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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading but underrecognized cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. No other disease that is responsible for a comparable burden worldwide is as neglected by health care providers as COPD. In 1996, the Institute of Medicine aimed to relate the amount of disease-specific research funding provided by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) with the burden of disease for society [1]. Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, breast cancer, diabetes mellitus, and dementia all received relatively generous funding, regardless of which measure was used as the basis for calculating support. Research on COPD, perinatal conditions, and peptic ulcer was relatively underfunded, and by far COPD was the condition that deserved less attention in comparison to its population burden (Figure 1). Disappointingly, the situation remains unchanged 10 years later [2].
Fortunately, a number of initiatives are currently underway to change this discouraging state of affairs. A small but significant step forward was the agreement on spirometry thresholds of diagnosis and severity by the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) [3,4], and the American Thoracic Society (ATS)/European Respiratory Society (ERS) 2004 guidelines on standards for the diagnosis and management of patients with COPD [5]. Furthermore, the establishment of the Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) initiative to facilitate standardized burden studies at an international level is considered a major step and is briefly discussed later in this chapter. The burden of COPD can be assessed in a number of ways including the following: mortality, morbidity, prevalence, disability-adjusted life-years, cost, and quality of life. A number of authors have comprehensively reviewed the historical data on the burden of COPD in detail elsewhere [6,7]. As the causes of COPD are comprehensively discussed in other chapters within this series [8], this chapter focuses on mortality, prevalence, and morbidity of COPD, ending with the burden caused by COPD exacerbations.
Death rates from COPD have been rising steadily over the past few decades. This trend is particularly striking since the death rates for cardiovascular or other common chronic diseases have fallen. From 1965 to 1998, death rates from coronary heart disease in males in the United States dropped 59%, deaths from stroke decreased by 64%, and other cardiovascular diseases by 35%. Over the same period, deaths from COPD increased by 163% [3]. The Global Burden of Disease Study from the World Health Organization (WHO) has been systematically assessing worldwide statistics on specific causes of death and disability since 1990 [9]. According to WHO, at least 2.9 million deaths are due to COPD every year, and their 30-year projections for the global increase in COPD are startling. COPD is projected to move from the sixth most common cause of death worldwide in 1990 to currently fourth, and by 2020 to third; it is also expected to rise from fourth to third in terms of morbidity within the same time frame [10,11]. This striking increase in COPD as a cause of death is projected to occur because of the worldwide epidemic of smoking and the changing global demographics, with more people in developing countries living longer and, therefore, at risk of COPD for a longer time. A United Nations report projected that the number of people worldwide aged >60 years will nearly double over the next 50 years and, by the mid twenty-first century, the population aged >100 years will be 15 times higher than it is today [10]. Although more people smoke today than at any other time in human history, it is actually the changing demographics worldwide that is driving the COPD tidal wave even faster than the increase in smoking worldwide, as illustrated in the ERS European Lung White Book (Figure 2) [12].
Males consistently have higher COPD death rates than do females in all countries, and COPD has traditionally been thought of as a disease of elderly males who smoke. It was, therefore, surprising to see that in 2000 there were more deaths in the United States from COPD among females than there were among males [13]. Although the rates of death were still higher in males than they were in females, they reflected the different age structure of the United States population for both sexes, with females living longer and, therefore, being more at risk of developing COPD. This dramatic change in the sex distribution of mortality is likely to be seen in other countries that have been lagging behind the United States in smoking patterns among females, but have been catching up over the past few decades. It is worth noting that in all countries but three (Norway, Sweden, and New Zealand), and in these only since 2003, females have never smoked as much as have males [14]. Of all of the descriptive epidemiological data available for COPD, mortality data are the most readily accessible, but they have to be interpreted with caution. As a ballpark figure, mortality rates due to COPD are 50 per 100,000 for males and 20 per 100,000 for females [12]. However, inconsistent use of terminology and the lack of widely accepted diagnostic standards for the diseases that are included in the coding within the COPD spectrum have contributed to the inaccuracy of mortality data for COPD. For example, the codes used for COPD in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), ninth edition, include chronic bronchitis (ICD-9 491); emphysema (ICD-9 492); and chronic airway obstruction (ICD-9 496). Asthma (ICD-9 493) should not be included in the COPD definition. Using the single term COPD is being championed in global and national guidelines, with the expectation that this will improve awareness, simplify the coding, and, ultimately, lead to greater accuracy in death certification for COPD. For the next iteration of the ICD coding, the consolidation of emphysema, chronic bronchitis, and chronic airway obstruction will be an important step toward obtaining more accurate data on the distribution of COPD worldwide.
Whatever the disease, prevalence estimates depend on the definition that is used for diagnosis. For COPD, a number of different approaches have been used, including the following: doctor diagnosis, diagnosis based on the presence of respiratory symptoms, and a diagnosis based on the presence of airflow limitation (with or without a bronchodilator test as recommended by GOLD). These different approaches, not surprisingly, give very different estimates, with doctor diagnosis giving the lowest estimate of prevalence [15], diagnosis based on respiratory symptoms giving the highest estimate, and a diagnosis based on spirometry giving an intermediate estimate [16]. The advantages and limitations of conducting population spirometry have been the subject of much debate [17]. Many experts disagree on when and where case findings or true population screening should be applied, and even on whether they are appropriate tools to establish COPD prevalence at all. Since the GOLD guidelines were published, the need for spirometry in diagnosing COPD has been generally accepted, and this has now become the "gold standard." However, even when using so-called objective measurements, estimates may vary widely depending on which spirometric criteria are used [18,19]. The ATS/ERS COPD guidelines recommend that post-bronchodilator forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1)/forced vital capacity (FVC) <70% confirms the diagnosis of COPD, and FEV1 provides a way to stage COPD. For example, mild COPD is described as post-bronchodilator FEV1/FVC ratio <70% together with an FEV1 >80% predicted, all based on predicted (or reference) values using gender, age, and height. Moderate COPD corresponds to values of predicted FEV1 of 50 to 80%, severe of 30 to 50%, and very severe <30%. The controversy remains, with some clinicians claiming that this physiological definition in the absence of a significant tobacco history is of little practical use. Up to 2001, only 32 prevalence surveys of COPD had been reported [20]. In 2006, the same clinicians updated these figures by systematically searching for populationbased prevalence estimates published up to 2004, and 62 prevalence surveys were identified [21]. Although there have been many additions during the last 5 years (Figure 3), these two-digit numbers are remarkably low given the hundreds of prevalence surveys available in asthma, and the thousands of studies available on the distribution of cancer, cardiovascular, or other major diseases. Overall, the prevalence of COPD in the general population is estimated to be approximately 1% across all ages, rising steeply to 8 to 10% or higher among those aged ≥40 years.
