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Michigan State
Preview 2009
Pete Fiutak
2009 Schedule
CFN Prediction: 10-2
2009 Results: 0-0
9/5 Montana
9/12 Central Michigan
9/19 at Notre Dame
9/26 at Wisconsin
10/3 Michigan
10/10 at Illinois
10/17 Northwestern
10/24 Iowa
10/31 at Minnesota
11/7 Western Michigan
11/14 at Purdue
11/21 Penn State
2008 Schedule
CFN Prediction: 7-5
2008 Results: 9-4
8/30 at California
Eastern Mich W
Florida Atlantic
Notre Dame W
at Indiana W
Iowa W 16-13
at Nwestern W
10/18 Ohio State L 45-7
10/25 at Michigan W 35-21
11/1 Wisconsin W 25-24
Purdue W 21-7
11/22 at Penn State
Capital One Bowl
1/1 Georgia L 24-12
There will still be holes, like the right side of the
offensive line, the defensive tackles, and inexperience
in the offensive backfield, but these are tweaks that
can be quickly taken care of. Dantonio has the program
more than headed in the right direction. It might have
What to watch for on offense: The quarterback
situation. It's not that Brian Hoyer was bad, he was a
solid Big Ten quarterback, but he didn't make the team
better in a disappointing senior season. Sophomore Kirk
Cousins is the type of passer who could make the offense
more explosive, while Oklahoma transfer Keith Nichol has
an all-around game that could give defenses fits. The
coaching staff is toying around with the idea of a QB
rotation, and in this case, it might not be a bad thing.
What to watch for on defense: The emergence of
the linebacking corps. A bit underappreciated last
season, this undersized, overactive group did a nice job
of cleaning things up against the run. Greg Jones
deserves to be an All-American, while Eric Gordon is a
strong running mate. There will be some adjusting
throughout the season with Jones likely to see time in
the middle and on the strongside, but there are good
players to toy around with to find the right
The team will be far better if … it's better on
third downs on both sides of the ball. Florida State led
the nation by allowing offenses to convert on 25% of
their third down chances. SMU was dead last allowing
teams convert 56% of the time. Michigan State wasn't
horrible, but it wasn't great allowing teams to convert
41.1% of the time, 71st in the nation.
Meanwhile, the Spartans were abysmal on third downs
finishing 98th in the nation by converting
just 35% of the time.
The Schedule:
The non-conference slate is sneaky-tough
considering Central Michigan and Western Michigan might
be the two best teams in the MAC, and going to Notre
Dame isn't like going to Notre Dame last year. It'll be
an emotionally charged start to the Big Ten season with
a trip to Wisconsin, Michigan, and a date at Illinois to
start, but things ease up a bit. Penn State could be in
for a tremendous season, but it could all unravel in the
regular season finale in East Lansing on November 21st.
It's a nice trade-off when it comes to the teams MSU
misses. Not getting Indiana hurts, but not having to
play Ohio State more than makes up for it Roman.
Best Offensive Player:
Junior WR Mark Dell, but … this will be up for debate
throughout the season. Dell has the pro skills. He's
6-2, 196 pounds, and fast. However, he has to secure a
starting spot over Blair White on the X. Meanwhile, the
quarterbacks, Kirk Cousins and Keith Nichol, will likely
be the stars of the show. If one takes the job by the
horns and keeps the other on the bench, he'll be the
team's main offensive playmaker. And then there's the
all-star recognition. Center Joel Nitchman is likely to
be the team's surest bet for post-season honors.
Best Defensive Player: Junior LB Greg Jones.
Moved around where needed, Jones is a major-league
tackler inside and out. He followed up a breakout
freshman year with a 127-stop, 14-tackle-for-loss
sophomore campaign, and now he's on the verge of being a
national star. While he's not all that big at 6-1 and
222 pounds, he has unlimited range and is a peerless
open-field tackler.
Key player to a successful season: Junior OT
J'Michael Deane. The left side of the line is set, and
Nitchman is a rock at center. The right side needs some
work with defensive tackle Antonio Jeremiah being
brought over to be tested out at tackle and Deane
needing to go from a reserve to a consistent blocker
right away. He's replacing Jesse Miller, who finished
with second-team All-Big Ten honors, and he'll have to
show he can be a solid pass protector from day one.
The season will be a success if
... the Spartans win the Big Ten title. With no Ohio
State on the schedule and Penn State coming to East
Lansing, now it the time to get the job done and win at
least a share of the crown. MSU won't be the best team
in the league, but it'll be experienced, athletic, and
it has all the scheduling breaks.
Key game:
November 21st vs. Penn State. The Big Ten
opener at Wisconsin will be a tough one and the
mid-October trip to Illinois will be a battle, but if
Michigan State really does think it has a shot at the
Big Ten title it needs to at least split those two
games, hold serve at home, and be in a position to go to
Pasadena (assuming no one in the conference is unbeaten)
going into the regular season finale. The Penn State
game, at the very least, should be for a New Year's Day
bowl appearance.
2008 Fun Stats:
- Sacks: Michigan State in 2007: 40 for 302 yards –
Michigan State in 2008: 26 for 191 yards
- Penalties: Opponents 82 for 705 yards – Michigan State
55 for 600
- Fourth down conversions: Michigan State 9-for-15 (60%)
– Opponents 3-for-17 (18%)
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CNHI News Service
The Norman Transcript
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — A doctor from Indiana has been arrested on suspicion of murdering four people in Omaha, Neb., in separate attacks over a five-year period.
Two of the victims were former Norman residents, Dr. Roger Brumback and his wife, Mary.
Dr. Anthony Garcia, 40, was apprehended by Illinois State Police on Monday during a traffic stop in Union County, Ill., which is in the southern part of the state. Authorities said Garcia appeared to be intoxicated and he was carrying a .45-caliber handgun with him.
He was being held in Illinois on suspicion of four counts of first-degree murder and four counts of using a weapon to commit a felony.
