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ATLANTA, GA. – The ninth-ranked Duke University men's tennis team concluded its 2013 regular season road schedule with a 5-2 win over Georgia Tech Sunday afternoon at the Ken Byers Tennis Complex. The Blue Devils improve to 18-4 on the season and 6-1 in Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) action, while the Yellow Jackets fall to 8-12 on the year and 1-6 in the conference.
"It was a good team win for us today," said head coach Ramsey Smith. "Georgia Tech fought hard and pushed us in singles. When things got tight our guys stepped up and competed really well."
The Blue Devils took control of the doubles portion from first serve, quickly winning the opening point in just under 45 minutes with victories on courts one and three. The tandem of Fred Saba and Chris Mengel quickly dispatched the Georgia Tech pair of Garret Gordon and Colin Edwards, 8-1, at the No. 3 spot in the lineup. The win is the duo's 20th of the season, as three Blue Devil double teams now own at least 20 wins in doubles.
At the No. 1 position, the dynamic duo of senior Henrique Cunha and sophomore Raphael Hemmeler, the top-ranked pair in the country, continued their dominant season, as the pair sealed the opening point for Duke with an 8-2 win over Juan Spir and Eduardo Segura. The win for Cunha and Hemmeler is their ninth consecutive and the duo's 29th of the season, as they now sit in fifth-place all-time in wins among double teams in the program's history.
On court two, Jason Tahir and Michael Redlicki were ahead in their match, 7-4, over Georgia Tech's Juan Melian and Nathan Rakitt before it was left unfinished.
Despite playing without the services of fifth-ranked Cunha, the Blue Devils came away with four wins in the singles portion of the match. Tahir continued his strong play at the No. 5 spot in the lineup, as he collected his 23rd win in straight-sets, 6-2, 6-1, over Sharma. Georgia Tech was able to cut into the Duke lead to make the score 2-1, after Spir defeated Saba at the top position, 6-1, 6-4. The loss from Saba is his first in ACC play this season and ends a streak of four straight wins over ranked opponents.
Playing in the first ACC match of his Duke career, rookie Josh Levine downed Colin Edwards, 6-3, 6-2, to put the Blue Devils within one point of the win. A product of Syosset, N.Y., Levine now owns a 7-0 record in the dual season. The Yellow Jackets clawed back to within one after Segura edged Mengel at the fourth position, 7-5, 7-6 (5).
After dropping the first set of his match to Melian at the No. 2 position, 6-0, Redlicki battled back to seal the team win for Duke. A product of Hawthorn Woods, Ill., Redlicki trailed in the second set, 0-2, before winning the next three games. The rookie won the second set, 7-5, to force a decisive third set, and jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the final frame, before clinching the come from behind victory, 0-6, 7-5, 6-1.
Playing in the fourth spot for the third time this season, Hemmeler downed Segura, 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-0. Hemmeler remains perfect when playing at the fourth spot at 3-0 on the season. The win is Hemmeler's team-leading 29th of the season.
Duke will return to the courts at Ambler Tennis Stadium to host Miami Sunday, April 14. First serve is scheduled for noon.
Tennis Match Results
Duke vs Georgia Tech
Apr 07, 2013 at Atlanta, Ga.
(Ken Byers Tennis Complex)
#9 Duke 5, Georgia Tech 2
Singles competition
1. #79 Juan Spir (GT) def. #25 Fred Saba (DU) 6-1, 6-4
2. #56 Michael Redlicki (DU) def. Juan Melian (GT) 0-6, 7-5, 6-1
3. Nathan Rakitt (GT) def. Chris Mengel (DU) 7-5, 7-6 (7-5)
4. #73 Raphael Hemmeler (DU) def. Eduardo Segura (GT) 6-1, 6-7 (5-7), 6-0
5. Jason Tahir (DU) def. Anish Sharma (GT) 6-2, 6-1
6. Josh Levine (DU) def. Colin Edwards (GT) 6-3, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. #1 Henrique Cunha/Raphael Hemmeler (DU) def. #51 Juan Spir/Eduardo Segura (GT) 8-2
2. Juan Melian/Nathan Rakitt (GT) vs. #14 Jason Tahir/Michael Redlicki (DU) 4-7, unfinished
3. #44 Fred Saba/Chris Mengel (DU) def. Garrett Gordon/Colin Edwards (GT) 8-1
Match Notes:
Duke 17-4; National ranking #9
Georgia Tech 8-12
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1); Singles (5,1,6,3,2,4)


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MARION — Gov. Pat Quinn says he supports a plan to let voters decide if they should limit the terms of state constitutional officers.
Republican leaders from the state House and Senate have proposed an amendment to the state's Constitution that would limit the officers to two, four-year terms. To get the measure on the ballot, it needs a three-fifths vote in the Legislature. The state's six constitutional officers include the governor, treasurer and comptroller.
In a Thursday statement, Quinn says he's backed term limits for years. However, when asked about the issue last year, Quinn wouldn't commit to a term limit for himself.
He's seeking a second full term in November.
His Republican gubernatorial challenger, Bruce Rauner is pushing for a term limits measure for lawmakers.

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For all the attention over President Barack Obama's 23 executive orders Wednesday signed in the name of preventing gun violence, there actually was very little to justify the claims — for or against — that the orders received.
Certainly, none of the proposals would have stopped Adam Lanza, the 20-year-old shooter whose attack on school children in Newtown, Conn., prompted this.
The orders Obama issued on background checks would not have stopped the Newtown attack because Adam Lanza's mother, who purchased the weapons, successfully passed such a background check.
Orders related to access to mental health would not have stopped Lanza. His family already had such access, and psychologists say predicting such behavior is largely impossible.
The order on school resource officers — similar to an earlier proposal by the National Rifle Association — would not have stopped Lanza. The Newtown school district, like many other U.S. schools, already had resource officers but only assigned them to the high school and middle school.
Obama's calls for Congress to ban future sales of semi-automatic rifles such as the AR-15, or of ammunition magazines carrying more than 10 rounds, also would not have prevented the crime. Such proposals supposedly would not apply to equipment already owned — which would have excluded the Lanza family's rifle and magazines.
Still, the package with a $500 million price tag does contain several positive measures.
For one, it removes a ban on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) analyzing firearms suicide data. (More than half of all gun deaths are suicides.) The CDC collects information on all U.S. deaths. Studying that could help hospitals better treat various wounds. It could identify particularly nasty bullets that, all things considered, shouldn't be available to civilians. It could help mental health professionals ask better questions of their patients who own or use guns. Yet Congress blocked such CDC funding and, for the years 2001-10, the CDC does not know what kind of firearm was used in 61.7 percent of all firearm suicides.
Other orders also would not have stopped Lanza, but still make sense. There has been no permanent director for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms since 2006, and the agency had several resignations in the wake of its "Fast and Furious" gunrunning scandal. The Senate has held up nominee Andrew Traver over his ties to gun control, but we believe an up-or-down vote is overdue.
We also support the order for a national safe and responsible gun ownership campaign. The government and NRA should work together on a campaign, like those against drunken driving, for gun safety and, separately, mental health awareness. They also might promote gun lockers — not just trigger locks — for general storage.
Indeed, complaints of the orders being unconstitutional seem off base. Presidents George H.W. Bush (1989) and Bill Clinton (2001) used executive orders to actually restrict certain types of firearms. Obama's 23 orders did not restrict any.
That may be the right course. U.S. firearm homicides have fallen to their lowest levels since at least 1981 (http://factcheck.org/2012/12/gun-rhetoric-vs-gun-facts/), despite record gun sales. In fact, there are more than 3 million AR-15s in the U.S., nearly all owned by responsible citizens more interested in stopping home invasions than anything else. Chicago, which virtually bans guns, saw homicides jump 15 percent to 513 deaths last year. The vast majority were due to handguns.
President Obama's 23 orders won't halt an Adam Lanza, but nor will they limit freedoms of responsible, law-abiding citizens.
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For all the attention over President Barack Obama's 23 executive orders Wednesday signed in the name of preventing gun violence, there actually was very little to justify the claims — for or against — that the orders received.


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OREGON — Just seven months after Rich Wiesner bought the Maxson Manor on the banks of the Rock River in Oregon, the restaurant went up in flames.
The blaze started in the basement of the turn-of-the-century mansion on March 27, 1993, just hours before a wedding reception was to be held there. Flames spread through the building and destroyed it.
"Great luck, huh?" Wiesner said this week, recalling his tenure with the Ogle County business. "I thought I was wiped out."
Instead, Wiesner invested nearly $750,000 into building a new 6,000-square-foot restaurant on Illinois 2 on the north edge of Oregon. He's run the Maxson Restaurant and Riverboat since it reopened in September 1994.
