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Cisco CEO at Gartner 2012: Embedding IT in Business Process
Above: Cisco CEO John Chambers
At Gartner Symposium this morning, Cisco CEO John Chambers told an audience of IT professionals that if IT does its job right, the fabric of IT will be deeply embedded in the fabric of every business process over the next few years; IT and business groups will work together seamlessly. To do this, though, the IT community will need to stop acting like vendors and instead focus on helping people solve problems. Chambers warned that the chance of doing this right is only 50/50.
Interviewed by Gartner Fellow Richard Hunter and distinguished analyst David Willis, Chambers said that "the Internet of everything"—including millions of "things" as well as traditional websites, PCs, servers, and smart devices—will become the platform of the future.
On the first point, he said that we are rapidly approaching an "inflection point" in the industry where we'll need IT leaders who are experts in business first and IT second. IT needs to become a business partner. He is worried that in uncertain economic times, CIOs tend to take their feet off of the IT budgets and thus miss these inflection points.
IT professionals and businesses must speak the same language, Chambers said. Businesses must ask how IT can help solve its business goals, and IT leaders must help business leaders achieve their goals.
Silicon, software, and hardware together help platforms succeed, he said, pointing to companies such as Apple. Cisco will continue to focus on all three, including ASICs (customized silicon processors), as well as hardware and software. He talked about the advantages of having all three in products like the Nexus switch, and now in things like wireless sensors. Having said that, he said, Cisco will probably double its software revenue over the next five years with more integration, seeing Webex coming together with telepresence and applications like Jabber.
While this may be a proprietary architecture, he declared Cisco has been the most open player in the whole IT industry, supporting open standards and open architectures and then adding value on top of that.
Chambers said complexity slows everything down and admitted that in some cases, Cisco has been giving users too many choices. "I would give us just a fair mark on ease of use," he said. It is something Cisco will focus on in the future. He talked about architecting products more as overall solutions, not as silos. He would rather see people spend money on solving business problems rather than dealing with complexity and this is where open standards and collaboration win.
Asked about the shortage of IT talent, he said the easy answer would be to blame education and the numbers of engineers in the United States, as well as the barriers to immigration. The real problem, though, is that many IT professionals are missing the ability to do the "and" between business and IT skills, with IT personnel moving into the business and business people moving into IT. Cisco CIO Rebecca Jacoby had to be talked into moving into IT, for instance. She understood the business and so the company put under her IT leaders who had more expertise on the technology side. Her three top leaders are now being seen as possible leaders on the business side.
Asked about the top six IT vendors (as defined by Gartner) and Cisco's place within it, he said that any vendor in the top six that thinks it'll certainly be in the top six five years from now is fooling itself. At best four, and maybe only three, will be in top six in five years.
It's also important to make technology transitions and to help customers meet their goals. He asked the audience members whether they thought about going to their key IT vendor for innovation, and few raised their hands. Then, he asked how many think about going to companies like Facebook, Google, and Apple for innovation, and there were many more hands. He noted these firms aren't really enterprise-focused, however.
"Anybody who thinks the customers are the problem is already messed up," Chambers said. He admitted that Cisco has historically been considered difficult to do business with, but said the company spent 18 months trying to fix that and was fairly successful.
Asked about Cisco's soul, he said from the beginning Cisco believed it could change the way the world lives, works, and plays thanks to the Internet. Cisco wants to be successful not just for its shareholders, but also for customers. He wants Cisco to be "the number one IT company for its customers" but also take corporate social responsibility seriously by bringing education to all and addressing the people making less than $3 a day.
Political and Regulation Issues
Discussing the prospect of more government regulation of the Internet and networking markets, he emphasized the importance of educating governments about the issues. In general, he said as long as you take the time to educate leaders about how regulating markets will slow innovation they will understand. (As a noted Republican, he went out of his way to say that Democrats understand this as well, as the Clinton administration demonstrated.)
Even on security, there's a real danger in regulation and picking winners and losers in the market. Instead, there are real needs to be solved in openness, security, and interoperability, but these have to be addressed through a public-private partnership. If we don't solve these problems, Chambers said, we will have regulation, which will not be effective in meeting the goals.
In general, governments need to "walk their talk" and understand that when they cut IT budgets, they are cutting their future. The biggest IT policy of governments is to use technology to solve its comprehensive goals, he said.
Asked about competitors, Chambers said, "I admire Oracle's courage." They've mastered even the hostile takeover, he said. Cisco and Oracle are the best two companies in the industry when it comes to acquisitions, but he said he likes Cisco's hand in areas such as mobile, cloud, and networking.
Chambers has been friends with HP CEO Meg Whitman for years and he praised her talent. HP is a company that has lost its way, but if anyone can bring it back, Whitman and HP chairman Ray Lane can. He hopes HP will return to greatness and mentioned that former HP CEO Lew Platt was a mentor when Chambers moved to Silicon Valley. "When we compete, even with friends, I compete to win," he added.
Lightning Round
This led to a "lightning round" where Chambers gave quick answers to a number of questions. He said we shouldn't be automatically suspicious of Chinese IT firms and should look at companies, not countries.
On the patent process he said, "I'd completely throw out everything" and start from the beginning. He blames both patent trolls and IT companies that sue other IT companies, as that results in suing customers, which slows down the entire industry.
He said the big risk of the cloud is that expectations are too high and companies can't deliver on it.
He won't bring back the Flip camera, saying "when you miss a market transition, you can't go back." (Instead, he said the company should have put software into the cloud and done apps for smartphones.)
He recommends that the next president leads us back out of the economic slowdown using technology to bring us together, partner with business, and create jobs.
He predicts the "next Silicon Valley" will be in Silicon Valley because of the unique combination of education, venture capital, and its risk-taking culture, even though lots of other locations are trying to recreate it. He takes "open networking" to mean that any device can get access to any content across any network, unlike Microsoft in video, and then add value on top of openness.
Cisco after Chambers
Over the last 17 years in which he ran Cisco, Chambers said the biggest challenge was constantly reinventing the company, changing every three to five years. He said the company has gained share on all its competitors and noted how the biggest competitors from 15, ten, and five years ago are all either gone or losing share. If Cisco doesn't keep reinventing its culture, however, he said "we won't be in the top six five years from now."
His successor will face a different challenge, since he's been able to hire all of the business leaders within the company. The next group of four or five leaders, "must be willing to shake things up." He expects his successors will be more collaborative and have less of a "command and control" model.
Chambers concluded by saying, "Our goal is to become your best IT partner." The role of the IT personnel has to change more than the CEO over the next five years, with the CIO gaining much more business understanding, breaking down silos, and using IT to solve business challenges.


