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But even motorists who use handsfree devices are a nuisance - because they are slowing everyone else down, according to a study.
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Drivers talking on their phones go about 2mph slower on clogged roads than others, and fail to keep up with the traffic flow, say American researchers.
That adds 20 hours a year to the commuting time for drivers who have a half-hour drive to and from work each day.
The trouble is that people talking on the phone are distracted, says the study's author David Strayer, a psychology professor in Utah University's traffic laboratory.
His team studied volunteers driving on traffic simulators in the laboratory. They used hands-free phones for half the time and no mobiles for the other half.
They were told to obey speed limits and use turn signals, but the rest of the driving decisions were up to them.
The researchers discovered that while talking on the hands-free phone, motorists drove more slowly, made fewer lane changes, and had slower reactions to the varying traffic conditions.
When stuck behind a dawdling driver, it took them between 25 and 50 seconds longer to switch to an open lane to overtake.
Overall, mobilephone drivers took three per cent longer to drive along the same highdensity route.
Fellow researcher Professor Peter Martin, who teaches civil and environmental engineering at Utah University, said: "Ordinarily a slower driver should be safer, but that's not the case when people are talking on a cellphone.
"Then they brake later and switch lanes to avoid problems more slowly.
"Cellphone users are distracted drivers. Distracted drivers have delayed reactions and that is not safer driving."
Other research has shown that ten per cent of the motorists on the road are talking on a mobile at any one time.
Professor Strayer, who will present his findings later this month to the U.S. Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences, added: "It's simply a matter of brain overload.
"Your frontal cortex can handle only so many tasks at one time, so you slow down."
Drivers who use hands free mobile phones cause delays by driving slower, fail to change lanes to and hold up traffic, a new study has said.
Researchers in the US said motorists on the phone dawdle and with up to one in ten drivers Stateside making calls at any time delays can balloon.
"It's a bit like breaking wind in the elevator. Everyone suffers," Peter Martin of the University of Utah's Traffic Lab said.
"It has to do with the reaction to changes in speed," said Martin, who teaches civil and environmental engineering.
"When a driver who is not distracted is in a traffic stream and the vehicle in front slows down, the driver will brake in response. When a vehicle speeds up in front, the driver will respond and speed up," he said.
Researchers devised a study involving 36 university students driving on motorways, using a hands-free phone during half their trips and no phone in the other half.
They were told to obey posted speed limits and use turn signals but the rest of the driving decisions were up to them.
What the researchers found is that when the drivers were distracted by a phone conversation, they made fewer lane changes, drove slower and took longer to get where they are going.
In medium- and high-density traffic, drivers were about 20 percent less likely to change lanes. They also spent about 25 to 50 seconds longer following slow-moving vehicles before changing to an open lane. And they drove about 2 mph slower than the undistracted drivers and took 15 to 19 seconds longer to complete the 9.2 mile trip.
For an undistracted driver, this might make driving safer.
"But if you are doing that so you can take your mind off the road and talk on the phone, that isn't safer," said University of Utah psychology professor Dave Strayer, who led the team.
Those delays can add up, especially in light of studies that suggest as many as 10 percent of U.S. drivers are using a cell phone at any one time.
"Delays in traffic streams of very small amounts grow into massive numbers when you project it across a highway and across a nation," Martin said.
The next step is to use computer models to determine just how much those delays are costing drivers in time and extra fuel costs that result from traffic delays.
"What we've done here indicates already that those numbers are likely to be significant," Martin said.
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Along with knitting and quilting, embroidery too is experiencing a new resurgence in its popularity. Crafters who like quilting, more often than not, enjoy embroidery too and often are torn between the two crafts, as they are both equally engrossing. Fortunately, embroidery and quilting go hand in hand. Crafters who enjoy quilting but also want to pursue the craft of embroidery can follow them both in a combined craft.
Embroidered quilts are perhaps the most beautiful crafted creations that man has hand made. An example of this the crazy quilts of the Victorian era. These quilts are mostly made from silk, usually leftovers from men's ties or other pieces of fabric, and are pieced together randomly and then embellished with heavy embroidery. Even if you are more attracted to the traditional quilts, you must not fail to have a look at the crazy quilts to have an idea about what kind of embroidery you can use for embellishing your quilt. The embroidery in crazy quilts is extensive and very often it covers nearly the entire area of the surface of the quilt. But in case you don't have time for that, you cal always use embroidery in touches here and there to give your quilted clothing or quilt some texture and depth.
It is really easy to learn embroidery stitches and it is likely that you already know some. You can go through some websites on the internet to find pictures or photographs of embroidery stitches. Chain and blanket stitches for outlining, and decorative stitches alike herringbone, feather, lazy daisy, cross and straight stitches are some embroidery stitches you can use on your quilt.
Embroidery and appliqué are often used together and many quilters use appliqué as a part of their technique. Appliqué techniques involve layering one fabric on top of the other, unlike sewing together pieces of fabric together. The edges of appliqué pieces can be decorated with embroidery stitches. You can even use embroidery on background fabric for emphasizing the appliquéd pieces. The embroidery floss manufacturers have to keep pace with the developments in the crafting world and along that direction they have now offered floss in different fibers including rayon, perle cotton, silk and even hemp and linen. They also offer brilliant and vibrant colors, with plenty that offer variegated and hand dyed flosses.
