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Property Brothers share insights on homeownership
NEW YORK — The Property Brothers, who have become celebrities through their HGTV home renovation TV shows, say there is still money to be made in real estate — but only if you have the know-how.
"There's a lot of people who make a lot of money in real estate," said Jonathan Scott, one of the identical-twin TV stars. "But there's also a lot of people who lose a lot of money because they don't know what they are doing."
Jonathan and his brother Drew Scott came to Google headquarters in New York for a panel discussion. In 2015 and 2016, the pair filmed two seasons of their shows — Buying & Selling and Property Brothers — in the New York City suburbs.
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Drew Scott, a real-estate agent, advised first-time homebuyers to do their homework before showing up for an open house.
"You narrow your search down online, and even before you are searching for your property, you are narrowing down what you can afford, using (online) financial calculators," he said during the forum.
"Whether to find a contractor for renovation, whether it's buying and selling, you have to get organized because the more information you have right from the get-go, the easier the process, the less stressful it's going to be."
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Jonathan Scott, a contractor, told aspiring homeowners not to be fixated on move-in-ready homes.
"Lose the ego. This is a business decision. Don't go in and say, 'Well, I can't settle for a house that's not perfect. I'm not going to settle for something that's gross.'" he said. "Don't be afraid to take on a fixer-upper. Put a little bit of elbow grease and fix it up and then you just help secure a safer retirement for yourself."
Even if you can put your ego aside, financing a renovation project can be tricky for first-time buyers because their resources tend to be limited.
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To assist those young buyers, financial products and programs are available, said Mike Wise, senior lending manager at JP Morgan Chase, who also was on the panel.
The event, sponsored by Chase Home Lending and Google, also was an occasion for the two companies to release a summary of their collaborative study, Search for Homes Snapshot.
The study indicated that Millennials, those now from their late teens or early 30s, are becoming more interested in owning homes: In 2016, 44% of Google searches related to the term "mortgage" was about first-time buyer mortgages, up by 11% from 2015. Previously, they have been slow to enter the housing market because of student debt and career setbacks related to the recession.
The trend is reflected on Chase's mortgage business as well: Customers younger than 35 accounted for 36% of the bank's new mortgages in 2016, up by 16% from the year before.
"There are two ways to help Millennials: Help them to have less money down and less closing costs," Wise said, giving examples such as a loan product that requires a minimum down payment of 3% and a first-time homebuyer education program that comes with a $500 grant to reduce closing costs.
The education piece is important, not only to find additional money but also to become a financially savvy homeowner, Wise said.
"There are two things going in tandem when we talk about homeownership," Wise said. "It's being able to buy a home and sustainability: How I stay in the house once I get it."
The Scott brothers, who star in a Chase commercial, say prospective buyers need to learn the ropes.
"Education is the biggest thing," Jonathan Scott said. "If you are going to do it right, you need to know what you are doing."
Drew Scott added, "If you are organized and you are educated as to what to expect and you are surrounding yourself with professionals, you will be successful in real estate."
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President Obama makes the final push in his last campaign – a nonstop sprint to the finish starting with grassroots events in Madison, Wisconsin and Columbus, Ohio. For the final stop, the President and First Lady will return to Iowa, where it all began in the winter of 2007, for one final grassroots rally in Des Moines.
In Columbus, Ohio Jay-Z will give a performance and the President will make his closing argument. The President's grassroots events will be streamed live.
The President will tell voters it's time to finish what we've started, and make sure that no matter who you are, where you come from, or how you started out, this is the country where you can make it if you try.
The show starts at 3:30 PM ET. Watch the live stream after the break.
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Hi all, I have a tcd24008a and am having troubles. I used the aforementioned 7.2.2-oth-k1.px (guestimation on kernel name) kernel and killhdinitrd using 9.3, it fails with "no exploits for this kernel". So, then I used the provided .mfs for the 7.2.2-140. I restored that to my drive and then killhdinitrd'd the 3.1.5(also tried 3.1.1) kernel and dd'd it to my partitions worked fine no errors except hda7 and 9 would not mount. The tut I was using said this was ok, is it? Anyway that combo resulted in a reboot loop, even though I read earlier on, that should work.
I was following the techstorm.net tutorial; Is there a better tut to use?
I have the 7.2.2-140 image on the drive, it works in the Tivo as expected, but it is not hacked, will the kernel in this image work with killhdinitrd 9.3?
Is there a way to extract my kernel from the drive and then run killhdinitrd against it?
I currently have mfstools installed on Ubuntu*** can I killhdinitrd from that vantage point?
I have trolled demonoid, tpb, and others for a naughty .mfs or just a virgin 7.2.2-140 kernel and I find nothing :-(
Is Tivo hacking dead because, I was about to buy a series 3 and hack that up, but I am now worried I might have trouble acquiring the necessary stuffs.
Sorry about all the questions but, I have spent 2 days basting in this forum and have been hanging out in #tivo, #hack, #h@ckers on efnet and undernet and not a single response. I have also asked around in a couple of other servers also to no avail.
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More major cities in the United States are have banned indoor smoking than ever before, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The agency says as of Oct. 2012, 30 of the largest cities in the U.S. are covered by the bans, a dramatic improvement from the year 2000 when San Jose, Calif. was the only large city with comprehensive legislation enacted.
For the report, CDC researchers looked at the 50 largest U.S. cities by population, to see which of them had comprehensive indoor smoking bans on the books. A comprehensive law means it bans smoking in all indoor areas including workplaces, restaurants and bars.
"Communities have made tremendous progress eliminating smoking from worksites and public places in 60 percent of big cities in the United States. Smoke-free laws save lives and don't hurt business," said CDC Director Thomas R. Frieden, M.D., M.P.H. "If we can protect workers and the public in the remaining 20 largest cities, 16 million people would be better protected from cancer and heart disease caused by secondhand smoke."
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New York was the largest city on the list to have a comprehensive indoor smoking ban, with a population of nearly 8.2 million residents.
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Both local and state laws prohibit smoking in The Windy City.
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According to the city of Houston, smoking is prohibited in enclosed public places, such as restaurants, bars, museums, libraries, public and private schools, convention centers, theaters, bingo halls, bowling alleys, buses, taxicabs, retail establishments, shopping malls, lobbies, restrooms and hallways of apartment or condominium buildings.
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Arizona state laws that ban indoor smoking make establishments in Arizona's capital smoke-free.
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San Antonio bans indoor smoking in enclosed public places, theaters, public transportation facilities, restaurants, bars and many other establishments. A full list can be found on the city's website.
Dallas' ban of indoor smoking in all enclosed areas in the city or within 15 feet of any entrance to indoor space has been enacted sine 2009.
San Jose was the pnly one of the 50 largest U.S. cities covered by a local smoking ban as of December 31, 2000.
Smoking is banned in workplaces, restaurants and bars in Indianapolis. Statewide, Indiana does not ban smoking in bars.
Not only is smoking banned at indoor establishments in Austin but in April 2012, the University of Texas at Austin went completely tobacco-free on university grounds.
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In 2007, Ohio voters approved a state law to prohibit smoking in indoor public areas and workplaces.
A 2012 study from the University of Michigan found the May 2010 Smoke-free Air Law banning smoking in bars and restaurants had no negative impact on businesses, reports The Detroit News.
After El Paso Texas banned smoking in restaurants or bars in 2002, no statistically significant changes occurred in terms of revenue, a 2004 CDC study of the city found.
Indoor smoking is banned not only by the city of Baltimore, but the state of Maryland.
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According to the Boston Globe, Boston became the largest city in the country to also ban smoking in public housing as of Sept 30, 2012.
Washington's Initiative 901 was passed by voters in 2005, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported, forbidding smoking in bars, restaurants, clubs, bowling alleys and non-tribal casinos.
Indoor establishments in the nation's capital have been smoke-free since 2005.
