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Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP Files Class Action Suit against Mellanox Technologies, Ltd
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP Files Class Action Suit against Mellanox Technologies, Ltd
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP ("Robbins Geller") (http://www.rgrdlaw.com/cases/mellanox/) today announced that a class action has been commenced in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of all persons or entities who purchased the common stock of Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. ("Mellanox" or the "Company") (NAS: MLNX) between April 19, 2012 and January 2, 2013 (the "Class Period").
If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than 60 days from today. If you wish to discuss this action or have any questions concerning this notice or your rights or interests, please contact plaintiff's counsel, Samuel H. Rudman or David A. Rosenfeld of Robbins Geller at 800/449-4900 or 619/231-1058, or via e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com. If you are a member of this class, you can view a copy of the complaint as filed or join this class action online at http://www.rgrdlaw.com/cases/mellanox/. Any member of the putative class may move the Court to serve as lead plaintiff through counsel of their choice, or may choose to do nothing and remain an absent class member.
The complaint charges Mellanox and certain of its officers and directors with violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Mellanox produces and supplies interconnect products for computing, storage, and communication applications in the computing, Web 2.0, storage, financial services, database, and Cloud markets. Mellanox's most lucrative product offering at the start of the Class Period was its InfiniBand product. InfiniBand technology is used to transfer and store data in high-end computing and data centers.
The complaint alleges that during the Class Period, defendants issued materially false and misleading statements regarding the Company's financial performance and future prospects. According to the complaint, the true facts, which were known or recklessly disregarded by each of the defendants but concealed from the investing public during the Class Period, were as follows: (i) Mellanox was receiving a continuous stream of customer complaints concerning glitches in its InfiniBand product; (ii) Mellanox knew that the pace of a competitor's development of its own InfiniBand adaptor would diminish Mellanox's product offering and increase competition in the InfiniBand market in which Mellanox enjoyed a near monopoly; (iii) Mellanox knew that its outsized first and second quarter 2012 sales growth was not sustainable and was not the result of defendants' business acumen or growth in the InfiniBand market; (iv) Mellanox's inventory was dramatically increasing, both at the Company and in the hands of at least one significant customer, which would decrease sales and profit margins going forward; and (v) as a result, Mellanox knew its actual sales growth supported neither its own fourth quarter 2012 guidance nor the inflated share price targets the investment community was modeling based on defendants' bullish Class Period statements and guidance.
According to the complaint, through a series of partial disclosures made between September 7, 2012 and January 3, 2013, the market learned that the Company's business was not as defendants had portrayed it throughout the Class Period. On September 7, 2012, Mellanox shares were downgraded from Buy to Hold. Then on October 18, 2012, Mellanox reported third quarter 2012 financial results and issued lower than expected fourth quarter 2012 fiscal guidance. Finally, at the end of the day on January 2, 2013, defendants were forced to concede that Mellanox had grossly missed its fourth quarter 2012 revenue guidance by upwards of 20%. This news, along with the earlier negative announcements, shocked the market causing the price of Mellanox stock to fall precipitously, on unusually high trading volume.
Plaintiff seeks to recover damages on behalf of all purchasers of Mellanox common stock during the Class Period (the "Class"). The plaintiff is represented by Robbins Geller, which has expertise in prosecuting investor class actions and extensive experience in actions involving financial fraud.
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This is a guest post by a Ophelie, a new Holy Paladin who has recently joined Conquest. Check out her blog: The Bossy Pally.
So Monday night, I was formally introduced to Anub 10 man on hard mode and was lucky enough to get his number. Matticus suggested I write about my impressions so that others may be amused, and by amused I mean informed, about how one heals this fight for the first time as a holy paladin. I prefer writing stories to strategies, but for all you practical people, I'll have a list of things learned the hard way at the end.
Now, had I been clever that night, I would have taken advantage of the pre-fight confusion of "we have to cut down one healer and bring in a dps" to do some last minute reading on differences between the regular and hard mode Anub. Of course, I didn't think of that until after the fight and I had full confidence in my ability to follow instructions: something about a first ice patch, then running south, then more about ice patches and about not playing hero… Yep, watch what everyone else is doing and copy them, got it.
(Read: Save yourself some confusion and always do your raid homework before trying a new fight.)
Once we were set up, we buffed, I put up frost resistance aura and we pulled.
First phase?
Cake. Beacon on the pulling tank in case he gets out of range during positioning? Check
Nestle myself happily under Anub's rear end? Check.
I try not to think too much about Anub's rear end because, you know, not pleasant. Flash of Light (little heal), Holy Light (big heal) heal to taste. Adds spawn, but not my problem. With beacon on my side, I wasn't worried. It did seem like the adds were zoning in on me though. Hmm. Maybe I should remove Righteous Fury (damage reduction, but threat boost)?.
Second phase?
I breathe a bit while Anub goes underground and plays tag with the raid. Pop Divine Plea? Sure, why not. There's not much to heal so I might as well regen some mana. I judge some of the many little adds that spawn. Hey, I gotta do my share like everyone else! Suddenly, DBM flashes on my screen, "Anub'Arak is chasing YOU!"
Ooooooo kiting time! …Wait. Why can't I run? I look down at my feet. I'm on an ice patch. I can barely move. Uh oh.
Tag, I'm it. I was dead before I saw what hit me.
Raid leader: It's a wipe.
Person X: What went wrong?
Me: My bad, I was standing on an ice patch.
Person Y: Don't stand on ice patches.
Me thinking: You must be one of those who wait until people fall down to say "it's slippery". (Matt's edit: So true)
Person Z: You should be able to use Hand of Freedom to get off of ice patches.
Me: Good to know.
We run back and try again.
First phase?
Second phase?
Same as above until Anub is after me again. This time, I was ready! I run north, he gets stuck, I don't wipe us. I'm a pro now! I feel rather proud of myself and take a few seconds to secretly gloat.
Third phase hit before I knew it.
Things got real fun, real fast. As one tank dealt with giant bugs and the other with the boss, Anub smacked his lips and started leaching our health. Quick! Bubble, Divine Sacrifice! Let's slow down the damage as much as possible. I had beacon on the adds tank and was healing the main tank.
