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The SCSU women's basketball team faced off Wednesday night in Halenbeck Hall with Southwest Minnesota State. It was the first round of the NSIC/Sanford Health tournament. The Huskies were dominant in the game winning by a score of 72-47 to improve their record to 19-8. Sam Price and Amanda Wagner both posted double digit point totals in the victory.
Up next the Huskies move to the quarterfinal round of play. SCSU will play host to Winona State on Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. Earlier this season the Huskies and the Warriors battled into overtime when the Huskies fell 69-71.
The men's basketball team also participated in the NSIC/Sanford Health tournament on Wednesday evening. The Huskies faced off with the Golden Bears of Concordia-St. Paul. It was a battle that featured the Golden Bears taking over the lead in second half and a tied score three separate times in the final two and a half minutes. The Huskies were able to bounce back and regain the lead before the final buzzer rang to advance to the next round of play with a 95-90 final score. Three Huskies scored in the double digits in the win; Shaun Jensen, Connor Niehaus and Kevin Levandoski. Levandoski netted his career high 30 points thanks to eight rebounds and four stea.s It also made a career high five three-point baskets.
SCSU men's basketball team is currently ranked #7 in the NCAA Division II Central Region rankings and will host quarterfinal action on Saturday afternoon. The Huskies will face off against the Peacocks of Upper Iowa University on Saturday at 4 p.m.
Listen to both games on the KVSC airwaves 88.1 FM on Saturday afternoon. Coverage will begin at 1:45 p.m. and continue through the remainder of the day. The KVSC Sports Department will conclude our coverage with men's hockey action following the basketball games.
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Time change means checking smoke detectors
With the change to Standard Time coming this weekend, Starkville Fire Department officials are reminding local residents and Mississippi State students to check the batteries in the smoke detectors in their homes or apartments.
The change from Daylight Savings Time to Standard Time provides the perfect time to do that, said Mark McCurdy, one of two SFD fire marshals.
"With the changing of the clocks for the winter months at the end of this week, we recommend that people check and test their home smoke detectors. They should test their home smoke detectors a minimum of twice a year," McCurdy said.
This is the perfect time for testing and changing your home's smoke alarm batteries. Every year we strongly encourage residents to test smoke detectors on a monthly basis and change your batteries out twice a year in conjunction with the time change," McCurdy said.
"Sometimes the batteries will fade down and the detector will not sound as loud as it should, so you should push the test button and hold it down for a few seconds to make sure the detector sound is loud enough. If you ever hear the detector making a low beeping sound every so often it is telling you to replace your battery."
Dust accumulation around the smoke detector can also affect its working order, McCurdy said. "A lot of dust on the detector will prohibit it from working properly and will also cause false alarms, as well," he said. "Check to see if dust has collected around the detector and if so you should try and clean the dust away from the detector."
Residents who do not have smoke detectors should obtain one for their home or apartment. McCurdy said.
"Every home or apartment should have at least one working smoke detector. If you don't have one, it is imperative that you get one, especially if you have children," McCurdy said. "We've had fires in Starkville where people have escaped safely because of working smoke detectors."
"With the winter months approaching is very important that every home have good working smoke detectors. We statistically see more home fires in the winter months than we do during the summer months," McCurdy said.
"We recommend that you place one detector outside of each bedroom and also one inside each bedroom. So depending on the size of your home and the number of bedrooms will determine the number of smoke detectors you should have in your home."
The Fire Department has recently received a sizable donation of smoke detectors to be distributed to the public, McCurdy said. A free smoke detector can be requested by calling the department at 323-2962 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday.

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Time will tell where, if anywhere, negotiations on the so-called fiscal cliff lead, but some concerned charities are fighting against any possibility that tax deductions on giving will be cut.
Time will tell where, if anywhere, negotiations on the so-called fiscal cliff lead, but some concerned charities are fighting against any possibility that tax deductions on giving will be cut.
On Wednesday, a national coalition of nonprofit agencies was on Capitol Hill to lobby on the issue. Across the country, United Way chapters, including those in Marion and Alachua counties, mobilized supporters to contact members of Congress and press to preserve the deductions in any potential deal to avert the mix of spending cuts and tax increases dubbed the fiscal cliff.
The United Way of North Central Florida uses community donations to support about 28 charities in six counties, including Alachua. Spokeswoman Kim Faenza said the nonprofit is concerned about a chilling effect on those donations.
"We're just coming out of the recession, and we're coming back up slowly," Faenza said. "Having this hit us before we're fully recovered would make a huge difference in what we can fund."
United Way of Marion County President Maureen Quinlan said she believed lowering or eliminating the deduction on charitable donations would provide a short-term solution to federal budget issues with long-term effects on nonprofit organizations' ability to provide services in the community.
"It's an incentive for some donors to give at such generous levels," Quinlan said of the deduction.
As it stands, no specific proposal from Democrats or Republicans has targeted charitable deductions. But some nonprofit networks remain concerned pressure to raise revenues will lead there.
On Wednesday, spokesmen for Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson both said Florida's U.S. senators oppose cuts to the deductions.
Currently, individuals may file for a standard tax deduction ($5,950 if filing single or $11,900 for joint returns) or claim itemized deductions above those amounts. Seventy percent of filers take the standard deduction, while the majority with income above $75,000 itemize, according to a June report from the Tax Policy Center.
The current maximum deduction for charitable contributions is 50 percent of an individual's annual adjusted gross income.
The Joint Committee on Taxation estimates the deduction costs federal coffers $246.1 billion over five years.
On the other hand, charitable giving in 2010 reached about $291 billion in 2010, according to a report by Giving USA.
