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Warrantless Spying Skyrockets Under Obama
And the news is being met with the equivalent of crickets chirping.
Is it fascism yet?
That was the snarky question glued to the bumper of every self-respecting progressive's gas/electric hybrid back during the Bush-Cheney administration. It now must be asked again.
Back then, liberals were raising the alarm about impending fascism because of post-9/11 policies such as warrantless wiretapping, wars of choice, military commissions, indefinite detention and so on.
Warrantless surveillance, for instance, drew intense scrutiny and saturation media coverage from the time it was discovered until approximately 12:05 p.m. EST January 20, 2009. Interest then dropped off markedly. After all, Barack Obama had promised "no more illegal wiretapping of American citizens." So, problem solved.
Except it wasn't. In fact, it got worse.
First the Obama administration defended warrantless wiretapping on state-secrets grounds. Now the ACLU has released a trove of Justice Department records showing – in the ACLU's words – a "huge increase in warrantless electronic surveillance" from 2009 to 2011. The documents show an explosion in the use of "pen register" and "trap and trace" surveillance. Those forms of spying record information such as who is calling (or emailing) whom and for how long, but not the content of the conversation.
Since content isn't recorded, the legal bar is set lower, and the surveillance might be technically legal. That shouldn't get anyone off the hook: The Bush administration claimed waterboarding was technically legal, too. Now the ACLU says "more people were subjected to [warrantless] pen register and trap and trace surveillance in the past two years than in the entire previous decade." Email surveillance, the civil-liberties group says, is "increasing exponentially."
A few years ago these revelations would have been milked for days of banner headlines. Now they are being met with the equivalent of crickets chirping. The New York Times – which won a Pulitzer for breaking the warrantless-wiretapping story during the Bush years – has not seen fit to mention the ACLU's findings. The election season has nothing to do with that, of course.
But it's not just the prestige press. The 2008 Democratic platform insisted on "constitutional protections and judicial oversight on any surveillance program involving Americans." It declared, "We reject illegal wiretapping of American citizens." It solemnly affirmed that "we will respect the time-honored principle of habeas corpus." This year's platform mentions none of that.
Why the lack of interest? One possible explanation is that nobody is surprised any longer by Obama's betrayal of his supporters' erstwhile hopes.
After all, this is the man who promised to close Guantanamo – and didn't. The man who promised to end military-commission trials of detainees – then sustained them. The man who said, in 2007, that "the president does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation" – then unilaterally authorized a military attack in Libya that involved zero imminent threat to the nation.
And this is the man who said policies such as indefinitely detaining foreign enemy combatants without charge had created "a legal black hole" that had "destroyed our credibility when it comes to rule of law all around the world" – then signed a law that permits the indefinite detention without charge of American citizens.
So maybe it's just fatigue.
But that seems doubtful. The Bush-Cheney administration's critics managed to sustain a state of apoplexy for eight long years. No infringement on the Constitution was too minor to merit a fresh geyser of outrage.
Yet now the wells have run dry. So the better explanation probably has more to do with Americans' Red Team-Blue Team approach to politics. Bashing the other guys is far more satisfying on just about every level than insisting that your side live up to its own ideals.
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So, the press is in the bag for Obama, then?
The Bush-Cheney administration's critics managed to sustain a state of apoplexy for eight long years. No infringement on the Constitution was too minor to merit a fresh geyser of outrage. Yet now the wells have run dry. So the better explanation probably has more to do with Americans' Red Team-Blue Team approach to politics.
Grade A horseshit. The New York Times withheld a story on warrantless surveillance by the Bush administration until after the 2004 election:
So the New York Times not running one story in 04 outweighs the ocean of coverage the issue got elsewhere?
Troll somewhere else.
Hinkle specifically complains in this article about the lack of coverage by the NYT of warrantless spying by Obama. Go suck GOP cock somewhere else this morning, John.
And he is right. Did the NYT not publish that article and many others? The delay of one article does nothing to prove your point when put up against the raft of other stories the NYT published under Bush but didn't publish under Obama.
Go troll elsewhere. Since you are a liberal, it is not like you are smart enough or rational enough to do anything but lie and troll anyway.
Hey look, another team blue tool is calling us team red. Go figure.
Balko's rule applies here. The press they love them some authoritarianism. I don't know if we'd see anything different from a McCain spyfest, other than maybe coverage of some Dem pols crying about it.
"A. Barton Hinkle on the Lack of Coverage of Obama's Warrantless Spying"
You don't say
Howabout an article on the lack of coverage of Obama's adminstration generally?
Seriously, the alt media is chock full of incredibly damaging information on Benghazi alone which is being studiously ignored.