According to police, Garcia, a former medical resident at Creighton University, is accused of killing the Brumbacks, both 65, in May and also of killing 11-year-old Thomas Hunter and 57-year-old Shrilee Sherman in 2008.
Garcia was fired by Dr. Roger Brumback and William Hunter in 2001. Garcia reportedly left Omaha after being fired, but police believe he returned to visit in 2008, the year of the first homicides.
Thomas Hunter was William Hunter's son. Police don't believe Thomas Hunter and Sherman were the intended targets.
Dr. Brumback came to OU in the late 1980s and was named a David Ross Boyd Professor in 1997. Roger Brumback was formerly on the OU Health Sciences Center faculty and wrote a medical column for The Transcript. He accepted a post as professor and department chair at Creighton University's School of Medicine in 2001.
Mary Brumback graduated from the OU College of Law and practiced family law in Norman for several years.
Indiana State Police SWAT team members entered Garcia's home Monday.
Detectives from the Omaha Police Homicide Unit, along with other authorities and crime scene investigators with the Indiana State Police, spent the afternoon and evening searching Garcia's home after obtaining a search warrant. The FBI also was present at the scene.
The Douglas County, Neb., Coroner's office stated in June that Roger Brumback was shot to death while his wife, Mary, died of stab wounds.
According to the Omaha World Herald, police have said they believe Garcia committed the homicides on his own.
However, the police chief said the investigation is continuing, with search warrants being served in other states.
Schmaderer said Garcia was fired from his position at Creighton for erratic behavior.
Details for this story were provided by The Tribune Star in Terre Haute, Ind., and the Associated Press.

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Henry Lee Apple Jr., 67, of Sun City Hilton Head, S.C., died Tuesday, March 19, 2013, at Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, S.C.
Born in Carthage, Tenn., he was the son of the late Henry Lee and Martha Frances Thomas Apple Jr. He moved to the area 10 years ago from Cleveland, Tenn.
He was a loving husband and father and loved his family dearly. He was a member of Community Bible Church in Beaufort, S.C. He loved working in construction estimating and loved golf as a sport.
Mr. Apple is survived by his wife, Barbara (Bobbie) Young Apple; son and daughter-in-law, Erik and Jennifer Apple of Ringgold; daughter, Dana Williams of Dalton; stepson and stepdaughter-in-law, Jr. and Lesia Barton of Ringgold; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; two sisters, Bettie White and Mildred Patterson; a brother, Frank Apple, all of Ringgold; and several nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be held today at 11 a.m. until the time of service at noon at Community Bible Church in Beaufort, S.C.
A service will be held Friday with visitation at 11 a.m. and the service at noon at Temple Baptist Church in Dalton with interment at Anderson Memorial Gardens in Ringgold.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Medical University of South Carolina Lung Transplant Program.
The Island Funeral Home and Crematory, Hilton Head Island, S.C., is in charge of arrangements; www.theislandfuneralhome.com.


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Reby Sky is a curvacious Playboy Cyber Girl of the Month favorite and also a personal favorite of mine! With her larger-than-life personality, the official NY Giants Girl, model and radio personality turned pro wrestler talks camera time, love, and setting the record straight for all those mispronouncing her name.
Queens, NY – Currently residing in Cameron, North Carolina.
When you meet new people and introduce yourself as a professional wrestler, do people doubt you or make you elaborate, considering your petite frame and oozing femininity? I mean, you're no Chyna and that's not a bad thing!
The reaction a lot of times is disbelief, then shock, which are both reactions I love.
I understand that the mainstream ideal of a female wrestler is more of a bodybuilder type (unless you are a fan of pro-wrestling and keep up with the current main promotions) and I like defying that stereotype. Even so, identifying myself as a pro-wrestler now — as opposed to a model, which was primarily my career for years — is a catch-22. Casual wrestling fans are either disappointed or surprised that I'm not a "She-Hulk" and diehard wrestling fans hold the fact that I model against me, as if it somehow makes me less aggressive or determined in my training/in the ring. It doesn't.
It's difficult to find a balance and try to make everyone happy, but I'll always stay true to myself. Playboy opened up some amazing opportunities to me & was the perfect outlet for me to express my free-spirited and feminine side. I love being able to express the rest of me through wrestling. For me, wrestling is a passion like no other.
Describe life with love interest Matt Hardy.
I thank God every day that I get to have the real Matt back after a pretty rough year. He is my truest love. My trainer. My inspiration. At times we are polar opposites, but we keep each other focused & balanced. I feel very fortunate that we're able to work together on as many projects as we do and that we get to travel together for wrestling because I believe working together brings a couple closer. And we have the best sex ever. A lot.
I think you are one of the sexiest Cyber Girls ever! Was it a goal you had to pose for Playboy or did it just kinds happen?
The fact that my girlcrush just said that makes me want to fangirl right now… My initial run with Playboy happened without me even knowing it was happening — I had a shoot with a friend (Michael Dweck) who was commissioned to photograph an upcoming "Girls of…" pictorial, but I never thought in a million years I would actually make the cut.
He called me several months later with news that his work would be published in the next issue of Playboy magazine so I congratulated him and he was like, "No, stupid. They're photos of YOU." My "Girls of Montauk" pictorial really helped launch my modeling career and opened the door for awesome opportunities like Cyber Girl of the Week, and later, Cyber Girl of the Month.
I wouldn't change a thing.
You're Howard Stern Girl of the Year 2009, awesome! What personal insight can you give us about Howard himself, the show, etc.
Becoming Miss Howard Stern of the Year was another title I never thought I would actually receive.
I was chosen by the show to become Miss Howard Stern of the Month, but the fact the Howard Stern Show fans voted for me as Miss Howard Stern of the Year made it all even more amazing. I appeared on the show several times, but my biggest interview was when I accepted my "of the year" award. I went into the studio that day thinking, "I'm not going to divulge too much information, I'm going to behave, etc…", but Howard is REALLY good at what he does; He is not only charming, but challenging, and I can't turn down a challenge. The moment he said, "Oh, are you afraid to answer that ?" my inhibitions were lost and my loudmouth started spewing out the truth of whatever he was inquiring about. He really knows what to say to get the dirt, and he certainly did !
