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A summary of the football action across Europe on Sunday.
Anzhi Makhachkala maintained their two-point cushion over CSKA Moscow at the Russian Premier League summit, with both clubs posting 2-0 away wins today.
Guus Hiddink's Anzhi lost Joao Carlos to a ninth-minute red card, but Gordon Schildenfeld's dismissal seven minutes after the interval evened up the numbers before late goals from Yury Zhirkov and Samuel Eto'o secured the points.
A goal in each half, meanwhile, from Ahmed Musa and Keisuke Honda earned CSKA the triumph at city rivals Spartak Moscow.
Zenit St Petersburg also enjoyed a 2-0 road win, second-half strikes from substitute Konstatin Zyryanov and Viktor Faitzulin sinking Krasnodar and lifting the victors to fourth spot.
Finally, Pavel Ignatovich's third-minute goal was enough to hand Amkar Perm a 1-0 win at Rubin Kazan. The visitors had Zahari Sirakov sent off in the final minute, but there was no time for the hosts to capitalise.
Swedish Allsvenska
IF Elfsborg remain in control at the head of the Allsvenska after a 2-1 win over relegated GAIS today.
Jorgen Lennartsson's side are two points clear after a thrilling win, which was only secured in added time thanks to Oscar Hiljemark's goal.
The Sweden international had opened the scoring on the stroke of half-time but, when Erik Johansson levelled (69), it looked as though IF would be heading back to Boras with just a point.
Hiljemark had other ideas, though, scoring six minutes after Mirza Mujcic saw red for the home side.
News of the result will not have gone down well with second-placed BK Hacken, third-placed Malmo or with AIK who, in fourth, are now five points behind with four to play after losing 1-0 at home to Gefle IF.
Again the game was decided in the last minute, with Jakob Orlov in the right place to pull Per Olsson's side away from the drop zone.
Orebro remain alive, just, after a 2-2 draw with fellow strugglers GIF Sundsvall.
On a dramatic night at the Behrn Arena, Orebro, who are second bottom and now on 16 points, needed a last-minute equaliser to keep GIF - who are 11 points ahead of them in the play-off place - to a draw.
Per-Ola Ljung's side went ahead through Stefan Alander's fifth-minute own goal, but were 2-1 down as Simon Helg and Ari Freyr Skulason turned things around.
There was time for Karl Holmberg to have the final say, although Orebro need a fanciful string of results to keep them up.
Elsewhere, Kalmar FF and Djurgarden shared four goals in an entertaining clash in the south-east.
Joona Toivio's goal early on put Djurgarden ahead, but Jonathan McDonald and Jorgen Skjelvik scored inside three minutes of each other to spin things around.
But Petter Gustafsson was on the spot with eight minutes left to ensure Djurgarden went home with a point.
Finally, second-half goals from Chrisoffer Andersson and Walid Atta helped Helsingborg IF to a 2-0 victory at Mjallby AIF.
Belgian Premier League
Anderlecht's week went from bad to worse as they were beaten 2-1 at Standard Liege today.
John van den Brom's men were humbled 3-0 by Malaga in the Champions League this week, but would have been hopeful of domestic comforts in the defence of their title.
A first-half brace from Frederic Bulot put paid to that, though, with the France Under-21 international hitting back after Milan Jovanovic's ninth-minute opener.
Liege then held on for the win, despite losing Reginal Goreux to a red card (67).
In the day's other game, Club Brugge remained on top of the table thanks to a 1-1 draw with Genk.
On a lively night at Jan Breydel Stadion, Club Brugge went ahead through Carlos Bacca's eight-minute goal and they looked odds-on to get more when Genk lost Anele Ngcongca to a red card after only 14 minutes.
But the visitors had other ideas and Benjamin De Ceulaer levelled eight minutes after half-time.
Turkish Super Lig
Sivasspor missed the chance to claim a share of the Super Lig tonight as they were held to a 2-2 draw at home by Bursaspor.
The Yigidos started the day three points behind leaders Galatasaray, but ended it two adrift, although they can count themselves lucky to have reduced the deficit at all following a largely dismal showing at 4 Eylul.
They were outplayed for most of the game, with Bursaspor 2-0 ahead through Okan Deniz (13) and Fernando Belluschi (59) heading into the closing stages.
But Riza Calimbay's men were rescued by Jakub Navratil (85) and Michael Eneramo`s third of the season two minutes later.
It was a bad night for Besiktas as they were crushed 3-0 at Fenerbache, with the hosts, and Gokhan Gonul in particular, running riot.
The Turkey international scored twice at the Sukru Saracoglu Stadium, adding to Moussa Sow's opener on a night when Besiktas had Veli Kavlak sent off.
The day's other game between Mersin Idmanyurdu and Kayserispor was also dramatic, with former Bolton defender Gretar Steinsson earning Shota Arveladze's visitors a 2-1 win.
They took the lead through Silva Cleyton and, even though Marcio Nobre levelled for Mersin, Steinsson had something left (77).
Danish Superliga
Superliga leaders FC Copenhagen were denied a win at Esbjerg tonight as Jacob Ankersen's brace earned the home side a point.
Ariel Jacobs' men had trained to Ankersen's first-half opener but, when Cesar Santin and Nicolai Jorgensen struck, they looked set to be heading for a five-point lead at the top of the table.
Andersen had other ideas, though, scoring three minutes from the end, sending good news to Brondby in the process, where second-placed AaB had beaten Drengene Fra Vestegnen 3-1.
Kasper Kusk got them going in the 15th minute and Nicklas Helenius added a second-half brace before Simon Christoffersen netted a consolation.
Randers FC are fifth after seeing off FC Midtjylland 2-1 at AutoC Park.
Denmark Under-21 midfielder Mads Albaek had put Midtjylland ahead nine minutes in, but Randers hit back and had everything wrapped up before half-time, thanks to goals from Jonas Kamper and Ronnie Schwartz.
In the day's other game, AC Horsens drew 1-1 at Silkeborg, with Martin Svensson rescuing the home team in stoppage time after Anders Bjerregaard had scored two minutes after coming on (77).
Dutch Eredivisie
FC Twente stayed three points clear at the top of the Eredivisie after a 3-0 win at home to nine-man AZ Alkmaar today.
Nacer Chadli opened the scoring after 20 minutes and AZ shot themselves in the foot twice in consecutive minutes early in the second half.
The visitors had Adam Maher sent off in the 51st minute and Jozy Altidore dismissed a minute later and after that it was just a question of how many Twente would get.
Dusan Tadic doubled their advantage with a 60th-minute penalty and Luc Castaignos added a third two minutes later.
PSV Eindhoven moved level on points with Vitesse Arnhem in second with a 4-0 win at home to NAC Breda.
Jeremain Lens put PSV in front in the 24th minute and Ola Toivonen got a second on the stroke of half-time.
Mark van Bommel grabbed number three 11 minutes after the break and Georgino Wijnaldum completed the rout five minutes from time.
Champions Ajax slipped up as they were held 1-1 at home to FC Utrecht to fall five points off the early pace.
Ryan Babel put the Amsterdammers ahead in the sixth minute, but Fabian Sporkslede's own goal just five minutes after coming on ensured a share of the spoils.
Bruno Martins Indi scored a 90th-minute leveller to rescue a 2-2 drew for Feyenoord at FC Groningen.
Sekou Cisse put the visitors ahead in the ninth minute, but goals from Leandro Bacuna and Virgil van Dijk had Groningen ahead at the break.