Beginning July, 2006, the Colorado Clean Indoor Air Act banned smoking in restaurants, bars, and other indoor establishments.
As of January 11, 2008, smoking has been banned in Louisville offices, factories, bars, restaurants, private clubs, bingo halls, bowling alleys and stores
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Oregon banned indoor smoking state-wide as of 2009.
New Mexico became the 17 state to pass a comprehensive indoor smoke-free law in June of 2007.
Due to state law, Arizona citizens can't smoke in restaurants, bars, food-serving establishments, workplaces, health care facilities, company-owned vehicles, common areas of hotels and halls, or at any place of employment.
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Kansas City voters in 2008 approved a smoking ordinance to ban smoking in bars, restaurants and workplaces -- except for casino gaming floors. Hotels may designate up to 25 percent of rooms to be "smoking rooms," according to the city's website.
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Citizens passed the Smoke-Free Arizona Act in November 2006.
The Colorado Clean Indoor Air Act banned smoking in restaurants, bars, and other indoor establishments since July 1, 2006,.
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Indoor establishments in Nebraska have been smoke free sine the state's 2008 Clean Indoor Air Act was passed.
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Most of you already know what the Windows registry is and what it does. I'll tell you about it anyway, just in case you've forgotten. The Windows registry is the keeper of all the settings in Windows and many of the programs you install. If something goes wrong in the registry, you can end up with a PC that won't even boot properly.
In some of the older Windows operating systems, such as Win95, 98 and ME, your PC used to back up the registry every time you rebooted. If you are using Windows 2000, XP, Vista or Win7, this isn't true. In those older systems, you could restore an older copy of the registry while you were booting up. In the newer systems, you can't do that.
Many years ago, I ran into a program called ERUNT that solves this problem to some extent. The name stands for Emergency Recovery Utility NT. ERUNT allows you to back up the registry completely and restore older copies of the registry if you run into any problems. It has saved me plenty of headaches over the years.
The ERUNT program is fairly small. The installer is about 772kb when you download it. The installation is fairly standard up to the final option. You will be asked if you want ERUNT to run every time Windows starts. I always tell it No', but it's a great safety option.
Once installed, you can launch ERUNT from your Start menu, or a shortcut. You'll see a screen like this.
As you can see, the default location of the backup files is a folder called ERDNT inside the Windows folder. Once you click the OK button to start the backup operation, it actually does it's job fairly quick.
Now that you have a backup, what good is it? Let's use me as an example. I had recently tried out a new image viewer and I didn't like it after trying it. I tried to uninstall it, and I found out that the uninstall wouldn't work. The image viewer had changed all of my image file type settings and now there was no way to return them to the original settings.
If I had used ERUNT before installing the image viewer, I'd be able to restore the registry to make all of those changes vanish. Unfortunately, I hadn't made any backups, and I ended up with far more trouble. Hopefully, I won't do that again.
To recover the registry from an earlier backup, you need to go to the C:\Windows\ERDNT folder, then into one of the dated backup folders. Once inside one of the date folders, you'll see the ERDNT.exe file.
Double click the ERDNT file to launch the restore operation. Once it's finished, you will be prompted to reboot the PC. During the reboot, Windows will load the backup copy of the registry.
Here's what I recommend for the use of ERUNT.
• Back up the registry just before installing new programs.
• Back up the registry just before you start a Windows update.
• Back up the registry on a regular basis (like once a week).
ERUNT works in Windows NT, 2000, XP, and I've read it also works with Windows 7 and Vista.
When you install ERUNT, it also provides you with a utility called NTREGOPT. This is a registry optimizing tool and supposedly compacts the registry to remove wasted space in it. I don't use it often, but you may find it useful.
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If you want to prepare for disaster, you should always keep full backups of your Windows hard drives. For smaller and quicker backups, you can use ERUNT to back up the Windows registry. It could save you hours of trouble, and I could almost say it's a must have' utility.
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>ALPHA STRATEGY: The bank for a changing world
■ We are raising China to Overweight and cutting India to Underweight.
■ China upgrade is based on our view of monetary policy easing ahead.
■ India downgrade reflects a market priced to perfection with earnings risk.
■ Downside risk to earnings is the biggest challenge facing markets in 2H10.
We have raised our recommendation in China to Overweight from Neutral and increased our target for the HSCEI index to 15,800. The key driver of our upgrade is our view that the next major change in monetary policy in China will be an easing. This view stems from the risk of a hard landing in the economy as the expected slowdown in domestic demand is joined by an unexpected slowdown in exports. A more dovish tone on inflation from policy makers has erased the risk of policy tightening that was expected and has paved the way for an eventual easing.
We have cut our recommendation for India to Underweight, from Overweight, reflecting our view that the positives have been priced in and there is a meaningful risk to earnings going forward. Our SENSEX forecast of 19,700 signals we still forecast the market will post positive returns over the next 12 months.
Taiwan is trimmed to neutral reflecting the significant earnings exposure of the market to Europe as well as the risk of margin squeeze from the hike in wages in China. Our sample of technology companies with significant China operations highlights the risk of a 32% drop in pre tax earnings based on the assumption of a 50% increase in labour costs.
The euro zone crisis and a short term peak in Asian GDP growth forecasts implies there is a material risk to earnings forecasts in 2H10. The correction in the market year to date has been driven by multiple contraction as opposed to earnings reductions. We anticipate that the next leg down for the market, which we estimate to be 9%, is likely to be driven by downward revisions to earnings. We view this is a mid cycle correction as opposed to trend reversal and forecast a 23% gain in MSCI Asia Ex Japan over the next 12 months.
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Symantec Corp. invented commercial antivirus software to protect computers from hackers a quarter-century ago. Now the company says such tactics are doomed to failure.
Antivirus "is dead," says Brian Dye, Symantec's senior vice president for information security. "We don't think of antivirus as a moneymaker in any way."
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Good Afternoon,
Man, the weeks in January flew by! I can't believe January is already over. Here are some events coming up in February and early March:
February 2 Our class is joining the HS for movie day and Groundhog day.
February 4 The Super bowl! (Our class isn't celebrating this.)
February 14 Valentines Day
February 19 No school (unless we have a storm makeup day).
February 28 Science Fair
March 1 Parent teacher conferences
March 2 No school (again unless we have a storm makeup day).
As you can see, it's a busy month!
Yesterday I changed our classroom schedule. I have moved math to be in the morning instead of after lunch. The main reason I did this is because they are a lot more calm in the morning rather than after recess. Plus, after lunch recess most of the students are so flustered and mad about recess that it is hard for them to shift their focus on math. I think it will be a successful change to our classroom.
I have created a new routine for math. So, instead of doing their practice and then turning it in for me to check, then fix their mistakes… I've changed it so that they can only do 3 problems and then I check their answers. If they are wrong, they will fix them immediately before they can move on. This prevents speeding through them, getting so many wrong that they lose confidence and feel intimidated, practicing bad habits throughout the entire practice page, and they feel less pressure to fix so many mistakes. Overall, I think it will be a great change to our classroom and will improve our math scores.
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US President Barack Obama on Saturday urged Congress to protect the middle class from an income tax increase and lay the groundwork for future economic growth as Senate leaders begin work to avoid a so-called "fiscal cliff." "We've got to do what it takes to protect the middle class, grow this economy, and move our country forward," Obama said in his weekly radio and Internet address, AFP has reported.
"Leaders in Congress are working on a way to prevent this tax hike on the middle class, and I believe we may be able to reach an agreement that can pass both houses in time," he added.
The comments came after Obama met with top congressional leaders Friday and said that Senate Democrats and Republicans would work overtime this weekend to try to head off a $500 billion time bomb of tax hikes and spending cuts called the "fiscal cliff" before a January 1 deadline.
The president, sensing a mandate from his re-election last month, wants to raise taxes on the rich but exempt the middle class. Republicans want only to close tax loopholes to raise revenue and demand significant spending cuts in return.