Interfaith Emergency Services in Ocala is fully funded by charitable donations that go toward services that include groceries for 300 families a week, emergency prescription assistance and a shelter. Interfaith Executive Director Karla Grimsley voiced concerns that some services would be scaled back or eliminated if the 100-year-old federal deduction for charitable giving was lowered.
"I know without a doubt some people will not give as much without that deduction," she said.
Theresa Beachy, the executive director of Peaceful Paths, a Gainesville nonprofit assisting domestic violence victims, said the uncertainty swirling around the federal budget talks already has affected giving because of the "perceived impact that people think raised taxes will have on their ability to give."
Beachy said a scaled-back deduction "could be a huge impact for us." She noted that large contributions such as a recent $1 million gift bring significant deductions for donors. Beachy estimated that the agency gives out upward of 500 tax receipts a year and usually sees a spike in donations toward the end of the calendar year by those seeking to meet the tax deadline.
"They say 'I need to meet my obligation to make it easier on me in April,' " Beachy said. "And if that incentive is not there, there would be a segment of the population that might not write that check."
St. Theresa Catholic Church in Belleview relies on donations to fund a soup kitchen, food pantry and financial assistance to low-income families for utilities and rent.
Jimmy Johnson, the church's director of social services, said that most donations are small and come from people "who have a few extra dollars in their pocket."
Still, a cut to, or elimination of, charitable giving deductions would have a negative impact, he said.
"If we're looking for cash donors and these monetary donations are no longer eligible, we'd lose 25 percent (of our donations)," Johnson said.
Debbie Talbot, development coordinator at Bread of the Mighty food bank in Gainesville, said she was hopeful that any changes to deductions would not impact donations, which are already down in a time of increased need.
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(NYT) Publishing Industry Stock Update – May 2013 – Zacks Analyst Interviews
The U.S. publishing industry has long been grappling with sinking advertising revenue, and the global economic meltdown has only worsened the situation. The downturn in the publishing industry, which has been going on for the last few years now, came in the wake of declining print readership as more readers choose to get free online news, thereby making the print-advertising model increasingly irrelevant.
Changing consumer preferences and the advent of new and innovative technologies have been altering the way news is read and offered. Readers now have more choices to collect and read articles and news through devices such as netbooks, tablets or other hand-held devices.
These have been weighing upon the print newspaper industry, as advertisers now get low-cost avenues through which they can reach their target audience more effectively. Let's have a look at what is happening in the publishing industry and how newspaper companies are adapting with the changing scenarios to keep themselves alive in the race for survival.
Circulation Falling Prey to Internet
Newspapers have fared far worse than magazines, as web-based news options have gotten the better hand in recent years. The two-decade-long erosion in newspaper circulation reinforced the decline in advertising revenue. Circulation has also fallen prey to budget cuts with newspaper companies reducing the number of print pages and newsroom staff to combat the downturn.
Despite the fall in newspaper circulation, some companies are reporting improved revenue from circulation due to the increase in subscription and newsstand prices. On the flip side, while the increase in prices for print editions is generating more circulation revenue, it is also resulting in subscriber losses due to the shift in preference for free online content.
Waning Newspaper Advertising Revenue
Advertising volumes are still under pressure as advertisers keep shying away from making any upfront commitments in an economy which is still not completely awoken from a state of hibernation.
According to the data released by the Newspaper Association of America, total advertising revenue for U.S. newspapers slipped 8.5% year over year in the fourth quarter of 2012 (October to December) to $6.26 billion, after falling 5.1% in the previous quarter, marking the 26th consecutive quarter of decline. The last time the Industry witnessed an increase in revenue was in the second quarter of 2006, when advertising revenue grew 1.1%.
Data Source: Newspaper Association of America
Data compiled by the Newspaper Association of America suggested print advertising declined 10.8% to $5.29 billion in the fourth quarter of 2012, after declining 6.4%, 7.9% and 8.2% in the third, second and first quarters of 2012, and 8.0%, 10.8%, 8.9% and 9.5% in the fourth, third, second and first quarters of 2011, respectively. National advertising sales declined 16.2% to $874.9 million, retail dropped 10.0% to $3.11 billion and classified dipped 8.9% to $1.31 billion during the fourth quarter.
Data Source: Newspaper Association of America
Print advertising revenue at The New York Times Company (NYT) dropped 13.3% in the first quarter of 2013. At Gannett Co. Inc. (GCI), publishing advertising revenue fell 4.5% in the first quarter.
Print advertising revenue tumbled 8.2% at The McClatchy Company (MNI) and 8.0% at The Washington Post Company (WPO) during the first quarter of 2013. Publishing advertising revenue dropped approximately 10.0% at Journal Communications, Inc. (JRN) during the quarter.
Efforts to Mitigate Losses
In an effort to offset declining revenue and shrinking market share, publishers are scrambling to slash costs. This has compelled many newspaper companies to undertake cost-cutting measures, such as trimming of headcount, pay cuts, furloughs, suspension of dividends, voluntary retirement program and closure of printing facilities.
Newspaper companies have now been remodeling and restructuring themselves to better align with the growing need of marketers, targeting younger people, affluent households and other demographic groups with multiple web and print publications. The publishing companies are adapting to the changing face of the multi-platform media universe, which currently includes Internet, mobile, tablet, social media networks and outdoor video advertising in its portfolio.
Publishing companies have been offloading assets that bear no direct relation with the core operations. The New York Times Company in May 2012 divested its remaining stake (210 Class B units) in the Fenway Sports Group, the owner of the Boston Red Sox and the Liverpool Football Club, for $63 million.
Another example of shedding the assets by the company is the sale of Regional Media Group in Dec 2011, which has long been grappling with shrinking advertising revenue.