Swiss Super League
Third-placed FC Sion moved within six points of Swiss Super League leaders Grasshoppers tonight thanks to a 3-2 home win over Lucerne.
The hosts fell behind to Stephan Andrist's 20th-minute penalty but equalised on the half-hour mark through Xavier Margairaz.
Serey Die's red card two minutes later looked to have handed the initiative back, but the 10 men forged ahead through strikes from Kyle Lafferty (38) and Arnaud Buhler (74) before Tomislav Puljic's last-minute consolation.
Basle remained two points behind Sion after also posting a 3-2 home triumph, overcoming an early deficit to sink bottom team Servette.
Two goals in as many minutes from Fabian Schar and David Degen overturned Geoffrey Treand's 12th-minute opener before a third goal from Marco Streller seven minutes after the break put the result beyond doubt. Steven Lang grabbed a second for the visitors in the 64th minute but it was not enough.
Elsewhere, Moreno Costanzo's penalty 15 minutes from time earned Young Boys a 1-1 draw at FC Zurich. The home team had taken a 30th-minute lead through Marco Schonbachler but had Jorge Teixeira sent off just before the equaliser.
Greek Super League
Greece international Jose Holebas scored the only goal of the game as Olympiacos extended their 100 per cent start to the season into a sixth game.
The 28-year-old Germany-born midfielder was in the right place two minutes before the break, ensuring that Leonardo Jardim's side have a three-point lead heading into the international fixtures.
Surprise package Panionios are keeping pace with them in second on 15 points, and recovered from an early setback to win 2-1 at Giannina today.
Brana Ilic's second-minute goal opened the scoring at he Zosimades Stadium, but Fanouris Goundoulakis levelled from the spot (36) and Andreas Lampropoulos completed the comeback 19 minutes from time.
One side notably absent from the early-season pacesetters is Panathinaikos.
A dismal start - by their standards at least - saw them collect six points from five games, but they enjoyed a return to form tonight, winning 2-1 at FC Xanthi.
They looked set for another glum occasion at first, with Marko Markovski putting Nikos Kostenoglou's men in front, but a timely brace from Lazaros Christodoulopoulos ensured a happy trip back to the capital.
Elsewhere, Zelkjo Kalajdzic and Chigozie Udoji netted as Chigozie Udoji won 2-0 at Aris Salonika.
French Ligue 1
Andre-Pierre Gignac and Zlatan Ibrahimovic each netted twice as the top-of-the-table Ligue 1 clash between Marseille and Paris St Germain finished all square.
Gignac opened the scoring at the Stade Velodrome in the 17th minute and then finished it 15 minutes later, after Ibrahimovic's double had turned the game on its head.
The draw meant Marseille retained their three-point lead at the summit.
Lorient and Lyon produced a tight affair that befitted their respective impressive starts to the Ligue 1 season.
The two clubs have firmly established themselves amongst the leading bunch and that showed at the Stade du Moustoir, with a nip-and-tuck encounter unable to separate them.
Third-placed Lyon took the lead in the first half through Bafetimbi Gomez, but Jeremie Aliadiere ensured Lorient would not be beaten a minute after the break.
Bordeaux drew 1-1 against Brest at Stade Francis-Le Ble.
Eden Ben Basat opened the scoring for the hosts before Cheick Diabate levelled for Bordeaux after the break.
Both sides also hit the woodwork in an even contest, which in the end probably produced in a fair result.
Portuguese Liga
Jackson Martinez scored a wonder goal as Porto saw off Sporting Lisbon 2-0 and ruined Oceano`s first game in charge of the visitors.
The Colombian took in Danilo`s 10th-minute pass, flicked it up off his thigh and, with the goal behind him, lobbed Patricio with a brilliant volleyed backheel.
It was a moment of magic from the striker, but it took until six minutes from time for James Rodriguez to make the win safe from the spot.
Sporting had Marcos Rojo sent off (72).
Porto share the lead with Benfica, while Braga are three points behind following a 4-4 draw with Olhanense.
On a fast and furious night at Estadio Municipal de Braga, Liban Abdi opened the scoring for the visitors with four minutes gone, with Helder Barbosa making it 1-1 five minutes later.
Ivanildo Cassama`s brace then fired the Lions two goals clear, before Douglao reduced the deficit. But an own goal from Ruben Amorim saw Olhanense out to 4-2, leaving it to Antonio Eder and Douglao (90) to rescue a point.
Algeria international El Arbi Soudani scored twice as Guimaraes came from behind to win 2-1 at Academica, who had gone in front through Tomas Marinho and had John Ogu sent off (90).
Joao Tomas scored twice as Rio Ave came away from Estoril with a 3-1 win, with Ricardo Tarantini scoring the other for Nuno Espírito Santo`s side.
Diogo Amado scored for the home team who had Joao Paulo sent off.
Elsewhere, Nacional were beaten 1-0 by Gil Vicente and Rafael Silva`s goal, while Vitoria Setubal and Pacos Ferreira drew 0-0.


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Oct 29, 2012, 10:30 AM | #251 |
If youre busy making everything, how can you perfect anything? - Apple Always keep the rhythm in your feet and a little party in your shoulders. - Phil Dunphy |
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Oct 29, 2012, 12:08 PM | #252 |
Wow, judging from the posts here people are too invested Apple's legal issues and get way too bent out of shape about it.
Personally, I don't really care who sues who, who wins or loses, or what judge/court said what. However, Apple's response in this case: Brilliant. I love it. Compliant, truthful, and with a twinkle in the eye. For my part, I thought the court decision reasoning and subsequent order didn't make sense in this case. But hey, whatever. Fight the legal battles you wanna fight, just keep the cool stuff coming, Apple!
I reserve the right to be loyal only to my personal taste, and no other. |
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Oct 29, 2012, 04:15 PM | #253 | |
Respectful, reasonable, not in contempt of court? |
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Oct 29, 2012, 04:34 PM | #254 | |
There is always a ton of FUD available and enough fools who believe the FUD to keep hedge funds et al in business. Prove you believe what you say by shorting AAPL. |
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Oct 29, 2012, 05:13 PM | #255 |
Sorry - while I don't believe in blocking people - I do believe that people that resort to infantile responses including variations on the name Samsung aren't worth listening to.
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Oct 30, 2012, 08:36 AM | #256 |
Just read the statement and like many here I have to say it appears to me to be in contempt of court. The ruling didn't say justify your position by quoting other courts decisions. It specifically related to the UK court and an apology owed by Apple in the UK. I somehow think this will be bought to the courts attention by Samsung and we will be seeing a rewording after the court has reviewed that statement.
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Oct 30, 2012, 09:28 AM | #257 | |
I also don't necessarily BELIEVE myself that shorting apple stock is a great move. there's more to it than that. But on the short term, you cannot fail to see that not everything from the Apple camp in the public eye is perfect. We shall get a chance to see how Apple fares better financially after Q1 2013.
We can't win against obsession. They care, we don't. They win. ― Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything |
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Nov 1, 2012, 08:22 AM | #261 | |
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Nov 1, 2012, 08:23 AM | #262 |
What a shocking turn of events, who could have possibly foreseen this?
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Nov 1, 2012, 11:01 AM | #263 |
I am just shocked Apple didn't get away with this. Just shocked!
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Nov 5, 2012, 10:14 AM | #264 | |
Oh look, someone's decided to be sarcastic and obnoxious on the Macrumors forums. What a surprise.