One thing you can't live without:
My Macbook Pro — it's how I keep in touch with everyone, what I work on… I can be a bit anti-social at times, so it's sort of my window to the world.
A decision you are thankful you made:
To follow my dreams, every single one of them. It's worked out pretty well so far.
Personal Motto:
The grass isn't greener on the other side — it's green where you water it.
You have an unusual tattoo in your mouth, do explain!
I'm a passionate person and I'm VERY vocal. If I love something, everyone will know and the same goes for if I hate or disagree with something. My mouth has gotten me in trouble on more than a few occasions, but I feel like honesty is the best policy. A lot of people don't like the fact that I'm so honest, but I'll always stand up for what I believe in and you'll never get anything but the truth from my lips… And that is precisely what I've got tattooed in my mouth — "Truth" — on my lips.
You are gorgeous, but also very comfortable with the camera! What do you attribute your camera presence to?
Aw, thanks ! I grew up immersed in the arts and I have my parents to thank for that. I was involved in dance and music from a very young age and the performance bug stuck with me. Growing up in New York also has a lot to do with it. The arts are a big part of the culture in New York.
Did you ever have stage fright or have you always been fearless with TV, radio, and photo shoots?
I am absolutely terrified before most performances; wrestling, television, radio, etc. The only medium I've never been petrified of has been photography, whether it be modeling or capturing the photos myself. I love creating, it's where I feel most comfortable.
Best gift you've ever received?
My Movado watch. It was a birthday gift and I felt like a princess that day. That doesn't happen very often.
Who do you consider your professional heroes?
It's unfortunate that my childhood heroes have since gone on to paths that I wouldn't want to aspire to now. I do, however, get to learn from their mistakes.
A guy I call a boyfriend better never:
Disrespect me. I never ask anything of a partner that I wouldn't already be willing to give in return, tenfold. Respect is a big moral theme in my life because of how I was raised.
We all hear misconceptions about us! What is something you have to correct fans about you?
MY NAME. It's pronounced REB-ee. Rhymes with Debbie.
You also shoot pictures yourself. In fact, you do amazing self portraits! How did you get into photography? Thank goodness you do because your fans go nuts for your youtube page!
Thanks ! I've always loved photography and I am self-taught. Over the years I've substituted homemade light setups for professional equipment and eventually went to school for it, but my methods still aren't "conventional" and they probably never will be.
Schools can't really teach art; you can't teach someone to be creative or expressive, you can only provide them with knowledge and the tools to encourage them to do so. There's a saying in the photography world that I love to reference, "The best camera is the one that's with you," because really, it's not what you've got, it's how you use it. I can certainly translate that into almost every aspect of my life and career. I'm venturing into video work now, which is exciting for me. I'm the kind of person who always needs to create, learn and expand. I constantly need new things to stimulate and inspire me.
Where can we keep up with you online?
Web: RebySky.com
Twitter: twitter.com/RebySky
Facebook: facebook.com/RebySkyFanpage
YouTube: youtube.com/Rebybelly
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Ohio State held their third Friday Night Lights camp under Urban Meyer this weekend, and several highly-rated prospects were on hand. One of the top quarterback performers was Dublin Coffman junior Gunnar Hoak.FULL STORY
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Menomonie (Wisc.) rising junior quarterback Nate Stanley talks about his two BCS offers.FULL STORY
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In a summer full of high-scoring performances, Wednesday's championship game representative of the type of performances highlighted this summer.FULL STORY
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GREENSBORO, N.C.- Pittsburgh is set to being its second year in the ACC. Pittsburgh defensive end Ray Vinopal talks about the upcoming season, his growth and more with Scout.com.FULL STORY
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The 26-member All-ACC Preseason team announced by the league on Wednesday.FULL STORY
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GREENSBORO, N.C.- Pittsburgh sophomore wide receiver Tyler Boyd is looking to top his freshman season. Scout.com goes one-on-one with the top ACC wide receiver.FULL STORY
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C-SPAN in Knoxville this week
C-SPAN is visiting Knoxville, TN for a week starting Monday, October 3, 2011, as it features the history and literary life of the city on the cable network's non-fiction book channel BookTV (on C-SPAN2) and history channel American History TV (on C-SPAN3).
During the week, C-SPAN producers will visit various literary and historic sites, interviewing local historians, authors and civic leaders including Mayor Daniel Brown. The C-SPAN team will also visit area schools, including Farragut Middle School, West High School and Hardin Valley Academy. C-SPAN is partnering with Comcast, the network's local affiliate, which is helping to organize the week's many logistics.
A Tuesday, October 4th public kick-off event will be held at the East Tennessee History Center (601 Gay Street, Knoxville, TN), with opening remarks at 6pm from Comcast, C-SPAN, Mayor Brown and representatives of the East Tennessee Historical Society.
The event keynote speaker is Dr. William Bruce Wheeler, Professor Emeritus, at the University of Tennessee. Dr. Wheeler will discuss the unique history of Knoxville and provide a historical perspective. He has written or co-authored several books, the most recent including Discovering the American Past, Discovering the Global Past and Knoxville, Tennessee: Mountain City in the New South. Following Dr. Wheeler's remarks, the audience will be invited to participate in a question and answer session.
The kick-off event, sponsored by Comcast and the East Tennessee Historical Society, will air along with C-SPAN's other productions during a special Knoxville feature weekend October 29th -30th on BookTV and American History TV. Below is a list of a few of the sites that will be visited and featured on C-SPAN during the tour of Knoxville.
Here's an AP story: C-SPAN is visiting Knoxville all this week to air segments on the history and literary life of the city.


