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Principal reverses dress code decision
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INWOOD — More than 15 Musselman Middle School students were given in-school suspension this week due to alleged dress code violations, according to parents and students....
Certainly there needs to a dress code but when faculty/staff in the school system can come to work wearing in shorts,sweat pants,tank tops & blue jeans it's kind of hard to justify that a student dress code is needed.
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As long as the yoga pants are worn in the right size there isn't anything wrong. My daughter wears them but makes sure their not tight in certain areas. She can make a nice outfit with yoga pants. Now she doesn't wear yoga pants everyday. I think yoga pants are very comfortable worn in correct size. I do see some girls & women wearing them as tight as possible. When they are worn very tight then the camel toe will show & that looks nasty. But if they let the girls wear them then it can be a slippery slope. Who will patrol that they are worn right. My daughter is in high school & I have seen some girls wear them so tight they look painted on. But blue jeans can be worn in the same way where things stick out, if you know what I am saying. I think the schools should just go to uniforms then there won't be any issue's. And everybody will be the same and I believe with less problems.
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School attire is the backdrop for success. Khakis and a casual shirt. Parents paying for clothing will be buying the correct items. The flow of this attire will be found in the resale shops as well as the stores. Parents will have nothing to complain about. Sweatpants do not belong in school. Yoga pants are a new name for sweats. The reason jeans need to be left out is because they are a statement of behavior. My belief is all schools should have uniforms, so this is a liberal compromise.
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School need a more stringent dress code. Yoga pants do not belong in schools. I tip my hat to Mr Holland for starting the dialogue.
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Yoga pants? What the heck are yoga pants?
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There needs to be some consistency across the board for the county dress code at all Berkeley County Schools. If there isn't any enforcement, then why have one? It seems to that Mr. Holland at MMS was following protocol. It's not just at MMS, but you still see quite a few exposed boxers and bras from the students.
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Parents should monitor but when the only thing for sale are trashy looking clothes in sizes too small for our heavy society to err what do you do? Add in to that that teachers have NO dress code because the school system is too scared of being sued there is no leg to stand on. People who should be authority figures and role models dress as badly or worse than a lot of students so no wonder our kids have no self respect...
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Parents should monitor but when the only thing for sale are trashy looking clothes in sizes too small for our heavy society to err what do you do? Add in to that that teachers have NO dress code because the school system is too scared of being sued there is no leg to stand on. People who should be authority figures and role models dress as badly or worse than a lot of students so no wonder our kids have no self respect...
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Please clothing at this school isn't what Mr. Holland needs to address but it seems after 3 years he still tries to address the small petty issue instead of the drugs that flow freely in his school and his words to me was NOT in my school when there was information that could prove there was this school is a joke and so is he this why my child NO longer went there her last 2 years I think the board needs to address him instead of the clothes our chiildren wear they are there to learn and some children cant afford what our school systems require of them an resort to cheaper items also sweat clothes have ALWAYS been allowed and my son refuses to wear anything but sports clothes but he isn't punished for it like a girl is this is sexus and discrimination towards females.
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Looks to me like someone decided they didn't like yoga pants and started issuing suspensions without confirming the fact that they are actually against the dress code. Might be in poor taste, but that's not against the dress code.
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Pretty sure there is something in the dress code about clothing that disrupts the learning process. Anything so tight as to turn a child into an anatomy lesson would count in my book. Yoga pants might not be the most professional of attire, but that's not what the dress code is about, it's about making sure kids are learning instead of staring at someone's outfit. Yes, uniforms would eliminate SOME of the issue, but it would also raise costs and there are intelligent and creative students who find ways to stillstand out without breaking the rules of the uniforms. How about parents just use some common sense and make sure their children don't go to school in inappropriate attire?
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SME is on a crusade against moderation and common sense. In one post he rails against government interference and our alleged nanny state, yet in the next he wishes to impose rules and laws against anyone who disagrees with his archaic views. Paraphrasing his posts from the past day or so, "Green hair is unacceptable but bullying a weaker child is fine, higher taxes are terrible but the tax breaks already passed are why 47% of taxpayers end up not paying any income taxes (even though most pay other taxes), the Constitution says liberty so I don't have to help the poor, the Bible says do what is "right" so gays can't get married."
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SME, you just simply cannot wrap your brain around the fact that you are part of an endanged species, the angry old white guys are not the only ones running this country any longer. You are not in the majority for most of your views, deal with it; denial is never a pretty thing.
I'm not hinging my hopes on any group supporting my "alternative lifestyle", because I don't lead an alternative lifestyle. I'm a straight married father, working a full time job, attending a Christian church, a law abiding citizen with no criminal record, and a legal gun owner; even by YOUR narrow standards, I'm probably less alternative than you.
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You aren't using MY tactics, you are lying have the time, and spinning the facts the rest of the time.
Frankly, I don't really care what you believe. The only reason I respond to you is to try and ensure no one falls for you misinformation. Not everyone has the time to research the truth for themselves, and if one rational person takes the claptrap you post as reality, then they are one more misinformaed voter. If two people disagree on a subject, that's fine; but if one of those people only has that view because of false assumptions or misinformation, then that is such a waste.
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New Mexico - April's advocate of the month, David Cowan of New Mexico, provided oral testimony in New Mexico in support of SB 385, a bill that would require equal coverage for orally administered chemotherapy and intravenous and injected chemotherapy. David told his touching story to the members of the House Health & Government Affairs Committee and it was well received. The bill passed unanimously in committee and two days later passed the full House vote. It now sits on Governor Martinez's desk. She has until April 8th to sign.
To read the firsthand account of David's experience, please visit our Advocate of the Month page on April 1st.
Illinois – James Anderson of Illinois visited State Representative Senger's office twice in the past month to ask for her support of HB 1825, a bill that would ensure equal coverage of oral cancer medications and intravenously administered or injected cancer medications. He met with Senger's aide Nicole who understood the value of the legislation and assured him she would speak to her boss about the issue. He continues to be proactive in his fight to pass this legislation.
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Graduation Day at Fairborn High was drawing near and Lee Skinner still had no idea where he'd go from there. He was sure he could play Division I college football but apparently no one else shared his view. He was still without a scholarship offer near the end of winter wrestling season, which is when serendipity made its grand entrance.
Among those wrestling with Skinner at the Ohio districts was Ryan Quinn, younger son of Jeff Quinn, who a few months earlier had taken the head job at UB. Skinner and the coach had spoken in the past without an end result. But this renewing of acquaintances planted another seed.
"We kind of went from there," Skinner said. "We really didn't know what was going to happen. He didn't have a spot at the time but I ended up being lucky enough. I got offered in spring my senior year."
That's how Skinner came to make the journey from Dayton, Ohio, near the heart of MAC country, to the geographical fringe that is UB. And all he's done since his arrival is make an instant impact at inside linebacker and improve with seemingly every game.
As a redshirt freshman last season, Skinner finished second on the Bulls in tackles with just two fewer than senior linebacker Fred Branch. This year he's in a tight battle for the team lead with all-MAC linebacker Khalil Mack, with Skinner holding a three-tackle advantage, although Mack's played one fewer game.
But it's not just Skinner's tackle count that has opened eyes again this season. It's the how and where. Last year he had five tackles for losses; this season the number's up to 7.5 with an average loss of almost 6 yards. Sack-less a year ago, this time around Skinner has five, one-half less than team co-leaders Mack and Colby Way. The first forced fumble of his career, two weeks ago against Miami (Ohio), was vital to UB's 27-24 victory that snapped a six-game losing streak. His nine tackles in last week's victory over Western Michigan tied for the team-high.
"I really felt he played one of his best games," Quinn said. "He's operating the defense. He's making the checks. He's getting everybody on the same page and he's going out there and delivering and that's exciting."
"He's a special player," Mack said. "He's been working hard ever since he got here. I'm proud of him. He took a lot of strides to get to where he's at and it's good to see his growth, but I already knew he was going to be a great player."