But now Wiesner, 66, is retiring. He oversaw his last cruise on the riverboat Sunday and will close up the restaurant for the final time after dinner Thursday. The future of the Maxson Restaurant and Riverboat is unclear, but Wiesner has no doubts.
"It'll sell," he said this week. "It's just a special spot. People were here before me, and they'll be here after me."
There's been a restaurant operating at the site since 1952. Wiesner's had the business on the market for about a year with no bites. But in the past few weeks he's seen steady interest, from one potential buyer in particular.
Tiffany Cravatta, owner of the neighboring Blackhawk Steak Pit restaurant and a real estate broker, shares Wiesner's optimism about the future of the Maxson Restaurant.
"It's a great place, a beautiful building," she said. "It'll sell fairly quickly."
The restaurant's hook, Wiesner said, is the view. When he rebuilt, he put in tiered seating in the dining room, so there's no bad seat in the house. Patrons this time of year can enjoy panoramic views of the autumn leaves through picture windows that line the building alongside the river.
Over the years, the site has hosted countless weddings, retirement parties and family reunions on the expansive deck outside the restaurant. And busloads of visitors took trips on the riverboat docked at the site.
"We're devastated," said Jethny Edmonson, manager at the Paddle Wheel Inn next door to the Maxson Restaurant.
The two entities have worked hand-in-hand since the Paddle Wheel Inn opened in the mid-1990s. But since the news of Maxson's closing came out, Edmonson said all of the upcoming wedding traffic booked at the hotel is cancelled.
"The future of our business is up in the air. We don't know how we can be in business without (Maxson)," she said.
Edmonson said ripples from the restaurant closing will be felt throughout the Oregon community, since visitors to Maxson usually visited other local establishments, too.
"Route 2 was closed for the past two years with the (road) expansion and we lost a lot of driving traffic from that," Edmonson said. "Things were supposed to be picking up for us."
"In light of the news, the owners just recently put the Paddle Wheel Inn up for sale, too. ... Anybody interested could also buy it and run the pair as one unit."
Wiesner got his start at Maxson as captain of the Pride of Oregon riverboat. He ran the boat for three years and then bought the business when the former owner passed away.
Since he took over the business, Wiesner estimates he's had just one vacation away. He feels compelled to be on site to ensure every special event held there runs smoothly.
"Now my kids are screaming at me to retire," he said, referring to his three sons who all live close by. "I promised the kids a year ago ... and I'm going to stick to my word."
Cravatta said she's talked to many customers who are sad to see the Maxson closing and wonder why.
"I think it's just a time thing," she said. "He's a great guy. And he's worked very hard there and made it a great place. He deserves to retire and enjoy his time."
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Stacey Cole's Nature Talks: Thanks to reader for detailing how gray squirrels build nestsSTACEY COLE February 01. 2013 9:54PM
A gentleman from Andover witnessed, and well described, the behavior or a pair of gray squirrels gathering leaves in fall to build a nest together. Never having seen this process, I have always been curious about how squirrels constructed their leaf nests. I appreciated the detail contained in the letter.
Our reader wrote in part: "I happened to look out my kitchen window and noticed a gray squirrel going down a maple tree trunk headfirst. It jumped into the thick blanket of leaves at the base and seemed to be rooting around in them, I thought for seeds. Rather, it was filling its mouth with those dry leaves. Up the trunk it went for twenty feet, jumped onto its branches, stopped to make some adjustment in its load and then continued up another twenty feet, jumped to an adjoining blue spruce and went to the top, a good fifty feet off the ground. The blue spruce had no needles the first 25 feet, then slowly increased its needles until the last 10 feet looked like a Christmas tree. Into the Christmas tree the squirrel went. Soon there were two of them making the trip about once a minute. One would take eight or ten leaves, always stopping part way up to readjust, never losing any. The other would take ten or fifteen leaves, losing one or two each stop for adjusting. I do not know how long they had been doing this. After watching for fifteen minutes one seemed to be stopping on the way down as if saying, 'Don't we have enough?' then continued; the other kept collecting. Finally they both remained in the top of the blue spruce. During the time I watched they must have collected about 800 maple leaves.
"I didn't think they raised young this time of year."
Turning once again to the book, "New Hampshire Nature Notes" written by my old friend, Hilbert R. "Bandy" Siegler, I found the following: "In New Hampshire the gray squirrel breeds in mid-winter. The gestation period is about 44 days so that the one to four young are usually born sometime in March. There is another upsurge of litters in late summer. The mother takes the entire responsibility for care of the young while the father is out two-timing with other females. Generally born in cavities of trees but sometimes in leafy nests in tree tops, the young remain blind for about five weeks. When disturbed the mother may carry them considerable distances. In transit the young wrap their tails and legs around their mother's neck. Most wait until their second year to mate. The squirrel's chief enemies are great horned and barred owls, foxes, bobcats, some hawks and martens."
Bandy retired on June 30, 1976, as Game Management and Research Chief after 33 years service at the N.H. Fish and Game Department.
Speaking of bobcats, in mid-January, my good friend Ted Walski, biologist for N.H. Fish and Game, dropped by to show me two exceptionally large bobcats. It seemed so to me for they were the largest I have ever seen. They had big heads, short tails and, when stretched out, appeared quite long.

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On Jan. 3 a Rumney reader wrote in part: "Thought you would be interested that about once a week, up until the cold weather came, I have been seeing 6 bluebirds. They seemed to stay about a couple hours and were usually here either on Saturdays and Sundays. They were going in and out of the three birdhouses that I have on a small slope behind my house. Since I had six bluebirds this summer, I wonder if they are the same ones. My daughter who lives in Parsonsfield, Maine, also has been seeing them regularly until the cold weather arrived. It seemed late to me to be seeing them in December.
"My feeders have been busy with all the usual birds and nothing unusual. Today I did notice that as two red squirrels hung bottom side up on two of the feeders, the chickadees were brave enough to go to the other side and get their sunflower seeds. Since the snow and cold weather arrived, I have not seen a gray squirrel near the feeders."
Here at the farm I saw a pair of bluebirds visit our birdhouse that bluebirds nested in this past summer. In fall and early winter it is not unusual for them to do that. It certainly appears that last summer's nesters are revisiting their former home. In seriously rugged weather bluebirds do use birdhouses for a safer night's sleep.

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On Jan. 6 a Candia reader wrote in part: "I saw a peregrine falcon from my office building in Manchester that has prompted me to write of my sighting of redpolls at my feeder in Candia. What an animated group, seeming always in motion. Over 30 birds flitted for about 10 to 20 minutes. That is only the second sighting of them that I can recall. Last time I saw them was 30 or so years ago in Manchester."
Stacey Cole's address is 529 W. Swanzey Road, Swanzey 03446.


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Marie R. Nogle, 90, of Mainlands of Pinellas Park, Fla., passed away Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012.
Marie R. Nogle, 90, of Mainlands of Pinellas Park, Fla., passed away Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012.
She was born April 16, 1922, in Highfield, Md., the daughter of the late Willis and Ida C. (Haugh) Rohrbaugh.
She graduated with the class of 1940 from Washington Township High School, Franklin County, Pa. She attended Waynesboro, Pa., Business College prior to employment at Landis Machine Co. of Waynesboro.
She married Robert E. Nogle on Feb. 22, 1947, and they lived in the Philadelphia area for 47 years. Just prior to their relocation to Florida, Marie had retired as private secretary to the Director of Special Education for the Delaware County, Pa., Intermediate Unit in 1985.
Marie was a lifetime member of Friendship Chapter 551 Order of Eastern Star and M.C. Verner Court 71 Order of the Amaranth, both of Philadelphia. She was a member of Ridley Park, Pa., United Methodist Church and attended St. Paul United Methodist Church in Largo, Fla.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; three sisters; and three brothers.
Survivors include daughters, Linda K. Nogle and her husband, Terry Repko, of Jacksonville and Avis A. (Nogle) Harper of St. Petersburg; grandsons, Matthew and Brad Harper, both of Newark, Del.; and numerous nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held 2 p.m. Friday at Garden Sanctuary Funeral Home, 7950 131st St., Seminole, Fla., 33776.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to American Heart Association.


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They've fixed it. Now let's hope the fix is not in. What's fixed is the makeup of the Democratic committee that will pick a successor to Rep. Chuck Jefferson of Rockford, who up and quit without warning July 1. He had been planning to run for re-election.
Democrats have until the end of August to replace him, presumably with someone who won't just finish out his term but will be on the Nov. 4 ballot.
This is an important choice because in the 67th House District, the Democrats always win and the incumbent is never seriously challenged from within the party. So the person picked could be in office for the next 20, 30 years, maybe more. (There was a Republican candidate, John Guevara, but he dropped out of the running.)
When the selection committee — party Chairman Charlie Laskonis, L.C. Wilson and Bill Crowley — was announced, some cried foul. Dot Turner, the 17th Congressional District central committeewoman, and others believed that Crowley, who is also Winnebago County auditor, couldn't be on the committee because he doesn't live in the 67th District. Under the law that was in effect before 2012, selection committee members didn't have to live in the same House district. Now they do.