Often quilters prefer to do machine quilting, instead of hand. They might even prefer to embroider their quilts by machine. There are a number of powerful sewing machines available in the market and embroidering is hence made extremely easy. A number of sewing machines have functions for embroidery with a variety of stitches that are easy to use with just a switch on the machine. Like embroidery floss, a number of specialty threads are offered for machine embroidery.
You can add embroidery to your quilt and experience an entirely new aspect of quilting apart from making your quilt beautiful without measure.
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They say if you can't change your situation, to change your thinking. People encourage the transformation of your mind as a means of circumstantial restoration. People tell us that our issues originate in our minds, and that by altering the way we think, we can change the very thing we don't like thinking about. We're told to speak positive affirmations over ourselves, and others are told to use methods of positive reinforcement to keep us uplifted.
Creating a more positive state of mind is in deed helpful for the pieces of our lives that are less than what we'd hoped. But what's equally important is maintaining that positive mind; because people are draining and life happens. And in order to maintain our own mental stability enough to get ourselves out of the damaging things that may be consuming us, we need to maintain a positive mind. We need to protect our positivity in this world plagued by negative.
Negative voices seem to be the loudest. Those are the ones heard over roaring crowds. Shoot, negative voices are the roaring crowds. The ones that tell you what you can't do and highlight what you don't have. Negative voices are shown in the lack of support; the steadily decreasing website stats, the limited sales and the no clients. Negative voices are those of "friends" and enemies. They're the ones waiting for your demise from the sidelines, praying that you throw in the towel to meet them back on their side of the court - the side of complacency and mediocrity. The side where hope dies and passion is nonexistent.
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"The loudest in the room usually has the least to say," and in a world where all you seem to hear is negative, it's hard to focus. It's hard to tune into the whispers of positivity when the ignorance of negative is screaming in your ear. But you must; and here are a few ways to do it.
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Purify your timelines – if your timeline is anything like mine, your Facebook news feed is the home of girl fights, conspiracy theorists and bad news. And while, good to stay in the know with hopes of evoking change, these things can put a damper on anyone's parade. I recently made the decision to get rid of all of that by 'unfollowing' the posts of people that spread those kind of videos and messages. It's no offense to them, but those aren't images I want to wake up and see each morning. Nor are they anything that would push me creatively. In this point in life, we must be intentional in our interactions and what we choose to consume.
Filter your friends – Some friends are draining. Some may speak constant defeat and death over themselves and everyone around them. And while as a friend, you should want to help them, you must also help yourself. If you feel their constant gossip, negativity and pessimism are ruining what you're trying to become, it's time to filter that friend. Limit your interactions. Be cognizant of the things you let them in on. Protect your endeavors from their ill wishes. I'm not saying all of our friends are like this. Some of us may be not even have negative friends, but for those of us who do: let them go. Surround yourself with friends with a positive mindset; friends that no matter what they go through, they can see the light at the end of the tunnel - no matter how dim it may be at the time. Find friends who are genuine, caring and supportive. Filter the folk who aren't happy for your growth. Unfriend the friends that expect you to shrink to maintain the friendship. Marianne Williamson said it best, "there's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you."
Having a positive mindset is crucial when pursuing your purpose. Do all you can to maintain it.


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Company: IBM, Armonk, NY
Company Description: Founded in 1911, International Business Machines Corporation is a multinational technology and consulting organization. IBM offers a mix of products including hardware, software, cloud-based services and cognitive computing. IBM is known for its Watson supercomputer, which represents a partnership between humanity and technology, as well as its 24 consecutive years of patent leadership.
Nomination Category: Corporate Communications, Investor Relations, & Public Relations Categories
Nomination Sub Category: Communications or PR Campaign/Program of the Year - Media Relations
Nomination Title: Cognitive Creativity with IBM Watson
Tell the story about this nominated campaign since January 1, 2016 (up to 650 words). Focus on specific accomplishments, and relate these accomplishments to past performance or industry norms.
As an established leader in artificial intelligence (AI) and cognitive computing, IBM has taken its Watson technology from game show champion to business transformer. But as more benefits are realized from the application of cognitive technologies, portrayals of sentient robots and other negative hyperbole have fueled ongoing misconceptions and concerns. Since its victory on Jeopardy!, IBM Watson had fallen somewhat out of the public eye as it was put to use in industries such as healthcare to transform the way work is done and solve some of business and society's biggest challenges.
IBM aimed to connect IBM Watson with consumers again, and to set the record straight on the misconceptions about AI. The goal was to demonstrate IBM's leadership in applying this technology in a new, third era of computing: The Cognitive Era, fueled by a commitment to using technologies such as AI, deep learning, machine learning and natural language processing to augment human capabilities, not replace them.
By highlighting the use of IBM Watson to augment human creativity, the Cognitive Creativity campaign was designed to underscore the positive impact the technology will continue to have on consumers, and the ways people can tap into Watson to boost their own creativity.
The key was uncovering the right "signature moments" – demonstrations of IBM cognitive technology that would reinforce the guiding principle that AI must be used to augment human capabilities and creativity. With the number of developers and partners in the vast IBM cognitive ecosystem, this was no easy task.
