebration was DULL. I'm sure Shannon is trying, but pairing her with Nicole just didn't work.
And for the only funny part of the show, Nicole said about 6 minutes in "...it was some 50 years ago this week that a young man named Richard Petty first climbed behind the reel of a wace car"...
I'm not being hateful by bringing that up, it's just funny in all of the seriousness (if that's a word) of ESPN.
I'm not a Ryan Burr fan but he would have been the better choice for the "news" correspondent.
It appeared like there may have been a terrible time delay between Nicole and Shannon.
- July 9, 2008 at 2:27 PM
- Richard in N.C. said...
Nicole M. was on SportsCenter last night interviewing Roy Williams from some out-of-the-way hamlet - Chapel Hill, NC - 80 to 90 miles from Level Cross. It was not clear to me when the interview was done, but I would have to think this week.
This morning The King was on CNBC live from NYC talking with Darren Revel about NASCAR and the economy and his deal with Boston Ventures.
- July 9, 2008 at 2:32 PM
- Lisa Hogan said...
Sorry that you abused your tongue on this one! :)
I just went ahead and stepped in the middle of it! Brad would have made that show joyful and worth recording and keeping. Poor Shannon just made me cringe.
And since it has been mentioned:
I stand firm on my opinion that I don't have any problem with sunglasses being worn on TV. :)
- July 9, 2008 at 2:33 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
The TV rule is that to wear them outside on a sunny day...no problem. Only the reporters have to remove them before being on-air.
The issue has been the SPEED Stage, Media Center, liveshots with NASCAR Now and other locations.
One problem that the drivers have become aware of is that sometimes their message is lost behind big distracting sunglasses.
When they want to make eye contact with the fans to deliver a sponsor message or talk about a charity of make a point they feel very stongly about, the shades should come off.
BTW - This debate has been going since 1980's on TV. Good to know we are keeping the tradition alive!
- July 9, 2008 at 2:38 PM
- Lisa Hogan said...
I'm having problems posting comments this afternoon. It takes several tries.
Is it possible that Nichole and Shannon were taped at different times and then all the pieces pasted together for this show?
- July 9, 2008 at 2:39 PM
- Lisa Hogan said...
90% of what I type is typed with a smile. The sunglasses comment was typed with a laugh. :)
Actually, I think it would be fun for the Monday night Nascar Now panel to be sitting on their high bar stool chairs, in front of a race car, in suits and ties, and be wearing sunglasses. :)
- July 9, 2008 at 2:44 PM
- Anonymous said...
I ended up hitting the FF button several times. I didn't watch until this morning. It was a dreary day in Richmond, and the show was putting me back to sleep.
- July 9, 2008 at 6:42 PM
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- July 9, 2008 at 6:54 PM
- red said...
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- July 9, 2008 at 7:03 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Anon 6:54PM,
Would you drop me an email at email@example.com when you have a chance please?
The rules for posting are located on the right side of the main page, as you can see from the thousands of comments any viewpoint is welcome and discussion is the purpose of this Internet project.
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- July 9, 2008 at 7:07 PM
- Newracefan said...
I never thought of Brad but he would have been perfect for this and I would have loved a walking tour. Overall I was under whelmed
- July 9, 2008 at 7:31 PM
- Richard in N.C. said...
I've only had a chance to watch the first half of the show and, after reading the comments here, I found it better than I expected.
I've heard The King tell the story of the 1959 race he almost won more than once before - but on N-Now is the first time I've heard him mention arguing with his father about who won.
- July 9, 2008 at 11:29 PM
- Anonymous said...
Don't forget that "the King" is on Trackside Friday night so it will be interesting to see how that show differs from this disappointment.
- July 9, 2008 at 11:36 PM
- Don said...
I don't get to watch much racin' TV, but caught the first half of this...mess. Wow, was it bad. I kept checking to see if this was actually ESPN or my local podunk TV station. Hate to be critical of ANY racing coverage, but c'mon.... for a national sports production, this was just bad in every way.
- July 10, 2008 at 1:03 AM
- Anonymous said...
Id love to see some comparisons between the ESPN Petty debacle and the Trackside version. Im certain with the backgrounds that the Trackside boys bring to the table the show will bring some more things that fans want to hear from the King
- July 12, 2008 at 12:14 PM


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