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Oh.. And lost in the whole ****storm us we now have the same record as the nets........
Oh.. And lost in the whole ****storm us we now have the same record as the nets........
man people need to start chanting fire D'antoni....
Just finished watching the game here in England on my league pass.
In the first quarter one of the commentators managed to encapsulate the stupidity of D`Antoni in only one simple sentence.
One commentator said after two minutes in the first quarter that the Knicks won`t hesitate to shoot the three ball. The other commentator then said.
" I don`t understand why they stick with that strategy when your record suggests that it isn`t working".
And there you have it, the madness of Dumphoney explained. It doesn`t work, it has never worked and yet he just keeps sticking to shooting threes.
Judging by the comments in this thread it's obvious again that 90% of you guys still didn't get the point.
Have your scapegoat in D'Antoni...that's fine
But we're still left with **** and overpaid players.
You gotta take a look at the bigger picture like the past 10 years and not just the D'Antoni years....you wanna tell me Larry Brown (HOF) sucks at coaching? You wanna tell me Lenny Wilkens (HOF) sucks at coaching?
I'll tell you something: Our management sucks at getting competent basketball players and build a TEAM. That's the reason we're **** and have been **** for a decade.....
Everybody who thinks Stoudemire and Anthony are the answer doesn't know a thing about winning.
They're just the next Marbury and Tim Thomas.
Look at Denver's record without Anthony.
I'd rather keep D'Antoni for another year if Stoudemire and Anthony were traded for guys who care about winning 95% of thir life instead of just 50 %, because they got so many off the court **** going on.
They just kinda want it, they don't want it bad, like Kobe or Jordan or Duncan. They care too much about the next reality show they're in or the next Muppet show they're in or the next commercial they're about to shoot or which Bentley they buy next.
A guy like Kobe would starve for 3 days if neccessary but Amar'e and Melo are like: "Mhhh yeah I can starve for a day, but I also gotta eat....hm **** that life's great let's eat."
I'm ok with that attitude for $7-8 million guys who are talented, but for $18-$20 million they gotta make some sacrifices, some people wuld kill their parents for that amount of money......and they just kinda want it SMFH
"Tough times don't last forever, tough people do"
Although we as fans would like it, guys don't have to eat, sleep and dream basketball. They just need to give 100% every time they're on the court. Most of the players in the league have other things going on besides basketball, so I guess they only give 50% as well huh? Lol as long as their not missing games or practices because of it who cares!
Come on man, this "system" is not getting it done and it's being forced to work. You seem to have problems understanding that when 90% of us see it clearly. You are the minority on this issue and for some reason are just being naive to the facts. No matter what you come up with, THIS TEAM SHOULD NOT BE THIS BAD ESPECIALLY WITH THE FAIRLY EASY SCHEDULE (including opponent injuries) WE'VE HAD SO FAR.
Most problems we have can be helped with good coaching. Our coach is a bad in-game manager which doesn't help. Antoni is also bad at utilizing his roster to their maximum potential. Antoni is bad at drawing up plays and understanding his players. Antoni doesn't understand his players because he tries to mold them into what he wants. He doesn't even refine a skill... In most cases he just completely changes a player (see Jorts).
Last night down by only 6 or 7 and with plenty of time to go, dumbtoni puts in Lin, Bibby, Shump, Jeffries and Tyson! Those guys have never played together and during that span HOU increased their lead permanently. Add to that Antoni never even called a timeout during HOUs run. SMH
The fact that you even mentioned keeping Antoni whether guys were traded or not proves you can't even identify the root of the problem. UNLESS NASH WALKS THROUGH THOSE MSG DOORS THE SAME PROBLEMS WILL EXIST.
Oh and those players you mentioned, Kobe Jordan Duncan would NEVER feel comfortable in this "system" because it goes against everything they know to be fundamental basketball.
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spot on nyk nyk, so true.
I can`t believe that anyone who watches the Knicks can defend Dumbphoney and be so arrogant as to say that 90% of us are wrong and he isn`t.
Seriously I`m so sick and tired of people defending our moron coach. He needs to go and go now before he destroys the confidence of the players on our roster even further.
His post game interivews and the comments he makes in them are enough to get him sacked alone. I can only believe that people who defend D`Antoni are not actually watching our games or paying any attention to what is actually happening on the court.
Sack him and watch this team improve immediately. Watch what happens to quality, talented basketball players when they have a coach who actually believes in running basketball plays and not just telling every player to shoot,shoot, shoot. How many threes do you have to miss in the first quarter of games before a coach realises that the three ball is never going to work out. There are no more excuses for this coach. He has a roster that is much better than our record and gameplay suggests. He must go and finally we won`t have to hear idiots constantly defending the indefensible.
STAT scored an efficient 23pts, 8boards, 3 steals, 2blocks, 1 turnover, lead the team in scoring by a *huge* margin.
STAT had a very, very good game. Better than if he scored some "monter" 35points but had 5 rebounds and 4turnovers and little defensive impact.
And I'm actually correct about MDA, too.
So, 3/4, which you're right, ain't bad.
Ok, I got the point. Maybe it'S me, maybe it's not but I'm 1000% sure of one thing:
Amar'e Stoudemire will NEVER win a championship in his career, Carmelo Anthony will NEVER win a championship in his career.
They just don't have it in them. They're overhyped and overpaid scorers.
They're stars because they're marketable, talk a lot and play pretty offense (when on top of their game).
They're franchise players for teams that want to reach the Playoffs, they're NOT franchise players for teams who want to win championships.
How many rings do they have?
and it'll stay that way. They're not champions, unless an MVP-type player like Kobe or Chris Paul carries them.
I think you're wrong about Amare and Melo, though.
Amare would actually likely already have a championship if *he* wasn't taken out of the equation in that one deeply competitive, razor-thin Spurs series.
Chandler's a really great C to pair alongside STAT, for STAT's defensive shortcomings. But truthfully, so many stars who have won chips were notorious for being soft or having ****ty D, only to get their **** together around the age of 30 and putting forth the basis efforts to play solid, tough D.
Right now, STAT looks uber-pathetic because our offense is the antithesis of what it was last year, which is just letting teams get set and feast offensively all the more -- teams have very little to worry about when game planning for us these days, and don't often have their backs to wall, nor are we controlling the tempo and flow of games like we did last year.
Somewhat ironically, we're still a much improved defensive team this year, but that's mainly due to the addition of Chandler.


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Help Please, Soy Allergy And Now Reacting To Foods I Eat Daily
Aprilelayne replied to julissa's topic in Other Food Intolerance and Leaky Gut IssuesMy DD also has a severe soy allergy, I noticed the same with apples with peels. We reverted to natural applesauce or peeling the apples (sadly removes a lot of the vitamins) . I don't have any suggestions though, we are newly navigating the soy allergen issue. she's still reacting at least twice a week to unknown triggers (soy or something else.)
18M Old - With Genetics Against Her
Aprilelayne replied to Aprilelayne's topic in Celiac Disease - Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & SymptomsSkin testing of suspected allergens was a bust yesterday. Nothing, not even soy showed up positive despite the RAST test and marked improvement since its elimination. The allergist was apologetic and explained that while she may not have an IgE reaction or response, she obviously is having a gastro response to soy and other stuff. She agreed that the endoscope is what she would do next to find out truly how damaged her esophagus is from the reflux. I dropped off the negative results to the gastro when I left the building yesterday at noon, so I'll call this afternoon to prod them along to see what the plan is. All I do know, is that since having to be off of zyrtec and allergy meds for the skin testing, she complained about her chest and belly hurting almost daily she stopped her meds last Wednesday and Friday is when things started going downhill with severe diarrhea again and the complaints. I'm not sure on the EGID front though either....its just the next dx to eliminate.
18M Old - With Genetics Against Her
Aprilelayne replied to Aprilelayne's topic in Celiac Disease - Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & SymptomsABSOLUTELY! If we are sedating her at all, I want to address as many things as possible in one swoop.
18M Old - With Genetics Against Her
Aprilelayne replied to Aprilelayne's topic in Celiac Disease - Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & SymptomsSmall update.... We met with the gastro on Friday, who is now bringing the scope on the table sooner than later in response to the allergist's plan. We have allergy skin testing on Wednesday of this week to determine any other major allergen issues. I am to call the gastro's office with the findings or to prompt them to obtain the results from the allergist. she verbally simply said we would likely scope if any other allergens show as positive for an esophagus condition (dumbing it down for me I presume.) Her handwriten note on the appt notes: "pending ai test (allergy skin test) probable endoscope to evaluate for ee" So still moving forward, not celiac-based, but the quest to decipher her gastro and reflux problems.