Dozens of collaborations and applications employing Watson were evaluated. Ultimately, a few were deemed to best represent the positioning. While Watson is being used across a wide range of areas, it was decided that applications in areas such as fashion, music, movies and cooking would best tell the story to the consumer audience.
Cognitive Creativity in the kitchen: Working with top chefs and the Institute of Culinary Education, Chef Watson provided consumers an opportunity to tap into Watson to experiment with thousands of unconventional ingredients and flavor pairings to help create innovative new recipes. In addition, media were invited to exclusive dinners worldwide where top chefs prepared Watson-inspired meals.
Cognitive Creativity on the runway: IBM and designer Marchesa applied Watson tools to create a first-of-its kind cognitive dress that used Watson tone analyzer to change colors in real time to reflect the emotions conveyed on social media during the dress' unveiling at the Met Gala event.
Cognitive Creativity at the movies: IBM collaborated with 20th Century Fox to create the world's first cognitive movie trailer, released in advance of the science fiction horror film "Morgan," showcasing the visual and audio sentiment analysis capabilities of Watson.
Cognitive Creativity in the studio: Watson Beat demonstrated the ability for cognitive technology to take a few seconds of musical inputs from a composer to produce an entirely new song.
While each of these signature moments were rolled out in their own unique manner, a consistent narrative was carried through each to demonstrate Watson's ability to enhance and extend human imagination. Each was supported with messaging that underscored IBM's unique approach as a collaborative innovator, differentiating it from competitors whose AI initiatives have primarily focused on reinforcing their own business objectives.
The overall strategy was to surprise and delight media and influencers with the unexpected new directions users were taking with Watson, while inspiring business partners and developers to see new opportunities to use Watson in creative ways. With each breakthrough, outreach not only tapped into IBM beat reporters across business and technology media, but introduced Watson to industry media in each domain – music, movies, cooking and fashion – not IBM's traditional media audience.
In bullet-list form, briefly summarize up to ten (10) of the chief features and results of this nominated PR program since the beginning of 2016 (up to 150 words).
-The Cognitive Creativity campaign generated coverage in 500+ media outlets.
-The Marchesa dress generated 1.04 billion impressions across business, tech, fashion and lifestyle publications such as AP, Fast Company, WIRED, CBSNews.com, Fox Science, Quartz, Forbes, WIRED, CNET, USA Today, AdWeek, AdAge, Women's Wear Daily, AOL News Fashion, Vogue, Refinery29 as well as segments on CNN, E!, The Colbert Report, CBS This Morning.
-IBM's tweet highlighting the dress was the company's most popular Twitter post ever, based on engagement, likes and retweets.
-The Morgan movie trailer received 2.4 million views and the supporting social campaign garnered 1.6 million views.
-Stories appeared in 100+ outlets: Fortune, Entertainment Weekly, Popular Science, TechCrunch, Mashable, Engadget, Refinery 29, Buzzfeed, Fast Company, Business Insider, NY Daily News, AdWeek.
-Chef Watson garnered coverage in specialty media: The Daily Meal, Food Dive and Candy Industry.
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TITANIC-TITANIC.com | Titanic Engineering Crew - Sloan, Mr. Peter
- Age: 31
- Date of Birth (D.O.B.): 1881
- Place of Residence: Southampton, England ( List )
- Embarked at: Belfast, Ireland
- Occupation: Chief Electrician
- Department: Titanic Engineering Crew
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- Died: 15th April, 1912 at sea
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Read this for the Historical Fiction reading challenge, and enjoyed the unusual heroine, and the crime mystery set in 18th century England.
Title: The Blackstone Key
Author: Rose. A. Melikan
Genre: Historical Suspense
Publisher: Sphere (Little, Brown)
Year Published: March, 2009
Stand alone or series: Book 1 of the Mary Finch (?) series
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Mary Finch is a young woman of wit, courage, and straitened circumstances. When invited to meet her wealthy uncle and end a family estrangement, therefore, she sets off immediately for White Ladies, his estate on the Suffolk coast. Yet soon she is embroiled in an adventure beyond any she could imagine, for the year is 1795, and England is at war with Republican France. When she arrives at White Ladies she learns that her uncle has died, leaving behind evidence of a treacherous plot. Enemy agents have obtained military secrets that would give France a decisive advantage, but who is the source of this information, and how can he be stopped?
Mary is not alone in her quest to solve the mystery, but the men who profess to help her are not quite what they seem. From Suffolk the traitor's trail moves finally to London. There Mary learns the true meaning of the Blackstone key, but has the treasure it secured already been lost?
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- 1 lb small raw shrimp, peeled and cleaned
- 1⁄2 tablespoon canola oil
- Old Bay Seasoning (to taste)
- cajun seasoning (to taste) or creole seasoning (to taste)
- salt and fresh cracked black pepper
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
- 1⁄3-1⁄2 cup mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons grated onions
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 2 dashes hot sauce, to taste
- 1 teaspoon cajun seasoning (to taste) or 1 teaspoon creole seasoning (to taste)
- Dry shrimp off well with paper towels.
- In a large skillet, heat the oil over medium high heat. Add the shrimp and sprinkle with Old Bay, Cajun seasoning, and salt and pepper.
