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Feb22-12, 04:34 AM
How would you/or is it possible to combine two transitional probability matrices?
Say for example I have 2 matrices that both measure the probability of moving from one state to another (the states are 1, 2 and 3)
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Can these be combined into one probability matrix? Do you just take the average of each element?
To be more specific
Say for example I record the speed of a car each second on a road. Say I do this twice and get two TPMs with speed as the state. Each TPM has different probabilities.
So I would have two matrices like so
Can you combine them into one and assume that the resulting TPM is the "average" TPM for speed along that stretch of road?
Thank you
Many thanks
Feb22-12, 05:41 AM
Hey bradyj7 and welcome to the forums.
The main characteristics for a markov chain is that you have to following basic probability axioms. Apart from that, there are really no restrictions for your transition matrix (every row has to sum up to 1 and the matrix must be square)
As for things related to the process, as long as the process exhibits the properties of first order conditional independence, then you are set.
Mathematically there is no problem with finding the scalar average of the two matrices: in other words set your "average" transition matrix to 1/2 x (A+B) where A is the first matrix and B is the second. Since this process will create a matrix with that preserves the row property (sum equals 1) as well as the other Kolmogorov axioms, the resulting matrix is a proper transition matrix.
Having said the above though, you need to be very careful about doing something like this because you need a deep understanding of the process to see what kinds of things you can do to get what you call an 'average' transition matrix.
It might be helpful to know a bit more about the process before you do something like this.
Also it would actually be wiser to create a system that is conditional on the car type and then take it from there.
This means that you have to formulate a probability model that is conditional on the car type in which you should get distribution for your new stochastic process based on the above information.
How much background do you with probability/statistics?
Feb22-12, 06:09 AM
Hello Chiro,
Thank you for taking the time understand the question and your detailed response.
I'm currently doing a diploma in statistics and have an undergraduate degree in engineering/maths so I would have an understanding of the basic concepts.
In the second matrix, no speed value for 2 was recorded hence the row (row 2) sums to 0. The reason why is because the speed is recorded every second and for this particular trip the recorded values were 1 and the next one was 3.
So if I take the average of these two matrices, I would get
0.65 0.05 0.3
0.25 0.25 0 ......Row 2 does not sum to 1?
0.1 0.25 0.85
Essentially, what I am doing is driving a car along a street and recording the speed every second. Then creating frequency and transition probability matrices. Then generating a speed profile of a car on the street using a markov chain.
The same car drives the route at the same time each day. Would this cover this requirement?
Feb22-12, 06:19 AM
Can you Combinie two transition probability matrices?
The first matrix with a zero row in 2nd column is not a valid transition matrix.
Feb22-12, 06:53 AM
I was thinking that this was the reason.
I have prepared a little spread sheet of my method if you wouldn't mind looking at it?
A sample of recorded values are in Col A and you will see a frequency a matrix and transitional probability matrix.
As you pointed out row 2 is incorrect.
However the next time the car drives the route a value of 2 could be recorded. And in order to get the average of the two matrices then they would need to be the same size, correct?
Could you suggest a solution to this?
Many thanks
Feb23-12, 04:38 AM
Hi Chiro,
Would you have any further thoughts on this?
Kind regards
Feb23-12, 05:34 AM
Sorry dude, the timezone here in Australia is different and I forgot you made another reply (didn't come up in my inbox).
Whenever you have the case where you don't have any probability data, basically you stick with the approach of getting frequency information for each 'atomic' event, which in this case corresponds to each 'cell' in your matrix.
Once you get the frequency information you just divide by the relevant total and that is your empirical probability based on data.
If its not based on data, then it will just be probability that obeys the Kolmogorov axioms (i.e. probability between 0 and 1 and all probabilities in each row add up to 1).
After reading your experiment there is something I want to say about it and about the idea of 'averaging' probabilities:
From what you have said, the averaging idea is a good idea but only if there is an equal amount of data in each transition matrix. Let me explain:
Since all of the data is talking about the exact same process, then each matrix represents an 'independent' collection of probability information for the same process.
This means that you can do a special kind of average to combine the two matrices and based on what they represent, this is not only ok but expected.
Lets illustrate the point with a simple stochastic process (not markov but the same principles apply):
Lets have experiment information A = {1,2,3,4,5} A_N = 15 and B = {3,6,11,14,15} A_N = 29. Now they are all 'measurements' from the same experiment but they are partitioned into sets A and B.
Now if we wanted to figure out the probability info taking into account both A and B we would calculate P(x) = [A(x) + B(x)]/(A_N + B_N).
But what if we had P_A(x) that represented a probability for data in A and P_B(x) that represents data in B?
We know P_A(x) = A(x)/A_N and P_B(x) = B(x)/B_N. Now our goal is to find P(x) in terms of P_A(x) and P_B(x) (which in your case is the two transition matrices).
P(x) = [A(x) + B(x)]/(A_N + B_N) = A(x)/[A_N + B_N] + B(x)/[A_N + B_N]
We now use the substitution A(x)/[A_N + B_N] = A(x)/A_N x [1 - B_N/(A_N+B_N)] and B(x)/[A_N+B_N] = B(x)/B_N x [1 - A_N/(A_N+B_N)].
But we have A(x)/A_N as our P_A(x) and B(x)/B_N as our P_B(x) which means that we can calculate P(x) as:
P(x) = P_A(x) x [1 - B_N/(A_N+B_N)] + P_B(x) x [1 - A_N/(A_N+B_N)]
This is what you have to do. Basically your A_N and B_N are the 'total histogram counts' for each row and your P_A(x) and P_B(x) correspond to probability information in each cell of your matrix.
The way this works is that if one matrix has a lot of data compared to the other, it will be weighted more which if you think about it makes sense: imagine if one matrix had 10000 bits of data and your second matrix had 2.
The above is not only the how but the why: because all the data is part of the same process all I am doing is show to go from partitioned data (your two matrices) to unpartitioned data (you're 'averaged' matrix).
If you have any other questions I'll do my best to answer them.
Feb23-12, 05:47 PM
Hello Chiro,
Its cool, I'm based in Ireland so we are in opposite time zones
Thank you for replying again and for your detailed explanation.
You said that
I think that you refer to this again here
Which ever the case may be, can I just say that for each experiment there will always be 20 recorded values (if this is what you are referring to). But I cannot say for certain that each experiment will contain at least one occurrance of the states 1,2,3,4,5. These are speed values and are dependent on how fast an individual accelerates. For instance somebody speed value could go from 1 to 2 to 3 but for somebody who accelerates fast it may go from 1 to 3.
Just so I understand what your proposing, I put together another two examples. Both examples have 20 recorded values. Example 1 has at at least one occurance of each state and all probabilities sum to 1. Example 2 has no occurances of state 4.
So that I can be certain that I understand you correctly would you mind posting what you would calculate as being the 'average' of these two matrices based on what you explained in the previous post?
Many thanks
Feb23-12, 06:41 PM
I think I may have babbled on a lot more than usual. I'll say the specifics:
Consider your excel spreadsheets:
Now consider the formula we derived for calculating the final probability transition matrix:
P(x) = P_A(x) x [1 - B_N/(A_N+B_N)] + P_B(x) x [1 - A_N/(A_N+B_N)]
In your particular problem: P(x) represents the probability in your given row that you are working on where x is the cell in that row.
P_A(x) represents the probability value in the same row at cell x for your first matrix.
P_B(x) is the same thing for your second matrix.
A_N is the total number of counts for the same row we are dealing with in matrix A
B_N is the total number of counts for the same row we are dealing with in matrix B
Now as an example of actual values:
Lets look at the first row for both matrices:
A_N = 6, B_N = 2, P_A(1) = 0.17, P_B(1) = 0 P(1) for this row = 0.17 x (1 - 2/(6+2)) + 0 = 0.17 x 3/4 = 0.1275
Because the first matrix has more data it is weighted more.
You just apply the same formula for each cell in the given row. You can use a spreadsheet to do this for and everything will be calculated instantly.
If you study the formula for a little bit you will see that it is basically a 'weighted average' of the two matrices where the one that has the most data is given a bigger weight (closer to 1).
If both matrices have the exact same amount of data the weight will be exactly half since B_N/(A_N+B_N) = A_N/(A_N+B_N) = 1/2 and (1 - 1/2) = 1/2.
Feb24-12, 08:20 AM
Hello Chiro,
Thanks very much for the help, I understand it all now!
Feb26-12, 08:54 AM
Hello Chiro,
I have one further question about the formula for calculating the weighted average of the matrices, if you don't mind?
What would the formula be for 3 matrices?
I've attempted it below, but I'm unsure what goes in the place that I've marked with **?**, is it P_A(x) or P_B(x), or does it matter? or is the equation incomplete?
P(x) = P_A(x) x [1 - B_N/(A_N+B_N+C_N)] + P_B(x) x [1 - A_N/(A_N+B_N+C_N)] + P_C(x) x [1 - **?**/(A_N+B_N+C_N)]
Thank you
Feb26-12, 07:42 PM
Do you want the basic idea for N matrices or just the special case of N = 3?
I'd recommend to discuss the general formula although there will be a few extra symbols here and there.