Your response is sort of like.... if I said "this apple looks a bit like this apple" and you said "hurr, well here's a picture of an orange, that's a fruit too!" It just.... doesn't even make sense. Here I'll make it simple for you. Which of the following looks more like a MacBook Air? Exactly. The Chromebook is a little thicker than the MacBooks, but the keyboard trackpad etc look nigh on identical. On first glance on a screen it looks very similar indeed (obviously you'd know the difference in the flesh as the Chromebook is a plasticy thing, but on a glance - which is still important to someone holding a design patent - you can see why Apple are shouting about this kind of thing with Samsung.) I'm far from an Apple fanboy, and use an Android phone and tablet. But neither am I blindly devoted to the other side as you appear to be either. Open your mind. There's even 132 pages of leaked proof of Samsung's copying shenanigans right here: http://www.theverge.com/2012/8/8/322...ce-improvement Each part of that document basically boils down to "here's what Apple do. Here's what we do and why it's not as good. Directions for improvement: Do what Apple does." Last edited by Cloudane; Nov 5, 2012 at 10:19 AM. |
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Nov 8, 2012, 03:32 AM | #265 | |
The only side I am on is mine. Laptops have got smaller and lighter - quelle surprise. Nothing obnoxious in what I have posted....you on the other hand.
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Nov 8, 2012, 03:43 AM | #266 |
Being sarcastic and calling me a blind fanboy isn't obnoxious? OK then.
(My point wasn't smaller and lighter, it was more the er "coincidence" in choosing exactly the same keyboard style and physical layout including how the arrow keys are spaced etc) |
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Nov 8, 2012, 04:13 AM | #267 |
I didn't call YOU anything. Am I right in thinking English isn't your first language?
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Jan 24, 2013, 08:57 PM | #268 |
Hope you sold since you made this post dude
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MIAMI (AP) -- Even the winning coach, whose team dominated the second half of the Orange Bowl, left the field with mixed emotions.
Michigan's Lloyd Carr was happy his team won, yet empathized with the way Alabama felt losing 35-34 on Ryan Pflugner's missed extra point in overtime.
"Everybody wants to see a winner, but somebody lost, too," Carr said Sunday. "I thought we deserved to win. We dominated statistically in the fourth quarter. But I would have much rather won another way."
Carr has never been a proponent of overtime. He's even less of one after winning Saturday night when Pflugner's kick sailed wide right, setting off a wild celebration among Michigan players and fans at Pro Player Stadium.
The Alabama kicker dropped to one knee, his head bowed while teammates streamed onto the field to help him stand and walk to the sideline. The Crimson Tide blocked a 36-yard field goal by Michigan's Hayden Epstein on the last play of regulation, and Carr said it would have been fitting if the game ended then.
"You talk about tradition in college football ... Yes, I thought we deserved to win -- in regulation," the coach said, noting the Wolverines also lost a fourth-quarter fumble on first-and-goal from the Alabama 1. "To have a game decided on a missed extra point, I feel bad for that kid."
For Pflugner, who made 21 of 25 extra points despite being slowed this season by a pulled groin muscle that kept him out of three games, it was an ugly end to his career with the Crimson Tide.
"Everyone is going to blame me," the senior said. "I missed the last kick. It came down to an extra point I should have made. But it's a team game. Everyone probably could have done something to make it better."
Alabama (10-3) beat Florida during the regular season under similar circumstances, when the Gators missed an extra point on the final play of overtime.
Michigan (10-2), meanwhile, was in the Orange Bowl in part because of its success in close games. The Wolverines won six games by a touchdown or less, so it didn't faze them when they fell behind by 14 twice against Alabama.
"I can't even put it into words," Michigan safety Cato June said. "All year came down to the end and tonight it came down to overtime ... How many times do you miss an extra point in overtime with the game on the line."
Shaun Alexander, the Southeastern Conference player of the year, ran for 161 yards and three touchdowns in his last game for Alabama. He was among the players who consoled Pflugner coming off the field.
"I just wanted to let him know I love him and I felt for him a lot," Alexander said. "That would be like me fumbling on the last play of the game."
Tom Brady's fourth touchdown pass, a 25-yarder to Shawn Thompson on the first play of overtime, snapped a 28-28 tie. Andrew Zow threw 21 yards to Antonio Carter to keep Alabama in the game before Pflugner pushed the extra point barely to the right of the right upright.
"I knew I hit it good, but I didn't know [it missed] until I looked up ... If it falls on my shoulders, so be it," the kicker said. "It was just a game."
Brady finished 34-of-46 for 369 yards, including 10 completions for 150 yards to David Terrell, who scored three touchdowns after Carr decided Michigan would not be able to run the ball on a defense the coach described as the fastest in the nation.
"If there's a faster team, I don't want to play them," Carr said.
"I don't ever remember getting out of a game plan that early," he added of the decision to unleash Brady after Alexander scored twice to put Alabama up 14-0 in the second quarter.
"There was nothing I saw out there that gave me any confidence that we were going to be able to run the ball the way we thought we could."
The disappointing finish didn't dampen Alabama's enthusiasm for what the Crimson Tide accomplished during a season that began with coach Mike DuBose embroiled in a sexual harassment scandal and ended with talk of a promising future.
Next year's national title game will be played at Pro Player Stadium, and the SEC champions figure to start the 2000 season with lofty expectations.
"I think we showed the nation that Alabama is back," Zow said. "We'll be back here next year."


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Eric Richard of Loyola Prep and Jennifer Nguyen of Salmen captured individual championships Wednesday in the boys and girls divisions of the state's premier high school golf event, the 10th annual Louisiana Champions Invitational played at Tamahka Trails Golf Club at Paragon Casino Resort.
Richard posted a 6-under par 65 to set the invitational low-round record and win the state's official "all-star" event for prep golf, while Nguyen shot a 2-under 33 on the back nine to claim the title with a tournament-record score of 73.
The limited-field event was open only to the top finishers from the LHSAA's state championship events held last week (boys) and three weeks ago (girls). The top five finishers in each of the six boys classifications and the top three finishers in the LHSAA's two girls classifications were eligible to participate.
The course was set up at collegiate levels for the tournament, with the boys playing the par-71 Tamahka layout at approximately 6,800 yards and the girls at nearly 5,600 yards - both significantly longer than the average prep layout.
However, the longer distance didn't seem to be a problem for Richard, who made four straight birdies on the front nine and made the turn with a two-stroke lead over Alexandria Senior High's Chuck Spears.
"I got off to a good start with four birdies in a row," said Richard, who tied for sixth place in last year's event. "And I was just really consistent after that. I was just hitting the ball really good and just really wasn't making a lot of mistakes."
Richard, the Division III state champion, pulled away from the field early on the back nine when he birdied four the first five holes.
"That just really set the tone for the rest of the round," said Richard.
Richard, who was teamed in the final pairing with Spears (Division II champion) and Zachary's Drew Patin (Division I champion) was virtually flawless on the day with his only setback being a bogey on hole No. 17
"There was a lot of pressure playing with those guys," said Richard. "They are two really good golfers and I think that really bought out the best in me."
Spears struggled on the back nine and shot a 41 to finish the round in seventh place with a total of 75.
Barbe's Shane Fontenot was the early leader in the clubhouse after firing a round of 70 earlier in the day. His lead stood until the final pairing closed out the tournament.