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Given the changing nature of the labor market and the global economy, it is not always clear what skills a liberal arts, sociology major has to offer. But as we suggest it is precisely because we live in a much more complex, uncertain and fast changing world that your sociology is more applicable than ever!
Sociology has given you the instrumental skill of being able to interact in many diverse environments. As a sociologist, you have been taught how to interpret the social world. Being able to understand your environment helps you learn the expectations of the organization, and ultimately, helps shape the way you present yourself to others. The way you present yourself to others is imperative for determining how others perceive and act towards you. Thus, your ability to understand the paid work environment -- what its values are, how it is organized, who has power -- affects your ability to effectively interact within the organization.
Sociology has given you the evaluative skill of critically examining diverse environments. Not only do your sociological skills allow you to perceive and meet the expectations of others at your internship, but these skills also enable you to critique and evaluate what these expectations are. Through critical examination you can ask yourself two important questions: 1) Do the values and structure of the organization coincide? For instance, does the organization that claims it values diversity and flexibility have a structure that fosters these values? If not, you will need to think about why there is a disjuncture between values and structure and how this disjuncture can be dismantled. 2) Do your values and the organization's values coincide? Does your company have a dress-code that clashes with your belief system? If so, you will need to decide if the skills you gain from the organization are worth your differing beliefs.
As a result of your sociological background, then, you have acquired crucial skills for interfacing in the global economy. More specifically, these skills are:
1. Communication and Writing Skills- Anyone familiar with liberal arts, sociology programs knows that sociology students write literally dozens of papers and make numerous presentations during their college career. In fact, there are few other majors that can match the extent and depth of experience which Employment Relations and Diversity and Social Justice, sociology majors have in developing skills in writing and communications.
2. Conceptual-Critical-Analytical Skills- Sociology is about ideas. It is about whether these ideas make sense of the world around us. It is about understanding the world and the workplace as systems and structures and how different parts fit together as well as how conflict can hold us apart. It is about seeing the world in a different way -- without making taken-for-granted assumptions -- and seeing the possibility for alternatives. Employment Relations and Diversity and Social Justice offer students a special set of skills which equip them with the ability to conceptualize workplace and employment problem/issues, critically analyze them and make recommendations for change.
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4. Group Coordinating and Problem Solving skills- Sociology focuses on the relationship between the individual and the group as a way of understanding human behavior- this knowledge and skill are especially helpful in participating in and facilitating systematic small group, team-building activities designed to solve problems and create change.
5. Diversity Skills- Applying knowledge and awareness concerning the diverse backgrounds of participants based on cultural, gender, racial, class or sexual differences- provides skills in preventing and managing conflicts, and providing opportunities to empower and for equal opportunity in workplace activities.
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The Descendents are a four-piece Southern California band from the first wave of California hardcore, and belying their 1985 album, "I Don't Want to Grow Up," are now deep into middle age. The band, together off and on for more than three decades, released its first album in 20 years, "Hypercaffium Spazzinate," in the summer of 2016. It addresses grown-up issues such as infidelity, children and the effects of unhealthy food choices.
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Joe Schaefer wrote: > Stas Bekman <email@example.com> writes: > > >>Joe Schaefer wrote: > > > [...] > > >>>In so doing I've replaced the req->body table with new hooks in the >>>parser. The hooks will provide a simple iterator api together with >>>a means of converting the iterated-over elts into apreq_param_t's. >>>This additional level of indirection will allow us to continue support >>>for the current apreq_param(s)-related APIs by using the iterator >>>api internally (instead of searching the old req->body table). >> >> >>What's the performance hit added by this transition? I'd hate to see >>the library slow down, just because it suddenly wants to parse xml. > > > I can't say for certain, since I haven't implemented it yet. > However, I expect it to be something like this: > > 1) existing parsers will not be negatively impacted, since they will > just relocate the req->body table to ctx->body. Future (xml) > parsers will see a large benefit though, because they can use > whatever data type they want for storing their parsed data. > > 2) The current accessor apis (apreq_param, apreq_params, apreq_upload, > apreq_uploads) will take a performance hit due to the additional > indirection: they'll need to call req->parser->it_init() to get an > iterator, and then call req->parser->it_next() to get the result. > This is additional overhead when compared to a direct call to > apr_table_get(req->body, key), but I don't know how significant > the extra overhead will be. So once modified you will never know what was the impact. Perhaps we need to benchmark the two implementations (once you have it changed) and see how bad it is and whether it's worth it. > However, it has always been an express goal of apreq2 to provide support > for xml parsers, especially wrt XForms. Without such a change, I don't > think that XForms will happen in apreq2, since apr_tables are simply the > wrong data structure for representing xml docs. Why again apreq2 is supposed to support xml? You never really explained the reason for that goal. I wasn't aware there was such a goal. __________________________________________________________________ Stas Bekman JAm_pH ------> Just Another mod_perl Hacker http://stason.org/ mod_perl Guide ---> http://perl.apache.org mailto:email@example.com http://use.perl.org http://apacheweek.com http://modperlbook.org http://apache.org http://ticketmaster.com
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A few nice pointers here from Timea Bacsinszky in her match against Agnieszka Radwanska on Saturday.
