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Dinesh Singh, M.D., Assistant Professor of Urology and Director of Laparoscopy and Endourology, earned his medical degree from Columbia University and completed his residency in general surgery at Brigham & Women's Hospital and his residency in urology at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Singh is Board Certified in Urology and completed fellowship training in laparoscopy and minimally invasive surgery. He specializes in treating patients with prostate cancer, adrenal gland tumors, ureteropelvic junction (UPJ) obstruction, testes cancer, and kidney stone disease.
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Does Size Matter in the NHL?
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If you're going to get a role on 3rd/4th line or be a shut-down defenseman, yes size matters.
Work ethic though, regardless of how big or small you are, is most important.
Posted 31 May 2012 - 07:14 PM
GMRwings: "Well, in other civilized countries, 16 years old isn't considered underage. For instance, I believe the age of consent is 16 in Canada. There's some US states where it's 16 as well.
Get off the high horse. Not like she was 10."
"Some girls are 17 even though they look 25."
Posted 03 June 2012 - 12:57 PM
Posted 03 June 2012 - 01:12 PM
The point about Cammaleri and St Louis kinda actually shows how important size is. To be small you have to be a 90 point or 40 goal scorer to be relevant. Hudler put up 25 last year and no one wants to see him back because deficiencies in his game caused mostly by a lack of size.
Posted 03 June 2012 - 01:36 PM
Posted 04 June 2012 - 11:48 PM
20 goals scored to 29 goals: 35 players were 6-1/201 or bigger and 36 were 6-0/200 or smaller. Of the elite players, those that scored 30+ goals, there is a gap. 30 guys scored at least 30 goals. Of this group, 20 were 6-1/201 or bigger, and 10 were 6-0/200 or smaller. Now yes you have some guys that are 6-0 or 5-11 and over 200 pounds, and you have some guys that are 6-1 or taller and less than 200. So of course no split is ever 100% true.
If you look at the Wings roster from this past year, we have 7 guys coming back that are 6-1/200 or bigger. Abby, Franzen, Burt, Kindl, Eric, Quincey, and Smith. Then there are guys like Cleary, over 200 pounds but only 6-0 tall or Miller who is 6-2, but is under 200 pounds. The dangerous part is, of the 3 forwards we have that are above average in size, 2 are well over 30 years old with no replacements close to being ready.
But you have to have balance. The Flyers under Clark went out and picked up every big slow moving player they could find. Of course it didn't work. When we have won our Cups we had smaller fast guys and big power forwards at the same time.
Posted 04 June 2012 - 11:54 PM
"Everything he does is exciting to watch." -Holmstrom describes Datsyuk
Posted 04 June 2012 - 11:57 PM
I think this is one of those things where size doesn't matter as much as how you use it. I could watch Datsyuk check Chara all day long.
Or you can watch Doan check our whole team into the boards with no reaction like he did a couple years back in the playoffs. Or like the Preds did this playoffs......
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MISENHEIMER, NC The Pfeiffer University womens soccer team (4-4, 2-1 Conference Carolinas) fell 1-0 to Belmont Abbey (7-1, 3-0) in an early battle for first place in the conference. Each team came into todays match at 2-0 and tied for the top spot, but the Crusaders came away with sole possession of first place thanks to Meghan Philips second half goal.
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Belmont Abbey struck in the 79th minute as a Pfeiffer defender and Halligan collided. Philip grabbed the loose ball and fired it into the open net for her fourth score of the season. The Lady Falcons had a ferocious comeback attempt in the final moments, but the Crusaders withstood the pressure.
Halligan made 11 saves in the loss, while Hannah Kohls stopped four shots to improve to 7-0 on the season. Belmont Abbey held a 28-11 advantage in shots and a 10-2 lead in corner kicks.
Kayla Rodriguez led the Lady Falcons with three shots, and Sarah Yates had two shots on goal for Pfeiffer.
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Sunday Febuary 7th is the Steve Dodson fundraiser event at CV. There will be a pancake breakfast starting at 6:30am and $2 gets you a small stack. Players meeting starts at 9am with a 9:30 tee time. After 27 holes of golf there will be lunch ($2 chili and $1 hotdogs) and other events. Mulligans are available for $5 each or three canned goods limit three per player. The cans will be given to a local food bank. Pro payout is 70% and 30% will go to Steve. We are taking donations for this if you are unable to attend.
We talked about running skillshot events in the future. These events will be used as fundraisers and tools for learning. Other disc sports will be included if there is enough interest.
Martin is working on the new bag tags and will let us know more later.
Metro Parks wants us to have three course representatives for CV. So far we have Dave and Nate with the third spot still open.
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Isaac, originally from Portsmouth, Ohio, has a B.A. in English from Shawnee State University. He worked as a substitute teacher and for the Shawnee State Upward Bound program, which provides academic, social, recreational, cultural and counseling services to high school students to create skills, motivation and the self-confidence necessary to succeed in college.
"Those experiences are what made me realize that I wanted to work in youth services," Isaac said. "I wanted to do a practicum at the State Library of Ohio. I knew it was an important institution, but honestly didn't know what it did. When I found out that there was a youth-related practicum at the State Library, I was excited. I really want to be a young adult librarian, and this was an opportunity to see library youth services from another perspective."
Isaac was selected to work with Ohio Ready to Read, a program created by the State Library of Ohio and the Ohio Library Council to help address early literacy needs of young children in Ohio. During his practicum, Isaac sat in on board meetings, migrated the Ohio Ready to Read wiki page to a better platform to improve access, completed a design update and expansion of the Ohio Ready to Read website, and created a children and teen booklist on Abraham Lincoln to correlate with the recent Forever Free exhibit.