According to NBC this morning Obama's eyebrows are superior to Romney's. I'm glad they're covering that so that informed voters will know who to best pick for President.
The New York Times—which won a Pulitzer for breaking the warrantless-wiretapping story during the Bush years—has not seen fit to mention the ACLU's findings. A. Barton Hinkle wonders if the election season has anything to do with that.
Does one really need to wonder?
In 2009 the PEW Foundation published their "excellence in journalism" report on the 2008 presidential election. In it they disclosed that for every one positive story on McCain campaign, there were four negative stories. The reporting on the the Obama campaign was the mirror image; that is, for every one negative story on Obama, there were four positive stories generated.
I can't wait to see the PEW report in 2013.
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Air source heat pumps tend to simpler to specify and design around, but they're not issue-free either. A poor implementation can bring the net efficiency down to a seasonal heating-season COP of 1.5 or less. Ducted heat pumps that are right-sized for the heating load, on systems with well insulated well sealed ducts might come in a COP of 2 or slightly better in an NE Kansas climate, but well thought out ductless heat pumps (mini-splits/multi-splits) can average a COP of 3-3.5 during the heating season in that climate, and blow away any ducted split-system on cooling efficiency.
If you're replacing your AC anyway, the up-charge for going with a heat pump isn't huge, and with the price volatility and sometimes high expense of propane it can be worth getting off it if you can.
All worthwhile HVAC systems start with a room by room heating & cooling load calculation. Odds are pretty good that your existing AC system is ridiculously oversized for the load (particularly after you've insulated and air-sealed both the house and the ducts), likely sized with the old-schooler's " a ton for every 500 square feet of living space" kind of rule, with some extra "just to be sure". Many factors make rules of thumb like that impossible to use well (shading factors, amount and type of west facing window area, ducts in the attic above the attic insulation, etc.) but most homes with reasonable insulation levels come in at about a ton/1000' (or more.)
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Last month, local violinist and composer Liz Meredith released a self-titled LP featuring two luxuriant, sidelong immersions into subtly shifting moods. Surprisingly, it's her first proper solo outing and it features two pieces she's been working over the past decade. This debut is surprising only because it feels like Meredith has become a versatile presence in local avant music, plying her string brio in High Zero/Red Room lineups and delivering hypnotic solo sets—surely she's set sound to wax sometime before? Turns out she hasn't, instead spending the last decade impressively honing her skills and ideas: She studied viola with the Kronos Quartet's Hank Dutt and composition with Fred Frith, the British guitarist who put the wiggy beauty and gnarled thrusts into Henry Cow, the Art Bears, and Naked City. Well, her patience has paid off. Liz Meredith is a gorgeous plunge into a plaintive mood, a place where rising and falling electronic textures and drawn-out viola lines cast soothing shadow plays on the brain. The glistening Side B clings to the ears the longest, the sound of a slow, cinematic fade-out that takes nearly 20 minutes to move from a tight close-up to a widescreen vista, every increment recalibrating the emotional kick of the image being branded on the mind's eye. Meredith plays a solo set at 2640 Space Nov. 18 along with fellow local electronic artists Jason Sloan and Erik Spangler and New Yorker Carver Audain. Visit redemmas.org/2640 for more details.
Speaking of 2640 Space, on Nov. 17 at the collectively-run Charles Village hub, a new contemporary music ensemble debuts. Newprism—founded by composer/pianist Robert A. Baker, who teaches music at Towson University and Anne Arundel Community College, and featuring performers from the Baltimore and Washington, D.C. area—plays a CD-release show for Sharp Edges, featuring Baker's solo and chamber works, with a concert that includes Morton Feldman's excruciatingly gentle "Projection 2." Visit newprismensemble.com for more details.
Finally, it's just a great week for contemporary sounds. On Nov. 15 the Red Room at Normal's Books and Records welcomes a tripleheader of noggin-knocking: Holland Hopson marries electronic rhythm kicks to banjo finger-picks, locally based improviser Khristian Weeks consistently impresses with his playful sonic assemblages, and D.C. drum-and-guitar duo Weed Tree pulls rock apart at the seams. Visit redroom.org for more information.
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- 12 July 2014 10:30am-1:30pm
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Amy Sharrocks at Swansea Museum
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Swansea Museum and Amy Sharrocks invite you to fall into the waters of Swansea, immerse yourself in the sea and share a group fall.
