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Parker (Jason Statham) is a professional thief who lives by a personal code of ethics: Don't steal from people who can't afford it and don't hurt people who don't deserve it. But on his latest heist, his crew double-crosses him, steals his stash, and leaves him for dead.
Determined to make sure they regret it, Parker tracks them to Palm Beach, playground of the rich and famous, where the crew is planning their biggest heist ever. Donning the disguise of a rich Texan, Parker takes on an unlikely partner, Leslie (Jennifer Lopez), a savvy insider, who's short on cash, but big on looks, smarts, and ambition.
Together, they devise a plan to hijack the score, take everyone down and get away clean.
Starring Jason Statham, Jennifer Lopez, Nick Nolte, Michael Chiklis, Clifton Collins Jr.
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Genre - Suspense/Thriller
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Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) is a slow and progressive circulation disorder. It may involve disease in any of the blood vessels outside of the heart and diseases of the lymph vessels—the arteries, veins, or lymphatic vessels. Organs supplied by these vessels such as the brain, heart, and legs, may not receive adequate blood flow for ordinary function. However, the legs and feet are most commonly affected, thus the name peripheral vascular disease.
Conditions associated with PVD that affect the veins include deep vein thrombosis (DVT), varicose veins, and chronic venous insufficiency. Lymphedema is an example of PVD that affects the lymphatic vessels.
When PVD occurs in the arteries outside the heart, it may be referred to as peripheral arterial disease (PAD). However, the terms "peripheral vascular disease" and "peripheral arterial disease" are often used interchangeably. It's frequently found in people with coronary artery disease, because atherosclerosis, which causes coronary artery disease, is a widespread disease of the arteries.
Conditions associated with PAD may be occlusive (occurs because the artery becomes blocked in some manner) or functional (the artery either constricts due to a spasm or expands). Examples of occlusive PAD include peripheral arterial occlusion and Buerger's disease (thromboangiitis obliterans). Examples of functional PAD include Raynaud's disease, Raynaud's phenomenon and acrocyanosis.
PVD is often characterized by a narrowing of the vessels that carry blood to the leg and arm muscles. The most common cause is atherosclerosis (the buildup of plaque inside the artery wall). Plaque reduces the amount of blood flow to the limbs and decreases the oxygen and nutrients available to the tissue. Clots may form on the artery walls, further decreasing the inner size of the vessel and potentially blocking off major arteries.
Other causes of peripheral vascular disease may include trauma to the arms or legs, irregular anatomy of muscles or ligaments, or infection. People with coronary artery (arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle) disease are frequently found to also have peripheral vascular disease.
The term "peripheral vascular disease" encompasses several different conditions. Some of these conditions include, but are not limited to:
A risk factor is anything that may increase a person's chance of developing a disease. It may be an activity, diet, family history, or many other things. Risk factors for peripheral vascular disease include factors which can be changed or treated and factors that cannot be changed.
Risk factors that cannot be changed include:
Risk factors that may be changed or treated include:
Those who smoke or have diabetes mellitus have the highest risk of complications from peripheral vascular disease because these risk factors also cause impaired blood flow.
Approximately half the people diagnosed with peripheral vascular disease are symptom free. For those experiencing symptoms, the most common first symptom is intermittent claudication in the calf (leg discomfort described as painful cramping that occurs with exercise and is relieved by rest). During rest, the muscles need less blood flow, so the pain disappears. It may occur in one or both legs depending on the location of the clogged or narrowed artery.
Other symptoms of peripheral vascular disease may include:
The symptoms of peripheral vascular disease may resemble other conditions. Consult your physician for a diagnosis.
In addition to a complete medical history and physical examination, diagnostic procedures for peripheral vascular disease may include any, or a combination, of the following:
There are two main goals for treatment of peripheral artery/vascular disease: control the symptoms and halt the progression of the disease to lower the risk of heart attack, stroke, and other complications.
Specific treatment will be determined by your physician based on:
Treatment may include:
With both angioplasty and vascular surgery, an angiogram is often performed prior to the procedure.
Complications of peripheral vascular disease most often occur because of decreased or absent blood flow. Such complications may include:
By following an aggressive treatment plan for peripheral vascular disease, complications such as these may be prevented.
Steps to prevent PVD are primarily aimed at management of the risk factors for PVD. A prevention program for PVD may include:
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For many Monterey Institute students, the short winter term in January is a great opportunity to gain real-world experience and a deeper understanding of a particular subject, and/or to enhance their language skills. The courses and immersive learning opportunities offered for the 2013 winter (or "J-term") are a wonderful reflection of the vibrant academic environment created by the unique Monterey Institute community.
Among the practica offered is the ever popular "Chile Practicum: Transitional Injustice and Chile's Vulnerable Populations" led by Professor Jan Black with Judge Juan Guzman, best known as Chile's prosecutor of General Pinochet. Students could also choose to participate in real-life development projects as part of the well-established Team Peru or Team El Salvador programs. This January, Professor Pushpa Iyer will lead students through an exploration of the cultural, social and political history of Gujarat in "India Tour: Journey through Gandhi's Land." More information about these and other practica is available on the Winter and Spring Practica page.
For those students who want to use the winter break for study without leaving Monterey there are plenty of exciting options as well. MiddCORE, an innovative winter term program at Middlebury, is coming to Monterey for the first time in January 2013. This intensively interactive mentor-driven and highly competitive program focuses on developing new solutions to wicked social problems.
The Development Project Management Institute, perhaps better known as DPMI, is an intense training program for aspiring development professionals offered in Monterey in January, and again in the summer in Monterey and Washington D.C.
Inspiring and leading change is the theme at the week-long Ocean Leadership Practicum offered in collaboration with the MARINE, the Monterey Area Research Institution's Network for Education. The Institute's participation in MARINE is managed through our Center for the Blue Economy.
