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The update this week looks at the many prospects eliminated from the playoffs along with the end of the Albany season approaching.
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The prospect update this week focuses on Reid Boucher being a scoring machine, the goalie shuffle, and Blake Coleman of Miami University winning the CCHA title.
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By John Shinn
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NORMAN — Oklahoma offensive coordinator Josh Heupel wouldn't give himself a grade when asked to assess his play calling in the first seven games.
"I don't give myself a grade," he said. "Ultimately we've got to score enough points to win every game. That's what it comes down to. It's not about what we're averaging yards, points — certainly we want to score a lot of points, don't get me wrong, but at the end of the day it's a team game and you're trying to find ways to win."
Receivers coach/co-offensive coordinator Jay Norvell fiercely defended Heupel when asked about the offense Tuesday.
"The one thing about play calling is that everybody who watches a football game thinks they can call plays, and it's really not that easy," he said. "I think he's done a great job. He's very prepared all the time, and spends a lot of time at it all year round. There's always things that you'd like to do differently sometimes as a play caller, but no, he's done a fabulous job."
Ready for upgrades: OU's board of regents approved a feasibility study for upgrades to Owen Field Wednesday. OU coach Bob Stoops declined to comment on exactly what is in the works, but believed any improvements to the stadium will be good for his program.
"I think it's great, if that's what they intend to do. I think it will definitely help. It'll help recruiting. I think it will be fantastic for our fans if we continue to do things to improve the stadium," he said. "Better views, whether it be suites or wherever they're going with it."
Injury update: Stoops said safety Julian Wilson has practiced the last two days and will play against Texas Tech Saturday. Wilson suffered a shoulder injury in the first half of the Kansas game.
Whether offensive lineman Adam Shead will play is still up in the air. Shead also suffered a shoulder injury against Kansas. If he can't play, Nila Kasitati will start at right guard and Bronson Irwin will play left guard.
Stoops doesn't think it will come to that.
"He's been practicing more. I feel he'll be ready to go," Stoops said of Shead.
Reminding you of somebody? Texas Tech tight end Jace Amaro has been the Big 12's best receiver through seven games. His 56 receptions are 25 more than any other player in the league.
Stoops said the 6-foot-5, 260-pound Amaro reminded him of former OU All-American tight end Jermaine Gresham.
"He's just a hard matchup. He runs well, has great hands. And then the size, he's hard to deal with much like Jermaine Gresham with us," Stoops said. "He's too quick and too good a route-runner for linebackers and too big for safeties."
When asked how defenses used to defend Gresham, Stoops spoke frankly.
"Not very successfully," he said. "No particular way. There isn't any one thing you can do."
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July 31, 2014
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Thursday, January 10, 2013
Forbes Magazine published a list compiled by CareerBliss.com that ranks the ten happiest and unhappiest cities to work in right now, and Wichita ranks the third unhappiest.
The three happiest cities to work include Dayton, Ohio, Knoxville, Tennessee, and Honolulu, Hawaii.
The three unhappiest cities to work include Boulder, Colorado, Reno, Nevada, and Wichita, Kansas.
"We were a little bit shocked that it was third unhappiest because actually right now, we're seeing things start to pick up. We're seeing hiring," said Kimberly Cronister. "But whenever you stop and think about what we've been through the last several years, it's not necessarily surprising."
Some people that spoke with KAKE News said they did not agree with the rankings.
"I think they talked to the wrong people," said Carol Campbell, who was happy working in Wichita as a receptionist. "I know there are several professions out there that people are real unhappy but the pay is really good, and so they stay."
A spokesperson for CareerBliss said the list is based on 36,000 independent employee reviews between Nov. 2011 and Nov. 2012. Employees gave input on ten factors that affect workplace happiness like compensation, growth opportunities, and one's relationship with the boss and co-workers.
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In my "What motivated you to take the plunge and devote yourself to your own business full-time?" poll, the answer "losing my full-time/part-time job" is the most popular answer. (Vote in the poll if you'd like - it's still open.)
Having "been there and done that" as they say, I appreciate what a difficult transition that can be. Working for someone else is just completely different than working for yourself.One of the problems I noticed immediately is that I suddenly had to be paying attention to all sorts of things that other people used to look after for me - from getting the money I was owed through coming up with my own retirement plan.
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ODESSA, Texas — The death of a 3-year-old adopted Russian boy has been ruled an accident by West Texas authorities, but officials said Friday they are still investigating a case that has become a flashpoint in the debate over international adoption.
Four doctors reviewed the autopsy report and agreed that Max Shatto's death on Jan. 21 was not intentional, Ector County Sheriff Mark Donaldson and District Attorney Bobby Bland said. Preliminary autopsy results had indicated Max had bruises on several parts of his body, but Bland said Friday that those bruises appeared to be self-inflicted. He also said no drugs were found in Max's system.
"I had four doctors agree that this is the result of an accident," he said. "We have to take that as fact."
Alan and Laura Shatto adopted Max, born Maxim Kuzmin, and his half-brother, 2-year-old Kristopher, from an orphanage in western Russia last fall. Laura Shatto told authorities she found Max unresponsive outside their Gardendale, Texas, home while he was playing with his younger brother. The boy was pronounced dead at a hospital a short time later.
