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Results: Great News for Shad
Standing on the bow of the boat, Steve Herrington exuded the excited energy of a kid reeling in his first fish. Or perhaps a more scientific version of the Crocodile Hunter, bubbling with intensity. Net in hand, he scooped up shad — a migratory fish species — quickly examining them before passing them off to fellow researchers.
As covered in yesterday's blog, last year I spent a day with Steve on Florida's Apalachicola River looking at Alabama shad, a fish that researchers hoped would benefit by a practice known as conservation locking—basically allowing fish to pass through dams by using the same lock system that enables ships to pass.
Herrington was then director of freshwater programs for The Nature Conservancy's Florida program (he now holds the same position with Missouri). At the time, conservation locking on the Apalachicola seemed to hold great promise for shad, a migratory species. He estimated that conservation locking could result in a returning population of 60,000 to 75,000 shad, indicating a steady increase.
Fast forward a year later. Herrington is on the phone, and that same infectious enthusiasm is literally bubbling over. "Great news!" he exclaims.
And indeed, his research has yielded surprising results. Those initial estimates of 60,000 shad? Way low. Estimates now showed a 122,000 fish increase, with as many as 280,000 total shad now in the system.
"We can now confidently say that conservation locking works, and we're seeing a substantial bump in the population," Herrington says. "I don't know that there are any other data out there that so convincingly demonstrates such effectiveness."
A Lock Holds the Key to Restoring Migratory Fish
Author's Note: This blog originally ran a year ago, following time afield with shad researchers on Florida's Apalachicola River. Recently, the researchers released new information with some exciting new results on Alabama shad restoration. This blog provides the background information on the project. Check back tomorrow for a look at the results of this project, which is making a big difference in migratory fish conservation.
Take PVC pipe. Attach to a home water pump. Add water.
It's a simple recipe, but one that might be enough to help move millions of the migratory fish species known as Alabama shad over dams, so they can spawn in rivers throughout the southeastern United States. For millions of dollars less than conventional methods. With potentially big gains for sport fisheries in those rivers.
"It's low cost, low risk and low tech," says Steve Herrington, director of freshwater conservation for The Nature Conservancy in Florida. "You can buy any of the basic equipment at Home Depot. And we have the science to back it up."
Research Results: If You Restore It, Will Pike Come?
It's well known that some migratory fish species, like salmon, are able to trace their way back to the stream where they were born. However, conservationists have no idea if this is the case for hundreds of other fish species.
Do pike return to spawn in the streams where they were born, a la salmon?
Not necessarily, at least in the Green Bay watershed. If there's suitable habitat, pike will find it and spawn. That's the central finding of research conducted by the University of Wisconsin's Pete McIntyre and Dan Oele.
This result may sound like a let-down, but in reality it's a relief for conservationists in the Green Bay area. The Nature Conservancy and other conservation groups are focused on restoring streams for pike and other fish, but the best methods to accomplish that goal remain uncertain. If pike returned to their natal streams to spawn, they may never find a restored stream even if it contained suitable habitat.
That's not the case, which is good news for conservation efforts.
Notes from Silver Creek: Computer Modeling for Stream Conservation
What effects will land use changes have on a stream and its wildlife? How do conservation managers know what will happen in a stream when a restoration project takes place? Will it really lower water temperatures? Will fish thrive?
Surely conservationists can't see into the future?
Actually, stream managers now use sophisticated computer modeling to predict the outcomes of their activities. These models allow them to see how planting native shrubs, for instance, will alter stream flows and water temperatures.
In 2010, The Nature Conservancy was contacted by Maria Loinaz, a PhD candidate at the Technical University of Denmark and the University of Idaho. She was interested in developing a hydrologic model of the Silver Creek watershed using software called MIKE SHE/Ecolab.
This software is changing the way stream managers engage in restoration. It incorporates data on both groundwater and surface water, including stream flow, precipitation, vegetation and soils to accurately predict the effects of a new activity on a stream.
