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By now, you've heard all the comparisons between Michael Jordan's first championship run in 1991 and LeBron James' presumed championship run happening before us now. Like MJ, LBJ presumably will win his first ring in his seventh NBA season. Like MJ, LBJ will win his first ring after securing his second MVP trophy. Like MJ, who needed Scottie Pippen to win his first ring, LBJ now has Antawn Jamison to take his first Larry O'Brien trophy home.
And so on ...
Based on this type of chatter, it's as if LBJ will win it all this year simply because MJ did so around the same time in his career. This overlooks what a splendid job Cavaliers general manager Danny Ferry has done in assembling one of the greatest rosters possible to surround LeBron with, while also shadowing what an awful job the Knicks have done to lure LeBron to the Big Apple.
Ah yes, right alongside this presumptive championship talk (by the way, count me in on the bandwagon of those thinking LeBron does - in fact - win his first ring this year), the basketball punditry world is all atwitter about where the unrestricted-free-agent-to-be will wind up after bringing Cleveland its first major sports championship since, ironically, the LBJ Administration.
The "he's staying in Cleveland!" crowd insists that if the modern era's LBJ does, in fact, bring home that title, then he'll stay to add more trophies to his shelf, building a Bulls-like dynasty in Northern Ohio.
The "he's going to New York!" crowd insists that if the title is won, it gives LBJ the perfect out to come to New York. "Hey, I've accomplished all I could in Cleveland and now I can move on to the next chapter of my life," goes the thinking among this crowd.
I'm siding firmly with the "he's staying in Cleveland!" crowd for a number of reasons often not mentioned. Consider ...
... when billionaire Dan Gilbert purchased the Cavaliers in 2005 during LeBron's sophomore season, he paid $375 million for a franchise valued at $258 million before LeBron was a rookie. The franchise is allegedly worth $476 million today and will go up even further if LeBron stays. There's no way a businessman as shrewd and calculating as Gilbert lets LeBron walk now.
... speaking of shrewd and calculating, in 2009 Gilbert astutely brought in a Chinese investment team that specializes in sports marketing to purchase a 15-percent stake in the Cavaliers. On a number of occasions, LeBron has publicly stated his desires to be the biggest thing in China since the Ming Dynasty, and in theory this investment group can get him there. Simply put, when you're purchasing 15 percent of the Cavaliers you're purchasing 15 percent of LeBron James, Inc. These guys aren't letting him walk either.
... as noted above, Cavaliers GM Danny Ferry has assembled a roster that could not only win this year's NBA championship, but several more if LeBron is smart enough to stick around. And after watching Cavaliers center Shaquille O'Neal's rendition of "Jessie's Girl" alongside two bizarre puppets, is there any dispute as to who the most fun teammate in the NBA is?
... in pure basketball terms, the Knicks have done a horrible job making New York a desirable place to play. Picking up after Isiah Thomas and Scott Layden's mess may be the equivalent of taking over the presidency after eight years of George W. Bush. But current Knicks president Donnie Walsh - who had no margin of error to begin with - has made a number of blunders that may have made the Knicks worse off than before. In 2008, Walsh passed over Brook Lopez and Eric Gordon in favor of Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni's Italian friend's son Danilo Gallinari. And more sinful, in 2009 Walsh passed over Brandon Jennings in favor of Jordan Hill ... whom he traded soon thereafter in the Tracy McGrady deal, which will cost the Knicks their high 2011 first-round pick and their 2012 first round pick unless they are in the top five. Throw in the fact that the Knicks don't have their own lottery pick this year (thank you, Scott Layden) and the only players guaranteed to be on their roster next season are Eddy Curry, Gallinari, Wilson Chandler and Toney Douglas. The best LeBron could do is guarantee a playoff spot.
... the 12-win, about-to-play-in-Newark Nets are a much more appealing option if LeBron bails on Cleveland. The Nets have an All-Star caliber point guard in Devin Harris, a solid center in Lopez, potentially solid role players in Terrence Williams, Courtney Lee and Chris Douglas-Roberts, and their own lottery pick plus another first-rounder. Hey, it's the same media market as New York, too.
I get that New York is a much, much more appealing place to live in than Cleveland. Just ask Joakim Noah. And being a winner in New York has to feel better than being a winner anyplace else. But given the current state of the Knicks, LeBron would be better off signing a three-year deal with the Cavaliers, win a few more rings, and see if the Knicks are worth playing for when LeBron turns 29.
Cleveland may never forgive LeBron for bailing on them, even if he wins a ring for the long suffering sports city. But they just might forgive him if wins three.


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Entrant: Michele Chausse
Nominee: Helen Weld, Public Health Nurse
I do not know Helen personally, but I admire her efforts to assist women with obstetric fistulas in Africa, in addition to her other volunteer activities around the world.
Pictured below Helen (back row, center) and patients.
[Ed. note: Also see Helen's blog about her work and travels: http://www.hwph.blogspot.com]
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Acer Aspire One Purchased
The new Acer Aspire One is definitely small enough for the road, but is it good enough for my parents?
I recently had a visit from my parents. They were having problems with their laptop because it kept shutting down right in the middle of doing something important: email.
After they were here for a couple of days, I noticed first hand when the Acer laptop would shut down. I couldn't explain why it was happening. Possibly the battery pack or the power cord.
Eventually, I couldn't take anymore and started looking for a replacement for my parents while they were here. Because they sure weren't getting mine. :-)
I was starting to look over the Sunday ads and noticed that Best Buy had the Acer for $349. This was not the one that had a Solid-State Drive (SSD). This one actually had a 120GB hard drive inside. This was fantastic that at least one model had an internal hard drive.
MicroCenter also had the same Acer Aspire One on sale for the same price, but we went with Best Buy because of location, location, location.
We purchased it from Best Buy and got it home. Heck, I was more excited about it than my parents.
After cracking it open, I started installing (and removing) all the software from the hard drive. It came installed with Windows XP Home, which was what my mother and father were already used to and my mother kept asking me, "Can I use it now? How about now? Can I use it?" Ahhh...parents.
There were two drawbacks with this Acer: One, Bluetooth was not included, and two, I needed to install something from CD. Since the NetBook was so tiny, Acer couldn't install a CD/DVD drive would work with the NetBook.
The solution? First problem was easy: since the Acer Aspire One had three USB ports, I gave my parents a USB Bluetooth adapter just in case they had a need for it.
The second problem? I copied to CD to my server and added it from the wireless network. If I had a USB CD/DVD Drive, you could easily hook that up as well.
Overall, I liked it. I think they will be happy with it as well.
However, my father doesn't like the size of the screen, so it becomes the property of my mother. :-\
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Jonathan Danylko is a freelance web architect and avid programmer who has been programming for over 20 years. He has developed various systems in numerous industries including e-commerce, biotechnology, real estate, health, insurance, and utility companies.
When asked what he likes doing in his spare time, he answers..."programming."
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Fall Trail Update
This is about the time of year the East Coast is prepping their trails for winter. Unfortunately Hurricane Sandy might shut us down, much earlier this year then anticipated. Any session we get after this storm will be an early christmas present. Below i have uploaded a couple of photos from the past two weeks in the woods. Couple of days ago, Tom Dillon came through to get a taste of Hazelwood before winter hit. Tom came at the perfect time, he was able to ride every line in the woods.
Photos By: Tom Arkus & Brian Yeagle
Dillon never not smiling.
Last minute tanning.
Mid-filming Go Pro Remotes, Photos, and Video Camera, birds eye view from Brian Yeagle.
Making sure T-dega is smooth, the speed you take this berm… it has to be dialed or else you might wreak.
If i were to guess you are going around 25 mph, i'm pretty sure if you pedaled at this speed you would not gain. Protoz holds on to take flight.
One of my favorites this year.
Making sure the jumps look big enough on film.
Halloween Party at Popples to cap the trail season off.
You will be seeing this guy more often.
Yeagle, and Dillon couldn't resist each other.