Flash of Light, Flash of Li- no! Holy Light, Holy Light, Holy Light, OMG!
Oh, look the rogue is going to die. Holy Shock the rogue.
There's nothing like a swift instant heal saving you when things get scary. Oh no, the tank! Holy Light! Oh man that was close. Holy Light, Holy Light, Holy Light.
Oh, look, I'm going to die.
Holy Shock myself.
Eeek, the tank! Holy Light! That was close! Holy Light, Holy Light, Holy Light.
I'm going to die again but I can't risk losing the tank. Holy Light, Holy Light, Holy L- interrupted, I die.
Luckily, I'm not the only one who died: Anub's lifeless carapace slumped next to me as I hit the ground. Ha! I was overcome by satisfaction, knowing I could get a rez and Anub would have to wait until Tuesday's reset to run back from the boss graveyard.
So little paladin, what did you learn?
- Make sure one paladin has frost resistance aura up. The penetrating cold debuff gets nasty towards the end.
- Your Righteous Fury can help the off tank pick up adds, but check with the tank first.
- During phase 2, don't stand on ice patches (ha!) and as much as possible, position yourself so that there's always an ice patch between you and him.
- Hand of Freedom should be able help you or someone else in a pinch.
- Mana shouldn't be a problem before phase 3, but play it safe and use phase 2 for Divine Plea.
- If there are other paladins in the raid, coordinate your use of Divine Sacrifice at
- the beginning of phase 3 so you can stretch out damage reduction as long as possible.
- On phase 3, you have to trust your raid healer, beacon one tank and spam Holy Light on the other. If your tanks are geared, you can get away with the occasional Holy Shock, but it's risky.
- Keep Judgement on Light up on the boss, preferably for the whole fight, but especially on phase 3. Either do it yourself or make sure another paladin in the raid is doing it.
- If you run out of mana before Anub dies, it's game over. Don't run out of mana. Start phase 3 at full, use mana potions, lay on hands, anything, but don't run out of mana.
- After the fight, /hug your raid healer because he's probably sweating buckets.
Oh, and since no epic boss kill tale ends without some sort of cooing over loot, I won Heartcrusher from the Tribute Chest, Crusader's Glory for my tanking set and a trophy (yeah, I know, I'm spoiled). How I choose gems and enchants for my new gear is epic tale for another day.

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Wow, such a glowing review! I am surprised, I was figuring something middling considered a few of us just got bored with the game.
Decent review. On Advance and Nightmare it's not much about dealing damage and beats, it's more about % based damage (burn, poison, Ragnarok), status effects, and instant death (knockbacks mostly).


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A surfer was attacked by a shark Tuesday off the California coast, the second such attack this month.
The attack happened just after noon in northern California's Humboldt County in an area known as Bunker Surf Spot.
Witnesses said several people were surfing off the North Jetty when one man started screaming for help. The injured surfer was able to get himself to shore, but he suffered serious bite wounds to his torso and was bleeding heavily, according to witnesses.
The Eureka Times Standard reported that the 25-year-old man was taken to St. Joseph Hospital and was listed in fair condition.
A trained EMT just happened to be on the beach and started treatment immediately. The injured man was then loaded into the back of a pickup truck, and rushed off the beach where he was transferred to a waiting ambulance.
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Another surfer in Santa Barbara was killed by a shark last week. Francisco Solorio was also bitten in the upper torso, but did not survive. The shark in the Southern California attack was determined to be a 15-to-16-foot great white.
Solorio's death marked the first fatal shark attack in the United States this year.
In 2011, there were 75 attacks worldwide, with 29 U.S. attacks, according to annual records kept by the Florida Museum of Natural History's International Shark Attack File. Of all 2011 attacks, three were in California.
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New Bronco Jeremy Mincey has quite the YouTube theme song
Defensive end Jeremy Mincey, who signed with the Broncos Tuesday, has an avid interest in music. One of his best friends from college at the University of Florida is J. Dash, a hip hop artist whose song "Wop" you might know because Miley Cyrus famously tweeted a video of her twerking to it last spring.
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Shaykh Hisham Kabbani has just completed a major tour of the Southeast Asian that spanned three weeks and three nations. Accompanied by his wife Hajjah Naziha Adil and daughter Sajeda, as well as a contingent of staff, the trip's main highlight was a gathering in Central Java's city of Jepara, attended by Indonesian government ministers and scholars from the Ministry of Religious Affairs. This event, held in the town's central park, was attended by over 200,00 participants. The event was highlighted by Shaykh Kabbani giving the keynote address in which he spoke on the importance of spirituality in Islam, and emphasized the need to leave extremism and violence.
In this island nation which comprises the largest Muslim population in the world, such visits by a luminary like Shaykh Kabbani are essential in fighting the war on terrorism. Shaykh Kabbani is renowned in Indonesia for his qualifications as both as a traditionalist scholar and Sufi master giving him a recognition among both the common people as well as the leaders and scholars. In his last visit to the country, the President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono publicly announced at the Grand Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, before an audience of 250,000 attendees, that he was a student of Shaykh Kabbani.
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Quote from: CinephileWhere the hell is Duck Soup?!hey yeah! or Horse Feathers or Animal Crackers for that matter!
any news on the followinga new Blade Runner DVD?
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TONS of new Warner titles revealed:http://www.thedigitalbits.com/articles/030904htfchat.htmlhttp://www.thedigitalbits.com/articles/030904chatlist.html
Any speculation on which 7 Hitchocks?
So, in other words, I'm still safe buying the current versions of Psycho, Vertigo, Birds, and Rear Window?
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[Update: Rachel McAdams has debunked the rumor that she is playing Black Cat. Go HERE for details]
The past couple of weeks have been filled with a ton of Spider-Man talk with the majority of the chatter being focused on which villain fans can look forward to seeing our favorite web-slinger battle in Spider-man 4. Well, the speculation can subside (for the time being) as the folks over at Mania.com have heard from "reliable sources" that Sam Raimi is in the midst of casting the villains for the next installment of the Spider-Man franchise.
Some of the possibilities that we've heard were Bruce Campbell as Mysterio, Dr. Connors (Dylan Baker) as The Lizard and the possibility of William Defoe returning as Green Goblin.