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Hunter deal right move for Tigers ... and Angels
The Angels made the right decision in letting Torii Hunter leave, and the Tigers made the right decision in welcoming Hunter aboard. Such are the complications of clarity and context. One man's trash is ... well, you know the rest (although I certainly don't advocate calling Hunter trash). Indeed, Angels fans directing their ire toward Jerry Dipoto and the rest of the Angels' braintrust for bidding goodbye to Hunter are well-entitled to their aggravation. Hunter, after all, has every intangible and many of the tangibles that you want on your roster, in your clubhouse, in your community. And speaking strictly on behalf of sportswriters everywhere, I wish every clubhouse could have a Torii Hunter, whose insightfulness, honesty, approachability and affability make for an all-too-rare combination. But when you get down to the nitty gritty of roster construction and payroll planning, Hunter was more luxury item than necessity for the Halos. In terms of athleticism and offensive upside, they are better off with an outfield concoction of Mike Trout in left, Peter Bourjos in center and Mark Trumbo in right. Having Bourjos buried on a depth chart is a waste of raw talent. And if he lives up to his potential, the Angels have the ability to slide Trout's bat into the role of run-production and his legs into a left-field spot that should be less taxing. And from an outfield payroll standpoint, the ongoing issue that is the Vernon Wells contract -- an inheritance Dipoto certainly would have declined, had he the opportunity when he took over -- doesn't afford a GM a tremendous amount of wiggle room. So letting Hunter walk ultimately made the most sense for the Angels. The only issue is the specific way they let that process play out. Offering Hunter a reported one-year, $5 million extension in mid-September -- in the heat of the playoff chase -- was an odd and ultimately "disrespectful" (as Hunter himself said) course of action. What was the point? And furthermore, what was the point of not offering Hunter a qualifying one-year offer of $13.3 million that would have ensured the Angels of Draft-pick compensation when Hunter eventually signed elsewhere? Even if Hunter would have surprised us and accepted such an offer, at worst you're left with a quality player on an affordable (and likely swappable) one-year deal. If you're an Angels fan, then, question the process, sure. But don't fret over the ultimate result -- especially considering that result did not land Hunter in Arlington. At this point, the 37-year-old Hunter simply has more value in an organization with less certainty and more flexibility in the outfield. That team turned out to be the Tigers. And for them, this is an applaudable pickup. Beyond those aforementioned intangibles, Hunter, even at this purportedly ripe old age, fills two glaring holes on both the offensive and defensive side of the equation. Tigers right fielders had the lowest OPS (.641) among Major League clubs in 2012, and those same right fielders contributed the fewest total zone fielding runs above average, according to BaseballProjection.com, and the second-fewest defensive runs saved, according to Baseball Info Solutions. Hunter, meanwhile, had an .817 OPS last season. And defensively, he was responsible for 15 defensive runs saved above average, ranking third among right fielders. Tigers fans must understand, of course, that a certain segment of that production is unrepeatable. Late-30s ballplayers are, by nature, treading dangerously close to the cliff, and Hunter had an abnormally high .389 batting average on balls in play last season. But in case you haven't looked at the middle of their order lately, the Tigers didn't need a superstar. They needed a player who can bring a couple wins above the replacement level, a little speed, a lot of professionalism, a postseason-ready heartbeat, a guy who can warm the seat, so to speak, until Avisail Garcia and/or Nick Castellanos are truly ready for prime time. A guy who, much like owner Mike Ilitch, wants a World Series ring in the worst way. Oh, sure, at $26 million over two years, the Tigers overpaid, as is quite often the case in free agency. But some of that overpay is attributable to wanting to patch these holes quickly, rather than enduring the many fluctuations of the market. Dave Dombrowski is a big believer in the value of the bird in hand, and you can't fault him for that. Besides, it's not as if the Tigers are prone to pinching pennies, and a two-year contract is entirely manageable. So while Hunter is not a slam-dunk signing, he's more of a tolerable risk to the Tigers than he was to the Angels. No matter the particulars of the process that got us to this point, the end result feels right for both clubs.
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Here's the news from Akit: It's ba-aaaack! Its the ZipTrek EcoTours zipline* (or ziplines, as they will have two, side-by-side). Deets are below.
Now, last year, back in 2010, the rides were free, so people were lining up at 3:00 AM. But this year, the cost will be $29, so that will certainly cut down on the riff-raff, and therefore surely shorten the queue.
(And oh, our friends from up in the Great White North just told me that they will be highly disappointed if Edwin Lee, San Francisco's once (and future?) Mayor chickens out, if he blows off his obligation. Other Mayors have done it and it all worked out fine. See below for one example…)
This could be you:
The deets:
- Dates: Summer 2011 (Opening early July)
- Hours: Open daily (7 days a week!) from 11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.*
- Price: $29 (all ages)
- Age: 6 years+
- Weight: 65lbs – 275lbs
- First come, first serve
All guests are required to sign an Assumption of Risks and Release of Liability Agreement (coming soon) before zipping. Under 19 requires signature by a parent or guardian.
The ziplines are gravity fed, so guests do not have to worry about controlling their own speed. Guides are stationed at each tower to connect (launch platform) and disconnect (landing platform) each and every guest. Age restrictions apply and guests must weigh more than 65 pounds and no more than a maximum of 275 pounds.
Summer 2011
11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. *
Justin Herman Plaza at Embarcadero Square, San Francisco, California
* times may vary on certain days"
Will you have the guts to climb a temporary tower (80 feet tall!) just like this one from 2010 to earn the right to tell your friends you rode the Justin Herman Plaza Zip Line?
Just asking.
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But first, you'll need to wait in line next to the abysmal Vaillancourt Fountain, sign a waiver, and get harnessed up.
Le mise-en-scene.
You'll ascend the 80 foot tower and encounter a friendly Canadian guide at the top. If you need a pep talk, you'll get one:
You'll soon be steadying your nerves by glancing at your jump buddy…
…and then you'll be off, into the wild bleu.
Sisters doing it for themselves:
Can you see the nervous giggles? There's your team bonding right there.
And this is what it felt like last year. Everything zooms by with a quickness, and there's a loud buzzing above your noggin. Some people go upside-down even.
And they'll totally let you bring a camera to make your own YouTube:
You owe it to yourself to try.
Don't dissappoint lovely Ashleigh. She brought her Olympic Gold all the way down here last year just so you'd consider Vancouver as the starting point for your next vacation:
And I'll tell you, last year the kids from Project Insight were quite amused to see former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown take a run on the fantastic British Columbia Zip-Line near the Ferry Building.
Here's an account from John Coté.