"I also traveled to Westerville Public Library, Columbus Main Library/Center for Discovery, and an outreach location of the CML Ready to Read Corps to observe various ways that children's service librarians provide early literacy programming to their communities," Isaac said. "My initial practicum project for the Ohio Ready to Read project fell through because the national standards I was to work with weren't released in time. However, my advisor taught me that you have to be adaptable in the library world because things like this happen."
For the project portion of his practicum, Isaac designed a video and table-top gaming program that could be instituted by any library's youth services department.
"There's nothing that says you can't have fun while learning and enriching yourself," he said. "Many people dismiss games, but they have real value."
Isaac's practicum experience has really personalized the State Library for him.
"I'm not the first SLIS-Columbus student to do a practicum at the State Library, and I highly doubt I will be the last," he said. "I think more students should consider doing their practicum there because it provides valuable knowledge about how Ohio's libraries work on the government level. Before the practicum I just saw it as this faceless government office. Now I know that there are some really fun and interesting people working there."
Since 1975, Kent State has offered the M.L.I.S. degree program in Columbus for students in the central region of Ohio. SLIS moved to the State Library of Ohio in 2008. With this relocation, SLIS became the first library science school to be housed within a state library since Melvil Dewey's School of Library Economy at the State Library of New York opened in 1889.


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I've wanted to talk to you about Isot for a long time, but the little packet I opened sat on my counter for a few weeks, waiting to go into something else. But it wasn't until I found myself with an overload of eggs, and an odd craving for an egg salad sandwich (something I haven't had for years) that I found a way to feature this curiously delicious pepper, which has fruity and spicy nuances happening at the same time.
Isot is also known as Urfa Biber, and is a deep-purplish ground pepper. Whereas pomegranate molasses was all the rage a few years ago, Isot kind of got overlooked. And because I'm constantly asked "What's the next food trend?" whenever I get interviewed, I'd like to propose Isot. It was given to me as part of a Turkish care package by Cenk, when he came to visit from Istanbul. And ever since I ripped open the curious little packet of pepper, which is the color of burnished eggplant skin, I've been intrigued by the thought of putting it in – or on – something else.


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New Zealand coach Steve Hansen says the world champions still have room for improvement.
The All Blacks have now won 16 consecutive Tests and should break the world record of 18 on their end-of-year tour. They won all six of their matches in the Rugby Championship, adding the southern-hemisphere trophy to the World Cup they won last year. Hansen, though, doesn't think they've reached their peak.
'We haven't got ourselves nailed yet but we're getting better,' he said. 'We know we have some very talented players, but so have lot of other teams. The difference between us and them is that we are perhaps getting our preparation right during the week and ensuring that our players have the best chance to perform on the Saturday.'
Hansen said it had been difficult to travel from New Zealand to Argentina and then to South Africa, but that they had managed the players' workloads carefully.
'We went to a second time zone, so sleep was an issue this week, but we trained smart.'
Meanwhile, Richie McCaw lauded his side's mental strength at Soccer City.
'We had the Rugby Championship trophy sewn up last week, but the guys understood the challenge of coming to South Africa and the need to back it up. There are a few guys in our squad who have been around a while and they ensured that we kept our edge.
'We're reasonably fit and pride ourselves on playing for 80 minutes. Our fuel tanks probably weren't 100% full coming into this game, so it came down to mental desire, the ability to keep getting up. It was a battle of wills today, and we got momentum that kept us going.'
The All Blacks captain has now won 100 of his 112 Tests, a record which Hansen called 'pretty spectacular'.
'It is pretty special,' said McCaw, 'but you've got to be part of a pretty special team to be able to do that.'
By Simon Borchardt, at Soccer City


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The Groovy Eclipse Plugin allows you to edit, compile and run groovy scripts and classes.
Note that the plugin is work in progress. You can check the current status of the plugin here: issues and bugs
Eclipse version compatibility
Eclipse 3.0 : not working; there are dependencies to the 3.1 API.
Eclipse 3.1 : working
Eclipse 3.2 : working
Update Site
The update site containing the most recent release is here: http://dist.codehaus.org/groovy/distributions/update/
- Go to: Help -> Software Updates -> Find and Install -> Search For New Features
- Click on New Remote Site
- Enter a name (eg: Groovy) in the Name field
- Copy the URL from above into the URL field and press OK
- Check the new Groovy repository and press finish
- Under Select the Features to Install check the Groovy check box (be sure to get the latest version) and press Next
- Accept the agreement and press Next
- If the default location looks okay press Finish (this will download the plugin)
- If you get a warning that the plugin is unsigned click Install or Install All
This should download and install the Groovy plugin. It may require a restart of Eclipse to make sure it is loaded okay.
Create a Groovy Project
To create a basic Groovy project in Eclipse perform the following steps:
- Go to: File -> New -> Project
- Select Java Project and press Next
- In the Project Name field enter the name of your project (GroovyJava for this example)
- Under Project Layout select Create separate source and output folders and press Finish
- In the Package Explorer find the newly created project, right click, and select Add Groovy Nature
So far you should have a src folder, a bin-groovy folder, and several libraries. There is also a bin folder that was created by Eclipse, but is hidden due to exclusion filters. The next steps are needed to make the bin-groovy folder the default output folder, and to connect it to the src folder so that the debugger will know where to find the associated source and classes:
- In the Package Explorer, right click on the "GroovyJava" project, and select: Build Path -> Configure Build Path
- Use the Browse button to change the Default Output Folder from bin to bin-groovy
- Press OK, OK
This will expose the bin folder in the Package Explorer. I'm not sure why the plugin creates a bin-groovy directory. Perhaps there are other "bin" files that are best kept separate from the Groovy classes, or perhaps one of the original versions of Eclipse didn't create a "bin" directory automatically. Some day when someone has a clear idea of the usefulness of this, or lack thereof, we can clean up my instructions.
