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|Team: Cavaliers
W: 227 lbs
Bday: 03/13/1991
(26 Years Old)
Current: PF
Possible: PF
|Agent: Rich Paul
Current Salary:$5,138,430
High School: St. Benedict Prep
Hometown: Toronto, ON
Drafted: Pick 4 in 2011 by Cavaliers
Best Case: Tyrus Thomas W/better Intangibles
Worst Case: Shorter Jordan Hill
|Height w/o Shoes
|Height w/shoes
|Standing Reach
|Body Fat
|No Step Vert
|Max Vert
|NBA Draft Combine
|6' 7.5"
|6' 8.75"
|7' 1.25"
|9' 0.5"
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Tristan Thompson is the only one-and-done player in this class, and while he doesn't stand out overall, his ability to get to the line is an incredibly valuable skill.
No player in this group of big men got to the line at a higher rate than Thompson. More than a quarter (26.3%) of his possessions resulted in a free throw, which is a pretty staggering number. Thompson only scored 0.938 PPP overall (4th last), and there's no question that his skill level has a long way to go, but he has plenty of time to improve and his ability to get his team into the bonus despite being so raw is promising.
Thompson's biggest weaknesses from a situational standpoint are his post-game and jump shooting. With nearly 37% of his touches coming down low, the Canadian big man only scored 0.749 points per-possessions with his back to the basket, 2nd to last in this group after Jeremy Tyler. As a jump shooter, Thompson scored a sample worst 0.654 PPP on a meager 0.7 attempts per-game, which is not much of a surprise considering his 49% free throw conversion rate. The 20-year old big man lacks significant polish at this point.
At this juncture, Thompson's ability to put the ball on the deck and throw his weight around down low are notable, but he's only an average finisher (64%) and has a ton of room to grow into a role in the future as his skill set begins to dictate what he can bring to a team offensively.
Measuring in slightly taller than expected 6-7.5, Tristan Thompson has average size but compensates with a 7-1 ¼ inch wingspan. Those measurements put his in the company of Josh Smith (6-7 without shoes, 7-0 wingspan) and James Johnson (6-7 without shoes, 7-0 ¾ wingspan) amongst recently drafted players. Amongst the younger players here, Thompson's 227-pound frame is also impressive.[Read Full Article]
Report by Kyle Nelson, Video Breakdown by Sebastian Pruiti
Tristan Thompson was the 12th ranked member in the class of 2012 and, like many of his fellow top-ranked freshman, struggled with inconsistency this season while showing tantalizing flashes of potential. While he registered 10 double-doubles and emerged as one of the top big men in the Big 12, he struggled offensively in high profile match-ups against North Carolina, Southern California, Kansas, and Arizona, all teams with NBA-caliber frontcourt players.
Despite his up-and-down freshman campaign, however, Thompson entered the 2011 NBA Draft and hired an agent. While he is currently projected as a lottery pick questions remain, however, as to what Thompson's role will be in the NBA and whether his skill set translates favorably to the next level.
From a positional standpoint, Thompson projects as a power forward. While he may lack ideal size at around 6'8, he compensates with a long 7'2 wingspan and a solid 235-pound frame. He must continue to get stronger, but he already has a strong lower body and core, which allowed him to hold his own in the post despite his low skill level as a freshman and should continue to work in his favor at the next level.
Thompson is a good overall athlete, adequately quick and explosive, bouncy and active around the basket. Even if he is not an elite athlete by NBA standards, his freshman season was characterized by his energy and while he is not particularly skilled, he asserted himself simply through his consistently high effort level.
Fittingly, Thompson found nearly half of his offensive possessions by making athletic plays off of the ball: scrapping for offensive rebounds, cutting to the basket, and in transition, where was an excellent finisher.
His ability to move without the ball, in particular, is promising to his early NBA prospects, as he will not likely have many plays run for him until he develops further. He is most effective cutting to the basket and finishing off of dump passes and lobs at this point. Texas rarely utilized him in the pick-and-roll, but he looked very solid in limited possessions where he showcased his quickness and mobilitysomething that could become a staple of his game in the NBA.
He also does a good job of crashing the offensive glass, averaging 4.9 offensive rebounds per 40 minutes pace adjusted, which ranked eighth amongst prospects in the DraftExpress Database this season. His quick second bounce and active hands allow him to remain a factor for most loose balls in his immediate vicinity, a skill that should translate favorably to the next level.
Tristan Thompson (height with shoes: 6'8.5, weight: 233, wingspan: 7'2) showed some flashes today, much like he did at the McDonald's game, but remains extremely inconsistent with what he brings to the table. His shooting mechanics yield erratic results at this point, but his athleticism is hard to ignore. Exploiting his quickness on multiple occasions, Thompson showed no remorse using his first step to turn the corner to attempt to finish above the rim. Certainly not a good enough shooter or ball handler to be a consistent face up threat yet, Thompson has a world of potential, but still has a ton of room to grow.[Read Full Article]
Thompson started things off by catching the ball off the bounce for the reverse, earning him a 58 score.
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This surely wasn't the most impressive performance of the season for Thompson (#6 Scout, #17 Rivals, #11 ESPN), partially due to foul trouble, so it's probably not wise to read too much into it and instead wait for better opportunities to evaluate him.
What we could see was that Thompson has shed most of the baby fat he was surprisingly sporting last summer and has worked on chiseling up his outstanding frame. He's still the same long and athletic forward with outstanding rebounding skillscoming up with some monster boards out of his area in traffic in this game, and being pretty active in general getting his hands on loose balls.
Offensively, Thompson continues to look fairly limited, as he doesn't sport much in the ways of ball-handling skills or perimeter shooting ability, and didn't make much of an effort to assert himself in the post considering the size advantage he enjoyed on his matchups. He did have one terrific drop-step move, which was unfortunately called off due to a dubious traveling violation. Ultimately he remains the type of player who needs shots created for him around the basket beyond the points he gives you in transition or on the offensive glass.
Beyond that, it's better to wait for the high school all-star game circuit to formulate a better opinion on his long-term potential.
One of the highest rated players in the 2010 class, Tristan Thompson (#1 Scout, #5 Rivals, #3 ESPN) showed everyone in attendance why, scoring 20 points on 7-for-13 shooting while pulling in 13 rebounds and making 3 blocks. The 6'9 forward has a skinny frame but is very long and is exceptionally quick off the ground for his size. He's also highly mobile and coordinated with good quickness, and clearly is just tapping the surface of his potential.
On the offensive end, Thompson does most of his damage in the paint, where he has the groundwork of a post game in place. He has no right hand to speak of at this stage, but he shows flashes of drop-steps and turnaround jumpers that he finishes with good touch and follows up strong when he doesn't. He also will disguise his lack of a right hand by faking a spin left shoulder, showing a decent grasp of counter-moves for someone his age. His moves aren't highly defined yet, but you can see the immense potential in the amount of range he covers on his moves when he makes them, being able to extend for good separation with ease.
