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ex ScientiaHi, I am Pablo Fernicola, and in this blog I will cover different aspects of my work related to scientific and scholarly communication, publishing, and knowledge disseminationhttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/exscientia/atom.aspxTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)2008-03-20T08:55:00ZWorkshop at the Open Repositories '09 conferencehttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/exscientia/archive/2009/04/30/workshop-at-the-open-repositories-09-conference.aspx2009-04-30T08:02:00Z2009-04-30T08:02:00Z
There is limited space available, but if you are going to be at the Open Repositories '09 conference, you may want to register for and attend the workshop we are presenting on Thursday, May 21st, from 1 to 6 PM.

The workshop will be a one-stop shop encompasing all the tools and services that are being sponsored by Microsoft Research in the Scholarly Communication space. The center piece of the workshop is going to be Zentity, the research-output repository platform currently in Beta 2. Also covered will be the Article Authoring and Ontology add-ins, on the authoring front, as well as the Electronic Journals Service and the Research Information Center projects.

The workshop will highlight a couple of services that are useful for the consumption and archiving of articles, the Machine Translation and the Document Conversion services.

More details on this and other workshops are available at https://or09.library.gatech.edu/workshops.php.

pablofehttp://blogs.msdn.com/pablofe/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxUpcoming Events and Updateshttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/exscientia/archive/2009/04/29/upcoming-events-and-updates.aspx2009-04-29T22:17:00Z2009-04-29T22:17:00Z
There are two conferences coming up in May, where we will be presenting updates on the Article Authoring Add-in and other projects:

 May 18-21 - Open Repositories 09 in Atlanta, GA.

 May 27-29 - Society for Scholarly Publishing 2009 Annual Meeting in Baltimore, MD

These are great opportunities to discuss authoring, metadata, and semantics, as well as the evolution of authoring in relation to the publishing workflow.

In addition to the evolution on core functionality related to semantics and metadata, as well as improvements in the user experience, there are a number of new features in the Authoring Add-in, looking at better integration with submission and archival workflows. One of these new integration features relates to submissions from Word using the SWORD protocol, which is based on Atom Publishing Protocol. And the other relates to mapping relationships between content in the document and data, through the use of ORE resource maps.

I will be presenting at both events, so feel free to come by if you want to discuss these topics or introduce yourself. Also feel free to contact me ahead of the events if you want to arrange meetings.

pablofehttp://blogs.msdn.com/pablofe/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxUpcoming Scholarly Publishing Events in London - See You Therehttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/exscientia/archive/2008/11/24/upcoming-scholarly-publishing-events-in-london-see-you-there.aspx2008-11-25T02:38:00Z2008-11-25T02:38:00Z
A few of the Microsoft people involved in Scholarly Publishing (Lee Dirks, Alex Wade, and myself) will be in London next week (December 2nd through 5th) to attend the Online Information 2008 conference, as well as present at two events from the International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers - the STM E-Production Seminar 2008 and the STM Innovations Seminar 2008 - New Streams, New Views, New Directions, Moving to a Future Beyond Text (more information here).<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>

This is a great opportunity for us to connect with others involved in the scholarly publishing space in Europe, so, if you attending one of these events or are in the London area, we invite you to contact us and see if we can arrange informal meetings. Drop us a note in the comments, or feel free to say hi to us at the conferences.

pablofehttp://blogs.msdn.com/pablofe/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxPeer Review in the Age of Software as a Servicehttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/exscientia/archive/2008/11/03/peer-review-in-the-age-of-software-as-a-service.aspx2008-11-03T09:55:00Z2008-11-03T09:55:00Z
The Microsoft eJournal Service is a good example of a growing trend towards delivering functionality through the Software as a Service approach.

This web based service enables scientists and researchers to more easily engage in the collaborative process that is the foundation of Scholarly Publishing. The service aims at lowering the technical and financial barriers involved in getting a publication up and running, by removing the need for purchasing and maintaining servers, as well as installing and updating software packages. While some aspects of publishing remain the same, such as producing good research, capturing the results in an article, finding experts to review the article, and polishing the article for publishing, the goal is that the service will make the publishing process more accessible and available to a larger number of scientists.

Roles and Workflows

The service is based on three key roles: Editors, Reviewers, and Authors. Through the service, Editors can gather and review submissions from Authors, and coordinate the review process with the Reviewers. At the end of the review process, approved articles can be posted to the journal site and/or submitted to repositories, or even passed to other services.

Underlying the service is a set of workflows, which guide the different participants through the process and help manage the tasks and deadlines. These workflows support the core interactions which underlie the review process, with some options available to configure the workflow.

Format Independence and Browser Neutrality

The service does not impose the use of a particular file format, the Editor can restrict submissions to only certain file types if desired, and should be accessible through any web browser. In selecting a file format, I would advise migrating to XML based formats, such as OpenXML, which can more easily capture semantics, metadata, and relationship between content and data, and are more conducive to computer processing for search and semantic analysis.

Repositories

At the end of the process, the Editor can configure the service to deposit the articles to different repositories. One of those repositories is ArXiv, which is very popular for Physics and Math content, and can now be accessed using the SWORD protocol.

The service can also be used to deposit to other SWORD based archives. This functionality would also be useful for depositing into institutional repositories, and as such, the service could be used to manage the review process for publications such as thesis.

In order to deposit to a repository, you will need a login name and password on the system. The repository may have requirements as to the file formats supported, and their packaging, which you will need to match before submitting.

For folks in BioMed, you can also select to deposit into PubMed Central, and, as noted before, you need to be approved for deposit ahead of time, and have access to the system.

Participate!

As with the Authoring Add-in, we welcome your participation and feedback. We would love to hear from you in relation to what we can offer to make you more productive and, hopefully, make the technology disappear in the background, freeing you to focus on the task at hand and simplifying the process. Give the service the service a try at http://journal.mssandbox.net/.

Other Interesting Services

Two very interesting recently introduced services are Office Live Workspaces and Office Live Small Business. Office Live Small Business is a great example of making online presence and collaboration more accessible through a subscription model, along the lines of what we are trying to achieve with the eJournal Service. For those that are interested in the technical details, underlying Office Live Small Business is Microsoft SharePoint.

Squarely on the business front are two new software-as-a-service offerings, hosted SharePoint and hosted Exchange. Besides being useful to small, medium, and even large business, both of these services should be of useful to universities, colleges, and research institutions.
pablofehttp://blogs.msdn.com/pablofe/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxRelease Candidate for Article Authoring Add-in Now Available for Downloadhttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/exscientia/archive/2008/07/28/release-candidate-for-article-authoring-add-in.aspx2008-07-28T09:54:00Z2008-07-28T09:54:00Z
We are happy to announce that this morning we posted the Release Candidate build of the Article Authoring Add-in.

Over the past couple of months, the community has provided very useful feedback based on the Beta 1 release. We feel that we have refined the overall experience and addressed the key elements of the feedback we have received in this Release Candidate of the add-in. Thank you for your engagement and support.

Starting with a simplified install experience, this latest release has a number of improvements under the covers, from enhancing the XML that is generated to improvements in the user interaction, especially for the Journal Panel. We encourage you to download this new build and evaluate it as part of your workflow. As you think of using the different functionality provided by the add-in, please send us your comments and requests for future releases.

Let's do a quick recap of what the add-in provides:

Open/Save files into the National Library of Medicine XML format

XML documents in the NLM format can be opened from within Word, edited, and saved, both as Word files and back again as XML. The add-in also includes support for the NLM book format.

Access to Metadata from within the Word user interface

Author, article, and journal metadata is accessible through the user interface exposed by the add-in, enabling the editing of all information that is part of the NLM format. Software developers can also write tools and applications to create or access this data programmatically, for example connecting the data in a document to a database.

Incorporating NLM semantic elements within the Word document

Starting with Sections, semantic elements appear explicitly within the document, and enable authoring in a more structured manner, better preparing the document contents for analysis, validation, and search.

Ability to create and use templates

The add-in installs a set of example templates: a blank article template, a blank book chapter template, and a sample article template with keywords and sections. The blank articles are particularly useful for starting new articles, or for providing structure to content pasted in from another document.

We feel that the add-in supports the evolution to the greater use of XML as the underlying format for archiving articles. Specially as part of the transition to electronic-first or electronic only publishing, the add-in should prove useful in generating XML content, without having first to take articles through the traditional print oriented and page layout based processes. The resulting XML content can then be transformed for presentation, making use of the semantic information in the document to determine presentation parameters.