Skinner looked at last year as a test of survival. The linebacking corps was filled with players he admired. His main motivation was a fear of letting them down.
"I see all these guys around me that are so good, and when I came out as a freshman just wide-eyed I just wanted to play up to where people expected me to," Skinner said. "I was just trying to be a role player and just do my job every time. Just try not to mess up and do what I'm supposed to.
"This year was like you always want to do your job, want to do the same thing, but you just keep pushing even harder and get better off the field and try to carry that onto the field because the guys around you are going to help you get better but you got to want it for yourself, too."
The youth movement UB launched on defense last year has paid off. The Bulls held three opponents to 25 points or fewer last season. This year the number is six, including a current streak of four in a row.
"Now we're at the point where we're happy about some things but we just want to keep getting better," Skinner said. "We're definitely not fulfilled yet."
Fulfillment will have to wait. Talk of a Mid-American Conference championship died early this season under the weight of a challenging schedule. But next season? The Bulls lose just one season-long starter, defensive end Steven Means, and return eight of their current top 10 tacklers.
"We just want to keep getting better," Skinner said.
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Drew Norberg stretched a good two feet above the net before she slammed the ball down hard enough to scare the kneepads off most high school volleyball players.
To Spring Creek's credit, the girls stood their ground while Viking volleyball bullets rained down, but there was no stopping the Vikings Tuesday. South Tahoe swept the quarterfinals 3-0 as the girls continue their push toward championships.
Norberg delivered devastating kill after kill, connecting with 15-of-25. It's a beat of one second between Norberg's kills and the floor.
"She hits the bajeebers out of the ball," South Tahoe coach Dan Mclaughlin said, "but give Spring Creek credit. They didn't back down and stood in there and took everything she was giving them."
Not an easy task, considering South Tahoe went 31-for-59 on kills and delivered 17 aces, all while limiting service errors to seven over three games.
Bailey David was a large chunk of those staggering serving stats.
"Bailey was on fire," setter Raquel Marchesseault said.
David set a blistering pace in Game 1 with serves that sent Spring Creek scrambling. The senior served 18 straight points, taking the Vikings from 2-4 to 20-4. She walked away with nine aces and five digs.
"Bailey just found weaknesses and exploited them. She served like the veteran volleyball player that she is," McLaughlin said.
David's serves found Spring Creek holes, and Morgan Kaufer delivered a well-placed tip to close Game 1 with a tone-setting 25-11 win.
Kaufer, also one of the best hitters in the league, has a knack for dropping key tips and stunning kills at those crucial moments. The senior went 8-for-12 on kills and missed just one all night. She also contributed two aces and four digs.
"Bailey had her passes on. Morgan was putting her kills down, but no one played bad. Everyone played on the same level," Marchesseault said.
Spring Creek hitters started hitting its stride in Game 2, but the Vikings keep a clean backcourt.
"The whole secret to the game was that we passed the ball well to Raquel," McLaughlin said. "We had 12 digs and every one of those digs we turned into points."
David, Kaila Griffis and Jade Child dug up some big hits while South Tahoe's setters Marchesseault and Hannah Neiger flew across the setter's box to handle any pass that came their way.
"What can you say about a setter who ended up with two kills, five aces, 27 assists and a dig?" McLaughlin asked of Marchesseault.
Not much because the Vikings' 25-10 win in Game 2 speaks loud enough.
Meanwhile, Emily Gardner was coming through at the net. In her first year on the team, Gardner is already a crucial part of South Tahoe's blocking and offensive attack.
But there wasn't a Viking player who wasn't coming though Tuesday.
"We just connected and there was no anxiety," Griffis said.
The Spring Creek hung in until the final point, but Dominique Daniels shut it down when she slammed the final serve over the net. South Tahoe took Game 3 with a 25-11 win to cement the semifinal trip.
"No. 9 (Norberg) hits lights out, and we couldn't catch up" Spring Creek coach Jorge Zatary said. "Our effort wasn't lacking and our hustle was there, but we definitely can play better volleyball than that."
With the win, South Tahoe (8-3) advances to semifinals at home against Fernley (9-2) on Saturday at 11:40 a.m. A win against Fernley would guarantee the girls a trip to state, but it will be a tough match.
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Devers is a 6'0, 195-pound Dominican third baseman that hits lefty and throws right handed. He is from Samana, a rural area on the east side of the island that isn't especially known for producing players. I was told before the events I attended on the island in January that he was the best hitter in this class and I got a chance to confirm this at the Perfect Game World Showcase in early January in Fort Myers. Devers faced mostly high school seniors and acquitted himself well, making hard contact and pushing one at bat I saw to 13 pitches against professional level velocity. Devers has an October 24, 1996 birthday, making him roughly an average age amongst this year's class.
Devers is a confident left-handed bat most notable for his exaggerated leg kick as a timing mechanism. Most trainers wouldn't teach that to prospects as it's a turn off for teams when raw hitters still developing have higher maintenance swings but Devers is much closer to a finished product at the plate than any of his peers. He loads his hands in a good place to create power and bat speed without sacrificing contact. Devers has a wide base and loose handsy swing, showing bat control in game situations. He also normally keeps his finish lower to allow his bat path to stay in the zone longer. Whoever signs him will likely tone down the leg kick but not eliminate it as it's part of a successful rhythm swing.
Devers power is fringy right now but he can hit the ball with authority to all fields and his power already shows up in game situations. This type of power ages well and while he doesn't have physical projection, Devers is young enough that he'll add some good weight and drop some bad weight. Higher contact, all-fields power that comes at a young age can play up in gam situations so average or even above average power can be expected, which translates to 15-20 bombs annually.
Devers ran a 7.08 in the 60 yard in the Dominican and a 7.00 at PG world, both in the average to slightly below range. Speed isn't a big part of Devers game and he's already pretty maxed-out physically. It isn't uncommon for players like this to slim up and gain a step as they age, but Devers speed, while a 45 on the 20-80 scale now, should never be more than 50 and will likely settle in at maturity at 40 or 45.
Devers has a solid-average arm that's fine for third and his feet are quicker rather than fast, allowing him to play the hot corner with below average timed speed. He's got solid instincts and will need to work to keep flexible and lean enough to play third but has a good chance to figure that out.
Devers is a little different than most top July 2nd prospects in that he lacks projection and has now hitting ability. It isn't a surprise that some teams would gravitate to this profile and it sounds like the Red Sox have jumped to the front of this line with rumors that they're hot on Devers trail for a seven figure bonus other teams are unlikely to top. I had pegged Devers for a high six figure bonus, possibly as much as $1 million and anything $1.5 million or lower would be in the reasonable realm for Devers.
Devers upside is as a solid everyday third baseman and there's risk with most of his value coming from the bat as a 15 year old but lower than most given his present ability. .275+ batting average with 15-20 homers and average defense is what the team that signs him will be counting on.
I sat down the first base line and behind home at the events I attended that Devers played in, as most of the top hitters were right handed and I wanted to watch the pitchers, so I didn't get a ton of video from his open side. Luckily, Perfect Game and Baseball Prospectus' Nick Faleris take a lot of video at showcases, so below is my video from the Dominican and theirs from PG World.
Batting Practice at MLB Showcase in Dominican Republic
An At Bat at PG World
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William's Paternity Leave Ends & He Returns to Royal Air Force
With his paternity leave over, the new father has said goodbye to his 2-week old son, Prince George, and wife Kate, and headed back to North Wales to return to his position as a Royal Air Force search and rescue helicopter pilot.
Kate, 31, and the newborn are currently at the Middletons' home in Bucklebury, about 55 miles west of London. But mother and son are expected to make the 270-mile trip up to North Wales "at some point" in the coming weeks, a royal source tells PEOPLE.
The trip will enable the trio to spend some time together in the area they love, and show "Georgie" (as grandpa Prince Charles expects him to be nicknamed) the place they spent their first years of married life.