COPD is underdiagnosed not only in its early stages, but even when lung function is severely impaired. This is perhaps surprising, since simple and inexpensive spi rometers that are suitable in clinical practice are now available, and lung function is a powerful predictor of all-cause mortality, regardless of smoking status. To date, few well-conducted population-based prevalence surveys have been carried out, and prevalence estimates have often relied on expert opinion or self-reported doctor diagnosis, a notoriously unreliable source of information for COPD. For example, in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III), 70% of those with airflow obstruction had never received the diagnosis of COPD [22]. The Epidemiological study of COPD in Spain Estudio Epidemiológico de Epoc en España (IBERPOC) also reported that there was no previous diagnosis of COPD in 78% of identified cases and, even more worrisome, that only 49% of those with severe COPD were receiving some kind of treatment [23]. The Nippon COPD Epidemiology (NICE) study in Japan reported a similar finding [24]. During the 1990s, asthma surveys successfully identified huge variations in asthma prevalence, both in children and adults, as high as twentyfold. With currently available data, it appears that the geographical distribution of COPD is more homogeneous than asthma, at least in developed countries. It seems likely that the distribution of COPD follows the distribution of its risk factors very closely, of which smoking is undoubtedly the most important worldwide [25]. Noticeably, most population surveys have been conducted in developed countries, without the participation of entire world regions and having only indirect evidence of the distribution of COPD [26,27]. New results from the PLATINO study (Proyecto Latinoamericano de Investigacion en Obstruccion Pulmonar), an initiative of the Latin American Thoracic Society, and the pilot BOLD sites are just arriving, indicating a higher prevalence of COPD than previously anticipated [28,29]. Whenever available, new evidence of specific causes of COPD other than that of cigarette smoking, such as occupational respiratory factors, will be warmly welcomed [30].
Morbidity assessment includes physician visits, emergency department visits, and hospitalizations. COPD morbidity data are often less reliable than are those of mortality, since the various ways of measuring morbidity are more prone to external factors, such as the availability of hospital beds, local and regional use of filters from primary to secondary care, coding affected by reimbursement patterns, and other such potentially biasing factors. Despite these external factors, morbidity for COPD is important to track, since these data can provide an estimate of the need for future health services [12,31]. Hospital admissions due to COPD are enormous and, as a way of comparison, they usually double the rates due to asthma. Despite efforts to reduce the length of stay and affect an early discharge, in most countries mean length of stay has remained almost unchanged at about 7 to 10 days [32]. Periodically, most Western health systems collapse during winter due to influenza outbreaks and other factors [33]. The impact of exacerbations on primary care consultations cannot be underestimated. The median number of exacerbations seen in primary care by an average patient with COPD is 2 per year, with a third of patients suffering 3 or more exacerbations in 1 year [34].
Exacerbations of COPD are currently considered a landmark event in the natural history of COPD, as they are associated with single decreases in lung function, their number and severity increase with the progression of COPD, and they produce increasing costs to national health systems. Comprehensive reviews on the burden imposed by exacerbations of COPD are available elsewhere [35-38]. Much has been debated about how to define COPD exacerbations. Exacerbations have been defined using respiratory symptoms alone (symptom-based), or symptoms plus an event such as the prescription of medication by a general practitioner, or hospital admission for an acute exacerbation [39]. All these approaches have advantages and disadvantages and, as yet, there is no consensus. The search for an objective COPD biomarker is active but not completed, and any candidate should combine good sensitivity and specificity, as well as identify either the presence or severity of an exacerbation [40]. There is a subgroup of patients with COPD who experience an above-normal number of exacerbations, the socalled frequent exacerbators. They are usually defined with a cut-off of 3 or more exacerbations per year. However, this cut-off point surely will depend on the definition and on the management strategies applied to different clinical series. Patients with frequent exacerbations are said to have a poor quality of life, high inflammatory markers when stable, and a fast decline in lung function. They are more likely to become housebound, to experience more colds, and to be chronic sputum producers than are those with few exacerbations. Furthermore, they are prone to hospital readmission [37]. This propensity toward frequent exacerbation appears for the most part to be independent of disease severity [41]. Finally, it is important to identify, stage, and treat all types of COPD exacerbations, as they are strongly and independently associated with death in COPD [42].
As previously discussed, the lack of accurate populationbased estimates of COPD prevalence in most countries prompted the formation of the BOLD initiative in 2002. BOLD is designed to provide strictly standardized, rigorous, and practical methods for estimating the prevalence and social and economic burden of COPD. Data obtained from BOLD should help to achieve a long-term goal of epidemiology as a discipline of public health by enabling governments and the private sector to make policy decisions on how to provide adequate and appropriate care for those suffering from COPD. The primary objectives of BOLD are to measure the prevalence of COPD and its risk factors in various countries around the world; to estimate the burden of COPD in terms of its impact on quality of life, activity limitation, respiratory symptoms, and use of health care services; and to develop a validated model to project future burden of disease for COPD. BOLD also seeks to determine the extent to which variations in risk factors contribute to variations in the prevalence of COPD. Recognizing the importance of standardizing methods worldwide, BOLD worked collaboratively with PLATINO [28] to develop the methods. PLATINO subsequently used these methods to estimate COPD prevalence in five Latin American countries, that is, Brazil, Mexico, Uruguay, Chile, and Venezuela [29]. The BOLD methods cookbook has been piloted in a number of countries, including China, Turkey, the United States, and Austria. BOLD is presently enrolling countries for implementation of the methods in 2006 and onward. Up-to-date information on BOLD can be found at http://www.boldcopd.org. Briefly, BOLD will obtain information from at least 300 men and 300 women aged 40 years or older from well-defined areas. In addition to spirometry, study participants will be administered a standardized questionnaire covering respiratory symptoms, health status, activity limitation, and exposure to potential risk factors, such as tobacco smoke, occupational risk factors, and biomass exposure. All questionnaires are forward- and back-translated, again using standardized methods to ensure comparability of the questionnaires in all countries. An additional part of the BOLD initiative is the development of an interactive, web-based model to report country-specific estimates of the prevalence and economic burden of COPD.
COPD is and will be a huge and growing burden worldwide as a result of the changing demographics in developing countries and the tobacco epidemic. Currently, the prevalence of physiologically defined COPD, which is demonstrable, nonreversible airflow obstruction, in adults aged 40 years and older is approximately 9 to 10%. Better descriptive data on COPD mortality, prevalence, morbidity, and burden of COPD exacerbations are urgently needed in order to gain the attention of the health care community and planners on this growing problem. Attention must also be paid to the development and acceptance of standardized methods that can be used worldwide to accumulate these data. Tobacco is and will remain the major enemy of COPD, all respiratory diseases, and, generally, of world health. Interventions that are appropriate for each country should be developed so that current COPD trends can be reversed.
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Tchaikovsky Animation Time-Lapse
Cameraman Joe Clarke took this mesmerizing time-lapse of how animator Barry JC Purves manipulates his Tchaikovsky puppet for Russian TV:
Whilst working on the film I shot this series of time-lapses with the help of students. Instead of just leaving the camera to click away at set intervals, we manually took a frame in synch with the frames Barry was taking as he animated, showing the puppet moving at his intended 25fps, almost!