In addition, the add-in should be particular useful to journals/publishers in the biomedical fields, where many articles are now required to be submitted to PubMed Central for archival.

pablofehttp://blogs.msdn.com/pablofe/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxIntroducing the Alpha Preview of the Microsoft eJournal Servicehttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/exscientia/archive/2008/07/28/introducing-the-alpha-preview-of-the-microsoft-ejournal-service.aspx2008-07-28T09:00:00Z2008-07-28T09:00:00Z
Update

We would like to highlight the collaboration and input from commercial and non-commercial entities in relation to the Microsoft eJournal Service and the Article Authoring add-in projects:

"I am pleased that Microsoft is taking innovative steps to support more open, efficient, and effective scholarly communication in the digital networked environment. For example, the free eJournal Service gives many scholarly societies a valuable new option for online publication and a way to avoid taking on high costs. The Article Authoring and Creative Commons add-ins to Word also are good news, offering capacities that could bring down production costs and allow authors to better manage their intellectual property rights." – <?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st2:PersonName w:st="on"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas:contacts" /><st1:GivenName w:st="on">Heather</st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn w:st="on">Joseph</st1:Sn></st2:PersonName>, Executive Director, SPARC (Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition)

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"Partnering with members of the scholarly community, Microsoft External Research is working to facilitate the next step in the transformation of scholarly communications with networking tools built into Microsoft products. The Article Authoring add-in for Microsoft Word 2007 permits authors to produce documents directly in the format used by the NLM's PubMed Central repository, and is a significant step towards producing next-generation documents semantically tied to distributed network databases and relevant ontologies. The Microsoft team has also worked with the arXiv.org database on an automated upload protocol for documents and metadata, both for ingest from individuals and of entire conferences. We look forward to further enhancements, permitting autonomous discovery of related documents, relevant materials, and other linkages, accelerating the move towards a better integrated scholarly knowledge network." - Paul Ginsparg, professor of Physics and Information Science at Cornell University

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"NCBI welcomes Microsoft's decision to support NLM format XML in the Article Authoring add-in for Microsoft Word," said <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = "urn:schemas:contacts" /><st2:GivenName w:st="on">James</st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn w:st="on">Ostell</st2:Sn>, <st2:nameSuffix w:st="on">Ph.D.</st2:nameSuffix></st1:PersonName>, Chief of the Information Engineering Branch at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">National</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), a division of the National Library of Medicine. "NLM's archival format for electronic documents has been adopted by the Library of Congress and the British Library, and directly supporting this standard in Word is an important step toward simplifying the process to archive the scientific literature. It also opens doors to new possibilities to integrate data and tools with the traditional scientific authoring process."

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"The Add-In will enable scholars and scholarly publishers to use the familiar Word environment for writing, editing, and tagging scholarly articles in the industry standard NLM XML DTD. With about two million articles authored and published every year, the potential impact on this Add-In should not be underestimated." <st1:PersonName w:st="on"><st2:GivenName w:st="on">Ahmed</st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn w:st="on">Hindawi</st2:Sn></st1:PersonName>, <st1:stockticker w:st="on">CEO</st1:stockticker> of Hindawi Publishing Corporation<o:p></o:p>

We would also like to thank all other publishers, companies, institutions, and individuals who helped shape the releases we introduced today.

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This morning we are excited to be introducing the Alpha Preview of the Microsoft eJournal Service.

The service is focused primarily on electronic-only journals. Scientists and researchers wanting to start new journals, or those with an existing small journal, should find the system useful for conducting the peer review process, and for archiving published articles to Information Repositories (IRs) and/or the public facing section of their site. It is common for electronic-first journals to publish articles as they are approved, so the service presents an article focused process. The philosophy of the project is to keep the workflows simple and avoid over complicating the management process and site usage with too many options.

The goal of the Alpha Preview is to gather feedback and requirements from the community, to help us pinpoint what additional functionality and changes would be useful to you, as we enhance the service going forward. As part of the Alpha Trial program, sites will be active only for a limited time and are restricted in the number of people that can participate and in the number of articles that can be processed. As the service evolves, the functionality will be expanded, and more open, Beta level, programs will be offered.

The service is open to all file formats, article submissions can be of any format, as configured as part of the site settings. On the archival side, the service supports depositing into any Information Repository that uses the SWORD protocol (for example, the ArXiv repository and EPrints based IRs).

The service nature of this offering means that users don't have to be concerned with procuring and maintaining hardware, or with software installation and updates. The service is usable from any web browser, without requiring any local applications. The service relies on tasks and emails to keep participants informed of the work items assigned to them and associated deadlines.

 It is our hope that, as the service evolves, it will help facilitate greater online collaboration for the scholarly communication community, and lead to great dissemination of knowledge.

 We welcome your comments and feedback on the service!

pablofehttp://blogs.msdn.com/pablofe/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxFeedback on your usage modelhttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/exscientia/archive/2008/07/17/feedback-on-your-usage-model.aspx2008-07-17T23:03:00Z2008-07-17T23:03:00Z
Participation in the Beta program so far has been fantastic and we have been able to incorporate most of the feedback and requests that you have sent in so far. It is evident that this community is very hands-on and enthusiastic about the authoring and archiving process.

We have been able to engage in a good dialog with several community members, with folks submitting their sample documents for testing and scenarios as input. While a lot of people have downloaded the add-in, not everyone has contacted us with comments and feedback yet, so I wanted to open up the dialog and solicit your input.

As expected, the majority of the early adopters are part of the staff at journals, repositories, libraries, and also companies that support the publishing workflow. There are a few enthusiasts/early adopters, as well as folks interested in the writing process and on capturing semantics, who have also tried out the add-in and sent their feedback. Many thanks to all that have contacted us!

To help kickstart the broader dialog, here are some questions as to how you are using, or planning to use, the add-in as part of your workflow:

Do you start using the add-in by importing an xml file, or by pasting in content from another document?

Do you use the add-in for editing content, metadata, or both?

Do you introduce new sections into documents? Do you tend to use custom sections?

Have you created templates, with sections that you use often, for re-use?

Have you used the keyword or subject area panel (on the right side of the window)?

Are there elements in the NLM format which are not currently supported in the add-in which are essential for your workflow?

Do you plan to access the content or metadata in the file directly, without using Word (for example using your own internal tools)?

If there is anything else you want to comment on in relation to the add-in, feel free to send it in. You can post your answers as comments on the blog or send them over email. This is a great opportunity to engage in the development of the add-in and help shape the experience for authoring scientific and technical articles.

And, once more, many thanks for your participation and input.

pablofehttp://blogs.msdn.com/pablofe/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxBeta of Microsoft's Article Authoring Add-in Now Available Broadly for Downloadhttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/exscientia/archive/2008/05/30/beta-of-microsoft-s-article-authoring-add-in-now-available-broadly-for-download.aspx2008-05-30T14:34:00Z2008-05-30T14:34:00Z
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REDMOND, Wash. — May 30, 2008 — At the annual meeting of the Society for Scholarly Publishing in Boston, Microsoft announced the wide availability of the Beta 1 release of the Article Authoring Add-in for Microsoft Word 2007. In addition to enabling Word users to open and save documents using the National Library of Medicine's XML Journal Publishing format, used for the authoring of scientific articles, the Beta 1 release adds support for the NCBI Book format, used for authoring book chapters for digital books.<o:p></o:p>

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A key value of the Article Authoring add-in is in enabling editors at scientific and technical journals to create article templates, tailored for their individual journals' requirements. These templates will assist authors in writing articles with greater consistency in relation to the structure of the articles, better reflecting the content requirements of the journals, and in expressing semantic information which is key for the search and consumption of articles in digital form.<o:p></o:p>

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"The Add-In is a very positive development that will help scholars to write and tag their articles in the industry-standard NLM XML DTD, and will help publishers to process these articles in their editorial and production departments. We are pleased to be working with Microsoft on testing and refining this important tool that will benefit scholars and scholarly publishers alike", said Ahmed Hindawi, CEO of Hindawi Publishing Corporation.<o:p></o:p>

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The Article Authoring add-in enables authors to express a greater variety of semantic information, and metadata, as part of writing articles. This semantic information, captured in the XML format and preserved based on the extensibility in the Open XML standard, will prove valuable in improving the results from search queries and for the long term archival of scientific information.<o:p></o:p>

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In addition to preserving information that is native to Microsoft Word, the Beta 1 release of the Article Authoring add-in also preserves Math information from controls, such as Design Science's MathType, when saving Word documents to the NLM XML format. Paul Topping, President and CEO of Design Science, Inc., stated that "We were happy to work with Microsoft to add support for Equation Editor and MathType equations to the Article Authoring add-in. Since at least 85% of the articles containing math submitted to scientific journals have equations in those formats, this support is critical."<o:p></o:p>

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The Open XML standard, with its capabilities to support custom-schemas, enables the Word add-in to support the entire set of rich information encoded by the NLM format. The add-in also provides easy access to the metadata in the NLM format, both by journal editors and by authors, directly from within the Word user interface. The broad availability of the Beta 1 release provides a way for the different communities, such as authors, journals, digital archives, and software vendors, to evaluate the technology and provide feedback, guiding further development of the add-in towards its initial release in the second half of 2008.<o:p></o:p>

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Information on how to download the Beta 1 release of the Article Authoring Add-in for Microsoft Office Word 2007 can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=09c55527-0759-4d6d-ae02-51e90131997e&displaylang=en. <o:p></o:p>

pablofehttp://blogs.msdn.com/pablofe/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxSee You at SSP Next Week?http://blogs.msdn.com/b/exscientia/archive/2008/05/23/see-you-at-ssp-next-week.aspx2008-05-23T17:55:00Z2008-05-23T17:55:00Z
I, along with folks from the Word team and Technical Computing Initiative/Microsoft Research, will be in Boston next week, participating in a session on Wednesday morning (Seminar 1).