Over the next month, William – who is known as Flight Lieutenant Wales – will end his tour of duty and the Palace will announce his next role.
Before he moves on, William will attend the Anglesey show that celebrates rural and farming life on the island. There, on Aug. 14, he will watch gun-dog and falconry displays as well as cattle judging, and he is set to make a short speech.
Local volunteer community worker Jean Owen says, "We all want to congratulate the couple. I would love to see them – and to even catch a glimpse of them with a pram would be breathtaking. It's lovely to see him coming back, but I have mixed feelings as it will be sad when they leave us soon."
William and Kate are said by the royal source to be "thrilled" with family life, and, for his part William is relishing some of the chores of fatherhood.
He joked with guests at a polo match Saturday that he had to rush home but not before he had picked up some diapers along the way.
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While Penn State football fans are reeling from the news Tuesday night that Bill O'Brien was leaving after two years as head coach to take the same job with the NFL's Houston Texans, it's harder to understand the emotions of the 17-, 18- and 19-year-olds like Mark Allen who were all set to play for him as Nittany Lions.
"I was obviously upset. I was planning on playing my four years for O'Brien. He was one of the main reasons I committed," Allen, a running back from DeMatha High School in Maryland, said. "It's the same for the other recruits, too. That's why we were upset when we heard the news."
O'Brien and his staff, in spite of NCAA sanctions that included a bowl ban and reduced scholarships, had been putting together an outstanding recruiting class. With he and most of his assistant coaches gone, though, interim coach Larry Johnson has been left to try to hold it together as Allen and his fellow commits have had to re-evaluate a process most of them thought was over and done with.
"Obviously, the class was going along pretty well. We'll have to see how the change with Coach O'Brien impacts things," said Cory James, an Altoona native who is a recruiting analyst for the Lions247 website.
The good news is that, so far, none of the 19 players that have verbally committed have changed to another school or even publicly opened up their recruiting, something that is well within their rights to do because oral commitments are not binding.
Most players in this class won't sign an actual letter-of-intent until Feb. 5, although several were supposed to enroll for spring classes on Jan. 13.
"I'm very disappointed about these events," Washington D.C. safety prospect Marcus Allen said. "But, as I collect my thoughts, I come to realize that this is how life is and we have to roll with the punches. Coach OB did what was best for him and I will do the same, and if after all of the dust has cleared that's Penn State, I will welcome that."
The two Allens are among a group comprising about half the class that have made it pretty clear over the last two days they expect to stand by their original decisions, either by announcing in interviews or on social media or telling their fellow recruits. That group also includes Delaware linebacker Troy Reeder, Scranton offensive lineman Noah Beh, Virginia running back Nick Scott, Massachusetts running back Johnathan Thomas - who, ironically, went to O'Brien's high school alma mater -- Virginia offensive lineman Chasz Wright, New Jersey defensive tackle Antoine White and, it appears, New Jersey linebacker Jason Cabinda.
"Coach O'Brien played into why I chose Penn State, but I didn't commit there for Coach O'Brien," White told the Daily Journal newspaper in Vineland, N.J., acknowledging that four colleges reached out to him on New Year's Day to gauge his interest. "As much as I liked him and believed in him, I'm not one of those guys who was going to pick a school solely because of the head coach.
"It's upsetting to see him go, but ultimately, he's not the specific reason behind my choice. As of now, I'm 100 percent committed to Penn State."
Virginia defensive back Troy Vincent and Mount Lebanon receiver Troy Apke also could be part of that nucleus, according to second half information from some of the recruits, but Vincent has been rumored to be looking into other visits for a couple of months, and Pitt is expected to make a run at Apke.
Defensive tackle Tarow Barney is definitely in the fold, having already inked his letter-of-intent a couple of weeks ago as a junior college signee. It seems likely that Coatesville defensive back Daquan Worley and New Jersey linebacker Donte Raymond will remain part of this class, too, barring something unforeseen.
That leaves five recruits: receivers De'Andre Thompkins of North Carolina and Chris Godwin of Delaware, quarterback Michael O'Connor of Canada by way of Florida, defensive tackle Thomas Holley of New York and tight end Mike Gesicki of New Jersey. Those five might also be the five highest rated prospects in the class.
Godwin, Holley, O'Connor and Thompkins all were in St. Petersburg, Fla. this week to prepare for Thursday's Under Armour All-American game. O'Connor and Thompkins were set to enroll at Penn State in less than two weeks along with Barney, White and Wright, but that's probably on hold now.
"They might decide to go elsewhere, or, hopefully for Penn State's sake, they might hold off and wait to see who Penn State can hire," James said.
While all five of those players are question marks and have plenty of other viable recruiting options, O'Connor and Thompkins are considered to be the biggest risks to bolt. In fact, many observers consider it unlikely Thompkins will end up at Penn State now that his Stan Hixon, the highly regarded receiver coach, has decided to follow O'Brien to Houston. O'Connor committed largely based on O'Brien's ability to groom quarterbacks.
"Thompkins kind of said before if O'Brien left he would have to think about it, but probably if Hixon stayed, he would stay," James said. "I wouldn't be surprised to see him move on."
It appears that Penn State, though, might be able to hang onto Holley if it keeps Johnson on the staff. In fact, several members of the class are very high on the Nittany Lions' veteran defensive line coach.
"I was very pleased to hear the news that Coach Johnson is the interim coach. I would be pleased if he were to become the full time coach," Marcus Allen said. "I know he's the glue that will hold this program and class together."
Offered by Johnson, Wright, who spent this semester at Milford Academy Prep School in New York, actually committed while the rumors first came out about O'Brien leaving, then decided to remain on board.
"I always thought of Penn State being Penn State. The school, the atmosphere, the people, if you're part of Penn State, you're a part of a family," Wright said. "I respect Coach O'Brien as a coach and as a man, and I know he did what he had to do for himself and for his family. But I didn't come to Penn State just to play for Coach O'Brien."
Mark Allen's sentiments were similar to those of Wright's.
"Obviously, O'Brien was a major factor [in my initial decision], but the education fits me, and a hundred thousand student and fans are behind you," Mark Allen said. "Plus, I think it shows good character to stay. I was the first one to commit, and I'm going to try to keep this class together."
Mark Allen has joined with several of the other committed Lion recruits to try to reach out and keep those that are unsure in the fold.
"I tell them, 'Come on now, you still have 100,000 fans behind you and a great education. Penn State is just a great school, period. From what I hear, the sanctions are going to be reduced more in December, so, hopefully, we can be in bowl games. It's going to get better,''' Allen said. "That's what I tell them. Once we get a head coach, let's just keep it together."


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Noted Hurricane Expert Kerry Emanuel has publicly reversed his stance on the impact of Global Warming on Hurricanes. Saying "The models are telling us something quite different from what nature seems to be telling us," Emanuel has released new research indicating that even in a rapidly warming world, hurricane frequency and intensity will not be substantially affected.
"The results surprised me," says Emanuel, one of the media's most quoted figures on the topic.
The view that global warming has limited impact on hurricane strength has been previously reported in numerous DailyTech articles.
Emanuel, professor of Atmospheric Science at MIT, is the author of numerous books and research papers on climate change. For over twenty years, he has argued that global warming breeds more frequent and stronger storms. In fact, his 1987 paper is often cited as the first appearance of the theory itself.
His 2005 research -- published just one month before Hurricane Katrina struck -- made world headlines, and was heralded as the "final proof" that Global Warming was already having severe impacts on daily lives. Overnight, Emanuel became a media darling. The following year, Time Magazine named him to their "100 People Who Shape Our World" list.
In 2006, Al Gore used an image of a smokestack spawning a hurricane to promote his movie, An Inconvenient Truth.