It wasn't a conspiracy, just a misunderstanding of the new rules. Crowley graciously quit the committee, and the party replaced him with longtime Democrat Odell Simpson, who lives in the 67th District. Laskonis as party chairman automatically heads the committee, regardless of where he lives in Winnebago County.
Jefferson wanted Litesa Wallace, his chief of staff, to take his place. For all I know, she could be a great representative. But that's not the point. Jefferson abruptly took himself out of politics. His wishes should not be the deciding factor here, just one of many considerations.
That's why I'm happy that Laskonis plans to have an open process that considers the views of all interested Democrats — and the wider community.
"We are committed to finding a state representative who will continue to speak up for the needs and concerns of Rockford residents, and the best way to do that is to make sure residents have the opportunity to participate in the process," Laskonis said in a statement.
"By soliciting resumes and interviewing top candidates, we can ensure that our next state representative reflects the values and diversity of our community."
That's a good start.
Now, if I could offer a little advice to my Democratic friends on the committee.
Rockford needs a strong advocate in Springfield who knows the legislative process and the art of the schmooze. Many lawmakers know the former, but not too many are good at the latter. Building good relationships with members of both parties is important. You may need opposition votes to get something passed.
Dealmaking is how we get things done in Springfield. The new legislator must choose which controversial bills to support and what to get for Rockford in return for that support. And he or she should always know Rockford's legislative priorities and work to push them in the Capitol.
Here's an example from about 25 years ago of how to keep your community's priorities in leaders' minds: Rep. John Hallock was scheduled to have breakfast with Gov. Jim Thompson. The night before, Hallock called Webbs Norman, the director of the Rockford Park District, and asked him the district's top priorities for state money so he could plug them with the governor. Webbs eagerly told him the top "asks."
As the lone Democrat among the Rockford area's senators and representatives, the new 67th District rep can play a crucial role in advancing the community's agenda within the majority party and with its powerful leader, Speaker Mike Madigan.
It's also vital that the new rep meets regularly with local Republican members to advance our priorities in a united front.
After all, we send a lot of tax money to Springfield, and our lawmakers must work together to get our fair share back.
If you're 21 and a voter in the 67th District who'd like to be a Democratic rep in the 67th District, email a resume to firstname.lastname@example.com or drop it off at 6820 Mill Road, Rockford. All resumes must be received by 4 p.m. Friday, July 25. Committee members will review all applicants and conduct interviews Wednesday, July 30, at the UAW Hall, 112 N. Second St. The interviews will be open to the public.
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Though the thought of horse meat in British lasagna or Ikea meatballs may be stomach-churning to some people, in some cultures the practice of eating horse meat is not just acceptable, it's a treat. NPR's Peter Kenyon just returned from the Central Asian republic of Kazakhstan and checked out the meat market at the Green Bazaar in Almaty. He sent back this postcard.
In a cavernous hall, I found a long counter dripping with steaks, chops and ribs. A sign at the end of each aisle advertised the animal on display: lamb, cow, goat and, toward the back, horse.
Those aisles were attracting plenty of customers, despite the fact that horse meat costs more than beef. That's a far different situation than in Europe, where scandal erupted over cheaper horse meat substituted for more expensive beef.
In the Green Baazar, horse breast and ribs are very popular, as is a fatty part of the neck, according to Farida, one of the knife-wielding women working there.
But the ultimate delicacy is kazy, a boiled horse sausage served on special occasions and to honored guests. It's so essential to Kazah cuisine that the country's Olympic team begged to be allowed to bring it to London for the 2012 games.
When I asked Farida about the horse meat scandal in Europe, she made it clear that she's far too polite to make fun of another country's gastronomic foibles.
"The British people honor the horse, and they don't eat it. They haven't got the tradition," she said. "Here in Kazakhstan, our ancestors ate horses, and it is deeply connected to our identity."
Those connections are centuries deep. The Kazakhs' forebears rode across the steppes with Genghis Khan in the 13th century. The army moved with alarming speed, thanks to its sturdy horses, with three or four per warrior. Those horses also provided milk, blood and eventually meat to fuel the army.
In the market, 60-year-old Nurseit watched as fistfuls of crushed garlic were mixed with horse breast and salt, and stuffed into sausage casings to make kazy. Nurseit laughed as he remembered bringing some kazy to the United States for his son, a diplomat. At the airport, the sniffer tog twitched and turned his way, but he managed to deliver the prize safely.
After the market, I decided to try it myself, at the Seven Treasures restaurant. I found it delicious, not unlike very tender venison.
But that's not the only horse product on the menu. My translator, Aibar, dared me to try fermented mare's milk, which is known to back quite a kick.
"It's very good, actually," Aibar said. "There shouldn't be that much alcohol in it, probably about 10, nine degrees."
The milk is sour, smoky and gamy all at once.
Actually, through, I feel a sudden urge to conquer the steppes. Maybe after one more bite of this delicious sausage. What is it again?
From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Audie Cornish.
You've likely heard by now the news that horsemeat has been found in some European beef burgers and meatballs. It's a story that's caused many American palates to twitch in revulsion. But in a number of cultures, horsemeat is not only accepted, it is favored.
For example, NPR's Peter Kenyon brings us this report from Kazakhstan in Central Asia.
PETER KENYON, BYLINE: Almaty is a booming city these days, with shopping malls and supermarkets to provide the frills and necessities of modern life. But some still prefer markets like the green bazaar, where they do things the old way. The meat department is upstairs.
In a cavernous hall, long counters are dripping with steaks, chops, ribs, and a few cuts not immediately recognizable to a Western eye. A sign at the end of each aisle advertises the animal on display - be it lamb, cow, or goat. Toward the back, several aisles with a picture of a horse are attracting good business.
A few simple facts quickly emerge. First, no self-respecting carnivore here would think of adulterating a perfectly good horse burger with cow flesh - unless money is an issue. That's right. Here it's beef that's the low-cost alternative to the gourmet's preferred meat, horse. Knife-wielding women in red aprons and white cloth caps deftly trim, shape, and chop while customers hover.
FARIDA: (Foreign language spoken)
KENYON: One of the workers, Farida, sets down her knife and says the horse breast and ribs are very popular. And there's a fatty part in the neck that's also delicious. But the ultimate delicacy is kazy, the boiled horse sausage served on special occasions and to honored guests.
I ask her about the horsemeat scandal in Britain, the panic over finding traces of horsemeat in their food. I was expecting a laugh, or at least a smile. But Farida makes another thing quite clear: Kazakhs are far too polite a people to make fun of another country's gastronomic foibles.
FARIDA: (Foreign language spoken)
KENYON: The British people honor the horse and they don't eat it. They haven't got the tradition, she says. Here in Kazakhstan, our ancestors ate horses and it's deeply connected to our identity.
Any Kazakh student can tell you about the exploits of Genghis Khan and his Mongol warriors, who swept across the steppes in the 13th century. The army moved with alarming speed, thanks to its sturdy horses; three or four to a warrior, which provided milk, blood, and eventually meat to sustain the conquest. When fermented, by the way, mare's milk also packs an alcoholic kick.
KENYON: A blind accordionist makes his way through the market aisles, easing past Nurseit, a 6o-year-old Almaty resident watching closely as fistfuls of crushed garlic and large pinches of salt are stuffed into sausage casings, along with chunks of horse breast. This is the prized kazy.
NURSEIT: (Foreign language spoken)
KENYON: Nurseit laughs as he recalls bringing some kazy into the U.S. for his son, a diplomat at the embassy in Washington. He says at the airport, the sniffer dog twitched and turned his way as he passed, but he managed to deliver the prize safely.
KENYON: At the Seven Treasures Restaurant, the table is set with kazy, which is indeed excellent, not unlike very tender venison. There is also, however, a bowl of fermented mare's milk; which my translator Aibar is daring me to try.
Now here goes. Ah, hmm. It's very good actually.
AIBAR: There shouldn't be that much alcohol in it. About - probably about 10, nine degrees.
So this is very light.
KENYON: The milk is smoky, sour and gamey all at once. Actually, though, I feel a sudden urge to conquer the steppes. Maybe after one more bite of this delicious sausage. What is it again?
Peter Kenyon, NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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I am working on a "How to" search presentation for my local Family History Interest Group.
Hurricane Sandy caused the presentation to be rescheduled / postponed until the library could get it's power back and that folks could get to it safely. There are still road closures, trees down, folks without power, even a week after the storm.
This extra time provided me with some more time to research my two "case studies" for this presentation. Two folks from the group sent me "problems", to be used as examples for the "Group" to help search for solutions.
In the Inferential Genealogy program that I have discussed here, having a specific goal or question to answer was very important. Both of the 'case studies' have specific questions.
