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Elizabeth Missing Sewell includes a deathbed scene — that staple of Victorian fiction — in Gertrude, and since she writes novels suffused with her somewhat idiosycratic High Church Anglicanism, it is a peaceful Christian one. Unlike many of her peers who include such deathbed scenes, the one in this novel does not portray the end of a major character or anyone central to the story. Instead, we observe this good death in which prayer brings relief, even joy, through the vantage point of Edith Courtenay, the well-meaning doer of good deeds whose failings make her a foil to the saintly Gertrude. On passing the cottage of the old servant Martha, a young woman surprises her wth the news that Martha has not long to live.
Edith waited no longer, and without inquiring whether Martha was sufficiently sensible to derive any comfort from her presence, hastened forwards. But she was scarcely prepared for the scene which presented itself. The sick woman was stretched upon her low bed; her arms extended upon the dingy coverlet, and her hands feebly moving. The paleness of death was resting upon her wrinkled brow and hollow cheek, and her dim, half-closed eye, and distorted mouth, showed that the last struggle of mortality was at hand. Yet sense and consciousness still lingered, and with them the longing for that support in the hour of trial which prayer can alone obtain: and as Edith lifted the latch, and softly entered the cottage, the first sound that fell upon her ear, mingled with the meanings of the suffering woman, was the solemn entreaty to the "Father of mercies, and God of all comfort, that lie would look graciously upon his servant, and strengthen her with His Holy Spirit."
Edith is not intruding here, for she has taken care of the old woman, who apparently wanted her present during her last moments as a source of comfort and reassurance. Nonetheless,
Edith's natural impulse was to draw back, half in alarm, and half fearful of intrusion; but the words of fervent intercession calmed her agitation, and after a few moments, she also knelt to ask that the pardon of the immortal spirit might be "sealed in heaven" before it was summoned from the earth. Deep and earnest was the petition, and as it proceeded, poor Martha's restless murmurings were stilled, and a fixed but tranquil expression settled upon her wasted features. Edith buried her face in her hands, and continued kneeling after the prayer was ended. There was an awful silence in the chamber, broken only by the quick, faint breathing of departing life,
Until this point in the scene, it follows the tenets of realism. even though Sewell makes no attempt to convey the servant's lower clas or regional dialect, but instead of prsenting the old servant's quiet death, she has to crank up the drama, thereby risking a false, melodramatic note: suddenly
from without, was heard a distant, heavy roll of thunder, — another, and another. One vivid lightning-flash lit up the rigid countenance of the dying woman, and when it passed away, there came, blended with the peal of the advancing storm, a clear joyous sound of village bells. Edith started. One glance she cast upon the bed, and it told that all was over. The tumult of life, and the fearful stillness of death had met in that hour. One spirit had passed to the world where riches and honors are nothing, and another had entered with pride and hope upon a new era of mortal existence — Edward Courtenay had gained the object of his ambition. [148]
Just as Martha dies, Edward, Edith's beloved older brother, wins his election to Parliament, a success that ends up nearly destroying him and his family. The reader dos not know exactly why Sewell includes this scene, since it does little to advance the story or tell us anything new about Edith.
Sewell, Elizabeth Missing. Gertrude. London: Longmans, 1845; rpt. 1886.
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MIAMI LAKES, Fla. -- Marking the second time South Florida will "double host" two BCS Bowl games -- the Discover Orange Bowl on Jan. 1, 2013, and the Discover BCS National Championship Game on Jan. 7, 2013 the BCS group and the Orange Bowl Committee have unveiled the 2013 Discover BCS National Championship Game logo.
The BCS National Championship Game logo incorporates colors and elements that represent the beauty of South Florida. The blue waves represent the world famous beaches of South Florida, while the iconic Orange Bowl orange represents nearly 80 years of college football excellence in South Florida. The orange border on the BCS National Championship Game logo ties together the rich tradition of the Orange Bowl with the Discover word mark.
"The group has created a logo that uniquely reflects South Florida and the spirit of college football," BCS Executive Director Bill Hancock said. "We are delighted that the Orange Bowl Committee and South Florida are hosting the BCS National Championship Game for the fourth time; it's another great example of the tradition of college football in that part of the world."
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Since its first game on Jan. 1, 1935, the Orange Bowl has hosted 18 national champions and 16 Heisman Trophy award winners. During that time, the Orange Bowl Committee has grown into a not-for-profit 341-member, primarily volunteer organization that promotes and serves the South Florida community. The Orange Bowl has become a foundation of the South Florida community by supporting and producing year-round activities and events that have helped shape and promote the community's image for 78 years.


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Re: "Please, report just the facts," Oct. 6 letter to the editor.
A recent letter to the editor requested keeping opinions on the opinion pages rather than in the headlines. The writer's point is well taken. However, what is missing is recognition of the scope of the problem of mixing news reporting with opinions and editorializing. Examples of personal bias by reporters can be found throughout all media, from newspapers to magazines, radio, television and even scientific journals. This bias is sometimes labeled as opinion, but often is not labeled in this manner. Regardless of this, it can have the effect of influencing the reader's evaluation of the material presented and on public opinion in general over a long period of time.
In a "free society" such as ours, in the absence of any form of censorship or regulation, it is incumbent on consumers of the news to consider not only the source, but the source's agenda at all times before forming opinions of our own. This is especially important when considering political matters or deciding how to vote.
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CAMBRIDGE, MASS. - In a battle of undefeated teams and the top seed of the NEWMAC Championship Tournament on the line, MIT fell to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, 26-30, 35-37, 30-22, 30-27, 15-11, on Saturday. With the loss, the Engineers (23-9, 8-1 NEWMAC) will be the No. 2 seed and will host Clark University in a quarterfinal match-up on Tuesday, Nov. 2 at 7:00 p.m.
Caroline Jordan and Joy Hart established new career marks in the five-game thriller. Jordan posted a personal-best 27 kills and added 13 digs for her third double-double of the week. Hart tallied 25 digs, besting her previous mark by one set during her rookie season against Coast Guard. In addition, she had 12 kills, good for a double-double, and a team-high three aces. Frances Rogoz totaled 15 kills while Carrie Buchanan and Arlis Reynolds registered 22 and 23 digs, respectively. Alexandra Huston-Carico and Briana Stephenson each collected three assisted blocks while Stephenson added a solo block. Austin Zimmerman amassed 62 assists, 15 digs, eight kills, and two assisted blocks.


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Remember that eggy smell?? Well it's gone, Although i'm very confused as to how i got it,I used Wyeast 1028, split the batch at secondary and got the sulphur smell in a brand new carboy. But as almost always its turned out fine so xmas will have the expected amount of cheer, Cheers everyone!!
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I was hoping it would be the yeast causing your smell. I have heard this before and the beer turned out very well. Lager yeast seems to have this more than ale(london). What was the fermentation tempreture? Should be 60-72f and it will have some diacetyl(butterscotch). I would like to link that smell to diacetyl.
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The initial fermentation temp got too high as we had a sudden heat burst with the weather, this was only for the first 12 hrs though after that i brewed out at 70f and dropped at half way stage, and reduced the temp to 55f. The smell took 2 weeks to clear and i'm now lagering a bitter to extract every drop of yeast just to make sure. The other half of the batch was bottled 2 weeks back ready for xmas, I'll keg the rest in the new year. Thanks for your advice,
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|In Remembrance of
Mrs. Ella Dillon Thompson
Born March 4, 1872. Birthplace Scotland, Ill.
Passed Away April 6, 1944
Age 72 years 1 month 2 days
City Champaign State Illinois
|Personal History
Father R. E. Dillon
Mother Julia Culley
Wedded to D. W. Thompson
Children Mrs. Vernon L. Strange
|To the Loving Memory of
Ella Dillon Thompson
Place of Birth Scotland, Illinois
Date March 4, 1872
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Date April 6, 1944
Place Houston, Texas
Age 72 years 1 month 2 days
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Birth Place Ames, Iowa
Date of Birth November 29, 1868
Date April 18th, 1941
Place Bloomington, Illinois
Age 73 years
Married to Ella Dillon
Children Mrs. Julia Strange, Huston, Texas
Funeral services for Dan Thompson, 405 East Vernon avenue, Normal, a retired farmer, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Carmody funeral home. Burial will be in Stewart cemetery at Randolph.
Mr. Thompson was born near Ames, Ia., Nov. 29, 1868, a son of William and Mary Thompson. The family came to Illinois in 1869. Mr. Thompson engaged in farming near Randolph for many years.
He married Ella Dillon, who survives. He also leaves a daughter, Mrs. Julia Strange of Houston, Tex., a sister, Mrs. Anistis Stewart of Normal, and a brother, George of Randolph. He was a member of the Masonic order and of the Methodist church.