Download and build from Subversion
This section is for those who want to do development work on the Eclipse plugin. More specific information regarding the wish-list and standards can be found at Eclipse Plugin Development
TODO: The details here need updating now that the Groovy repository has moved from CVS to Subversion. The plugin source can be found in
and advice on access to the SVN repository can be found at: http://xircles.codehaus.org/projects/groovy/repo
Check out groovy/ide/groovy-eclipse/GroovyEclipse and groovy/ide/groovy-eclipse/GroovyBrowsing from subversion (see here Subversion for Subversion info) into a separate Eclipse projects. Just use simple check-outs, subversion already contains all the information Eclipse needs to create the project properly (i.e. .project and .classpath and other files). Detailed description of how to accomplish the above in Eclipse using the Subclipse plugin:
- Select the Window -> Open Perspective->Other -> SVN Repository Exploring.
- In the context menu of the SVN Repository pane, select New Repository Location
- Enter URL information obtained from Subversion;
- Open these folders:/trunk/groovy/ide/groovy-eclipse/GroovyEclipse /trunk/groovy/ide/groovy-eclipse/GroovyBrowsing
- Right-click to get its context menu and select Check out (not Check out as)
- Now you should have two projects called GroovyEclipse and GroovyBrowsing in your package explorer view
To browse the CVS repository take a trip down this link: http://cvs.groovy.codehaus.org/viewrep/groovy/groovy/ide/groovy-eclipse.
Testing the plugin
It might be useful to test the plugin before you export it and use it in your main eclipse installation. To accomplish this
- Simply select or double click the file called plugin.xml from the GroovyEclipse project. This should bring up an editor for the plugin description; the first page should be called Overview.
- In this page, select the link Launch an Eclipse application. This should start a new Eclipse instance in which you have no projects.
- You may optionally select Launch an Eclipse application in Debug mode. If you do, you will be able to edit the plugin code, and have your changes take effect immediately (hot code replacement). This is very useful if you are developing things and want to test your changes without stopping and restarting the runtime workbench. Note that there are certain limitations to this; it does not work with changing the plugin.xml file.
- Create a new Java project and configure the project (perhaps adding a package first).
- Create a new Groovy class named GTest. Do this on the context (right mouse button) menu of the package in which you want your groovy class; like so: New -> Other -> Groovy -> Groovy Class.
- You will be asked if you wish to "Add runtime groovy support and auto build to project?". Say yes.
- Fill in the groovy code of your desire, for example something like this:
Running the example above
- In the Project Explorer, select GTest.groovy, then right mouse-click and Run -> Run
- In the Run pop-up, select Groovy in the list of configurations, then click New, and click the Search button to search for the Main class.
The GTest class should appear in the list of Groovy classes to run. Select it and click OK.
- Click Apply, then Run... check your console view, it should read Rod, Phil...
Exporting the plugin
To export the plugin for use with your main eclipse installation follow these simple instructions:
- Select the plugin.xml file in the GroovyEclipse project.
- Select the link Export Wizard
- In Available Plug-ins and Fragments, check both org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse and org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.codebrowsing
- In Export destination -> Archive file: enter a filename, e.g. org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse_1.0.0.zip
- (Optionally, you may wish to check the 'Package plug-ins as individual jar archives' option under Export options. This is a new export format used by Eclipse 3.1, however the old format also works fine with Eclipse 3.1.)
- Click Finish, and you are done.
Installing the plugin
The zip file you just created is now just like any other plugin zip file, that can be unzipped under the eclipse root directory. To install the plugin:
- Shutdown Eclipse
- Open the zip file and extract its content to the eclipse root directory. You should check that either a folder or jar has been created under eclipse/plugin:
- Either a directory org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse_1.0.0
- or a jar file org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse_1.0.0.jar if you checked the 'Package plug-ins as individual jar archives' option when exporting the plugin.
- Restart Eclipse to install the Groovy plugin


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Wink Martindale has created terrific audio-biographies over the years. K-Earth 101 aired one of them over the Christmas holidays. Now you will have a chance to hear four more of these specials in March.
Starting with Frank Sinatra, they will air each weekend – 6 p.m. Saturday and repeated at 8 p.m. Sunday starting March 2-3 on CRN Digital Talk Radio Network – www.crntalk.com.
The other subjects will be Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme, Johnny Mathis and Neil Diamond.
"I've agreed with Mike Horn, president of the CRN Digital Talk Radio Network (nationwide) to do a series of four weekends. This is sort of a 'test' on what otherwise is an all-talk network. In fact, most of my shows will be more talk than music. Example, on the Sinatra show I use several snippets of his songs to underline a story having been told. The only full song will be 'My Way' in the final segment, following Paul Anka relating the circumstances surrounding his writing the song for Sinatra," Martindale said.
Longtime Southern California Rich "Brother" Robbin has started in afternoon drive (2-7 p.m.) on "The Walrus" XHPRS/105.7 FM.
"Rich's career spans many decades and many markets including Los Angeles (KIQQ and Ten-Q), Phoenix, Detroit, Portland, Nashville, Memphis and Tucson, but he is best-known and remembered for his work in San Diego at KGB and KCBQ ('back in the good ol' days') and more recently at KBZT and KCBQ," said programming-operations manager, Mike Shepard.
"Robbin was one of the legendary disc jockeys who inspired me to get into radio, and we had the great fortune of working together to make K-BEST 95 a dominant station in San Diego in the '90s," Shepard said.