"I had my hopes up," said Fontenot, who finished second behind Richard. "I knew I was right there in the mix because no one else was shooting real low. But I heard a little while later that someone was six or seven-under and I knew it would be tough for him to not shoot below 70."
Fontenot got off to a rocky start with a four-over par 40 on the first nine holes but the junior turned it around on the backside and fired a 33 to finish the event.
"I putted better on the back nine," said Fontenot. "And I hit a bunch of better shots on the back. That started to get it going and everything kind of came together and I put up a good number there at the end."
On the girls' side, Nguyen, playing in the first pairing of the morning with Dominican's Elizabeth Borda, struggled early in her round.
"I was just kind of hanging in there at first," said Nguyen, a Southern Mississippi signee. "But I was having trouble with pulling my shots. I was doing fine until the last three holes of the front nine. I started bogeying and I was chipping and two-putting which killed me."
The backside for Nguyen was a different story.
The Division I state runnerup hit every green in regulation on the back nine and pulled off an eagle on hole No. 13 that really got her going.
"I went to the back nine not thinking about anything and just playing my game," said Nguyen. "And that green on 13 was crazy. They put it (pin) on a really crazy spot so if you hit behind the hole, you were going up and back to it. It was really crazy. All I had to do was chip on so I was trying to do a bump-and-run. And then it went in the hole and I was like 'yes, I don't have to put'.
Nguyen's total of 73 is the lowest round shot in the girls' portion of the invitational since it originated 10 years ago.
Louise S. McGehee eighth grader Angelica Harris finished in the second place, seven strokes behind Nguyen with an 80. Harris actually led the field with a 36 on the front side but shot a 44 on the final nine holes.
"I really putting well on the frontside and that was the difference," said Harris, the state runnerup in Division II. "What got me on the backside was my drives were going straight but I wasn't hitting any greens. If you're not hitting any greens, you're not going to get up-and-down every single time and it was just bogey after bogey and that added up."
Mandeville's Elise Bradley finished third in the girls' division with an 81 and Ouachita's Lana Hodge was fourth with an 84.
The Louisiana Champions, which is sanctioned by the LHSAA as its official "all-star" event for prep golf, awarded a total of $2,350 in scholarships to the top finishers, including a $750 scholarship to both the boys and girls champions.
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Girls Division
Player, High School, Score
Jennifer Nguyen, Salmen 40-33-73
Angelica Harris, McGehee 36-44-80
Elise Bradley, Manderville 41-41-81
Lana Hodge, Ouachita Christian 43-41-84
Elizabeth Borda,
Boys Division
Player, High School, Score
Eric Richard, Loyola Prep 32-33-65
Shane Fontenot, Barbe 37-33-70
Taylor Billings, Jesuit 37-34-71
Nick Hollier, Vermilion Catholic 35-37-72
Peyton McCulloch, Zachary 36-37-73
Ryan Desormeaux, Comeaux 37-37-74
Chuck Spears, Alexandria 34-41-75
Connor Cavin, Dunham 40-38-78
Ben Como, Episcopal School of Acadiana 40-39-79
Kyle Camp, Notre Dame 38-42-80
Matt Miller, Archbishop Shaw 39-41-80
Kirk Thomas, Loyola Prep 41-39-80
Sean Flynn, Riverside 43-38-81
Blake Caldwell, Ponchatoula 41-41-82
Josh Fullilove, South Lafourche 44-38-82
Grant Welch, Runnels 39-44-83
Ryan Crissman, Loyola Prep 41-42-83
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Jordan Cole, Cedar Creek 46-38-84
Daniel Deloach, Alexandria 43-42-85
Jes Pender, Weston 43-42-85
Jack Tolson, Westminster 40-45-85
Derick Pallai, Patrick Taylor 46-48-89
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BUFFALO, N.Y. – "It's a tragedy," said Buffalo resident Elton McDaniels. "Especially when she was just going to the store."
Friends and family say it's a tragic case of being at the wrong place at the wrong time. 54-year old Ida Murphy was on her way to a store on Fillmore Avenue when the unthinkable happened.
"I heard there was a high speed chase and the guys ran into several poles," said McDaniels.
According to Buffalo police, at about seven Thursday night, 48-year-old Issac Parker of Buffalo was pulled over for a routine traffic stop. Police suspected he was intoxicated. Parker then sped off, dragging one officer, and prompting another officer to fire a shot. The car sped up North Fillmore before veering on the sidewalk, hitting three light poles. Parker was pronounced dead at the scene. Murphy was found under one of the light poles. "She didn't deserve this," said a friend of Murphy. "She was a very, very good person. Everybody knows Ida."
Friday, friends and family came out to pay their respects Friday, placing stuffed animals near the spot where Murphy was killed. Friends say Murphy was known for her work in the community, including her volunteer work at her church Antioch Missionary Baptist Church right across the street from where she was killed.
"She worked in the pantry, she was here twice a week," said Rev. William Bunton of Antioch Missionary. "She was here yesterday, she's here every Sunday and she was a good member."
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"There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ." Galations 3:28Yeah, that sounds racist to me./s Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
The TRUE Racists are those that yell it! Click Here if you Like this Comment 2 persons like this.
Gays have the same rights as you and I--the "right" to enter into marriage with a person of the opposite gender.What gay activists want (and as supported by the LeftMedia in a wholly biased way) is a special "right"--to marry whoever they want, irrespective of gender.There is no real necessity for this, as civil unions and domestic partnerships today provide almost equivalent benefits and rights as civil marriage. And what small gaps remain can readily be corrected by legislation.But, NO, it HAS TO BE GAY MARRIAGE. Anything else is unacceptable to them, because it makes them "2ND class citizens."Rubbish. This is all about forcing the 95% heterosexual population to accept and embrace homosexuality as a normal, accepted lifestyle. And in so doing, destroy marriage.Already there are activists clamoring for open marriages with multiple partners, marriages with animals, and legalized bigamy.This is a reversion of 3000 years of human development and back to barbarism. Click Here if you Like this Comment 2 persons like this.
Thank you, #1, yes, and not sexist either, although libertards are always ready to denounce Christianity for having restrictions on female clerics. Liberal sects of Christianity, many of whom don´t even adhere to Biblical Salvation as, "Faith alone in Christ alone," are all too willing to blasphemously anoint lesbians as "Priests" just to appease their liberal master, Satan. Judeo-Christianity is the only "religion" to give women equal rights under the law. Click Here if you Like this Comment 2 persons like this.
By their standards and beliefs the WaPo reporters are correct in their thinking. They do not have the same worldview as most devout Christians. If they did, they would not be WaPo reporters. Click Here if you Like this Comment 2 persons like this.
The whole world is becoming more divided into two paths. One path leads to life and the other glorifies death. The homosexual path has led to death all through history. Click Here if you Like this Comment 3 persons like this.