There are many falls: a general difficulty keeping up, the fall of an Empire, falling asleep, economic slumps and crashes, industrial depressions and recession, falls from grace. Children teach us that falling is a human condition, but somehow we forget that as we grow up…
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Medieval Swansea Tour by City Witness
- 21 June 2014 2:30-4:30pm
Join the research team to explore traces of medieval Swansea in the city today, and walk in the footsteps of William Cragh and other Medieval Characters.
This is part of our Medieval Swansea exhibition starting in June. This exhibition uses the strange tale of William Cragh as the starting-point for exploring medieval Swansea, drawing on the major new research project City Witness: Place and Perspective in Medieval Swansea (www.medievalswansea.ac.uk).
Suitable for
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Booking is essential, please ring Swansea Museum on 01792 653763.
Mapping Medieval Swansea
- 21 June 2014 11am-1pm
What can maps tell us about Medieval Swansea?This interactive workshop will introduce participants to sources and research techniques for reconstructing historic landscapes.
This is part of our Medieval Swansea exhibition starting in June. This exhibition uses the strange tale of William Cragh as the starting-point for exploring medieval Swansea, drawing on the major new research project City Witness: Place and Perspective in Medieval Swansea (www.medievalswansea.ac.uk).
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Forget what the Notre Dame Stadium ticket brochures say. The best seat in the house is in the defensive huddle before a goal-line stand.
One day NBC will figure out how to stick a camera in the middle of all those gold helmets to capture more drama than any reality-TV show, moments like the one right before the final play of Saturday's 20-13 overtime victory over Stanford.
Notre Dame defensive players always will remember a change in atmosphere that had nothing to do with the rain beginning to fall as hard as it had all afternoon.
"It changed from just be physical to, 'We have to stop them!''' Notre Dame defensive end Stephon Tuitt said.
"Everyone kept saying, it's now or never,'' safety Matthias Farley added.
"I got to witness the passion everybody has, the will to win,'' Notre Dame safety Zeke Motta said with a smile.
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"I just grinded,'' Nix said. "Then there were lots of men stacked on top of each other.''
One of them was Taylor, whose legs kept churning after cornerback Bennett Jackson and linebacker Carlo Calabrese stopped his progress as he tried extending the ball past the plane. Officials reviewed the replay but the goal-line stand coach Brian Kelly called "classic'' stood and Notre Dame survived its biggest scare in a season that keeps getting better.
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Three redevelopment sites are highlighted in the Waterfront Small Area Plan planning area, those being Robinson Terminal North and South, as well as the Cummings-Turner Block located between Prince and Duke Streets along The Strand. The Plan contains specific recommendations regarding improvements to these sites, including public access, monetary, and other contributions for public amenities. Learn about development activity occurring within the boundaries of the Waterfront Plan.
Robinson Terminal Sites
The purchase
contractors for both the Robinson Terminal South and North sites submitted
Concept Plans to the Department of Planning and Zoning in February 2014 for
those properties and in March both EYA, as the purchase contractor for Robinson Terminal South, and City
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to the Waterfront Commission. In both cases, a Development Special
Use Permit application is anticipated to be filed with the Department of
Planning and Zoning in fall/winter 2014.
As background, a October 17, 2013 Public Presentation by Contract
Purchasers of the Washington Post was made to the Waterfront Commission.
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Washington Post and other media reported that the Washington Post has selected
purchasers for the two Robinson Terminal Warehouse sites. The Post identified
the buyer of the northern warehouse as City Interests/Armada Hoffler and the
buyer for the southern warehouse as EYA/JBG. Read here for the Washington Post story. On Thursday, October 17, 2013, the Waterfront
Commission and Parks and Recreation Commission held a public meeting where they
received a presentation from the
contract purchasers of both sites. The purpose of the presentation was to
introduce the public to the teams for both sites. Both teams are still in their
due diligence period with the Washington Post.
Cummings-Turner Block: 220 S. Union Street - Carr Hospitality
Hospitality submitted a Development Special Use Permit (DSUP) application to
the City in November 2013 for a proposed 5-story 120 room hotel, with
underground parking and a restaurant for 220 S Union Street. The project was
recommended for approval by the Planning Commission on January 7, 2014 and
approved by the City Council on January 25, 2014. Click here to
view the Staff Report and the Minutes from January 25, 2014 City Council Public Hearing.
On March 19, 2014, the
Old & Historic Alexandria District Board of Architectural Review approved a
Certificate of Appropriateness for the hotel.