Robbin said in the announcement., "There I was, sitting at the beach with my website (www.richbroradio.com) and three old classic cars, safely retired (or so I thought) minding my own business and here came this wonderful opportunity to return to the air on 105.7 The Walrus which I just couldn't refuse ... and it's even more fun today!"
Here is The Walrus weekday line-up is as follows:
5-9 a.m.: Nolan & Kim (John Nolan & Kim Morrison)
9 a.m.-2 p.m. : Dave Mason
2-7 p.m.: Rich "Brother" Robbin
7 p.m.- midnight: Tom Kent
The station is streamed so it is available to Orange County audiences – www.1057thewalrus.com.


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Results vs. Davis and Elkins (2007-12-15 14:00:00)
December 15, 2007
|Falcons Win 5th Straight
|Saturday, 15 December 2007
|Misenheimer, NC---Logan Call had 18 points and 9 rebounds to lead Pfeiffer (5-3) to a 83-71 victory over Davis and Elkins(4-3) Saturday afternoon in non-conference men's basketball action. The Falcons have now won five straight games.
Pfeiffer scored the first five points of the game. The Senators responded with an 11-0 run but the Falcons came right back with a 7-0 run to take a 12-11 lead after eight minutes of play.
Thoms Carr hit a three-pointer with nine minutes left to give Pfeiffer a 20-17 lead.
Danny Manuel hit two straight three-pointers for the Senators to tie the game at 25.
With 1:56 to go Daniel Bell hit a "3" to give the Falcons a 33-30 advantage.
At halftime the Falcons had a 36-34 lead.
Pfeiffer held the Senators scoreless for the first three and a half minutes of the second half as they increased their lead to 43-34.
Five straight points by Trumaine Johnson increasd the lead for Pfeiffer to 51-39 with 15 minutes to go.
A Thomas Carr steal and long three-pointer gave the Falcons a 20 point lead at 69-49 with 9:15 left.
Davis and Elkins fought back but Logan Call made a 10 foot jumper with 3:25 to go to give the Falcons a 73-64 advantage.
Alvin Slaton effectively nded the game when he hit a three-pointer with 1:06 to go to give Pfeiffer a 79-68 lead.
Pfeiffer held on to win 83-71.
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In late March, the ASPCA played a critical role in a three-state dog fighting raid that resulted in the rescue of nearly 100 animals. A few weeks after this intricately coordinated effort to rescue dogs in Texas, Missouri and Kansas went off without a hitch, we're able to update you on the dogs and the dog fighters.
The Victims
When we found these dogs, many were doomed to live their whole lives tethered by heavy chains—and on the day of the raid, many were left outside to suffer through a blizzard. Now, says ASPCA Vice President of Field Investigations and Response Tim Rickey, they're living in an entirely different world.
When the dogs arrived at our temporary shelter, our veterinary professionals, led by the ASPCA's Dr. Sarah Kirk, examined them quickly and thoroughly. Some dogs needed immediate care, while others require ongoing treatment which they are now receiving from ASPCA and local veterinarians.
An ASPCA behaviorist will be on the ground at the shelter throughout this operation, and while the dogs stay in our clean and spacious shelter, they will benefit from behavioral enrichment programs that incorporate toys, games and lots of fun interactions with people. The dogs will have regular access to one of several large exercise playpens, where they'll get to play with our responders and burn off excess doggy energy.
"Every day," Rickey says, "we're focusing on taking care of these animals and providing the best environment that we can for them."
The Suspects
The ASPCA continues to work to collect evidence and provide other support to law enforcement, working to ensure dog fighters pay for harming these animal victims. The charges are just starting to roll in:
Last week Pete Davis Jr. and Melvin L. Robinson, both of Kansas City, Kansas, were each charged in federal court with one count of transporting animals for participation in an animal fighting venture in interstate commerce. If convicted, they face up to five years in federal prison and a possible fine of up to $250,000.
"The case is not over yet—there's still a lot of work to be done on the investigation side," says Rickey, adding that he hopes to see more arrests in relation to this raid.
The ASPCA had been assisting the FBI, U.S. Attorney's Office, Missouri State Highway Patrol and other law enforcement agencies with the planning of this large-scale raid since November 2012. ASPCA Blood Sports Director Terry Mills provided his expertise to help these agencies maximize the operation's impact. Our next steps: continuing to provide top-notch care for these animals and working with authorities to secure the right to place dogs in loving homes.
If you've given to the ASPCA recently, from the bottom of our hearts: thank you. This raid is an enormous undertaking and a huge commitment, but we are dedicated to being there for animal victims of cruelty whenever they need us. If you haven't yet given lately, please consider doing so today. On behalf of animals across the country, thank you!
Do you have the name of the organization Michael Vick opened to help dogs used in fighting?
Re m Vick,the way to change this is for all to boycott any team,or game that welcomes him. The NFL,team owners,and fans need to do this. Do you think that jerk cares what people think or say? As the saying goes, he was crying all the way to the bank.
Prosecutors,all law enforcement,and law makers are employed by citizens, we must DEMAND that they do their job.
Put chains around their necks and make them fight to the finish. Miserable pukes...
Are they being kept alive as evidence until the trial is over? or will they get a shot at rehabilitation and adoption?
I hope that these dogs will not be euthanized because of their background. Best Friends has been able to rehabilitate the Michael Vick dogs, and some have been adopted. Anybody who participates in this should be treated like they treated the dogs. (Michael Vick and his ilk are useless and are breathing air that other people should be breathing.)
Thank you for all you do to help these amazing and wonderful animals. I am a proud member and only wish there were more I could do. As for the "punishment" given to those who promote the abuse and torture of innocent animals, no fine, no jail time is good enough. I truly believe they should be chained up outside in a blizzard, without their clothes, with choke chains and spike collars, subjected to all sorts of indignities and abuse; after that, they should be doused in lighter fluid and set on fire!!! Anyone who abuses defenseless animals does not deserve to breathe!