Thompson doesn't have much of a jumper yet, but he shows flashes of ball-handling abilities, looking uncomfortable in the halfcourt but fairly comfortable in transition where he finished on a nice end-to-end dunk here. Thompson was strong in transition and attacking the glass in this game, using his good hands, long arms, and quickness getting off the floor to finish with ease.
Defensively, he shows a fairly good basketball IQ for his age, showing a good understanding of pick-and-roll defense along with the lateral quickness and stance to stick with guards when he switches off on the perimeter. In the lane, he shows pretty good timing and awareness on shot blocks while he's active moving around the floor. He's prone to going through the motions at times, looking lackadaisical on some possessions, but nothing severe.
Looking forward, it's easy to understand why Thompson is so highly rated in his class, though he clearly still has much work to do. While his frame is capable of holding a bit more bulk, he doesn't have a prototypical power forward's body with his narrowish shoulders, so developing more perimeter skills to become more of a combo forward should be highly considered, though growing another inch or two wouldn't hurt either. His potential is clearly off the charts, and his combination of physical attributes (length/athleticism), budding skills and seemingly very strong intangibles paint a very bright picture moving forward.
Weve written about Tristan Thompson (#1 Scout, #2 Rivals, #5 ESPN) in plenty of depth already (click the link to view his profile and read more), since he played for one of the top high school teams in America this year, alongside Samardo Samuels, and not much has changed since the last time we saw him. Hes still the same super long, athletic physical specimen with a perfect frame for an NBA small forward or modern day hybrid forward. He has the lateral quickness to defend either the 3 or the 4 in the NBA, but doesnt have the skill-set to play on the perimeter offensively at this point in timewhich isnt a shock considering that he just finished his second year of high school. Thompson can finish in traffic, but is just an average ball-handler, while his outside stroke gets pretty shaky once you get past the mid-range area. He looks fairly passive at times (in our words) and was even called soft by others, but its probably way too early to go that far so soon. At this point its pretty clear that Thompson is much more of a prospect than he is a productive player just yet, but there is no doubting the upside he has. Now its time for him to fulfill it.[Read Full Article]
Thompson has shown a lot of promise for a player so young touring the country. He sees plenty of minutes at the small forward position at the moment due to St. Benedicts inside duo of Samardo Samuels and Greg Echenique, offering plenty of intrigue as a prospect down the road. Owning all of the ideal physical characteristics one could ask for in a wing, standing 68, blessed with very long arms, and owning superb quickness for a player so young. The Canadian phenom is already a very nice defender, playing with a great passion and applying a massive amount of ball pressure to whomever he was guarding.
Offensively, the perimeter skills are not quite there yet, with Thompson standing to use room for improvement in the areas of ball-handling and shooting. His lack of refinement in these areas has not stopped the top programs in the country from calling, with North Carolina, Duke, Kansas, Memphis, and Georgetown amongst the schools currently recruiting Tristan. Far from a finished product, he has established himself as a name to remember down the road and one of the better players the high school class of 2010 has to offer at the moment.
Despite just being a sophomore coming off the bench, there may be no more of an intriguing prospect on St. Benedicts than Tristan Thompson. The sophomore played sparingly and though his performance didnt appear that impressive in the box score, there were several flashes of big time potential.
At 68 215 pounds, Thompson has a very long and lean frame. While his lack of muscle at this point hurts him somewhat when playing inside, his wingspan and athleticism more than make up for it. The youngsters release point on his shots in the paint is so high that most players at this level will not be able to block them. On the other side of the ball, Thompson is already a shot blocking menace, recording a couple of very impressive swats during his time on the floor.
By far the most intriguing feature of Thompsons game that we saw though was his ability to play on the perimeter. Though he didnt attempt any shots from out here, he looked quite comfortable handling the ball on the wing, and clearly this is a normal part of the St. Benedicts offense to have him out there. Thompson is athletic and quick enough where if as he becomes more of a focal point of his teams offense it isnt hard to imagine him taking advantage of mismatches on the outside and taking slower post players to the basket on a regular basis.
Defensively, Thompson shows loads of potential as a disruptive force. As previously mentioned he is already a shot blocking threat and his length makes him a very strong rebounder. If he can add some extra weight to keep from being pushed out of position he will almost certainly be a double-double threat on a nightly basis. Thompson typically plays with his arms up which allows him to cut off passing lanes and deflect a lot of passes.
It is certainly too early to make any kinds of predictions about how Thompson will turn out, even as a college level athlete. What is obvious though is the amount of upside and potential for Thompson to develop into an excellent player. He already has good size and has room to grow; factor in his athleticism and his developing play on the perimeter, we could be looking at a 68 player that could blossom into an inside-outside threat.
Only being a sophomore, Tristan Thompson (#5 Scout) was one of the youngest players we evaluated over the week, but just from the glimpses we saw, its not hard to see why hes so highly regarded this early already.
Standing 6-8, with a great frame, a superb wingspan, and outstanding athletic ability, Thompson fits the prototype and then some of what you look for in a combo forward prospect. Hes a power forward at the moment who likes to play facing the basket at the moment, but whose future probably lies at the small forward spot if he develops correctly over the next few years. Rudy Gay is one name that comes to mind when evaluating him, for example.
Thompson is exceptionally raw offensively, but already shows great promise on the defensive end. He has great lateral quickness (even keeping up with guards), and is extremely aggressive, getting right into his matchups grill and challenging him on the perimeter. He hits the glass and plays really hard in general, which is how he earns his minutes off the bench for this loaded St. Benedicts team. Dont expect that to change at the next level.
Offensively, Thompson drops hints of potential from time to time, but still seems very much in the process of putting things together on this end of the floor. He plays mostly inside at the moment, showing raw footwork but also some very basic, very athletic moves that looked pretty intriguing coming in transition or after an offensive rebound. He can put the ball on the floor some to attack his matchup, or play a little bit with his back to the basket, all in small doses of course. His shooting skills are very raw, even from the free throw line, as are his ball-handling skills. He plays a little bit tentatively as you might expect a younger guy competing with players one or two years older than him probably would.
All in all, its way too early to draw any long term conclusions here, but the early results are certainly promising.


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Ward visits HUG, RREAL and SciTechsperience Internship Program
State Rep. John Ward, DFL-Baxter, and state Sen. Carrie Ruud, R-Breezy Point, recently joined the Minnesota High Tech Association to visit Hunt Utilities Group (HUG) and the Rural Renewable Energy Alliance (RREAL) and see the SciTechsperience Internship Program in action in Pine River.