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I find it very clever to see the manipulator and the puppet like in two distinct time frames simultaneity.
That's the whole point of the video, though. The manipulation of the figure. If you want to see it without the artist, watch the finished project.
Thanks for the excellent video.
Thanks for the excellent video.
i really wish i didnt see the manipulator the whole time

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Places and Spaces
Real estate, development and retail in New York's Capital Region
By Leigh Hornbeck | Contact | Criteria for House of the Week
Monthly Archive for April, 2011
House of the Week: A cottage in New Scotland
Check out carefully renovated cottage in New Scotland, near the village of Voorheesville (Click on the photo to launch the gallery). The asking price is just $139,000 — so who says there are no good deals available in Capital Region real estate?! Granted, it's relatively small: The 90-year-old home at 339 Maple Rd. — Route […] [Read More]
Census: More than 5,000 residential vacancies in Albany
Residential vacancies are up a bit in Albany since 2000. They fell somewhat in Schenectady and Troy. And they soared in Saratoga Springs. That's the upshot of newly released 2010 census data, as detailed in a story I wrote for this morning's newspaper. The vacancy rate for houses and apartments in Albany rose from 10.1 […] [Read More]
Changes come to Albany's student ghetto
Don't look now, but Quail Street, the main drag through the heart of the Albany student ghetto, is seeing a bit of a business revival. There's the Sunspot Cafe. There's the Hudson River Coffee House. And beginning on Friday, there's All Good Bakers. Nick and Britin Foster, the couple behind All Good Bakers, have spent […] [Read More]
Saratoga Springs grows — and doesn't grow
Despite having a downtown that's nearly surrounded by new residential construction, the population of Saratoga Springs was pretty much flat over the last decade, increasing by just 1.5 percent to 26,586. Meanwhile, nearly every other city and town in the Capital Region, save Coeymans, grew substantially during the 10-year period, according to new census data. […] [Read More]
You've got the wrong carriage house!
Just to clear up some apparent confusion: The carriage house pictured at right, the scene of alleged violent domestic abuse earlier last month, is not the former House of the Week that recently sold for $210,000. But they do look similiar. The home at right is at 22 Garden Alley, off Dove Central, east of […] [Read More]
Tracy Metzger ordered not to compete with Hunt
A state supreme court judge has issued a preliminary injunction that prohibits Tracy Metzger from competing with her former employer, Hunt Real Estate. Metzger, 49, who has worked in Capital Region real estate for more than two decades, last year sold her commercial real estate business to Buffalo-based Hunt for an undisclosed sum. But Hunt […] [Read More]
Sold: Former House of the Week
Elise Van Allen of The Brokers Network tells me that the former House of the Week at 83 Spring Street recently sold for $210,000. This is an unusual house: Tucked away on a side street near Lark Street in the Center Square section of the city, about a block or so from Washington Park. It […] [Read More]
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Quarterback Connor Mitch of Raleigh committed to play football at South Carolina on Tuesday night, announcing his pledge on Twitter.
JUST COMMITTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA!!!!!! he wrote on the social media site.
His official commitment was made earlier to Gamecocks head coach Steve Spurrier, who was in Charlotte to speak to a group of fans.
Mitch chose the Gamecocks over offers from LSU, Alabama, North Carolina, Auburn, Florida and several others. He said the decision came down to USC and LSU. I was just more and more comfortable, and it was the right fit for me, he said.
Mitch, who passed for 3,900 yards and 51 TDs as a junior, said his commitment is final. My family believes in loyalty, he said. When I say Im committed, then Im committed.
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Cancer Control Research5R01TW005977-05
Resnicow, Ken A.
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This 5-year project represents a collaboration between the Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University and the Medical Research Council (MRC) of South Africa (PI: Dr. Priscilla Reddy). In addition to working with our primary partner, the MRC, the collaboration will include two well-established universities, the University of Cape Town Faculty of Health Sciences (Dr. Dele Amousoun) and the Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of Natal, Durbin (Dr. Jinhabahi). The study has two interrelated primary aims. AIM 1) Conduct a randomized trial comparing the effectiveness of two approaches to tobacco use prevention in a multiethnic sample of South African youth grades five to seven. One of the interventions will be based on a social skills/peer resistance model (Dr. Gil Botvin's Life Skills Training Curriculum), the other on a Harm Minimization model (KEEP LEFT), developed by the principal investigator with colleagues from Western Australia. Approximately 36 Schools will be randomly assigned to one of three experimental groups. Group 1 (comparison) schools will receive usual tobacco and substance use education. Group 2 will receive the Life Skills Training curriculum (adapted for South African youth) beginning in Grade 5, continuing through Grade 7. Group 3 will receive the KEEP LEFT, Harm Minimization curriculum (adapted for South African youth) beginning in Grade 5, continuing through Grade 7. The primary outcome for the school-based intervention study will be 30-day cigarette use. AIM 2) Conduct a comprehensive capacity building initiative to enhance the expertise, across the entire spectrum of tobacco control (e.g., prevention, cessation, and legislation) of South African educators, clinicians, researchers, and policy makers. The main objective to achieve this aim is to conduct an education and training program for five discrete audiences: health and allied professionals, university-based researchers from several disciplines, undergraduate and graduate students from health sciences faculties, university policy makers as well as parliamentary portfolio committees, and legislative, policy and program planners at the national and provincial levels.


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E-business competition offers $5,000 prize
February 19, 2010
The MSU Entrepreneurship Center is sponsoring an e-business proposal competition for current students.
The competition's goal is to move a new business idea from conception to implementation. Student participants will present their e-business proposal to a panel of business leaders and winning teams will be announced. Business ideas can be in the early stages of development.
First prize is $5,000 in startup funds, while second-place winners receive $500 and $250 for third.
A three-page business proposal is due by 4 p.m. April 8; finalists will be announced April 15; and final presentations are due April 23.
The competition is funded by the Thad Cochran Endowment for Entrepreneurship and presented by the MSU Entrepreneurship Center and the College of Business's MQABL Services Innovation Group.
For more information, visit www.ecenter.msstate.edu/E-Businesscompetition.html or contact Dr. Robert Moore at 324 McCool, 662-325-8648 or email@example.com; or Gerald Nelson, director, Thad Cochran Endowment for Entrepreneurship at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Feb. 20, 2007
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The University of New Mexico women's swimming and diving team travels to Oklahoma City, Okla. where Oklahoma City Community College will host the 2007 Mountain West Conference Swimming & Diving Championships February 21-24 at the Aquatic Center. This will mark the eighth time in conference history that the event will be held at the Aquatic Center. Preliminary races will begin each morning at 10 a.m. (Central time) and finals will be held each night at 6 p.m.
New Mexico (6-6 overall, 2-5 MWC) enter the championships in seventh place in the conference, one place higher than last season, In last year's championships, the Lobos placed seventh with 285 points. The Lobos brought home three medals, set one school record and twelve season best times.