Also on Friday, I will be hosting a informal discussion table during the <A class="" title="Networking Lunch" href="https://www.resourcenter.net/Scripts/4Disapi2.dll/4DCGI/events/135.html?Action=Conference_Detail&ConfID_W=135&&referenceurl=http%3a%2f%2fsspnet.org%2fredirect.aspx%3ftype%3dMM%26returnURL%3dhttp%3a%2f%2fsspnet.org%2fEvents%2fMeetings_and_Seminars%2fAnnual_Meeting_Information%2fspage.aspx#" target=_blank mce_href="https://www.resourcenter.net/Scripts/4Disapi2.dll/4DCGI/events/135.html?Action=Conference_Detail&ConfID_W=135&&referenceurl=http%3a%2f%2fsspnet.org%2fredirect.aspx%3ftype%3dMM%26returnURL%3dhttp%3a%2f%2fsspnet.org%2fEvents%2fMeetings_and_Seminars%2fAnnual_Meeting_Information%2fspage.aspx#">Networking Lunch.

If you are interesting in a demo or having discussions during the event, drop a comment here, or for a more general get together, join up this Facebook event.

Hope to see you there.

pablofehttp://blogs.msdn.com/pablofe/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxMay Tidbitshttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/exscientia/archive/2008/05/14/may-tidbits.aspx2008-05-14T23:41:00Z2008-05-14T23:41:00Z
A few interesting news:

 Aries Systems now supports Word 2007 docx files

 The Times Reader will start a Beta of their Mac version

Last, I wanted to highlight that we will be attending (and presenting) at the upcoming Society for Scholarly Publishing meeting in Boston in a couple of weeks. If you want to meet up, join this event on Facebook, or drop a comment on this blog.

pablofehttp://blogs.msdn.com/pablofe/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxThe Power of Structured Contenthttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/exscientia/archive/2008/05/13/the-power-of-structured-content.aspx2008-05-14T01:07:00Z2008-05-14T01:07:00Z
As we get comments and questions from you about the add-in, or have opportunities to discuss the experience and underlying technology face-to-face (as at the HighWire Publisher's Meeting last week), it is interesting how frequently the topic of structured content comes up.

Looking Back and Looking Forward

Although there is more awareness, visibility, and articles on the topic of legacy content (book scanning), it is important, and perhaps even more so, to focus on how new content is being created. As the consumption of content makes the transition from print to digital, and search becomes one of the key ways we come across new content (journals and conferences being the other traditional ways), it is important that we evolve the process by which new content is created, in order to be able to fully exploit the benefits of the new digital medium.

The way articles are commonly authored today is still largely focused on print as the end point, in that there is still a larger focus on presentation over semantics. The semantics in many workflows are added after the article is approved, somewhere along the publishing pipeline, by people other than the article authors. We need to enable authors to add semantics as part of the authoring process, and have that content preserved through the publishing workflow. The best technology available to preserve semantic content today is to express the article in XML. Archiving articles as plain text (either HTML or PDF) results in a loss of information. And, this loss of information is not only detrimental to effective search today, but will also be detrimental to other types of semantic analysis in the future.

Lossy Workflows

In some print focused workflows, even if semantic elements were present in the original file created by the author, the semantics are lost in the digital version, as a result of the process leading to print. At the end of this type of workflows, a PDF file is generated, reflecting the print layout. Any semantic information in the original article is lost in the resulting PDF. The PDF file, in turn, is used to generate an XML file, which is the basis for the digital content (and usually has to be sent out for tagging). These types of workflows not only result in a loss of semantic information, but are inefficient from the point of view of creating digital content. As journals move to be digital first (or digital only) editors will need to pay close attention to how their workflows are structured and how data is preserved/converted.

Presentation vs Semantics

Ideally, if we do a good job at capturing semantics during authoring, we can ignore the final presentation throughout the publishing workflow. Layout and other presentation elements (margins, font family, color, size, etc) can be applied to the archive version of the document for viewing (for example, during the generation of the HTML files). Of course, we do not want authors dealing with raw XML editing. Having a nice presentation within the word processor helps with authoring, but, it does not need to be the final presentation, instead it can be the presentation that best works for the author.

Currently some Word article templates rely on Styles to identify semantics. This is the best that could be done with the capabilities of previous versions of Word, but it is fragile as it mixes presentation and semantics. To make matters worse, it is easy for styles to "leak" through copy and paste, or editing, invalidating the semantics. Word 2007's use of XML as its native format, its ability to have custom XML elements, and the extensibility of Word's user interface and file packaging, enable a more robust way of entering semantic elements during authoring, preserving metadata, and enabling conversion to other formats.

Capturing Semantics and Authors' Insights

Authors will be largest class of users of the add-in, so we focus a lot on the experience that is presented to this audience. Authors likely will have no idea of the format used to back their articles (whether OpenXML or NLM), nor should they care. Also, the richness and complexity of the metadata expressible in the NLM format does not need to be exposed to them in a raw form (but needs to be accessible to the journal/archival staff - I will cover this in a future posting).

What is the benefit to authors from capturing semantics and metadata? As semantic search evolves, articles with more/better semantic data should become more relevant in search results than articles without this information. Thus, as content moves to be consumed primarily in digital form, articles with better semantics stand a better chance of being found, read, and cited.

Along the concept of the Dublin Core (or the core of the Core), we are focusing on enabling journals to capture a set of data from authors:

Sections (title, abstract, etc)

Authors information

Keywords and subjects

Author notes

While it would be interesting to capture additional information within the content during authoring, it is important not to overburden authors. At least if we manage to get this small set of data reliably, and reduce entry errors, then we will provide a good baseline for metadata in articles. Over time, as authors become comfortable with the concept, and see benefits, the baseline can be moved up (but again, the user interaction needs to be simple and, as much as possible, unobtrusive).

Additional Reading

Peter Murray-Rust has a couple of threads with related topics, on semantics and chemistry and structured content and PDF.

pablofehttp://blogs.msdn.com/pablofe/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxThe Increasing Relevance of XML in the Overall Content Lifecyclehttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/exscientia/archive/2008/04/17/the-increasing-relevance-of-xml-in-the-overall-content-lifecycle.aspx2008-04-17T22:01:00Z2008-04-17T22:01:00Z
I had a conversation with Jon Udell on the add-in, and the greater relevance of XML in the publishing lifecycle, which he just posted on the channel 10 site.

Jon has a great approach to this new series of postings, where he provides different modalities for consuming the content. Audiences can read a transcript, watch a screencast, or listen to the podcast. Incidentally, over the last year, after I bought a Zune with its ability to automatically manage podcast subscriptions, I started to listen to podcasts while jogging and find it a very convenient way to catch up on podcasts (both technical and general topics, such as NPR programs) while exercising. Providing multiple formats, and adapting to how people will consume content in the future, is a trend we need to keep an eye on for evolving the STM publishing space.

On its 10th anniversary, the infrastructure around XML (formats, tools, as well as processes/workflows) is now at a point where we will finally derive greater benefits from this great technology. XML usage will now start to take place at the point of origin for content, without authors being directly aware of it, and its usage throughout the publishing workflow will be simplified. The net result should be an improvement in time to publish, relevance in search, and in the presentation of the content (more on this in a future post).

pablofehttp://blogs.msdn.com/pablofe/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxPublishing Workflow – Math content as paths vs glyphs in generated PDF fileshttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/exscientia/archive/2008/04/02/publishing-workflow-when-generating-a-pdf-file-from-word-math-content-may-result-in-paths-instead-of-fonts.aspx2008-04-03T01:10:00Z2008-04-03T01:10:00Z
Recently I was involved in diagnosing an issue where, when a PDF file was generated from Word 2007, the Math content from the Word document was being converted to paths, instead of being represented by glyphs from the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on">Cambria</st1:place> Math font.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>

Note that you can download a free add-in to generate PDF files from Word 2007 from here. Also, Word 2007 has quite a bit of new Math functionality, and a beautiful font to go along with it (Cambria Math).<o:p></o:p>

When the goal is to generate high quality content, whether Math content is represented as paths or glyphs makes a difference. Note that this is not something that a casual observer would necessarily notice, as seen in these screen shots at 100% magnification.<o:p></o:p>

The first screenshot is from the content in Word. The second is of the generated PDF file with the content as paths. The third image is of the generated PDF file with the content as glyphs. There is very little difference in the three screen shots below (at least to me).<o:p></o:p>

 <?xml:namespace prefix = v ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" /><v:shapetype id=_x0000_t75 stroked="f" filled="f" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" o:preferrelative="t" o:spt="75" coordsize="21600,21600"> <v:stroke joinstyle="miter"></v:stroke><v:formulas><v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"></v:f></v:formulas><v:path o:connecttype="rect" gradientshapeok="t" o:extrusionok="f"></v:path><o:lock aspectratio="t" v:ext="edit"></o:lock></v:shapetype><o:p></o:p>

Original content in Word

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Path based content in Adobe's PDF viewer (100% zoom)

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Glyph based content in Adobe's PDF viewer (100% zoom)<o:p></o:p>

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However, when zooming in at 600%, it is possible to start noticing that, in the case where paths were used, the curves have discrete line segments, whereas the glyph version continues to be smooth.<o:p></o:p>

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Path based content at 600%magnification, note the aliasing on the curved segments.