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Town Square
City promotes downtown vision
Original post made on Mar 15, 2008
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, March 14, 2008, 3:05 PM
on Mar 15, 2008 at 10:21 am
The city might want to think about the fact that the economy is going into a slide right now and consider belt tightening for a while rather than an armful of expensive new projects.
Build a big new hotel in a bad economy and you end up with a bunch of empty rooms.
on Mar 17, 2008 at 12:52 am
Looking another way, start planning the building of a hotel, and in a few years when it is ready the business cycle might be turning the corner...
on Mar 17, 2008 at 3:26 pm
The Enomony ig going south, but you got to think about the future, and who knows might be someone out there willing to build, workers working due help the economy. Plan for the future now.


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John Dryden
An Epilogue
You saw your wife was chaste, yet throughly tried,
And, without doubt, you are hugely edified;
For, like our hero, whom we showed to-day,
You think no woman true, but in a play.
Love once did make a pretty kind of show;
Esteem and kindness in one breast would grow;
But 'twas heaven knows how many years ago.
Now some small chat, and guinea expectation,
Gets all the pretty creatures in the nation.
In comedy your little selves you meet;
'Tis Covent Garden drawn in Bridges Street.
Smile on our author then, if he has shown
A jolly nut-brown bastard of your own.
Ah! happy you, with ease and with delight,
Who act those follies, poets toil to write!
The sweating Muse does almost leave the chase;
She puffs, and hardly keeps your Protean vices pace.
Pinch you but in one vice, away you fly
To some new frisk of contrariety.
You roll like snow-balls, gathering as you run,
And get seven devils, when dispossessed of one.
Your Venus once was a Platonic queen,
Nothing of love beside the face was seen;
But every inch of her you now uncase,
And clap a vizard-mask upon the face;
For sins like these, the zealous of the land,
With little hair, and little or no band,
Declare how circulating pestilences
Watch, every twenty years, to snap offences.
Saturn, e'en now, takes doctoral degrees;
He'll do your work this summer without fees.
Let all the boxes, Phœbus, find thy grace,
And, ah, preserve the eighteen-penny place!
But for the pit confounders, let them go,
And find as little mercy as they show!
The actors thus, and thus thy poets pray;
For every critic saved, thou damn'st a play.
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THE FALL OF FIVE by Pittacus Lore -- Official Book Trailer
The official book trailer for THE FALL OF FIVE, the fourth novel in the New York Times bestselling I Am Number Four series by Pittacus Lore. About THE FALL OF FIVE John Smith—Number Four—thought that things would change once the Garde found one another. They would stop running. They would fight the Mogadorians. And they would win. But he was wrong. After facing off with the Mogadorian ruler and almost being annihilated, the Garde know they are drastically unprepared and hopelessly outgunned. Now they're hiding out in Nine's Chicago penthouse, trying to figure out their next move. The six of them are powerful, but they're not strong enough yet to take on an entire army—even with the return of an old ally. To defeat their enemy, the Garde must master their Legacies and learn to work together as a team. More important, they'll have to discover the truth about the Elders and their plan for the Loric survivors. And when the Garde receive a sign from Number Five—a crop circle in the shape of a Loric symbol—they know they are so close to being reunited. But could it be a trap? Time is running out, and the only thing they know for certain is that they have to get to Five before it's too late. The Garde may have lost battles, but they will not lose this war. Lorien will rise again. For more information, visit: http://bit.ly/13YEgCU Or find THE FALL OF FIVE at these online booksellers! Amazon: http://amzn.to/1aotNtd Barnes & Noble: http://bit.ly/13P6CRA IndieBound: http://bit.ly/19GZjDk iBookstore: itunes.apple.com/us/book/isbn9780061974618