The HUG tour, led by HUG owners Paul, Lynn and Ryan Hunt, along with HUG Chief Operating Officer Bob McLean, featured HUG's research on LENR (low energy nuclear reaction). This research is being conducted in part by four interns hired through MHTA's SciTechsperience Internship Program in 2012 and 2013.
"For Minnesota to be economically successful, we need a high-quality and technologically advanced workforce," said Ward. "These internships are great example of how we can get there and encourage our interested young people to pursue careers in these important fields."
"Today's youth are making tomorrow's energy choices, so it is imperative that we provide service learning and internship opportunities in the clean energy sector," said Jason Edens, founding director of RREAL. "We're proud to do so at the Rural Renewable Energy Alliance."
The new state budget included an $850,000 investment in the SciTechsperience Internship Program. This investment allows MHTA to build on the success of the program's first two years by offering 225 matching stipends to small and medium sized high tech companies that help cover the cost of an intern's wages.
As part of this growth, MHTA is expanding its outreach efforts with women and minority students, both underrepresented in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) fields, and companies in Greater Minnesota.

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March 2008
Barkley Hendricks
March 6 - 28
|This year's Bannister Society biannual exhibtion offers a focus on African
American Art in the tradition of E.M. Bannister and his fascination with the
Barkley Hendricks is an academy-trained painter who has spent The last 30 years creating work that speaks to the contemporary while remaining firmly rooted in the time honored traditions of art making.
Hendricks can be best defined as a painter of both the cultural landscape and the natural landscape.
Concurrent with the Bannister Exhibition a retrospective of his work is being shown at Duke University. Trevor Schoonmaker is curating the exhibition there. Hendricks continues to exhibit his work in venues around the world.
A graduate of Yale School of art with an MFA in painting Hendricks is a full professor at Connecticut College in New London CT.
Reception: March 20, 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Gallery Night
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"Barkley L. Hendricks: Birth of the Cool," the first career retrospective of the American artist's paintings, will be on view at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University from Feb. 7 through July 13, 2008.www.nasher.duke.edu.
This exhibition is the first career painting retrospective of renowned American artist Barkley L. Hendricks. As seen through 57 paintings from 1964 to the present, his work stands out as being ahead of its time, connecting the movements of American realism and post-modernism. Best known for his life-sized portraits of people of color, Hendricks's bold portrayal of his subject's attitude and style elevates the common person to near celebrity status. Cool, empowering and sometimes confrontational, Hendricks' artistic privileging of a culturally complex black body has paved the way for today's younger generation of artists. This unprecedented exhibition of Hendricks' paintings will include work from 1964 to the present. Trevor Schoonmaker, Curator of Contemporary Art at the Nasher Museum, organized the show. The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated 140-page catalogue distributed by Duke University Press and available at the Nasher Museum Store.
The exhibition will travel to the Studio Museum in Harlem, the Santa Monica Museum of Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia and the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston. Vogue magazine included the exhibition in its "The Vogue 25" cultural highlights of 2008.
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Deeplinks Blog posts about File Sharing
In a victory for due process, a Pennsylvania judge has reaffirmed his previous finding requiring that record companies that seek to sue filesharers bring individual cases against the defendants, rather than lumping them all together.
Our favorite part of the ruling (PDF): when Judge Newcomer lists ways that the individuals named could be innocent: "Comcast subscriber John Doe 1 could be an innocent parent whose Internet access was abused by her minor child, while John Doe 2 might share a computer with a roommate who infringed Plaintiffs' works."
Fred writes below that player pianos were the peer-to-peer file-sharing systems of their day; they spurred copyright holders to lobby Congress for what amounts to a monopoly over all machines capable of reproducing sound. Luckily for us, observes Fred, they failed -- and the modern-day recording industry was born.
When considering what to make of the recording industry's current rants against peer-to-peer file sharing software, it may help to remember how the record industry got its start -- by pirating the works of famous American songwriters. Consider this article, written by John Philip Sousa in 1906:
"I foresee a marked deterioration in American music and musical taste, an interruption in the musical development of the country, and a host of other injuries to music in its artistic manifestations, by virtue -- or rather by vice -- of the multiplication of the various music-reproducing machines."
A Canadian court today denied the recording industry's effort to force Canadian ISPs to disclose the names of 29 alleged file sharers. This alone is news enough (and thanks are due to CIPPIC and Electronic Frontier Canada for their efforts in the proceeding).
But the court went on to say quite a bit more about file sharing and copyright law in Canada, including:
Some folks keep asking why more artists aren't breaking into the mainstream through file sharing. This article suggests that they are--but that the record labels are taking all the credit:
"Record-label executives discreetly use Garland's research firm, BigChampagne, and other services to track which songs are traded online and help pick which new singles to release. They increasingly use such file-sharing data to persuade radio stations and MTV to give new songs a spin or boost airplay for those that are popular with downloaders.
Some labels even monitor what people do with their music after they download it to better structure deals with licensed downloading services. The ultimate goal is what it always has been in the record business: Sell more music."
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Son of Former Russian Oligarch Khodorkovsky Sets Out on Startup Path
Former Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky was not impressed at first by his son Pavel's idea to launch an energy-efficiency hardware startup in the U.S.
"He was very skeptical for a while," Pavel Khodorkovskiy said of his father. "He thinks in different orders of magnitude."
Pavel Khodorkovskiy is a co-founder of Enertiv Inc., which makes hardware and software to help buildings consume less energy. The company just closed on a $700,000 seed investment round, as VentureWire reported this morning.
"When we raised money he believed we were on the right track," Pavel Khodorkovskiy said. It was "validation from other investors."
Enertiv is a recent graduate from the R/GA Connected Devices accelerator that's run by Techstars. The startup is based in New York and is run by Mr. Khodorkovskiy, who is chief technical officer, and co-founder and Chief Executive Connell McGill.
The elder Khodorkovsky, former head of Yukos Oil, had built an enormous fortune in Russia, with Forbes estimating his net worth at $15 billion in the early 2000s and calling him Russia's richest person. In 2003 he was arrested and eventually imprisoned on charges of theft as Yukos was being dismantled.
Amnesty International called Mr. Khodorkovsky a prisoner of conscience, saying he was kept in prison for political reasons. Last year, after ten years in prison, Mr. Khodorkovsky was pardoned by Russia's President Vladimir Putin.
Pavel, who had moved to the U.S. to attend college shortly before his father's imprisonment, remained in the U.S., graduated, started working and has a family. He was active in advocating for his father's release and created the Institute of Modern Russia, whose mission is to advance democracy in Russia.
The younger Khodorkovskiy says that he has spent less time at the foundation recently to focus on his startup. Part of his job is flying around the country and running around New York City installing Enertiv's hardware devices in customer locations like schools and office buildings.