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Glyph based content at 600% magnification, perfect!

Initially we could not reproduce the problem in our environment over here (let me tell you how much I hate it when we cannot reproduce bugs). In talking to the folks that reported the problem, we verified that the fonts were correctly installed and the font file versions were as expected. Folks in the Word team then tracked down under which conditions paths would get generated, and we also found out that the original problem was being seen on a Windows Server 2003 installation, not on a client configuration. Note that this is not an issue that one would run into with Windows Vista, because it has a different default configuration.

From there it was straightforward to verify and solve the problem. When exporting content, Word checks whether Complex Scripts or <st1:place w:st="on">Far East</st1:place> scripts are enabled on the machine, to decide whether to generate paths or glyphs for Math content. In case you run into a similar issue, the solution was to enable both scripts on the server (which may require the installation disk and a reboot), through the Languages tab in the Regional Settings control panel.<o:p></o:p>

It is nice to have a happy ending to problems, and in this case being able to preserve high quality Math content.

pablofehttp://blogs.msdn.com/pablofe/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxMulti Discipline Relevancehttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/exscientia/archive/2008/03/27/going-beyond-biomed.aspx2008-03-27T07:59:00Z2008-03-27T07:59:00Z
Geoff makes the point that he thinks the NLM dtd is relevant for disciplines outside of Biology and Medicine, such as Humanities and Social Sciences. I agree with his point and hope that with the add-in we will help authors and journals in those other disciplines, which already tend to use Word, in the submission and conversion processes. Even going beyond the conversion to the NLM tagset, I think that there are other features in the add-in that will be of use to authors and to the editorial staff. I plan to cover both of these aspects in future postings.

Covering yet another set of scientific disciplines, last month the folks from ArXiv (the largest repository for Physics, also very popular for Math and Computer Science papers) posted the news that they now accept OpenXML files for submissions. I am also looking forward to being able to help scientists and researchers that deposit OpenXML files into ArXiv.

One fun aspect of this project is being able to work with the very sharp individuals who are the center of the ongoing evolution in the Scientific, Technical, and Medical publishing space. They range from folks in the repository space (from the National Library of Medicine, British Library, and ArXiv), in the staff of commercial publishers and journals, and key folks in many of the companies that develop tools for the publishing workflow.

pablofehttp://blogs.msdn.com/pablofe/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxShort Video Clip of the Add-inhttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/exscientia/archive/2008/03/25/short-video-clip-on-the-add-in.aspx2008-03-26T01:01:00Z2008-03-26T01:01:00Z
If you want to get an idea of how the add-in works, without having to download and install it, here is a video.

 <OBJECT height=373 width=425><PARAM NAME="movie" VALUE="http://www.youtube.com/v/EuhAokemuH8&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1&hl=en"><PARAM NAME="wmode" VALUE="transparent"> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EuhAokemuH8&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1&hl=en" mce_src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EuhAokemuH8&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="373"></embed></OBJECT>
 You should skip to 4:40 to see the demo part, I give an introduction before that (subset of the information in the earlier postings).

 We welcome your feedback and comments. Let me know if there are specific topics you would like to see covered in future videos or postings.

I would like to take this opportunity to also highlight the collaboration with the British Library. Earlier this year the British Library, as part of a group of institutions, launched a PubMed Central for the UK - http://www.bl.uk/news/2007/pressrelease20070105.html

"This useful Add-In will enable authors to structure their Word documents according to defined journal article templates quickly and easily and to export them and their associated metadata in a recognised format conducive to both digital storage and preservation."<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>

Stephens Andrews, Products and Services Development Leader for e-Strategy and Information Systems at the British Library

pablofehttp://blogs.msdn.com/pablofe/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxThe Use of XML Formats in Repositorieshttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/exscientia/archive/2008/03/20/on-formats-and-repositories.aspx2008-03-21T00:00:00Z2008-03-21T00:00:00Z
Updated to clarify that the PDF version is provided by the publishers

One interesting aspect of the XML format from the National Library of Medicine is its use in PubMed Central, which is the largest archive for biomedical articles (http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/). After articles are published in different journals (print and online), they are then submitted for archival at PubMed Central. As part of the archival process, the articles are converted to the NLM XML format. The NLM format is light on presentation elements (while there are elements like bold and italic, which influence the presentation of text, there is no control over background color, or border styles and colors for tables, for example), but the format encompasses a lot of metadata (more on that in a future post).

The main focus of the archival format is on the content itself, rather than on how the content is to be presented. When someone reads an article on PubMed Central, for example http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2253543&rendertype=abstract, the article is presented in HTML or PDF, generated from the XML content, or PDF (provided by the publishers). As part of this conversion, presentation related attributes are applied to the content that was expressed in XML. Storing the content in XML provides a lot of versatility in terms of presenting content, while preserving the relevant information, and I think is likely to be a more common process in the future, across journals and other repositories, as more journals become electronic only and the content is consumed through devices with different form factors.

The collaboration with the staff at the National Center for Biotechnology Information has been critical in the development of the add-in, as well as to ensure that the output from the final version of the add-in will meet the needs of journals and conform to the requirements for archival. Many thanks to them for their input and for their support.

"We are delighted that Microsoft has chosen to support the NLM DTD, building on Office 2007, and has produced this technology preview as a proof of concept. Having a tool that will automatically transfer an author's work from Microsoft Word into the NLM DTD will benefit authors as well as publishers. We are eager to see Microsoft make the release version of this tool available to the community."<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>

- David Lipman, M.D., Director of the National Library of Medicine's National Center for Biotechnology Information<o:p></o:p>

pablofehttp://blogs.msdn.com/pablofe/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxWelcome to the Article Authoring Add-inhttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/exscientia/archive/2008/03/20/technology-preview-launch.aspx2008-03-20T10:55:00Z2008-03-20T10:55:00Z
Today we are making available a Technology Preview of the Article Authoring add-in for Word 2007, focused on the community of authors, editors, and publishers of scientific and technical articles. The goal is to simplify several activities in the publishing workflow, from authoring to publishing and archiving, with this last step including conversion to the XML format from the National Library of Medicine. The current process of getting an article from the authors to a journal (increasingly electronic only) is a bit complicated and many times lossy, especially in relation to the metadata related to the article, we hope that the add-in will help simplify and improve the process.

At the core of many publishing workflows is the XML format from the National Library of Medicine (the format is also used for long term archiving and preservation of articles – and actually there are four formats (DTDs) defined by the National Library of Medicine). Beyond the ability to save and open files in the NLM format from Word 2007, the add-in also enables editing of the metadata, which is an important part of the format, directly from within the Word user interface.

Additionally, the add-in provides the editorial staff at the different journals with the ability to define templates, used to assist authors in the writing process, so that, as an end result, articles submitted to journals more closely match the journal requirements in relation to the different sections allowed for the article, their length, and some of the metadata required for publishing.

Editing metadata is also an important aspect of the publishing workflow, the add-in enables authors and journal staff to access and edit metadata (supplementary information that complements the content of the article, and which is very useful for search) within the Word user interface.

Content and Metadata<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>

Beyond the core content of the article provided by the authors, there is useful information that is attached to an article, which is important for search. The authors are best suited to enter some of this information, such as the author information (contact information, affiliation, biography), as well as some of the basic information about the content, such as keyword, and describing the taxonomy of the article (subjects being covered).  In addition, there is metadata that the editorial staff needs to provide, such as the license for the article, publishing date, and informational about the journal where the article will be published.

This type of information is not accessible through the default user interface in Word, but the add-in extends the UI to enable editing of the metadata. The metadata entered is then kept with the content as part of the docx file, which should provide greater flexibility to the editorial and publishing staff, as they will be able to, for example, send files back to the authors to review last minute changes or to take updates.

OpenXML as the Enabling Technology<o:p></o:p>

Starting from the OpenXML content simplifies the conversion process from one XML format to another, but beyond this, there are a couple of OpenXML features that make the overall solution come together. In future postings I will cover these in more detail, but custom schemas and the ability to store additional information in the file (through the Open Packaging Conventions) are key in being able to package the content and metadata in a single file, which can then be opened and edited by any tools as part of the publishing process.

The Technology Preview Build<o:p></o:p>

We are providing this preview build to gather feedback and requirements. The target audience is the editorial and publishing staff at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:stockticker w:st="on">STM</st1:stockticker> journals, companies that develop publishing tools, and technical staff at Information Repositories, libraries, and archives. Researchers and scientists that are early adopters can also download the preview to provide feedback on the user experience. Do not use this build for production purposes, only for evaluation.