Russian authorities have blamed the boy's death on his adoptive parents and used the case to justify a recently enacted ban on all American adoptions of Russian children. Russia's Investigative Committee has said it has opened its own investigation. It's unclear whether the committee could charge the Shatto family or force their prosecution.
Alexander K. Zakharov, the Russian consul general in Houston, said he wanted to see an official report from authorities before commenting on Friday's announcement.
The investigation into the boy's death continues, Bland said. Once investigators complete their work, Bland will meet with them and decide whether to pursue charges such as negligent supervision or injury to a child by omission. He did not say when such a decision would be made.


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Pequeño Alpamayo (Condoriri Group) Climber's Log
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|First on summit
|climbed with hans and jon. we were first on summit that day. on our way down ridge we met a guided couple from Colorado. beautiful peak
|Posted Mar 18, 2009 11:41 pm
|Normal Route
Date Climbed: Jul 21, 2008
|Beautiful Day. Climbed w/Aventuras Patagonicas - good organization - now on to Huyana Potosi and Illimani ...
|Posted Mar 13, 2009 7:16 am
|Normal route
|Great weather, only 3 other climbers on the mountain that day, A cool first summit!
|Posted Feb 3, 2009 6:22 pm
|Great climb
Date Climbed: Jan 7, 2009
|After spending a couple of days in La Paz we climbed Pequeno Alpamayo as a warm up for Illimani and Sajama. Many thanks to Bolivia Journeys and Eulogio Tarqui (our guide). www.bolivianjourneys.org (the best muntaineering company in Bolivia...)
|Posted Jan 29, 2009 9:08 am
|Photogenic peak
Date Climbed: Jun 15, 2007
|Great day, great climb! Got such a good photo (Thanks, Ken!) that I'm using it in my profile -- I've since lost the facial hair :-)
|Posted Jan 9, 2009 3:57 am
|Pequeno Alpamayo
|Climbed with AAI and had a wonderful time. The Condoriri area is amazing.
|Posted Aug 22, 2008 5:14 am
|Beautiful Peak
|A big day for me at the time.
|Posted Aug 20, 2008 5:23 am
|Wonderful Day
Date Climbed: Jul 21, 2008
|Great weather as every day seemed to be a summit day. Upper ridge was very exhiliarating.
|Posted Jul 28, 2008 12:17 pm
Date Climbed: Aug 14, 2003
|One of the most beautiful mountains I've ever seen. I'd climb it a 1,000 times over if I could.
|Posted Jul 7, 2008 6:08 pm
|Normal Route
Date Climbed: May 28, 2008
|Axe, Old Guide and I left on an early alpine start with the aid of a halfmoon to light the way. The conditions were perfect for our crampons. A beautiful range...I should of planned more time here to climb some of the other 12 peaks behind camp.
|Posted May 29, 2008 4:33 pm
|Jessica L
|Normal Route
Date Climbed: May 18, 2007
|Posted Nov 25, 2007 8:24 pm
|Normal route
|Absolutely spectacular final ridge to the top! A pure beauty.
|Posted Oct 12, 2007 3:25 pm
|normal route
Date Climbed: Jul 14, 2007
|Condoriri park is very nice place. Mountains for all peoples. Normal route is an easy glacier travel, vith some crevases and nice ridge to reach the peak.
|Posted Oct 11, 2007 6:56 am
|Thomas Gurviez
| normal rout e
Date Climbed: Sep 8, 2007
|Beautiful ridge, which remind ed me of the "domes de Miage" in the Mont-Blanc range
Snowy weather, 20 cm of fresh snow above 5000 m, but fortunately the weather improved for the last part of the ascent
Good conditions on the ridge then
4h30 of ascent from the camp at 4800 m
|Posted Sep 21, 2007 3:37 pm
|Route Climbed: Normal
Date Climbed: Jun 12, 2007
|Great climb, amazing conditions. Prequill to climbing the face of Pyrimida Blanca, also in amazing condition.
|Posted Jul 2, 2007 7:17 pm
|Stellar Climb
|Mild weather, minimal crevasses and solid snow made this a five star climb.
|Posted Feb 23, 2007 2:44 am
|perfect day
Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2006
|Climbed a day after successfully reaching Piramide Blanca. Took 6 hours up and 3.5 hours down. We were not very fast but all of our team made it. No wind or cloud in the sky. Standard ridge route is not very technical but we lowered and rapped off the steepest section.
|Posted Jul 12, 2006 8:19 pm
|Igor Czs
|sw ridge
Date Climbed: Jul 26, 1996
|Reached the top with three friends in a perfectday after summited Pico Tarija (5150mts).
One of the classics summits in Bolivia's Royal Range.Grade AD+
|Posted May 10, 2006 12:10 am
|Route Climbed: west-southwest ridge Date Climbed: july 19 2002
|what a gorgeous climb! one of my all-time favorites!
|Posted Feb 8, 2006 11:28 pm
|Route Climbed: Normal Date Climbed: August of 2001
|What a cool climb. Had great conditions. I wish I had more time in Bolivia for other mountains.
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Cheers to a happy holiday season. The State Patrol is all for that provided you do it safely.