18M Old - With Genetics Against Her
Aprilelayne replied to Aprilelayne's topic in Celiac Disease - Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & SymptomsAnd I'm fully aware that I'm now more on an allergy quest than a celiac one if necessary, but honestly I haven't found another forum that is similar enough since her issues are prominently gastro related. Just being clear that I am fully aware that celiac is not an allergy. I do know that I have a refluxy,ezcema laden kiddo who vomits regularly and has upset stomach daily who can barely get to the bathroom in time for her foul diarrhea. She will soon hit the embarassment issue at school for her explosive and noisy movements as the toilet is just a sub room within the classroom where everyone (classmates and teachers) can hear what's going on. I have an irritable, clingy toddler every evening who needs her back patted to help expel the gas. I am sure that my health deteriorating is due to the stress and focus on hers right now. But I'll keep chugging along and just vent and whine in here (nobody feel the need to respond! ha, just let me get it out somewhere) i need a nap.
18M Old - With Genetics Against Her
Aprilelayne replied to Aprilelayne's topic in Celiac Disease - Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & SymptomsMet with the allergist yesterday...and honestly I'm not optimistic to answers. That or I'm just frustrated. We discussed her history and reaction patterns, I gave her the detailed food logs for the last three incidents, all of which were soy-free days. Before we got to that she explained that soy is typically a minor allergy that kids do grow out of. I then explained the cycle and extreme reactions she gets, gave her the daily logs and she agreed there is something else causing her the problem. We have skin testing on 5/15. She's testing wheat again because she's suspect of that despite the blood test (which is good for allergy sake, not celiac) and focusing on her suspected reactions to fruit. She's testing a slew of things but specifically adding wheat and the fruits. I was just slightly disappointed because while a very pleasant doctor , she seemed not overly concerned because she wasn't have any breathing or wheezing issues with her reactions (as in like a severe peanut allergy) so I felt like it was 'oh, she just gets red cheeks?--no biggie' I explained that if whatever she is struggling with if anything like mine, she is likely in abdominal pain from spasms or cramps. That we need to know what to avoid even if she's frigging labelled IBS, I just need to know what to weed out of her diet to let her not vomit once a week or have four to five bowel movements a day. I'm cranky. I've been nauseous every night for almost two weeks, no doubt stress induced. 3/10 - Gastro appt - to discuss scope for reflux 3/15 - Allergist appt - for skin allergy testing
18M Old - With Genetics Against Her
Aprilelayne replied to Aprilelayne's topic in Celiac Disease - Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & SymptomsTomorrow is our allergist/immunologist meeting (finally!) and hopefully we will come back with some plan of action. Either additional testing or an action plan to manage her confirmed soy allergy. She is still randomly reacting to something though, sh had a bad reaction on Sunday to something I cannot pinpoint. I wrote her food log out before I forgot anything: Sunday 4/21 Observed: flushed cheeks and bumps around mouth noticed around 3pm. Foods eaten prior: -Apple Cinnamon Nutrigrain bar (soyfree) -1 piece of wheat bread for french toast (homemade, soy free) -syrup (soyfree) -turkey sausage (soy and gluten free) -1 Betty Crocker Oatmeal cookie (soy in the 'may' category) -Capri Sun fruit punch juice box. -Stouffers' Whale crackers (soyfree) -sliced apple *Flushed cheeks noticed at 3ish* 4:15-4:30 – three trips to restroom 4:30 – diarrhea response. Irritability through evening and morning. Yesterday when I picked her up from school I saw the flushing again and asked about her foods. They saw the flushing as a result of her brief time outdoors which is possible, but I'm trying to make sure we are finding all these hidden sources of soy. Yesterday she had mini-raviolis (soy content unknown so far, but obviously gluten) and fruit for lunch. She got her soyfree alternatives for all the snacks of the day. random note for my ailments: Since doing the gluten challenge Feb-April, I am now losing a 2nd toenail randomly and continue to have bad headaches and nausea in the evenings after 4pm.
Still Confused About Results
Aprilelayne replied to ellen101's topic in Celiac Disease - Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & SymptomsI'm still learning myself but from what I've learned: IgA -- control numbers, nothing indicative other than the fact you do create enough antibodies to allow the further testing. IgG -- indicative of long term or chronic infections -- while you are on the high end, it is within normal range? IgM -- (this I haven't seen too often on this board) is related to new infections or possible parasitic infections. "high levels of IgM can mean a new infection is present" What I gather is, they did the IgA to assess if you have enough antibodies to allow the IgG to be accurate. If you don't have enough IgA, they do alternate measurements or alternative testing. We have several longtime moderators who are pretty savvy in reading this better or explaining better though, I'm sure one of them will pop on:)
I Don't Understand My Blood Test Results Help!
Aprilelayne replied to jjbrigade's topic in Celiac Disease - Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & SymptomsI'm new to this as well, but I do recognize that the first exam, the one that is high is actually your control. That IgA indicates you have enough antibodies to allow the following tests to be run. That is not indicative of celiac in of itself. The following tests all show you currently in a 'negative' for celiac disease. That is not to say you don't have it of course, especially with you having been glutenfree leading up to your blood tests. There are others more familiar with reading the results, so please chime in
18M Old - With Genetics Against Her
Aprilelayne replied to Aprilelayne's topic in Celiac Disease - Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & SymptomsThank you everyone, I have days where I wonder if I'm barking up the wrong tree with all of this. Vomit free since Sunday, but I think she's still nauseous, she holds her belly when she's sitting on the couch and rubs it. Nominal appetite still. Poop report from school for yesterday was a solid, but still pale yellow. I had never made a note of it before, but noticed mouth sores are mentioned elsewhere on the board. I've never thought twice of it, but she's had one mouth sore in the corner of her mouth for months. It more noticable some days than others, but its like a small blister (without a head) right in the corner of her mouth. Allergist appt a week from today...
18M Old - With Genetics Against Her
Aprilelayne replied to Aprilelayne's topic in Celiac Disease - Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & SymptomsI'm fairly confident that the allergist/immunologist will, like several board members here, suggest a trial period of gluten-free to see if we find any improvements. While this is good, it will be difficult. My little one goes to daycare, no way around that. I've confirmed with our location that she is the only Soy Free kid, we have several nut allergy kids but ZERO gluten/celiac kids. While I know that it will be me providing 100% of her foods, and having to prepare them at home is not a problem, its the environment and their willingness to help. I'm sure if things go this direction, I will simply have to meet with the director with some protocol information and set out to make an action plan together with them how to have a Celiac kiddo in their mix. *must not get ahead of myself*
18M Old - With Genetics Against Her
Aprilelayne replied to Aprilelayne's topic in Celiac Disease - Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & SymptomsRight? I currently 800mg of B, so I was really surprised with how low it was. but according to the 'range' I'm normal, so the doc didn't see it. I left a message with the nurse to check on the VitD, thinking that it had been ordered. If not, I need it if anything for a baseline. for whatever it is that I am plagued with, since its not celiac as in auto-immune. So my question is, does NCGI also cause the nutrient deficiences?
18M Old - With Genetics Against Her
Aprilelayne replied to Aprilelayne's topic in Celiac Disease - Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & SymptomsRough weekend again. Little one has started up her random vomitting again. Friday to the point of having to be picked up from school. Severe liquid diarrhea throughout the weekend. Nominal appetite all weekend. Vomit on Sunday evening of water. Adding insult to injury, I'm having my random nausea day again already. mysterious hives on my abdomen. *still trying to figure out what I would be reacting to, either skin wise or food intake. Hives is a first for me other than allergic reactions to medications. Severe diarrhea myself.
18M Old - With Genetics Against Her
Aprilelayne replied to Aprilelayne's topic in Celiac Disease - Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & SymptomsReal quick....got my results in hand, as expected for myself with no answers. *I knew going in so suddenly that my results would be skewed due to my prolonged use of supplements and being gluten-lite for almost a full year. The 'celiac panel' was passed with flying colors. Gliadin IgA 3.96 (0-15) Gliadin IgG 2.68 (0-15) Ttg IgA 1.25 (0-15) Ttg IgG 1.46 (0-15) Endomysial IgA <1.10 --"within range" with expected range of '<1.10' (so I assume I'm under the expected range or right at it) I was considered normal on the phone for the following, but they are clearly right on the cusp. Had I not been on supplements they would have been below norm. B12 - 204 (200-982) RBC - 3.92 (3.80 - 5.10) HGB - 11.8 (11.5-15.5) and my Lymphocytes were specifically marked as 'high' at 51.0 (19-48.0) somehow the VitD wasn't done or not included. I thought we discussed it being done, I'll have to go back over my notes.