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The funeral services for Dan Thompson were held at 2 p.m. Monday, at the Carmody funeral home. The Rev. R. H. Parker, pastor of the Heyworth Christian church conducted the service. Mrs. E.A. Jensen and Mrs. Wayne Powell sang, accompanied by Mrs. Dorothy Hoppe Olson, organist.
Pallbearers were William Smith, Hugh Stewart, Frank Custer, Harry Redding, Harry Stewart and Louis Stevenson. Interment was in Stewart cemetery, Randolph.
Those present from out of town were Mrs. Julia Strange and Mrs. Bryan Sparks, both of Houston, Texas; Mrs. Frank Williams, Dewey Dawson, Mrs. Helen Russell, Mrs. Eunice Houston and daughter, all of Champaign; Mrs. Helen Tudor, Pekin; Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Graham, Peoria, and Mr. and Mrs. Oral Thrasher of Pittsfield.


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Conspireality TeleVision
— Conspireality
BBC Annouces Collapse of WTC7 50MINUTES before it happened!!!
Freedom to Fascism – Where is the law that says you MUST pay income tax?
Engineer Gordon Ross gives an absolutely terrific analysis of the WTC collapses. Highly technical but presented for the non-technical. A must see!
ZEITGEIST, The Movie – A terrific documentary on what Christianity, 9/11, and the Federal Reserve all have in common..
ZEITGEIST, The Addendum – A new sequel to the terrific original movie which picks up where the other leaves off…
Dr. Steven Jones Dicusses the use of Thermite in WTC
Stephen Harper AND John Howard give IDENTICAL speeches in the run up to the Iraq war.. Proof the selling of the war was orchestrated on a broader scale than just the Bush admininstration.
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FED Inspector General doesn't know where 9 Trilion in loans went
05/08/09 Rep. Alan Grayson asks the Federal Reserve Inspector general about the Trillions of Dollars lent or spent by the Federal reserve and where it went, and the Trillions off the balance sheet obligations. Inspector General Elizabeth Coleman responds that the IG does not know and is not tracking where the money is!!!!!! This is ubelievable.. Trillions completely unaccounted forand unmonitored.. It is clear the Central Banks in collusion with the Federal Reserve have effectively extorted this country to the tune of several Trillion dollars.. Is that OK with you?
CNN's Gulf War 1 Broadcasts from Saudi Arabia were FAKE!
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False Flag 101 – The US has a history of attacking themselves to go to war.
Becasue the constitution prohibits any president from declaring war, the US has a long standing tradition of faking attacks upon itself to prompt congress to go to war.
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you tube /jbjamsandtears… I am but one man but I am trying to spread the truth but it seems like Americans today are brainwashed and feel they must follow the system, sad, so sad. I try to tell people these truths but it is frightening , they seem to not care and think I am talking out of my ass…I am with y'all in this fight and hopefully Americans will wake up and fight back,weather it be with knowledge/revolution but to overthrow this corrupt government. I am still irate about the whole 9/11 issue , when will the scum be brought to justice …Bush, and the list to long to mention..God help us all!
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Each winter, watch humpback whales gliding north past Byron Bay and Hervey Bay. Marvel at their complex acrobatic communication and listen to the males' haunting underwater song on a hydrophone. Watch the slow, graceful southern right whales sail up the Western Australian coastline from Geographe Bay, Dunsborough and Albany. Or spot these endangered creatures - once hunted almost to extinction - from the Head of Bight whale sanctuary or Victor Harbor in South Australia. See them mate and calve in the nursery waters of Warrnambool or arrive from Antarctic waters with humpback whales in Tasmania's picturesque Great Oyster Bay. From late April, southern right whales journey to temperate breeding waters off Southern Australia and Victoria. Meanwhile the energetic humpback whales continue north to warmer waters along the west and east coasts. Which means between May and November, you can spot whales from many scenic spots along Australia's coastline.


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Niche server maker Rackable Systems said this morning that the U.S. bankruptcy court in New York handling the Chapter 11 proceedings for supercomputer maker Silicon Graphics has approved Rackable's acquisition of most of the assets of SGI. Under the deal that was announced on April 1, the same day that SGI filed for bankruptcy protection, Rackable said it would be shelling out $25m to acquire most of the assets of SGI as well as assuming "certain liabilities" that were not specified. In the announcement today, that figure has risen to $42.5m in cash. The liabilities that Rackable is assuming have not been detailed.


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Afghanistan's Minister of Finance visits Geneva to sign partnership with UNITAR [1]
29 January 2013, Geneva, Switzerland – Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, the Minister of Finance of Afghanistan, signed a Letter of Agreement with UNITAR's Local Development Programme (LDP) to implement a Master Degree Programme in Development Policies and Programmes, tailored to meet the career and training needs of senior level officials at the Ministry of Finance. The programme will be jointly implemented by UNITAR and the Graduate Institute of Geneva, under the coordination of the Human Resources Directorate of the Ministry, led by Mr. Musa Kamawi, its Director.
The two-day Geneva tour began with a visit to the offices of UNITAR, where Executive Director, Ms. Sally Fegan-Wyles, warmly received the Afghan delegation including Ambassador Tarzi, Afghanistan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Mr. Safir Sahar, Commercial Attaché at the Mission and Mr. Musa Kamawi, Director of Human Resources at the Ministry of Finance. A briefing about the United Nations was provided by Mr. Alex Mejia, Manager of LDP, who set the work of United Nations Office in Geneva (UNOG) in context by discussing its wide-ranging remit including UNITAR's capacity building and training programmes, and 2013 strategic plan.
The UNITAR briefing was followed by a visit to UNOG and a tour of the Palais des Nations. In the afternoon, a bilateral meeting was held between the Minister of Finance and Sally Fegan-Wyles during which the goals of the customized Master Executive Degree programme were reaffirmed and the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) formally signed. Following the signing, a lunch hosted by UNITAR's Executive Director was held for the visiting delegation in the scenic Delegates' Dining Room. Later that afternoon, Finance Minister Zakhilwal gave a press briefing to announce the newly signed UNITAR-Afghanistan Ministry of Finance MoU and also answered questions put to him by journalists accredited to UNOG from the Associated Press, and Radio Télévision Suisse among other news outlets.
After the press conference, the Afghanistan Delegation paid a visit to the Villa Barton Campus of the Graduate Institute of Geneva, UNITAR's implementing partner for the Afghanistan Executive Master Degree Programme in Development Policy and Practice. The delegation met with Graduate Institute Director, Philippe Burrin, in an elegant 18th century salon once used by the Institute's benefactor to entertain Sir Winston Churchill, Vyacheslav Molotov, and other leading diplomats and statesmen of a bygone age. Seated around an oval table in this historic setting, the Ministry of Finance delegation together with representatives from UNITAR and the Graduate Institute learned of Afghanistan's growing economic development, its capacity building needs and future prospects. Responding to the Minister's comments, Director Burrin expressed his desire for further cooperation with Afghanistan and discussed the future expansion of the Graduate Institute including plans currently underway for a new building. Minister Zakhilwal closed the meeting by expressing his confidence in UNITAR and the Graduate Institute and his delight at being able to visit the graduate school's Villa Barton campus.
In addition to the signing of the MoU, the other highlight of the visit was a library talk on "The Post-Conflict Reconstruction of Afghanistan: The Outlook Beyond 2014," delivered by Minister Zakhilwal on the second and final day. The event was hosted by Mr. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Director-General of UNOG and Chief Librarian, David Chikvaidze, who warmly welcomed Mr. Zakhilwal. Ms. Sally Fegan-Wyles, UNITAR Executive Director and Assistant Secretary-General made closing remarks bringing the final event of the Minister's visit to an end. More than filled to capacity, the Library Talk was well-attended by members of the diplomatic corps in Geneva and international civil servants marking a successful close to the Minister of Finance's visit.
Image 1 - UNITAR Executive Director, Ms. Sally Fegan-Wyles and Afghan Finance Minister, Mr. Omar Zakhilwal shake hands after signing the MoU in the Slovenia Room at the Palais des Nations, United Nations Office in Geneva.
Image 2 - Finance Minister of Afghanistan, Mr. Omar Zakhilwal responds to journalist's questions at a press conference held at the Palais des Nations headquarters of the United Nations Office in Geneva as UNITAR's Executive Director, Ms. Sally Fegan-Wyles looks on.
Image 3 - Left to Right: Manager of the Local Development Programme, Alex Mejia; Afghanistan Minister of Finance, Mr. Omar Zakhilwal; and Ministry of Finance Director of Human Resources, Mr. Musa Kamawi in discussion at the Villa Barton campus of the Graduate Institute of Geneva.
Image 4 - Afghanistan Minister of Finance, Mr. Omar Zakhilwal speaks at the podium during the library talk. Seated left to right is Ms. Sally Fegan-Wyles, UNITAR Executive Director; Mr. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, UNOG Director-General; Ambassador Tarzi, Afghanistan Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva; and Mr. David Chikvaidze, UNOG Chief Librarian.