Pavel said his father, who earlier invested in the company as part of a $550,000 friends-and-family round, urges him to think bigger as he develops his business.
"He keeps saying, you need to do a lot more diverse things, essentially…become a global energy services company," Mr. Khodorkovskiy said. "I think we will eventually get there, but we are focused on this particular application now."
Calvin Chu, former managing director at the R/GA Accelerator, said that Mikhail Khodorkovsky had paid a visit to the accelerator offices on West 39th Street in New York.
New investors in Enertiv's latest seed round include Vaidya Capital Partners and R/GA Ventures, a venture investing entity set up by branding agency R/GA, which is part of The Interpublic Group.
Investors also include Jerry Kestenbaum, who is president and founder of BuildingLink; Cameron Drummond, of Mastodon Capital Management; Daniel Feldman, a New York based angel investor; Stephen Plumlee, chief operating officer of R/GA, who also manages R/GA's venture unit; and Asad Husain of Bald Eagle Capital and an executive director of Interpublic Group.
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What is a disk, and what is its purpose?
The spinal cord is one of the most important and most sensitive organs in the body. If it is traumatized, its cells will not regenerate; injuries usually result in permanent damage. Therefore, the spinal cord is protected in a very special fashion. It goes through a bony canal within the spine; it is surrounded by protective bone everywhere except over the disks. This extreme protection reflects its importance and its fragility.
Disks are rubber-like cushions between the vertebrae. They allow the back to move up and down and sideways without allowing contact between the bones of the spinal column.
What does it mean for a disk to rupture, and how does it happen?
The disk is composed of two parts. The outer covering is much like a thick shell. It is comprised of tough fibers that protect and contain the central part. It is thinnest at the top; this thin area is located just below the spinal cord. The central part of the disk has the consistency of thick tooth paste; it is much softer than the outer part.
When the outer shell degenerates, it allows the central part of the disk to escape. This is called a disk rupture or a ruptured disk. Since the shell is thinnest near the spinal cord, disk material that escapes almost always goes upward, putting pressure on the cord. Because the spinal cord is encased within its bony canal, it cannot move away from the pressure and it becomes pinched.
Degenerative disk disease causes spontaneous degeneration of the outer part of the disk, resulting in escape of the central part. It is not related to injury, although trauma can cause disks to rupture. It is also not related to age. Most dogs with degenerative disk disease are 2-7 years old. It is just a spontaneous event that may be controlled by genetic factors. Certain breeds, notably the Dachshund, Poodle, Pekinese, Lhaso Apso, and Cocker Spaniel have a high incidence of disk disease. Other breeds, such as the German Shepherd and Doberman Pinscher, also have disk disease but with a lower incidence. Many breeds never have degenerative disk disease.
Most owners report that a disk rupture occurred following some traumatic event, such as a relatively small jump or fall. Although this act is frequently blamed for the disk rupture, if the disk had not already been degenerating, the rupture would not have occurred.
How does a ruptured disk affect the spinal cord?
The spinal cord is much like a telephone cable that is carrying thousands of tiny wires. When it is crushed, transmission of information through the wires is stopped. When the disk degenerates and ruptures, a similar event occurs. The central part is forced upward, putting pressure on the spinal cord and/or the nerves that leave the spinal cord over the disks (i.e., spinal nerves). Pressure on the spinal nerves results in pain; pressure on the spinal cord results in pain and/or loss of information transmission. This results in paralysis or partial paralysis.
Most disk ruptures occur in the middle to lower part of the back. However, they may also occur in the neck. The former often causes paralysis without severe pain; the latter often causes severe pain without paralysis. If paralysis affects all four legs, the disk rupture must be in the neck. Because of the way the nerve tracts are arranged in the spinal cord, disk ruptures in the neck may affect the rear legs first or even exclusively. How fast do disks degenerate and rupture?
Disk degeneration usually occurs relatively slowly, i.e., over several days or weeks. The dog usually experiences pain and becomes reluctant to move. It may lie around for a few days allowing the body to resolve the problem, often without the owner being aware that a problem existed. However, disks may also rupture very acutely. Some dogs will go from normal walking to total paralysis in less than one hour.
How is a disk rupture diagnosed?


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OXFORD – The first Ole Miss conference road win since 2009 was hard-fought, and there's evidence from both camps today.
Arkansas coach John L. Smith had an idea he would be without a couple of players as tight end Chris Gragg and running back Knile Davis did not play in the second half of the Rebels' 30-27 win over the Razorbacks.
Against Ole Miss, Gragg aggravated a knee injury, and Davis sustained a hamstring injury. Both are expected out for the Razorbacks against Tulsa this week.
Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze was a little more optimistic with cornerback Senquez Golson (concussion) and defensive end Cameron Whigham (bone bruise).
When Golson left the Arkansas game, Wesley Pendleton – a former starter – entered. Pendleton left the game on Arkansas' final drive, and the Rebels were down to their third corner, Cliff Coleman.
Freeze listed Pendleton as "very doubtful."
Mackey at the slot
The slot receiver position has been a struggle to fill since the Rebels lost a dependable starter, sophomore Collins Moore, to a shoulder injury on the second day of August practice.
Former quarterback Randall Mackey started at slot receiver against Arkansas, becoming the sixth different player to start at the position. He was preceded by Korvic Neat, Jamal Mosley, Jeff Scott, Philander Moore and Ja-Mes Logan.
"That was something a little new we tried to get our best players on the field," Freeze said. "We had a small package with them (Mackey and Scott) doing that. Mackey seemed to thrive in it."
Mackey, listed as the No. 2 running back this season, had seven catches for 99 yards.
Special teams improve
Freeze said several personnel moves contributed to improved coverage by the kickoff team against Arkansas.
The Rebels went into Little Rock last in the SEC in kickoff coverage, their five touchbacks among the fewest in the league and their 30.4-yard average field position gain the lowest.
Freshman running back Carlos Davis made the unit faster, and freshman Channing Ward, at a kickoff team spot that often draws double teams, made the unit more physical, Freeze said.
"We changed a few schemes on punt protection too, and that was beneficial for us also," Freeze said. "Mainly it's us continuing to work and getting kids that might be a little fresher on those teams."
The Rebels moved up a notch to 13th in kick coverage in this week's statistical release.


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7.10: Landforms from Groundwater Erosion and Deposition
How would you find an undiscovered cave?
Caves may be beneath your feet, especially if your feet are on limestone. In 1974 two amateur cavers found warm, moist air coming out of a crack in the ground in southern Arizona. They managed to find a way in and discovered the amazing Kartchner Caverns, 2.5 miles of pristine caves. You can see these spectacular caverns on a guided tour.