Waning print advertising revenue, in an uncertain economy, compelled The New York Times Company to take this tough decision of divesting Regional Media Group, part of The New York Times Media Group. This would allow the company to re-focus on its core newspapers and pay more attention to its online activities. The decision to divest the division is also considered part of the cost containment efforts undertaken to stay afloat in this turbulent environment.
The New York Times Company on Sep 24, 2012 completed the sale of About Group, which it acquired in 2005, to InterActiveCorp (IACI) for a consideration of $300 million. In Oct 2012, the company sold its stake in Indeed.com, a job portal, for approximately $167 million.
The New York Times Company now intends to sell its New England Media Group, including The Boston Globe and its allied properties. Another diversified media conglomerate, The Washington Post Company offloaded its daily and Sunday newspaper, The Herald, to Black Press Ltd. and its subsidiary Sound Publishing. News Corporation (NWSA) is also on the verge of splitting into two separate publicly traded publishing and entertainment entities.
Online Advertising Gaining Traction
Advertisers are migrating to the Internet driven by increasing online readership and lower online advertising prices compared to print. Consumers are now spending more time online, and are searching news articles in the Internet.
Newspaper companies, who gauged this trend, have been trying to revamp themselves by increasing their digital applications. Digital advertising revenue remains a sole performer in the newspaper industry. McClatchy witnessed 1.5% rise in digital advertising revenue with national and classified advertising categories jumping 13.5% and 3.0%, respectively during the first quarter of 2013. Online publishing activities, principally washingtonpost.com and Slate, jumped 8% during the quarter.
Data released by the Newspaper Association of America suggested that online advertising revenue climbed 6.9% in the fourth quarter of 2012 to $968.1 million from $905.6 million in the prior-year quarter, reflecting a twelfth consecutive quarter of growth. The rate of growth in online advertising improved over 3.6%, 2.9% and 1.0% witnessed in the third, second and first quarters of 2012, respectively.
Data Source: Newspaper Association of America
Pay As You Access
"To read further please subscribe" is the new mantra that newspaper companies are fast adopting. To curb shrinking advertising revenue and improve market share battered by the recent economic downturn, some of the publishing companies are now considering charging readers for online content. We believe that this would mark an end to the free usage of online contents. Despite hiccups in the economy, the online subscription-based model still promises guaranteed revenue generation.
Rupert Murdoch, the Chief Executive Officer of News Corporation, has long been pushing for the online subscription model for all general news websites. But newspaper companies have been reluctant in doing so, as they feared losing readership and, in turn, advertisers.
News Corporation has taken a leap towards an online subscription-based model for general news content. News International, a subsidiary of News Corporation, began charging readers for online content for The Times of London and Sunday Times of London, effective June 2010.
Business newspapers such as The Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal (owned by News Corporation) have long been following an online pay model. But levying access charges on readers for online access to general news content was a first for any news publication.
Another media giant, The New York Times Company, on March 28, 2011 launched a pricing system for NYTimes.com similar to that of the Financial Times' metered system, whereby after browsing a certain number of free articles, readers will be asked to subscribe for complete access to its articles on phones, tablet computers and the Internet.
The New York Times Company fixed monthly charges of $15 for access to more than the restricted number of articles on its website and on a smartphone application; $20 for unlimited access online and on Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) iPad tablet computer application; and $35 for online, smartphone and iPad application. Moreover, in order to woo subscribers, the company introduced a plan of 99 cents under which one will be able to enjoy all digital offerings for one month.
The company also indicated that the users of NYTimes.com will be able to read 10 articles per month without spending a penny. However, readers visiting The New York Times Company's website via blog links or social-media sites such as Facebook, Inc. (FB) or Twitter will be able to access an unlimited number of articles.
But traffic reaching the company's website through search engines such as Google Inc. (GOOG), Microsoft Corporation's (MSFT) Bing and Yahoo Inc. (YHOO) will be able to view five articles per day before being asked for a subscription.
We believe the success of the pay model depends on the accessibility of new articles across the web. Potential customers will be reluctant to shell out a penny if content is available free of cost elsewhere. However, The New York Times Company notified that the number of paid digital subscribers for The Times and the International Herald Tribune reached 676,000 at the end of the first quarter of 2012, reflecting a year-over-year jump of about 45%.
The company also launched a pay-and-read model for BostonGlobe.com for a weekly subscription of $3.99. The number of paid digital subscribers reached 32,000 at the end of the quarter, representing a year-over-year increase of 50%.
The New York Times Company intends to transform itself and lessen its reliance on traditional advertising. In doing so, the company wishes to launch lower-priced as well as premium subscription based model to target different masses according to their appetite, and emphasize on online video production and brand extension.
The company will also christen International Herald Tribune as the International New York Times to represent itself as a single brand identity in order to attract international digital subscribers. These initiatives will come into play in the fourth quarter of 2013 and into 2014.
Despite the tough times faced by the publishing industry, there are a number of defensive names in the group that can hold their ground. Companies are radically changing their business models to get in line with industry trends.
Gannett Co. Inc. (GCI) is diversifying its business by adding new revenue streams to make it less susceptible to economic uncertainties. The company is also streamlining its cost structure, strengthening its balance sheet and rebalancing its portfolio. Gannett remains well positioned to harness the opportunities of rapidly changing business model such as digitalization in order to keep itself on the growth path.
Gannett posted stronger-than-anticipated first-quarter 2013 results, benefiting largely from its all access content subscription model coupled with sturdy performance of its Broadcasting and Digital segments. The adjusted quarterly earnings came in at 37 cents a share that surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 34 cents, and rose 8.8% year over year.
Gannett currently holds Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). Another stock in the publishing sector that looks promising is Tribune Company (TRBAA), which holds a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy).
The newspaper industry continues its struggle with plummeting advertising revenue amid the economic headwinds. Although murmurs about advertisers returning to the market are gaining ground as the economy recovers, the positive effects have yet to be realized.