With Sam Raimi receiving complete control over Spider-Man 4 (unlike Spider-Man 3) he has decided to go in a complete different direction than what was previously discussed and has allegedly chosen the formidable Felicia Hardy, known the fans around the world as the skilled cat burglar Black Cat as one of the villains for Spider-Man 4. (Yes, that's right. I said "one of").
Not only is Mania.com revealing that Black Cat is one of the villains, but it appears that they also have a major Hollywood actress as one of the top contenders for the role. Who is said actress? Well, Betty White fans may be disappointed that the Golden Girl star has been passed up, but hopefully the Time Travelers Wife, The Notebook and the upcoming Sherlock Holmes actress, Rachel McAdams, will be a suitable replacement [Update: Sorry, this rumor has been officially debunked. Go HERE for details].
Why Black Cat you ask? Well Black Cat and conversely Felicia Hardy fit perfect into the formula that Raimi uses when choosing his Spider-Man villains: they must not only pose a threat to Spider-Man alone, but must also be entwined with Peter Parker's life. Fans of the comic series will remember that Black Cat has spent some time not only as girlfriend to the friendly neighborhood arachnoid, but also changing from a villain to an ally.
McAdams as Black Cat? Sorry, just a rumor..
With Raimi selecting Black Cat as villain number one and looking for someone intertwined in Spider-Man/Peter Parker's live, does this mean Dylan Baker will get to spend some additional time in the make-up chair as Dr. Connors transforms into Lizard?
While reports seem to indicate that this will be a two-villain movie, sources are saying that Dr. Connors will not be appearing as Lizard because they're currently casting a male for the other villain role, and since Dylan Baker has been cast since the second movie, Lizard is out of the running (confirming what Baker had previous stated).
How's that for some nerd math?
While I know it's a long-shot at this point, I'm still hoping for Mysterio to make an appearance. You never know, maybe Peter Parker will get a roommate that just so happens to be an aspiring special effects designer/stunt man. Maybe he's hoping to get a role in the new film about the city's superhero, but something horrible happens so now he hates Spider-Man?
Look at that… wrote the entire movie right there. Now, where did I put Sam Raimi's email address?
How do you feel about Rachael McAdams playing Black Cat? I think she's a good choice. Not overly obvious, but when you hear her name…. you think to yourself, "Yeah, I can see that!"
Also, Lizard is out. Who do you think the other male villain Raimi is going to go with?
Let's hear it!
We'll be sure to keep you up to date as more Spider-Man 4 news is revealed.
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William Westerbeke joined the KU Law faculty in 1975 after graduation from Stanford Law School, service as a law clerk in the U.S. District Court, Central District of California, and private practice in Los Angeles. His teaching research emphasis has been on tort law, including the law of product liability. A dedicated teacher known for his accessibility to students, he received the Dean Frederick J. Moreau Award for Student Counseling in 1987, the Immel Award for Teaching Excellence in 1987, the Robert A. Schroeder Teaching Fellowship (2001-04) and a William T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence in 2006. He was named a Dean James Green Fellow (1996-99) in recognition of his service to the law school. He retired from teaching in December 2016.
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Clerk, Hon. Irving Hill, U.S. District Court, Central District California 1970-71; Associate, O'Melveny & Meyers, California 1971-75; Associate Professor, Kansas 1975-80; Professor, 1980-present; Visiting Professor, University of Vienna, Spring 1990.
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- "The Immunity Provisions in the Kansas Tort Claims Act: The First Twenty-Five Years," 52 Kansas Law Review 939 (2004)
- "Survey of Kansas Tort Law: Part II," 50 Kansas Law Review 225 (2002)
- "Survey of Kansas Tort Law: Part I," 49 Kansas Law Review 1037 (with McAllister, 2001)
- "The Application of Comparative Responsibility to Intentional Tortfeasors and Immune Parties," 10 Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy 65 (1998)
- "The Reasonable Alternative Design Requirement," 8 Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy 65 (1998)
- "The Sources of Controversy in the New Restatement of Products Liability: Strict Liability Versus Products Liability," 8 Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy 1 (1998)
- "Strict Products Liability for Misrepresentation," 20 Journal of the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association 20 (1997)
- "Tort Law" in Kansas Bar Association Annual Survey of Developments in Kansas Law (1994-2004)
- "Kansas Product Liability: Joint and Several Liability in the Chain of Supply and Distribution," 14 Kansas Trial Lawyers Journal 21 (1991)


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Buemi took on the role last year when he lost his drive at Red Bull's junior team Toro Rosso. He has been supported by Red Bull since he graduated from karting in 2004 and the 24-year-old will continue to work alongside race drivers Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber this year.
"I know everyone at Red Bull Racing well and it's good to remain with the team for another year," Buemi said. "Of course my aim is to be driving at the races again, but I am still learning all the time from my work with the team. I help with the development of the car and provide feedback throughout the season, both at the factory and at races."
Team principal Christian Horner added that Buemi would continue to play an important role at the wheel of the team's simulator.
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UN tells Israel to pull settlers from Palestinian land
A United Nations report has told Israel it must immediately start withdrawing its settlers from the Palestinian territories, saying Palestinians' human rights are being "violated on a daily basis".
"[Israel must] cease all settlement activities without preconditions [and] must immediately initiate a process of withdrawal of all settlers" from the occupied territories, said the report commissioned by the UN's Human Rights Council in March 2012.
Israel settling its population into occupied territory falls "into the provision of article eight of the ICC (International Criminal Court) statute [on war crimes]," said France's Christine Chanet, who chaired the mission.
She said it was unclear if the ICC could prosecute Israel for such crimes.
Israel immediately dismissed as "biased", ratcheting up tensions that this week saw the Jewish state become the first country to ever boycott a rights review by the UN body.
"The Human Rights Council has sadly distinguished itself by its systematically one-sided and biased approach towards Israel. This latest report is yet another unfortunate reminder of that," foreign ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor said in a statement.
The experts, who will present their findings to the 47-member state council on March 18, also called on Israel to "ensure adequate, effective and prompt remedy to all Palestinian victims... of human rights violations that are a result of the settlements".