Freshman Ashley Grisdale is currently seeded first in the MWC for the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:04.70. Grisdale edged out BYU's junior Angela Goodson, who has a time of 2:05.03, and is looking to stay on top after the championships.
The championships mark the last time the four seniors will compete as Lobos. Co-captains Jennifer Hale, Kelly Soldow and Jenna Syverson and diver Joanna Garcia are all hoping to finish their four years strong.
Hale has earned many points for UNM over her four years and has been a strong member of numerous relays. She is looking to clock in top times to close out the season.
Soldow has been an amazing leader for the Lobos. She has continued to improve every year and has been a key relay swimmer for UNM. Soldow hopes to contribute big at the championships.
Syverson has also earned UNM many MWC places and points in the past and is looking to provide more this year. She has been one of the top relay swimmers for the Lobos this season.
Garcia has dove consistently throughout the season and is hoping to do the same at the championships.
Junior diver Carrie Quinn, who won Diver of the Week honors Jan. 31, owns the MWC season best in the one-meter event (342.45) and has proved she will be a strong force at the championships.
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I'm really creative with the titles these days.
Every so often I read a book that makes me think, "Well, shoot. That is writing. It's about time I do some of that myself."
(Yes, I actually do say "Well, shoot" in my inner monologue.)
I know that anything I attempt to write will never live up to the beauty of these tomes, but they still leave me itching to record my own words. To make a name for myself in the literary world. Although I apparently need to read more like them, because I haven't written anything yet. But one thing at a time. For now, we present the books that are so beautiful that they give me hope for the literary community as a whole: (Not including my top ten, because I've discussed them enough.)
Special Topics in Calamity Physics; Marisha Pessl (my review)
Man's wobbly little mind isn't equipped for hauling around the great unknowns.
Very few people realize, there's no point chasing after answers to life's important questions. They all have fickle, highly whimsical minds of their own.
Nevertheless. If you're patient, if you don't rush them, when they're ready, they'll smash into you. And don't be surprised if afterward you're speechless and there are cartoon Tweety Birds chirping around your head.
A Fraction of the Whole; Steve Toltz (my review)
As I passed through the gates, the blistered hands of nostalgia gave my heart a good squeeze and I realized you miss shit times as well as good times, because at the end of the day what you're really missing is just time itself.
An aside: Looking at Special Topics and Fraction of a Whole now, I realize they're quite similar (and brilliant).
You Shall Know Our Velocity!; Dave Eggers (my review)
And there is a chance that everything we did was incorrect, but stasis is itself criminal for those with the means to move, and the means to weave communion between people.
The Book Thief; Markus Zusak (my review)
People observe the colors of a day only at its beginnings and ends, but to me it's quite clear that a day merges through a multitude of shades and intonations with each passing moment. A single hour can consist of thousands of different colors.


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Last updated at 11:38, Thursday, 15 May 2014
WORK has started on a new £700,000 fitness extension at Copeland Pool.
By Lucy Grosvenor
The project will create a new 180m sq gym with 35 fitness stations, a free weights area and two multi-purpose activity rooms.
Copeland Council, which owns the Whitehaven pool, and North Country Leisure, which manages it on their behalf, developed the project to "fulfil a need for more fitness stations in the borough''.
Currently the number is below the national average – Copeland has 4.4 stations per 1,000 people, while nationally there are 5.7 per 1,000 people.
Coun Hugh Branney, Copeland's portfolio holder for community regeneration, said: "The health of our residents is a real priority for us and we see this as an investment in healthy lifestyles.
"The pool is one of the borough's biggest and most popular leisure facilities, and the fitness extension reaffirms our commitment to providing high quality leisure facilities.
"It's important though that people recognise this investment is a one-off use of capital funding."
The new gym should generate an extra £60,000 of income each year, "significantly reducing" the amount of subsidy Copeland Council has to pay towards the running of the pool.
In addition to £263,000 from Copeland's capital budget, the project has also had funding of £300,000 from the Copeland Community Fund and £150,000 from the Sport England Inspired Facilities Fund.
The chair of North Country Leisure Copeland Board, Peter Johnstone, said: "This development at the pool will be a great benefit for the people of Copeland and will provide added services for healthy exercise and training."
The project should be completed by September and will include 61 additional car parking spaces.
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61 extra car parking spaces, wow! It always makes me laugh, not out loud, I'm not an idiot, at the thought of people going to a 'fitness centre' by car. If you 'really' wanted to get fit, you would get there under your own steam. Or sweat actually, not steam.
Just think what could have been built if the pow beck fiasco had'nt happened,£2 million down the pan, makes you wonder.
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Yea, the books for dummys are probably the most widely used in the world. And when you hear that, you know it is gonna cover the bases and explain it, as though you know nothing.
Nice, reminds me of when I was first learning of crypto and my first remote buffer overflow attack... (all trial and error for me )
Thank you for your post, good job...
I'm a zombie
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so is this why the errors occur sometimes in homebrew, because security kicks back in?... also is it possible to crack the software doing these checks (like bypassing noCD with a hex editor and debugger. because this would remove the need for trucha altogether)
while im sure that post was infinitely helpful to you, a wii is a microprocessor-based system, so it can debug, it uses firmware and the fundamentals of overriding software checks in firmware can be performed and while I'll admit I did dumb-down my response, I am fully aware the system is not a pc, I was just saying how much more helpful it would be to flash or update the firmware than work around it im sure the wii has a nop equivalent
No this isn't why errors occur. Once anything is installed to the NAND including The Home Brew Channel, it is encrypted with the console's keys and therefore passes any Wii security checks and is free to run anything it wants. The buffer overrun exploits are only needed to bypass security initially to install HBC however they are no longer needed after that. The security is more like a locked door, once you're in, you're in. It doesn't keep checking the software for validity.so is this why the errors occur sometimes in homebrew, because security kicks back in?...
The Hollywood processor has an OTP core called Starlet which is in charge of this type of security. The OTP (or One Time Programmable section) can not be reprogrammed and unfortunately can't be bypassed without a Trucha IOS or with some sort of buffer overrun. If there is some other way, I'm sure it's much more involved than any of our current methods.also is it possible to crack the software doing these checks (like bypassing noCD with a hex editor and debugger. because this would remove the need for trucha altogether)
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Cogita ante salisIf you're happy with the help I provided, don't forget to hit my thanks button
Nice writeup Streamlinehd. I'll have to read this over a few times to really absorb it. All this stuff aint really new to me,
but I guess from a wiispective it is. lol!!
Great writing,
i like the title. Dummies series are universal and in every bootkstore. lol
would you mind if i compy a translation for 1 Asia district and quoted your name ?
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Set in Victorian London this first book in the Agency Series introduces us to Mary Quinn. An orphan and a thief, at age 12 she is sentenced to hang but is pardoned. At age 17 she is offered an education at Miss Scrimshaw's Academy for Girls, a cover for the Agency, London's female only group of detectives and spies.