I want these sick humans to get the full extent of the law. How can we ensure justice is served and they won't walk and do the same thing again in 1-3 years? Do you take volunteers to help with these poor innocent pups in rehabilitating with humans again?
These people should life in prison and throw away the key. This is terrible for what they did to these angels.
I have given monthly to the ASPCA for several years now and this is one of the reasons why I do it. You are saving so many beautiful animals from horrific lives. Dog fighting is just terrible and I cannot for the life of me understand what people get out it, of course besides money. How can anyone watch such horrible things happen to innocent animals.
The punishment the people get for supporting this awful fights is never enough.
God bless all of you at ASPCA and all the other organizations that really want to help animals.
Thank you for helping save these animals and for putting away those prices of garbage...hopefully they will have many many horrible years in jail and it should be way more than 5 years !


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For two weeks every August and September, the United States Tennis Association welcomes hundreds of thousands of spectators to New York City's Flushing Meadows for the U.S. Open tennis tournament. And millions more around the world visit USOpen.org to follow the action, watching live-streamed tennis matches and getting scores, stats, and news thanks to IBM technologies.
Predictive and real-time analytics drive IBM's SlamTracker, which identifies key actions players must take to enhance their odds of winning. These same technologies are being used by police departments to prevent crime, retailers to drive sales and financial firms to reduce fraud.
The infrastructure that supports the U.S. Open's digital presence is hosted on an IBM SmartCloud. This flexible, scalable environment, managed by IBM analytics, lets the USTA ensure continuous availability of their digital platforms throughout the tournament and year-round.
The USTA and IBM give fans the ability to experience the matches from anywhere, with any device via a mobile-friendly site and engaging apps for multiple mobile platforms.
Together these innovations make the U.S. Open experience immediate and intimate for fans sitting in the stands or on another continent. Applying IBM analytics, cloud computing and mobile capabilities is a game changer for not only the USTA, but also for any business on a Smarter Planet.
SlamTracker is a predictive and real-time analytics tool featuring "Keys to the Match," match momentum, player information and social sentiment. SlamTracker builds on the scores, stats and player information that IBM captures, using this data to create engaging and compelling tools for digital audiences.
The predictive analytics feature of SlamTracker, called "Keys to the Match," identifies three key actions players can take on the court to enhance their chances of winning.
Before matches, IBM analyzes 41 million data points collected from eight years of Grand Slam play, including head-to-head matches, similar player types and playing surfaces. The resulting keys focus on target serve percentages, rally counts, types of shots and more.
As the match progresses, SlamTracker's momentum tracking feature captures and visually maps player momentum in real-time, point by point, showing which player is on a roll and what points initiated that momentum. Additionally, SlamTracker tracks Twitter conversations about the players on court, identifying how much positive sentiment each is generating throughout the match in real time.
Find out more about how analytics has changed the game of tennis.
At the U.S. Open, IBM brings SlamTracker stats to life on the Game Changer Interactive Wall.
Every point at the U.S. Open holds within it a world of data. The Game Changer wall lets tennis fans see inside the data behind the match, using the power of IBM Big Data & Analytics. This year's wall gives fan insights into player strategy, results, performance, and even the social sentiment surrounding each player.
IBM predictive analytics can change any game, whether the action takes place on a tennis court or in your office.
Organizations that embrace analytics are 2.2 times more likely to substantially outperform industry peers.
For two weeks every summer, demand for information from U.S. Open fans is at its highest. So much so that during the tournament, the United States Tennis Association's IT infrastructure must expand 50 times to meet audience demand and deliver a unique and satisfying fan experience. How does the USTA scale its IT infrastructure to accommodate the flood of data demand that comes from millions of fans at once?Watch how IBM helps the U.S. Open run more efficiently
The USTA needed a cloud solution that would allow it to dynamically allocate resources based on changing IT infrastructure requirements and traffic patterns. And like any other business, the USTA must manage its IT costs, especially over the majority of the year when extra bandwidth isn't required.
So IBM set up a private cloud that can be shared by other organizations with similar demand profiles, namely the Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon, the U.S. Open golf tournament, the Masters, the Tony Awards and ibm.com. A similar solution could also be implemented by larger companies interested in sharing IT resources internally between divisions, departments or projects.
Build and scale your own private cloud to increase your infrastructure availability.
In 2012, the U.S. Open cloud handled over 325 million page views, with 117 million generated from mobile devices.
Monitoring and adjusting the USTA's workloads has always been a manual task. During this year's U.S. Open, however, the USTA will be using IBM analytics to predict, allocate and monitor capacity in the Cloud.
Tournament, player and social sentiment data will be analyzed to predict when and how much capacity will be needed during the event so that resources can be allocated as needed, automatically.
Learn about IBM's perspective on how the cloud expands opportunity in any field.
By next year, 41% of businesses are projected to have substantially implemented cloud technology into their practices—up from 13 percent in 2011.
The U.S. Open is the most highly attended annual sporting event in the world; still many fans who follow the action won't even see Arthur Ashe stadium—not in person, anyway. Those who can't be in New York City can catch all the action, live, from anywhere—along with all the cheering and chatter—on PCs, tablets and smartphones. Mobile technology is one of the key innovations expanding how audiences experience the world—whether it's tennis or your own business, and the products and services you offer.
Apple OS- and Android-enabled tablet and mobile devices can keep tennis fans anywhere up-to-date on all the on-court action, using the mobile-friendly USOpen.org and IBM-powered U.S. Open apps designed to serve streams of news, match data, player stats, live high-definition video, live radio, Twitter feeds from the U.S. Open and players, and within the apps, a page linking to USTA social media pages.