Cummings-Turner Block: 204-206 S. Union Street - Mid-19th Century Historic Warehouses
204-206 S. Union Street, two mid-19th century warehouse buildings located on the northern portion of the Cummings/Turner block, were acquired by Lawrence N. Brandt, Inc. in 2012. These historic structures have been converted from warehouse to office use in accordance with the guidelines of the Board of Architectural Review and related City guidelines. The buildings' heavy timber interior framing and massive solid masonry walls were accentuated under the rehabilitation and preservation processes. Since no change was requested for their massing, and because office uses are allowed under the existing zoning, a Special Use Permit was not required. Work on these buildings was completed in summer 2013, with occupancy by Columbia Capital, Inc. as of July 1, 2013.
Other Development Activity in the Planning Area:
The Food Court - Blackwall Hitch Restaurant
A Special Use Permit
was filed by Blackwall Hitch Alexandria, LLC, last year and
approved by both the Planning Commission and City Council in December 2013. It
was also approved on March 19, 2014 by the Old & Historic Alexandria
District Board of Architectural Review for a Certificate of
Appropriateness. The restaurant will contain 450 indoor and outdoor
seats, serving American cuisine. It is anticipated to open in fall/winter
2014. For more information, including video of the Council meeting, click here.
601 N. Fairfax Street - The Oronoco Residential Project
EYA, a
development firm based in the Washington Metropolitan area, has built several
urban-style residential properties in Alexandria and in 2011 acquired the Sheet
Metal Workers Office Building at 601 N. Fairfax Street (northeast corner of
North Fairfax and Pendleton Streets). It is converting the building from office
to residential use with 60 large condominium units, primarily two and three
bedrooms with terraces and common amenities such as a pool and concierge
service. EYA has posted a video related to The Oronoco. The Waterfront
Commission, the Urban Development Advisory Council, and the North Old Town
Independent Citizens Civic Association (NOTICe) received a tour of the
building, still under construction, in February 2014. It is scheduled to
open in late spring 2014. No change is required to the building's overall envelop;
therefore, neither a site plan nor Special Use Permit was required for
this project, however, conversion of the building did
require regular staff administrative approval of a grading plan and building
EYA has committed to contributing $25,000 towards the Art Walk which is a recommendation within the Waterfront SAP to create an artistic experience as one walks along the Waterfront.
· Read more about The Oronoco residential project
The Beachcombers Restaurant
The Beachcombers Restaurant, built in the mid-20th century, is a 3,630 square foot former restaurant building that was constructed over water at the corner of The Strand and Prince Street. Over time, the water around the building was filled in, in part with the excess from a concrete business located adjacent to this building. The building operated as a restaurant for only a few years and later became a gun shop and military surplus store for the next 50 years. There is interest in the public and the private sectors in restoring the building and accordingly a recommendation to restore it is included in the Waterfront SAP if the use is found to be economically viable.
To explore this possibility further, the City Council on September 27, 2012 approved issuance of a Request for Proposals (RFP) for The Beachcombers Restaurant. The RFP was issued on February 28, 2013 and closed on June 15, 2013. Three proposals were subsequently received by the City, and the Department of General Services, as the lead on this project, is anticipated to identify next steps in the review and selection processes shortly.
· Summary of The Beachcombers Restaurant RFP (August 2012)
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Here's a few unofficial screening questions: do you like to learn new technologies? Given a superior product to support, are you passionate about helping customers have a great experience? Have you heard about Chef? Are you ready to prove your system chops to the3/4/2014 Seattle, WA Save This Job
We?re not the type to brag ? but we?re trying to recruit you, so forgive us for a minute. Chef is building the best cloud infrastructure automation platform on the planet. We?re writing the rules of the cloud ? rules the world?s top engineers live, breathe and contribute to.3/4/2014 Seattle, WA Save This Job
The Opportunity The Pre-Sales Engineer - known as a Systems Engineer (SE) - provides technical sales support as the product expert on the Northwest Sales Team. The SE is a highly technical sales professional who is responsible for working with their Regional Sales Manager and2/17/2014 Seattle, WA Save This Job
The Opportunity The Pre-Sales Engineer - known as a Systems Engineer (SE) - provides technical sales support as the product expert on the Mid-Atlantic Sales Team. The SE is a highly technical sales professional who is responsible for working with their Regional Sales Managers2/17/2014 Seattle, WA Save This Job
HealthUnity Corporation (www.healthunity.com) is an eight years old innovation leader in the healthcare software industry headquartered in Bellevue, Washington is seeking high quality university graduates. Company has presence in several states including CA, IL, MD, NY and WA.2/11/2014 Bellevue, WA Save This Job