Groundwater Erosion
Rainwater absorbs carbon dioxide (CO2) as it falls. The CO2 combines with water to form carbonic acid. The slightly acidic water sinks into the ground and moves through pore spaces in soil and cracks and fractures in rock. The flow of water underground is groundwater. Groundwater is described further in "Concept Water on Earth."
When water sinks into the ground, it becomes groundwater.
Groundwater is a strong erosional force, as it works to dissolve away solid rock (Figure above). Carbonic acid is especially good at dissolving the rock limestone.
Cave Formation
Working slowly over many years, groundwater travels along small cracks. The water dissolves and carries away the solid rock, gradually enlarging the cracks. Eventually, a cave may form (Figure below).
Water flows through Russell Cave National Monument in Alabama.
You can explore a fantastic cave, Kartchner Caverns, in Arizona, by watching this video: http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/science/earth-sci/exploring-kartchner-sci.html.
If the roof of a cave collapses, a sinkhole could form. Some sinkholes are large enough to swallow up a home or several homes in a neighborhood (Figure below).
A relatively small sinkhole in the United Kingdom.
Groundwater Deposition
Groundwater carries dissolved minerals in solution. The minerals may then be deposited, for example, as stalagmites or stalactites (Figure below). Stalactites form as calcium carbonate drips from the ceiling of a cave, forming beautiful icicle-like formations. The word stalactite has a c, and it forms from the ceiling. Stalagmites form as calcium carbonate drips from the ceiling to the floor of a cave and then grow upwards. The g in stalagmite means it forms on the ground.
Stalactites hang from the ceiling and stalagmites rise from the floor of Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico. The large stalagmite on the right is almost tall enough to reach the ceiling (or a stalactite) and form a column.
If a stalactite and stalagmite join together, they form a column. One of the wonders of visiting a cave is to witness the beauty of these amazing and strangely captivating structures. Some of the largest, and most beautiful, natural crystals can be found in the Naica mine, in Mexico. These gypsum crystals were formed over thousands of years as groundwater, rich in calcium and sulfur flowed through an underground cave. Check it out:
- column: A cave deposit formed by the merging of a stalactite and a stalagmite.
- groundwater: Fresh water that moves through pore spaces and fractures in soil and rock beneath the land surface.
- sinkhole: Circular hole in the ground that forms as the roof of a cave collapses.
- stalactite: Icicle-like formation of calcium carbonate from water dripping from the ceiling of a cave.
- stalagmite: Deposit of calcium carbonate that grows upward in caves as water drips onto the floor.
- Groundwater dissolves minerals, carries the ions in solution, and then deposits them.
- Groundwater erodes rock beneath the ground surface, especially carbonate rock.
- Groundwater deposits material in caves to create stalactites, stalagmites, and columns.
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Kartchner Caverns State Park, Arizona
1. What is under Arizona?
2. When were they discovered?
3. When did this area become a state park?
4. How long did it take the caverns to form?
5. What makes caves interesting?
1. How does groundwater erode rock material?
2. Describe how groundwater deposits stalactites and stalagmites.
3. Why is groundwater acidic?
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This comes from a Saudi journalist:"Evidence of Obama's narrow approach to the Syrian crisis can be found in statements he made to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in their meeting several days ago. [He said that] there was no 'magic solution' to the escalating Syrian crisis and that a realistic solution was needed, [namely] a non-ideal political solution. [But Obama] is the one who complicated the Syrian problem and caused the wound to grow deeper, the bloodshed [to continue]… the voices to grow louder and the thugs to interfere, from Hassan Nasrallah's militia… to the young men who come from all over [the world] to fight jihad in [the ranks of the Al-Qaeda-affiliated organization] Jabhat Al-Nusra.
"[Obama] is responsible for the fact that Syria has reached this level of confusion and loss. Were it not for his hesitancy, his weak approach, his lack of determination and his eagerness to [gain] popularity on Twitter… the Russian 'Snow Emperor' Vladimir Putin wouldn't have dreamt of attaining the role [he has attained], with the Western world ready to charge him with the task of solving the Syrian problem. [Were it not for Obama's weakness,] Bashar Al-Assad would not have said in a recent interview with the Argentinean paper [Clarin] that he felt he was beginning to overcome the intense pressures that have been exerted upon him. [Moreover,] Iran's arrogance and contempt wouldn't have grown to the point of making a public announcement that the war in Syria is its own war and [to the point of] ordering its [operations] officer in Lebanon, Hassan Nasrallah, to declare war and launch resistance [actions] – not on the Israeli border but against the Syrians in Al-Qusair, which has been besieged by Assad's shabiha[5] and by Nasrallah's fighters for a while, right in front of Obama!
Personally, I don't put much stock in this. The Arabs tried to negotiate something with Assad and the rebels and got absolutely nowhere, so what did they expect a U.S. President to do ... other than take military action?
If military action was the only solution left after the Arabs could not get the parties to negotiate, then the Saudis & other wealthy Arabs certainly have the means to take such action. But they are so "tribal" in their culture, that they obviously couldn't come to any meeting of the minds among themselves.
Arabs keep complaining that the U.S. interferes in their affairs. This time we have stayed out of it (except for whatever is going on sub rosa ... God only knows what that may be), and they don't like that either.
So, Russia and Iran are making hay out of the situation. It does appear that both Russia and Iran are thumbing their noses at the U.S. So, maybe the Saudi is correct about the perception of "weakness."
Truthfully, possibly the only thing that I think we should do is prevent Iran from getting an operational nuclear capability; and let them duke out & let the sheiks and mullahs work out the rest of their problems themselves. It seems possible that the administration has learned something from the botches in Egypt and Libya, and figures that Syria is a another no-win situation.
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I am finally taking a well needed break from hunting tomorrow to watch the ravens win the AFC. So I figured I will post some pictures from hunts of the last week.
My friend and I took our famlies to his shore home to hand out and let the kids come out and do a little hunting with us. We were only hunting about 50 yards behind the house so they could come and go as they pleased. I ran Thor and Gracie.
Friday evening we got down there late but we did manage 3 geese.
we went out for a morning hunt because we wanted to watch the ravens game. We got more 2 geese and I think we ended up with 7 ducks.
I had some clients come in he wanted to work his Chesapeake on some birds so we went for a nice diver hunt.
We shot our limit in black heads and 4 geese.
Back to diver hunting but we ran Thor and shot our limit of black heads and a scoter.
Goose hunting out of a pit. This is Thor with a nice 6 man limit of geese.


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Mississippi's move into implementation of the public schools' Common Core State Standards requires a full refocusing of accountability methods and testing, a time-consuming, complex task necessitating pragmatic, temporary adjustments.
Moving efficiently into Common Core, a system of assessment proposed and pushed forward by the National Governors Association with the full backing of former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, prompted the Mississippi Department of Education to place a hold on state A-F rankings, beginning with this fall's, until the Common Core goes on line in 2014-2015.