"Holidays are great," says Lt. Tim Carnahan. "Celebrating is great, but if you've had a few too many and get into that car, that's not great."
For one thing, you can get killed, or kill somebody else. You can also be fined at least $700, and even have your license taken away. The cops are hoping they won't have to deal with that much. They're also hoping a new law put into effect will keep people safe.
The one, called the Baby Luke law, is aimed at keeping drug users away from the wheel, and they don't necessarily have to be driving erratically, either. Basically, the whole idea behind this law is that before, police had to prove that your driving was impaired because of drugs, but now that the law is in effect, all they have to do is show that there's drugs in your system. It doesn't matter if you're impaired or not. As long as the drugs are there, you're breaking the law.
And it's named after a case in which a man who ingested cocaine crashed his van into another vehicle driven by a pregnant woman. She had to have a C-section, and the baby, named Luke, died a few hours later of head injuries.
The guy got a two-year maximum prison sentence. If he had been drinking, he could've faced 40 years. Now the penalties for driving drugged are the same as driving drunk.
"I hope it's going to deter people, and if it doesn't deter people, it now gives the courts and prosecutors firm ground in which to prosecute," says Carnahan.


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Tim Worstall, Contributor
I write about business and technology.
The World Happiness Report has just been released and when we actually read through it, rather than just the press releases, we find that the main authors, Jeff Sachs and Richard Layard, don't really believe the basic thesis themselves.
That basic thesis is that economic growth doesn't really improve happiness, we really ought to be worrying about human happiness and thus we should concentrate on things other than economic growth. The problem with this is that their own report shows that the absence of economic growth most definitely makes people unhappy: therefore we should indeed strive for economic growth in order to make people happy.
It is, of course, possible to be trite about such reports and since I enjoy being so I shall. We can see that the US comes 11 th in the listing of happy countries. All of the countries above the US have a lower corporate income tax rate than the US. Thus the secret to happiness is to have a lower corporate income tax rate. That is trite though, for all OECD countries now have a lower than the US corporate income tax rate so perhaps that's not really the reason.
As basic background we have the Easterlin Paradox. Yes, higher incomes make people happier but richer countries don't seem to be happier in aggregate as a result of such higher incomes. So, therefore economic growth isn't the secret to the desired increasing of happiness.
However, there's a serious problem with this observation: when we go and look at what it actually is that makes people happier we find that what does make people happier are the things that lead to that economic growth which we think doesn't make them happier. Take this (page 66) for example:
When people become unemployed they experience sharp falls in well-being and their well-being remains
at this lower level until they are re-employed.33 The estimated effect is typically as large as the effect of
bereavement or separation, and the unemployed share with these other experiences the characteristic of
ceasing to be needed.
The Appendix to this chapter documents that unemployment reduces well-being in all the datasets analyzed. It
also shows that the main impact of unemployment on well-being is not through the loss of income, but rather
through loss of social status, self-esteem, workplace social life, and other factors that matter.
So in order to increase happiness we want to get as close to full employment as we can. However, there's a little acknowledged point about such full employment. In order to maintain it we must have economic growth. This is because technology.
"Because technology" sounds trite but I'm afraid it isn't. By technology here we do not mean just shiny electronic gewgaws: we mean all of the new knowledge that pours into the world each year about how we can do things better. From exciting new methods of turnip weeding through how we might lay out a bricklayers' workspace to reduce effort and increase output to robots making cars and the distressing manner in which smartphones have entirely destroyed the telegraph business.
A general observation is that this onward march of technology increases labour productivity by some 1-2% a year. We don't really have a hugely accurate estimate of it, unfortunately, as we calculate it in general by summing up everything else we can think of and calling the last bit we cannot explain, the residual, improved productivity. But we do know that it is there: Bob Solow once calculated that this technological progress (which is more than just improved labour productivity to be sure) accounted for 80% of the western world's growth in the 20th century.
This is where our unemployment problem comes in. As we curious shaved apes play around with stuff and work out new methods of doing things we reduce the amount of labour necessary to provide any given level of production. However, we're also saying that unemployment leads to great unhappiness. So what are we to do with this newly surplus labour? If we keep production levels static then we're going to end up with 1-2% of the available labour being entirely redundant each year. After 50 years we've (without compounding) some 50% of the available workforce entirely without jobs and yes, I think we would all agree that that would lead to a deeply unhappy society. Certainly my old Professor, Richard Layard, who wrote this chapter would think so for he says that unemployment is a source of deep unhappiness. To the point that almost any job is better than no job.
But wait! What happens if we employ this newly surplus labour to do something so that it is happier? Well, then we've got our previously static output plus the output from this not anymore redundant and newly employed labour. And what is it that we call increased output? Yes, that's correct, we call it economic growth.
Which brings us to the failure of the idea that economic growth doesn't improve happiness. For as even the authors of this report insist, the things that make people happier are the things that lead to economic growth.