The idea is exactly the same in that you calculate the 'weights' of the data of each matrix with respect to the total data in 'each' matrix. Because we had two data points we know that w1 + w2 = 1 which is why we have the (1 - blah).
In the general sense we just use a simple formula to calculate weights and then multiply the P_blah(x) terms by the weights.
I'll wait for your answer before I go any further.
Feb27-12, 03:24 AM
Hello Chiro,
Yes, it would great if you could describe the basic formula for N matrices. That way I'll be able to apply it to different numbers of matrices and I'll also have a better understanding.
Thank you
Feb27-12, 03:42 AM
Well the basic idea is that you weight everything by the number of data points in one row of one matrix relative to the total across all rows.
Lets define a bit of notation.
Let N be the number of matrices you have.
Let N_(i,j) be the number of data points for the ith matrix for the jth row.
Let S_(i,j)(x) be the frequency count for the ith matrix in the jth row for the xth element.
From this we have P(i,j)(x) is the probability for the ith matrix for the jth row at the xth column. We can write this as:
P(i,j)(x) = S_(i,j)(x) / N_(i,j)
Now we have all of this information at hand (exactly like in your spreadsheet).
Let P(r,x) be the 'combined' probability matrix for row r and column x corresponding to our final probability we wish to calculate.
This is given as:
P(r,x) = Sum (i = 1 to N) w_i P(i,r,x)
and our job is to determine w_i.
Note that we do this on a row by row basis and not on a matrix by matrix basis unless each row in each matrix has the exact same amount of data: other-wise its important to make sure you do this on a row by row basis.
Now it turns out calculating w_i is really easy.
All we have to do is consider the weight of the data of one matrix with respect to all the data in all the matrices.
Lets introduce the following variable T where:
T = Sum (i = 1 to N) N_(i,r)
where r is the same row we are dealing with in our calculation.
w_i = N_(i,r) / T.
That is it!
All I have done is figured out the weight of the data of one matrix with respect to everything in total for a particular row and used that to denote the combination of how the matrix contributes to the overall data set.
Now take these formulas apply them across all matrices and all rows and you will get a final matrix that represents all the data you have collected.
Feb29-12, 04:56 AM
Hello Chiro,
Thank you for this. I understand the theory behind what you are saying, but I'm struggling to see how you derive a specific formula for N = some number from this.
Would you mind posting the formula for N=3 so I can compare it to N=2?
I really appreciate your help.
Mar1-12, 01:08 AM
Lets assume we are using the standard convention that has been used in this thread for N's P(x)'s and so on.
First lets look at the N = 2 case.
If we have N_A, N_B, P_A(x), P_B(x) and lets say that our row is fixed with N = 3 and T = N_A + N_B. Now we have
w_1 = N_A/(N_A+N_B) and w_2 = N_B(N_A+N_B)
But we know that N_A/(N_A+N_B) + N_B(N_A+N_B) = 1 using some simple algebra.
This means that w_1 = 1 - N_B/(N_A+N_B) and w_2 = 1 - N_A/(N_A+N_B) which gives our formula for the N = 2 case. The derivation was a little different and was in a different form, but this is why it was the case.
Now for N = 3.
Lets define N_A, N_B, and N_C in the usual way and P_A(x), P_B(x) and P_C(x) in the usual way and T = N_A + N_B + N_C.
w_1 = N_A/T, w_2 = N_B/T, w_3 = N_C/T
Now if you wanted the same 'form' as the early derivation we do the same thing by writing things in terms of 1 - blah in the same way for N = 2.
So we know N_A/T + N_B/T + N_C/T = 1 which means we can use the following substitutions:
w_1 = 1 - (N_B + N_C)/T, w_2 = 1 - (N_A + N_C)/T, w_3 = 1 - (N_A + N_B)/T and then use those weights like we did in the very first derivation of N = 2 case.
So basically the link is that in the first derivation we looked at things in terms of complementary weights by using the fact that all weights sum up to 1 and in the second case we just use the simple idea of calculating a weight to be the fraction of the data in one matrix for one row relative to the total data for all matrices in that row. By using the algebraic trick of writing weight_blah = 1 - rest of weights we get different expressions that mean mathematically and intuitively the same thing.
Mar3-12, 05:18 AM
Hello Chiro,
Thank you for explaining this to me. It took me a few times going through it to understand it, but I get it now and can write the formula for an value of N. Result.
Could I ask you another question, if you don't mind? It is in relation to Markov Chain states.
You have already seen from my earlier posts that I am recording the speed of a car as it travels down a street and I am creating a transition probability matrix of the probability of moving from one speed to another and modelling this with a markov chain. The output is ultimately a speed - Time profile of the car.
I've created a very simple spreadsheet to illustrate the process (These are not real values, I made this up to keep the values small)
I understand all this.
My question is to do with the following:
I've found a paper online where somebody is doing the same process (i.e modelling the speed time profile of a car).
However, they have used speed AND acceleration as the states in the Markov chain.
As far as I know, they compute the acceleration directly from the recorded speed values.
Here are two figures illustrating their process.
So my question is, if they did compute the acceleration directly from the recorded speed values, would that not make one of the states redundant as you calculate one directly from the other? They are recorded at fixed time intervals (i.e 1 sec) and they're both scalar quantities. What benefit, if any, would using acceleration as a state also bring to the model?
I hope that this is enough information for you to understand it. I would be grateful for comments that you could make on this.
Thank you
Mar3-12, 08:32 PM
Hey bradyj7.
There really is no difference between your way and their way.
Instead of you having before and after velocities, they have before velocity and after velocity in which the the after velocity is implied through the relationship after velocity = before velocity + delta_acceleration * delta_time.
If the delta_time was known and constant you could convert your matrix to their matrix very easily using a spreadsheet and if you used the same kind of resolution as they did, then it would more or less the same kind of system (the resolution they use is very high since they use a massive matrix).
They are not creating any excess redundancy, but yes in terms of the information given in the transition matrix having two velocities is exactly the same as having a fixed time_delta, one velocity and an acceleration for that time delta.
In terms of benefit, that is a good question.
I can't really answer this to be honest. I don't really know anything about the domain of these kinds of experiments and what people are trying to do.
Since you are doing the experiment, it would help if you think about what these kinds of experiments are trying to achieve.
For example lets say we wanted to do these to get an idea of fuel use in a car. Now fuel might have a direct correlation with acceleration. For example if you accelerate a lot then you tend to use a lot of fuel than if you just coast on a certain velocity. In this case, having things in terms of acceleration might help you build an inferential statement to test.
The above is just a guess and I really don't know anything about cars in any major detail, but I think the statement should give you an idea that could help you come up with your own answer.
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Jason Helms (aka "Skin") was born and raised in Massachusetts. He came to California and was "adopted" by Ismael and Constance Coronado at the age of 15. He lived in and around the Turlock area since that time. His life tragically ended while visiting Arizona recently. Jason loved sports, including basketball, football, hunting and fishing. He also enjoyed cooking and baking. He was close to his family, and especially loved his kids. He worked as an iron worker in the construction of metal buildings for 12 years and enjoyed his work.
Richard "Dick" Uhrhammer, 90, of Ballico, passed away at Doctors Medical Center on Saturday. He was born to Otto and Alma Uhrhammer in Mountain View, Calif. Richard graduated from Mt. View High School and got his accounting degree at San Jose State, where he was a star basketball player. After graduating from Kings' Point Merchant Marine Academy, he became an officer and served on oil tankers during World War II. Richard married Lura Beth Magneson; and after the war they moved to Ballico, where they spent the rest of their lives farming. They raised three children and farmed sweet potatoes ...
Charles M. Harris, 93, died Oct. 18 in Salem, Ore. He was born to Charles A. and Bertha Harris in Denair in 1917. He attended Denair schools, Modesto Jr. College, and UC Berkeley. He worked in mapping for the U.S. Forest Service in Ventura County until 1942, then joined the Navy and served in the Pacific until the end of WW II. He returned to Denair and was involved in farming full-time until he started working in the Stanislaus County Assessor's office in the early 1960s. After retirement he became a licensed farm property appraiser.
Visitation for Mary Sousa Costa will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 12 with recitation of the Rosary to start at 7 p.m., both at Allen Mortuary.
John B. Marsh, 80, died Oct. 25 at his home in Turlock after a long illness. He was born in 1930 in Stranton, Pa. to E. Roy and Helen B. Marsh. He graduated from Dunmore High School in Pennsylvania, attained the rank of Eagle Scout, and then graduated from Syracuse University. He served four years in the United States Navy before moving to California to take classes at Claremont Graduate School.
Iva Parreira Chibante, 73, of Hilmar, died Nov. 3. She was a homemaker for 52 years and a member of Holy Rosary Catholic Church of Hilmar, S.P.R.S.I. Council 151 of Stevinson, and P.F.S.A. Council 151 of Hilmar. She enjoyed sewing, crocheting and knitting.
Virginia Ann Hoy, 70, of Turlock, passed away at home on August 28, 2014. She was born Virginia Wieland on May 15, 1944 in Hanford, California where she was raised and graduated from high school.