But if nothing is done by the deadline, everyone will get a tax hike.
Following the White House talks, Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will now take the lead in seeking a deal before Tuesday.
But any agreement would also have to pass the House of Representatives, where there is doubt that any deal signed off by the Democratic president would win favor with restive conservatives in the Republican caucus.
But Obama warned that if an agreement was not reached in time, he would then ask the Senate to hold an up-or-down vote on a basic package that protects the middle class from an income tax hike, extends vital unemployment insurance for Americans looking for a job, and, as he put it, "lays the groundwork for future progress on more economic growth and deficit reduction." He did not elaborate.
"I believe such a proposal could pass both houses with bipartisan majorities – as long as these leaders allow it to come to a vote," the president said. "If they still want to vote no, and let this tax hike hit the middle class, that's their prerogative – but they should let everyone vote."


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This story in Science Now, a vehicle published by the AAAS for vulgarization of basic science, is a classic example of the hype surrounding gene sequencing and gene expression. To judge from this headline any reader would assume that the cure for Type 2 diabetes was simply to measure genes and gene expression. However when one reads the actual publication one discovers that the geneticist cured his diabetes by changing his lifestyle and didn't even look at his "omics" while doing so. It`s a shame he didn`t report his omics during the lifestyle change because there would undoubtedly have been significant changes in gene expression only by changing the environment with no drugs. Such a demonstration might encourage other people to make those lifestyle changes before taking drugs knowing that there are signficant effects on the expression of genes. In a personal communication Dr. Snyder said that he has the data and will publish it later.
Before the days of genomics when I was reviewing grant applications, any application that proposed to blindly measure thousands of variables hoping to find something related to a disease or a macroscopic process was immediately rejected as a "fishing expedition". But genomics is now big business. $Billions are being spent on it in the futile hope that a genetic silver bullet will be found for those diseases of self-destructive lifestyles that account for most of our morbidity and premature mortality. As Dr. Snyder has elegantly demonstrated, we need to first change lifestyles and then maybe worry about the genetics of whatever rare diseases remain.
The Future is your DNA?
"The future is your DNA." Who was the PR type at McGill who came up with that slogan? As we see above, Dr. Snyder, geneticist extraordinaire, has clearly shown that his future is his lifestyle. Everyone is born with a fixed genome. There are very rare diseases that are purely genetic in cause but the diseases that maim and kill most of the world's population are primarily environmental. Our genomes are optimized to permit reproductive success in an environment of scarcity and borderline starvation and are not and never will be optimized to an environment of unlimited addictive highly processed food, alcohol and other drugs. Any amount of "omics" will not change that basic fact. In addition, the genomics promoters gloss over the profound problem in trying to make a connection between a linear code and the three-dimensional organism produced from the code. The phenotype is the result of unfathomably complex, self-referrential signalling and, so except for some relatively rare diseases that can be linked to genetic errors, there is no direct connection of the genome to predilection to common diseases. That is why huge amounts of data must be collected and huge amounts of money spent to glean even a borderline connection. This is why a recent study published in Science by the AAAS, the same organization that publishes ScienceNow, mentioned above, concluded that "for 23 of the 24 diseases, the majority of individuals will receive negative test results, … [so] these negative test results will, in general, not be very informative, as the risk of developing 19 of the 24 diseases in those who test negative will still be, at minimum, 50 – 80% of that in the general population". In other words common diseases are caused by environmental factors regardless of the genome. Your future is your lifestyle choices.
In the more than ten years since the human genome was sequenced there is zero evidence that anyone has lived any longer because of that effort, as intellectually satisfying as it was. In Western societies, what has significantly prolonged life in the last decade is reduction in cigarette smoking. But other legal addictions to prescription drugs, junk food and alcohol threaten to wipe out these gains. Dr. Levin pleads for gene sequencing to solve the mysteries of chronic diseases like atherosclerosis that causes heart attacks and most stokes. "Via genomics medicine will become a more personalized, predictive and preventative science." Such talk makes for good politics and attracts huge expenditures from governments, such as the likes of Génome Québec. Governments hate having to tell the electorate to change those self-destructive lifestyles that are the proven cause of atherosclerosis and most cancers but love to be seen as pursuing superficially attractive but futile high-tech cures that will obviate the need to control those legal addictions to which the electorate is very attached.


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Original URL: https://www.theregister.com/2006/07/03/openoffice_security_bug_fix/
Patch availability eases document woes
Posted in The Channel, 3rd July 2006 11:26 GMT
OpenOffice.org has released a security update to its alternative office productivity suite following the discovery of three potentially serious security vulnerabilities during an internal audit.
Both 1.1.x and the newer 2.0.x releases of the software are affected. Users are advised to update to version 2.0.3 or to wait for an upcoming patch to version 1.1.5 of the code.
The first of the three flaws means that Java applets can break out of a secure 'sandbox' in which they are designed to execute. Next up there's a security bug in the processing of macros which means macros might be invoked even when a user has disabled the function. Finally, flaws in the parsing of XML file formats mean that maliciously constructed files could be used to trigger a buffer overflow thereby potentially allowing a hacker to inject hostile code onto vulnerable systems. Users are able to disable Java applets as a workaround against the first flaw, but the other security bugs require patching.
A security bulleting from OpenOffice.org can be found here.
StarOffice, the commercial office productivity software based on the code used in OpenOffice, is affected by the equivalent three security bugs. Patches to StarOffice/StarSuite 8.x and 7.x (and StarOffice 6.x) are available to address the problem.