In collaboration with the USTA, IBM has developed the U.S. Open iPad app, giving fans watching matches on TV or online an interactive second-screen experience. It also lets fans converse with peers through enhanced social features and provides access to live match video, highlights and interviews, match analysis and more.
Interested in taking your enterprise into the mobile space? Learn about IBM MobileFirst's true end-to-end mobile solutions.
In 2012, USOpen.org recorded 117 million page views from mobile devices, a 38% increase over 2011.


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Product DescriptionAn aggressive tread in high-volume casings distinguishes the newest addition to Maxxis' downhill and mountain disciplines.
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Date Reviewed: May 16, 2015
Strengths: Fast rolling, high volume, durable all mountain tire.
Weaknesses: As a front tire, it has traction but can feel a little twitchy.
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: 6 months
Price Paid: $53.00
Purchased At: MEC
Similar Products Used: Hans Dampf (great but slower and wears faster) Nobby Nic (fast but weak and fast wearing) High Roller Lust (great tire but too small volume)
Bike Setup: 2011 Nomad with Fox DHX Air and Fox 36. Setup ghetto tubeless.
Date Reviewed: April 7, 2015
Strengths: Stable, airs up tubeless, durable, climbs well, medium roller resist, value.
Weaknesses: Not the fastest tire in my stable.
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Date Reviewed: August 16, 2014
Strengths: Best rubber compound for dry, hard, dusty dirt that I've ridden overall
Secure grip on straights and berms
Quick rolling and turning
Reliable construction that outlasts the tread
Can be converted to tubeless
Weaknesses: Washes out on flat corners, even on pavement, at sharper lean angles
2.4 so big and grippy that it changes the way the front end handles
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Date Reviewed: February 12, 2014
Strengths: Outstanding grip! Lightweight. Fast rolling. Good treadwear
Weaknesses: a little expensive (but worth it)
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These tires hook up with the trail great. I have no problems washing out on corners. I've ridden so much faster into corners with these tires and they track so well. The trails I ride in Florida have a lot of sand, pine needles, technical rocky areas, hard pack, etc. and the Ardents grip through all of it. I haven't had much experience in muddy conditions with these.
These roll very fast. I'm impressed with the amount of traction you get with these, along with the fast rolling. You can really feel the side knobs biting into the trail. They are very predictable when they start to lose a bit of traction around a corner. The tires provide great feedback during turns.
I've had no problems with these airing up tubeless. It did take an air compressor to get the bead to pop in but they've been rock solid since I got them mounted. I have no problems with the bead coming out or burping. I ride these tires very hard. I've noticed very little treadwear so far.
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Bike Setup: 2011 Giant Trance X3 with American Classic MTB 26 wheels.
Date Reviewed: January 19, 2014
Strengths: Grip in all weather, longevity of tread, huge side knobs, low rolling resistance, grip, grip, grip, grip
Weaknesses: Really, I dont have any to list.
Bottom Line:
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Purchased At: West Liberty Cycles
Bike Setup: Hardtail 29er
Date Reviewed: January 8, 2014
Strengths: cornering on grass, loose dirt, shallow mud, gravel is awesome! rolling resistence is good
Weaknesses: traction on road to get to trails is a bit sketchy, but you get used to it
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Date Reviewed: August 28, 2013
Strengths: Great traction in all conditions
Weaknesses: High rolling resistance. Very soft, with rapid wear.
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Purchased At: Excel Sports, Boulde
Bike Setup: Frankenbike built around Titus Motolite frame.
Date Reviewed: June 30, 2013
Strengths: No
Weaknesses: Weak Cornering
Loose fitting bead, does not stay on rim during side loaded landings
Difficult to impossible to inflate tubeless
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To be fair, perhaps I got a lemon of a tire. My experience with this tire has been horrid, and I'm not being dramatic. I bought this tire in a hurry from a local LBS on a Sunday morning, after shredding the sidewall on my usual tire of choice, Schwalbe Nobby Nic, the night before. Drove to the trailhead with plenty of time before my riding partner got there.
First Fail: Could not get the tire to inflate on a Stans Flow. I was frustrated and there was sealant everywhere by the time my partner showed up, and I threw a tube in and hit the trail.
Cornering, not so great. But I won't waste words on that, pretty well covered in other reviews.
Here's the kicker: This tire will not stay on the rim. The first time it came off, was during a 24hr race. Landed a jump over a road at high speed, a little side ways, and the entire side of the bead came off the rim. Lost position as I was on the side of the trail at 3am changing the tube.
Yesterday, same thing, landed a little sideways.... THE ENTIRE TIRE CAME OFF THE RIM. The tube was still inflated, wrapped around by rear triangle and brake like a wad of black intestines. The tire was crumpled and jammed near my seat tube, and the rim was naked.
Later on the same ride the sidewall bubbled.
I wouldn't even feel good giving this tire away free.
Date Reviewed: May 20, 2013
Strengths: grip in all conditions when on the front. fast and corners very well. best tire i have ever ridden in the front.
Weaknesses: none so far
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Date Reviewed: May 13, 2013
Strengths: I'm running a steel frame with a solid fork, no suspension, a HIGH ROLLER in the front and ARDENT in the back, and i really like it. Another reviewer has said it's not a front tire and i would agree with that since I am running this combo on dry loose pack. For me, this combo is great and the Ardent seems to climb pretty well with at times a little slip, but that could be my riding technique. Good XC tire though in the front.
Weaknesses: Climbing on dry loose pack it can slide a bit, but that could be me. The tire seems to corner well and grip good. I run it in the back and a High Roller on the front. Front stays solid, back slides. I'd say this is a predictable tire. Can't wait to ride more on it.