Ugh I Got Very Sick
Aprilelayne replied to pixiegirl's topic in Gluten-Free Foods, Products, Shopping & MedicationsNot celiac or gluten related, but it sounds very similar to my reactions to bagged salads. I have chalked it up to it being the preservative they use to maintain freshness inside the bags that I react so strongly to. I can chop a head of lettuce or use romaine leaves/spring mixes or what not without any problems. But the bagged 'fresh express' or pre-rinsed ready-to-go type bags will get me everytime. Its the same with most fast-food type packaged salads.


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Texas Court Reverses Child-Killer Yates' Conviction
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Andrea Yates, the Houston mother serving a life sentence for drowning her five children in 2001, had her murder convictions overturned by a Texas state appeals court on Thursday because of flawed testimony by an expert witness.
The three-member panel of the Texas 1st Court of Appeals said it reversed the verdicts of a lower court in part because of errors in the testimony from the state's expert psychiatric witness, Dr. Park Dietz.
Dietz had told the jury Yates patterned the killings on an episode of the television series Law & Order, for which he had worked as a consultant. However, defense lawyers discovered the episode he cited never existed.
"We conclude that there is a reasonable likelihood that Dr. Dietz's false testimony could have affected the judgment," the court said in its unanimous ruling overturning the conviction.
A lower court had rejected Yates' insanity defense in the original trial and found her guilty of capital murder.
Harris County prosecutor Joe Ownby, who plans to appeal the ruling, said "I am disappointed but not shocked at the ruling." He said the testimony by Dietz was "not critical as to the outcome of the case."
The prosecution plans to seek a re-hearing by the same panel that ruled on Thursday. If that fails it would ask for a hearing by the full 1st Court of Appeals, and if needed would take the case to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.
Yates suffered from severe postpartum depression after the birth of her fifth child and was taking medication at the time of the killings.
She admitted to drowning the children, who ranged in age from six months to seven years, in the family bathtub on June 20, 2001, while her husband was at work at the nearby NASA (news - web sites) Johnson Space Center.
She told police she killed the children to save them from the devil, but a Houston jury convicted her of capital murder in March 2002 for three of the deaths.


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National Geographic Explorer Alexandra Cousteau to Speak at Clarkson Reunion
Granddaughter of Jacques Cousteau
National Geographic Emerging Explorer Alexandra Cousteau, granddaughter of the legendary explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau, will be the inaugural Clarkson Reunion Keynote Speaker on Saturday, July 14, at 1 p.m. in the Clarkson University Student Center Forum. The event is free and open to the public.
Alexandra Cousteau's lecture and interactions with alumni and the community will be focused on helping people connect the abundant water resources in Upstate New York with an overall understanding of our water planet. Clarkson staff will also provide guided tours of Clarkson's new Raquette riverfront trails and recreation area, as part of the event.
"We are so pleased Alexandra Cousteau accepted our invitation to be our first speaker in the series," said Alumni Association President Stephan Yelenik '77. "Ms. Cousteau is a natural fit with Clarkson and to those who care about the North Country region's future. Her commitment to the environment and interest in environmental advocacy, exploration and storytelling parallels Clarkson's commitment to innovation that advances research, education and public policy regarding the world's environmental and water resources."
The Clarkson Reunion Keynote Speaker Series was created to give Clarkson alumni, faculty, staff, students and the surrounding community a fresh perspective from recognized experts on relevant issues that impact global society.
As the third generation of Cousteaus to explore with the National Geographic Society, Alexandra Cousteau has taken her grandfather's rich legacy and moved it forward with Blue Legacy, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that she founded in 2008 to leverage new and emerging technologies to connect mainstream audiences with their local watersheds and their water planet.
In 2008, Alexandra Cousteau was named one of only 11 National Geographic Emerging Explorers and was honored as an "Earth Trustee" by the United Nations. She joined the Discovery Channel television lineup in 2009 as she co-hosted "Blue August" with her brother, Phillippe Jr., and served as chief correspondent on water issues for Discovery's "Planet Green."
Alexandra Cousteau's work has earned global recognition and her 2009 Expedition: Blue Planet project was named a finalist in two categories at the prestigious Jackson Hole Environmental Film Festival. She is also regularly featured in publications ranging from Cosmopolitan and Elle to National Geographic and Scientific American.
Read more about the event and Alexandra Cousteau at www.clarkson.edu/cousteau .
Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in five alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.
[A photograph for media use is available at http://www.clarkson.edu/news/photos/acousteau.jpg. © Bil Zelman]


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Capps: Closing builds adrenaline
New Nationals pitcher loves the excitement of pitching the ninth
Over the course of my pitching career, I've pitched in all situations. I've started, pitched in middle relief and as a setup man. But as a closer, you get a thrill that's second to none.
It's just so much fun to pitch that ninth inning. Holding the smallest of leads while trying to get those final three outs is the greatest adrenaline rush.
One of the reasons I've had some success as a closer is that I try to treat the ninth inning just like any other inning. When you break it down, my job is to get three outs before a run crosses the plate. A pitcher tries to do that regardless of what inning it is, so I keep it as simple as possible, so that I'm not putting too much pressure on myself.
It's important for any pitcher to understand his role. A closer's job is not really any more important than the seventh-inning guy or the eighth-inning guy. The difference is there is a lot more buzz about the ninth inning.
Off the mound, you prepare a little differently, too. I pitched in as many as 85 games in a season with Pittsburgh before becoming the closer. It's easier to stay sharp when you're pitching that often. When you're closing, you have to learn how to stay sharp when you aren't throwing that much.
As a closer, you have to be more attentive to your sideline throwing sessions, and sometimes you have to throw an extra bullpen session when you haven't pitched for awhile. Going a week or so without a save situation can be difficult.
Having been a setup guy, I know the value of the guys bridging the gap to the starter. A closer is only as good as they are. If a starter leaves after the seventh inning with a lead and the bullpen doesn't hold the lead, there is no save opportunity. The closer is only as good as the team's weakest link.
I was fortunate to have some veteran guys in my early years with the Pirates. As a rookie, I pitched with Roberto Hernandez and, later on, with Mike Gonzalez and Salomon Torres. I was able to learn and talk to some experienced closers, which was really helpful.
Over the last couple of years, I've tried to talk to other closers around the game -- guys like Brad Lidge, Trevor Hoffman and a few others. I try to pick their brain to find out what they do to get ready. I take some of what they do and apply it to what I do.
Matt Capps, who saved a career-high 27 games this season and 66 games over his final three seasons with Pittsburgh, recently signed with the Nationals as a free agent. As a setup man in 2006, he pitched 85 games, which remains a career-high.
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Peter Whiteley's Research
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Existing methods in historical linguistics have produced conflicting results about the evolution of languages and language families. Such methods often depend on intuition and arguments from authority. With AMNH colleague Dr. Ward C. Wheeler (Curator, Invertebrate Zoology), we are reconstructing historical relationships among Uto-Aztecan languages, using methods developed in evolutionary biology applied directly to empirical linguistic data. With the phylogenetic software POY, we systematically compare words as sequences of sounds (phonemes) for cognates of the 100 words established as most resistant to change cross-culturally (the "Swadesh-list"). POY allows the identification of both vertical (tree) and horizontal (network) transmission processes. Wherever available, we also add grammatical (morphological and syntactic) data. Our paper Historical Linguistics as a Sequence Optimization Problem: the Evolution and Biogeography of Uto-Aztecan Languages appeared in Cladistics (Early View 5-13-2014).
Building a new analytical database from existing ethnographic data sources this project is designed to rigorously compare global instances of Crow-Omaha type kinship systems, and their related variants. Another collaboration with Dr. Wheeler, this project uses phylogenetic modeling to develop hypotheses about the emergence and evolution of kinship systems globally. As equational structures of linguistic terms denoting reciprocal statuses and interaction rules, kinship systems are rigorously specifiable as formal types, governing marriage rules, and thus social and biological reproduction. Kinship systems may thus provide a key into the understanding of human social evolution. Crow-Omaha systems, which "skew" relatives across generations (so that the same term may be used, for example, to denote an "aunt," a "grandmother," and a "cross-cousin") have proven particularly problematic for analytical explanation. As the type-case of "semi-complex" alliance structures, in Lévi-Strauss's terms, Crow-Omaha are postulated as interstitial between "elementary" and "complex" systems, offering an important window upon larger patterns of social-system transformation. Our aim is to explain the origin and evolution of these pivotal systems.