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text: BroadwayJoe12 17,175 #1 Posted May 16, 2013 Decent read, but if it's true that the Jets offered him a coaching job, you'd have to imagine that they really want and expect Geno to win this thing. http://www.dailyworld.com/usatoday/article/2166309&usatref=sportsmod David Garrard is strongly considering returning to the New York Jets in training camp this summer - as a quarterback coaching intern, saying emphatically that his degenerative left knee, not the drafting of Geno Smith, forced him Wednesday to tell general manager John Idzik, coach Rex Ryan and offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg that he was retiring. As a veteran quarterback who had a chance to work alongside Smith - and hopes to continue mentoring him this summer - does Garrard believe the former West Virginia passer has the mental toughness and leader's presence to win a two-man duel between the rookie and embattled Mark Sanchez? "I think Geno's going to be great,'' Garrard told USA TODAY Sports on Thursday. "He still has a lot to learn in the NFL. He definitely has to work. But he has what it takes. Now he has to go out and prove it. "The one thing the kid has is he's definitely the guy of the future. He'll get a whole lot more attention from the fans, because they definitely want to see that new guy, especially since Mark has had a rough (52 combined turnovers) couple of years.'' Garrard, 35, said he didn't witness any of the diva traits that anonymous sources have accused Smith of possessing. Critics blasted Smith for firing his agents after he slid into the second round of the draft. In fact, Garrard said Smith has something extra to fuel him given that painful slide out of the first round to No. 39 overall where the Jets stopped his slide. "He has that chip on his shoulder,'' Garrard said. "Sometimes you need a little bit of that. Just look at Aaron Rodgers. It really comes down to the way they (Smith and Sanchez) play in the preseason. I really can't say who's going to have the upper hand. The competition is truly open. "Geno had none of the signs of the negative things the media was talking about him. He didn't try and big-time you. He was very attentive, never shrugged you off. He told me he was excited to work with me. He definitely had the makeup I saw in college - worked his butt off and was a field general out there.'' Many believed Garrard would keep the job warm for Smith, much like Kurt Warner did for Eli Manning. But the retirement changes the Jets' quarterback dynamics, and Garrard isn't counting Sanchez out - saying if he approaches training camp with a make-or-break, let-it-fly attitude, he could still be the guy. "If he goes out there as the vet and gets back to just playing ball and not thinking too much on the field, he's going to make it tough on (the coaching staff),'' Garrard said. "It's up to those guys (Smith and Sanchez), the way they carry themselves and handle the offense, really putting points on the board and winning ballgames. "So when they get to the preseason, it's really going to show who should be the guy.'' When asked Thursday about Garrard's announcement, Sanchez said it was "a little bit abrupt. He worked hard and he had a great attitude. He was one of those guys I felt I could bounce some ideas off, having that experience. "It was tough to see a guy go like that. You just wish him the best, health-wise first. He had a good career, played for a long time in this league and did a heck of a job. It was great to be around him for the short time I had with him and I wish him nothing but the best." Sanchez added, "Nothing's changed. My mind-set's the same - stay focused, master this offense, work on the fundamentals, be as accurate as possible, take care of the football and lead this team." Garrard said he doesn't expect the Jets to bring in another contender to join third-year quarterback Greg McElroy and second-year pro Matt Simms, son of former New York Giants star Phil Simms. "I'm not sure if they want to add any more controversy,'' Garrard said. "They're trying to do their best to stay out of the limelight. I didn't make it any better by retiring. I imagine they're probably going to keep the quarterback number where they're at.'' Garrard said he doesn't require surgery on his left knee, which had arthroscopic surgery when he was cut last summer by the Miami Dolphins. He said he may face knee replacement surgery in the future, but he wants to spend quality time with his three young children and that's why he chose to walk away before things got worse. Garrard's wife, Mary, gave birth to the couple's third child six weeks ago. "I'm done, the knee is only going to get worse. My decision had nothing to do with them drafting Geno,'' Garrard said. "I thought this is going to be great after working a few days with Geno. And Mark was great to me, too. We were starting to build a little bond. "It was strictly my knee and the way that I was performing. When my knee was swollen every fourth day or so, I couldn't do anything. That was the deciding factor. It was hard. But I held back the tears. I'm just happy and excited to move on with my next chapter in life.'' Garrard, 39-37 as a starter in Jacksonville, is done as an NFL quarterback after nine seasons. But he is considering the Jets' offer to work with their four quarterbacks. "The Jets offered me the chance to come back if I want to take a shot at that coaching thing with an internship in training camp,'' Garrard said. "I told them I'd talk with my wife about it, so I could still work with those guys. "It's definitely something I'm considering.'' Sanchez sent a text message to Garrard on Wednesday, saying how much he appreciated working with him, and former Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Redskins quarterback Donovan McNabb reached out to Garrard and was supportive through Garrard's decision-making process. "Donovan was really talking to me yesterday to see where my mind was at, saying, 'You've done great. Keep your head up and don't feel bad about anything. You've had a great career,''' Garrard said. "I really appreciate those words from him, because I watched him my whole career.'' "I'm 35. I'm no young pup anymore. My body doesn't recoup as fast as it used to. I'm going forward with my next chapter.'' Which could mean he'll still be a Jet - just on the sideline this summer in Cortland, N.Y. Contributing: Mike Garafolo. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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As a wrestler, Big Show has worked for World Championship Wrestling and all three brands of World Wrestling Entertainment (Raw, Smackdown and the now-defunct ECW). At the time of "Borderland" 's production, he principally performed on the Smackdown brand, whose weekly television show was on UPN, the same network as Enterprise.
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A yoga-based rehabilitation workout may help improve balance following stroke, a pilot randomized study found.
At 8 weeks, the yoga group showed significant progress in static and dynamic balance, as assessed by the 14-item Berg Balance Scale (mean score of 40 versus 47, P<0.001), reported Arlene A. Schmid, PhD, OTR, from the Roudebush VA Medical Center in Indianapolis, and colleagues.
In contrast, the controls who underwent usual rehab care had less improvement in balance (mean score of 41 versus 43, P=0.06), according to the study published online in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.
A score of 46 or less indicates a risk of falling.
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- This study found that a yoga-based rehabilitation workout may help improve balance following stroke.
- Note that besides the improvement in balance, the 29 patients who completed the 8 weeks of yoga showed more significant improvement towards independence and had less of a fear of falling.
Studies have shown that yoga benefits those with chronic back pain, and helps cut the frequency of atrial fibrillation episodes.
An earlier study from researchers at Roudebush found that yoga led to improvements in functional strength, flexibility, and endurance in stroke patients.
Schmid and colleagues noted that the mind–body component of yoga is believed to offer practitioners a more therapeutic benefit than traditional exercise.
"Evidence suggests that the combination of postures, breathing, and meditation are most beneficial when utilized together and are considered to produce different effects than simple exercise," they wrote.
To test yoga's impact on balance, the researchers randomly assigned 37 patients to the yoga intervention and 10 to usual care. A total of 29 patients finished the 8-week, twice-a-week yoga intervention.
The yoga included seated, standing, and floor postures. The yoga postures became more challenging with time.
For example, patients began with breathing exercises, bilateral eye movements, finger movements and seated spine extensions. They then progressed to standing with or without support, knee bends while standing, and prolonged lunges. Finally, they undertook supine knee bends to the chest, posterior leg stretches, and supine back extensions.
Baseline characteristics were similar between the two groups. The mean age of patients was 63, two-thirds were white, and 80% were men. The mean time since stroke was about 4 years. More people in the yoga group, however, had a fear of falling at baseline compared with controls (60% versus 30%).
Besides the improvement in balance, the 29 patients who completed the 8 weeks of yoga showed more significant improvement towards independence (52% at baseline versus 66%, P<0.001) and had less of a fear of falling (60% versus 43%, P=0.002).
The researchers noted a trend toward significant improvement in self-reported balance efficacy as measured by the Balance Confidence Scale (61 versus 67, P=0.035) and quality of life indicators as measured by the 49-item Stroke-Specific QoL scale (33 versus 35, P=0.037).
Despite the study's small size, Schmid and colleagues noted the "clinically meaningful" increase of a mean of more than 6 points in the Berg Balance Scale score. "[A]nd those who completed yoga crossed the threshold of balance impairment and fall risk by increasing the average score to greater than 46," they added.
They said such improvements defy what's in the literature for older adults and portend the opportunity for even greater improvements among this population.
The study was limited, however, because it was not blinded and was small with a low number of women. It also had some limitations to the assessment of disability and fear of falling.
From the American Heart Association:
- Guidelines for the Early Management of Adults With Ischemic Stroke
- Veterans Affairs/Department of Defense Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Adult Stroke Rehabilitation Care: Executive Summary
The study received support from the Veterans Administration.
Schmid and all the authors reported they had no conflicts of interest.
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Source Reference: Schmid AA, et al "Poststroke balance improves with yoga a pilot study" Stroke 2012; DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.112.658211


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We are in the middle of the fourth industrial revolution. At Ericsson, we see the potential to change how we operate networks as dramatically as the machines of the industrial revolution changed the factory floor. Ericsson has been exploring automation, driven by machine intelligence, in our research labs since 2007 and today we hold hundreds of patents in this area. We plan to lead the automation revolution for the telecom industry.
As new technologies like 5G, IoT and Cloud are gaining traction, networks are becoming more complex. It is becoming challenging for humans to keep up with this complexity and keeping networks operating at the level prescribed by the evolving services. We are already flooded by data and this is only the beginning.
So, let's take a closer look at how we address this and what it means for network operations.
In the past, all networks around the world were managed by people. Engineers monitored thousands of alarms that appeared daily on screens in network operations centers in order to create trouble tickets and eventually solve the underlying issues.
In our network operations centers today, only 5% of these trouble tickets are created manually – the rest is all automated. In the past, an engineer had to go through all the trouble tickets to assess what sort of corrective tasks were needed and then describe them in a work order. Keeping in mind that in 2017 we processed 51 million trouble tickets, you can imagine how big a task it is for engineers to review these tickets and assign work orders.