The ranking Mississippi schools and districts receive this fall could stick for three years, a reasonable interim to get to Common Core's in-depth objectives with greater emphasis on critical-thinking skills. By freezing its school rankings, the state Board of Education hopes schools can better prepare for those Common Core State Standards.
Paula Vanderford, education bureau manager for accreditation and accountability at the MDE, said the current testing system and Common Core aren't aligned, making parallel work with Common Core implementation problematic.
"Districts have a fear of moving into full implementation of Common Core because the assessments will be used in the accountability system," Vanderford said. "We thought if we were able to not assign a performance classification over the next couple of years, that would release some of that fear, and districts would move toward full implementation of Common Core."
Vanderford said students still will take state tests under the old standards in 2013-2014, and those test scores will be released to the public. However, those results will have no impact on letter-grade rankings, unless they improve.
Rankings also will be frozen in 2014-15 and 2015-2016 because the state will need two years of data under the new test before it can give rankings.
The Common Core State Standards website posted this explanation:
"The Common Core State Standards provide a consistent, clear understanding of what students are expected to learn, so teachers and parents know what they need to do to help them. The standards are designed to be robust and relevant to the real world …With American students fully prepared for the future, our communities will be best positioned to compete successfully in the global economy."
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About Argentina Map :- Extending over an area of 2,780,400 sq km (1,073,500 sq mi) Argentina is the eighth-largest country in the world, the largest Spanish-speaking country in the world, and the second-largest country in Latin America. It has a population of 41,660,417 inhabitants. Our map of Argentina is a useful guide to the tourist attractions of Argentina. The map is a comprehensive one as it plots tourist destinations such as the Casa Rosada and the Iguazu Falls. Among Argentina's best attractions are Iguazu National Park, the Mendoza Wine Regions, the Pampas, Patagonia, and Ushuaia in the Tierra del Fuego region. Apart from the major cities including Buenos Aires, Bahia Blanca, Parana, Mendoza, Cordoba, Rosario, and La Plata, the Argentina map also shows important airports, ports, gulfs and land boundaries of the country.History
The region that is now Argentina has been inhabited by indigenous groups since at least 11,000 BC. The Inca Empire took over the region in the northwest, while mostly nomadic people lived in the south and central areas.
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The Conquest of the Desert in the 1870s, led by Argentinian General Julio Argentino Roca, was a movement to conquer Patagonia in southern Argentina, where the indigenous people continued to live. The Conquest led to a genocide of the native people, and also led to the election of Roca to the presidency.
After risky investments by Barings Bank (based in London) in Argentina, the bank faced bankruptcy, and had to be bailed out by other major banks in London. The bailout prevented the collapse of London's banking system, but caused a major recession in Argentina, known as the Panic of 1890.
Hipolito Yrigoyen, a radical democratic reformist, was elected president in 1916. During his presidency, he introduced a minimum wage, and attempted to deal with inflation and economy issues, and was reelected in 1928. He was overthrown in a military coup in 1930, initiating the Infamous Decade, a period characterized by political corruption and economic crisis. Small land owners were unable to survive in rural areas, so they began moving toward industrialization.
During World War II, Argentina began as a neutral party, refusing to break diplomatic relations with Japan and Germany. Near the end of the war, Argentina sided with the Allied Nations, and entered the United Nations as a founding nation.
In the aftermath of World War II, Juan Peron, elected president in 1946, began his political movement, known as Peronism, nationalizing several industries and temporarily improving the economy. However, he also began suppressing any dissent, especially from news organizations, and tortured members of the opposition. Despite this, Peron was reelected in 1951, but after his wife Eva died of cancer in 1952, his support began to drop. In 1955, military coups overthrew him, and he resigned, exiling himself. The constitution of 1853, based on the U.S. Constitution, was then restored, but a period of military rule followed a coup in 1966, and Peron regained power in 1973. Peron's party won the election and Hector Campora became president of Argentina. Peron returned to Buenos Aires, and when Campora resigned, Peron returned to the presidency. Peron died the next year in 1974, which was followed by social unrest and inflation of up to 300 percent.
During 1976, Argentina was involved in what is known as the Dirty War. Led by General Jorge Videla, the war lasted until 1983 and saw the disappearance of many left-wing activists. A total of about 10,000 people were murdered or went missing during the Dirty War.
In 1982, Argentina and Britain went to war over the Falkland Islands (referred to by Argentinians as the Islas Malvinas), and Britain controlled the islands again. By 1983, inflation reached 900 percent, civilian rule was returned, and Raul Alfonsin became president, and began investigating the human rights abuse during the Dirty War.
President Carlos Menem (Peronist Party) won the election in 1989. Menem began an economic austerity program and was reelected in 1995. In 1992, the new Argentinian peso is put into use.
Argentina is located in southern South America, and is one of the world's largest Spanish-speaking country, and the eighth largest country by land area in the whole world. Argentina can be divided into six regions: Gran Chaco, Mesopotamia, the Pampas, Patagonia, Cuyo, Argentine Northwest. Mesopotamia in Argentina is the lowland between the Parana and Uruguay Rivers, the Pampas are the fertile lowlands in the center and east of Argentina. Patagonia is the region at the far south of Argentina (and Chile) which contains part of the Andes Mountains and the plateau.
Argentina's major geographic features include the Andes Mountains and the coastal regions along the Atlantic Ocean. The major rivers in Argentina include Parana, Pilcomayo, Paraguay, Uruguay, and the Colorado.
Argentina has a temperate climate, which ranges all the way from subtropical to subpolar (just north of Antarctica).
Argentina is a constitutional republic, with its capital in Buenos Aires. The president is the head of state, and the legislative branch of government has a bicameral Congress, with a Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. One-third of party representatives in the Senate must be women.
Argentina is very urbanized – more than 90 percent of its population lives in the cities. Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area has become one of the largest urban areas in the world. Other major cities in Argentina include Cordoba, Rosario, Mendoza, and Tucuman. These cities offer cultural experience, culinary pleasures, like the world renowned beef, and dances like the Argentine Tango.
Argentina offers diverse terrain and outdoor adventures. The famous region of Patagonia at the southern end of Argentina is a popular destination for people who love the outdoors. The steppes of Patagonia draw backpackers from around the world. Other natural attractions include wildlife, like the penguin colonies on along the coast, great waterfalls and lakes, and the Glacier Perito Moreno.
Argentina's education is regulated by the national public education system, which is funded by taxes up through undergraduate school, though private schools are also available at all levels. Attendance is mandatory for students up to seventeen years of age. The school system is divided into elementary school and high school, each lasting around six years in many areas. The polimodal (polymodal) system is used in many parts of the country, but not Buenos Aires and some provinces, which follow the traditional Argentinian school model instead.