Willie, sporting cashmere, handed out souvenir mittens (I still have a pair sitting in the back seat of Mom's Taxi) from Up North:
Then it was time to harness up:
A reluctant exchange of headgear:
It's go time.
Then he was off:
Here's a close-up of those cardinal socks:
The landing tower. Here's the reverse angle from David Paul Morris
And then a press conference:
His reaction after flying through the sky?
"I was scared as Hell, but there was no way I was going to show it!"
Good for you, Mr. Brown. Will you ride again in 2011?
Anyway, if he can do it, you can too.
See you there this summer!
And get the latest info direct from la source here:
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Kidney stones are pieces of a stone or crystal-like material. These stones form inside the kidneys or other parts of the urinary tract. The kidneys remove waste from the body. They also balance the water and electrolyte content in the blood by filtering salt and water.
There are several types of kidney stones:
- Calcium oxalate
- Calcium phosphate
- Struvite
- Uric acid
- Cystine
The cause of your kidney stone may be depend on the type of stone that you have. Calcium stones are the most common type.
- Calcium oxalate or phosphorus stones—These kidney stones form when the concentration of calcium or other minerals in the urine becomes too high or when minerals that prevent stone formation are too low.
- Struvite stones—These stones develop as a result of a urinary tract infection. The stones are composed of ammonium, magnesium, and phosphate salts.
- Uric acid stones—These stones form when urine is acidic. This may also occur in people with gout or those who are on chemotherapy.
- Cystine stones—These stones form due to a rare genetic disorder that causes the kidneys to build up excess amounts of cystine. Cystine is one of the amino acids that make up proteins.
Risk Factors
Caucasian men under 50 years old are at increased risk.
Factors that may increase your chance of kidney stones include:
- Personal history of kidney stones
- Family history of kidney stones
Other factors that increase your risk of kidney stones include:
Calcium oxalate or phosphorus stones:
- Excess dietary sodium and oxalate. Oxalate can be found in green, leafy vegetables, chocolate, nuts, or tea.
- Low fluid intake, especially during warmer weather, which can lead to dehydration.
- Overactive parathyroid gland.
- Chronic bowel disorders such as Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis.
- Some diuretics.
- Calcium-based antacids.
Struvite stones:
- History of urinary infection
- More common in women
Uric acid stones:
- Excess dietary red meat or poultry
- Gout
A rare genetic disorder increases the risk of cystine stones.
In many people, kidney stones do not cause symptoms and pass during urination. Other people may have symptoms, including:
- Sharp, stabbing pain in the mid-back that may occur every few minutes and last from 20 minutes to one hour
- Pain in the lower abdomen, groin, or genital areas
- Nausea and vomiting
- Blood in the urine
- Frequent urge to urinate
- Burning pain during urination
- Fever
You will be asked about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done.
Your bodily fluids may be tested. This can be done with:
- Urine tests and cultures
- Blood tests
Images may be taken of your kidneys and urinary system. This can be done with:
- X-ray
- Spiral CT scan
- Ultrasound
- Intravenous pyelogram (IVP)
Treatment depends on the size and location of the kidney stone. Treatment may include one or more of the following:
For small kidney stones, drinking at least 2-3 quarts of water per day helps the body pass the stones during urination. You may be given a special cup to catch the stone when it passes so it can be analyzed. If you are having a hard time keeping fluids down, you may need to be hospitalized to receive IV fluids.
You may be advised to take pain medication. You may also be prescribed medications that may help you pass your kidney stones during urination.
Surgery may be needed if the stones are:
- Very large or growing larger
- Causing bleeding or damage to the kidney
- Causing infection
- Blocking the flow of urine
- Unable to pass
Ureteroscopy uses a small camera to locate the stones in the ureter or kidney. Once found, a small basket is used to capture and remove the stones. Larger stones can be broken up into small pieces with a laser.
Percutaneous nephrolithotomy is used to treat large stones located in the kidney. A small incision is made in the lower back. A nephroscope is passed through a tube so the kidney stones can be seen. The stones are broken into smaller pieces and removed. A temporary drain may be left in the incision site.
Lithotomy is an open surgery used to remove stones. This is rarely used because of the less invasive options available.
Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy (ESWL)
ESWL uses a device called a lithotripter that is applied to the skin. The lithotripter sends shock waves into the body. The impact of the shock waves breaks up the larger stones so they can be passed during urination.
Once you have formed a kidney stone, you are more likely to form another. Here are some steps to prevent this condition:
- Drink plenty of fluids, especially water.
- Talk to your doctor about what diet is right for you. Depending on the type of stone you have, you may have to avoid certain food or drinks.
- Depending on what type of stone you have, certain medications may be prescribed to keep stones from forming again.
Revision Information
- Reviewer: EBSCO Medical Review BoardAdrienne Carmack, MD
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The sysstat package contains the sar, sadf, iostat, nfsiostat, cifsiostat, mpstat, and pidstat commands for Linux. The sar command collects and reports system activity information. The statistics reported by sar concern I/O transfer rates, paging activity, process-related activites, interrupts, network activity, memory and swap space utilization, CPU utilization, kernel activities, and TTY statistics, among others. The sadf command may be used to display data collected by sar in various formats. The iostat command reports CPU statistics and I/O statistics for tty devices and disks. The pidstat command reports statistics for Linux processes. The mpstat command reports global and per-processor statistics. The nfsiostat command reports I/O statistics for network filesystems. The cifsiostat command reports I/O statistics for CIFS filesystems.
Ctalk adds classes, methods, operator overloading, inheritance, and complex object expressions to otherwise standard C programs. Programs can use only a few Ctalk objects and methods in an otherwise standard C program, but the language can be used to write entire programs also. Ctalk works on most if not all of the systems that support GCC, the GNU C compiler. The package includes the language, class and run-time libraries, example programs, tutorial, and language reference.
Wing IDE is a software development environment for Python. It provides powerful editing, code intelligence, refactoring, testing, debugging, and search capabilities that reduce development and debugging time, cut down on coding errors, and make it easier to understand and navigate Python code.
