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At my other blog home, The Shin Guardian, I wrote today about MLS departures David Beckham, Landon Donovan, Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara, and Freddy Montero and their passes to and from teammates in 2012. Please check it out, but don't be disappointed that I didn't analyze Brek Shea or FC Dallas there. When I looked at the facts, Brek interacted with his teammates far less often than Beckham, Kamara, Montero, etc did with theirs. So much so that bringing him into the conversation would have felt silly.
However, I did want to find a Big D Soccer application of the FC Dallas Passing Matrix, which gives us a count of every 2012 FC Dallas pass and who initiated and received it. This resource was in the middle of Andrew Wiebe's statistical review of FC Dallas' 2012 season, which was released a couple months ago. Here's what FCD's matrix looks like when visualized, with minutes played driving the order of the players and the colors of the data points:
The field of numbers can be rather daunting until you break them down into a more specific context. Because everything revolves around David Ferreira on this team, his combinations with teammates are the most logical focus. Who did El Torito combine with often, and who may need to work harder to develop chemistry with the conductor of this squad?
Consider this both a spinoff of my Shin Guardian piece, and a sequel of sorts to my attempt last year at quantitative analysis of FC Dallas' MVP.
First, we have to adjust the data for the amount of time each player shared the field with Ferreira. This is easily done by comparing their game logs and subtracting from each players total minutes the amount of time they played without David on the pitch. Then some simple math filters passes to and from Ferreira down to per-90-minute figures.
I limited this analysis to those players still on the roster (plus Hartman as a keeper proxy), and that played at least 500 minutes last season. Passes from David (blue) read left to right, while passes to him (red) are the opposite. The width of each bar is driven by that player's minutes shared with Ferreria If you hover over any bar, a pop-up will tell you the exact figure:
Players are ordered roughly by their position on the field, though you can see that David is somewhat regularly involved with everyone that isn't parked on or behind the backline.
It is striking that he interacts with his countrymen most often. Jair Benitez got the ball from him most often, and Fabian found Ferreira the most. This is certainly something to watch if/when Michel takes Benitez' spot at left back. He and others will need to provide an outlet for El Toritio in Jair's stead.
Andrew Jacobsen's numbers here seem odd to me. Hartman, John, and Hedges played far from El Torito, but AJ was usually positioned quite close to him last year, and because of that you'd think that they'd have interacted more often.
There are a variety of factors that drove these numbers. Tactics, relative positioning to each other, chemistry,etc. Of course, the new formation will shake some of this up further. But as we well know, as Ferreira goes so goes FC Dallas. However they're arranged, it will be key for his teammates to make the ball available to him and themselves available to the club's #10.


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Spare a few minutes for us at 6:30 p.m. EST tomorrow—that's when CFDA president Diane von Furstenberg (left, with the CFDA executive director Steven Kolb and Nadja Swarovski) will be announcing the nominees for this year's CFDA Awards. (Swarovski is underwriting the festivities.) That goes down at a small get-together at DVF's Meatpacking District studio, but you don't need an invite to hear the names in real-time: We'll be live-streaming the proceedings exclusively here on Style.com. To check it out, tune in to Style.com/live tomorrow night.


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The opening feature on Saturday night's Strikeforce Fedor vs. Henderson broadcast will be a guaranteed crowd pleaser between Belgian prospect Tarec Saffiedine and veteran gunslinger Scott Smith.
Despite having no answer for the enveloping wrestling of Tyron Woodley in his last appearance, Saffiedine is a young and skyrocketing talent on the Strikeforce roster. His first step into the mainstream spotlight came in the 2009 Dream Welterweight Grand Prix where he out-gunned the venerable Seichi Ikemoto in a tournament reserve bout. The fight was his eighth and extended his roll to six in a row, having only lost once before in his second professional match.
He then stepped up as a late replacement against Dong Sik Yoon in a middleweight contest at Dream 12. Considering he was tangling with a heavier, decorated Judoka on short notice, the split-decision loss didn't reflect too poorly on Saffiedine. The rest of his career has unfolded stateside, where he hitched three consecutive and impressive wins (James Terry and Nate Moore in Strikeforce, Brock Larson in Shark Fights) before Woodley dealt his third defeat.
Scott "Hands of Steel" Smith complements his iron fists with the heart of a lion, and epitomizes a "don't blink" type of fighter. On the brink of what seems to be imminent defeat, Smith has carved out a well deserved reputation for turning the tables with the dynamite in his hands, which serve as instant game-changers when they find the mark.
Saffiedine is a thoroughly rounded product, but will probably oblige Smith in a slug fest, making for an appetizing entree to a fully stocked fight card. The breakdown of the match up awaits below.
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Showing his karate roots, to the left is Saffiedine's brilliant use of the Brazilian kick; a creative technique that Brazilian kickboxer Glaube Feitosa employed with startling effectiveness and regularity.
The leg raises off the floor like a chambered kick, but then undergoes a drastic change of trajectory in mid-flight, twisting the strike to careen around or over the top of the guard. Pulling off a kick of this magnitude with such fluid grace is a good example of the unique potential that Tarec Saffiedine brings to the table.
Unorthodox kicks will be nothing that Scott Smith hasn't encountered before. Cung Le, the Sanshou practitioner turned MMA fighter turned actor, loosened an entire library of flashy kicks in his two bouts against Smith.
They landed nearly at will in both fights, the significant difference being that Smith pulled off one of his fairy tale comebacks in the first after enduring a prolonged beating. The Hail Mary miracle is Smith's only win in his last four fights, each of which unfolded with him getting the worst of the striking exchanges.
It's worth noting that, preceding this stretch of rough road, Smith scored four knockouts since leaving the UFC in 2007. With a loss and a No Contest courtesy of Robbie Lawler sandwiched halfway in between, Smith clubbed Jeff Morris, Kyle Noke, Terry Martin and Benji Radach into unconsciousness before hitting the skids in recent outings.
It does not bode well for Scott Smith that Tarec Saffiedine has many more dimensions, and might even be better in the one dimension Smith is known for. At the time of writing, the Belgian is a strong favorite in the -240 to -260 range. Maybe it's because Smith has earned my respect or that I just don't care to see him take another loss, but my heart hopes that he can at least register a respectable performance if not another inspiring one.
As long as Saffiedine doesn't under-estimate Smith's power or determination, his footwork, angles, and diverse set of striking skills should steer him to a commanding victory. Smith's hopes lie in his ability to settle in at close range and flip the switch, but Saffiedine's cage motion and more technical stand-up relegate Smith to having a puncher's chance, and even though that's his specialty, it's too tough to rely on in the long run.
My Prediction: Tarec Saffiedine by decision
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7 Presidents in 23 Books: Stories of Life and Leadership
President's Day isn't only a day to sleep in and shop the sales. The holiday also serves as a reminder of America's rich tapestry of history and the men who shaped the nation through political office. Celebrating our nation's leaders began long before bargain busters took advantage of the day off. In 1832, Congress adjourned on February 22 to commemorate the centenary of George Washington's birth.
Before and after that date, Americans celebrated Washington's birthday, but it was not a legal holiday until declared so by an act of Congress on January 31, 1879. The holiday became regularized in 1968, when another act of Congress declared the holiday would fall on the third Monday of February. A commercial slant was also introduced — in the justification for the move, Congress said it wanted to "bring substantial benefits to both the spiritual and economic life of the Nation."
Both the original intent as a celebration of our leaders and the newer message of economic benefits can be combined by doing some presidential reading. So far, the men who have occupied the nation's highest office have led intriguing lives, expertly chronicled by historians and sometimes even by themselves. Here are seven presidents and the books they inspired, which will keep you enthralled beyond just President's Day.
1. John Adams, 1797-1801
American history buffs are probably well aware of the name David McCullough. The historian has woven countless historical tales into must-reads, and his treatment of our second president in John Adams is no different. His 752-page tome was the fodder for HBO's series on Adams, and it won a Pulitzer Prize. Inside, you'll find not only the story of his presidency but his life as well, including his touching relationship with his wife, Abigail Adams.
Adams was not just known as one of the nation's first presidents: he also helped craft the country from its infancy in the Revolutionary cradle. He, like other founding fathers, wrote extensively. To hear Adams in his own words about the revolution, try John Adams: Revolutionary Writings, 1755-1775.


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A little over a year ago, Nvidia decided to change the game–literally. The Nvidia SHIELD Portable was announced, released, and was very well received. Here we are, shortly following the announcement of a new, and epic, generation of mobile device processors, and Nvidia has officially released their next SHIELD installment, the Nvidia SHIELD Tablet.
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Near the beginning of every month, just like clockwork, Google updates its Developer Dashboard website with updated Android Platform Stats. As we've said many times in the past, these numbers show the current state of Android ecosystem fragmentation–both in terms of version/API adoption, as well as screen size and density, and OpenGL support. As such, this is all incredibly valuable information for developers looking to better target their application development efforts.
The last time we took a look at the Android Platform Stats just one month ago, we were pleased to see quite a bit of continued growth in the right direction. Android . . . READ ON »
Seemingly every day, there are a bunch of new devices being released. Some are budget devices and some are flagship devices. Naturally, there are budget conscious enthusiasts who would like to have both. Recently, a device has made a big splash in the tech industry, and is called by some as the Nexus killer. Then again, what's not being (perhaps inaccurately) called a Nexus killer these days? This device is the first offering from OnePlus. Let dive in and see if we have a Nexus killer or not.
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For all those who believe that Cinderella stories don't actually exist, I guess I can safely say that you are dead wrong. For the past year and a half (give or take a few months), there has been a push by the people of the United States to try and fix one of the many things that are wrong with the country. I'm not talking about Healthcare or firearms regulations, but one issue that is far closer to home and affects us and what we do here on XDA directly. In case you are not familiar with what went on . . . READ ON »
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With the release of Android 4.4 KitKat, Google introduced a few changes that impacted the way in which SD cards are handled. As a result, user-installed applications are not longer allowed to access the entirety of your SD card partition. Instead, user-installed apps running on KitKat are only given full access to files and folders of their own creation.
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It's become quite customary for Google to release updated Android Platform Stats at the start of every month. These figures show the latest state of fragmentation in the Android ecosystem–valuable information for developers looking to better target their application development efforts.
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If by now you haven't already heard of XDA Senior Recognized Developer rovo89's fantastic Xposed Framework–well, maybe you're in the wrong place. But for those of us who are well acquainted with this incredibly versatile and powerful tool, there's only one question: When Xposed will gain support for ART runtime, and by proxy, Android L.
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During the Google I/O 2014 opening keynote, we caught our first glimpses of the radically different Android L. And when Google made an early developer preview available, many end users went ahead and installed L on their own devices. Unfortunately though, intrepid users were quick to find that the developer preview didn't feature all of the UI goodies that we saw in the Android Design Guidelines and event keynote.
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It's now been several hours since the release of the Android L Developer Preview Images. Undoubtedly, many of you reading this have already loaded the preview firmware onto your Nexus 5 or Nexus 7 (2013). However, not everyone is lucky enough to own one of these devices–and even if you have an N5 or N7 by your side, you may not be willing to wipe your data in order to flash test images.
In the time since release, we've been poking and prodding at the Android L Developer Preview firmware on a Nexus 5 to see how far Google has come with L and where there's still . . . READ ON »
The first day of Google I/O 2014 has come and gone, and just as we were expecting, Google used the opening keynote to shed some light on the future of Android, Chrome, Android Wear, Android Auto, Android TV, Google Cloud Platform, and Google Play. While the keynote was available for live stream viewing from the comfort of your own home, we've boiled down the nearly three hour keynote to its most important highlights for those who lack the time to watch the entire presentation.
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St Helens town centre bars scrap 2am closure pilot
Updated 1:36pm Friday 24th January 2014 in News
ST HELENS bars will resume their normal opening patterns this weekend after a month-long pilot scheme that trialled 2am closures was cut short.
Licensees on the pubwatch committee met earlier this week and decided that earlier closures was not working.
Bars had collectively agreed to explore the effects of 2am closures after encouragement from the police last year.
The trial centred on getting people "to go out earlier".
But it is understood bars, taxi firms and takeaways had mounting concerns about the system once it was in place.
Since the relaxation of licensing laws in 2005, bars have been able to open beyond what was the traditional drinking up time of 11pm for pubs or 2am for nightclubs.
A number of bars in the town centre normally open until 3am at weekends and some use temporary event notices until 5am.
But it is believed bars feared reverting to 2am was making St Helens less attractive to younger customers who are used to starting their nights out late, resulting in them heading to the cities or neighbouring towns.
Dex Nelson, a DJ who has worked on the St Helens nightlife scene for decades, said: "For some the night was just getting going between 1am and 1.30am and then it was nearly closing time.
"I personally don't see the need for bars to be open until 6am but 2am was too soon."
Chief Inspector Martin Woosey said: "The licensees have the made the decision – at the end of the day it was their initiative. It will be back to normal from now on.
"It is disappointing (that it has stopped early) and would have been nice to run the full course but I can understand that it is a business issue.
"Town did seem to clear a lot quicker on each of the nights (when there was a 2am) closure."
In December officers rejected suggestions they had pushed for earlier closure times to try and quell incidents of violence or disorder that run through the early hours.
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Lets leave them to police, ambulance crews and taxi drivers to mop up the mess.
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I would never do a big shop in asdas at 3 am because I'm not a moron who thinks it's easier , that said I'd never whinge about it being open 24 hrs a day.
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The assignment was to design a window display that would showcase Manito's silk products; robes, sheets, duvets, duvet covers, pillows and throws.
The duvets and duvet covers were rolled, tied with ribbon and hung in a vertical position. This way we were able to show the different colors available, while displaying the material's quality and gloss.
In the case of the sheets, throws and pillows, several white-colored supports were used: tables (also sold at the store), wooden boxes, a swing and two wooden trees. All of these elements formed a garden-like image in which the products showcased the natural characteristics of silk, while allowing for the different colours to interact, being sustained by this white, neutral background.
Lastly, a mannequin made of wood and fabric was placed wearing one of the robes, completing the display with a human figure.


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Investigators with both the Erie Bureau of Police and the Erie County Health Department did an extraordinary thing this week.
They did nothing.
This all started when reporter John Last started looking into reports of not enough beds at area shelters leading to several tent cities springing up in the area.
Unfortunately, homelessness isn't anything new here but an organized collection of people living together in the woods is.
So, not knowing exactly what he expected to find, John set out to a somewhat remote stretch of woods near the tracks off West 14th Street.
What he found was literally a town within a town; a Tent City.
There was no sign of sanitation or garbage issues among the camping tents; in fact the area around some of them had even been decorated with personal touches.
Even more amazing, one of the neighbors invited John in, sat down and talked to him about the economics that led him away from permanent structures and to this place.
Naturally, after the story aired the reaction followed.
The police told us that they were aware of Tent City but with no reports of trouble officers had no reason to get involved (at least not until it became public knowledge).
The following day an inspector from the Health Department came out to look things over.
That led to some concern in the newsroom that one guy's good hearted gesture to speak honestly with John could lead to everybody getting tossed.
But the police said that the property is owned by the CSX Railroad and barring a complaint from the landowner what was happening is legally no different than the neighborhood kids pitching tents in your backyard.
The Health Department inspector then agreed with John's assessment on sanitation and garbage, saying that with no health issues there is no need for action on their side either.
So two separate agencies this week took the bold step of taking no action at all.
For now, at least, that looks like the right call.
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Saw the Storm Chasers for the sixth time last night, and figured it would be fun to share a few things I'm seeing.
- Jeffress is tipping his fastball, which he's throwing between 95-97. He also throws a curve around 70 mph, and some other kind of pitch around 91-92. I don't see anything in his delivery that gives away which of the two offspeed pitches he's throwing, but distinguishing those from the fastball should be pretty easy for a hitter. His delivery is remarkably different in terms of arm speed and even fluidity.
- Whatever he is throwing at 92...he makes it look easy!
- Moustakas is (was) making a deliberate effort to take pitches. Obviously we've seen this in the stat sheet. He's also doing a great job shortening up with two strikes, even moreso than last year. I think any increase in strikeout rate is just because he's getting deeper into counts.
- I don't think Moose's defense is as worrisome as some say. He looks pretty competent in the games I've seen him.
There you have it. Very amateur observations for sure but kind of fun to share as we anticipate some of these guys coming up in the future.


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|Nancy Eagleson Part 5
Remembering Nancy:
'All I knew is my sister is gone'
By Paulding County Progress Staff
Part 5 of a series
Originally published Aug. 30, 2000
Sheryl Eagleson Schooley, the younger sister of slain teen Nancy Eagleson, is a wonderful grown-up who still has memories of her older sister. Sheryl was only 5 years old at the time of her sister's murder, but her memories will be etched in her mind forever.
The night of Nov. 13, 1960, is a night she will never forget. "We had went to the movies. Nancy always held my hand when we walked places. This night was no different. We left Johnson's Restaurant [on the square], and walked past Pelok's building [at the corner of East Jackson Street and Flat Rock Drive].
"Yes, we went up to Pelok's window and peeked in. I don't know why we did, but now I think Nancy may have been stalling and thought then that we were possibly being followed.
"As we proceeded on towards home, on what is now Flat Rock Drive, we lived in the seventh house on the left hand side of the road. Now that I think about it, every thing we said was almost said in double sentences. A car was approaching us from behind. He was following us kind of slow, and I clung tighter to Nancy's hand and said, 'Nancy, someone is following us.' Nancy replied, 'Shhhh!' I said again, 'Nancy, someone is following us.' Again Nancy said, 'Shhhhhhh.'
"About that time, the man rolled down the window, pulled over to the side, and said, 'You girls need a ride home?' Nancy said, 'No, we are almost home.' The man still insisted, 'Do you girls need a ride home?' Nancy said again, 'No, we are almost there.'
"He jumped out of the car and grabbed Nancy. She struggled, and then I smelled something like a chemical. I jumped up at the man, but he flung me aside, and I went to the ground. The last I saw my sister alive, she was in the back seat of a big car, with her head back against the seat like she was knocked out.
"I was frightened. After all, it was night, someone had taken my sister, and I was crying and trembling. I ran up to John and Betty Larson's house. I just went running in and said, 'Someone took my sister.' We then proceeded to get into the car, and that is when we found Nancy's purse in the road.
"I did see the man, and could only describe him as a big man with glasses. He was wearing a white shirt, and looked as if he just got out of church. When did the man start following us? I don't know for sure, but it's possible that it was when we left Johnson's.
"All I knew at that time, is my sister was gone. My sister to me was like a second mom. We were very close, and she was very protective of me. The rest of my life has been one of not knowing.
"I feel like this," Sheryl relates, "I feel like I'm the only one who doesn't know what happened. Everyone seems to know but us."
This interview is the first and only ever granted by Sheryl. She has supported the idea of this series on the unsolved crime. "I wanted the story to come out," she says. "There are so many different stories, so much wrong information."
However, no one seems to know the whole truth.
Following the death and burial of her sister, Sheryl was placed under hypnosis. She was placed under three different times, and all she can remember of the sessions was listening about a sleepy little rabbit and a carrot.
Another method used to try and spark a 5-year-old's recollections was that George Kerwin, who was a private investigator on the case, took Sheryl and her mother for a ride in his car all around the countryside looking for the kind of car that the kidnapper was driving. They went every Wednesday for many weeks, but that car was never found.
The trauma of the incident left Sheryl with nightmares when she was younger. "I had the same nightmares every night," she says. The family would go into the laundromat, then they would start running down the street. Sheryl would stop Nancy, push her against a brick wall and ask, "Nancy, who killed you?" Nancy would just smile and fade into the wall.
Sheryl attributes the dreams to fear, and the pressure of wanting to know the identity of her sister's killer. She was asking Nancy because "she was the only one who knew."
Sheryl grew up and became the mother of three daughters. She admits that she was very overprotective of her oldest child. "When she went somewhere, I'd make her call when she got there. I knew what in five minutes could happen." She still lives with fear for the safety of her own family, which prevents her from undergoing hypnosis again. Sheryl says, "Someone out there knows the answer." She also believes the killer could still be alive.
Sheryl wants to share these memories of Nancy:
"I remember she was like a second mom, and baby-sat for me.
"I remember she always held my hand when we walked places.
"I remember her taking me for bike rides and going for ice cream cones.
"I remember her pulling me uptown in a red wagon. We would go buy licorice. Nancy liked the black, and I liked the red.
"I remember she always smelled like Jergens lotion.
"I loved to watch her roll up her hair in these pink curlers.
"She used to cut grapes in half, take out the seeds, and I would sneak them.
"I remember the father's day we bought Dad a pair of matching ashtrays, and we each held them behind our backs, and walked out and gave them to him.
"These are some of the fondest memories of my sister that I saw abducted before my very eyes."
She says she has been asked countless times, but doesn't know if she could recognize the man responsible. "I wish we could find out who. I had hoped he would confess, so we could have closure."
If Sheryl could meet her sister's killer today, what would she say, and what would she do?
Sheryl replies, "If he was remorseful, I'd forgive, but I'd want to know 'Why?'"
But she goes on, "God knows who he is, and God will eventually punish him in His way." But his life would not bring back Nancy.
Next: In the sixth and final part of this series, some of the family's troubling and odd experiences since the murder will be recounted.
Case not closed
A former policeman tells his story
By Paulding County Progress Staff
George Clemens, a Paulding High school graduate, was a member of the Paulding Police Department from 1989-1995. It was at a summer job at Stokelys where he met Bettie Eagleson, and became interested in the Nancy Eagleson case. His goal was to try and help put some closure to the murder, and to also help the family in some way. When Clemens was on the police force, he explored every avenue to try and get answers to some puzzling questions.
Clemens says, "I honestly believe that to this day, that Paulding County law enforcers did do all they could do, for that time period, to solve the crime." He adds, "They did not have the technology that we have today. DNA testing was not available then, which would have greatly enabled them to solve the murder."
Clemens' own 11-year investigation has led him to narrow the suspects down to two people.
He has carefully followed the trail of a known sex offender who was in Defiance the night of the killing. The man had been spotted earlier that day in a Defiance bar, acting strangely. Following the murder, this suspect was questioned twice by the sheriff's department, and let go for lack of evidence. At the present time, the man is back in prison, and he does have a long history of criminal activity. George has a list of all the crimes, and dates, this man has been charged with. This suspect would also fit the description of the killer. Clemens has mug shots from the 1960s and a current picture of the man.
The other suspect Clemens feels may have an answer, is a local man who is still in the area.
George also said that on the night of the abduction, two women were driving their car to the old hospital, and claimed to see the automobile in question. These women are now deceased. Clemens, too, believes that someone out there knows something or possibly observed something the night of Nov. 13, 1960.
One thing Clemens had heard about was a gun found in a tree stump in 1984 or 1985, by a man cutting firewood. It was located in the same woods where Eagleson was killed. It was just another strange coincidence. But how did the gun get there, and why was it in a tree stump?
Clemens says he has been told by some prominent folks to "back off." A former county sheriff also told him that as far as he was concerned, this case is closed. Clemens notes, "Homicide in the State of Ohio is never officially closed, of course, unless it is solved."
Why does Clemens think he was told not to try and investigate this case? "I believe that a crime so violent as this, just doesn't happen in our community. The younger people don't remember it, and the older folks would rather not recall it," he says. "However, it did happen, and my intensity to work on this case returns whenever I think of what happened to that little girl."
Clemens would also like to see some closure put on this 40-year-old case, and still spends free time investigating leads. His sincere hope is that this crime will be solved, so that the Eaglesons and Nancy can find peace.
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• Memory walk set Nov. 12 for slain teen Nancy Eagleson
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Georgia Power will be phasing out 15 coal and oil burning plants, including those in Chatham, Glynn and Putnam counties. They are citing the economy and the cost to meet environmental regulations.
"The most important thing of all is the company does not plan any layoffs. We plan to keep every employee that plans to stay with Georgia Power. This is a phases thing. We have a number of years to go before we get there but we think through attrition, and through relocation and transfers, all those jobs will still have a job," said Swann Seiler, Georgia Power.
Georgia Power says it will shut down the plants over the next two years.
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Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins forward Philippe Dupuis, who has been day-to-day since early January, has now officially been listed as being out for the remainder of the season. Considering the lack of progress over the past few months, it is no big shock to find he is now done for the season.
In other news, the WBS Penguins have acquired two new Black Aces who will be joining the team for the remainder of the season.
Excited to be headed to Wilkes-Barre this morning.
Merth Joins Penguins on PTO http://bit.ly/17E12pj
Matia Marcantuoni was selected by the Penguins in 4th Round of this past 2012 Draft. Marcantuoni suffered a concussion in his draft year and fell from a projected Top 10 (Top 5 in some polls) to his eventual #92 Overall. If he can eventually return to his pre-injury potential, he will be one of the biggest steals of the draft. Marcantuoni has similar speed, skating ability, and energy as Pascal Dupuis. He is said to be excellent at moving the puck, able to play a physical, reckless still while still being excellent at protecting the puck. Like Dupuis, he also has a tendency to be an agitator and draw penalties. Hockey's Future ranks him as a 6.0 C, which would indicate a likeliness that his current potential has fallen to that of a 3rd liner. However, considering his comparisons to Dupuis, who many have also said would never amount to more than a 3rd liner, he may fit in very well in the Penguin's system as a Top 6 winger.
Marcantuoni is a 6'0" 194lb 19-year old forward who has played both Center and Wing that has played the past 3 seasons with the OHL Kitchener Rangers. At 19, he is likely to return for one final season in the OHL next year. This season he only managed 7G and 18A in 61 games, which is not particularly spectacular, so his performance has not yet returned to his pre-draft potential. Still, with the right center and some time in the Pens system, he too could develop into the elite scoring winger that Dupuis is.
Peter Merth is a 6'3" 225lb defenseman who was the Captain of the Wheeling Nailers this season, and had worn an A with the team last year. He previously spent 11 games last season in WBS, and earlier this year got 7 game with the Montreal Canadiens AHL affiliate Hamilton Bulldogs. Merth had 1G and 16A in 48 games in the ECHL this year.


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LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - They faced the death penalty if convicted of murdering a mother and her son at a Shively apartment complex, instead on Monday one of those people is walking free.
It took a week to seat a jury in the murder trial of Laquita Townsend, 32, Marcus Greene, 32, and Zachary Kilgore, 36. Opening statements were set to being Monday, when instead all three pleaded to lesser charges.
A hug and an apology is about all the Wood's left the courthouse with Monday. "I think it's been an emotional morning," said Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney Alice Jones. "We prepared for trial and reached a last minute settlement."
Originally police said Townsend went to the Shively apartment in November 2009, lured Diana Wood and Steve Wood Junior outside where Greene and Kilgore shot and killed them both. Diana Wood was hit once in the head. Steve Wood Junior was struck several times. In court, Townsend admitted to helping Greene kill only Diana Wood and assaulting her husband. "She pled to misdemeanors that will result in her being home with her children tonight," said Townsend's attorney Kenyon Meyer. "I think it was a reasonable business decision on her part to take the deal."
Kilgore admitted to helping Greene kill both Steve Wood Junior and his mother. He also pleaded to being a convicted felon with a gun and leaving the scene with the weapons. He will serve five years in prison.
Greene took an Alford plea for the manslaughter of Steve Wood Junior, meaning he doesn't admit to killing him, but knows there's enough evidence to convict him. He also pleaded to manslaughter second degree for the death of Diana Wood. His sentence will likely be 20 years.
Jones said within the last two weeks some facts came out that concerned them, including new inconsistencies with witness statements. "This is an old case. It's been three years people's memories are bound to change."
Greene's sister said it's a plea that allows justice for all. The Wood family had nothing to say after the hearing.
Greene will be formally sentenced in December. Two others charged in connection with the Wood deaths are still awaiting trial.
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from Raleigh Public Record via WRAL.com:
"...The master planning of a park, Hoal said, has never taken less than 18 months to complete and tends to follow roughly the same trajectory, regardless of its size or city of origin.
The first step often begins with public feedback. Although an ongoing part of the process, Hoal explained that it plays a crucial role in establishing an overall vision for the park.
Once this has been established, the various architects, engineers and outside consultants working on the project begin to look much closer at the physical characteristics of the land.
Dix could be a bit more complicated than usual, Hoal said.
State, Raleigh sign lease for Dix campus
Story from WRAL.com.
I have yet to see the lease signed today by Governor Perdue on behalf of the state of North Carolina. I hope to see it soon to see which party, the state or the city, is responsible for environmental liability and clean up. I raised this issue to members of the Council of State and the Governor, but never received acknowledgment of my questions or the courtesy of a reply to my emails.
The pledge by Greg Poole, leader of the group which calls itself Dix Visionaries, to raise $3 million raises some questions on openness and transparency:
Is there a budget for the master plan? Will the group be inclusive, when appointing the leaders of the planning group? Will Gregory Poole fully commit to funding the master plan privately? Will he make the donors public?
Little known fact for anyone interested in transparency in government or in Gov. Bev Perdue's Hail Mary pass for a touchdown, as she leaves office: leasing Dix Hill for a park. I have been doing some research and calling usually well-informed sources about a section of a story that appeared in the N&O on Dec. 3rd.
It told of another plan for the use of the Dix Campus that would actually have benefited those with mental illness. (You know--those folks for whom the Dix Hill was created in the first place?) But I came up empty in finding out the whole story.
Matt Garfield wrote the story referencing NCSU's plans, and he brought up a plan that would have created a Mental Health Think Tank as well as a park and a Center to promote entrepreneurship. Sounded good to me. Unfortunately, it was not reported in the media until after the plans were cancelled at the last minute.
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When and where: The 2013 artistic worlds will be held Sept. 30-Oct. 6 in Antwerp, Belgium. (The official worlds website.)
Viewing info: Most of the competition can be watched live in the United States on the USA Gymnastics website, or on the Universal Sports TV network.
NBC will also be airing a delayed, edited version on Oct. 12th and 13th at 2 pm ET.
Day Two Event Finals Results
Day One Event Finals Results
Women's All-Around Finals Results
Men's All-Around Finals Results
Women's All-Around and Event Qualifiers (Prelims)
Men's All-Around (Prelims)
Men's Events (Prelims)
Competition schedule: In keeping with the tradition of recent post-Olympic-year worlds, this year's competition will be individual events and the all-around only; no team competition will be held. The event schedule:
Monday, Sept. 30: Men's Qualifications (Prelims)
- Subdivision 1: 4 - 6:30 am ET: Sam Mikulak competing all-around
- Subdivision 2: 8 - 10:30 am ET (no US gymnasts competing)
- Subdivision 3: 12 - 2:30 pm ET: John Orozco on parallel bars; Jake Dalton on floor exercise and vault; Alexander Naddour on pommel horse; and Brandon Wynn on still rings (the USA's first event is the parallel bars)
Tuesday, Oct. 1: Men's & Women's Qualifications (Prelims)
- Subdivision 4: 4 - 6:30 am ET: Steven Legendre on floor exercise and vault; John Orozco on pommel horse and high bar; Alexander Naddour on still rings; and Brandon Wynn on parallel bars (the USA's first event is floor)
- Subdivision 1: 8 - 10 am ET: Kyla Ross competing in the all-around
Subdivision 2: 10:30 am - 12:30 pm ET (no US gymnasts competing)
Wednesday, Oct. 2: Women's Qualifications (Prelims)
- Subdivision 3: 7:30 - 9:30 am ET: Simone Biles competing in the all-around
- Subdivision 4: 10 am - 12 pm ET: McKayla Maroney competing in the all-around
- Subdivision 5: 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm ET: (no US gymnasts competing)
Thursday, Oct. 3: Men's All-Around Finals (The top 24 gymnasts from prelims, with only two entrants per country allowed)
Final: 2:00 - 4:30 pm ET
Friday, Oct. 4: Women's All-Around Finals (The top 24 gymnasts from prelims, with only two entrants per country allowed)
Final: 2:00 - 3:45 pm ET
Saturday, Oct. 5: Event Finals (The top 8 gymnasts from prelims, with only two entrants per country)
Men's Floor: 8:30 - 8:55 am ET
Women's Vault: 8:55 - 9:25 am ET
Awards Ceremony: 9:25 - 9:45 am ET
Men's Pommel Horse: 9:45 - 10:10 am ET
Women's Uneven Bars: 10:10 - 10:35 am ET
Men's Rings: 10:35 - 11:00 am ET
Awards Ceremony: 11:00 - 11:30 am ET
Sunday, Oct. 6 2013: Event Finals (The top 8 gymnasts from prelims, with only two entrants per country)
Men's Vault: 8:30 - 8:55 am ET
Women's Balance Beam: 8:55 - 9:25 am ET
Awards Ceremony: 9:25 - 9:45 am ET
Men's Parallel Bars: 9:45 - 10:10 am ET
Women's Floor: 10:10 - 10:40 am ET
Men's High Bar: 10:40 - 11:05am ET
Awards Ceremony: 11:05 am - 11:35 am ET
Closing Ceremony: 11:35 - 11:50 am ET
Teams are chosen with a different strategy in mind for this worlds than other world championships or Olympic Games that include a team event. Since each team can enter athletes into only an all-around or individual event competition, specialists become especially valuable. Each country is allowed six gymnasts on the men's side, and four on the women's.
US men's team: The US named its men's team following the conclusion of the 2013 US nationals:
- Jake Dalton, 2012 Olympian
- Steven Legendre, 2012 Olympic alternate
- Danell Leyva, 2012 Olympic bronze medalist -- Leyva later resigned from the team due to injury, and 2012 Olympian John Orozco has been added as his replacement
Sam Mikulak, 2012 Olympian and 2013 national all-around champion
Alexander Naddour, 2012 Olympic alternate and silver medalist at the 2013 US nationals
- Brandon Wynn
- Team alternates: Eddie Penev and Paul Ruggeri
- Simone Biles, 2013 US national all-around champ
- Brenna Dowell, 2013 national all-around bronze medalist
McKayla Maroney, 2012 Olympian
- Kyla Ross, 2012 Olympian


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Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
- 3/4 cup nut butter (almond OR cashew OR peanut OR sunflower butter)
- 3/4 cup sweetener syrup (honey OR GF brown rice syrup OR good quality Agave nectar)
- 1 1/2 cups roasted raw nuts and / or seeds (almonds, pecans, walnuts, cashews, peanuts, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, pumpkin seeds- use your favorites in any combination)
- 1 cup unsulfured dried fruit (cherries, cranberries, blueberries, apricots, pineapple, raisins- use your favorite dried fruits in any combination)
- 4 cups gluten-free rice crispie cereal
- 1/8 teaspoon Kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Place nuts and / or roasted seeds and dried fruit in the bowl of a food processor. Pulse several times, just until the mixture is coarsely ground.
In a large saucepan melt nut butter with liquid sweetener over medium low heat. Stir and watch carefully to prevent scorching. When the mixture is smooth and bubbling cook for about 1 minute. Remove from heat. Add salt and vanilla and stir to combine. Use a large spatula to stir in nuts, dried fruit and cereal. Stir until all ingredients are coated with nut butter mixture.
Scrape mixture on to the prepared baking sheet. Use the spatula to evenly spread the mixture on the pan. Place a large piece of waxed paper over the mixture and use a rolling pin to smooth the top of the mixture. Cover with the waxed paper and refrigerate for about 2 hours before cutting the energy bars into whatever sizes you prefer.Wrap bars in waxed paper and store in a covered container in the refrigerator.
Yield- About 16 -32 bars depending on how they are cut. I made 16 large bars by cutting the mixture in half lengthwise and then cutting each half into 8 pieces, about 1 1/2 inches wide.
Reminder: Always make sure your work surfaces, utensils, pans and tools are free of gluten. Always read product labels. Manufacturers can change product formulations without notice. When in doubt, do not buy or use a product before contacting the manufacturer for verification that the product is free of gluten.


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Succulent Brined Pork Chops
Brined foods are beautifully moist and seasoned, and they're not inclined to dry out and turn into tasteless sawdusty shreds that you have to salt and salt at the table. Here, regular old pork chops are sprinkled with a mixture of salt, sugar, and aromatics, then popped into the fridge overnight to reconsider their own blandness, like a kind of meaty time out. By the next day, they're ready to commit to being delicious (see Recipe Note below).
I love bay leaves and the gin-like flavor of juniper berries (which you can buy in the bulk-spice section of Whole Foods), but feel free to swap in other favorite aromatics (rosemary, say, or black pepper) or to skip them altogether and just go with the salt/sugar rub. It's the overnight salting that's really the key to this recipe. And if this whole idea really, really speaks to you? You might consider buying master chef/restaurateur Alice Waters' 'Chez Panisse Cafe Cookbook.'
Active time: 15 minutes
Total time: Overnight, plus 15 minutes
Yield: 4-6 servings
1 bay leaf, torn into small pieces
1 teaspoon juniper berries
1 tablespoon kosher salt (or half as much table salt)
1 teaspoon sugar
2 teaspoons oil or lard
4 pork chops
- In a mortar and pestle (okay, that should really be: "in a mortar, with a pestle") or a spice grinder, smash together the juniper berries and bay leaf until the juniper is crushed up, then add the salt and sugar and smash/grind some more until everything is pretty well blended (I end up with large-ish pieces of bay leaves, but it really doesn't matter).
- Sprinkle this mixture generously on each side of each chop (use all of it), then stack the chops on a plate, wrap them tightly, and refrigerate overnight or up to 2 days.
- Take the chops out of the fridge an hour before you plan to cook them, and then spend that hour calming your excited pets. Now, in a very large frying pan or griddle, heat the oil over medium-high heat, then cook the chops, 4 or 5 minutes per side, until they are deeply browned and cooked through: if you press a chop, it should feel firmish and like it has a not-squishy center, but try not to cook them too far past the point of doneness. If at any point the chops seem as though they'll burn before they cook through, turn the heat down. My chops were under an inch thick, but if yours are very thick, it might even make sense to brown them for a few minutes on each side, and then finish them in a 400 F oven for another 5-10 minutes.
- Allow the chops to rest on a platter for 5 minutes, then serve them, along with their accumulated juices, to your happy diners.
Recipe Note: When you go to cook your brined meat, it may look a little bit ham-like from its overnight cure, but it will be sweet and savory and succulent and flavorful, with a delightful inclination to be self-gravying in its own juices. In sum: delicious.
Read more about Catherine making Brined Pork Chops with her family.
See more recipes from Catherine Newman at her "Dalai Mama Dishes" blog.


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The Twisted Tale of Peter Braunstein
Walking Time Bomb
A search of Braunstein's apartment and storage space in Queens turned up items from the victim's apartment, according to the New York Daily News: a fur coat, shoes, luggage and her driver's license and resume. Supposedly, he had seen the victim on a regular basis when he had worked at Fairchild and apparently grew obsessed with the stiletto-heeled shoes she wore. Vanessa Grigoriadis in New York magazine, who supplied details about both the victim and the alleged offender, discussed this potential motive along with Braunstein's past behavior with his former girlfriend — the woman who had alerted the police. Given how he had once harassed her and her family with a bombardment of threatening emails when she'd broken up with him two years earlier, he seemed like a walking time bomb.
With sufficient evidence linking Braunstein to the incident, the police distributed a poster throughout the city that featured his photo and indicated that he was wanted for questioning. It listed facts about him supplied by friends and associates, detailed in an AP report: he liked Guinness beer and beef curry with extra mustard. He rolled his own cigarettes, spoke French, and had a brilliantly sarcastic wit. He was one inch shy of six feet, weighed 150 pounds, was born in the Aquarian side of January 1964, and used aliases such as "Peter Grant," "Peter Bronson," and "Peter Brown." He had an unruly mop of brown curly hair, liked strip clubs and did not drive.
Aside from his former job at Women's Wear Daily, where he had commented on current fashions, Braunstein used to write about popular culture for publications like The Village Voice, specializing in the 1960s and 1970s. He discussed subjects ranging from movies, disco, and female icons to the role of white heterosexual males. He was also an aspiring playwright. But over the past year or so, Braunstein's life had taken a turn for the worse, one from which he had found no recovery.
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Since everyone is saying about our Class of 2012 is about the best class we have had in a while, I take a look at the last 5 classes we've had and there are plenty of surprises. Here is a sample of notable names I find from Rivals. The numbers in parenthesis is the Rivals rating and its star rating:
Class of 2007: Brian Ellis (5.9, 4*), Ryan Kerrigan (5.6, 3*), Jared Crank (5.2, 2*), Gerald Gooden (5.3, 2*), Joe Holland (5.5, 3*), , Justin Siller (5.7, 3*)
Class of 2008: Ralph Bolden (5.6, 3*), Dwayne Beckford (5.4, 2*), Albert Evans (5.5, 3*), Ken Plue (6.0, 4*), CTB (5.2, 2*), Carson Wiggs (5.4, 2*)
Class of 2009: Gary Bush (5.5, 3*), Keith Carlos (5.2, 2*), Antavian Edison (4.9, 2*), Rob Henry (5.5, 3*), Josh Johnson (5.3, 2*), Al-Terek McBurse (5.8, 4*)
Class of 2010: Ricardo Allen (5.7, 3*), Bruce Gaston (5.7, 3*), Reggie Pegram (5.4, 2*), OJ Ross (5.8, 4*), Ryan Russell (5.4, 2*)
Class of 2011: Raheem Mostert (5.6, 3*), Akeem Shavers (5.4, 2*)
As we all know, the 4* didn't turn out well. None of the four 4* players (Ellis, Plue, ATM and Ross) was not in last night bowl game.
Rivals also get some seriously wrong. Among our starters last night a lot are only 2*: Gerald Gooden, Carson Wiggs, CTB, Edison, Josh Johnson, Akeem Shavers, Ryan Russell. Pegram is a 2* that scored 2 TDs for us. Dwayne Beckford would have been a starter has he not gotten himself suspended.
I can accept Carson Wiggs (since he's a K) and CTB as a 2*, but guys like Edison and Shavers?! Either their rating is seriously wrong, or the players have vastly improved, or both. If you go even further, Dustin Keller (an NFL first round pick) is a 2*, while the Class of 2005 has Jason Kacinko (5.8, 4*), Selwyn Lymon (6.0, 4*), JB Paxson (5.8, 4*), and Kyle Williams (5*) as 4* or better, yet none has a career remotely like Keller's, or many other 3* guys.
So looking at the numbers and the result, I have to conclude, the rating (at least Rival's) is really like a crap shoot. This is not necessarily a knock on Rivals. I mean, NFL scouts and GMs getting paid millions of dollars also got it seriously wrong (e.g. Jamarcus Russell? Ryan Leaf? Tom Brady?) too.
And looking at the Florida page, you'll see almost everyone is a 4* or 5* and only a very few 3* (whereas we are full of 2* and 3* and maybe one or two 4 or 5*), and thus I further believe that for us to have a successful program is to throw these rating out of the window and be unconventional. We just can't compete to get the "talent" that Florida and O$U is getting, just like the Oakland A's can't compete with the Yankees on free agents. But we can play Moneyball. We need to create our own niche (e.g. Tiller's Basketball on Grass) and get our type of players who succeed in our "system."
It seems that Danny Hope is following this strategy too. But he has two main problems. First, he doesn't have a "system" (unless you call a 2-QB system a viable system), so he just recruits speed but he doesn't know how to make use of the speed. Second, the niche he intends to develop is - and I am quoting him here - special team. Sure, special team can make the difference between winning and losing in a close game, but that cannot be your bread-and-butter.
To compete at the upper level, you need to be consistent. You don't necessarily need to be both great in offense and defense, but among defense, passing offense, and rushing offense, you have to have at least one that REALLY stands out big time (that's your niche), and at least decent in the other two. Relying on special teams and trickery may get you a score here or there, but in 60 minutes the better team (e.g. Wisky, Michigan) will eventually kill you.
So for all those who suggest spending millions and millions of dollars to get a big name coach so that we get big name recruits, I think not only is it unrealistic to expect Burke to spend the money, it isn't even the best way to get us to the next level. And not only is the big name coaches gone already for this year, it also only gets us into an arms race into spending on coaches but not addressing the real problem. We've seen how unreliable the rating system is, and our 4* recruits consistently underperform the 2* and 3* anyway. The bigger bang for the buck is not on recruiting but on getting someone (even as an assistant coach or coordinators) who can help crave a niche for our team (and I am NOT talking about special teams). When success comes on the field, we get a better chance of getting even better recruits. That, my friend, should be the roadmap of success for Purdue football.


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Marist pulled away for a 65-50 victory over Hoboken in a matchup between two of Hudson County's top squads.
The Redwings (3-2) came in after a recent tournament title in the 2013 Indian Classic, but the Royal Knights (5-1) proved to be too much as they outscored Hoboken 24-9 in the third quarter.
We were there bringing you game updates on our live Twitter blog, which you'll find below. Be sure to check out our Hudson County High School Sports blog for a full game story and photo gallery.


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I still hate Hull and the Stars, and I'll never get over that garbage call.
Some day the karma train will roll into Buffalo and the Sabres and Bills will each win 4 or 5 titles in a decade. It is inconceivable how much bad luck each team has went through (along with horrific management). I cried when my first child was born, I will probably cry when my parents die, and I will weep when the Sabres finally raise Lord Stanley.
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Hideo Bannai, Heikki Hyyr?, Ayumi Shinohara, Masayuki Takeda, Kenta Nakai, Satoru Miyano, "An O(N^2) Algorithm for Discovering Optimal Boolean Pattern Pairs," IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, vol. 1, no. 4, pp. 159-170, October-December, 2004.
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President Basescu calling on EU member states to observe Romania's right under treaties
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He also said that he knew it was one of the most important aspirations of Romanian citizens, given the increased freedom Schengen provides, adding that it was fair – now that the Romanian authorities had done their job – to be offered this possibility.
In his turn, president Traian Basescu called on the member states of the European Union to acknowledge Romania's right under treaties to enter the border-free Schengen Area when the country meets the relevant criteria, arguing that Romania's institutions in charge with fighting corruption have recorded achievements praised in the latest progress report under the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM).
'The report under CVM clearly shows that the institutions of Romania in charge with the fight against corruption have performed praiseworthily, and I mean here the National Anti-Corruption Directorate (DNA), the Supreme Court of Justice and Cassation (ICCJ), the National Integrity Agency (ANI) and other courts. The fact that Romania's institutions are working entitles me, in my capacity as Romania's president, to ask the EU member states for Romania's right under treaties to enter the Schengen Area when it meets the conditions,' Basescu said at the end of a meeting with Barroso. According to Basescu, although it is true that the progress report has unflattering mentions of the Romanian politicians' actions, particularly of Parliament, 'the essence of reality is the institutions of Romania are working, and their working allows us to suggest that Romania should walk through the first stage of its integration with the Schengen Area this year.'
CVM: Significant progress; there are still concerns
Romania has made significant progress in many of the areas monitored by the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM), but there are still concerns over the independence of the judiciary and the implementation of anticorruption measures, the President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso stated. 'I welcome the fact that Romania has made significant progress in many areas. At the same time, some concerns remain on the independence of the judiciary and on the implementation of anti-corruption measures. It is essential that a consensus is reached in continuing efforts to achieve the objectives of the Cooperation and verification report. The reform process must be maintained, and the results that have been achieved so far should be consolidated,' said Barroso.
Moldova, on the focus
In conversation with the Barroso, Traian Basescu underscored the need for the European Union to identify solutions that will complement Romania's financial solutions to speed up interconnection with Moldova.
'From this point of view, interconnection of gas, electricity, road and rail infrastructure is essential. A project I have supported a lot is a back-to-back station in Isaccea, eastern Romania, a project worth EUR 70 M under which, once commissioned, Moldova could be provided 400 KV power, alongside a 100-KV line Romania started charging in November 2013. Mr. President Barroso confirmed to me that we can use cohesion funds allocated to Romania in this instance. The essence of the relationship is interconnection to the energy systems, road and railroad infrastructure of Romania, and implicitly of Europe,' Basescu said at the end of a high level bilateral meeting with Barroso.
In his turn, President of the European Commission paid tribute to the investment made by Romania and by President Basescu in supporting Moldova on its European path, saying he intends to visit Moldova still in the first semester of the year.
'I want to pay tribute to the investment made by Romania and by President Basescu in this matter. As you know, last November, at the Vilnius Eastern Partnership Summit, the commitment was made to sign the Association Agreement with Moldova as soon as possible. I am very pleased with the significant achievement that has been made to initial this Association Agreement. This is a very important signal we are sending. The Agreement will be a real breakthrough in terms of Moldova's European path. Together with European reforms, it will strengthen the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Moldova,' said Barroso.
EC welcomes technology cluster in Cluj
The European Commission (EC) welcomes such initiatives as the one regarding a technology cluster to be built in Cluj, central Romania, to foster the transfer of knowledge and innovation and also cooperation between research and business, President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso stated. Basescu also wanted to thank Barroso for being this open about the idea of developing the Cluj Innovation City project. 'The Cluj Municipality has already allotted 220 hectares of land for the project that will focus on education, bio-economy research, healthcare research – it is the place where artificial blood is being developed – environment, energy and IT. Involved in this project are all the universities of Cluj, besides the municipality,' said Basescu.


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In just 24 hours, the odds for the AFC and NFC Championship games have gotten longer for the underdog. With the games not kicking off until Sunday, will the odds continue to separate the teams before they even take the field? Here's a look at the current odds, as well as a look at how they have changed over the last 24 hours.
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The AFC Championship has seen an even bigger increase in the line, with the Patriots moving from 7-1/2 points to 10 points favorites. The O/U, meanwhile has increased by just a half point. The line seems to believe that the loss of Rob Gronkowski will bear little impact on the Patriots, and the Ravens don't have much of a chance of going into Foxboro and upsetting the Patriots, who would be heading to their second straight Super Bowl with a win.