The current economic upheaval is taking a toll on publishing companies, and The New York Times Company (NYT) is no exception. During first-quarter 2013, total advertising revenue slid 11.2%, whereas print advertising fell 13.3%. Total classified advertising dropped 10.9%.
The company's high dependence on advertising revenue, a derivative of the health of the economy, remains a potential threat. However, the company is repositioning itself for improvement in print and digital media through a new subscription based model. The New York Times Company currently carries a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell).
Let's Conclude
The newspaper companies are transforming their business models to better position themselves in a multi-platform media universe. Although the U.S. economy is witnessing a sluggish improvement in the advertising environment, we believe 2013 will not likely mark the resurrection of the publishing industry.
With a strategic and steady newspaper budget, we could see fewer layoffs, increased focus on web and local content, improved subscription and concentration on profitable circulation.
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Duke, Eric Devendorf, and five more odious things about this year's NCAA Tournament.
Also in Slate, Chris Wilson explains a system that will help you win your NCAA pool, and Bill James describes his personal method for calculating when a lead is safe in a college basketball game.
For the first time in nearly three decades, roundball curmudgeon Billy Packer will not be on CBS complaining about the quality of play in the Final Four. Without Packer around to slag on the Missouri Valley Conference and overpraise the ACC—and to say other things one should never utter around a live mike—you might think that this year's NCAA Tournament would be nothing but sweetness and light. You couldn't be more wrong. Once again, Sports Nut is your guide to everything evil in college hoops. While in years past we've restricted the hate to America's basketball-playing universities, this year's suspects include an individual player, a Packer heir, and a bracketologist. But don't worry: There's always room for Duke.
Duke University
Compared with past Duke teams, the 2009 model isn't particularly deplorable. With point guard and assistant-coach-in-waiting Greg Paulus getting an early start on his bench-sitting career, this squad fails to fulfill the most-irksome Blue Devil trait: the cultivation of underachievers who comport themselves like overachievers. Indeed, Duke got off to a strong start after coach/ American hero/ ethicist Mike Krzyzewski disowned the school's floor-slapping legacy, benching the runty Paulus for talented sophomore Nolan Smith. And after a midseason slump in which the Devils lost three of four games, the team found its mojo by rebenching Paulus—who had somehow wormed his way back into the lineup—in favor of freshman Elliot Williams.
While reasonable fans might wonder why Williams, a reigning McDonald's All-American, wasn't seeing more time to begin with, Krzyzewski got credit for unearthing a diamond in the rough. "He's been really good in practice and always has a good attitude," Coach K explained. This, of course, is the Duke way—basketball as leadership seminar, where winning is an outgrowth of "a good attitude" rather than the simple act of replacing a substandard basketball player with one who's capable of passing, shooting, playing defense, and dribbling. Actually, strike that last one—at Duke, dribbling is always optional.
Jim Calhoun
After securing his 800th career victory last month, Connecticut's Jim Calhoun explained his philosophy of coaching. "Any day that I sat down on a kid and didn't really push them, and then loved them as much as I possibly could and backed them, then I'm not really doing my job," he said. "That's the only way they're going to give you the type of performance they gave me tonight." A decent man credits others on the occasion of personal success. Jim Calhoun discusses his players like a jockey talks about his mounts.
Big-time college basketball coaches aren't sympathetic creatures, but Calhoun's classlessness and self-aggrandizing bring shame to a shameless profession. Another recent lowlight came when Calhoun shouted down a writer—"My best advice to you: Shut up"—who questioned his high salary during a time of economic hardship. The coach isn't an AIG executive, and he should get some leeway for his brusqueness, because he was ambushed at a postgame press conference. (Let's also assume Calhoun didn't understand that he was confusing revenue with net profit when he yelled that his program "bring[s] in $12 million [a year] to this university.") But even days later, when he had a chance to say he could have handled things better, Calhoun instead chose to call attention to all the charity work he does.
Leave aside the fact that the Big East legend coddles felony-committing stars and takes away the scholarships of kids who fail to live up to expectations—so do a lot of other coaches. What sets him apart from his peers is his misplaced self-regard. Somewhere along the line, it wasn't good enough for Calhoun to have built a hoops dynasty at a very unlikely school. Instead, he feels compelled to turn his life story into a fantasy in which Connecticut, if not America, is saved by a coaching messiah.
North Dakota State University
Believe it or not, the North Dakota State Bison have a shot at beating defending champion Kansas. Point guard Ben Woodside, who scored 60 points in a game earlier this season, will put up enough points to keep things close. And since the game is being played in nearby Minneapolis—where 30,000 North Dakotans traveled to watch the school's football team beat Minnesota in 2007—NDSU is guaranteed to have the home-court advantage in the final minutes.
So what's to hate about the plucky Bison? They're a bunch of old men. Way back in 2004, the North Dakota State coaching staff redshirted Woodside and three other incoming freshmen with an eye toward 2009, NDSU's first year of tourney eligibility after transitioning into Division I play; the five-year plan worked perfectly, as the quartet of now-23-year-olds just won a Summit League title. Running an extended-stay university isn't quite cheating, but it is a bit devious for a team that's being portrayed as a bunch of aw-shucking upstarts. The Bison aren't modern-day versions of Jimmy, Ollie, Buddy, and the rest of those underdeveloped upstarts from Hickory High. Rather, they're the Van Wilders of the NCAA Tournament: elderly undergrads delaying passage to the real world for as long as possible. Beat Kansas in the first round, and they can wait a little longer.