We welcome your feedback and, if you run into any issues, please let us know about them as well. We will be posting updates and answering your questions in this blog. Also, let us know if there are specific topics you will like us to do follow up postings on.

We hope that you will find this add-in useful and that it will help simplify your workflow and authoring experience.

The NLM tagsets<o:p></o:p>

The add-in provides support for the Journal Publishing DTD - http://dtd.nlm.nih.gov/publishing/tag-library/2.2/. For more information on the different formats, check out this overview http://dtd.nlm.nih.gov/.

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When a post is published that I had post-dated, the date within my sitemap shows the revision date, as opposed to the actual post date. This means if I write a post a month in advance, when it is published a month later the date for that post in my sitemap shows that the post is a month old. This seems bad for SEO. . .google doesn't seem to be indexing my posts quickly when they go up on my site, that's how i noticed this problem.
Any help is greatly appreciated, not sure what to do here. Should I try a different sitemap plugin?
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text: On Sat, 14 Oct 2000, Vlad Dumitrescu wrote: >While waiting for the port (thanks, Sean - how can I help?), I am >wondering what are the minimal OS capabilities needed for running a >minimal Erlang? > >A memory manager is needed, a file system for the code module and a >TCP/IP stack an associated stuff for communicating. But further than >that? Actually, you don't need a file system, as long as you can talk to an erlang node on a machine that does have a file system; then you can load code over the network. Mnesia can also operate in diskless mode. See erl -man erl, specifically the flags '-loader' and '-hosts'. /Uffe -- Ulf Wiger tfn: +46 8 719 81 95 Network Architecture & Product Strategies mob: +46 70 519 81 95 Ericsson Telecom AB, Datacom Networks and IP Services Varuvägen 9, Älvsjö, S-126 25 Stockholm, Sweden