America today is the new Rome. And just as the early Christians were persecuted under the Roman Caesars, so we will likely face persecution here too both by the government and many people. But as the Lord said: "...the one who endures to the end will be saved." Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
Only a person raised with no religion would think Christians are the same as racists.I have left the fold but have no animosity toward that religion. Jesus (Joshua) taught the best way for human beings to live with each other. There is no doubt of that and anybody who thinks otherwise is ignorant of His teachings. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
Those who today criticize Christians are going to miss us when we are gone and they can rule this world with Satanic power instead of God´s true Love/Grace.Those who are real Christians love everyone. It is the actions that are ungodly as stated in the Bible, God´s Holy Word. We do not condemn, but challenge them to know God and let Him reveal Himself, thus establishing His Word within, becoming His child in this world.All sin is denying God His place in your life, obeying Him because He created us, loves us, wants us to be be with Him forever in His Heaven!Satan is still active in the mind/heart/soul/spirit of those unwilling to obey God.We need to appreciate each other but also there is good and evil, right and wrong.We love our children, but we do discipline them when their actions are not acceptable for they selfishly seek their own way or even just to make themselves known as independent, yet want the privileges of being in a family.We need to pray for America! God has blessed up beyond our dreams and now we disavow any relationship because sadly, we think we know better than He does.Heaven will not be a democracy. Jesus will be crowned King and Lord.As was once stated: This is the only hell Christians will ever know and this is also the only Heaven unbelievers will ever see!Something to think about. Click Here if you Like this Comment 3 persons like this.
In today´s America, being called a Christian is worse than being called a racist. Christians are not just racist, they are everything that is evil, according to most on the Left and many Moderates as well. As Dr Lucado says "God is good. I need help. They need help. Thanks". 10 word prayer that sums up the Bible. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
...and in so doing, provides yet more evidence that the equation of Leftists with bigots is generally correct, and the only point left to debate is the magnitude of exponentiation. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
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In a nationally televised debate on CNN, each Republican presidential candidate cast himself as someone who would cut spending and slash a bloated federal government. Each also accused the other of a record of wasteful spending in the past.
Santorum, a senator from Pennsylvania from 1995 to 2007, frequently was put on the defensive about his voting record. He took fire for seeking earmarks, or local projects that congressional lawmakers insert into spending bills.
Santorum gave a lengthy, sometimes confusing explanation. He talked about "good earmarks and bad earmarks," and said some projects were much needed in his state. And he noted that when Romney was rescuing the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics, he sought earmarks to help finance the event.
Romney fired back: "While I was fighting to save the Olympics, you were fighting to save the Bridge to Nowhere," a reference to a controversial Alaska bridge funded by an earmark that Santorum voted for.
Rep. Ron Paul of Texas jumped in as well, slamming Santorum for calling himself a fiscal conservative.
"He's a fake," Paul said, citing Santorum's vote for the No Child Left Behind education act and now campaigning to repeal it.
It was the last debate – and last chance to shake up the race – before Tuesday's primaries in Arizona and Michigan and then in 10 states on March 6, "Super Tuesday."
Romney is locked in a neck-and-neck contest with Santorum in Michigan, with Santorum supported by 33.8 percent of likely voters and Romney supported by 33 percent, according to an average of public polls compiled by realclearpolitics.com.
A loss in Michigan would be embarrassing at the least for Romney, whose late father headed a Detroit-based auto company and was a popular Michigan governor in the 1960s.
Romney, governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007, leads Santorum in Arizona by an average of 8 percentage points in polls.
Santorum tore into Romney for supporting Wall Street bailouts in 2008, but opposing aid to the auto industry.
"That to me is not a consistent, principled position," Santorum said.
"Nice try," Romney fired back, "now lets look at the facts." He said that he didn't favor bailing out any Wall Street bank, but the issue was avoiding the loss of "all our banks."
As for opposing auto bailouts, he said the better answer was a "managed bankruptcy" that would have saved U.S. firms from costly auto-union costs that the bailouts didn't end.
Romney criticized Santorum's record in Congress, saying he had voted to raise the debt ceiling five times without demanding spending cuts in return and watching as federal spending grew by 80 percent.
Santorum said that federal spending actually shrank during his time in Congress when measured as a share of the overall economy. He also said that he had a more conservative voting record on budget issues than 50 other Republican senators.
"I was the most fiscally conservative senator in the years I was there," Santorum said.
"That's a cop-out, ranking yourself against other members of Congress," said Paul. "The American people are sick and tired of Congress."
Contraception also sparked tense debate. Santorum says that he's "not a believer" in birth control. He defended that view passionately Wednesday, insisting that family and religious values need to be re-emphasized. Too many children are born into single-parent families, a sure path to poverty, he said.
There was general agreement on foreign policy – except for Paul.
Romney, Santorum and former Speaker of the House of Representatives Newt Gingrich blasted President Barack Obama as too soft on Iran and Syria. But Paul insisted that the U.S. appears too eager to take military action.
Santorum said Syria was an Iranian "puppet state" and implied that regime change was needed, though he stopped short of saying what he would do.
Romney also avoided backing American military action in Syria, saying other countries in the region should provide military aid to Syrian rebels. But he insisted that he would not permit Iran to have nuclear weapons, as did Gingrich.
Paul said the U.S. has no firm evidence that Iran has a nuclear weapon and that U.S. threats were encouraging Iran to pursue one "because they feel threatened." He insisted that the U.S. cannot afford more wars.
Asked to describe themselves in a single word, Paul said "consistent," Santorum said "courage," Romney said "resolute," and Gingrich said "cheerful."
For Gingrich, the debate was a chance to get back into the game after losing every contest since South Carolina on Jan. 21 and fading from sight. He used the spotlight to push an energy agenda that he said would cut gas prices to $2.50 a gallon and repeatedly insisted that only he could bring the sweeping fundamental change to Washington that the nation needs.
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Place one cut-out facedown on a table and glue a craft stick to the back of it, making sure the stick extends beyond the paper. Then, glue the other cut-out to the first so both printed sides face out.

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1 cup butter, softened
1 egg
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
7 ounces almond paste
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup seedless red raspberry jam
3 egg whites
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup flaked coconut
These are delicious! They're equally good with a plain cookie crust if you find yourself short on almond paste.
OK, these aren't even out of the oven yet, but just a word of warning to bakers out there that are going to try this recipe: Use the Meringue II recipe on this website and not the meringue instructions that come with this recipe ~ they DON'T work!! I wasted 3 egg whites and 1/2 cup of sugar...down the drain. It never set up even stiff peaks. The Meringue II recipe started forming nice peaks almost immediately, so I knew it would be right. It looked ok when I put it in the oven; let's hope it tastes good, 'cause right now I'm kind of ticked; I don't like wasting time or money, and tonight I did both.
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I brought them to work and they disappeared! I used whole wheat flour and no one could tell the difference. I didn't use as much coconut as it said, I just sprinkled some on. I could have eaten the whole batch if I hadn't shared it with my work!
Great flavour combination! :D I like my merengues a little more dry, so I elongated the second baking time.. and lowered the temperature for that to 130 celcius. Also I used homemade blueberry jam.... Just perfect! :D
Great recipe- all my friends absolutely loved them! They're fall apart pretty easily if you're not careful when you cut them up, but they taste delicious!
This was simple and so good, I had to freeze the extra to stop everyone from eating to much. Even from the freeze the taste as great. This recipe will be kept and used for Holidays.
I'm ashamed to admit that I overmixed the egg whites so they were watery (I just bought a powerful stand mixer that I;m learning to use). No problem! I just added a little more coconut. The sweet aroma of almond blended perfectly with the raspberry and coconut.
I decided to try these because I was looking for something different than the traditional cookies and brownies. My husband absolutely loves them and has already eaten half the pan in half a day. He says the crust is the best - the perfect soft texture. I was surprised that the crust turned out as soft as it did -- it didn't appear soft after the first baking, but the jam must soften it up. I like them too.
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Almond-Raspberry Meringue Bars
Serving Size: 1/36 of a recipe Servings Per Recipe: 36 Amount Per Serving Calories: 144 Calories from Fat: 64
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Miami Heat's Ray Allen (34) tries to shoot against San Antonio Spurs' Manu Ginobili (20), of Argentina, during the second half at Game 5 of the NBA Finals basketball series, Sunday, June 16, 2013, in San Antonio. The San Antonio Spurs won 114-104. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) |
MIAMI (AP) -- The Miami Heat weren't supposed to be in this situation. Not now, anyway.
Coming home from Texas with their season on the line in 2011 was one thing. They were at the end of their first year together — LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh still trying to figure it all out and clearly a long way from it.
But this season they were the NBA's best team, one that lost three games in three months and made losing three times in one series look unlikely, if not downright unimaginable.
The San Antonio Spurs can finish Miami off Tuesday night in Game 6 of the NBA Finals, reaffirming themselves as one of the league's greatest franchises.
If so, the Heat's Big Three once again go from celebrated to devastated.
"We're going to see if we're a better team than we were our first year together," James said.
The Spurs took a 3-2 lead with their 114-104 victory Sunday night. Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili were all brilliant again, and Danny Green added to what could become one of the most out-of-nowhere finals MVP campaigns ever.
One more victory makes the Spurs 5-0 in the NBA Finals, keeping pace with Michael Jordan's 6-0 Chicago Bulls as the only teams to make it here multiple times and never lose.
"We understand Game 6 is huge," Parker said. "Obviously, you want to finish in the first opportunity you get. We understand that Miami is going to come out with a lot more energy, and they're going to play better at home. They're going to shoot the ball better. Their crowd is going to be behind them."
None of that mattered two years ago.
Clearly reeling and their psyches shaken after dropping two straight games in Dallas, the Heat were blitzed early in Game 6. They never recovered, Bosh inconsolable as he made his way back to the locker room afterward while the Mavericks celebrated at center court.
James had to endure the criticisms that came with not getting it done in the finals, a story line that was put to rest last year but will be back again if the Heat don't manage to put together consecutive victories to derail the Spurs.
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There are times when work is, well ... a lot of work! The stress of important deadlines or goals can be overwhelming at times. Sometimes the "daily grind" can also have a sapping effect on overall productivity. How can we reverse this trend? By goofing off at work, of course! For some, this might sound counterintuitive because the institution of "hard work = success" has been a mainstay for decades. Although hard work does get the job done, the satisfaction of employees cannot be lost in the conversation. Software development can be a very mentally exhaustive profession. Developer burnout is a real topic that should not be ignored or avoided.


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Enervee® Score. Energy ratings that work.
You are probably familiar with the blue Energy Star certification and yellow EnergyGuide label and are wondering where Enervee fits in? First let's look at the problem.
In March, the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy released a report on energy efficiency labels that sums up the problem well:
Key data available to consumers—including average energy prices, estimated annual cost information, comparison scales, and usage assumptions—often lag far behind changes in the market and can be very misleading to purchasers.
American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) Research Report E136, March 2013
In the above example, we are looking at an Energy Star qualified Whirlpool refrigerator. The EnergyGuide label shows an annual energy cost of $67 where as it could be as low as $40 if you live in Seattle, Washington or as much as $235 in Maui, Hawaii. In addition, the yearly cost is not as helpful as knowing the total energy cost you will have to pay over the lifetime of the product (14 years for Fridges). Your true energy cost would be $557 in Seattle or $3,286 in Maui.
Solution: The Enervee® Score
Enervee solves this problem with the Enervee Score, a MPG (miles per gallon) rating with coverage of all appliances, providing an energy efficiency rating based on real time data. It was designed to be easily embedded on any online shopping comparison site or mobile app and can also be triggered via a QR code lookup at retail store locations.
The Enervee Score is a 0 to 100 (best) rating that is dynamically calculated by comparing the energy consumption and capacity of a product (i.e. size, volume, or processing speed). We have broken the score into four energy efficiency levels: less (1 to 25), somewhat (26 to 50), fairly (51 to 75) and very (76 to 100). This easy scoring methodology helps you to quickly identify the best products via a comparison of thousands of appliances and electronics across 30 different product categories, such as TVs, Refrigerators, Freezers, Washing Machines, Dryers, Dishwashers, ACs, etc. The Enervee Score is updated daily and seamlessly integrated with the product listing to enable sorting or filtering on energy efficiency and cost while shopping. In addition, it provides an easy way for you to know how energy efficient you are based on the products you have at home.
Let's take a look at how we actually calculate the Enervee Score. We first determine an efficiency factor for each product based on its amount of capacity per watt of energy consumed, taking into account the electrical losses of the underlying product components. The higher the efficiency factor the better a product is, since that means the product uses less energy for its size, volume, or processing speed. For each category, the 50 mark or middle of the scale, is defined by the new product whose efficiency factor represents the lower end of the energy efficiency scale. We establish this as the point of differentiation between new and old models, since the vast majority of current products are more efficient and therefore using more advanced technology. Any products below this point are "older models" since they do not follow the current efficiency trend.
We then look at the 5% of products with the highest efficiency factor to establish the top end of the scale. You might be curious why we do not just select the product with the absolute highest efficiency factor and use that to establish the 100 point on the scale (most efficient). This is because the Enervee Score is dynamic, meaning that as new products come on the market they are scored on a daily basis. Since the entire scale of the Enervee Score is fully dependent upon the threshold that sets the 100 point of the scale, we do not want this changing drastically if a single new TV has greater efficiency than any other product. Therefore we look at a select group of the top efficiency products to make a determination for the high end of the scale. This ensures that the scale adjusts only when a new efficiency trend is established based on a statistically significant number of products.
Once the scale has been established, we score all products from 0 to 100. In some cases, it is necessary to apply logarithmic scaling to ensure that we accurately account for the wide delta in efficiency factors between products on the low and high end of the scale. While this sounds very technical, all it really means is that we are smoothing the distribution of scores rather than having big gaps between different efficiency levels. Products scoring above 75 are deemed "very energy efficient" as they score in the top 25% of all products in the category. All historical products are also scored using this scale with the result being that the majority receive a score below 50 as they are often "older models".
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These complex theories are definitely tangent for lesser mortals like me. But I am happy for millions of sub prime students who would be spared the agony of learning particle physics afresh.
IT'S official. They are not, after all, faster than light. In February the OPERA collaboration in Italy which saw neutrinos flout the cosmic speed limit imposed by Albert Einstein's theory of relativity uncovered a flaw in the synchronisation of the experiment's clocks. Then, in March, ICARUS, another experiment that studies the diaphanous particles, which are nearly as ubiquitous in the universe as photons, yet rarely interact with anything, found them to obey Einstein's strictures. Now, a handful of others, including OPERA itself, have confirmed ICARUS's result. On June 8th they presented their latest findings to 25th International Conference on Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics in Kyoto.
Both OPERA and ICARUS beam neutrinos from CERN, Europe's main particle-physics lab on the outskirts of Geneva, 730km (450 miles) through the Alps to two detectors hidden in a laboratory beneath Gran Sasso, a mountainous massif in the Apennines. The underground laboratory also houses two other experiments, called Borexino and LVD, which receive their neutrinos from the same source at CERN. They, too, have now measured the time it takes particles to arrive from Geneva and have found it to be consistent with the tenets of relativity.