Eric Devendorf
Three years ago, Robert Weintraub wrote a piece for Slate on college basketball's "Annoying White Guys"—those players, often coaches' sons, who irritatingly scrap their way into our living rooms every March. At the end of his essay, which focused on Syracuse's Gerry McNamara, Weintraub nominated fellow Orange guard Eric Devendorf as the NCAA's next-gen Annoying White Guy. Never has a better prediction been made.
One might normally feel pangs of guilt for rooting against college kids—I was just kidding, North Dakota State!—but Devendorf isn't merely annoying. In December, he was suspended from school for assaulting a female student while on probation for "harming" a different Syracuse student. In a Calhoun-esque move, Coach Jim Boeheim let Devendorf suit up while the case was under appeal, and the suspension was later reduced. In the end, he sat out only two games.
Upon his return to the court, the shooting guard played with the joylessness and hostility of a schoolyard bully. Actually, more like the schoolyard bully's yappy best friend. In the Big East Tournament, Devendorf repeatedly talked trash to opposing defenders after his teammates found him for wide-open jumpers. It was like watching John Paxson pop his jersey. Let's make a deal, big guy: You can start woofing the next time you create your own shot.
Joe Lunardi
In the run-up to Selection Sunday, ESPN's Joe Lunardi appeared on the network by the hour to dispense his bracketological wisdom: who's in, who's out, and where everyone should be seeded. Lunardi, the longtime editor of the hyper-detailed hoops preview magazine Blue Ribbon, worked hard to earn his perch. (He did not, as alleged in his Wikipedia entry, win the role on a reality show called Dream Job: Bracketology Edition.)
If only he were up to the job of being the nation's bracket sage. This year, Lunardi predicted 64 of the tournament's 65 teams correctly—OK, more like 33 of 34 considering that 31 spots are taken by automatic qualifiers. Not bad, right? Well, according to the site the Bracket Project—which collected the picks of 61 March Madness prognosticators—92 percent of the bracketeers agreed on 32 of the 34 at-large teams, and a healthy 82 percent agreed on 33 of 34. Bracketology, you see, isn't very hard. Joe Lunardi's entire job this year was to identify a single team. He went 0 for 1: Creighton out, Arizona in. Lunardi also whiffed on the one No. 1 seed for which there wasn't an iron-clad consensus, guessing Memphis instead of UConn.
Perhaps it's unfair to ding him for these slip-ups, as the selection committee doesn't necessarily behave consistently year-to-year. Then again, he's the one who's selling the idea that bracket predicting is a science. If bracketology is indeed a skill, then Joe Lunardi hasn't mastered it. The Bracket Project has ranked the 12 tourney scholars who've been publishing guesses for at least four years, grading them based on how many teams they pick correctly and the accuracy of their seeding forecasts. Lunardi is 10th out of 12. My early bubble picks for 2010: Bracketology 101 in, Joe Lunardi out.
University of Dayton
In sports, the saying goes, the breaks even out. Unlike most athletic clichés, this one turns out to be kind of true. College hoops genius Ken Pomeroy tracks a statistic called "luck"—to oversimplify things, a team is considered "lucky" (subscription required) if it pulls out an unexpectedly high number of close victories, whereas a squad is "unlucky" if it absorbs a lot of close defeats. In college basketball, luck doesn't last: Last year's six most-fortunate teams have all regressed substantially in 2009. Conversely, three of Pomeroy's four unluckiest teams in 2008 were Illinois, Utah, and Missouri. All three missed out on March Madness last season, and all three earned surprisingly good seeds to this year's tourney.
This year's luckiest—in other words, least deserving—at-large NCAA Tournament team is the University of Dayton. Of the Flyers' 26 victories, 12 came by an average of 3.25 points, including five decided by 1 or 2 points. By contrast, Dayton earned its seven defeats, losing by an average of 11.7 points. If those fluky Ohioans didn't get a tournament bid on merit, then somebody must've been jobbed. It wasn't St. Mary's or Penn State or Creighton or San Diego State—each of those teams had above-average luck, too. Of all the legitimate at-large candidates, Florida (luck ranking: 324 of 344) got most screwed over by the fates. Gators fans should find some solace in the fact that next year can't possibly be as bad. The reverse is true for Dayton: Savor that first-round loss to West Virginia, Flyers. Next year's going to be a lot worse.
Jay Bilas
With Billy Packer now yelling at the TV from home, you might think that the NCAA Tournament would be free from the scourge of the know-it-all in a network blazer. Tune in on Thursday, though, and you'll hear Packer's heir, a color commentator who never misses a chance to point out that he's the smartest guy in the arena.
Judging by his performance on Selection Sunday, Jay Bilas is already in postseason form. During an ESPN studio show (Bilas does most of his work for ESPN but moonlights for CBS during the tourney), the hoops analyst smugly rolled his eyes at Dick Vitale's argument that Arizona's selection over St. Mary's was a defeat for the "little Davids." Bilas, a sometime litigator and erstwhile actor, won the debate less because of the substance of what he said—condescendingly conceding that Vitale's point that big schools won't schedule mid-majors might have been correct "30 years ago"—than with the fact he was dueling with a man who tends to punctuate every statement with, "It's awesome, baby!"
Examine Bilas' words in a non-Vitale context and it's hard to find anything enlightening. The biggest accomplishment of the Duke grad's announcing career is bringing the word bouncy into the basketball lexicon. His most frequent announcerly flourish is to call someone "a man" without further explication. (Which leads one to wonder: If Bilas called a WNBA game, would he declare that "Candace Parker is a woman"?) Bilas' twin hobby horses this year, though, have been the scourge of elbow-throwing—except when the elbow throwers go to Duke—and the concept of "toughness." In a 3,000-word piece for ESPN.com, Bilas articulated his belief that "people [don't] really understand what coaches and experienced players mean when they emphasize 'toughness' in basketball." So what does it mean, smart basketball man? Setting a good screen, talking on defense, and taking a charge—that is, the same exact stuff that every coach and announcer has extolled for 100 years. Billy Packer would be proud.