- well coordinated rhythmical use of arms - 'left arm up, right arm back' separation
- arrives at the pre-throw position as ball is at the apex of the toss
- when racket in fully cocked (dropped position) legs are at full extension. Note at this point hips are still 'side-on'
- Strong leg/hip drive 'up' with bend forward of upper body to contact
- the throwing action is finished whilst she is still air-born but due to her elevation she does not land so far inside court
- strong 'arabesque' position on landing
- quick recovery in preparation for ball 3
- early turn of shoulders to prepare racket to 'beat the bounce of the incoming ball'
- great 'loading' position - note how weight is stored on back foot before front foot hits the court; this will enable her to drive out of the back leg and transfer weight and racket speed into the shot
- turn of the back knee towards the net fires her hip and enables upper body to rotate through towards contact
- excellent head position, chin over right shoulder, level and still
- from a high cocked position, racket is successfully dropped below contact point to add topspin to the shot
- contact beautifully out in front of body, waist high and to the side, with a stable base (you can't fire a cannon from a canoe!!)
- great racket extension out towards target area followed by full follow through to complete body rotation
No wonder this combination of serve and backhand attack produced an error from her opponent.


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Question about Brother LS-1217 Mechanical Sewing Machine
When I try to sew, the upper spool thread gets knotted around the bobbin case and locks the machine up. How do I fix this problem?
Posted by Merolu on
Same here. When I begin to sew, the top thread gets stuck around the bobbin wheel and my machine locks up. I have tried adjusting the tension, dusting the machine, changing needles, everything. I think my tension **** may be broken. When I adjust it, I don't notice any difference. Should there be a noticable difference in the tension when I pull on the thread after adjustment? HELP!
I have a ellageo machine and I to am having trouble with the top thread knotting up around the bobbin. I love my machine, how can I fix it?
The needle thread gets knotted around my bobbin wheel too! i have absolutely no idea what to do?
i need help!!!!
thread knotting around bobbin case in singer 5500
Hello, I had the exact same problem and could not find the solution until i took my machine to my sewing sensei and i solved my tedious problem. It was actually not a tension problem at all but a threading problem. Make sure you have threaded your bobbin correctly and that when you pull on the bobbin thread that the bobbin turns the right way. (mine must spin anti clockwise to work) Make sure that when you pull up the bobbin thread using the needle that it is not over the feed dogs connective bar but under it. A big problem when the thread gets caught around the bobbin case wheel is that the thread is looped around the feed dogs once and that causes the thread to get caught around the bobbin wheel. In conclusion, thread the bobbin correctly and read over your instruction book before spending the money to get it fixe in s shop.
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Beast in the East: Louisville Stops Syracuse, 76-66
March 14, 2009
NEW YORK (AP) - Louisville's sweep of its first Big East titles ended Syracuse's overtime run in regulation.
Earl Clark had 13 points and 10 rebounds to lead the fifth-ranked Cardinals to a 76-66 victory over No. 18 Syracuse on Saturday night, giving the regular-season champs their first Big East tournament title.
The conference's first five-day tournament will be remembered as well for the Orange and their run to the final game that included the epic six-overtime win over Connecticut in the quarterfinals and a more mundane one-overtime victory over West Virginia in the semis.
Louisville's pressure defense is tough on a team with plenty of rest. It was really troubling for a team that had played nearly an extra game of overtime in a four-day span.
The conference title in their fourth season in the Big East will probably translate into a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament for the Cardinals (28-5).
Syracuse guard Jonny Flynn, who played 67 minutes in the marathon win over No. 3 Connecticut and all 45 in the victory over West Virginia, was selected the tournament MVP. He had 11 points and six assists in a mere 34 minutes against the Cardinals, but that followed three games where he averaged 22 points and 10 assists, including 34 and 11 against the Huskies.
The win was the 10th straight for Louisville, which will be making its second straight NCAA appearance and 34th overall.
Eric Devendorf had 20 points for Syracuse (26-9), which had won seven straight and went from a team that was being talked about in bubble terms to one deserving of seeding around No. 4. The Orange will return to the NCAA tournament after missing it for two straight years.
Syracuse was going for a sixth Big East title in its 14th championship. Its last title came in 2006, when Gerry McNamara led an overachieving team on a memorable run of last-second wins.
The Cardinals made sure there was no great story for Syracuse this time.
Syracuse closed the first half on a 13-2 run to take a 38-30 lead. But the Cardinals opened the second half on a 13-3 run that included two 3-pointers and during which Syracuse turned the ball over three times. The Cardinals led 43-41 on a reverse layup by freshman Samardo Samuels, who finished with 15 points, just 3:05 in.
Suddenly, the Syracuse players did look a little tired. They didn't seem to have their legs as they came up empty on six straight possessions after tying the game at 43.
Louisville scored eight straight points, the last four by Clark, and it seemed like another game with a chance of going overtime was not going to happen.
One possession in that stretch, Syracuse missed four 3-pointers. They managed to corral three long rebounds in the sequence, but none produced any points.
A 3 by Andre McGee gave Louisville a 68-56 lead with 4:04 to play, and the Syracuse fans in the sellout crowd of 19,375 at Madison Square Garden only had two more reasons to cheer: when coach Jim Boeheim took the starters out with 1:19 to go and when Flynn was announced as the MVP.