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Is it too early to start talking about a dynasty? With three championships in four years, aren't they beginning to resemble the Oilers?
Somebody break up the Israeli Stars of David – they're too good!
OK, time to take a breath and climb back down to earth. The Stars of David are champions again, back-to-back winners of the premier division in the Canadian Multicultural Hockey Championship, a tournament that brings together hockey-loving players from the Toronto area.
This is becoming a tournament the Davids dominate, going undefeated in consecutive years and proving just how out of date that old joke is about the wafer-thin book of Jewish sports heroes. When it comes to hockey in Canada, Jewish guys can play. They've proved it time and again and their head coach, manager and overall hockey maven, Alex Voihanski, believes they would have won it in 2009 as well if not for a raft of injuries that left them with only 10 skaters.
This past holiday season, the Stars of David were a perfect 7-0 in round-robin and playoff competition – despite another raft of injuries. They defeated the Irish Shamrocks 3-2 in the final in what was a rematch of last year's championship game.
It was satisfying beating the Shamrocks, who tend to play a chippy brand of hockey, but who have failed to intimidate the Davids the past two championships. The Stars outshot the Shamrocks by a two-to-one margin, but the Shamrocks' goalie, who played in the American Hockey League and for the St. Louis Blues for a couple of games, "was fantastic," Voihanski said.
Voihanski, who runs JCC Chai Sports and is general manager of hockey operations for International Scouting Services, was certainly being diplomatic. The Stars of David have been pushed in recent tournaments, but they have yet to lose a game in two years.
There are a number of reasons for that, he explained: "We have very good players. There is an enormous amount of Jewish talent. There are so many quality Jewish hockey players."
This year's squad showcased a handful of them. Noah Schwartz, for one, plays for the London Nationals in the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League, where he's team leader in scoring. One game into the tournament, he was called up by the OHL London Knights, where he registered one assist and was plus one in three games.
Stacey Britstone, a veteran of the OHL Plymouth Whalers and Oshawa Generals, who captained last year's gold-medal team, was expected to fill the same role this year. Unfortunately, he broke his leg the day before the tournament began and couldn't play. "He's a former MVP, captain and a guy who does everything we ask," Voihanski said.
Aaron Stein, perhaps the top defenceman on the team, broke his foot blocking a shot and was unavailable in the last two playoff games. Jesse Schwartz was called to play by his prep school after the round robin and also didn't skate in the playoffs. A third Schwartz brother, Brad, rounded out the family contingent, but they were matched by the three Weinberg brothers, Jordan, Adam and Bryan. All three play or have played in junior and college hockey. Bryan plays for York University and "arguably was the best player in the tournament," Voihanski said.
Another brother act featured Jason and Mike Pain. Jason played for a variety of minor pro teams. Mike played for the OHL's Saginaw Spirit and, more recently, York University. He led the Davids in scoring with two goals and six assists.
Then there was Daniel Leavens, a right-winger who scored four goals and two assists. Leavens plays for Newmarket Hurricanes in the Ontario Junior A Hockey League, was a member of Canada East in the World Junior A Challenge and is likely to earn a scholarship to an NCAA school, Voihanski said.
Other notables on the team included Alon Eizenman, who has played professional hockey in France as well as for the Israeli national team; Ran Oz, a 230-pound defenceman who also suited up for Israel and who made sure no one intimidated the Stars, and Sergei Frankel, yet another Israeli national veteran.
The team was backstopped by Kevin Kliman, who played for Brown University in the NCAA and Sal Cutillo, who was named tournament MVP.
Adam Weinberg, who played in his fifth tournament for the Stars, said the team has always featured "a good mix of players." This year they iced two scoring lines and had a smallish defence that was good at moving the puck. The team also had a blend of youth and veterans.
"We're always the best team with our speed. Nobody can keep up with our speed," Weinberg said.
The team played seven games in four days, Voihanski said, so "you try to roll three lines and keep your guys as fresh as possible.
"The key to our game is our cycling." A lot of the other teams don't want to play behind their own net. They get tired chasing the Stars, and when they do get the puck, they're so exhausted they can't do much with it, he said.
There are equally talented teams in the tournament, Voihanski said, but they don't come together as well as the Stars of David. The team, he continued, mirrors the larger Jewish community in being cohesive and tight knit. "The commitment is pretty good. I think that's what puts us over the top," he said.

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Easy Layered Zucchini and Tomato Frittata with Dill
Big, beautiful, green zucchini are starting to arrive at the farmer's markets. In my house, our favorite way to eat fresh zucchini is to simply slice and boil it, and add a little butter and salt. Usually there's a little leftover cooked zucchini - which is great for adding to the next morning's eggs.
Tomatoes and zucchini are always a good match. So for this frittata, I kept it very simple, only adding onions and dill for flavor. It's a great summery breakfast, but you can make it any time of year.
Note: A cast-iron skillet is a must for any kitchen - at least one good, heavy, 6-7" pan. It can go straight from burner to oven, at any temperature. It achieves perfect crispy brown-ness for anything. Eggs taste ten times better from cast iron, I promise.
Layered Zucchini and Tomato Frittata with Dill
3 large eggs, slightly beaten
1 T cold water
1 T dill, chopped (plus more for garnish)
Salt & Pepper
1 T butter
1/4 C onion, diced
1 C sliced zucchini
1 C sliced tomatoes
1 T parmesan cheese, shredded
Heat oven to 425F.
1. Whisk together eggs, water and dill. Season lightly with salt and pepper.
2. Heat a 7" cast iron skillet over medium heat. When hot, add butter and onions. Cook until translucent, about 2 minutes.
3. Place a layer of zucchini on top of the onions, leaving 1/2" between each piece. Add a layer of tomatoes over the gaps. Repeat.
4. Pour egg mixture evenly over the contents of the pan. Give the pan a gentle shake to incorporate the egg down through the layers. Cook about 2-3 minutes, so the egg sets a little.
5. Top with cheese and place in the oven for about 15 minutes. Insert a knife to check that the egg is fully cooked. Serve hot, garnished with dill.
*5-6 eggs will take much longer - start checking at 15 minutes, but plan for 25-30.


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here are a few peeks from my instagram this week. it was a good week.
this kid turned 5. which i was obviously thrilled about. i guess his excitement made up for my crying.
this kid turned 5. which i was obviously thrilled about. i guess his excitement made up for my crying.
we had a fun filled but exhausting weekend. i could tell we all needed a free day to recharge. so we took one. everyone stayed home from school. we lounged on the couch, snacked and watched a lot of the justice league. it was a great day. i did make them clean their rooms later in the afternoon so we were complete slackers.
we made a little trip to the mall where they played with the super cool hand dryers. charlotte most definitely reminded me of an 80s music video. hair blowing, singing loud and proud.
will's cub scout honor court was this week. he joined cub scouts half way through the year and absolutely loves it. it's such a great time for hubby and him.
yesterday my 2 little ones were soooo quiet. and because i'm a mom, naturally that makes me nervous. but there was no mischief! just a lot of quiet play. miracles never cease.
i try to get up every morning before the kids have to be up. key word there is "try". but the quiet time makes all the difference in my day. please help me remember that next time i don't want to get my bootie out of bed.
have a great holiday weekend everyone!
go link ya'll, it's insta-friday.