Emanuel's newest work, co-authored with two other researchers, simulates hurricane conditions nearly 200 years in the future. The research -- the first to mesh global climate models with small-scale high-resolution simulations of individual storms -- found that while storm strength rises slightly in some areas, it falls in others -- and the total number of worldwide storms actually declines slightly.
Emanuel's reversal is certain to reverberate through political circles as well; many politicians and candidates are using the hurricane threat to compel action on climate change.
quote: Yes, as this latest report seems to confirm
quote: Thats not a report and it doesn't "confirm" anything. It's just yet another computer model.The actual data shows sea level rise is still going up at the same slow rate it has for thousands of years.
quote: The Arctic seems to be warming up. Reporters from fishermen, seal hunters, and explorers [all] point to a radical change in clmatic conditions, and hitherto unheard-of high temerpatures in that part of the Earth's surface....Ice conditions were exceptional. In fact, so little ice has never before been noted.
quote: The Arctic ocean is warming up, icebergs are growing scarcer and in some places the seals are finding the water too hot, according to a report to the Commerce Department yesterday from Consul Ifft, at Bergen, Norway...Great masses of ice have been replaced by moraines of earth and stones, the report continued, while at many points well known glaciers have entirely disappeared.
quote: Did we prevent the Manhatten Project from going forward until every citizen understood nuclear theory?
quote: In the past 50 years, the western Antarctic Peninsula has experienced the biggest temperature increase
quote: That peninsula (a tiny part of Antarctica) is right on top of an active volcano region also.The rest of Antarctica (the vast majority) has been cooling the past 50 years. That's something GW can't explain.
quote: It's hardly a tiny part
quote: there is an Ozone hole in that region that reduces temperatures.
quote: You have it backwards. Low temperatures reduce ozone, not the other way around.


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When the Monsignor Martin Association girls hockey team needed overtime to beat Williamsville earlier this month, it wasn't just a victory, but a glimpse into the future.
"It was a great, great girls hockey game, one of the best I've seen in three years," said Monsignor Martin coach Chris Malicki. "It was back and forth. It shows all the teams are improving, the league is getting better. The very first year there were a lot of blowouts. This year you're not seeing that, and the league is a lot tighter."
A more competitive league is good news for the six other teams in the Western New York Hockey Federation, who have been chasing the perennial front-runners since the league formed three years ago. Monsignor Martin beat West Seneca, 2-1, to win last year's Federation title.
The defending champions are off to an 11-0 start this year as the league hits the home stretch of an 18-game regular season.
Detractors say the team's success shouldn't come as a surprise as the roster of 23 players represents the best and brightest from seven different Catholic schools.
"I've heard it for three years," said Malicki. "Here's the rub, when you look at the enrollment numbers, we're right in the middle. There are three schools above us and three below. Immaculata has 150 kids total. Mount Mercy has 225. Look at how big the three Williamsville schools are? People don't know that or they don't look at that."
What they do notice is the play of standouts such as junior forward Rachel Lenard, one of six players named to last year's All-Federation team. She's put up some impressive numbers, including a hat trick and two assists last week against Kenmore.
"She controls the puck and the play sometimes at will," said Malicki. "She's so strong when she gets the puck, she keeps it on her stick, it's very difficult to get it off. And she's an outstanding skater."
Senior Julia Duquette has already committed to play college hockey at Division III Plattsburgh and Rachel Ziarnowski is a versatile athlete who has signed with Niagara for softball.
Malicki has a short wish list when it comes to things he'd like to change about the league, but he does wish his team could bus to its away games.
"People don't realize we are self-funded, we get no help from the schools, these girls are paying out of their own pocket. The public schools get bussed. We have parents car pooling. That's the one thing I feel we miss. I wish we could get a bus and go together."
• Frontier/Orchard Park does not take its commitment to playing hockey lying down. Not when practice starts at 5 a.m. Ice time is so scarce that the nine girls from Frontier and 11 from OP show up bright and early at Leisure Rinks ready for their morning skate three to four times a week.
"They all get out of their cars in their PJs, they've got Tim Horton's hot chocolate or coffee and they get on the ice and start giggling and laughing," said coach Jim McCarthy, a teacher at Frontier, who answers his alarm at 4:20 a.m. "I said it from day one, that's one of the things that holds our team together."
Senior Bernadette O'Connell holds the Frontier/OP offense together as one of the fastest girls in the league with a hard shot. The team has trouble scoring goals so it relies on a solid core of five defenseman to keep it in games.
Another unique aspect is the team has four sets of sisters: Alexa and Mikaela DiTonto, Megan and Jessica Urbank, Katie and Grace Page and Megan and Hannah Roche.
• Of all the challenges that await a team at the beginning of a season, West Seneca didn't think having enough players would be one of them. Last year's roster of 17 went 17-4 overall and finished as runner-up in the Federation.
This fall coach Pete Tonsoline was dismayed when seven players, with no goalie, showed up on the first day of practice.
Tonsoline immediately summoned West Seneca West field hockey coach Kelly Ruchalski, who worked the phones and rustled up enough players to save the program.
"We were warming up before one game and the ref says to me, 'Where are the rest of their kids? Are they coming out of the lockeroom?' I said, 'No, that's them,'" said Tonsoline. "I'm just happy we survived. If we couldn't have fielded a team, I would have felt like we were letting everyone down."
Junior Erin Gehen has been a first-team All-Fed pick the last two years. She currently is the Fed's scoring leader with 20 goals and has 13 assists. She connected for seven goals in a recent 10-6 win over Lancaster. Her hat trick was the difference in a 7-6 win over Amherst/Sweet Home.
"Gehen never comes off the ice," said Tonsoline. "In all the sports I've coached, and I've been coaching ice hockey for 41 years on the high school level, I think this kid plays with the most heart of anyone."
Gehen is a three-year player along with junior Molly Sikorski (West), Kristen Sikorski (East) and Katie Zimmer (West). Two other player back from last year are freshman Jouden Weisbeck and Bri Carlin.
Tonsoline gives a lot of credit to Abby Mutton, the JV goalie on the field hockey team, who has stood in there and made 176 saves this season.
• Williamsville junior goalie Theresa Meosky (Williamsville East) has three shutouts in her 10 starts. She's come up big in several games when the defense has broken down.
Junior defenseman Rachel Grampp (Williamsville South), a transfer from Nichols, has scored five goals on slap shots from the blue line. Her other two have been on rushes.
Senior Caroline Soh (Williamsville East) excels on defense. She is one of only three seniors on the team. Sophomore Sarah Scolnick (Williamsville East) is the speed merchant, with a low center of gravity and plays on the top scoring line.
• Kenmore's Lauren Pray, then a sophomore, was the only goalie to make the All-Fed first team last year. She has a .946 save percentage and a 1.31 goals-against average.
Kenmore's fortunate in having another goaltender who can get the job done with Kaitlyn Simmons, who rotates with Pray. Simmons had her best game of the season last week against Williamsville recording 24 saves in a shutout.
Also contributing to Kenmore's 7-4-1 start are winger Alyssa Dollendorf, defensman Kaeli Mathias and defenseman Grace Simmons (freshman assistant captain). Mathias was an All-WNY selection in field hockey.
• Interest in Lancaster's program is at an all-time high with a roster of 23 players. Only eight have experience while the rest either just play for the school or have never played at all.
Sophomore Megan Reukauf is a top defenseman and junior Maddie Norton can be found in goal or on defense. There are two middle schoolers on the team, including eighth-grader Janelle Piatt, who had a hat trick against West Seneca.
Lancaster remains the Fed's only member that plays as single school. "We have improved tremendously over the last three years," said coach Dave Santoro. "This year, having more girls, they push each other, go to open skates and practice on backyard ice rinks. Since we first took the ice on Nov. 2. we've made so much progress in our skating."
• Amherst/Sweet Home's top line is made up of Missy Mallon, Julia Mings and McKenna Rushford. They are complimented by junior defenseman Maddy Grisko, who is fourth in the league in points with 11 goals and seven assists in seven games. Mallon is close behind with seven goals, eight assists.
