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A leadscrew (or lead screw), also known as a power screw[1] or translation screw,[2] is a screw used as a linkage in a machine, to translate turning motion into linear motion. Because of the large area of sliding contact between their male and female members, screw threads have larger frictional energy losses compared to other linkages. They are not typically used to carry high power, but more for intermittent use in low power actuator and positioner mechanisms. Common applications are linear actuators, machine slides (such as in machine tools), vises, presses, and jacks.[3]
Leadscrews are manufactured in the same way as other thread forms (they may be rolled, cut, or ground).
A lead screw can be used in conjunction with a split nut.
Power screws are classified by the geometry of their thread. V-threads are less suitable for leadscrews than others such as Acme because they have more friction between the threads. Their threads are designed to induce this friction to keep the fastener from loosening. Leadscrews, on the other hand, are designed to minimize friction.[4] Therefore, in most commercial and industrial use, V-threads are avoided for leadscrew use. Nevertheless, V-threads are sometimes successfully used as leadscrews, for example on microlathes and micromills.[5]
Square thread[edit]
Square threads are named after their square geometry. They are the most efficient, having the least friction, so they are often used for screws that carry high power. But they are also the most difficult to machine, and are thus the most expensive.
Acme thread[edit]
Acme threads have a 29° thread angle, which is easier to machine than square threads. They are not as efficient as square threads, due to the increased friction induced by the thread angle.[3]
Buttress thread[edit]
Buttress threads are of a triangular shape. These are used where the load force on the screw is only applied in one direction.[6] They are as efficient as square threads in these applications, but are easier to manufacture.
A leadscrew nut and screw mate with rubbing surfaces, and consequently they have a relatively high friction and stiction compared to mechanical parts which mate with rolling surfaces and bearings. Leadscrew efficiency is typically between 25 and 70%, with higher pitch screws tending to be more efficient. A higher performing but more expensive alternative is the ball screw.
The high internal friction means that leadscrew systems are not usually capable of continuous operation at high speed, as they will overheat. Due to inherently high stiction, the typical screw is self-locking (i.e. when stopped, a linear force on the nut will not apply a torque to the screw) and are often used in applications where backdriving is unacceptable, like holding vertical loads or in hand cranked machine tools.
Leadscrews are typically used well greased, but, with an appropriate nut, they may be run dry with somewhat higher friction. There is often a choice of nuts, and manufacturers will specify screw and nut combination as a set.
The mechanical advantage of a leadscrew is determined by the screw pitch and lead. For multi-start screws the mechanical advantage is lower, but the traveling speed is higher.[7]
Backlash can be reduced with the use of a second nut, or a tensioning spring, to create a static loading force known as preload; alternately, the nut can be cut across its diameter and preloaded by clamping that cut back together.
A leadscrew with a sufficiently high helix angle can back drive: forces on the nut applied parallel to such a leadscrew will cause the leadscrew, if it is not otherwise held in place, to rotate. Such a tendency to backdrive depends on the thread helix angle, coefficient of friction of the interface of the components (screw/nut) and the included angle of the thread form. In general, a steel acme thread and bronze nut will back drive when the helix angle of the thread is greater than 20°.
Advantages & disadvantages[edit]
The advantages of a leadscrew are:[2]
- Large load carrying capability
- Compact
- Simple to design
- Easy to manufacture; no specialized machinery is required
- Large mechanical advantage
- Precise and accurate linear motion
- Smooth, quiet, and low maintenance
- Minimal number of parts
- Most are self-locking
The disadvantages are that most are not very efficient. Due to the low efficiency they cannot be used in continuous power transmission applications. They also have a high degree of friction on the threads, which can wear the threads out quickly. For square threads, the nut must be replaced; for trapezoidal threads, a split nut may be used to compensate for the wear.[4]
Alternatives to actuation by leadscrew include:
- Ball screws and roller screws (sometimes categorized as types of leadscrew rather than in contradistinction)
- Fluid power (i.e., hydraulics and pneumatics)
- Gear trains (e.g., worm drives, rack-and-pinion drives)
- Electromagnetic actuation (e.g., solenoids)
- Piezoelectric actuation
The torque required to lift or lower a load can be calculated by "unwrapping" one revolution of a thread. This is most easily described for a square or buttress thread as the thread angle is 0 and has no bearing on the calculations. The unwrapped thread forms a right angle triangle where the base is long and the height is the lead (pictured to the right). The force of the load is directed downward, the normal force is perpendicular to the hypotenuse of the triangle, the frictional force is directed in the opposite direction of the direction of motion (perpendicular to the normal force or along the hypotenuse), and an imaginary "effort" force is acting horizontally in the direction opposite the direction of the frictional force. Using this free-body diagram the torque required to lift or lower a load can be calculated:[8][9]
|Screw material
|Nut material
|Cast iron
|Steel, dry
|Steel, machine oil
- T = torque
- F = load on the screw
- dm = mean diameter
- = coefficient of friction (common values are found in the table to the right)
- l = lead
- = angle of friction
- = lead angle
Based on the Tlower equation it can be found that the screw is self-locking when the coefficient of friction is greater than the tangent of the lead angle. An equivalent comparison is when the friction angle is greater than the lead angle ().[11] When this is not true the screw will back-drive, or lower under the weight of the load.[8]
The efficiency, calculated using the torque equations above, is:[12][13]
For screws that have a thread angle other than zero, such as a trapezoidal thread, this must be compensated as it increases the frictional forces. The equations below takes this into account:[12][14]
where is one half the thread angle.
If the leadscrew has a collar in which the load rides on then the frictional forces between the interface must be accounted for in the torque calculations as well. For the following equation the load is assumed to be concentrated at the mean collar diameter (dc):[12]
where is the coefficient of friction between the collar on the load and dc is the mean collar diameter. For collars that use thrust bearings the frictional loss is negligible and the above equation can be ignored.[15]
|Material combination
|Soft steel / cast iron
|Hardened steel / cast iron
|Soft steel / bronze
|Hardened steel / bronze
Running speed[edit]
|Nut material
|Safe loads [psi]
|Low speed
|10 fpm
|Cast iron
|8 fpm
|20–40 fpm
|Cast iron
|20–40 fpm
|50 fpm
The running speed for a leadscrew (or ball screw) is typically limited to, at most, 80% of the calculated critical speed. The critical speed is the speed that excites the natural frequency of the screw. For a steel leadscrew or steel ballscrew, the critical speed is approximately[17]
- N = critical speed in RPM
- dr = smallest (root) diameter of the leadscrew in inches
- L = length between bearing supports in inches
- C = .36 for one end fixed, one end free
- C = 1.00 for both ends simple
- C = 1.47 for one end fixed, one end simple
- C = 2.23 for both ends fixed
See also[edit]
- ^ Ball Screws & Lead screws, retrieved 2008-12-16.
- ^ a b Bhandari, p. 202.
- ^ a b Shigley, p. 400.
- ^ a b Bhandari, p. 203.
- ^ Martin 2004, p. 266.
- ^ Bhandari, p. 204.
- ^ Bhandari, pp. 205–206.
- ^ a b Shigley, p. 402.
- ^ Bhandari, pp. 207–208.
- ^ Shigley, p. 408.
- ^ Bhandari, p. 208.
- ^ a b c Shigley, p. 403.
- ^ Bhandari, p. 209.
- ^ Bhandari, pp. 211–212.
- ^ a b Bhandari, p. 213.
- ^ Shigley, p. 407.
- ^ Nook Industries, Inc. "Acme & lead screw assembly glossary and technical data"
- Bhandari, V B (2007), Design of Machine Elements, Tata McGraw-Hill, ISBN 978-0-07-061141-2.
- Martin, Joe (2004), Tabletop Machining: A Basic Approach to Making Small Parts on Miniature Machine Tools, Vista, California, USA: Sherline, Inc., ISBN 978-0-9665433-0-8. Originally published in 1998; content updated with each print run, similar to a "revised edition". Currently in the fourth print run.
- Shigley, Joseph E.; Mischke, Charles R.; Budynas, Richard Gordon (2003), Mechanical Engineering Design (7th ed.), McGraw Hill, ISBN 978-0-07-252036-1.
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ALBANY, NY. – Local law enforcement are teaming up with the Federal Bureau of Investigation to put a stop to victimization of children through child prostitution and child-sex trafficking.
Albany County District Attorney David Soares says he's currently prosecuting four sex-trafficking cases and investigating several others.
Soares says it is an issue that crosses county lines. "We have exit 24 and 25 that connect New York City to Montreal, that connect Boston to Chicago, there's a lot of people coming through and these people believe it's a key location to engage in this trade," he explains.
Girls as young as 12, 13, 14-years-old are being picked up by "pimps" and then persuaded or pressured into selling their bodies for money.
"More often than not it's an inner city child that no one is looking out for," Soares said.
In Schenectady, Delores Edmonds-McIntosh is the Executive Director of SAFE Inc, a non-profit organization that serves the youth awho are at risk of, or have already been, sexually exploited.
McIntosh has worked for the program for more than 20 years.
"I can truly say about 60 percent of our population has had some kind of contact with an adult in a familiar situation or sometimes not familiar situation depending on what age they became sexual involved," McIntosh said.
One of the programs SAFE offers is outreach. A group of three "hit the streets" every Friday and Saturday night as the sun sets to offer hope and help to at risk children.
Khalik, Josephine and Marcus think child prostitution is an underlying issue in the area that needs to be addressed.
"It's not a good feeling know that young girls - 14, 15-years-old - being prostituted for a pair of sneakers," Khalik said.
"They're manipulated by the older men, or money or they might not be in a position where they can afford things and it's their only outlet," Josephine said.
A woman, named "Vicki" to protect her identity, says she was a victim of child prostitution met NEWS10's Christine O'Donnell to share her story.
"It was for me to keep it a secret, it was the secret," Vicki said. "It started with me when I was just a kid, I was sexually molested."
For the past few months law enforcement officials have been working with FBI to stop the trafficking and prostitution of children both on the streets and online.
"It was a set up, a frame job," convicted persistent felon Bruce Carey, 57, said the day he was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for rape and promoting prostitution of a 15-year-old girl in a Schenectady County on October 18th. This was Carey's third felony conviction after authorities say he spent most of his life profiting by prostitution children.
Colonie Police Lt. Robert Winn tells NEWS10 about the child-sex trafficking cases his department has worked.
"We had one case earlier this year, an out-call service with a pimp using a 14-year-old prostitute," Winn said.
On June 22nd, Winn says 27-year-old Darren Bostic was arrested and charged with promoting prostitution and Endangering the Welfare of a Child.
"It upset a lot of officers working that night, it set a lot of them back, it's an extremely rare case for us, it's the first time we've seen it, it's horrible," Winn said.
Another case is being prosecuted by the U.S. Attorneys' Office in which the affidavit says that Michael Heppelle, of Troy, was arrested and charged federally for child-sex trafficking after he planed to pay $500 to have sex with a 12-year-old girl.
So why can't these young girls seem to find a way out?
Khalik says he has an idea.
"They're searching for that family unit or a way to come out of being in poverty they just don't have the tools to make things happen," Khalik said.
"There's no reason for a kid to go through what I went through," Vicki says. "Talk to your parents, if you don't feel comfortable talking to your parents, talk to your teacher, somebody will listen and somebody will get you help."
For those who take advantage of these young girls, District Attorney Soares says it's not a secret anymore. "For the pimps, and to the other managers out there, and for the other part of this economic engine that keeps this business thriving the people who are looking at those "backpages," your decline is not going to be private. We're going to make your arrests as public as possible," Soares said.
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(Phelps,Ky.) -- On Tuesday December 18, 2012 at 6:03 P.M. Post 9 Pikeville received a 911 call from the Phelps Double Kwik stating that the business had just been robbed. Information obtained at the scene indicates that an unidentified male entered the business, advised the clerk that he had a weapon and demanded cash and cigarettes. The unidentified male left the business with an undisclosed amount of cash. The unknown male entered a silver Dodge passenger car operated by a unknown female and fled the scene. The clerk at the business was able to give a vehicle description and a tag number to the vehicle before the vehicle fled the scene. Trooper Kevin Thacker was traveling on Ky 194 East when he observed a vehicle matching the description and tag number traveling at a high rate of speed. Trooper Thacker along with KSP Detective Jimmy Anderson conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle. Money from the Phelps Double Kwik was located on the person of 31 year old Larry Thacker Jr. of Kimper, Ky. which was a passenger in the vehicle. Thacker was arrested and lodged in the Pike County Detention Center on 1 count of Robbery 2nd Degree and 1 count of Theft by Unlawful Taking over/500. The operator of the vehicle, Patricia Rose 48 years old of Kimper, Ky. was arrested and lodged in the Pike County Detention Center on 1 count of Robbery 2nd Degree and 1 count of Theft by Unlawful Taking over / 500. This incident remains under investigation by KSP Detective Jimmy Anderson.


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News: The-Dream's "IV Play" First-Week Sales Projections Revealed
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 10:32PM
R&B singer The-Dream's return to store shelves with his long-awaited IV Play is reportedly projected to shell in up to 21,000 copies in its opening week.
Based on one-day estimates, Dream should have no problems finding a Top 50 placement on next week's sales chart.
Alice In Chains (Capitol) 60-65k Little Mix (Columbia) 45-50k John Fogerty (Vanguard) 45-50k Paul McCartney (Hear Music) 19-22k The-Dream (Def Jam/IDJ) 18-21k Kid Ink (RCA) 11-13k You'll also note that Little Mix currently sits at #2 on the iTunes album chart (as Columbia retains the top two spots), followed by Alice in Chains; Kid Ink, Fogerty and The-Dream also now occupy the download emporium's Top 10. And speaking of little mixes, your friends at UMPG recommend the hybrid strain Nebula, which can give you a nice energetic buzz--though more than three tokes may induce a coma. (5/29p) (HITS Daily Double)
The hitmaker relied on collaborations courtesy of Jay-Z, Pusha T and 2 Chainz for the LP.
If "IV Play" embraces more explicit come-ons -- and a few more drug references -- than we're used to, it still boasts the same sound we'd expect from the musical mastermind behind some of the most memorable songs in modern R&B. The-Dream has crafted megahits for the likes of Beyonce ("Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"), Rihanna ("Umbrella") and Justin Bieber ("Baby"), and racked up multiple Grammy Awards, so it's no surprise that industry heavyweights like Jay-Z, Beyonce, Pusha T and 2 Chainz appear on "IV Play," which rounds out a handful of edgier tracks with sweet serenades and dark, introspective numbers. (Metro)
Earlier this month, Dream and Jay-Z's "High Art" anthem premiered online.
Terius Nash, AKA The-Dream, and Jay-Z have become one of music's most dynamic songwriting duos as of late. Earlier this year, they both earned a Grammy for "No Church in the Wild", and they're working together on Jay-Z's new solo album. But first, The-Dream will release his own new solo album, IV Play, on May 28th, and he's recruited Jay to guest on the track "High Art." (Consequence of Art)
He is also expected to contribute to The LOX's Jadakiss' upcoming Top 5 Dead or Alive album.
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PAINESVILLE, OH. - The University of Findlay women's basketball team came away with a 79-48 win over Lake Erie College on Saturday, Jan. 19 in Painesville, Ohio.
The Oilers dominated from beginning to end as they shot 48.9 percent (23-of-47) from the floor and held the Storm to a mere 31.9 percent (15-of-47) shooting clip. Findlay also forced 26 turnovers and registered 12 steals in the win.
Senior forwards Kayla Brown and Tai Dotson led the way as they each scored 17 points in the victory. Brown, who moved into 17th place on Findlay's all-time scoring list during the game, hit 6-of-10 shots from the field and now has accumulated 1,041 points during her tenure with the program.
Dotson meanwhile hit 5-of-6 attempts from the field and canned 7-of-9 shot attempts from the charity stripe while also adding five boards in the game.
Junior guard Karli Beasley added ten points as 12 Findlay players scored.
Chrissy Delaney led Lake Erie with ten points.
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Clr Stephen Agius (Mayor)
Councillor Stephen Agius was re-elected as a North Ward councillor on September 8 2012. He was elected as Mayor at the council meeting on Monday 23 September 2013 for the 2013-2014 council term.
Councillor Agius is Council's alternate representative of the Southern Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils (SSROC).
He is a Chiropractor and has operated his own business in the Kogarah CBD for seven years. As a local business owner and resident, he is in continual consultation with the community and understands their needs and expectations of there local councilors.
Priority issues:
- Ensuring appropriate development in our community and keeping high rise development out of our residential areas.
- See the continual upgrade of our parks, footpaths and open spaces.
- Addressing the parking issues in and around our community.
- To ensure the appropriate provision for our childcare, libraries and aged care facilities.
- To work on traffic issues around North ward.
Clr Nick Katris
Nick Katris was re-elected as a North Ward councillor on 8 September 2012. He served as Mayor for the 2007/08 term, having been elected unopposed at the Council meeting of 24 September 2007.
Nick Katris has lived in Kogarah for over 25 years. He holds tertiary qualifications in Architecture and Planning from the Universities of New South Wales and Sydney respectively and as a Registered Architect / Town Planner, has been in private practise for over 30 years. He is acutely aware of how environmental issues affect the well being of residents and as a councillor, he works to monitor the quality of types of development in the Kogarah Local Government Area and protect residents against poorly planned development.
He is currently serving his fifth term as a councillor and serves on various Boards (such as the Building Regulations Advisory Council) as a Local Government Association Representative and chairs Kogarah City Council's Planning and Environmental Services Working Party and previously chaired the Estuary and Flood Plain Management Working Party. He is currently a member of the Community Development and Access Working Party, the Council Community Services Working Party, the Assets and Services Working Party and the Governance and Corporate Services Working Party. He is also a member of the Georges River Combined Councils Committee, the Southern Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils (SSROC), Kogarah Community Services Inc. and the Sydney East Joint Regional Planning Panel.
The Planning and Environmental Services Working Party oversaw the coordination of the development of Kogarah's Town Centre, which has won in excess of 15 design excellence and ecologically sustainable development awards.
The Estuary and Flood Plain Management Working Party (which Nick Katris chaired for over seven years) also oversaw the procurement of over $5 million in Government grants to satisfy Council's goal of "Putting Total Water Cycle Management into Practise in Kogarah".
In his previous role as a Board Member of the Sydney Metropolitan Catchment Managment Authority, he has actively promoted the facilitation of the engagement of local communities in decision making about the management of natural resources within the catchment. He has also been actively involved in the creation and implementation of the Catchment Action Plan.
Nick Katris has improved his level of expertise in Corporate Governance by successfully completing and passing the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) Directors Essentials in 2006 and, subsequently, attended refresher courses in order to ensure that he has effective input in Council's Corporate Governance.
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During his term as Mayor, Nick Katris was actively involved in many initiatives that resulted in the reduction of our locality's carbon footprint, and instigated ecologically sustainable Council practices and conserved and improved biodiversity in our Local Government Area.
Councillor Katris' further priorities for his community are to:
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- Ensure that Council funds and finances are effectively and appropriately managed and appropriate returns are achieved by Council assets, whilst still recognising that Council has to maintain a social conscience and provide assistance to those in need within our community.
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Priority issues:
- To stop overdevelopment in North Ward and throughout Kogarah;
- Fight the state government's plan for an extra 2,500 dwellings in Kogarah;
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- Encourage the growth of local businesses by addressing the parking issues in North Ward;
- Work to improve our parks and open space by ensuring improved maintenance by council;
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/tears ACL
Hey, at least y'all have Drew Brees to look upon fondly in your past!
Okay, that's a little unfair. Purdue isn't a bad team, but they certainly are not a good team. I regret not paying more attention to college football growing up, because those Purdue teams of the later '90s and early Aughts looked like they were fun to watch and ya know... good. Unfortunately, the Purdue team I've known in my college career (WHICH I JUST FINISHED, WOO... sorry) has been nothing except mediocre. Hopefully, that can change sometime soon and I can expand upon my Purdue paradigm.
Trending in the Wrong Direction (Purdue Performance 2005-2011)
Figure 1: Purdue Yearly FBS Rank (2005-2011)
Figure 2: Purdue Yearly Adj Off, Def Rank (2005-2011)
Figure 3: Purdue Yearly Win % and Luck (2005-2011)
Like I said: decidedly mediocre. To be fair, there has been a string of bad luck in recent years (2007-09) which makes them looks worse than they were. Unfortunately, the most recent years (2010-11) were not Purdue teams to write home about, and that was with outperforming expectations.
The above plots don't make it quite as clear, but I've got rankings going back to 1998 on my computer here, and it's been a fairly consistent and steady decline in quality for Purdue throughout that decade. 2010 was the worst Purdue team (by far), but 2011 wasn't all peaches and cream either.
So Average It Hurts (Purdue 2011 Season)
Won Little Caesar's Pizza Bowl vs Western Michigan (37-32)
2011 was: average. Incredibly average. If I had to choose a case study for average, Purdue would be it.
Offense: 26.5 pts/game
Defense: 26.6 pts/game
Adj Off: 0.980 (58th)
Adj Def: 1.003 (62nd)
OppRat: 0.020 (54th)
Record: 7-6
(6-6 before bowls)
That is incredible. Also: incredibly bland. Purdue, you are not making this exciting for me to write about. Heck, I know that losing to Rice wasn't great and that massacre against Wisconsin
WAS AWESOME AND FULFILLING wasn't pretty, but they weren't any truly awful performances (well, maybe Notre Dame), considering the competition. The one great performance came against an FCS school, which doesn't count. Man, I'm starting to understand where the ?????? references to Purdue came from on EDSBS.
[slaps face, splashes water]
Okay, a bit better. Obviously, this needs to come with the asterisk of so many injuries. I've no idea what Rob Henry can do, but QB was obviously an area where improvement would be enjoyed. Caleb Terbush wasn't bad (I'm starting to wonder about the hate for him, actually), but he wasn't great. And actually, from what I can remember watching the Purdue game last year, he certainly didn't stick out. (Also, your "Wild Siller" attack can be seen from a mile away). Robert Marve doesn't impress me from looking here [LINKY], so here's hoping Rob Henry is more John Henry, amirite?
Whatever. Y'all just haters.
Praying for ACL Health (Purdue 2012 Preview and Projections)
NOTE: The numbers below each opponent indicate the projected score differential. Numbers in parentheses are negative (as indicated), other numbers are positive (as indicated)
Avg Opp Rank: 55.8 (Avg Non-Con: 81.0, Avg Conf: 43.2)
Final Record: 5-7 (2-6), Avg MOV: -1.6 pts, Bowl Prediction: [no bowl]
Yay, more mediocrity! Actually, fuck that. I'm going to be bullish on Purdue this year. I'm buying the excuse that injuries kept them from fulfilling their potential, and I really think that improved QB play will be the big step forward Purdue needs.
Additionally, Purdue has a trio of three decent running backs coming back (Bolden, Shavers, and Hunt) that will help whatever QB decides to suit up and attempt to throw touchdowns. The whole team was young last year, in fact: the only major loss I see is Justin Siller from the wide receiving core, and I've said above that I thought the Wild Siller was pretty dumb. (I also see Carson Wiggs, their kicker but: kickers should not be a major loss, and I refuse to consider them so).
As far as the schedule goes... the Big Ten did you no favors Boilermakers, I apologize for that. Michigan, Wisconsin, and Ohio State to open the conference season is not a stretch that offers early hope. On the bright side: Michigan and Wisconsin are both at Ross-Ade, so the opportunity for an upset is better. Y'all ain't beating Ohio State, sorry. I'm just not giving you that one on the road.
The flip side of the coin is that Purdue ends on a very manageable five game slate of Minnesota, Penn State, Iowa, Illinois, and the TIRE FIRE that is Indiana (give or take B.O.B. optimism). Only two of those are at home, but Minnesota (much as I want them to do well) is not very good, and Illinois is a giant question mark. Iowa is a bit tougher, but they manage to lose to Northwestern all the time, so maybe as THEIR MOST HATED RIVAL (copyright: BHGP), y'all can take up that mantle from the Purple Wizards.
Best case for Purdue: Even best case, I'm not giving Purdue a win at Notre Dame. The Irish were better than their record last year, and it looks like Tommy "Turnover" Rees may not be there anyway, so their problem is solved. So that's a 3-1 non-con mark, 2 conf wins against Minnesota and the TIRE FIRE with toss-ups against Penn State, Iowa, and Illinois. Say a 2-1 record in those games (I was being generous with Penn State, but it is at home) for a 7-5 (4-4) record. That's not to say you can't pull an upset against Michigan or Wisconsin (I have my doubts on the Wolverines, despite what my numbers say), just that it's too much for me to wager on. Still: 7-5 is an improvement, though the real improvement will need to be seen in the actual play, not the record.
Worst case for Purdue: [INSERT ACL JOKE HERE]
Yeah. But for cereal: Eastern Michigan is not good at all, but Marshall is, so that'd be a 2-2 non-con mark. Minnesota and Indiana are the only other predicted wins, but Minnesota is at TCF Bank, and Jerry Kill is a heck of a coach. It would not surprise me if Purdue lost that one. Indiana remains a Tire Fire (seriously, why would anyone take that job), so the Old Oaken Bucket remains in West Lafayette for a 3-9 (1-7) record. Best of luck avoiding that Danny Hope.
Glossary and Explanation of Terms!
For a more in-depth explanation of everything see my primer here. Otherwise, the below should serve as a quick reference.
For the purposes of this section, I will refer to Average State University (ASU). ASU scores 25 pts/game on offense, gives up 25 pts/game on defense, and has an Adj Off, Def of 1.00 and 1.00, respectively.
Adj Off - a measure of a team's scoring offense, adjusted for schedule. A team with an Adj Off of 2.00 would be expected to score 50 pts on ASU. A team with an Adj Off of 0.50 would be expected to score 12-13 pts on ASU.
Adj Def - a measure of a team's scoring defense, adjusted for schedule. A team with an Adj Def of 2.00 would be expected to give up 50 pts to ASU. A team with and Adj Def of 0.50 would be expected to hold ASU to 12-13 pts.
Adj Eff - a measure of a team's overall strength, AdjEff = AdjOff/(AdjOff + AdjDef). A perfect rating would be 1.00, a perfectly bad rating would be 0.00, a perfectly average rating would be 0.50. This rating tends to reward teams with good defenses more than good offenses.
Adj Marg - a measure of a team's overall strength, AdjMarg = AdjOff - AdjDef. A good rating would be > 0.00, a bad rating would be < 0.00, a perfectly average rating would be 0.00. This rating tends to reward teams with good offenses more than good defenses.
(NOTE: While I list both Adj Eff and Adj Marg as measures of overall team strength, the "official" rankings are Adj Marg, as I find it tends (usually) to be a slightly better predictor of game results than Adj Eff.)
Opp Rat - the average rating of a team's opponents, as determined by Adj Marg. A relatively difficult schedule will have OppRat > 0.00, a relatively easy schedule will have OppRat < 0.00, a perfectly average schedule will have OppRat = 0.00.
Luck - the difference between a team's expected winning percentage (based on schedule and expected scores) and their actual winning percentage. Luck > 0.00 indicates that a team won more games than they were expected, Luck < 0.00 means that a team won less games than ther were expected.
Projected Scores - these are based on a team's Adj Off, Def and their opponent's Adj Off, Def. I won't bore you with the math or reasoning, but suffice to say that expected scores align uniformly with the Adj Marg rankings. The expected score differential is proportional to the Adj Marg differential.


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I've fallen in love with Boston Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas in the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs. As a Philadelphia Flyers fan, I'm not sure this is a normal thing. After all, Thomas is a member of the Bruins and has a chance to win the Stanley Cup in Game 7 against the Vancouver Canucks, and it's not like people from the Northeast particularly like people from other places in the Northeast.
But after watching Thomas in this postseason, I just can't help myself. He plays with an edge (just ask Henrik Sedin), he's unorthodox (obviously), he's kinda old and awkward-sized, he seems to defy the odds every time he steps on the ice and he has an infectious, genuine attitude that shines through the television screen whenever he talks. You can tell he's loving and cherishing every minute of this run at the Stanley Cup, and that's unfortunately not true for all players.
It's really, really easy to root for him, even if I can't stand the Spoked B he wears on his chest.
Thomas has already been handed the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP by literally everybody in the media, no matter the outcome in Game 7. But despite my new-found love for the Bruins goaltender, I'm not sure he should be such as the most valuable player in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. (Controversy!)
A few reasons here. For starters, the key with the Conn Smythe, unlike other MVP awards in other sports, is that it's all-encompassing for the entire postseason. Simply put, you can't ignore Thomas' poor performance in the Eastern Conference Finals. 21 goals in seven games. His first round against the Montreal Canadiens wasn't fantastic either, if you're just looking at the numbers and not his acrobatics. Not quite mediocre, but not quite Vezina-worthy either.
The thing with Thomas is that we look at his jaw-dropping ability to make the ridiculous, out-of-his-net save and that's what sticks in our memory. For that, we're able to overlook his faults, even if he can be just as average as anybody else at times. Who remembers his over-commitment to that play on Alex Burrows in Game 2, which directly led to a Bruins overtime loss, at this point? Nobody does, except maybe Thomas himself.
Meanwhile, Roberto Luongo has been horrible in three games of the Finals, but he wasn't the only reason the Canucks lost Games 3 and 4. The defense wasn't impressive in front of him, and well, you can't exactly score goals from the crease unless you're Ron Hextall.
In my eyes, he's cost his team one game in the Finals with his poor play, and that's Game 6. Thomas has cost his team just as many games, yet we're ready to crown him the Conn Smythe Trophy winner largely, it seems, because of his style, which spits in the face of everything that is the art of goaltending.
That's not to say that Tim Thomas hasn't been impressive overall in the Finals, and that's not to say Luongo has been good all series. Anybody in their right mind knows Thomas has been great, and when he wins the Vezina Trophy in Las Vegas next week, he'll have deserved every bit of it. I'm just afraid we're giving him too much credit. Has he stolen a game for his team in the Finals, after all? He's come close, but has it been enough?
The Bruins have been successful in these playoffs and in this series because they play a team game. Thomas hasn't stopped Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin and Ryan Kesler from scoring -- instead, the defense has been damn good at limiting the chances of that trio. Thomas hasn't gotten the power play back on track, nor has he played the largest part in the Bruins successful penalty killing efforts in the series. He hasn't turned Brad Marchand into a feisty little machine, either.
The argument really boils down to this: At the end of the day, when looking at the Boston Bruins, can you pick one player that's really, truly the Most Valuable?
You could easily make a case for Thomas by saying if they take him away, they aren't in Game 7 on Wednesday night. (Although, Tuukka Rask is highly capable.) But you could make the same case for 30-minute-a-night Zdeno Chara or Dennis Seidenberg or hey, even Marchand or Milan Lucic or any number of players.
Somebody has to win the Conn Smythe Trophy, and I won't be complaining if it's Thomas, especially if he does steal that game for his team in Game 7. He's a worthy pick when all is said and done. But should he really be such a lock for the award?
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65 FREE Wedding Printables for the DIY Lovers! ♥
Written by Bespoke Bride, Posted in Free Downloads
Yep. That's right. 65 free printables! From labels to retro flags & photo booth props to favours!
This humongous list is for all the brides on a budget out there, or the couples wanting to add a DIY touch to their wedding day!
We have trawled the net to bring you the very best of the most gorgeous free printables we could find! To download a printable, simply click on the link and it will take you straight to the site! Voila! It's all yours!
Better stock up the printer ink asap! Enjoy!
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♥ 1.This fully customisable monogram is from Wedding Chicks and you can change the design colour, text colour & of course, the initials!
♥ 2. Who doesn't love a retro flag in their drink?! Head on over to Love Vs Design to get these beauties!
♥ 3. These labels would be ace for favors or to wrap around bottles of water (or wine!) for your guests!
♥ 4. If you're planning on having a photo booth at your wedding then you better be prepared to guide your guests in the right direction!
♥ 5. For the couples having a sweet stand or candy bar, these tags are perfect for labeling!
♥ 6. "Fly away with us" Printable wedding invitations! Again, can be fully customised to your entire colour scheme!
♥ 7. Candy favor boxes brought to you from Eat Drink Chic! These need to be printed out and assembled but they would look so kick ass on the tables!
♥ 8. Mad libs are huge at weddings now a days and make such a fun keep sake from your special day!
♥ 9. We are loving these Bon Appetit tags from Eat Drink Chic! Top marks!
♥ 10. A free thumbprint guestbook to download & print, all you need to buy is the ink pads for your guests to dip their thumbs in!
♥ 11. Ok, if you're having an ice cream parlour at your wedding, then first things first, we need an invite! Secondly, download these templates and labels!
♥ 12. A beautiful vintage sign to hang on the back of the bride's chair! There's one for the groom too!
♥ 13. Leave these cards on the tables or by a guest book box for some valuable advice from your guests!
♥ 14. Display this printable 'Just Married' banner for all of your guests to see! All of the letters of the alphabet are available in this download so feel free to spell out whatever you like on your banner!
♥ 15. If you're having a Christmas themed wedding, decorate your favors with these beautiful tags! 'peace, love & reindeer hugs'…I bet a hug from a reindeer would be awesome.
♥ 16. Another printable invitation for you now with a sweet bunting look! There's also RSVP cards & escort cards to print with the same theme!
♥ 17. These Victorian letters would work great on top of favors like demonstrated here!
♥ 18. How about getting fancy with these silhouettes?
♥ 19. These printable favor boxes are awesome from Melissa Esplin, perfect for filling with treats!
♥ 20. Print out these cute 'Je T'aime' cards and get creative with how you use them!
♥ 21. These floral letters or numbers can be fully customised and would work great as table numbers!
♥ 22. For the summer lovers out there; getting creative with these tags could really add a splash of sunshine to your day!
♥ 23. If vintage retro is your theme then these pin up girl illustrations could come in handy!
♥ 24. "Most clouds have a silver lining, this one has chocolate" mmm…favor boxes to fill with yummy chocolate!
♥ 25. If you're having an outdoor wedding and the weather is likely to be humid or hot (lucky you!) then these fan print outs would be appreciated by everyone!
♥ 26. Perhaps you'd like to give your guests some bathroom delights as favors! These labels would look oh so lovely wrapped around recycled jars!
♥ 27. Here's a unique way to create your own guest book! These square printable's can be pegged onto a clothes line for guests to write their well wishes!
♥ 28. Another option for love letters is to have guests scribble them down & pop them in a beautiful little jar! You can download the labels for the jars here.
♥ 29. 'Scrub Sweet Scrub' labels for more bathroom favors!
♥ 30. Treat your Dad to some socks to wear on your big day, and wrap them in this AWESOME printable packaging!
♥ 31. If you'd prefer to have 'Mr & Mrs' instead of 'Bride & Groom' on the back of your chairs then these printable signs are a must!
♥ 31. More printable favor boxes! They never get old though and there's just so many themes that they can fit into to!
♥ 32. We love these fruit print outs to stick on bottles! The best news is, you also get apple, orange and pear!
♥ 33. This monogram can be customised to any names and colours to match your theme!
♥ 34. These tags could work great as place names for people, simple pop the name of the 'mademoiselle', 'monsieur' or 'bebe' underneath the illustration!
♥ 35. Or how about some straw flag place cards?? Could pop them in drinks or desserts!
♥ 36. AWESOME. Free popcorn box printout!! Unfortunately, popcorn NOT included!
♥ 37. A sweet little print out which could be displayed on a table somewhere! Perhaps by the guest book! Also available to download in yellow, grey & red.
♥ 38. Yep. In England, we are mad on tea! We're also mad on these cute 'tea labels'!
♥ 39. If you wanted a favor box, that isn't really a box, then why not create a favor carton?!
♥ 40. These vintage place mats would be so beautiful printed on some lovely thick card.
♥ 41. Please tell us somebody is having lots of love and ice cream at their wedding?!
♥ 42. 'When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. If that does not work, add vodka". Brilliant! Download the lemonade print outs here
♥ 43. These vintage labels were too cool not to share! Granted, oil and vinegar wont commonly be used at a wedding…but who likes common anyway?! Plus, they would make awesome mini favors at an Italian wedding!
♥ 44. Love is all you need. Simple, and lovely to display at the wedding.
♥ 45.These text graphics that were printed on paper bags works so well for a sweet stand or candy bar!
♥ 46. Aww! We adore these tissue bags! Happy tears only!
♥ 47. Time for another banner now! This pretty display would look great anywhere!
♥ 48. 'Popsicle printout' or lolly printout, as we would say, for those having a summer wedding!
♥ 49. The perfect print out for a layed back, outside wedding! Drink up!
♥ 50. Yep.We've done it, we've featured ice cream again. But these tags were too cute not to include!
♥ 51. YES! Who doesn't love a free printable mustache or luscious pair of lips to flaunt?! Add these to sticks and you've got yourself one hell of a party! (not to mention an interesting photo album afterwards!)
♥ 52. Printable drink parasols, cocktail umbrellas & cupcake umbrellas!
♥ 53. Leaving these postcards on the tables for your guests to write in would make an ace guest book!
♥ 54. These printouts would look really cute in frames dotted around the venue!
♥ 55. This 'Love is sweet' printable pack includes cupcake boxes, pillow boxes & the tags! 3 for the price of 1! Except it's free…so there is no price…
♥ 56. These jar labels will certainly come in handy! Again, depending on what your favors will be, or perhaps you'd like a display using them!
♥ 57. Another monogram for you beauties now! You can change the colour scheme on this one & the initials!
♥ 58. Keep calm, and marry on! LOVE this! Print, print, print!
♥ 59. Here's some cute little dessert flags to pop in the puddings!
♥ 60. As we said before, postcards work great for guest books! Why not use these vintage french postcards?
♥ 61. This label is best for candle favors! Either on top of the tin or wrapped around pillar candles as a tag!
♥ 62. Love the idea of having fortune cookies as favors?! These can be printed off and made easily, they even include the fortunes!
♥ 63. Just like the thumb print bicycle guest book included earlier in the post, you can do the same thing with a tree!
♥ 64. Lets be honest, you can never have too many props for a photo booth right?! So here's some more mustaches and glasses!
♥ 65. And last, but not least, more sweetie boxes for favors to display whatever text you like!
You made it, we salute you! Wonder how many glorious tabs of printable goodness you have open ready to print?!
If you've seen any other free printables worth a mention then please pop the link in the comments and this list can grow and grow!
Much Bespoke Love
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By Joe Osborne
Well, here we are again Raptors fans. A not so uncommon place. As the Toronto Raptors prepare for the 2010-11 season expectations are anything but high. This off-season, they said goodbye to Chris Bosh, the teams best player and easily their only superstar. In return, the team brought in not one impact or high profile player. So, I guess they're rebuilding. Again. How does a team get to a place where it has a roster of players that combine for zero all-star game appearances and hardly any significant playoff game experience? The answer starts and ends with one man – Bryan Colangelo.
Colangelo was brought in to bring the franchise to the next level, but he's done the exact opposite by directing the Raps to the NBA's basement. Prior to taking over the team as GM and President, Colangelo was viewed as one of the league's sharpest minds due to a few good drafts and his willingness to pull the trigger on high profile trades in Phoenix. Colangelo got off to a great start with the Raptors. He made an early splash by trading Charlie Villeneuva for speedy point guard TJ Ford, and also brought in European league players Anthony Parker and Jorge Garbajosa. The roster over-haul that included nine new players paid major dividends for the team and Colangelo, as the Raptors won the Atlantic Division and Colangelo was awarded the NBA executive of the year for the 2006-07 season. Unfortunately for the team and its fans, this was as good as things would get.
Since the best season in team history, things would go downhill thanks to a series of bad signings and over aggressive trades. The last three seasons have seen the team combine for a very mediocre .465 winning percentage, while playing in the NBA's inferior conference. The first bad contract that Colangelo gave out was to Jason Kapono; a four-year, $24 million dollar contract, signed prior to the 2007-08 season. In his two years with the team, Kapono averaged just 7.7 points per game. The three point specialist was supposed to be an important part of the Raptors up-tempo offense but failed to have the impact that the GM hoped he would.
Colangelo's next lapse in judgment came before the 2008-09 season when he traded for the washed up, and injury prone Jermaine O'Neal. O'Neal was expected to team with Chris Bosh to form one of the NBA's best sets of big men, but the trade turned out to be a major flop. By the midway point of the season, O'Neal had missed a significant amount of time and even when he was playing seemed to be bothered by one injury or another. With the team ranked 14th in the conference, Colangelo decided to end the O'Neal experiment by trading him to Miami as a way to free up salary space.
Another poor decision from that off-season was the contract given to Jose Calderon. The Raptors rewarded Calderon for a breakout season with a five year deal worth over $35 million. At the time, the deal didn't look too bad, but since then Calderon has seen lots of time off due to injuries and was even the subject of trade talks this off-season.
The 2008-09 season also seen the firing of Sam Mitchell, the 06-07 NBA coach of the year. The firing came after only 17 games and an average 8-9 start. Mitchell was replaced by Raptors assistant Jay Triano who had zero NBA head coaching experience. Triano has been criticized for being too soft and has led the Raptors to a 65-82 record.
After a disappointing season that seen the team miss the playoffs, it was obvious that their current roster wasn't strong enough and the team needed to add some more talent. The need for more talent resulted in possibly the worst contract in team history when the Raptors acquired Hedo Turkoglu for a five year, $53 million dollar deal. Turkoglu was coming off a strong season in Orlando which resulted in a trip to the NBA Finals, but it was unclear of how his point-forward style of play would fit with the team as Jose Calderon was already the teams primary ball-handler and set-up man. Things got off to a shaky start when Turk missed time during the pre-season, and things only got worse from there. He seen significant decreases in most major point categories and his minutes per game was his lowest in five seasons. The season ended ugly for Turk as he was benched when he pretty much called in sick and missed a game, but was later seen out at a Toronto night club. From there, he trashed the team in the media, asked for a trade and is now a member of the Phoenix Suns.
Things Colangelo can't exactly be faulted for, but can certainly be second guessed for were the first overall pick of Andrea Bargnani in the 2006 draft, and the handling of Chris Bosh's final season in Toronto. If there was ever a year not to want the first pick in the NBA draft, 2006 was it, and luck would have it that the Raptors were 'lucky' enough to land the top spot in a draft which didn't have a clear stand out player. The pick of Bargnani wasn't a horrible pick, but other top prospects from that draft have gone on to be better players. The Raptors would have been smart to trade down a few spots and pick a proven college player like Brandon Roy or Rudy Gay. In his four seasons in the league, Bargnani has gone on to be a good, but not great player. He shows glimpses of excellence but shows almost zero emotion on the court and doesn't have the leadership skills that you'd hope a first overall pick would develop. As for the Bosh situation, Colangelo should have traded him for some assets when he had the chance, rather than wait to see what happens and get nothing. Given Bosh's desire to be in the spotlight, it was pretty obvious that he wanted to play on a larger stage than what Toronto provides. As a GM who has a reputation for not being afraid to pull the trigger on blockbuster trades, its surprising that Colangelo didn't roll the dice and make a deal that would have brought some assets to the team, rather than hanging on to a player who showed no signs that he was committed to the team. For a guy who makes a lot of roster moves, this is the one move that he didn't make that has clearly already hurt the team based on its weak roster.
Rebuilding is a term that's overused in sports, and the Raptors always seem to be rebuilding. Instead of saying that they're rebuilding, maybe they're simply not a good franchise. Should the Raptors be lumped into the likes of franchises like the Clippers and Grizzlies, or have they just run into some bad luck with poor roster moves? Like Rob Babcock before him, Bryan Colangelo simply hasn't been able to come up with the winning formula in Toronto. By trying to mimic the exciting seven seconds or less Phoenix Suns style of play with a heavy mix of International talent, Colangelo has managed to put together one of the worst teams in the league and one of the league's least desirable playing destinations. Of all his seasons with the team, this is obviously the worst roster he's put together to start a season. Sometimes starting over is the only option and you have to hit rock bottom before you reach the top. It's just unfortunate for the franchise and their fans that the team is constantly starting over and never comes close to reaching the top.
Joe Osborne is a sports and entertainment enthusiast who resides in Halifax, NS. You can contact Joe at email@example.com or you can visit his blog - What Up Sports.


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On July 20, 1911, Braintree's Town Hall was destroyed by a fire that likely started in the faulty wiring of a chandelier in the upstairs ballroom.
Less than a year after the building burned, in March of 1912, the town voted to build a new meeting place and put aside $70,550 for the effort. Construction began that June and was completed in time for a dedication ceremony on June 26, 1913.
Nearly 100 years later, Town Hall and its 6.9 acres of land are worth a little more than $5 million, according to records kept by Patriot Properties, which stores data from the Board of Assessors on all real estate in Braintree, along with a number of other towns.
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America's Ten Most Wanted Cheats for Playstation 2Home / Playstation 2 /
This page contains Cheats for America's Ten Most Wanted organized by sections for Playstation 2. America's Ten Most Wanted is a Action Shooter First-Person game, made by Black Ops Entertainment, released on Nov 18, 2003 and published by Encore Software, Inc.. If you can't find a hint or secret in our list, then please check this page periodically for the latest updates.
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- Publisher: Encore Software, Inc.
- Genre: Action Shooter First-Person
- Release Date: Nov 18, 2003
- ESRB: Mature
At the title screen, press Circle(5), Square(4). If you entered the code correctly, you will hear a sound. Select the "Special Features" option to access the cheats, which can now be enabled individually before starting a game....From: JinxMongo
Pause the game during the Afghanistan-Pakistan Border mission, then press Circle(3), Square(3). Enemies will randomly appear as Osama Bin Laden. Note: They will still be normal in every way except appearance, and will not be a Boss opponent....From: WeAreLoverz
At the start of the level where you must catch Casey Weber, you will have to find a man who tells you where Casey is located. After he tells you, keep on shooting him and your points will keep increasing. This man does not die. To save your bullets, just punch him or enable the "Cheat mode" code....From: clearnot
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This is one of those blog posts that isn't easy to write, but it was important for me to do.
To Hemet, and all my readers, I wanted to take this moment to say thank you…and goodbye.
At the end of this week, I will be leaving The Press-Enterprise to accept a job opportunity in different field. It's a life-changing move for myself, and my family, but one that I am looking forward to and truly believe is the right move at the right time.
It's been slightly more than two years since I came to Hemet and I never could have imagined that this city would have taken me on such a journey that would have made saying goodbye so difficult.
Over the past two years, I've written hundreds of stories about this community and the people who make it so different and special. Some of those stories, and people, I come across for just a moment in time, and then they drift out of my mind.
Others, I can truly say, will stick with me for life.
The most powerful, for me, has been the journey of Helen Richardson, the Hemet High student struck by a truck while crossing the street to play in a powder puff football game. To chronicle her recovery was among the most emotional stories I have ever done. As reporters, we keep a certain distance emotionally, and it takes a lot to move us. But Helen, you did just that. And the way the community rallied around her cause….it was a moment in which I truly understood how great the people of this Valley really are.
I will miss those days where I randomly hop onto a fire engine as its racing to another call, and I will miss sprinting out of the office when the police scanner tells me something big just happened. I'll miss the moments at council meetings when readers come up and say hello, and I'll miss stopping by the local schools — often unannounced — to find out the latest on the programs Hemet USD is working on.
(Another one of my favorite moments….the Super Kids Bowl…this put me in a great mood for weeks.)
Hemet, as a community, is at a crossroads. I look forward to watching, from a different perspective, the people of this community reclaim their city. The Rebuild Hemet movement has the potential to be powerful — maybe more than anyone realizes — but it will take time, and I hope that people are willing to show patience with that process.
To the city staff, elected officials, school district personnel and community leaders, I thank you for always taking the time to return my calls, and to be honest and open with me (even when doing so had to be done off-the-record). Your openness allowed me to be the best possible reporter and to inform the community in a way that I hope made a difference.
From the late-night text messages from my most trusted sources (you know who you are) letting me know of breaking news, to the Twitter messages from readers, I will miss all of it.
But mostly, I will miss the people.
I know in the past two-plus years, I've made friends and I am sure there are others who can't wait to see me go. That comes with the territory. But the work I have done over the past two years was never about me. It was about having a job to do, and demanding answers and telling stories of people.
(And don't worry, I have faith that the P-E will put someone special in this seat to replace me. I can assure you that covering Hemet is a priority….and the Hemet Blog will remain, just under a different caretaker.)
I walk away hoping for the best for the Hemet Police and Fire Departments, as those are two proud, fine departments who care so much about this city and it's future. I wish the best for this city, in reclaiming itself and improving quality of life.
And finally, to all those readers (and my beloved Twitter followers), I say thank you for allowing me into your lives, for taking time out of your day to always turn to me and the P-E to keep you informed, and thank you for touching my life in one way or another.
(And thank you for making the Hemet Blog the most successful of all the city blogs!)
So, it is with a tear in my eye and a soft spot in my heart, that I bid you farewell, and from the bottom of my heart, I once more say Thank You….


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"Japan to Cancel Plan to Build More Nuclear Plants"
"Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Tuesday that Japan would abandon plans to build more nuclear reactors, saying his country needed to 'start from scratch' in creating a new energy policy."
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"Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Tuesday that Japan would abandon plans to build more nuclear reactors, saying his country needed to 'start from scratch' in creating a new energy policy."
Leaders of several medical societies wrote Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) Tuesday informing him that he was wrong on the science when he denied EPA's estimate of the health damages caused by air pollution.
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"Leading Senate Democrats have coalesced around a political strategy in their uphill battle to repeal billions of dollars in oil industry tax breaks: Make it all about the deficit."
"Some U.S. nuclear plants are not in full compliance with rules set up after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States to respond to explosions and fires, a self-regulatory body for the nuclear industry has found."
"Leaders of Arctic nations gather in Greenland this week to chart future cooperation as global warming sets off a race for oil, mineral, fishing and shipping opportunities in the world's fragile final frontier."
"A federal judge has given the Obama administration 30 days to act on six permits for deep water drilling in the Gulf of Mexico."
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"Methane levels were 17 times higher in ground water near areas where shale-gas 'fracking' wells had been drilled in Pennsylvania, compared with areas where no gas drilling had occurred, a new study has found."
"U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Friday directed a special task force to look into whether gasoline prices are falling in the wake of the drop in oil prices and if not, whether it was because of fraud or market manipulation."
"The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident exposed flaws in the Japanese government's measures to guard the country's reactors against earthquakes and tsunamis. U.S. officials in recent years also have worried that Japanese officials haven't taken enough precautions to protect the facilities from terrorist attacks, according to diplomatic documents released over the weekend on the WikiLeaks website."
"As the Mississippi River continued carrying near-record amounts of water past Memphis, draining storm-drenched lands stretching from the Rocky Mountains to the Appalachians, officials combined messages of reassurance and caution."
"Thursday night's Republican debate was worth watching if only to see Tim Pawlenty try to talk his way around his previous support for efforts to cut planet-warming emissions. As governor of Minnesota, Pawlenty not only acknowledged that climate change is a problem, but also endorsed a cap-and-trade plan to deal with it. That makes him something of a pariah among other Republicans these days."
"A recent report by a federal watchdog agency says pipes meant to carry radioactive waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation could leak, spray or even explode."
"Renewable energy could meet nearly 80 percent of the world's energy needs by mid-century and play a crucial role in fighting global warming, the UN's climate scientists said Monday in a major report."


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"The Summer of Daisy Fay" at Marietta Theatre
For its grand opening, Marietta Theatre on the Marietta Square presents the comedy "The Summer of Daisy Fay" based on Fannie Flagg's semi-autobiographical novel DAISY FAY AND THE MIRACLE MAN, starring Veronika Duerr as Daisy Fay, November 1 -25, 8PM Tuesdays - Saturdays, 2:30PM on Sundays. All tickets are $20, one free with ten. Call 470-255-0074.
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And this raises questions about the nature of consent.
In Canadian news, a Nova Scotia man has had the Supreme Court uphold his conviction of aggravated sexual assault for poking holes in the condoms he wore while having sex with his girlfriend in a successful attempt to impregnate her.
I absolutely agree with this verdict. I would never agree to have sex with anyone without as many precautions in place to prevent pregnancy as possible, and totally see any attack on that decision as an attack on my body and sexuality.
It does raise some interesting questions, though. It a woman is sloppy about taking birth control and it can be proved that she got pregnant as a result, is she guilty of assault? If she outright lies about being on bc, I think she could be, for the same reason listed in this case: the man would not have fully consented to sex in those conditions. What impact could that have on child support?
There is such a wide spectrum from forgetting once to actively lying, I can see how this could get complicated.
Full story here: http://bbc.com/news/world-us-...


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It happened around 2 a.m. at the corner of East Broadway and Nevada.
Police say Robert Douglas was shot in front of a bar.
Douglas went to the hospital with a wound to the stomach.
His injuries are described as non-life threatening.
Our media partner, The Blade, is reporting police are looking for a Ford Expedition with a grill shaped like "shark teeth."
Police said that vehicle may have been used in a violent crime last month.
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Course Catalog
Conceptual Foundations Sequence
The goals of the Conceptual Foundations Sequence are to advance the student's knowledge of and capacity for scholarly and critical examination of the theories that inform the psychodynamic tradition of clinical social work practice.
CF 501: Psychodynamic Psychology I: Freud I
This course examines Freud's theoretical works from his pre-psychoanalytic writing through his mature papers on the structural model. We will focus on the kinds of clinical problems that confronted Freud and spurned the development of his thinking. At the same time, we will look critically at the choices that he made, culminating in the metapsychology of classical psychoanalysis, which laid the foundation upon which many later theorists built, and the foil against which many others reacted.
CF 502: Psychodynamic Psychology II: Freud II
This course builds on a theoretical understanding of Freud through a critical reading of his clinical and applied papers. We will focus on Freud's five case histories, as well as his technique papers, and selections from his work on culture and society. While CF 501 examines Freud as a theoretical architect, this course asks students to evaluate his model in the context of its clinical and social applications. Prerequisite: CF 501
CF 601: Psychodynamic Psychology III: Object Relations
This course traces the object relations tradition from the work of Freud to the Kleinian movement and the British Independents, emphasizing the classic ideas within these traditions (the internal object, projective identification, schizoid phenomena, the depressive position, object usage, and countertransference theory). The class examines how mental/relational experience is structured according to projective and introjective processes, as well as how these processes are animated within, and informed by, the intrapsychic (phantasy) and relational (environmental) dimensions of emotional life. The course also presents phenomenologically related contemporary extensions of object relations theory, including discussions of its intersection and conflicts with attachment theory and cognitive neuroscience, plus introduces applied psychoanalysis. Prerequisite: CF 501 and 502
CF 602: Psychodynamic Psychology IV: Self Psychology
This course provides an introduction to the ideas that form the foundation of self psychology and their evolution over the past 40 years. Seminal papers of Kohut, his colleagues and key contemporary theorists will be critically examined within the framework of psychoanalytic thought. The course focuses on the historical development of self psychology's central ideas, on the clinical attitudes and techniques that derive from these ideas and on their application to topics such as sexuality and trauma. Prerequisite: CF 501 and 502
CF 701: Psychodynamic Psychology V: Relational Theory
This course will introduce students to the origin and concepts of relational theory and acquaint them with the representative theorists, as well as examine the usefulness of relational theory in practice and in its relationship to other psychoanalytic theories. Interpersonal to Relational, Models of the Mind, Relational Unconscious, Dissociation, etc, will be introduced and analyzed. Prerequisite: CF 501 and 502, CF 601 and 602
CF 702: Psychodynamic Psychology VI: Contemporary Controversies in Psychoanalytic Theory
Debate, dissent, and argumentation have characterized the history of psychodynamic thought, interrogating how we think over time and revolutionizing what we do. Drawing primarily from contemporary American psychoanalytic scholarship, this seminar will focus on the examination of critical texts and controversies within psychoanalysis as these are reconstituting the work we do. Prerequisite: CF 501 and 502, CF 604 and 605, CF 701
CF 604 Epistemology I: Foundations for Clinical Theories
This course examines the nature of paradigms generally, aiming to familiarize students with the philosophical underpinnings of various psychoanalytic clinical theories and to develop criteria by which to evaluate what constitutes a sound clinical theory. Through the survey of some of the major modern philosophical movements, such as positivism, post-positivism, hermeneutic theory, constructivism, and Neuropsychoanalysis, we examine their relevance to clinical theories and clinical research. Prerequisite: CF 501 and 502
CF 605 Epistemology II: Conceptual Foundations of Human Inquiry
This course offers an introduction to the philosophy of science, emphasizing the conceptual underpinnings that distinguish the social from the natural sciences. The course provides the student with a framework through which psychodynamic and other theories of human behavior can be approached comparatively. Prerequisite: CF 604
CF 550, 560, 653, 654: Development
This four semester series provides a life span perspective on the developmental process. It covers psychological, social, and cognitive growth as it occurs in the context of family, community and culture. Psychodynamic and systems approaches to development are incorporated. Wide variations within the range of normal development, and multiple pathways toward outcomes, are considered. Classes are organized around the following developmental epochs:
- CF 550 Development I: Infancy and Toddlerhood
- CF 560 Development II: Early Childhood and Latency
- CF 653 Development III: Adolescence
- CF 654 Development IV: Adulthood and Aging
Clinical Sequence
The Goals of the Clinical Sequence are to advance the student's capacity to apply psychodynamic theories and relevant techniques to the practice of clinical social work and the diversity that it encompasses
CL511 & CL 512: Case Conference I and II
The purpose of this two-semester seminar is to deepen students' familiarity with the process of clinical conceptualization from a psychodynamic (or psychoanalytic) point of view. Using core concepts of transference, countertransference, therapeutic alliance, therapeutic contract, enactment, development, and motivation, among others, we will spend our year together examining the therapist's attitude, activity, and impact on the treatment. We will look at the therapeutic encounter as it informs the conceptualization of the "case" and the diagnostic evaluation of the client. Prerequisites: CL 511 (for CL 512); CF 501; CL 521
CL 613 & 614: Case Conference III and IV
This course emphasizes the mental, emotional, and relational participation of both the clinician and the client within the treatment process. The role of therapist's use of subjective reactions to the process, as well as her observation of the client's affect, thematic patterns, and behavior, are increasingly at the center of concern in the middle phase of treatment. Issues such as 'evenly suspended attention' and free association in the clinician, and preconscious and unconscious experience in client and clinician, are primary foci. Concepts related to unconscious communication, defense, resistance, transference, repetition, and countertransference are examined. Issues of termination are presented and considered. Prerequisites: CL 512; CF 502; CL 522
CL 715 & 716: Case Conference V and VI
These two courses emphasize the mental, emotional, and relational participation of the therapist within the therapeutic process. The therapist's subjectivity and "analyzing instrument" increasingly comes into focus in the middle phase of treatment. There is a systematic study of: "evenly suspended attention" and free association in the therapist, the therapeutic regression in both patient and therapist, and the ways in which the therapist's preconscious and unconscious experience plays a crucial role in eh therapeutic process. Matters of defense, resistance, transference repetition, and countertransference are considered in the context of work through. Issues of termination are presented and considered. Prerequisites: CF 502; CL 512; CL 522
CL 521: Clinical Process and Technique I: The Therapeutic Idea
Clinical Process and Technique courses explore psychotherapeutic process and technique. In this initial semester, the idea of the therapeutic will be explored in relation to historical developments, socio-cultural context, and its expression in psychodynamically informed psychotherapy. Institutional as well as individual psychotherapeutic approaches will be examined in any effort to reveal common therapeutic ideas. We will also emphasize the therapeutic experience and therapeutic action and activity in relation to the therapist's use of self by focusing on engagement, frame, transference, and countertransference.
CL 522: Clinical Process and Technique II: Therapeutic Attitude
This course focuses on the therapist's motivations, assumptions, personal characteristics, and attitudes as these inform both the clinical dialogue and the quality of the therapeutic relationship. Using clinical theory in combination with personal and therapeutic experience, the course explores the fundamentals of clinical listening and understanding, as well as what is personally required by the psychotherapist for facilitating an optimal therapeutic process. Requirements: Students must have active, ongoing psychotherapy cases. Prerequisites: CL 521
CL 623: Clinical Process and Technique III: Understanding and Deepening the Treatment Process
This is the continuation of Clinical Process and Technique II. The course focuses on unconscious life and how this is expressed through transference and counter-transference, patient and therapist subjectivity, dreams, free association, resistance and defense, history and context. The evolution of these concepts and applications in psychoanalysis are examined using literature covering different eras and schools of thought. Students are required to complete written assignments focusing on case material that illustrate these issues. Prerequisites: CL 512; CF 502; CL 522
CL 661: Psychodynamic Approaches to Difference
This course examines psychoanalytic perspectives on race, class, gender and sexuality, addressing the implications of attending to these features of "self' as they emerge in clinical material. Particular attention is given to using psychoanalytic theory to understand motives for constructing categories of difference and attributing meaning to those categories, such as race, ethnicity, class, gender, and sexuality, as well as to the internalization of constructed categories of difference.
CL 731: Disorders of Adult Life I: Neurotic, Personality, and Psychotic Disorders
This course focuses on the disorders of adulthood, the treatment of the disorders and the intrinsic relationship to the development of psychodynamic theory from drive, object relations and self psychology perspectives. It explores the synergistic and dynamic relationship among the developments of psychoanalytic theories of the mind, theories of pathology, and clinical practice theories. We will be establishing a foundation for treating and understanding the neurotic, the character and the psychotic disorders. Prerequisites: CF 502, CL 512
CL 732: Disorders of Adult Life II: Trauma, Attachment Disorders and Emotion Dysregulation
Using a combination of didactic and seminar approaches, this course issues that adults may suffer as a result of trauma and disorders of attachment, emotion dysregulation and mentalization. The class integrates empirically based developmental literature, psychodynamic perspectives, neurobiology, as well as the transference and countertransference aspects of work with these issues. Prerequisites: CL 731
Research Sequence
The goals of the Research Sequence are to advance the student's capacity to rigorously, and ethically conceptualize, and critically examine problems/issues of clinical social work practice and to conduct evidence-based and scholarly research.
RM 512: Research Process
This is a comprehensive overview of research concepts, skills and techniques of implementation. Question formulation, hypothesis development, data collection, data analysis, and the interpretation of findings are addressed. Members of the faculty will augment the course with topics such as: online literature searches, critical thinking, the dissertation process, and ethical treatment of human subjects.
RM 541: Research Design
This is an exploration of the theoretical and methodological considerations inherent in the translation of a research question /hypothesis into an appropriate research design. Students will complete a model research proposal to help integrate course content. Prerequisite: RM 512
RM 632: Qualitative Methods
This overview of qualitative research methods is grounded in sociological and anthropological disciplines. An organizing principal of the course is the application of these methods to clinical questions. A course project provides students with the opportunity to apply these methods in the exploration of a question of their own interest. Prerequisites: RM 512; RM 541
RM 621: Quantitative Methods
Quantitative approaches to research methodology are studied emphasizing the use of descriptive and inferential statistics for small and large samples. The SPSS program will be used to help integrate statistical concepts and to provide students the experience of data analysis. Prerequisites: RM 512; RM 541; RM 632
RM 741 & RM 742: Dissertation Seminar
This two-semester seminar takes students through the process of refining a dissertation topic into a researchable question or hypothesis, supporting it through literature, and selecting an appropriate research design and method of data analysis in order to write a dissertation proposal. The course utilizes a group format for students to vet, get feedback from colleagues and to refine their research ideas.Prerequisites: RM 512; RM 541; RM 632; RM 621
ESRM 800: Research Seminar
This seminar is a required elective for all students. The seminar meets on a monthly format throughout the year. Students will present their evolving data analysis to the seminar participants and leader. Flexibility will be built in to accommodate the needs of advanced and commuting students.
Child and Adolescent Specialty Courses
CACL 615 & CACL 616: Case Conference III and IV
During the second year, CAS students have a year long case conference class focusing on diagnostic and treatment issues arising in work with children and adolescents. These courses replace the Adult Case Conference sequence.
CACL 615: Child and Adolescent Case Conference III
This course uses a psychodynamic perspective to understand clinical work with children and adolescents, integrating readings with students' clinical work. In the first semester students are introduced to theoretical and technical underpinnings in work with children and adolescents. Clinical assessment and writing is a part of this clinical practicum.
CACL 616: Child and Adolescent Case Conference IV
The second semester continues the focus on psychodynamic work with children and adolescents, deepening our understanding and assessment skills. Legal aspects of child work as well as engaging the child's social network/team are addressed in this clinically based course. A formal assessment and clinical write up is a part of this clinical course. Prerequisite CACL 615
CACF 541: Problems of Childhood and Adolescence I
Using a combination of didactic and seminar approaches, this two semester course examines issues facing children and adolescents. By exploring key processes and major disorders emerging in childhood, a range of issues will be explored including attachment disorders of early childhood, learning differences and their impact on one's emerging sense of self; identity formation and integration through adolescence as well as other issues. The class integrates and applies evidence based and empirically grounded developmental literature, neuro-cognitive/brained based understandings of nature/nurture and how a psychodynamic perspective informs our work with children.
CACF 542: Problems of Childhood and Adolescence II
The second semester continues the didactic and discussion based structure of this course but focuses more on specific disorders of childhood. Greater attention to how these issues compare to normative development and their impact on adult development is explored. Theoretical perspectives and diagnostic assessments are addressed as well as the role of nature and nurture upon the expression of, and interventions with, problems of childhood. Common psychopathologies of childhood and special diagnostic challenges will be addressed. Prerequisite CACF 541
CACF 620: Clinical Process and Technique with Children and Adolescents
In this course students will examine the unfolding of the clinical process in child psychotherapy with particular focus on the therapist's technical interventions that facilitate this process. We will consider the range of interventions and techniques that the therapist employs in therapy with children and adolescents. We will begin with the efforts to establish a therapeutic experience with a child, including all aspects of the diagnostic assessment and opening phase of therapy. Based on diagnostic understanding, the class will discuss the goals of treatment and how these are actualized. As the therapy is underway, we will look at the therapist's activity that sustains this process and promotes a deepening of the communication between therapist and child, whether in the form of words, play, behavior, enactments, etc. We will discuss how the therapist uses the understanding of the communication with the child, considering the use of play, displacement, and/or verbal interpretation, and raising the question of how change occurs. Finally, the termination or ending process will be examined in the context of the unfolding treatment experience.
Military/Veterans Specialty Courses
MVSCF 560: War Trauma I and II
This two semester course provides an introduction to the contributions of psychoanalysis to war trauma, emphasizing the seminal works of Freud, Jones, Fairbairn, and Kardiner.
The course material will serve to integrate these thinkers' ideas into an explanatory framework encompassing intrapsychic, interpersonal, and sociocultural/historical phenomena. Students will explore and discuss trauma ideas and concepts and their potential for both intersection and conflict with attachment theory and cognitive neuroscience. The class lectures will review the psychodynamic theories that form the basis for understanding military trauma. Students should be familiar with much of this material from their previous studies. Weekly reading assignments focus on contemporary research and application to clinical practice. Weekly class discussions are designed to integrate these various aspects with students' clinical practice.
MVSCL 716: Military/Veterans Case Conference I and II
This course provides a historical overview of social work in the military prior to World War I through the 21st Century. Students will examine the ethical issues that military social workers experience in the various roles they assume in an effort to conserve the fighting force. This course will help students develop the ability to: (1) understand and interpret the history of the social work profession and its contemporary structures and issues, (2) understand the value base of the profession and its ethical standards and principles, (3) understand the forms and mechanisms of oppression and discrimination, and (4) apply critical thinking skills within the context of professional social work practice.
The above course catalog was last updated Fall 2013.


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is over.
At this time, the Rockies are beating the Phils 4-0 in the second inning, mainly due to complete incompetence on the part of Gavin Floyd.
But this is nothing new, Floyd has been a disappointment, going from highly touted first round draft pick to now, when his value is so low, I doubt the Phils could trade him to Pittsburgh for Ronny Paulino. The reason, Floyd has not shown the physical ability, let alone the maturity and toughness, to be a major league pitcher.
Physically, he obviously is/was gifted. His fastball has average velocity, sitting at 89-91 tonight. His curveball is a sharp-breaking 11-7 yacker that often leaves right handed hitters bailing or bending their knees. His changeup....well, rumor is he has one, but not many have seen it. The problem is, he cannot control any of these pitches. Because of a lack of control, he walks a lot of hitters, and batters sit on his fastball. And his reluctance to throw a changeup is based on his lack of control. A change is innefective when batters will not chase balls out of the zone and are sitting dead red. I feel his lack of control is related to an inconsistent delivery. He often times changes his arm angle, causing his pitches to be released at different points. The second major problem with Floyd is his composure, difficult situations, poor umpiring, etc. bother him. Acceptable behavior for a rookie...
Floyd struggled last year, was sent to the minors, and wasn't much better. His numbers in S/WB looked like this: 6-9 6.16era 97k 66bb. He has been conistently bad over the last 2 years, and it is time to get him out of the rotation until he proves he can be successful at least in AAA. Might as well give Ryan Franklin a shot, or get Miguel Asecio back, he looks like Cy Young.


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