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COM363 Advanced Audio Production
A continuation of Basic Audio Production, this course offers the application of advanced audio techniques to radio, television, motion pictures, and other electronic media presentation environments. The course concentrates the aural side of film & video production and on storytelling through sound.
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisites: COM253


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A video series on Youtube with a very slim storyline but a lot of randomness. The slim storyline is that in the year 169X, a mad scientist hacked into Nintendo's new gaming system and sucked the world into one big video game. The rest of the story is pretty much random ideas pulled out of the blue. An elete team (who are also known as TWD) use these random ideas to attempt to save the world.
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Dead Letter Playground at the Leo Kesting Gallery
Photos by G.
For those like myself who love street art, I'm here to tell you about an exhibit that is the motherlode of coolness! The Leo Kesting Gallery in New York has a new exhibit called "Dead Letter Playground – A Collection of Contemporary Street Art" and it is amazing! At the Leo Kesting Gallery, you will see works from Carolyn A'Hearn, Chris Stain, Clown Soldier, Dain, DickChicken, Doze Green, Elbowtoe, Elle, Ellis G, Faro, Gaia, Head Hoods, Imminent Disaster, Jen.Lu, Jordan Seiler, Know Hope, Laura Meyers, Lee Trice, Love Me, Matt Siren, Mister Never, Nicola Verlato, Peru Ana Ana Peru, Phil Lumbang, Shark Toof, Anthony Michael Sneed and Sweet Toof!
The names above might not sound familiar, but when you look through the exhibit, a bunch of light bulbs will go off in your head as you will have surely seen works by these artists on your travels around the city. Even better news, as far as art goes, the works in this exhibit are extremely affordable. I was so pleased to see works from Elbow Toe, Dick Chicken, Head Hoods, Gaia and Sweet Toof in an exhibit and I hope this is the beginning of a new trend because the stuff they make is fabulous! It makes you think, it makes you laugh and it's visually appealing. What could be better? The Leo Kesting Gallery is located at 812 Washington Street (at Gansevoort) and Summer gallery hours are Tuesday to Saturday from 11am until 7pm and Sunday 1-6pm, the gallery will be closed on Mondays until after the Labor Day weekend. The exhibit runs through July 18, 2010 – so do not miss it! For the non-New Yorkers, you can view the catalog here.
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Well it seems rumour has become fact with this picture (below) coming to light. It shows members of a Dutch army NCO training school wearing the new pattern, and a new uniform design too. A desert pattern is also to be fielded, but no word on whether it is the same as the arid design shown above.
Thanks to Alex of ICUS for the background information.
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Robert Louis ("Robby") Ginepri (born October 7, 1982) is an American professional tennis player.
Robby Ginepri is of Luxembourgish ancestry. He attended Boca Prep Highschool, located in Boca Raton, FL,along with Andy Roddick, and Mardy Fish. He graduated as a member of the class of 2001.
Ginepri had a breakout year in 2005. In August, he reached the semifinals of an ATP Masters Series tournament for the first time in his career, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He beat 2005 French Open runner-up Mariano Puerta in the first round, David Ferrer in the second round, 1998 French Open champion Carlos Moyà in the third round, and two-time Grand Slam singles titlist Marat Safin in the quarterfinals. He then lost to World No. 1 Roger Federer in the semifinals 4–6, 7–5, 6–4.


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Winter's Visage
Posted by Pensive Polaroid in Photo-Essays on December 23, 2011
The universe keeps conspiring all the time to keep you from literature and art, making you do trivial and mundane activities. This thought has riddled me for the better half of the past few days. Having to run around amidst civilization's wilderness, facing the immovable slothfulness of govt officials (who themselves are quite content with an artless, essentially meaningless and definitely unproductive life), and in doing so, not getting to shoot with the new camera.
So I thought I'd visit the local "Sabji Mandi", i.e. the vegetable market, and get lost in the parallel world picking up a camera instantly transports you to. Getting into one of these markets here is like being dropped in the middle of a vortex of entropy. From stagnant mundanity to chaos. From relativistic space-time to quantum froth. It's hard to focus on a subject here, while you are surrounded by so many other moments and muses. Amidst these criss-crossing lines of thought and lines of sight, you stand with a camera glued to your eyes, frantically trying to bring back those fleeting moments that invariably escape your attempts. Animals, people and colours all in a convoluted canvas that refreshes many times over every second. It is rather additive. You smile at every capture. You smile at every miss. There are so many things only you shall know. And so few you shall bring back. And then there is more. Addictions and cravings in their inseparable entanglement grip you, mellowing every nagging thought that sagged your smiles, or sagged your hopes alike, in the last few days.
I had also wanted to try out a variant style of portraits that I had often seen. Translating the intensity, expressions and emotions into a monochromatic visual poem, where one can not help but feel as is they are interacting with the moment itself. My photographs here, are of course a euphemism of what could be. But I tried to put in my best of efforts.
I would like to form a premise here. One must know that these were shot on a typical winter morning in Kanpur, where the temperature is often as merciless as the definite march of time. Shivering, and making a living at the same time, these people were generally amicable, and always willing to be photographed. I did not mention that I'm not a journalist (as many were thinking out aloud) . Perhaps that let them be a little more willing, when they were aware they were being photographed. The season often reflects in countenances. I could see Winter's visage all around me.
Here are five portraits. A little unconventional, this photo essay has been my escape from the tenacious clutches of compulsions and obligations. My indulgence, if I may…
(Regardless of the season, Turbans are very essentially Indian. One of the things that make up our ethos. It's hard not to come across countless colours and styles, wherever you go around in India.)
(There are very few activities as enjoyable in winters as intermittent naps. While working, more so.)
(All around there are people, walking, working, lazing or even sleeping, wrapped in Shawls and Mufflers. The way the greater half of India tackles winters. And if your Shawl happens to be a "Pashmina", you could flaunt off some elegant Kashmiri handicraft.)
(Eyes take charge in expressing emotions words cannot. A mere glance can convey multitudes. But equally expressive is the reverie of a dropped eyelid.)
(Well this one was not a spontaneous shot. And he asked me if I would take a photograph of him too. I was happy to oblige. And also to buy some fresh vegetables off his cart.)
Am desperate to go out for more of these, and am trying to stitch patchworks of creativity onto the face of a clock that's ticking over things I really don't enjoy. So far, so good. Will get my hands on a different fabric for the next overlay.
I do hope you felt the emotions I tried to convey.
Until then.
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Siemens CEO emphasizes innovation, sustainability in Executive Insights lecture
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- During his visit to the Penn State Smeal College of Business as part of the college's Executive Insights series, Siemens Corp. President and CEO Eric A. Spiegel emphasized the importance of innovation to his company's operations.
"Siemens really takes pride in making things," said Spiegel, and Siemens can credit much of its longevity to the fact that the global engineering company keeps innovating.
Spiegel also talked about the opportunities and challenges of his role at Siemens, his leadership style and the company's commitment to sustainability during his talk Sept. 20.
Siemens has a close relationship with Penn State and is involved in research and development initiatives at the University; the company also heavily recruits Penn State students for jobs.
In fact, Siemens currently employs more alumni from Penn State than from any other university, according to Spiegel.
Spiegel joined Siemens in 2010 as president and CEO of Siemens Corp. and CEO of the U.S. Region, where he is responsible for growing the U.S. business in the industry, energy, health care, and infrastructure and cities sectors. He brought with him more than two decades of experience in global consulting with complex organizations in the energy, power, chemical, water, industrial and automotive fields, and expertise on the global energy industry.
He holds an master of business administration from Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business and a bachelor's degree in economics from Harvard University.
Executive Insights is designed to complement the Smeal educational experience by bringing high-profile business leaders to the college to connect with students, faculty, staff and administrators. Past guests include more than 25 leaders from organizations such as Boeing, Dell, Deloitte, Johnson & Johnson, Kohl's, KPMG, Procter & Gamble, Samsung, Verizon and Tumi Holdings Inc.