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The ancient Mayan calendar, with its supposed prediction of a December 21, 2012 apocalypse, has long fascinated assorted fringe scholars, doomsday fetishists and George Noory acolytes. In 2012, the audacious new disaster epic from director Roland Emmerich (10,000 B.C., The Day After Tomorrow), it provides the inspiration for a $250 million orgy of destruction, the likes of which has never been seen on the big screen.
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Ahh, but they know better. In fact, the President (portrayed without a hint of irony by Danny Glover) and his advisers became hip to this neutrino business years ago, but chose not to inform the public for fear of the panic that might ensue. What they fail to realize, despite the pleadings of the film's requisite Lone Voice in the Wilderness (Chiwetel Ejiofor, bringing kind of a sad dignity to the proceedings), is that the lethal process is accelerating far faster than anyone could have predicted. Personifying the government's pompous intransigence in the face of obvious calamity is Oliver Platt, who plays the President's Secretary of Douchebaggery.
And what a gorgeous calamity it is. First come the super-earthquakes, which send Los Angeles plummeting into the ocean. Then the volcano beneath Yellowstone Park erupts in spectacular fashion, blanketing North America with a massive cloud of poisonous ash. Not to be left out of the eco-gangbang, killer tsunamis join the party, bombarding much of Asia and the Indian subcontinent with tidal waves the size of Mt. Everest. Emmerich's breathless CGI onslaught is truly unprecedented in its scope.
Beyond the awe-inspiring carnage, however, there's precious little to distinguish 2012. John Cusack leads a bloated cast that largely phones in a succession of forgettable roles. The conspiracy-themed script is painfully trite, rife with cliches and devoid of any and all subtlety. Its heavy-handed message, urging unity across class and cultural lines, feels superficial and soulless. Even the film's visual effects doubtlessly 2012's greatest asset occasionally come off as distractingly fake. The film even feigns a gallingly faux subversiveness, toppling Christian landmarks like the Vatican and the Christ the Redeemer statue in spectacular fashion, while avoiding Islamic monuments entirely. (We brought it up in our interview with Emmerich click to hear his eye-opening response.)
All of this clocks in at a bewildering two hours and forty minutes, well beyond the acceptable length for such an empty-headed disaster flick.
You've been warned.
Hollywood.com rated this film 2 stars.


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I've gotten myself into another issue though.
Everything was working fine, but one day after a simple restart everything stopped.
Totem stays on silent, Rhythmbox, requires 'gstreamer element autoaudiosinc' all of the sudden and Ossxmix is dead during any operation, though all the volumes are maxed.
Could you please help me out?
I've tried to solve the 'gstreamer element autoaudiosinc' error, bu the conventional solution doesn't work.
Also, when I go to 'gstreamer-properties' and test both of the pipelines with osssinc and osssrc i get:
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Error running pipeline 'OSS - Open Sound System': Could not open audio device for playback. [gstosssink.c(417): gst_oss_sink_open (): /GstPipeline:pipeline0/GstOssSink:osssink3:
system error: No such device or address]
Strangelly enough osstest works perfectly fine...
Here's by ossmix:
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Selected mixer 0/High Definition Audio ALC268
Known controls are:
jack.int-speaker.mode <mix|input> (currently mix)
jack.int-speaker.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
jack.int-speaker.speaker [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 63.9:63.9 dB)
jack.int-speaker.speaker-mute ON|OFF (currently OFF)
jack.black.mode1 <mix|input> (currently mix)
jack.black.mute1 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
jack.black.headphone [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 45.9:45.9 dB)
jack.black.mute.headphone ON|OFF (currently OFF)
jack.black.mute.speaker ON|OFF (currently OFF)
jack.black.mode2 <speaker|input> (currently input)
jack.black [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 39.9:39.9 dB)
jack.black.mute2 ON|OFF (currently OFF)
jack.int-mic [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 39.9:39.9 dB)
record.select.select1 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 32.9:32.9 dB)
record.select.select2 <speaker|int-mic> (currently speaker)
record.select.select3 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB)
record.select.select4 <speaker|int-mic> (currently speaker)
vmix0-enable ON|OFF (currently ON)
vmix0-rate <decimal value> (currently 48000) (Read-only)
vmix0-channels <Stereo|Multich> (currently Multich)
vmix0-src <Fast|High|OFF> (currently Fast)
vmix0-outvol <monovol> (currently 24.0 dB)
vmix0-invol <monovol> (currently 15.0 dB)
vmix0.pcm7 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 25.0:25.0 dB)
vmix0.pcm8 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 25.0:25.0 dB)
vmix0.pcm9 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 25.0:25.0 dB)
vmix0.pcm10 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 25.0:25.0 dB)
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Hat Hua Hin
Hat Hua Hin is a 5-kilometer white sandy beach lined with a wide range of accommodations, from bungalows to five-star hotels and resorts. Located at the sunrise side of the city, the beach runs from a rocky headland which separates it from a tiny fishing pier, and gently curves for some three kilometers to the south where the Giant Standing Buddha Sculpture is located at the foot of Khao Takiap. While offering a tranquil atmosphere, the beach is also the place for fun-filled activities ranging from jogging, walking, sun bathing, horse riding, kite boarding, and other kinds of water sports.
