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Understanding the implicit and explicit theories of a research article most often means carefully reading through the article for the explicit theories stated therein, and also browsing through the bibliography to see who else or what other theories, frameworks and paradigms have informed the current article. This also provides an insight about which implicit theories the author subscribes too. To understand authors fully in this respect, it would require reading many of their works.
At the beginning of the Ph.D. program I was unaware of my theoretical framework, or better said, I would have been unable to answer such question if I was asked. At that time I would have thought that I didn't really subscribe to any particular theory, framework or paradigm. One semester after another I struggled to identify my interests. I wanted to place and find myself within a particular school of thought. This was further complicated by the fact that information science as an interdisciplinary field of study is not yet well define by its theory or paradigm as understood in the traditional sense.
However, as I was writing more and more papers for my coursework, I started realizing that my writings usually concentrate around the subject of information artifacts (i.e. information, information structures, and information systems) and their role in the social structures that utilize them. At this point I decided to re-read all of my papers, four semesters worth. To my surprise and delight, I realized that all this time I was not just writing. I was actually trying to explicate and elaborate (with the language available to me at the time) on how various information technologies effect the social structures around them and concurrently are affected by the same. I recognized this theme throughout my papers.
In retrospect, the systems mode of thinking (Churchman, 1968; Ruben, 2000) I had acquired as a student of electrical engineering as well as during my practical industry experience as information systems analysts appears to have implicitly informed and structured my way of thinking about the phenomena around me. It would be to simplistic to assume that the systems mode of thinking is solely responsible though. As members of the human society from early age we learn how to behave properly and prefer stability over chaos. This in turn suggests common understandings and shared meanings.
So far, after discovering to a certain degree that the actor-network theory and methodology is an 'obvious' tool for explicating the interplay between things social and technological, the challenge has been to build a frame of reference or a mindset through which one is able to see the problems related to information science and the resolutions proposed to resolve them. The systems way of thinking emerges as a very insightful and powerful tool, especially because helps you study a problem by identifying the boundaries around it, its scope, what happens within the boundaries, and how the issues with the problem at hand interface with the environment (i.e. with outside of the relevantly defined boundary).
The concepts of interconnectivity of various technical elements within the information and communication systems and the multitude of services they carry almost directly relate (albeit at a different level of application) to various practical communication tools and services that affect the social realm. An information and communication system is not a goal in its own; it is produced and used within the social web of interactions composed of human and non-human entities, or networked actors as suggested by the actor-network theory (ANT) and its methodology, clearly summarized in the edited book by Law and Hassard (1999).
From one perspective, the actor-network theory appears to have emerged from the systems theory by the superimposition of the ethnographic methodology through which Latour has attempted to describer how various human and non-human entities affect each other in a complex web of interconnections: "We are emphasizing this process of mutual shaping because it is important to understand that actors are not simply shaped by the networks in which they are located (although this is certainly true), but they also influence the actors with which they interact" (Law & Callon, 1997, p. 25). Whether one utilizes and appropriates the Actor-Network Theory paradoxically not as a theory but as methodological approach for ethnomethodology, or ANT as an actual theory in the true sense of a parsimonious theory with the classical philosophical understanding and ability to predict (i.e. cause-effect relationship) phenomena around us, two properties are common and fundamentally critical to any color, flavor or form ANT might have emerged and evolved into: inscription and translation, with their ability to act at distance.
The distinction of Actor-Network Theory from ANT is not only semantic in nature since "ANT" is not just an acronym for Actor-Network Theory (Law, 1999). Going from Actor-Network Theory into ANT, the concepts, ideas and thoughts of the original inscription of the Actor-Network Theory performed and were perform upon in the web of scholarly discourse, thus translating themselves into self sustainable quasi theories, evident from the many different ways ANT has been used to explicate multitude of phenomena (Bijker & Law, 1997). If actor-network theory was not reduced to ANT, Law argues, perhaps it would not have been possible to become as pervasive as it has become but not without being translated, transformed and performed. This distinction is evident from Law's and Latour's (1999) statement in Law and Hassard (1999). In expressing his wishful thinking to recall ANT back to its origins, Latour, one of the original authors that laid down the principles of what has became ANT, states:
For us, ANT was simply another way at being faithful to the insight of ethnomethodology: actors know what they do and we have to learn from them not only what they do, but how and why they do it. It is us, the social scientists, who lack the knowledge of what they do, and not they who are missing the explanation of why they are unwittingly manipulated by forces exterior to themselves and known to the social scientist's powerful gaze and methods. (Latour, p. 19)
Far from being a theory of the social or even worse an explanation of what makes society exert pressure on actors, it always was, and this from its inception, a crude method to learn from the actors without imposing on them an a priori definition of their world-building capacities. (p. 20)
Latour's statements are primarily methodological in nature, in sharp contrast with Law's description of what ANT has become that sound more like theories:
ANT tells that entities take their form and acquire their attributes as a result of their relation with other entities. (Law, p. 3)
They [entities] are performed in, by, and through those relations. A consequence is that everything is uncertain and reversible, at lest in principle. (p. 4)
Law (1999) further argues that it is the translation into the simplistic ANT acronym, using semantics as the translation tool, which has enabled it to be marketable/saleable and able to perform and be performed upon. In the process of translation it has lost its initial meaning by being removed from the context in which it was thought to operate and by being performed upon, concurrently performing upon other entities as one of the actors in the social network of scholarly communication, traversing across various disciplines and emerging as "many things that are new and different from one another" (Law et al., p. 10). According to Law, the simplicity of the language is at fault for enabling the actor-network theory to be performed upon and be translated into other things that might not have remained faithful to the spirit of actor-network. However, this is not to say that the process of translation has not been helpful and beneficial. As a result ANT has been used to explain various phenomena in many domains such as: politics, arts, economics, power control, science, organization, medicine, technology, etc.