Though universities in Argentina are free of tuition, there are still other fees associated with attending university, and without an effective scholarship system in place, lower income students can find it difficult to afford higher education. Argentina's universities have gained worldwide recognition, and have produced three Nobel Prize winners in the sciences.
- About 70 kilograms of beef is consumed per capita in Argentina every year.
- Argentina houses the highest point in both the Southern and Western Hemispheres in Mendoza.
- The musical Evita was written about Eva Peron, the wife of Argentina's famous best known president, Juan Peron.
- Revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara was born in Rosario, Argentina.
- Argentina has the highest GDP per capita in Latin America, and is classified as a secondary emerging market.
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John B. Henry was hiking in Maine's Acadia National Park one August in the 1980s when he first heard his friend C. Boyden Gray talk about cleaning up the environment by letting people buy and sell the right to pollute. Gray, a tall, lanky heir to a tobacco fortune, was then working as a lawyer in the Reagan White House, where environmental ideas were only slightly more popular than godless Communism. "I thought he was smoking dope," recalls Henry, a Washington, D.C. entrepreneur. But if the system Gray had in mind now looks like a politically acceptable way to slow climate change—an approach being hotly debated in Congress—you could say that it got its start on the global stage on that hike up Acadia's Cadillac Mountain.
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People now call that system "cap-and-trade." But back then the term of art was "emissions trading," though some people called it "morally bankrupt" or even "a license to kill." For a strange alliance of free-market Republicans and renegade environmentalists, it represented a novel approach to cleaning up the world—by working with human nature instead of against it.
Despite powerful resistance, these allies got the system adopted as national law in 1990, to control the power-plant pollutants that cause acid rain. With the help of federal bureaucrats willing to violate the cardinal rule of bureaucracy—by surrendering regulatory power to the marketplace—emissions trading would become one of the most spectacular success stories in the history of the green movement. Congress is now considering whether to expand the system to cover the carbon dioxide emissions implicated in climate change—a move that would touch the lives of almost every American. So it's worth looking back at how such a radical idea first got translated into action, and what made it work.
The problem in the 1980s was that American power plants were sending up vast clouds of sulfur dioxide, which was falling back to earth in the form of acid rain, damaging lakes, forests and buildings across eastern Canada and the United States. The squabble about how to fix this problem had dragged on for years. Most environmentalists were pushing a "command-and-control" approach, with federal officials requiring utilities to install scrubbers capable of removing the sulfur dioxide from power-plant exhausts. The utility companies countered that the cost of such an approach would send them back to the Dark Ages. By the end of the Reagan administration, Congress had put forward and slapped down 70 different acid rain bills, and frustration ran so deep that Canada's prime minister bleakly joked about declaring war on the United States.
At about the same time, the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) had begun to question its own approach to cleaning up pollution, summed up in its unofficial motto: "Sue the bastards." During the early years of command-and-control environmental regulation, EDF had also noticed something fundamental about human nature, which is that people hate being told what to do. So a few iconoclasts in the group had started to flirt with marketplace solutions: give people a chance to turn a profit by being smarter than the next person, they reasoned, and they would achieve things that no command-and-control bureaucrat would ever suggest.
The theory had been brewing for decades, beginning with early 20th-century British economist Arthur Cecil Pigou. He argued that transactions can have effects that don't show up in the price of a product. A careless manufacturer spewing noxious chemicals into the air, for instance, did not have to pay when the paint peeled off houses downwind—and neither did the consumer of the resulting product. Pigou proposed making the manufacturer and customer foot the bill for these unacknowledged costs—"internalizing the externalities," in the cryptic language of the dismal science. But nobody much liked Pigou's means of doing it, by having regulators impose taxes and fees. In 1968, while studying pollution control in the Great Lakes, University of Toronto economist John Dales hit on a way for the costs to be paid with minimal government intervention, by using tradable permits or allowances.
The basic premise of cap-and-trade is that government doesn't tell polluters how to clean up their act. Instead, it simply imposes a cap on emissions. Each company starts the year with a certain number of tons allowed—a so-called right to pollute. The company decides how to use its allowance; it might restrict output, or switch to a cleaner fuel, or buy a scrubber to cut emissions. If it doesn't use up its allowance, it might then sell what it no longer needs. Then again, it might have to buy extra allowances on the open market. Each year, the cap ratchets down, and the shrinking pool of allowances gets costlier. As in a game of musical chairs, polluters must scramble to match allowances to emissions.
Getting all this to work in the real world required a leap of faith. The opportunity came with the 1988 election of George H.W. Bush. EDF president Fred Krupp phoned Bush's new White House counsel—Boyden Gray—and suggested that the best way for Bush to make good on his pledge to become the "environmental president" was to fix the acid rain problem, and the best way to do that was by using the new tool of emissions trading. Gray liked the marketplace approach, and even before the Reagan administration expired, he put EDF staffers to work drafting legislation to make it happen. The immediate aim was to break the impasse over acid rain. But global warming had also registered as front-page news for the first time that sweltering summer of 1988; according to Krupp, EDF and the Bush White House both felt from the start that emissions trading would ultimately be the best way to address this much larger challenge.


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JACKSON – Patty Howell's appeal of a Tippah County lawsuit verdict was rejected Tuesday by the Mississippi Court of Appeals.
In a 9-0 vote, the court upheld the jury's verdict in favor of Peggy Holiday, doing business at Salon 15 in a strip mall on Highway 15 in Ripley.
Howell claimed in her 2008 lawsuit that it was Holiday's fault when Howell tripped over an extension cord extending across the parking lot at the shopping center where a TV station was hosting a music program hours after Holiday closed her shop.
In late 2011, the jury determined that Holiday was not liable. Judge Robert W. Elliott presided over the trial.
Howell's appeal was based on four issues, which the Court of Appeals rejected, saying the trial judge did not err in decisions made during the trial.
"The duty Holiday owed Howell depended entirely on Howell's status on the premises at the time," the appeals court stated.
Howell was more an "invitee" of the landlord, James R. Neal Sr., than Holiday because Neal was working at the BKN-TV 19 local gospel singing event that Howell planned to attend at the shopping center, Judge Virginia Carlton wrote for the court.


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Dear Guitar Hero: Jeff Beck
Can you describe the feeling of sparring with Eric Clapton on a nightly basis? —Sherwood Meara
Playing these shows with Eric was like going back into the school playground, but this time I was the hero instead of being beaten up every night! It was a great feeling, like going back to visit a bunch of old friends, with the license to play as you wish as opposed to a "traditional" way, along with the guy that is the boss. Eric is definitely the boss.