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WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton poked fun at herself on an unannounced visit to "The Colbert Report" on Tuesday night.
The former secretary of state, who has been on a two-month tour to promote her book "Hard Choices," joked with Stephen Colbert in a scripted segment about the amount of name-dropping in her book and her regular use of diplomatic language.
"Madame, it is not just your name-dropping that I call into question, I question your title," Colbert said. "There aren't any real hard choices in here."
The comedian then posed this question to Clinton: "Which would you rather fight: one horse-sized duck or a hundred duck-sized horses?"
Clinton used the question to joke about her frequent use of diplomatic phrases.
"I admit, that is a valid question. Here is what I would do," Clinton said.
"First, I would try to find common ground between ducks and horses. For instance, they both grew up on Old McDonald's Farm," Clinton said to laughs. "Then I'd establish a timetable to achieve meaningful horse-duck dialogue."
She then added, "And Stephen, I am convinced, with patience and a strong commitment from our allies the pigs and the geese, we would have peace, peace here; peace, peace, there; here a peace; there a peace; everywhere a peace."
"E-I-E-I-O you're good," Colbert proclaimed.
The duo also joked about Clinton's new book, "Hard Choices," and the prolific name dropping the former secretary of state does in the retelling of her four years as secretary of state.
"This book is 656 pages of shameless name-dropping," Colbert said, before sparring with Clinton about what celebrities the two were friends with.
When Colbert joked about going campaigning with Oprah, Clinton referred to the famed TV host as "O" — the name "all her real friends" call her.
As the back-and-forth mounted, Colbert said, "I will have you know, Madam, I once did an entire show with President Bill Clinton."
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Where is funding for war on cancer?
In the past three years I have lost a daughter and a daughter-in-law to cancer, lymphoma and pancreatic cancer, respectively. Shortly before that, I lost a dear friend to carcinoma cancer. Now, a lifelong friend is under hospice care from breast cancer. Her mother died of cancer. My mother died of cancer,.
My experience illustrates the problem researchers have in dealing with this disease of many diverse forms. There has been more progress in some areas than in others -- but not nearly enough. There is needed a dedicated research project.
I have to question whether enough has been and is being done to meet the devastating assault from this disease. There were 2,996 deaths attributed to 9/ll terrorists attacks. The response so far in Iraq and Afghanistan has cost over $5 trillion and incalculable costs in human lives and added suffering. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention provided the figure of 574,743 cancer deaths of the 1,529,560 diagnosed just in the year 2010. It is difficult to find information about amounts of government spending for cancer-related research. It is claimed to have a high priority. I believe we can be sure it is nowhere near the $5 trillion spent on war.
With cancer a close second to heart disease as a leading cause of death, we still have a long way to go. Too often we speak of how courageously our loved ones are dealing with this cruel killer when they should not need to do so. They should be living productive lives or enjoying retirement years. Our federal government should protect us and declare war against this enemy of the people. It should provide for the research to develop the weapons for defense and obliteration of cancer.
Doris Johnson
Voters will take note of Manchin's stand
I did not support Joe Manchin in his bid to become a U.S. senator from West Virginia. But as a citizen of West Virginia, I am very disappointed with his performance as a U.S. senator.
Mr. Manchin in his oath of office pledged to uphold the Constitution of the United States of America. I believe he has violated his oath as well as his words to the people of the great State of West Virginia.
My case in point, at this writing, is the Second Amendment to the Constitution, which reads as follows:
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
What part of the statement "shall not be infringed" is so hard to understand.
If I remember correctly, Mr. Manchin pledged to the people of West Virginia that he would protect this right "to keep and bear arms." He now is aligning himself with President Obama's administration to chip away at our constitutional right to keep and bear arms.
My next question: Does Mr. Manchin desire to move up the ranks of the Senate leadership and to please President Obama? Has he forgotten his words and lost his honor while representing the people of the great State of West Virginia? He now represents the politicians of Washington and not the people of West Virginia.
Senator Manchin, you are placed on notice that I and many of the lovers of the Constitution will remember your stand and hopefully remove you from office the next time you are seeking re-election.
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You can choose to seat inside the restaurant area which features a bakery and gastrobar, or at the gorgeous alfresco area where you'll be greeted with a glittering night view of lights casting off the rippling waters of the marina.
The primarily French-American menu here which changes regularly will also whet your appetite in no time. After your meal, take a slow walk along the waterfront and enjoy views of Sentosa Island and the city skyline.
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HUNTINGTON -- Tulsa proved proficient at the plate and Aimee Creger proved difficult to hit for the second straight year as the Golden Hurricane beat Marshall, 13-1, in five innings in the opening game of a Conference USA softball doubleheader on a sunny Saturday at Dot Hicks Field.
Tulsa used timely hitting in the nightcap to post a 4-2 victory for a sweep in its season-opening C-USA series. The Golden Hurricane scored three of their four runs with two outs.
"They beat us pretty good and we helped them beat us pretty good," Thundering Herd coach Shonda Stanton said.
No. 20 Tulsa (23-3, 2-0 C-USA) is the fifth ranked opponent Marshall (6-17, 1-4 C-USA) has faced this season. The teams wrap up the series Sunday at noon.
For the second straight game, Marshall fell behind early. On Tuesday, No. 9 Kentucky scored five runs in the first on the way to a 6-2 victory. In the opener Saturday, Tulsa scored twice in the first and five times in the second on a mix of five hits, a walk, wild pitch and passed ball for a 7-0 lead. Lindsey Fadnek started for the Herd. Brittanie Fowler replaced her in the second and Fadnek returned later to finish. She allowed nine hits and 11 runs (six earned) and the Herd committed six errors.
"We had a tough start and mistakes hurt us," Stanton said.
As for Creger, the right-hander (10-1) went the first four innings, allowed one hit and struck out nine. Kristina Braxton got the only hit off Creger. A year ago, Creger went 2-0 against the Herd in the opening C-USA series in Tulsa. She gave up three hits and fanned 14 in a 6-0 win in the first game and came back that Sunday to hold the Herd to one hit and strike out 13 in an 8-0, five-inning win.
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"We'll give her the ball until she gets tired," Stanton said, referring to Dixon likely getting the start Sunday.
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What courses are required for admission? Is there a lab requirement?
Students are required to have one year of college credit in each of the following areas: biology, inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, physics, mathematics, and English. The mathematics requirement can be fulfilled by statistics courses. Biology and chemistry courses must be accompanied by laboratory experience.
Can I take my courses at a community college, or must I take them at a four-year college or university?
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I haven't completed one of the required courses. Can I still apply?
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The Aggies' football team (2-6, 1-4) hosts Louisiana Tech (3-6, 2-3) Saturday, Nov. 13 at Aggie Memorial Stadium beginning at 4:07 p.m. It will also be the sixth meeting between the two schools in Las Cruces, where the Aggies are 4-1. The home team has lost just one game in the series, which stands at 5-4 in favor of the Bulldogs.
The Aggies are 10-9 against Division I-A teams from Louisiana and 12-9 overall against all teams from Louisiana. NM State is 5-3 in its last eight contests against teams from Louisiana.
The game will be television on ESPN Regional with play-by-play man Trey Bender and color analyst Jay Taylor bringing you all the action.
You can listen to all the action with the 'Voice of the Aggies' Jack Nixon and color analyst Jason Scott beginning at 1 p.m. on KGRT 104 FM. Also catch the action in Spanish with Martin Cortez and Bob Sherman on Vista 98.7 FM. Cuyler Frank will also broadcast the game in Navajo from Aggie Memorial Stadium on KNDN 960 AM (Farmington) and KGAK 1330 AM (Gallup).
New Mexico State/ Louisiana Tech, the Series
This will be just the 10th meeting between the two schools. The Bulldogs lead the series at 5-4. The first meeting between the two schools was back in 1967 when the Aggies crushed Louisiana Tech, 48-7. NM State then traveled to Ruston, La.; in1968 as the Bulldogs were victorious, 42-24.
The series then took a 15-year break before resurfacing in 1983, as the Aggies beat the Bulldogs 15-7 in Las Cruces. In 1995, the Aggies again hosted the Bulldogs as Cody Ledbetter threw for a team record five touchdowns in a 48-13 win. In their first conference battle in the WAC during 2005, the Bulldogs beat the Aggies, 34-14, in Ruston. The Aggies then ended the 2006 season with a 50-23 win over the Bulldogs in Las Cruces before losing at LA Tech beat NM State 22-21, in 2007. The following year the Bulldogs defeated NM State 35-31 in Las Cruces. Last season the Bulldogs defeated the Aggies 45-7 in Ruston.
Scouting the Bulldogs
The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs are 3-6 overall in 2010 with a 2-3 WAC record. This past weekend the Bulldogs fell to Fresno State, 40-34. The Bulldogs are 0-3 on the road this season and 3-3 on their home turf.
As a team, Louisiana Tech is averaging 24.2 points per game and allowing 30.6 points a contest. They are putting up 386.8 yards a game, 238.9 yards through the air and 147.9 yards a game on the ground. The Bulldogs have scored 74% of the time they are in the red zone, while holding their opponents to 32-of-39 inside the 20-yard line.
Individually for the Bulldogs, Ross Jenkins leads the passing attack with 160.4 yards a game with 10 touchdowns on the season. Lennon Creer heads the Bulldog running attack with 773 yards on the ground this season and six touchdowns. Taulib Ikharo leads the receiving corps with 41 receptions and 407 yards and team leading four touchdowns
Adrien Cole is LA Tech's leading tackler on defense with 77 on the season, followed by Jay Dudley with 73.
The Last Season against the Bulldogs
The New Mexico State football team fell to Louisiana Tech, 45-7, in Ruston, La. The Aggies fell to 3-4 overall and 1-2 in the WAC, while LA Tech improved to 3-3 on the year and 2-1 in conference play.
The Aggies recorded just 142 yards of total offense on the day, 74 yards on the ground and 68 yards passing. Trevor Walls threw for 51 yards on 10-of-12 passing, while Jeff Fleming tallied 17 yards passing on 3-of-8. Seth Smith had 32 yards rushing, while Marcus Anderson grabbed three passes for 29 yards. Defensively, Jason Scott notched 15 tackles for a career high while Davon House recorded his second touchdown return of his career.
LA Tech got the ball to start the second half and made quick work, marching down the field, on an eight-play, 86-yard drive to extend the lead to 31-0, with just over 11 minutes to go in the third quarter.
The Aggies were forced to punt on their first possession of the second half. The Bulldogs would add another touchdown on a 16-yard pass from Ross Jenkins to Dennis Morris, extending LA Tech's lead to 38-0, with 6:24 go to in the third.
The Aggies would then show some life on offense, moving the ball into LA Tech territory before Jeff Fleming threw the Aggies' second interception of the day, giving the ball back to the Bulldogs. LA Tech would take over at its own 20-yard line as the third quarter expired.
The Bulldogs would be forced to punt. On the punt LA Tech downed the ball inside the Aggies' 3-yard line. The Aggie offense couldn't move the ball and were again forced to punt the ball away.
On the Bulldogs' next possession, Lyle Fitte found the end zone on a 16-yard rush from scrimmage to put LA Tech up 45-0.
The Aggies would get on the board as defensive back Davon House picked up a LA Tech fumble and returned it 38 yards for a touchdown to bring the final score to 45-7.
Last Time against Louisiana Tech in Las Cruces
Senior quarterback Chase Holbrook threw for a season-high 486 yards and four touchdowns in his final game at Aggie Memorial Stadium, but the New Mexico State football team fell short against Louisiana Tech, 35-31.
NM State held LA Tech to 127 yards of total offense in the second half and just seven points, but late in the fourth quarter the Bulldogs went up for good on a 68-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Ross Jenkins to Phillip Livas.
In all, New Mexico State racked up 523 yards of total offense on 84 plays. The Aggie defense held LA Tech to just 64 yards passing in the game if you take away that final touchdown pass in the fourth quarter.
Senior wide receivers A.J. Harris and Chris Williams both caught 10 passes in the game for the Aggies. Williams had 189 yards receiving and two touchdowns while Harris racked up 75 yards. Williams' two touchdown receptions set a new school record for most TD receptions in a career with 32.
Holbrook completed 75 percent of his passes in the game (45-of-60) and was just five completions shy of tying his own single-game record. With his performance, Holbrook now has 10 400-yard passing games in his career.
Louisiana Tech got 226 yards on the ground, and 130 of those came from junior running back Daniel Porter. He also scored one of LA Tech's three rushing touchdowns in the game.
Niumatalolo Named to the ESPN Academic All-District VI
New Mexico State junior defensive lineman David Niumatalolo was named to the ESPN Academic All-District VI first team, the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Niumatalolo, a member of the Aggie football team, now qualifies for the All-America honor, which will be released later this month. A native of Kahuku, Hawai'i, Niumatalolo has a 4.0 G.P.A. in biology.
This season, Niumatalolo has played in nine games for the Aggies recording 17 tackles, three tackles for a loss of five yards, a quarterback hurry and a fumble recovery.
House Invited to the 2011 Senior Bowl
Senior defensive back Davon House has been invited to participate in the 2011 Senior Bowl, in Mobile, Ala. The event is scheduled for Jan. 29, 2011 at Ladd-Peebles Stadium and will be televised on the NFL Network.
House becomes the fifth player in school history to be named to the Senior Bowl. Other Aggies to have played in the Senior Bowl are Jim Bohl ('67), Jim Germany ('75), Walt Williams ('77) and Andre Anderson ('78).
House was a preseason Jim Thorpe Award candidate after a superb junior campaign. In 2010 House has tallied 48 tackles, an interception, a forced fumble and a team-leading seven pass break-ups. He ranks fifth in the WAC and 57th in the country in passes defended.
The Senior Bowl is the nation's most unique football game and a premier pre-draft event, annually featuring the country's best senior collegiate football stars and top NFL draft prospects on teams representing the North and South, which are coached by the entire coaching staffs from two NFL teams.
Passing Game Coming Alive
Over the last two games against San Jose State and Utah State, the Aggies' passing game has started to show signs of improvement. In the past two contests the Aggies have thrown for 225.0 yards per game, including three touchdowns. The first seven games of the season, the Aggies passed for just 141 yards per game and just five touchdowns.
Lee Starts to Shine
Wide receiver Todd Lee has come on as of late, catching four passes for 44 yards and a touchdown over the last two games. Against Utah State, Lee caught two passes for 37 yards, including a 32-yard touchdown pass. So far this season, Lee has 13 catches for 140 yards and is tied for the lead on the team with two touchdown receptions.
For his career, Lee has 47 receptions for 455 yards and three touchdowns, averaging 9.7 yards per catch. Lee is also returning punts for the Aggies this season, averaging 9.6 yards a return.
Christian hits his Stride
Quarterback Matt Christian had back-to-back career games for the Aggies against San Jose State, in a 29-27 victory and against Utah State in a 27-22 loss. Christian passed for a season-high 259 yards while also recording season highs in pass attempts (44) and completions (23) versus San Jose State. Christian's two touchdown passes were also a season-high. He also scored his first rushing touchdown of the season on a 28-yard run from scrimmage.
Against Utah State, Christian threw for 191 yards on 17-of-34 passing and a touchdown. He also rushed for 41 yards and a touchdown.
On the season, Christian has passed for 1372 yards and eight touchdowns, completing 48.1 percent of his passes for 171.5 yards a contest. He has also rushed for 218 yards, which ranks third on the team, and is averaging 3.5 yards per carry.
Stampler Kickin' it Well
Stampler hit two 40-plus yard field goals this past weekend against Utah State, hitting a career-long of 48 yards late in the fourth quarter after breaking his career long record earlier in the game with a 46-yard make. He went 3-for-3 on field goal attempts for the Aggies in their 29-27 win over San Jose State. He made field goals of 42, 25 and 43 yards. He has now hit five field goals of 39 yards or more this season.
Stampler was named WAC Special Teams Player of the Week for the second time this season and Place Kicker Performer of the Week by CollegeFootballPerformance.com for his performance against San Jose State.
On the season, Stampler is 11-of-13 on field goal attempts to lead the WAC in percentage this season and 13-of-14 on PAT's, hitting nine straight PAT's and 9 of his last 10 field goal attempts. He also leads the team in scoring with 46 points on the year.
Powell Snags an INT
Safety Alphonso Powell led the Aggie defense against Utah State with seven tackles and his first interception of the season. Powell is sixth on the team in tackles with 45 this year, including a sack and interception. Powell's interception was only the second one for the Aggies this season.
For his career, Powell has four interceptions, 188 tackles, 10 pass break ups and two sacks.
Rogers Breaks Out at Wide Receiver
Wide receiver Taveon Rogers caught a career-high five passes for 90 yards and two touchdowns, including the game-winning touchdown pass from Matt Christian as time expired to beat San Jose State, 29-27.
Entering that game, Rogers had caught just two passes for 40 yards and no touchdowns. Rogers also returned one kick off for 24 yards, bringing his all-purpose yards for the game to a team leading 114.
On the season, Rogers has caught 10 passes for 169 yards and two touchdowns, with an average of 129.3 all-purpose yards a game.
Rushing the Ball is a Team Effort
The Aggie offense is spreading the ball around this season on the ground. NM State has 1,231 yards rushing and six touchdowns this season with 14 different Aggies with at least one rushing attempt. At this point last season, the Aggies had 12 players with at least one rushing attempt but had 1,243 yards on the ground and eight touchdowns.
Kenny Turner leads the rushing attack with 105 carries for 409 yards and two touchdowns, while fellow running back Seth Smith has 349 yards on the ground and two touchdowns as well. Eight of the 14 players with a rushing attempt are not running backs.
Allen Leads Receiving Corps
Wide receiver Marcus Allen started his senior season off on the right foot against San Diego State.
Allen caught four passes for 114 yards, a career high in the season opener against San Diego State. He also tallied a career-long touchdown catch of 58 yards in the third quarter of the game.
He followed that performance with five catches for 65 yards against UTEP and again led the Aggies versus Kansas, catching five passes for 89 yards and a touchdown. He also rushed for 45 yards on four carries. He added three more catches for 46 yards against No. 3 Boise State.
On the season, Allen has caught 28 passes for 455 yards and two touchdowns.
For his career, Allen has now caught 54 passes for 763 yards and four touchdowns, averaging 14.1 yards per catch and 38.2 yards per game.
Rogers Ranks First as a Return Specialist
Just nine games into the season, junior wide receiver/kick returner Taveon Rogers now ranks first all-time in kick return yardage in a season and is first all-time for number of returns in a season.
Rogers is averaging 26.5 yards per kick return this season on 36 returns for the Aggies. He currently ranks third in the WAC and 30th in the nation. His long for the year is 54 yards versus Kansas.
Rogers recorded six kickoff returns against Kansas, totaling 219 yards - a new school record for the Aggies. His six returns tied a school record for the most kickoff returns in a game. Rogers had three returns of 40-plus yards, including a career-long of 54 yards. His 219 yards broke Tony Lukins' record from 2001 (189 yards).
He would tie his own record against No. 3 Boise State with six kickoff returns for 136 yards. On the season, Rogers has 36 returns for 953 yards, while also leading the team in all-purpose yards with 1,164. He is sixth in the WAC in all-purpose yards and 37th in the nation.
The Aggies' primary kick returner has averaged at least 20 yards per return for 13 consecutive seasons.
Freshmen with Time
The Aggies have relied heavily on incoming freshmen this season. In fact, the Aggies have played nine true freshmen this season, starting seven of them over nine games. The Aggies rank 24th in the nation among schools with the most-true freshmen played.
Quarterback Andrew Manley, defensive backs Darien Johnson and George Callender, offensive lineman Davonte Wallace and defensive lineman Augafa Vaaulu have all made starts for NM State this season.
Other true freshmen with playing time include linebacker Anthony Joyner, Dylan Davis and wide receiver Jerrel Brown.
Rogers, Allen, House and Coleman Named to Phil Steele Midseason All-WAC Team
Phil Steele has released his Midseason all‑WAC Team. Phil Steele's College Football Preview is one of the nation's most informative preseason football magazines and has always released Preseason, Midseason and Postseason All-American teams as well as All-Conference teams.
Kick returner Taveon Rogers was named to the first team, while wide receiver Marcus Allen, cornerback Davon House and safety Donyae Coleman earned third team honors.
Rogers is third in the WAC and is 30th in the nation in kick return yardage with 26.5 yards per return. Allen leads the Aggies in receiving with 28 catches for 445 yards and two touchdowns, while House is fifth on the team with 48 tackles, an interception and seven pass break-ups. Coleman leads the team in tackles with 68, which is fifth in the WAC.
The Lineman Chart
The offensive line is a position in the game of football that has no stats or glory but could possibly be one of the most important positions on the field. Let's take a look at the grade sheet for the NM State offensive line in week seven of the season.
Aundre McGaskey leads the team with 57 knockdowns, while the offensive line has given up just nine sacks in nine games, which is third in the WAC.


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If you were surprised that Brendon Todd came out on top at the HP Byron Nelson Championship, then you might raise an eye or two at some of the equipment he used as well.
Although a TaylorMade staffer with a majority of the company's clubs in the bag, Todd had a couple of sticks from lesser-known companies. Among them was a 60-degree wedge from Fourteen Golf as well as a Rife Titan mallet putter that Todd used to lead the field in strokes gained/putting.
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Photo by Contador on Tuesday during a Twitter ride near the Golden Gate Bridge. (Robertson/VeloDramatic)
Is it better for you, mentally, in your mind when you're racing? Or do you think about the case more during the off-season?
When I'm racing, I don't think about it at all. I think about it more when I'm not racing.
For 2012, WADA decided not to change the rules and establish a lower limit for clenbuterol. Do you think this influences your case?
No, I don't believe that this decision will influence the case. But I strongly believe that there will be a change in the rules in the level of clenbuterol, for sure. Things will change in the future.
Beyond 2012?
Probably right after my case, it will change.
Does that frustrate you?
There's a lot of things like that. (Laughs)
With the way that you rode at the Tour this year, I think you captured the imaginations of American cycling fans perhaps more than ever. Have you seen more interest from American fans after your hard luck comeback at the Tour?
Yes, even if I live far away from here, through the social networks, I have received a lot of support from people, and people are excited to see me race.
Simon Toccafondi, Specialized team liaison: Personally, I think, for me, and I have 20 years experience in following riders and teams, I think the great thing about him is the way he races through all the year. It's something that people don't point out. It has been very easy, especially for the media, without pointing figures, someone just showing up at one race, and just wow, this is the best.
But for me, he is the best if he wins from January to September. That's what Eddy Merckx did. And I think Alberto, you know, I started to work with him last year at Tour Algarve, I experienced Alberto the same as at the Tour de France. He went there, and he wanted to win. He's not training; he's there to compete. He's pure competition and pure racing. And to me, this is great. It is good for the sport. He goes to Paris-Nice and he wants to win.
Is it possible to win all year against the new super teams that are being formed like BMC and RadioShack-Trek?
It is going to be more difficult for sure, because there are more teams that are stronger. But I believe at the end of the day, the riders that are going for the win are always the same. It is probably a little bit more difficult, but it's still possible.
Of the races you haven't won yet, what would you most like to win?
I'd like to win a classic, Flèche Wallonne or Liège-Bastogne-Liège. The problem is that I don't prepare for those races the way other riders do, so I am not at 100%. I don't think this is the best program for my characteristics and to approach the bigger events. I'd like to win Tirreno-Adriatico, because I am missing it from my palmarès. It's not easy to think of many more. For sure, the world championship, but the courses lately make it impossible. It would be very difficult.
Do you plan to do any races in the United States, such as the Amgen Tour of California?
I would love to race the Tour of California, because here cycling is getting bigger. Right now, the United States is getting more important in world cycling. The past two years, I did not do it, because they changed the date, and it was at the same time as the Giro d'Italia. Doing the Tour of California would change my chances at the Tour de France. Because if I come to the Tour of California, I'm not coming to ride, I'm coming to win.
You said that it would change your chances at the Tour de France to ride the Tour of California. Do you mean in a positive way?
Simon Toccafondi, Specialized team liaison: Negatively. Because his training program, it has peaks, and if comes to California it's going to be to race. It would be a peak, and then, his peak wouldn't give him the time to recover for the Tour de France. If the Tour of California would go back to February, he would definitely race it.
Contador is confident his doping case will be cleared. (Robertson/VeloDramatic)
Will you do the USA Pro Cycling Challenge, the new Colorado race?
This was the first year. I would have to look at the calendar. I'm not sure it is the same time as the Vuelta a España.
Do you plan to ride the Olympics next year?
I don't think the course will be that difficult. I would like to represent my country, if not to win, but to help my country to win.
What about the Olympic time trial?
I would like to try it, because the Olympic games are so close to the end of the Tour de France. With the pedal stroke I get at the Tour de France, and the training, I'd like to try it.
I know the SL4 came out just before the Tour. I believe you were on the SL3 during the whole Tour. Now that you're on the SL4, what differences have you felt in the new bike?
The SLR 4 is more rigid, it is a less nervous bike, and more smooth. It is difficult to make such a change in the bike at the last minute. It is more difficult for the head than for the body.
The better, smoother ride, are these changes as a result of feedback you've given Specialized? How involved are you in reviewing bikes?
I feel like Specialized and I have a shared objective in making things better. Specialized is a brand that works to make things better. This is very important, for me. For the time trial, I wanted a certain kind of bike and working with Specialized I have been able to achieve. Few companies are able to do this. It is very complicated to find a company that can do everything. With Specialized, it is everything, not only the bike. There are many other brands that try to go different ways to build helmets and shoes, and no one is on the same level as Specialized.
On the time trial bike you have a lot of movement, back and forth on the saddle. Have you worked on changing your position so that you sit closer to the front of the saddle?
I can put super glue on the saddle. (Laughs) No, it is a movement I have always had. When you watch it on television, whoa, it kind of hits you. It is too much movement. In the end, if I'm moving, it is because in the time trial, I'm trying to go at my maximum power. And for me, that means that my body is always gets in front. I've tried a lot of things on a saddle, to try to keep me from moving. But it never succeeded.
If you were on vacation riding your bike, where would you most like to go?
(Laughs) If it is vacation, it's vacation—the bicycle stays at home!
The UCI is trying to impose a rule that any rider who has served a doping suspension cannot get a job working in the sport. The IOC is banning people who have served a suspension from going to the Olympics. Do you think the burden for cleaning up the sport is too much on the athletes?
Simon Toccafondi, Specialized team liaison: He believes that there should be more participation in this fight, wider participation. He thinks the load should not be only on the athletes and mainly in cycling. Mainly, when it's time to take a decision or make a procedure, more people should have a say in how things should be done. For example, to define an anti-doping rule. It shouldn't only be the UCI, and there should be more organization. And it should be the same for all the sports.
What is the origin of the pistol victory salute?
My friends, they said, you don't ever do anything when you win. So I decided to do something. So I do this (points to his heart). I believe in my friends and in my family. When I win, I do this. This is for you. It is not a gun. It's for you. After, "the Pistolero." (makes a face) For a long time, I say it's not, it's not the pistolero, then, eventually, OK, fine. OK, it's Pistolero! (Laughs)
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