The council's decision to dispatch the fact-finding mission to determine what impact the settlements are having on the rights of Palestinians so enraged the Jewish state that it immediately cut all ties with the body.
Ms Chanet along with Asma Jahangir of Pakistan and Unity Dow of Botswana, published their findings just two days after Israel became the first nation to boycott a regular review by the UN rights council.
Israel has come under widespread international criticism for ramping up its construction of settlements in the Palestinian territories, notably in the occupied east Jerusalem, which the Palestinians want to establish as the capital of their future state but that Israel considers part of its "indivisible" capital.
All Israeli settlements on Palestinian land beyond the so-called 1949 Green Line are considered illegal under international law.
"Settlements are being maintained and developed through a system of total segregation between the settlers and the rest of the population" in the territories, the report found, adding that Israeli military and police helped maintain the segregation "to the detriment of the rights of the Palestinian people."
The report authors were not permitted to travel to Israel or the Palestinian territories for their mission but instead relied on a wide range of interviews.
Long list of breaches
Through these interviews, Ms Jahangir said the experts - who she stressed were "neutral" - had seen agony.
The report lists a long list of breaches, including to freedom of self-determination, non-discrimination, freedom of movement, equality, due process, fair trial, arbitrary detention, freedom to access places of worship, education, water and housing, which were "interrelated, forming part of an overall pattern."
For instance, the experts noted that different legal systems and standards apply to Palestinians and their settler neighbours.
Settlers who commit violent acts against Palestinians are seldom held accountable, the report said, with a study by the Israeli Yesh Din rights group showing that more than 91 per cent of such cases between 2005 and 2012, were closed without indictment.
In comparison, between 90 and 95 per cent of cases of violence committed by Palestinians against settlers were investigated and went to court.
Arbitrary arrests and detentions of Palestinians were also common, pointing out that last year some 4,100 Palestinians were held in Israeli military detention - 21 of them under the age of 16.
The report pointed out that since the 1967 Six Day War that saw Israel capture the Gaza Strip, the Golan Heights, the West Bank and east Jerusalem, some 250 settlements had been built in the latter two and today are home to an estimated 520,000 settlers.
The settlements are "leading to a creeping annexation that prevents the establishment of a contiguous and viable Palestinian state," the report found.
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It's not unusual for optical illusions to create afterimages, ghostly reflections that show up after staring at something too long. This particular afterimage is a bit different. For one thing, it looks nothing like the original image. Also, it moves.
Discovered by game designer Hjalmar Snoep, this optical illusion of lots of tiny interlocking spirals somehow adds up to a single rotating spiral as its afterimage. These are artifacts of looking at something long enough to overstimulate the eye's photoreceptors. To deal with the onrush of information, the eye's affected cones and rods simply stop responding altogether, so that the sudden absence of the image causes the other photoreceptors to start firing normally. The disparity in response between the different photoreceptors is what creates this negative afterimage.
None of that explains how these swirls somehow combine to create one giant moving spiral. As New Scientist reports, Kyushu University's Hiroyuki Ito is currently studying such moving afterimages. His working hypothesis is that the spiral is essentially the averaged together result of different retinal cells getting tired over the length of the clip. He suggests this could be tested by figuring out the average luminosity of each pixel in the video, and how that corresponds to the ultimate afterimage.
Whatever is going on, this represents something of a new frontier for optical illusions. And, as Snoep warns on his YouTube page, this particular frontier is a dizzying one - it's best to remain safely seated for a little while after gazing upon these particular spirals.
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KEYWORDSAnesthesia, Orexins, Neurons, Brain, Narcolepsy
Newswise — University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine researchers have answered long-running questions about the way that anesthetics act on the body, by showing that the cellular pathway for emerging from anesthesia is different from the one that drugs take to put patients to sleep during operations. The findings will be published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The research focuses on orexins, the small, specialized fraction of the brain's 100 billion neurons that play a key role in regulating the body's wakeful state. Studying mice whose orexin systems had been genetically destroyed " a state similar to humans suffering from narcolepsy, a neurological condition that causes unusual daytime sleepiness " Max B. Kelz, MD, PhD, an assistant professor in Penn's Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care and the Mahoney Institute of Neurological Sciences, found that these mice took much longer to emerge from general anesthesia than those with normal orexin signaling systems. However, the mice with faulty orexin systems did not appear to fall asleep faster during anesthesia, which suggests that different processes are at play when transitioning to and from the anesthetized stated.
"The modern expectation is that anesthesiologists can simply flip a consciousness switch as easily as we might turn the room lights on or off," says lead author Max B. Kelz, MD, PhD, an assistant professor in Penn's Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care and the Mahoney Institute of Neurological Sciences. "However, what patients do not realize is that despite 160 years of widespread clinical use, the mechanisms through which the state of anesthesia arises and dissipates remain unknown."
Kelz became interested in these questions after treating a narcoleptic patient who took more than six hours to regain consciousness after anesthesia, compared to the typical six minutes or so. By probing what's different about the narcoleptic brain, the Penn study has established for the first time that the process of entry into and exit from the anesthetized state are not mirror images of one another.
Kelz and his colleagues, including Sigrid Veasey, MD, associate professor in the Department of Medicine's Sleep Medicine division, hope that further research on the brain's neural signaling systems will lead to novel ways to administer anesthesia and "jump start" a speedy, safe return to consciousness " particularly among patients who struggle to wake up or in patient groups that may be more prone to anesthesia side effects such as the elderly and patients with neurodegenerative disorders. The findings might also be used to create designer anesthetic agents that "hijack" the body's natural sleep cycles to mimic a state closer to natural sleep than a chemically-induced coma, Kelz says.
Editor's note: In addition to Penn researchers involved in the study, a narcoleptic patient who recently experienced a delayed emergence from anesthesia is also available for interviews.
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My name is Chaz, and I write boring blog posts. Most of my posts are my random thoughts about the books I read, and I call them reviews. (Or shitty blog posts) I created this blog to force myself to get writing practice, and hopefully meet some cool people on the way.
I post on occasion (I read too slow to post that often), but lately I've enjoyed connecting with other bloggers who share similar interests much more than posting on my own site.