At this point it is important to define and explain some of the language used by the actor-network. It is a difficult task to state these definitions up front because the authors themselves use actor-network related language to define what they mean by actor-network.
Actors are any entities that are part of our reality. Actors can be human or non-human such as machines, computers, social structures, information, environments, etc.
Networks are complex entities constructed by two or more actors connected between themselves through various links or communication channels.
Inscription is the act or process by which actors perform on other actors shaping their attributes and properties. Simply, the properties and attributes of any particular actor or network are a result of a complex inscription process by human and non-human actors. Human actors are able to inscribe onto non-human actors, as well as non-human actors are able to inscribe onto human actors (Akrich & Latour, 1997).
The translation process as described by Law (1999): "For translation is the process or the work of making two things that are not the same, equivalent" (p. 8), suggests that properties and attributes are transferable from one actor onto another and responsible for the translation process. Perhaps a simple understanding of the translation process is best understood as expressed by an old proverb: "You become like those with whom you are part of" (author unknown). However, a close look at the definition also reveals another important sense in which the concept of translation has been used, especially in Law's language that actor-network theory was translated into ANT. In this case, a complex set of theoretical and methodological actors was replaced by (read as 'translated into') ANT. From this it is evident that the definitions of actor, network and link are relative with respect to each other, depending on the point of reference. For example, a scholarly article is an actor in one volume of a journal. It is however also an actor in the field of studies that the journal belongs two. At the same time, the journal itself is an actor amongst other journals in the same field of study. Thus, if reductionism is attempted one may define all elements of the actor network as special cases of the definition of an actor depending on the element's intrinsic and extrinsic properties and attributes.
The properties and attributes of the originating actors can potentially translate the corresponding attributes and corresponding properties of the actors they have acted upon, subject to the degree of openness of the links and the actors. An emphasis in this process is transferability of properties and attributes from one actor to another and their translation. The process of translation as described by Law (1999, pp. 6-7) suggests that the 'things' that can be made equivalent contain corresponding or congruent properties and attributes. Like the actors in a network topology, the relations (i.e. links) have attributes and characteristics through which the actors can potentially perform on the rest of the network and be performed by it. As with the actors, the link properties and attributes ought to be congruent and corresponding for any translation to occur. The key however is that the network actors can be human or non-human, with both human and non-human actors able to act upon each other and induce translation.
Openness: "… a distinction is made between inside and outside [of an actor] and a set of exchanges between the two is defined and regulated … those who are outside find themselves compelled to participate in those exchanges" (Law & Bijker, 1997, p. 294).
An important characteristic of any network, and the actor-network theory and ANT for that matter is its boundary. Defining the boundary is imperative for the successful utilization of the actor-network methodology or ANT. The boundaries of a given network and the relations-links amongst its constitutive entities with their scope of influence are identified with the construct topology. An actor-network topology is usually described as logically grouped entities or elements associated and linked to each other via some relations. Like the elements in the network topology, the relations (i.e. links) have properties and characteristics through which the elements, as potential actors, can perform on the rest of the network and be performed by it (Law et al., p. 6-7). An actor can belong in multiple topologies simultaneously, performing and behaving differently in various topologies depending on its relative position in the respective network.
Furthermore, inscription's and translation's ability to act at distance across time and space is an important capability postulated by the actor-network framework. It is the translation carried via actor's inscriptions that enable the actor to transfer its attributes and properties to other actors in its immediate topologies (at various levels), subject to actors', links' and topologies' degree of openness.
The processes of inscription and translations are in constant flux and iterative in nature thus enabling a relative stability in the corresponding network. The perceived stability is actually performative in nature. It is relatively relative stability enabling entities in any given network to maintain themselves.
It is perhaps evident from the above language suggested by the actor-network theory and methodology why Latour (1999) would like to recall ANT back to be what he meant it to be: an actor-network mode of thinking as a semantic tool for doing easy ethnomethodology. However, scholars in various disciplines found substantial operationalizable semantic entities and appropriated them to fit their own research interests. Thus, actor-network and its constitutive elements became subjects of their own interpretation through the process of appropriation by scholars in various fields of study, resulting in many 'flavors' of ANT.