Terrence Williams had 11 points, seven rebounds and six assists for the Cardinals, who finished 10-for-28 from 3-point range and forced Syracuse into 17 turnovers, 10 in the second half.
Andy Rautins, whose 3 at the start of the sixth overtime gave Syracuse the lead for good two nights earlier, finished 2-for-10 from behind the arc as the Orange went 5-for-18.
Louisville won 15 conference titles before joining the Big East, 11 in the Metro, and two each in Conference USA and the KIAC.
Flynn was the first MVP from a losing team since Victor Page of Georgetown in 1996.


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Keith Urban ended Universal Music Group's CRS 2017 luncheon with an epic three-way guitar solo with Vince Gill and Chris Stapleton.
Team UMG's annual luncheon included a star-studded lineup that was closed out by Urban. Less than a minute into his soulful performance of "Blue Ain't Your Color," Chris Stapleton surprised the audience when he joined Urban onstage.
Although Stapleton already graced the stage to perform his new track "Broken Halos," it was a total surprise to see the country star join Urban for a jam session. Seconds later, Gill also joined the pair and showed off his impeccable guitar skills to the entranced audience.
It's not normal to see three superstars trade off guitar solos, but this one was especially incredible.
The three country talents jammed together for several minutes to a completely speechless crowd. It appropriately ended with a much-deserved standing ovation.
READ MORE: Miranda Lambert, Keith Urban and Maren Morris Lead 2017 ACM Award Nominations
The luncheon was a part of Country Radio Seminar, a Nashville-based gathering of radio programmers, music industry executives and journalists. This year's show also included Luke Bryan, Lauren Alaina, Dierks Bentley and Lady Antebellum.


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From our Candy Corn Cutie!!!
Leaning on God, Loving this moment, and Learning every day.
About Me
- Sam
- After being told I would never be able to have children, I am now a stay-at-home Mommy to Maddie who happens to have Down Syndrome. I've been married 16 years to my best friend, having the time of my life. Thanks for stopping by and sharing in our little journey through life.
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Monday, October 29, 2012
The Makings of a Newborn Photoshoot
I love newborn photoshoots!
But let me tell ya...they are in a category all their own.
The most important skill for a newborn photoshoot is....PATIENCE : )
It took 5 hours, but once we finally got Baby Eily in that deep, beautiful sleep, I got images like these.
Friday, October 26, 2012
Maddie's New Word
Last month, we began taking Maddie to a Speech Therapist.
Best decision ever!
It's only been a month, but she's making huge steps toward progress!
We are not focused on articulation at this point.
We are focusing more on vocalization.
Any kind of vocalization is good.
Vowel sounds, animal sounds...
it's all good.
But we get really excited when new words pop up!
Like today.
Her new word?
perhaps we've been watching a little too much T.V.?
but hey, at least it's helping her speech!! ; )
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Maddie's Hat
Maddie loves to play with her baby dolls.
She just has an unconventional way of doing it!
The cow says, "MOOOO!"
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Backyard Pics
Monday, October 22, 2012
A Dandelion-Blowing Kind of Day
Happy Monday!
The weather has been so beautiful the last few days, it makes me want to find dandelions and blow to my heart's content!!
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Photographic Elements
So, last Friday night before the rehearsal, we had some time to kill.
Isn't that a strange phrase?
Why so violent : )
I really didn't want to kill time, but just put him to good use so I grabbed my camera.
Actually, I was thrilled to have the time.
It's been a while since I've been able to just take leisurely pics since the 'ole business came into my life.
An hour with my camera scoping out a new location is like the equivalent of a refreshing week's vacation on a beautiful remote island.
It does wonders for my soul.
I wanted to find as many photographic elements as I could.
Fill the Frame with the Subject
Parallel Lines
Interesting Angles
All this in ONE location!!
How awesome is photography?!
Saturday, October 20, 2012
The Best Pictures of the Night
I have a little secret!
I love these pictures, but I didn't take them : )
Kyle did!!
And these were the best pictures of the night of Doug and Shana's awesome wedding.
Way to go, honey!!
you win
Friday, October 19, 2012
Silly Grandpa!!
Thursday, October 18, 2012
A Disappointment
I'm interrupting our Kansas City trip report to take a minute to write what's on my heart.
Many of you know a couple of weeks ago I took on a major project in my photography journey.
I took school pictures for a local, private christian academy.
I was thrilled for the opportunity!!!
The picture day went amazingly well. I thought the pictures turned out fantastic, and I was hoping for a big success especially after putting in at least 20 hours of painstaking editing/preparing online galleries, along with the grueling 7 hours of set up, shooting, and take down. Not to mention time and expense in preparation and gear.
So far, only 8% of parents have purchased photos.
Not exactly a success story.
: (
I'm trying really hard to not be so disappointed, but I'm a big dreamer and it actually never occurred to me going in to this endeavor that parents may not want to buy school photos.
A big lesson in setting realistic expectations.
Stupid life and all its details.
(right now I'm picturing in my head a cartoon version of life taunting me with reality, loving its own details and waving them in my face)
Man, life is mean!
I'm also trying really hard not to just accept this like a poor victim.
I've tried to ask the questions like
"what can I do about it?"