"Maddy is an all-around great player," said coach James Ryan. "She's been playing defense since she was a kid. She's really been the leader. She gets involved off the rushes. She's scored a lot of goals from the point."
States, here we come
Section VI will be sending a team to compete for an unofficial state title for the first time. Four sections across the state now offer girls hockey, six are needed to make it an official championship. The tournament had been a three-team wild-card event before welcoming Section VI this year.
The local representative will be decided on Feb. 6 when the top two public school teams, based on league record, play a winner-take-all game at the Northtowns Center. That team advances to Canton to play in a semifinal/final on Feb. 8-9.
The team then returns home to compete in the Federation playoffs against all seven teams in the league starting Feb. 11.
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Awesome! I'll have to download it and check it out.
I like it. I was doing something similar with this 2 years ago, except mine you had to write the PS code by hand so it wasn't nearly as cool.
Thanks for the video. It should be noted, however, that one can create an array "computation" type library today. It is merely a matter of syntax and abstracting away the loops from the end user of your functions. Whether it would take advantage of a multi-core
system setup is another thing entirely, so good work here.
The brief GPU discussion/explanation was also interesting. Additionally, I'm curious, however, as to what the conversion routines for data parallel arrays and regular arrays look like. Perhaps I should check out the SDK? Is much code shared in the SDK or is it pretty much a "black box" type approach?
jvervoorn wrote:I am trobled by how many times charles is the one trying to introduce groups to what other people are working on. It would be great to improve the communcation that should be going on while at the same time cutting down on the e-mail that is overwhelming you all there.
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jvervoorn wrote: I am trobled by how many times charles is the one trying to introduce groups to what other people are working on. It would be great to improve the communcation that should be going on while at the same time cutting down on the e-mail that is overwhelming you all there.
I think the exact same thing every time. A lot of projects with overlapping goals. I know Microsoft is a big company, but a keyword searchable database of current/past projects might do wonders.
Charles wrote:I'm not sure I fully understand the problem here. Programming concurrent applications is hard and there is no single silver bullet to make it easy (it's a hard problem). Accelerator is but one approach to a specific subset of the problem, just as Software Transactional Memory (video to appear on C9 next week) and language-level solutions are. I am just investigating what's being done around the company to address this important programming topic.
Can you elaborate more on what you see as the problem with this approach? I'm open to suggestions, as always. In fact, I'd love some more feedback.
Andrew Davey wrote:Defered evalution is definately a very interesting subject. The work being done with LINQ is along the same lines. The compiler generates an expression tree that can then be passed around as data and transformed before evaluation.
I wonder if its possible to take expression trees generated by LINQ and transform them into parallelisable computations. I suppose it really comes down to "map" and "reduce" functions in the end. Whilst you are kind of limited to pure arithmetic operations in the GPU, the future of multi-cores certainly could widen the scope.
Of course, I can't talk about abstract syntax trees without once again mentioning syntactic macros It would be interesting to look at using syntactic macros to perform staged computation. I'm sure some of the parallelising of operations can be decided at compile time. That could make for even more performance increases since you can take some weight off the JIT compiler.
rhm wrote:It's an interesting project and an interesting video.
I like the idea of having a library that makes general purpose computation on GPU really easy.
However, the example used in the video of the 5x5 convole is both illusory and hints at the core problem with the approach to making parallelism easy to code in the wider world.
If you load a big (1600x1200) image into photoshop and do a radius 5 gaussian blur, you're looking at about 1 second of processing even on my relatively old PC (AMD Athlon XP 2000). And that's because Adobe have hand-optimized their filter routines using the most efficient approach running on a CPU. That is it performs the whole matrix operation on a small area of the image at a time, it 'touches' areas of memory before it needs them so they'll be in the cache when it does need them, and of course it uses MMX/SSE to exploit the small amount of SIMD power current CPUs have.
The routine shown to us in the video takes a different approach. It composits the whole image repeatedly, offset by a given number of pixels each time. That's the definitive way to perform that operation on a GPU, but it's devastatingly inefficient to do that on a CPU compared to the conventional way of doing it (as shown by Adobe).
Now it was kind-of glossed over in the video, but I believe the interviewees were saying that they are trying to come up with a way of making data-level parallelism easy to code for both GPUs and multi-core scenarios. They also touted their library approach as being a lot simpler than the conventional high-performance computing approach of having a special compiler pick apart the loops in the problem and work out what to run where. They state that by encoding higher level operations in library calls, that the intention of the program is encoded and the library then works out what to do.
The problem there is that the intention here - to perform a 5x5 convolve by repeatedly compositing an offset image - it right for the GPU, but wrong for the CPU.
Now I suppose you could be really clever with your deferred computation and 'unpick' the intention from the series of composition calls that the nested for loops in the example produce and then work out a more efficient way to execute them on a CPU. But that's likely to only work in limited situations, where the same operation is exectuted over and over. I think it would be better to admit that there's no way to succictly encode the intention of program to a computer (this is a problem that mathematicians have grappled with since before there were computers) and just concentrate on producing useful libraries for the two different scenarios. But hey, you're the researchers!
Andrew Davey wrote:What happens for those lucky people with dual video cards? Can Accelerator use both in parallel?
(No I don't have dual cards, I just like the idea!)
Minh wrote:I'm curious - why not implement this as a library on top of multi - core CPU's (which seems a much moreuseful Scenario) rather than a GPU ?
(or perhaps You find the limited Ps instruction set easier to start out with)
David Tarditi wrote:[...]
rhm wrote:[...]
The problem there is that the intention here - to perform a 5x5 convolve by repeatedly compositing an offset image - it right for the GPU, but wrong for the CPU.
Now, if you want good performance, you need to traverse the output pixels in the correct order to preserve spatial locality.
Hakime wrote:If i look to this video i can not prevent myself to think that there is nothing new here and i am quite surprised to see that Microsoft is so late in this
I mean Apple has been working on APIs for SIMD programming for many years that provide data parallelism for image processing, scientific application, signal processing, math computing, etc..... This API is called Accelerate framework and it just do all the job for the developper
When I run your Life program then switch to the task manager the code errors out:
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Error in the application.
at Microsoft.DirectX.Direct3D.Device.GetRenderTargetData(Surface renderTarget, Surface destSurface)
at AcceleratorDX.DxMachine.ConvertStreamToArray(AcceleratorFloatStream s1, Single[,]& afl)
at AcceleratorDX.DxMachine.ConvertStreamToBitmap(AcceleratorStream s1, Bitmap& bmp)
at Microsoft.Research.DataParallelArrays.ParallelArrays.ToBitmap(FloatParallelArray a, Bitmap& bm)
at LifeDemo.Display(Graphics g, Rectangle rc) in C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Accelerator\samples\life.cs:line 61
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at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)
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at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
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at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
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Also, where is the code to monitor cpu performance and gpu performance. How to enable? Are there any managed C++ samples
super awsome
id just like to bump this thread and ask how this project is doing now?
how is this related to the shader stuff in wpf thats coming up?
chales, a new interview with these guys whould be so cool
With LINQ one can write
var grayImage = GPU.Compute(image,(Float4 color)=> {
return color.R * 0.4 + color.G*0.3 + color.B*0.3);
without Accelerator's array proxies.
With improved Expressions in v4.0 link one can expect very convenient api...
Any news?
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A homeless person. Not necessarily lazy but is usually considered to be because of their social rank. Also inlcuding people that beg for change and people sleeping on the streets.
That guy that is always sleeping under that tree with worn clothes and has no home to go to is a bumb.
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Slang word for being both a "bum" and a "bitch" or a "bum bitch".
Funny how some of you "bumbs" that cry constantly about refs and every other injustice that you see, come at the Difference when I voice my opinion, when all in your world is fine or you get a win or two.
by wordsmith57 September 22, 2010
Combination of the words bum and numb. Bum that has become numb from excessive sitting. Like sitting in front of a laptop in hong kong airport for six hours.