While the actor-network framework provides us with a language to understand how actors are able to affect other actors in their neighborhood and which aspect of the actor-network elements ought to be utilized, DeSanctis and Poole (1994) suggest the Adaptive Structuration Theory (AST) as a mechanism to examine the change process in a given organization by looking at the type of structures provided by advanced technologies (inherent structures), and the structures that actually emerge in human actions as people interact with these technologies (p. 121). AST is more specific to the interplay between the structures provided by advanced information technologies and social structures within which they are embedded, emphasizing strongly on how the features and properties of information system are acquired and constructed, and how these specific structures affect the organizational structures.
In the onset it would appear that actor-network and AST attempt to do help us explain the same: "So, there are structures in technology, on the one hand, and structures in actions, on the other. The two are continually intertwined; there is a recursive relationship between the technology and action, each iteratively shaping the other" (Desanctis, p. 125). However, they seem to compliment each other in a sense that actor-network provides us with the language to understand how actors affect each other while AST is mostly concentrated on the aspects of how a particular actor (information system, social structure, etc) is constructed and modified in the iterative process: "New social structures emerge in group interaction as the rules and resources of an AIT [advanced information technologies] are appropriated in a given context and then reproduced in group interaction over time" (p. 129). AST strongly emphasizes on the process of appropriation of information technologies in a given setting, suggesting that information technologies in their initial implementation come with pre-defined feature (i.e. the spirit) that are being appropriate by the users. The appropriation in turn has effect on the construction and modification of the social structures that in turn redefine how the information technology is used, often in ways not indented by the designers.
Thus, it appears that both actor-network and AST are implicitly informed by the systems theory, complementing each other by enabling us with a language and concepts that are necessary to understand the interactions and the mutual shaping of human and non-human entities in various environments.
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Ravens coach John Harbaugh can spend at least one more playoff Sunday rooting for his brother. The Harbaugh family is still in the Super Bowl hunt, after the 49ers coached by Jim Harbaugh topped the Packers, 23-20, in a pulsating playoff game.
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"I'm a 49ers fan," John Harbaugh said laughing last week, near the end of his season-ending press conference.
John Harbaugh has put together an impressive resume with the Ravens, making the playoffs five out of six seasons, and winning a Super Bowl. Jim Harbaugh is building quite a resume with the 49ers, winning three straight division titles, and at least one playoff game every year. With a victory over Carolina, the 49ers would reach their third consecutive NFC championship game.
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I would never argue against this..haha. Nascar isn't even a sport in my mind...
Can I vote for Tito already?
Alright I don't know why my microphone didn't work for Round 1 but that will be fixed. Heres what I said Tito. I disagree with you completely and you are an ignorant person. NASCAR has most fans out of any sport in America this past race at Texas Motor Speedway on a Monday drew 90,000 fans. So I don't think its up and coming its a sport and is loved by many. You said guys who like NASCAR don't like other sports but I disagree again I am a huge NY Giant fan, NY Met fan and NY Ranger fan so you seem to be wrong on that point too. You also claim its all dumb southerners but NASCAR has tracks in the north: the Poconos and Watkins Glenn and personally NASCAR requires the most brains out of any sport since it requires skilled engineers. Here is were I trash you now. How can you call something not a sport if you can not do it. You seem to be a pretty fat unathletic dude. You can ride the couch while real athletes are out driving at around 200 mph. Racing is clearly a sport and the fact that you are this ignornant is embaressing.
I think the fact that Grogan14 "didn't say" that Nascar fans are stupid (even though he did) was just rude and ignorant. He loses this one, despite me not being a fan of Nascar AT ALL.
I respect that you (huntersthompsonlives) are not a fan of NASCAR but atleast you can understnad that people do appreciate it and recognize it as a sport. Tito is on a slippery slope here calling something not a sport. First Tito in order to classify something you need to define it so what is your definition of a sport? If you define sport then you can claim if NASCAR falls into that definition or not.
Tito can be a complete dick, I've debated him a couple times, but I can't disagree with him on this one. I won't even listen to him, but Nascar shouldn't be considered a sport (imho) they don't do anything athletics. The race doesn't always depend on whose the best driver, rather who has the best car. Also only left turns? Come on, F-1 has far more skilled drivers and I still can't stand it. Sports like hockey, football, soccer, basketball especially MMA and boxing are real sports where is relies solely on the athletes talent.


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by Dr. Michele Petry, Editor, BankersOnline.com
Although dot.com companies may be languishing in a sea of red, the Internet continues to grow and expand. According to an study conducted by UCLA, a full two-thirds of Americans are online, with roughly 55,000 new users in the U.S. signing up for personal accounts each day. It's no wonder then that financial institutions, although traditionally slow to act, have heard the call, and are responding by offering Internet banking services to their customers.