There were so many incredible guitar players in England in the mid Sixties—you, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Mick Taylor, Peter Green. Were each of you very aware of one another's careers, and did you play together often? —Hugh Finsecker
Mentally, there was some subliminal connection between all of us, wondering what one another were doing, but physically, no, we were not around each other very often at all. Eric lived not very far away from me at the time, and Jimmy lived not very far away, either, but I hardly ever saw Jimmy until I got him into the Yardbirds as the bass player. England being so small, many people think we all lived in Buckingham Palace together [laughs], but in fact we saw each other very rarely.
I joined the Yardbirds in February of '65, and I'd never saw sight or sound of Eric with them before that. My only connection to him was hearing the rest of the band talking about him, that he used to do this, that and the other. I got pretty pissed off with it, like, "Shut up, I'm here now!" For the first couple of weeks, all I heard was, "Oh, Eric, the girls love him in this place," and I'd say, "All right, enough of that!"
I didn't see him until about a year later, because we were off to America. Right when I joined the Yardbirds, they had a massive hit with "For Your Love," which Eric detested and was the reason he left the band. So we were off pummeling around the States on the three-week promo tour. When we went back [to England], by pure chance I bumped into him in a club and I thought we were actually going to get into a fight! But when he saw me, he went, "Hello, man!" and he gave me a big hug, and that was the end of that.
Back in 1983, when you and Eric appeared together for the ARMS [Action into Research for Multiple Sclerosis] Benefit for Ronnie Lane, Eric was quoted as saying, "Jeff is probably the finest guitar player I've ever seen." Was that actually the first time the two of you ever played together? —Paul Montgomery
Wow, good Lord—did he really say that? I'm deeply honored. Before ARMS, we had only done the concerts with John Cleese and Monty Python [The Secret Policeman's Ball, 1979, and The Secret Policeman's Other Ball, 1981] so the ARMS concert was one of the first times Eric and I ever played together in front of an audience. We did a few things right after that, too, such as Amnesty International [in 1985].
In the mid Sixties, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers was a band that served as a training ground for some of Britain's best blues guitarists, such as Eric Clapton, Peter Green and Mick Taylor. Did Mayall ever ask you to join the Bluesbreakers? —Alex Durant
He did. John called my mum several times. He found my mum's number, and she said to me, "Oh, that John Mayall sounds very nice!" [laughs] But I didn't want that—I didn't want to be playing blues all of the time. I'd seen Eric with them, and he was fantastic, really. He did the job better than I could have, and I just didn't want to have that challenge. My musical taste was changing radically from 12-bar blues. I might have done better in that band than in the Yardbirds, but I certainly would not have been given the same kind of free reign to do the experimenting that I did in the Yardbirds.
John Mayall came to see me with the Yardbirds at some gig. He was very straightforward. He never embellished or gave us any flowery comments about the gig. He said, "The audience loved it, but there was not much blues, was there?" And I thought, Excuse me, but this isn't a blues band. It sort of was, but he's a purist and he was listening for Little Walter–style harmonica solos. I didn't want to be mimicking Chicago blues musicians forever. My thinking was, We're not them, we're not black, we're British middle-class kids and let's get on and do our own music. We had a bit of disharmony about that, but not to take away from John's dedication to it.


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Useful References
- Bowie, Kelsey and Thompson, the Bowie and Dick autoclave tape test, the Lancet, Vol. 16, page 586-587, March 16, 1963
- J.P.C.M. van Doornmalen, J. Dankert, A validation survey of 197 hospital steam sterilizers in The Netherlands in 2001 and 2002, Journal of Hospital Infection, 59, 126–130, 2005
- J.P.C.M van Doornmalen, K. Kopinga, Review of surface steam sterilization for validation purposes. American Journal of Infection Control, 36, 86-92, 2008
- ISO 11140-1 Sterilization of health care products - Chemical indicators
- ISO 17665 Sterilization of health care products - Moist heat
- EN 285 Sterilization - Steam Sterilizers - Large Sterilizers
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My great-grandfather, Milton E. Kerr, attended Oberlin College between 1881 and 1884. I discovered this in a search for "milton e kerr" at Google Books. His name and hometown are listed in the Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Oberlin College in both the 1881-1882 edition and the 1883-1884 edition. Both catalogues are included in the volume you reach using the link above. During that time period, Milton would have been about 18-21 years old.
The list of students in the Department of Preparatory Instruction, Classical School, begins on page 24 in the 1881-1882 catalogue. "Milton E. Kerr...Mercer, Pa." appears on page 25, under the Senior Class heading. In this particular division of study, there were 306 students: 80 Seniors, 107 Middles, and 119 Juniors. Only 16 of them were women. But that is not to suggest that the entire student population of Oberlin was equally out of balance. The total student body actually included more "Ladies" (790) than "Gentlemen" (703).
The Department of Preparatory Instruction includes both the Classical School and the English School. A description of both courses of study begins on page 68. But far more interesting is the section entitled General Information, pages 73-79. For a glimpse at what Oberlin life was like for Milton and his fellow students, don't miss it!
Immediately following the 1881-1882 catalogue is the 1883-1884 catalogue. Once again, "Milton E. Kerr...Mercer, Pa." is listed (page 26) as a Senior in the Classical School, Department of Preparatory Instruction. I'm at a loss to explain why he was listed as a Senior from 1881-1884. Also, be aware that this is the second "page 26" in this Google volume, since each catalogue has its own set of page numbers. Additional catalogues follow, the last one being dated 1889-1890.


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My Health, Inc. is the owner of U.S. Patent No. 6,612,985, which is entitled "Method and system for monitoring and treating a patient." My Health also holds a trademark in the term "My Health." My Health claims that it is "the only person or entity entitled to use... 'My Health' in commerce."
Jason Cugle, if all goes well, will soon be able to continue to operate his mail-order business without fear of a spurious patent lawsuit. With any luck, so will thousands of other small businesses that are often targeted by one of the worst patent trolls around.
Jason runs Triple7Vaping.com, a small Maryland business that sells products online and ships them across the country. Jason doesn't run a high-tech operation: a customer orders a product, Jason manually composes an email letting that customer know the order had shipped, and packages are then sent out via tracked USPS mail.
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In a victory for the First Amendment and public access to court proceedings, a magistrate judge ruled in favor of EFF's motion to unseal documents in a patent case in the Eastern District of Texas. This means that the patent owner in that case, Blue Spike, will no longer be able to shield from the public its arguments about how the defendant infringes its patents. Also, the court has indicated that it will publish public versions of important rulings that, until now, had been completely hidden from the public.
As the law stands now, patent owners have almost complete control over which federal district to file a case in. That's a major problem. It lets patent owners exploit significant differences between courts, an advantage that the alleged infringers in patent suits don't have. It effectively leads to outcomes being determined not by the merits of a case, but rather by the cost of litigation. Just last week, the Federal Circuit declined to fix this problem, leaving it up to Congress or the Supreme Court to act.
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