Seed7 is a general purpose programming language. It is a higher level language compared to Ada, C++, and Java. In Seed7, new statements and operators can be declared easily. Functions with type results and type parameters are more elegant than a template or generics concept. Object orientation is used when it brings advantages and not in places when other solutions are more obvious. Although Seed7 contains several concepts of other programming languages, it is generally not considered as a direct descendant of any other programming language.
nut is nutrition software to record what you eat and analyze your meals for nutrient composition. The database included is the latest USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference. This database contains values for vitamins, minerals, fats, calories, protein, carbohydrates, fiber, etc., and includes the essential polyunsaturated fats, Omega-3 and Omega-6. Nutrient levels are expressed as a percentage of the Daily Value, the familiar standard of food labeling in the United States, but also can be fully customized. Foods can be added from recipes or food labels, and nutrient intake can be graphed. The program is completely menu-driven and there are no commands to learn.
SmartGit/Hg is a graphical user interface for Git and Mercurial which can work with SVN repositories. It supports cloning from common repository providers (e.g., GitHub, Assembla), assists Git newbies, and also offers the advanced, powerful Git features. It provides several tools to help create clean commits, for example by allowing the user to commit just parts of changes files and reordering and squashing unpushed commits. If you are using GitHub or GitHub Enterprise, SmartGit/Hg can work easily with pull requests (creation, resolving) and commit comments. SmartGit/Hg ships with a built-in SSH client, file comparer, and merge tool which are capable of syntax coloring for many languages.
GroupOffice is a groupware suite that takes your office online, implementing online collaboration and CRM. It allows you to share projects, calendars, files and email online with co-workers and clients. It is easy to use and fully customizable. It also features synchronization with PDAs and Outlook.
The WiKID Strong Authentication System is a highly scalable, secure, self-hosted two-factor authentication system. It is simple to implement and maintain, allows users to be validated automatically, requires no hardware tokens, has a simple API for application support (via Ruby, PHP, Java, COM, Python, etc.), supports multiple domains, and supports replication for fault tolerance and scalability. It also supports mutual /host and transaction authentication, wireless tokens only domains, locked tokens (to your PC), anti-keystroke logger keypad PIN entry, etc.
A Web resource optimizer for Java.
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|Ivan Ivanovic and Gaz Metan Medias need to transfer their good domestic form to the European stage if they are to defeat unbeaten Pinar Karsiyaka on Tuesday
The three teams that lead their respective EuroChallenge Last 16 groups undefeated, Pinar Karsiyaka, Krasnye Krylia and EWE Baskets Oldenburg, will punch their ticket to the quarter-final play-offs if they win in Week 4 action on Tuesday.
Gaz Metan Medias vs. Pinar Karsiyaka
Medias travelled at the weekend to U-Mobitelco BT, a direct competitor for a top-four finish in the Romanian LNB, and escaped with a fantastic 84-59 victory, behind 17 points from Kyle Shiloh.
Karsiyaka meanwhile suffered the disappointment of a premature exit from the Turkish Spor Toto Final Eight, following a 77-69 to eventual winners Fenerbahce in the quarter-final.
Medias will therefore enter the Tuesday clash in a much better state of mind, but this alone will not be enough for the Romanian side.
Karsiyaka are leading Group I on merit and their EuroChallenge campaign is unlikely to be derailed by the setback in the domestic cup competition, especially since a win in Romania will mean they book their place in the play-offs with two weeks to spare.
The hosts like (and need) high-scoring games with many possessions, as they have won all six of their EuroChallenge encounters in which the scores went above 80 points, but only once in the six games so far when the score remained lower than that.
One of those lost games for Medias was the reverse fixture in Turkey, on day one of the EuroChallenge Last 16, when Karsiyaka shut down the Romanians on defence from the second quarter onwards and cruised to an 89-59 victory.
In the other Tuesday Group I clash, BK Ventspils play host to Joensuun Kataja in Latvia in a game that will be broadcast LIVE on FIBA Europe at 18:00 CET.
|Ludovic Vaty and BCM Gravelines to Szolnoki with high morale
BCM Gravelines Dunkerque vs. Szolnoki Olaj
BCM bounced back from the disappointment of an early exit in the French Cup one week ago in the best possible way, clinching an 85-83 win over Cholet on the road at the weekend.
They had to dig deep and come back from 10 points behind an excellent display by Ludovic Vaty, who finished with 21 points and eight rebounds, and are expecting to visit of Szolnoki with their morale sky-high.
Following the weekend results in the French league, BCM are now solitary leaders of the French LNB for the first time this season, and have the extra motivation of avenging the defeat they had suffered in the reverse fixture in Hungary, in the first week of Last 16 action.
Szolnoki cancelled a seven-point BCM lead in the final two minutes of regulation to force overtime and then win the encounter, 75-71.
The Hungarian side slumped to a painful 96-83 home defeat to Red Star Belgrade in the Adriatic league at the weekend, following a calamitous second half in which the Serbian powerhouse outscored them 50-34.
Hapoel Holon vs. Paris Levallois
When the two sides met in France four weeks ago, Paris cruised to a comfortable 83-66 victory over Holon, despite a 26-point, 14-rebound performance by Lawrence Hill for the Israeli side.
However, it is highly unlikely the Tuesday encounter will be another walk in the park for the Parisians, and not only because of the change of scenery.
The main reason is that, unlike in the reverse fixture, Holon will be able this time to count on the services of Franklin Hassell, who missed out the Paris game.
The American center was immense for his team on Sunday, collecting a monstrous double-double of 24 points and 17 rebounds to propel Holon past Hapoel Eliat, 74-63, in Israeli league action.
Paris also clinched an important win at the weekend, 73-71, at Poitiers in the French LNB, behind a double-double by their own star center, Sean May, who finished with 18 points and 11 rebounds.
Norrköping Dolphins vs. Krasnye Krylia
|Krasnye Krylia's Aaron Miles currently leads the EuroChallenge and VTB League in assists
The Russian side can punch their ticket to the quarter-final play-offs with a win in Sweden on Tuesday, and this key encounter could hardly come at a better time for them.
While Krasnye Krylia are enjoying an excellent run of form in all competitions, the Dolphins slumped to another defeat at the weekend.
Despite playing at home, Norrköping lacked focus and committed 20 turnovers to effectively allow visitors Uppsala to escape with a 78-73 victory in Swedish Basketligan action.