Leading up to my presentation, several presenters at previous meetings have reminded us about "not every thing is Online"; being patient with results, and YOU are an expert for your own family.
The first case study, which will be in presentation form, meaning I will present a couple of searching techniques that I use and that will be used for the 2nd "group" or "community" search case study.
Both of these examples will illustrate that "not everything is online". But in different ways. The first is Civil War records and a Civil War Pension files. The information that is needed to order these files are online, but the details are not. The "how to order" forms are online.
The second case study will reinforce that, but in a different way. This 2nd case study will bring in the "family expert" that would go with the data that can be seen online. In working with the person who gave me the 2nd case study, I have found that there were relationships that aren't found "online" but the "family expert" knows what the real relationships are. Just looking online, does not reflect two "step" relationships.
The good news, in working with these two case studies, where to "go next", or what repository to visit "next" becomes obvious. This second case study, the crowd or community search will provide this second person with one or two repositories that should be visited, but with a list of items to look for at that repository.
In addition, the Friends, Acquaintance, and Neighbors (FAN) concept will be introduced, just based on the specific example / problem that was presented to me, and the importance looking broadly and not being focused on an individual. For example, who are the people on the census page before and after "your people". Hints to resolve this 2nd "problem" became obvious is the resolution of the specific question for this case study.
Note: I am writing this as a reminder to my self, of a couple of points to be made during the presentation. Comments are always welcome.


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Green Bay Packers
James Jones: 6-7-7-10-9-7 (7), Randall Cobb: 8-4-10-8-7-9 (6.6), Jordy Nelson: 12-5-12-9-dnp-1 (7.2), Jermichael Finley: 5-5-4-2-6-2 (5), Greg Jennings: 3-dnp-dnp-dnp-dnp-dnp (7.3), Alex Green: 0-1-1-5-6-4 (2.4), Cedric Benson: 4-2-dnp-dnp-dnp-dnp (3), Donald Driver: 2-2-0-1-2-2 (1.2), John Kuhn: 0-1-0-1-dnp-dnp (1.3), Tom Crabtree: 1-1-3-0-1-2 (1), D.J. Williams: dnp-4-dnp-0-1-0 (1.1), Jarrett Boykin: dnp-dnp-0-0-1-2 (0.8), James Starks: dnp-dnp-0-dnp-2-0 (0.7)
The quick exit of Jordy Nelson in Week 9 put James Jones and Randall Cobb in the spotlight once again and they ended up catching three touchdown passes. If Greg Jennings ever returns, it will hurt James Jones the most. Randall Cobb isn't going anywhere.
Jermichael Finley on the other hand has gone to the dogs. He hasn't seen a red zone target since week five and only has 14 total targets since then as well. That's a measly 3.5 targets a game, which with Aaron Rodgers throwing to you in the red zone could still prove fruitful, but he isn't and right now doesn't seem like he will be anytime soon.
Minnesota Vikings
Percy Harvin: 6-10-14-5-12-6 (9.4), Kyle Rudolph: 5-7-11-4-2-2 (5.4), Michael Jenkins: 4-4-10-2-9-2 (5.2), Adrian Peterson: 4-3-8-4-1-4 (3.6), Jerome Simpson: 5-3-dnp-1-7-2 (3.6), Toby Gerhart: 1-0-3-0-2-2 (1.8), Devin Aromashodu: 0-4-2-0-dnp-1 (1.9), John Carlson: 1-1-2-0-dnp-dnp (0.9), Rhett Ellison: 0-2-2-0-1-1 (0.7), Stephen Burton: dnp-1-0-0-0-dnp (0.6)
The Vikings pass game is going down with the sinking Christian Ponder faster than you can spell Devin Aromashodu. Percy Harvin is getting the brunt of the targets and wear and tear in the passing game because Ponder is keying in on him since he's the only player that can separate enough for Ponder to feel comfortable. And now with Harvin nursing injuries, the overall prospects are getting perilous for everyone involved. Even Adrian Peterson, who ran over the Seattle Seahawks last week, had trouble in the second half when the defense realized they only had one man to stop with Harvin hurting.
New Orleans Saints
Marques Colston: 13-18-BYE-10-10-4 (9.2), Jimmy Graham: 9-2-BYE-dnp-10-11 (9), Lance Moore: 15-dnp-BYE-10-6-2 (7.9), Darren Sproles: 7-7-BYE-4-9-dnp (7.4), Devery Henderson: 2-10-BYE-3-4-3 (4.4), Pierre Thomas: 3-2-BYE-1-2-3 (3), Joseph Morgan: 1-1-BYE-3-dnp-0 (1.7), David Thomas: 2-0-BYE-4-0-0 (1.1), Jed Collins: 1-0-BYE-1-0-1 (0.8), Greg Camarillo: dnp-5-BYE-dnp-dnp-0 (1.2), Mark Ingram: 1-0-BYE-0-0-2 (0.5), Courtney Roby: 0-0-BYE-0-1-dnp (0.3)
The return of The Reverend Jimmy Graham is complete. He led the Saints with 11 targets against the Eagles on Monday night and coincidentally, receptions and receiving yards. He's back so don't look back.
Unfortunately Graham's presence is going to hurt Marques Colston. He caught a touchdown, but had his fewest receptions and yards since week three. The Saints throw the ball enough, especially in the red zone where they throw it a league high 71.2 percent of the time, so don't go throwing Colston onto the garbage heap.
I believed Pierre Thomas would be the main beneficiary of Darren Sproles' injury, but the Saints did a good job of squashing all that business. Thomas was on the field for 21 snaps with nine looks, Mark Ingram had 18 snaps with nine looks and Chris Ivory had 14 snaps with 11 looks. That's a recipe for fantasy football pain.
New York Giants
Victor Cruz: 13-8-13-11-8-11 (11.1), Martellus Bennett: 3-4-2-7-6-4 (5.4), Hakeem Nicks: dnp-dnp-5-10-7-4 (7.8), Domenik Hixon: 11-8-6-4-3-1 (4.9), Rueben Randle: 1-9-0-0-2-3 (2), Ahmad Bradshaw: 4-6-1-5-0-0 (2.2), Ramses Barden: 4-dnp-0-0-1-0 (2.1), Andre Brown: 1-0-dnp-1-2-0 (1.4), Henry Hynoski: 1-0-1-1-0-1 (0.9), Bear Pascoe: 2-1-0-1-0-dnp (0.8), David Wilson: 1-0-0-0-0-0 (0.4)
Eli Manning completed 10 passes on 24 attempts for 125 yards against the Steelers. That's his worst game since 2008. He usually slumps mid-season, so I'm not going to wring my hands too much.
Victor Cruz is the stalwart of this group. He's neck and neck with Reggie Wayne in the target race and Hakeem Nicks is hurting again. Cruz will continue to do his thing.
The #2 wide receiver if Nicks can't go has been Domenik Hixon. Rueben Randle did have three targets to Hixon's one last week, but Randle ran six passing routes to Hixon's 13.
Philadelphia Eagles
DeSean Jackson: 9-7-8-BYE-8-7 (8.5), Brent Celek: 5-5-8-BYE-5-9 (7.1), Jeremy Maclin: 3-8-10-BYE-9-4 (7), LeSean McCoy: 4-5-8-BYE-3-3 (4.8), Jason Avant: 2-3-4-BYE-8-9 (4.6), Damaris Johnson: 1-0-dnp-BYE-dnp-0 (2.7), Clay Harbor: 1-1-2-BYE-0-4 (2), Riley Cooper: dnp-dnp-3-BYE-1-1 (1.7), Stanley Havili: 2-0-0-BYE-1-1 (0.6), Bryce Brown: 0-0-0-BYE-0-0 (0.2)
What happened to Jeremy Maclin? He's getting seven targets a game, but the production is confined to just two games in which he has 226 of his 356 yards and two of his three touchdowns. Michael Vick is part of the problem, along with a culture of dysfunction, but I'm truly worrying that even a healthy Maclin isn't going to turn it around anytime soon.
There is so much talent on this offense that it's hard not to be somewhat in awe at how poor they play. It's hard not to blame the offensive line for much of their woes and until they play better it's going to be tough for any offensive player to be consistent going forward.
Welcome to the NFC version of Target Watch for Week 10. Below you will find the number of times a quarterback has chucked a ball at a player on his team.
But before that, let's take a look at what teams are doing once they get into the red zone, passing or running?
Red Zone Pass/Run Plays
To start saving space I'll be showing you the last 6 weeks of targets on each individual player. I'm also changing the parenthesized number from total targets to targets per game. That should help even that number out for players that have missed games because of injury or bye weeks.
