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Men's field hockey, as Stefan Fatsis explains on this week's excerpt from Slate's Hang Up and Listen podcast, will be one hell of a trip in the 2012 Olympics, even though the USA isn't playing.
There'll be the usual quirks of men's field hockey: the gender-bending aspect—we're used to girls in skirts but find big dudes—and the playing surface—it's real astroturf (and blue, too, like Boise State!), so the game is ultra-fast. But this time around there's some serious geopolitical intrigue at stake. Britain and Argentina will clash and reignite a three-decades-old feud over the Falklands. This will be great. Listen up.
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Celebrating 2014 and thinking 2015: Signing day at Penn State
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — As the clock strikes 7 a.m. and the sun begins to peek through the snowflakes blanketing this town, James Franklin slides into a chair at the end of a long table inside the Lasch building. In front of him, a cup of coffee beckons, his iPad blinks and his color-coded binder sits still. Behind him, donors and members of the Penn State athletic department wait expectantly. Franklin is calm.
Penn State's magnetic signing day board stands empty along the wall. There are numbers counting out the Nittany Lions' 20-man class (plus its five early enrollees), but no names. Not yet.
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The first name is Jason Cabinda, whose national letter of intent is faxed in and cleared by compliance by 7:08 a.m. Charles Huff, Penn State's special teams coordinator and running backs coach goes to a podium and, voice booming, announces Cabinda's signing as "the first pick of the Nittany Lions' National Signing Day draft." Cheers ring out through the crowd, and Franklin picks up a magnet with Cabinda's name on it and places it on the board next to No. 1.
As the following signees' names are announced, various people in attendance – from donors to members of Penn State's cheerleading squad to Franklin's young daughters – place magnets on the big board. Each time, Franklin goes up to the board afterwards and straightens the magnet just so.
The fourth time he does it, he points it out himself and laughs. His assistants predicted this would happen. "He fixed my magnet," athletic director David Joyner says, laughing. "(Everyone here) said it about mine, they said, 'He's going to fix it.' "
And he does, a fitting snapshot of this detail-oriented coach who jokes that he's a little OCD. Assistant head coach Brent Pry says he's seen Franklin fixing hangers so that jerseys all face the same way when they're on display in the locker room.
"I think success is in the details," Franklin says. "We truly believe, if you do the little things well, the big things will take care of themselves. If you play offensive line and you're willing to go out and work on your footwork – that the average fan doesn't understand or appreciate – that's what's going to allow you to be successful.
"That's the approach we take with this program."
Penn State granted USA TODAY Sports unprecedented access to observe how national signing day works from within the coaches' offices as Franklin's staff pieced together its first recruiting class with little more than three weeks on the job.
"We were pretty confident that the guys that we thought were going to sign were going to sign," says Franklin, whose 2014 class ranks 24th nationally. "Luckily, it played out that way so there wasn't a whole lot of drama. I don't like drama."
Instead, Franklin likes celebration.
Just as he did at Vanderbilt, he's turned signing day into quite the production. The "war room" where festivities are held features a long table for coaches to sit at – littered with cell phones and binders – and cocktail tables in the back for invited guests. There are platters of hot breakfast food, and even an omelet station.
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"He suggested it, and he'd done similar things at Vanderbilt," Joyner says. "We thought it was a great idea, so we jumped in, too."
Five televisions face Franklin's seat at the table, so each time a player signs, everyone can see his highlight reel. Franklin also uses FaceTime to talk to signed players, allowing them to hear the cheers from the program's supporters and see their name get added to the magnetic board.
Each time Franklin receives word that a fax is in, he takes out his red pen and underlines that player's name on his scholarship distribution chart. Never far from mind, targets for the class of 2015 are listed below the current class.
"There's always anxiety until the last fax comes in, because you never know," defensive line coach Sean Spencer says. "But we tried to make the atmosphere the same way we coach. We're very open. We have a lot of fun. We work, but we have a lot of fun with it. When you can show the public and the people who come in and support you what you're all about, I think it's awesome."
When Franklin was hired to replace Bill O'Brien on Jan. 11, he inherited about 60% of the recruiting class he's got now; he didn't lose many guys in the transfer outside of Brooklyn, N.Y., defensive tackle Thomas Holley, who left after O'Brien's departure and went to Florida.
Franklin then brought along five recruits who had initially committed to him at Vanderbilt. Seven Commodores assistants came, too.
Watching ESPNU's signing day special, Franklin's ears perk up when he hears the analysts discussing whether or not players should commit to a school or a coach. Former Oregon coach Mike Bellotti says recruiting is more about relationships and people than institutions. "Tell him, Bellotti!" Franklin shouts out.
Franklin flipped four-star wide receiver Saeed Blacknall from Rutgers to Penn State, and he added a few more recruits in recent days to fill out the NCAA-mandated 20-player class, including four-star defensive back Koa Farmer and a pair from Alabama -- Christian Campbell and Torrence Brown – who committed in the final 48 hours before signing day.
"It was a scramble," says offensive recruiting coordinator Josh Gattis, who also coaches wide receivers. "We got the job two weeks ago, so we had to come in and not only identify areas of need as far as recruiting but to also maintain the class that was already put together. Coach O'Brien did a great job recruiting some talented players that we were able to hold onto."
Franklin took over the Penn State program in the midst of NCAA sanctions stemming from the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. The Nittany Lions are halfway through their four-year bowl ban, and they are operating on the following timeline: 75 scholarship players for the 2014 season, 80 in 2015 and the full allotment of 85 in 2016. Penn State's five current early-enrollees count back against last year's class.
Franklin calls the limited scholarships a "challenge," but an exciting one. He also admits that the sanctions have come up, "because people use it against us in negative recruiting.
"But like always, we're just going to be open and honest and direct and answer the questions and move on," he says. "That's really outside of our control."
Midway through the morning, there's a bit of commotion coming from the podium, where Franklin's daughters are set to announce the 19th signee. Five-year-old Addy has pulled out a loose tooth, it appears. ("She's been working on that thing forever," says Fumi Franklin, Franklin's wife, before pocketing the tooth.) Addy raises her arms in victory and playfully grabs the tooth of the Nittany Lion mascot. Minutes later, she takes a selfie with an iPhone to see how her new smile looks. She likes it.
She and her older sister, Shola, announce the 19th signee, running back Mark Allen from Hyattsville, Md., before they put on their winter coats and leave with their mother. They're house hunting today.
"Go find a house," Franklin tells each of his girls. "Go find a house."
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He says later he and his wife originally planned to have their daughters finish out the school year in Nashville, but their timetable has moved up.
"We've never been apart from one another as a family," he says. "I'm very close with my daughters. They come and have lunch with me or stop by at the end of school everyday. I think that's been something that's been really important to us. … Hopefully we find a house today, seal the deal and get them moved here."
The demands of coaching are myriad, particularly when taking over a new program. Consider the schedules of these coaches the last few weeks during their frenetic recruiting push: assistants estimate they've spent five or six nights total in State College. Everything else since mid-January is a blur of planes, cars and hotel rooms. "I woke up one day, went downstairs to get a cup of coffee and forgot my room number," Spencer says.
So, as Franklin preaches, little things matter – like bringing his family up here as soon as possible.
"Although we work a lot of hours, there's nothing like raising a family on a college campus," he says. "All the football players will be their uncles. They kind of had the whole football team around their finger at Vanderbilt, and I think that'll be the case here."
Franklin is handed a phone.
He's not even done with the morning's festivities and already he's focused on what's next.
He's talking to a recruit from the Class of 2015. By late afternoon, he'll have talked to plenty more. He knows that class, his first full one at Penn State, will be critical to his success here.
Franklin and his staff boast many ties to the region, another focal point moving forward. For example, Franklin grew up just outside of Philadelphia and played at East Stroudsburg. Terry Smith, his defensive recruiting coordinator and cornerbacks coach, played at Penn State before coaching high school football near Pittsburgh for a decade and coaching wide receivers last season at Temple.
Franklin considers the states within a six-hour drive from Penn State prime recruiting ground, and says they are important moving forward, anywhere from New York to North Carolina. He points out cities that can fly directly to State College: Detroit, Chicago, Philly and D.C. But most important, he's keeping a bullseye on Pennsylvania. None of the state's top 10 players signed with Penn State this year.
So even on a day of celebration, one spent lauding a class that will bring depth to the quarterback position, weapons to the wide receiving corps and flexibility defensively, Franklin isn't satisfied.
"For anyone to think we've solved all of our issues this year, we haven't," Franklin says. "We still have major holes in the roster, but that's a positive because it's going to allow us to go out and sell playing time in the future."
Another phone rings. An assistant coach hands it to him.
Franklin, grabbing the phone and ducking into his office, says, "You're going to look so good in blue and white."


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Our game group just did a 100th anniversary Jutland game in 1:6000 scale (which thanks to the pre-game map manuevering turned out really to be the Second Battle of Dogger Bank, as that's where the two fleets finally made contact in a chaotic night battle), and a question came up. For the guns under 6" and weak guns, the rules state a natural '6' is a hit at under 10" range. We're not sure how to apply that. For extreme cases where the final hit number would otherwise go above 6+ (i.e., 6" secondaries firing at night at an enemy destroyer already fired on by others), does that rule mean that the hit number never goes above 6+ so the dice are not halved at all, or does it mean that the firing vessel will get 1 die that hits on a '6' even if otherwise the halving would reduce the AD to zero? For example. suppose you have 2 attack dice of a regular crewed cruiser's secondaries firing at a destroyer under 10" range at night, and this is the second ship to fire at that destroyer. So base hit number gets +1 for night, and +1 for the target already being fired at this turn, giving an 8+ hit number. Ordinarily, that would mean that the attack dice would be halved twice, going to half a die which would round down to no attack dice. How many attack dice should the secondaries actually get?
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Developer New Urban West has proposed an upscale 60-home subdivision on 43 acres of southern Escondido farmland just north of Felicita Park and west of Interstate 15.
Neighborhood opposition killed a similar subdivision proposed 13 years ago in the same area. But city and New Urban West officials said the new plan does a better job of preserving the area's rural charm.
"There would be a significant amount of open space and trees," said Tom Zanic, senior vice president of New Urban West. "The character of the project would be tailored to the area."
The proposal would create a small public park around the area's popular duck pond, add hiking trails and avoid realigning Felicita Avenue, Hamilton Lane and other nearby roads.
"The concept looks pretty attractive," said Barbara Redlitz, the city's planning chief. "It really has the potential for some great amenities for the public."
It's not looking attractive for at least one nearby resident, however. Yolanda Fleet was among several dozen people who helped defeat a similar subdivision in 2000, and she said she also plans to fight this one.
"So many people moved here for a quiet and rural atmosphere, but we're trying too hard to turn
Escondido into a city," she said. "The people just want to be left alone."
Fleet also said the planned public park wouldn't allow the developer to avoid forcing out the area's animals and lush foliage.
"Where is the wildlife going to go?" she said. "Isolated areas have much less value than a large connected area."
Zanic said other residents have expressed more support during recent meetings New Urban West has held with nearly 40 families in the area.
He also said many of the design concepts are based on feedback that Standard Pacific Homes and the city received 13 years ago.
An example would be complaints that Standard Pacific wanted to realign Felicita, eliminating its curves.
"We tried to figure out what they hated, and we eliminated those things," he said.
Former City Councilman Dick Daniels, who lives less than a mile away, said he was upbeat about the new proposal.
"This is a semirural setting, but it's residential," he said. "These homes would fit well with the homes already here. And this would maintain the area's rustic and rural character, which isn't always defined by undeveloped land."
The subdivision, called Oak Creek in the New Urban West proposal, would also help the city achieve its goal of annexing the many pockets of county land within the city's borders.
The developer wants the project annexed into the city so residents would have sewer connections instead of septic systems. In addition, they would be served by Escondido police instead of the Sheriff's Department.
The subdivision would also increase Escondido's median income, which is the lowest of any city in North County, and boost city property taxes. Zanic estimated the homes in Oak Creek would sell for somewhere between $700,000 and $800,000 each.
New Urban West officials won't start designing the homes until they get city approval for the annexation, he said.
43 acres of farmland would be developed under plan by New Urban West
The first residents wouldn't move into the new homes until 2015 at the earliest, Zanic said.
County and city officials must approve the annexation, an environmental analysis must be completed and construction would take roughly a year, he said.
Redlitz, the city planning chief, said she was optimistic New Urban West could overcome any hurdles facing the project.
The Santa Monica-based developer has built two other subdivisions in the Escondido area: Brookside in north Escondido and Ranchos at Vistamonte in the San Pasqual Valley near the Safari Park.


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The mission of the American Sleep Medicine Foundation (ASMF) is to enhance sleep health for all through research, education, and humanitarian aid. This mission is accomplished by supporting entry of young physicians and scientists into sleep research and academic sleep medicine, funding strategic research, and educating investigators and the public about the impact of sleep and sleep disorders on the health of individuals as well as public safety. Over recent years, the Foundation has supported these objectives via grants averaging almost one million dollars per year put towards Physician Scientist Training awards, Junior Faculty Research awards, Strategic Research awards, and Strategic Educational Project awards, as well as a High School sleep essay contest.
The ASMF also coordinated over $65,000 of donations during recent natural disasters, by establishing the Hurricane Katrina Disaster Relief Fund and the Haiti Relief Fund. While donations to help victims of sporadic natural disasters clearly meets the humanitarian mission of the foundation, there is also a need to serve ongoing humanitarian issues surrounding sleep health, in particular as this relates to individuals with poor access to health care. There is a growing awareness that poverty and social disadvantage are associated with "sleep disparity" and that sleep problems have a disproportionate impact on those living in poverty. Sleep disturbance and sleep disorders are thought to be more common among individuals of lower socioeconomic status (SES), or with poor access to health care. Although the literature is not extensive, several studies indicate that children from lower SES backgrounds are particularly at risk for the negative effects of sleep disorders.1–3 Lower SES appears to be a risk factor for obstructive sleep apnea in children.2,4 Adults from lower SES experience shorter sleep duration and quality,5–7 a higher prevalence of hypersomnia,8 and a higher prevalence of insomnia.9 Unemployed individuals or those unable to work are significantly more likely to report unintentional daytime sleep, and those unable to work are also more likely to obtain less than seven hours of sleep compared with the employed population.10
Sleep deprivation and chronic sleep disorders are known to cause or represent predisposing or perpetuating influences that contribute to behavioral and performance deficits in children and adolescents. Unfortunately, socially and economically disadvantaged groups often have the greatest barriers to health care access. Our diagnostic and treatment capabilities in sleep medicine have improved greatly, yet many interventions for sleep disorders require economic resources that are out of reach for some patients. With accumulating evidence that sleep problems and disorders are more common in those living in poverty, in less educated groups, and in those with social disadvantage, the Foundation realized that an opportunity exists to provide assistance and support to groups that experience health disparities.
Thus, the ASMF recently created the Humanitarian Projects Award program to support projects that address sleep problems or educational needs in disadvantaged populations. The Foundation was particularly interested in supporting projects that develop or promote novel approaches to address human suffering in underserved populations as it relates to inadequate or non-restorative sleep or sleep disorders in disadvantaged groups, and to support models that could be potentially transferred to and benefit other communities.
The ASMF Board of Directors approved the Humanitarian Projects award program in 2010 with an initial investment of $60,000. The Foundation received 22 proposals during the inaugural application period. Applications were accepted from individuals, academic institutions, healthcare providers, hospitals, schools, and non-profit community or civic groups. Proposals were creative, responsive to one or more of the objectives of the program, and often showed strong potential for replication in other settings. Most applications involved collaborative projects that integrated the efforts and resources of more than one organization. Proposals included projects focused on adult and pediatric populations, education, and treatment issues such as provision of refurbished CPAP machines to disadvantaged individuals. The ASMF established a grant review committee to review and rank proposals, and the following four proposals were selected for funding:
Early Childhood Sleep Program, by Sweet Dreamzz, Inc. Aim: to improve the health and well-being and subsequent academic performance of low-income preschoolers in urban Detroit, Michigan, through provision of sleep education and nighttime essentials. Target audiences: Head Start teachers, preschool students, and parents/guardians.
Improving the Sleep of Children Victimized by Violence, by Case Western Reserve University, Reena Mehra, M.D., and James Spilsbury, Ph.D. Aim: to improve the capacity of social work staff to address sleep-related issues of client families and to improve sleep environments of 450 children and parents victimized by violence by providing durable, portable bedding materials. Target population: children and parents from low income families who have been victimized by domestic violence who are being served by a community-based mental health agency in Cleveland, Ohio.
Sleeping Children Around the World 2011/2012 Bed Kit Distribution, by Sleeping Children Around the World and Judy Owens, M.D., M.P.H. Aim: to provide bed kits and other items needed to facilitate a good night's sleep to help underprivileged children face the challenges of a new day. Target population: underprivileged children and youth in developing countries who can benefit from receipt of a bed kit.
Project NIGHTS (Nurturing and Inspiring Good Habits in Teen Sleep), by It's Your Life Foundation and Salim Surani, M.D. Aim: to educate teenagers from indigent families about the significance of sleep, sleep hygiene, and risks associated with inadequate sleep by creating a multimedia presentation to explain these concepts. Target population: predominantly impoverished Hispanic adolescents in Corpus Christi, Texas.
These awards have proven timely as the importance of sleep health disparities in the US was recently highlighted at a 2011 National Heart Lung and Blood Institute workshop entitled "Reducing Health Disparities: The Role of Sleep Deficiency and Sleep Disorders" with the goals of: a) identifying differences in sleep health associated with ethnicity/race and socioeconomic factors; and b) identifying knowledge gaps needed to improve health disparities. The ASMF expects that proposals will: (1) serve a specific target population; (2) have a measurable impact on sleep, sleep habits, or access to sleep medical services; and (3) represent successful models that can be replicated in other settings. The Foundation is proud to make this initial investment, yet recognizes that these awards are modest given the immense scope of sleep disparities in the community. By coincidence, these initial awards have targeted sleep health in children, whereas there are clearly similar problems in adults that need to be tackled. Careful evaluation of impact and outcomes will be important in refining the objectives of the program in future years. The Foundation is optimistic that the Humanitarian Awards program can be expanded as donations from individuals and organizations grow. The ASMF is uniquely positioned to leverage contributions to maximize impact in target populations, and the Foundation's overarching objective for the Humanitarian Projects award is to fundamentally alter how sleep medicine addresses human suffering as it relates to sleep, poverty, and other forms of social disadvantage.
The history of sleep medicine is firmly rooted in a holistic model of health and disease, and humanitarian efforts are a natural extension of this perspective. The ASMF Humanitarian Projects Award represents an excellent mechanism to address vital issues regarding sleep health disparities. The ASMF wishes to express our sincere appreciation to those who submitted proposals to this inaugural program, and we encourage our colleagues to join us in supporting this worthy initiative, which we hope will expand in the coming years.
Learn more about the ASMF or make a donation by visiting www.discoversleep.org.
The authors have indicated no financial conflicts of interest.
Wise MS; Morgenthaler T; Badr S; Gruber R; Redline S; Shea SA. Health disparities in sleep medicine: responses to the American Sleep Medicine Foundation humanitarian projects award program. J Clin Sleep Med 2011;7(6):583-584.
Roberts RE, Roberts CR, Chen IG, authors. Ethnocultural differences in sleep complaints among adolescents. J Nerv Ment Dis. 2000;188:222–9. [PubMed]
Spilsbury JC, Storfer-Isser A, Kirchner HL, et al., authors. Neighborhood disadvantage as a risk factor for pediatric obstructive sleep apnea. J Pediatr. 2006;149:342–7. [PubMed]
Stein MA, Mendelsohn J, Obermeyer WH, et al., authors. Sleep and behavior problems in school-aged children. Pediatrics. 2001;107:E60[PubMed]
Brouillette RT, Horwood L, Constantin E, et al., authors. Childhood sleep apnea and neighborhood disadvantage. J Pediatr. 2011;158:789–95.e1. [PubMed]
Sickel AE, Moore PJ, Adler NE, et al., authors. The differential effects of sleep quality and quantity on the relationship between SES and health. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1999;896:431–4. [PubMed]
Hall M, Bromberger J, Matthews K, authors. Socioeconomic status as a correlate of sleep in African-American and Caucasian women. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1999;896:427–30. [PubMed]
Hall MH, Matthews KA, Kravitz HM, et al., authors. Race and financial strain are independent correlates of sleep in midlife women: the SWAN sleep study. Sleep. 2009;32:73–82. [PubMed Central][PubMed]
Decker MJ, Lin JM, Tabassum H, et al., authors. Hypersomnolence and sleep-related complaints in metropolitan, urban, and rural Georgia. Am J Epidemiol. 2009;169:435–43. [PubMed Central][PubMed]
Bixler EO, Kales A, Soldatos CR, et al., authors. Prevalence of sleep disorders in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. Am J Psychiatry. 1979;136:1257–62. [PubMed]
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We live in a authoritative, repressive police state. Every state.
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And Im sure until November 5th, 2014 no one is going to do much. And Im sure that magical day of voting, the overwhelming vast majority will put all the same characters right back in their thrones to lead them again.
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HP Open 2012 was held in Osaka, Japan from October 8th to 14th. It was the last WTA tournament of the season for Kimiko Date-Krumm (S-FIT), and she advanced to the final in women's doubles.
No. 4 seeds Kimiko and her partner Heather Watson defeated No. 2 seeds Zheng Jie (EZONE Xi 98, PTGSPN) and Anabel Medina Garrigues by 6-3 4-6 [10-8] in the semifinals. Kimiko was the tournament's doubles finalist two years in a row, although the fourth seeded pair lost in the final against the first seeded pair Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears by 6-1 6-4.
After this tournament, Kimiko will leave for Europe to play in two ITF tournaments in France.
This week there are two WTA tournaments in Europe. Caroline Wozniacki (VCORE Xi 100), Ana Ivanovic (EZONE Xi 98) and Maria Kirilenko (EZONE Xi 98, PTGP125) will compete at the Kremlin Cup 2012 in Moscow, and Sabine Lisicki (VCORE Tour 97) will play in the BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open.
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HP Open 2012 [Women's Doubles / Final]
[1]Raquel Kops-Jones (USA) / Abigail Spears (USA) def. [4]Kimiko Date-Krumm (S-FIT)(JPN) / Heather Watson (GBR) 6-1 6-4
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Why Women Make Better Cops, Doctors and World Leaders
Ask any married couple which spouse remembers family birthdays, when the car is due for an oil change and the name of that great restaurant they went to last week, and chances are both will say it's the wife who serves as the pair's memory.
While many a wife may chalk this up to their husband's laziness, remembering detailed information may just be one of the many things that women naturally are better at than men, at least according to a new book called "Man Down: Proof Beyond a Reasonable Doubt that Women are Better Cops, Drivers, Gamblers, Spies, World Leaders, Beer Tasters, Hedge Fund Managers, and Just About Everything Else," by Dan (yep, he's a guy) Abrams, a legal analyst for NBC News and columnist for Men's Health magazine.
In his book, Abrams provides hundreds of studies and statistics to back up his claims that women best men in a lot of areas. Some -- like memory -- were already suspected, while others -- like driving -- were more surprising, considering the common view is to the contrary.
Yet perhaps some of the most surprising statistics in the book were those applicable to career. As the book's title mentions, studies show that women actually make better cops, hedge fund managers and world leaders, but also newscasters and doctors. Here's the proof, according to Abrams' research.
1. Police officers
A 2004 study on police brutality and corruption conducted at the University of Maribor in Slovenia found that female police officers were less tolerant of immoral behavior than their male counterparts. Additionally, out of the $66.3 million that Los Angeles had to pay in settlements for police-brutality lawsuits, nearly 96 percent were due to the actions of male officers.
2. Hedge fund managers
Yes, according to data appearing in Institutional Investor magazine, an international finance publication, women are the MVPs of this boys' club. The study, conducted by Hedge Fund Research, a firm that provides analysis on the industry, found that from January 2000 through May 2009, female hedge fund managers "produced average annualized returns of 9 percent, versus 5.82 percent for the men."
3. World leaders
The results of a survey on essential leadership skills conducted by the Pew Research Center overwhelmingly favored women. In the survey, 2,250 participants "ranked men or women as superior in eight different categories of political aptitude deemed 'very important or absolutely essential' to leadership.' " The results? Women came out on top in five of the eight categories, and tied men in two.
4. Newscasters
A 2008 study in Switzerland, in which subjects watched real newscasts and then filled out questionnaires on what they'd seen, showed that people perceived the news as more credible when it was read by a woman. That may have something to do with the fact that women now account for 64 percent of newscasters in Switzerland. In the U.S, more than 50 percent of newscasters are now women, compared to just 13 percent 30 years ago.
5. Doctors
A 2010 study by the American Medical Association found that male doctors were twice as likely to be sued as female doctors. Another study on medical performance by the British government found that out of all the doctors and dentists investigated for medical misconduct, only 20 percent of those required to go through a more thorough investigation were women.
One last thing that bodes well for women in the workforce? They also make better students. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that, for every 100 men than graduate college, 185 women do. According to The National Survey of Student Engagement, a study conducted in 2005, this is due to the fact that women are less likely to skip class and turn in assignments late than men are, and they're also less likely to drop out.
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The Latvian capital Riga was named European Capital of Culture for 2014, but it gave birth to one of its greatest cultural exports in 1976. It was home to Elīna Garanča, who was born into a musical family and entered the Latvian Academy of Music at the age of 20. She was soon on the way to becoming one of the world's most outstanding mezzo sopranos. She started as she meant to go on: while she was still a student she stepped in at just ten days' notice to perform the role of Giovanna Seymour in Donizetti's Anna Bolena, uncovering a love affair with the bel canto repertoire which has seen her through countless breathtaking performances.
When she graduated from the Academy she joined the Meiningen Staatstheater in Germany, appeared as a resident artist with the Frankfurt Opera, sang at the Savonlinna Opera Festival, was a finalist in the 2001 BBC's Cardiff Singer of the World Competition and won the Mirjam Helin Singing Competition in Finland. Her path was set.
She consolidated her career singing at the Vienna State Opera, the Salzburg Festival, the Helsinki Opera's Rossini Festival, in Paris, Aix-en-Provence, Lucerne and Graz, and in 2003 made a guest appearance for Deutsche Grammophon when she joined Anna Netrebko in a scene and cavatina from Lucia di Lammermoor on Netrebko's debut album 'Opera Arias'.
In 2005 her extraordinary gifts were recognised with an exclusive contract from the Yellow Label. Her first solo recording "Aria Cantilena" came in 2007, winning great acclaim and an Echo Klassik Singer of the Year award. She followed it with "Bel Canto" in 2009, winning another Echo Klassik award and a BBC Music Magazine Award, "Habanera" in 2010 and "Romantique" in 2012, which also won an Echo Klassik award. Again, critics and music-lovers alike were bowled over by her vocal agility, dramatic presence and the sheer beauty of her voice. The Boston Globe wrote: "… she demonstrates why critics have been spilling superlatives in describing her performances." She has also contributed to many opera releases, including Carmen, Anna Bolena, La Cenerentola and Bellini's I Capuleti e i Montecchi.
On stage her most celebrated roles have included Annio in La clemenza di Tito, Charlotte in Werther, Dorabella in Così fan tutte, Sesto in La clemenza di Tito and Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia.
With growing acclaim for her stage appearances and a fast growing discography, Elīna Garanča is in ever more demand. She made her house debut at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in 2007, her Metropolitan Opera debut the following year. The New York Times went into overdrive: "Ms. Garanča has all the goods: musicality, technique, voice, confidence, smarts, dramatic range – and movie-star looks. She practically defines 'can't miss'. And in her Met debut on Saturday night, she did not miss . . ."
In 2009 she returned to Covent Garden in the title role of Bizet's Carmen, then starred in a new production of the work at the Metropolitan Opera in New York which was broadcast in more than one thousand cinemas worldwide. She was named Musical America's Vocalist of the Year 2010 and won the MIDEM Classical Award as Singer of the Year. In 2013, Garanča became one of the youngest recipients of the Vienna State Opera's "Kammersängerin" award, marking her 140 performances of 18 roles since her debut in the house in 2003.
In 2014 she will be singing in Donizetti's La favorita at the Salzburg Festival, Berlioz' La damnation de Faust at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and Bellini's I Capuleti e i Montecchi at the Bayerische Staatsoper and also in Baden-Baden. In addition to her opera schedule she is also busy on the concert stage. During 2014 she appears in Salzburg to sing Verdi's "Libera me" from the Requiem and in Rossini's Stabat mater at the Grosses Festspielhaus and tours Europe, singing in Amsterdam, Oviedo, Berlin, Paris, Vienna, London, Hamburg, Munich and Lucerne, and elsewhere.
While she has made such a mark on the musical world, Elīna Garanča is someone who also lives life to the full, a quality which is eloquently reflected in the depth of understanding in her singing. In January 2014 she announced the birth of her second daughter, saying "we embrace the future full of joy and new experiences". Her quiet satisfaction with life is reflected in Meditation, a new album to be released in September 2014. A programme spanning 400 years of sacred and spiritual music, it reflects a true sense of inner peace and fulfilment, she says: "My life is so happy that I feel infinite gratitude: for my colleagues, my family, my voice – and for all the great composers."


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after rehab, knee and hip patients keep improving
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[February 18, 2014]
By Kathleen Raven
NEW YORK (Reuters Health)
— People who have had a
knee or hip replacement reap the benefits of intense rehab months
after they've returned home, according to a new analysis.
"If you can get patients to a certain threshold
level, they can do the rest of the rehabilitation on their own,"
coauthor Kenneth Ottenbacher told Reuters Health.
"In a sense, these patients become their own physical therapists,"
he said.
Ottenbacher directs the Center for Rehabilitation Sciences at The
University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston.
He and his team analyzed data from 12,199 U.S. patients who
underwent knee or hip replacement between 2008 and 2010. They were
all living independently before surgery and were treated at
inpatient rehab facilities after the procedure.
Patients were 71 years old, on average, and most were female and
The researchers gathered information on patients' ability to
function at three time points: when they were admitted for surgery,
when they were discharged from the rehab center and three to six
months after discharge.
The functional measures covered everything from eating, bathing and
climbing stairs to memory. Criteria were scored on a scale of 1 to
7, with higher numbers representing better functioning.
When it came to their ability to move around, patients entered
surgery with an average score of 1.6 on that scale. That improved to
4.2 at discharge and 5.6 a few months later.
Because of high costs, not all hip and knee replacement patients can
be referred to inpatient rehabilitation facilities with constant
doctor oversight and intense one-on-one care.
"Generally the patients who get referred to these facilities are
having other health problems," Ottenbacher said, like diabetes or
heart disease.
Patients in his team's study typically entered surgery with multiple
complicating health problems.
"I think this study confirms that acute rehab is a good investment,"
Dr. Robert Bunning told Reuters Health.
Bunning directs the arthritis program at MedStar National
Rehabilitation Hospital in Washington, D.C., and was not involved
with the new study.
Hip and knee replacements are common procedures for older patients
that will only increase as the population ages, and hospitals want
to know how to do these surgeries most efficiently and cheaply,
Bunning said.
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In 2010, a total of 719,000 knee and 332,000 hip replacement
surgeries were performed in the U.S., according to the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
Meanwhile, research presented at the American Academy of Orthopedic
Surgeons annual meeting in 2013 predicted first-time knee
replacements will increase 673 percent to 3.5 million by 2030. In
the same time period, hip replacements are expected to jump 174
percent, researchers led by Steven M. Kurtz of Drexel University in
Philadelphia found.
"The cost of acute rehab facilities should be considered a
reasonable expense," Bunning said. "It's a good treatment and should
be affordable for all patients who show the need for it clinically."
But to answer the question of continued function five or 10 years
post-surgery, a study would need a longer follow-up time, said Jay
Magaziner, an epidemiologist at the University of Maryland School of
Medicine in Baltimore.
"As patients move further away from the surgery and rehabilitation,
they tend to settle into their usual patterns before the
replacement," he said. "And this means that their functionality may
decline again in the future."
Magaziner studies hip fractures but was not part of the new
People who exercised regularly before the surgery will probably
resume their active lifestyles, but, "and this is some speculation,
some patients may start to decline if they return to a slower pace,"
he said.
Source: http://bit.ly/1bSKkFy
Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, online Jan. 24, 2014.
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removed old imu circuitry. added new i2c circuitry for gyro, accelerometer and magnometer. still need to route on the board
fixed output logic on pushbutton controller
added tx/rx breakout for avr to gumstix serial connection
fixed !ENABLE on the stepper driver
fixed error in confusion between SHDN and CLR. Also changed LED resistor values to 1K and also changed charge led to be 3.3V
fixed the shutdown circuit to use one of the gpio pins. added pullldown resistor on the gumstix side of the level converter. routed this to the shdn pins of the power supplies
added scoutfly_rev3 to accomplish changes for the next revision of the boardAlready removed switch to swtich power supply sources. In the process offixing the pushbutton control circuit
Changed board a bit to fix DRU issues for PCB fab. Changed upper dimension slightly
Changed capacitor package on the output of the switching regulators. The value was not available in the 603 package.
Changed font size on some capacitors to make it more readable.
Fixed DRC errors in reduced switching board
Preparing Julian's version of Scoutfly to ship out. Fixed a bunch of DRCerrors, but there are still a few. Nothing major. Just some spacing androuting angle errors.
Fixed a bug in the switching power supply circuit where diode was connect to FB instead of SW for the 5V supply. Also changed an inductor value.
Made changes that Abe recommended:Fixed SHDN pin connection.Changed inverter voltage level from 5V to 3.3V.Modified PB Controller to have value displayed.TODO: Address concerns about shutdown timing and switch power loss.
Deleted library that was unnecessary
Added a new push button controller circuit. Uses new IC instead of solid state machine because there was no room for solid state machine circuit. Preformed changes that Abe recommended. Routed new circuits. Board should be ready to send back out to kwoo.
Added new switching power supply for 5V and 3.3V supplies. Routed board to include these, and switch.
Added packages to kwoo for diode, dd2pak for switching regulator and switch. Working on schematic for the new power system using switching regulator.
Changed library to conform with voltage regulator package. Redid routing to conform to new package. Add heat dissipation area. Still need to check that this is correct. Also fixed cap values for voltage regulators.
Added simple power circuit to the scoutfly reduced board. Using 2 new LDOs to regulate down to 5V and 3.3V Also removed the charging circuit, gas gauge, push button controller. Removed charge led.
Added a new library with a voltage regulator part. I forgot to add the Name and Value so i will do that. I also added the start of work on the reduced feature set scoutfly.
Did some wire routing and part moving.
Mostly finished routing the regulator circuit
Made a little progress on the gas gauge routing
Positioned some of the components in the gas gauge circuit, androuted a few wires.
Started routing charging updated charging circuit
Routed some of charging circuit in updated Scoutfly. Modeled partposition after that on power test board. Moved diode and capacitor outof the way to get inductor closer to charging chip. This will make it...
Fixed angle errors in Scoutfly power update.
Scoutfly power update now passes DRC.
Moved power parts in Scoutfly layout
Moved parts for new Scoutfly power circuit from edge of layout to their(very) approximate final locations. Changed the battery and chargerconnectors from vertical to horizontal Molex connectors.
Added Scoutfly files with new power circuit
Switched Scoutfly from old power circuit to new power circuit from powertest board. Did this in a new file so that, if the power circuit turnsout to be a failure, other changes made contemporaneously to Scoutfly...
Added power board CAD files, deleted autoroute
Added files used for manufacture of power test board. Removed copy ofpower test board files used to run autorouter, as it will not be usefulnow that manually routed version has been manufactured.
Turned on "always vector font" in Eagle options
While editing power test board, turned on the "Always vector font" option in Eagle. Honestly, I might have done something else to thesilkscreen, but I can't remember what. I'm pretty sure I didn't messwith any of the actual components.
Fixed silkscreen ugliness in power board
Went through layout and changed ugly names and values to good ones.Moved text off of vias and pads and out from under things. Deletedgiant, useless USB port and ISP header labels. Added description, dateof design, and attribution in corner.
Adjusted position of VUSB decoupling cap
Increased widths of several high-current traces
Mostly GND around charging circuit and gas gauge
Decreased trace width between gas gauge resistors
Decreased width of trace between 49.9KOhm resistors in gas gauge voltagedivider to reduce noise.
Widened battery and charger traces
Widened to 20 mils some traces that come from the battery and chargerconnectors, because they carry higher currents.
Added ground poly under charger IC
Added polygon under LT3650 IC and updated it to new device from kwoolibrary. It now has effectively both a ground pad and a via. Slight areaof no contact right around via may be unavoidable.
Widened traces, moved gas gauge power supply
Widened traces that carry VBATT. Lined up decoupling capacitors for LDOswith their connected LDO ports. Rerouted various traces ripped up duringexecution of previous changes.
Rerouted decoupling caps and pullup around AVR
Rerouted decoupling capacitors and new pullup resistor around AVR toincrease trace width for power inputs and decrease unneccessary loops.
Fixed USB circuit problems
Routed USB_TX and USB_RX more directly. Put decoupling capacitors on FTDIchips closer to the inputs they decouple.
Changed center ground pad for DS2786 and LT3650
Changed ground pads for packages 10MSOP and 12TDFN to have through-holepads on the bottom instead of SMD pads. Updated power test board to usethe new DS2786. Drew a polygon of BATT_GND around center pad. Not sure...
Updated power test schematic
Based on feedback from Kevin, added a pullup resistor to !PWR_INT anddecoupling caps to the LDO providing VCC.
Also changed the ground signal on the gas gauge LDO from GND toBATT_GND. Kevin pointed out that having BATT_GND as the ground for the...
Minimized possible inductive loop in power board
Moved trace driving FAULTLED to minimize area of inductive loop invicinity of charger.
Finished power board routing (first attempt)
Routed all signals on power test board. There are no airwires, and theboard passes DRC. I believe I have kept the inductive loops near thecharger pretty small, but they could probably be improved. I also made...
Partially routed charger on power test board
Routed some of the signals connected to the charger IC on the power testboard.
Routed gas gauge on power board
Routed signals attached to fuel gauge on power board.
Started to route LDO signals
Started routing the signals attached to one of the LDOs.
Finished routing AVR and FTDI, started pushbutton
Finished routing signals connected to AVR and FTDI on power test board.Started routing signals attached to pushbutton controller.
Routed USB circuit and most of AVR on power board
Routed most of the signals connecting the USB port, FTDI chip, and AVR.
Changed USB port drill holes back to spec
Looked at mini USB port with Dan. Observed that corner drill holes aresupposed to be multiple drills right next to eachother. Decided tochange holes back to specfied radius and ignore long hole for now.
Preliminary power board placement complete
Placed all parts on power test board in what I believe will be theirapproximate final locations. No routing done yet. Board probably won'tget bigger, because I left room to grow.
Partial placement of power board
Placed AVR, FTDI chip, and USB port on power test board, along withtheir accessory components. They are probably pretty close to theirfinal resting place but may move a little bit later.
Changed IO voltage for FTDI IC on power board
Changed VCCIO input for FTDI chip on power test board from USB_VCC tointernally generated 3.3V signal. This should have no power effects, butKevin suggests that it may make the chip behave a litte bit nicer (not...
Fixed ERC errors from unconnected wires
Some wires created in the previous few commits were not actuallyconnected to the pins they ended at. I fixed them.
Changed Schematic
Tied USB Shield pin to ground
Added activity LED's to the FT232 chip using the TXLED and RXLED pins
Changed Schematic Per Kevin Woo's Email
Changed U5 VSS from GND to VBATT_GND
Added GND PIN connection to ISP header
Switched USB_TX and USB_RX pins on the microcontroller to use the hardwaresupported UART pins. Also switched TX and RX connections.
Updated Schematic File
Added missing capacitor between Vin and GND in the charge circuit.
Fixed some schematic errors identified by the ERC.
Connected capacitor C12 which apeared connected but was actuallydisconnected.
Approved error of VCC being connect to a power input
Added a missing junction
Undo accidental extraction of zipped Gerber files
Restored compressed Gerber files from commit6bcd5b932bde03c525653653638fddd5251a5705 after they were accidentlyuncompressed (and the ZIP files deleted) in commit072e099013d16c67deffe4ef7299f8c05c2dd6c2. Deleted directories created...
Updated DS2786 footprint in kwoo library
Updated package footprint for DS2786 in kwoo.lbr based on recommendedland placement in datasheet for DFN10 package. DS2786's datasheet listsTDFN10 as its package type but doesn't give placement guidance or auseful package description. Unable to find a datasheet for TDFN10, but...
Increased mini-USB plug drill hole size
Imported MINI-USB- device from Hirose Connectors library into kwoolibrary. In UX60-MB-5S8 package, increased drill hole size on cornerpins from .8 mm to .9 mm. I did not drill out the original too-smallholes on Scoutfly, so I don't know whether this is sufficient or not....
Updated inductor package for power board
Created new package and device in library for MPI4040 inductor to beused in power test board. Updated part on power test board.
Fixed GND pad on LT3650 charger IC
LT3650 package in kwoo.lbr had a polygon around a through-hole pad toapproximate a large SMD pad connected by a via directly to the groundplane. Created a new package that is like this one but has no via, just anormal SMD pad. Used this package in the power test board, which has no...
Updated design rules for power board
Updated design rules for power board to match DorkbotPDX specifications.This removed some of the DRC errors for the USB port and charger. Thecharger still has a couple that may be from inherently illogicalpackage specification.
Disapproved DRC errors on power board
Disapproved of previously approved DRC errors for power board. They areapparently legitimate problems that need to be taken care of.
powerboard placed, needs routing
Fixed gas gauge and charging components
Added extra decoupling capacitor between battery voltage and ground nextto charging circuit to allow board to run with charger but no battery.Connected system side of gas gauge sense resistor to GND to make allcurrent returning to battery go through sense resistor. Removed 0 Ohm...
Added missing components around AVR on power board
Added ISP header, pullup resistor for AVR reset line, and decouplingcapacitors for AVR power lines. Connected ISP header to SPI interface onAVR.
Finished USB interface on power board
Added decoupling capacitors to FTDI chip, changed signaling VCC from USBVCC to AVR VCC so that AVR can signal to FTDI chip. Added USBTX andUSBRX signals between FTDI chip and AVR.
Started to add USB port to power board
Added USB port and USB-UART converter to power board schematic. I thinkthe converter has enough hooked up to it to run without burning up, butit's not hooked up the AVR yet.
Shorted GND to BATT_GND in power schematic
Connected GND and BATT_GND to eachother using a 0 Ohm resistor. I wantto keep the signals separate to ease routing, but they need to beconnected to ensure that all of the current that needs to go through thefuel gauge sense resistor does so.
Fixed ERC errors
Added some missing junctions and a missing label. Approved "no value" warnings for parts for which a value would be nonsensical.
Started making kwoo's recommended changes
Made changes to charging circuit: Connected CLP to VIN on U1. Addeddiodes to charge BOOST capacitor from battery and provide currentsensing inductor with outlet if power turns off (don't really understandhow the latter works). Adjusted inductor to 4.7uH after re-calculating...
Update prefixes and names for two parts
Updated prefixes for DS2786 and MP1702 in kwoo.lbr to U so that Eaglewon't use the default prefix, U$, for them. Also manually updated namesin charging_test.{sch,brd}.
Added pullup resistors and an LED to power test
Added pullup resistors for I2C connections to power test board. Alsoadded a diagnostic LED to indicate when the AVR has power. Stillprobably needs an ISP header and USB controller/port.
First draft of power testing circuit schematic
Fleshed out power testing circuit. It is still missing a few things, andI don't understand every little bit of it, but it probably won't look alot different when it's done. Added some passive components on the...
Updated charging test circuit from kwoo library
Ran update command in charging_test.sch to update parts from kwoo.lbr.
Updated kwoo.lbr with previous kwoo changes
A few months ago, Kevin sent me a new version of kwoo.lbr. Updatedkwoo.lbr with these changes (using the Eagle update command). Also ranupdate in scoutfly.sch. This did not affect the results of erc or drcfor scoutfly.
fixing last 13 angle problem in drc
don't really know how to fix the last one.worked on right bottom on both top layer and bottom layer
solving some angle problems on scoutflu board
Fixed some of the paths which are at unusual angles
fixing some of the angle problems in scoutfly.sch
Added kwoo's standalone charging schematic.
charging_test.sch is a standalone circuit schematic for a prototype totest the charging circuit that will ultimately go on Scoutfly. kwoocreated it. It uses some new parts, but I don't know that much about it...
Finished hooking up new gyroscope.
Connected pitch output of gyroscope to AVR and gave pitch an output LPF.Added optional HPFs to both pitch and yaw outputs. We can just leave thepads empty if we think they won't be useful.
To route the changes, had to squeeze some other stuff. Moved the AVR...
Routed new gyroscope.
Routed new gyroscope on board in Eagle.
Swapped gyroscope part in schematic.
Replaced old gyroscope part with new one in schematic. Assuming thatpitch output or amplified outputs are undesired. Not using optionalhigh-pass filter on output. Have not yet routed connections to gyroscopeon board.
Flipped FFC connector on PCB.
Flipped FFC connector (part J3) on Scoutfly so that mating side facesout from edge of board. Rerouted wires connecting to J3 to accomodatethis. Because the connected ports don't line up as well as they used to,the area below J3 has a lot of roundabout paths and layer switches. I...
Began fixing bugs for Scoutfly fixup.
Made several of the changes listed on wiki page ScoutflyUpdate2011. Inparticular:Removed R4 and connected pin 4 on U$3 directly to VCC.Connected VREG_EN to VCC with 10 kOhm resistor (new R4).Changed value of R26 to 100 kOhms....
updated silkscreen with new version and date
updated scoutfly and kwoo lbr with dual NPN
renamed 10.04 gerber zip
Merge branch 'master' of ssh://roboclub.org/home/svn/scouthw
fixed extra inner layer problem with set used-layers
re-ran CAM with dimension layer
added dimensions file
using 11 mil clearance, added latest gerber zip
added gerbers as of october 3, 2010. dfm check in progress.
updated scoutfly with new jst parts
swapped jst-5 headers from right angle to vertical
changed accessory pin names and moved one to sonar.
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Small hockey world: Kelowna-Denver ties
I'm working on a historical Joe Sakic story that led me to Lorne Frey, who was the assistant coach and GM of the Swift Current Broncos when Sakic played there from 1986-1988.
I got a bunch of good stuff about Sakic from Frey, now the assistant GM of the Kelowna Rockets, and then we talked about Frey's current WHL team — which has some interesting University of Denver ties.
The Rockets recently drafted forward Stepan Novotny, who signed a letter of intent with DU, and was originally pegged to become a Pioneer this fall, but then deferred for 2009.
Frey confirmed that Novotny — who played part of last season for the renowned Shattuck-St. Mary's prep team — that the Czech native is going the major-junior route.
"An agent informaed us about (Novotny), so we ended up drafting him," Frey said. "We've talked to him and he's coming."
This was also confirmed Wednesday by DU assistant coach Steve Miller. "He just thought it'd be better to go to the Western League," Miller said. "It's dissapointing to lose a player of his caliber."
Novotny probably didn't like the fact that DU wanted him to play another year in junior-A — primarily because the Pios return 11 of their top 12 forwards.
"We talked to him about the depth of the forwards and where he would fit in," Miller said. "At the end of the day if he wanted to come to Denver he was going to come to Denver. With that said, we talked about waiting another year, and in the end he thought it'd be better for him to go to the Western Hockey League."
Frey and I also talked about the Shore brothers of Denver, both of whom are DU prospects. Drew Shore, who played last season for the U.S. under-17 team, is comitted to DU for 2009, but was drafted by the WHL's Chilliwack Chiefs. Nick Shore likely will follow his brother at the U.S. under-17 team in Ann Arbor, but Kelowna owns his draft rights.
Frey hinted that both kids are intrigued by major-junior and will have tough decisions. According to one of my Front Range youth sources, Nick Shore will pick between the Rockets and DU, but his decision might sway where Drew ends up. In other words, both kids likely will play major-junior or NCAA, but not one in each.
Miller can't comment on the Shores because DU hasn't signed either. But from what I'm hearing, Drew will be a Pio in 2009 and Nick — who will begin his freshman year of high school — will say no to the Rockets next year and don a DU sweater in 2012.


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This pledge closed almost 6 years ago
Soon a shadow will fall over Japan once more. September 1st is fast approaching and that means one thing. The sea will become red again with the blood of our dolphin and whale friends. Some will be taken prisoner, some will be slaughtered violently and with no mercy. Fisherscum will laugh, smoke, eat lunch while we watch in horror the lives ebb away from so many beautiful cetaceans. The holocaust will begin again, babies, juveniles, mothers, fathers, entire families will be wiped out on a daily basis. We must refocus and recruit new boycotters with increased vigour. The whales and dolphins would thank us if they knew. Their lives must not have been in vain.


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Samsung GALAXY Tab 8.9 Pictures
Samsung GALAXY Tab 8.9 is the smaller brother of the GALAXY Tab 10.1 and obviously will be equipped with an 8.9-inch touchscreen, but the exciting part here is its unprecedented thinness of just 8.6mm! That's 0.2mm thinner than the iPad 2, which is the current leader in this aspect. In addition, the device's weight will be fixed at just 16.5 oz (470 grams), making it one of the lightest full-sized tablets out there.


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"Everything Must Go"
Based on Raymond Carver's short story "Why Don't You Dance?," the film stars Will Ferrell as a man who drives home after getting fired only to find all his possessions on his front lawn and his wife gone. The film opens May 13.
We don't waste our time on anything not worth your time. We celebrate the best of what's coming on film and TV. We cheer when our expectations are met and criticize when we're let down.


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6 Results for Category BI and Big Data
One of the ways in which you can extend Hive is by using custom user functions. This blog will show you how to use an open source library of user functions in to extend Hive in Qubole.
Here is a detailed tutorial for accessing the Qubole ODBC driver from .NET. Because of the level of detail, you may want to scan the headers and skip to the section you want. I'm assuming you're going to use Visual Studio to develop in some sort of Windows environment.


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Arkansas' receiving corps has lost another member for an extended period of time.
Coach Bret Bielema said sophomore D'Arthur Cowan has suffered a left foot injury that required surgery and will sideline him six to eight weeks. Bielema revealed the news during a radio appearance on 103.7 The Buzz before addressing the Little Rock Touchdown Club on Wednesday afternoon.
Bielema said Cowan was injured during a punt return drill.
"He was really having a great fall camp," Bielema told 103.7 The Buzz. "It was in pre-practice. He's a punt return guy. He just kind of caught it, took a couple of steps and heard a crack in his foot. They put a screw in it and he should be back in hopefully a 6 to 8 week window."
Bielema was not available for comment after Wednesday's practice.
Cowan's absence places more pressure on a shrinking group of scholarship receivers. Senior Demetrius Wilson is out for the season after suffering a torn anterior cruciate ligament last week. He was scheduled to undergo surgery today.
Arkansas also lost receiver Mekale McKay before practice began when the sophomore left the program and has since transferred to Cincinnati.
Cowan had been one of the solid surprises of preseason camp, too. He is one of four players who will miss time, joining Wilson, tight end Austin Tate (4 to 6 weeks after shoulder surgery) and linebacker Otha Peters (6 to 8 weeks with a broken arm).
"We're focusing on moving ahead, keep those guys in our prayers," Arkansas fullback Kiero Small said. "You don't want your teammate to go down. But once it happens, it happened. So the next guy has got to step up and be prepared to go play."
Cowan's absence leaves Arkansas with six scholarship players at receiver: Seniors Javontee Herndon and Julian Horton, sophomores Keon Hatcher and Eric Hawkins, and true freshmen Drew Morgan and Melvinson Hartfield. Morgan said Wednesday that Hatcher continues to miss practice time with a hamstring injury.
Arkansas also has moved quarterback Brian Buehner to receiver.
"I've tried to teach these guys that the next guy in line has to be ready and right now that's what we're doing, trying to get the next guy in line ready," Arkansas receivers coach Michael Smith said earlier this week in response to Wilson's injury. "So we can go out and have some success on Saturday when we play ULL."
Coach Tate
Bielema typically pulls a player expected to miss an extended amount of time because of injury off of the 105-man roster. It gives the Razorbacks a chance to add another player, but leaves the injured one out of team meetings and functions.
However, Bielema said he hasn't pulled tight end Austin Tate off the 105-man roster even though he could miss up to six weeks after shoulder surgery. Tight ends coach Barry Lunney Jr. said it wasn't even discussed for a couple of reasons.
"Coach felt pretty firmly about keeping him engaged, one, because hopefully his return is going to be pretty swift. It's not like it's a season-ending injury," Lunney Jr. said. "And two, you've got a senior that's played the most football of anybody in our position group in our room. And he's really engaged in special teams. He's a great leader for our football team, so he's been great.
"Right now he's Coach Tate. He's my first assistant, and he's done a nice job so far of teaching the young guys and staying with the script and all those types of things."
Movie night
Bielema gave his team a welcomed break from the grind of preseason camp Tuesday night. Instead of sitting through two hours of scheduled meetings, the Razorbacks loaded up three buses and went to the movies.
Small said the team watched "2 Guns," which stars Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg. He gave the movie — and the break from football — two thumbs up.
"It was a relief," Small said. "You know, as a team, we've been in meetings a lot. We've been up here in this same facility. Great facility, you know, but we're all around each other the whole time. We went into the team meeting thinking we were going to p.m. meetings and we got surprised with a movie.
Said Morgan: "He really takes good care of his players. And I mean — for all the recruits out there, there's not a coach like him. I heard Bobby Petrino was really hard on players. Coach Bielema, he's really straight with everyone."
White on white
Arkansas experimented with several uniform combinations last season.
But Bielema said he has only one combination planned for Arkansas' road games.
"We're going to wear all white," Bielema told 103.7 The Buzz during his radio interview Wednesday. "White pants, white shirts, white helmets. I think our kids are buying into that. They're liking it and taking a road warrior approach."
So Arkansas is planning to wear the uniform five teams this season with road trips to Rutgers, Florida, Ole Miss, Alabama and LSU.
"It's going to be an interesting situation, obviously, when we play LSU because they tend to wear white at home. But we'll see about that."


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Alveda King, niece of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., spoke Thursday night at the Historic State Theater in Elizabethtown as part of an event hosted by the Right to Life Kentucky Heartland.
King speaks on rights issue at State Theater (The News-Enterprise - Hardin County, KY, January 07, 2011)


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As Sandusky Trial Continues, Still Focuses On NFL Future
For four days last week, prosecutors in the child-molestation trial of former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky bombarded the jury with horrific testimony from eight alleged victims.
Bengals rookie Devon Still did not soak up coverage of the trial. He got his fill of those gut-wrenching allegations while playing for the Nittany Lions when the scandal broke last year.
"I don't really follow his trial, but I do follow how my teammates are handling the situation and whether they are able to push through it as a team," Still told me.
As one of Penn State's captains last year, Devon played a big role in helping to steer his teammates through the crisis.
"You never expect adversity when you're going through life," Still told reporters at the NFL Combine. "We were hit so hard, blindsided by it, but we were able to make it through – I think that helped us grow as men and helped us get over challenges that we face in life."
One of the biggest hurdles that Devon faced was the firing of legendary coach Joe Paterno, who died after a bout with lung cancer less than three months later.
"He showed me how to carry myself as an athlete, as a role model, and as a person," Devon said. "I was really immature when I first got there, but the values that he instilled in me and my teammates, helped me to mature over the four years that I was there and become a better person. Being his last All-American and being one of his last captains means a lot to me. I'm going to try to pay him back by upholding what he taught me while I'm in the NFL."
Despite the Sandusky scandal that devastated the Penn State community and cost Paterno his job, Still was named the Big 10 Defensive Player of the Year in 2011 and was widely-projected to be a first round NFL draft pick. But the 6'5", 305 lb. defensive tackle slipped to the second round where the Bengals selected him 53rd overall.
"That does provide some added motivation for me because I felt like I didn't get the respect that I deserved and I want to go out and show everybody why I should have been drafted higher," said Still. "I plan on proving that. It's up to me to go out and show everybody."
Still was not on the field during last week's mandatory minicamp because of what he described as a minor back strain, but Devon did take part in previous workouts while beginning to learn Mike Zimmer's defense.
"I love being a Bengal and I think that I'm fitting in very well," said Still. "In the time that I had on the field, I think I started to understand the defense and what they expect me to do and what role I have to play.
"I've been through this before at Penn State. I was injured my first two years there when I was trying to make an impression on the coaches and that helped me understand what I have to do, so that when I do get back on the field I can hit the ground running. (My back) feels a lot better, but I think they're just being cautious with me."
Still figures to play a significant role in the Bengals defensive line rotation as a rookie, adding bulk to one of the deepest and most talented units on the team.
"They are a close-knit group and they bring in the rookies and try to teach them as much as possible," said Still. "I think they all bring something different to the defensive line and obviously with me being a three-technique, I watch a lot of what Geno Atkins does. He's a Pro Bowler and a heck of a football player. Hopefully, with me playing behind him, I can learn a lot. I didn't know how good of a player he was until I had a chance to watch him on tape. He's a great football player. His quickness really stands out."
Atkins was a fourth round draft pick who has blossomed into one of the best pass-rushing defensive tackles in football. Still hopes to follow a similar storyline.
"I'm motivated because I want to be great," Devon told me. "I want to make an impact on the NFL."
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