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Easy as Pi
It's probably not a coincidence that a number of people want to write about the muchlauded Raspberry Pi single-board computer, and our regular columnist Charly isn't going to blow raspberries.
The Raspberry Pi [1] grew on a vine sponsored by a British foundation. The intent was to create a low-budget, single-board computer to reduce the cost of computer science lessons at schools. The inventor estimated that a low four-figure number of Raspberries would be needed to break even, but this was way off the mark – the demand is huge. For around US$ 35 (UK£ 22, EUR 25) plus taxes, shipping, and handling, consumers receive an ARM minicomputer with 256MB of RAM – if you can get one that is. I waited more than three months for my Raspberry (Figure 1), and I was lucky – I'm told that pre-orders are well into the millions.
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Tobias Bernstrup - SOUTH OF HEAVEN
"We learn from history that we do not learn from history" ~ Friedrich Hegel
Andrehn-Schiptjenko is pleased to present Tobias Bernstrup's exhibition South of Heaven, his third solo show at the gallery. The opening takes place on August 21, 5 – 8 p.m.
Tobias Bernstrup has been working internationally for more than 15 years and has been noted for his works influenced by computer games and his transgender musical performances. His work exists in the borderland between the virtual and the real, fascinated by the dystopian landscape. This is a theme he has explored in several media, from interactive computer games, animations and paintings to sculptures and performances.
In this exhibition he presents the video work South of Heaven, whose starting point is the painting Monastery Graveyard in the Snow by the German romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840). The painting was destroyed in 1945 in the bombing of Berlin by the allies in the last stages of World War II. The only remaining evidence of the painting is a black and white photograph.
Tobias Bernstrup has recreated the landscape of the painting in the form of a three-dimensional landscape model, constituting the scene of the film. The film becomes a kind of memory from the fictive place that was once depicted in the painting, and a reminder that man's dreams of ideal worlds time and time again end in death and destruction.
In addition to the video, the exhibition consists of a new series of sculptures and watercolour paintings.
Tobias Bernstrup's work has been exhibited in many major museums around the world, such as Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, Lyon Biennale, Shanghai Duolun MoMA, The Gothenburg Museum of Art, Uppsala Art Museum, Cairo Biennale, MASS MoCA, Massachusetts, Miami MoCA, Utah MoCA, Salt Lake City and Basel Museum Für Gegenwartskunst. Read more…
Ultimately where would I like to exhibit my work? Whilst searching for an answer to this question, I began to consider a series of atypical exhibitions in architectural landmarks over the last hundred years. This reflects the celebration of contemporary architects in my solo exhibition in Versailles in September 2009. From now on I would (Read more…)
Annika Larsson Introduction curated by Benedetta Carpi De Resmini 13 June 2014 – 20 September 2014 MACRO Sala Enel – via Nizza, 138 The MACRO – Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Roma presents the first solo show to be held at an Italian public institution featuring Swedish artist Annika Larsson. The exhibit presents the artist's most recent (Read more…)
Katrine Helmersson - Amulets Against the Evil Eye May 1 – September 28 2014 The Carl Eldh Studio Museum is delighted to continue its effort to show contemporary sculpture by an exhibition with Swedish artist Katrine Helmersson during the season of 2014. In the Eldh studio, Helmersson will reveal a new, site-specific project revolving around the (Read more…)
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Student assists others in finding road home
Matthew Desaro plans to continue leading Binghamton's student-run Escape bus company into the future by taking advantage of new ways to connect with riders.
As executive director-elect, Desaro said he will further implement the changes to Escape being made by current leader Danielle Drasser, which include using the company's Twitter page, updating its SA-sponsored Web site and answering questions via e-mail.
"We're trying to do more things to reach out to students and get the word out to have people understand exactly what we're all about," Desaro said. "There is a lot of competition out there and it's tough as a student group to compete with these corporations, so it takes a lot of ingenuity and understanding of what your competitive advantages are."
For transportation home on holiday breaks, hundreds of students routinely choose Escape as their travel provider. The company departs from Binghamton to destinations throughout the five boroughs and Long Island.
On the new Escape Web site, students can also find out information about trips by chatting with its directors through Meebo, a built-in online chat client.
DeSaro got started with Escape as a standard worker before moving up as director of home trips.
The 22-year-old Staten Island native graduated last May with a bachelor's degree in management with a concentration in leadership and consulting, and a bachelor's degree in political science, with a concentration in law in politics. He is now pursuing his master's degree in public administration.
Anthony Mascolo '77, who taught a pro-bono law class at Desaro's high school, recommended Binghamton University.
"I happened to get close with him and he kept stressing Binghamton (as an option)," Desaro said. "I took his word for it, came up here, and took a tour and fell in love with the place. I like the idea of real student involvement that is stressed here."
Outside of working at Escape, Desaro is in his fourth year of being a residential assistant and has worked as a tour guide, judicial board member and in the admissions office.
Allison Alden, a professor in the master's of public administration program, said Desaro also helped welcome a guest speaker to the program by taking him out to dinner.
"He's an excellent student overall, but as a person, I just think he has all kinds of potential and I can see when he begins to work in public admin he will be a tremendous addition to the field," she said.
After Binghamton, Desaro hopes to go to law school and possibly become involved with politics.
"I feel like through my undergraduate, graduate work and interests that I have a real passion for politics and policy, so it may actually end up happening," he said. "We'll see."


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If you've been putting off any leaf raking until now then your procrastination paid off, as Sunday night's windstorm had winds up to 40 mph that brought down tons of leaves that piled up in drifts like snow. Your fall colors were not the only casualties from the storm, however.
Avista reports at the height of the windstorm falling trees and limbs left nearly 11,000 customers without power across the region. As of Monday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. only 527 customers were without power, with the bulk of them -- 415 -- in the Sandpoint area.
Across the region, Avista and its contractors responded to dozens of locations where pruning trees was necessary to prevent trees from coming into contact with power lines and causing an outage.
Trimming trees during power outages is tough for obvious reasons, but some repair jobs were so big crews simply had to wait for the sun to come up to start re-stringing their lines.
For example, at 19th and Arthur on the South Hill, the wind snapped off the top of a 50 year old Ponderosa Pine blocking the street and taking a tangle of cable and phone lines with it.
Shattered power poles take a long time to replace and many residents woke up to chilly homes that would stay that way well past lunch time.
"The bad news is, they're saying another six hours. Oh my friend just called me and said it was going to be like 10:15. She went online to Avista. I'm going out to get coffee," Teresa White said.
Power on the South Hill has been restored in most places including White's house, while Sandpoint took the brunt of the storm, to the extent that Avista sent extra crews there Monday morning and they hope to have everyone back online by 9 p.m.
So far this year Avista has spent $6.4 million on vegetation management, but they only come through and limb up trees on a five year cycle, so if you see a dead or dying tree near power lines or one that's grown up into power lines, call your utility and someone will come by and see if a little chain-sawing is the answer to your concerns.


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The MMA news world is on fire right now, with Jose Aldo reportedly being injured and out of his superfight with Frankie Edgar at UFC 153.
This news coming on the same day as Quinton "Rampage" Jackson was also reported to have an elbow injury preventing him from fighting Glover Teixiera on the same event. Now, Luke Thomas of MMA Fighting has tweeted an interesting quote that gives the story an interesting twist:
"I'm fine, I just train...No, I'm training normal. For me there was nothing spoken. Even on one leg I would fight. " - Aldo saying he's fine— Luke Thomas (@SBNLukeThomas) September 11, 2012
This is quite an odd scenario. The news of Aldo's reported injury has already made its rounds, but could it be that it was bogus? What could be the reason for Dana White tweeting that he was injured, if he's saying here that he's fine?
Very odd.
Update: Click here for a link to a translated version of the article where Jose said the above quote.
Update #2: Ariel Helwani crushes my dreams:
He's 100% injured and out of the fight. RT @mariusvdhomberg: @arielhelwani Any truth to the "aldo is fine" rumour?— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) September 11, 2012
Update #3: Josh Gross makes sure I can't have any hope:
Please ignore quotes from Jose Aldo that he'll fight. He was told by Andre Pederneiras not to confirm anything if asked. He's confirmed out.— Josh Gross (@JoshGrossESPN) September 11, 2012
Update #4: The final nail in the coffin:
Sorry guys, i really want to fight but is hurting a lot my injuries. Im very sad right now!— Jose 'Scarface' Aldo (@josealdojunior) September 11, 2012


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D.R. Horton, Inc. has promoted David Auld to the position of EVP and COO, where he will oversee the company's homebuilding regions and help guide its operations.
Auld has been with the company since 1988, joining initially as president of the Orlando division. He was promoted to president of the company's East region in 2005. His resume also includes stints with Texas American Bank and General Dynamics.