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Step inside the ruins of a fallen house where mysterious spirits bedevil the living and where it is always a midnight dreary. Gothic designs, haunting music, and shadowy figures breathe life into Poe's tapestry of terror, weaving his classics The Raven, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Bells, The Black Cat, and The Cask of Amontillado with his lesser known works Berenice, The Oval Portrait, M.S. Found in a Bottle, and Lenore. These macabre tales will leave your heart pounding, evermore!
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The '3 screens' model is quite an interesting way to look at how people consume media. AT&T do a decent job of explaining the three screen model -
"three screens" that many consumers value most — the TV, the PC and the wireless phone.
in the near future, the lines between networks and access technologies will be blurred. And communications and entertainment services will be delivered to the "three screens" in an integrated and familiar way.
AT&T isn't the only company that's talking about the 3 screens -
- Here's a PDF report from Nielsen on How people consume Media across 3 screens. Nielsen do a monthly report on 3 screen media consumption – here's the 3 screen report for December 2009.
- Microsoft has a 3 screen and a Cloud strategy.
- MediaPost has a good post talking about the 3 screens.
You have to admit it makes a lot of sense.
How does the Cloud fit in with the 3 screens?
The Cloud is basically a platform – It provides distribution, storage, services, and more.
The Cloud is in a way the projected end state when, as AT&T say, 'the lines between networks and access technologies will be blurred'.
In this end state the Cloud will be delivering services and media that are consumed on the 3 screens – TV, PC, and Phone.
However, we run into an interesting problem.
Ripples in the 3 Screens and a Cloud Model – eReaders
There are obviously some ripples in the 3 screens and a Cloud model -
- Radio.
- Books.
Let's focus on one in particular – books.
People and companies who believe in the 3 Screens and a Cloud model would think -
- Books are going to be stored in a cloud.
- Books are going to be read on one of the 3 screens.
However, eReaders sprang up and broke the 3 screens part of the equation.
eReaders as the potential Fourth Screen
The fact that eReaders are better for reading than any of the 3 current screens sets them up to be the mythical fourth screen.
- eInk has a competitive advantage over the 3 screens – its much, much closer to paper.
- eReaders come in a form factor that fits in neatly between phones and PCs.
- Reading spreads across books and school and work and a lot of other areas.
- People read enough for eReaders to gain huge sales volume and huge presence.
- eReaders come with huge advantages – battery life, readable in sunlight, very few distractions.
The rise of eReaders is going to run into a few roadblocks – some real, some imagined.
eReaders as the Fourth Screen – the Challenges
The 3 Screens trying to take back reading
We see a few examples of this already -
- Reading apps on phones.
- Reading Software on PCs.
- Pixel Qi's multiple mode screen that makes PCs much better for reading.
eReader makers are well aware of this and are hedging their bets by creating reading applications for the PC and for various phones.
In addition to hedging their bets they are also, consciously or unconsciously, doing a few things to strengthen eReaders' charge to be the fourth screen -
- (Usually) Locking people into their content libraries.
- Creating apps that are in the design philosophy of the dedicated eReader - thus functioning as a ramp to actual eReader ownership.
- Getting people back into reading so that they can transition to reading enough to justify buying a dedicated eReader.
- Making the reading applications limited enough to not really be a threat to eReaders.
It's very intelligent strategy.
Competing Fourth Screen Devices
Another huge challenge to eReaders are devices that want to be the fourth screen themselves.
- Tablets and the iPad are a great example.
- Netbooks are a big threat too - although they are increasingly moving towards being thinner, cheaper laptops.
It's an interesting contest -
- Are customers looking for a more mobile PC?
- Are customers looking for a dedicated reading device that specializes in reading?
- Will customers create a fourth and fifth screen?
I suspect the answer is the third option. We like simplicity and to be able to think in threes – However, and even AT&T say this, users have shown a tendency to embrace multiple screens and use them all.
- TV didn't die out and neither will the phone and the PC.
- The PC and the mobile phone were embraced - so will eReaders and Tablets (or perhaps Netbooks).
What Happens if eReaders really do become the fourth screen?
They become really, really important. Much more important than just 'screens for reading' – even though reading is huge.
Here are a few directions eReaders could go in if they do become a fourth screen -
- Become relationship devices – They're everywhere and they're trusted.
- Expand into a purchase screen i.e. specialize for reading and e-commerce.
- Micropayments.
- Location Services.
- Start selling other types of media.
There are a lot of directions to go in. Getting a foothold is the key part and eReaders are well on their way to doing that.
The Battle for Being the Fourth Screen may be bigger than the Battle for Publishing
If you think of how strong the iTunes ecosystem is and how strong the Kindle ecosystem is, it's clear that the reward for becoming the fourth screen people use might actually be greater than the reward for becoming the foundation for Publishing.
It's a scary thought that eReaders might win an even bigger prize than control of the $50 billion annual revenues in Publishing (just an estimate – it's $25 billion for the US).
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Having your car break down is a terrible thing to happen. Unless your car breaks down in . Because if you're going to be stuck someplace, you might as well be stuck in Shorewood. No place beats Shorewood. It's the best town ever. No one denies this.
But best town or not, you might still want to get around Shorewood. And you're probably going to need to get your car fixed to do that efficiently. So where do you go to get your car fixed? No, really, tell us. We want to know.
Here are the nominess for the READERS' CHOICE OF WHERE TO GET YOUR CAR FIXED IN SHOREWOOD:
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Right now, Jay-Z is filming a "docu-music video" for Magna Carta Holy Grail track "Picasso Baby." The video will capture a performance partly inspired by artist Marina Abramovic's 2010 MoMA exhibition Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present. In her performance, Abramović invited anyone willing to wait in line to sit across from her in MoMA's atrium, where she sat during business days for almost two months, or about 736 hours total. For his version, presumably one of the "6 pieces of art" he teased in a Twitter Q&A earlier this week, Jay is interacting with guests for just six hours, rapping "Picasso Baby" at them repeatedly. An email invitation to the shoot, forwarded to FADER by a tipster, said the audience would represent a "cross section of the New York art and cultural world" and that Jay's "surprise" performance would be "experimental and collaborative," playing with rap's "history with endurance." Jay likely became an Abramović fan via Ricardo Tisci, the Givenchy creative director who designed Watch The Throne's album art and tour costumes. Tisci has been friends with Abramović for years—he was one of the last people to sit across from her during The Artist Is Present.