Crucially, a similarly conservative result streamed in from across the Atlantic. An experiment called MINOS, which fires neutrinos from Fermilab, a big physics lab near Chicago, to a mine 735km away in Minnesota, has also failed to see the particles overtake light.
That pretty much settles one neutrino niggle. But there are plenty of others to ponder in the future. For one thing, physicists are still trying to get their heads round the strange ability of the particles, which come in three varieties, or flavours, to change their spots in mid-flight. Here, OPERA's scientists told their colleagues in Kyoto that they have spotted a so-called muon-neutrino (of the sort whipped up at CERN) turn into another, tau-flavoured one. This is only the second time this transition has been observed; OPERA first saw a single tau neutrino appear in a beam of muon neutrinos in 2010. The result therefore doubles the amount of data for researchers to pore over.
The phenomenon of neutrino oscillations, as such spot-changing is known, is important because it proves that neutrinos are not massless. If they were massless, relativity dictates that they ought to travel at the speed of light. Due to the phenomenon of time dilation, as a particle speeds up, time slows down, until it stops altogether when the thing doing the speeding up reaches the speed of light. If a neutrino were zapping along that fast, then, it would not experience time. Any change, of course, including oscillating between different flavours, is necessarily time-dependent. So the fact that neutrinos switch flavour means they experience time and, by the same token, cannot be travelling at the speed of light. In other words, they must have mass.
Although it is well established that neutrinos are by far the lightest known particles that are not entirely massless (like photons of light), scientists have yet to weigh one. Nor is it clear where they get their mass from. It is almost certainly not the work of the elusive Higgs boson, thought to be implicated in making all other particles massive. All this may be bound up with the question of whether neutrinos are their own antiparticles.
Many scientists believe that these properties of neutrinos hold the key to understanding why the universe is made of matter, rather than having originally had equal amounts of matter and antimatter. If such a primordial equity had prevailed, the two would have annihilated each other, leaving a universe filled only with nothing but lifeless radiation. The particles may not be un-Einsteinian, but they remain weirdly fascinating all the same.


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Forgotten Voices: Women in the 2011 floods in Pakistan
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This Oxfam documentary shows how floods impact women in Pakistan. Floods makes their lives difficult, but the lack of aid is making it even more difficult.
Over the past year Oxfam has reached over 2.4 million people with water, sanitation and hygiene facilities, tent and cash grants. Yet the humanitarian needs remain very high as Pakistan has been recently hit by new severe floods.
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Among the growing number of books about Texas wildlife, David J. Schmidly's The Bats of Texas fills an important, and previously unoccupied, niche. It is also a major accomplishment. Since all but 11 of the bat species found in the United States occur in Texas, the book is applicable far beyond this state's borders.
Schmidly, a professor of mammalogy at Texas A&M University and one of the directors of the new International Center for Bat Research and Education partnership between A&M and Bat Conservation International, has succeeded in producing a book of scientific stature in a popular format. His introduction provides the general reader a thorough walk-through on flying mammals. How bats differ from, and are similar to, other mammals, as well as bats' lifestyles, ecological roles, and their complex relation with humans are some of Schmidly's initial topics.
Then the book becomes more scientific. Using Christine Steller's precise line drawings of wings, ears, digital arrangement, and even skull and dental configuration, an elaborate key greatly simplifies identifying any of the 32 bat species found in the state. Eighteen striking color photographs by BCI Director Merlin Tuttle and John L. Tveten contribute to this process. Finally, thoroughly documented individual accounts for each species provide descriptive details, distribution, food preference, and habitat. --Alan Tennant


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They had been told he would appear via satellite--the rumor was his wife was about to give birth. So when Apple Computer's interim CEO Steven P. Jobs strode on stage to deliver the keynote address at MacWorld Expo in New York City on July 8, the surprised and delighted Mac faithful gave him a standing ovation. Steve Jobs, live (and straight off a red-eye flight from the Coast), had come to tell them that Apple still lives.
"All I heard a year ago," he recalled, "was that Apple is dying, Apple is dead, Apple is in a death spiral." But for the next two hours, Jobs, Phil Schiller, Apple's vice president of worldwide product marketing, and executives from two of Apple's key partners--Disney Online and Microsoft's Mac Business Unit--spelled out what they had done to revive the company, and how they would continue to do so, with hot new products and powerful alliances.
Where does MacWorld fit into this picture?
"MacWorld is a tremendous marketing platform twice a year to showcase products and let customers know Apple's strategy," says show director Rob Scheschareg. "We get [Apple's] input on the show direction and strategy, and work with them on their marketing message."
On paper, at least, MacWorld is not Apple's show. It is owned by IDG World Expo, Framingham, Mass., and managed by an affiliate, IDG Expo Management, Norwood, Mass., Scheschareg's company. IDG Expo's predecessor company, Mitch Hall Associates, launched the show in Boston in 1985. Apple is one among many exhibitors at MacWorld. But it is "the largest and most influential" exhibitor, says Scheschareg. "We treat them more as a partner." Simply put, this is a Mac show, and Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple is the only company that makes Macs.
Send Out the Clones No Apple, no MacWorld Expo. Tailoring the July show to Apple's strategy required some major adjustments, however. When Apple revoked the licenses of the Mac clone-makers, IDG suddenly lost three key exhibitors--Power Computing, Motorola, and Umax--which had accounted for some 10,000 square feet of the 100,000 square feet of exhibit space at the 1997 summer show in Boston. The exhibitors that sold peripherals for the clones were also out. To maintain its profitability, IDG had to replace those lost exhibitors. Meanwhile, the decline in Mac users had reduced the potential MacWorld audience.
"If you're under pressure, you can't stand still," says Paul Paget, Jr., 44, vice president of sales and marketing at IDG Expo Management. "We had two options--change the nature of the event or move the show. We did both." Fortunately, Apple had redirected its marketing efforts in ways that offered IDG new opportunities.
"Last year, in Boston, Jobs reaffirmed the company's commitment to the creative and educational markets," adds Paget. "Depending on the category--Web page designers, videographers, and so on--New York has four to nine times as many creative professionals as Boston. New York was a ready-made market that would give us a way to expand the show." In fact, 30 to 40 companies with products for the creative market came into the New York show, he says. To highlight that market, IDG added to the show name the tag line "the Creative World."
"The education market in New York is very strong," Paget continues. "The entire New York City public school system is on Macs." To attract educators, IDG expanded MacWorld's "Education District," where exhibitors display software, Internet tools, curriculum-building solutions, and multimedia for schools, training, and home learning. "We added a learning center to allow for 45-minute product demos," says Scheschareg. "And we invited 500 teachers and district-level administrators to attend on an Educators' Day."
Playing Games With Consumers In addition to the creative and educational users, there was also a new push into the consumer market, which Apple had largely created in the mid-1980s but had begun to lose. "Consumers are not defecting significantly," Jobs told the keynote audience. "But they're not upgrading. Because Apple didn't have a compelling consumer product under $2,000, it appeared we were walking away from the consumer market." To turn things around, he said, "We set out to develop a kick-ass product." The result, the $1,299 iMac, with a space-age design, 233 MHz processor, and 56K modem, was unveiled at MacWorld Expo and went on sale on August 15.