Terrence Eugene McSweeney, age 73, passed away at his home in Turlock on August 25th. Terry was born to Eugene and Bette McSweeney in Oakland, CA. Terry was a graduate of Hilmar High School and lived most of his life in Hilmar and Turlock. Terry had many friends and with his outgoing personality, made friends easily. He had a long career in the construction business, ultimately owning two successful construction firms in the area. Terry enjoyed fishing, camping, traveling and visited many foreign destinations over his lifetime. His favorite travel destination, however, was much closer to home. Along with many ...
Passed away in his sleep on August 23, 2014 at the age of 93. Gordon was born in Nebraska on October 8, 1920 to Martin and Sena Petersen. He was the oldest of ten children. When Gordon was seven years old the family moved to Montana where he lived until enlisting in the Army Air Corps in December 1941. Gordon's unit sailed on the Queen Mary to Australia in February, 1942. He attended radio school at Point Cook outside of Melbourne and then served in New Guinea for the remainder of World War II. When Gordon returned to the ...
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Get used to the name Cecil Shorts III - you're going to be hearing it a lot from now on. With a touchdown reception in each of his last three games and 291 yards receiving in the same span, the under-the-radar Mount Union alum is a rising star for a Jacksonville franchise that's long been searching for young playmakers. On target for his first 1000-yard season and leading the league in yards per catch at 20.8, there's no question it's found one in Cecil.
And that's not all. Along with highly touted rookie WR Justin Blackmon and veteran QB Chad Henne, Cecil is a core member of an increasingly potent passing attack that will make its way to British shores for an International Series game against the 49ers next October. Better yet, the team will play not one but three games annually at Wembley from 2013-2015.
Can the Jags become London's team? Cecil certainly thinks so, telling Team Talk he hopes London becomes a home away from home. He also answered your Twitter and email questions, talked a little fantasy, and told us the story behind the 'III' that suffixes his distinctive name.
Cecil, would it be fair this is something of a breakout season?
CSIII: Yeah I think so. Last year I had only two catches, so things are working out! It's down to hard work, dedication, learning the system and having a good wide receivers coach (in Jerry Sullivan). The game has slowed down for me. It didn't hurt that I took part in Larry Fitzgerald's summer camp too.
You've become expert at scoring on long touchdown plays (including an 80-yard touchdown catch in Indianapolis, a 67-yarder against Houston, and a 59-yarder versus Tennessee last week). What's the secret?
CSIII: Well, as Coach says, the first thing is to catch the ball! After that, it's about making the most out of your opportunities. My mindset is to score on every play, to take it the distance.
How does it feel when you do?
CSIII: It's exciting. When you're in it you're just running, but when you see just grass in front of you… it's one of the best feelings you can have.
The Jaguars are having a so-so season at 2-9 but there are real signs of life. Do you feel good about the direction the team is heading?
CSIII: Yes. The last two games we've played extremely well and the team feels like we have a bright future. We've got lots of guys who can make plays and we're working for next year, working to finish strong. We're young, and I think Justin Blackmon is going to be an incredible receiver in this league and I think Blaine Gabbert is going to be an incredible quarterback too.
Chad Henne has taken over at quarterback this season. And it seems to be working out…
CSIII: Chad is, one, a great guy and, two, a great competitor. He's fiery and he's in his fifth year in the league so he brings that veteran savvy. He prepares awesomely. The last two weeks we came close against Houston and won against Tennessee, and in that time Chad has played so well and become the leader of this team.
You're travelling to London next year for the International Series game in Wembley against the 49ers on 27 October 2013… looking forward to it?
CSIII: Absolutely! We're all excited here. Personally I've never been to London - I've never been outside of the United States - so I'm excited to be there and see everything.
Are there specific things you want to check out?
CSIII: It's a business trip first, of course, but I just want to see everything - I don't want to miss out on nothing! I want to get out there in the free time I have and be a tourist and just learn.
How about the fact the Jags are coming not just in 2012, but for the next three years?
CSIII: It's great. We want to be London's team and we're going there to help build our fanbase and win the London fans over. It'll be awesome to find some new international supporters. To have that homefield atmosphere there would be lovely, a wonderful feeling.
Some questions from Twitter followers for you now Cecil. Torn Shaun asks: 'You played quarterback in your early college days before switching to wide receiver, do you ever miss playing the position?'
CSIII: Yes! Yes! Yes! I played it my whole life so I miss it a lot. I love having the ball in my hands and the pressure that goes with it - it can lead to praise or it can lead to blame. You never know, maybe I'll get some Wildcat action some point in the future. I'm always teasing the quarterbacks coach (Greg Olsen) saying: 'I can throw the ball! I've got the fourth best arm on the team!'
Olly Cooper asks: 'Cecil it seems like you've had a lot of success on posts and slants. What are the keys to running those routes for you?'
CSIII: You have to read the coverage and get the correct depth. Chad always explains where he wants us to be and it's key to be on the same page with the quarterback. It's repetition and practice and communication, then soon it becomes second nature.
Gary Duarte has written in: 'You went to Mount Union along with Redskins WR Pierre Garcon, and you've both become reliable big plays threats. Is it just a Mount Union thing?'
CSIII: Maybe there's something in that Ohio water! I watched and Pierre for a couple of years and he's a great guy, a great competitor. I think we both just have a knack for making big plays and we're proud of being from a small Division III school. It's a blessing.
Simon_Salmon asks: 'Cecil, I read today you're hurting a bit. Are you OK and is keeping the body healthy through the regular season a never-ending challenge?'
CSIII: First up, I'm fine right now and it's nothing major. But it's a long, gruelling season and it's tough to stay healthy throughout. You're working hard from April to December to make your living and it can be very tough at times.
Sheila D asks: 'Can you tell us about Cecil Shorts I and Cecil Shorts II?'
CSIII: My grandfather - Cecil Shorts I - was a professional boxer who was well known around Cleveland, and my father - Cecil Shorts II - is a well known high school coach in Cleveland too. Not only that but I have a son now who is Cecil Shorts IV. And who knows, if my son has a son of his own and he chooses to keep the name going, there may yet be a Cecil Shorts V!
Fantasy football time now Cecil - have you ever played much?
CSIII: You know, I never have but I know how big it's become and there are guys on the team like (Week 1 Team Talk interviewee) Maurice Jones-Drew who play a lot.
We need you to help the many thousands of UK fans who play NFLUK fantasy. Name your dream NFLUK fantasy team featuring a quarterback, two running backs, two receivers, a tight end, kicker and defense…
CSIII: At quarterback if I had to pick just one it'd be Tom Brady. My two running backs would be Arian Foster - because he'll get yardage rushing and receiving - and Adrian Peterson, but only because my boy Maurice Jones-Drew is hurt right now. At receiver I'm not going to pick myself - but I encourage others to! I'll take two receivers who are playing lights out: Calvin Johnson and AJ Green. Tight end I'll go with the Jaguars' Marcedes Lewis. He's playing really well and he was a Pro Bowler two years ago. I'll go with the 49ers' defense - though hopefully they won't be as good next year if we're playing them - and at kicker it's got to be our own Josh Scobee. The Scobester is one of the best.
What are you going to call your team?
CSIII: Simply 'The Team' because it'll be unbeatable.
Let's finish up with your goals for the rest of the 2012 regular season…
CSIII: As a team we want to win out and finish on a good note, get momentum going into next season. Individually I'd like to play well and get 1000 yards and double digit touchdowns. The team and winning comes first but those things would be nice.
And any message for London fans you'll be meeting firsthand in 2013?
CSIII: Yes: To all the fans, just keep cheering us hard. And I'm looking forward to meeting you all!
To find out who's up next in our Team Talk interviews, keep an eye on @NFL_UK and @MikeELawrence on Tuesday afternoons. You can submit questions for our next interviewee on Tuesdays @MikeELawrence.


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The NCAA wrestling tournament starts today, just as the pumpkin-pushing counterpart. Here is a preview of the Cyclone wrestlers and what they are going up against in the first round. If they win, their second match is later tonight. Get ready for some INTENSITY!
Ryak Finch (14-8) at 125 lbs. is starting out against #5 seed Nic Bedelyon (29-4) from Kent State.
Finch is a red shirt freshman from Safford, Arizona. He is a three-time high school state champion with a record of 208-2. He was recruited as the #1 119 pounder in the nation.
Bedelyon is a 5th year senior and a four-time national tournament qualifier.
Luke Goettl (11-11) at 141 lbs. has his first match against the #8 seed Darius Little (33-10) from NC State.
Goettl is a red shirt freshman from Clarkdale, Arizona. He is a four-time Arizona high school state champion, as well as a former Junior Nationals Greco-Roman champion. This year he has wins over many ranked opponents, including a #1 ranked Kendric Maple from Oklahoma.
Little is a red shirt senior, and a three-time national tournament qualifier and a two-time MAC champion.
#3 seeded Andrew Sorenson (26-2) at 165 lbs. is matched up with Joe Booth (24-5) from Drexel.
Sorenson is a red shirt senior and a 2010 Nationals qualifier from Woden, Iowa. He has a career record of 49-22 at Iowa State, and a high school record of 155-10.