I will rate most of the books I read pretty high because I shop around to find what I know I will like before I pick it up. Sometimes I get carried away and become an instant fan-boy of a book I just read. (Or honestly anything by Brandon Sanderson at this point) You can't stop THE HYPE TRAIN BABY! Hopefully my genuineness and enthusiasm will show through my poor writing skills. 😀
If I don't like something and it's too long to finish, I will drop it immediately and won't say anything about it. We all do not have the time left in our lives to finish our "To Read" pile.
I try to be too funny all of the time, and I really can't help it. My greatest joy is making people laugh. I will keep going and going if people are laughing. (Or if it's just me laughing at my own jokes. Which is all the time…) My greatest passion are stories. I love experiencing a good emotional impact from stories through any medium.
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Rock Creek Church Yard and Cemetery contributes, significantly-to the cultural heritage and visual beauty of the District of Columbia. Covering 85 acres, the cemetery is sited on high ground, its undulating terrain falling away to the north from the main gate. St. Paul's Episcopal Church, with its 18th century churchyard, occupies a prominent knoll opposite the entrance gate toward the center of the cemetery. Rock Creek Cemetery is superimposed upon and around the old church yard. It was designed and laid out in the mid-19th century in the fashionable picturesque rural cemetery manner introduced at Mount Auburn Cemetery, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The many mature native trees include the ancient Glebe Oak, with a circumference of more than 17 feet. There is an interesting diversity of design in grave markers, monuments, mausoleums and sculpture reflecting the long history of the cemetery and the status and sensibilities of those buried within it.
Despite the outstanding landscape, the cemetery derives its primary significance from age, and from the graves of persons of great importance in the history of the District of Columbia and the nation. The graves, many with notable memorial sculpture and architecture, are often the only visual and permanent record of the productive lives of these persons. Rock Creek Cemetery is the oldest public burial place within the District of Columbia and part of the church yard of the oldest church in the District, St. Paul's Episcopal Church. The cemetery is the site of many memorials of distinguished aesthetic quality including not only the Adams Memorial (Grief) by sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaidens and architect Stanford White of McKim, Mead and White, but also the Frederick Keep Monument (Journey of Life) by James Earle Fraser; the Kauffmann Monument by William Ordway Partridge; the Heurich Mausoleum by Louis Amateis;
and the Flouke Memorial (Rabboni) by Gutzon Borglum.
The old inscriptions on the early graves are few in number. Of those which currently are legible are the Thomas Gramphin family markers showing burials in 1775 and 1783; the Levering family in 1791; the I. M. White family in 1795 and 1801; David Steuger in 1802; Mary Tunnicliff in 1798; and numerous others in the early 1800s, all of which are clustered within about 100 yards of old St. Paul's Church. In this general area are located nine Revolutionary War heroes whose graves have been identified and suitably marked, including Captain Peter Faulkner, Sergeant John Hines, Lieutenant Thomas Boyd, Midshipman James L. Cathcart, Chaplain Abraham Baldwin, Colonel William Deakins, Colonel Thomas Deakins, 2nd. Major, Maryland Militia, Samuel W. Magruder, and Sergeant Abram Swartwout.
Henry Adams, journalist, author and historian, has one of the more remarkable markers. Born in Boston in 1838, the son of Charles Francis Adams, American statesman and Minister to England from 1861-1868, grandson of John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States; and great grandson of John Adams, our 2nd President. His principal works were the History of the United States, 1801-1817 and The Education of Henry Adams. His Washington home was just: off the corner of 16th and H Streets, N.W. A memorial was erected in 1891 in memory of Marion Hooper Adams, Henry Adams' wife, who died in 1885. The sculptor was the noted Augustus Saint-Gaudens. Although many titles have been ascribed to this memorial, including "Grief" - most fixed in the popular mind - the sculptor himself preferred to call it "The Peace of God that passeth understanding". The granite settings of the memorial, including the circular bench, were designed by the noted American architect, Stanford White. Henry Adams died in 1918. His will directed that no inscription be placed on the memorial, which serves as his gravesite as well as that of his wife.
Locally, Montgomery Blair and the Blair family retain their importance in the history of the District of Columbia and Maryland. Among the members of the family buried in this
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Among the many noted people buried in the cemetery is Mabel Thorpe Boardinan the first woman to serve as a Commissioner of the District of Columbia. She was the National Secretary of the American Red Cross; originator of its nursing service; supervisor of its trained volunteers; and largely responsible for raising the necessary contributions for erection of the beautiful headquarters building in Washington as a memorial to the women of the Civil War.
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Remember the 'Lanche? Now you can own a piece of it
The bar was known for its cheap liquor and naked beer slides, and now a piece of Marquette University history is serving up help for the future.
The Avalanche Bar was a landmark for generations of students and customers. The 'Lanche, as it was called, closed in 1997 and was taken down in 2003.
"For many of our alums, the Avalanche was a cherished gathering place. Many people met their spouses and had really, lasting, fond memories of their time here at Marquette and especially with the Avalanche," Marquette University spokeswoman Lynn Sheka said.
Whenever a building is taken down, the university said a portion is preserved for the school's history.
The blocks and the bricks from the Avalanche have been in storage for the past decade, moving around campus from basement to basement.
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Marquette hopes the campaign will bring in $100,000 for a scholarship fund.
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YouTuber Aussie50, who sounds like he's deriving a little more than a little sexual pleasure from the HDTV's demise, tortures the tube with increasing power via microwave transformer. First, dead spots ripple across the screen. Then lightning dances across the scarred display. Then it sort of gets hallucinogenic, with the TV's crackling mixing perfectly with Aussie50's sadistic giggles. If you watch this for all fifteen minute straight, full screened, you will gain mystical secrets into the infinite nature of the cosmos. [Creators Project]


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January 2006 Journal of Geoscience EducationVolume 54, Number 1
Uses of Zeno's "Achilles Paradox" in Historical Geology
Rossbach, Thomas J., Department of Geological, Environmental and Marine Sciences, Elizabeth City State University
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The Greek philosopher Zeno put forward a paradox that Achilles would never be able to overtake a tortoise in a foot race if the tortoise was given a head start. The Achilles paradox is an example of the summation of an infinite series that always approaches, but never reaches, unity. A similar paradox can occur when teaching students about intermediate forms between any two taxa in an evolutionary lineage. While the mathematical solution to the paradox is simple enough, the concept of the paradox plays a role in comparing gradual and punctuated modes of evolution. The discovery of a single transitional form creates the need for two more transitional forms (for a total of three intermediaries), which then requires the discovery of four more intermediaries (for a total of seven) and so on. Similar to the paradox, it appears that an infinite number of intermediaries must be found to connect any two taxa. The Achilles paradox has other applications in historical geology, such as radiometric decay. Showing how the paradox relates to several aspects of science may encourage better critical thinking on the part of students.