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It was over 25 years ago that I first saw this bag in my mother's closet. That moment marked the beginning of my love affair with Chloé. As a young girl, I took every opportunity that presented itself to play dress up with my mother's amazing clothes, imagining what the world would be like as a grown-up and sophisticated (albeit, I believed better) version of myself. Needless to say, while other girls were on the soccer team or playing the oboe in the school band, I was contemplating whether a certain hand-knit mohair Missoni sweater could be borrowed for picture day or whether my mother's patent leather Courrèges moto jacket could be worn to the school dance.
As an adult, I find myself going back to the classics and purchasing items with a view, not only to my own present enjoyment and use of these items, but also with many what-ifs in mind — what if I have a daughter? What if she has a daughter? Will these pieces stand the test of time, glowing with the patina of age and looking better with each passing year? Will my daughter or her daughter even care to wear something "well loved" by me? Ahh, questions, questions …
This lovely alligator Chloé clutch is circa 1980 and was designed by the house under Karl Lagerfeld's direction. Last month, the brand celebrated its 60th anniversary with a limited reissue of 16 of its most iconic and classic pieces from its archives. Some pieces are still available at Barneys and Net-a-Porter.com. Or, if you're lucky like me, you can just borrow an old favorite from your mother's closet.
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Justin Bieber's Dad Slams Outdated/Untrue Reports on his Relationship
Usually it's his son who is in the headlines, but recent reports about Justin Bieber's Dad, Jeremy, have caused the proud papa to take to Twitter.
Earlier this week, a few publications claimed that Jeremy's relationship with Erin Wagner had just ended because of his desire to party with his pop star offspring.
The elder Mr. Bieber shares two children with Wagner and cleared up some of the rumors on Sunday (March 2).
Noting that the outlets are a little late to the party, he tweeted, "Dear idiots, Erin and I have never been married and have been split for 4 yrs. Way to cover current news."
Later, Jeremy added, "I've learned, if you tell the media nothing they make up whatever they want. Cant even get my age right #fiction."
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The National Weather Service issued a flood watch for northeastern Clinton County until midnight Saturday.
PLATTSBURGH — A inmate at the Clinton County Jail was indicted on criminal contempt charges Thursday.
Ryan A. Smith, 24, allegedly wrote numerous threatening letters to a person, thereby breaking a court-issued order of protection existing between Smith and the other person, according to Plattsburgh-based State Police.
The arrest warrant was issued out of Clinton County Court on June 18 after a grand jury indicted Smith, police said.
It was unknown whether Smith wrote the letters while he was in jail.
Smith was charged with 11 counts of first-degree criminal contempt, a felony, and second-degree criminal contempt.
He was processed by State Police and sent back to County Jail, police said.
BELLMONT — An Ellenburg man was charged June 16 with felony drunken driving after he crashed his car in March, police said.
After receiving a report of an accident, State Police found a demolished Ford F-150 in a field off the north shoulder of County Route 24 in the Town of Bellmont, Plattsburgh-based State Police said.
Kevin A. Ryan, 39, was traveling east on County Route 24 when his truck crossed into the westbound lane and exited the roadway via the north shoulder, police said.
The vehicle followed the land contour parallel to the road before striking a National Grid pole, police said.
The truck continued east, striking an earth embankment, causing it to become airborne, police said.
Ryan was transported to Alice Hyde Medical Center in Malone.
Toxicology results showed Ryan had a 0.17 blood-alcohol content close to the time of the accident, police said.
Ryan was arrested June 16 and was charged with operating a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol content of 0.08, a felony; driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor; moving from a lane unsafely, an infraction; and imprudent speed, an infraction.
He was released on his own recognizance to appear in court at a later date.
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After getting the news of Microsoft's Independent Developers @ Xbox initiative, it comes as a surprise to hear that we should not expect to see any indie games on the console right at the launch. Microsoft's Phil Harrison has revealed that it may take until early next year before any indie games are released.
Microsoft had already changed their original indie developing ability to self-publishing back in July. The news came to us from Phil Harrison during an interview with GamesIndustry International.
"I don't think we're going to see things at launch," Harrison said. "I don't think it's realistic to see a developer get the program and build a game and get it into the market on November 22. It's reasonable to expect in early 2014 we'll start seeing the first games come through."
He also spoke of the future vision of Xbox one and how it remains intact even after all of the DRM changes made from it's original plan outlined at E3.
"Our long term vision hasn't changed at all. We haven't diluted our long term vision, which is all of the benefits of a connected ecosystem and what that means for all of the stakeholders – us, developer, publisher and crucially, the player. None of that has changed," Harrison explained. "What we recognized was when you put a disc slot in the front of a machine certain expectations come with that disc slot. We had to adapt some of our policies and it was best that we did those before we launched, which we've done. All of that can be handled in the vacuum of the pre-launch activity. And it allows the players to have a choice. They can consume the content through the medium they like the best and fits with their particular situation. I don't think there's a negative to that."
Phil also touched on the subject of the fan reaction to the DRM changes made by Xbox and how it was not a concern to most consumers.
"I don't think it was underestimated. The moment you put a disc slot in there are certain expectations and functionality that I'm used to as a consumer. I don't think it actually net-net changes anything.
This will sound like a random anecdote but I was sat buying a pair of shoes in the Nike store and while I was waiting there were two guys who worked there talking about their Xbox One preorders. It was amazing to me just how clear they were about their reasons for purchase, their motivations for purchase and what games they wanted to play. There was no discussion about DRM, there was no discussion about digital this or digital that. The passion was about the games, their friends on Xbox Live. The passion was about what the game is going to do for them and their enjoyment of the entertainment. That's what we've got to remain focused on."