Arizona Cardinals
Larry Fitzgerald: 15-15-12-7-11-12 (10.8), Andre Roberts: 9-10-6-9-11-7 (7.6), Early Doucet: 7-7-3-6-4-4 (4.3), Michael Floyd: 8-3-3-1-11-7 (4), Rob Housler: 3-6-3-7-5-9 (4), LaRod Stephens-Howling: dnp-dnp-2-5-4-4 (2.6), Jeff King: 2-1-4-0-3-1 (1.8), Todd Heap: dnp-dnp-0-dnp-dnp-dnp (4.3), Ryan Williams: 2-1-dnp-dnp-dnp-dnp (2), William Powell: 2-4-1-1-0-0 (1.3), Anthony Sherman: 0-2-0-dnp-2-1 (0.9)
It's a weekly struggle, but Larry Fitzgerald continues to get his targets, including plenty of red zone looks. The production though, continues to be inconsistent. He's currently 24th overall for receivers in fantasy points per game and just behind his teammate Andre Roberts. And this comes on the heels of a six catch, 74-yard day with a touchdown. He's a #2 wide receiver living in an elite receiver's body.
Andre Roberts on the other hand is exactly what he is, a #3 receiver with touchdown upside. His 7.6 targets a game keeps him relevant each week.
Atlanta Falcons
Roddy White: 12-6-8-BYE-4-10 (8.4), Julio Jones: 8-15-8-BYE-5-6 (8.1), Tony Gonzalez: 5-14-7-BYE-5-5 (8), Jacquizz Rodgers: 4-2-4-BYE-5-5 (3.5), Harry Douglas: 2-5-7-BYE-dnp-2 (3.6), Michael Turner: 5-5-1-BYE-2-1 (2.1), Jason Snelling: 4-1-0-BYE-3-3 (1.6), Lousaka Polite: dnp-dnp-1-BYE-3-1 (0.8), Michael Palmer: dnp-dnp-dnp-BYE-0-1 (0.6), Tommy Gallarda: dnp-2-1-BYE-0-0 (0.8), Drew Davis: dnp-0-0-BYE-2-0 (0.5)
The Falcons passing game just keeps on rolling and even tough matchups aren't slowing it down. That's a good sign, especially with a decently easy schedule coming up. Roddy White and Julio Jones didn't score last week, but both topped 100 yards in the same game for the first time this season. They're hitting their stride now.
Michael Turner keeps proving people (me) wrong, but all in all his numbers are down from his 1,350 yards, 11.5 touchdown average over the last two seasons. His totals extrapolate out to 1,034 yards rushing and 8 touchdowns. He's currently ranked 19th in fantasy points per game. Good, not great, but he does get the Saints twice the rest of the way. They ain't so good at the defense.
Jacquizz Rodgers has been playing better of late and will continue to be in on passing downs. His usage is dependent on the flow of the game. But his five-target average over the last two games is good to see and as Turner wears down, we should continue seeing Rodgers used enough for a possible flex play.
Carolina Panthers
Steve Smith: 6-13-BYE-9-16-7 (8.8), Greg Olsen: 7-3-BYE-5-5-9 (6.6), Brandon LaFell: 3-3-BYE-8-4-dnp (5.1), Louis Murphy: 1-2-BYE-9-4-2 (3.2), Mike Tolbert: 3-1-BYE-1-1-1 (2.1), Jonathan Stewart: 1-4-BYE-4-6-1 (2.8), DeAngelo Williams: 2-2-BYE-0-0-0 (0.9), Kealoha Pilares: 1-0-BYE-0-0-1 (0.5), Gary Barnidge: 0-0-BYE-0-1-1 (0.2), Armanti Edwards: 1-0-BYE-0-dnp-1 (0.3), Ben Hartsock: 0-1-BYE-0-1-0 (0.3)
With Brandon LaFell out, Greg Olsen got a bump in targets last week. Unfortunately he didn't really take advantage with some poor play. Steve Smith continues to get the majority of the work, for good reason, but is currently sitting 29th in fantasy points per game for receivers. That is due mostly to his having only one touchdown reception, which he got last week. He's still on target for 76 receptions and 1,260 yards receiving, so if the touchdowns start coming, his outlook is still great.
The running back situation went from hopeful to apocalyptic last week. The Jonathan Stewart as every down back experiment didn't last. Last week he played 55 percent of the snaps to DeAngelo Williams' 34 percent which was much closer than the previous two weeks where Stewart played 76 percent to Williams' 13 percent. Unless we hear otherwise, we are now back into a running back quagmire.
Chicago Bears
Brandon Marshall: 8-17-BYE-10-14-10 (11.2), Earl Bennett: dnp-dnp-BYE-6-4-8 (5.3), Matt Forte: 1-4-BYE-5-5-2 (4), Devin Hester: 4-4-BYE-6-2-2 (2.9), Alshon Jeffery: 5-4-BYE-dnp-dnp-dnp (4.6), Kellen Davis: 4-4-BYE-2-1-0 (2.6), Michael Bush: 1-3-BYE-1-0-1 (1), Matt Spaeth: 0-0-BYE-1-2-0 (0.6), Kyle Adams: 0-1-BYE-1-0-0 (0.5), Dane Sanzenbacher: 1-2-BYE-0-dnp-dnp (1), Evan Rodriguez: dnp-dnp-BYE-dnp-dnp-1 (0.5)
With Alshon Jeffery hurt, Brandon Marshall has stepped up his game even more. Jay Cutler lets him fight for the ball and he's winning more often than not. The targets will continue.
Cutler has been looking toward Earl Bennett more with Jeffery out, but with Matt Forte and the defense continuing to be effecting (in the case of the defense, extremely so), it's going to be difficult for any receiver other than Marshall to have fantasy worth.
Dallas Cowboys
Jason Witten: 14-BYE-7-8-22-8 (9.8), Miles Austin: 6-BYE-5-9-16-9 (8.5), Dez Bryant: 13-BYE-15-3-11-4 (8.2), Kevin Ogletree: 5-BYE-4-6-3-4 (5.1), Felix Jones: 0-BYE-1-6-3-5 (3), DeMarco Murray: 7-BYE-1-dnp-dnp-dnp (3.6), John Phillips: 0-BYE-2-0-3-0 (1), Phillip Tanner: 3-BYE-0-1-1-0 (0.6), Cole Beasley: 2-BYE-dnp-dnp-0-2 (1), Lawrence Vickers: 0-BYE-1-1-0-1 (0.5), Lance Dunbar: dnp-BYE-0-0-0-2 (0.5)
Jason Witten's 20 targets in week nine skew his numbers, so in reality, Miles Austin has been just as or more important to the Cowboys passing game over the last three weeks while Dez Bryant deals with nagging injuries. But if Bryant gets back on track health-wise, he's also shown that he could be the main target.
Austin ranks 12th for wide receivers in fantasy points per game and has been steady, whereas Bryant ranks 32nd and has not been steady. I am a big proponent of superior skill and am happy to keep taking my lumps by keeping Bryant around, but I'd be cutting off my nose to spite my face to advocate Bryant over Austin going forward.
Detroit Lions
Calvin Johnson: 12-BYE-13-11-8-8 (10.4), Brandon Pettigrew: 9-BYE-7-6-9-3 (7.5), Titus Young: 3-BYE-5-8-9-5 (5.4), Nate Burleson: 8-BYE-9-3-dnp-dnp (7.2), Tony Scheffler: 3-BYE-5-3-8-3 (4.7), Joique Bell: 8-BYE-2-4-4-4 (3.8), Mike Thomas: 2-BYE-dnp-3-7-0 (3.4), Mikel Leshoure: 5-BYE-4-7-5-2 (4.5), Ryan Broyles: 1-BYE-0-4-5-6 (2.7), Kevin Smith: 0-BYE-dnp-dnp-1-1 (1.8), Will Heller: 0-BYE-0-0-0-1 (0.6), Stefan Logan: 0-BYE-0-0-0-0 (0.2)Matthew Stafford had one of his better games on the season, but didn't throw for one touchdown pass. As a Stafford owner, I feel your pain. He has been scuffling all year and now that he looks to be back on track and facing a weak Jaguars defense, the Lions run for four touchdowns and pass for zilch. Thems the breaks I spose!
Calvin Johnson was a game time decision and still had seven receptions for 127 yards. You don't sit him. After Megatron the passing game wasn't needed, so the numbers spread out pretty thinly. It was good to see Ryan Broyles catch six-of-six targets and I really like him for PPR going forward. He may be hurting Brandon Pettigrew, but against better offensive teams there should be plenty of targets to go around.
San Francisco 49ers
Michael Crabtree: 7-7-6-6-5-BYE (6.9), Mario Manningham: 5-5-10-dnp-4-BYE (5.3), Vernon Davis: 2-7-5-0-2-BYE (4.5), Randy Moss: 1-2-3-4-1-BYE (2.8), Frank Gore: 2-0-4-6-1-BYE (2.5), Kyle Williams: 0-2-4-4-1-BYE (2), Delanie Walker: 4-0-2-1-3-BYE (2), Kendall Hunter: 0-1-1-2-1-BYE (1.1), Garrett Celek: dnp-1-2-0-0-BYE (0.8)
The 49ers used the bye to find where Vernon Davis ran off to.