Maria proposed using the MIKE SHE program to model the groundwater and surface water systems and use the EcoLab program to build a water temperature model. Together these would allow her to model what happens to stream temperatures when riparian buffers were planted or stream flows increased. Maria also wanted to incorporate fish data to see whether she could model where, based on the hydrology and temperature, fish would thrive in the system.
Discovery: New Cave Fish Species Sees "Light of Day"
Deep inside a remote cave in northern Vietnam, Craig Leisher aimed his headlamp at the water. Several small, strange-looking fish flashed by. He readied his butterfly net and quickly tried to scoop one up but missed. He tried again.
Leisher eventually caught four species of fish. Further analysis revealed that two species were already known to science, one was a new species and one was a mystery.
The new species, Schistura mobbsi, has no eyes, no pigmentation and a limited ability to sense motion. It is a type of loach — a river-dwelling genus that includes both subterranean and above-ground species.
Leisher and ichthyologist Maurice Kottelat recently published the discovery in Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters … 10 years after the fact.
Why did it take 10 years for Schistura mobbsi to make its public appearance in the scientific literature?
Let's re-wind.
Science at Emiquon: Restoring a "Wetland of Dreams"
The airboat whirs over the shallow wetland, as huge flocks of coots, ducks, herons and other birds flush before me.
It's the kind of scene that could entice one to wax rhapsodic on the beauties of untrammeled nature.
Except this isn't. Not quite.
Just six years ago, this expansive wetland was cornfields and a cattle feedlot.
It's now Emiquon Preserve, a 6,600-acre project on the Illinois River that is one of the largest floodplain restoration projects in the Midwest.
How do you go from cornfield to wildlife paradise?
The easy answer is to invoke Field of Dreams: Build it, and they will come.
The hard answer: Research, and lots of it. Behind Emiquon's incredible conservation success is an extensive science program.
Each March, the University of Illinois at Springfield's Therkilsden Field Station at Emiquon—the preserve's flagship research center—convenes a gathering of researchers to share results from their studies.
While it may look like the wetland is nature primeval, it is this research that is restoring what once was known as the "inland fishing capital of North America."
Indonesia's First Shark Sanctuary – Raja Ampat Leads the Way
This week has without a doubt been the highlight of my career as a marine conservationist. And, as someone who has had a long-term love affair with the world's oceans, it's been a life highlight as well.
On 20 February 2013, the Raja Ampat government officially announced that it has declared its entire 4 million hectares of coastal and marine waters a shark sanctuary.
This means that all harvesting of sharks is now prohibited in its waters. In addition, the sanctuary also gives full protection to a number ecologically and economically important ocean species, such as manta rays, dugongs, whales, turtles, dolphins and ornamental fish species.
Why is this important and why should we care?
Well, sharks have a really hard time in our oceans. Beyond the often over-amplified fear people have of sharks, they are also targeted for their high-priced fins or are caught accidently in fishing nets.
It is estimated that at least 26-73 million sharks are killed each year globally, mostly for their fins. Shark finning is one of the cruelest practices around—it involves throwing a still-breathing shark overboard with its fins cut off and its body bleeding into the water.
Big Fish: Roadside Pike
Northern pike have always conjured images of wilderness: big, wild lakes, the scent of pine trees, a loon calling in the background.
Large, predatory fish, pike do indeed hunt lake shallows. They're found in big places—from remote Alaskan and Canadian waters to the Great Lakes.
Come spring, they actually are on the move—traveling up rather small streams in order to spawn.
Researchers in Green Bay, Wisconsin have been tracking pike movements by doing chemical analyses of pike otoliths, also known as ear stones. Otoliths have annual growth rings, like trees, and accumulate trace chemicals from the surrounding water column as they form.
Many streams have a specific—and unique—combination of chemicals, and this chemical profile shows up in the otolith when fish move from one chemically distinct water body to another.
As such, researchers can determine where pike spent different years of their lives – and if they return to the streams where they were born, or if they use different streams.
This knowledge, in turn, helps conservationists focus on restoring streams that will actually be used by pike.
When I headed out with researchers, I imagined we'd search for pike in wild, lonely places. Instead, we immediately drove to an area across from a small, rural housing development, cars whizzing by as we checked pike traps.
Where could the pike possibly be?