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Using Grain Size Analysis as the Basis for a Research Project in an Undergraduate Sedimentology Course
K. Sian Davies-Vollum, Environmental Science Program, Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, University of Washington
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Multi-week, research style projects within the context of a one-semester undergraduate course provide scope to explore topics in depth and build student skills. I developed a research-style project for an undergraduate sedimentology course using grain size analysis of sediments that combines developing field and laboratory skills, improving writing ability, exploring statistical techniques and encouraging critical thinking. The project asks students to consider the hypothesis that the grain size distribution of sediment samples can be successfully used as fingerprints to identify sediment transport processes and depositional environments. To do this groups of students work together collecting sediment from beach environments, analyzing the grain size distribution of these samples and use statistical analyses such as histograms and log-probability graphs to help interpret their data. The use of log-probability graphs, which are a somewhat controversial technique in sediment grain size analysis, is chosen to introduce students to contentious issues in scientific research and to encourage critical thinking. Success of the project is dependent on providing students with sufficient time and feedback and to re-write reports, analyze data and contribute to classroom presentations and discussions. Development of such projects requires thoughtful selection of a topic that will meet desired pedagogical objectives and careful structure so that time is managed effectively.
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Searching for the Difference: A Controlled Test of Just-in-Time Teaching for Large-Enrollment Introductory Geology Courses
Scott Linneman, Department of Geology, Western Washington University
Terri Plake, Department of Geology, Western Washington University
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At Western Washington University (WWU), we tested the effectiveness of Just-in-Time Teaching (JiTT) methods in introductory geoscience courses. JiTT is an interactive-engagement teaching method developed for introductory physics courses (Novak et al., 1999). The key to the JiTT method is a short time frame feedback loop in which student learning informs instruction. The JiTT method includes several distinct components. (1) Web-based WarmUp exercises check on students' comprehension of reading assignments and ability to connect new concepts to those previously developed. Students submit answers to these exercises via the web up to four hours before each lecture. (2) Interactive lectures based on WarmUp responses emphasize problem-solving skills. (3) Web-based puzzles wrap up topics with critical thinking problems. We conducted our test using two sections of Geology 101 at WWU: the experimental section applied JiTT methods and the control section was taught using the traditional lecture format. Our experimental and control sections were non-major general education courses, had the same learning objectives, and objectives were assessed using the same exams. Students completed a First Day Survey providing baseline data about their demographics, science courses taken previously in high school and college, their attitude about studying science and their knowledge about basic Earth science concepts. On the first exam, the JiTT students scored significantly higher than the students in the traditional lecture section by an average of 2 points out of 50. The JiTT students' combined average on three exams during the course was higher, but not statistically significant. When the data from the First Day Survey were taken into account using multi-variable regression analysis, all differences in performance on exams becomes insignificant. We interpret our results to indicate that scores on objective (emphasizing knowledge and comprehension) exams may depend strongly on students' incoming prior knowledge, more than on the specific methods used to teach the class. Student evaluations of the course taught using JiTT methods were very positive toward the JiTT methods and their experience with introductory geology. Although we hope that such affective differences foreshadow long-term enhancement in learning (that our study did not assess), we caution instructors not to rely only on exam scores or student evaluations to gauge teaching effectiveness. Conversely, we recognize that scores on objective exams may not capture development of higher order thinking that the JiTT method may foster.
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Reading and Writing Taught in a Sophomore Course on Plate Tectonics
Carl-Georg Bank, Department of Geology, University of Toronto, Earth Sciences Center
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Students' writing skills develop with their reading skills. Here I provide a five-step approach to reading a paper, and four criteria (the "four C": content, clarity, coherence, and craft) to structure writing and revising of a manuscript. I used these in a sophomore course on plate tectonics. In the first part of the course students read and summarized original papers, while in the second part they synthesized a contentious or recently resolved issue. Both parts stressed the importance of revising drafts. During the course, feedback on drafts and revisions shifted from comments by the instructor to comments by peers. An assessment of the course from student evaluations, colleague feedback, and Writing Center comments, indicates that students' writing did improve. Students acknowledge that careful reading helps them become better writers.
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Use of a Mentored Creative Writing Project to Improve the Geology Education of Preservice Elementary Teachers
Mary G. Lusk, Geology Department, Brigham Young University
Barry R. Bickmore, Geology Department, Brigham Young University
Eric H. Christiansen, Geology Department, Brigham Young University
Richard R. Sudweeks, Instructional Psychology and Technology Department, Brigham Young University
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The Earth Science Storybook Project is being conducted with Brigham Young University's (BYU) Physical Science 110B (PS 110B) class, which is introductory geology for Elementary Education majors. Under the project, preservice elementary teachers in PS 110B are mentored by university geology faculty and geology graduate students as they author children's storybooks in earth science. The storybooks are then illustrated and made available to practicing teachers for classroom use. This is done by an interdisciplinary collaborative effort between the BYU Geology Department and the BYU Visual Arts Department, which is providing senior illustration students to illustrate the storybooks at a relatively low cost. The goal is to use the mentored writing experience as a means of improving geology content knowledge for preservice elementary teachers and fostering their positive attitudes and self-efficacy toward learning and teaching science. These goals are being assessed by (1) quantitative analysis of the PS 110B class exam scores of storybook authors versus a control group of PS 110B students in the same class who are not storybook authors; (2) a pre- and post-class Attitude Toward Science Survey; and (3) a geology teaching self-efficacy instrument. The results of the project have been positive and indicate that when preservice teachers in a science class are given an opportunity to experience personal mentoring from the teaching faculty they do experience a shift toward a more positive attitude toward science.
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Bucking the Trend: Three New Geoscience Programs
Steven W. Anderson, Black Hills State University, Department of Science
Timothy P. Flood, St. Norbert College, Geology Department
LeeAnn Munk, University of Alaska Anchorage, Department of Geological Sciences
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At a time when geoscience departments are being eliminated or dispersed, three new undergraduate geoscience degree-granting programs were approved during the past decade. These programs have grown into sustainable academic entities that maintain solid enrollments and place students into high quality graduate programs and geoscience careers. The curricula at all three institutions focus on graduate school preparation and/or career placement, and include a strong commitment to fieldwork and undergraduate research. Each program has faculty members who have made program development their primary professional goal. The faculty also faced similar challenges in the early stages of program development, such as having to teach a wide variety of upper division courses, needing to establish program credibility, finding the time and funding necessary for faculty and undergraduate research, obtaining materials for laboratory courses, and recruiting majors. The experience and knowledge gained through the development of these new programs should be valuable for others working to establish new programs and maintain existing programs.
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Building Groundwater Monitoring Wells on Campus A Case Study and Primer
W. Richard Laton, Department of Geological Sciences, California State University
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Building a field-based laboratory to teach and study the principles of groundwater flow and chemistry has become an ever increasing priority for academic institutions. California State University - Fullerton did it, breaking ground in 2001, and experiences there can serve as a model for others. Two major difficulties to overcome in order to locate and install monitoring wells at Fullerton were the administration's reluctance and the high cost. First, administrators had to be coached to understand both the value of a wellfield and the overall minimal impact of such a system and then multiple, generous donations of drilling contractors, laboratories and suppliers had to be secured. Lastly, a solid curriculum revolving around the wells was prepared in order to make the installation experience worthwhile. Following CSUF's lead, other institutions should not be deterred from developing such a program. This paper outlines the success of such a program and provides insight as to how others might achieve and utilize an on-campus teaching and research groundwater laboratory.
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An Interactive Computer Model for Coriolis Demonstrations
Lensyl D. Urbano, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Memphis
Jennifer L. Houghton, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Memphis
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The coriolis effect can be a difficult concept for students to understand, particularly in large classes where the effectiveness of physical demonstrations is limited by visibility. We developed a fully interactive computer visualization aimed at introductory undergraduate and precollege students based on the physical demonstration of a marble rolling across a turntable. The marble's velocity, turntable angular velocity and direction, and friction between the marble and the surface can be controlled to allow significant instructional flexibility. Pre and post demonstration student surveys indicate that the application improved student understanding of the coriolis effect, and the use of this type of demonstration was favorably received by the students. This program is written in the free, open-source Python programming language, specifically with the VPython module, which makes three-dimensional, physicallybased, real-time visualizations efficiently programmable for geoscience demonstrations by non-professional programmers.
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Using Conceptests to Assess and Improve Student Conceptual Understanding in Introductory Geoscience Courses
David A. McConnell, Department of Geology, University of Akron
David N. Steer, Department of Geology, University of Akron
Katharine D.Owens, Department of Curricular and Instructional Studies, University of Akron
Jeffrey R. Knott, Department of Geological Sciences, California State University
Stephen Van Horn, Department of Geology, Muskingum College
Walter Borowski, Department of Earth Sciences, Eastern Kentucky University
Jeffrey Dick, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Youngstown State University
Annabelle Foos, Department of Geology, University of Akron
Michelle Malone, Department of Geology, Western Washington University
Heidi McGrew, Department of Geology, University of Dayton
Lisa Greer, Washington and Lee University, Geology Department
Peter J. Heaney, Pennsylvania State University, Department of Geosciences
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Conceptests are higher-order multiple-choice questions that focus on one key concept of an instructor's major learning goals for a lesson. When coupled with student interaction through peer instruction, conceptests represent a rapid method of formative assessment of student understanding, require minimal changes to the instructional environment and introduce many of the recognized principles of effective teaching that enhance student learning. In this study, instructors from several different institutions developed over 300 conceptests for the geosciences. These instructors then used this suite of concept questions in a wide range of classroom settings, including large introductory general education Earth Science courses for non-majors at open enrollment institutions, smaller physical geology classes suitable for majors at private colleges, and in introductory geology laboratory settings. Results of pre- and post-class Geoscience Concept Inventory (GCI) testing and qualitative feedback from students and instructors showed that conceptests increased attendance, improved student satisfaction, and enhanced student achievement. Participating instructors found implementation of conceptests into their classes straightforward and required less than 30 minutes of preparation per class. The conceptest question database is available on-line for geoscience instructors.
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High School Students' Mnemonic Devices for Mohs Hardness Scale
Pamela E. Harman, Spain Park High School, Birmingham, Alabama
Audrey C. Rule, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, State University of New York at Oswego
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Eleventh and twelfth grade students in five earth science classes made charts of mineral facts, mnemonic cartoon drawings, and corresponding poetry couplets for minerals on the Mohs scale of hardness. Students' products revealed they enjoyed the activity and learned many mineral concepts. The activity gave the instructor the opportunity to identify and correct several student misunderstandings. Many students displayed creativity in organizing their poems and drawings by a theme, using hardness numbers to represent two things in depictions, using homonyms, and incorporating humor in the cartoons. A rubric for evaluating student work addressed six aspects: correct mineral facts, mechanics of work, poem message, rhythm/rhyme, images, and creativity.
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A Simple Group Work Approach for Effective Field Work: a Soil Sciences Case Study
Sacha J. Mooney, Division of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham
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Recent educational reports in the UK have suggested that the developments of key transferable skills, such as group working, are a necessary outcome of higher education. However with current logistical problems in higher education, such as increased student numbers, the effective use of group work in field work in particular, is currently a subject of much discussion. A group working exercise based around a one-day soil examination study, as part of a one week residential field week, was developed to evaluate the effectiveness of group work by assigning formalized, rotational, individual group roles. Student responses and instructor observations suggested that there was considerable merit in this approach in terms of development of academic and transferable skills, and in the generation of a positive, experiential learning environment. It is suggested that that this could serve as a precursor to a more formalized identification of group roles that would benefit both instructors and students alike in terms of successful field course delivery and meeting learning outcomes.