On top of that, we have automation rules built into the network. The system processes information in real time and, when a specific activity is triggered, a carefully designed sequence of automated tasks is performed. This automation engine already sends about one million commands to the network every day and processes 70% of the alarms we monitor.
By boosting automation with machine intelligence technologies – such as advanced analytics, deep learning, machine learning and artificial intelligence solutions – predictions and models can be provided that could not be created by humans alone.
That's why we call it "Intelligent Network Operations". By taking advantage of the data available in the network – as well as various other forms of external data such as weather conditions and adding the intelligence of machines – network operations can be performed in a smarter way.
Applying machine learning and artificial intelligence to automation takes it to a new level – intelligent automation. The objective is to predict events before they happen and take preventative or corrective action to ensure incidents do not occur.
We will continue to invest in machine learning and machine reasoning to fully exploit the opportunities inherent in new networking technologies. With our global presence, industry insights, domain expertise and thought leadership in machine intelligence, we are in a unique position. We are bringing Intelligent Network Operations to life and automating the telecom industry.


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Forget sitting around trying to recover from Christmas, Ireland has the perfect ways to rejuvenate your soul for the New Year
It's January. We've all eaten too much. So this month is supposed to be all about a diet of alfalfa sprouts, Spartan living and a few quick-fix detoxes, right?
Well, not in Ireland. As the New Year kicks in, the only way to face January is with a brave face, a rejuvenated soul and an active mind. And we have the perfect ways to achieve New Year bliss.
Who said the New Year had to mean monastic-style self-denial? In Ireland you can avail of indulgent therapies that are satisfyingly virtuous at the same time. Enter the seaweed bath. Popular at seaside resorts all over the island in Edwardian times, hopping into a warm tub of freshly harvested seaweed is fashionable once more.
Why? Well, it all has to do with the therapeutic benefits of Irish seaweed, which has excellent detoxifying properties and makes your skin feel super-soft and supple. At VOYA Seaweed Baths in scenic Strandhill, County Sligo you can experience all manner of deluxe treatments: from a simple seaweed baths and steam, to an Organic Seaweed Leaf Wrap.
The Connemara Seaweed Baths in the wilds of Killary Harbour in County Galway keeps it old-school with salt-water seaweed baths in treatment rooms that overlook a beautiful fjord. Or enjoy a dose of Victorian elegance at the award-winning SOAK Seaweed Baths in the coastal village of Newcastle, County Down, with accommodation and seaweed baths sessions.
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Grabbing your yoga mat and heading to an urban yoga class is good, but we can do better. If your body and soul is in need of soothing, then there is nothing quite like a yoga retreat in the middle of exceptional, and we mean exceptional, scenery.
Picture it: great yoga classes, views of the wilderness, a soothed soul… Located in the stunning Burren region of western Ireland – a place with a unique ecosystem and undulating limestone plateaus that spill down into the Atlantic – is Burren Yoga. It's yoga-retreat heaven.
On a small island near the entrance to Clew Bay in County Mayo is an island that is defined by incredible cliffs, swirling sea birds, hills, bogs and forests. And in the middle of all this, you'll find Clare Island Retreat Centre, a fantastically remote escape in which to soothe your weary soul.
And if you want to add in an extra dose of spirituality, then the retreat centre of Mandala House should fit the bill. Overlooking the glassy tranquil waters and islands of Upper Lough Erne, County Fermanagh is a retreat centre that will boost your energy levels with power yoga and calm your addled mind with meditation.
January is the time to get out there and get active; to get your blood pumping and to see sights that will restore your faith in the world. And that means walking. But not just any walking; we're talking walks through some of the most inspirational scenery in western Europe.
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Ireland's coasts serve up something special, and gusts of salty sea air mixed with epic scenery is just the thing to get you back after Christmas. There are incredible walking routes all over the island, such as the wild and enigmatic routes of the Beara Way and the Sheep's Head Way in West Cork, where trails will bring you to the edge of sea cliffs, through boggy fields and to the very tip of peninsulas that jut out into the Atlantic Ocean.
And there couldn't be a better, or quieter, time to walk the world-famous Causeway Coast Way that runs from Portstewart to Ballycastle, with sweeping views of broad bays, sandy beaches and seriously dramatic cliffs.
Ireland not only offers to you the chance to learn, or try, something new. But it guarantees exceptional scenery in which to do it. Add to that a friendliness that has become world famous, and learning a new skill in Ireland is something to savour. There's no better place to unleash your creative passions – this is an island that holds literature, art and music close to its heart. According to Irene Graham of the Creative Writers Workshop in Connemara, "Raw beauty, comfortable surroundings and good food combined with creative writing workshops allow the writer to draw upon their unconscious, create and write."
Why not try a pottery workshop at Arran Street East in Dublin; cookery classes at the super-hip James Street South restaurant and cookery school in Belfast; or get your friends together for some traditional Irish music classes with The Bodhrán Experience.
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For the grind of training camp, the Miami Heat headed to paradise.
Literally, that's what it's called. Paradise Island, the tiny fleck of land not far from Nassau, the largest city in the Bahamas. It's a vacation destination for people from all over the world, even luring LeBron James for a few days of rest and relaxation not long after he made his infamous decision in 2010 to sign with the Heat.
James is back here this week, sun and sand not among his priorities this time around.
The two-time defending NBA champions open training camp Tuesday at the Atlantis Resort, with two practices scheduled for opening day. The team arrived on the island Monday night, only a few days after most players learned that camp wouldn't be in Miami after all.
"It was a pleasant surprise," Heat forward Chris Bosh said. "It's a chance for the team to kind of bond and get on the same page and really start the journey, so to speak. One thing about us, once we get together and have an atmosphere, everything is great. I know a lot of people are sidetracked because it's the Bahamas. Well, training camp is training camp. Please believe we're going to get our work in. We're just forced to have it in a nice place."
Coach Erik Spoelstra said the trip serves as a bit of a "mental reward" after back-to-back championship seasons.
"The work part is not going to be missing," Spoelstra said Monday before the team departed. "We're going to go down there and get to work and start to build the habits, put our hard hats on, also get away from distractions and have a chance to spend a lot of time around each other."
The team considered taking a trip to the Bahamas during last season's playoffs, since there was more than a week of down time between the end of the first-round series against Milwaukee and the Eastern Conference semifinal series against Chicago. Bahamian tourism officials have wanted the Heat to make an official visit of sorts for some time, and things finally came together in time for this camp.
The Heat plan to stay until Friday afternoon.
"Cool," Heat guard Dwyane Wade said. "We're not the first team to do it. We won't be the last. I think it's great that our organization, they understand the kind of guys that we have and they understand that we work. They also understand that before we get to this nine-month season, hopefully, we need to build our bond together away from everyone and enjoy ourselves a little bit."
The flight over to the Bahamas only took about 30 minutes. And it's not like it's all that different on Paradise Island than Miami; the forecast for the Atlantis this week calls for a bit of breeze, high temperatures in the upper 80s each day and a chance of rain — the same forecast as what's expected in nearby South Florida.
"We're not a prima donna team," Wade said. "We're going to work our butt off when we have to work. Ain't nothing wrong with it, at the end of the day, going and hanging out together, maybe swim a little bit, whatever. I like the move."
The Los Angeles Lakers have held several training camps in Hawaii, the San Antonio Spurs went to the U.S. Virgin Islands — Tim Duncan's birthplace — a few years ago, and at least four other franchises have held camp in Florida (other than the Heat and Orlando Magic, that is).
And this team isn't exactly starting from scratch, either.
The top nine scorers from last season return, with the lone notable departure being Mike Miller, who was designated as Miami's amnesty-provision player in a move that spared the team somewhere around $40 million in salary-cap space and luxury-tax payments over the next two seasons. Added to the mix are a former No. 1 pick in Greg Oden, a former No. 2 pick (by Miami in 2008) in Michael Beasley, and veteran guard Roger Mason Jr.