Regardless of which type of financial institution charter you hold, the results of a study released by the Office of the Comprtoller of the Currency can provide you with valuable insight into the impact of Internet banking on an institution's bottom line. Released in September, 2000, the study reveals that virtually 100% of the financial institutions over $10 billion in assets offer Internet Banking. And smaller institutions are not far behind. Between the 2nd Quarter of '98 and the 3rd Quarter of '99, Internet banking grew by 226.9% for institutions with less than $100 million in assets and 258.1% for institutions between $100 million and $1 billion in asset size. Clearly mid-sized institutions were instituting online banking services at a rapid pace in response to the increased consumer acceptance of the Internet.
How effective are the Internet offerings of smaller banks and what impact do the offerings have on the institutions' profitability? According to the OCC's
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Since Internet banking often serves a relatively small share of a bank's customer base as a delivery channel, previous reports have been unable to determine the impact on bank performance. For example, Moody's Investor Service (2000) stated that "Moody's does not foresee much impact from the Internet on large U.S, Banks core profitability or competitive position - at least in the near term." A 1999 report by Hitt, Frei and Harker found that banks' investment in Internet banking had not resulted in "new, profitable customers to the firm, as many banks had hoped. Rather, it seems to be to retain high-value customers."
Contrary to both these studies, the OCC report clearly shows that by the 3rd Quarter of 1999, differences in performance between Internet and non-Internet banks are beginning to emerge. Institutions offering Internet banking were clearly winners.
Other findings of the OCC study:
Banks in all size categories offering Internet banking tend to rely less on interest-yielding activities and deposits than do non-Internet banks.
Most of the growth in new Internet banking will be due to small banks coming online. Projections based on banks' plans as of the 3rd Quarter indicate that 45 percent of all national banks will offer Internet Banking beginning 2001.
Large banks are more likely than smaller banks to offer a broader range of services, such as bill payment, credit applications, and brokerage and insurance services.
The adoption model of Internet banking services appears to be rapidly increasing. Smaller institutions close to urban areas are more likely to adopt Internet Banking services to compete with larger institutions.
The OCC's full report can be found online at:
If your institution is considering implementing online banking, but has not yet done so, this report is a must-read.
Michele Petry, Ph.D., is President of the Glia Group, an Internet consulting and web strategy firm. Prior to forming Glia, Michele was the Director of Specialized Services at Thomson Financial Publishing where she served as publisher of Thomson's Blue Book, The Banker's Guide to Product and Service Providers, and was responsible for the redesign of the online Thomson Financial Marketplace, launched in June of 1999.
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The Top Seven Awful Chewbacca Costumes [Cosplay]Sunday, March 6th, 2011
Apparently putting together a costume made almost entirely of brown fur is more complicated than you'd think. 7) The Hairy-Chested Chewbacca Costume Source Many bathmats died to bring us this costume.
But Can He Build a Tree House?: Ewok Dog Costume [Cosplay]Friday, January 28th, 2011
Ewok dog cosplay. In other news, the number of legitimate reasons to own a small, yappy dog has increased to exactly one. Via ptitumblr, who has never met a small, yappy dog he hasn't yub-nubbed. Find Star Wars dog costumes on Ebay
Don't Play Angry!: Star Wars "Imperial March" on Dueling Pianos [Video]Friday, January 28th, 2011
Below, you can read the exchange that led to this delightful rendition of "The Imperial March" on dueling pianos by the duo of Greg Anderson and Liz Roe. Anderson: We need to get more exposure for our act. We should make a viral video. Roe: Yeah, but we play the piano. No one cares about pianos. […]
Cooler Than You Are: Kid's Dark Helmet Costume [Cosplay]Thursday, January 27th, 2011
Say what you will about America's youth, but I haven't given up hope. Yet. I love that this kid dressed as Dark Helmet from Spaceballs at Star Wars Celebration IV is doing "tongue-in-cheek tribute" before he even knows what "tongue-in-cheek" means. Via Reddit, who bets he doesn't know what "pocket pool" means, either. Because that's […]
Not Dopey-Looking At All: Yoda BathrobeWednesday, January 26th, 2011
This Yoda bathrobe is now an actual commercial item you can purchase from the UK's Boys Stuff store, but unless you've ever wanted to wear Yoda's scalp upon your own*, I don't see in any way how this could be a good idea. * And even then, it's still not a good idea. You twisted bastard. […]
That's No Cowboy Moon, It's a Cowboy Space Station: Old West Star Wars FiguresTuesday, January 18th, 2011
Talented toy customizer Sillof has made quite a reputation* for himself, creating custom Star Wars figures in the style of various genres, including steampunk, samurai, WWII, and now, the Old West. Check out the variations of Boba Fett, Darth Vader, and R2-D2 below. And while you're at it, make an offering to the gods of toy […]« Previous Entries


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Browns first-year place-kicker Matt Stover was introduced to new deep snapper Brian Kinchen on Friday morning. Saturday afternoon, they went to the Stadium with holder Brian Hansen to try the snap-hold-kick sequence in the place where it would count.