"how do I make the most of the situation?"
"what am I empowered to control in this?"
"how can I get a better outcome?"
Parents have 6 more days to purchase before the gallery is taken down.
Maybe they are procrastinators like me.
And if they are not, I'm trying to work through my disappointment now.
And by work through my disappointment, I mean cry it out.
Here's a few quotes that made me feel a bit better...
"A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success."
-Elbert Hubbard
"Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success."
-Dale Carnegie
"Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure."
-George Edward Woodberry
"I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate."
-George Burns
Ah, that's better.
This blog saves a lot of money on therapy. : )
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Kansas City, Day One Continued
We had some time before the Wedding Rehearsal Friday afternoon. We really wanted to take Maddie back to the Deanna Rose Farmstead like we did here and here, but since it was raining we opted for the mall instead.
I have a feeling most parents fear the mall and the barrage of the "i wants" that correlate.
We discovered on our outing to the circus, that Maddie is
perfectly content absolutely ecstatic to just see things she loves. I don't think it even occurs to her that it is possible to actually take the thing she adores with all her being home with her!
An entire afternoon spent at the mall and we never once heard an "i want."
This was the first time Maddie had ever been in an American Girl store.
She looks so big...she's definitely getting a lot taller (even though she was still mistaken as a two-year-old on several occasions this weekend)
She especially liked Molly.
I think it was the glasses.
She found the bitty babies...
all done!
This cracked me up...a hair salon for your American Girl Doll! haha
Daddy's seen enough dolls...time to move on!
...to the Disney Store!!
She spotted "Rella." Maddie's word for Cinderella.
And then she had to give each and every stuffed animal a kiss...
Next we spotted the double-decker carousel!
and loved it so much we had to go again!
this time with Mommy.
She said it was like Mary Poppins! : )
Stay tuned...there's still more from Day One to come!
I have to stretch these posts out to reach my goal for 31 for 21!!
I have to stretch these posts out to reach my goal for 31 for 21!!
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Kansas City, Day One
It's always great to see family.
And even BETTER when we gather for a wedding!
Kyle's younger brother got married this past weekend.
That meant we had time to catch up with his older brother and his family.
Unfortunately, they live in Wyoming.
We only get to see them once a year.
The first morning together we devoured the most delicious pumpkin pancakes!!
(Thank you, Cheryl!)
(Thank you, Cheryl!)
(They were so good we had to run out to Trader Joe's to pick some up to take home with us!)
This is Maddie's traveling hair...
I have no idea how she manages this since she seems to ride so peacefully.
By the looks of it, you would think she is constantly thrashing her head from side to side the entire trip!
After breakfast, sweet Brielle played the piano...
She taught herself to play the theme song to the Swan Princess just from hearing it!!
So much talent in this little one, she also has a beautiful singing voice.
And then there was Emmelyn...
She asked to get her picture taken and this is how she "smiles" : )
This look pretty much sums up her amazingly complex little personality though.
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Niall from One Direction, he's Irish and that's all I could define. Perfect!
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Perks of being a wallflower. Favouriteeeeeeeeee!
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The 70's because of Life on Mars. I'd definitely teach people a lesson or two on sexism.
7- If you could fall and hit your head loosing one memory, what memory would you like to loose?
Was discussing this yesterday, definitely the first week of Year 7. It couldn't be worse.
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Autumn, the jumpers and socks. Yes please!
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Probably for undermining someone's authority. I don't like people who don't do their job properly. (e.g teachers on phones, no).
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Debenhams, is this a cheat answer? I could get a variety of stuff which is cool.
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Karnataka to set up world's biggest solar park
Karnataka, which entered the global power map by setting up Asia's first hydroelectric station, is now embarking on another milestone mission of setting up a mega solar power park, said to be the world's biggest. The park, with a capacity of 2,000 MW, will come up on 10,000 acres of land in the parched Pavagada taluk of Tumakuru district.
Secretary, Union Ministry of New and Renewal Energy, Upendra Tripathy and Additional Chief Secretary, Karnataka Energy Department, Ravi Kumar, who announced this at a press conference here on Friday, said the work on the proposed park would start soon.
The 1,000 MW solar park being implemented in Andhra Pradesh is the biggest such project so far in the country. The Centre would support the park by offering a subsidy of Rs. 20 lakh per mega Watt, Mr. Tripathy said.
According to sources, Pavagada was chosen for the solar park because of a combination of various factors, including high sunlight exposure, backwardness of the area, and lesser demand for land.
In addition to the park, Karnataka has bigger plans for the renewable energy sector as the State on Friday committed itself to setting up projects to tap green energy to the tune of 16,000 MW in the next five to seven years. The commitment was made at a meeting with Ministry of New and Renewal Energy authorities here where the Centre wanted the States to take up the responsibility of executing green energy project proposals to the tune of 1,75,000 MW received by it during the renewable energy global investors' meet.
To facilitate evacuation of such a massive quantum of renewable energy from the generation sites, the Centre has also decided to set up an exclusive pan-India green corridor at a cost of Rs. 36,000 crore, Mr. Tripathy said. To raise resources for renewable energy sector infrastructure, the Centre would float tax-free green bonds to the tune of Rs. 5,000 crore in about three months from now, he said.