It turns out: In a roadside ditch.
These little ditches— the kinds designed to keep water off the road—have been used for a very long time by pike as spawning sites.
With hundreds of lakes, streams and wetlands within miles of Green Bay, it may seem odd to focus on ditches. But those little channels may be vital in restoring pike populations.
Big Fish: Return of the Alligator Gar
Once they were the river's top predator: a fish that could reach ten feet or more, with thick armored plates as scales and imposing jagged teeth.
You would see their long, tooth snouts poking out from the river's surface, gulping air—their adaptation for thriving in warm, deoxygenated water.
Alligator gar.
They thrived in a large swath of mid-western and southern waters, but by the early 1900s, they were already starting to disappear, a trend that continues to this day.
They were declared extinct in Illinois in 1994. But a new restoration and research effort aims to bring back these incredible fish, and help conservationists at other rivers and waters better protect them.
When fisheries biologists Rod Hilsabeck and Trent Thomas of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources decided to return the alligator gar to their state, they knew they needed a perfect location. The Nature Conservancy's Spunky Bottoms Preserve fit everything they sought.
Formerly farmland, Spunky Bottoms is now 2000 acres of restored wetlands and uplands. It consisted of perfect gar habitat: backwaters and sluggish pools with lots of vegetation. It also was not connected to the adjacent Illinois River, making it easier for researchers to capture and study the fish.
Research is a key component to the reintroduction. Nathan Grider, a master's student in biology at the University of Illinois-Springfield, is working with Dr. Michael Lemke and partners to study two key aspects of gar restoration.
They are studying how fast gar will grow when restocked into an area. They are also analyzing their diet, and in particular, if the gar will eat (and control) the non-native carp that swim Spunky Bottoms and so many other waters.
This information will help inform gar reintroduction and protection efforts throughout their range.
Big Fish: Rodent-Eating Trout
As an avid fly fisher, I had heard the stories.
By day, the trout of Silver Creek—a clear, spring-fed stream in southern Idaho—fed on tiny mayflies and caddis flies. The water dimpled as trout sipped the profuse insect life from the surface. People like me used equally tiny artificial flies to try to mimic said insects, often an exercise in extreme frustration.
By night, though, river monsters ruled: giant brown trout cruised the depths, occasionally surfacing to gulp down any hapless rodents that fell into the stream.
There's something appealing, at least to an angler, about a trout that attacks mammals. Maybe it's the thought of our favorite water transforming into a scene from Jaws.
Maybe it's an antidote to the frustrations of tying delicate flies that practically require a microscope: If I came back at night, I could just chuck a giant hairball!
But these mice-gulping trout always carried a strong whiff of, well, the classic fishing story. High on drama. Short on fact.
Silver Creek, after all, is one of the most-studied trout streams in the world. And there were no confirmed reports of trout dining on rodents.
Silver Creek also has one of the highest densities of aquatic invertebrates anywhere. The trout surely had easier prey than the occasional mouse.
Then biologists examined some brown trout stomachs.
What they found wasn't pretty.
But it sure did validate some heretofore questionable fishing stories.
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A predetermined current frequency is selected for a cable modem or embedded media terminal adapter to evaluate for presence of a CMTS signal. A determination is made whether the current frequency carries signal energy as opposed to just noise. If no signal energy is detected, the current frequency is changed by ˝ of a channel width to a new frequency, which becomes the current frequency, and the determination is re-performed. If the determination of the current frequency indicates that signal energy is present, but not CMTS energy, then a new frequency indicates that selected that differs from the current frequency by 1 MHz. If the determination at the current frequency indicates that CMTS signal energy is present, but QAM lock cannot be achieved, then a new frequency is selected by changing from the current frequency by a full channel width.