The "Picasso Baby" shoot was put on by Salon 94 (a New York gallery that represents both Jayson Musson, the guy whose post-fight rap lyrics gave Baauer's "Harlem Shake" its name, and Laurie Simmons, Lena Dunham's mom) and the video's likely director Mark Romanek, who did Jay-Z's "99 Problems" video as well as Nine Inch Nails' "Closer" and Fiona Apple's "Criminal." Like that last video, it seems "Picasso Baby" will have a grainy, surveillance camera feel. "Attendance at this performance constitutes your consent to be filmed. Everyone in attendance will be required to sign a release granting the right to use their likeness from the performance for any and all prupose," warned the invitation. I walked over to PACE Gallery in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood (not Salon 94′s space, but where the filming took place) to check things out this morning, having tried unsuccessfully to RSVP. Outside, a gallery staffer hung a sign with the same warning on the gallery's door, and a production crew mounted a small camera in the street to film the people milling around outside the gallery.
Invitees were encouraged to RSVP for "hourly" time slots from noon to 6PM. When I arrived things were running a bit behind schedule—at 12:45 a woman emerged from the gallery, declaring that 1PM audience members would have to wait to enter, due to overcrowding—but the scene was calm. PACE staff and security flanked the door with iPads, a couple production assistants took calls and talked into walkies, and parking lot attendants next door gossiped about the "promotional video." PACE expected "hundreds" of guests to come in and out over the course of the day, said one of the iPad-holders, adding that she assumed the ones who'd planned to come on their lunch break, in-and-out-in-an-hour, might leave after realizing the scheduled time slots wouldn't necessarily hold. She called Jay-Z a client of Salon 94. The small crowd awaiting entry, wearing resort whites and expensive wedge sneakers, also looked like art buyers, in their 30s and onward. Abramović herself stopped by (watch her dance with Jay), as did painter George Condo, conceptual artist Lawrence Weiner and director Judd Apatow, but there were some young people too—I saw a chain of 20-somethings walked into a gallery space across the street from PACE, and talked to a recent high school grad. He'd been invited by his mom, who'd heard about the performance through her art buyer, and brought along three friends. He'd said he liked "Picasso Baby," but hadn't listened to all of Magna Carta.
Peeking inside the PACE lobby, I spotted Half Gallery owner and Bravo art reality show judge Bill Powers. Later, critic Jerry Saltz, also a Bravo judge, waltzed out in linen and sneakers, his notebook full and face happy. He marveled at the gallery's success at guarding the event from the intrusion of social media gawkers, and had a PACE staffer snap his photo next to a "Picasso Baby" banner advertising the project that hung from a nearby street light. But photos and videos taken by performance attendees began to surface soon after. Samsung didn't drop $25 million for Jay-Z to create "surprise" "art" that people couldn't share on phones.


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Pilgrims and tourists visiting the Vatican received a special treat Saturday, when some 4,000 members of the Knights of Malta marched in procession to the tomb of St. Peter.
The last of the great chivalrous orders is celebrating the 900th anniversary of its official recognition by Pope Paschal II. On Saturday, the Knights attended Mass in St. Peter's Basilica and received an audience with Pope Benedict XVI.
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From: Christopher Jordan Dorner
To: America
That's the header on a 14-page letter attributed to Christopher Dorner. The former Los Angeles police officer is the focus of a massive manhunt spanning California, Arizona, Nevada and Mexico after he allegedly shot and killed three people — including a police officer — and wounded several others during a shooting spree.
Two feet of snow can be a major inconvenience. We feel for you, friends in the Northeast. To help you work through that serious snow surplus, we shuffled through our virtual recipe box for snow cuisine.
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If you've wondered why the blizzard dumping snow on the Northeast has a name, look no further than The Weather Channel. At the start of this storm season, the 24-hour-weather network announced, much to the chagrin of The National Weather Service, that it would give names to winter storms.
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Austin Stowell was never the most popular kid in his class at Berlin High School according to one of his best friends, Tyler Catlin.
He was unassuming and never tried to grab the attention.
He played football and tennis but a terrible knee injury forced him to miss his senior football season.
That injury landed him in the senior class play, "You Can't Take It With You."
In the crowd that night was a member of the UConn Theater Dept. faculty and Stowell was offered a scholarship to go to UConn, not as an athlete, but an actor.
Fast forward eight years and Stowell has received the biggest break of his young acting career.
On Sept. 23, the movie "Dolphin Tale" will be released. Stowell has a meaty part in the film which also features Oscar winner Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Harry Connick Jr. and Kris Kristofferson.
Based on true events "Dolphin Tale" is a family film about Winter, a young dolphin who loses her tail in a crab trap and Sawyer, the introverted, 11-year old boy who befriends her. Sawyer meets the rescued dolphin at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium, a marine rehabilitation center where she lives. Sawyer rallies friends and family alike to save Winter by convincing a pioneering doctor to create a unique prosthetic attachment to restore the dolphin's ability to swim. Winter the dolphin will play herself in the movie.
"I read for auditions 10 to 15 times a week and I read for this movie a long time ago," Stowell said from Los Angeles. "I got a call from my agent and he said they wanted to see me again. I had to go to my computer to see what the role was and who I was playing. It was great. They just wanted to make sure I was a good guy and we just talked for a while."
Stowell plays Kyle Connellan, a swimmer aspiring to make the U.S. Olympic team. He joins the military and is paralyzed on one side of his body from an IED explosion.
When he returns, his doctor, played by Morgan Freeman, introduces him to an introverted boy, Sawyer. Together they discover how working with a dolphin that has lost its tale can help them become whole.
The movie is from the Producers of "The Blind Side."