Hua Hin Railway Station
Built in the reign of King Rama VI, the station is one of Thailand's oldest railway stations. In addition, it is one of the country's most beautiful train stations with unique architecture. Its most striking feature is the splendid Royal Waiting Room constructed in the Thai architectural style. The room was relocated from Sanam Chan Palace in Nakhon Pathom Province during the reign of King Rama VI. Hua Hin Night Market The most colorful spot in Hua Hin during the night, the market offer a wide array of food, drinks, deserts, memorable souvenirs; all kinds of freshly-prepared dishes. Famous are Pad Thai, Hoi Thod, fresh seafood, Indian roti bread, coconut ice cream, etc. (the list is endless) This market will delight visitors wishing to savor the real taste of Hua Hin.
Khao Takiap
This hill is situated at the southern end of Hua Hin, only 4 kilometers from the town. It can be easily reached by local minibus. Visitors can go up the hilltop to enjoy a bird's eye view of Hua Hin, which is one of the delightful views either during the day or night. There is a temple call Wat Khao Takiap situated on top of the hill. The nearby Khao Takiap Beach offers mostly bungalow accommodations. The giant golden Buddha Statue standing against the cliff has become a landmark of Khao Takiap.


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David MacKay states that onshore wind farms are likely to generate 2W/m2 and offshore wind farms to generate 3W/m2. To supply the UK energy demand of 50kWh/day would therefore require an area twice the size of Wales to meet the demand with from offshore farms and three times the size of Wales to meet the demand from onshore wind farms. Wales (8,022 sq mi ) has approx 8% of the area of the UK. At present 13.5% of the UK is urbanized. David MacKay asks 'would the public accept and pay for such extreme arrangements?' Please study the above photo of Palm Springs in California before giving an answer. Some people might find a blanket of turbines ugly.
Scotland has 32% of the UK's land area and only 8.4% of the population, so it would be relatively easy to win a democratic vote to blanket Scotland with wind turbines and solve the UK's energy problem, though the cost would be high. We could omit the Forth-Clyde Valley and include parts of Northumberland and Central Wales in the interests of 'equity'. Too many southerners have holiday homes in the Lake District for this area to be included – so it could be a good place for property investment.
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Analysis Below!
Guy Fieri
Fuck: Go for it. But just so you know, he refers to oral sex as "going to FlavortownTM."
Marry: Have fun picking out the menu with this guy. He'll demand that everything be covered in Donkey Sauce, gesture to his crotch, and then laugh maniacally and say "we'll be right back on Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives" to nobody in particular.
Kill: NO! We need this man. Who else is going to keep the bowling shirt industry alive? Who else is going to still use the phrase "that's money"? You? C'mon, you couldn't handle FlavortownTM if it came up to you and looked you right in the wraparound sunglasses.
Paula Deen
Fuck: It's like fucking butter. Sorry -- misspoke. It's like fucking on butter. Because that's what she feels like. Like a human being soaked in butter. Oh, and she also screams the N-Word when she climaxes, if that's your thing. Please don't let buttered racism be your thing.
Marry: This is tough. On the one hand, the wedding would be catered to perfection. On the other hand, she will demand to write her own vows, which will include the N-Word a minimum of 30 times. She's a real romantic.
Kill: Listen, if years of swallowing whole sticks of butter haven't killed her yet, whatever you have in store for her and – wait, tell me more about her deep-throating butter sticks.
Padma Lakshmi
Fuck: Given the alternatives, this seems like a no-brainer. And go ahead, it'll be amazing. But just know that Salman Rushdie gets to watch in the corner from behind a pillow fort, occasionally saying "Hmm," in way that can imply he's either impressed or disgusted.
Marry: Yes! Of course. SHE IS A DREAM. While thanking everyone for coming to the wedding, she'll say "pack your knives and go" and it will be adorable. Hold on to this one. Hold on forever.
Kill: Seriously? You have the chance to remove the other two from the earth and you went with the one with nothing objectionable about her? C'mon, send those other two to the great big FlavortownTM in the sky.


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Walking with a limp
"So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak. When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob's hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man. Then the man said, 'Let me go, for it is daybreak. But Jacob replied, "I will not let you go unless you bless me" (Genesis 32:24-26). Jacob the second twin of Isaac, was a man who lived a life of a con artist, a liar. He was well known for manipulating people to his advantage. With a deceitful heart, this cunning man later became a fugitive who was on the run for his life. He was in a solitary place when he became engaged in a wrestling match with an angel of the Lord which lasted all night long. We are told that the angel battled and endured with Jacob until Jacob lost his strength. I believe it was at this point the angel touched Jacob's hip knocking it out of joint. Jacob was unwilling to let go of the angel until he received God's blessing. A.W. Tozer quotes, "It is doubtful whether God can bless a man greatly until He has hurt him deeply." God saw great potential in Jacob. He knew He could make something greater of him. Therefore, He used this experience to work on the heart of Jacob, bringing him to a place that he had no other choice but to depend on Him. God has a way of bringing us to a point of being broken in order to live a new and transformed life. Perhaps there has been a time in your life when you wrestled with God through the loneliness of night. And through this encounter you may have been left broken. However, you may have to walk with a limp for the rest of your life, but don't let your limp hold you back. What initially appears to be a handicap can actually reposition you for a new season of life that is more rewarding than what you might have experienced otherwise. As you remain faithful to God, hold on to Him in every circumstance. Then you can take joy in knowing that at the breaking of the day His blessing will come.


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We here at Africats are here to help you with dating, yoga and meditation. If you are like most people, then you probably have more than one reason for meditating. A lot of people meditate because they want more clarity in their life, while others meditate so that they'll be able to find inner peace. While these are both great reasons to meditate, you can get meditation to do so much more. Brainwave entrainment is a supplemental meditation exercise that helps synchronize with your brainwaves. When the sounds provided by brainwave entrainment synchronize with your brainwaves, you'll be able to get much more out of your meditation sessions. So, how can you be smarter with brainwave entrainment?