1. A computer-implemented method for reducing frequency scanning time in one or more of a plurality of remote network devices connected to a central network device comprising:
receiving at a receiver a signal associated with a current downstream frequency;
determining the signal energy content of the current downstream frequency at an end user device;
identifying a signal associated with a new downstream frequency at the end user device the new downstream frequency differing from the current downstream frequency by a half channel width, and the new downstream frequency being identified based on the determination of signal energy content in the current downstream frequency is zero;
repeating the method at the end user device upon identifying a signal associated with a new downstream frequency;
in response to identifying energy in the signal at the current downstream frequency, attempting QAM lock on the signal at the current downstream frequency;
determining that the signal at the current downstream frequency is not that of a headend device responsive to attempting QAM lock;
if the signal at the current downstream frequency is not that of a headend device, identifying a new downstream frequency at the end user device, wherein the new downstream frequency at the end user device that differs from the current frequency by a full channel width; and wherein scanning is restarted with an offset of 250 kHz from the original scanning after scanning a predetermined spectrum of frequencies without achieving lock to a CMTS signal.
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7. A computer implemented method, comprising:
selecting a new frequency to scan in an end user device;
tuning a receiver to the identified frequency;
measuring an energy level associated with the selected frequency at the end user device;
comparing the measured energy level associated with the identified frequency at the end user device to an expected energy level associated with a downstream channel;
attempting to lock onto the downstream channel at the end user device if the measured energy level associated with the selected frequency meets an expected energy level;
repeating the method if the measured energy level does not meet the expected energy level or if the attempt to lock onto the downstream channel is unsuccessful, wherein selecting a new frequency is a half-channel width from a previous frequency;
wherein if the attempt to lock onto the downstream channel at the identified frequency is successful, but the signal is not originated by a headend device, repeating the method by selecting a new frequency that is a full channel width from a previous frequency; and wherein scanning is restarted with an offset of 250 kHz from the original scanning after scanning a predetermined spectrum of frequencies without achieving lock to a CMTS signal.
8. The computer implemented method of
selecting a cached frequency from a frequency cache at the end user device;
attempting to lock onto the selected cached frequency using the end user device;
repeating the selection of a cached frequency and attempt to lock onto the selected cached frequency until lock is successful or cached frequencies are exhausted.
9. The computer implemented method of
10. The computer implemented method of
11. The computer implemented method of
determining if any more frequencies within a frequency spectrum are left to scan;
performing a second scanning of the spectrum of frequencies;
if no channels are found on the second scanning of the spectrum of frequencies, revert to legacy frequency scanning methods.
This application claims the benefit of priority under 35 U.S.C. 119(e) to the filing date of Walston, et al., U.S. provisional patent application No. 60/809,646 entitled "Enhanced EuroDOCSIS Scanning," which was filed May 31, 2006, and is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
The invention relates, generally, to communication networks and, more particularly, to reducing installation time in cable modems.
Currently, broadband networks may be used to provide traditional telephony service over community antenna television ("CATV") or other communications networks using coaxial cable ("coax") or optical fiber cable. For example, ARRIS Group, Inc. offers telephony over cable products known as VOICE PORT® and TOUCHSTONE® cable modems which interface a media terminal adaptor ("MTA"), or an embedded media terminal adaptor ("EMTA"), with a data network. When a customer orders new data or telephony service from a Multiple System Operator ("MSO"), an installer generally travels to the customer's home with a new cable modem or EMTA. Alternatively, the end user could purchase the modem and install it him/herself. In either case, it is desirable for the modem to complete installation as quickly as possible.
One of the most time consuming parts of the installation process can be the modem's establishing communications with the centrally located remote device, typically a cable modem termination system ("CMTS"). To establish communications, the cable modem first checks, or scans, a number of different radio frequency ("RF") channel frequencies looking for a downstream signal from the CMTS. In order to allow a cable system operator's installers to perform multiple installations in a day, or to improve customer satisfaction in the case of a self-installation, it is desirable to minimize the time required for channel frequency scanning.
Therefore, there is a need in the art for a method and system for reducing the time required for a newly installed modem to complete its downstream signal search.
It is an object to provide a method and system for reducing the time required for a cable modem ("CM") to identify the downstream frequency of a signal from a cable modem termination system ("CMTS") network. The CM scans a series of frequencies and for each one determines whether a CMTS signal is present or not, or whether another RF energy source, such as analog or digital video, is present. In every case where a downstream CMTS signal is not present, it is desirable for the cable modern to quickly change the next logical frequency in the series of frequencies as it continues to search for a CMTS downstream signal. The CM accomplishes the goal of scanning for downstream frequencies by checking whether signal energy, as opposed to noise or other energy, is present, determining whether it can get signal lock to the signal energy, and then applying an efficient method of deciding what frequency to check next.