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Brain wave patterns from an electroencephalogram (EEG) were able to differentiate between two subtypes of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), researchers found.
Teens ages 12 to 17 were asked to perform tasks on a computer that involved perceiving a visual stimulus that would then trigger brain regions involved in decision making, which in turn led to physical action -- pressing a button, according to Ali Mazaheri, PhD, an assistant professor at the Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, and colleagues at the University of California Davis, who published the study online in the journal Biological Psychiatry.
They found that the 17 participants that were predominantly diagnosed with the inattentive (IA) subtype of ADHD had the least amount of alpha wave suppression, which is needed to filter out visual "noise" in order to make an accurate decision.
In contrast, the 17 participants diagnosed with the combined subtypes (CB) -- meaning they have symptoms of inattention, as well as impulsivity/hyperactivity -- had the least amount of beta wave suppression, suggesting that these teens had the greatest difficulty accomplishing the motor task -- in this case, pressing a button.
Mazaheri and colleagues noted emerging research showing that alpha wave activity can be modulated and enhanced via rhythmic transcranial magnetic stimulation or transcranial alternating current stimulation. These techniques "combined with novel testing paradigms will likely present an exciting new avenue of research into treatment aiming to normalize brain activity," they said.
The teens' brain waves were assessed using EEG caps with 32 electrodes. Some cues were more helpful than others, so the task required the participants to sometimes override an initial impulse in order to respond correctly. Such situations are particularly challenging for people with ADHD, researchers noted.
Overall, the 23 typically developing (TD) teens had the fastest response times and the most correct responses compared with the other two groups.
The CB group had the lowest number of correct answers and the slowest response times. And a post-hoc analysis showed that both the TD and IA groups had significantly faster reaction times than the CB group.
Researchers found that these differences among the groups also correlated with differing brain waves patterns -- illustrating that these groups display distinct physiological profiles.
In the part of the test called response preparation cue, where the teens were told that a particular color (blue or yellow) of a cartoon hand would elicit the right answer, researchers found significant differences in alpha wave suppression.
Alpha wave suppression is required when a person must extract features from a visual stimulus to make sense of it. In other words, it filters out the noise.
The TD group had the largest amount of alpha suppression, while the IA group had the least -- suggesting their noise-filtering mechanism was less than optimal.
Although the CB group fit somewhere in the middle, there was no statistical difference between the CB and IA groups in terms of alpha suppression.
Furthermore, the more alpha suppression in the TD group, the greater the number of correct responses. No such correlation was found in either the CB or IA groups.
Researchers found similar results regarding beta wave changes in the brain's motor cortex.
The greatest amount of beta suppression occurred in the TD group after the response preparation cue. The CB group had the least amount of beta suppression. The difference between the IA and CB groups was not significant.
"Our study suggests differential impairment profiles in the ADHD subtypes, and not simply an additive effect of impairments in the ADHD combined subtype," said co-author Catherine Fassbender, PhD, a research scientist with the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute, in a statement.
"The inattentive group had problems processing the cues, whereas the combined type had problems using the cues to prepare a motor response," she pointed out.
In the null cue part of the test, where no information was given regarding right or wrong answers, the groups did not display any difference in alpha suppression.
In addition, the alpha suppression in this part of the test was significantly less than in the previous response preparation cue test -- "suggesting the null cues were not processed to the same extent in the visual cortex."
Nine of the 17 teens in the IA group were taking medication for ADHD, and researchers found no difference in alpha suppression between the medicated and nonmedicated IA participants.
Because they'd need more than 850 participants to detect a significant difference -- if one existed -- researchers concluded that medication differences "were unlikely to account for our alpha suppression findings."
The collaborative study was conducted between 2009 and 2013 by the UC Davis Center for Mind and Brain and UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute.
Researchers suggested further research be conducted in which the tests elicit changes in the higher frequency gamma wave range, which have been "intimately related to selective attentional processes."
A potential limitation of the study is the differential rate of medication treatment in the CB and IA groups, researchers said.
In July 2013, the FDA approved a device called the Neuropsychiatric EEG-Based Assessment Aid (NEBA) System -- which uses electroencephalogram technology to calculate the ratio of the theta and beta brain waves.
UPDATE: This article, originally published Oct. 9, 2013 at 5:11 p.m., was updated with new material Oct. 10, 2013 at 12:10 p.m.).
The study received funding from the National Institute of Mental Health, Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation, a UC Davis MIND Institute, and the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research.
All the authors reported no biomedical financial interests or potential conflicts of interest.
- Reviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco and Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Nurse Planner
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ST. PETER, Minn. (10/01/11)—Concordia's defense forced four turnovers and senior quarterback Michael Dunham threw for 233 yards and two touchdowns as the Cobbers rolled to a 37-20 win over Gustavus in St. Peter on Saturday.
Concordia outscored the Gusties 30-7 in the first three quarters of play en route to snapping a two-game winning streak. The win was the first conference victory for CC and ups their overall mark to 3-2 on the year. The Cobbers are now 1-2 in conference play. Gustavus scored 13 points in the fourth quarter – the second most in any quarter this season – but remains winless on the year. The Gusties are 0-4 in all games and 0-2 in league play.
Turnovers were the biggest key to the win for Concordia. Both teams had over 400 yards of total offense but the Cobbers did not turn the ball. The CC defense came up with four clutch takeaways – three of which came deep in Concordia's end of the field and three led directly to scoring drives. Concordia is now +6 in turnover margin this year which leads the MIAC.
The first turnover came at the end of the first half with Concordia holding a 14-7 lead. Gustavus had just run 11 plays and had driven to the CC 40-yard line. Junior defensive back Brent Rysdahl then came up with the first of two CC interceptions in the game. Rysdahl's "pick" at the 26-yard line with 2:18 to go in the first half led to a 33-yard field goal by Porfirio Diaz which gave Concordia a 17-7 lead at the break.
The second takeaway was the biggest of the game. With Concordia leading 24-7, Gustavus was looking to get back in the game at the end of the third quarter. The Gusties drove the ball 10 plays and were on the CC 4-yard line when sophomore Bryce Hentges recovered a fumble. The Cobbers ended up punting the ball on their possession and then Gustavus fumbled on the fourth play of their next drive at the CC 13-yard line. Concordia then went on a nine-play 86-yard drive to push the score to 30-7.
Cobber senior quarterback Michael Dunham was 15-20 for 233 passing yards and threw for a pair of touchdowns. Dunham has not thrown an interception in the two CC road games. He now needs 619 more passing yards to break the school's all-time passing yards record. Dunham's favorite target in the game was fellow senior Bronson Shepherd who caught seven passes for 112 yards and one touchdown. It is the second time in the last three games he has broken the 100-yard receiving mark.
Concordia had 10 players with at least one carry. Sophomore Matt Peterson had a game-high 77 yards on the ground – 54 of which came in the second half. He had the biggest rush of the game as he rambled 45 yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter. It was his first collegiate touchdown and longest run of his career. Fullback Brett Baune was held to just 35 yards but had one of the five TD's on the day for CC.
Gustavus was led by the run and throw tandem of Jeffrey Dubose and Logan Becker. Dubose had 67 rushing yards on 15 carries. Quarterback Becker was 22-for-34 for 247 yards and one TD. He also rushed the ball 19 times for 42 yards. The 19 carries is the most by a GAC back all season long. Elliot Herdina caught six passes for 101 receiving yards.
The Cobber defense had three players with at least 10.0 tackles in the game and came away with 4.0 sacks for the game. Linebacker Peter Hvidston led all players with 12.0 tackles. Matt Moenkedick came away with 11.0 tackles and Rysdahl was third on the team with 10.0 tackles. Tyler Berling had a pair of sacks on the day. Hentges had the big fumble recovery and then also made an interception in the fourth quarter.
Concordia held the ball for a 28:00 and is now 2-0 when their opponents have more time of possession in the game. The Cobbers came away with a season-high 459 yards of total offense which marks the third game this season they have averaged over 400 yards. CC was 5-of-10 in third down conversions.
The Cobbers will stay on the road next weekend when they play at Carleton on Saturday, Oct. 8 at 1 p.m. at Laird Stadium in Northfield.
Defense Turns Over MIAC Road Win
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ST. PETER, Minn. (10/01/11)—Concordia's defense forced four turnovers and senior quarterback Michael Dunham threw for 233 yards and two touchdowns as the Cobbers rolled to a 37-20 win over Gustavus in St. Peter on Saturday.


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Way Klingler Fellowships are for full-time regular faculty at the associate or full professor rank who have potential for significant scholarship. In 2010, one Way Klingler fellowship in science and one in the humanities were awarded. The science fellow receives $50,000 annually for three years, and the humanities fellow receives $20,000 annually for three years. Funding for the science applicant is for research that requires higher-expense items, such as equipment, supplies and research staff. The humanities recipient can use the funding for critical research that requires time, access to information and travel.