"I think it'd be like someone going to a conference in the Bahamas. Yeah, that's cool, but you're there to work," Bosh said. "And knowing Erik Spoelstra and Pat Riley, please believe the work is going to get done."
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Stark differences between McMahon, Blumenthal on energy, environment
The differences between Republican Linda McMahon and Democrat Richard Blumenthal over environmental policy are striking.
Blumenthal's efforts as Connecticut's attorney general on behalf of environmental causes, including joining bipartisan fights to block controversial energy projects for Long Island Sound, recently earned him the Sierra Club's endorsement.
McMahon, on the other hand, is uncertain about the role humans play in climate change, is open to downsizing the Environmental Protection Agency, and condemns Blumenthal's past support for federal pollution standards despite Connecticut's having led the way in cap-and-trade initiatives under a Republican governor.
"Certainly, the goal of all of us (is) to have a cleaner environment. There's no question about that," McMahon said in a recent interview. "But what's tricky and what really requires a great deal of thought is to arrive at that right balance between a clean environment and getting our economy back on track."
Both candidates for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Chris Dodd agree the climate is changing, but are at odds over the cause.
"I don't think we know exactly all the reasons why," McMahon said, adding "perhaps" people are in some way to blame.
"I just think we can't quantify it," she said.
Blumenthal said the evidence of human contribution is overwhelming and requires forward-looking energy policies that encourage conservation and create jobs.
McMahon has hammered Blumenthal for his support of the historic, but complicated 2009 House climate change bill and its limits on greenhouse gas emissions.
"This will be a national energy tax that will hit middle-class families very hard," McMahon said, citing a study by the conservative Heritage Foundation think tank.
Blumenthal acknowledged he supported the legislation "as a foundation on which to build" while also advocating changes that would recognize Connecticut is already a leader in fighting climate change. He said McMahon's energy tax rhetoric is based on "phony numbers ... fabricated by a right-wing think tank to scare people and protect special interest energy companies that I have fought."
Blumenthal countered with a study by the National Mining Association, a cap-and-trade opponent, that concluded Connecticut would have saved $26.2 million in electric costs annually, making it one of the few states to benefit.
Not mentioned in McMahon's ads against cap and trade is the fact Connecticut, under Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell, has been at the forefront of the nation's first mandatory cap-and-trade program -- the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
Some argue RGGI may eventually increase utility bills, but proponents counter that the state in return for its participation has received millions toward conservation programs intended to lower energy costs.
Rell in March 2009 hailed RGGI as proof "Connecticut continues its work to ensure a healthier environment for our future generations and make clear our commitment to cleaner and greener energy sources."
Asked if her position on cap and trade was out of step in Connecticut, McMahon said: "I would suggest you take some of the trips around our state I have taken and talk to individuals as well as business owners who talk about the cost of electricity in our state and how difficult it is."
Blumenthal agreed Connecticut's energy costs are "way too high" and said he will support federal policies that "make polluters pay and reward Connecticut and protect our advantage as one of the cleanest fuel burning states in the nation."
McMahon wants to give tax breaks to companies that cut down or eliminate emissions and said she will "always err on the side of the free market to incentivize them to develop these processes instead of penalizing processes."
McMahon has identified the EPA, along with the departments of Education and Energy, as federal agencies that she would closely examine for possible cuts. She said she would not dismantle any agency without a thorough review of its scope and function.
Blumenthal has been critical of the EPA but said abolishing the department would "degrade and possibly eviscerate" environmental enforcement.
Both candidates agree on the need for cleaner forms of energy such as wind, solar, hydrogen and nuclear power.
Blumenthal touts the role his office had in successful bipartisan efforts by state and federal lawmakers to defeat plans to locate the Broadwater Energy liquefied natural gas terminal in Long Island Sound and build the Islander East natural gas pipeline between Connecticut and New York.
Asked if she would have joined in the high-profile fights had she been in office, McMahon declined to speculate.
"It's really difficult to ask someone " 'If you had been a senator at that particular time'?" she said. "I just think what we really must consider when we make determinations for a particular proposal that may, on its face, really be a good thing, I think we also have to balance that with understanding what the additional costs of it will be."
McMahon is far more certain about the federal moratorium on offshore drilling imposed following the BP oil disaster in April.
Blumenthal, who backs a moratorium until the cause of the BP oil rig explosion is known, cited a recent federal study that concluded the stoppage had resulted in only a modest impact on jobs and the Gulf Coast economy.
McMahon sided with critics of the moratorium, including Democrats and Republicans from the region. "It has cost many, many jobs," she said.
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A fatherless tyke leaves the farm for a space adventure? Nope, never heard of that before. See just how alarmingly similar Kirk and Luke really are. Plus Spider-Man versus Piano Cat. The winner? You.
Watch My Favorite Movie (Star Trek vs. Star Wars) and more funny videos on CollegeHumor
Sure, sure you can argue that it's merely the traditional "coming of age" hero tale, but you can't deny some of the obvious similarities. While we're on the topic of brilliant internet videos, we'd be wrong not to mention Piano Cat vs. Spiderman....
This is why we love the internet. Where else can you see one terribly costumed Spiderman get played off by a fancy-jacketed piano-playing cat? I dare you not to laugh.
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Jon Newlee was hired as the ninth head coach in University of Idaho women's basketball history on April 15, 2008.
Despite inheriting a team that won just four games the season before his arrival, Newlee has led Idaho to four postseason bids -- including three NCAA tournament bids -- in his eight seasons at the helm. Newlee has won three conference tournament championships, 78 conference games, 12 conference tournament games and two WAC Coach of the Year honors. He led the program to its first postseason appearance in 25 years with a WBI bid in 2011 and its first NCAA bid since 1985 by winning the 2013 WAC tournament.
The 2015-16 season marked Newlee's eighth at Idaho, 32nd as a collegiate coach and 17th as a head coach. Newlee has a 224-202 (.526) record in 13 seasons as a DI head coach.
Newlee led the Vandals back into the postseason after missing out on the Big Sky Tournament as season ago. The Vandals won 24 games, including 13 in their second season of Big Sky play.
Idaho returned to the Big Sky Conference in 2014-15 finishing 14-15 on the year after spending 18 seasons away from the conference. He hit 100 wins at Idaho with the team's 67-60 win at Weber State on Jan. 3.
The 2013-14 Vandals put together a season not seen since 1984-85. They have recorded the school's first back-to-back tips to the NCAA Tournament in program history. The 25 wins were the most since winning a school-record 28 in 1985-86. Idaho ripped off a streak of 10-straight conference-wins, dominating play in the Western Athletic Conference.
Newlee quickly developed his young team into champions in 2012-13. The Vandals started three true freshmen in 20 of 32 games, going 12-8 in those games, en route to the WAC championship. Idaho, picked to finish sixth in the WAC preseason media poll, went 11-7 in WAC play to finish third, then knocked off the league's top two seeds during its WAC title run.
Despite the loss of four starters from the previous year heading into the 2011-12 season, Newlee groomed a group of young talented players into winners by the end of the season. The Vandals, picked to finish seventh out of eight WAC schools, rallied to win six of their final nine regular season games to earn a fourth-place conference finish. Idaho then beat San Jose State in the WAC quarterfinals to advance to the WAC semifinals for the second time in three seasons.
Newlee took the Vandals to a new level in 2010-11 as Idaho earned the program's first postseason bid in 25 years with a trip to the Women's Basketball Invitational. Idaho's 15-16 overall record marked the program's most wins in a season since 2004-05. He also led the Vandals to the program's 500th win during that season.
Newlee coached 2010-11 honorable mention All-American Yinka Olorunnife, who broke a host of rebounding records including the Idaho and WAC career records, the Idaho single-season record and the career record for rebounds in WAC games. In addition to her All-American honor, Olorunnife picked up WAC Player of the Week, second-team All-WAC, WAC All-Tournament team and WAC all-defensive team honors.