As a preliminary matter, it will be readily understood by those persons skilled in the art that the present invention is susceptible of broad utility and application. Many methods, embodiments and adaptations of the present invention other than those herein described, as well as many variations, modifications, and equivalent arrangements, will be apparent from or reasonably suggested by the present invention and the following description thereof, without departing from the substance or scope of the present invention.
Accordingly, while the present invention has been described herein in detail in relation to preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that this disclosure is only illustrative and exemplary of the present invention and is made merely for the purposes of providing a full and enabling disclosure of the invention. The following disclosure is not intended nor is to be construed to limit the present invention or otherwise to exclude any such other embodiments, adaptations, variation, modifications and equivalent arrangements, the present invention being limited only by the claims appended hereto and the equivalents thereof.
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At step 115, method 100 causes the end user device to begin scanning at a predetermined highest allowed frequency. It will be appreciated that at step 115, scanning can begin at a lowest predetermined frequency. The frequency being scanned is referred to as the current frequency. If RF channel energy is not detected at step 115, method 100 advances to step 120 where the scan frequency is decremented to a new frequency (or incremented to a new frequency is if the start frequency at step 115 was the predetermined lowest allowable frequency). The scan frequencies are preferably round/whole number frequencies, e.g. 741000000 hertz. The change in frequency at step 120 is preferably in increments that are one half the width of a television channel if no signal energy was detected at step 115. It will be appreciated that in general a TV channel width is 6 MHz on cable plants that use North American standards, and 8 MHz on cable plants that use European standards.
If the end user device detects energy at step 115 on the current frequency but is unable to achieve quadrature amplitude modulation ("QAM") lock at the current frequency, the modem changes by 1 MHz to a new frequency at step 135 and retries. This newly tuned new frequency becomes the current frequency. If the end user device achieves QAM lock at step 115, but does not detect expected messaging that would be present on a signal from a CMTS, then the end user device determines that the detected energy is from a digital video, multimedia, or similar, signal and changes frequency by 1 full channel width and retries to detect a CMTS signal at step 150. If the end user device unsuccessfully attempts to detect energy at a given frequency, method 100 returns to step 120 and resumes changing frequencies in ˝ channel width jumps.
Method 100 provides a safe and effective process for detecting a downstream CMTS signal. The end user device checks ˝ channel widths, because if there is no energy present at its current frequency then the current frequency the device is attempting to detect is likely at least ˝ channel width away from the center frequency of a carrier. If the device detects energy, it checks every 1 MHz because most CATV plants use signals that are centered on frequencies that are multiples of 1 MHz. If an end user device achieves QAM lock to a signal that is not from a CMTS, it knows that the current QAM channel extends for another ˝ channel width and any subsequent CMTS signal must be centered at least ˝ channel width beyond that. Therefore each of the scanning steps provides good coverage while allowing the modem to scan quickly through the RF spectrum.
If an end user device fails to lock to a CMTS on a given frequency, it checks to see if that frequency is the lowest one that is allowed on the cable plant at step 125 (or, if the start frequency was the lowest frequency allowable at step 115, then the device determines whether the frequency is the highest allowable at step 125. If it is not the lowest (or highest) frequency the end user device will continue scanning at step 130. If it is the lowest frequency (or highest) then the modem will restart its scanning 250 kHz below the highest allowed frequency (or above the lowest) and scan again at step 140. By offsetting its starting frequency by 250 kHz the end user device will check only frequencies that were not checked during its initial scanning. During this second pass through the spectrum the modem will jump full channel widths. If it detects energy but no lock on a frequency then it will check all previously-unchecked frequencies in 250 kHz increments from ˝ channel width above the current frequency to ˝ channel width below it. If it succeeds in locking on one of these frequencies it will either range (in the case of a CMTS) or jump by 1 channel width (in the case of QAM lock to a non-CMTS signal). If the modem again comes to minimum allowed frequency it will perform an older scanning procedure that does an exhaustive search of all possible frequencies. If this exhaustive search still fails then the modem will start the entire process over again. If at any point the modem determines that it has locked to a CMTS downstream signal it will exit the scanning process (155) and attempt to establish two way communications.