Among the more "external" factors, key determinants of happiness include:
• income
• work
• community and governance, and
• values and religion
and, among the more "personal" features, key determinants include:
• mental health
• physical health
• family experience
• education, and
• gender and age
You can trawl through the economics papers yourselves to measure the truth of this next statement: near all of those determinants of happiness are positively correlated with economic growth. There are reams of papers showing that the physical and mental health of a population are important for economic growth, the better both are the more growth there will be. I'm sure I've seen Jeff Sachs argue that illnesses like malaria are reasons why some places don't grow. Education is urged as the solution to the advanced countries' currently sluggish growth, we certainly talk about the way in which demography (that's the age and gender bit) influences growth. Community and governance: vast swathes of the literature are about how institutions, the presence or absence of corruption (even the type of it) influence growth.
All of which is something that I'm afraid I find vastly amusing. We have here this insistence that economic growth does not make us happier. Yet when we examine the things that do make us happier we find that they're pretty much the list of things which encourage economic growth. In one instance at least, unemployment, we find that we must absolutely have economic growth in order to eliminate this source of unhappiness.
All of which leaves the basic thesis really rather threadbare. We might say that economic growth is the outcome of our being made happy. We might also say that it is the process of economic growth itself that makes us happy, not the level of wealth that we enjoy as a result. But the thesis that we shouldn't have economic growth but should instead concentrate on what makes us happy seems to be refuted by this very report which makes that very claim. For near everything they tell us about what makes us happy is positively correlated with that economic growth they wish to dismiss as being correlated with happiness.
I think you can add levels of 'Trust' to the list of things the authors find is conducive to happiness but also is known to be conducive to economic activity too.
If, in the long run, economic growth's all about micro economics, as you've maintained before, isn't the more interesting task a reconciliation of micro-economics with micro-happiness? Because it seems to me that the choices made at an individual level in a market incorporate happiness maximising policy, in a way that a survey does not.
"But the thesis that we shouldn't have economic growth but should instead concentrate on what makes us happy…"
The problem is, Tim, that that is not what the authors are saying. You are simply indulging in the fine old tradition of cherry picking your way along the path of your ideological bias and ignoring alternative bounty as you keep your eyes narrowly focused and your mind firmly closed.
Here are just a couple of quick clues as to actual thesis of the report: "pursuing growth to the point of environmental ruin" and "sustainable development." Economic growth, per se, is not excluded. In fact, many argue sustainable development is the path to a permanent and healthier prosperity. But that's another discussion.
What would your Professor say in reply to your facile article, Tim? Pay attention, dear boy?
Another clue would be :
"The sages taught humanity, time and again, that material gain alone will not fulfill our deepest needs. Material life must be harnessed to meet these human needs, most importantly to promote the end of suffering, social justice, and the attainment of happiness."
Can't argue with a survey on happiness. Can't argue with saying happiness is valuable. The problem is the authors whilst pointing out a paradox, haven't got themselves out of it just by saying some things are more important than money, Does it not follow that if you want to "harness material life" to end suffering, then the more material life you have the more suffering you can end?
Like Popper, I prefer the emphasis to be on alleviating suffering rather than enhancing the happiness of already happy people.
I think the answer to your question, like so many of life's queries, is, it depends.
It depends on the distribution of the marginal utility and we all know that in the western world, the rich world, that distribution is increasingly skewed towards the already very, very, very, very happy.
Not going to disagree with Popper, not without a poker handy anyway. You are free , i presume, to spend your income and savings on whatever makes you happy. Spending decisions are one thing, you spend what you have got and we all have our preferrences on how to do that. The economic growth thing: that though is not an either or question. The more of it really is the better, unevenly distributed and all. You may say that some don't need any more wealth/happiness, but that doesn't get us very far. That's because marginally everyone benefits from economic growth and trying to restrict it to only those below a certain level is sure fire way of achieving no growth at all. And so we come back to, make more, make as much as we can and the more the merrier.
I can only assume this is deliberately shallow reading of the report and the theories behind it. Two points you make are directly in conflict:
1. You state economic growth brings happiness; people are more productive, can get more of what they want, etc..
2. You state economic growth, beyond a certain point, makes no difference to happiness. This is the Easterlin Paradox
So, unless you are going to deny the date supporting the Easterlin Paradox, you have to give up on 1.
Further, you appear to have mixed up, rather casually, correlation and causation. You state that many of the things that cause happiness lead to economic growth. The data supports this. You then claim that, therefore, economic growth leads to happiness. This is incorrect – it gets the direction of causation wrong. Take an example: someone suffering from malaria is not able to work and create growth. However it doesn't follow that economic growth removes his malaria. Moreover, this causation/correlation confusion faces the same problem as I stated above: are you denying the Easterlin Paradox or not? If you are, why? If you aren't then your views contradict.
I finally got around to skimming the report, and it seems like the headlines chosen by you and Mr Sachs, et al. are mis-representing your agendas. At the least, your headlines do not reflect the report in the way most would assume.
It is true that the report makes the arguments you describe, and your article refutes them fairly convincingly using the report's own data. However, you are not arguing about what impacts happiness, you are arguing about what impacts people's evaluations of their quality of life.
That is a meaningful distinction, since I'm sure we both know plenty of unhappy people with high quality of life, and vice versa. It is also a useful distinction, since it seems to make your arguments stronger. As you point out, it is difficult to argue that quality of life is not largely dependent on economic growth, and as you declare, the report's own data shows that is true. Just look at the list of top twelve "quality of life" countries: Denmark, Finland, Norway, Netherlands, Canada, Switzerland, Sweden, New Zealand, Australia, Ireland and the United States.