Seattle Seahawks
Sidney Rice: 7-6-6-4-8-4 (5.6), Golden Tate: 3-4-6-3-7-6 (5), Zach Miller: 3-3-2-2-5-3 (2.9), Doug Baldwin: 3-4-3-2-dnp-3 (3.1), Anthony McCoy: 3-2-1-1-2-0 (1.9), Marshawn Lynch: 4-2-1-2-3-2 (1.9), Braylon Edwards: 0-1-3-2-dnp-dnp (2.1), Robert Turbin: 2-2-2-1-3-1 (1.6), Ben Obomanu: 0-0-1-4-0-dnp (1.1), Charly Martin: dnp-dnp-dnp-dnp-3-0 (1.5), Michael Robinson: 0-1-0-1-1-3 (0.7), Evan Moore: 0-0-0-1-1-0 (0.6), Leon Washington: 0-0-2-0-2-0 (0.6), Jermaine Kearse: dnp-dnp-dnp-dnp-dnp-2 (2)
If you take out the 49ers game, Russell Wilson has gone 20-for-29 for 234 yards and 2.7 touchdowns a game over the last three (non SF games). That's not too shabby. But unfortunately for the wide receivers, there still aren't enough consistent targets. It is difficult enough to stay fantasy relevant with just seven targets per game, but lower that to five and you are in real trouble.
St. Louis Rams
Danny Amendola: 9-5-dnp-dnp-dnp-BYE (9.6), Brandon Gibson: 4-4-9-7-3-BYE (5.2), Chris Givens: 3-5-7-5-4-BYE (3.9), Lance Kendricks: 2-2-4-4-4-BYE (3.4), Steve Smith: dnp-dnp-2-6-1-BYE (3.3), Daryl Richardson: 3-2-3-3-4-BYE (2.4), Steven Jackson: 2-0-5-0-2-BYE (1.9), Austin Pettis: 2-2-3-3-5-BYE (2.5), Brian Quick: 3-1-2-4-4-BYE (2.5), Matthew Mulligan: 0-0-2-0-2-BYE (0.9), Mike McNeill: 0-0-0-0-2-BYE (0.4), Isaiah Pead: dnp-0-1-0-0-BYE (0.3)
The Rams used their bye to comb Jeff Fisher's stache.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Vincent Jackson: 11-BYE-8-14-6-4 (8.8), Mike Williams: 8-BYE-6-8-11-8 (6.9), Doug Martin: 5-BYE-4-3-6-5 (4.1), Dallas Clark: 4-BYE-1-6-3-5 (3.6), Tiquan Underwood: 3-BYE-3-6-5-2 (3.3), Danny Ware: 2-BYE-2-1-2-1 (1.4), Luke Stocker: 2-BYE-0-1-0-2 (1), Arrelious Benn: 4-BYE-0-0-1-0 (0.9), LeGarrette Blount: 0-BYE-0-1-0-0 (0.2), Nate Byham: dnp-BYE-dnp-0-0-2 (0.7)
The Tampa bay offense is hitting on all cylinders right now. Of course their opponents haven't been exactly the 2012 Bears, but they are putting up numbers that run-of-the-mill teams don't put up, even against poor opponents.
We all know what Doug Martin did, but the play of Vincent Jackson, Mike Williams, and Josh Freeman has been much more consistent than people ever dreamed. Williams is on pace for 58 receptions, 1,008 yards and 10 touchdowns. Jackson for 62 receptions, 1,420 yards and 12 touchdowns. Freeman for 4,094 yards, 32 touchdowns and 10 interceptions and that was after a pretty poor start to the season.
With Martin now firmly hitting his stride, this offense has plenty of staying power if Freeman can stay on track. It will be interesting to see how the second half of the season plays out.
Washington Redskins
Josh Morgan: 5-1-4-2-8-12 (4.7), Leonard Hankerson: 11-1-3-8-4-4 (4.6), Santana Moss: 4-5-4-4-9-2 (4.3), Fred Davis: 4-6-4-1-dnp-dnp (4.4), Logan Paulsen: 0-1-0-6-6-8 (2.6), Evan Royster: 3-1-1-1-1-4 (2), Aldrick Robinson: dnp-1-0-1-1-2 (2.1), Pierre Garcon: 1-7-dnp-dnp-dnp-dnp (4), Niles Paul: 2-0-0-1-1-2 (1), Alfred Morris: 2-1-2-2-0-1 (1), Brandon Banks: 0-0-2-0-0-2 (0.7), Darrel Young: 2-0-1-1-1-0 (0.6), Dezmon Briscoe: 0-dnp-0-dnp-2-1 (0.5), Chris Cooley: dnp-dnp-dnp-dnp-1-1 (1), Keiland Williams: 1-dnp-0-dnp-dnp-0 (0.3)
The Redskins receivers are horrid for fantasy, real life and Robert Griffin the Third. With no end in sight for Pierre Garcon's foot ailment, there's no end in sight for the passing game woes. If RGIII wasn't throwing the ball so accurately, the lack of wide receivers wouldn't be quite so devastating, but he has and it is.
Garcon is close to droppable depending on your situation and the rest of the crew shouldn't be owned at this point.
Snap count data comes from our friends at Pro Football Focus, red zone data from our other friends at The Football Guys and target percentages from The Fake Football.


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MIAMI SHORES, Fla. – Barry University's student-athletes established a new academic high in the fall semester as 74.3 percent of the Buccaneers athletes posted grade point averages of 3.0 or better.
Each of Barry's 12 teams had GPAs above 3.0 for the fall semester. It marks the first time all 12 sports had team GPAs above 3.0.
The Bucs women's golf team had a 3.678 cumulative GPA in the semester. Volleyball posted a 3.497. Men's soccer had a 3.319. Men's tennis had a 3.278.
"We are very proud of our student-athletes and their academic achievements," Barry Athletic Director Mike Covone said. "All 12 of Barry University's programs have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher with nearly 75 percent of all student-athletes with a 3.0 GPA or higher, as well. That is outstanding!"
The average term grade point average for student-athletes was 3.307 – also a Barry University high. The university previous high was a 3.273 during the fall of 2011.
The average team cume GPA rose to 3.298 with women's golf leading the way at 3.674. Men's soccer was the highest of the male sports at 3.354.
A total of 5.5 percent of all student-athletes recorded 4.0 GPAs, earning them President's List honors.
"As an NCAA Division II institution and members of the Sunshine State Conference, we are committed to a comprehensive, balanced program of students as learners and student-athletes that compete at the highest level," Covone said. "Through the leadership of our administrators, coaches and staff, the department has created an environment that encourages and supports these types of accomplishments by all student-athletes, which is excellence in both academics and athletics."
Barry has won nine national championships.
Team Rankings
Women's Golf 3.678 Women's Golf 3.674
Volleyball 3.497 Volleyball 3.471
Women's Basketball 3.469 Women's Basketball 3.432
Men's Soccer 3.319 Men's Soccer 3.354
Softball 3.309 Softball 3.316
Men's Tennis 3.278 Women's Soccer 3.280
Men's Basketball 3.276 Men's Tennis 3.264
Women's Rowing 3.271 Women's Tennis 3.227
Women's Tennis 3.221 Women's Rowing 3.195
Baseball 3.167 Men's Basketball 3.184
Women's Soccer 3.108 Baseball 3.117
Men's Golf 3.096 Men's Golf 3.065
Team - Average Term GPA 3.307 Team - Average Cum GPA 3.298
• 74.3 % of all student-athletes had a Fall term GPA of 3.0 or higher.
• 5.5 % of all student-athletes had a 4.0 Fall term GPA.
• 74.3 % of all student-athletes had a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher following Fall 2012 term.
• 12 of 12 TEAMS have TERM & CUM GPA's of 3.0 or HIGHER


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Boone, a rising redshirt junior, completed 18-of-30 passes for 273 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions. His scoring passes to Crowder covered 22 and four yards, as the All-ACC wideout finished with four catches for a team-high 71 yards.
"I was pleased with the number of snaps that we got – it was about right," head coach David Cutcliffe said. "What we did in the game was, obviously, put our top offense against our top defense, and our backups played each other. Everybody on our team got to play, which is a real positive. From a spring training standpoint as a coach, this has been the most willing squad – not just here at Duke – that we've had go to work every day, so I felt like every player on our team deserved to get some fairly significant playing time."
The Blue team compiled 409 yards of total offense, including 136 on the ground. Running back Josh Snead rushed for 67 yards on 11 carries, including a three-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter. Shaquille Powell rushed for 46 yards on five carries, including a 30-yarder that set up one of Ross Martin's two field goals.