In 2009-10 Newlee led the Vandals to a milestone victory when Idaho topped New Mexico State in the quarterfinals of the WAC tournament. It was the first trip to the WAC semifinals in program history, as the Vandals finished the season one win away from playing for the WAC championship. Newlee led the Vandals to an 11-20 overall record, capped by an 8-8 record in WAC play and the No. 4 seed in the WAC tournament. The 2009-10 Vandals set a school record for most 3-pointers made in a season with 216, smashing the previous record of 203 set by the 2004-05 squad.
In just his first season at Idaho in 2008-09, Newlee led the Vandal women to their best season in WAC play, as the team went 13-15 overall and 10-6 in the WAC on his way to being named the WAC Coach of the Year. In Idaho's three years of WAC play prior to Newlee's arrival, the Vandals had a combined record of 11-37 and had never finished higher than seventh in the league standings. In 2009, Idaho went 10-6, swept eventual champion Fresno State during the regular season, earned the program's first win over Hawai'i, won back-to-back conference road games for the first time since joining the WAC, swept four WAC opponents and tied for third place in the conference. It was the third Coach of the Year honor of Newlee's career, as he also earned Big Sky Coach of the Year in 2006 and co-Big Sky Coach of the Year in 2004.
Idaho's turnaround was significant on the national level as well. In 2009, the Vandals' final RPI ranking jumped 96 spots in the final ratings over the previous season, which tied as the 19th-largest RPI jump among NCAA teams. Idaho's 9.5-game improvement was the seventh best in the NCAA in 2009.
What was even more impressive about Newlee's first-year success was the he did it with a rotation of just six players, and with a team that only had one true post player. Despite the slim roster, there were still plenty of honors to go around. Yinka Olorunnife earned Second-Team All-WAC and WAC All-Defensive Team mention, Derisa Taleni earned WAC Newcomer of the Year and Second-Team All-WAC honors and Shaena-Lyn Kuehu was voted to the WAC All-Freshman Team. Newlee's team was one of the most disciplined in the NCAA, as the Vandals led the WAC and ranked 15th in the NCAA with just 14.1 personal fouls per game, and ranked 90th out of 328 schools in turnovers per game. The Vandals also played a feisty brand of defense and came within 0.8 of breaking Idaho's 19-year-old scoring defense record with a 59.5 defensive scoring average.
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Newlee's six-year tenure at Idaho State was marked with success, then more success. Prior to his arrival, Idaho State never had been invited to the Women's NIT. He took the Bengals there three times in six seasons. He also became the second coach in Idaho State history to earn a Big Sky Coach of the Year award and he is the only one to win it multiple times. He recruited and coached All-Americans, All-Big Sky performers and school and conference record-holders. Newlee produced two of the three 20-win seasons in Idaho State history and four of the team's five total post-season berths.
In just his second season at Idaho State in 2004, Newlee led the Bengals to a 20-9 record—a 14-win improvement over his first season—and a second-place finish in the Big Sky. After ISU lost to Montana in the Big Sky title game, the team earned an invitation to compete in the Women's NIT for the first time in school history. After getting one taste of the postseason, the Bengals wanted even more. They got it in 2006. Newlee's ISU squad went 17-13 overall and 11-3 in the Big Sky in 2006 to earn the Big Sky regular-season title and a second trip to the WNIT.
Newlee's 2007 Bengals took it a step further. After going 17-14 during the season and 11-5 in the Big Sky, the Bengals took out Northern Arizona by an 84-78 margin to give Idaho State just its second conference tournament title and second NCAA bid. The Bengals faced No. 2 seed Stanford in the first round and fell, 96-58. In Newlee's final season at the helm, the Bengals cruised to a 20-10 overall record, an 11-2 Big Sky record and a third WNIT berth—the team's fourth post-season bid in five seasons.
Newlee is regarded highly a recruiter. While at Idaho State, he produced some of the best players the Big Sky ever saw. He coached Natalie Doma, a two-time honorable mention Associated Press All-American and 2008 Wooden Award and State Farm Wade Trophy finalist. She is the only player in Big Sky Conference history to be a finalist for the Wooden Award. Doma twice ranked in the top 10 in the NCAA in both scoring and rebounding in 2007 and 2008 and finished her career as the top scorer and rebounder in Idaho State and Big Sky Conference history.
Numerous players earned individual accolades during Newlee's six-year tenure. Doma and Andrea Lightfoot earned three all-Big Sky first team honors each, which made them just two of three Bengals to achieve the feat in school history. Doma was also a two-time Big Sky Conference Player of the Year, while Lightfoot earned the honor once. He also coached one Big Sky Defensive Player of the Year and 11 total all-Big Sky honorees. His athletes also earned 28 Academic All-Big Sky honors in his six seasons.
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Before his time as head coach at Idaho State, Newlee spent 12 seasons as an assistant at the NCAA Division I level. His first stop was Texas-San Antonio, where, in 1991, he helped the Roadrunners to an 18-12 record. His next stop would be Southern Methodist, where he spent eight seasons and helped the Mustangs make five NCAA tournament appearances and one WNIT appearance. During his time at SMU, the Mustangs were 155-82 overall, compiled four 20-win seasons and finished in the top three in their respective conferences six times.
Following his time at SMU, he moved on to Hawai'i for three seasons (2000-02). He helped the Rainbow Wahine earn three successive WNIT berths and helped lead them to three successive 20-win seasons. Hawai'i was 69-25 overall in his three seasons and went a combined 37-11 in the Western Athletic Conference and never finished worse than second in the WAC.
In his first head-coaching stint, he took Southwestern College from a 2-14 record to a 22-6 record and an NJCAA Regional Tournament appearance in just three seasons (1987-89). He got his first coaching job at Saint Mary's (CA), where he was an assistant from 1984-86. That team went a combined 64-25 and made one trip to the NAIA District III playoffs in 1986.
Newlee earned his bachelor's degree in Physical Education from San Diego State in 1982. He has one daughter, Bailey.


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Brake for Moose: It Could Save Your Life
OutdoorHub 06.25.12
Remember to brake for moose when traveling New Hampshire roadways. There were 146 reported moose/vehicle collisions in New Hampshire in 2011; in the last five years the state has averaged 184 per year. June is a high-risk month for encountering moose on the roads, because moose are moving from winter to spring habitats and coming out to the roads to eat salt. The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department is working to make people more aware of the danger of moose/vehicle collisions. Step number one is to learn what you can do to reduce the chance of being involved in an accident with a moose.
"Moose are an important and much loved part of our state, but it can be dangerous to encounter them on the road," said N.H. Fish and Game Moose Project Leader Kristine Rines. "By following a few simple rules, motorists can greatly reduce their chance of a moose/vehicle collision or the severity of personal injury if they do hit a moose."
When driving on New Hampshire roads, keep these points in mind:
- New Hampshire's moose herd is approximately 5,000 strong.
- Moose vehicle collisions happen statewide on all types of roads.
- Moose collisions happen most often from the months of May through November.
- While collisions can happen at any time of day, they occur most frequently at dusk and during the night.
- Moose are dark brown and hard to see against pavement.
- Don't depend on "eye shine" to alert you to a moose's presence. Moose don't always look at an approaching vehicle.
- To reduce the chance of a collision – or the severity of occupant injury if you do hit a moose:
- Drive no faster than 55 mph, and wear your seatbelt;
- Scan the sides of the road;
- Be able to stop within the zone of your headlights;
- Use high beams whenever possible;
- If you see a moose, slow down or stop if necessary, until you have passed it or it has left the road.
New Hampshire residents and visitors love to see moose and enjoy sharing the state with these largest denizens of the forest. Make sure your moose encounters are safe for you and the moose: Brake for Moose – It could save your life!