"Most of my scenes are with Morgan Freeman," Stowell said. "I was more than a little nervous before we started shooting but he was great. He is really very much like most of the characters he plays, very down to earth and soft spoken. He was amazing. He's an icon but he always had something nice to say to me or a tip for me."
Stowell said that like "The Blind Side" people will love this movie.
"It's about a doctor who wouldn't give up and it shows you no matter the circumstance there is always hope," said Stowell, now 26. "Harry Connick Jr., who I love, he's the man, takes care of the dolphin and is told to give up numerous times. But he just won't give up. It just shows you that there is no problem too big. When we were growing up it was 'Free Willy.' I think this movie can be that 'Free Willy' of its generation."
The tale is based on a true story and the dolphin, Winter, can actually be seen in the aquarium he calls home in Clearwater, Florida.
"We shot right there and it took weeks to get the dolphin used to the cameras and lights," Stowell said. "I am supposed to be an Olympic quality swimmer so I was in the water a lot for training and then had to learn to walk correctly after the injury. I would swim with my legs tied together to get the feeling of swimming with only my arms."
While this movie could be Stowell's big break, after acting in "The Secret Life of an American Teenager," he is not only looking for the next important job.
"You don't only look for the next big gig but the next one after the next one," he said. "My agent tells me we want to keep the dial moving forward, nothing that would make it go backwards. I'm pretty picky and I can be a little bit right now. I have been lucky to have the two TV series and some great guest spots on 'NCIS' and '90210' so I can be a little picky. The last time I was in town I talked to the students at McGee and my message was pretty simple. If you think you've done enough, do some more."
While Stowell said he does not have a girlfriend, he has made a deal with one of his best friends from high school to take her to his first big red carpet event. That deal was made a long time ago but this movie will likely be that event. So will Austin Stowell take long-time friend Amy Bordonaro to the red carpet premiere?
"She has been a huge support for me," Stowell said. "She always told me I was going to make it and so we made the deal. And she has always reminded me of it every time I got a great job. We'll see how it works out, ha-ha."
Stowell, who lives with his two brothers - Daniel, 31, a 10-year acting veteran on Broadway, and Ryan, 29, who works in production and has worked for Happy Madison, run by Adam Sandler. His mother, Elizabeth lives in
Rocky Hill, while his dad Robert, lives in Florida.
So what would his friends back in Berlin say about Austin Stowell making it to the big-time?
"That's a good question," he said. "Usually when I talk to them or hang out with my brothers they just make fun of me and that keeps me pretty grounded. I would hope that they are happy for me and know that I'm doing what I love to do. If they were happy for me that would be great. I have a pretty tight inner circle of friends and it's hard to get in. I'm really focused on my career right now and I'm excited about where it is going."


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Many people are confused by the melanoma aspect of this type of eye cancer, as melanoma is most commonly associated with skin. Melanomas develop from melanocytes, cells that contain the dark pigment (melanin) that defines our skin coloring. Melanocytes aren't exclusive to the skin -- they can be found in the hair, the eyes, and the lining of some organs.
What Causes Ocular Melanoma?Like many other types of cancer, we aren't quite sure what causes ocular melanoma, but there is suspicion that it is related to exposure to the UV rays of the sun. This theory has yet to be proven, however.
Even though the cause of ocular melanoma has yet to be pinpointed, researchers have identified risk factors for the disease. Risk factors for ocular melanoma include:
- being fair skinned or having a light hair color and eye color
- having dysplastic nevus syndrome, a condition that causes abnormal moles
- having oculodermal melanocytosis, a rare condition that causes increased and abnormal pigmentation of the eye and skin around the eye
Symptoms of Ocular MelanomaThere are sometimes no noticeable symptoms of ocular melanoma, especially in the early stages. In these instances, melanoma of the eye is usually diagnosed through a routine eye screening by an optician. Ocular melanoma symptoms include:
blurred vision in one eye
floaters (small "floating" spots in your vision field)
change in iris color or dark spot on iris
red and/or painful eye
bulging eye
- loss of peripheral vision
Diagnosing Ocular MelanomaUnlike other types of cancer, a biopsy is not usually needed for most cases of ocular melanoma. One of the first tests most people have is called an ophthalmoscopy, which uses a special scope to get an in-depth view of the eye. It is much like the tool your optician or physician uses to look at your eye. It is noninvasive and is painless.
An ultrasound may also be done to view the eye and surrounding structures. Numbing drops are given before the scan to prevent any discomfort. You may be asked to look in different directions to allow for different angles of viewing. Eye ultrasounds generally take about 15 minutes or less.
Other tests, like an MRI or CT scan, may be done if it is suspected that the cancer has spread beyond the eye. The liver is common site of metastasis for ocular cancer.
Treatment of Ocular MelanomaTreatment of ocular melanoma is based on what part of the eye is affected and whether it has metastasized to other parts of the body. Surgery is a common method of treatment that involves removing part or all of the eye.
Removal of the eye (enucleation) may be necessary in some cases of large tumors when other treatment methods are not suitable. An artificial eye can be created in most cases. Prosthetic eyes today are much more realistic than in the past. They are created by talented, trained individuals called ocularists. It generally takes anywhere from 4 to 6 appointments to be fitted for a prosthetic eye and for it to be placed. Quality and artistic talent are two important characteristics to consider when choosing an ocularist.
Radiation therapy is also a common method treatment of ocular melanoma. It may be the sole treatment or done after surgery. There are two types of radiation therapy: external and internal. Both use specific types of energy to disrupt the activity of cancer cells to eliminate them and prevent them from undergoing cell division.
External radiation delivers radiation from a specialized machine that targets the tumor site externally. This method of radiation is specific and limits the damage to surrounding tissue.
Internal radiation (brachytherapy), often called plaque therapy when referencing the treatment of ocular melanoma, uses a radioactive "seed" or "plaque" that is implanted near the tumor site to deliver therapy. Normally, it remains implanted for about 7 days and is then removed.