This research is supported by the National Science Foundation Anthropology Program (Explaining Crow-Omaha Kinship Structures with Anthro-informatics-PI: Peter M. Whiteley-BCS-0925978; co-PI:W.C. Wheeler). An international group of scholars was convened for an Advanced Seminar, "Transformative Kinship: Engaging the Crow-Omaha Transition," supported by the National Science Foundation (Workshop on Transitions in Human Social Organization-PI: Peter M. Whiteley-BCS-0938505) and The Amerind Foundation.
Seminar proceedings have been published as Crow-Omaha: New Light on a Classic Problem of Kinship Analysis (Thomas R. Trautmann and Peter M. Whiteley, eds., University of Arizona Press, 2012).
The Cayuga Diaspora
Based on fieldwork and archival research, this project examines Cayuga participation in the Revolutionary War and its late 18th and 19th century aftermath for Cayuga society and human geography. The Cayuga split into factions under extreme political and social pressure in the 1780's and 1790's. This research is designed to disclose as much as possible about the social and historical processes at work, and their effects on persistent but changing Cayuga identities.
Hopi Social Structure
A "Crow" system, Hopi social structure has informed numerous comparative studies in anthropology, and provides a window onto Ancestral Pueblo archaeology of pre-Columbian times. An extensive analysis of demography and social characteristics over more than century, appears in The Orayvi Split: a Hopi Transformation (Anthropological papers of the American Museum of Natural History, no. 87).
Hopi Ethnogeography
"Recording Toponyms to Document the Endangered Hopi Language" is a collaborative project with AMNH Research Associate, Dr. T.J. Ferguson (University of Arizona), and the Hopi Tribe's Office of Cultural Preservation. We are examining Hopi concepts of place and traditional cultural practices in relation to the landscape. Based on interviews with Hopi elders, a database has been produced for use by the scholarly community and by the Hopi Tribe, with the goal to develop new understandings of Native American conceptions of the environment. The project is supported by the National Science Foundation's Documenting Endangered Languages program (BCS-0966588-PI: Peter M. Whiteley; BCS-0965949-PI: T.J. Ferguson). A paper reporting the research (Hedquist, Koyiyumptewa, Whiteley, Hill, Kuwanwisiwma, and Ferguson: Recording Toponyms to Document the Endangered Hopi Language) is published in the American Anthropologist, June 2014.
Pueblo Social Systems
Building on the Crow-Omaha research, this comparative analysis looks at kinship systems and ritualities among the different Pueblo peoples. Several papers have been presented, including "Tewa Crossness and Hopi Skewing: Implications for Pueblo Social Evolution" in a symposium of sixteen Puebloan scholars March, 2014; plans to advance that collective inquiry are currently under development. A paper, "Chacoan Kinship," investigating kinship systems at Chaco Canyon is in press (in Current Issues in the Archaeology of Chaco Canyon, A.D. 850-1150, edited by Stephen Plog and Caroline Heitman). Another aspect of this project, looking at sociocultural transmission processes, is an inquiry into Pueblo personal names ("Pueblo-tiwa Names: Hybrid Transmission in the Sprachbund") with David Snow; accepted for publication (May 2014) by Journal of the Southwest.


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…and I don't, not because I'm a nice guy — there are times where my darker nature frightens even me — but because it diminishes me and demeans the one I'd otherwise call stupid. Believe me, there are times I've been sorely tempted, and each day I plan out arguments, but not those I will use — those I won't, or those arguments I hope never to have to use — so scathing do they seem to me in the unvoiced rehearsal of my internal monologue.
But scathing is not something I do well, nor do I hope to. All too often, there's the temptation to, as Carl Sagan put it, "…wax contemptuous and superior" and the temptation disgusts me.
This is a good thing, I suppose, for snark is a skill set I don't like to exercise, as I'm forced daily to recognize boundaries for civil relations with people that should not be crossed if effective communication is to be achieved. I suspect that there's a lot of native intelligence even in the willfully ignorant, and that its not so much people who are stupid, but dogmatic ideologies, erroneous doctrines, and fallacious arguments, failed promises, and exaggerated claims meant to snare the unwary.
I know paranormal believers and people of religious faith, many of them friends and family, and I have no intention of considering them idiots.
I don't call people stupid — not because of some noble impulse or silly sense of high-mindedness — but because I just don't feel comfortable doing it. It doesn't sit well with me but I also don't judge those who do it, for that would say nothing of them and speak volumes about me. Let others use the methods that work for them.
But calling people stupid leaves an ugly feeling in my gut.
There was an incident on Facebook last evening. Someone I know had private messaged me and went on a tirade about my calling her husband stupid, and I'm pretty sure that no such thing happened — it is simply not done — and confused, I pressed her to explain, but she would give me no specifics. Finally I grew tired of the game being played and asked her to name one instance, just one, where and when I called her husband stupid.
Her only reply: "Never mind."
She gave no answer to my question, leaving me to conclude that she didn't have one.
I thanked her in annoyance and broke off the chat at that point. I'd had my fill of vacuous nonsense and was quite angry with her, and at no time had she ever shown any specific knowledge of what she claimed. I'll say this much: If ever that night I had been tempted to call anyone stupid, it wouldn't have been her husband, who is more intelligent than me in a number of ways.
She owes me an apology, by the way, for my anger at her cost me several valuable hours of restful sleep which would have been useful before my kitten, Mr Eccles, got me up later that morning to be fed. How rude. Not Eccles — her — for ruining a potential good night's sleep over trumped-up churlish foolishness.
But I'm not that nice, I'm just not that good at putting people down with skill and finesse — I'd make a poor standup comic — So I use what works, naughty or nice.


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Driven from her home on Road H south of Mancos by the Weber Fire, Linda McDarby keeps calling her landline. When the answering machine picks up, she knows her home is still standing.
So far, the connection hasnt been broken.
McDarby, a Cortez Journal employee, was at work late Friday afternoon when her husband, Dave, phoned to say a wildfire had started near their house in Weber Canyon. Soon the emergency scanner came to life, providing lots of information about which fire departments were responding and none at all about what was happening at McDarbys house. She grabbed her purse and left for home.
She didnt get past the Mancos water dock.
People were collapsing in hysteria, she said of others who were being kept from their homes and families. People were nearly coming to blows. A couple people blew by the roadblock.
Two and a half hours later, a Montezuma County Sheriffs deputy asked for her identification and let her pass.
Get your stuff and get out, he told her.
On her way home, she drove past a herd of deer grazing serenely in a lush alfalfa field, paying no attention to the threat of fire or the traffic on the road. That evening, there was no fire on their side of the hill, so the family had time to plan and to gather what they wanted to take with them.
The next morning, though, a thundercloud from the fire was looming overhead, and they knew it was time to go. At 12:30 p.m. Saturday, another deputy knocked on their door.
You need to get out NOW, he said.
It was hard to drive away, McDarby said, to have to pull out of the driveway and not know ....
Her voice trailed off.
The couple, whose household also includes her sister Debbie and several dogs, checked into the EconoLodge in Cortez.
Theyve been great, she said. They gave evacuees a different rate and didnt charge for pets. At least five groups of evacuees are staying there, as well as some firefighters.
Friends, coworkers and the community at large also have been incredibly supportive, she said, but that support does not completely counter the stress of not knowing whether her home will be spared.
I just wish I could visually see the place.
If its gone, well deal with it, but I need to see for myself.
McDarby lay awake at night in her motel room, thinking of what she left behind not material possessions, which can be replaced, but sentimental things. Every photo and every video of her sons entire life was on the other side of the evacuation line.
The news, she knew, could be worse. Another evacuee staying in the same motel also has been phoning home, but her machine hasnt been answering.
Editors note: At press time Monday, McDarbys home was untouched.


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Check, Please! Bay Area, Episode 701
April 13, 2012
Three local diners dish about their favorite eateries with host Leslie Sbrocco (second from right) on the new season of KQED's hit show Check, Please! Bay Area. Photo by Wendy Goodfriend.
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A young mum with just months left to live has spoken of her final goal to see her daughter's first day at secondary school.
At only 29, Michelle Hull-Bailey was last week told the devastating news that the cancer she has been fighting for three years is terminal, and that she won't see her 10-year-old daughter, Leah, grow up.
"You think 'It can't happen to me. I have got a little girl, so God won't take me'" said Michelle, of Derby Road. "But unfortunately God doesn't care about that, does he?"
After being diagnosed with lymphoma in 2011, Michelle underwent chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery to help fight the disease, but the cancer didn't go away, and spread to her stomach, spleen, chest, neck and lungs.
"When Leah first heard, she asked if there might still be a chance I am going to live" she said. "It's hard to get it into a little kids' mind, that I can't see her grow up.
"I have brought her up to be a good girl, and I just want to be there for her first love, and see her get married and have babies. I was always going to move with her to New York with her husband. That was the plan, but now we can't do that. I'm not bothered about anything else in life. I just want to be with Leah."
She added: "I have a goal and that is to take to Leah to secondary school on her first day. I told my doctor that's what I wanted, and he said it could be a possibility. I am trying my hardest to stay healthy as long as I can, but I think it would be a miracle if I reached Christmas."
The pair have been approached by Chesterfield-based charity, Cancer Relief, who are fundraising to help fulfil their last wishes.
Leah, a student at Whitecotes Primary school, said she wants to go the seaside and to see the Northern Lights, but her biggest wish is to see her mum get better.
She said: "I am really proud of my mum to even get this far. She has been so brave and I am really proud of her as she had gone through this day after day not knowing what is going to happen to her.
"That is what your call a brave hero."
Nikki Lowe, Michelle's friend, is holding a fundraising fitness event and raffle to raise money for the cause at Queen's Park Sports Centre on March 23 from 10am. Classes will include konga, bokwa and box-a-cise, with tickets costing £10 each.
Nikki said: "We have had some fantastic presents for the raffle but we would like to ask for companies to donate larger gifts and we would especially like a donation of either a digital camera or camcorder so that Leah can start to make memories over the next few months."
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Mets reveal 2012 promotional schedule
By Anthony DiComo / MLB.com
The Mets will give away 490,000 items throughout the 2012 season, in a series of promotions that also includes Franco's induction (June 3) and the return of Banner Day (May 27). Other highlights of the promotional schedule include the club's 50th anniversary bobblehead series (various dates), the popular Cap Trade nights (June 22-24) and mini bat day (July 7).
The full promotion schedule is available here. Single-game tickets go on sale Monday, March 5 at 10 a.m. on mets.com.
Mets young hurler Harvey impresses early
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- After one of Matt Harvey's particularly nasty curveballs, Ike Davis jumped backward and let out a whoop.
"If it was a two-strike count there," Davis said afterward, "I definitely would have been walking back to the bench."
It was nothing more than the first day of live batting practice at Mets camp, where pitchers throw glorified bullpen sessions to hitters who are free to -- but rarely do -- swing. Harvey, a top prospect and one of a half-dozen Minor League pitchers in big league camp, used the opportunity to show off his four-seam fastball, improved curveball and sinker.
He drew a crowd.
"Obviously, that's a pretty impressive looking pitcher," manager Terry Collins said. "We all know he can throw hard. Now it's a matter of dealing with the process, and that's getting better."
Barring something completely unforeseen, that process will not include an assignment to the Opening Day roster. Most likely, Harvey will begin the year back at Double-A alongside fellow prospects Jeurys Familia and Zack Wheeler, before working his way up to the Major Leagues by September. But that timeline has not stopped Harvey from approaching coaches on a regular basis, asking what he must do to make the club now.
"That's where I want to be," Harvey said. "I came to camp trying to make the team."
Collins considers that a positive sign from a player unusually determined to improve his abilities. Harvey, the seventh overall pick in the 2010 First-Year Player Draft, considers it normal.
To achieve his goals, Harvey has worked hard on his curveball, a pitch that has all but replaced a slider in his arsenal. He has also worked on a two-seam fastball, which he hopes to utilize more often this season.
It was the curve that most impressed Harvey's onlookers Saturday, at a time when pitchers are not yet lighting up radar guns.
"The last one he threw to me started on my hip," catcher Josh Thole said. "I jumped out of the way and it was down the middle. You don't see that on an everyday basis."
Mets to wear patch honoring Gary Carter
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- The Mets will wear a uniform patch this season to honor late Hall of Fame catcher Gary Carter, featuring Carter's No. 8 emblazoned upon a white home plate.
Carter, who spent five of his 19 big league seasons in New York and is a member of the Mets Hall of Fame, died last week following a nine-month battle with brain cancer.
The Mets will also wear a 50th-anniversary patch throughout the season.
Mets interest in Kazmir 'tepid' at best
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- The Mets came away unimpressed with Scott Kazmir's second workout in Texas and have only a "tepid" interest in signing the left-hander, general manager Sandy Alderson said Saturday.
After Kazmir threw for a handful of scouts earlier this month, the Mets were the only Major League team to attend his second workout on Friday. Based upon the reports he received, Alderson characterized Kazmir's performance as "fair," indicating that a reunion is unlikely.
A first-round Draft pick of the Mets in 2002, Kazmir, 28, has not pitched regularly in the big leagues in two years. Battling elbow and shoulder issues since 2008, the left-hander is 19-24 with a 5.54 ERA over the past three seasons. Prior to that, he was a two-time All-Star, striking out an American League-best 239 batters for Tampa Bay in 2007.
Worth noting
• Shortstop Ruben Tejada was expected to land in Miami around 3 p.m. ET Friday and report to Mets camp in time for his physical on Saturday. Manager Terry Collins, who was disappointed that Tejada did not arrive early, plans to speak with his new starting shortstop first thing Saturday morning. "I'm not going to yell and scream at Ruben Tejada," Collins said. "All I want to find is an explanation to get him to understand that there are priorities."
• Left-hander Johan Santana will throw an "up-and-down" bullpen on Sunday, splitting the session in half to simulate resting between innings of a game. Santana will long toss early next week and pitch a live batting practice session toward the end of the week, before starting the Mets' second Grapefruit League game on March 6.
• The Mets' exhibition rotation is set. Dillon Gee will start the Grapefruit League opener on March 5, with Santana and Jeurys Familia pitching both halves of the club's split-squad games the following day. R.A. Dickey will follow Santana in the March 6 game at Digital Domain Park, setting up the following regular-season rotation: Santana, Dickey, Jon Niese, Mike Pelfrey and Gee, in that order.
• Top prospects Zack Wheeler and Brandon Nimmo were among 34 Minor Leaguers who reported to the Mets' annual STEP camp this weekend. The program, which takes place before Minor League camp begins, is designed to acclimate prospects to the rigors of professional baseball on and off the field.
Anthony DiComo is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @AnthonyDicomo. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Parents and other school patrons in Arkansas can now view their school's "report card" from the state Department of Education online.
The Arkansas Department of Education announced last week that copies of the 2004 Arkansas School Performance Reports were mailed to parents across the state and are available through the department's Web site.
According to a press release from ADE, the performance reports, as required by Arkansas law, have been produced and issued in an effort to gauge the successes and failures of the state's educational initiatives.
This is the fourth year the report has been distributed.
Information is available about each school district as a whole as well as individual schools within each district.
"To raise educational accountability to a higher level, our state political and education leaders decided that parents of children in our public schools deserved to know how their schools are measuring up," Dr. Ken James, director of the Arkansas Department of Education, stated in the press release. "This report provides a way, with test scores, for parents to compare their individual school to other schools in their district, their district to other districts in the state and the state of Arkansas to other states."
Information contained in the reports includes:
n standardized test results from benchmark, norm referenced and end-of-course exams and ACTs;
n adequate yearly progress;
n Advanced Placement (AP) course data;
n attendance, dropout, graduation and retention rates;
n discipline and safety data;
n demographics of teaching staff and students; and
n taxpayer investment.
Performance reports are being mailed to every parent of children in the state's 1,129 public schools along with an explanation that gives parents questions to consider and discuss after reading their report as well as key statistics about education in Arkansas.
"While we think accountability is one of the most important benefits of this effort, we also believe parents should know how we rate in terms of teacher pay and other contributing factors," James stated. "We also hope that parents are encouraged to speak up and be more active in helping shape their own schools."
In 1999, an Act passed by the Arkansas General Assembly required the Department of Education to produce a complete accountability report customized for each school in the state and to mail the report to every student's parent or guardian.
Parents, administrators and others interested in their school's performance may view their school's report by visiting the Web site at http://www.as-is.org/reportcard/. When in the site, click on the "Search" button next to New Performance Report (2004).


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Discussion in 'College Tennis Talk' started by TopDawg, May 1, 2012.
Especially Hanfmann
Congrats to USC!!! What a story, what a match!
Congrats to Steve Johnson for going undefeated like forever!
Congrats to Yannick Hanfmann clinching both indoors and the biggest prize!
I really hope the final tiebreak is on vidoe soon. I hope someone got it and it'll be on the youtube.
SJ is a great tennis player but as for sportsmanship, he is a bad example. Let's not put him too high up that pedestal. I'm glad he's moving on.
you forgot Pepperdine..
And Baylor. And Illinois. LOL
LOL. I knew someone would probably say that. When a guy pouts, yells, screams at umpires, even hits balls at them, the guy does not deserve being called good for college tennis. He needs a a lesson in sportsmanship. Maybe the pro tour will teach that to him.
Still, what he has done in his years at USC is amazing so congrats to him. Wish he could have done it with class.
sportsmanship is really dead in almost every sports,people just wants to see the ""W"" .. I don't think anything of what Steve Johnson did was/is unethical .. he played within the rules..the umpires and tournament officials were out there .. I'm sure the east coast bias people are not going to let him get his way if he was wrong.. a college player,no matter how good is not that big of a deal .. for him to come back and play 1 more year to win this,shows his true character.. I think in the long run,it will help college tennis when we look at the whole picture.. being ''homegrown'' while most of the college elite players are foreigners and winning is great for USA tennis on a small scale .. we may not have a world's best pro but we have the world's best college player ..
Nope. Johnson also did it.
I don't see what the problem is. This happens in literally every single sport and its a non issue.
USC's video of Hanfmann clinching
Looks like announcers did not bolt after all
"One of the best finals I've ever seen" . Great to bad nobody at home could see it.
Last time Steve Johnson lost a dual match was March 17, 2010 vs Henrique Cunha.
I disagree. In sports like football, basketball and soccer the referees do not put up with the kind of abuse that some tennis players are now doing whenever something does not go their way. It needs to be stamped out.
Good point. If a player goes up to a ref in basketball and abuses them for a minute with "are you blind" "Thats terrible" It's a sure technical.
I thought it was pretty obvious I was only listing repeat winners. 8 teams have won. I only listed 4. If you wanna get into the details, then Trinity was the 8th team.
I've also only seen Steve Johnson play twice, and I wouldn't say he did anything unethical or bad by rules standards. But he was very whiny, and he sure didn't carry himself like a champion on a 65 match winning streak.
I have to say Quiroz has some sick doubles talent. There aren't many guys that play ATP doubles that can hit the topspin lob better than him.
Colette Lewis @zootennis
RT @BenRothenberg:Wow MT @TuckerJohns: Michael Shabaz clearly didn't learn anything in last yr's semi. Ejected this yr as fan for heckling
I'll never doubt you again.
1) #1 Steve Johnson (USC) def. #4 Jarmere Jenkins (UVA) - 6-3, 6-2
(2) #25 Ray Sarmiento (USC) def. #39 Alex Domijan (UVA) - 6-4, 7-5
(3) #2 Mitchell Frank (UVA) def. #21 Daniel Nguyen (USC) - 6-3, 6-2
(4) #57 Emilio Gomez (USC) def. Drew Courtney (UVA) - 6-4, 6-2
(5) #51 Yannick Hanfmann (USC) def. #82 Justin Shane (UVA) -- 6-4, 2-6, 7-6
(6) Roberto Quiroz (USC) vs. Julen Uriguen (UVA) - 2-6, 7-6 (3), 3-4 susp.
I wouldn't have predicted this outcome at all after the doubles and rain delay ,then moving to indoors... USC players have little experience with indoor tennis ,where as UVA do a lot of indoors..
Sarmiento,Gomez,Hanfmann,and Quiroz have been struggling lately.. it looks like they put their game into a higher gear .. a great coach can motivate this kind of results.. hats off to Peter Smith in getting the maximum effort from his players at the best time possible...
I don't know why you doubted it in the first place. LOL. It clearly wouldn't be out of character for Shabaz.
7 of the Top 10 players in college right now are Americans. Cunha, Fanselow and Rola are the top ranked foreign born players.
Which would you rather have? A NCAA Second Place Trophy? Or a NCAA Final Four Trophy? For some reason, I'd rather have my trophy say Final Four rather than Second Place. Weird.
Yeah its kinda like how bronze medalists are often happier about their effort than silver medalists.
Hey experienced ones out there - how do you think Georgia did as hosts? I know facilities are great per the players, but this indoor thing and rain (which they obviously can't control) but should they have planned better? No video at all was very disappointing. No sound on video feed was not good either. Is this standard for sites where weather is an issue, or are their sites better equipped for plan B? Just curious about past track records....
Would have been hard to see rain like that coming. Athens is statistically one of the least likely places to receive rain in Georgia because it's in a sort of rain shield. I think it had rained one day in the month prior to the tournament...
If there had been all day rain, there was a provisional plan to bus the players about 50 miles to Norcross to play at a larger indoor facility. The rain came late in the afternoon, a bit unexpectedly, so that wasn't really possible.
As far as not having camera's indoors, it's just not that feasible if you've ever been inside. I mean, it could be done, but you wouldn't have been pleased with the angles. I do think the outdoor webcams could have been better, but the system was already in place, and I'm not sure how much "better" they could have been without becoming too much for computers to stream easily. I would hope that's upgraded next time they host though, because I know the current system has been there for at least 3 years and is probably getting outdated.
do they get to keep a trophy for that? looks the same as the actual championship trophy?
I think it's a bit smaller. Not sure though.
Did ESPNU not televise any of the men's or women's NCAA tourney this year??
They sure didn't
Short video after the finals with USC celebrating the win over Virginia. USC band playing and near the end Stevie J and Coach Smith have their moment.
Conclusion of UVA/USC Doubles Point
Here is the video of the final few points at #2 & #3 doubles in the UVA/USC match. The 2 courts finished almost simultaneously - after seeing this I was thinking it'd be a UVA runaway. You can hear the wind and see the rain drops near the end. Video can be viewed in HD by changing quality setting.
Here are some video clips from the USC/Duke Quarterfinal.
Opening games of the doubles point and some more doubles action.
Steve Johnson service game in the 1st set of his match with Henrique Cuhna.
Here are some video clips from the USC/UCLA Semifinal.
1st 6 games of the tiebreak at #2 doubles to decide the point and the final 8 games (previously had posted the final 8 games)
Steve Johnson finishes off Clay Thompson.
A few random points in the Gomez/Giron match along with a few points from the Jenkins/Fanselow match being played next to it.
Here are some video clips from the Georgia/Pepperdine Quarterfinal match:
1st set action on the bottom 3 courts.
3rd set action at #5 and 2nd set action at #4
Pasha closes the match at #5 and Turner closes it at #6. At the 8:15 mark was the Jenson serve at 5-4 that appears to be out.
Alex Llompart serving for the match up 5-3 in the 2nd. He would get broke at love. Clip also shows Fanselow serving up 3-2
Llompart serving at 5-5 in the 2nd set.
Doumbia serving at 5-6 and Fanselow serving up 4-3. Game point of this game.
2nd set tiebreak in the Doumbia/Llompart match.
Fanselow serves for the match up 5-4 in the 3rd (previously posted)
Llompart serves for the match up 5-4 in the 3rd (previously posted)
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Chicago White Sox Details
Tired of the Cubs stealing all the headlines in the Windy City, the White Sox went out in the offseason and made moves to work towards winning their first World Series since 2005. The Sox traded Chris Sale and Adam Eaton in the offseason, and the team loaded up on young talent in those deals. They acquired two of the top prospects in baseball in Yoan Moncada and Lucas Giolito, and both guys are expected to have dynamite careers with Chicago. Moncada has long been one of the more exciting prospects in the world, and he will finally have a shot to put it all together with the Sox. There might not be a better manager than Rick Renteria to help him do that. Renteria is a former player, and he knows the buttons to push with a guy like Moncada. He was brought in for his ability to develop youth, and he should get results faster than expected.
It's not all about development for this team, though. The White Sox still have guys like Jose Abreu, Todd Frazier, Melky Cabrera and Tim Anderson in the lineup. Abreu and Frazier are two of the better power hitters in the American League, as evidenced by their combined 130 homers over the past two seasons. Both Cabrera and Anderson, meanwhile, know how to get on base as well as anyone. Anderson was only a rookie last season, but he performed at a high level and earned a nice six-year contract extension. Chicago also has promising arms in Jose Quintana, Carlos Rodon and David Robertson. Quintana and Rodon are ready to break out any day now, and Robertson has been one of the game's best closers for years. There might be a lot of youth in town, but fans are going to see a dangerous White Sox team at Guaranteed Rate Field this year.
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"When we gave them the rings, we told them they were no longer bridesmaids," Ward said. "Now, they were the brides."
Before they could wear the rings, Menlo still had to win the division title outright. All the Knights needed was a tie against three-time defending champion Sacred Heart Prep on Tuesday.
"We knew (about the tie)," said Menlo senior Elle Laub. "But, we wanted to win."
Menlo did just that with a stirring 2-1 victory, the team's 10th straight triumph that earned the program's first league crown since 1991 when the Knights competed in the Girls Private School League.
"I'm so happy," said Menlo coach Donoson FitzGerald. "It was a great effort."
FitzGerald, in his 23rd season with the Knights, also coached the '91 team. He knew this group was particularly good.
"We have a talented group of soccer players," he said. "We never really talked about it (winning a title). When we started league, I just told them there are 12 challenges coming up."
The Knights were successful in 11 of them while finishing the regular season with a 13-4-2 overall mark. During its championship season, Menlo swept Sacred Heart Prep for the first time in four years of WBAL action.
Tuesday's win was best, of course, for what it represented. As soon as the match ended, the long-awaited celebration began. All the Menlo players donned shirts with the names of the team's six seniors on the back and put on their special rings.
"Today is our wedding day," said Laub, "because we get to be the brides."
On Senior Day, it was appropriate that Laub got Menlo rolling with a header off a corner kick by sophomore Chandler Wickers in the 16th minute. It was her first goal of the season after missing 14 games following leg surgery in November.
Sacred Heart Prep (8-3-1, 10-5-5) answered in the 33rd minute when junior Kendall Jager got free for a moment and launched a shot from 18-yards out and over the out-stretched hands of a leaping Menlo goalie, Julia Dressel.
The Gators missed a great opportunity to take the lead in the third minute of the second half when junior Ali Jordan had a one-on-one with Menlo junior keeper Kelly McConnell, who rushed out to snuff the shot. SHP got the rebound and fired off another shot, but two Menlo defenders covered the goal mouth and kept the attempt out of the net.
In the 17th minute, Menlo continued to push at the offensive end and Wickers was able to convert for a 2-1 lead off an assist from Sienna Stritter. It was Wickers' 14th goal in WBAL play. Menlo's defense of senior Shannon Lacy, junior Hannah Rubin, junior Rachel Pinsker, sophomore Amanda McFarland, and freshmen Alexandra Walker were under pressure but played good team defense and came up with many big defensive stops.
The Menlo players also put the 1991 title to rest. After noticing a banner in the Menlo gym noting the year of the previous championship, Dressel came up with the idea of having the players write 1991 on their arms or legs during the league season.
"We thought it was inspirational," said Laub. "It totally clicked with the whole team."
On Tuesday, the Knights added 2012 and, after wrapping up the victory, crossed out the 1991. Mission accomplished.
Menlo emerged on top despite missing top offensive threat Jaye Boissiere. The sophomore was one of 48 players called up for a U.S. Under-15 Girls' National Team training camp in Sunrise, Fla. The camp runs Feb. 11-18, which means Boissiere will return in time for the start of the Central Coast Section Division III playoffs next week.
In Sunnyvale, Priory finished second in the WBAL (Foothill Division) for the fourth straight season despite polishing off host King's Academy, 4-2, in a regular-season finale on Tuesday.
Eugenia Jernick scored in the seventh minute off an assist from Darrah Shields. In the 42nd minute, Shields scored on a throw-in by Siobhan Gillis. Two minutes later, Molly Simpson scored with Sarah Zuckerman assisting. And, in the 53rd minute, Shields took a through ball from Jernick and scored again. All the goals were scored by seniors. Shields finished with 14 goals and seven assists in WBAL play.
The Panthers (10-2, 13-4-2) needed first-place Menlo to lose in order to force a co-championship. Priory will receive the WBAL's No. 2 seed into the upcoming CCS playoffs.
In San Jose, Castilleja's 4-1 victory over Notre Dame-San Jose propelled the Gators into a playoff game against WBAL Skyline Division champ Crystal Springs Uplands, on Thursday. The winner advances to the CCS playoffs.
Castilleja's first goal came in the 22nd minute when junior Katherine Hobbs threaded a pass through the defense to senior Emily Mosbacher, who placed a left-footed shot low right. Sophomore Gabby Kaplan scored the second goal of the half off a pass from freshman Victoria Pu.
In the 53rd minute, Mosbacher was fouled just outside the box, but drilled the free kick past the keeper. Castilleja's final goal came off a perfectly placed pass by freshman Anna Verwillow that was collected by Kaplan, who placed the ball deftly around the keeper.
In the PAL Bay Division, Menlo-Atherton fell into a third for third place with Woodside following a 1-1 deadlock with host Terra Nova in Pacifica. The Bears (6-3-4, 10-5-4) got a first-half goal from Jen Kirst off an assist from fellow senior Meryssa Thompson. M-A has played to three ties in its past four matches.
Menlo-Atherton played without sophomore Zoe Pacalin, who was one of 48 players called up for a U.S. Under-15 Girls' National Team training camp in Sunrise, Fla. The camp runs Feb. 11-18, which means Pacalin will return in time for the start of the CCS playoffs next week.
Boys' soccer
Sacred Heart Prep coach Armando del Rio promised his players he'd keep his facial hair until the Gators dropped a boys' soccer match this season. Either his team likes facial hair or not losing, because del Rio still won't be touching a razor this week after SHP defeated host King's Academy, 2-0, to cap an unbeaten West Bay Athletic League season on Wednesday.
The Gators improved to 12-0-2 in league (16-0-4 overall) as Brendan Spillane scored on a penalty kick and Andrew Segre scored off an assist from Will Mishra, both in the first half. SHP's defense, led by senior keeper Max Polkinhorne continued to blank the Knights in the second half.
The victory avenged last season's loss to King's, which marred an otherwise perfect league season as the Gators finished 12-1-1.
Sacred Heart Prep's two-year record heading into next week's Central Coast Section playoffs is 33-2-5. The Gators' next goal will be to win their first-ever CCS match since moving from the fall to winter season in 2009.
In other WBAL finales on Wednesday:
Menlo School wrapped up the season with a 6-1 victory, which included a score by the Knights' everyday goalie, over visiting Harker. The Knights finished the season with a 9-2-3 mark to take third place in a tight WBAL race and went 12-2-5 overall.
Against Harker, junior Max Parker scored twice. Senior Henry Bard, junior Julien Viret, sophomore John Strong and junior goalie-sometimes-forward Timmy Costa each added a goal for the Knights.
In the PAL Bay Division, Menlo-Atherton earned no worse than a tie for the championship following a 2-0 victory over visiting Carlmont on Wednesday in a regular-season finale. The Bears (10-0-4, 15-0-5) got goals from Elvis Abarca (assisted by Aaron Oro) and Tom Kaheli, with Edgardo Molina providing the assist. The Bears started the day with 31 points and tied with San Mateo.
In the SCVAL De Anza Division, Palo Alto finished up one of the most frustrating and unsuccessful seasons in school history following a 1-1 deadlock with visiting Milpitas on Wednesday. The Vikings finished 0-9-3 in league and 0-15-5 overall, perhaps the first time in school history going through a season without a victory.
The Trojans (0-8-4 league) had only two shots on goal in the first half, but scored on a rebound on one of them, while Paly had eight shots. In the second half, the Vikings stepped up the pressure. With 10 minutes gone, Paul Stefanski was taken down in the box and fellow junior Kirby Lee converted the penalty kick.
Both Milpitas and Palo Alto will be moving down to the SCVAL El Camino Division next season.
Elsewhere, Mountain View (10-1-1) wrapped up a championship season with a 2-0 victory over visiting Gunn. The Titans finished 5-6-1 (8-9-3 overall).
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As you likely know, I work closely with GaryKeithandRon.com, where the first two women's designs of the '09 season can already be pre-ordered here! I think they're both super adorable, and not just because I wrote one of them ("I wait for Gary's call").
Also, don't miss GKR's new "sale rack" section–all tees there are $10! A super steal. All proceeds benefit the Pitch in for a Good Cause Foundation, which supports Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez, and Ron Darling's favorite charities.
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I found this on the North saskatchewan river just west of Edmonton and wondering if anyone can identify this item. Thanks Tom
Is it possible to have any higher definition photos? You can usually tell bone by the almost porus looking appearance of it but it's not possible to make out from these pictures
I brought this to the curator at Royal Alberta Museum this morning,and at first glance he thought it was a dinosaur bone but with closer look he told me it was a stone that was weathered but had the right color and look until he had discovered it had no porosity like you had mentioned. Thank you for your response.


text: Futtocks 6,912 Report post Posted January 3, 2012 Currently ploughing through various book presents. Amongst others: I, Partridge (We need to talk about Alan). Very enjoyable, and I think I'll actually go to the bother of assembling his recommended playlist next time I read it. P.J.O'Rourke - Holidays in Heck. Not really a sequel to the superb 'Holidays in Hell', but still the best writing I've seen of his for a long time. Ryszard Kapuscinski - Shah of Shahs. Covers the decline of the house of Pahlavi and the beginning of the rule of the Ayatollahs. Brilliantly written as ever. Stuart Maconie - Hope and Glory. Not his best, but still enjoyable and informative. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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July 19, 2009
New Moon Bookmarks: More Things to Spend Your Allowance on
Is it just me, or does Edward's Twilight bouffant seem to have been tamed?
Thanks, Coral!
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Thank god, I have my kindle!!:)) Helps with all the chachqu`e stuff!!ReplyDelete
I think the "tamed" look is making him smoking hot !!!!!!!!!ReplyDelete
what does bouffant mean?? I have no idea and it's diving me a little bit nuts!ReplyDelete
I know I wouldn't be able to concentrate on reading the book instead of string at that bookmark of Edward.. yum! :)
- AnonymousJuly 19, 2009 at 7:07 PM
Don't forget - these promotional pix were taken before filming New Moon even started..so Rob still had his shorter hair after he buzzed it.ReplyDelete
yay! new moon merch!!! um, now where do i get in line for my allowance?!ReplyDelete
Snarkier, I want an allowance too. My first allowance was 10 cents per week. Can you believe that?? Even in the 1980s, I couldn't buy jacko. Cheapskates.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 19, 2009 at 7:43 PM
I'm thinkn' the wolf pack and Jacob are looking alot hotter than Edward- I may have to change teams! Yikes!ReplyDelete
- thparkleJuly 19, 2009 at 7:51 PM
I don't know.....I'm kinda missing the bouffant :( But of course he still looks hot. I like the way they have Jacob's head tilted down and kinda looking up, very wolf like.ReplyDelete
Aija: Edward's hairstyle is called a bouffant.ReplyDelete
And I rather like his hairstyle better in the 1st movie, he looks older with shorter hair, and he's supposed to look 17 . . .
Yeah, if his boufaunt got any tsaller we'd have to relable it the Marge Simpson. His hair, and face coincidentally, looks so much more better. And thats saying somthing considering how smokin hot he was to begin with!ReplyDelete
@Usagi - love your screen name hehe, kawaiiReplyDelete
Rob in New Moon looks devastatingly handsome and tortured at the same time. He's unreal.
Love the Edward one, he looks so SEXY and Dangerous, but tortured as well.ReplyDelete
Got to love Rob and how he can convey so much in one look!!!!!!
Edward isn't as cute as he is in the first movie :(ReplyDelete
I liked the bouffant! the tamed bouffant is alright as well I guess... he looks good either way. I just though the huge hair in the first one made him look more unique and from "earlier" times so-to-speak.ReplyDelete
Yeah as anonymous said, they took those pics in March, when Rob's hair was shorter.ReplyDelete
He has a bouffant in the movie though, it's just a little bit shorter than it was in Twilight. But if you watched Twilight carefully you could see that Rob's hair is longer in some scenes haha I guess they never cut it during filmning, so it grew lol
I love Edwards the best...I don't know. I just love how Rob glares...it's a saddened look this time too. I love it!
Hi I am also selling these as pre-orders at TwilightNthings.com for $3.25 each . There is also a Jacob and Bella bookmark on my site not shown here (=ReplyDelete
OoOoOoOoO :)ReplyDelete
I am missing the big hair too..... but he does convey so much in that one look its crazy, he is so perfect..... allowance time... what can I do for my hubby????ReplyDelete


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1/20/2005 11:27:09 AM >>> Dear Kristen and others: I too feel that Kristen was treated rudely. I have noticed this problem from time to time on HistoNet and I feel I have to say something. Some people generally assume that because you ask an open question that you are clueless. While you might get better answers by being more specific, the better way to respond to "any suggestions" is to ask if you could provide more details. Just assuming that you and your boss have no idea what you are doing and have ventured into this project naively is not fair. That response was not helpful - it was nothing but rude. Did they suggest a class or a book that they found practically good? No! The response was condescending and pointless. Please ask for clarification before you humiliate a person. And please do not tell someone they deserved to be treated rudely - that is even worse! People write into histonet with questions because there is a wealth of knowledge amongst the subscribers. This is valuable information and constitutes years and years of experience. Keep in mind, all of our experiences have been different. Just because a person might not have experience in one area doesn't mean that they are not very knowledgeable in another. In other words, if you are rude to a person they might not want to share valuable information with you when you ask. Or worse, they might leave the Histonet and deprive all of us of their knowledge! I too asked an open question one time about processing tissue with plastic beads in it and received an incredibly condescending response instructing me on how to design an experiment. I have a Ph.D. for god's sake. I have spent 15 years designing experiments. I also saw a young student publicly filleted for cheating when her instructor encouraged her to send her inquiry out to the Histonet. Kristen, please don't leave the histonet because of one (incredibly) rude response. Take it for what it is - useless! 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The son of James and Nancy Service, he was born Aug. 11, 1926, in Hanover Township, Ill. He married Mildred Smith on Aug. 31, 1948, at Dallas, Texas. He was a United States Navy Veteran of World War II enlisting on March 17, 1944, at the age of 17. He participated in the invasion of French New Guinea and of Leyte in the Philippines. His ship was sunk by a suicide plane on Dec. 21, 1944. The plane struck about 8 feet from him, but the only injuries he received were blisters on his hands and face from the burning gasoline.
After the war he pursued a career as a self-employed building contractor working in the residential and commercial sector. His accomplishments included petitioning to have Tucker Mountain Rural Fire Department established and Tucker Mountain Road to be paved. He was a member of the Rogers-Rye Post No. 2283, Veterans of Foreign Wars. He enjoyed traveling, fishing, hunting, gardening and writing editorials which he sent The Courier as part of his involvement in community activism.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Survivors include his loving wife of 64 years, Mildred Service of Dover; three daughters, Diana McVey of Fort Worth, Texas, Donna Christianson of Clarksville and Delores Freeman of Dover; son, Chester Service Jr. of Lebanon, Pa.; 10 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; brother, David Service and wife, Kathy, of Illinois; sister, Betty Bumgarner and husband, James, of Florida; and numerous extended family members and friends.
A funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday, April 5, 2013, at Humphrey Chapel. The Rev. Jeff Cheatham will officiate. Burial will be at Rest Haven Memorial Park in Russellville by Humphrey Funeral Service. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, April 4, 2013, at the funeral home.
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Warrnambool Cheese and Butter isn't the right investment for Murray Goulburn, according to supplier Steve Stead.
Mr Stead, a dairy farmer from Maffra in eastern Victoria, said there's something wrong internally if the company can't provide a better return to farmers when dairy commodity prices have strengthened in recent times.
"We've had a 50 or 40 per cent increase in dairy commodity prices for a good period now [since the global financial crisis] and we haven't seen any significant lift in our payout," he said.
"There must be something wrong within the business that's not delivering."
Mr Stead said examples of this are factories that aren't working to capacity, potentially having the wrong contracts in place, or not having access to the best markets.
He also questioned the board's structure and business skills.
"I don't believe the board within Murray Goulburn has the correct structure or business acumen to be making the right decisions for the business or the industry going forward," he said.
"We don't need farmers on the board; we need people who specialise in growing the footprint in overseas markets and people who are au-fait with that level of performance."
According to Mr Stead, buying WCB and therefore its supplier base is risky, because in five years time that supplier base that made the company attractive could jump ship, leaving MG with the debt.
Mr Stead believed MG's money would be better spent making the company more efficient, including looking at investments in New Zealand.