Their failure to take care of the ball was also key in the 81-76 loss to Khimik at home in their last outing at the EuroChallenge, where they had 19 turnovers to the Ukrainian side's 10.
The only good news for the Dolphins came from the encouragingly solid performances of point guard Edgars Jeromanovs and their star frontcourt duo, Joakim Kjellbom and Christian Maraker.
All three of them will need to be in top form on Tuesday night, to limit the action of Krasnye Krylia playmaker Aaron Miles, who leads both the EuroChallenge and the VTB League in assists, and power forward Andre Smith, who wreaked havoc in the Swedish paint in the reverse fixture, leading the Samara outfit to a comfortable 93-75 victory with his 28-point, 12-rebound double-double.
Khimik Yuzhne vs. Tofas SC Bursa
The two opponents combined for 183 points in the reverse fixture four weeks ago in Turkey, in one of the most high-scoring games in the EuroChallenge this season.
Tofas prevailed 93-90 that night, but a lot has changed for both sides since then.
Steven Burrt, who had led the Turkish side with 20 points in that game, is no longer on the team, and Tofas head coach Ahmet Caki has been trying to establish a different, more team-oriented style of play since his departure.
Khimik meanwhile have had a change of style for different reasons, as coach Zvezdan Mitrovic replaced Zoran Martic at the helm.
Mitrovic's team had to work extra hard to bend the resistance of Cherkasy in the domestic Superleague at the weekend, but edged out their visitors 93-87 in overtime and climbed to fifth place in the standings with a 16-12 record.
Another reason why the Tuesday clash might be completely different to that of the first week of the Last 16 is that the two sides played completely out of character in the reverse fixture.
They both relied much more heavily than usual on long-range shooting, whilst, contrary to every logic, Khimik out-rebounded Tofas 32 to 27, when the Turkish side averages almost 4.5 rebounds more than the Ukrainians throughout the EuroChallenge season.
|Dru Joyce has been a major factor in why EWE Baskets are the most productive offensive team in the Last 16
Tsmoki Minsk vs. EWE Baskets Oldenburg
At the weekend, Minsk finally registered their first win in the VTB League this season, and did so in style, with a 93-71 success against Neptunas at home.
The win came in no small part thanks to the contribution of new recruit Tierre Brown, who is expected to make his EuroChallenge debut on Wednesday.
The point guard went 11-for-15 from the field and led all scorers with 23 points while he also added four rebounds and one assist.
Oldenburg on the other hand succumbed to a 94-88 defeat at BEKO Bundesliga leaders Brose Baskets Bamberg on Sunday, despite entering the final frame on top.
Dru Joyce led all scorers with 23 points while Chris Kramer had 10 points and nine rebounds.
Recent form can certainly be a factor, but Oldenburg have been rock solid in the EuroChallenge and can secure their passage to the quarter-finals with a win in Belarus.
In order to hand Oldenburg their first defeat in the competition this season and spoil their plans for an early booking, they will have to come up with an excellent performance on the defensive end.
The Germans are the most productive side in the EuroChallenge, averaging 86.2 points per-encounter, and part of it has to do with their ability to pass the ball in order to find the open man, as they dish out 19.7 assists per game.
The other Week 4 fixture in this Group already took place last week, with Telekom Baskets Bonn making the most of their home-court advantage to defeat Okapi Aalstar 85-72 and improve to 2-2 in the standings.


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Some Olympic medals will come from outer space
On Feb. 15, 2013, a meteor entered Russian air space and crashed into Chelyabinsk. Nearly 1,500 people were injured after the blast from the impact broke so many windows. It left behind a reminder of its impact with pieces of meteor sprinkled over Chelyabinsk.
On Feb. 15, 2014, Russia will be in the middle of hosting the Winter Olympics. Any medals awarded that day will have chunks of the meteor embedded in them.
"We will hand out our medals to all the athletes who will win gold on that day, because both the meteorite strike and the Olympic Games are the global events," Chelyabinsk Region Culture Minister Alexei Betekhtin said, according to R-Sport.
Host cities and countries are known to leave their mark on the medals handed out. Beijing's medals used jade, a stone identified with China. Lilliehammer, Norway's gave medals of sparagmite in 1994. The stone is native to Scandinavia.
Seven medals will be awarded on the 15th of February, with medals in events in Alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, skeleton, ski-jumping and speedskating. Olympic gold medalist Lindsey Vonn is expected to compete that day, so she could home with a super-special meteor medal.
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Recent enforcement actions taken by FINRA and the SEC include fines and suspensions, as well as expulsions, of firms and principals for a wide variety of violations that include misuse of customer shares and funds; misleading sales materials; falsification of records and applications; and the sale of thousands of shares of unregistered stock.
Egan-Jones, Founder Agree to Settle SEC Charges
Egan-Jones Ratings Co. (EJR), and its president, Sean Egan, have agreed to settle SEC charges that they made willful and material misstatements and omissions when registering with the agency to become a nationally recognized statistical rating organization (NRSRO) for asset-backed securities and government securities.
An SEC order that found EJR falsely stated in its registration application that it had been rating asset-backed and government securities issuers since 1995. Actually, EJR had issued no such ratings before it filed its application. In addition, the SEC's order found EJR to have violated conflict-of-interest provisions, and that Egan caused EJR's violations.
In EJR's July 2008 application to become an NRSRO, it claimed to have 150 outstanding asset-backed securities (ABS) issuer ratings and 50 outstanding government issuer ratings, and also claimed to have been issuing credit ratings in these categories continuously since 1995. Egan signed the application, certifying it as accurate.
In actuality, EJR was not eligible for an NRSRO registration in either category, because it had not issued any ABS or government issuer ratings made available through the Internet or any other readily accessible means. In addition, the SEC found that EJR continued to make material misrepresentations about its experience in the annual certifications that followed, as well as making other misstatements in SEC submissions. It also was found to have and violated recordkeeping and conflict-of-interest provisions governing NRSROs, thus evading standards intended to safeguard credit rating integrity.
To settle the charges, EJR and Egan agreed to be barred for at least 18 months from rating asset-backed and government securities issuers as an NRSRO. The firm and Egan also agreed to conduct a comprehensive self-review and correct the deficiencies found by SEC examiners in 2012, and provide the SEC with a report that Egan is to sign under penalty of perjury enumerating the steps the firm has taken to comply. Neither EJR nor Egan has admitted or denied the findings. Westor Capital Group, President Targets of FINRA Actions
FINRA moved against Westor Capital Group and Richard Hans Bach, its president, chief compliance officer and operations principal, on charges that the firm failed to deliver securities to customer accounts, kept customers from taking out their own money and engaged in other violations of federal securities laws and rules.
In one instance, Westor refused to allow one customer to withdraw $97,000 from his account and, without customers' permission, also misused 65,000 of their fully paid shares to effect and cover another client's short sales.
Westor mainly trades in microcap securities through its own accounts, which are held at several different brokerage firms. According to FINRA, it lacks the ability to track and reconcile its customers' stock positions, enabling it to cover up its own improper use of securities.
FINRA sought a temporary cease-and-desist order (TCDO) against both the firm and Bach to prevent further misappropriation and misuse of customer funds and securities during the time required for a formal disciplinary proceeding to occur. It also filed a complaint against both, in which they were charged with failing to allow customers to withdraw account balances and deliver securities, misusing customer securities, failing to maintain physical possession or control of securities, and for operating an unapproved self-clearing business.
Both Westor and Bach can file a response and request a hearing before a FINRA disciplinary panel.
FINRA Expels Hedge Fund Capital Partners, Principal
Howard Gordon Jahre, principal of Brooklyn-based Hedge Fund Capital Partners was barred from any association with any FINRA member and the firm was expelled from FINRA membership over numerous violations that included everything from misleading sales materials to allowing unregistered persons to act in registered capacities.
FINRA's findings indicated that the firm and Jahre distributed exaggerated, misleading and unbalanced institutional sales materials in the form of emails from Jahre. The firm also distributed additional biased institutional sales materials and failed to retain copies. Both Jahre and the firm were found as well to have permitted unregistered persons to act in registered capacities, let a registered representative "park" her license at the firm and had as an employee a statutorily disqualified individual. It also did not conduct an annual compliance meeting. Numerous other violations included accepting soft dollars for rent from a hedge fund tenant and lying in response to FINRA requests for information.
The National Adjudicatory Council (NAC) imposed the sanctions following appeal of an Office of Hearing Officers (OHO) decision, which was appealed to the SEC but subsequently withdrawn.
Oakbrook Investment Brokers Expelled, Principal Barred by FINRA
Illinois-based Oakbrook Investment Brokers was expelled from FINRA and its principal, Robert George Stevens, was barred from associating with FINRA members on findings that, among other things, Stevens backdated continuing education test forms for registered representatives of the firm and presented them at a FINRA examination.
Other findings included lack of a Firm Element continuing education training plan; failure to do due diligence on an offering and to preserve records of customer purchases/refunds; use of unapproved email addresses by firm representatives for securities-related communications; failure to review electronic correspondence; and failure to prepare an accurate general ledger, trial balances and net capital calculations for two dates.
Numerous other violations were found by FINRA, and while neither the firm nor Stevens admitted or denied findings, both consented to their entry and to the sanctions. Fine, Disciplinary Actions Hit ACAP Financial, Principal on Stock Sales
Gary Hume, principal, and his firm, ACAP Financial, were both the target of FINRA enforcement actions on findings that the firm sold more than 27 million unregistered shares of an entity to the public after it, and Hume, acting as compliance officer, took the absence of a restrictive legend on the stock certificates and the clearance of the stock through the transfer agent as evidence that the shares were freely tradable.
In spite of red flags that indicated the stock sales may have been part of an illegal distribution, both Hume and the firm failed to make sure that the registered representative had the necessary information to know whether the unregistered shares could be sold in compliance with Securities Act Section 5. In addition, Hume was responsible for creating and maintaining the firm's WSPs; however, the firm had no written or formal procedures regarding restricted stock transactions or the receipt of stock certificates, given its business model. The firm's procedures gave no guidance on how to determine whether the stock was freely tradable.
While the decision has been appealed to the SEC and the sanctions are not in effect pending consideration of the appeal, FINRA's decision on sanctions include a fine for the firm of $100,000, as well as a requirement that it revise its WSPs and retain an independent consultant to review and approve the procedures. In addition, the firm is to be suspended from receiving and liquidating unregistered penny stocks until the procedures are approved by the consultant and implemented.
There is also a fine for Hume of $25,000. He is also to be suspended from association with any FINRA member in any capacity for six months, and must requalify before he can act in any capacity requiring qualification. The NAC imposed the sanctions following the call for review of an OHO decision.


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Young Harvey already influencing Mets' resolve
'Terrific' right-hander drawing early comparison to Hall of Famer Seaver
NEW YORK -- Thirty minutes before Jordany Valdespin created a grand finale for the Mets on Wednesday night, he produced the third out of the eighth inning, a weak ground ball down the first-base line easily handled by the Dodgers' Adrian Gonzalez, although it narrowly missed the first-base bag. Valdespin had left the tying run on third base.
Had the base altered the course of the ball and the Mets scored, those of us who believe in the powers of the unseen hand that often changes the course of human events might have identified the play as evidence that the 2013 Mets are a team favored by fate, that they may rise above their talent level and be more than an annoyance for the more gifted teams in the National League East.
Instead, the Mets loaded the bases in the 10th, and Valdespin's attempted sacrifice fly landed in the right-field seats, producing a grand slam and a 7-3 Mets victory. That was evidence of something else -- resolve.
The Mets had demonstrated some in the ninth inning, when David Wright singled home their third run following a pinch-hit, leadoff double by Mike Baxter and a neatly executed sacrifice bunt by Ruben Tejada.
A bunt and a bomb. Oh, how managers appreciate the ability to play small ball and long ball in the same hour! Diversity of offense.
And how Matt Harvey appreciated sidestepping what might have been his first loss. He wasn't the winning pitcher Wednesday night, but he certainly performed as a winning pitcher. Allowing three runs in six innings qualifies as a quality start, even though it shouldn't. Yet his QS performance was consistent with the premise of the statistic. It was "quality" in this regard: Harvey kept his team in the game.
Harvey's colleagues reciprocated by keeping his record clean. He's going to lose one of these weeks. But that zero to the right of the hyphen is a nice touch while it lasts.