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Date Reviewed: April 29, 2013
Strengths: rolls fast, good climbing traction as a rear tire - EXO version sidewall is tough
Weaknesses: Sketchy and slippery as a front tire - not confidence inspiring
Bottom Line:
Moved the same Ardent tire to the back and put a Nevegal up front for a couple of rides. I liked the Ardent as a rear, and it negated the speed penalty when running a Nev front and rear (way to slow for me). It gripped and climbed up short, rocky technical grunts no prob. (The Crossmark that was on rear would slip too easy on roots/rocks).
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Duration Product Used: 1 month
Price Paid: $68.00
Purchased At: cant remember
Date Reviewed: April 18, 2013
Strengths: Tread wear seems good, climbing traction, rolling resistance seems low for a good climbing tire.
Weaknesses: Cornering and side-hill traction
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Date Reviewed: December 5, 2012
Strengths: front tire bite, steers great, traction, rolling, cushy, can run low air pressure
Weaknesses: none yet
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Duration Product Used: 4 rides
Price Paid: $52.00
Purchased At: arts cyclery
Bike Setup: niner emd 9
Date Reviewed: November 26, 2012
Strengths: They aired up tubeless on Stans Flow EX easy and continue to hold air well. Low rolling resistance.
Weaknesses: Cornering grip is horrible on these tires.
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Duration Product Used: 1 month
Price Paid: $44.00
Purchased At: Amazon
Similar Products Used: Maxxis Ignitor, Schwalbe Nobby Nic
Bike Setup: Kona Kahuna 29er.
Date Reviewed: October 22, 2012
Strengths: Grip and Weight
Weaknesses: sidewalls are starting to fray...
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This is a payload section from an Aerobee sounding rocket that includes a nosecone, despin section and parachute section. It flew three times in 1963. For the display, the payload section was fitted with the shell of a Naval Research Laboratory Multispectrograph typical of the instruments it carried. This assemblage of five different instruments was mounted on a servo-controlled gimbal mount developed at the University of Colorado. This "pointing control" searched for and locked onto the solar image while the rocket itself tumbled and spun. The pointing control electronics and mechanicals in the artifact were in near working order when it was stored in an NRL attic in the mid-1960s. The multispectrograph and its gimbal mounting are mounted in the nosecone as it was flown on August 22, 1962 and reflown on 1963 Feb 18 and May 10, 1963, all from White Sands, pad LC 35. This assemblage was first loaned to NASM by the Naval Research Laboratory in 1982 and was transferred to the Museum in December 1983. It was on display in the Stars Gallery from June 1983 until October 1997.
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First of all let me start by saying 'hello' to all the forum readers as this is my first post here and let me say that I am a gamer from Poland so please excuse many mistakes that I will make in my posts.
My (analog) gaming background:
- Gamed a lot in my childhood (Chess, Checkers, Polish Monopoly clones, Talisman, Fury of Dracula etc.) mainly with my brother
- Had a long brake in table top gaming as I went to high school and to collage/university
- Got back into it while staying in the Netherlands (mostly eurogames but also A Game of Thrones, Warrior Knights)
- I came back to Poland and expanded my collection, started my own gaming group (which is still meeting bi-weakly and is highly competitive)
My LOTR:LCG experiences and collection:
- Played LOTR: LCG with a friend at the end of 2011 and was intrigued
- In May 2012 got my own core set and played it 50 times already. Later I traded for the second core set and two expansions.
- In June 2012 I bought (again second hand) the rest of Mirkwood cycle and Massing at Osgiliath
- In September 2012 I got Khazad-Dum expansion (second hand)
- In October 2012 I got first 3 APs from the second cycle (new)
About the 100 play challenge:
I saw a geeklist on BGG (http://www.boardgame...f-deeper-explor) that asked for players to pledge to play a game 100 times and write down thoughts/comments about each play and the chosen game in general. I decided to join the fun with LOTR:LCG as my game of choice.
I am fully aware that many people here played this many more than 100 times but I think that it might still be interesting to read (semi-)thoughtful comments from a beginner like me.
Throughout my plays I will try to answer the following questions:
- How the increased pool of cards changes the game experience?
- Is it necessary to buy more stuff in order to enjoy the game for a longer time? - ANSWER: No!
- Are the new scenarios bringing something really new to the game experience?
It is also interesting how some new questions (about strategy and tactics) appear as I am making progress on the challenge and how will my view of the game change after completing it. For now I expect my plays to continue beyond 100 and I also expect occasional 2 (and more) player games. I will post my thought here as well as they might be more interesting for readers here then for general BGG reader.
Now that the original challenge of playing the game 100 times and commenting them is completed I decided to count all plays here. Will update it irregularly:
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Before furloughs, agencies must negotiate terms with unions
Wednesday - 2/27/2013, 6:36am EST
Before agencies can issue furlough notices, senior management must negotiate with employee unions over the implementation of the time off.
Colleen Kelley, national president of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), said Tuesday only one of the 31 agencies her union represents employees at has contacted them to begin negotiations. She said the Homeland Security Department's Customs and Border Protection directorate notified NTEU last week that it would send out furlough notices in mid-March.
"OMB has told the agencies and reminded them of their obligation to bargain to the full extent allowed under the law, and that would be about impact and implementation of the furloughs," Kelley said Tuesday during a press briefing with reporters in Washington. "In my discussions with agencies, I have highlighted for them they need to complete this bargaining before furlough notices are issued. It has not been an issue to date because no one has issued a furlough notice yet."
She said the NTEU's negotiations with CBP could begin as early as next week. The agency would need to figure out how to reduce its budget by $754 million by Oct. 1. CBP expects to help meet that goal by furloughing employees at least one day per period.