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The reason that brainwave entrainment was broken down into these three categories is because each of these three kinds of beats have different frequencies. As you might have predicted, each of these three beats also helps you get more out of your meditation sessions.
Binaural beats is the category of brainwave entrainment you want to focus on if your goal is to become smarter. Binaural beats are specially formulated sound waves that increase your ability to retain information. If your job requires you to do a lot of memorization, listening to binaural beats is a great way to increase your effectiveness. Many people are very smart, but they just require a stimuli in order to bring it out. If you always thought that you weren't reaching your full mental potential, then listening to binaural beats is a wonderful exercise to try. 🙂
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If you think that binaural beats is something that you would like to try, you should purchase some tracks online. There are many websites available that offer these tracks for very affordable prices. It is important to read the reviews associated with each track before you end up purchasing them. This way, you'll be able to determine whether or not they are effective. When reading the reviews, it's important to take the cumulative opinion of the track into consideration. If a track gets on negative comment, don't immediately discount it. Sometimes certain people don't respond well to certain tracks and it could just be a "fluke" review. Also, make sure that you have a good audio system in place so that you'll be able to hear the binaural beats as they were intended to be heard. If your audio system produces fuzzy or low quality sound, it could inhibit your chances of increasing your intelligence. I personally like Bose headphones. They truly rock!
Now that you know more about binaural beats and their ability to increase your mental capacity, you should think about incorporating this practice into your daily meditation session. Incorporating binaural beats into your meditation session is very easy and doesn't take up any more time than a regular meditation session. Just play the binaural beats in the background when you're meditating and you should be able to get much more out of your meditation session and your day.
Some Cool Meditation Resources To Check Out
Deepak Chopra Meditation Videos
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Statement of The Most Reverend John J. Myers,
Archbishop of Newark,
On Notre Dame University's Decision to Host and Honor President Obama at its Commencement Ceremony
It pained me to hear that one of the symbols of Catholic education in our nation, Notre Dame University, had extended an invitation to President Obama to speak at its commencement.
Not all people believe what the Church teaches, and in our society today we sometimes must work on issues of importance with people who do not agree with us on the primacy of the sanctity and dignity of life -- a moral issue on which there can be no compromise.
When we extend honors to people who do not share our respect and reverence for life in all stages, and give them a prominent stage in our parishes, schools and other institutions, we unfortunately create the perception that we endorse their public positions on these issues. We cannot justify such actions, and the Bishops have stated so clearly and strongly.
If the president of Notre Dame University truly wishes to show that his institution is rooted in Catholic teaching and tradition and committed to the Gospel of Jesus Christ, he must underscore this message at commencement plainly and clearly, and invite everyone to embrace an immutable and all-inclusive reverence for life.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Archbishop Myers on Notre Dame / Obama
From the Cardinal Newman Society website. I haven't yet found it posted to the archdiocesan web:
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Championship Central
Texas captured its fourth team title at the 2013 Big 12 Men's Golf Championship at Prairie Dunes Country Clun in Hutchinson, Kan. on Wednesday.
The defending national champion Longhorns, who had a six-shot cushion going into the final round, held off a charge from Oklahoma State to win the title by four shots with a three-day total of 859. The victory marks UT's first Conference championship since 2004.
The Cowboys finished just four shots back to claim second. Oklahoma placed third (869), TCU followed in fourth (871) and Kansas State rounded out the top five with a 54-hole team total of 891.
Baylor (895), Texas Tech (897), Kansas (899) and Iowa State (904) completed the final team standings.
Texas freshman Brandon Stone claimed the individual crown, carding a 54-hole score of 210 (even par). Oklahoma State's Talor Gooch, who started the day just two shots behind Stone, took second with a three-round total of 213. Third place honors were shared by Oklahoma's Abraham Ancer and Texas' Cody Gribble.
Stone becomes the first Longhorn to win the individual title since Matthew Rosenfield in 2006. With the win, the Pretoria, South Africa, native earns his third tournament victory of the 2012-13 season.
Texas never relinquished the lead in the final round. Oklahoma State closed the gap to three shots at one point in the afternoon but the Longhorns were too much, led by Stone and senior Cody Gribble, who posted a 5-over-par 215 to finish tied for third. Kramer Hickok was also strong for UT, finishing in a tie for 10th.
TCU, playing in its first Big 12 Championship, recorded three players in the top 10 with Daniel Jennevret leading the way in a tie for fifth. Sophomore Julien Brun finished tied for seventh while Pontus Gad tied for 10th place.
Oklahoma climbed the leaderboard with a strong round on Wednesday, carding a team total of 280 (even par). The Sooners started the day tied for fourth and 18 shots behind Texas. Abraham Ancer led the way for OU, finishing in a tie for third, including an even par 70 in the final round. The third-place finish is OU's highest since winning the Championship in 2006.
Also making the All-Tournament team was Ian Davis (Oklahoma State), Scott Fernandez (Iowa State), Niclas Mansson (Baylor), Chris Gilbert (Kansas) and Curtis Yonke (Kansas State).
Team Leaders
1. Texas 290-281-288=859 (+19)
2. Oklahoma State 285-292-286=863 (+23)
3. Oklahoma 296-293-280=869 (+29)
5. Kansas State 291-298-302=891 (+51)
6. Baylor 297-292-306=895 (+55)
7. Texas Tech 303-294-300=897 (+57)
8. Kansas 289-308-302=899 (+59)
9. Iowa State 306-289-309=904 (+64)


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Most of them are eager to get a job and lead a productive life. Unfortunately, nearly three-quarters of Hoosier employers are reluctant or flat-out refuse to hire ex-offenders. Without a job, it is nearly impossible for these individuals to establish a new life and become productive citizens. By hiring an ex-offender, you can help them reintegrate into society so they become a taxpayer instead of a tax burden.
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