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Ilya Igolnikov, president of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity house in Boulder, Colo., talks about a threatened plan by officials of the University of Colorado to curb interest in the Greek houses in this photograph taken on Thursday, April 28, 2005, in Boulder.
AP Photo BOULDER, Colo. -- Trying to shed its image as one of the biggest party schools in America, the University of Colorado is demanding that its fraternities put off the traditional fall recruiting period known as rush until the spring semester.
The 16 fraternities at Colorado have said they are eager to help the school curb problem drinking, but they have balked at postponing rush, complaining it will cost them enrollment dues and wreck recruiting.
"We can't afford to defer rush. It will kill off the Greek system in terms of numbers. Whether that's the university's intent, we're unsure," said Ryan Lynch, a member of Sigma Nu and the internal vice president of the Interfraternity Council.
The school -- which has 24,700 undergraduates, about 10 percent of whom are in fraternities or sororities -- contends freshmen need time to adjust to college before pledging a fraternity.
"We want to have a full semester for students to get acclimated to campus before they're put in a position of having to choose a fraternity or sorority," said Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Ron Stump. "It's an opportunity for them to become a little more mature before they get to a decision that is intended be a lifelong decision."
The university is threatening to deny fraternities the use of such things as campus meeting rooms, playing fields and lists of incoming freshmen unless they comply. It is also warning it will remove any mention of the frats from orientation materials, Web sites and open houses.
Sororities at Colorado have agreed to defer their rush period until spring, university officials said.
Colorado's reputation has been tarnished by a scandal in which investigators said alcohol, drugs and sex were used to entice football recruits to campus, and two years ago it was dubbed the No. 1 party school by the annual Princeton Review.
The school has boosted its alcohol education programs and toughened penalties for liquor violations. Freshmen have to pass an online class on alcohol abuse.
Despite such measures, an 18-year-old pledge died last fall after a night of drinking. The frat was shut down and five members pleaded guilty to providing alcohol to a minor. It was one of at least six deaths at colleges around the state since last fall.
The dispute at the University of Colorado is not about drinking at rush events; the frats have said they would have no problem pledging to ban alcohol from recruiting activities.
In fact, liquor is off limits at rush events at Colorado and elsewhere under nationwide standards adopted last year by the North American Interfraternity Conference, which represents 4,800 fraternity chapters at 800 U.S. campuses.
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#HKTRP #61 – Talking to Richard Scotford from HKTRL (2/2)
- What was the format in 2014?
- Was the concept of prize money crucial to the idea you had for HKTRL in 2014?
- Talk to us about the mechanics of HKTRL
- Scoring
- Calendar
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- Who managed all the tallying and the FB page and all the "being the work" scenes?
- 15 times entered the first year but the sponsors and sponsor prize money didn't quite come about. Why?
- You used your own money to fund the prizes in 2014. Why did you do so?
- What lessons did you take away from the 2014 edition? What worked and what didn't?
- Was this effort worth it for you? What did you personally want to get out of all this?
- How did the HKTRL evolve in 2015?
- Talk about the two leagues – Trail League and Ultra League. Why the change?
- What changed?
- This year we will again have two racing leagues. An Ultra League, with race distances going up to 170km and a Trail League, with race distances ranging from approximately 10k – 30k. Both leagues have international standard athletes as well as ordinary trail racers competing.
- Number of people in a team
- 6
- Trail League and Ultra League
- For the Ultra League these 6 races need to include three races of at least 42km distance. The remaining races are the runners' choice.
- For the Trail League, all 6 races are the runners' choice
- Points for volunteering
- League Division
- Talk about some of the races in the Ultra League and some of the races in the Trail League (http://www.hktrl.org/#!races/t0wue)
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- Frank Coyle's Blog
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Draft Insiders' 2014 All-American Team
By Frank Coyle
Draft Insiders' Digest All-America Team
Draft Insiders.com has produced an All-American team for over 20 years. Here is this year's version of the most outstanding players from the 2014 college season.
Players of the Year
Offense - QB Marcus Mariota - Oregon
Defense - DE Shane Ray - Missouri
Photo - DE Shane Ray - Missouri
First Team Offense
QB Marcus Mariota - Oregon
RB Melvin Gordon - Wisconsin
RB Tevin Coleman - Indiana
WR Amari Cooper - Alabama
WR Kevin White - West Virginia
TE Nick O'Leary - Florida State
OL Brandon Scherff - Iowa
OL Tre' Jackson - Florida State
OL Cedric Ogbuehi - Texas A&M
OL A.J. Cann - South Carolina
C Reese Dismukes - Auburn
PK Roberto Aguayo - Florida State
PR Tyler Lockett - Kansas State
First Team Defense
DL Nate Orchard - Utah
DL Shane Ray - Missouri
DL Joey Bosa - Ohio State
DL Malcolm Brown - Texas
LB Vic Beasley - Clemson
LB Scooby Wright III - Arizona
LB Shaq Thompson - Washington
LB Paul Dawson - TCU
DB Gerod Holliman - Louisville
DB Ifo Ekpre-Olomu - Oregon
DB Senquez Golson - Ole Miss
DB Landon Collins - Alabama
P Tom Hackett - Utah
KR Jamarcus Nelson - UAB
Frank Coyle is a long time member of the FWAA and voter in College player awards - Heisman, Outland, Nagurski, Lombardi, Thorpe etc for the past 20 years. He writes College Football Mondays weekly during the season. He is a longtime scouting consultant for the Senior Bowl, the nation's premier postseason All-star game. He does sports radio shows for ESPN, Fox Sports and Sporting News on a year round basis related to College Football especially during the postseason team and All-star Bowl time. He has worked for CBS Sports, NBC Sports, Yahoo and Rivals sports publications and web sites.
NFL Power Rankings Week 15 –
Seahawks Making Stretch Drive to Defend Title
Rookies of the Week –
Offensive Player - QB Derek Carr - Raiders
Defensive Player - LB Devon Kennard - Giants
Photo - QB Ben Roethlisberger - Steelers
Players of the Week
Offensive - QB Ben Roethlisberger - Steelers
Defensive - DE J.J. Watt - Texans
Team of Week 14 - Seahawks
Matchup of Week 15 - Broncos at Chargers
Rank / Team / Record
1. Denver Broncos (10-3)
Broncos travel to San Diego with division title in sight.
2. Green Bay Packers (10-3)
Packers hang on to beat the Falcons despite serious defensive concerns.
3. New England Patriots (10-3)
Patriots won a huge game in San Diego after prior tough loss to Packers.
4. Seattle Seahawks (9-4)
Seahawks drilled the Eagles and face West rival, the 49ers this week.
5. Philadelphia Eagles (9-4)
Eagles lost key game vs Seahawks with the Cowboys coming in this Sunday night in must win situation.
6. Indianapolis Colts (9-4)
QB Andrew Luck directed a great comeback vs Browns and is carrying this average club on his back.
7. Arizona Cardinals (10-3)
Cards won a critical game vs the Chiefs and travel to St. Louis to face the tough underrated Rams Thursday night.
8. Cincinnati Bengals (8-4-1)
The Bengals came up empty in huge contest with Steelers and face Browns and Johnny Football this Sunday.
9. Detroit Lions (9-4)
Lions are taking care of business and host the Vikes in key North contest this week.
10. Dallas Cowboys (9-4)
Cowboys travel to Philly in a true gut check that probably decides the NFC East title.
11. San Diego Chargers (8-5)
Chargers lost a critical game vs Patriots with West leader the Broncos coming in this Sunday.
12. Pittsburgh Steelers (8-5)
Steelers' won a huge road matchup with the Bengals and must maintain that level with Falcons game.
13. Baltimore Ravens (8-5)
The Ravens won a key game in Miami and look to continue new streak with Jaguars coming in Sunday.
14. Kansas City Chiefs (7-6)
The Chiefs have lost three in a row and need victory vs Raiders to stay in AFC West race.
15. St. Louis Rams (6-7)
The Rams have put back to back shutouts together and host Cardinals on Thursday night this week.
16. San Francisco 49ers (7-6)
The 49ers suffered a terrible loss to the lowly Raiders and face their arch rival the Seahawks in must win road situation.
17. Cleveland Browns (7-6)
The Browns turn the page and start Johnny 'Football' Manziel in longshot move for playoff run.
18. Buffalo Bills (7-6)
The Bills need a strong performance this week at home vs the Packers for any playoff hopes.
19. Miami Dolphins (7-6)
The Dolphins lost a heartbreaker to the Ravens and travel to New England for must win contest vs the Patriots next.
20. Houston Texans (7-6)
Texans continue to win games they should and travel to Indy and a chance to gain critical ground in the AFC South race.
21. New Orleans Saints (5-8)
Saints were trounced by the Panthers in a critical matchup and travel to Chicago for important Monday nite match up.
22. Atlanta Falcons (5-8)
Falcon's comeback came up short vs Packers and host Steelers with first place in the weak NFC South at stake.
23. Minnesota Vikings (6-7)
Vikings beat the Jets in overtime last week and travel to Detroit for a must win matchup for their slim playoff hopes.
24. Chicago Bears (5-8)
The Bears were bashed by the Cowboys last week and face the equally desperate Saints at home Monday night.
25. Carolina Panthers (4-8-1)
The Panthers shocked the Saints last week, but face Tampa without Cam Newton this Sunday.
26. New York Giants (4-9)
The GMen actually played a complete game vs the lowly Titans, though it is much too little and late.
27. Washington Redskins (3-10)
Washington were bashed again last week by the tough Rams and travel to MetLife to face the Gmen this week.
28. Tennessee Titans (2-11)
The Titans were wacked again, this time by the Gmen and get the inept Jets this Sunday.
29. New York Jets (2-11)
The Jets find a way to loss every week and missed key tackles to lose in overtime to the Vikings.
30. Oakland Raiders (2-11)
The Raiders beat Bay rival 49ers behind hot rookie QB Derek Carr who is their saving grace this season.
31. Tampa Bay Bucs (2-11)
Bucs are rarely competitive and face wholesale changes again this offseason.
32. Jacksonville Jaguars (2-11)
The Jaguars travel to Baltimore in must win game for the Ravens.
Cooper, Gordon & Mariota Named 2014 Heisman Finalists
The 2014 Heisman Winner will be announced this Saturday on ESPN
NEW YORK, NY (December, 2014) - Another exciting Heisman race is coming to a close as voters from around the country have settled on the finalists for the 2014 edition of college football's most prestigious award.
Heisman Trophy winner Danny Wuerffel ('96) announced the finalists for the 80th Annual Heisman Memorial Trophy are Alabama wide receiver Amari Cooper, Wisconsin running back Melvin Gordon and Oregon QB Marcus Mariota. The announcement of the finalists was made on ESPN/ESPN2's 6:00 PM telecast of SportsCenter.
The three finalists will be invited to New York City for the Heisman Trophy announcement on December 13, which will broadcast live on ESPN at 8:00 PM EST, presented by Nissan North America.
Frank Coyle is a longtime voter in the Heisman Trophy award and cast his ballot for Oregon's Marcus Mariota #1, Amari Cooper #2 and Melvin Gordon #3.
Photo – WR Amari Cooper - Alabama
Amari Cooperwould be the first wide receiver to win the award since Desmond Howard in 1991. The junior from Miami set the SEC single-season record with 113 catches this fall, 14 of them for touchdowns. That reception total, along with his 1,656 receiving yards, led the nation. The 6-1, 210-pound Cooper owns every major Alabama receiving record, including career receptions (218), season receptions (115), catches in one game (13), career receiving yards (3,391) and career touchdowns catches (29). He would be the second Heisman Trophy winner from Alabama (and second in six seasons) and the second coached by Nick Saban.
Melvin Gordon would be the third Wisconsin Badger to win the Heisman. The junior running back from Kenosha, Wisc., set a Big Ten record with a nation-leading 2,336 rushing yards. He also scored 29 touchdowns and averaged 7.56 yards per carry. He is the 17th player in FBS history to surpass the 2,000-yard rushing barrier and he did it faster than anyone previously, eclipsing the mark on his 241st carry of the season. His 408 rushing yards against Nebraska in mid-November broke the single-game rushing mark of 406 set by TCU's LaDainan Tomlinson in 1999 (Gordon's mark has since been broken). The 6-1, 213-pounder has 4,664 career yards, fourth on the all-time Wisconsin list.
Marcus Mariota would be the first Oregon Duck and first player born in Hawaii to win the Heisman Trophy. The junior quarterback from Honolulu passed for 3,773 yards and 38 touchdowns this season while throwing just two interceptions. He led the nation in passing efficiency with a mark of 186.10 and also rushed for 669 yards and 14 scores (with one touchdown reception). His 4,442 yards of total offense and 53 total touchdowns also topped the FBS rankings. For his career, Mariota has 10,115 passing yards with 101 touchdown passes and 12 interceptions. His 12,251 yards of total offense is a school record.
The Heisman Memorial Trophy electorate, which determines the finalists and the winner, is comprised of 928 sports journalists and every living former Heisman winner. The public at large is granted one overall fan vote, thanks to Heisman's Premier Partner, Nissan North America. The electorate is tasked with selecting the outstanding college football player in the United States.
"We're pleased to welcome these three outstanding juniors to New York for the Heisman ceremony," said Rob Whalen, Executive Director of the Heisman Trophy Trust. "We look forward to celebrating their record-breaking seasons and naming one of them the winner of the 2014 Heisman Memorial Trophy."
Tickets are still available for the 80th Annual Heisman Memorial Trophy Dinner on Monday, December 16 at the New York Marriott Marquis in Times Square. The winner will be presented with his award at this event, where three former Heisman winners will also be recognized: John Huarte (Notre Dame, 1964) on the 50th Anniversary of his award, Andre Ware (Houston, 1989) on the 25th Anniversary of his award, and Matt Leinart (USC, 2004) on the 10th Anniversary of his award. The Trust will also recognize legendary baseball player and manager Joe Torre as the 2014 Heisman Humanitarian Award winner for his work helping and supporting victims of domestic violence and their families.
About the Heisman Trophy Trust
The Heisman Memorial Trophy annually recognizes the outstanding college football player whose performance best exhibits the pursuit of excellence with integrity. Winners epitomize great ability combined with diligence, perseverance, and hard work. The Heisman Trophy Trust ensures the continuation and integrity of this award. The Trust, furthermore, has a charitable mission to support amateur athletics and to provide greater opportunities to the youth of our country. Our goal through these charitable endeavors is for the Heisman Trophy to symbolize the fostering of a sense of community responsibility and service to our youth, especially those disadvantaged or afflicted.
Frank Coyle is a long time member of the FWAA and voter in College player awards - Heisman, Outland, Nagurski, Lombardi, Thorpe etc for the past 20 years. He writes College Football Mondays weekly during the season. He is a longtime scouting consultant for the Senior Bowl, the nation's premier postseason All-star game. He does sports radio shows for ESPN, Fox Sports and Sporting News on a year round basis related to College Football especially during the postseason team and All-star Bowl time. He has worked for CBS Sports, NBC Sports, Yahoo and Rivals sports publications and web sites.
Arizona's Phillip 'Scooby' Wright Wins 2014 Bronko Nagurski Trophy
Linebacker is just second sophomore to win the award
(FWAA) – Arizona linebacker Scooby Wright III claimed the Bronko Nagurski Trophy on Monday night, winning the Football Writers Association of America's annual award for the top defensive player in the country.
Wright, a 6-1, 246-pound sophomore, accepted the award at the event that has been sponsored by the Charlotte Touchdown Club for 20 consecutive years. He becomes the second Arizona player to win the award after the inaugural winner Rob Waldrop in 1993 and the first Pac-12 player to claim it since Terrell Suggs of Arizona State in 2002. Wright is just the second sophomore to win the award, joining Ohio State linebacker James Laurinaitis, the 2006 winner.