After 30 years of researching the effects of microgravity on skeletal muscle structure and function, Dr. Robert Fitts, chair and professor of biological sciences, is hoping for a change of heart. Specifically, he's changing the focus of his research to determine the best exercise programs for limiting heart disease and for facilitating recovery from it.
Thanks to his Way Klingler Fellowship in Science, Fitts will convert the emphasis of his lab from space biology to studies designed to understand the role of endurance and high-resistance exercise-training programs in the prevention of and rehabilitation from heart disease. Using organ and tissue studies, the work is designed to uncover the mechanisms of the exercise protection.
"Heart disease is a major health issue worldwide," said Fitts. "The incidence of this disease and death from it are greater than from any other disease. When you add that 50 percent of all diabetics die of heart disease, the enormity of the problem to human health is astronomical, as are the health care costs."
Dr. Pol Vandevelde, recipient of the Way Klingler Fellowship in Humanities, is developing a unified theory of knowledge, reconciling the Anglo-American and continental approaches as well as accounting for cultural and social influences in the way we "know" something.
Three themes are central to a theory of knowledge, according to Vandevelde — interpretation, meaning and what the subject of knowledge is.
"While there are many books on each of these issues, what is unique about my project is that it demonstrates the interconnections between them," said Vandevelde.
Having dealt with interpretation in a previous book and literary meaning in a book currently under
review by a publisher, Vandevelde plans to complete a book on the theory of meaning
during his fellowship. "I defend the view that meaning is a process, instead of a content,"
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Sarah Hyland and Stephen Amell step out on the red carpet while attending the 2015 Kentucky Derby on Saturday afternoon (May 2) at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kent.
Also in attendance at the event were figure skaters Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir (wearing two of the most fascinating headpieces of the day), model Lindsay Ellingson, Nick Lachey and his wife Vanessa, Joey Fatone, Breaking Bad's Dean Norris, Dallas' Josh Henderson, About a Boy's David Walton and wife Majandra Delfino, Spartacus' Liam McIntyre and wife Erin, and Ne-Yo.
Josh Groban was at the event to sing the National Anthem. Watch below!
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Gently falling snow, colourful Christmas trees and choral carol singing are classic hallmarks of the yuletide season for many people, but despite the common cause for festivities, the nature of the actual celebrations vary wildly around the world. With offices in almost 40 countries, Engel & Völkers has a unique international perspective on world Christmas, so we're sharing some of the most charming traditions around the world in a special two-part series.
Like many Europeans, the French place equal importance on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Many families still attend Midnight Mass at their local church or cathedral, and almost all will prepare the traditional Réveillon meal in the evening. The name is taken from the verb meaning 'to awake', and with oysters, foie gras and roast capon on the table, it would certainly be hard to sleep through this feast. A rich bûche de Noël serves as a delectable dessert for anyone who still has room. For children, Rudolph the reindeer is replaced by Gui the donkey, whose name means 'mistletoe'. To make sure he doesn't go hungry, children fill their shoes with carrots and leave them by the fireplace, hoping the favour will be returned by Père Noël in the form of lots of presents.
United Kingdom
Since the late 19th century, British families have enthusiastically adopted many German traditions, including Christmas trees and sending cards. However, the culinary focus remains firmly on Christmas Day, with a late lunch of roast turkey (or goose) with all the trimmings: sage and onion stuffing, roasted potatoes, Brussels sprouts, and cocktail sausages wrapped in bacon. Before the meal begins it is customary to pull 'crackers', cardboard parcels filled with gifts, jokes, and paper crowns. At 3pm precisely, the Queen makes a televised speech that nearly a third of British families will tune into each year.
While Europe shivers in the depths of winter, 25th December in Australia is typically bright, sunny and pleasantly warm. Subsequently, roaring fires and glühwein are replaced by barbecues on the beach, while Santa makes do with kangaroos instead of reindeers. However, the contradictory weather doesn't stop them from enjoying rousing renditions of See, Amid the Winter Snow or In the Bleak Midwinter, with Carols by Candlelight events held across the country.
Chinese New Year remains the biggest national winter festival in this predominantly Buddhist country; but for the several million Christians, Sheng Dan Jieh or 'Holy Birth Festival' is equally important. Children hope for a visit from Sheng Dan Lao Ren, literally translated as 'Christmas Old Man', while families decorate their homes with paper lanterns and Christmas trees, known to them as 'trees of light'.
Observing the Julian rather than the Gregorian calendar, the Christmas holiday in Ethiopia falls on 7th January. Known as Genna, religious observances form an integral part of the celebrations. Families dress in traditional shammas, cotton wraps with colourful stripes across the ends, and attend church. Twelve days later they honour the festival of Timkat, which celebrates Christ's baptism.
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Vicente Canales' aggressive new sales outfit Film Factory Entertainment has taken international sales rights on Inertia, a feature film to be directed by Gonzalo López Gallego (Apollo 18, King Of The Hill)
The film is co- -written by the director and Fernando Navarro and is backed up financially by AXN. Inertia is currently in pre-production, with principal photograph due to begin in the autumn.
After the first three days of the market, Film Factory has closed key international deals for the project with France (WildSide), CIS (Carmen Film) and Australia (Vendetta).
Inertia is being produced through Telecinco Cinema and Roxbury Pictures on the other. The movie comes billed as a hyper-realistic action movie
Telecinco Cinema aims to produce commercial action movies at competitive budgets.
"We hope that Inertia will be to the action genre what REC was to horror films", commented executive producer M.A. Faura. He describes the project as "Duel for the PlayStation Generation."


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Boehret on Leap Motion's Gesture Controller
Katie Boehret joins digits with her review of the Leap Motion Controller. Photo: Leap Motion.
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LSU Defensive Press Conference
This press conference was in two parts. The quotes from part one are immediately below. Please scroll down further for quotes from the second part.
THE MODERATOR: We've been joined by Michael Brockers and Morris Claiborne. We'll open it up for questions for the players.
Q. I'm just interested from both of you: Talk about the similarities in this team and the excitement. Are you guys excited to face a team that, one, you've seen before and it was such a large finish, for lack of a better term? Talk about your similarities and excitement level going into this game.
MORRIS CLAIBORNE: Well, I mean, we pretty much know what they're going to do and they pretty much know what we're going to do.
But it's going to be a good game. I mean, I know they're going to try to get the ball to their playmaker, Richardson, and going to try to run the ball, and we'll try to do the same. And we'll see the outcome.
Q. Mo, when the season began, you guys had a lot of young guys on defense as the year began. What did Coach Chavis do to get young guys ready for this season and how has that carried over from week to week?
MORRIS CLAIBORNE: Just trying to get them reps. Every chance you can get reps is good. Getting those young guys in, getting them familiar with the system that we was trying to run.
And every young guy who stepped up this year, and previous years, I mean, they've came and they played big.
Q. Morris, could you kind of assess the play of the guys in front of you, particularly your defensive line, what you see and how they impact the games?
MORRIS CLAIBORNE: They impact the games a lot for us. We kind of complement for each other on the back end, but all the credit goes to those guys for getting back there, making the quarterback do things that he don't want to do with the ball. We try to hold our man down as long as we can.
Q. Morris, what have you seen from A.J. McCarron and what do you expect to see from him in this game?
MORRIS CLAIBORNE: He's a good quarterback. He can throw the ball, and he has Trent Richardson to complement that for him.
But from what I've seen he's a good quarterback from the first time we faced them. He's a great quarterback.
Q. For both of you, what do you guys see in your personal dealings with Coach Chavis that makes him a good coordinator? How does he motivate you and what does he tell you that makes you the players that you are?
MICHAEL BROCKERS: I mean, just go out there and make plays. I mean, he motivates us to do what we have to do and he tells us it's a good scheme, but it's the players that are in the scheme that makes the defense what it is.
So, I mean, he tells us we're great players and we're playmakers also. I mean, just giving us that free rein over the defense to make plays, I feel that's a big part of our defense.
MORRIS CLAIBORNE: He's a great coach. Like Brockers said, I don't know how he does it with his schemes or whatnot, but he puts this team in the position to be successful and we just go out and make the plays that he put us in to make.
Q. What do you take away from that first game with Alabama that you think you might exploit differently this time around?
MORRIS CLAIBORNE: I think it's pretty much going to be the same. I mean, whoever can get can execute the technique and be in the right places.
Q. Michael, twopart question. Was there anything in the first game against Alabama, against their running game, that you learned that you couldn't tell on film? And, secondly, just talk about the role the tackles will have against that running game in the second matchup.
MICHAEL BROCKERS: For the first question, I think it's mostly like their zone schemes, and I really couldn't tell which way they were going. They just mix it up very well in their offenses, great offense.
The second part is we just have to get penetration in the backfield really. And I feel like that will mess up their zone schemes a lot. We get penetration, kind of keep them from running east and west and finding a hole and just making him make a quick decision and running into linebackers, anything like that.