Radiation therapy is effective against ocular melanoma, but does not come without side effects. Red, dry eyes are a common side effect. Cataracts sometimes result from therapy, but surgery may be an option to remove them. Eyelash loss and shortening may also occur. Less commonly, radiation therapy can cause optic nerve damage, glaucoma, and abnormal blood vessels in the retina.


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Hi guys, (sorry for the long message, but there are A LOT of issues here in this driver...) Ok, I took a step back after my failed mod (1335460639-1362-2-git-send-email-jeff.dagenais@xxxxxxxxx), and discovered many shortcomings in the driver code around the wheel feature, hw_init and more generically the abs_pos calculation algorithm. It looks like we're the only "kernel-participating" party that has tried to integrate the wheel in a real system...? This is sort of a story based account of my recent dealings with the ad714x driver, I know it's chatty, but please bear with me... The motion of the wheel near the roll around point (ex. between stages 7 and 0 for an 8 stage wheel) has a dead zone. This is because the slices of max_coord being added up are too large, and near the last segment, the value is greater than max_coord, but is capped at max_coord, hence the dead zone. Now this effect, caused by the enlarged slices, is tolerable for a slider since there is no rolling around, but for the wheel, this is unusable. Simply shrinking the slice size didn't fix the problem, the values capped at max_coord before the mid-point between the last and first stages, making a dead zone, then a skip when the finger nears the center of start_stage. So I came up with a new algorithm which relocates the positioning one turn of the wheel ahead, then modulo's the value back into the max_coord range to eliminate this problem. I had to stepped away from the a_param and b_param based mean calculation because (and this is true for the slider as well) it has bumps in it. The bumps appear when the determined "highest_stage" changes. The recalculated values near this frontier skips ahead or backward by a noticeable amount, hence the "bump". It is especially annoying when you keep your finger around a tipping point between two stages. The value then skips by a large quantity rapidly back and forth. IMPORTANT NOTE: since the slider uses a similar algorithm, I tried telling the driver my wheel as a slider to invoke that code, and did the bump test there in the middle of my wheel, SAME PROBLEM! My new algo still grabs the largest response and the two adjacent stages, the response "floor" (or 0) is brought up to the smallest of the two adjacent stages. This basically eliminates one of the adjacent stages and while adjusting the ratio between the largest response and the next largest one. With these two stages left, a proportion is given to the largest vs. the other. This becomes a vector which offsets the coord (+/-) from the largest response stage's center coordinate. Ultra simple and works really well. IT COULD/SHOULD BE PORTED TO THE SLIDER and/or to the generic ad714x_cal_abs_pos function. Once I got that working, I got jerky behaviour from the reported position around the edges (i.e. 0 and max_coord). The cause was the flt_pos calculation which is basically broken for circular coordinates. The problem is that when using a max_coord of 1024 for example, then coord 0 equals coord 1024. So the abs_pos and old flt_pos have to be brought in the same "quadrant" (for lack of a better word) for the calculation to be valid. But this is still not enough for things to be smooth in the whole range of values. The other issue one encounters is that, even if the values are in the same "quadrant" and you modulo the end value, when you add several turns to the coordinates for the flt_pos calculation, it doesn't yield the same result as if you don't. My solution was to offset the abs_pos and old flt_pos around max_coord, make the calculation and "de-offset" the result after. This means the calculation is always done using the same scale (i.e. max_coord). The resulting position is regular and smooth. But then again, my abs_pos was fine without the flt_pos calculation. It made me wonder if the filtering, which is really just a time-base smoothing function, had been added because of the bump problem I talked about earlier. Any thoughts? BTW, just so it doesn't go un-noticed in my upcoming patch, while refactoring this, I noticed a clear bug in the current ad714x_wheel_cal_abs_pos : first_before = (sw->highest_stage + stage_num - 1) % stage_num; highest = sw->highest_stage; first_after = (sw->highest_stage + stage_num + 1) % stage_num; ... this will fail IF start_stage IS NOT 0 for this wheel. I have changed it to something like this : int highest_idx_rel = sw->highest_stage - hw->start_stage; ... first_before = ((highest_idx_rel + stage_num - 1) % stage_num) + hw->start_stage ; ... Agreed? So now, using this strategy, the wheel motion is both precise and has no breaks or bumps in it. I even tested the code using stages 1..8 instead of 0..7 and it still works correctly. This suggests that my index calculations are ok. (patch form was too noisy, I will send a patch after I get feedback if you guys don't mind) static void ad714x_wheel_cal_abs_pos(struct ad714x_chip *ad714x, int idx) { struct ad714x_wheel_plat *hw = &ad714x->hw->wheel[idx]; struct ad714x_wheel_drv *sw = &ad714x->sw->wheel[idx]; int stage_num = hw->end_stage - hw->start_stage + 1; /* index of the highest stage relative to start_stage */ int highest_idx_rel = sw->highest_stage - hw->start_stage; /* the number of positions between each stages */ int slice_size = DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(hw->max_coord, stage_num); int a, b, c; /* the 3 vals to consider */ int dir; /* direction of the adjustment from the highest stage pos */ /* Init abs_pos at the highest stage's physical location, but one turn * of the wheel ahead (modulo'd later down), then add half the slice * size because we want coordinate 0 to be half way between end_stage * and start_stage. */ sw->abs_pos = (slice_size * highest_idx_rel) + hw->max_coord + (slice_size/2); /* grab the three values we are interested in. These are the highest * index, and the one before and after, in a circular roll-over type * increment and decrement, also considering start_stage != 0. */ a = ad714x->sensor_val[((highest_idx_rel + stage_num - 1) % stage_num) + hw->start_stage]; b = ad714x->sensor_val[sw->highest_stage]; c = ad714x->sensor_val[((highest_idx_rel + stage_num + 1) % stage_num) + hw->start_stage]; /* eliminate the smallest val from the equation, by substracting the * smallest to all values, in other words, bring the signal reference * up to the smallest value of the 3. After this "if-else", 'bM is * still the highest val, 'a' contains the second biggest