Yesterday afternoon, with nine seconds left in the game, they all took a deep breath, did what they had worked on for two days and kicked the Browns to a 14-13 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals on a 45-yard field goal with four seconds remaining.
The crowd of 78,269 went into a frenzy as the Browns headed off the field. Just before Stover disappeared into the dugout, coach Bill Belichick gave him a congratulatory slap on the helmet.
The victory was the Browns' second straight, making them 2-1 and snapping a four-game losing streak against the Bengals. It left Cincinnati at 0-3.
"You should see the guys in the (locker room)," Stover said. "This victory can do a lot for us. It can carry us a long way."
It wasn't as easy as it should have been. At the end of the second quarter, the snap-hold-kick trio went snap-crackle-pop. With the Browns up, 5-3, Stover lined up for what should have been a routine 34-yard field goal. But Kinchen sent back a low line drive that sputtered in and out of Hansen's hands before he gained control. Kinchen, who was signed Friday to replace Randy Kirk (hamstring), was charged with an 11-yard fumble.
"I've never had a low snap like that in my life," said Kinchen, who spent the past three seasons snapping for the Miami Dolphins.
Instead of going with another snapper, such as Paul Farren, Belichick stuck with the newcomer, and the move paid off. Stover made a 42-yard field goal to put the Browns up, 8-3, early in the third quarter and a 38-yarder to put them up, 11-3, later in the quarter. He also made a 30-yarder in the second quarter and was 4-for-5 on the afternoon.
"We had one bad snap at the beginning, but he snapped good on the rest of them, so we felt it would be good," Belichick said. "You have players out there that when it comes to making big plays have got to make them. You have to have confidence in them."
Stover said he predicted at the beginning of the fourth quarter that he'd get a shot at the game-winner.
"They had us by two, at 13-11, and I told my snapper and my holder that we were going to have the game-winning field goal," Stover said. "I felt good - and with confidence in those guys - I knew all I had to do was take my time and make sure I made it."
Just before the kick, the Browns took their final timeout. And just to make sure Stover and his crew were good and rattled, the Bengals took theirs immediately thereafter.
The kick started high and to the right, but it came back inside the top of the right upright by about three feet.
"I hit it good," Stover said. "It started off to the right, but the good Lord blew on it, and I ended up making it through and we won the game. If you don't want to kick that football to win the game, you shouldn't be a place-kicker. If you go out there thinking you might be the goat, you probably will be."
The field goal capped a 14-play, 60-yard drive in which quarterback Bernie Kosar completed 6 of 9 passes for 49 yards, including four to the previously little-used Reggie Langhorne.
Langhorne, who complained during the week about his lack of playing time (he had caught only one pass in the first two games), played in place of Brian Brennan, who was a surprise scratch at the beginning of the game with an injured calf. Atoning for two costly penalties earlier in the game, Langhorne caught passes of 8, 7, 6 and 8 yards on the drive, the last of which came on a crucial third-and-4 at the Bengals' 37.
"Reggie's not the kind of guy who would get down on himself on the football field," said Kosar. "He's a real competitor. When the game is on the line, he's equal to the task."
Another key play on the drive was a 4-yard run off left tackle by Kevin Mack, who's still nursing a sprained left ankle. The Browns had lost Joe Morris to a left knee injury in the second quarter and Leroy Hoard to stomach cramps in the fourth. Lee Rouson blocked for Mack on the play.
"It wasn't a thing of beauty, offensively, for three quarters," Kosar said. "But when the game was on the line, we got the clutch plays when we needed them."
The Bengals, playing without leading receiver Eddie Brown (shoulder), came back from an 11-3 deficit after the third quarter on a 26-yard TD pass to Tim McGee and a 36-yard field goal by Jim Breech, who also opened the scoring in the first quarter on a 21-yarder.
On the drive that ended with McGee's TD catch from Boomer Esiason, the Bengals converted twice on fourth down. The first was a fourth-and-6 at the Browns' 45 in which Lynn James beat Anthony Florence. The second was a 4-yard run by Craig Taylor on fourth-and-1 at the 30 just before the TD pass.
Breech's go-ahead field goal with 6:41 left in the game came after Belichick spelled some of his veteran linemen with rookie Pio Sagapolutele, Frank Conover and Ernie Logan. The drive featured a 25-yard run by James Brooks with a 5-yard facemask call against Randy Hilliard tacked on, and a 6-yard run on third-and-9 by Esiason with a 5-yard facemask call against Mike Johnson.
Following Breech's field goal, Kosar threw three straight incompletions, and the Browns had to punt. But the Bengals managed only four plays themselves before Kevin Walker downed Lee Johnson's punt at the Browns' 12.
The first half was a comedy of errors not unlike the first half of last week's game against the Patriots. Kosar was sacked for an 8-yard loss on the first play, and the Browns went three-and-out.
On the Bengals' first drive, Vince Newsome forced James Brooks to fumble, and Van Waiters recovered. But Morris returned the favor, fumbling on the next play and setting up Breech's first field goal.