Wright has gone from a player recruited by only a few schools – a two-star recruit on the West Coast – to a tackling machine at Arizona (10-3), ranked 10th in the final College Football Playoff rankings.
"I say thank you all to my teammates and coaches," Wright said. "Football is a team game. I accept this on behalf of the Arizona football program."
The modest Wright, whose real name is Phillip, was also recruited by Boise State, California, Washington and USC, but never was offered a scholarship by any of those schools. Only Arizona did.
"I am just excited for Scooby," Arizona coach Rich Rodriguez said. "Mainly because he epitomizes what are program is about. He has a chip on his shoulder. He loves the game and is a good teammate."
The four other Nagurski finalists in attendance were Texas defensive tackle Malcom Brown, Alabama safety Landon Collins, Ole Miss cornerback Senquez Golson and Louisville safety Gerod Holliman. Alabama head coach Nick Saban gave the evening's keynote address.
Lineman Randy White, accepted the the Bronko Nagurski Legends Award, presented by Florida East Coast Railway. Each year, the FWAA honors a past winner from one its All-America teams. White, a defensive star at Maryland before becoming an All-Pro for the Dallas Cowboys, was a member of the 1974 FWAA All-America Team.
The 2014 Nagurski winner, Wright, ranks in the top five among FBS players for total tackles (153), tackles for loss (28.0), sacks (14.0) and forced fumbles (six). He's the only FBS player to rank in the top 25 of each of those categories this season.
"One of the reasons his numbers are so high for tackles, assists or turnovers is because of his effort," Rodriguez said. "He strains until the nth degree. You want everybody to do that. But it comes to Scooby naturally. He plays with a sense of urgency on every snap."
Wright is trying to become the first player since 1999 to be ranked in the top five for tackles, tackles for loss and sacks at the end of a season. When current Arizona coach Rodriguez was offensive coordinator at Clemson in 1999, linebacker Keith Adams achieved the feat for the Tigers, according to research provided by STATS. Adams finished second in total tackles (186), first in tackles for loss (35.0), and tied for third in sacks (16.0).
Wright, who hails from Windsor, Calif., anchored an Arizona defense that helped capture the school's first Pac-12 South Division title. For the Wildcats, who are headed to the VIZIO Fiesta Bowl to play Boise State and have posted 10 victories in a season for the first time since 1998, Wright led the Pac-12 in five defensive statistical categories: Total tackles (153), tackles per game (11.77), tackles for loss (28), tackles for loss per game (2.15) and forced fumbles (6).
The FWAA's national defensive player of the year award, given out since 1993, is named after the legendary Bronko Nagurski, who dominated college football at Minnesota as a bruising fullback and defensive tackle from 1927 through 1929. He could have been an All-American at any position and was the best player wherever the coaches put him.
Nagurski led Minnesota to the Big Ten title in 1927 and a three-year record of 18-4-2. He went on to lead the fabled Chicago Bears to three NFL titles. During one game at Wrigley Field, he once broke a defensive player's shoulder, knocked another out and ran into a brick wall and actually cracked it during a game-winning touchdown run.
The Football Writers Association of America, a non-profit organization founded in 1941, consists of more than 1,400 men and women who cover college football. The membership includes journalists, broadcasters and publicists, as well as key executives in all the areas that involve the game. The FWAA works to govern areas that include gameday operations, major awards and its annual All-America team.
The Bronko Nagurski Trophy is a member of the National College Football Awards Assocation. The NCFAA encompasses the most prestigious awards in college football. The 21 awards boast 699 years of tradition-selection excellence. Visit ncfaa.org to learn more about our story.
Frank Coyle is a long time member of the FWAA and voter in College player awards - Heisman, Outland, Nagurski, Lombardi, Thorpe etc for the past 20 years. He writes College Football Mondays weekly during the season. He is a longtime scouting consultant for the Senior Bowl, the nation's premier postseason All-star game. He does sports radio shows for ESPN, Fox Sports and Sporting News on a year round basis related to College Football especially during the postseason team and All-star Bowl time. He has worked for CBS Sports, NBC Sports, Yahoo and Rivals sports publications and web sites.
Eight Coaches Selected Finalists For Eddie Robinson Award
* Winner to be announced on Dec. 15
The Football Writers Association of America, in conjunction with the Allstate Sugar Bowl, has announced eight finalists for the 2014 Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award, whose winner will be revealed on Mon., Dec. 15.
In alphabetical order, the finalists are: Baylor's Art Briles, Florida State's Jimbo Fisher, Memphis' Justin Fuente, Boise State's Bryan Harsin, Oregon's Mark Helfrich, Ohio State's Urban Meyer, TCU's Gary Patterson and Alabama's Nick Saban.
Frank Coyle is a voter in the Eddie Robinson award and cast his ballot for Oregon's Mark Helfrich.
The finalists were placed on a ballot sent out to the entire FWAA membership today. Ballots will be accepted from the membership through 5 p.m. CT on Friday. FWAA members were asked to vote for their top choices in the order they believe the coaches are deserving of the award.
The official presentation reception will be Jan. 10, 2015, in Dallas, where the winning coach will be handed the FWAA/Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year bust during a reception at the media hotel in conjunction with the College Football Playoff National Championship Game.
The FWAA has presented a coaching award since the 1957 season when Ohio State's Woody Hayes was named the first recipient.
The FWAA's national coach of the year award is named after the late Robinson, a coaching legend at Grambling State University for 55 seasons. He has more Division I victories (408) than any other coach in the history of college football.
Robinson, who passed away in 2007, won 70.7 percent of his games during his illustrious career. Robinson's teams won or tied for 17 Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) championships after joining the league in 1959. His Tigers claimed nine black college football championships during his career, all spent at the same school.
The 2014 Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year finalists:
Art Briles, Baylor: The Bears' share of the Big 12 Conference title with TCU means Baylor (11-1) has a least a piece of the league crown for a second straight season. The Bears handed TCU its only loss, 61-58, in Waco and will face Michigan State in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic. Briles was an Eddie Robinson Award finalist last season.
Jimbo Fisher, Florida State: The Seminoles (13-0) claimed the national championship in 2013, and are on a 29-game winning streak. Florida State is one of the four teams selected for the College Football Playoff, with a chance to win back-to-back national titles. Fisher was an Eddie Robinson Award finalist last season, but no Florida State coach has won the FWAA's coach of the year honor.
Justin Fuente, Memphis: The Tigers (9-3) claimed a share of the American Athletic Conference title. Their nine victories are the most by the Tigers since 1963, and the conference championship is the first for Memphis since winning the Missouri Valley in 1971. Fuente, a former Oklahoma quarterback, is in his third season at Memphis.
Bryan Harsin, Boise State: The Broncos rose to the top of the Group of Five in Harsin's first season at Boise State, after he spent one season as the head coach at Arkansas State. Boise State (11-2), as the Mountain West Conference champion, will play in the VIZIO Fiesta Bowl against Arizona.
Mark Helfrich, Oregon: In his second season as the Oregon head coach, Helfrich is attempting to get the Ducks (12-1) back in the national title game as his predecessor Chip Kelly did in 2010 when he won the Eddie Robinson Award. Oregon won the Pac-12 title game to earn a spot in the College Football Playoff semifinals against Florida State in the Rose Bowl Game.
Urban Meyer, Ohio State: The Buckeyes (12-1) battled past a shocking early home loss to Virginia Tech, quarterback injuries and tragedy. They won the Big Ten Conference title, thumping Wisconsin, 59-0 in the championshhip game, with their third starting quarterback of the season. Meyer, like Patterson, has won the Eddie Robinson Award before, in 2004 at Utah.
Gary Patterson, TCU: The Horned Frogs were 4-8 a year ago in only their second season in the Big 12 Conference, but Patterson revamped his offense and TCU (11-1) gained a share of the school's first Big 12 title. Patterson is also a former Eddie Robinson Award winner, in 2009 when the Horned Frogs were in the Mountain West Conference.
Nick Saban, Alabama: The Crimson Tide (12-1) will be going for their fourth national title in six years under Saban, who already added a third SEC title at Alabama this past weekend. Saban has won the Eddie Robinson Award twice before (2003 at LSU and 2008 at Alabama). The Crimson Tide meets Ohio State in the Allstate Sugar Bowl in a College Football Playoff semifinal.
The Football Writers Association of America, a non-profit organization founded in 1941, consists of more than 1,400 men and women who cover college football. The membership includes journalists, broadcasters and publicists, as well as key executives in all the areas that involve the game. The FWAA works to govern areas that include gameday operations, major awards and its annual All-America team.
The Allstate Sugar Bowl has established itself as one of the premier college football bowl games, having hosted 23 national champions, 86 Hall of Fame players, 46 Hall of Fame coaches and 15 Heisman Trophy winners in its 80-year history. The 81st Allstate Sugar Bowl Football Classic on January 1, 2015, will be an integral part of a new era in college football as it will be one of the first playoff semifinal games in the College Football Playoff which begins with the 2014 season. In addition to football, the Sugar Bowl Committee is involved with various community initiatives through hosting and sponsorships of sporting events, awards and clinics.
The Eddie Robinson Award is a member of the National College Football Awards Association (NCFAA). The NCFAA encompasses the most prestigious awards in college football. The 21 awards boast nearly 700 years of tradition-selection excellence. Visit ncfaa.org to learn more about our story.
Mariota & Gordon Top Heisman Trophy Candidates
Photo - QB Marcus Mariota - Oregon
1. Marcus Mariota - QB Oregon, Junior
Season stats: 229-334, 3,470 yards, 36 TDs, 2 ints; 107 carries, 636 yards, 11 TDs
Mariota showed no signs of slowing down in Saturday's Civil War against Oregon State. The junior completed 19 of 25 passes for 367 yards and four touchdowns while also running for 39 yards and two scores on 10 carries in No. 3 Oregon's 47-19 rout of the Beavers.
The Ducks play Arizona in the Pac-12 championship tonight that could seal the award. Arizona has beaten the Ducks the past two regular seasons.
2. Melvin Gordon - RB Wisconsin - Junior
Season stats: 283 carries, 2,260 yards, 26 TDs; 17 catches, 151 yards, 3 TDs
Gordon ran for 151 yards and a touchdown on 29 carries and caught a four-yard touchdown pass as No. 14 Wisconsin beat No. 22 Minnesota, 34-24, Saturday in their annual rivalry game.
He plays this Saturday in the Big Ten championship game against No. 7 Ohio State, one of the nation's top defenses. He needs another strong performance to win the award.
3. Amari Cooper - WR Alabama - Junior
Season stats: 103 catches, 1,573 yards, 14 TDs
Cooper exploded in Alabama's 55-44 win over Auburn in the Iron Bowl. The junior caught 13 passes for 224 yards and three TDs to help the Crimson Tide rally for the victory.
Alabama faces Missouri in the SEC Championship on Saturday and another chance to be a difference maker in a big game situation.
4. Dak Prescott - QB, Mississippi St - Junior
Season stats: 211-345, 2,996 yards, 24 TDs, 10 ints; 195 carries, 939 yards, 13 TDs
Prescott completed 22 of 37 passes for 282 yards and a touchdown and ran for 48 yards and a score on 24 carries, but No. 4 Mississippi State fell to No. 18 Ole Miss, 31-17, in the Egg Bowl.
The Bulldogs lost both games in November that will hurt Dak's closing impression, though he had a great season and instrumental in the MSU rise to the top ten rankings.
Frank Coyle is a long time member of the FWAA and voter in College player awards - Heisman, Outland, Nagurski, Lombardi, Thorpe etc for the past 20+ years. He writes College Football Mondays weekly during the season. He is a longtime scouting consultant for the Senior Bowl, the nation's premier postseason All-star game. He does sports radio shows for ESPN, Fox Sports and Sporting News on a year round basis related to College Football especially during the postseason team and All-star Bowl time. He has worked for CBS Sports, NBC Sports, Yahoo and Rivals sports publications and web sites.
Broncos & Packers Rank as Conference Leaders
NFL Power Rankings Week 14 –
Patriots Top NFL Rankings
Rookies of the Week –
Offensive Player - RB Tre Mason - Rams
Defensive Player - LB C.J. Mosley - Ravens
Photo - DT Nda Suh - Lions
Players of the Week
Offensive Player - QB Ryan Fitzpatrick - Texans
Defensive Player - DT Nda Suh - Lions
Team of Week 13 – Green Bay
Matchup of Week 14 – Patriots at Chargers
Rank / Team / Record
1. Denver Broncos (9-3)
Broncos' took care of Chiefs and have division title in view.
2. Green Bay Packers (9-3)
Packers beat the Patriots for a key victory with Falcons coming to town.
3. New England Patriots (9-3)
Patriots lick their wounds from Packers loss with trip to San Diego in key AFC contest.
4. Philadelphia Eagles (9-3)
Eagles won critical game in with Seahawks and Cowboys coming in next two weeks.
5. Seattle Seahawks (8-4)
Seahawks are building momentum with the Eagles and 49ers up next.
6. Cincinnati Bengals (8-3-1)
The Bengals atop the AFC North with rivals Steelers and Browns games on schedule.
7. Indianapolis Colts (8-4)
Colts can shape AFC playoff race with Browns and Texans next up on schedule.
8. Arizona Cardinals (9-3)
Cards lost second straight vs Falcons with Chiefs coming in Sunday for key matchup.
9. San Diego Chargers (8-4)
Chargers won a critical game in Baltimore with major home matchups with Patriots and Broncos next two weeks.
10. Dallas Cowboys (8-4)
Cowboys travel to Chicago for Thursday night game that is a must win situation.
11. Detroit Lions (8-4)
Lions won key Thanksgiving game and can ride momentum with Bucs and Vikings at home next two weeks.
12. Kansas City Chiefs (7-5)
The Chiefs have lost two in a row and need victory at Arizona to stay in AFC West race.
13. Pittsburgh Steelers (7-5)
Steelers' lost a tough game last week and face with huge road matchup with the Bengals.
14. Baltimore Ravens (7-5)
The Ravens' lost a key game to Chargers and now face must win situation at Miami.
15. San Francisco 49ers (7-5)
The 49ers lost key game vs Seahawks and need win on trip across the bay to face the Raiders.
16. Cleveland Browns (7-5)
The Browns face major home games with Colts and Bengals that probably determines their fate in AFC.
17. Buffalo Bills (7-5)
The Bills' face the acid test with Bronco matchup this week and Packers following contest.
18. Miami Dolphins (7-5)
The Dolphins won ugly vs Jets with critical games against AFC opponents, the Ravens and Patriots next up.
19. St. Louis Rams (5-7)
The Rams bombed the Raiders and need to sustain the mo this week vs Washington.
20. New Orleans Saints (5-7)
Saints won a tough one vs Steelers and have get Panthers at home this week.
21. Houston Texans (6-6)
Texans are a gritty bunch and travel in the division the next two weeks.
22. Atlanta Falcons (5-7)
Falcons are actually in first place in the weak NFC South with trip to Title town Green Bay this week.
23. Chicago Bears (5-7)
The Bears got busted by Lions on Turkey day and host Cowboys this week.
24. Minnesota Vikings (5-7)
Vikings host the Jets this week as they chase the .500 mark.
25. Carolina Panthers (3-8-1)
The Panthers continue to struggle and travel to the Saints this Sunday.
26. New York Giants (3-9)
The GMen blew another lead and this time to the pathetic Jaguars.
27. Washington Redskins (3-9)
Washington were bashed by the Colts and face the tough Rams this week.
28. Tennessee Titans (2-10)
The Titans were wacked by the Texans and host the Gmen Sunday.
29. New York Jets (2-10)
The Jets find a way to loss every week and will have wholesale changes this offseason.
30. Tampa Bay Bucs (2-10)
Bucs are this bad and are probably schedule.
31. Jacksonville Jaguars (2-10)
The Jaguars beat the Gmen with a surprisingly strong second half rally.
32. Oakland Raiders (1-11)
The Raiders were smashed by the Rams 52-0, one week after their initial victory vs the Chiefs.