Martin was perfect in the kicking game, connecting on field goal attempts of 25 and 30 yards.
"We made a lot of plays, but we left a couple plays on the field," quarterback Anthony Boone said. "But we executed fairly well. It's the 15th practice, so the defense is all over a lot of plays, but for the most part I felt like our offense was very efficient, making a lot of plays. A lot of guys all over the field were making a lot of plays. We had a couple of guys step up - Anthony Nash, Max McCaffrey, Erich Schneider. All of our backs did very well hitting the holes, and our linemen did a great job."
Blue team end Britton Grier led a dominant defensive effort with two sacks and seven tackles, including three for loss. Lucas Fisher, Sam Marshall and Keilin Rayner all had sacks for the Blue squad.
"There was some good on both sides of the ball," Cutcliffe said. "Anthony [Boone] suffered a couple of turnovers, but the defense was creating a little more and that's been a little bit of the story this spring. I thought Anthony came back, and his consistency was outstanding. I think one of the things you see is this team has a lot of playmakers on offense."
True freshman quarterback Parker Boehme, who graduated from Sandalwood High School in Jacksonville Beach, Fla., this past December, led the White team and completed 11-of-13 passes for 128 yards with one touchdown and zero interceptions. Boehme connected with wide receiver Jack Wise for a 24-yard touchdown pass in the closing minutes of the first half for the White team's only touchdown.
Wise finished with six catches for a game-high 68 yards.
Boone shook off two first-quarter interceptions by Jeremy Cash and Quay Mann and responded by connecting with Crowder on a pair of scoring passes for a 14-3 lead in the first half. Martin extended that margin to 17-3 following a 25-yard field goal, but Boehme responded with his scoring strike to Wise with 1:14 remaining to cut the deficit to 17-9 heading into halftime.
Martin and Jack Willoughby traded field goals in the third quarter to run the score to 20-12, but the Blue team defense shut out White the rest of the way. Snead added his three-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter to seal the victory.
"I like where we're headed," Cutcliffe said. "We're building some depth. I think we can be a more energetic defense. The big thing is focusing on why we give up big plays, but trying to play defense, trying to force longer drives. It's going to be interesting film to study. We got a lot out of this game."
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GS: Where are you from?
SC: I was born in Birmingham, but I spent the majority of my childhood and teenage years in Leeds.
GS: What degree will you receive and when?
SC: I will be receiving a Masters of Science in Criminal Justice during the summer of 2013.
GS: How long have you been at UAB?
SC: I started my undergraduate studies at UAB during 2007 and began my graduate studies in 2011. So this is my 6th year here.
GS: What is your research?
SC: My research interests involve predictors of delinquent behavior in adolescence and how this behavior spans across the life-course. Specifically, my thesis focuses on how personal characteristics, such as personality differences, interact with one's social environment and lead to criminal outcomes.
GS: Why did you choose UAB for your graduate studies?
SC: I chose UAB for graduate school due to the high research activity of the faculty in the Department of Justice Sciences. Many of them regularly publish research articles in top tier journals in the field of criminology/criminal justice. Further, due to the small size of the program, I felt that I would be able to develop close relationships with the faculty and conduct my own research projects with them.
GS: Have you received any awards or honors?
SC: I have received the outstanding graduate student in criminal justice award for the past two years.
GS: What has been your most rewarding experience at UAB?
SC: Definitely the variety of research projects that I've been involved with since joining the department. I've worked projects that involved interviewing former meth addicts at a faith based recovery center, analyzing interviews with convicted identity thieves to understand their excuse and justifications for committing their crimes, and working with the Birmingham Police Department to measure domestic homicide rates in the city. Additionally, I have assisted in the development of two encyclopedias focused on the topics of deviance and corrections.
GS: Who was your greatest influence here at UAB and why?
SC: While the entire criminal justice faculty has played a role in my development as a graduate student, I would have to say that Dr. Heith Copes has had the most influence on me during my time at UAB. Dr. Copes recruited me into the criminal justice graduate program during my final semester as an undergraduate student and was willing to give me a research assistantship with the department. When I began the program, he was gracious enough to include me in some of his research projects, which lead to publications in top journals in the field of criminal justice. He is a fantastic motivator and gave me the desire to continue on in academia. I can honestly say that had Dr. Copes not recruited me into the criminal justice graduate program, my life would be completely different.
GS: What is your motivation in your academics/research?
SC: The joy of discovery. It really is a wonderful feeling to uncover something through research that is new to the field. I like answering my own questions and am motivated to do so through my research.
GS: What are your plans after graduating and for the future?
SC: I have received a teaching assistantship at the University of Texas at Dallas' PhD program in criminology and will begin my studies there in August 2013. Following the completion of the program I hope to continue publishing my research and gain a position as a tenure-track faculty member at a research university.
GS: Is there anything else you would like to say?
SC: Graduate school is a wonderful time to gain experience in your desired field of interest. However, whether you choose to make this experience beneficial to your future career goals is a big determinant of your success after graduation. Make your presence known to your professors, work hard, and follow your mentor(s) guidance. Those factors right there will ensure that you reap the benefits of your degree.
Stephanie's Advice for Other Graduate Students:
While having smarts and connections in graduate school will take you far, I firmly believe the single best determinant for success in graduate school is work ethic. Not everyone makes good grades and not everyone is presented with the same research/educational opportunities. However, every single person has work ethic; but whether one chooses to utilize his or her work ethic is ultimately a choice. Simple things such as being seen in your lab/department and following your mentor(s) directions shows them that you care and are willing to work hard. Further, many professors I know speak highly of students with a good work ethic and would rather associate with such students than with those who lack motivation.


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Students assist real patients with dental needs
Twenty-one female students are learning many aspects of the dental career field first-hand, thanks to Heartlands Institute of Technology.
Heartlands is a career center located at Ionia High School that offers 10 programs including culinary arts, automotive technology, health occupations, aviation technology and plant and animal science to students across Ionia County. Heartlands is part of the Ionia County ISD and is funded by a millage that passed in May of 2010.
Dental occupations is a two-year program that fulfills a high school math credit, certifies the students in CPR, can provide college credit at Grand Rapids Community College, Davenport University and Ferris State University and allows second year students to serve an internship at a local dentist office.
The students also get to work with a dentist each week and take care of real patients in the community who do not have dental insurance, but need assistance.
"We try to schedule patients who don't have dental insurance," said dental occupations instructor Donna Pelfrey. "We try to do as much work on them as we can."
The students are able to help with cleanings, cavity fillings and extractions, which Pelfrey said is beneficial because it provides a real-life experience working in a dental office apart from just completing work from a text book.
"They can come out of class knowing they can go into the field or know it's not for them," she added. "They can put all the stuff they've learned and put it into practice."
Apart from practicing on real patients, they practice skills on each other, must dress appropriately for the class as if they were in an office and perform jobs including sterilization, receptionist, using the X-ray machine, managing an office and being part of a clinic. In addition, Pelfrey has educated the students on anatomy and instrument knowledge and is trying to incorporate technology as much as possible to help learning expand.
Students Katie Hildenbrand, Allie Bearss and Brianna Parks said they enjoy the program and believe they want to pursue the career in college.
"This class kind of made me sure I want to do (dental occupations)," said Hildenbrand, adding the experiences she is having keep her interested and do not feel like typical school work.
Bearss said her favorite part is to tend to the local patients.
"It makes me feel good that we can help people," said Bearss. "I think it's a really good experience."
The trio said they would encourage others who may be interested in the dental field to give the program a try.
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Stanczyk has regrettably to be the bearer of bad news to this court (of public opinion). Contrary to Tea Party (aka Teabaggers, until they understood the implications), the world's demise will now be delayed. I felt compelled to blog about this, since in the recent past I have written on the topic:
Mayan Calendar – no more dates
10/10/10 – another doomsday (come and gone)
So I am now compelled to write again, since science has now weighed in on the topic. To whit the folks at LiveScience.com have released word, that the end of the world as we know it has been unavoidably delayed. This jester appreciated the uncommon good science in their thoughts. However, I was disappointed that they did not question the fact that the calendar is not over because the Mayan Long Calendar reads: 220.127.116.11.0 . Now for people with an aversion to the number 13 this may be a rare occurring unlucky date. It is still a rare astrological alignment date that occurs every 6500 or so years.
I urge people to read the book, "The Origin Map" if they now wish to switch from an end-of-world meme to the ever popular astrological-day-of-import meme. Actually, I found Dr. Thomas Brophy more compelling than most horoscope practitioners. Particularly as he matched his calculations to an archaeological dig.


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Gene Simmons says depressed people should kill themselves.
This is just a guess, but I imagine he won't be welcomed with open arms at Robin Williams' funeral.