Q. Michael, what kind of guy is Coach Chavis day to day? Is he always all business, or is he funny sometimes? What's your funniest Chief story?
MICHAEL BROCKERS: Chief is all around, you know, when it comes to football, getting us to perform well. I mean, he's Chief. He's out there telling us what we have to do and kind of correcting us on our mistakes.
But, I mean, what makes him a great coach is when we're off the field and we want to joke around, he jokes around with us.
And I feel like that's why his coaches respect him and we play so well for him, because he's so down to earth when it's not football time, when we're not doing football, and when it is football, you know, he's as strict as possible.
THE MODERATOR: We've been joined by Coach Chavis.
Q. Favorite story?
MICHAEL BROCKERS: My favorite story is speak quietly and carry a big stick. That's the biggest one, I feel that's what this LSU team does, and especially that's what this defense does.
Q. John, could you kind of talk about the impact it is on you to be back in this game? You were very emotional at the SEC championship game. You were here with Tennessee. What's the emotional impact for you to have a team back here?
JOHN CHAVIS: To start, with me, I'm an emotional person. I don't apologize for that. That's what I am. I love what I'm doing and love where I'm doing it. And being part of this program and with this group of young men we have this year is special.
There's a lot of things you want to be able to do. And there's a lot of people that start the beginning of the year, you know, with those same ideas. These guys have worked so hard, and to watch them and be out there with them every day, you know, it's an emotional deal when they have great success. And certainly I'm thankful to be part of it.
And to be back, you know, you coach in this profession a long time, and I did before I had the first opportunity, and certainly there are people that have had several opportunities, but to be back a second time is special.
And I couldn't think of a better group of young men to be with. And certainly when you look at the LSU program and what they've done over the course of the last 12 years, I mean, it's amazing to see the kind of success.
And then you look at the kind of success that Coach Miles has had in his tenure at LSU. He's the winningest coach in the SEC. And certainly, I mean, that speaks volumes for him and speaks volumes for the program at LSU.
So it's exciting. And anytime I'm excited, I'm emotional. When I get mad, I don't cry. When I get happy, I do. That's who I am.
Q. Mo, just talk about growing up and coming to this moment, national championship, going to Fair Park High School. What does this moment mean to you?
MORRIS CLAIBORNE: It means a lot. As a kid, you just dream about these type of things of going and playing for a bigtime school and playing good opponents. And this point here where you play for a national championship. Some people never get this moment in a lifetime.
And I'm just fortunate to be here with this team and this group of guys I've been around for so long, just sweating, blood, tears with these guys. And it's amazing.
Q. Morris, could you talk a little bit about Coach Cooper and the job he's done with you guys in the secondary?
MORRIS CLAIBORNE: Coach Cooper has done a great job with us, preparing us for every situation we may see in the game. If we may not see it, he still gets us ready for it.
Him and Coach Chavis, they get together and they get the schemes and stuff down, and they put us in the right position to be successful.
Q. Michael, and then, John, if you would weigh in. Going into your season opener, everybody knew that Oregon could really run the ball, and it's been proven over the course of the year they were one of the great running teams in college football. I just wonder if being able to put the brakes on their offense and their running game sort of set the tone for you guys this year, and, also, for you personally, getting into the lineup, if that gave you a lot of confidence.
MICHAEL BROCKERS: Totally. I think that's the biggest part of the defensive line. We try to stop the run and try to make them pass. Because I feel like we have one of the best secondaries in the nation. So, I mean, I feel like if we stop their run, they kind of have to pass.
So they gotta pass to Mo Claiborne and Tyrann Mathieu and stuff like that, playmakers that might come up with the ball, might throw interceptions. I feel like stopping the run is the biggest part of our defense.
Q. Comments from that game?
MICHAEL BROCKERS: Gave me a lot of confidence. That was my first start ever, LSU. And I feel like I just had to get the butterflies out. I feel like that game really did it for me.
JOHN CHAVIS: Well, we had a long time to prepare, and certainly our players were excited about the preparation, excited about playing a team that had just played for a national championship.
And you look at the schedule, and I don't think anybody had a tougher opener. And it was tough preparing. But our guys bought into the things that we asked them to do and certainly did it in a grand fashion.
It was really fun watching them play. We put a lot of speed on the field, and some of the plays I saw and that Oregon game gave me a lot of confidence as well as the players. I know they came out of that game with a lot of confidence because Oregon is a fine football team. You get that kind of opener and that kind of momentum going, I think it certainly helped propel us through the rest of the season.
Q. Michael and then Coach, you talked about the running game, and I've talked to your offensive linemen about how they can tell they're wearing teams down late in the games. How important is the depth that you guys developed in the offensive line in practice and carrying over into the game that you guys can kind of shuffle in and out?
MICHAEL BROCKERS: I feel it's a very important aspect, because when you have a good firstteam defense and then you get your secondteam defense in there, they're even hungrier to make plays and they're going out there sacking the quarterback and getting interceptions.
I feel like with the depth that we have, that makes our defense even more better than it is.
JOHN CHAVIS: It's not by consequences that it happened this way. We intend to play. And when I say up front and people will only use this against you in recruiting, but we're going to play ten defensive linemen if we've got ten healthy guys that can go in and give us quality snaps. What it does for your football team it builds that depth. It builds that depth.
And, listen, we lost two really, really fine players from the interior of our defense last year. And we didn't miss a beat. We didn't miss a beat because the guys that came in there I could name several names but Michael being one, but they didn't miss a beat because they'd been in the wars, been in the battles.
What happens, if you know you're going to play, you prepare a different way. That's just human nature. So our guys know they're going to play. They prepare. And when they get those opportunities they want to show the coaches and the team, the rest of the team, what they're capable of doing.
And, again, it makes us have the depth that we need and it gets the guys excited about going to practice, going to get better and preparing for games.
You can only get so good in practice. You've got to go play in the games before you're going to reach that level and gain the confidence that you need. And that's what we've done.
We've been fortunate this year we've been able to do it in the secondary. With our depth there, and we've had to move some people around, and certainly Ron's done a great job, as well as our guys, our young men have done a great job in terms of being able to move around and play different positions. And when you've got parts that are interchangeable, it allows you to do a lot with your defense.
So that's part of what we do. That's part of what we do in terms of getting them ready to play.
Q. Coach, could you talk a little bit about Eric Reid and his progression recovering from the injury through Bowl practice and what his status is for Monday night?
JOHN CHAVIS: He's full a go. There's no aftereffects. I think he's 100 percent. And certainly probably could have played a little bit earlier. We didn't feel that we needed to take that chance, and we wanted to get him healthy.
And, again, obviously played very well in the championship game, in the SEC championship game. Hadn't missed a snap in practice. Like I said, he's full speed.
Q. John, I don't know if you've been asked this, but what kind of job did you guys think you did on Trent Richardson the first time?
JOHN CHAVIS: Trent's a great player. And really you look at Trent and the entire offense. They've got a great offensive line. They've got a quarterback that runs their system well. He ended up with a bunch of yardage.
Certainly when you have a player gain that many yards, whether it's passing or running, you can't say he did a real good job. That's obvious. We kept him out of the end zone, which was the biggest thing. We played well when we had to.
And they're good enough to gain all the yardage that they need. There were some plays that we were a little bit out of position. And when we met with the team first thing Monday I took responsibility for that because there were some things that I didn't prepare well enough for and didn't prepare them well enough for.
So he's a great player. He's plenty capable of earning anything that he wants to, and certainly he's a big part of their offense.
But to say that we did a great job on him, I couldn't tell you that, because I don't feel like we did. But it wasn't because of the players. I mean, part of that had to do with our preparation, and that was on me. I didn't do a good enough job in preparation.
Q. He was over at 100 yards at one time and ended up, I think, with 89 and was really knocked down late in the game by some big plays by you guys. Did that have a net effect the other way, of your defense just maybe wearing him down? He carried 23 times, I think.
JOHN CHAVIS: I don't know that you ever can wear a guy down like him. He gets better, and some of the better backs get stronger as the game goes on. And certainly he has those kind of qualities.
Like I said, he's a big, physical back. But you're going to see a lot of those guys in the SEC just about every week. And I wouldn't want to be one that rated any of them. You're going to see quality backs that you have to play against. We see them in spring practice.
That's part of what you have to do in this league, because it's a league that, if you're going to have success, you're going to have to run the football.
If you're going to have success, you have to stop the run.
Q. Coach, you prepare for Nick Saban teams with various offensive coordinators on his side. What ties Nick Saban's offense together? What are the common threads you've seen over the years, and what are the keys to stopping those?
JOHN CHAVIS: I think one of the things they do well is they play to their defense. And what I mean by that is they're not going to put their defense in bad situations. They're not going to turn the ball over.