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Florida political scene unwilling to reflect much on Mahoney scandal; unsure how it will affect Election Day
Political experts and party members say it's difficult to gauge the Election Day impact Congressman Tim Mahoney's now admitted "numerous" affairs will have on other federal, state and local races.
Republicans say any time they can paint a Democrat as ethically challenged it is a plus. And they are quick to point to the Palm Beach Gardens Democrat as an example of an elected official abusing power because he fired a campaign worker, who had been on his congressional staff, after their sexual relationship ended.
Polls appear to agree with that assessment. Democrats had Mahoney up 20 percent before the week started and now say the race is even. A Republican poll put Mahoney's Republican challenger Tom Rooney up 26 points as the week ended.
"He did what he had to do — the question is did he do enough? And the polls have turned around on a dime," said Susan MacManus, a political science professor at the University of South Florida in Tampa. "He might have survived one (affair), but I'm not sure about multiple."
Meanwhile, Democrats, who apparently have severed Mahoney from their core campaign focus, hope the scandal will remain concentrated within Florida's 16th District in Congress, which includes large portions of Martin and St. Lucie counties.
"It's probably going to have some effect on the county commission races, (state House 81 candidate) Adam (Fetterman) and a few," said David Dew, chairman of the Martin County Democratic Party. "It depends upon who you're talking to."
Surprisingly, most other state and local Republicans and Democrats deferred commenting Saturday when asked about the potential impact Mahoney's scandal could cause other races.
"Tim Mahoney violated the trust of the people of CD 16 and misused his power as an elected official, and citizens in this district deserve the opportunity to have their faith and trust restored," was all Republican Party of Florida Communications Director Erin VanSickle would offer.
Eric Jotkoff, spokesman for the Florida Democratic Party, said, "We really don't have a comment."
Both sides do agree two years ago Congressman Mark Foley's resignation for exchanging sexually explicit text messages with Congressional pages altered that national political picture, but had little sway on other Treasure Coast races.
In the Pantheon of political sex scandals, experts say Mahoney's escapades are a long way from having national impact.
Some Democrats have tried to deflect Mahoney's admission as a repeat of Foley's downfall. But in that case Democrats were able to focus the attention also on Republican leaders who had known of the messages long before they were exposed to the public.
With less success, Republicans now are trying to elevate Mahoney's situation with the Foley scandal by repeatedly asking for the national Democratic leaders to say what they knew.
Also, much to the chagrin of Republican bloggers — who have increased their criticism of the media which they claim cut Mahoney slack while having reveled in the Foley scandal — the story hasn't cut into the presidential coverage or pushed the economy off the front page.
No matter how Mahoney scandal eventually is classified, one thing experts and some party members agree on is Mahoney could have handled his situation much differently.
Mahoney's initial apology Tuesday only opened himself to more questions by taking "full responsibly for my actions" without specifying the actions ABC News had earlier reported on. His own revelations on Friday that confirmed many of the initial rumors, and his confession to unspecified "multiple" and "numerous" affairs, only served to keep the story in the local media spotlight.
Martin Sweet, assistant professor of political science at Florida Atlantic University's Honors College in Jupiter, said Mahoney may have weathered the storm better if he came out on his own months ago, when first whispers started to reach the Internet.
"Had he done it when it happened, he may have gotten away with this thing," Sweet said. Still, "The problem is it's not just an affair, it's an affair with someone he employed in his office. Then there is the tirade on tape where he uses the unfortunate words 'you serve at my pleasure,' and then there are more government officials. It's like an onion ... it's just layer upon layer upon layer."