Man I have such a bumb!!
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teri is so bumb
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Some one who walks around major cities, lives outside and is poor.
Thomas the bumb was chasing me around the city of Minneapolis today.
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1. Someone who is lazy and just lays around
1. Angela is being a bumb today.
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NAMI's Family-to-Family Leadership Institute, held November 7-9 in St. Louis, MO had 65 participants in attendance.
"This was a first-ever event for us," said Lynne Saunders, director, Family-to-Family technical assistance. "We wanted our Family-to-Family program directors to have fun, learn a lot and know they are appreciated." The event brought in program leaders from virtually every state where the 12-week, free, peer education course for family members of persons with serious mental disorders is taught.
"We had such a wonderful time," said Joyce Burland, Ph.D., author of the nationally acclaimed family empowering program and director of NAMI education, training and peer support center. "Everyone who participated, including our sponsors, were just like family. We worked hard, learned a lot together, and shared lots of good ideas."
Highlights of the event included a keynote address from NAMI Executive Director Rick Birkel, Ph.D., sharing the new Campaign for the Mind of America with a special message of appreciation for NAMI's "unsung heroes" who give so much to help so many. Presentations from John Bardi, Bristol-Meyers Squibb Company on effective marketing, "To Market To Market;" and NAMI South Carolina Executive Director Dave Almeida on program management "Turning Passion into Progress;" were also very well received. "Our evals were off the charts," said Saunders concerning attendees' review of the event.
Prior to the event, Dr. Burland interviewed all state program directors to assemble an emerging best practices café of resources that were on display throughout the conference. Each state was carefully profiled. "We emphasized strengths," said Saunders. "Joyce asked each of them to share their primary strengths and best practices. We distributed their profiles in a binder so they could learn about each other and then we gave them an opportunity to make that connection personally."
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Sponsors of the event through unrestricted educational grants were Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. (OAP) and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMS).
Directors had an opportunity to view the new recruitment tool, a 10-minute video called "Tribute," which is a depiction of family members telling their stories of what Family-to-Family meant to them, "from their own hearts," said Saunders. These videos, along with other educational products, were offered free of charge in whatever quantity was needed to each state from BMS program sponsors.


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Wednesday, June 19, 2013
June is traditionally regarded as bride's month. It is the time of year when traditionally most marriages occur.
I was reminded of this because a few days ago I heard two young ladies discussing marriage and one of them mentioned that she would like to be a June bride. The younger one said she preferred to get married on Valentine's Day because she thought that was more romantic.
That got me to start thinking about marriage. I could say a lot about marriage but for some reason my mind went to the funny side and a number of humorous stories and incidents that I have heard or read over the years came back to mind. In these hot summer days I decided that you might have more fun reading these stories than being lectured about marriage.
Some stories are just that stories and nothing else; but some are so real they are hard to believe. This one is true.
I walked past a group of uniformed men sharing stories about experiences they have had meeting members of the opposite sex. This particular young man about 28 years told his friends that he was at a party one night and met a young lady that he really liked. After spending some time with her he decided to play it safe so he asked her if she was married. She told him she was a May bride. She went on to explain that she may or may not be married, it all depends.
Guys watch out or you may or may not find yourself in a whole lot of trouble.
The bride was lying in bed enjoying this first day of her long awaited honeymoon. Her husband crawled out of bed and headed for the bathroom. After about 20 minutes and he did not return she shouted, "Honey, did you brush your teeth as yet?"
"Yes," he cooed, "And while I was at it, I also brushed yours."
Such a thoughtful husband, we need more like him.
After a month of nonstop romance and going out almost every night the young lady said to the guy, "Don't you think it is time we got married?"
"I would love to," said the guy. "But it will be years and years before I will be able to afford a home."
The young lady refused to take no for an answer.
"So, couldn't we go and live with your parents after we are married?"
"No chance," said the guy. "My parents are still living with their parents."
Ladies, all I can say is look before you leap.
The couple was being taken on their first helicopter ride. It is something they could not afford but they were told that if none of them screamed, shouted or made a sound during the ride, the ride would be free. They were strapped in and the pilot took off. They were treated to some dazzling sights as the helicopter soared above the lush landscape, over buildings and even the ocean.
The pilot made some amazing moves swerving here and there, doing somersaults and making a number of acrobatic moves with the helicopter. All this time he did not hear a sound from the couple. He was really impressed with their composure. Finally he circled and headed for the landing area. "You guys did very well," he shouted over the noise of the engine. "Usually most couples would be screaming. I guess the ride is on me."
"Well to be truthful," said the husband. "I almost let out a scream after the last turn when the wife fell out."
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Varsity Female Athlete of the Week: Theresa Fachetti, Harbor Creek basketball
Theresa Fachetti, Harbor Creek
The Harbor Creek girls basketball program graduated three players from last season's team.
Theresa Fachetti is a reason Huskies coach Mark Corey is worrying less about that.
Fachetti is only a sophomore, but her early play helped them to an overall record of 4-2 going into the holiday week. The 5-foot 8-inch forward contributed to each of the two victories which gave Harbor Creek that winning record.
The Huskies beat Central Tech 33-31 Dec. 20 at Al Calabrese Gymnasium. Fachetti converted a clutch free throw with 11 seconds left.
"I wasn't nervous at all," she said about the last of her game-high 15 points.
Harbor Creek followed that non-region victory with another on Saturday. Fachetti scored nine points in the Huskies' 47-33 home win over backyard rival Iroquois.
Fachetti said she's been comfortable about assuming more responsibility in spite of being a second-year player.
"I think we're used to knowing what's expected from us," Fachetti said. "We've got a good group of girls and we've all come together."
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The Eagles knocked the Skyhawks off balance Saturday.
But the Fort Lewis College men�s basketball team shifted just enough back onto its toes to pull away in the second half and beat Northern New Mexico 82-70 to wrap up the Colorado Mesa Thanksgiving Classic in Grand Junction.
�We came out a little bit sluggish, but I think you should give credit to Northern New Meixco. They came out inspired and ready to play,� FLC head coach Bob Hofman said.
�They really put us on our heels.�
The Eagles held a small lead over Fort Lewis for most of the first half and got up by as many as 9 before the Skyhawks cut the lead to 1 to end first-half play.
To start, Northern New Mexico was hitting more than 60 percent of its 3-pointers while keeping the Skyhawks from getting good looks of their own.
The Eagles (3-10) finished with 44 percent shooting from the floor and beyond the arc, while Fort Lewis hit just 4 of 26 from 3-point range to go with a 39 percent overall field goal percentage.
�They did a really nice job of ball pressure,� Hofman said.
�They didn�t let us get into a rhythm.
�They made shots more than anything ... When you make shots, it really inspires your defense as opposed to the other way around.�
But in the second half the Skyhawks made �just enough� free throws and shots and had �just enough� rebounds to turn the tide, aided by Alex Herrera who had 15 points and a game-high seven rebounds to contribute to FLC�s 44-38 advantage off the glass.
FLC took its first 11�point lead at 68-57 with 6:47 to go and didn�t let it go.
�I thought Alex Herrera really did a nice job on the boards and did a good job throughout,� Hofman said.
Nick Tomsick led FLC (3-0) with 19 points, and Torrey Udall had 11. Matt Mazarei fed them from the point with zero turnovers and four assists.
Rodney Coles and Orlando Echave led the Eagles with 12 points apiece, while Daniel Molina added 11.
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We've heard much about the Vélib' Revolution in Paris. Marie was down there for a visit a while back and now it was my turn, together with Wifealiciousness. I was looking forward to seeing how the bike share programme worked and how it fit into the urban landscape of the French capital.
In short, I was astounded. It's hardly been a year since the Vélib' was thrust upon Parisians and yet the Vélib' has already become an iconic addition to a city hardly lacking icons.