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Well the suits in Washington, DC are still busy trying to find a way to screw military members out of their retirement:
The military retirement system is unsustainable and in dire need of repair, according to an influential Pentagon advisory board.The Defense Business Board — tasked by Defense Secretary Robert Gates to find ways to reduce the DOD budget — says annual Treasury Department payments into the system will balloon from $47.7 billion this year to $59.3 billion by 2020.
The 25-member group of civilian business leaders suggests that the Defense Department look at changing the current system, even hinting at raising the number of years troops must serve before being eligible for retirement pay.
The current system "encourages our military to leave at 20 years when they are most productive and experienced, and then pays them and their families and their survivors for another 40 years," committee chairman Arnold Punaro told board members at their quarterly meeting late last month. (…………)
As a possible fix, the review recommended the DOD test a plan that would calculate retirement pay based on a servicemember's time in service and salary. The benefit would be payable at age 57 for those with 20 years of service and at 60 for those with less than 20 years. Under the plan, in which troops would be vested after 10 years, the DOD would annually contribute up to 5 percent of basic pay to the servicemembers' retirement, similar to many civilian business plans. [Stars & Stripes]
Read the rest of the article at the link, but the article also brings up a 30 year retirement as well. I would not stay in for retirement under any of those plans and I know many other people who would not either. As was mentioned in the article the military is not a civilian job due to the deployments, living conditions, and toll on your body after 20 years. With such hardships there has to be light at the end of the tunnel for people making this profession a career and after multiple deployments 30 years of service is just too long for someone with a wife to put up with and will likely choose to get out.
Also notice that the article is once again quoting Nathaniel Fick who I posted about before on his efforts to cut US military retirement benefits. What is going on is that the politicians use these think tank types as trial balloons to see what the public reaction will be. They are trying to see if they can gain steam with this issue. The way I look at it is if Congress thinks the military benefits are too high and a drain on the federal budget, than why don't they advocate for cuts in benefits for the entire government civilian workforce? Shared sacrifice. By the way remember that while the government in Washington is busy trying to take retirement benefits from US servicemembers these same people are busy buying military equipment that the Pentagon has repeatedly says it does not want.


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Next Sovereign Union Meeting
Canberra on Saturday and Sunday 23 - 24 November
Sovereign Union extends an invitation to all Sovereign Aboriginal Nations in Australia to meet together in Canberra on Saturday and Sunday 23 - 24 November. The invitation is open to two delegates, an Elder and a youth, from each Sovereign Nation where and if possible, with limited space for observers. We are in the process of securing a venue and the dates are definite.
Each of the Sovereign Nations who seek to attend must realise that we have NO money to assist with fares and/or accommodation. The Sovereignty movement is a self-funded movement and each Sovereign Nation State must take care of their own. We accept NO money from Government. Our continuing Sovereignty is ours to assert, and we must show our determination to be free and Independent.
The key issues that will be focused on at this gathering are:
There is a possibility for some billeting of elders whilst in Canberra. In regards to accommodation, it is recommended to bring some tents, if and where possible, and we will all camp at the Aboriginal Embassy as we have done for many years.
It should be noted that if any Sovereign Nation State seeks to have a matter or matters put on the agenda, please make contact and this matter will be proposed.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (12/6/13) – As many Lexingtonians are celebrating the holiday season at home with their family and friends, some are not so fortunate. Many patients at UK hospital will be spending the holidays working to regain their health. Thus, UK HealthCare is working to bring the Christmas spirit to them through holiday music throughout the hospital.
Jason Akhtarekhavari works with administrative support for arts in HealthCare and music therapy. He said every Monday through Friday in December, different musicians will be performing Christmas music throughout the hospital mostly around the noon to 1 p.m. hour.
UK HealthCare's Jay Zwischenberger, MD, will perform at 1 p.m. Dec. 12 in Pavillion A of Chandler Hospital. Carolers from the Deep Springs Elementary School will be performing at noon Dec. 13 in Pavillion A of Chandler Hospital. Carolers from the UK Opera Theatre will perform several times in December throughout the UK Chandler Hospital, Good Samaritan Hospital and the Kentucky Clinic.
"There may not be a performance at every location every day, but there's at least one performance every day," said Akhtarekhavari.
Akhtarekhavari added that each year, the hospital has more and more volunteers, who want to perform at the hospital.
"This year, I've been getting bombarded with volunteers that want to come and play just because they've been before or they've told someone else. It's building this community of volunteer performers," said Akhtarekhavari.
But, the music isn't just for the patients. Akhtarekhavari said the music will have an impact on the staff as well.
"Around that noon to one hour, a lot of the staff will take their lunch and there's several seating areas. They'll sit there and eat there lunch and enjoy the music," said Akhtarekhavari. "You can imagine just having 30 minutes away. If you're a nurse working on a hectic ICU unit, to step out in to that lobby, which is already a beautiful place with a lot of art, and just have some music and eat your lunch and relax, a lot of people don't get that in their workplace."
The hospital will also have carolers in on Christmas Eve as well as a volunteer group on Christmas day.
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20 Most Creative And Unusual Bookshelf Designs
Bookshelves are designed in our homes, schools, offices, libraries and companies to keep books, office files and other documents at place. Today, bookshelf is not just a piece of furniture rather it has also taken a form of art. Creative and artistically designed bookshelves showcase the creative and designing skills of the creator. The first and foremost thing in bookshelf design is the usability along with creativity. Unique and creative bookshelves designs look so beautiful and give your room or office a very sophisticated and educated look. Such designs of bookshelves also inspire others to have a library at their place.
Therefore, we have compiled this post for your inspiration so that whenever you design your next house or room, you can consider these bookshelves designs. all of these creative bookshelves designs are user-friendly as well so that you can easily keep and store your books because usability is the most important thing that should be kept in mind when designing a bookshelf.
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A beautiful creative force behind these designs that points to the slower ways of perception. Holding books, arguably a vanishing source of ways to tune in to the slower waves of life.
The round red space design really hit my child love for the simple, friendly, and somewhat alien look.
The Circle bookcase would be inspirational. It might actually get me to put my books and DVDs back on the shelf where they belong. Creative website design CT
The circle bookcase… WOW! What I wouldn't give to have a bookcase like that. It'd be a good center piece for a room too.
These special ideas of creating a bookshelf are soo great! I would definitely buy some I really like the Saba Italia…great design and usability for the reader!
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- The word sexy is not usually used to describe C-3PO, but that has changed with this tank dress. In the Star Wars franchise, Threepio is a wildly popular protocol droid. He has been the inspiration for a multitude of merchandising, which now includes this awesome tank dress. A must-have for any fan of Star Wars.
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Google Is Watching Out For You!
From the only reliable news source on the net, the Onion. In these days of the White House spamming people with unsolicited e-mails from the master of astroturfing, David Axlerod, in praise of Obamacare, perhaps the concept of privacy is a quaint 20th century notion. However, there may be a way to have Google protect the privacy of its users. Bribe the leadership of the People's Republic of China (Red China) to require it. Google has a history of giving lap-dog like obedience to edicts issued from Peking.
Update: The White House has announced that, "We are implementing measures to make subscribing to e-mails clearer, including preventing advocacy organizations from signing people up to our lists without their permission when they deliver petition signatures and other messages on individual's behalf," spokesman Nick Shapiro said in a statement tonight. Translation from Obamaspeak: "We thought we could get away with simply spamming everybody whose e-mail address we have. Now that there is a fuss we'll blame outside groups and pretend we are not at fault."
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Helen K. Stastny, 79, of Upper Ridge Road, Green Lane, died Saturday, Aug. 22, in Pennsburg Manor. She was the wife of the late John Stastny Sr.
She was a seamstress at the Royal Pants Co., Perkasie, for more than 30 years before retiring in 1981.
Born in Clarence, Centre County, she was a daughter of the late Michael and Veronica (Sinisko) Kuzma.
Survivors: Sons, John Jr. of Palm Bay, Fla., Michael of Stockton, N.J., Stephen of Hephzibah, Ga., and Robert of Fruitland, Fla.; daughters, Helen Radgowski of Green Lane, Rose Marie, wife of George Stuart of Milford Square, Bucks County, and Irene Biggs of Geneva, Switzerland; brother, John of Dover, N.J.; sister, Veronica Novicki of Pennsburg; stepbrother, Frank Wasko of Wharton, N.J., 10 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.


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MPs pay tribute to Thatcher following 'moving service'
Fitting tribute to the life of Margaret Thatcher. A privilege to be present in St. Paul's Cathedral to pay my respects.
A very moving service at St Paul's. Particularly nice to hear the crowds clapping in appreciation of a life's service
St Paul's full of love and unity for a great woman, stateswoman, mother, wife and grandmother, may she rest in peace


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Good morning Panther faithful and welcome to the Monday Morning Optimist.
What can we really say about yesterday's game? It was a complete and utter debacle, but it was our debacle. For three quarters of the game neither the Carolina Panthers, nor the Jacksonville Jaguars deserved to win. While the Jags technically had a TD, it really wasn't one that showed any particular ability or skill, a late pass against a prevent defense with players sliding all over the field because of the rain. After the Panthers found themselves in the lead early the Jaguars stumbled in front before halftime and by the end of the game Cam Newton and the Panthers finally remembered they could play and went out and won the game.
It was a game where literally nothing was going the Panthers' way for about 55 minutes out of 60. Despite the Jaguars fumbling the ball five times they recovered all of them, a huge Jonathan Stewart gain was overturned on some curious 'conclusive evidence' and the weather did its best to play to Jacksonville's strengths, as it turned Bank of America Stadium into a swimming pool that favored a running game and dissuaded a passing game. However, despite all this the Panthers managed to win. They went against the odds, fought against the cards stacked against them, and the team trusted in Cam Newton to deliver when it was most important... and he did.
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Based on yesterday's game what do you rate Cam Newton? Should he be in the pessimistic column because he did nothing for three quarters? Should we be optimistic because he came through in the 4th quarter and won the game?
The truth is both, and neither. Cam Newton doesn't get a grade for yesterday's game because I feel that he falls right in the middle. Rookie QBs will have these up and down games, it just so happened that we saw two great performances early which brings performance three down to earth. We used to characterize Jake Delhomme with a 'good Jake, bad Jake' moniker to indicate his inconsistency, but on Sunday it was Cam Newton who played both Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Look no further than his game breakdown to see this:
1st, 2nd, 3rd quarter: 13/28, 80 yards
4th quarter: 5/7, 78 yards, 1 TD
When it mattered Cam Newton stepped up. He failed a lot of Sunday as he sailed passes, missed open receivers and made ill advised passes, but when the chips were down he won the game for the Panthers.
Greg Hardy, Extremely Optimistic It's impossible to not like what you saw from Greg Hardy yesterday. He started the game by setting the tone with a huge safety, and throughout the game was consistently getting into the backfield and being disruptive. Not much more to say other than an excellent day for the Kraken.
Jason Williams, Extremely Optimistic Stepping in for Thomas Davis is an unenviable task, but Williams did so brilliantly. He was far better in coverage than we'd seen in the past and he was instrumental in several important 3rd down stops. Finished with 8 tackles, played great.
Charles Johnson, Extremely Optimistic Big money, big impact. Three sacks in as many games for CJ, and he's always testing his opposing number. Just another great game for the big man.
James Anderson, Extremely Optimistic While he had a few bad misses here and there, really the conditions made tackling very difficult. As the game went on, much like Cam Newton it was James Anderson who stepped up and became a difference maker on defense.
Jonathan Stewart, Extremely Optimistic Simply put, he needs to be starting. Like Cam Newton he is better at improvising and picking up whatever yards are possible when the blocking breaks down. When this is coupled with Stewart looking to be the better receiver out of the backfield it become difficult to justify him sitting.
Greg Olsen, Somewhat Optimistic Despite one bad drop Greg Olsen played a very solid game. He doesn't quite get the highest marks because he route running wasn't quite as good as we've seen in the past.
Terrell McClain, Somewhat Optimistic Though he missed his gap on a few occasions, overall the Panthers third round pick had a pretty solid day.
Darius Butler, Somewhat Optimistic Butler didn't get on the field a ton on Sunday, but when he did he played very well.
DeAngelo Williams, Extremely Pessimistic While I'll admit Williams didn't get many chances on Sunday, he also did almost nothing with the chances he had. Finishing with a poor 1.8 YPC. It was just a bad game for DeAngelo.
Steve Smith, Extremely Pessimistic Cam couldn't get Smitty the ball, but Steve Smith didn't do much to get separation from Rashean Mathis. After his performance last week against Charles Woodson he should have dominated this matchup, but for much of the game he was shut down.
Sherrod Martin, Somewhat Pessimistic Despite getting a wide open INT he struggled for much of the game. With Charles Godfrey out it was incumbent upon Martin to step up and fill the void... he failed to do so.
A win is a win, even if it's an ugly win. Cam Newton didn't play well, but he played well enough when it counted to get the Panthers a W. This is important for several reasons, but mostly because last year when we were utilizing Clausen at QB we never had the opportunity to shut the door on a close game and see it come to fruition. If there's one thing that spoiled us about the Jake Delhomme era at QB it was an innate ability to play like garbage for most of the game, only to pull out a victory at the last second. I'm not saying Cam Newton is Jake Delhomme by any means, but it was nice to see that same kind of moxie from him. Maybe it's a coincidence... but the last time I saw a 4th quarter victory over the Jaguars was in 2003 when Jake Delhomme threw to Ricky Proehl for the TD, it was a nice memory to bring back on Sunday.


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Doesn't seem to be off to a good start.
why does everything have to be done via twitter & fb?
Couldn't sign up ,,,,,,,,,,, system kept saying my phone number was not a valid UK number ! Given up - Microsoft should be better than this.
I love the new look, and to limited fraud, and Phishing...I am so sick of these for mentioned.
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Accessed the site above and it came out in French. Any chance of an english site?
Is it like the old Outlook express that downloads the entire content when opening your Outlook. People with limited bandwidth amount cannot use Outlook express and must switch to Yahoo, gmail, live or hotmail in order to not go over their usage amounts. If only the links show and only opening the actual e-mail downloads that to the user then it can be used. The old Outlook express used all the alotted bandwidth very quickly if the user did not delete unneed mail.
Do you need microsoft office this outlook E mail system?
Do Windows Live Mail, Windows Hotmail, Windows Live Hotmail, and Outlook.com all go together? Do you need one of these email clients to use the others. Are these all separate entities? It is very confusing. I am interested in any and all the information I can get to help clear this up for me.


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My name is Jessica Normile although I prefer to be called Jesi. I am a 33 year old mother of 3; 2 boys and 1 girl. I was born and raised in Illinois about 2 hours south of Chicago and about 30 minutes east of Champaign home of the Fighting Illini. I started singing with my mom when I was about 2 and a half years old. The first time I ever sang in front of a group of people was when I was in church with my mother at the age of 8. When I was younger I performed in many talent contests and never won any of them besides the chorus contests while in school. I decided to audition for American Idol when I was 28. American Idol had recently up'd the age max to 28 that year and it just so happened that I was 28 so I was pretty excited. I went to St. Louis and auditioned with about 8 or 9,000 people and didn't make it any further because I was not prepared. The judge asked me to sing another song and it caught me off guard so I choked for a lack of a better word. I decided that I wanted to try again, so I drove to New Orleans, Louisiana and auditioned there a couple of months later. I ended up making it to the 2nd round and met up with the executive producers of the show. I drove home pretty satisfied with myself for doing my best although I didn't make it any further. I sang in a band with my husband at the time called JayWalkin for a while about (4 years off and on between children) when I lived in Illinois and I had a lot of fun doing that. We played all different kinds of music.
After my marriage of 11 years didn't work out so well, I decided to move to Beaver City, Nebraska in the fall of 2006. I found a great place to work Miltech Machine Corp. in Norton Kansas where I am a Aerospace Auditor for our Quality Management System. I have 3 children so this was a big move for all of us and I had decided to give up the band and a lot of my music ideas and dreams so that my kids could start their own. My children all love music and being creative. My oldest son, who is 13, plays almost every instrument and composes music as well. He composed his piece for band contest this year and placed a Superior. The judges were so impressed with him that they referred him to a professor at the University of Nebraska in Kearney for further lessons. My daughter who is 8 sings a lot but wants to play the guitar like her dad and Taylor Swift. My youngest son loves to break dance, sing and beat on the drums.
There is a fair in Norton Kansas every year and for the last 2 years they have put on a contest for people who enjoy singing. It is called the Norton Idol. The first year I didn't make it to the finals and then last year I ended up winning it. I received a $500 cash prize, photo package, a 2 hour recording session at Chapman Recording Studio in Kansas City as well as 2 tickets to the American Idol tour to see David Cook on his homecoming show (in Kansas City). The Norton Idol this year is planned for July 24th, 2009. I will be performing at this show as the entertainment this year. I met a lot of different people who have amazing voices and it is still an honor to me to have won it. Troy Leiker (my guitar player) was also a contestant and he is a great singer as well!
Troy and I talked about putting a band together and we have slowly been putting it together. It has just been a slow process in finding the right people. We are trying to take suggestions from people as what to name it the band right now; it's been fun hearing some of the suggestions. Something that Troy and I have recently been doing is writing songs together and I believe that we have been doing a great job as a team. I do not play any instruments so writing a song and actually having a person help me put music to it is a challenge. Troy and I seem to be able to communicate very well and have been enjoying it while the process is going on.
The first song that we are going to perform on the show is called Apologize, it's a ballad written a couple of months ago. The second song called Orion's Belt was written on Wednesday, we finished it up and got it down today (Thursday) so I am hoping that you will like it. The lyrics were written by myself and I try to explain how I want the music to sound so Troy actually gets the credit for the hard part of trying to understand what I am saying to him.
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Currently, I'm torn between the two of these. Shane Larkin just seems to be an all-around good kid and would be perfect in a Jazz uniform. He has also appears to want to play in Utah. Dennis Schroeder is raw and we don't know much about him. But he also seems to be gravitating towards Utah. He could be a steal.
Different types of players but both players that I would love on the Utah Jazz. Who would you guys want us to have and why? Neither? If so, what other PGs catch your eye?


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Oct. 24, 2012
ANNIVERSARY TIMEAs I sit back and reflect on reaching my three-year anniversary at TCU, I wanted to thank everyone from the leadership of Chancellor Boschini and our Board of Trustees to you, the Horned Frog Nation, for the incredible support being provided. There's never been a better time to be a Horned Frog. Our new membership in the Big 12 has brought out unbelievable passion and pride in TCU. It's also been incredibly rewarding to see our student-athletes be able to utilize facility improvements that include the new Amon G. Carter Stadium, the Jane Justin Field House at Garvey-Rosenthal Soccer Stadium and our Physical Performance Center. I am truly grateful for the opportunity to serve you and thank you again for making TCU special.RECAPPING SATURDAYI was very proud of the effort by our football program and especially the fans on Homecoming weekend. You showed the level of excitement we can expect with rivalries each Saturday in the Big 12. The Amon G. Carter Stadium stands were packed with purple. You were truly into the game, spirited and there until the end. Thank you for providing an unbelievable home-field advantage.
TIP-OFF DINNEROur men's basketball team will host a catered dinner and sneak peek of this year's squad on Sunday at 7 p.m. in Daniel-Meyer Coliseum. This dinner is a must-attend event for hoops fans! Head coach Trent Johnson will introduce his team and conduct a brief practice session with 3-point shooting and dunk contests to be judged by select TCU students. The TCU Showgirls and SuperFrog will be in attendance and the evening will be emceed by the "Voices of the Frogs" - Brian Estridge and John Denton. For individual tickets or to book a table, please call the Frog Club Office at (817) 257-7700.
SHOPPING FROGSIn addition to our online store here, which we know many of you visit frequently, don't forget our publication store here. Now available, for the first time, are complete sets of trading cards. We also have posters, fact books and other items for Horned Frog fans everywhere.
BIG WINCongrats to our soccer student-athletes, head coach Eric Bell and his staff on their first Big 12 victory with Sunday's 1-0 win over Texas at Garvey-Rosenthal Soccer Stadium. Kelly Johnson scored the game-winner with Vittoria Arnold recording the shutout in goal. Vittoria was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week.
ON THE DOCKETA full slate of action is on tap this weekend. We hope for a sea of purple in Stillwater as our football program heads to Oklahoma State. Kickoff is at 2:30 p.m. with the game available nationally on FSN. Volleyball hosts Iowa State on Saturday at 1 p.m. and then Texas next Wednesday night at 7 o'clock in the Rec Center. The match with the Longhorns will be televised on ESPNU. Soccer, fresh off its tie with Texas Tech and win over Texas this past weekend, is at Baylor Friday night. Our first competition at a Big 12 Championship will take place Saturday in Austin for our men's and women's cross country teams. Women's swimming and diving heads to Houston for the Rice Invitational, while equestrian will travel to Texas A&M Friday afternoon. Women's golf begins play Sunday at the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational.MEET THE STAFFLindsay Shoulders is in her fifth year as our spirit coordinator. The Sherman, Texas, native coordinates all activities for our cheerleaders, Showgirls and SuperFrog. Lindsay is a 2006 TCU graduate with a degree in broadcast journalism. If you went to a Dallas Mavericks' game in recent years, you might have seen her on the court. Prior to joining our staff, Lindsay was a member of the Mavs' dance team. She is engaged to Bret Westbrook, also a TCU graduate. They will be married this spring.
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?Through Aaron, Bo and Matt, the Schobel name is held in high esteem when it comes to TCU football. Bo was a two-time all-conference defensive end for the Horned Frogs from 2000-03. He went on to play parts of four seasons in the NFL. Bo is currently an independent financial advisor specializing in asset protection and estate planning. He and his wife, Lyndsay, and their four children live in their hometown of Columbus, Texas. The below photo of Bo with his son, Dayne, was taken at a recent TCU home football game.
SPANNING THE GLOBEThis week's edition of TCU supporters flashing the Horned Frog sign and apparel from all points worldwide comes from Stephanie Martin, a proud TCU Class of 2010 graduate. The photo was taken in Arisaig, Scotland, when Stephanie and Rick Crain '09 attended the Highland Games this past June. Please continue to send me (email@example.com) your images of TCU pride from any exotic locale you might have visited.
COMPLIANCE CORNERTCU is prohibited from publicizing or arranging for publicity of a prospective student-athlete's official or unofficial visit to campus. This includes putting a prospect's picture or name on the video screen or thanking a high school team for attending the event. Prospects are also prohibited from participating in team activities that would make the public or media aware of their visit to the TCU campus. These activities include running out of the tunnel onto the field or court with the team, celebratory walks around the stadium or arena, on-field pregame celebrations, etc.KEEP IN TOUCHPlease let us know if you ever have any questions or concerns regarding our program. This is also your program and we value your feedback. We welcome all calls and emails.Go Frogs!Christopher M. Del ConteDirector of Intercollegiate Athletics


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Even before Melo went down, it seemed you couldn't read an article, talk to a co-worker, or turn on the radio without hearing all about how Syracuse wasn't the best team in their region, and how Boeheim has a history of bowing out early in the tournament. Despite 3 Final Four appearances and a national championship you'd think Jim Boeheim has never had NCAA tournament success, and that every year we see Syracuse ride into the tournament on a stellar regular season only to fall flat on its face in the first couple rounds (Hi Pitt!). You might also think that the Orange are the only team ever to be upset in the tournament, or fail to make the Final Four after being seeded on top of a region.
For me, what is so upsetting about this is not the unnecessary hyperbole, not the reality that these sports pundits are wrong, and not that fact that these types of comments are often accompanied by Doug Gottlieb. What really gets at me is that these types of broad conclusions are made without any attempt to look at tournament history in any systematic way.
There is an easy way to find out if Syracuse typically fails to live up to tournament expectations, or if other teams typically fare better. It required an analysis that took a total of 35 minutes and could have been done by any journalist who gets paid to actually write about sports.
Assessing Expectations - Creating a 'Success Score'
My method for creating a tournament 'success score' was simple. Starting in 1985 (the year the tournament expanded to 64 teams) I collected the seed a team received (#1-#16), what round that seeding would predict the team to exit the tournament after, and what round the team actually exited the tournament. I did this for Syracuse and for a set of teams I considered to be the most successful over the past 27 years.
I coded the round of 64 as "round 1" and counted up from there so that the championship game counted as "round 6". Teams ranked #9-16 were expected to exit after round 1, those ranked #5-8 after round 2, rankings #3 and #4 after round 3, teams rank #2 after round 4, and the #1 seeds after round 5. Teams that win or lose the championship game (round 6), by this coding, automatically exceed expectations.
To calculate the actual 'success score' -- a measure of the degree to which a team met or exceeded expectations -- the expected round of defeat was subtracted from the actual round of defeat. The resulting value, hypothetically, could range from -4 to +5, with '0' indicating a team met expectations exactly. For instance, a #2 seed losing in the first round would receive a value of '-3' for that year, while a #3 seed winning the national championship would receive a '+3' (sound familiar?). Looking at all years from 1985 to 2011 shows us how programs have done over time. Note: If a team did not make the tournament, no data were collected for that year.
Flopping and Not-Flopping
Below are the results for each team. The first column is the mean of all the success scores. The next two are the mode and median of those scores. The final column is a aggregate total of a team's scores, taken by adding them all up. Each provides some detail about how teams have fared:
|Team Success Scores, 1985-2011
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How did Syracuse do? Looking at the data, Syracuse lands squarely in the middle of the pack. Their aggregate 'success score' is a -4. This would suggest that over 27 years, Syracuse has come up just under expectations. But looking across teams, we see that every team but UConn has come up under expectations by the aggregate measure. Furthermore, the modal and median outcome for Syracuse is to exactly meet expectations. The mean, at -0.18, similarly, is not substantively different from '0'. On the whole, this suggests that despite some notable flops, Syracuse typically meets expectations, and has has almost as many surprisingly successful tournament appearances as they have has disappointments. As we will see, this is true for all of these teams.
Winners and Losers? Looking across the table, we see that all of the teams are pretty similar. Other than UConn, each team, in the aggregate, has come up just under expectations. In fact only UConn and Michigan State have any claim to typically doing better than expected. UConn's success is driven by their run to the championship last year (and the fact that they have the fewest tournament appearances among the group), while Michigan State's reflects the success the program has had since Tom Izzo took over (the numbers are far worse before then).
Kansas is notably the "worst" team of the bunch due to a couple of early round flame-outs this decade -- though they are by no means bad. Duke, by some measures, is the second worst but also has the only modal score above '0'. This reflects the fact that Duke was the least predictable team in the bunch, often times succeeding well beyond expectations, but just as many teams flopping tremendously. Dukies can blame this on their routinely high-seeding in the tournament. Duke has had an average seeding of 2.2. No other team had an average better than 2.5. These high expectations make some level of failure inevitable over the course of 27 years.
Lessons Learned
What can we learn from this exercise? Well, first, it seems the selection committee does a great job with seeding. Teams typically meet expectations. For all the griping every March about seeding decisions, over the course of the last 27 years it seems, at least with these teams, the selection committee has done well.
More to the point, Syracuse is no more or less of a disappointment than other top programs across the country. If any team should be singled out, its Kansas, but even they have done quite well. Ultimately, what this analysis teaches us is that sports writers do not care about the truth. I have spent, at best, an hour of my time on this fanpost, and was able to provide a much more balanced look at teams and tournament expectations than I would have by working off my memory and running my mouth. If only this level of moderate effort were done by the guys and gals getting paid.