Booth is a junior who's best finishes were 6th place at the Cliff Keen Invite, 2nd at the Mat Town Invite, and 3rd in the Colonial Athletic Association Tournament.
Boaz Beard (10-5) at 184 lbs. wrestles Victor Avery (23-13) from Edinboro.
Beard is a red shirt sophomore from Wichita, Kansas, and has a high school record of 110-2.
Avery is a freshman with a high school record of 153-20.
#12 seeded Matthew Gibson (25-8) at 285 lbs. is paired with Peter Capone (14-15) from Ohio State.
Gibson is a red shirt junior from Vallejo, California, and a transfer from Sierra College. Gibson has 2 pins in his college record from last year, and was a 2010 California JUCO state champion.
Capone is a red shirt sophomore with a 48-36 record at Ohio State.


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Court Decision
Arguments were heard on December 8th, 1971. On May 15th 1972 the Supreme Court ruled 6 to 1 that the compulsory education law in Wisconsin violated the Free Exercise Clause.
Justice Burger wrote in his majority opinion that Amish parents had legitimate reasons to want to remove their children from school before they reached high school. The qualities emphasized in higher education (self-distinction, competitiveness, scientific accomplishment, etc.) are contrary to Amish values and the government could not require parents to allow them to be instilled.
The Court first determined that the beliefs of the Amish were religiously based and of great antiquity. Next, the Court rejected the State's arguments that the Free Exercise Clause extends no protection because the case involved "action" or "conduct" rather than belief and because the regulation, neutral on its face, did not single out religion.
The Court went on to analyze whether a "compelling" governmental interest required such "grave interference" with Amish belief and practices. The governmental interest was not the general provision of education, inasmuch as the State and the Amish were in agreement on education through the first eight grades and since the Amish provided their children with additional education of a primarily vocational nature.
The impact of the compulsory-attendance law on respondents' practice of the Amish religion is not only severe, but inescapable, for the Wisconsin law affirmatively compels them, under threat of criminal sanction, to perform acts undeniably at odds with fundamental tenets of their religious beliefs. ... As the record shows, compulsory school attendance to age 16 for Amish children carries with it a very real threat of undermining the Amish community and religious practice as they exist today; they must either abandon belief and be assimilated into society at large, or be forced to migrate to some other and more tolerant region.
The State's interest was that of providing two additional years of public schooling. Nothing in the record, felt the Court, showed that this interest outweighed the great harm it would do to traditional Amish religious beliefs. Such attendance in high school hinders the Amish community by depriving them of the labor of their children and limiting their ability to instill appropriate values in their adolescents.
In his dissent, Justice Douglas argued that the children should have been heard on their desire to attend school and continue with the Amish religion - the decision only relied upon the interests of the state and parents, ignoring the primary party affected.
If the parents in this case are allowed a religious exemption, the inevitable effect is to impose the parents' notions of religious duty upon their children. Where the child is mature enough to express potentially conflicting desires, it would be an invasion of the child's rights to permit such an imposition without canvassing his views. ... As the child has no other effective forum, it is in this litigation that his rights should be considered. And, if an Amish child desires to attend high school, and is mature enough to have that desire respected, the State may well be able to override the parents' religiously motivated objections.
In addition, he questioned the wisdom in limiting exemptions to laws like compulsory eduction to formal religious communities. Other scholars have joined Douglas in arguing that people with more individualistic moral choices based upon secular grounds should not be granted less consideration.
The decision prohibited state governments from claiming any absolute right to institute compulsive high school education and intrude into the way in which families raise children.
By preventing parents from removing their children from school, the government had interfered with the families and stopped them from instilling their religious faith in their children in the only ways they knew how. Parents' rights to teach their religion and follow their religion were deemed more important than governmental interests in education all children.
Unfortunately, the potential interests and rights of the children were totally ignored. Do religious communities have the right to self-perpetuation if that infringes upon the freedom of choice of their members? This is an important issue in multicultural societies which include minority communities that reject modernity and the values of those around them.
It would set a bad precedent to tell the Amish that they can't raise their children the way they wish; at the same time, it would be a grievous error to assume that families can do anything they wish in the name of their religion. At some point, the interests of the children must take precedence and the problem with this decision is that the line between parental rights and children's rights is not adequately addressed.


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What I'm Watching
Gentlemen's Singles (first round)
Roger Federer [3] v. Victor Hanescu (Match No. 1, Centre Court)
Marin Cilic [10] v. Marcos Baghdatis (Match No. 2, Court 2)
Stan Wawrinka [11] v. Lleyton Hewitt (Match No. 3, Court 1)
Andy Murray [2] v. Benjamin Becker (Match No. 3, Centre Court)
Ladies' Singles (first round)
Lucie Safarova [27] v. Lauren Davis (Match No. 1, Court 17)
Sloane Stephens [17] v. Jamie Hampton (Match No. 4, Court 18)
Petra Kvitova [8] v. Coco Vandeweghe (Match No. 4, Court 2)
Marion Bartoli [15] v. Elina Svitolina (Match No. 4, Court 12)
What I'm Eating
Strawberries & cream pancakes.
(No, they do not use whipped cream at the All-England club. Call this a slight Americanization, though there is real cream involved, too.)
And as soon as I figure out the most common beer (that I can get in mid-Missouri) sold in or around Wimbledon, I'm off to get some. Because I'm dedicated to my art.
We combined the Alton Brown pancakes recipe with ... uh ... one from some book (Southern Living, maybe?) to make what we think are pretty much the perfect pancakes.
6 cups of all-purpose flour
2 tbsp. sugar
1 tbsp. kosher salt
3 tsp. baking powder
1.5 tsp. baking soda
Wet 1
2 cups buttermilk
2 egg whites
Wet 2
4 tbsp. melted butter
2 egg yolks
Whisk together Wet 1 and Wet 2, then combine and pour over two cups of the dry mix. Stir, pour on a 350-degree griddle, flip when the bubbles appear, etc. They're thick, fluffy, and get crispy on the outside like a hoecake. They're lovely.
And since I mentioned Alton Brown ... a mini-rant of sorts:
Food Network sucks.
When I began working from home for SBN a couple of years ago, I pretty much sat in my recliner to write and had Food Network on in the background all day. I gained about ten pounds and realized at some point that I was probably walking <1,000 steps per day (ten steps from the bed to the recliner, another ten steps to the coffee-maker, rinse, repeat). That needed to change. So now I hit the treadmill most mornings and stand in the kitchen during my work day. The TV doesn't really come into play (unless there's tennis on), but that's okay because Food Network lost me a while back anyway.
Food Network has quickly followed the MTV path: get popular because of the first word in your title, then make (reality) shows that take you further and further away from the act of making the first word in your title. Shows like Mystery Diners and Restaurant Stakeout are cynical and mean and have nothing to do with teaching people how or what to cook for dinner. They spit out dumber, cheaper, angrier shows, and if they find one you actually like, they drive it into the ground, dig a deeper hole, and drive it into the ground further. I enjoyed Chopped, then stopped enjoying Chopped when it started occupying about 17 hours of a given programming day.
(Side note: the aforementioned awful, new shows have actually made me appreciate Chopped again because I'm just relieved to see it on instead of one of the aforementioned awful, new shows.)
Food Network has even made me hate Southern cooking. I love Southern food (the hoecakes reference above was in no way forced), but I began watching Food Network to learn things. I know about Southern food. And even if I didn't before Food Network, I definitely do now. I don't need an hour of Paula Deen, followed by an hour of Paula Deen's offspring, followed by Pioneer Woman, followed by Trisha Yearwood, followed by an hour Paula Deen, with some Giada and Guy Fieri mixed in somewhere for "diversity."
(And yes, Paula Deen is something I don't have to worry about anymore. Kudos to Food Network for getting this one right -- no matter how much of a sweetheart and/or money train she is, once she acknowledged saying ignorant, spiteful things, even if she really somehow didn't know they were spiteful, you can't have her representing your network. It was the easy and right call, but I was actually a little worried that they wouldn't make it.)
To find actual, interesting cooking shows for cuisine I don't already know like the back of my hand, I had to tune in at, like, 6:30 a.m. CT on Saturday mornings to catch Aarti Sequeira or someone similar. Now showing at 6:30 a.m. on Saturdays? Guy's Big Bite. I have long since given up.
(And don't even get me started on the trainwreck that is
Next Food Network Star. Even the show's saving grace -- that it usually picks the winner correctly even if the first two-thirds of the show are set up for petty, generic reality show drama and catfights -- was wrecked last year. They picked the right winner in 2012 but haven't figured out what the hell to do with him. But I digress. Actually, this whole thing is a digression. Let's talk about tennis, huh?)
Live Blog
7:15 a.m. ET
ESPN showed impressive restraint in waiting about 15 minutes to talk about the Serena-Sharapova spat. (In case you haven't been paying attention, start here.) Chrissie Evert, who is guaranteed to be a star of this live blog in the coming days, blames social media, says "You know, I hate this stuff," and calls both Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova "good girls, good people," then Brad Gilbert says wacky Brad Gilbert things.