The Browns then drove to the Bengals' 25, thanks, in no small part, to three facemask calls against Cincinnati, including one on fourth-and-1. But Kosar was hit from his blindside for a 5-yard sack and fumbled the ball while a wide open Webster Slaughter stood waving his arms in the end zone.
Thanks to one of the many fine Browns defensive stands, the Bengals couldn't convert. Esiason was stopped by Waiters and Newsome on a sneak on fourth-and-inches at the Browns' 9.
The Browns' first score was a second-quarter safety when rookie James Jones tackled Brooks in the end zone after three straight Bengals penalties pushed them back to the 1.
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Thor Kain and I are organizing a training day at Tom's grounds on Saturday June 28th. We will start around 9:00 am. We are opening this up to all of his past bird dog customers and friends.
I am expecting a large turn out so please email to confirm if you are attending. This will help us plan the day.
Jane is providing lunch as always and is looking forward to the day.
This will be informal (just how Tom liked it!). We will supply plenty of quail and plan to run dogs based on age group/skill level. Basically we'll have a course with a bunch of birds on it and run young dogs then older dogs.
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Camacho's mother says life support will end
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - The mother of Hector 'Macho' Camacho plans to have the former championship boxer taken off life support Saturday, after three more of his sons arrive in Puerto Rico to be with him.
Maria Matias said Friday night she made the decision to have doctors remove him from life support. The boxer's oldest son says he opposes the decision.
Matias says three more of the boxer's sons will arrive in Puerto Rico and will get to see him for the last time on Saturday. She says her son "died three days ago and he's only alive now because of a machine."
The former world champion was shot in the face Tuesday night in his hometown of Bayamon.
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Obama calls for a minimum wage hike to $9
President Obama used his State of the Union address to call for the nation's minimum wage to be increased to $9 per hour.
"We know our economy is stronger when we reward an honest day's work with honest wages. But today, a full-time worker making the minimum wage earns $14,500 a year. Even with the tax relief we've put in place, a family with two kids that earns the minimum wage still lives below the poverty line. That's wrong. That's why, since the last time this Congress raised the minimum wage, nineteen states have chosen to bump theirs even higher," Obama said, according to prepared remarks.
Obama also called for tying the minimum wage to inflation — noting the support of his GOP opponent for the plant during the 2012 campaign.
"So here's an idea that Governor Romney and I actually agreed on last year: let's tie the minimum wage to the cost of living, so that it finally becomes a wage you can live on," Obama said.
According to a White House fact sheet, raising the minimum wage would mean a raise for 15 million wage-earners across the country. The White House also claims that other workers would see indirect increases.
The nation's current minimum wage is $7.25, with some states setting a higher wage.
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July 27 - Happy Birthday to Cousette Copeland!
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Happy Birthday to Me!
Another year, and things are still moving along. This past year, I was fortunate enough to connect with many new relatives and to gather enough family history, stories, and photos to write an incredibly rich, textured, and interesting pictorial genealogy of the Copeland family. I'm thankful to those early Copeland ancestors, to the many Copeland descendants, and to my own nuclear family.
I know that my family history explains my own character and that there are still mysteries to be uncovered and to be recorded.
Without children, my words in books and stories/poems, and my artwork are my legacy. I am thankful to be alive and to have my family and friends.
It's been a long way from a Ft. Benning hospital in Columbus, Georgia - just as my Dad said he came a long way from Poorman's Creek in the hills of Jacksonville, Oregon.
Thank you for Celebrating my Life with Me Today - July 27!
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Posted at: 11/26/2012 3:47 PM
Updated at: 11/26/2012 6:04 PM
By: WNYT Staff
ALBANY - The Albany man killed in a horrific accident over the weekend will be laid to rest on Wednesday.
Paul Merges Jr. died Saturday while riding his bike in Albany.
Police say he was hit by a truck during a police chase and became entangled in its roof rack.
He remained trapped there for the rest of the nearly 100 mile per hour chase that went through several parts of Albany and Schenectady counties.
The driver, 39-year-old Pablo Cruz faces charges of vehicular manslaughter, DWI and violating parole.


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WORCESTER, Mass.- On May 6, the College of the Holy Cross and the Working for Worcester project took a place in the national spotlight as "NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams" showcased the city-wide project, which raised more than $100,000 and renovated 20 community recreation sites in the City.
The "Making a Difference" segment featured senior Jeffrey Reppucci (Newburyport, Mass.), a Russian major and a member of the men's varsity hockey team, who studied abroad in Russia as a sophomore. Reppucci told NBC Nightly News he was visiting the small village of Suzdal, Russia, when he was struck by the poor conditions at a local school and the lack of recreational spaces for children to play. "I had to find a way to help," he said.
Reppucci returned to Holy Cross and recruited his roommate and hockey teammate, senior Derek Kump (Falmouth, Maine). Together, the two started a nonprofit organization, Students Helping Children Across Borders, in their dorm room. He said they raised the money from friends, family and corporate sponsors. Then Reppucci returned to Suzdal for a month to get to work. "We built a playground at the school… worked with the community, and it just was a completely life-changing experience for me, a pivotal moment," said Reppucci.
He told NBC correspondent Ron Mott he would have never predicted a project launched in a foreign land would end up making a difference in his own college town.
"Once back home, Reppucci decided his success in Suzdal could be used to help transform neighborhoods around Worcester — and a project called Working for Worcester was born. The group brought together students of all ages at Holy Cross and other neighboring colleges to focus on recreational spaces stateside, building playgrounds, basketball courts and dance studios for youth in their community. This year, more than 700 college students from 10 schools participated," Mott reported.
Reppucci was recently awarded the prestigious BNY Mellon Wealth Management Hockey Humanitarian Award and has been selected to deliver the Class of 2014 valedictory address.
Check out a feature story on Reppucci:
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Comparative Evaluation of Ethanolic Extracts of Bacopa monnieri, Evolvulus alsinoides, Tinospora cordifolia and their Combinations on Cognitive Functions in Rats
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The effects of ethanolic extracts of whole plants of Bacopa monnieri (BME), Evolvulus alsinoides (EAE), Tinospora cordifolia (TCE) and their combinations in equal proportion [CEP-1 (BME+EAE), CEP-2 (BME+TCE), CEP-3 (EAE+TCE) and CEP-4 (BME+EAE+TCE)] were tested in amnesic rats using Radial arm maze task performance (RAM) and Barnes maze test at 200 mg/kg p.o. The latency to find food and target hole was observed in RAM and Barnes maze respectively. Cognitive dysfunction was induced by scopolamine (0.3 mg/kg i.p.) treatment. BME, EAE, TCE and their combinations of equal proportion (CEPs) showed significant decrease in latency to find food and target hole in RAM and Barnes maze respectively. Inter comparison among single extract alone treated groups revealed that BME treated animals showed significant difference as compared to EAE and TCE treated animals. All combinations of equal proportion (CEPs) of these extracts showed significant difference in latency to find food and target hole as compared to single extracts treated animals. CEP-1 showed significantly better effect as compared to CEP-2 and CEP-3. Significant difference in latency to find food and target hole was also present between CEP-2 and CEP-3. Effect of CEP-4 was found to be significantly better than CEP-1, CEP-2 and CEP-3 treated rats in both models. From present investigation, it was concluded that ethanolic extract of Bacopa monnieri, Evolvulus alsinoides and Tinospora cordifolia provided better nootropic effect when used in combination.
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SANFORD CITY COUNCIL: Rezoning issue draws concerns
Several area residents and land owners spoke against the rezoning of a property located at the intersection of Stone and Dalrymple streets during a city public hearing Tuesday.
Five people cited concerns for increased traffic and a lack of adequate parking at the intersection during the Sanford City Council's public hearing Tuesday, prompting the Planning Board to table the rezoning application — instead of making a recommendation to the Council — until a neighborhood meeting could be held.
Sixto Alvarez Mendoza originally requested his acre of land to be rezoned from residential-mixed to general commercial, but later amended his request and asked the property be rezoned to neighborhood commercial, said Sanford Land Use Planner Amy McNeill Tuesday night. The neighborhood commercial zoning district is more restrictive than general commercial, but still allows for retail and general shops.
Mendoza's daughter, Eunice Alvarez, spoke in favor of the project and said they want to possibly open a retail or shoe shop to help the community.
"He is trying to make a business that might help the community," she said. "And help people in the area."
One man who said he lives next to the property in question said he is concerned with the possible increase of traffic while another man asked what positives the rezoning would have on the community.
One woman who lives in Fayetteville, but grew up in the area and owns her childhood home, said a business at her back door would not be feasible.
"It is not going to work," she said. "I just can't see it. You are going to have bad traffic."
A date for the neighborhood meeting was not set but McNeill said the application would return to the planning board for its recommendations after the community meeting. Then Sanford City Council would make its decision.
In other matters, council:
* Honored Lantie Denny Kitts, of the 300 block of Summit Drive, for his work on several city boards in the form of a proclamation. According to the resolution, "because the community service of Mr. Kitts has been marked with unselfish commitment to serve the greater good, he is worthy of this community's gratitude." Kitts' wife, Thelma, was present to accept the proclamation.
* Rezoned 2.16 acres at the 2203 block of Woodland Avenue from residential-mixed to Woodland Storage Conditional Zoning District. The property will be used as a mini-warehouse business.
* Tabled applications from two residents — Christy M. Crouch and Philip M. Quinones — to join the vacant seat on the Historic Preservation Commission. Council wanted to learn more about the two applicants before making a decision, said City Manager Hal Hegwer.


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yep; a 100 messages already! crazy, eh? And I just started this blog on Jan; 5th - a bit more than 4 months ago. crazy, eh? (I know I said it already ;-)). Thanks to all of you visiting this blog. thanks for the sweet messages, thanks for the comments, thanks for encouraging me. thanks to you,I feel less alone in front of my sewing machine...
Anyway.... to celebrate, I thought I'd give a tutorial a try... and that wasn't easy!
I decided to redo with you the bag I made here, for my mother. I hope some of you like the idea! I hope also you won't just thing that is all soo easy, what's the point. And I certainly hope you'll undersatnd somethingas I am still a beginner sewer and I am not always sure the English I use is totally proper (most of the technical terms I use I learned from reading you all so, thank you!)
OK, enough said... Let's get to work!
This case/bag here is 18cm large, 15 cm deep and 16cm high
What we need:
Outside fabric (here, green linen):
- 1x - 62 x 18 cm + 1cm overlap = 64x20cm (this large strip is the front side, the botton, the back side and the top)
- 2x 15 x 16cm + 1cm overlap = 17x18cm (both sides)
Inside fabric (pink & grren cotton (yes again ;-))):
- 1x - 62 x 18 cm + 1cm overlap = 64x20cm
- 2x 15 x 16cm + 1cm overlap = 17x18cm
- for the pockets: 2 x 18x20 cm + 1cm overlap = 20x22cm
- for the handles: 30x8cm
- for the outside: 62x18cm + 2x 15x16
- for the handle: 28x6cm
- for the pockets: 2x 9 x 18cm
Fleese if you want it to be "cozier":
62x18cm + 2 x 15x16cm
1 zipper min. 48cm long
1. Fuse all wht must be fused: the outside, the handle and half of the pockets
2. I you wish to decorate the outside, do it now. I just added this crochet doily but I trust you to have great other ideas
Don't hesitate to mark the different parts on the large strip (see my purple line)
3. Fix the fleece on the inside - Here, I decided to form this 5/5cm squares.
4. The inside pockets:
- Fold the large side in 2. visible sides on the inside. sew along the lon side, turn around and topstich close to the edge
- Locate the bottom on the large strip.
- Pin each pocket with the seam alongst those lines
- Sew on the sides (real close to the edges) and in the bottom (on the lines marking the bottom of the bag)
- If you wish to make smaller pockets, sew in the middle. For a stronger result, I always stitch twice.
5. The handle:
• Fold and iron the overlap of the long edges to the inside - right side facing down.
• Fold in 2 and iron • Turn around (to have the right sides facing in the inside).
• Sew the short edges
• Turn around and topstich all around
- On the long strip, locate the center of the top and mark - on each side - a 4x3 cm cross 4cm from the center (cfr photo)
- pin and sew the handle
6. Put the outside together
Sew the side pieces on the large strip - along the front, bottom and back sides - with the good sides of the fabric facing eachother
Turn around and look how nice it is ;-)
7. Sew the inside together the exact same way but LEAVE ONE SIDE OPEN so you can turn the whole thing around at the end!!!
8. put the zipper on the top
watch out, this isn't very scientific ;-)
- Place the top - right side up - flat in front of you
(the body of the bag lays between you and the top)
- Place the zipper on top of it - opening to the right - face down.
- Pin all along - marking the angles
- Sew with the zipper foot of your machine on
- On top of that, pin and sew the top of the inside fabric - right side down. (You can - of course - sew the 3 elements (zipper + outside + inside) together but it is really not that easy to correctly sew the zipper in the angles as it is and I fear it would even be harder without seeing what you're doing)
- Turn around and OPEN THE ZIPPER!!!
9. Assemble the other side of the zipper
- Put the outside fabric in the inside right sides facing - with, between the 2, the top turned the right way out
- Pin the other side of the zipper between both fabric - starting at the end. Make sure the both ends of the zipper remain apparent (note: the zipper I used is an reused one. that's why it is so long; yours should only be 1 or 2cm longer)!
- Sew all around
10. Turn it all outside out through the opening you left in one of the inside's sides and sew this one closed
11. Put treasures in it, take pictures and send me those ;-)
And if you have questions or suggestions, pleeease contact me and say so!!
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Posted: Thu, July 5 2012 at 2:08 AM,
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Both Eagle Point and Central Point were lively this afternoon as residents there celebrated America's birthday. Although the weather presented some challenges, people we spoke with said they had a great time. NBC5's Larry Miller reports.


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Overhills conquers Cavs
Overhills beat Southern Lee on the tennis courts on Tuesday and Wednesday, giving the Jaguars the inside track to one of the top two spots in the Cape Fear Valley Conference and one of the CFVC's automatic berths into the NCHSAA State Tournament. The Jaguars won Tuesday's matches 7-2, then 5-4 at Southern Lee on Wednesday.
The score was tighter overall, and the Cavaliers (6-4, 6-3) weren't far off from flipping that 5-4 result in their favor, making Cavalier head coach Rob Newman excited, even as the matches were in progress, about his team's competitiveness.
At No. 1 singles, Jacob Lee edged Southern Lee's Luke Foushee 10-8 in round one on Tuesday. Foushee returned the favor with a 10-8 win, holding Lee off as he tried fighting back late in the second match.
Overhills' