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Blue Jackets prospect Ryan Murray undergoes successful shoulder surgeryby Blue Jackets Staff / Columbus Blue Jackets
COLUMBUS, OHIO – Columbus Blue Jackets Executive Vice President and General Manager Scott Howson announced today that defenseman Ryan Murray underwent surgery this morning on his injured shoulder. Murray, the club's first pick, second overall, in the 2012 NHL Draft, will be sidelined for approximately six months but is expected to make a full recovery.
Murray, who is captain of the Western Hockey League's Everett Silvertips, was injured on November 16 in a game against the Victoria Royals. The 19-year-old had appeared in 23 games with Everett this season, collecting two goals and 15 assists for 17 points with 14 penalty minutes. In 191 WHL games, he has registered 22-99-121 with 121 penalty minutes and a cumulative +51 plus/minus rating. The White City, Saskatchewan native also helped Canada capture a bronze medal at the 2012 World Junior Championships and was expected to represent his country at this year's tournament in Ufa, Russia before suffering the injury.


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An extremely fun and educational way to reinforce key concepts of the practice, Challenge the Process. This is an easy activity that requires minimal space and very few supplies to perform.
Group Size
No more than 5 people per team. If the total group size is just 5 or 6 people, divide the group into teams of 3, if at all possible. Team size is more important than total number of participants involved in the activity.
Time Required
45 minutes or less
5 minute introduction; 18 minute activity; 5 minute video. Additional time for discussion. The 18 minute exercise is fixed. Other times can be adjusted as needed.
Each team needs 1 yard of tape, 1 yard of string, 20 pieces of spaghetti (uncooked, of course), and one marshmallow. I also recommend making available one or two small scissors for all teams in the group to access during the activity.
- Divide attendees into teams of 3-5 members.
- Give each team the tape, string, spaghetti, and marshmallow. Provide each team access to scissors (it isn't necessary for each team to have its own).
- Read the following instructions to all teams at the same time.
Each team has 18 minutes to build the tallest, free-standing structure using the materials supplied to each group. The marshmallow must be attached to the top of the structure you build. After 18 minutes, I will measure the height of each structure that remains standing with the marshmallow on top. The winner is the team whose free-standing structure is the tallest.
- Answer any questions the teams may have and give the groups a 30 second warning. After 30 seconds, start the activity and stand back. Keep watch on the teams to ensure they are following the rules of the game. Remind them that the marshmallow must be on the top of the structure, and that the structure itself must be free-standing when the activity concludes. Let them know how much time has passed until 18 minutes is up.
- At the end of 18 minutes, measure those structures created within the rules and that are still standing.
- After declaring the winner (assuming there is a structure that remains standing after the marshmallow has been attached), show the participants the YouTube video clip of The Marshmallow Challenge .
Follow-up questions to ask of the group to facilitate discussion and further learning:
- Was there a leader on your team? Who was it and who decided who the leader would be?
- If you had no leader, do you think having designated someone a leader would have helped?
- If you had a leader, how did he/she do? Of the leadership practices we have learned so far, which did your leader use?
- How helpful was everyone on your team in challenging the process of building the tallest structure? Did anyone appear to be an expert?
- Did any team members tune out of the activity — out of frustration with other members or for some other reason? What could you have done to keep all members of the group fully engaged?
- Did you feel everyone's ideas were well received during the activity?
- How did you feel as the time limit was approaching? Did pressure increase? If yes, was that helpful or not?
- In retrospect, what could you have done better to enhance your ability to Challenge the Process?
- Did you practice outsight? Where might new ideas have come from given your time constraint?
- Did you celebrate small wins? If yes, how did you do this?
Encourage the Heart of all participants by giving everyone the marshmallows remaining in the bag. Everyone loves marshmallows!
Jody Rogers, PhD, FACHE, is a Certified Master of The Leadership Challenge® Workshop within the Army Medical Department and a Visiting Professor at Trinity University in San Antonio, TX. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or email@example.com.

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Racing Game of the Year: Nominees 2012
These are GameSpot's nominees for the 2012 Racing Game of the Year.
These are GameSpot's nominees for the 2012 Racing Game of the Year.
The Austin Racenet event is coming to F1 2012
F1 2012 is coming soon to Mac.
The fourth developer diary for F1 2012 focuses on the brand new Champions Mode and Season Challenge.
Check out the launch trailer for F1 2012.
There's plenty of overtaking to be done at the Circuit of the Americas in F1 2012.
The crucial first corners of Singapore's night race in F1 2012.
Danny O'Dwyer goes for pole position in our video review of Codemaster's F1 2012.
In F1 2012 all it takes is the smallest gap. If Alonso and Vettel can do it, so can you.
Race strategy can make all the difference in F1 2012. So can a new set of tyres.
Overtaking is key in F1 2012, but aggressive driving may result in penalties.
Replay flashbacks allow you to make up for those frustrating lapses in concentration in F1 2012.
Danny explains why F1 games are much more than cars following each other around a track in Escape From Mount Stupid's history of Formula One games.
This week we check out Borderlands 2, F1 2012, Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition, Jet Set Radio, Torchlight II and Train Simulator 2013.
This trailer for F1 2012 recreates key moments from the opening to the 2012 FIA Formula One World Championship.
The third developer diary for F1 2012 focuses on the weather system, handling, audio, navigation and replays.
Learn more about training in this developer's diary for F1 2012.
In today's show, Cam brings us news of Assassin's Creed 3 getting 60 minutes of bonus PS3 content, as well as confirmation that it will launch alongside the Wii U. ...
Take a look at some of the ways that F1 2012 will be easing you into racing glory.
Danny O'Dwyer shows some gameplay from F1 2012 at E3 2012
Take a look at the cinematic look of the replay mode in F1 2012.
Hamilton goes sliding around the track in F1 2012 at E3.
Check out this video for F1 2012 and see if video games can help a real F1 driver prepare for a race.
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The difference between graduating from college compared with obtaining only a high-school diploma is enormous, according to a new economic letter from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
The paper's authors, Mary C. Daly and Leila Bengali, found that the average college graduate earns $800,000 more by retirement than the average high-school graduate. Daly and Bengali wrote that their examination of the cost of a college degree comes in response to increasing debate over whether attending college is worth the cost.
It also comes amid still-sluggish overall job growth, which is especially true among recent college graduates (those with a bachelor's degree between the ages of 22 and 27). According to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 44% of recent college graduates in 2012 were "underemployed," or working in a job that typically does not require a bachelor's degree.
But Daly and Bengali found, using U.S. survey data, that the average college graduate paying an annual tuition of $20,000 will recoup those costs by the time he or she is 40 — or even sooner.
The authors used a few main data points to come to this conclusion.
First, using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (a study that has been ongoing since 1968), they measured the difference among earnings premiums of four-year college graduates, high-school graduates, and people who have only completed "some college."
In 2011, the latest data available from the study, four-year college graduates earned about 61% more per year than high-school graduates. The gap between people with a four-year degree vs. only completing "some college" was smaller, but still significant:
The chart above, however, combines the earnings of all college graduates. To check whether there was any change in value over certain groups, or "cohorts," graduating in different decades, the researchers compared the earnings of graduates from the 1950s-60s, 1970s-80s, and 1990s-2000s.
They found the value of a college degree has actually increased over time, into the 2000s:
"The main message from these and similar calculations is that on average the value of college is high and not declining over time," the authors wrote.
There's one caveat to this paper: One of the findings that led its authors to posit that attending college is so valuable is predicated on the calculation that most college graduates will recoup the cost of college by the time they are 40. But this forecast assumes an average tuition of about $21,000.
This number works for about 90% of students at public universities who are paying that amount or less, according to the paper. But only 20% of private non-profit colleges reported paying less than $21,000 in tuition. According to the College Board, the cost of tuition at private colleges in the 2013-14 academic year averaged about $30,094. For out-of-state students at public universities, the average cost was $22,203.
Daly told Business Insider this doesn't necessarily incentivize going to a public school over a private one — there are many dimensions by which people choose a college to attend. It does mean, however, that it could take the average private-college graduate a few years longer to "break even" on the cost of college.
"What I think of it as is there are many more opportunities at public than private that fit that cost description," she said.


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In Investment Advisor's October 2013 cover story, "Where Are All the Women?" Danielle Andrus suggested that financial firms need to reflect the diversity of their client base. That's where things are going to get interesting, because there's a mushrooming population of wealthy African-American, Hispanic and Asian-Indians in the United States. Moreover, one billion women are projected to enter the global economy over the next 10 years. Does your firm align with these trends?
Jyoti Chopra of BNY Mellon told me that firms which recognize this trend from an investment management perspective are developing strategic approaches, "pinpointing at the geographic level and developing investment product mixes to target the burgeoning U.S. population" of those affluent African-, Hispanic- and Asian-Americans. "This," Jyoti said, "is where we'll see the greatest success."
For example, in the Asian-Indian community there is a high need for estate, succession and education planning, says Jyoti, who is Global Head of Diversity and Inclusion at BNY Mellon. She arguest that while "education planning is often a high focus, yet many clients are unaware of the new types of investment vehicles available. Similarly, on the business front, many have joint family-owned businesses, so succession planning becomes important."
"Advisors can step in and fill this gap," says Jyoti. "There is a tremendous opportunity from a marketing and go-to-market approach." Perhaps this is why BNY Mellon continues to develop and enhance its global strategy on diversity and inclusion.
Diversity and inclusion at BNY Mellon
BNY Mellon takes a holistic approach to its diversity and inclusion initiatives. From a recruiting perspective, the company is visible in the marketplace with diversity-focused career expos, developed a Signature Leadership Forum designed to bring thought leadership to diverse talent in banking and financial services, and has formed strategic alliances with centers of influence such as ALPFA and the Council of Urban Professionals, among others.
In terms of its overall philosophy, Jyoti says that "BNY Mellon developed a global strategy formulated with input from a cross-section of the organization that is intended to be flexible and can be customized at a very local level." Theirs is a four-pronged approach:
- Workforce Centered
- Workplace Focused
- Marketplace Led
- Leadership Driven
Jyoti says more and more clients ask for and are interested in diversity information in the RFP process because there is a clear recognition that diverse teams are more productive and bring valuable thinking.
A future trend to watch, says Jyoti, is women in the workforce. Projections from major consulting firms predict one billion women will enter the global workforce in the coming years.
If you agree with Danielle Andrus that financial firms need to reflect the diversity of their client base, then recruiting and retaining women advisors should be an important focus for your advisory firm.
Recruiting and retaining women advisors
Kim Dellarocca of Pershing says that women are better able to "align with the investor of the future" and tend to possess the communication skills "that work better across multiple gender groups."
The challenge now, says Kim, who is Pershing's Global Head of Segment Marketing and Practice Management, becomes how to recruit and retain successful women. What are the best practices?
Kim said that one of Pershing's advisory firm clients who had a practice focused on doctors tapped the pharmaceutical industry for senior female executives who know how to sell and connect with physicians. Those female executives, Kim said, had "an existing book of business in that market and knew how to sell and build relationships." Since the firm already had portfolio managers, it "only had to train these women on wealth management since they were already seasoned executives."
In terms of best practices, Kim says it "isn't enough to say you want to recruit women. Look at the associated experience and ask yourself: Are you really serious about it?" For instance, she says some firms are looking at compensation differently, providing a higher base salary versus high variable compensation that may fit better women advisors who are single heads of households.
She also suggests that those firms that are looking to attract women employees should focus on issues like flexible work hours and maternity leave. "Look at how you'll manage and message it with the women you hire and their colleagues," says Kim.
Whether you are part of an independent advisory firm just beginning to explore different recruiting initiatives, or you are part of a larger organization like BNY Mellon with a fully fledged diversity and inclusion program, there are resources to assist you, such as Pershing's Practice Management website, www.pershing.com/ideaswithoutlimits, and a Feb. 11 webinar featuring advisor Caleb Brown and recruiting expert Mindy Diamond: Positioning Your Firm to Attract and Recruit Talent.


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Over the weekend I entered, and was the race director, for the Pigs in the Water Regatta. If you are at all curious with the actual event you can visit facebook dot com/happyislandyachtclub. I've won the PITWR a few times in the past with my previous boat that had a GIANT PHRF handicap. This year I finished 3rd with my 39' Express. Since I was the race director I may have set up a course that accentuated the downwind and minimized the upwind. This is the first time I've raced this boat despite sailing it for a couple of years. The race started close reaching about 4 miles with 18kts TW and seas of 4-6'. There were 10 boats and I was third to cross the start a few seconds late. An IC24 (modified J24) was on the line at speed and had an excellent start building a quick lead. Next was my friend on his newer Beneteau 40 loaded with a crew of very good racers. My wife and I were on his tail gaining and I realized I was going to have to head up another 10 degrees or risk being set from the sea and current. Once the course was corrected I lost about a half knot and away the two leaders went. I got passed by a couple of 45' sloops. Once around the mark it was a very deep reach and the tables were turned over the next 5 miles to the next mark. The IC24 popped his spinnaker and regained the lead. We surged towards the fleet ahead quickly gobbling up the gap while never going below 8kts and frequently surfing waves in the mid 10s. The next turn was a DDW run for another 5 miles. I jibed the mizzen setting us wing and wing and really noticed that we had an advantage. It was if most of the fleet were trailing a drogue. We passed a few boats and were gaining on the IC24 with his spinnaker up. We ended up finishing 3rd at 7 minutes behind the IC24 and a minute behind a Bene 45'. Another two miles DDW and we would have been first. After the handicap we finished 2nd on that leg.
The next day's race was an 8 mile beat to weather, seas and current. The standard practice is to tack close to the south side of St Thomas to stay out of the seas and current as much as possible. Doing that means you are tacking maybe 30 times. No sweat on the Express. My competitors who followed the same strategy were all complaining about all the tacks upwind. Not me. Loving my Freedom. There has got to be something I'm doing wrong getting this cat ketch upwind. I tried pointing high, footing for speed and finally settled on something in the middle. My main sail is tired. Mizzen is new. A few boats fell out that would have probably changed the results had they raced on Sunday.


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The Forex world is constantly evolving and during its weekly trading hours there is a wealth of news a trader must keep on top of if they want to make the most money possible. Indeed, because the market can be affected by a number of dynamics, it is essential they know exactly what's happening at all times in order to avoid any unprofitable deals.
For example, let's assume the US Dollar is trading well against the Great British Pound during the first half of the week. This would be a good time to invest some money and reap the benefits of a positive market condition. However, by Wednesday a series of negative news stories emerge from the UK and affect the country's economic performance. These dynamics then adversely affects how well the two currencies are trading. At this point it's important to know what's just happened because it will influence whether or not someone should cease trading this currency pair for a while or continue.
Knowing the value of each currency based on various internal and external factors is crucial and the reason why FXBrokerSearch.com's Forex news centre is a vital resource. Drawing on a number of resources, our information section provides the latest information and data from which users can refine their trading activity.
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In this scenario there is a regular expression checking if
which is a common attack. But, in this case, it is possible to bypass the sanitization by using the ">" character in an attribute between script and src, like this:
This will exploit the reflected cross site scripting vulnerability shown before, executing the javascript code stored on the attacker's web server as if it was originating from the victim web site, www.example.com.
This will exploit the reflected cross site scripting vulnerability shown before, executing the javascript code stored on the attacker's web server as if it was originating from the victim web site, www.example.com.
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This article is part of the new OWASP Testing Guide v4.
Back to the OWASP Testing Guide v4 ToC: https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_Testing_Guide_v4_Table_of_Contents Back to the OWASP Testing Guide Project: https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_Testing_Project
Brief Summary
Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) is another name for non-persistent XSS, where the attack doesn't load with the vulnerable web application but is originated by the victim loading the offending URI. In this article we will see some ways to test a web application for this kind of vulnerability.
Description of the Issue
Reflected XSS attacks are also known as non-persistent XSS attacks and, since the attack payload is delivered and executed via a single request and response, they are also called first-order XSS or type 1. These are the most frequent type of XSS attacks found nowadays.
When a web application is vulnerable to this type of attack, it will pass unvalidated input sent through requests to the client. The common modus operandi of the attack includes a design step, in which the attacker creates and tests an offending URI, a social engineering step, in which she convinces her victims to load this URI on their browsers, and the eventual execution of the offending code — using the victim's credentials.
Commonly the attacker's code is written in the Javascript language, but other scripting languages are also used, e.g., ActionScript and VBScript.
Attackers typically leverage these vulnerabilities to install key loggers, steal victim cookies, perform clipboard theft, and change the content of the page (e.g., download links).
One of the important matters about exploiting XSS vulnerabilities is character encoding. In some cases, the web server or the web application could not be filtering some encodings of characters, so, for example, the web application might filter out "
This produces the following behavior:
This will cause the user, clicking on the link supplied by the tester, to download the file malicious.exe from a site he controls.
Bypass XSS filters
Most web applications today use some sort of sanitization. Yet, some remain vulnerable. Reflected cross-site scripting attacks are prevented either at the side of the server, by sanitization or web application firewall, or at the side of the client by prevention mechanisms that are embedded in modern web browsers.
Since most of the clients do not update their browsers or, if updated, the filter could be disabled, the tester cannot count on this and he has to test for vulnerabilities assuming that web browsers will not prevent the attack. Moreover is important to note that some of these filters can be circumvented. (Note: In a grey-box or white-box test, the tester might access the source code and analyze the server-side sanitization procedure to decide if and how it can be circumvented).
The web application could implement elementary blacklist-based filters attempting to avoid XSS attacks. These type of filters usually remove or encode expressions that could be dangerous (for example the
Example 5: Bypassing non-recursive filtering
Sometimes the sanitization is applied only once and it is not being performed recursively. In this case the attacker can beat the filter by sending a string like this one:
Example 6: Including external script
Now suppose that developers of the target site implemented the following code to protect the input from the inclusion of external script:
<? $re = "/
which is a common attack. But, in this case, it is possible to bypass the sanitization by using the ">" character in an attribute between script and src, like this:
This will exploit the reflected cross site scripting vulnerability shown before, executing the javascript code stored on the attacker's web server as if it was originating from the victim web site, www.example.com.
Result expected
Gray Box testing and example
Gray Box testing is similar to Black box testing. In gray box testing, the pen-tester has partial knowledge of the application. In this case, information regarding user input, input validation controls, and how the user input is rendered back to the user might be known by the pen-tester. If source code is available (White Box), all variables received from users should be analyzed. Moreover the tester should analyze any sanitization procedures implemented to decide if these can be circumvented.
OWASP Resources
- Joel Scambray, Mike Shema, Caleb Sima - "Hacking Exposed Web Applications", Second Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2006 - ISBN 0-07-226229-0
- Dafydd Stuttard, Marcus Pinto - "The Web Application's Handbook - Discovering and Exploiting Security Flaws", 2008, Wiley, ISBN 978-0-470-17077-9
- Jeremiah Grossman, Robert "RSnake" Hansen, Petko "pdp" D. Petkov, Anton Rager, Seth Fogie - "Cross Site Scripting Attacks: XSS Exploits and Defense", 2007, Syngress, ISBN-10: 1-59749-154-3
- CERT - Malicious HTML Tags Embedded in Client Web Requests: Read
- Rsnake - XSS Cheat Sheet: Read
- cgisecurity.com - The Cross Site Scripting FAQ: Read
- G.Ollmann - HTML Code Injection and Cross-site scripting: Read
- A. Calvo, D.Tiscornia - alert('A javascritp agent'): Read ( To be published )
- S. Frei, T. Dübendorfer, G. Ollmann, M. May - Understanding the Web browser threat: Read
CAL9000 is a collection of web application security testing tools that complement the feature set of current web proxies and automated scanners. It's hosted as a reference at http://yehg.net/lab/pr0js/pentest/CAL9000/ .
- PHP Charset Encoder(PCE) - http://h4k.in/encoding [mirror: http://yehg.net/e ]
This tool helps you encode arbitrary texts to and from 65 kinds of charsets. Also some encoding functions featured by JavaScript are provided.
It provides multiple dozens of flexible encoding for advanced string manipulation attacks.
WebScarab is a framework for analysing applications that communicate using the HTTP and HTTPS protocols.
- XSS-Proxy - http://xss-proxy.sourceforge.net/
XSS-Proxy is an advanced Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) attack tool.
- ratproxy - http://code.google.com/p/ratproxy/
A semi-automated, largely passive web application security audit tool, optimized for an accurate and sensitive detection, and automatic annotation, of potential problems and security-relevant design patterns based on the observation of existing, user-initiated traffic in complex web 2.0 environments.
- Burp Proxy - http://portswigger.net/proxy/
Burp Proxy is an interactive HTTP/S proxy server for attacking and testing web applications.
- OWASP Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP) - OWASP_Zed_Attack_Proxy_Project
ZAP is an easy to use integrated penetration testing tool for finding vulnerabilities in web applications. It is designed to be used by people with a wide range of security experience and as such is ideal for developers and functional testers who are new to penetration testing. ZAP provides automated scanners as well as a set of tools that allow you to find security vulnerabilities manually.


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Instant HMDA For BytePro
Access HMDA Error Reporting, Geocoding, and Rate Spread data -- directly inside BytePro!
The features within Instant HMDA allow lenders to correct Validity and Quality errors at the point of contact. In addition, census tract data can be obtained with just one click.
Options include:
- Instant Geocoder – accurately match addresses with scores that allow for minor data variation elements that often occur
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Every Sunday, which is supposed to be the day of rest, I run errands to prepare for the school week. I think I speak for many of us when I say that grocery shopping is one of my least favorite errands to do. It takes time to get there, it is usually crowded when I go, and then there is the time it takes to get the groceries up to my third level apartment (this step takes about 3-4 trips), and then actually putting the darn things away. Just typing all of that makes me stressed….All of this has changed in the past few weeks, because I've decided to get into a new routine to make the grocery shopping experience a little bit more palatable.
It all started over Christmas when my mom got me a gift card to Trader Joe's. Now, Trader Joe's is a place I could go on a regular basis. They have great stuff and, if you read Wes's blog, they are owned by Aldi, so the prices are quite reasonable. Anyway, a few weeks ago I had some extra time so I went to the Dublin location and that was when it hit me. I could make grocery shopping a little more exciting by trying new places every week. I have most of the essentials, so when I go now I just go to get things strictly for the week. So far, it has been much better going to the grocery. I get to check out what other places have to offer and take in some new scenery instead of the same old store at the same time every week (I was getting scared when the people at the checkout at Giant Eagle started to recognize me). Also, when it comes to price, some places are more expensive and others are cheaper, so it seems like I end up spending the same amount in the long run.
Here are some of the places I've been so far and one good and bad thing about each:
1. Trader Joe's– LOVE the selection that you can't really find at a regular grocery store, especially at their fairly low prices. My new favorite item from there is frozen tuna in a pesto-lemon marinade. Dislike that it is a little bit of a hike. They only have two locations in Columbus, one is Dublin and one at Easton. It takes me about 20 minutes to get to either location.
2. Giant Eagle (Clintonville)- This is the usual. LOVE that it is so close to home and that I know exactly where everything is. Also, the fuelperks are becoming an added bonus to shopping here on a regular basis. Dislike that it is ALWAYS crowded. It seems that whenever I go (yes, even late at night) it is ALWAYS busy. There is usually a fairly long wait at the registers.
3. Kroger (North High Street, Clintonville, I believe)- LOVE that they also have fuel rewards and that it is smaller, so it is easier to find things. This is where I used to go in my hometown, so I feel like I'm home walking through the aisles of Kroger. Dislike that they don't have a great selection because it is pretty small.
4. Whole Foods (West Lane, Upper Arlington) – LOVE that it is close to campus and they have an excellent organic and produce selection. Dislike that it is a little pricey here, so I usually get specialty items and save the basics for Giant Eagle.
5. Walmart (near Polaris)- LOVE the prices. When I go here, I usually end up saving about $20 on my entire bill, compared to Giant Eagle or Kroger. Dislike that it is a good 20-25 minutes away and they don't have the best produce selection.
If you dislike grocery shopping as much as I used to, try to vary it up a little bit. I've been told by classmates there is a Giant Eagle Market District that is "like heaven for foodies." This is probably next on my list as well as Fresh Market. Stay tuned…..
P.S. I'm always open to new places for groceries, please comment with any suggestions 🙂


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Smith's band: Marching Cavs debut at UNC game
To some, the September 11 match-up against North Carolina will be the most riveting UVA football game in decades.
But it has nothing to do with the team.
This fall brings the debut of the Marching Cavaliers, the product of years of official unease with its predecessor, the Pep Band.
Thanks in large part to a massive donation from alumnus Carl Smith, the music department has branched out to collaborate with the athletic department to provide musical entertainment at athletic events.
Until this year, UVA was the only ACC school without a marching band. Now– with the jilted members of the Pep Band pledging to continue as a student group even without the athletic department's blessing– it has two.
As a recent arrival at UVA, associate director of bands Douglas Phillips says he doesn't know much about the drama which preceded him, nor does he particularly care to learn about it. "We were brought here to do a job," Phillips says, "and that's what we're going to focus on."
He's certainly got plenty of other things to worry about. Along with the director, Bill Pease, who is likewise a fresh import, Phillips is currently tangled up in the orchestration of a preparatory band camp which began on August 18, a task made all the more formidable by the fact that he's essentially piloting a brand new program in the process.
"We're having a lot of rehearsals as a full ensemble and sectionals, getting to learn the pre-game music," says Phillips. With 170 members and plans for a totally different halftime show at each game, there's a lot to do.
Ten of those members aren't exactly– well, marching "Cavaliers." To fill its ranks, UVA has formed a partnership with Piedmont Virginia Community College. "The goal is to foster the relationship with the community college, almost like a preparatory thing," says Phillips. "A lot of those students want to come to UVA."
Eventually, they'll find a home in UVA's proposed $47-million performing arts center. Benefactor (and former football star) Smith and his wife also gave $22 million for that 100,000-square-foot megaplex to be located on Emmet Street.
At a press conference last fall, director Pease told the Roanoke Times his band vision: "I want it to be exciting, loud, in your face."
Whatever the sound, the Marching Cavaliers will straddle an odd gap between art, sport, and entertainment. Phillips predicts a high degree of overlap between the new band and the existing performance ensembles in UVA's McIntire Department of Music.
"Of the people who are auditioning" to play at UVA, says Phillips, "the majority are planning to do the marching band. They want to do both, and they can do both."
It remains to be seen just how many familiar marching band tunes will be showing up in the Marching Cavaliers' routine.
"Some places you have cookie-cutter marching bands," says Phillips, seemingly dismissing staples like the Macarena and the Star Wars Imperial March.
"What you hear pre-game are going to be songs with a history at UVA," says Phillips. "We did some research and found some old song books, songs that the Glee Club would have done."
"They're really great songs," he concludes. "They're things that are the University of Virginia's as opposed to things that we're trying to impose. We want to do it from the inside out. We want to do something that's uniquely UVA."
Cavalier sugardaddy: Gridiron and funding star Carl Smith in 2000
Marching Cavaliers director Bill Pease.


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Testicular cancer
What is testicular cancer?
A: Testicular cancer is cancer that starts in the testicles. The testicles are two male reproductive organs that hang below the penis in a sac called the scrotum.
In adult males, each testicle is usually 5cmX4cmX3cm in size. The testicles make several hormones, mainly testosterone. They also make reproductive cells called sperm. There are different kinds of cells in each testicle, each of which can grow into one or more types of cancer. Overall, testicular cancer is not that common. However, it is the leading cause of cancer in men in their twenties and thirties. Some doctors recommend performing testicular self-exams to help find testicular cancer in its early stages, when it is most treatable, although it's not clear if testicular self-exams lower the death rate for this cancer.
Q: Who gets testicular cancer?
A: This disease most commonly occurs in men between the ages of 20 and 35, although it can happen at any age.
White men are more likely to get testicular cancer than black men. Men in Europe and the United States have the highest risk of getting testicular cancer. African and Asian men have the lowest risk. Researchers do not know what accounts for these differences.
Q: What causes it?
A: Doctors are not sure what causes testicular cancer. The rate of testicular cancer is slightly higher in white men, as well as in higher income groups. Doctors do not know if this is because a lifestyle factor plays a part in who gets testicular cancer. Doctors do know, however, of some risk factors for testicular cancer. For example, an undescended testicle (a testicle that does not move from the abdomen into the scrotum) increases a man's risk for the disease. Also, a man who has had cancer in one testicle is more likely to get it in the other testicle. A man who has a family history is slightly more at risk for getting testicular cancer.
Q: What are the symptoms of testicular cancer?
A: Men with early testicular cancer may or may not notice symptoms. Symptoms of testicular cancer include:
A lump on a testicle. The lump may be painless but uncomfortable.
Enlargement of a testicle.
Feeling of heaviness or aching in the scrotum or lower abdomen.
Rarely, men may have swelling in the breasts
Pain in the lower back may be a symptom of later-stage testicular cancer
If the cancer has spread to the lungs, men may experience shortness of breath, pain in the chest, and a cough
In rare cases, men may have no symptoms but may be infertile. Tests to figure out why the man is infertile may lead to finding the testicular cancer.
Q: If I have testicular cancer, does this mean I'm infertile?
A: Although it is rare for testicular cancer to cause sterility, it may cause low sperm counts. Treatments for testicular cancer, such as surgery to remove the affected testicle or testicles, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy, may affect fertility. If a man has both testicles removed, he will not be able to produce sperm and will therefore be sterile. Men who are about to be treated for testicular cancer should talk to their doctor about their options in case they want to have children in the future. One of these options is sperm banking but this must be done before treatment starts.
Q: What is the difference between seminoma and nonseminoma cancer of the testicles?
A: Although there are many kinds of testicular cancer, most of these can be placed in two categories: seminoma and nonseminoma. These two types occur about equally. Both are known as germ cell cancers because they begin in germ cells. Germ cells are cells that have the potential to grow and develop into large numbers of different tissues and organs in a developing fetus.
There are several different types of nonseminomas. Nonseminomas are faster growing than seminomas and have a tendency to spread to other parts of the body.
There are other kinds of testicular cancer, but they are rare.
Q: What is sperm banking?
A: Before being treated for testicular cancer, many men go to a sperm bank to give a sample of their sperm. This sample is then preserved at very cold temperatures. It remains alive for many years, decades even, and can be used to start a pregnancy. Since testicular cancer often strikes men who have not yet begun families but who may want to in the future, sperm banking is something that each man should think about and discuss with his doctor if fertility and having children is an issue for him.
Q: How is testicular cancer diagnosed?
A: Symptoms in the testicles can be caused by cancer or by other, less serious problems, such as inflammation in the testicle (orchitis) or in the tissue surrounding the testicle through which sperm passes (epididymis). To find out the cause of any of the signs or symptoms, a man's doctor will do a careful physical exam and ask about the man's family medical history. During the physical exam, the doctor will feel the testicles for any swelling or tender areas, as well as feel a lump, if one is present, to note its size and location. The doctor may also do one or more of the following tests:
Ultrasound. This may be done if a lump is present. An ultrasound uses sound waves to find out if a lump is solid or fluid-filled. (Solid lumps are more likely to be cancerous.)
Blood tests. These tests can help find out if certain proteins that can signify cancer are present. Some testicular cancers raise blood levels of proteins, such as alpha fetoprotein (AFP) or human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG). Doctors may be able to tell what kind of testicular cancer a man has depending on if and what protein levels are higher. Blood tests can also help in follow up care, to make sure the cancer has not come back.
Biopsy. If a suspicious lump is found, a surgeon will remove the tumor so that a pathologist can see if it is cancerous. The surgeon will try to remove the whole tumor, along with the testicle and the spermatic cord. This is done through an incision in the groin area. The testicle and spermatic cord are removed to help make sure the cancer cells do not spread.
If cancer is found, a man will need more tests so doctors can learn details about the cancer. These may include:
CT scan. In this test, an X-ray beam takes pictures of the inside of the body from many angles. A computer puts the images together, providing a detailed cross section image. A CT scan can help a doctor learn if the cancer has spread to the lymph nodes or to organs, such as the lungs, liver, or brain.
Other tests. Chest X-rays, MRI scans, PET scans, bone scans, and other tests may be done to look for metastasis or spread.
Q: What are the treatments for testicular cancer?
A: Treatment for testicular cancer is either local or systemic. Local treatments remove, destroy, or control the cancer cells in one certain area. Surgery and radiation are local treatments. Systemic treatments are used to destroy or control cancer cells throughout the entire body. Chemotherapy is a systemic treatment. A man may have just one treatment or a combination of treatments:
Surgery. The goal of surgery is to remove the tumor. This is called a radical inguinal orchiectomy. This requires removing one of the testicles (or both testicles if both have cancer). If both testicles are removed, a man will not be able to produce sperm and will be infertile. In some cases, lymph nodes in the back of the abdomen may need to be removed as well. Surgery is almost always the first step in treating testicular cancer.
Radiation therapy. Radiation uses X-rays to kill cancer cells. Most often, the goal of radiation for testicular cancer is to kill cancer cells that have spread to lymph nodes.
Chemotherapy. Chemotherapy uses drugs to kill cancer. In testicular cancer, chemotherapy may be given before surgery to shrink a tumor or after to make sure all cancer cells are gone. It may be given alone to treat testicular cancer that has spread to other parts of the body.


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Letter to Our European Friends
America is in the midst of an all‐important electoral campaign. But, talking to Europeans, I've discovered that there is puzzlement and misinformation on your continent about what's happening on ours. Europeans feel an understandable confusion when faced with a political system consisting of two houses of Congress and a White House, and nobody is home in any of them.
Also, America's political parties are indistinguishable to the European eye. A British journalist once described the situation thus: "America is a one‐party state, but just like Americans they've got two of them." (I forget which British journalist said that. But there are so many British journalists who should be forgotten. Maybe it was Alexander Cockburn.)
The difference between American parties is actually simple. Democrats are in favor of higher taxes to pay for greater spending, while Republicans are in favor of greater spending, for which the taxpayers will pay. In foreign policy, Republicans intend to pursue the war in Iraq but to do so with a minimal number of troops on the ground. This is not to be confused with the disastrous Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld policy of using a minimal number of troops on the ground to pursue the war in Iraq. Democrats intend to end the war, but they don't know when. Democrats are making the "high school sex promise": I'll pull out in time, honest!
There are two factors in American politics that may seem strange to Europeans, race and religion. You, of course, don't have any religion. Except every now and then someone who came to Europe lately and is a Muslim blows himself to bits. But I understand that you have EU funding to address these social problems and help Muslims build bombs that release fewer pollutants and less carbon dioxide, reducing the threat of global warming.
After the events of the 20th century, God, quite reasonably, left Europe. But He's still here in the United States. The majority of Americans are Christians, and Christians can be divided into two kinds, the kind who think you should get Jesus and the kind who think Jesus is going to get you. Mike Huckabee is one of the latter. Then there are the Mormons such as Mitt Romney who believe some unusual things — things that no sensible European like Jean‐Paul Sartre, Martin Heidegger, Benito Mussolini, Karl Marx, Emanuel Swedenborg, or Cherie Blair would ever believe.
The question of race in America is supposed to be a matter of what one looks like. But it is difficult to comprehend how a political interest group that contains both Al Sharpton and Halle Berry could be based on looks. Barack Obama looks like he was raised in Hawaii. He may have just a good tan.
The number of American presidential candidates varies with the sunspot cycle and the phases of the moon. Being a Republican, I'm backing Hillary Clinton. Because she could lose. The reason is not that she's a woman. The reason is that she's the particular woman who taught the 4th grade class that every man in America wished he were dead in. Hillary Clinton is Lucy holding the football for Charlie Brown. Hillary Clinton is "America's ex‐wife."
A man can be a Democrat to the core, going into the voting booth to pull the lever with the donkey label no matter what. Then he sees Hillary's name on the ballot. And it all comes back to him … the first marriage … the time he came home a little late, it wasn't even midnight, and he'd only had four or five beers, and she threw his bowling ball down the storm sewer.
The Republicans will have a hard time coming up with someone who can't beat Hillary Clinton. But I don't put it past them. You may remember Senator Bob Dole in 1996.
At the moment Republicans seem inclined to John McCain. Everyone loves John McCain. Everyone respects John McCain. He's tough. He's consistent. He's wrong. Not that I personally agree with you Europeans that John is wrong, but the voters do. John thinks the war in Iraq is a good idea. The electorate doesn't. John's campaign slogan is "Strong and Wrong."
Mitt Romney is supposed to be my own type of candidate, a true conservative. But Mitt was governor of Massachusetts. This is like applying to be pope and listing your prior job experience as "Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem."
Mitt Romney is also the "corporate candidate," promising to bring the organizational skills and fiscal discipline of corporate America to Washington. But we are in the midst of a global credit collapse and all the air is hissing out of the world's equity market balloons. We've had big corporate scandals — Enron, WorldCom, Tyco — in the not too distant past. We may have a deep recession in the not too distant future. Is this the moment to be pitching the voters on "business savvy"?
Rudy Giuliani is a wonderful person to have around during a tragedy. His campaign promise is that there will be a tragedy every week.
As for Fred Thompson, he didn't have much impact. Yes, he's a Republican who was seen on TV a lot. But so was Scooter Libby.
Mike Huckabee lost some support among the hard‐core fundamentalists when Bible Belt denizens realized that John McCain was the only candidate with enough guts to really handle rattlesnakes at church. The rest of the public remains alert to the fact that evangelical Christianity, as a movement, has two faces — the Moral Majority face and the Tammy Faye Bakker face.
Let us not forget Ron Paul who is very popular — with people who stay up all night in Ayn Rand chatrooms, bury Krugerrands in the yard, and think the Trilateral Commission causes sub‐prime mortgage foreclosures.
Incidentally, there's a balanced position that all of America's presidential candidates could take on the controversial abortion issue. If they want votes they shouldn't campaign to make abortion illegal or legal. They should campaign to make it retroactive. If a kid reaches 25 and he or she is still jobless, feckless, and sitting around Starbucks acting like a — no offense — European, then whack.
Meanwhile, in the Democratic field, Barack Obama may be altering our national political equation. Obama is an indication that America has reached an important benchmark in race relations. In America it is now officially more important to be cute than to be white. Barack Obama is cute, and he's nice. It's been a long time since any political party in America had the cute, nice vote sewn up. Rudy Giuliani? Not so nice. Bill Clinton? Don't get cute.
The problem for Obama is that, as yet, he doesn't have much political stature. However, there is a "Disney factor" is American politics. Think of America's politicians as the Seven Dwarves. They're all short — short on ethics, short on experience, short on common sense, short on something. But we keep thinking that one of these dwarves is going to save our snow white butt.
We've got Dopey right now. We had Sleazy before him. Grumpy lost in '04. Sleepy was great in the 1980s, but he's dead. How about Obama?
Who else do the Democrats have? There is, of course, Nobel Peace Prize‐winning Al Gore. May I ask you Europeans, are your Norwegians crazy? What does the Nobel Peace Prize have to do with global warming? Did Al forge a truce in the war with the penguins? I'm trying to lead a carbon‐neutral lifestyle myself. I've given up cigars. I think Al Gore should give up blowing smoke out his …
John Edwards is a personal injury lawyer, the sort of fellow who covers North Carolina with billboards reading, "Y'all May Have Been Malpracticed on by a Doctor and Not Even Know It. Call (800) S‑H-Y-S-T-E‑R." One of the remaining virtues of European civilization is that you aren't overrun with his ilk. John Edwards should go sue Krispy Kreme doughnuts for making his supporters too fat to get into the voting booths.
Dennis Kucinich swept the Mars caucuses.
Then there are the Democrats who're actually qualified to be president — Bill Richardson, Joe Biden, and Chris Dodd. All three have dropped out of the race. Before they did, they managed, between them, to raise almost $1,000 (2.79 euros) for their campaigns.
This leaves the Democrats with Hillary Clinton. She's going to reform America's health care system. Memo to Hillary: You already reformed America's health care system, 15 years ago. Just the outline of Hillary's 1993 health care plan was 1,400 pages long, almost as long as that equally successful reform document, the EU constitution.
Many political analysts say that the failure of Hillary's health care plan almost destroyed Bill Clinton's first term. You'll recall that Bill Clinton had to seek help from a different woman to almost destroy his second term.
But no matter who is elected America's next president — whether Barack Obama, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, or even Ron Paul — it is important that Europeans be reassured that ordinary Americans will not change the way they think about Europe. They will continue to think they aren't sure where it is on the map.


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history/following the Cedar Point Road
The Cedar Point Road was an early state road that went from Cedar Point (Port Henry) to Newcomb. It was constructed in the late 1820s, mostly for the benefit of the McIntyre Mines at the Tahawus Club/Upper Works near Newcomb. Archibald McIntyre (New York State Controller) was the driving force behind this mine. He began with an iron manufacturing concern in Lake Placid from 1809 - 1817. To obtain ore for his furnaces, he built the first road from Lake Placid to Cascade Lakes where he mined low quality ore between the two lakes. Soon thereafter, he built a second road, this one going from Lake Placid to Ausable Forks to obtain better ore. This second road generally follows current Route 86 along the Ausable River. For a 3 mile section, from Monument Falls parking lot to the bend in Route 86 (approximately 1 mile south of the Whiteface Ski Center), the old ore road detours from the course of Route 86, passing east of Owen and Winch Ponds. This section of the old road is fun to follow, crosses an old logging camp, passes near the base of the Kilburn Mountain slide, and is easiest to follow when starting from the north.
McIntyre closed his Placid operations after the "year without a summer" in 1816 but continued to keep an eye out for minerals in the area. He started up his mine near Newcomb in the late 1820s and one of the first things he did was to lobby to have a road built from Lake Champlain to Newcomb. The obvious goal of this road - the Cedar Point Road - was to provide a path for his iron to reach the lake and thus markets. This venture also failed, mostly due to the high costs of transporting the iron and steel to ready markets. The last gasp for the mine was the construction of its' 1854 blast furnace which, due to limited use, still stands today. A cemetery, a house, as well as the remains of an earlier furnace, brick making kiln and sunken barge, can still be found if one searches the area.
The Cedar Point Road was replaced in the 1840s by the Carthage Road which more closely follows today's Blue Ridge Highway from exit 29 of the Northway to Newcomb. Thus, the Cedar Point Road was rarely used in sections since the 1840s and stretches have reverted back to wilderness. Finding the remains of this old road was quite the topic in the 1960s - 1980s. Various individuals researched the exact course of this historic road and published their findings - most of which turned out to be only partially accurate.
Today, the first half of the old road is mostly traceable from Port Henry to Clear Pond near Elk Lake. The second section from Clear Pond to the McIntyre Mines crosses what was, up to recently, private land and thus probably hasn't been traced (the old road actually crosses the recently opened road that leads to Boreas Ponds). With the state's new purchase of this land from Finch Pruyn and a bit of research/perseverance, this second section should now be locatable.
The first part of the Cedar Point Road leaves Port Henry and follows paved roads. Near Moriah Center, the old road veers off Crowfoot Road and soon follows an unmarked trail (parts of which cross private land). This trail/old road heads just south of Moriah Pond and north of Round Pond where it joins a public hiking trail. This trail heads north from Ensign Pond to the Sharp Bridge Campground in North Hudson. The Cedar Point Road follows this hiking trail towards Sharp Bridge where, about a mile before the campground and where it first runs into the Schroon River, it crosses the river on what was, an old bridge (the foundation of which is still evident). It is from this point on that following the old road becomes interesting...
The Cedar Point Road leaves the trail at this point. It crosses the Schroon River, passes by the old Shaw Farm cellar holes (1870s - just across the river from the hiking trail), and heads east through the woods for approximately a mile towards Route 9. The Cedar Point Road intersects a newer woods road about 5 minutes before reaching Route 9 and follows that to the current highway. Route 9 is reached about a mile south of Sharp Bridge.
Following Route 9 south, an open space in the road is reached in a half a mile or less. Here, to the right of Route 9, a cellar hole is visible a few feet off the road. This was the famous Weatherhead's Tavern which back in the 1830s was known to have "40 teams of horses with wagons heavily loaded with lumber" waiting outside.
Just past this cellar hole on the right, a DEC sign and dirt road to West Mill Brook appears. The Cedar Point Road follows this road down over a brook (high clearance vehicles needed), through a tunnel under the Northway, and eventually to the parking lot for West Mill Brook. From this parking spot, the old road parallels the brook for 3 miles of pleasant hiking as the road is kept up by hikers/hunters. Redfield, on his visit to make the first ascent of Mount Marcy (1837) took this road and called it a "newer, more imperfect road through the woody defiles of the Schroon Mountain Range".
After hiking this scenic road for approximately 3 miles, the old Cedar Point Road leaves the current trail (on the left) just a few minutes before the current path crosses the stream and arrives at the old Pepper logging camp. The Cedar Point Road continues up the valley passing 3 beaver ponds on their left, eventually crossing over to the right side of the valley just past the height of land. While the road disappears for a while after the ponds, it can be picked up again on the right side where it has been turn-piked or raised up in the low, somewhat swampy lands. The road fades again just before it passes the scenic "Niagara Falls", a stream that comes down Sunrise Mountain but a mile or so later it reappears by merging with some hunting trails that appear in the area. The old road veers right, off from the hunting trail and heads through the low pass to the outlet stream from Clear Pond. It follows the stream to the pond and heads around the northern end of the pond eventually arriving at the old Israel Johnson farm and sawmill (now the caretakers cottage and gate for the Elk Lake Property).
The road is still followable by experienced "old road aficionados" but it needs to be done in the Spring or Fall...
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Very nice report, thanks for sharing!
I spent some time exploring the West Mill Brook area last year.
The "Old Pepper Logging Camp" makes for a nice basecamp...
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Great photos! I've come to really love that area...
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That was a good read, thank you. I just so happened to have been reading about the history of Route 9 and the Northway before going on the forum. Had to research the "year without a summer", interesting stuff.
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Jburn, what are some good references for the history of rt 9 and the Northway?
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Honestly I wasn't going too deep and was doing some web searches. Wiki was nice because it walked you through each stage geographically.
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Platteville's McWethy Catches the Eye of Packers, Other NFL Teams
University of Wisconsin-Platteville safety Ryan McWethy put up numbers at his pro day workout that were were on par with those at the NFL Combine.
MADISON––Ryan McWethy may not be a well-known, high-profle NFL prospect like Montee Ball, but he's no stranger to those in the know, those who make their living scouting football players.
McWethy is a safety from Division III Wisconsin-Platteville that worked out at the University of Wisconsin's pro day on Wednesday in front of a bevy of NFL scouts and Packers general manager Ted Thompson, but it's not as if McWethy was being discovered for the first time.
"I think that we've had over 25 to 28 NFL teams that came through our doors this fall to watch him practice," said Platteville head football coach Mike Emendorfer in an exlusive phone interview with Cheesehead TV. "A couple of the teams came down two or three times to watch practice."
Emendorfer said Platteville previously submitted four games of film on McWethy to a network all NFL teams use to scout players, and in just the past week, teams have contacted the university requesting even more film.
Not only was McWethy a Division III first-team All-American as voted upon by the American Football Coaches Association as a senior, but he put up measurables on Wednesday that placed him on par with those safeties invited to the NFL Combine.
First of all, McWethy checked in at 6' 1 1/4" and 226 lbs., prototypical size for an NFL safety.
His 31 bench press reps of 225 lbs. would have placed first among safeties at the NFL Combine, three more than 5' 9" Shamarko Thomas of Syracuse.
He also put on an impressive performance in the three-cone drill. Depending upon who you believe, McWethy said he clocked in at 6.65 and 6.67 seconds in two attempts while Gil Brandt of NFL.com had him an even lower 6.63.
Going with the lower figure, McWethy also would have placed first among safeties at the Combine, .01 better than Florida's Josh Evans.
Despite participating in drills with Division I University of Wisconsin players, McWethy didn't look out of place.
"I feel like I can compete with them," said McWethy. "I feel like I'm right here with everybody. I just have to have the confidence that I'm right there, I can compete with them. I felt all right. I didn't feel like an underdog too bad."
For McWethy, this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and one he hasn't taken lightly. The product of Oregon, Ill. has taken off the current semester of school specifically to train for this moment in hopes that he'll be able to fulfill a dream of playing professional football.
"I don't think anyone saw that coming when he was a freshman in college," said Emendorfer. "We knew we had a good football player, but he definitely worked his butt off and has become I think an NFL-type of prospect."
Before it sounds like McWethy is too good to be true, Brandt pumped the brakes in his online analysis of the safety prospect.
"McWethy is a good-looking athlete," wrote the longtime Dallas Cowboys executive, "but his positional drill performance did not live up to the lofty numbers posted in the runs and jumps."
To be fair, Brandt was not present in Madison but rather counts on his league contacts for information to pass along to a larger audience. Even McWethy admits his footwork isn't his strong suit but thinks it's something he can improve upon because it's not something he's been taught.
In any case, there's little doubt that McWethy is turning heads and gaining attention. He said at UW's pro day that he talked to scouts from the Jaguars, Ravens, Oakland, Titans, Cowboys and Vikings on Wednesday and hasn't escaped the attention of the Packers either.
"I met with the Packers a little while ago, back during school," said McWethy. "I didn't meet with them today, but they called me about a week ago, making sure I was going to be here. So I've been in touch with them."
Emendorfer knows McWethy as a football player as well as anyone and describes him as humble, likeable and a great leader.
Even though he was a starter on defense on Platteville, Emendorfer says McWethy wasn't the type that looked to get off of special teams duties and thinks he can bring that aspect of his game to any future potential employer.
"I know what I'm going to get with Ryan," said Emendorfer. "He's a hard hitter, and I'm not saying he's a high draft choice, but I think he's a kid that just can play the game."
All McWethy is looking for is a chance. Unless a team invites him in for a private visit, Wednesday was his last opportunity to perform in front of an audience. But he's not going to stop working.
So where does he go from here?
"Stay in shape," said McWethy, "work on my footwork as much as I can, keep my strength up, hopefully get some calls and see where it goes from there."
Brian Carriveau is the author of "It's Just a Game: Big League Drama in Small Town America," and editor of Cheesehead TV's "Pro Football Draft Preview." To contact Brian, email [email protected].
Comments (5)
March 07, 2013 at 05:07 pm
Kids like this can often show more drive and determination than their big-school peers. Having to work harder to achieve the same success is a good testament to character.
FITZCORE 1252'S EVO (not verified)
March 07, 2013 at 08:21 pm
This sounds like a TT instant wood guy... Has UDFA written all over him.
March 07, 2013 at 10:22 pm
(mind you, I did not have his combine numbers upon graduation...)
MarkinMadison (not verified)
March 08, 2013 at 11:55 am
What years were you there?
Lou (not verified)
March 10, 2013 at 11:20 am
31 reps in the bench press and Konz of UW did only 8-9 last year, wow.


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Closing the gender pay gap would have a direct effect on a woman's Social Security benefits and her ability to save for retirement, according to research released by Social Security Works in conjunction with a press conference call on Thursday with Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn.
Closing the pay gap "would help women and families now and in the future and into retirement," DeLauro said.
Social Security Works looked at research that showed—because Social Security benefits are based on lifetime earnings—the gender pay gap during working years creates a gender gap in Social Security benefits. In 2012, women aged 65 or older received an average Social Security benefit of $12,520, compared to $16,396 for men.
Ben Veghte, research director for Social Security Works, added during the call that "social security benefits are directly related to what you earn now."
"With that additional income they would be paying more into Social Security and hence getting more earned benefits when they retire," Veghte said.
He added that many of the women currently receiving Social Security benefits are suffering because they did not earn enough so they did not pay enough into Social Security to get comfortable benefits when they retire.
DeLauro stressed that this is why you see such a high poverty rate in elderly women.
Among those age 65 or older, research shows that nearly twice as many women as men are poor: 11% of women, compared to 6.6% of men.
And the more income women have, the more they will be able to save for retirement.
It's been reported that men had an average of $139,467 in their individual retirement accounts as of 2012, compared with the average of $81,700 that women had stashed in their IRAs, according to a report released by the Employee Benefit Research Institute.
Strengthen Social Security's Finances
Social Security Works also looked at research from the Institute for Women's Policy Research that estimates closing the wage gap between women and men of the same age, at similar levels of education and hours of work, would directly increase the wages of 59.3% of women –and, in 2012, would have led to additional income of $447.6 billion dollars.
Social Security Works' report states that "since about 97% of female workers have earnings below Social Security's tax cap ($117,000 in 2014), and the vast majority of these women work in employment covered by Social Security, most of this additional income would be subject to Social Security, generating tens of billions of additional Social Security revenue each year. This additional revenue, coupled with women receiving benefits on their own earnings records, as opposed to their spouses', could reduce Social Security's projected longterm shortfall by roughly onethird."
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Organizations both in and out of the fitness industry are continuing to recognize our dear departed friend Jack LaLanne, who will receive two posthumous honors in the coming weeks.
On Saturday, the inaugural Jack LaLanne Award will be presented at the IDEA World Fitness Convention in Los Angeles. Elaine LaLanne, Jack's wife of 51 years, will accept the award on her husband's behalf during that morning's general session. IDEA says the award will be presented annually "to an individual who has inspired the world to fitness through his or her work in the media or in the public eye as a significant role model for others to follow."
Saturday's award will come 25 years after Jack LaLanne accepted IDEA's Lifetime Achievement Award. (He accepted Club Industry's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009.) Elaine told us in an email that in the invitation to come and accept the first Jack LaLanne Award, IDEA Executive Director Kathie Davis recalled that Jack did a number of fingertip push-ups during his acceptance speech.
"When I received an invitation from the IDEA Health and Fitness association and staff and their 150,000 affiliated fitness professionals to honor Jack, I was touched, thrilled, and excited for him," Elaine wrote in the email. "They are recognizing him as an icon in the industry, someone who all looked up to and continued to be inspired by. This is what this award is all about."
It's been an exciting time for Elaine, who turned 85 in March. She recently traveled back to her home state of Minnesota to celebrate her brother's 91st birthday. Andy Rorem, who turns 91 on Thursday, is a retired electrical engineer who worked on super computers. He's also a World War II veteran who received a Bronze Star Medal. Jack lived to be 96, so that makes at least two people in Elaine's life to live so long. Amazing.
Elaine's schedule just keeps getting busier. On Tuesday, the Electronic Retailing Association (ERA) will honor Jack with the inaugural DR Icon Award at the ERA Moxie Awards Gala in Las Vegas. The Sept. 15 ceremony at the Wynn Hotel is part of the annual ERA D2C Convention. The ERA calls Jack a longtime pioneer in the direct response marketing field. Elaine will be on hand to accept the award.
Jack died in January, but contrary to one of his popular phrases, his image is far from ruined.


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Aftermarket supplier Coast Distribution System Inc. reported a net loss on lower sales for its first quarter ended March 31.
Net sales for the quarter fell 1.8% to $24.2 million compared to net sales of $24.7 million in the first quarter of 2011. According to the company, the decrease was primarily the result of continuing consumer uncertainties about the strength of the overall economy, persistently high unemployment rates and the adverse effect of recent increases in gasoline prices on consumer discretionary spending.
The Morgan Hill, Calif.-based company reported a net loss of $1.3 million, or $0.30 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2012, compared to a net loss of $1.0 million, or $0.23 per diluted share, in the same quarter of 2011.
Gross profits declined by $489,000, to $3.4 million, resulting in a decrease in gross margin to 14.1% in the 2012 first quarter from 15.8% in the same quarter of 2011. That decrease was the result of selected price reductions that Coast implemented in response to aggressive price competition in the market, as well as an increase in shipping costs related to fuel prices.
"The first quarter was challenging in terms of both revenues and margins as we faced an increasingly competitive market environment," said Coast CEO Jim Musbach. "Our sales were impacted by soft consumer demand as well as increased promotional pricing on a variety of products, and the more competitive pricing translated into compressed gross margins. These factors are also affecting the broader RV industry as manufacturers and dealers have faced increased discounting in the market, although recent projections from RVIA suggest growth in RV unit shipments may improve over the course of 2012.
Until we see a pick up in sales and usage of RVs that will drive increased demand for our products, we will continue to balance defending our market share with continued tight management of operating expenses."
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The Louisiana Artificial Reef Program was established in 1986 to take advantage of obsolete oil and gas platforms which were recognized as providing habitat important to many of Louisiana's coastal fishes. Federal law and international treaty require these platforms to be removed one year after production ceases. The removal of these platforms results in a loss of reef habitat.
Since the program's inception in 1986, 71 oil and gas related companies have participated in the program and donated primarily the jackets of oil and gas structures. In addition to the material, companies also donate one half their realized savings over a traditional onshore removal into Louisiana's Artificial Reef Trust Fund. In 1999, the Louisiana Artificial Reef Program created the world's largest artificial reef from the Freeport sulfur mine off Grand Isle, Louisiana. The sulfur mine, with over 1.5 miles of bridgework, is composed of more than 29 structures. The reef is in 42-50 feet of water and has 27 feet of clearance. For safety of navigation it is marked by 5 lighted buoys. Forty (40) Armored Personnel Carriers (APC's) and one offshore tug are also deployed within two offshore artificial reefs.
The Louisiana Artificial Reef program has also developed 30 inshore reefs in Louisiana's state waters, primarily low profile reefs composed of shell or limestone. Eight inshore artificial reefs have been constructed using reef balls. Recycled concrete from the decommissioning of the old I-10 Twin Span bridges and other concrete sources have been used to develop new inshore reefs. Seven inshore reefs were constructed by LDWF and twenty-three others were constructed in partnership with public conservation, private groups and other governmental entities.
The Oil and Gas Industry
Louisiana's offshore oil and gas industry began in 1947 when the first well was drilled out of sight of land south of Terrebonne parish. Over 7,000 offshore oil and gas platforms have been installed in the Gulf of Mexico which have supplied natural gas and oil to the United States. In addition to meeting the world's energy needs, these structures also form one of the world's most extensive de-facto artificial reef systems. However, Federal regulations require that these structures be removed within one year after the lease is terminated. Since 1973, 4,100 of these platforms have been decommissioned. Disposal of obsolete offshore oil and gas structures is not only a net financial liability for private industry but can be a public loss of productive marine habitat.
The Louisiana Fishing Enhancement Act was signed into law in 1986, creating the Louisiana Artificial Reef Program. This program was designed to take advantage of fishing opportunities provided by these obsolete platforms. Since the program's inception, 71 offshore reefs using the jackets of 320 obsolete platforms, have been created off Louisiana's coast. Gulfwide, over 400 obsolete platforms have been converted into permanent artificial reefs.
The use of obsolete oil and gas platforms in Louisiana has proved to be highly successful. Their large numbers, design, longevity and stability have provided a number of advantages over the use of traditional artificial reef materials. The participating companies also save money by converting the structure into a reef rather than abandoning it onshore and are required to donate a portion of the savings to operate the state program.
One disadvantage, however, is that their large size restricts the distance to shore where these platforms can be sited. To achieve the minimum clearance of 85 ft as required by the Coast Guard regulations, the platforms must be placed in waters in excess of 100 ft. Waters compatible with reef development are generally found between 30 and 70 miles off Louisiana's gently sloping continental shelf, making them accessible to anglers with offshore vessels.
Funds generated by the program can be used to develop reefs closer to shore using alternative low profile materials.
Oil and gas development in the Gulf of Mexico region has and will continue to contribute to the Gulf's position as the nation's most productive and popular offshore marine fishing zone.
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- General Artificial Reef Map
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Offshore Reefs by Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) areas:
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Leigh Gregory was named assistant coach of the Santa Clara women's basketball program in May 2008. Gregory joins the Broncos' coaching staff after a season as an assistant coach at University of Denver. "Leigh will bring youth and energy to the program," said head coach Jennifer Mountain. "She is coming back home to the Bay Area and her enthusiasm for recruiting will help us develop a great connection with local talent." At Denver, she served as the team's travel coordinator, prepared scouting reports, assisted in daily practices and the recruitment of high school and junior college student-athletes. The Pioneers went 11-19 last season and 6-12 in the Sun Belt Conference. Prior to her year in Denver, Gregory served as head coach of the 2007 East Bay Xplosion, an AAU squad out of Walnut Creek, Calif., and as the assistant women's basketball coach at Carondelet High School in Carondelet, Calif., this past season. Gregory was a member of the Golden Bears' women's basketball team where she was a four-year starter from 2001-05. As a team captain in 2005, she earned All-Pac-10 athletic and academic honorable mention as a senior. Gregory finished her career ranked 11th in career points with 1,136 and fifth in career free throws made with 280. She graduated from Cal with a bachelor's degree in sociology.


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The street vendors selling "Don't Tread on Me" flags and Sarah Palin bobblehead dolls left no doubt that the tea party had again come to Boston Friday. But the man here to address them was perhaps less immediately recognizable – and he came here to help change that.
Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who conservatives praise for his budget-trimming policies in Minnesota, took the first step toward a presidential bid last month when he formed an exploratory committee. Since then, analysts have noted he has a record that Republicans will likely embrace but a style less colorful than many prominent Republicans.
In Boston, Mr. Pawlenty criticized President Obama's fiscal policies, called for a balanced budget amendment, touted his record as governor, and – perhaps more interestingly – gave a peek at what a Pawlenty presidential run might look like. He must battle for name recognition, says Kathryn Pearson, a political scientist at the University of Minnesota.
"He may also be seen as unexciting," she adds.
His lower profile was evident in the turnout of this year's Boston tea party tax day event. Anne McClure, who attended last year event, noted it had been "much more crowded" last year, when former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin headlined.
"He's an interesting person to watch," said Ms. McClure, who admires Pawlenty's record, but does not yet know who she will support for the nomination.
Despite his mild-mannered reputation, Pawlenty seemed loose during his speech, making a series of jokes. He said Republicans could learn something from the "Rent is too damn high" party, the much lampooned, one-member party from last year's New York gubernatorial race. Pawlenty said he admired the simplicity of that party's message, and suggested Republicans follow suit with a simple message of their own: "The government is too damn big."
In a CNN poll released Tuesday, just 2 percent of Republicans named Pawlenty as their first choice for the Republican nomination. This put him behind Donald Trump and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who ranked first with 19 percent of respondents choosing them. Ms. Palin, Minnesota Rep. Michelle Bachmann, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, and several others finished ahead of Pawlenty, as well.
Analysts say he could still become a top contender for the Republican nomination, because at this stage, national polls do not reflect how a candidate will do in early battle ground states like Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina that can give a momentum to a campaign. In 2007, then-Sen. Barack Obama trailed then-Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton by double digits in nearly every national poll. His campaign took off after winning in Iowa and South Carolina in January 2008.
In New Hampshire, Pawlenty appears to be making ground. On Friday, he won a straw poll at a New Hampshire Tea Party tax day event, where he had spoken earlier. Cliff Hurst, who is active in the Manchester Republican Committee in New Hampshire, said Pawlenty had been cultivating relationships with major players in the state party recently.
"He's very warm, and knows how to work a room," said Mr. Hurst.
"I think that's the obvious strategy for him," says Mark Blumenthal, senior polling editor at The Huffington Post. "It just doesn't make sense to try to run a national race, when the goal is to win Iowa, New Hampshire, or South Carolina."
Professor Pearson says Pawlenty has been planning a presidential run since his second term as governor, and has been careful to cultivate a record Republicans would favor. From his energy policy to his crusade to cut the deficit, he shifted more to the right during his second term, she says.
"There are scenarios in which Pawlenty could be the last man standing, because he doesn't have the baggage other candidates do," says Pearson.
Some of that so-called baggage other of candidates was brought up during the rally. One speaker referenced Massachusetts' health-care reform, a plan spearheaded by former governor Mitt Romney (R), and one that could now be a liability for him.
Though most at the Boston event had not decided whom to support for the Republican presidential nomination, Pawlenty did have some backers. Jessie Nicholson, the wife of a US marine, walked through the crowd with her two small children, handing out Pawlenty 2012 stickers. Her daughter's stroller looked like a tiny campaign van, with a makeshift Pawlenty sign taped on it.
"We were very impressed with his decisions," said Ms. Nicholson, who lived in Minnesota during Pawlenty's first term. "I wouldn't be surprised if after today a lot of people make up their minds about him," she said.
Austin Hess, who held a sign that read "2012: the end of the (liberal) world," which Pawlenty had autographed, said after the speech that the governor was growing on him. Still, with so many contestants likely to vie for the nomination, he would wait and see what they had to offer before deciding whom to support.