Are you interested in working side by side with an extremely talented technical team to bring game-changing technology to an ever-increasing enterprise customer base? As a Product Management Engineer at ExtraHop, you?ll gain hands-on experience with some of the most innovative2/11/2014 Seattle, WA Save This Job
Description JOB SUMMARY: The General Manager, Service Delivery will provide decisive leadership and management discipline aimed at maximizing the company?s growth and profitability while creating a solid foundation for clinical excellence across our service delivery teams.4/10/2014 Lynnwood, WA Save This Job
Job Description: Ryan Herco Flow Solutions is a leading nationwide distributor of fluid handling products, providing ultrapure, corrosion resistant fluid flow systems and expertise. Our broad customer base includes electronic component and equipment manufacturers, chemical,3/24/2014 Kent, WA Save This Job
As a Senior Storage Engineer in Hosting Services, you will design, implement and administrator highly available SAN/NAS in a 24/7 data center environment. You will work with fast-paced, skilled team of engineers and developers across multiple high-profile projects. You will also3/22/2014 Bothell, WA Save This Job
WE ARE CURRENTLY CONSIDERING QUALIFIED APPLICANTS FOR THIS ROLE WHO ARE BASED IN GREATER SEATTLE. The mission of the Quality Assurance team is to create technology frameworks, implement quality best practices processes, and develop tools to ensure we deliver optimal end user3/21/2014 SEATTLE, WA Save This Job
Zillow is looking for a software developer to own the internal tools used by Zillow?s sales and finance teams. In this important position you?ll be enhancing and expanding our sales-facing Python web applications, Java-based back end processes, and interfacing with our Salesforce3/20/2014 Seattle, WA Save This Job
Interested in helping build a big business? Want to change the mortgage industry and make the home buying experience better for consumers? Looking to gain some experience on a strong and growing team? Do you want your work to really make a difference? As a PM on the Mortgage3/20/2014 Seattle, WA Save This Job
Come work on products that matter to millions of people on their journey to find a place to call home. Our apps were featured at Google I/O last June as well as during the iPhone 5S and iOS 7 Apple press events in September and October. We?re looking for a top-notch program3/20/2014 Seattle, WA Save This Job
Position Description We are looking for a strong web analyst who has a passion for actionable analytics to improve customer experience with a focus on maximizing conversion and user engagement. What?s in for you? Ability to make an immediate impact: Zillow is a data-hungry3/20/2014 Seattle, WA Save This Job
Job Description: Join the revolution! Avalara Inc., one of the fastest growing technology companies in the United States, is seeking a Director, Product Management. Title based on experience. Avalara is the largest global provider of web-based sales and transactional tax3/20/2014 Bainbridge Island, WA Save This Job
What you?ll do As a Senior Machine Learning Engineer, you will be responsible for all phases of software development targeting the differencing of disaggregated complex overlapping real time waves and discrete events from a rich time series sensor stream using semi-supervised and3/19/2014 Seattle, WA Save This Job
Reports To Manager, Quality Assurance Direct Reports None Status Exempt Grade Level 40 Summary Imagine coming to work each day, video displays on the walls with stunning originally produced content playing, a wide range of music overhead and a friendly smile3/11/2014 Redmond, WA Save This Job
buuteeq is one of the fastest growing software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies in the world and we are focused on changing the meaning of web marketing for the hospitality industry. Our cloud-based Digital Marketing System (DMS) is the first of its kind, including content3/10/2014 Seattle, WA Save This Job
Job Type: Full-Time See who you know at Silver Peak Systems The Systems Engineer (SE) position at Silver Peak is responsible for overcoming and removing all technical barriers in the sales process. In this position you will work with a regional account manager to develop new3/9/2014 Seattle, WA Save This Job


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The first panel discussion at the CNBC and Institutional InvestorDelivering Alpha conference saw a sharp, if polite, divide on the subject of Europe.
Peter Briger, principal and co-chair of Fortress Investment Group, said that European debt is "underpriced." Despite widespread worries about the future of the Eurozone, the risk premium on European credit assets still aren't high enough, Briger argued.
"Financial services garbage collection will be a huge opportunity in the next five years," Briger said. But not yet.
"Prices just aren't interesting to us here," Briger said.
Richard Perry, the chief executive of Perry Capital, thinks the time to start picking up the trash is now.
He argued that European debt was oversold because so many institutional investors and banks have been forced to sell off their European assets, as the market discounts any investment it discovers has sizable exposure to Europe.
"At the end of the quarter, you can't have Spain and Italy on your books," Perry said.
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In October 2001, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded PAHO a grant for a program of joint activities in the Amazon subregion. This page describes the project and provides links to project documentation.