Employees represented by the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) also are entitled to pre-furlough notice negotiations, said David Borer, AFGE general counsel.
"We are encouraging agencies to sit down with us as early as possible," he said. "Will they? Maybe. Maybe not. If they don't, they could be subject to unfair labor practice charges for failure to bargain."
A few discussions have started
AFGE represents tens of thousands of Defense Department employees and negotiations are happening on agency-by-agency basis, not out of the headquarters office, Borer said.
He said AFGE also is in preliminary negotiations with the Environmental Protection Agency on furlough implementation. The union will conduct a conference call Wednesday with local chapters on negotiations around the implementation of furloughs.
Colleen Kelley, national president of the National Treasury Employees Union, hosted a press conference on Tuesday on the impact of sequestration and furloughs on members of her union. (Photo by Erin Scott)
Kelley said agencies will need to consider a number of potential bargaining points such as how furlough days are served, whether employees can take all their days at once, say in August or September, and how the agency will ensure a fast approval process for second jobs.
"We have put together a model of proposals, things we are anticipating might be issues, but we are not serving notice on the agency until we actually get their proposals because we don't know what they have in mind other than CBP," she said. "We have initiated conversations with agencies months ago, saying 'Look we don't know what's going to happen, but if anything is going to happen that impacts employees and the work they do, the sooner we start talking the better.'"
AFGE's Borer said one item the union wants agencies to consider is letting employees volunteer to take furloughs.
"If someone is willing to say 'I'll go on furlough for a period of time and that will obviate the need for 10 others to take day off each,' why not give it to the person who wants to do that?" he said. "There is a lot to be said in terms of cushioning the blow to people who may need a paycheck. We are at a very preliminary stage, but it is something we will explore with agencies."
Kelley said NTEU has urged agencies to find savings, whether by it's not filing jobs openings or by taking other steps.
"Some agencies are open and receptive to that and others say, through body language, 'Thank you very much, but it's none of your business.' They are not in a listening mode," Kelley said. "If everybody comes to the table with the same interest and willingness to be flexible, maybe to do things a little different than they did, then I see no reason why it couldn't conclude in a way if an agency has to do furloughs they would be able to do that. At times, we've had bargaining with some agencies that have taken years."
Living expenses at risk
NTEU tried to put a face on sequestration by bringing IRS, Customs and Border Protection and other federal employees to Washington to lobby lawmakers to stop the automatic cuts slated to take effect March 1.
Jenny brown works for the IRS in Ogden, Utah. She spoke at the NTEU's press conference Tuesday. (Photo by Erin Scott)
The union released a survey of federal employees detailing what the respondents say would be the impact of cuts from sequestration.
The survey found 82 percent of federal employees who responded said sequestration-induced furloughs of one-day-a-week would cause them difficulty in paying for their living expenses, such as mortgages, rent and food.
Additionally, the survey found 63 percent of the respondents said furloughs from sequestration would force them to take money out of savings or retirement accounts.
NTEU received responses from 2,258 federal employees on the impact of budget reductions from sequestration and the ongoing financial challenges agencies face are having across the government. It conducted the survey online and through its electronic newsletter over a three-day period in February.
The survey covered both the potential personal impact of sequestration as well as the longer-term budget pressures agencies have been under.
For instance, 79 percent of the respondents said their agency is not replacing workers who leave, while 68 percent say they lack the resources to complete their job properly.
NTEU members discussed the impact sequestration would have in more personal terms.
Jenny Brown works for the IRS in Ogden, Utah. She said her office has fewer employees now than two years ago, and the IRS as a whole has 10,000 fewer employees than in 2011.
"We employees are being told to do more with less. And they are doing that and they are happy to do that. But to hit them again would really make things almost unbearable for them," she said. "Sequestration will hurt us. We are not able to provide the level of customer service that we would like to be able to provide and that we were able to provide two years ago. The phone hold times have gone up considerably, from 10-to-15 minutes to an hour or an hour-and-a-half."
A fix by March 27?
Dave and Colleen Matoon are married and both are CBP officers in Montana.
As CBP employees from Montana, married couple Colleen and Dave Matoon will take a double hit in pay if they're forced to furlough under sequestration. (Photo by Erin Scott)
Dave Matoon said their family would take a double hit, like many CBP families in Montana, because of sequestration.
"At our port alone, there are at least four other couples that work for Customs and Border Protection," Dave said. "Furloughs of 14 days would mean a 10 percent cut in pay for the rest of the year for our families. This is on top of the pay freeze that has spanned 27 months by then."
Kelley said she holds some hope that Congress will fix the sequestration requirement as part of the deal to keep the government funded after March 27, when the current continuing resolution ends.
"My sense is that the deadline of the CR on March 27 is going to provide another critical head-on collision with the sequestration," she said. "I'm hoping that might actually provide the impetus for a bigger deal that might address all of that. In that case, that would be really good because if furlough notices are not issued until March 15 and no one would begin serving until April 15 that would be good for people."
NTEU: CBP furloughs could put the nation at risk, create hardships for employees
Unions, industry groups spar over impact of sequestration
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My teaching and research interests are in mathematics and its applications, particularly in genomics and bioinformatics. Davidson College offers many opportunities in genomics, including courses, research, and an interdisciplinary concentration.
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Goal: Build a simple living computer by designing a circuit to solve the Burnt Pancake Problem. Essentially, we let billions of cells "guess" the solution by randomly arranging a sequence of genes, and kill any cells that get it wrong.
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Goal: Design and construct a biological circuit to interpret the presence or absence of three different chemicals as a number in base 2, and display that number in base 10 using fluorescently glowing bacteria.
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