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Yummy and authentic, vegan-friendly.Posted on 01 / 25 / 2015
I had a vegetable chapati plate for 1000 kyat when I was there. They confirmed to me that no ghee or butter was used in the dish at all and I hope this info was accurate. It was delicious and they refilled my plate. What bothered me was that smoking was allowed and facilitated in the restaurant, however as it was an open room, it did not affect me hugely.
Considering vegan options are limited, especially if you want real
Indian Food, I'd still recommend this place.
Cons: Not pure veg, Smoking allowed


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a) you take the whole exercise seriously
b) you are "not giving the other team proper respect," or
c) you're saying the other team "has no chance"
Now, I typically cut more slack to lobotomy survivors, but yeesh ... I'm simply aghast at the number of yahoos who heard our "Baseball Today" crew choose the Padres, pick the Yankees, and equate that with our claiming that the Cardinals and Tigers were a bunch of sick nuns. (Uh-oh, do sick nuns have iPods, too?) Yes, 16 of 17 ESPN analysts, including me, picked San Diego, and 17 of 17 took the Yankees. But this did not mean that we collectively thought the Cardinals had a 1 in 17 shot, and the Tigers none at all. We did, to varying degrees, discuss how the Cardinals and Tigers could win, even if the scales appeared to tilt against them.
|This Week's Schedule
Monday: Jerry Crasnick
Tuesday: Gary Gillette
Wednesday: Rob Neyer
Thursday: Steve Phillips
Friday: Rob Neyer
Like the Division Series themselves, our shows saw some errors, some solid at-bats, and overall, some (at least we thought) harmless fun. Below is the week that was, the rights and wrongs, the best and worst. Seriously, send us your predictions on any game or series, complete with analysis, and we'll get the best comments on the air. Just don't forget to include your e-mail address, huh?
Wrong: "I think La Russa is very, very good at getting his teams into the postseason. I also think that sometimes in the postseason he's been outmanaged, and other times, the fact that his teams aren't really that strong, like the Cardinals in 2004, comes to the fore when he faces a really good team. This year, of course, he's got the weakest team he's ever brought to the postseason. ... If they advance past the Padres, it'll be pretty shocking." (Gary Gillette)
Tigers stun Yankees
Right: "I'm taking Justin Verlander. I think he's gonna throw five or six pretty good innings, come out with it 3-2 or something, and Joel Zumaya's gonna be able to come in for two innings, because he is rested. I think Joel Zumaya's gonna be a real force today. I think he might end up being the story." (Alan Schwarz, before Game 2)
Wrong: "[Verlander] has 14 innings since Sept. 7, right? It's funny, people have talked about how tired he is. It might be more the fact that he hasn't had enough work. ... I really don't particularly like his odds against that Yankee lineup. The Yankees faced him earlier this season and basically clocked him, and that was around the time when he was pitching great. (Jerry Crasnick, before Game 2)
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1. Open iTunes
2. Under left-hand menu, click "Music Store"
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4. In middle menu, click "Sports"
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Wrong: "I think the Dodgers are gonna give the Mets a heck of a run. ... This is before the Orlando Hernandez injury. I think the Mets are ripe for a fall, and I think the Dodgers are considerably more dangerous than people are giving them credit for." (Alan Schwarz)
A's rock Twins
Right: "Dan Haren can run that fastball up there very, very well. I'm going Oakland to finish this series off in a sweep today. I think going back home, power arm on the mound, Brad Radke's a great story ... but he has the type of stuff that gets knocked around in the postseason." (Steve Phillips, before Game 3)
Wrong: "The Twins -- they can win without Santana. If they couldn't, they wouldn't have done as well as they did in the second half. ... I'll take the Twins [today] with Joe Mauer having a big day." (Rob Neyer, before Game 2)
"I actually like the Cardinals in a short series, especially against the Padres. The first round is the singular round Tony La Russa's clubs are proficient at winning. They can do the short ones."
--Gavin Morgan (Portland, Ore.)
"I've heard a lot about how it's better to have hard throwers in the postseason than finesse pitchers. ... Personally, I'd love to have an experienced Greg Maddux over a young flamethrower any day."