The Amazon Network for the Surveillance of Antimalarial Drug Resistance (RAVREDA) refers to the network organized in 2001 by Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela, along with PAHO, in response to the challenge of antimalarial drug resistance in the Amazon. As its work progressed, RAVREDA partnered with international institutions and local organizations in the countries to achieve its goals, which have now been expanded to include the various components of the Regional Strategic Plan for Malaria in the Americas 2006–2010, as aligned with national and global strategies and goals. French Guiana is currently joining the network as an observer, while efforts are also in progress to link with Mexico and the Central American countries.
The Amazon Malaria Initiative (AMI) is the initiative launched in 2001 by the United States Agency for International Development, Office for Infectious Diseases in Latin America and the Caribbean (USAID/LAC), as its mechanism for focusing its financial and technical resources in support of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership in Latin America. With strong emphasis on the importance of promoting coordination of efforts among all partners in the Region, AMI is implemented by five USAID partners:


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It's Duke, Again: An Early '10-11 Top 25
INDIANAPOLIS — After all Duke's photo opportunities had been exhausted, the national championship trophy was placed, oddly, on top of a garbage can in the Blue Devils' locker room. Reporters surrounded Jon Scheyer and Brian Zoubek, two stars whose careers were officially over; and they were packed around Kyle Singler, a star who may use his Final Four Most Outstanding Player award as a springboard into the first round of the NBA draft. The one Dukie not wearing a jersey sat alone in a back corner of the locker room, smiling, but detached from the scene.
Seth Curry was wearing dress clothes, sitting out the final game of his transfer year after leaving Liberty for Duke last March. Stephen's gunner of a younger brother (he averaged 20.2 points for the Flames as a freshman and was a key member of the U.S. Under-19 gold-medal team last summer) took his visit to Durham on the day after the Blue Devils suffered a 23-point loss to Villanova in the Sweet 16. "The mood there was pretty somber," he said. "Their goal is to get to the Final Four every year. I wouldn't say they were panicking, but the situation wasn't good."
Curry spent this season battling in practice with Scheyer and junior guard Nolan Smith — and watched them rebound from that '09 tourney embarrassment to win Duke's fourth national title under Coach K, and first since 2002. Now it'll be Curry's turn to chase a title of his own, as he joins a backcourt so loaded — with Smith, incoming five-star point guard Kyrie Irving, and sophomore-to-be shooting guard Andre Dawkins — that it makes the Blue Devils an easy pick as SI's way-too-early preseason No. 1 for 2010-11.
Smith, despite having a stellar NCAA tournament, gave no serious thought to testing the NBA draft. He didn't want to miss out on what comes next in Durham. "This squad coming in could be something special," he said. "Back-to-back championships could be in our future."
The lineup of challengers for the '10-11 national title looks like this:
(For the sake of more realistic rankings, I'm assuming that Baylor's Ekpe Udoh; Georgetown's Greg Monroe; Georgia Tech's Derrick Favors; Kansas' Cole Aldrich and Xavier Henry; Kentucky's Eric Bledsoe, DeMarcus Cousins, Daniel Orton and John Wall; North Carolina's Ed Davis; Ohio State's Evan Turner; Oklahoma State's James Anderson; Syracuse's Wes Johnson; West Virginia's Devin Ebanks and Xavier's Jordan Crawford all turn pro. And I'm not making any assumptions about unsigned recruits, such as Brandon Knight or Josh Selby.)
1. DUKE: The Blue Devils are here for the backcourt-related reasons stated above, and the breakout year I expect from sophomore Mason Plumlee, who missed time this season with a broken wrist.
2. MICHIGAN STATE: Point forward Draymond Green and shooting guard Durrell Summers are on the verge of becoming national stars. The Spartans will bring in five-star freshman 6-foot-10 center Adreian Payne.
3. BUTLER: The Bulldogs lose stopper Willie Veasley, but if they can keep coach Brad Stevens (who'll surely receive big-time job offers) and Gordon Hayward (who's considering the NBA draft), they'll be called a powerhouse, not a mid-major.
4. KANSAS STATE: The Beard is back: Jacob Pullen will be the marquee guard in the Big 12. He and the Wildcats' glass-crashers — Curtis Kelly, Wally Judge and Jamar Samuels, as well as 6-11 juco transfer Freddy Asprilla — will keep the Octagon rocking.
5. PURDUE: The Boilermakers lose Keaton Grant and Chris Kramer, but a healed Robbie Hummel (torn ACL), along with 6-10 JaJuan Johnson and guards E'Twaun Moore and Lewis Jackson, could help Purdue finally break through to the Final Four.
6. VILLANOVA: Sophomore point guard Maalik Wayns is primed for breakout stardom in Scottie Reynolds' absence, and center Mouphtaou Yarou, who missed part of his freshman year due to hepatitis B, should make huge gains in his first full season.