My take? (Because I know you've been wanting one more Hot Sports Take on the subject.) I enjoy it any time we are reminded that every workplace is the same. Every workplace has competition, bitterness, and behind-the-scenes tension only insiders know about. People don't always get along, and in tennis, an individual sport in which the "competitive workplace" is multiplied by about 100, you probably have all sorts of instances of drama behind the scenes. Randomly getting glimpses of the spats is fun. Of course, it will stop being fun in about a day or so, once the British media has gotten a hold of it, killed it, gotten a hold of it again, and killed it again.
You know what, though? Good for Maria. Serena shoots her mouth off at times and got a little too comfortable with the Rolling Stone reporter following her around back in March. She has had to walk back a few different comments she made, and her PR team has taken over. But two days after Williams said she apologized to Sharapova, Sharapova still fired back at a press conference on Saturday. It was probably catty and unnecessary, but I understand why it happened. A few weeks ago, Sharapova admitted in the lead-up to the French Open final that she basically had no idea how to beat Williams on the court. She hasn't for almost a decade, and despite playing really, really well in the finals (much better than she did in taking out Vika Azarenka in three semifinal sets), she fell in straight sets. She's searching desperately for an edge, and even though forgiveness would be the easy thing here, she has decided to hold onto it and try to find a level of anger and hostility from it that she didn't otherwise have, just in case the two meet in the Wimbledon finals 12 days from now. Sharapova is a walking corporation, but she's a tennis player first. It's fun to be reminded of that.
7:35 a.m. ET
The first day of unscarred Wimbledon grass is a beautiful, beautiful thing.— Dan Rubenstein (@DanRubenstein) June 24, 2013
And it will be dead by Wednesday. :-(
8:00 a.m. ET
Roger Federer walks out onto Centre Court for the seventh time. It's hard to see him, really, because his opponent, Romanian Victor Hanescu, is enormous, but he's there. He took out Tommy Haas a week ago to win just his second title since last year's Wimbledon, and if he's going to win an 18th slam title, it's probably going to be at the All-England Club on a surface that draws him the closest to the others in the Big Four.
8:05 a.m. ET
Puerto Rican Monica Puig routs No5 Sara Errani 6-3, 6-2. Errani a total grassophobe, but that's a great performance by Puig. #Wimbledon— Ben Rothenberg (@BenRothenberg) June 24, 2013
Errani is the precise definition of "clay-court specialist," with her spin and defense and hustle. But you need a little bit of power on grass, and you need a second serve that is more than just a 60 mph rally starter.
8:55 a.m. ET
Tennis is just so damn weird. You watch a clay-court match, and you are quickly reminded how grueling and physically demanding the sport is. It demands a marathoner's stamina with a three-point shooter's muscle memory and a wide receiver's hand-eye coordination. It can be exciting and exhausting to watch, and it is a sport where a blue-collar upbringing can take you quite far. Just ask players like Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams.
It is also a sport that features this in the front row.
These dudes are not going to get invited to my house for strawberries and cream pancakes.
9:05 a.m. ET
Up 6-1, 1-0, Victoria Azarenka gets wrong-footed by a nice service return from Maria Joao Koehler and crumples to the ground in a heap. That unscarred Wimbledon grass is making players slide all over the place. Over the next 45 minutes we will see trainers attend to her knee, groin and hip. We will also see her finish off Koehler in straight sets because she's really good at tennis. Still, a few hours into Day 1 at Wimbledon, we've already seen the No. 5 seed go down and the No. 3 seed get hurt. We already kind of figured we'd get a Serena-Sharapova Soap Opera Saturday final. The odds of that have already improved (more because of Azarenka's injury than Errani's downfall, of course -- Errani was no threat whatsoever here).
9:20 a.m. ET
Federer closes out an easy 6-3, 6-2, 6-0 win over Hanescu. Pretty sure the announcers just said he's dropped seven points on his serve. That can't possibly be right. But it does emphasize what I've been saying about Federer for about the last year or so: his serve is not the problem. His return is not nearly as effective in creating easy points and breaks against elite competition, but his serve is pretty much as good as it has ever been. And he is three matches away from his 1,147th (give or take) consecutive grand slam quarterfinal.
10:20 a.m. ET
Oh, hey there, Condoleeza Rice.
10:40 a.m. ET
Of course, a key component of the Serena-Sharapova story line is Sharapova actually winning her first-round match. She just had to work like crazy to take a first-set tiebreaker from Kristina Mladenovic.
10:45 a.m. ET
I don't care about tennis but I do care about @SBN_BillC's takedown of the Food Network http://t.co/jqMaBxYCVB— Bobby Big Wheel (@BobbyBigWheel) June 24, 2013
@BobbyBigWheel @sbn_billc I'm a little ashamed to say I've seen every episode of DDD. Fieri is a price I'll pay for some nice meal ideas.— Matt (@ReasonablySober) June 24, 2013
@ReasonablySober @BobbyBigWheel I've probably seen most of them. If I like the food, I can (mostly) tune out the host.— Bill Connelly (@SBN_BillC) June 24, 2013
@SBN_BillC @ReasonablySober I used to work with a 300-pound guy who wore Hawaiian shirts that wouldn't shut up about DDD so I never watched— Bobby Big Wheel (@BobbyBigWheel) June 24, 2013
@BobbyBigWheel @SBN_BillC @ReasonablySober Fieri tries too hard, but the show is a great concept. I like "Best Thing I Ever Ate" too.— Matt F. (@95Sports) June 24, 2013
10:50 a.m. ET
On Rafael Nadal: "His only opponent was uncertainty." You've still got it, Tom Rinaldi. And I've still got my gag reflex.
11:15 a.m. ET
Nadal's opponent is now another first-round deficit. Belgian Steve Darcis just took the first set from Nadal in a tie-breaker. This was a really, really fun set. Darcis is flying around and hitting a crazy slice with reckless abandon, and while Nadal is attempting to stay aggressive, he's not doing an amazing job of it. Lots of errors mixed in among some fun winners. Darcis closes the set with a lovely volley, and we've got ourselves a match. I like what Brian Phillips always has to say about Nadal -- that he is more capable of producing great matches out of the other members of the Big Four than anybody else -- but as Federer homer, I'm not going to pretend I'd be upset with him losing. (And he's probably not going to lose.) Meanwhile, Sharapova closes out a 7-6, 6-3 win over Mladenovic.
11:45 a.m. ET
Number of times the word knee has been said on BBC in the last minute: "98". #wimbledon— Tumaini (@tumcarayol) June 24, 2013
Two things. Darcis isn't Rosol. He's not blowing Nadal off the court with power. However, Nadal is not moving well, missing badly at times.— Brodie (@MindTheRacket) June 24, 2013
They're on serve in the second.
11:55 a.m. ET
No. 14 seed Janko Tipsarevic, in a slump for most of 2013, is gone. Viktor Troicki took him out in straight sets. He's going to go from Top 10 last year to unseeded by the end of this year.
12:05 p.m. ET
Well then. Nadal breaks at 5-5 in the second set ... and then gets broken right back. We're going to another tiebreaker. Nadal is far more error-prone than is customary, but Darcis is hitting some huge shots, too. Or, to put it another way:
Steve freakin' Darcis!— Devang Desai (@DesaiDevang) June 24, 2013
12:15 p.m. ET
Darcis double-faults to allow Nadal back to 2-2 in the tie-break, but a crazy Nadal error (he ran about an extra 10 feet just to hit an awkward, inside-out forehand instead of just hitting a simple backhand) gives Darcis a 4-2 lead as they change sides. It probably goes without saying (okay, it definitely goes without saying), but there's a huge difference between being down one set and two sets. Nadal has no confidence in his backhand, Darcis is still slicing like crazy, and Nadal's on the edge.
At 4-2, Darcis gets unlucky. He paints the line with another slice backhand and is, at worst, 50-50 toward winning another point on Nadal's serve, but the shot is called out. Hawkeye corrects the call, but Nadal wins the point with an easy 1-2 punch on the replay. Darcis takes two points on his serve, earns another 6-3 tie-break advantage ... and then tightens up like crazy. He gets an unlucky netcord on the second set point and bombs an easy forehand on the third. A big serve earns Darcis a fourth set point, but Nadal saves it, too. A Nadal drop shot earns him a set point, but he slices a backhand into the net. Darcis bombs in a serve down the T to earn a fifth set point, Nadal blows a forehand, and I knew you had it all along, Steve.
Darcis up, two sets to none.
12:30 p.m. ET
And then Darcis breaks easily to start the third set.
Steve Darcis became a father three weeks ago. Little daughter Camille might be/ should be watching this! #Wimbledon— Dewulf Filip (@GraveyardFilip) June 24, 2013
That explains it. Science has proven that men always get a huge ego bump when they successfully procreate. It's a widely believed fact.— Hannah Wilks (@newballsplease) June 24, 2013
I love tennis on Twitter.
12:35 p.m. ET
And oh, by the way...
#Sharapova: "Just because you're in the same sport doesn't mean that you have to be friends with everyone just because you're categorised."— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) June 24, 2013
So there you go. You don't have to like your coworkers.
12:45 p.m. ET
I'm pretty sure my backhand is better than Nadal's right now.
12:55 p.m. ET
Darcis has begun to tighten up as the finish line approaches, but Nadal has begun favoring his left leg as well. Nadal gets a break point down 3-4, then dumps two shots into the net; Darcis closes out a tough service game with a nice serve-and-volley, and he's up 5-3. Meanwhile...
Nadal one game away from losing in straight sets. Still only 6/5 to win.— Chris Chase (@chaztopher) June 24, 2013
...Nadal is still the betting favorite.
1:05 p.m. ET
Time for Darcis to serve for the match. He immediately goes down 0-15 after Nadal hits a patented winner, but he chases down a lovely dropshot from Nadal to hit a winner and go up 30-15. Nadal mishits a forehand, and Darcis quickly has two match points. He only needs one. Like Lukas Rosol, Darcis closes out the match with an ace. Wow. 7-6, 7-6, 6-4.
1:10 p.m. ET
Challenge accepted. RT @AdjBaseline: @SBN_BillC smh if your breakfast tomorrow isn't Belgian waffles served over grass-fed Spanish ham— Bill Connelly (@SBN_BillC) June 24, 2013
1:35 p.m. ET
And I just wrote about Nadal in a standalone piece.
In his immediate post-match interview, Darcis admitted that Nadal didn't appear to be at the top of his game. The Spaniard's backhand was faulty, to put it mildly, and his serve was iffy from the start. And as Darcis began to tighten up late in the second and third sets, Nadal did him all sorts of favors with errors and mishits. Nadal likes to ease into grass court play, and he began to limp a bit as the match progressed; that's obviously a bad combination.
But you still have to play well to beat Rafael Nadal. And while Darcis doesn't the power that a Rosol might have, he made up for it with shot-making and hustle. He dove for balls like Boris Becker. He hit punishing backhand slices like Steffi Graf. He chased everything down, he made Nadal pay for every short approach shot, and he answered every Nadal winner with a winner of his own.
1:45 p.m. ET
Okay, so ... let's reset! On the men's side, Andy Murray handled Benjamin Becker with ease, 83-year old Lleyton Hewitt is serving to close out the first set on 11th seed Stan Wawrinka, John Isner and big Jerzy Janowicz cruised, and Nadal conqueror Lukas Rosol lost in five sets (because of course he did).
On the women's side, Sloane Stephens has taken the first set from a probably tired Jamie Hampton, and because of Nadalapalooza, I didn't even realize that match had begun yet. Caroline Wozniacki and Jelena Jankovic cruised, Americans Melanie Oudin and Lauren Davis lost quickly, and American Christina McHale advanced. Meanwhile, 2011 Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova has been taken to a third set by American Coco Vandeweghe. Hey, hey!
Oh, and hey, ESPN, we just saw the Nadal-Darcis match. You should probably be showing Stephens-Hampton instead of Nadal-Darcis highlights. Just a thought.
2:10 p.m. ET
Well then. Jamie Hampton was smoking hot coming into Wimbledon, having advanced to the fourth round of the French Open and the finals of the Eastbourne tuneup last week. But whether she was tired or just overrun by a better opponent ... she was overrun by Sloane Stephens, 6-3, 6-3. For the last year-plus, Stephens has played her best at the biggest tournaments, and that seems to have continued, at least on Wimbledon Day 1. Meanwhile, Vandeweghe and Kvitova are on serve early in the third set after Kvitova was forced to take an injury timeout with a hip issue.
2:30 p.m. ET
Darcis was asked what his first reaction was when he saw the draw and that he was playing Nadal. Darcis's answer: Shit— Christopher Clarey (@christophclarey) June 24, 2013
2:40 p.m. ET
A surprise royal visit! #Wimbledon #William #Harry #HRH pic.twitter.com/BAvQXx3Olf— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) June 24, 2013
2:45 p.m. ET
Down 3-5, 0-40 in the third set, Vandeweghe serves her way out of three match points as commentator Mary Joe Fernandez says "You don't really know what to expect from Kvitova." Kvitova will serve at 5-4. Meanwhile, Lleyton Hewitt goes up two sets on Wawrinka, and ESPN cuts to Chris Fowler, Brad Gilbert, and John McEnroe in the studio. Please don't talk through Kvitova's service game, okay?
2:50 p.m. ET
And they cut back to Kvitova-Vandeweghe just in time to see Kvitova close out the match. Nice fight from Vandeweghe, who could have used a big upset on the résumé.
3:00 p.m. ET
Alright, there are still some matches going on, and lord knows Hewitt-Wawrinka could last until Wednesday if Wawrinka can find fifth gear (he probably won't), but let's wrap this up for the day.
Fun day, huh? A lot of the seeds took some punishment before advancing, Federer and Murray looked great (it would be quite foolish to go ahead and assume they'll meet in the semifinals, but it's impossible not to think about it at least a little bit), and we had ourselves another major upset. And I had some pancakes and found out that a lot -- like, a lot -- of people on Twitter feel the same way I do about Food Network. I call that a successful day. Can't wait to see how Wimbledon one-ups itself tomorrow.


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Marcus – a die-hard duck at age 9!
Meet Marcus – my very-soon-to-be nephew. At 9 years old he's about as big an Oregon Duck fan as you will find in the state. He loves all things yellow and green… don't even TRY to talk to him about the Beavers… you'll get a grade-A glare. This is what happens to a child who grows up with two Duck parents – he becomes an early fan.
Saturday was the "Civil War" game in Oregon – when the University of Oregon (Ducks) play Oregon State (Beavers). It's quite a state-wide event. Marcus went to the game with his dad, his Uncle Lenny and a few other Duck die hards and he was ready! Green & Yellow wig? check! Face paint? check! Duck clothing? check! check!
How very exciting when he caught the eye of the Oregonian Photographer and not only made it online on Saturday but had a color picture in the Sports section of the Sunday Oregonian! Even though I'm a Nittany Lion and prefer blue and white, I have to say, I was pretty darn excited for him and had to share it with the world!
Way to go Marcus!
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Its girls sports — not so much.
New coach Randy Stracner hopes to change that image. Stracner, 37, was officially named the Lady Blue Devils' softball, girls basketball and volleyball coach at the Walker County Board of Education meeting last week.
He's glad to be home.
"Being from Cordova has always been a source of pride for me," Stracner said. "I'm proud to be from here. The people in the community have been great to me for my entire life. I'm very proud to come back here and be able to contribute to the community that raised me."
Stracner, a 1992 Cordova High School graduate, spent the last five years at Class 5A Walker High School, where he guided each girls sport to the playoffs.
Now his focus is on making his alma mater a factor in the Class 3A ranks.
"I believe we can have success here. The administration wants to put an emphasis on girls sports. There's a lot of excitement and the potential and resources are here. With that being said, we can come in, work hard and make some big things happen," Stracner said.
"(Monday) night they had a meet and greet for me down here. The cafeteria was packed. I was overwhelmed. I'm really looking forward to working with the administration, faculty and staff at Cordova. (Principal) Kathy Vintson has a lot of good plans for the school. Things are going in the right direction. The support and the excitement have been incredible."
Stracner's Walker teams excelled at volleyball, basketball and softball.
Last year the volleyball team won an area title and advanced to the sub-region, the softball team made the regional tournament and finished one win short of the state tournament and the basketball team advanced to the sub-state.
For Stracner, it was a typical year.
"During the whole time I was at Walker, there was only one year where we didn't make the playoffs in all three sports," Stracner added.
Walker's softball team has advanced to the regional tournament each of the last three seasons.
Cordova hasn't enjoyed the same kind of success in its girls athletic programs.
Last season, Cordova's softball team got off to a hot start before injuries and a tough schedule took their toll down the stretch, leaving the Lady Blue Devils out of the playoffs.
On the basketball court, Cordova's girls won just a couple of games while the volleyball team finished with a winning record before losing to Carbon Hill in the area tournament.
Stracner is aiming high at Cordova. Though he admits it will take a lot of work.
"First of all, it's up to the players. Their mindset is going to have to change. If you want to get to the highest level, you have to work extremely hard. I think the girls here are eager and ready for something like that to happen," he said. "Our goal is to compete at the state level year in and year out."
During his days at Cordova High School, Stracner played baseball and basketball as well as two years of football. He is a 1999 UAB graduate and coached at Stockbridge High School in Georgia before moving to Walker in 2006.
"I want to say that I really appreciate all the students, parents, faculty and assistant principals at Walker High School. Those are the people who supported me and I couldn't ask for more. The relationships I made with them will last a lifetime. I hated to leave them, but I did what was best for my family," Stracner said.
Area coaching notes:
Former Winston County volleyball coach Bobby Daniels is the new volleyball coach at Curry High School. Daniels has led the Lady Yellow Jackets to the state tournament seven times.
Winston County finished 64-7 last year and placed second in Class 3A to Bayside Academy.
At Walker High School, Whitney Jordan (former Whitney Banks) has been hired as Stracner's replacement as softball coach. Banks was a star pitcher for the Curry Lady Yellow Jackets during her playing days.
On the football field, a pair of head coaches will be assistants in 2011. Former Dora head coach Martin Glover is now an assistant coach at Cordova High School and former Cordova head coach Pete Bush is an assistant coach at Dora High School.