But isn't a happy country as a country where people feel happy?
The report has two such country rankings, though it has fewer controversial things to say about them.
One is a list ranked by how people remember feeling yesterday – a VERY different list than the quality of life list. The twelve "happiest yesterday" countries are Ireland, Thailand, New Zealand, Canada, Iceland, US, Philippines, Austria, Panama, UK, Australia and Germany. While #2 quality of life Finland is lucky #13 on the happy list, #3 quality of life Norway is in the mid-60s between Mauritius and Djibouti, and #1 Denmark is in the bottom third of happy countries, right between Rwanda and Albania.
There's another list, this one is of how happy people felt at the moment the survey was taken. Here it is: Iceland, Ireland, Costa Rica, Canada, New Zealand, Laos, Panama, Thailand, El Salvador, US, Paraquay and Argentina. Way to go Ireland, Canada, New Zealand and USA, you made all three top twelve lists! Also of interest, this particular list shows no statistical difference in the happiness of people in #16 Netherlands and #32 Trinidad, nor between #48 Finland and #64 Mali.
The report also explains why these lists are less prominent in the discussion. First, feelings of happiness do not vary as much by country as do evaluations of quality of life. Second, the variations in feelings of happiness do not correlate as strongly with political or economic situations. In other words, not as much to argue about at the UN or on Forbes, but certainly something worth considering.
For instance, it seems worth considering what is similar about Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the United States, and maybe Australia. Having high quality of life _and_ happy people is a goal that is worth arguing about.
The author ignores the fact that economic growth is only associated with increased happiness when looking at democratic, developed countries, as compared to undeveloped or developing countries. Obviously, economic growth in an underdeveloped country will lead to a higher level of satisfaction of basic needs, and consequently in happiness/well-being. You can't compare apples and oranges. But among just the wealthiest, most developed nations, there no connection between economic growth and increased happiness can be seen. Take, for example, the United States over the last 50 years. Per-capita GNP has increased 200-300%, yet well-being has not. I think the author is missing the point.


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Over the years, New Albany has had its way with Providence.
Leading into last February's rivaly game, the Buldogs had beaten the Pioneers 12 of the previous 13 years.
All of that changed last year. In a big way.
Now, instead of Providence trying to prove it belongs on the same court with the Bulldogs, it's New Albany that has to rebound from a 50-20 walloping — the worst in series history.
In last year's loss, New Albany made just seven field goals and went 3-for-12 from the free throw line. The Bulldogs trailed 13-2 after one quartr and 27-5 at the half.
New Albany coach Jim Shannon hopes his team will respond positively when the Bulldogs hosts Providence in the Game of the Week.
"We'll have to wait and see," he said. "We won't know until we get out there and play. Last year, New Albany outplayed us. We didn't score any points. We gave up points. It was a good old fashion whipping. I think the kids will come out and not want to be embarrassed again."
This year, the rivalry shifts back to the Doghouse, where Shannon believes his team will have an advantage.
"I think it will be a totally different atmosphere," Shannon said. "I think last year, Providence was fired up to play it and I don't think — for some reason — we really were."
Shannon knows that for his 8-6 team to avenge last year's loss, it will have to battle with the 13-2 Pioneers on the boards.
"They're a good team going to the offensive boards. We can't give them second shots. Their three insiders are better than anyone around," Shannon said of George Knott, Ryan Pickerrell and Dalton Duley. "Nobody [in the area] has three kids with that kind of size who can play. That's their strength. We know that. But you can know their strength and still have a tough time stopping them."
BOYS — Providence at New Albany
• Time/Day: 7:30 p.m. Friday
• Records: Providence 13-2; New Albany 8-6.
• Rankings: Providence — Class 2A No. 4.
• Series last 15 years: New Albany 4-1.
• Last year: At Providence 50, New Albany 20.
• Analysis: After the way the Pioneers beat up on New Albany last year, they should expect the Bulldogs to be ready. If New Albany plays the way it did Saturday in a loss at Jasper, the Bulldogs could get embarrassed for the second straight season. That's not likely with a Jim Shannon-coached team. They'll battle. But will it be enough? Probably not. Not even at the Doghouse.
• Greg's Pick: Providence 48, New Albany 44.
BOYS — Charlestown at Austin
• Time: 7:30 p.m.
• Records: Charlestown 8-5 (); Austin 6-8 ().
• Last year: At Charlestown 63, Austin 58.
• Last 15 years: Austin 9-6.
• Analysis: Austin is playing much better than early in the year, but the Pirates have proven they have what it takes to win close road games.
• Greg's Pick: Charlestown 65, Austin 61.
GIRLS — Floyd Central at Silver Creek
• Time: 7:30 p.m.
• Records: Floyd Central 10-9; Silver Creek 14-6.
• Last year: At Floyd Central 48, Silver Creek 45.
• Last 10 years: Floyd Central 7-3.
• Analysis: The win over Scottsburg had to boost the Dragons' confidence. Throw home-court advantage on top of it and Creek has to be get a slight nod.
• Greg's Pick: Silver Creek 47, Floyd Central 43.