This first photo doesn't even feature a Vélib' bicycle and that is on purpose. The Vélib' Revolution has spawned bike culture. Vélib bikes are everywhere, of course. There are 20,000 of them in the city. But what amazed me was seeing so many normal bikes. I've read that bike sales have increased since the beginning of 2008. Parisians have tried the Vélib and now many are investing in their own bikes.
Ah... there's a Vélib'. Wifealiciousness and I were in Paris for three days - sans enfants. Friday was spent visiting old haunts and certain shops we love. All the while we regarded the flow of bicycles in the streets. Who was riding them? Was it easy or hectic?
What is fantastic is that there is no one demographic group cycling on the streets. It's men and women, young and old. Couples, families, you name it. The key to any successful bike culture is to get women onto bikes. They are the group that is most likely to ride and yet least likely to actually do it, especially in urban settings. But the Parisiennes are out in force. Vélib' is short for Vélo Libre and Vélo Liberté - Free bike and bike freedom. The perfect name.
Wifealiciousness and I hopped on our first Vélibs on Saturday and never looked back. It takes three minutes on the machine at any bike rack to set up a subscription. One day, seven days or one year. All you need is a credit card with a chip in it, but when even the Chinese have chips in their credit cards, that's hardly an issue anymore. We took the one day subscription and were issued a card with a number. Each time we wanted to take a bike we went to a machine, typed in the number and selected a bike. In under a minute we were cycling away.
It's even easier with an annual subscription. You get a permanent card and you just wave it in front of the card reader next to each bike and the bike is unlocked.
Once again, it is segregated bike infrastructure that makes bike culture possible. You cycle, by and large, along existing bus lanes, although there are many dedicated and segregated bike lanes around the city.
The most fascinating thing is that motorists have already figured out how to deal with all the bikes. The cars watch for bikes and the cyclists take it easy [Style Over Speed... :-) ] and watch for vehicles. This karmic co-existence is remarkable, especially so soon after the introduction of the Vélib'.
I've driven in Paris many a time and it used to be a witches cauldron of automotive chaos. You get used to it, but it was always a nervy experience. Second only to Roma in my experience for stress. Riding through the city on a Vélib, however, is no great feat. It is liberating, glorious and it is easy.
If chaotic Paris can adapt to the sudden appearance of 20,000 Vélib bikes and thousands of normal bikes, then it should be no problem for other cities. Bike share programmes, segregated bike lanes, ease-of-use. Off you go.
The mentality of Parisians and the French in general is a big plus, but Paris is now the yardstick that all other cities itching for bike culture have to measure themselves by.
I'll post photos and commentary all this week - La Semaine du Vélib' here on Copenhagen Cycle Chic.
Riding Vélib bikes - shouldn't we just call it Vélib'ing? - around Paris is a breeze. I'm sure that to some the above photo, however, looks a trifle perilous.
Not to worry, though. Busses in Paris have frequent stops so you can usually stay
ahead of them. If you find yourself next to one at a light, they provide ample room for cyclists and, most importantly, they know the cyclists are there. Wifealiciousness and I were overtaken by busses a few times, but they drove slowly and gave us a wide berth.
Taxis in Paris use the bus/bike lanes, too, but even on speedier stretches along the Seine or Rue du Rivoli, taxis slow when overtaking bikes. Brilliant.
There is a sincere sense of 'joie de vivre' present in Paris these days, thanks to the bicycles. The system itself is so easy to use and the massive number of bike racks means that you're always within spitting distance of a Vélib. As the map below shows, Vélibs are widely available :-)
One thing that we noticed was that with the Vélib you get to see parts of Paris you would normally zip past on a Metro deep underground.
One evening we rode up to Sacre Coeur. It's a long climb up the mountain, especially the last stretch, with all the cobblestones of Paris-Roubaix combined with a Haute Categorie climb in the Pyranees. The Vélib bikes have three gears, like most normal bikes in European cities, and while getting up the mountain required a bit of muscle, it was no problem. The real hell was all the tourists up at Sacre Coeur, but we were the only ones on Vélibs, which was quite cool.
We didn't fancy running the gauntlet of tourists to get back down so we merely followed the road that cars take, down the backside of the mountain. We realised that neither of us had ever been on the other side. Who has? Millions of tourists climb up the front and back down again, like so many camera-toting Dukes of York. We discovered a hidden corner of Paris that we would never have visited without the Vélib.
The whole time we rode down streets we've never seen before, discovered cool shops previously unknown to us and generally experienced a whole new Paris.
Joie de vivre, indeed.
One of the best things we noticed about cycling in Paris was that Parisians have understood how sociable cycling is. Cycling in couples is a common sight in Copenhagen and by all accounts Parisians have embraced this sociability as well.
Couple contemplating directions.
Pere et fils in the bike box at the traffic lights.
Casual moment. He was pointing out various buildings to the girl as they rode.
A flock of Vélib's on the bridge.
Chic couple at an intersection.
An interesting aspect of this bike life in Paris is that the Vélib is seen on the streets at all hours. The metro closes early, compared to other cities, but the Vélib is always there for you. Nightlife in Paris is made so much easier.
We're getting ready to wrap up our love affair with Paris and Les Vélibs this week. There are a couple of things left, however. Firstly, some photos of les hommes doing their casual thang in the French capital.
Fly by.
Still going strong. And I just love his driving gloves.
Le shopping.
Any bike will do. Even if you have to borrow it. :-)
And then there's this chappie. Zipping along the Seine on his [what are they called?], casually smoking a cigarette. Tres cool. Trop cool.
What better way to wrap up Semaine du Vélib' here on Copenhagen Cycle Chic than with a little video tribute.
The music I used is courtesy a friend of mine, Jason McNiff. The song is called 'Bella Ciao' and it's from his latest album 'In My Time', which is available on Amazon.co.uk
He used one of my photos from New York for his album cover:
Which is lovely, of course. My son and I run around the house singing Bella Ciao, Bella Ciao, Bella Ciao Ciao Ciao! :-)
I love that it's an Englishman singing an Italian song in a Danish film about the French capital. Vive l'Europe... :-)


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One veterinarian offers objective advice for developing a deworming strategy
Producers are inundated with data, new products and industry information every day from various sources, which can make it challenging to find the best management solutions for their operation. Kevin Lamczyk, DVM, says it's his job to help producers understand this information and provide guidance to reach optimal productivity.
Lamczyk, an Illinois native with a practice in Mt. Vernon, has worked in the cattle industry for 22 years and says he most enjoys building relationships with producers.
"Two heads are better than one, especially when it comes to problem solving," Lamczyk says. "It's rewarding to help producers maximize their profitability by being a trusted resource – not only when cattle get sick but in making herd management decisions as well."
Lamczyk adds that parasite control is one protocol often overlooked by producers. "When it comes to deworming strategies, producers tend to do what generations before them did, but now there are better solutions available," Lamczyk says. "They don't realize that newer products can actually help producers realize additional profit."
Recently, Lamczyk prescribed LONGRANGE® (eprinomectin) to a client who used it on 30 head of Holstein steers. After treating the animals, the client said he could easily pick out the LONGRANGE-treated cattle by their shiny hair coats and overall healthy appearance.
"Producers know LONGRANGE is a dewormer, but I show how the one, extended-release dose works through data and graphs," says Lamczyk. "Again, by working together and using both our heads, we're better able to address their problems. This product helps put the veterinarian back in the mindset of producers in determining their parasite control program."
Lamczyk recommends producers consult their veterinarians on a regular basis to prevent potential problems that come from choosing the wrong protocol. "I ask my clients a lot of questions about their operation to ensure I put together the best strategy for their deworming needs. In the end, this saves them time and money."