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The Herald Bulletin
---- — PENDLETON — Gary A. Clark, 49, of Pendleton, passed away on October 10, 2013 at St. Vincent Anderson Regional Hospital. He was born on September 5, 1964, in Anderson, and resided most of his life in Pendleton.
He was formerly employed by Target in Anderson.
He was an avid Colts fan and enjoyed spending time with his family and friends.
Gary is survived by his loving wife, Michele L. Clark of Pendleton; son, Nicholas A. (Jasmine) Clark of Greenfield; stepdaughter, Kristan Weatherford of Indianapolis; son, Joshua R. Clark of Muncie; stepdaughter, Cassie Kiritsis of Anderson; stepdaughter, Nina Kiritsis of Pittsburgh, Pa.; daughter, Sara Clark of Pendleton; daughter, Kayleigh York of Anderson; father, Charles Clark of Anderson; brothers, Steve (Melanie) Clark of Dearborn, Mich., and David (Laura) Clark of Oklahoma City, Okla.; and his grandson, Korban Kiritsis.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Norma Clark; and his first wife, Patricia Clark.
Visitation will be held from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Monday at Robert D. Loose Funeral Homes & Crematory, 200 W. 53rd St., Anderson.
Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Monday at the funeral home with the Rev. Gary Klinger officiating.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the family to help with his final expenses.
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2006 Programs
Date: September 5 – October 13, 2006
Opening reception: Thursday September 7, 2006 5 -8-pm
Location: C33 Gallery, 33 E. Congress Parkway
Partners: David Krut Galleries, CCC Office of the Provost, [C] Spaces
In conjunction with the Office of the Provost's college-wide Critical Encounters initiative, the Institute presented an exhibition of life-size self portraits of women who, by mapping and documenting their lives and their illness, invite us to name and identify HIV+ people of South Africa. Bodymaps is a traveling exhibition of art works created by the Bambanani Women, a group of women living with HIV and AIDS from the Kahyelitsha township near Cape Town, South Africa. These artworks were developed from the Memory Box Project, a community engaged program initiated by the University of Cape Town and Medecins Sans Frontieres, in response to the growing number of South Africans living with HIV and AIDS. This exhibition was brought to the Institute in partnership with David Krut Galleries of New York and South Africa. Also available was the accompanying book Long Life- Positive HIV Stories, which illustrates and profiles the lives of the Bambanani Women's Group, the Bodymaps artists.
Body as Art: Politics, Gender, and Culture Public Panel Discussion (as part of the Critical Encounters Initiative)
Date: September 20, 2006, 6-7:30pm
Location: Ferguson Hall, Columbia College Chicago, 600 S. Michigan
Partners: Liberal Education Department, Columbia College Chicago, POLVO, RadioArte, and SAIC Visiting Artists Program and Performance Department
The Institute co-presented the Body as Art: Politics, Gender and Culture public panel discussion with the Liberal Education Department, SAIC Visiting Artist and Performance Department, POLVO, and RadioArte. The dialogue investigated the relationships and intersections of gender, politics, and culture as it relates to the body, art, activism, and HIV/AIDS/Health. Participants included visual and performance artists Sonia Baez-Hernandez and Tracey Rose, Outreach Director of the AIDS and Society Research Unit, University of Cape Town, Colin Almeleh, and moderator Hamza Walker, Director of Education and Associate Curator at The Renaissance Society.
BitchFEST Reading, Discussion and Book Signing
Date: September 28, 2006, 5:30-7pm
Location: Ferguson Hall, Columbia College, 600 S. Michigan
Partners: Women and Gender Studies Program, Journalism Department, Columbia College Chicago, and YWCA Metropolitan Chicago
The first issue of Bitch Magazine was published in January 1996 as a photocopied and stapled zine that was a feminist response to pop culture. Ten years later it has grown into a public forum for discourse on the state of women in our culture and has become one of the most provocative places to voice one's critical thoughts, guilty pleasures, dissatisfactions, and de-code mainstream media. Bitch founders Lisa Jervis and Andi Zeisler read from their latest book BitchFest, an anthology of the best writing in Bitch's 10 year history, along with new pieces, including the Forward from comedienne Margaret Cho. Following the reading was a moderated discussion and then a book signing.
Reeling Film Festival- the Chicago Lesbian & Gay International Film Festival- Movie Screening and Panel Discussion
Date: November 4, 2006, 12-3:30pm
Location: Film Row Cinema, Columbia College, 1104 S. Wabash
Partner: Reeling Film Festival
The Institute co-sponsored the movie screenings of two films Boy I Am directed by Sam Feder and FtF: Female to Femme directed by Kami Chisholm, as part of this year's Reeling Film Festival. Boy I Am is a compelling and provocative look at the place of trans issues within the larger queer community. This riveting documentary focuses on the lives of three transmen as they prepare for their transitions and questions how the emergence of female to male visibility affects the dyke community from which they have come. Their stories serve as the backdrop for smart and provocative interviews with leading gender theorists, journalists, activists, lawyers, and professors. FtF celebrates dyke femme identities and an understanding of femininity as multiple rather than singular, constructed rather than natural, and as potentially radical on someone "born female" as masculinity, which has lately been given a great deal of privilege in the dyke community. Following the screening was a public panel discussion including directors Feder and Chisolm and a diverse audience of over 100 people, addressing perspectives of gender identity, trans/identity issues, and dyke feminism.
A Conversation with Human Rights Activist Veronica Cruz
Date: November 10, 2006, 1:45pm
Location: Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, 800 S. Halsted
Partners: Human Rights Watch, Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, International Studies at University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) and Latin American and Latino Studies at University of Illinois at Chicago
The Institute co-presented a conversation with Veronica Cruz, a leading Mexican women's rights advocate and founder and head of Las Libres (The Free Women), the only organization in the conservative state of Guanajuato to help rape victims access safe abortion. Elena Gutierrez from UIC's Gender and Women's Studies and Latin American and Latino Studies programs took part in the conversation with an audience comprised of students from multiple educational institutions.
The Lola Project (TLP)
Date: November 16-18, 2006, 8pm
Location: HotHouse, 31 E. Balbo
Partners: A Sordid Collective, Office of GLBT Student Concerns, Columbia College Chicago and dykediva.com
A Sordid Collective produced The Lola Project, a part burlesque part drag king performance that invited the audience to trace the connections and divergences around and among ten feisty characters as they traversed early-twentieth century Chicago. The Lola Project explores themes of gender, class, privilege, desire, culture, and mass communication while keeping a beat to a campy, steamy rhythm.
Gender Based Violence in a Global Context: A Chicago Discussion
Date: November 20, 2006, 6-8pm
Location: Roosevelt University, 430 S. Michigan Avenue
Partners: WE-ACTx Rwanda, Heartland Alliance, Marjorie Kovler Center, Hektoen Institute, Crossroads Fund, Chicago Foundation for Women, University of Illinois at Chicago International Studies Program, Roosevelt University
This program included a distinguished panel discussing issues of human rights, gender-based violence, and health care on the occasion of the "To Live Again" Project: Rwandan Survivors of Genocide photography exhibit, which was open for viewing during the discussion. The audience was comprised of a majority of students from the multiple educational institutions, health workers, activists, direct service providers, media representatives, and scholars.
Natalie Bennett, Associate Professor, Women and Gender Studies, DePaul University
Cathy Christeller, Executive Director, Chicago Women's AIDS Project
Marge Cohen, M.D. Director of Women's HIV Research, CORE Center
Dori Dinsmore, Midwest Regional Director, Amnesty International USA
Mary Fabri, Ph.D., Director of the Marjorie Kovler Center for the Treatment of Survivors of Torture
Lynette Jackson, Associate Professor, Gender and Women's Studies and African American Studies, Chair of the International Studies Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago
Celeste Watkins-Hayes, Assistant Professor of Sociology and African American Studies, Northwestern University
25 years of HIV/AIDS from a Gender Perspective
Date: December 5, 2006
Location: Roosevelt University, 430 S. Michigan Avenue
Partners: Crossroads Fund, Chicago Women's AIDS Project, WE-ACTx Rwanda, Mansfield Institute for Social Justice at Roosevelt University, Chicago Foundation for Women
This year marked the 25th year of the AIDS epidemic. In remembrance of this history and in support of current HIV/AIDS activism, the Institute joined with Crossroads Fund, Chicago Women's AIDS Project, WE-ACTx Rwanda, Mansfield Institute for Social Justice at Roosevelt University, and the Chicago Foundation for Women to co-present a program that included a distinguished panel discussing issues around HIV/AIDS and health care in the context of race, class, and gender on the occasion of the "To Live Again" Project: Rwandan Survivors of Genocide, a photo and oral history exhibit, which was open for viewing during the discussion. The audience was comprised of a majority of students from the multiple educational institutions, health workers, activists, direct service providers, media representatives, and scholars.
Cathy Cohen, Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago
Mardge Cohen, Director, Women's HIV Research, CORE Center: Connections Between Local and Global HIV Activism
Chris Curry, Student AIDS activist: Students Take Action Against the AIDS Pandemic
Debra Flemming, Local HIV Activist: Community Responses to HIV/AIDS
Keith Green, Black Gay Men's Caucus: Community Responses to HIV/AIDS
Moderator Cathy Christeller, Executive Director, Chicago Women's AIDS Project
Art in the Time of Democratic Fever: the New South Africa
Breakfast conversation with Albie Sachs, Constitutional Court Justice of South Africa, and South African architect Vanessa September
Date: January 13, 10am - 12pm
Location: Museum of Contemporary Photography, 600 S. Michigan Ave., 1st Floor
Partner: CCC Office of the President
This special breakfast conversation features Albie Sachs, Constitutional Court Justice of South Africa, and South African architect Vanessa September speaking about art, democracy, the New Court House and Constitutional Hill in South Africa, activism, social change, community empowerment, creative process, and individual roles and responsibilities. The audience is comprised of an invited group of 50 artists, activists, philanthropists, civic leaders, public representatives, cultural workers, Columbia colleagues - trustees, upper administrators, staff, faculty and students.
Women in Hip-Hop featuring Psalm One and Ang13
Date: February 23, 4-6pm
Location: HotHouse, 33 W. Balbo Ave.
Partner: Cultural Studies Department, Black World Studies Department
This program created a platform for performances by female Hip-Hop artists Psalm One and Ang13 followed by a question-and-answer session about the challenges of being female in the Hip-Hop world and the particular roles and responsibilities that female hip hop artists face.
Women of Color and Feminism Series:
African American Women Defining the 'F' Word
Latinas Defining the 'F' Word
Asian American Women Defining the 'F' Word
Date: February-April 2006
Location: Film Row Cinema, 1104 S. Wabash, 8th Floor
Partner: Chicago Foundation for Women
These panel discussions focused on the state and perception of feminism among women of color. This program attracted over 250 participants.
Loving Repeating: A Musical of Gertrude Stein
Date: Performances and Educational Programming throughout February 2006
Location: Museum of Contemporary Art
Partners: About Face Theatre, Museum of Contemporary Art
CCC Departments of Theatre, Art + Design, English, Liberal Education
Loving Repeating was directed and adapted by two-time Tony Award winner Frank Galati, who was also a professor of Performance Studies at Northwestern, Associate Director of the Goodman Theatre and ensemble member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company. Music and orchestrations were by Tony Award winner Stephen Flaherty.
The Institute was the educational partner of the production and a sponsor. Educational programs included student-focused discussions with the director, producers, composer, and performers of Loving Repeating and visits to rehearsals of the production. Columbia students were able to attend preview performances and a select group of students from several disciplines including Theatre, Art and Design, English, Liberal Education and interdisciplinary acts participated in a series of discussions and special events with the principles in the production. The Institute co-presented an after performance panel discussion with Mr. Galati and several of the performers and a scholar and artist.
A description of Loving Repeating follows:
The Tony Award-winning creators of the blockbuster musical Ragtime—composer Stephen Flaherty and Chicago's own Frank Galati—reunited for this endlessly fascinating chamber musical about one of America's most original writers, Gertrude Stein. Loving Repeating explores the romantic world of Gertrude Stein - her giddy love affair with language, self-expression, and with Alice B. Toklas. Stein - the great modernist and artistic gadfly - is one of the most influential artists of the past century, and she and her expatriate milieu - including the likes of Picasso, Matisse, T.S. Eliot, Ernest Hemingway, and her beloved "wife" Alice B. Toklas - changed the way contemporary artists see the world and express themselves. Loving Repeating is a theatrical love song to one of the most lyrical, romantic, and daring writers of our era, created by two of the most important artists working in the American theatre.
Women and Film: Producing, Exhibiting, and Making Media
Date: March 8, 5:30 - 7pm
Location: Film Row Cinema, 1104 S. Wabash, 8th Floor
Partner: CCC Film and Video Department
For International Women's Day, the Institute selected a distinguished panel comprised of female leaders in the film industry to discuss the challenges of women working in the film industry today. The panelists spent time during the day with approximately 30 film and video students, critiquing their work, discussing their craft and answering questions giving students more direct time with the visitors. After the public panel discussion, the Institute hosted a dinner with selected guests including cultural leaders in the field, trustees, prospective donors, and foundation leaders and Columbia colleagues.
Moderator: Mara Tapp, Award winning Journalist, Columbia College Chicago faculty member
Patricia Cardoso, Award-Winning Director, Real Women Have Curves
Judith McCray, Filmmaker and Founder, Juneteenth Productions
Gigi Pritzker, CEO and Co-Founder, Odd Lot Entertainment
Dianne Weyermann, Executive Vice President, Documentary Production at Participant Productions, Columbia College Chicago Alumni Film & Video
Sister Chicas
Date: April 5, 6:00-8:00pm
Location: One E. Wacker Drive, 20th Floor
Partner: Chicago Foundation for Women
The Lesbian, Latina, and Young Women's Leadership Councils of Chicago Foundation for Women and the Institute hosted a reading, discussion and reception to celebrate the release of the novel Sisster Chicas (Penguin/NAL). Written by Lisa Alvarado, Ann Hagman Cardinal and Jane Alberdeston Coralin, the novel tells the story of three young Latina friends in Chicago. Addressing issues such as culture, body image, self-concept and sexuality, the novel presents the reader with an image of strong female relationships.
26th Annual Conference of the National Women & Theater Program
Date: August 1 - 2, 2006
Location: Columbia College Chicago, Department of Art and Design
Partner: Departement of Art and Design
The National Women & Theater program promotes the work of women in theater, performance, and activism, and is dedicated to engaging with the local community in which our conference takes place. The Annual Conference draws 100-200 scholars and practitioners from across the U.S. and Canada and features panels, presentations, performances and workshops. Teatro Luna, a Chicago-based Latina theatre troupe, was the keynote performance and Chicago's About Face Theatre performed a staged reading of Jane Chambers's classic lesbian play, Last Summer at Blue Fish Cove. There was also a powerful performance by Karen Finley, the most famous artist of the "N.E.A. Four".


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I'm pretty sure many of you are like me -- I've got special foods I cook before UK football and, especially, basketball games.
During basketball season I like to slow cook a pot of chili. I've got a white chili recipe that will burn your socks off.
There's been some disasters. I once decided to use garlic cloves instead of of garlic powder. You know?, there's a difference. That whole pot went down the drain. Lord, have mercy. As I went for my walk that night, these people in goth clothes kept coming up to me, saying, "Vampire Slayer". Last year, I made a pot of Texas Chili for the UofL basketball game. Mistake. The combination of the jalapenos and the alleged Swopshire elbow (it was a push with a forearm, you morons) -- Well, I was uncomfortable.
But I have my food traditions.
For tomorrow's kick-off, I'm attempting a pot of Burgoo -- my first. It's based on Keeneland's recipe and the Owensboro barbecue festivals of my youth and visits. So far, so good. The stoneware seems to be holding, :), and the house smells good. I'll let it age until tomorrow, and will have a big bowl ready (with cornbread) at 3:30.
So, what's your UK food traditions?
Barbecue as you tailgate outside of Commonwealth Stadium? A monster Brat and Mett barbecue as you prepare for the game on TV?
This post may fail, but I figured I'd give it a try.
Let's share. Traditions? Recipes?


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A mattress-sale fundraiser at Dominican High School started Wednesday with a trickle of customers — and the first customer came in after seeing a sign.
The signs, of course, provoked controversy Tuesday when the village building inspector said they violated sign ordinances and ordered that they be removed immediately because they were in public right of ways.
More than 100 signs had been placed around the village to advertise the sale of the deeply discounted mattresses, with the proceeds going to benefit Dominican athletics programs and local domestic violence shelters.
On Wednesday, though, Dominican officials sought to downplay any notion of conflict with the village, choosing to focus instead on the mission behind the fundraiser itself. The sale runs noon to 7 p.m. Wednesday in the school cafeteria, 120 E. Silver Spring Dr.
"Our mission is to help the underserved," said Leanne Giese, Dominican president. "We have so many service projects going on all the time." She pointed to a cart full of food that was going to the needy. Next to it, a batch of the mattress fundraiser signs was stacked.
"We apologize that the signs were put all over the village," she said. "We want to follow the rules, and there are no ill feelings."
Brian Geittmann, dean of students, said proceeds from the mattress sales would go to good causes. "Our athletic booster club provides for a lot of opportunities for student athletes," he said.
Both said they had received no complaints about the signs until the village building inspector called Tuesday and said they needed to come down.
"We have a great relationship with the village and the police department, and we don't want to disrupt that," Brian Geittmann said. "We want to be compliant."
Added Giese, "We were trying to do something good for the community."
Geittmann's brother, John, who also has ties to Whitefish Bay, is running the mattress fundraiser through his Waukesha fundraising company. The company buys the mattresses wholesale and sells them at steeply discounted rates to school customers. The schools get about 60 percent of the proceeds, and the company announced it would donate $50 for each mattress sold to local women's shelters to assist domestic violence shelters.
John Geittmann said about four or five customers had stopped by in the first half hour of the sale, which started at noon and is supposed to coincide with parent-teacher conferences. Each person bought a mattress, he said.
"The first customer had seen the signs," he said, and the others were connected to the school.