GIRLS — Jeffersonville at Providence
• Time: 7:30 p.m.
• Records: Jeffersonville 6-13; Providence 10-9.
• Last year: At Jeffersonville 49, Providence 20.
• Last 10 years: Jeffersonville 10-0.
• Analysis: Jeff has beaten Providence 30 straight times. With eight losses in nine games, the Pioneers couldn't have shown up on Jeff's schedule at a better time.
• Greg's Pick: Jeffersonville 50, Providence 28.
BOYS — Clarksville at Brownstown Central
• Time: 7:30 p.m.
• Records: Clarksville 12-3 (6-0 MSC); Brownstown Central 14-1 (7-0 MSC).
• Rankings: Clarksville — Class 2A No. 7; Brownstown Central — Class 3A No. 5.
• Last year: Brownstown Central 66, at Clarksville 62.
• Last 15 years: Brownstown Central 17-1.
• Analysis: The Mid-Southern Conference is on the line as the league's two best teams go head-to-head. On a neutral court, this is probably a toss-up. At Brownstown, the Braves are the favorites, but few would be shocked if the Generals return home with the win and — eventually — the MSC title.
• Greg's Pick: Brownstown Central 68, Clarksville 62.
BOYS — Evansville Reitz at Jeffersonville
• Time: 7:30 p.m.
• Records: Reitz 10-6; Jeffersonville 13-2.
• Rankings: Jeffersonville — Class 4A No. 11.
• Last year: Jeffersonville 69, at Reitz 37.
• Series all-time: Jeffersonville 11-7.
• Analysis: The Devils will take care of Reitz early and start to focus on the big one Saturday.
• Greg's Pick: Jeffersonvile 73, Reitz 60.
BOYS — Bedford North Lawrence at Floyd Central
• Time: 7:30 p.m.
• Records: Bedford NL 6-10 (2-3 HHC); Floyd Central 4-13 (1-5 HHC).
• Last year: At Bedford NL 52, Floyd Central 44.
• Last 15 years: Bedford NL 15-3.
• Analysis: Friday's HHC win was a big one for Floyd. The Highlanders have a chance to win two straight. I'm leaning BNL in a close one, though.
• Greg's Pick: Bedford NL 62, Floyd Central 60.
BOYS — Salem at Silver Creek
• Time: 7:30 p.m.
• Records: Salem 0-14 (0-6 MSC); Silver Creek 5-10 (0-5 MSC).
• Last year: Silver Creek 63, at Salem 53.
• Last 15 years: Silver Creek 10-8.
• Analysis: Beating Corydon will be tough on Feb. 15, but if the Dragons keep playing the way they have been lately, their schedule could allow them to finish the regular season on a seven-game winning streak. That would put them at .500 after a 3-10 start.
• Greg's Pick: Silver Creek 72, Salem 46.
BOYS — New Washington at Lanesville
• Time: 7:30 p.m.
• Records: New Washington 6-9 (2-1 SAC); Lanesville 9-7 (2-1 SAC).
• Last year: Lanesville 62, at New Washington 38.
• Last 15 years: Lanesville 11-5.
• Analysis: Lanesville hasn't played up to expectations and has lost three straight. New Wash has already won five more games than last season. Still, it will take a huge effort from the Mustangs to win in Lanesville.
• Greg's Pick: Lanesville 66, New Washington 53.
BOYS — Christian Academy at Trinity Lutheran
• Time: 7:30 p.m.
• Records: Christian Academy 5-8; Trinity Lutheran 5-11.
• Last year: At Christian Academy 52, Trinity Lutheran 44.
• Last 15 years: Christian Academy 6-3.
• Analysis: Even with seven losses in nine games, CAI has played well at times. Friday will provide a much-needed win.
• Greg's Pick: Christian Academy 64, Trinity Lutheran 53.
GIRLS — Madison at Charlestown
• Time: 7:30 p.m.
• Records: Madison 14-4; Charlestown 9-9.
• Rankings: Madison — Class 3A No. 15.
• Last year: At Madison 77, Charlestown 61.
• Last 10 years: Madison 8-1.
• Analysis: Charlestown has been hot. Super hot. A win over Madison could make the Pirates the favorites heading into the Scottsburg Sectional. Not an easy task, though.
• Greg's Pick: Madison 59, Charlestown 53.
BOYS — Evansville Harrison at Jeffersonville
• Time: 8 p.m.
• Records: Harrison 14-1; Jeffersonville 13-2.
• Rankings: Harrison — Class 4A No. 7; Jeffersonville — Class 4A No. 11.
• Last year: Jeffersonville 56, at Harrison 51
• Series all-time: Jeffersonville 4-1.
• Analysis: When you play the Warriors, Duncans just keep coming at you. All three — senior Ernie and sophomore twins Stanley and Everett — can all score. Jeff can, too. The Devils win in a high-scoring dual.
• Greg's Pick: Jeffersonville 79, Harrison 76.
BOYS — Jennings County at New Albany
• Time: 7:30 p.m.
• Records: Jennings County 11-5 (4-0 HHC); New Albany 8-6 (3-2 HHC).
• Last year: New Albany 53, at Jennings County 43.
• Last 15 years: New Albany 18-3.