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The 5 Most Unintentionally Hilarious '80s Music Videos
A thousand years from now, anthropologists will chalk up the 1980s as a mythical era akin to King Arthur's Camelot or when people drove blue-green Saturns. Unless you were there, nothing about the decade made sense: Broadway-style dancing was mandatory, boys wore makeup all the time, and shoulder pads were so wide and sturdy, you could balance babies on them. It was a magical time.
The best way to unwrap the mystery of the '80s is to look back at the art form it perfected: music videos. Here are five music videos that capture everything you'll ever need to know about the funnest decade of the 20th century.
#5. Wham! -- "Wham Rap!" (1982)
It took the entire decade of the '80s to figure out that not everyone with a mouth and a beating heart should rap, and we endured a lot of painful fast talking to get to that conclusion. When Wham! members George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley wrote a rap about enjoying life while unemployed, they had no idea the hip-hop genre was never ever meant for them.
Was it the mom capris or the sensible flats that gave it away? We'll never know.
Context is key here. In 1982, rap was still an underground American thing -- Run-DMC was barely a band, and this exercise in hyper whiteness was released a month before Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's "The Message." So you could say Wham! helped push the rap movement into the mainstream. Or you could not say that and avoid ridicule. Judging two intensely Caucasian people for diving into a genre they were ill-suited for is like judging your senile grandfather for mistaking you for his Korean girlfriend. It made sense to him at the time. So Wham! actually called their rap "Wham Rap!" -- who among us hasn't named their dog "Dog," or their baby "Human"?
Like Grandmaster Flash and Coolio, George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley used their song to discuss an important social issue of the day: unemployment. Just because they looked like extras in a Revenge of the Nerds frat party scene didn't mean they weren't hard up. Unfortunately, they don't do the best job of conveying how tough things were. For example, Grandmaster Flash peppered his lyrics with gritty realities from life on the streets.
George Michael, not so much.
Wham! Street cred! Because this is a song about unemployment, George goes on to give very specific instructions about filling out paperwork for getting benefits.
Do you think the Furious Five would help you cut through red tape? Don't count on it.
The key to life is having fun, says George Michael. So he picks up his friend Andrew and they transport themselves to a white space where they can do a jerky elbow dance and wear their leather jackets in peace. Looking back, we get an important lesson from this video: Work is bad for your soul. Every single '80s movie came to the same conclusion. Have fun, live while you're young, be Ferris Bueller, but forever.
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If self-awareness were a drug, the 1982 version of George Michael was stone cold sober. Even though the '80s were all about image over substance, NO ONE realized how stupid they looked, ever. If they did, George Michael probably wouldn't have given us this screenshot at 1:59:
George seems to be giving away a lot more than his inability to rap.
#4. Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam With Full Force -- "All Cried Out" (1986)
What do you get when you cross Paula Abdul's saucy good looks with Paula Abdul's high-pitched voice and Paula Abdul's short stature and dance moves? Answer: 1980s dance music group Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam. For all I know, Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam was Paula Abdul temporarily coupled with Ozone and Turbo from the hit break-dancing movie Breakin'.
While we'll never know what god Cult Jam worshiped, we can deduce from the 1986 video for "All Cried Out" that he (or she?) was a softly lit deity who was covered in gauze and loved a good breakup song. Lisa Lisa and her cult were to love songs as Charles Manson and his cult were to crazy, which is to say they were really good at them. Maybe too good, if you know what I mean.
If your lover has left you, betrayed you, or attempted to strangle you in lacy fingerless gloves, "All Cried Out" will speak to your heartbroken soul, even if the accompanying video is a bit on the literal side. Here's a quick sample of lyrics with visuals.
Ask the P.S. 22 Choir of New York City to sing this song and you'll find that at least two dozen kids mime the motions for "rain" and "crying," because that's what elementary school kids do. The '80s were the elementary school children of people. Until things take a turn for the dark side.
WTF, Lisa Lisa? Who knew that simmering next to the Snuggle Bear was a pint-sized girl full of rage and hyperbole? Lisa Squared's weirdly aggressive anger is one of the reasons why "All Cried Out" is a perfect tableau of the decade. Every emotional shortcut is here. Let's put it this way -- here's Sinead O'Connor giving the camera raw, unmasked heartbreak in 1990:
Until the 1990s, no one knew you could do that. Talking straight to the camera was a thing, but '80s video directors thought you needed about 50 hints to convey inner turmoil. Which is why slow jams were power packed with soft camera focus, dramatic hand gestures, wafting curtains, dry ice, a grand piano, slow, half-step walks, and turning your back on the camera like it just did something dirty to your mom.
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At 1:50, we're introduced to the breakup partner, whose voice is represented by multiple members of Full Force and whose face is represented by a model who might be part lion.
Now here's where things get fancy. Inside the breakup boy's head are two voices: One we'll call Head Wound, and the other we'll call Bowlegged Lou (because that's his real name). Lisa and her crew thought that the best way to convey these inner voices was with that portrait trick where you put a person's head in the air in the sky above the same person. Like this:
Here's Head Wound singing what Lion Man is thinking.
And here's Bowlegged Lou doing his version of Lion Man's thoughts.
Eventually they do away with Lion Man altogether as the two voices duel it out in a ghostly face-off.
If schizophrenia had a face, this would be it. When you're looking back on the '80s, you have to remember that two men singing at the air passed for drama and no one was mad about it.
#3. Billy Squier -- "Rock Me Tonite" (1984)
Among the downsides of the music video era was the sudden notion that everyone should dance. And not just shuffle back and forth naturally, but DANCE dance, with arabesques, chasses, and grand jetes. If those words don't make sense to you, these pictures should explain them. Here's John Travolta in 1977's Saturday Night Fever:
And here's John Travolta in the 1983 sequel, Staying Alive:
Look closely and you spot the differences.
In the first movie, Travolta plays a streetwise kid who likes to dance at discos on the weekend. In the sequel, he's a Broadway dancer who wears scraps of denim and rolls in grease before performances. This was what the 1980s did to people. Everyone had a bad case of the Broadways. How else do you explain Bruce Springsteen doing the Carlton dance?
We can spend a lot of time talking about '80s icons acting like flailing monkeys in their first attempts to connect with the MTV generation, but there's only one guy whose whole career was gutted by one bad video. Before "Rock Me Tonite," Billy Squier was an arena rocker with a huge following. After "Rock Me Tonite," Billy Squier was the first guy to dance his way into obscurity.
The concept for the video is simple: A regular guy is getting ready for a concert. First, Billy put on his semi-shredded shirt ...
Then he army crawled on the floor for a while, as grown men often do ...
Then he writhed for a bit. Then he air humped a pink T-shirt while simultaneously slinging it around like he was doing a lasso trick. The effect was pretty impressive, actually.
A minute into the video, Squier is totally sticking with standard rock star moves, believe it or not. Billy Idol writhed, Prince army crawled. Everything was fine. Sure, there were pink satin sheets on the bed and pop art Billy Squier eyes on the wall, but it was the '80s. Those things were standard issue. If only Squier could just stay on the floor for a while, everything would be OK.
The '80siest Moment:
At about 1:16, Squier pulls out his big moves. His dance moves. The ones he's been doing for years on stage. The ones that are going to seal his fate as an '80s icon.
Oh lord, we've got ourselves a skipper. For the next three minutes, Billy manages to skip across every inch of the room in a terrible approximation of dancing. If a bad improv group had a character called "happy little girl," Billy Squier's dance moves are how she'd flounce across the stage. It doesn't help that he's knock-kneed, so his legs kick outward. Put the face of Eddie Van Halen on the body of Mr. Bean and this is what you get.
From that point on, nothing else mattered. What started as a typical '80s video became a cautionary tale about what happens when you try to be a rock star in a Broadway world. You might do a straight-legged flop onto you satiny bed because there's so much anguish in your head.
Or sing into an air microphone while marching jauntily.
Finally, the moment comes when Billy gets his guitar and joins his band. We can put this nightmare behind us- oh wait.