The ever-sensitive bassist of KISS is having a big week. First, he angered people by ripping immigrants who don't speak English. Then, he ticked off the last seven or eight people who don't think he's a moron by going after the depressed and addicted.
"Drug addicts and alcoholics are always, 'The world is a harsh place.' My mother was in a concentration camp in Nazi Germany. I don't want to hear (expletive) all about 'the world as a harsh place.' She gets up every day, smells the roses and loves life," the 64-year-old told SongFacts.com. "And for a putz, 20-year-old kid to say, 'I'm depressed, I live in Seattle.' (Expletive) you, then kill yourself."
Did he ever stop to think that maybe that 20-year-old kid was fine until he put on a record KISS made in the past 30 years?
Mr. Congeniality also said, "I never understand, because I always call them on their bluff. I'm the guy who says 'Jump!' when there's a guy on top of a building who says, 'That's it, I can't take it anymore, I'm going to jump,'" Simmons continued. "Are you kidding? Why are you announcing it? Shut the (expletive) up, have some dignity and jump! You've got the crowd."
That's it. I'm putting my KISS action figures in the garage.
Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx took exception to the fellow hard rock bassist's quotes on his radio show "Sixx Sense," according to FOX News.
"I like Gene," Sixx said. "But in this situation, I don't like Gene. I don't like Gene's words. There is a 20-year-old kid out there who is a KISS fan and reads this and goes, 'You know what? He's right. I should just kill myself.'"
He added, "For people who are depressed, there is a way out. There are many, many ways out ... Don't listen to people who don't know what they're talking about."
Sixx later tweeted, "I struggled with addiction and depression but found recovery. Would you be happy if I killed myself instead? Also my 4 kids wouldn't been born" and "I wonder if @genesimmons would still say how depressed people or addicts should kill themselves if it happened to his wife or kids?"
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NEW YORK - With just two weekends left in the regular season, the Columbia softball team will head to Princeton for a four-game series with the Tigers from April 20-21. The clubs will have a pair of doubleheaders on Saturday and Sunday both beginning at 12:30 p.m.
The Lions are winners of four-straight after taking down Cornell twice on Sunday and sweeping Marist on Tuesday. Columbia received strong performances in the circle from Emily Kenyon and Brooke Darling in the circle, with bost posting 3-1 wins. Sophomore Alix Cook went 5-for-7 in the double-dip, continuing her fine second season. With eight games remaining in Ivy League play, Columbia controls its destiny in the South Division race with series against Princeton (6-6) and Penn (10-2).
Princeton dropped four in a row and are 2-7 in their last nine games. The Tigers sit tied with Cornell and Columbia, four-games back from division leader Penn. Alyssa Schmidt leads the Princeton with a .388 batting average, while Alex Peyton is hitting .378 with a team-leading 9 home runs and 31 RBIs. Peyton is also Princeton's top pitcher with a 2.62 ERA and a 6-6 record and 66 strikeouts.
Record: 11-25
Last Meeting(s): April 21, 2012
(Season Series Tied, 2-2)
Junior Emily Caruthers is having an outstanding year and is on the verge of breaking Columbia's all-time stolen base record. She currenly has 27 steals, which ties her with Jennifer Bergeron. Her Ivy League leading 14 stolen bases in 2013 is already the highest signle-season total in program history, breaking the old mark of 12 that she previously set in 2010. Caruthers is currently tied for the team lead, hitting at .354 and is second on the team with 24 runs scored.
First-year Nicole Borchard was named Ivy League Rookie of the Week on April 8 after hitting .450 with six RBI in six games against FDU, Brown and Yale. Borchard is hitting .317 on the season and is tied for fourth in the Ivy League with 24 RBI. The second baseman is the third player to earn a major conference award this season.
With Columbia's 5-4 win in game one against FDU on Apr. 2, head coach Kayla Noonan earned her 200th career victory. Noonan is in her 11th season at the helm of the Lions and is already the program's leader in wins.
Sophomore Alix Cook has reached base safely in 35-of-38 games this season. She has struck out just three times in 127 at bats to rank as the nation's seventh toughest batter to fan. In 2012, she was 14th in that category.
The Lions pitching staff has been a huge strength early this season. Columbia is currently second in the Ivy League with a 2.51 ERA collectively.
First-year Emily Kenyon has made an immediate impact for the Columbia this season, posting a 2.42 ERA with nine wins and 121 strikeouts, the most of any first-year in program history and the fifth highest single-season total. She has earned a spot on the Ivy League Weekly Honor Roll three times for her efforts.
Sophomore starting hurler Brooke Darling has had a strong year in the circle, earning nine victories with a 2.41 ERA in 101.2 innings of work. She opened the year pitching a pair of complete-games that went extra innings.
Sophomore Kayla Shimoda homered in back-to-back games, serving a grand slam in the nightcap of Columbia's series with Dartmouth on March 29 and hitting an inside the park home run in the first game against Harvard on March 30. The standout utility player currently leads the team, and is one of the Ivy League leaders, with eight doubles.
Junior Emily Snodgrass became the second Lion to earn Ivy League Player of the Week status on March 19 after hitting .412 with three home runs and six RBI. She finished the Rebel Games with a scorching .438 batting average, four dingers, 12 RBI and 10 runs. She has been one of the Lions' top offensive threat this year, hitting .311 with five homers and 24 RBI and ranks among the league leaders in most batting categories.
First-year Nicole Borchard's first career home run was one to remember, a grand slam in a 6-0 victory over Rider on March 19. Borchard, who has started all 38 games for Columbia at second base, finished the game with a career-best five RBI.
First-year pitcher Tessa Kroll posted a complete-game shutout to pick up her fist career win against Rider on March 19. The tall right-hander struck out five batters and allowed just five hits in the victory. Additionally, she picked up her first collegiate save on April 16, recording the final two outs in a win over Marist.
Sopohomore utility player Kayla Shimoda was named Ivy League Player of the Week on March 12 after going 5-for-5 in two games at Rider on March 9. The Aiea, Hawai'i native, was the first Lion to earn the honor since current assistant coach Maggie Johnson took the distinction on Apr. 6, 2010.


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The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission March 6 approved contracts for two highway projects scheduled to take place this summer in Phelps County.
The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission March 6 approved contracts for two highway projects scheduled to take place this summer in Phelps County.
The commission awarded one of the projects, which involves resurfacing 7.352 miles of Route 72 between U.S. Route 63 in Rolla east to County Road 5220, to APAC-Missouri, Inc., of Columbia.
APAC submitted the low bid of $2,382,114 for the project. Three other contractors submitted bids for the work, which were opened Feb. 22.
APAC's bid includes a base bid of $2,212,792.92, for resurfacing the section of highway as well as some work to bring sidewalks, curbs and ramps into compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) and two new pedestrian crossings at Routes 63 and 72.
The contractor also included an alternate bid of $169,321.65 that was awarded for additional sidewalk and ramp work along the portion of Route 72.
On Route 72 west of Route O, there will be some milling work to remove part of the existing highway and crews will fill it back in with new pavement.
East of Route O will primarily be an overlay project, with brand new pavement put down over the existing pavement. Deficiencies in the pavement also will be addressed.
According to Preston Kramer, Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) area engineer, the resurfacing work is tentatively planned for July. Motorists should expect lane closures.
Route D Bridge
Also approved at thestate commission's meeting was a contract to J.C. Industries, Inc., of Jefferson City, for the rehabilitation of the Gasconade River bridge on Route D near Jerome.
J.C. Industries, one of five bidders on the project, submitted the lowest bid of $397,778.
The bridge will be completely closed during the work. The contractor can complete the work any time between April and August 2013, although no road closures will take place until after July 9. The project is expected to be completed before school starts in the fall.
The work on the bridge will involve replacing damaged end bents, which are substructure piers that support each end of the bridge, to ensure the safety and integrity of the crossing and improve the support structure under the span.
The existing structure was built in 1996 with end bents that do not move, but the bents are breaking up because of expansion and contraction of the bridge caused by seasonal changes in temperature.
According to MoDOT, allowing traffic on the bridge during construction would cause movement of the bridge and would hinder construction of the end bents.
Both end bents will be constructed at the same time not only to cut down on closure time but also to ensure a uniform, quality product.
During the closure, MoDOT is suggesting travelers use Route 28 and Interstate 44 around the bridge. The detour length is about 28 miles.
Phelps County EMS and fire districts will work with emergency personnel in the Dixon area to help respond to incidents in that area during the closure.
The state commission approved both of these projects in the 2013-17 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) in July 2012.


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There's a royal bun in the oven.
Buckingham Palace announced Monday that Prince William and Duchess Kate are expecting an heir to the throne.
The rumors became persistent in recent months. If poor Kate Middleton gained a half-pound and combed her hair differently, there was a feeding frenzy among royal watchers. It's like they have nothing to do all day but sit around paying attention to what other people do.
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