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"The world is a music box of sound. Turn the handle round and round. The world is a music box of sound. Thunder rumbling. Teakettles whistling. Waterfalls falling. Children singing." - "Music Box" Mary Kaye Music Box CD
Listening to Mary Kaye's newest CD Music Box is an auditory experience. If a storybook filled with animals and all sorts of fantasy creatures could come alive in a musical way, the verses would most likely sound exactly like the songs on the album. Kaye sings with expression and animation and her words quickly spill out in a speak-sing fashion. Her deep, low voice works perfectly for singing her folk-rock sounding songs that appeal to both kids and adults. She's been likened to a Natalie Merchant for kids by Parenting Magazine.
The lyrics to her songs creatively and abstractly describe all sorts of interesting creatures and situations and she often uses short, catchy, fragmented phrases. My kids really like the silly song "Bug" where a poor bug is trapped under a cup inside the house. In my favorite song "Music Box," Kaye sings of all the sounds in the world like the tap tap tap of the woodpecker and squish squish squish of muddy boots. "Turtley Turleloo" sounds a bit like a yodel--Turtle-eeeee, Turtle-ooooo. If you try to sing along with any of her songs, I can guarantee your mouth is in for a fun work-out. Kids can settle down and relax with "Hot Chocolate Fairy" a cold-weather song and fall asleep dreaming of the quiet "Sleepy Land." Music Box is set to release on July 2, 2009.
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• Under the Moon • Bug • Robbie Robot • Music Box • Family • Hot Chocolate Fairy • Tasting Tea • Red Cardinal • Turtley Turtleloo • Sea Water • Hobbly Dobbly House • Sleepyland
Mary Kaye is an award winning singer/songwriter based in southern Maine. With a background in both theatre and education, her music and concerts are both entertaining and thought provoking for children and their families. Her previous album, Spin Your Web won numerous awards.
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Wednesday Tailgate: Unbeaten outsiders that can reach BCS title game
With less than three weeks remaining before the Oct. 20 release of the season's first BCS standings, the teams in the top five of the polls might be in the best position. But with nearly two-thirds of the season still to come, the ranks of the unbeaten are sure to dwindle. We decided to rank the teams outside the top five of the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll based on their likelihood of reaching the BCS National Championship Game on Jan. 6 in Pasadena, Calif.
1. Louisville (No. 7): The Cardinals have the highest floor of any unbeaten outside the top five and of course, by far the easiest schedule, giving them the best chance at finishing undefeated. Already passed in the poll by one-loss Georgia, Louisville could see its schedule be its undoing. The Cardinals could see one-loss Texas A&M pass them as the season goes on, and as we've seen in the last two years, it's plausible for a one-loss SEC team to not play in its conference championship game and still be in waiting for the BCS title game.
2. Oklahoma (No. 10): After last week's win in South Bend, the Sooners look to be very much for real. Although they have a number of tough Big 12 games (at Baylor and at Oklahoma State in particular) to come, finishing undefeated doesn't seem beyond the realm of possibility. But can they do it with an inexperienced quarterback in Blake Bell? With no conference championship game, Oklahoma avoids another potential pitfall.
3. Florida State (No. 8): Despite being ranked higher than Oklahoma right now and probably being a better overall team, the Seminoles have to make the trip to Clemson in two weeks. That game will derail one team's hopes for an undefeated season, but it is early enough that Florida State could conceivably fight its way back up in the polls even if it loses, though that would require plenty of other teams to trip. A win against Clemson could officially get Florida State in the national championship picture. Although games against Miami and Florida could be stumbling blocks, wins would surely move Florida State ahead of Louisville and whoever loses the Nov. 7 game between Oregon and Stanford in Palo Alto. Of course, the Seminoles would also have to win the ACC title game.
4. Baylor (No. 16): Starting the season unranked may be what does in Baylor. The Bears have the same conference schedule as Oklahoma, but being ranked so much lower isn't going to do them any good. Even if they stay unbeaten, they'll probably trail one-loss SEC teams in Georgia, Texas A&M, LSU and South Carolina until they have the chance to beat the Sooners in early November. A win in that game and chaos elsewhere near the top could open the door for the Bears.
5. Miami (No. 15): The Hurricanes don't have to face Clemson in regular-season conference play and already got their non-conference rivalry game with Florida out of the way. Their schedule isn't easy, traveling to Florida State and facing Coastal Division foes Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech. If Miami makes it through as division champion, it still would have to play in the ACC title game, likely against Clemson or a rematch with Florida State. Is that too much to ask of the Hurricanes?
6. Fresno State (No. 21): With a win against Boise State, the Bulldogs may already have theire toughest game out of the way and look to have a clear path to an undefeated regular season. Plenty of teams ahead of them in the polls will lose over the course of the next eight weeks, and Fresno will keep moving up if it keeps winning, but a rematch with Boise State in the inaugural Mountain West title game could loom. A big question is how voters will look at Fresno having played just 11 regular-season games due to the flood-forced postponement of its game at Colorado.
7. Michigan (No. 17): The Wolverines have struggled to beat of the worst teams in the country in Akron and UConn their last two times out, very much diminishing their stock. Michigan is fortunate to avoid Wisconsin in conference play, and if it somehow gets through the regular season unbeaten, it would have to win the Big Ten title game, potentially a second meeting with Ohio State in seven days.
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- George Schroeder takes an in-depth look at the Northwestern football, building a big-time program at a premier academic institution.
- USA TODAY Sports released our latest round of bowl projections, and we have Ohio State facing Georgia in the national championship.
- Paul Myerberg ranks the top 10 Heisman Trophy candidates after five weeks of play.
- Oregon's De'Anthony Thomas is unlikely to play Saturday against Colorado after suffering an injury against Cal.
- Oregon State's Sean Mannion leads the nation in passing yards and touchdowns, while his top target Brandin Cooks leads the country in receptions, yards and touchdowns. They're the most lethal combo in college football.
- The Q's weekly, absurdly-early mock draft has Johnny Manziel staying in the state of Texas.
- Saturday Down South's Kevin Duffey says the real reason attendance is down is that college football has become more nationally focused, as gap between how much we love our team and how much we love college football in general has narrowed.
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