--Steve (Oklahoma City, Okla.)
|Last Week
|3-0; Nails Kenny Rogers and Chris Young wins
|1-2; Verlander and Weaver both surprise him
|0-3; Freefall continues with good analysis, bad picks
|0-3; A-Rod struggles in six hole, and Santana loses
|Standings through Oct. 9; minimum five weeks of predictions
Alan Schwarz is the host of ESPN.com's Baseball Today and the senior writer of Baseball America. His book, "The Numbers Game: Baseball's Lifelong Fascination With Statistics," can be ordered on Alan's Web site.


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Introduction to Google Earth part of Cutting Edge:Introductory Courses:Activities
This assignment is designed as an introductory Google Earth tutorial on navigation; layers and featured content; and the creation and modification of Placemarks, Paths, and Polygons. The assignment is intended as a ...
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In this exercise, students use the American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database and a crystallographic visualization program such as Xtaldraw or CrystalMaker to study the temperature-dependent ordering of Mg ...
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The purpose, components, and functions of the respiratory system are presented in this learning through disussion and visualizations. Participants learn about the nasal cavity, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, and alveoli.
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Tissues and cells of root, stem, and leaf anatomy in both dicots and monocots are investigated in this learning activity.
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Plant water relations are presented in this learning activity to help participants understand the components of water potential, explain how water moves through plants, provide examples of plant adaptations to water stress, and have a general understanding of how water potential can be measured.
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The digestive system is investigated in this learning activity to help participants learn how food is broken down and prepared for absorption, and list the components of the digestive system as well as their functions. Organs investigated include the mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum, and anus.
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This learning strategy provides discussion and visualizations of the neuron and its function, as well as components and functions of different parts of the nervous system, including the human brain.
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At an event celebrating the Kansas City Chiefs 50-year anniversary in Kansas City, team owner Clark Hunt emphasized a desire to keep the Chiefs in the city and said one of his top goals is to win a Super Bowl for the people of Kansas City, The Washington Post reports.
Hunt said keeping the team in Kansas City was key to his father, Lamar Hunt, as demonstrated by his participation in a lengthy bargaining session about renovations to the Chiefs' Arrowhead Stadium despite being very sick with prostate cancer, according to the report.
"It's been a long time since Kansas City has enjoyed the celebration that goes along with winning a Super Bowl," he said, according to the Post. "I desperately want to win the Lamar Hunt Trophy first, then go on and win the Vince Lombardi Trophy, which my dad also named."
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Tamil Nadu is in the frontline of producing renewable energy, and this trend must continue for serving clean energy to people, Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy, Farooq Abdullah, said on Wednesday.
Tamil Nadu would be in a position to supply energy to neighbouring States and 1300 mega watt of renewable energy could be generated by 2013.
The production of wind energy is growing much faster, he said after inaugurating a 2 MW variable speed wind turbine installed at the Wind Turbine Research Station, Kayathar (Tuticorin district), the first of its kind in the country.
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He said: "Geothermal energy from earth has shown a new dimension. Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir, Chhattisgarh and Gujarat are according priority to tapping geothermal sources. Energy from geothermal power is being provided to villagers in Bihar to enhance the scope of rural development.
"If India needs to grow, it needs energy, by and large. India has entered into an agreement with Iceland for producing geothermal power."
Energy resources could also be tapped from sea. Energy was available free by all means of natural resources from wind, sunlight and water.
Fossil fuels were responsible for global warming and efforts should be made to minimise their use.
Since water resources were getting depleted, a lot of awareness had to be created among the public through media to adopt conservation measures. Unlike the United States of America, India was willing to share its technology with neighbouring countries on power generation. Arcot N. Veeraswami, State Minister for Electricity; S.R. Jeyadurai, MP; Collector C.N. Maheswaran and others spoke.
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The turn of the calendar marks the end of an emotional year for the family. Jackie Manuel was diagnosed shortly before the season, and for EJ, trying to win games became a welcome diversion rather than his primary concern.
More than ever, football also became something to celebrate. Many of EJ's relatives - his mom included - will gather at his grandmother's house in Virginia Beach to whoop it up as they watch the No. 13-ranked Seminoles play No. 16 Northern Illinois.
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