7. PITTSBURGH: The Panthers were Big East contenders a year ahead of schedule, tying for second in the league. Junior guard Ashton Gibbs is one of the nation's most underrated scorers — he shot 44.4 percent on threes during Big East play in '09-10 — and on the verge of becoming a national name.
8. OHIO STATE: The Buckeyes are sure to lose Evan Turner, but they're bringing in Rivals.com's No. 2-rated recruiting class, which includes homegrown center Jared Sullinger and power forward Deshaun Thomas, to join senior wings David Lighty and Jon Diebler, as well as William Buford.
9. BRIGHAM YOUNG: If shooting guard Jimmer Fredette rejoins Michael Loyd Jr. in the backcourt after testing the NBA draft waters, BYU will be the best team west of the Rockies for the second straight season, and a sleeper pick for the Final Four.
10. TEMPLE: With Maryland's Greivis Vasquez (Venezuela) out of the picture, Owls star Juan Fernandez is the best South American in college hoops. But will he continue to score as efficiently (12.6 ppg. 45.3 percent on threes) after moving from shooting guard to the point as a junior?
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It is no secret that couples argue. One person says something that upsets the other, and the battle begins. A small fight often escalates into something bigger, causing intense strain in the relationship. Experts say that meditation can save the relationship - but does it actually work? According to a recent study from Northeastern University and Harvard University, meditation can improve compassion, an important trait when it comes to a strong partnership. With that thought in mind, I've rounded up some experts to explain why meditating will improve your love life:
1. It teaches you self-realization. Before jumping into a relationship, it's important to know who you are as an individual. But what happens after you meet the right person and begin to lose sight of who you once were? "A relationship that is strong will allow each individual to grow on their own, and maintaining a sense of self is vital for this growth," says spiritual life coach Michelle Brock. "Meditation, which to me means to sit, close your eyes, breathe and allow yourself to feel your emotions, is what allows us to discover what is really going on inside of us. This part of us is the unconscious - 'the inner self' - which is where the truth of who we really are resides."
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2. It helps strengthen your relationship. Additionally, self-realization through meditation actually improves your love life by introducing a spiritual element into the mix. "When we are born into a physical body, we are born into forgetfulness of our soul and our spirit," Brock explains. "Meditation leads to self-realization by helping us to remember who we really are: an eternal being who is here in order to learn, grow and evolve."
3. It's a stress reliever. After having one of those days where nothing seems to go right - you woke up late, got yelled at by your boss, and missed the train coming home - we often take our built up anger out on our partners. Dr. Scott Haltzman, Brown University psychiatrist and author of The Secrets of Surviving Infidelity, explains the negative impact of stress on a relationship: "When one family member is over-stressed, it can be contagious; others in the family have a hard time staying calm if just one person feels emotionally out of control. It can increase tension in the family and lower levels of happiness." When one person meditates, a sense of calmness entraps the marriage, which could be the cure to end the fighting.
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4. It gives you a chance to bond with your partner. With the hustle and bustle of everyday life, it is often hard to set aside quality time with your significant other. "Shared activities are a large part of defining themselves as a couple," says Carl G. Hindy Ph.D., a clinical psychologist and marriage counselor. "Meditation puts you in the here and now. It can help stop what, for some people, is the constant churning of thoughts, fears, expectations, reactions, second-guessing, doubting and questioning. It brings about an inner quietness that may help hit the reset button for a time."
5. It can remind you what's most important. After being together for so long, it can often become difficult to focus on what really matters. There are so many responsibilities that come with relationships, but it doesn't have to be all work and no romance. "When two people are in love and connected on a soulful level, just sitting together in their own place of 'centeredness' and quiet allows each person to focus on the things that really matter in this world," says Kailen Rosenberg, a love and relationship coach. "It's a beautiful way to focus on love with one another while loving yourselves individually - all while staying on a path of balance and something higher in your relationship."
Lori is the Executive Editor of CupidsPulse.com, a first-of-its-kind website that takes the latest celebrity news and repackages it to help singles and couples navigate their love lives. She is a sought after relationship and entertainment expert who has been featured in The Wall Street Journal , Newsday, Chicago-Tribune, Working Mother, Woman's Day, Redbook, Parenting, and on Fox News, The Suze Orman Show, WebMD, Match,com, JDate, YourTango, and more. She's appeared in two books, 'No Excuses: 9 Ways Women Can Change How We Think about Power' by feminist icon Gloria Feldt and 'Cheat on Your Husband (With Your Husband)' by Andrea Syrtash. Using her knowledge of the entertainment industry and PR background, Lori launched CupidsPulse.com with the mission of bringing real-world perspective to the overly fantasized celebrity relationship stories saturating the news. Today, CupidsPulse.com has more than one million unique visitors per month.