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TEL AVIV, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Unusually heavy winter rains
forced the closure of main access routes to Tel Aviv on Tuesday,
causing gridlock in and around Israel's commercial capital,
authorities said.
Traffic backed up for hours as highways into Tel Aviv were
flooded, police said. Rail operator asked commuters to avoid
stations in the city and train schedules were disrupted.
Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai told Army Radio that municipal
teams were on hand to rescue anyone stranded by the floods, the
likes of which last occurred in 2000.
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i bet we could find a way to cut our prison spending in half. it wouldnt be pleasant for the inmates... so you lefties would just have to learn to live with that.
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sustantivo[mass noun]
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- Employees at the gold bullion and precious metals firm Johnson Matthey began the first in a series of 24-hour strikes on September 23.
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bulletin from mid 17th century:
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by Bryce Covert Jul 15, 2016
Facebook's latest diversity report showed virtually no increase in women and people of color among its technical employees.
by Lauren C. Williams Jun 26, 2015
"It's clear to all of us that we still aren't where we want to be. There's more work to do."
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Renz's hiring makes her the first female executive to directly report to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.
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After heavy criticism for having a "tone deaf" advice to women on tackling sexism in tech, top executives get a "do over," opting to listen instead of dole out advice.
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I am currently studying recursion in school, and I have trouble thinking about methods when there are many recursive calls. I just want to ask how you should think about recursion because I know tracing the method calls by each step will become too tedious.
Instead of tracing each recursive call, the thing we briefly covered was thinking about recursion by induction, but the problem I have is seeing how induction can be applied to situations other than math. Like if there is a method that recursively prints out numbers like this:
public void blah(int n)
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
I have trouble thinking about what prints out, and I can't see how induction could be relevant here (pardon my ignorance if it can be used everywhere).
But I guess my real question is how you can tackle recursion without having to trace every single method call? Is the best thing to do just to see the base case and sort of work backwards? (But even then I think I get fuzzy about what happens).


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text: The works on this recording cover the entire span of Britten's published output – from the Simple Symphony of 1934, to the string orchestral arrangement of Lachrymae completed in the last year of his life. Britten always retained a special affection for his childhood efforts and in the Simple Symphony reworked his earliest compositions making them 'more fit for general consumption'. In contrast there is a special poignancy about the works of his final three years, composed after Britten's unsuccessful heart operation. In its earthy treatment of the folk-song material, the Suite on English Folk Tunes, his last purely orchestral work, is at the furthest remove from the sentimentality often associated with the English pastoral tradition.


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