• Analysis: New Albany can actually clinch a Hoosier Hills Conference title for rival Jeffersonville with continued domination of the Panthers.
• Greg's Pick: New Albany 65, Jennings County 54.
BOYS — Corydon Central at Charlestown
• Time: 7:30 p.m.
• Records: Corydon Central 10-4 (3-2 MSC); Charlestown 8-5 (3-2 MSC).
• Last year: At Corydon Central 70, Charlestown 54 (regular season); Corydon Central 59, Charlestown 46 (sectional)
• Last 15 years: Corydon Central 16-2.
• Analysis: Both teams were essentially eliminated from the MSC race by Brownstown last weekend. As well as the Pirates have played in close games, Corydon is probably too talented.
• Greg's Pick: Corydon Central 70, Charlestown 62.
BOYS — Borden at Rock Creek Academy
• Time: 7:30 p.m.
• Records: Borden 12-2; Rock Creek 7-10.
• Rankings: Borden — Class A No. 5.
• Last year: At Borden 79, Rock Creek 71 (regular season); Borden 63, Rock Creek 49 (sectional).
• Last 15 years: Borden 9-5.
• Analysis: Even in a 22-2 season a year ago, Borden had a tough time shaking the Lions in two meetings. They Braves will probably win again, but this should be a good road test for them.
• Greg's Pick: Borden 63, Rock Creek 53.
BOYS — Eastern at Christian Academy
• Time: 7:30 p.m.
• Records: Eastern 6-8; Christian Academy 5-8.
• Last year: At Eastern 57, Christian Academy 43.
• Last 15 years: Eastern 6-3.
• Analysis: Both teams have shown flashes of being far better than their record. CAI has done it more often.
• Greg's Pick: Christian Academy 68, Eastern 63.
Drew Ellis, Jeffersonville
The Red Devils junior had 22 points in Friday's 64-35 victory over Bedford North Lawrence on Friday. Ellis knocked down eight of his 16 field goal attempts and all four of his free throws. He also had 10 rebounds, three assists and a pair of steals as Jeff improved to 6-0 in the Hoosier Hills Conference.
Last Week's Stars
• Jackson Logsdon, Floyd Central: Game-high 20 points in Friday's 50-49 win at Seymour; team-high 17 points in Saturday's 74-56 loss to Evansville Reitz.
• Shae Durham, Silver Creek: Team-high 20 points, including threee 3-pointers, in Friday's 61-54 win over Madison.
• Josh Rogers, New Albany: 11 points in Friday's 53-50 win over Evansville North; team-high 16 points and six rebounds in Saturday's 51-46 loss at Jasper.
• Garrett Vick, Borden: 8 points, including the game-winner with 4 seconds remaining in Friday's 37-36 win at Orleans.
• George Knott, Providence: Team-high 13 points in Friday's 47-26 win over Christian Academy.
• Tyler Collins, Henryville: Team-high 22 points in Friday's 72-41 loss at South Central.
• Aaron Hayes, Christian Academy: 18 of CAI's 26 points in Friday's loss to Providence.
Team Record Last
1. Jeffersonville 13-2 1
2. Providence 13-2 2
3. Clarksville 12-3 3
4. Borden 12-2 4
5. New Albany 8-6 5
6. Charlestown 8-5 6
7. Silver Creek 5-10 7
8. Rock Creek 7-10 8
9. Christian Academy 5-8 9
10. Floyd Central 4-13 —
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Your years in middle school will pass very quickly. Then you'll face a new adventure high school! Take some time now to think about the courses you may want to take then.
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The Rotary Club of Westerville is excited to offer the community a new venue for coming together and celebrating our brave men and women of the military.
We are proud to announce our annual Rotary Honors Veterans 5K Walk/Run. This is a family oriented 5K Walk/Run for adults and children that will honor our Veterans.
: The mission of the Rotary Honors Veterans 5K Walk/Run is "To honor, celebrate and recognize those Veterans that have provided the ultimate 'Service Above Self' commitment by serving and giving of themselves to our country." Each year our race committee will select a different local Veteran's organization to be a beneficiary of this event.
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Earlier this month, Google announced that it had become the largest public DNS service in the world, handling an average of more than 70 billion requests a day. From Google's point of view, this was great. As it pointed out in its official blog, a good DNS service helps make the Web faster and more secure. That's true. But is a giant DNS in Google's hands really good for the world?
The DNS or Domain Name System is often described as the "phone book" of the Internet, but that analogy tends to understate its importance. Imagine that you've suddenly landed in the middle of a giant megalopolis without any street names or building addresses or distinguishing characteristics and no working GPS. That would be the Internet without a domain name system.
But while the DNS system is criticial for planetary communications, helping to run it typically hasn't brought anyone power or glory. This led to a certain amount of neglect, which in turn created a business opportunity for companies willing to tackle the job of improving DNS.
Three years ago, I sat down with David Ulevitch, a developer who founded OpenDNS in 2005 to help make the Internet faster and more reliable for individuals and businesses by providing a better domain name service. At the time, OpenDNS had built a small but profitable business providing improved DNS for free to individuals and for a fee to enterprises. It later grew to operate the largest network of public DNS servers, serving millions of users around the world.