Knowing that Apple was courting consumers, Scheschareg, 30, who was directing his first show, created two new attractions for them. One was Content@Home, a pavilion featuring consumer applications and digital entertainment. "Content@Home was very successful at attracting new exhibitors," says Scheschareg. But the really big draw for consumers was the Gaming Environment exhibit area and the First National Macintosh Gaming Championship. The announcement during the keynote that "Mac games will be a key focus this year" had produced one of the loudest bursts of applause.
At the show, attendees could play the latest games on state-of-the-art Macs. And they could enter as many championship tournaments as they liked at no cost, competing for software and other specialty items. Paget explains why games are serious business. "To run a game well, a computer needs a lot of cool power, video, and sound. Games are an indication of whether people think your platform is good."
While these changes were occurring on the exhibit floor, the conference program was being revamped to upgrade the audience. MacWorld Expo has always been a hybrid, Scheschareg says. Professionals and consumers alike come to see new products and to take advantage of at-show discounts. One New York City retailer, DataVision Computer Video, had a truck trailer on the exhibit floor and was doing a brisk business in "deals on wheels," selling computers, peripherals, software, and accessories. "Because we're not trade only, some people perceive that it's a consumer show," says Scheschareg. "That's why it's important to offer clear professional value in the conference program. The conference helps drive the show and the level of attendees."
MacWorld Expo always had a user conference. But last summer, surveys of present and past attendees, exhibitors, and people who had expressed interest in attending all produced the same request, Scheschareg says: "Can we raise the professional bar?" In response, IDG had introduced the MacWorld/Pro conference in San Francisco last January. It was so well received that it was offered again in New York City, targeting professionals in new media, advertising, publishing, and entertainment. New to New York were 11 intensive, seven-hour workshops held the day before the show opened. Meanwhile, the user conference was retained.
Word-of-Mouth and 100 Full-Page Ads New location, new target audiences, new exhibit areas, new conference programs: It takes heavy preshow promotion to communicate all those messages. "When you go into a new market, you can't just drop the show into a major facility," says Paget. "You need to infiltrate the constituencies in that marketplace. The New York Mac market is concentrated in certain locations and industries--the New York Mac Users Group, Silicon Alley [New York's high-tech neighborhood], Apple's key accounts. The most powerful marketing of all is word of mouth. That means Paul and Rob made many trips to New York.
"In a new city, mailings to alumni [past attendees] won't yield the same results," Paget continues. "So you must get in front of new prospects." IDG ran nearly 100 full-page color ads in some 30 publications, including not only the usual suspects like MacWorld and MacWeek (which are published by another IDG affiliate and sponsor MacWorld Expo) but also the New York City-focused Silicon Alley Reporter. There was a newspaper advertising promotion with retailer J&R Computer World, one of New York City's largest Mac dealers. J&R offered both in-store and at-show specials, and ran a complimentary shuttle bus between its downtown store and the Javits Convention Center during the show. There were also commercials on local radio stations.
The MacWorld Web site was a major promotional channel. "Mac users are heavy Web users," says Paget. "Our marketing is increasingly Web-based." Even with all these new marketing channels, direct mail remained important. Past attendees were targeted, and IDG also used its own lists and selected lists from industry publications.
Quality Not Quantity Because of the potential new attendees, "Most of our exhibitors wanted to go to New York," says Paget. The Jacob K. Javits Convention Center had good dates available--just six months opposite the January MacWorld Expo in San Francisco. And the 760,000-square-foot Javits could easily accommodate the entire show. In Boston, exhibits had to be split between two facilities, Bayside Expo Center and the World Trade Center, separated by a lengthy shuttle-bus ride. Conferences and keynotes were dispersed throughout the city.
True, New York City would be more expensive than Boston. But most of the exhibitors had been to New York City before and knew what to expect, Paget says. To ease the transition, IDG charged the same booth space rate in New York City that it had charged in Boston, even though costs rose.
How well did it all work? Although exhibit space totaled only 80,000 square feet, the important players were there, says Scheschareg. "Intuit had said it would not write future versions of Quicken for the Mac. But it is recommitted, and was in the show. Adobe, Microsoft, Avid Technology, and FileMaker were there--that speaks volumes."
New York City attendance, at 34,200, was substantially below Boston's 49,700. "The reason we moved was for the type of audience," says Paget. "We added higher end, more expensive conference programs. One of the risks we took was whether the more qualified audience would spend more to attend. We hit a home run. We moved the event and increased our attendee revenues." Early registration rates began at $175 for the user conference, rose to $795 for MacWorld/Pro, and topped out at $1,095 for the full program.
Back to Boston, for Now Nonetheless, MacWorld Expo will return to Boston in 1999. The reason, say organizers, is the Javits didn't have the space and dates. Boston did, and its logistical problem has been solved. The recent opening of the Seaport Hotel at the World Trade Center means adequate space is available in two neighboring facilities. "We're leaving the door wide open to go back to New York in the year 2000," Paget says. "Now that we have an audience there, we could go back and forth between the two cities. What's most important to us is to maintain and hopefully grow a very strong MacWorld Expo in the Northeast corridor."
Ever the erudite wise guy, Apple's interim CEO Steve Jobs used psychologist Abraham Maslow's "Hierarchy of Needs" as the model for his keynote address at the MacWorld Expo. Maslow's hierarchy progresses from food/clothing/ shelter to safety, love, esteem, and self-actualization. The Jobs version was "Apple's Hierarchy of Skepticism." Each time Apple has responded to a question from its critics, Jobs explained, the criticism has moved up another level:
1. Survival. Critics' first question was basic: Can Apple survive? The combination of a new management team, a new board of directors, and the alliance with Microsoft "convinced people that survival was not an issue," said Jobs.
2. Stability. "But there's no stable business in the Mac market" was the next plaint. Apple's response was to produce profits. Jobs promised that Apple would soon announce its third profitable quarter in a row under the new management team. One week later, it did: $101 million.
3. Product strategy. Critics thought there wasn't one because "we didn't talk about it," Jobs maintained. Of course, another reason could have been an unfocused product line, which Jobs described as "15 product platforms and a zillion variants--I couldn't even figure it out myself." The new line consists of a mere four products, one desktop model and one portable each for professionals and consumers. All but the consumer portable have been unveiled.
4. Applications. "We rolled out our product strategy on May 6," said Jobs, "and one day later, we heard the next level: 'Are you going to have the applications?' " In the 63 days since, he said, more than 177 applications have been announced--from Microsoft, Adobe, and Disney, among others.
5. Growth. The consumer market is where Apple has declined, and where it will now grow, said Jobs, thanks to the sleek, speedy, simple-to-use new iMac. "This all translates into growth for Apple, the Mac, and its developers," said Jobs. If it works, it should also mean growth for MacWorld Expo.
Internet No Sweat at Javits A fiber-optic cable spine links the Jacob Javits Center to the outside world through Bell Atlantic and Teleport Communications Group (TCG). Show organizers have only to choose the interface that connects one of these communications vendors to the fiber spine. From the cable system, a three-strand fiber connects to one of several switching hubs strategically located around the building. These in turn connect category 5 lines to however many drops are involved.
At MacWorld, for example, there were 45 drops for exhibitors who needed Internet connections and the 80 exhibitors who had signed up for pavilion packages, which included Internet connectivity along with electricity and a table and chair. ShowDigital, a New York-based communications vendor, installed a network of four T-1 lines to handle the MacWorld pavilions. "Javits is very easy to do," says Bob Wolff, ShowDigital's director of shows. "It has a nice infrastructure of wiring. The Javits people got everything up and running quickly."