Comparing players is an uncomfortable exercise for managers and other players, even if the comparisons are favorable. For now, though, comparing Harvey to more accomplished pitchers seems to make a valid point: he's special. At least he has been in most of his 15 big league starts.
Harvey's on-field demeanor, his seriousness and the way his co-workers respond to him -- all of that, and his successes, create an unmistakable parallel to Tom Seaver. That's quite unfair, too. But Harvey's cap has the same logo as the one Seaver wore, and like the erstwhile Franchise, Harvey is a strongly built, no-nonsense right-handed strikeout pitcher.
Dwight Gooden fits parts of that description, too. But Gooden came by his power pitching via whip-like arm action different from Seaver's and Harvey's.
Moreover, the good Doctor came to a team that already was on the ascent. Keith Hernandez was in place and clearly the soul of the team in 1984 when Gooden arrived. Darryl Strawberry was the kind of presence that the current Mets don't have. Rusty Staub, Hubie Brooks, Mookie Wilson and George Foster were established big league players.
The current Mets team is about -- in order -- Wright, Harvey, Jon Niese and, once he climbs from the abyss, Ike Davis. Aside from Wright, none of them is quite so established.
The dynamic is different from what it was in 1984, and quite similar to what existed when Seaver first smudged the right knee of his uniform in 1967.
At first Wednesday, the Mets were trying to win for Harvey, later they were trying to avoid a debit that would have shown on his personal account. In the late 1960s and deep into the '70s, the Mets were at their best and most alert when Seaver pitched. He commanded that, and when the response wasn't what he wanted, he demanded it. In that regard, he was an on-field extension of Gil Hodges, the manager Seaver still worships.
Harvey hasn't reached that point yet, of course. He makes demands only on himself, and he'll leave the pointed on-field and clubhouse chats to Captain Wright, who knows when to speak his mind and what words are effective for which players. But Harvey already has sway.
Whether Seaver ever delivered this exact message directly to a teammate doesn't matter. But his shortstop, Buddy Harrelson, once described how Seaver wanted his teammates to approach his starts.
"I'm out there every fifth day. Don't screw up my day," he said. "And when [Jerry Koosman] or [Gary] Gentry or whoever else is out there, don't screw up his day either."
Any questions?
Seaver's attitude was akin to that of Hank Bauer, who once addressed -- or undressed -- his young Yankees teammate Norm Seibern: "Hey kid, don't mess with my World Series money." (His choice of predicate was different.)
The sense is that Harvey has the same "I'm absolutely not here to lose" thought every fifth day.
And four innings after he had been removed Wednesday night, that very thought might still have resonated with the Mets.
Marty Noble is a reporter for MLB.com.


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The dANN project is a library to help facilitate artificial neural networks, artificial intelligence, and artificial genetics within other applications. It is currently written in Java, C++, and C#. However, only the Java version is currently in active development. The other versions can only be obtained from SVN. It provides a powerful interface for programs to include conventional artificial intelligence technology and artificial genetics into their code. It also acts as a testing ground for research and development of new concepts.
ca-ga is a toy artificial life simulation that uses genetic algorithms on large cellular automata. It uses simple but easily extended DNA that is 8k long by default, though you can take the size out to anything you have time to evolve. It sits under each cell of a 128x128 board and orders operations to transfer energy in the hopes of achieving a kill and breed. The simulation features a mutating fitness function, emergent sex, and a proof of concept real world fitness function. After enough generations, the cells or genes could achieve collectivism and organismhood, coordinating the values of the hotspots that determine board temperature in order to maintain a desired equilibrium. But maybe not. If you work in a fitness function, an optimizing problem solver results.
EO is a template-based, ANSI-C++ evolutionary computation library that helps you to write your own stochastic optimization algorithms quickly. Evolutionary algorithms form a family of algorithms inspired by the theory of evolution, and solve various problems. They evolve a set of solutions to a given problem in order to produce the best results. These are stochastic algorithms because they iteratively use random processes. The vast majority of these methods are used to solve optimization problems, and may be also called "metaheuristics". They are also ranked among computational intelligence methods, a domain close to artificial intelligence. With the help of EO, you can easily design evolutionary algorithms that will find solutions to virtually all kind of hard optimization problems, from continuous to combinatorial ones.
GRALE is a set of tools - a library and a number of accompanying applications - to study gravitational lenses. Gravitational lenses are astronomical objects so massive that their gravitational pull even deflects light rays. This can cause multiple copies of the same background object to be visible, like a cosmic mirage. The locations and shapes of these copies can provide information about the mass distribution of the gravitational lens, which GRALE can help recover using a genetic algorithm-based method. Apart from these so-called lens inversions, it's also possible to simulate gravitational lenses.
A partition or disk cloning tool similar to Symantec Ghost.
The most POSIX compliant and fastest known implementation of a tar archiver.