Unlike Google, Ulevitch has never struck me as being obsessed with world domination, so I reached out to him this week to ask what he thought of Google's entry, and now colossal presence, in the space.
What are the implications of Google being the largest public DNS service? Is this good for ordinary people who use the Internet?
First, I think it's a clear indication that Google takes DNS seriously. I've always said that Google's purview is limited to everything between the user and the advertisement. DNS fits squarely within those sights and cuts across a number of strategic areas of focus for Google—speed, security, analytics and control. I think efforts to make the Internet faster is good for ordinary people, but I think that there's more to Google's motives then pure benevolence. That's not to say good can't be a byproduct, but rather, there are ancillary benefits that may not be as friendly to the ordinary Internet user.
With DNS, it's possible to control key components of Internet navigation. Google already controls search, they are quickly gaining market share to control the browser, and when you put in DNS, it becomes the trifecta of complete navigational control. The "omnibox" is something Google introduced with Chrome, but I actually introduced it to Google PM Sundar Pichai a number of years before Chrome existed when demoing our vision for OpenDNS to him as he was then the PM for Google Toolbar, and other Google desktop products.
What role has Google played in the DNS ecosystem? Do you see them as a competitor or a partner?
Google has helped raise the importance of DNS above the network engineering community, which has been really good. They've also worked with us to advance the state of the art for DNS performance, something we've really enjoyed working with them to make happen. It's not so much competition as it is choice in the market. If they started defaulting Chrome to use Google DNS, I think that's something we would take issue with, but for now, we like the idea of people using a DNS other than their ISPs, that's a good idea for a lot of reasons.
What are some of those reasons?
I like the idea of separation of services. ISPs provide a pipe. Other vendors provide security. Other vendors provide email. When one party controls all the services, it's a "synergy" for the company, but rarely for the consumer. With DNS in particular, there are performance and security benefits that third party DNS providers offer that ISPs aren't incentivized to do since DNS is a cost-center for them, and a profit-center for us.
"I like the idea of separation of services. ISPs provide a pipe. Other vendors provide security. Other vendors provide email.", I like the IDEA!
Ulevitch sounds like a good guy.
iPage's ads are flooding everything, that easily costs millions, how could they afford it?
Even if they can it does not seem to make economic sense…
Is it a pure commericial entity or something else (some organization behind it?)?
We're not too sure if we should stick with them as a hosting company…
Of course, no discussion of the negative performance effects of using public DNS (Google or Open) by losing locality information, circumventing global loadbalancing performance optimizations…
John — http://www.afasterinternet.com/ — We have chartered that effort, along with Google and others. For the vast majority of sites, including all those on EC2, there is no issue. Even for most Akamai content there is no issue. But that isn't enough, and we won't stop until we're better than the rest — not satisfied just being the same.
It looks like every body has its own business model and own interests. That's fair.
It looks too that Forbes doesn't like Google, it it for advertising money's reason?
The DNS is a distributed system, 13 root servers contain the complete database of domain names and IP addresses. All others update from these 13….is that correct? So Google or OpenDNS is just another second level DNS. A database you can access to resolve the address of your page. It dould contain as much as one the first level DNS but so what, the others do not become unavailable.
I've been using the internet before www and aol. The fact that I can have nothing running I.E web browers, skype nothing but simply having accessed to the internet and there is google, connected to my computer… I had to make a trash google account just to make this post because responding required me to give up all my social contacts, access to view my social media thread and contacts list and giving up legal rights to my first born child. To post a comment…. I can guarantee 90% of the folks here don't even know what DNS is, let alone use it actively, or for that matter even use a single service for it. Not trying to come across as rude or condescending. But the internet went from hackers and techies to shopping for shoes and playing call of duty. The hackers and techies are still there. Having to give up your whole online life just to make a post, makes things that much easier…..


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Brad Neunswander from the Kansas State Department of Education knows Garden City High School brings home trophies and banners for extracurricular activities.
Friday afternoon the school was recognized in a different way.
GCHS was honored with the Blue Ribbon award. The National Blue Ribbon Schools award honors public and private elementary, middle and high schools where students perform at very high levels or where significant improvements are being made in students' levels of achievement.
GCHS was among six Kansas schools and 269 schools nationwide to receive the honors.
GCHS, along with Marshall Elementary School in Eureka, are being recognized in the Exemplary Improving Schools category.
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Neunswander said Garden City has a lot to be proud of.
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The school celebrated the Blue Ribbon Assembly with the color guard presenting the flag, the modern show choir singing "The Star-Spangled Banner," the cheerleaders and dance team doing a routine and the band playing the alma mater and school song.
James Mireles, principal, also received the Terrel H. Bell Award. He was one of seven principals in the nation and the only high school principal to receive the award. It was presented Tuesday in Washington, D.C.
Mireles has been the head principal at Garden City High School since 2004. Mireles was an associate principal at the school for four years prior to being appointed to the lead position at the school.
Mireles said Friday afternoon that both awards belong to the school. He had students and staff give themselves a standing ovation for the achievement of becoming a Blue Ribbon School. A Blue Ribbon Flag was presented to the school.
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Rick Atha, superintendent, presented Mireles with the Terrel H. Bell Award.
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