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Whatever some Falcons fans think of the job he did there — when you lose 24-2, and the defense scored all of your points, is it the defense's fault? — he's done it well in college. He's done it well in the SEC.
The man even came to Auburn with a persona, flashing the Magnum mustache, so start checking boxes on a home-run hire for Auburn head coach Gene Chizik.
Just don't check the box next to "miracle worker." That much became clear in Auburn's season-opening 26-19 loss to Clemson on Saturday.
The defense that gave up 624 yards to Clemson a year ago gave up 528 Saturday.
The defense that couldn't tackle or stop anyone on third down a year ago didn't look much better that way, which partly explains how it stayed on the field for 87 plays.
With numbers like that, it's a tribute to coaching and stamina that Auburn still managed to lead in the fourth quarter and came within a touchdown of the nation's then-No. 14 team.
But it's a long season, and all of those teams than hung 40ish points on Auburn in 2011 lie ahead. That starts Saturday at Mississippi State, which came inches short of 40 points at Auburn a year ago.
If Auburn's defense doesn't get better, then Auburn's results won't get better.
After seeing many of the same players struggle in many of the same ways, one wonders how much better even VanGorder can make Auburn's defense in one season.
Ends Corey Lemonier and Dee Ford are good. Everyone knew that.
They're pass-rushing specialists, which works great when a defense forces obvious passing situations. Clemson running back Andre Ellington accounted for 228 of Clemson's 320 rushing yards, and he averaged 9.1 a carry.
A year of physical maturity didn't make a year's difference in game one. The middle of the defensive line got pushed, not push.
There's also still a problem at linebacker. Auburn has SEC linebackers, but they play defensive end.
Remember the secondary that let Clemson complete pass after pass between the linebackers and back line a year ago? They did it again Saturday.
Auburn clearly needed change after three years of mediocre-or-worse defense. There's every reason to believe VanGorder can get it done in the SEC.
Between VanGorder and Chizik, coordinator for Auburn's unbeaten team of 2004 and Texas' national-championship team in 2005, the Tigers have the brain trust for a good defense.
They still have most of the same players from a year ago, however, and those players are learning a new way under a new boss.
It's early in VanGorder's first season. Auburn's defense has lots of time to show improvement, but it came out of game one showing much of the same.
The Tigers also came out of game one with VanGorder vowing that no position is settled. This comes after he spent months settling them and 60 minutes absorbing a reality check.
Even he admitted surprise at how poorly the Tigers tackled.
VanGorder is good, but Auburn needed a miracle worker for a dramatic turnaround in year one.
Sports Columnist Joe Medley: 256-235-3576. On Twitter @jmedley_star.


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December 27, 2007 – Banning Eyre picks the year's best music from Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.
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December 26, 2007 – WNYC's John Schaefer picks his favorite albums of the year, singling out Osvaldo Golijov. WNYC
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December 25, 2007 – WBGO host Gary Walker shares his favorite jazz recordings of 2007, led by the late Michael Brecker. WBGO
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December 24, 2007 – The best hip-hop CDs of 2007 helped push the boundaries of the genre. KEXP
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December 24, 2007 – The year's best kids' albums, as chosen by WXPN, are appealing to children and their parents alike. WXPN
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December 24, 2007 – Song of the Day editor Stephen Thompson picks his 10 favorite CDs of 2007.
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December 21, 2007 – All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen shares his picks for the year's top ten CDs.
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December 21, 2007 – From Minnesota to Venezuela, this list of 2007's top classical discs spans continents and eras. APM
Listen Listeners' Picks for Album of the Year
December 20, 2007 – Usual suspects Radiohead, Wilco and Arcade Fire top the list, but some unexpected entries appear.
Listen All Songs Considered: Listeners Pick the Year's Best
December 20, 2007 – Tens of thousands of listeners voted for the year's best CDs, with Radiohead coming out on top.
Read From Wilco to M.I.A.: Will Hermes' Top Ten CDs for 2007
December 20, 2007 – Writer and reviewer Will Hermes shares his favorite albums of the past year.
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December 20, 2007 – All Songs Considered producer Robin Hilton shares his picks for the best CDs of 2007.
Read Sunshine Through the Clouds: Tom Moon's Top Ten CDs for 2007
December 20, 2007 – All Things Considered Reviewer Tom Moon offers his picks for the year's best albums.
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December 20, 2007 – Reviewer Meredith Ochs shares her top ten albums for 2007.