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Phillies Voted to Have MLB's Best Farm System
Update 11/3/2016: There are actually conflicting signals about whether the Phillies won the fan vote or the staff vote. While the "table of contents"-style infographic in the announcement indicates "fan", other sources indicate "staff." Knowing that, take some of what's below with an additional grain of salt.
Yesterday, MiLB.com announced the winners of the 2016 MiLBY award for the Best Farm System in baseball, and the Philadelphia Phillies received top honors – in the fan vote. The prospect staff of the site instead opted to pick the New York Yankees for their variation of the award. This offers a good opportunity to discuss the merits of such an award, and the Phillies' system's place in Minor League baseball. These awards occur every year, from a variety of sources, and can be interpreted in different ways. For instance, a person who is purely a fan of Minor League baseball might select the winning-est farm system, because winning is the end goal to that individual. However, a Major League farm director might vote for the team who ended the season with the most Top-100 prospects in their farm system.
What can winning this award tell us about the Phillies farm system? We can start by asking what an award like this supposed to measure. Per the award's description in 2014, the year of its inception, the Best Farm System award is meant to "honor the organization whose system made the most strides [during the season]". That description is a little ambiguous, but at minimum the phrase "made the most strides" can reasonably be interpreted to mean "most improved." "Improved" is, itself, a loaded term. Does "most improved" entail seeing already top prospects move to higher levels? Does it mean the team that added the most noteworthy prospects throughout the year? Is it tied to winning at the Minor League level? It is referencing the team with the most significant number of breakout prospects and draftees (prospects who initially emerge in the system) during the year?
To get an idea of what the MiLBY award is meant to evaluate, we can take a look at who the staff has voted for each season. In 2014, the prospect staff selected the Chicago Cubs, a system headlined by Kris Bryant, Addison Russell, Jorge Soler, Kyle Schwarber, Albert Almora, and Carl Edwards – six Top 100 prospects who have had something of a notable October. Of those players, four had ended 2013 in the Cubs' system, one was drafted, and one was acquired via trade. Chicago had the seventh-highest winning percentage among all organizations that season.
In 2015, the staff selected the Houston Astros. The team was a surprise at the Major League level, but also saw success of several kinds in the Minors. That season, the team saw the promotion of top prospect Carlos Correa to the Majors, as well as the strong draft of Alex Bregman, Daz Cameron, and Kyle Tucker in the first round. Michael Feliz and Vincent Velasquez (not yet traded at the time of the awards) provided young, high-ceiling arms to the system, and there was the general sense that this was a very deep organization. Additionally, the team had the highest winning percentage in the Minors.
This year, the New York Yankees were selected following several high profile moves at the trade deadline. Homegrown prospects like Aaron Judge, Jorge Mateo, and the recently graduated Gary Sanchez are regarded highly, but a large portion of the system's impact prospects have now come via the trade deadline. Clint Frazier, Gleyber Torres, Dillon Tate, and Justus Sheffield were major additions in July. Blake Rutherford is a highly touted first round pick, and James Kaprielian has shown flashes of high upside as a starting pitcher when he's been healthy. This season, the Yankees could reasonably be considered the team with the most depth, here defined as having a good combination of prospect risk and ceiling. New York's farm system was also the third-best by winning percentage.
Looking at who the authors of the award select themselves, it seems pretty clear that with the selections of the 2014 Cubs, 2015 Astros, and 2016 Yankees, there has been a trend. Those far better at scouting than me (AKA, basically everyone) may disagree with this characterization, but it seems clear this award is intended to go to the team that has ended each season with the highest number of potential everyday regulars in the Minor Leagues. That's a very good thing to have, and I'd argue a reasonable definition of "the best" farm system. In a pure sense, it doesn't really matter where the players in the system came from, or what the winning percentage is (although there's an argument that winning can help with development). The goal is to have as many good players as possible.
However, that's not exactly the award that the Phillies won. By winning the fan vote, they are being judged by a different set of criteria. In 2014, the fans voted for the New York Mets – a very good farm system, but the consensus was not that they were the best in baseball. In 2015, they did agree with the staff and picked the Astros. The 2014 Mets, 2015 Astros, and 2016 Phillies do have one significant thing in common. While all are considered to at least be "good" farm systems, each was the winning-est organization of their year. Not only that, but all three teams were above-.500 at every domestic Minor League Level of their season.
Clearly, it looks like there is a difference in the way that prospect writers vote for an award like this versus the way that fans vote – and that makes sense. While MiLB.com does spent a large amount of time talking about the best Major League prospects, a lot of time is given to teams that are winning (as they probably should). Winning definitely isn't a bad thing, but future wins at the Major League level are the goal of the Minors, those are more closely tied to Minor League talent than Minor League winning percentage.
That isn't to say that the Phillies shouldn't be excited they won an award like this. Talent and winning are definitely intertwined, as it's basically impossible to win at every single level and not have promising players in the system. It's generally agreed upon that the team has one of the better farm systems in baseball that only improved this year, with exciting individual performances from some breakout players. Philadelphia may not necessarily have the best current farm system in baseball, but there is plenty of reason to be optimistic. That optimism probably just shouldn't be based on the number of headlines generated by home runs hit in the Reading's hitters' paradise.


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