val, and * 'dir' contains a record of the direction we need to adjust abs_pos. * : . . : * : : : : : : * if: a b c adjust right (1), else: a b c adjust left (-1) * */ if(a < c) { c -= a; b -= a; a = c; dir = 1; } else { a -= c; b -= c; dir = -1; } /* add/substract a proportional to a/a+b quantity to abs_pos */ sw->abs_pos = (sw->abs_pos + DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(a * dir * slice_size, a+b)) % hw->max_coord; } static void ad714x_wheel_cal_flt_pos(struct ad714x_chip *ad714x, int idx) { struct ad714x_wheel_plat *hw = &ad714x->hw->wheel[idx]; struct ad714x_wheel_drv *sw = &ad714x->sw->wheel[idx]; int half_coord_range = hw->max_coord/2; int abs_pos = sw->abs_pos; int diff = sw->abs_pos - sw->flt_pos; /* try to put both pos within max_coord/2 of each other by adding * one turn of the wheel, this turn is removed by modulo after calc. */ if (diff > half_coord_range) sw->flt_pos += hw->max_coord; else if (diff < -half_coord_range) abs_pos += hw->max_coord; /* if difference is still too great, just use abs_pos */ if (abs(abs_pos - sw->flt_pos) > half_coord_range) sw->flt_pos = sw->abs_pos; else { /* for the filter to work without "breakage" around the wheel, * we need to offset the values to bring the two values around * max_coord. Pretend the old flt_pos is max_coord. */ diff = hw->max_coord - sw->flt_pos; abs_pos += diff; sw->flt_pos = (DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(((hw->max_coord * 30) + (abs_pos * 71)), 100) - diff) % hw->max_coord; } } Alright, while I have your attention... some more questions: In hw_init, why do we read back all the sys registers but do nothing with the data? Also, a few lines further in hw_init: ad714x->write(ad714x, AD714X_STG_CAL_EN_REG, 0xFFF); ...which completely disregards the settings provided by platform init (ad714x->hw->sys_cfg_reg[1]) which are programmed a few lines before for nothing basically. I can understand that the driver could "hard-code" the calib_en feature for it's behaviour, but writing 0xfff overwrites AVG_F/LP_SKIP registers to 0. Since the settings are provided by platform, I would just delete the line that does this , and trust the platform to init those properly, it is already responsible for writing most of the registers anyway. Another weird thing is the presence of the 3 STAGE_(LOW/HIGH/COMP)_INT_ENABLE registers in the platform init structure, even though the driver specifically overwrites those in the ad714x_use_(com/thr)_int functions. I would shrink the platform data's sys_cfg_reg array to 5 since these last three registers are under the control of the driver, and the other configuration item in these 3 regs is the GPIO feature, which is not useable by the current driver code anyway. Thanks for reading through!-- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-input" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html


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The candidate must meet one of the following eligibility criteria:
- Four year Bachelor's OR Higher Degree in Engineering or equivalent in RELEVANT STREAM*
- MCA, M.Sc. (Comp Science.), M.Sc. (IT), MCS, MCM
- PGDST or FPGDST or APGDST from C-DAC, Mumbai or Electronics City, Bengaluru.
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Note: Any software course of less than one year of full-time study or any software course done in parallel with undergraduate studies will not be considered as equivalent qualification for appearing for the G level.


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Visual reminders that reinforce the significance of hygienically clean hands can help us all maintain good health and avoid the consequences.
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We are taught from a very young age that clean hands are important; as children, we are instructed to wash them before eating, after visiting the restroom, following contact with sick individuals and any time they appear dirty.


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Blue Bomber Report Record: 4–1–0
Winnipeg Free Press - PRINT EDITION
Mack's job at draft now more complex
NFL free-agent deals could mean taking risk
THE Winnipeg Blue Bombers have the second overall pick in next Monday's CFL entry draft, but the events surrounding last weekend's NFL draft have made Winnipeg's decision-making this week much more complex.
Bombers GM Joe Mack said Monday his team is discussing the impact of three of the top five prospects in this year's CFL draft signing contracts with NFL teams.
"We were prepared for this. We definitely thought something like this could happen," said Mack, whose club will pick after Hamilton.
"This is just something we have to deal with in the CFL now in general... It's becoming a bigger and bigger issue every year for us.
"I think the NFL is doing a lot better job scouting the Canadian kids."
Defensive linemen Stefan Charles and Andy Mulumba and offensive lineman Matt Sewell signed free-agent NFL deals over the weekend after they went undrafted in the NFL draft.
Charles was the second-ranked player in the upcoming CFL draft, Sewell was fourth and Mulumba fifth.
With the top CFL prospect -- Oregon linebacker Bo Lokombo -- expected to attract lots of NFL interest in 2014 after he finishes his upcoming senior year, that leaves just third-ranked Linden Gaydosh among the top 5 CFL prospects available and without confirmed NFL interest heading into the CFL draft.
League sources said Monday that with few other blue-chip prospects up for grabs in this year's draft who would likely help a CFL team immediately, it's probable that Charles, Sewell and Mulumba will still go in the first round.
That calculation would involve CFL GMs crossing their fingers that all three men do not crack an NFL roster and end up returning to Canada sooner rather than later.
The consensus seems to be that Mulumba, who signed with Green Bay, is, in particular, a long shot to make the NFL. Charles, who signed with Tennessee, is considered the most physically gifted of the three -- he reportedly got a signing bonus from the Titans -- but the rap on him is that his play is wildly inconsistent. Sewell, who also signed with the Titans, is a monster of a man at 6-8, 340, but there are questions whether he's mentally ready for the NFL game.
Mack was asked if, with all the uncertainty now surrounding this year's draft, he might be more likely to trade the Bombers' first-round pick for a veteran CFL player he knows could help him this year.
"It would depend on who you might get. And it would also depend on other things. Say you made a trade and moved backwards in the draft with another pick that you got in return -- who might you pick up anyway?
"We're conscious of trying to help our team right now. And the players out there that fit that bill are pretty limited, I think."
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