They're not going to give up field position. They do a great job of running the football, being physical. And then their play action game is really it's really tough to stop when you're committing as many people as you have to to stop the run. And that's always been the same. I mean, that's what they've done.
And I think when you do that, you are to a certain degree playing to your defense. And certainly we've got an offense that does the same thing. And they do a tremendous job of possession time. I mean, that's important when you look at it at the end of the game, who had the ball the most minutes, who turned it over the fewest times. And those are two areas that will tell you a lot of times how well you played.
Q. Mo, I'm wondering if you could tell me your recruiting story a little bit, how you ended up at LSU. I understand you weren't the most highly recruited guy coming out of Shreveport. And, John, could you talk about Mo's season and what he's done for you guys?
MORRIS CLAIBORNE: LSU was a place I always knew I wanted to be. A lot of guys from my high school, like Ronnie Prude, Reginald Robinson, and Stromile Swift, all those guys came from my high school to LSU. So when I was young, I already knew where I wanted to be, and that was LSU. When I got my opportunity, I jumped on it.
JOHN CHAVIS: Let me tell you a story that went on, not as much during recruiting, but after recruiting. Like Mo said, he knew where he wanted to be, and certainly we were excited about that. We have not been surprised by the success that he's had, because we knew he was a great athlete.
We knew he had a big, big, big upside. And the biggest thing really was which side of the ball was he going to play on. And we battled that.
But obviously the head coach makes the final call. And he felt quite comfortable that we would use Mo.
And I told someone this two years ago, and I think it's a compliment to both, because everybody talked about Pat. And Pat Peterson was a great football player, still is. You see what he's done in the NFL. I said we won't drop off, because Mo's going to be every bit as good. And we felt that strong his first year in.
We didn't as we look back, we didn't get him as many snaps his freshman year as we probably should have; that, again, you look back and had we got him some more snaps, I think he would have come around even quicker.
But there's been no surprise by what he's been able to do. And it's as good a football player I could say it about both of these and about most of our football team. They're not all perfect, but I'm going to tell you you won't find two better young men in college football anywhere in the country than these two guys sitting beside me. They're great, great young men. You know what they've done on the football field. But I guarantee you, the things that they do and the things they believe in, you know, will qualify those statements that I made in terms of them being great young men.
Q. Coach, you talked a lot about Trent Richardson. What challenge does he present to you when they put him out on the line as a flanker, whatever, and try to get him in space?
JOHN CHAVIS: He's hard to tackle. That's where he makes his biggest plays. And I think that's been true all year. And you watch him in protection, he does a great job in protection. But even when he's in protection, you better be ready to play him because he'll come out of protection. And they've got a quarterback, if you do a good job downfield, they're going to lay it off, going to get it to him in a lot of different ways.
And when that happens, he does a great job running with the football. So he's a very talented guy no matter where you place him. And, like I said, very difficult to tackle. Very seldom does he go down in a oneonone situation. You've got to get numbers to the point of attack when he has the football.
Q. John, it's been talked about a lot that you emphasize speed with your defenses. But can you go into detail about how you use that and some of the philosophies you use, you employ using speed?
JOHN CHAVIS: Just a couple of areas that I can hit on real quick. Number one is that to play our scheme, you have to be good at cornering, you really have to be good there. Not at one corner but at both corners. Have you to be. And it takes speed to play out there with the matchups you're going to be involved in.
The same thing with rushing the passer. And our base package our defensive ends probably aren't the biggest in the country, but I think when you start looking at speed, it would be hard to find many that would rate better than ours in terms of speed.
And we've got good size. We're not undersized. But we emphasize speed because that's what it takes to rush the passer. Then we'll go into our dime personnel, we use a lot of corners and/or safeties that do a great job blitzing for us.
And, again, when we start looking at a guy that's blitzing that's 180, 205 pounds, somewhere in that area, going against a 330pounder, then we feel like we have that advantage in terms of making him work and doing some things with the pass rushing with smaller guys.
So those are the areas that we look at first. But it seems to me that luck follows speed. And we need all the luck we can get from time to time.
And then I say that jokingly, but our guys do a great job. They play hard. They play fast. And certainly even going back to the Oregon game, you know, that was a big factor in terms of us having the kind of success with the speed of our defense.
THE MODERATOR: Thank you.
LSU Defensive Press Conference part 2
Safety ERIC REID
Safety BRANDON TAYLOR
THE MODERATOR: We've been joined by Tyrann Mathieu, Eric Reid, and Brandon Taylor. Questions?
Q. Tyrann, these guys sitting on either side of you, you're a pretty emotional, flamboyanttype guy out there on the field. These guys are very calm and kind of big brotherly type. Why does that help you? Why is it important for you to have guys like that to balance you out?
TYRANN MATHIEU: You know, I think it's the best of both worlds. And I just try to go out there, play my game fast, hoping that those guys have my back.
And I think for the most part, pretty much every game, those guys do a good job of coaching us and putting us in the right position in the heat of the fire.
Q. Tyrann, two things. First off, what was the deal with you and Tharold swapping jersey numbers at practice this morning? And also talk about what Michael Brockers does to help guys like you and the guys next to you be able to make the big plays and get the headlines.
TYRANN MATHIEU: Well, Tharold Simon, he wore No. 7 in high school. So I always joke around at practice and say I'm Darrelle Revis. That's kind of why I want the 24.
And Mike does a great job of just plugging his gap, stopping the run, just getting his hand in the quarterback's face, and I think that goes a long way with us, because we don't want to be covering guys with five seconds back there.
So they do a good job pressuring the quarterback for us.
Q. Tyrann, talk about Coach Cooper and what he brings to you guys in the secondary as far as his style, what you like about his style.
TYRANN MATHIEU: Well, you know, he gives us a chance to go out there and definitely show off our skill, our playmaking ability. So we run a lot of mantoman coverage, gives us a chance to get the best out of the guy that we're covering.
So Coach Cooper definitely done a lot for us this year, preparing us for on and off the field, film work, practice habits.
So Coach Cooper did a great job this year.
Q. Brandon, you've been with Coach Chavis for three years, for three years now, I guess, and give me tell me a little bit about how you interact with him and give me your best story about him and the way he coaches.
BRANDON TAYLOR: Actually, the best story would be him actually converting me from corner to safety the spring of going into my sophomore year. He's actually the reason I got to start and actually start playing for LSU, because I was actually a backup cornerback. And he put me in the starting role at strong safety. And I've been doing a great job, and he actually he's like a father to me because he talks to me every day.
I sometimes go to his office and talk to him. And he's just a great coach. He's going to put us in the position to make big plays. It's just up to us to make those plays, because the style of defense that he runs, everybody has a chance to be successful.
Q. Eric, obviously you've all watched a lot of film on the last three games that Alabama played since they played you the first time. What have you seen from A.J. McCarron? How is he better than you saw him last time?
ERIC REID: I think he's making better reads in his passing game. He knows how to read the corners. He knows how to read the safeties to know what coverage is there and whether it's man or zone. We've got to do a good job of disguising what covers we're doing, and that way we have a better chance.
Q. Eric and Tyrann, if the rules allowed you to come out for the Draft after this season instead of waiting another year, what do you think your mindset would be right now?
ERIC REID: I haven't thought about the Draft because the rules being the way they are. But I think I'd stay anyway, just to make sure I continue to develop, and that way give me a better chance to be successful at the next level.
Q. Tyrann, in a game where two teams are so evenly matched, offensively and defensively, how important is it going to be for the defense or special teams to make a play in this game? And do you think maybe defense and special teams can actually outscore the offenses in this game?
TYRANN MATHIEU: Well, I think we definitely are facing a great team in all three phases of the game. So we look at it from this standpoint: Our playmakers, the guys who lead this team, you know, definitely are going to have to step up and play their best football and put our team in position to win this game.
Q. For you guys on the end, reverse the question I asked Tyrann, how has it helped you guys who are very steady and kind of lower key to have a guy like Tyrann emerge and be that personable guy? The same thing with Mo with his dynamic plays. How does that balance things out in the secondary?
BRANDON TAYLOR: It helps us make big plays. When you see them making big plays and getting to the ball and getting the ball out, making interceptions, you tend to feed off of that as a player playing this style of defense. It just makes you step your game up and it's been helping us out these years, so we're just going to continue to do that.
ERIC REID: Like Brandon was saying, I think we feed off of Ty's emotions. So when Ty's having a good game, we're all having a good game. If he gets the ball on the ground, you'll see 11 of us swarming to it trying to get it, and then blocking for him if he gets an interception.
So he makes big plays, and we feed off of that.
Q. Brandon, what do you think you'll miss mostly about being a part of this team?
BRANDON TAYLOR: Just the family atmosphere around here. It's a fun place to be. Actually got a lot of clowns on this team. They like to joke around and stuff. But we actually know when it's time to do business. And just being successful around here and the fan base and just being a part of this family.
I know I will always be a part of this family. It's just being at this place and enjoying the time with these players.
Q. Tyrann, I interviewed you last year. I don't know if you remember, but you've come so far for such a young player so fast. What do you attribute that to, being able to have such success early on?
TYRANN MATHIEU: Well, hard work definitely pays off. Me being at LSU, surrounded by guys like Patrick and Brandon, Morris and Eric, they tend to bring out the best in you.
So you go to work with those guys every day and you see those guys working hard and you want to work harder. You want to make plays and you want to be that guy that the team looks to to be such a special player.
So I just take that with me every time I walk on the field. So we've got a great coaching staff, great support system at LSU, academicwise and even athletically.
So it's just something to be proud of.
Q. Tyrann, it seems like you've embraced your celebrity status. Who has given you some advice about how to handle that? And you realize if you win this game it's going to increase even more going into next season. How do you look at that?
TYRANN MATHIEU: Well, I think Michael Barnett do a good job of definitely keeping me humble. And just keeping me motivated and doing the things I gotta do for my team. And that's go out there, get wins, play my best football. And hopefully win a national championship.
So these guys sitting next to me always bring me back down to earth. So I never get too ahead of myself anymore.
Q. Tyrann, where did the Honey Badger nickname come from and how does that persona reflect on your game?
TYRANN MATHIEU: I think the Honey Badger nickname came from the fans back in Tiger Nation. And honey badger is such a relentless animal. He's fierce. And he definitely doesn't fear anything.
So I just try to take that same approach to the field and just try to play smart and violent football for my team.
Q. Tyrann, how often do you think of your dad, and do you ever have communication with him when he's obviously behind bars?
TYRANN MATHIEU: I don't talk to him much.
Q. Any communication at all, letters?
TYRANN MATHIEU: No. I just try to focus on the present, and that's being a student at LSU, and just try to be a great football player for my team.
Q. Brandon, Tyrann was saying that you guys kind of keep him in check. What are some of the things you guys do? Do you give him a hard time? Do you lecture him? Do you joke with him? How do you keep him in check to keep his I guess celebrity status from getting out of hand with him?
BRANDON TAYLOR: We joke with him all the time that everybody is still human around here; that we need to be humble to be where we want to be in life. And it's got us this far, so we just have to stay focused and stay humbled as players and people and be good people and just be good role models to the kids and for the fans, stuff like that, because you don't want to do anything to jeopardize your family or your reputation as a player here at LSU.
And we do a good job of that here and we've been doing a good job of it, and it's got us where we are now. And now we're playing for the national championship. And we just gotta keep rolling.
Q. Eric, could you run through the Marquis Maze wildcat pass that you intercepted, what you saw? Did you anticipate it? Just go through that because it was such a big play.
ERIC REID: We knew he played quarterback in high school. We knew he had the ability to throw the ball. We lined up in zero coverage man to man. They were in attack eligible formation. So it's not something that you see every day.
So we lined up. The play ran. I had my receiver. I saw the tight end run free, and as a safety you're taught not to get beat deep, so naturally I tried to get behind him when the ball's in the air. It's just like those ball drills we do every day in practice. I just went up and get it.
Q. Describe how you got that. Did you wrestle the ball away from him in midair, or how did that happen?
ERIC REID: I believe he got his hands on it first, and then I just tried to get mine on it too and wrestled it away and was able to get it away before he hit the ground.
Q. Do you make a case that that's the biggest play in college football this year, considering where we're all at here today?
ERIC REID: I don't know if it's the biggest play in college football, but it definitely kept our campaign going to get here to New Orleans.
THE MODERATOR: Thank you.


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RC Car to Arduino Robot – First car converted!
The Arduino is one of the most diverse robotics platforms. It truly opens the world of modern electronics to the students by allowing them to interface with all sorts of relevant, modern technology. We have seen this unfold in our latest project with the Arduino, the RC car hacking project.
For this project, we decided a good candidate to start with would be the New Bright RC 'Interceptor', a larger scale car that fit a standard-sized Arduino (in this case, an UNO) and a breadboard with lots of room to spare. This surplus of space opens up tons of options for adding sensors in the future. Plus, by tapping into the car's standard battery we eliminated the need to add a second one. Since we needed to be able to control the RC car's DC motors with the Arduino, we decided to use the VEX Motor Controller 29 to convert the PWM signals into corresponding voltage levels. This solution was cheap, easy, and effective; a true engineering triple play.
Once the Arduino was implanted into the RC car, it was time to tell the newborn robot to do something. Of course, we did this using our favorite programming software, ROBOTC for Arduino (more on this later).
It is important to realize that while most robots have a tank style drive system, the RC cars have the same steering system as that found in real-sized cars (Ackermann Steering). This unfortunately eliminates the possibility of making point turns, but it does open the doors to other interesting opportunities such as parallel parking (we plan on showcasing this in a later update).
Besides being incredibly awesome, this project also helps to expand upon the superb flexibility of the Arduino and VEX systems; although not specifically designed for one another, they can easily be used together with little or no modification to either system.
We could never allow you, the reader, to miss out on the hacking. If you are interested in this or any of our other current projects, we encourage you to take a look at the tutorials on our wiki. At the moment they are works-in-progress, but we are well on the way of having step-by-step guides for hacking a variety of vehicles, with different scales and sizes, and different methods of operation. We ultimately want the tutorials to act as guides to hack any RC vehicle, even if we do not cover it specifically.
Keep an eye on this blog and our wiki for the latest updates. If you have any hacking stories, we'd love to hear about them on our forums. Good luck, and get hacking!


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Years of research and millions of federal dollars later, production of lower-cost, super-strong, super-light carbon fiber recently began in a new facility.
Years of research and millions of federal dollars later, production of lower-cost, super-strong, super-light carbon fiber recently began in a new facility.
Rolls of raw material used to make the synthetic fiber began moving through furnaces heated to 3,560 degrees Fahrenheit in the Carbon Fiber Technology Center in Horizon Center Business Park.
While commissioning of the state-of-the-art research facility is still under way, Wednesday's test run was an important milestone, Director Lee B. McGetrick said in a story circulated by The Associated Press.
It's the start of large-scale, experimental production of spools of the dark, shiny fiber, which can be used in a variety of products, from vehicles to wind turbine blades.
Even the lower-grade variety of this stuff is brawny, McGetrick said.
A standard tow of 24,000 tiny fibers bunched together can support 1,800 pounds — a typical football team's offensive line.
Carbon fiber is also lightweight. That's crucial in future car designs, especially with federal guidelines calling for improved gas mileage.
"All of the automakers across the world are trying to find ways to incorporate carbon fiber into their vehicles," McGetrick said.
Last year was busy with the design and installation of the special equipment in the 42,000-square-foot building, McGetrick said.
Putting those furnaces and other equipment in place was a "pretty major undertaking," she said. "They had to be precisely aligned and mounted on the floor."
This year's startup has been as challenging, she said.
"There's a sort of art in getting all the equipment up and working on a continuous basis and getting all the parameters dialed in," she said.
The $34.7 million Carbon Fiber Technology Center was built and equipped through a grant from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, better known as stimulus funding.
It's owned in a joint venture that includes R&R Properties of Oak Ridge and is leased to Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
There is a staff of 22 for the operation, including 12 technicians who went through a special grant-funded training program offered by Roane State Community College.
Making carbon fiber, McGetrick said, "is almost like cooking."
The process usually begins with a costly petroleum-based acrylic that's intensely heated, burning away everything but the carbon.
With that pricey raw material, even low-grade carbon fiber costs between $15 and $20 a pound, McGetrick said.
Scientists at ORNL have come up with cheaper precursors: plant-based lignin, a waste product from pulp and paper processing, and a plastic called polyolefin.
Those less expensive raw materials could trim the per-pound cost of carbon fiber to about $5 to $7, McGetrick said.
That's drawn the interest of two Fortune 500 powerhouses, Ford Motor Co. and Dow Chemical Co.
Those firms are collaborating on efforts to test these new techniques for making carbon fiber.
During its five- to 10-year life span, the Oak Ridge facility will run five days a week, 24 hours a day, making some 250 tons of carbon fiber annually.
The end game, McGetrick said, is to lure industries to the area to make use of a technology that's likely to continue to evolve at the facility.
Cost: $34.7 million facility
Where: Horizon Center Business Park
What it does: Produces super-strong, super-light carbon fiber used in a variety of products, from vehicles to wind turbine blades
Production: 250 tons a year
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The former Paris Saint-Germain, Newcastle and Spurs star discussed the fortunes of his former clubs in this season's Europa League in an interview on Uefa's official website.
Asked whether Bale is more influential as a winger or as a striker he replied: "Behind the striker because he's the kind of player who likes to face the goal and drive forward. He likes to go at players.
|Gareth Bale is 33/1 to be the top Premier League goalscorer this season with BetVictor
"Gareth Bale is always positive with his game, always going forward, taking players on. He's got strength, he's got a great left foot. He's the stereotype of the perfect modern footballer."
Ginola also revealed he is hoping to see two of his former clubs contest the Europa League final and says winning a trophy is more important to Spurs than qualifying finishing in the top four.
"My heart says Tottenham v Newcastle. An all-English final would be nice, especially because this season there are no English clubs left in the Champions League," he added.
"Having two English clubs in the Europa League final would be the perfect scenario. Being in the top four to reach the Champions League is very important but the best thing is winning trophies.
"The Europa League is a fantastic competition and for me there is no doubt that if Tottenham can bring the trophy back to White Hart Lane then it would be an achievement for André Villas-Boas and the club. A silver trophy is always very important."
The mercurial forward also reflected on his career highlights and shared some of his favourite memories of his time in England.
"To win the League Cup at Wembley in 1999, and to share the trophy with the Spurs fans, who really deserved it, was fantastic. It was a big achievement that season," he added.
"When Newcastle won 5-0 against Manchester United, it was something special. The fans were gobsmacked with the way we played and the goals we scored were amazing.
"My favourite goal was against Ferencvaros for Newcastle. I flicked the ball over the defender, controlled it with my thigh and volleyed it from 25 metres into the top corner."


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didn't think that his hit was that severe, what about the player who hit Wilson late?
Tru2RedNGold25 wrote:Us as Niners fan have every right to rep Niners all day everyday when we have the hardware to back it up do can u guys say that???
theENGLISHseahawk wrote:What? Branch and Urlacher got fined?
Jesus... what's next? Fines for making ten tackles in a game?
sturg78 wrote:The fines go to charity don't they? I seem to recall hearing that. If so, can't the players right off the fines as charitable tax deduction?
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Excellent work. I love the Talon Karrde. This is a very good representation of the character. The rest look very good too, but Kaarde is my fave.BTW I'm not sure if its just me or not, but it looks like your death squad trooper has his feet reversed.
The cargo shuttle is just too cool! How long is it? Is there an area for cargo to go? I really like this.As for the terror dome, awesome! I have a old one that is in hellish condition, I might copy your idea here. Is there an easy way to get the top part off like you did?Also, it looks like you're making a Sarlacc pit?
I love the texture of the background, and you blended the paints just right. Think you could give us a run down on how you did it? Nothing extensive, just a little blurb. Very cool diorama, tykrazen!
That is really cool, and different. I might suggest builing up some sort of armor around the top of it, but either way I like this a lot. Cool idea and good execution.
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[Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and the Rules of the House of Representatives, 112th Congress] [112nd Congress] [House Document 111-157] [Jeffersons Manual of ParliamentaryPractice] [Pages 262-267] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov] sec. xli--division of the house [[Page 263]]
|Sec. 501. Division of the House after determination by sound.
|The affirmative and negative of the question having been both put and answered, the Speaker declares whether the yeas or nays have it by the sound, if he be himself satisfied, and it stands as the judgment of the House. But if he be not himself satisfied which voice is the greater, or if before any other Member comes into the House, or before any new motion made (for it is too late after that), any Member shall arise and declare himself dissatisfied with the Speaker's decision, then the Speaker is to divide the House. Scob., 24; 2 Hats., 140.
|Sec. 502. Parliamentary provisions as to division, not applicable in the House.
|When the House of Commons is divided, the one party goes forth, and the other remains in the House. This has made it important which go forth and which remain; because the latter gain all the indolent, the indifferent, and inattentive. Their general rule, therefore, is that those who give their vote for the preservation of the orders of the House shall stay in, and those who are for introducing any new matter or alteration, or proceeding contrary to the established course, are to go out. But this rule is subject to many exceptions and modifications. 2 Hats., 134; 1 Rush., p. 3, fol. 92; Scob., 43, 52; Co., 12, 116; D'Ewes, 505, col. 1; Mem. in Hakew., 25, 29.
|Sec. 504. Voting by yeas and nays.
|When it is proposed to take the vote by yeas and nays, the President or Speaker states that ``the question is whether, e.g., the bill shall pass--that it is proposed that the yeas and nays shall be entered on the journal. Those, therefore, who desire it will rise.'' If he finds and declares that one- fifth have risen, he then states that ``those who are of opinion that the bill shall pass are to answer in the affirmative; those of the contrary opinion in the negative.'' The Clerk then calls over the names alphabetically, notes the yea or nay of each, and gives the list to the President or Speaker, who declares the result. In the Senate if there be an equal division the Secretary calls on the Vice-President and notes his affirmative or negative, which becomes the decision of the House.
|Sec. 505. Parliamentary law as to giving of votes.
|In the House of Commons every member must give his vote the one way or the other, Scob., 24, as it is not permitted to anyone to withdraw who
|Sec. 506. Movements of Members during voting.
|While the House is telling, no member may speak or move out of his place, for if any mistake be suspected it must be told again. Mem. in Hakew., 26; 2 Hats., 143.
|Sec. 507. Decisions of points of order during a division.
|If any difficulty arises in point of order during the division, the Speaker is to decide peremptorily, subject to the future censure of the House if irregular. He sometimes permits old experienced members to assist him with their advice, which they do sitting in their seats, covered, to avoid the appearance of debate; but this can only be with the Speaker's leave, else the division might last several hours. 2 Hats., 143.
|Sec. 508. Decision by voice of majority; and tie votes.
|The voice of the majority decides; for the lex majoris partis is the law of all councils, elections, &c., where not otherwise expressly provided. Hakew., 93. But if the House be equally divided, semper presuamtur pro negante; that is, the former law is not to be changed but by a majority. Towns., col. 134.
|Sec. 509. Twothirds votes.
|The House, however, requires a two-thirds vote on a motion to suspend the rules (clause 1 of rule XV), on a motion to dispense with the call of the Private Calendar on the first Tuesday of each month (clause 5 of rule XV), and to consider a special rule immediately (clause 6 of rule XIII), and the Constitution of the United States requires two-thirds votes for the expulsion of a Member, passing vetoed bills, removing political disabilities, and passing joint resolutions proposing amendments to the Constitution.-
|Sec. 509a. Threefifths votes.
|The standing rules also require a three-fifths vote for passage or adoption of a bill, a joint resolution, an amendment thereto, or a conference report thereon, if carrying a Federal income tax rate increase (clause 5(b) of rule XXI).
|Sec. 510. Business suspended by the failure of a quorum.
|When from counting the House on a division it appears that there is not a quorum, the matter continues exactly in the state in which it was before the division, and must be resumed at that point on any future day. 2 Hats., 126.
|Sec. 511. Change of a vote.
|1606, May 1, on a question whether a Member having said yea may afterwards sit and change his opinion, a precedent was remembered by the Speaker, of Mr. Morris, attorney of the wards, in 39 Eliz., who in like case changed his opinion. Mem. in Hakew., 27.


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Jan. 22, 2005
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. - The MIT women's basketball team fell to Smith College, 54-42, in NEWMAC action on Saturday. The Engineers' bench dominated, outscoring the Pioneers, 28-9. Cherelle Walls led the way with 10 points and three blocks. Cassie Puccinelli registered a game-high 14 points and totaled nine rebounds and three blocks for the Pioneers.
Smith (5-10, 1-5) scored eight unanswered points before Karen Kinnaman put Tech on the scoreboard with a free throw at 15:53. Christa Margossian cut the deficit to five (8-3) by sinking a pair of shots from the charity stripe. Over the course of the next five minutes, the Pioneers built a 15-point advantage (30-15), their largest of the game.
A pair of baskets by Jasmin Moghbeli helped MIT (3-9, 0-4) outscore Smith, 11-4, during the final 9:54 of the half. Kinnaman's put-back at the buzzer narrowed the Pioneers' margin to 34-26 at the intermission.
Both squads traded baskets to open the second stanza. At the 13:09 mark, baskets from Moghbeli, Kinnaman, and Walls brought the Engineers within three (38-35). Tech was held scoreless during the next four minutes while Ann Hisken contributed a free throw and set-up Diana Bull for a three-pointer. Walls ended the drought with 8:21 remaining on a basket in the paint, cutting the margin to five (42-37). Smith countered with a run of its own, outscoring the Engineers, 12-5, to close the game.
Karen Kinnaman dished out a career- and game-high seven assists while tallying six rebounds, seven points, two blocks, and two steals. Michal Ruchelsman, Jasmin Moghbeli, and Christa Margossian each registered six points off the bench. Margossian grabbed five boards while Ruchelsman and Moghbeli both collected four caroms.
For Smith, Diana Bull finished the day with 11 points while Ann Hisken added nine points and eight rebounds. Nati Lenchner and Crystal Diehl each totaled seven points with Lenchner collecting nine rebounds.
The next game for MIT will be on Tuesday, Jan. 25 at 5:30 p.m. when it travels to Wheaton College.