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Scouts gear up for busy week in Dominican Republic
This is the type of week that baseball dreams are made of. The next six days in the Dominican Republic could change the lives of several talented ballplayers from Latin America and dramatically impact the big league clubs looking to sign them. Starting Wednesday, Major League Baseball will kick off a busy week for amateurs on the island with the second annual MLB Prospect League international showcase for players eligible to sign on July 2 in an event at Temistocles Metz Stadium in San Cristobal. On Friday, the International Prospect League (IPL) will bring together its league's best players for an All-Star game and showcase for two days at the Tampa Bay Rays' complex in Boca Chica. Also on Friday, the Dominican Prospect League (DPL) -- the first league of its kind on the island -- will open a four-day event called the Louisville Slugger Tournament Series for its top players at the New York Yankees' complex in Boca Chica. Close to 150 top prospects are expected to participate in the three showcases. More than 200 scouts are expected to attend Wednesday's event alone, which will feature prospects from the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, Nicaragua and Curacao along with a visit from Joe Torre, MLB's executive vice president of baseball operations. The IPL will also feature players from Venezuela. "The amateur international world is descending upon the island for the week, and all of the activity means there is a lot going on in the Dominican," said manager of Latin American game development for MLB Joel Araujo. "Baseball is flourishing and it's continuing to grow, which is to everyone's benefit. There are huge investments being made in these players, and we believe the more games, the better. The evolution of baseball games, in addition to traditional scouting, in the Dominican Republic has allowed clubs to view these types of events as tools to their scouting." The baseball landscape has changed in part because of the change in the rules regarding the signing of international prospects. In accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement, each team was allotted $2.9 million to spend on the international market starting July 2, 2012, without penalty. Exceptions -- such as a team's six highest signing bonuses of $50,000 or less and players signed for $7,500 or less -- do not count against the spending cap. More than 400 players have signed since the international signing period began on July 2. This July's international signing period works in a similar way and the amount clubs are allowed to spend will be based largely on its record in the 2012 season. The pools for each team will range from an estimated $4.9 million (for the lowest winning percentage) to $1.8 million (for the highest winning percentage). Clubs will also be allowed to trade pool money. "I think we were able to help change the industry by starting the first league several years ago and give scouts and clubs more evaluation time in game situations," said Brian Mejia, co-founder of the DPL. "That's very important in this climate where clubs are really paying attention and following the new guidelines." Last year was a banner year for Major League Baseball in its efforts in Latin America. Its first international showcase, held last February, featured 25 prospects from the Dominican Republic and Venezuela and more than 200 big league scouts in attendance at an event that included a 60-yard dash, infield and outfield drills and batting practice. The prospects also played two games. In November, MLB held a showcase in Venezuela in front of 175 scouts to find prospects for next month's event. Two months earlier, MLB put on a showcase that featured some of the top amateur Dominican players at Tetelo Vargas Stadium in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic. MLB also hosted a four-day tournament that featured amateur teams from the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and USA Baseball in Santo Domingo in August. The league created MLB Prospect League for players eligible to sign professional contracts on July 2, and for older players, last spring. The league made special scouting trips to Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia and Curacao to find players for its event this week. "The expectations for this week are very high, and I think if we allow ourselves to think about where we were two years ago, it was definitely different and we've made progress," Araujo said. "We didn't know what type of reception we would get from the critical parties here in the Dominican, but the reception was not bad. At this point, we are at the point where all we do is field calls from trainers that want to be invited to participate. We hope it continues to evolve."


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Every year, there's that one week on the schedule that makes football fans sigh out of disappointment. This year, our sorrow fell on the fourth week of the season, as very few games had any relevance nationally.
But, with the negative comes the positive, as the bulk of the non-conference season is out the window and we can dig in to the meat of the college football season.
While we must wait a few more days before we become college football gluttons, let's see what we learned in Week 4.
Antonio Andrews is the best running back nobody is talking about
Andrews has been sensational for Western Kentucky this season and this past weekend was no exception.
The senior back produced one of his best performances against Morgan State on Saturday, rushing for 213 yards and five touchdowns in a 58-17 victory. This marked the third time in his career that he ran for more than 200 yards in a game.
Andrews has rushed for 100 yards or more in three of his four games this season, with the lone sub-100-yard game coming in the season opener against Kentucky. Andrews rushed for 99 yards against the Wildcats.
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Maryland is turning things around
They haven't exactly been eye-popping on the football field in the first four weeks of the season, but the Maryland Terrapins are 4-0 nonetheless.
Maryland hasn't faced the stiffest competition either, winning games against Florida International, Old Dominion, Connecticut and West Virginia, none of which have a victory over an FBS opponent this season.
So, even though Maryland hasn't really proven anything yet, head coach Randy Edsall has to be happy about an undefeated start coming off two abysmal seasons in 2011 and 2012.
Maryland has already matched its win total from a season ago. If the Terrapins can gather two more wins and become bowl eligible for the first time since 2010, it will be a huge step in the right direction.
Michigan State's offensive woes continue
With the exception of a Week 3 win over Youngstown State, Michigan State's offense has been awful. The lack of production and questionable play-calling was back in action in South Bend on Saturday as the Spartans fell to Notre Dame 17-13.
Michigan State gained just 254 yards of total offense on the Irish last weekend. The defense was able to keep Sparty in the game, only giving up 220 yards to the Irish and surrendering just 17 points.
While Michigan State is certainly a young team that is still figuring things out, there are just some things that can't happen. Committing a delay of game and a false start penalty on back-to-back plays at the end of the game is something that can't happen. The quarterback deciding to run on fourth and 20 and picking up only eight yards on your final possession is something that can't happen.
The Spartans' defense is good enough to keep Michigan State in a lot of games this year. Just don't expect many two-minute, game-winning touchdown drives anytime soon.
Brett Bielema has Arkansas headed in the right direction
Yes, Arkansas was on the wrong side of a tough game against Rutgers, but the Razorbacks showed some promise on the road in Saturday's game.
Head coach Brett Bielema has placed an emphasis on the running game at Arkansas, which is an important characteristic of a winning program in the SEC today. The defense, while shaky at times, currents leads the SEC in sacks.
Arkansas hasn't faced off against a team worthy of much recognition outside of Rutgers and the Razorbacks will show their true colors when they enter conference play next week against Texas A&M. But with a strong non-conference performance, this team is an upset or two away from being a threat in the SEC in a season or two.
The Big Ten Legends division is wide open
Coming into the season, Michigan was the favorite to take the Legends division and meet Ohio State for the Big Ten Championship in Indianapolis in December. After the Wolverines narrowly escaped scares from Akron and Connecticut in consecutive weeks, the Legends division appears to be up for grabs.
In fact, if we were giving anyone an edge in the Legends division, it would probably go to Northwestern.
The Wildcats have been playing extremely well through the non-conference portion of the schedule. Northwestern wasn't able to pull away from FCS foe Maine last Saturday, but looking ahead to a primetime matchup with Ohio State in two weeks may have been the root cause of that.
The bottom-line for this division is that Michigan, Northwestern, Nebraska and Michigan State all have a legitimate shot at getting to Indianapolis if the kinks are worked out. It should be an entertaining ride.
Pac-12 games are going to be fun to watch
I know these teams play a lot of late night games, but if you're ever suffering from insomnia on a Saturday night, I strongly encourage you to watch a Pac-12 game.
The speed, the offense and the depth of the conference has already made for some exciting football on the West Coast.
It's going to be a lot of fun to see these teams light up the scoreboard early and often when the heart of the conference schedule arrives.