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From NBA.com staff reports
Just because LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh, Pau Gasol and so many other high-profile free agent targets have already made their decisions doesn't mean this summer's free agent party is over. The center of the basketball universe is in Las Vegas for Summer League, that's where the games are being played and the movers and shakers are stationed right now. But the grind of free agency continues all over the place. We're not done yet …
After a long day of team decision-making and contract-negotiating, Pau Gasol is ready to ponder his vacation and his future … quietly, of course.
Update, 11:42 p.m. — Rio still feeling the Heat
Another original "Heatles" member is getting closer to being back in the fold, with Mario Chalmers getting a couple more years in Miami.
Update, 11:33 p.m. — Three more years!
Looks like Pau Gasol is ready for the (semi) long haul in bringing a title to Chicago, working on a three-year deal for reasonable price.
Update, 9:48 p.m. — More shooting for SVG
The Detroit Pistons ranked 29th in 3-point percentage last season. And it's been obvious from the start of free agency that priority No. 1 for new president and coach Stan Van Gundy is improving that mark. He started by adding Jodie Meeks (40.1 percent from three last season) and Cartier Martin (39.1 percent). Now, he's adding more shooting with the additions of D.J. Augustin (40.1 percent) and Caron Butler (39.4 percent)...
None of these four guys can make a huge impact individually. But collectively, they will space the floor for Detroit's bigs. And none of them break the bank, with contracts that can easily be worked into trades.
Of course, Greg Monroe remains unsigned as a restricted free agent. Butler probably shouldn't be a starting small forward anymore, but he could definitely make Josh Smith more of a permanent four than he was last season.
One more note: The Augustin addition is bad news for second-year point guard Peyton Siva, whose contract would become guaranteed on July 20 if he's not waived by then. Siva must not have made enough of an impression on Van Gundy in Summer League.
Update, 8:40 p.m. — Birdman back
LeBron James is gone, but the rest of the Heat's rotation is quickly coming back together. Earlier Sunday, Miami reached an agreement with Mario Chalmers on a new contract. And now, it's the Birdman who has re-upped.
Ray Allen, Rashard Lewis and James Jones are still free agents, but the Heat are reportedly working things out with Dwyane Wade and Udonis Haslem.
Update, 7:02 p.m. — Three-way deal for Ariza
Before the Draft, the Houston Rockets agreed to send Omer Asik to New Orleans. On Saturday, they agreed to sign Trevor Ariza to a four-year contract. And on Sunday, those two deals came together in the form of a three-team sign-and-trade transaction.
Update, 6:30 p.m. — Mirotic is on his way
Pau Gasol isn't the only international big man that the Chicago Bulls are adding this summer. Nikola Mirotic, a first-round pick in 2011 from Montenegro, announced that he's on his way as well.
Update, 6:06 p.m. — His name is Rio
Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade may have lost Superfriend LeBron James, but they will still have Mario Chalmers to yell at …
Update, 5:58 p.m. — Rockets pass on Parsons
In a bit of a surprise, the Houston Rockets will let Chandler Parsons head to their division rivals, who have made some upgrades (Parsons and Tyson Chandler) this summer …
At one point, we thought the Rockets were going to have a lineup of Patrick Beverley, James Harden, Parsons, Chris Bosh and Dwight Howard. As it turns out, they've dealt away their depth (Omer Asik and Jeremy Lin), swapped Parsons for Trevor Ariza, and helped three fellow Western Conference teams (Lakers, Mavs and Pelicans) improve. They're also giving the Washington Wizards an asset…
Update, 5:16 p.m. — Champs in tact
Fourteen different Spurs logged at least one minute in the playoffs. We know now that at least 13 of the 14 will be back in silver and black (Aron Baynes remains a restricted free agent) …
Update, 5:07 p.m. — Together Forever
Kirk Hinrich once played for a couple of teams other than the Chicago Bulls. Really. But he won't be leaving Chicago again, at least not this summer …
Update, 4:32 p.m. — Mavs get at least one SF today
The Dallas Mavericks are still awaiting word from the Houston Rockets on their offer sheet for Chandler Parsons, but that isn't stopping them from signing a back-up plan. If you need size on the wings, you could do worse than Richard Jefferson, who has shot 41 percent or better from 3-point range in three of his last four seasons …
Update, 4:20 p.m. — Hinrich will be a Bull forever
The Charlotte Hornets were in the market for Kirk Hinrich, but with their agreement to sign back-up point guard Brian Roberts, it appears that Kirk Hinrich will be back in Chicago for more years of being Derrick Rose's back-up and/or fill-in …
Update, 3:48 p.m. — Kemba's new back-up
Much to the chagrin of Hang Time's Sekou Smith, Luke Ridnour's services are no longer needed in Charlotte, because Brian Roberts is a Hornet once again. He'll be the first guy to play for the Charlotte version after playing for the New Orleans version …
Update, 3:24 p.m. — Deng had choices
Joining Chris Bosh, Dwyane Wade, Pat Riley and Erik Spoelstra in sunny South Florida is a pretty good move, but Luol Deng had other options on Sunday…
Update, 2:30 p.m. — Filling LeBron's shoes
LeBron James took Luol Deng's job in Cleveland. And now the Miami Heat have replaced James with Deng. Bosh, Deng and Wade isn't a bad core to build around …
Update, 2:05 p.m. — Show Luol the money
There are a few teams still looking for a small forward who can play both ends of the floor. Luol Deng knows that and knows he can take advantage of the market …
Update, 1:55 p.m. — Trying to get (most of) the band back together
The Heat will have Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh back, but there are still some more roster spots to fill, and some guys they can bring back. The Birdman is one of them …
Update, 1:50 p.m. — Who?
The Bulls are moving on without that guy who scores 27 points a game …
Update, 1:30 p.m. — Wolves draw a line in the sand
The Timberwolves aren't selling Kevin Love for pennies on the dollar …
Update, 12:35 p.m. — Melo's City, Melo's Heart
It's not the most original concept, but you see the trend here …
Update, 12:21 p.m. — Still waiting on Rockets
Tick, Tock!
Update, 11:56 a.m. — Heat still a 50-win outfit?
Jeff Van Gundy says yes.
Update, 11:50 a.m. — LeBron Jersey of The Day
Welcome home!
Update, 11:26 a.m. — Evan Turner smiling through free agency
Jay and Bey don't care about free agency!
Update, 11:09 a.m. — Gilbert explains how he and LeBron cleared the air
The greatest rebound of Dan Gilbert's professional career has to be coming back from his dreaded letter after "The Decision." Mitch Albom of the Detroit Free Press weighs after talking with Gilbert, who took Albom through his reconciliation process with LeBron:
He pondered that as the plane descended into Florida. He and James hadn't spoken since that night. Four years. They'd seen each other a few times. "I'd sit on the baseline when he came back to play in Cleveland. He'd look at me from the free-throw line. Not good. Not bad. Just look."
Now he was scheduled to meet James, in secret, to discuss what seemed impossible just days earlier — a return to the Cavs. The whole world was hanging on the news. But as Gilbert glanced out the window, for a moment he wasn't a billionaire Detroit businessman or an NBA owner. He was every guy seeing his ex-wife after the divorce, every teen guitarist seeing a former friend who broke up the band.
"I had told LeBron's guys, whether he comes back or not, I really want to clear the air. It shouldn't be like this."
He hoped that part would go smoothly. Then someone on board yelled the media had discovered his plane was en route, and a new airport had to be quickly found.
Gilbert realized nothing was going to be easy.
The moment of truth
But then, saying you're sorry never is. You do it anyway. Long after the basketball smoke clears from this story, that's the human part we ought to remember.
You shouldn't be known for the worst thing you ever did. Gilbert entered that private home meeting by himself, no assistants, and sat down at a dining-room table across from James and a few associates.
"First thing I said to him was, 'LeBron, you know this is true. We had five good years and one bad night. Like a marriage that's good and then one bad thing happens and you never talk to each other again.
" 'I'm just glad we're here, whether you come or not, LeBron. This has been hanging over my head.' "
To his surprise, he soon heard James saying the same thing. The superstar said he regretted the infamous "The Decision" broadcast. He said he didn't think it out properly. In short, many of the things Gilbert was thinking about his own actions.
"I apologized and we talked and it took maybe 15 or 20 minutes. That's it. Then I said, 'Is that enough about the past?' And we started talking about the future."
Update, 10:40 a.m. — Wizards replace perfect fit with a Hall of Famer
Even swap?
Update, 10:38 a.m. — Mavericks-Rockets rivalry extends off the court
Never let business get personal.
Update, 10:20 a.m. — Rockets on the clock for Parsons
This is going to be a long day in both Houston and Dallas as the Rockets consider their options on Chandler Parsons. The countdown clock is ticking for Daryl Morey and Co. Do they match the Mavericks' offer sheet to Parsons now that Trevor Ariza is in the fold?
They have until 11:59 p.m. to decide.
Update, 9:50 a.m. — The ultimate power
The power of LeBron!
Update, 9:40 a.m. — Deng, Heat far apart
The Heat can close the gap and stay relevant in the Eastern Conference chase with Deng in the fold.


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This might be the best programme that has been on TV. Ever. Yes, yes we all know The Wire is amazing but did The Wire have someone literally scrabbling around in the innards of a whale? Thought not.
Inside Nature's Giants, screened on C4 in July 2009, was an amazing natural history programme describing the anatomy and inner workings of the largest animals on earth; an elephant, a crocodile, a whale and a giraffe. Hosted by veterinary surgeon Mark Evans, aided by the very enthusiastic comparative anatomist Dr. Joy Reidenberg (she's the one that gets, literally, knee-deep in whale bits), and with gleeful comments on evolution by Richard Dawkins. This was a jaw-dropping documentary on how these animals have evolved and how each part of the animal works.
OK it is full of gore..…and gas (dead animals give off one hell of a fug), but the programme had me hooked for a whole month; mixing straight up science with expert enthusiasm and all for our televisual entertainment.
It might not be to everyone's taste but if you've ever mused on how giraffes live with such long necks (and how they fight each other with them!!!) or just how big an elephant's intestines are….then this is the programme for you (a surreptitious google and you'll find it in no time on the inter-web). Plus, you get to enlighten your friends and family with all manner of "did you know…" anecdotes. I did anyway! Go on. Watch it.


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Sept. 13, 2011
BOSTON, Mass. – Looking to keep their momentum alive, the University of Massachusetts Boston men's soccer team pulled out a hard fought 4-0 shutout victory over Eastern Nazarene College (0-5) Tuesday afternoon in the Beacons 2011 home debut at the Clark Athletic Center Field.
Four different players found the back of the goal, and junior goalkeeper Brycen Dowd (Mansfield, MA) came-up with three saves to earn his second straight shutout of the year. With Tuesday's victory, the Beacons are currently sitting 3-0 for the first time since 2005, when they opened that season with four straight wins.
Tuesday's match was a physical battle for both teams. With UMass looking to add to their win streak, and Eastern Nazarene looking to end their skid, both teams came out strong. However it was the Beacons offense that dominated the first 45 minutes totaling 11 shots, as compared to Eastern Nazarene's one.
The first goal of the match came in the 37th minute from newcomer Alemao Menchaca (Chelsea, MA). That goal was the first of his collegiate career, and gave the Beacons the momentum they needed going into the second half of play.
After the break, Eastern Nazarene took control of the opening minutes, getting off four of their eight second half shots. Even with the increased pressure by the Lions, the Beacons defense held strong and neutralized any real chance at goal.
Once UMass was able to regain control of the momentum, the Beacons quickly found the back of the net, scoring their final three goals in a 13 minute window.
Netting the Beacons second goal of the afternoon was freshman Douglas Silviera (Revere, MA). Silviera, who scored the game-winner in Saturday's 1-0 win over Farmingdale State, received a beautiful pass from Eric Owens (Raymond, NH) in the Lions goal box. Silviera managed to take a quick dribble forward and placed the ball to the far post.
Alexander Jimenez knocked home his first goal of the year off of a Luis Saquich (Marlborough, MA) corner kick to extend the Beacons lead to 3-0. The final score of the afternoon came from Kelvin Martinez (East Boston, MA). Setting up the goal was Danny Housley (Plympton, MA), who crossed the ball to an unmarked Martinez on the far side of the net.
On the day, UMass outshot their opponent 25-9, a held a 10-0 advantage in corner kicks as well. Lions' goalkeepers Seagers Rodrigues and Jake Johnson combined for 12 saves in the contest respectively, with the loss going to Rodrigues.
Men's soccer returns to their home field on Thursday when they host Fitchburg State University at 3:30 p.m.


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The following is an abridged version of the preface to The Rise of the Creative Class, Revisited, out this month from Basic Books.
It's been ten years since I published — and a bit longer than that since I wrote — The Rise of the Creative Class. It would be an understatement to say that a lot has changed since then. We've see a whole series of world-shattering events — from the collapse of the tech bubble and 9/11, to the economic and ï¬nancial meltdown of 2008, any one of which might have been sufficient to derail or reverse the changes in America's class structure and the economic cultural and social trends I described in that book.
Instead, they have only become more deeply ensconced. At a time when the U.S. unemployment rate topped 10 percent, the rate of unemployment for the Creative Class did not hit even 5 percent. By late 2011, the social media site LinkedIn reported that the word most used by its members to describe themselves was "creative." As TechCrunch put it: "In a time of high unemployment, when traditional skills can be outsourced or automated, creative skills remain highly sought after and highly valuable. We all want to be part of the Creative Class of programmers, designers, and information workers. The term used to mean artists and writers. Today, it means job stability." The Creative Class has become truly global, numbering between one-third to nearly one-half of the workforce in the advanced nations of North America, Europe, Asia, and around the world.
The Rise of the Creative Class was never about the new, the trendy or the faddish. It was — and is — my attempt to explain the key forces that have been transforming our economy and culture over the past several decades. Our world, it seemed to me, was changing as dramatically as it had since the early days of the Industrial Revolution. It wasn't just the Internet, or the rise of new technologies, or even globalization that were upending our jobs, lives, and communities, though all those things were important. Beneath the surface, unnoticed by many, was something truly tectonic: the rise of creativity as a fundamental economic force, and the rise of a new social class, the Creative Class.
Spanning science and technology, arts, media, and culture, traditional knowledge workers, and the professions, this new class made up nearly one-third of the workforce across the United States and considerably more than that in many communities. It was the rise of this new class and of creativity as an economic force that was the underlying factor powering so many of the seemingly unrelated and epiphenomenal trends we had been witnessing; from advent of whole new industries and businesses, to changes in the way we lived, worked, and consumed, extending even into the rhythms, patterns, desires, and expectations that governed our daily lives.
So much of what seemed shockingly new and outlandish when the book was originally published has come to be viewed as the norm. My ideas that the talented were beginning to favor cities over suburbs, that urban centers were challenging suburban industrial park nerdistans as locations for high-tech industry, that older cities were starting to regain some of the ground they'd lost to Sun Belt boomtowns, were widely derided when I ï¬rst began to write about them. Ten years later, they are taken for granted.
A decade ago, many critics dismissed my notion that a vibrant local music scene can signal that a place has the underlying preconditions associated with technological innovation and economic growth. I caught a lot of flak for proposing that diversity — an openness to all kinds of people, no matter their gender, race, nationality, sexual orientation, or just plain geekiness — was not just a private virtue but an economic necessity. I earned a certain measure of notoriety for suggesting that a visible gay presence in a city can be seen as a leading indicator for rising housing values and high tech.
I was accused of confusing chickens and eggs when I said that the secret to building better, more vibrant locations was not just attracting companies with handouts and tax breaks, but building a "people climate" — and not with stadiums and generic malls, but with parks and bike paths and street-level culture that would make people's everyday lives better, improve the underlying quality of place, and signal a community that is open, energized, and diverse. The conventional wisdom insisted such things were but "frills and frivolities" that come about asproducts of economic development, not a way to spur it. Ten years later, forward-looking communities, large and small alike, are busily reclaiming their disused waterfronts and industrial areas and transforming them into green spaces; at the same time, suburbs are seeking to remake themselves into better, more livable communities by adding transit, shoring up their own arts and culture scenes, and developing pedestrian-friendly town centers that are ï¬lled with the best features of cities.
Hand in hand with the revival of cities and the densiï¬cation of suburbia, the dawning of the Creative Age has ushered in a newfound respect for livability and sustainability. This too is part and parcel of the deeper shift. The quest for clean and green is powered by the same underlying ethos that powers the Creative Economy. Where the green agenda is driven by the need to conserve natural assets, the Creative Economy is driven by the logic to fully harness — and no longer waste — human resources and talent.
Some have dubbed the very concept of the Creative Class as elitist and accused me of privileging it over other classes, or called me a "neo-liberal" with a naively optimistic faith in the power of markets. I assure you that neither is the case. The key thesis of my argument is as simple as it is basic: Every human being is creative. That the Creative Class enjoys vast privileges is true, but to acknowledge that fact is not to endorse it. The essential task before us is to unleash the creative energies, talent, and potential of everyone else — to build a society that acknowledges and nurtures the innate creativity of each and every human being.
Yet even as I write these words, all is far from well. The economic meltdown of 2008 was not just a crisis of Wall Street, of wanton ï¬nancial speculation, and of an economy debt-bingeing on housing and consumer goods, though all of those things were implicated, but a deeper crisis that ran to the roots of the old Fordist order and the very way of life it had engendered. We are in that strange interregnum when the old order has collapsed and the new order is not yet born. The old order has failed; attempts to bail it out, to breathe new life into it or to somehow prop it back up are doomed to history's dustbin. A new global economic order is taking shape, but it is still conï¬ned within the brittle carapace of the old, with all of the outmoded, wasteful, oil-dependent, sprawling, unsustainable ways of life that went along with it.
The rise of a new economic and social order is a double-edged sword: it unleashes incredible energies, but it also causes tremendous hardships. We are in the midst of a painful and dangerous process, one that is full of unknowns; we tend to forget what a fraught and dangerous business childbirth is. My hope is that by understanding this new order, we can speed the transformation.
Still, that new order will not simply or automatically assert itself into existence. It will require new institutions, a new social compact, and a new way of life to bring it into being. We must turn our attention from a form of economic growth that is reflected in housing starts, automobile sales, energy consumption, and other crass material measures to a shared and sustainable prosperity that lifts human well-being and happiness across the board. We must shift from a way of life that valorizes consumption, in which we take our identities from the branded characteristics of the goods we purchase, to one that enables us to develop our talents and our individuality, ï¬nding purpose through our work and other meaningful kinds of activities. Our fledgling creative economy needs to give way to a fully creative society, one that is more just, more equitable, more sustainable, and more prosperous. Our economic future depends on it.
A great stumbling block in the United States has been the huge rise in inequality. Inequality reflects the stark divide in economic prospects between the classes — the demise of so many once high-paying Working Class jobs and the bifurcation of the labor market between higher-skilled, higher-wage Creative Class jobs and lower-skilled, lower-pay Service Class jobs in ï¬elds like food preparation, home health care, and retail sales, where more than 60 million Americans work, 45 percent of the labor force.
The United States is actually an outlier when it comes to inequality. Across most of the advanced nations, greater innovation and greater creativity tend to go hand in hand with lessinequality. A new social compact — a Creative Compact — can turn our Creative Economy into a just and Creative Society too, in which prosperity is widely shared. But this won't happen on its own. While driven and shaped by economic logic, the key institutions and initiatives of the future will be shaped, as they always have, by human agency. For better or for worse, they will be the products of political choices, which turn on political power.
The Creative Class stands at the forefront of what the political scientist Ronald Inglehart has termed the transition to a "post-materialist values" — a shift from values that accord priority to meeting immediate material needs to ones that stress belonging, self-expression, opportunity, environmental quality, diversity, community, and quality of life. Although there are certainly divisions within this new class and its members do not ï¬t neatly into the old left-right spectrum, its values are staunchly meritocratic. Many are offended by inequality of opportunity and repelled by a system that is rigged against so many. These attitudes and inclinations are political veins that can — and are — being tapped.
As the great historian Eric Hobsbawm noted, the Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street have more to do with the Creative Class than they do with traditional Working Class movements; as such they were harbingers of this new politics. "The traditional left was geared to a kind of society that is no longer in existence or is going out of business," he remarked. "It believed very largely in the mass labour movement as the carrier of the future. Well, we've been de-industrialised, so that's no longer possible. The most effective mass mobilisations today are those which start from a new modernised middle class, and particularly the enormously swollen body of students."
Like all periods of great change and transition, our times are fraught with difficulty, disruption, and challenge. But ultimately, I am optimistic. This time, perhaps for the ï¬rst time in human history, economic logic is on our side. Human creativity is the most spectacularly transformative force ever unleashed, and it is something that all of us can draw on to one degree or another. If the rise of this new order and new social class poses tremendous challenges, it carries the seeds of their resolution as well.
Over the next several weeks, I'll be sharing the key findings from Rise of the Creative Class, Revisited with Cities readers. Stay tuned.
Richard Florida is co-founder and editor at large at The Atlantic Cities. He's also a senior editor at The Atlantic and director of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management. He is a frequent speaker to communities, business and professional organizations, and founder of the Creative Class Group, whose current client list can be found here.


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Manvel basketball coach Greg Devers doesn't blame what happened Friday night after his Mavericks beat La Marque on the road on the game itself.
The Mavericks beat La Marque 60-45, but afterward Devers was punched in the face when he and his team were confronted by angry fans.
"There was an incident (during the game) when my 6-7 guy (Traylin Farris) got tangled up with one of their kids and I think he accidentally stepped on the guy," Devers said. "That's when they were trying to get my 6-7 guy – three guys attack him saying, 'We're going to get you cause you stepped on my cousin.'
"I was trying to hold my player back and help one of the mamas that hits the ground. I have one hand on her and one hand on my player – that's when the guy cold cocked me from the side. I'll be honest, everything was so blurry then because I had about three or four other guys that started hitting me in the back and so forth."
Devers said his trainer was following the game on Twitter and saw a tweet at halftime from a fan saying 'they were going to get the Manvel basketball team after the game.'
Three cars pulled up in front of the gym entrance after the game, Devers said. Like most visiting teams, Manvel stayed in the gym until their buses were out front, but the three cars were in the way.
"Those are the ones that came into the gym and the only cop there was outside trying to figure out who those three cars belonged to," he said.
Manvel, the state's fifth-ranked team in Class 4A, rallied in the second half to beat La Marque. Down 30-27 at halftime, the Mavericks outscored the Cougars 21-5 in the third quarter to take control. The teams meet again Feb. 14 at Manvel, and fans should expect extra security.
"The game was very well called," Devers said. "It had nothing to do with the game. The La Marque players shook our hands and they went to the locker room. After they went to the locker room, that's when all (heck) broke loose.
"It was an ugly incident. I feel sorry for my fans. We had a couple little kids there that had to witness that."


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Here is something interesting coming from the production company Poster that were kind enough to share some of their 3D work with us. Poster is a boutique studio founded one year ago in Buenos Aires, Argentina. They were hired from Santo, an Argentinian agency who also has a London office, to create 2 spots for Diesel Sneakers new campaign in 3D: "Diesel Sneakers. Not made for running (great for Kicking asses)." Below you can find download links for the 3D versions of these commercials, so you can download and watch them on your 3D PC and/or 3D HDTV. Both commercials are available in Side by Side format, with half horizontal resolution (squashed), so you will have to select 16:9 aspect ratio when opening them.
The first of those spots, the "Sneaker of the Future", directed by Sebastian Caporelli, was entirely made in 3D with Softimage and the final composition was made with After Effects. So it is completely computer generated animation that does not include live footage, thus not requiring the use of stereoscopic 3D cameras for filming, unlike the other one.
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The second one, "AssKicking Training Center", directed by Sebastian Sanchez was shot in Stereo 3D. They used the Freestyle camera Rig from p+s technik and 2 Red One cameras from the rental house Camaras y Luces for the shooting of the video. And since this was their first official experience with this rig, it was a big challenge. So they looked for some external expertise in the Stereoscopy field and they've met with met Sebastian Tolosa, a great stereoscopy fan who worked with them as Stereographer. For the finishing touches the help of Wolf VFX post production house was used, for helping out with the 3D titles and the final conforming of the pieces.
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WALTHAM, Mass. — The Brandeis University volleyball team celebrated their two seniors today, setter Yael Einhorn (Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill East) and outside hitter Si-Si Hensley (Fullerton, Calif./Troy), but the Judges were unable to pull out a victory in their final matches before the University Athletic Association championships next weekend. Brandeis fell to Endicott College, 3-0, in the opener of the tri-match, and took Connecticut College to the distance before falling, 3-2. The Judges are now 10-22 overall headed into the UAA championships.
In the opener against Endicott, Brandeis had more kills (42-37), digs (71-70) and service aces (7-6) than the visitors, but 27 Judge attacking errors to just 11 for the Gulls, plus a 10-2 margin in blocks made the difference. After dropping the first set, 25-21, the Judges had a chance to even the match when they jumped out to a 17-6 lead. They were ahead by nine at 21-12, when Endicott made a mad charge back into the match. The Gulls closed the set on a 14-3 run to escape with a 26-24 victory. In the final set, EC never trailed, scoring seven-straight points to break a 4-4 deadlock and rolling to the 25-18 win. The third set was especially painful for the Judges, as senior Einhorn was injured midway through the set.
For the match, Endicott senior Callie Dolan (Westford, Mass./Westford Acad.) led all players with 14 kills and had just three errors for a .306 hitting percentage. Brandeis junior outside hitter Liz Hood (Albuquerque, N.M./Albuquerque Acad.) had 12 kills and a .265 hitting percentage, while classmate Carly Gutner-Davis (Del Mar, Calif./Canyon Crest Acad.) had 10 kills and four errors in 20 attempts for a .300 percentage. Hensley had a match-high 21 digs, while EC's Erika Trudon (Coventry, Conn./Coventry) had 20. Hood added 18 digs and Dolan had 11, as each registered double-doubles. Rookie middle blocker Hayley Knapp (Valencia, Calif./Valencia) finished with six blocks (two solo). Einhorn finished with 25 assists for the Judges –she is fourth on the career list with 2550 - and sophomore Alleigh VandeMerkt (Riverside, Ill./Riverside Brookfield) had 32 for the visitors.
After Conn. College dispatched Endicott in three sets (25-19, 25-16, 25-17) in the middle match of the tri-match, the Judges and Camels played a two-hour marathon. The Camels held off Brandeis, 25-21, in the first set. In the second, the Judges took a 22-14 lead on three-straight kills by Hensley and hung on for a 25-20 win. The third set was reminiscent of the second set of the first match, as the Judges jumped out to a fast 11-2 lead, but Conn. College clawed back and completed the comeback for a 25-18 victory. Brandeis didn't go quietly in the fourth, however, bouncing back with a 25-22 win. In the fifth, however, the Camels scored five of the first six points, and though Brandeis fended off five match points when trailing 14-7, the Camels got a kill by rookie Ella Johnson (Seal Beach, Calif./Los Alamitos) to close out the match.
For the match, Hood led all players with 21 kills, her season-high and seventh career match with 20. She also had 12 digs, one of five Judges in double figures. Hensley also added a double-double performance with 14 kills and 11 digs, the 25 double-double of her career. Sophomore setter Maggie Swenson (East Lyme, Conn./East Lyme) matched a career-high with 50 assists, while junior libero Elsie Bernaiche (Plantsville, Conn./Southbury) was one dig shy of her season-high with 27.
Conn. College was led by Johnson, who had 12 kills and 13 digs. Sophomore Gabi Taylor (Austin, Texas/St. Stephen's Episcopal) had eight kills and 19 digs, while three other Camels had seven kills. Sophomore libero Jamie Balkin (Glencoe, Ill./Lake Forest Acad.) had 25 digs to pace the visitors while junior middle blocker Annelisa Hohl (Atherton, Calif./Menlo School) had six blocks, three solo.
Brandeis will host the UAA championship next weekend, with three of the top 25 teams in the nation - #6 Emory, #9 Washington University and #19 Chicago – in attendance. Brandeis will face WashU on Friday at noon in the quarterfinals.


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The U.S. government is putting finishing touches on a soccer field in Guantanamo Bay for prisoners, and several Republican congressmen are asking why American taxpayers are footing the $750,000 bill.
"These radicals should be doing hard time, not soccer time," Rep. Ted Poe, R-Humble, told his fellow House members this week. "Our government has no business building this tropical Caribbean recreation facility for terrorists. It's disrespectful and insulting to all who are victims of these killers."
The 28,000 square foot soccer field at Gitmo includes a walking track, security cameras, a razor wire fence and special passages that allow prisoners to access the field without military escort, Fox News reported.
Rear Admiral David Woods, the commander who oversees the camps, said the recreation facility is part of an effort to provide safe conditions and socialization for detainees. Woods said outdoor recreation encourages good behavior, which in turn improves working conditions for the guards, Fox News reported.
At the Department of Defense House Budget hearing Wednesday, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said he was not familiar with the project, Fox News reported.
Detainees will be able to use the field for 20 hours a day. "What follows, a terrorist soccer league?" Poe asked.


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To the rational mind, the notion of willingly depriving oneself of food for days on end seems illogical, at best. Basic biology, after all, dictates that calories are necessary to sustain everyday functioning and that low levels of, say, iron or potassium could throw off our physical health, possibly even dangerously so.
And yet, extreme dietary cleanses seem to have gripped the imaginations of even the most practical among us. Somewhere along the line, we bought into the idea that our bodies harbor toxins that need flushing out or that dropping weight via an all-liquid diet is someone medically sound.
So how have these regimens become so popular? What's so enticing about them? And do they actually do any good?
Kinds of cleanses
For anyone looking to embark on a cleanse, there's no shortage of options: juice fasts, water fasts, lemonade diets. A company called BluePrint Cleanse, for instance, sells three- to 10-days worth of juices made from ingredients such as kale, cashew nuts, apples and pineapples. Another, Ritual Cleanse, follows a similar program of organic raw juice, promising on its website potential benefits that include mental clarity, weight loss and increased sex drive.
For the star-struck among us, there are celebrity-endorsed cleanses. Gwyneth Paltrow, the incurably buoyant actress and mother of two, swears by the Clean Program, a 21-day eating plan consisting of a shake for breakfast and dinner, and a light lunch. Salma Hayek co-founded the Cooler Cleanse, a program that professes on its website: "Consuming only liquids for a few days frees energy in the body, which can then return to the essential jobs of deep inner cleansing and healing."
And then there's the Master Cleanse, which tells users to ingest only a mixture of water, lemons, cayenne pepper and maple syrup up to six times a day for 10 days.
The big draw
Teddy Bass, an L.A.-based personal trainer who works with celebrities, notes that one reason cleanses have caught on is because of our belief as a society in the lifestyles of the rich and famous.
"This is a fad-oriented society," he says. "If people read that someone got results from doing this for a certain amount of days, then they really want to do it."
Psychiatrist Megan Jones, director of the Healthy Body Image Program at Stanford University, adds that even those of us who might otherwise be above the hype can get ensnared in a clever marketing ploy — on the emphasis that cleanses place on "health."
"'Healthy' is becoming a pseudonym for 'dieting,'" she says. "The advertising industry is using health as a way of selling an unrealistic and unattainable ideal. For very smart, well-educated people, it's not socially acceptable to go on a diet." A cleanse, she adds, sounds more in line with taking care of one's body.
What the pros say
So is there anything healthy about a dietary cleanse? Dr. Adrienne Youdim, the medical director of the Weight Loss Center atCedars-Sinai Medical Centerin Los Angeles, doesn't think so.
To begin with, she says, our bodies are equipped with everything they need to rid themselves of bacteria, chemicals or viruses.
"The body actually has a very intricate way of detoxing on its own," she says. "Our liver is designed to clear toxins out of the body. Our kidneys are designed to clear toxins out of the body. Our gastrointestinal tract itself has mechanisms to clear toxins from the body. There really isn't any reputable science to suggest that there is any health benefit" to cleanses.
As for the weight loss promised by a week of liquid dieting, Youdim notes that any poundage shed on a cleanse is likely to be temporary. What's more, she adds, cleanses done repeatedly might actually cause the practitioner to gain weight in the long run.
"The weight loss is often not the kind of weight that you want to lose," she says. "You may be losing lean mass, and when that comes back it comes back as fat. If these are done recurrently, the long term would be changing your body composition for a higher percent of body fat."
So why do it?
The question remains, then, as to whether cleansers know that there isn't much science behind their diets and do them anyway, don't know about the lack of science at all or simply don't care about the science.
In an essay for the website Thought Catalog, editor Ryan O'Connell describes his attempt at the Ritual Cleanse. He decided to try the juice fast, he says, after reading another writer's account of it. But O'Connell, 25, harbored no illusions about the health benefits of the cleanse.
"Let's not get it twisted — it's total crap," he said. "It's starvation nation. It was more of a personal goal, like, 'let me see if I can do this.'"
Vogue food critic Jeffrey Steingarten, who embarked on the Master Cleanse and documented his experiences in an article in the magazine's May 2012 issue, had entirely different reasons for trying the cleanse. After picking up a particularly persistent stomach bug while sampling Southern food, he decided to try to flush his system.
He decided on the Master Cleanse, he says, only after realizing that juice fasts consist of more of what he calls "bitter" kale juice than sweet, tropical beverages.
"They encourage you to drink green juice, and it is really awful," he said. "Once I knew I couldn't just drink piles of pineapple juice and apple juice, I decided I would do the Master Cleanse."
The verdict
Both Steingarten, 70, and O'Connell reported being miserable throughout their cleanses. After two days, O'Connell said, he all but gave up.
"I think I had Stockholm syndrome," he says. "I was so hungry, and the next day I had trouble writing — I couldn't do my job. They say it makes you focus, and I'm like, 'Focus on what? Food?'"
Steingarten adds that he lost a certain sense of joy as the days wore on.
"Food kind of accompanies me on my journey through life, especially given my profession, on my journey as a food writer," he says. "One loses that source of happiness."
The experience is in keeping with what Youdim would expect. "The potential side effects include being irritable, having anxiety or insomnia, and some physical discomfort," she said.
But while O'Connell said that he would never go back to it — "I betrayed my body; I took it down a dark path and I would never disrespect it like that again," he says — Steingarten, who has appeared frequently as a judge on shows like "Iron Chef America" and says he lost four pounds on Master Cleanse, felt differently.
"I'm considering doing it again for various professional reasons," he said. "I have some television I have to do, and I wouldn't mind looking skinnier. Talk shows, news shows, panels — they don't like showing fat people."


text: As much as we would like to believe that the Cardinals air attack will continue to dominate, we need to come to grips with one small fact: Matt Leinart is not Kurt Warner. Leinart's ability to start in the NFL (including his maturity and leadership) is simply an untested hypothesis at this point. Count me among the believers that the past few years behind a Hall of Fame QB have produced a different Leinart than we saw start under Dennis Green. But let us also be realistic. Kurt Warner kept the Cardinals competitive with his ability to make plays with his arm. His ability to read the field was a bit under appreciated, in part because so much credit was attributed to his talented receiving corps. Leinart will not be able to make those plays yet. Offensive production will have to come from somewhere else and the defense will have to make sure that "track meet" games are a thing of the past. The running game will bear the bulk of the offensive burden as the Cardinals will undoubtedly shift to a more traditional balance of run/pass plays. Call it "Steelers football" or smashmouth football, but expect the demand placed on Matt to be closer to that of Joe Flacco rather than Joe Montana. With Warner at the helm and Fitzgerald/Boldin at WR, it was easy to feel like the Cardinals were never that far out of a game. If the Cardinals have any chance of taking the division next year, it will be behind a more disciplined and conservative brand of football - offensively and defensively.


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Fulton County, created from DeKalb County in 1853, spread out in its strange, elongated shape by absorbing the counties of Milton (to the north) and Campbell (to the south) during the Great Depression. It is named for Robert Fulton, inventor of the steam-driven boat.
Atlanta, the county seat and state capital, flourished as the terminal point on an early railroad; fittingly, residents initially called the city Terminus. Later, residents changed the city's name to Marthasville as a compliment to Governor Wilson Lumpkin's daughter.