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Today I saw Pamela's sketch for the first time. This is her sketch #157:
And my layout:
Monday, August 17, 2009
Big - Pamela's World of Scrap #157
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It looks great! I love all the coordinating teal!
So pretty...love those flowers & the monochromatic colors!!
Awesome! Great take on the sketch!
What a pretty layout! Great job and great take on the sketch!
lovely, so glad you found the site, hope you play along next week
Awesome page! Thanks for playing along with us!
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Dear alumni,
The College of Human Ecology and the Department of Kinesiology are joining forces to offer our students a better education and the world better research.
This month Kinesiology transitioned from the College of Arts & Sciences to become the fifth major unit in Human Ecology. The move makes sense academically and scientifically.
Kinesiology shares our mission to discover, disseminate and apply science-based knowledge to meet basic human needs and improve the human condition. Like other academic units within the college, kinesiology promotes health and well-being through research and teaching.
The School of Family Studies and Human Services, Department of Human Nutrition, Department of Hospitality Management and Dietetics and the Department of Apparel, Textile and Interior Design: all have collaborated with professors in kinesiology.
A strong, collaborative partnership goes back more than 20 years when K-State first offered a dual undergraduate degree in nutrition and kinesiology. The newest partnership is the Physical Activity and Nutrition Clinical Research Lab that should be completely operational within the next two months.
Other collaborations:
- Kinesiology provides 23 hours of required coursework for the athletic training degree in the Department of Human Nutrition.
- We collaborate on a master's of public health degree and a Ph.D. in human nutrition with an emphasis in public health physical activity.
- Kinesiology conducts extramurally-funded research with the School of Family Studies and Human Services and the Department of Human Nutrition in childhood obesity.
We are thrilled to welcome Kinesiology. Together we can attract a broader range of research and development funding. Together we can give students more opportunities to be involved in meaningful research and to be better qualified to meet the challenges of today's world.
Together we can more effectively and efficiently move toward the university goal to be a Top 50 Research University by 2025.
Virginia Moxley


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New inverter makes all pumps solar-ready
Renewable Solar Inverter expands the renewables range
In 2013, Grundfos released a power inverter that allows most submersible pumps on the market to be powered by solar energy. The Renewable Solar Inverter (RSI) expands the range for solar-powered submersible pumps from 1.4 kW to 9.2 kW.
"It used to be that we only had a smaller system with the inverter incorporated inside the motor," says Geraldine Tsui-Yee Lin, Global Product Manager of Renewables at Grundfos. "Now we have an inverter that is more versatile to fit bigger systems."
An inverter allows power to be switched from the DC power obtained from solar panels to the AC power needed to control the pump. With the new Renewable Solar Inverter, pumps can adapt to solar power sources rather than traditional electrical supplies or generators.
Geraldine Tsui-Yee Lin says interest in renewable energy has increased over the past few years due to solar power becoming more cost effective. Solar panels allow for a reliable and renewable energy source for areas that are off traditional electricity grids.
Reliability is an especially important factor for pumps powered by renewable energy, she says. The majority of solar-powered pumps are used for irrigation and drinking water in rural areas, where grid power is expensive and unreliable. Therefore, pumps are typically powered by generators. When the diesel runs out, access to clean water can be impossible.
Grundfos has been using solar-powered pumps for over 30 years. In 2000, the company launched SQ Flex, a small pump with an inverter installed directly into the pump's motor. The new RSI takes Grundfos' renewables line a step further by eventually allowing all Grundfos pumps to run on solar power. The inverter is currently available for submersible pumps, with plans to expand it to the rest of the Grundfos product line.
"One of our goals is to make all our products sustainable," says Geraldine Tsui-Yee Lin. "This inverter is the next step for us."
"One of our goals is to make all our products sustainable. This inverter is the next step for us."
Geraldine Tsui-Yee Lin, Global Product Manager of Renewables at Grundfos
For more information on Grundfos solar and renewables systems, please download this brochure, Water Supply Using Clean Energy, Grundfos Solar Submersible Pumps.


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LANDOVER, Md. — Robert Griffin III dropped back, waited a beat, then quickly took off. A first down on third-and-6 might have been enough to put the game away.
Instead, the Washington Redskins rookie left the Minnesota Vikings defense behind as he streaked down the left sideline for 76 yards. He didn't stop until he took a seat on the front row, performing what is quickly becoming known as the "Landover Leap."
He might have suffered his first NFL concussion the week before, but RG3 was still RG3. The Heisman Trophy winner rallied his team from an early hole, ran for 138 yards and threw for 182 on Sunday in a 38-26 victory that snapped the Vikings' three-game winning streak as well as the Redskins eight-game run of futility at home.
After falling behind 9-0 and being outgained 148-7, the Redskins (3-3) responded with 24 straight points during a stretch in which they outgained the Vikings 225-14. Minnesota (4-2) paid the price for promising drives that produced 3s instead of 7s, with four field goals from Blair Walsh accounting for all their points through the first three quarters.
The Vikings finally found the end zone on Michael Jenkins' 9-yard catch with 8:02 to play and Kyle Rudolph's 1-yard snag — set up by Josh Wilson's pass interference penalty — with 3:36 to go to cut the Redskins' lead to 31-26.
But Griffin, sporting a huge gray bandage on his chin, responded with the longest touchdown run by an NFL quarterback since Kordell Stewart scampered 80 yards for the Pittsburgh Steelers against the Carolina Panthers in 1996. The Vikings had started to use their timeouts, hoping to get the ball back with a chance to win, but Griffin dispelled that notion to put the Redskins up by 12 with 2:43 remaining.
Griffin left last week's loss to the Atlanta Falcons when he was hit in the head in the third quarter while trying to get some extra yards on a third down scramble. He passed the NFL's post-concussion tests over the following days and was cleared to play, but coaches and teammates hoped that he had learned a lesson about when to keep running and when to get out of bounds.
Accordingly, the fans cheered when he darted to the sidelines on the first play of the second series, but by no means did it indicate that he had gone soft. He still ran the option. He still looked for the extra yard when it meant something. He had two rushing touchdowns to give him six on the year, already surpassing the previous single-season franchise record of four. And he's just six games into his career.
During one stretch, Griffin ran on six straight times, starting with a 15-yard scramble. Then he scrambled for three more before being brought down by a horse-collar tackle, adding a half-the-distance-to-the-goal penalty to the gain.
Why mess with what's working? On the next play, Griffin took off for the end zone, running for 7 yards and stretching the ball over the goal line with his right hand as he was tackled by cornerback Chris Cook.
He also drew penalties. In addition to the horse collar call, he turned a slight shove from Erin Henderson into a roughing-the-passer call, the flag emerging from the official's pocket only after Griffin had tumbled to the turf and appealed for the call.
And, yes, Griffin can throw as well. He completed 17 of 22 passes with one touchdown and only his second interception of the year. Fellow rookie Alfred Morris added a 1-yard scoring run, fullback Darrel Young caught a 6-yard TD pass, and former Vikings safety Madieu Williams returned an interception 24 yards for Washington's fourth defensive touchdown of the year. The Redskins scored only 43 points off turnovers last year; they already have 49 this year.
The Vikings hadn't allowed more than 23 points in a game this year, one of the reasons they've been an early season surprise. In this game, they were let down by both sides of the ball.
The offense made it look easy on Minnesota's first three possessions — until it hit the red zone. Drives that got inside the 10 yielded field goals of 20, 27 and 27 yards. There was another field goal in the third quarter.
Christian Ponder completed 35 of 52 passes for 352 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions and was credited with a lost fumble when the ball slipped out of his hand as he went back to pass. The ball floated into the hands of linebacker Lorenzo Alexander, setting Young's touchdown in a sequence in which the Redskins scored 14 points in 13 seconds.
Adrian Peterson, who at times appeared to be limping on his sprained left ankle, had 79 yards on 17 carries for the Vikings.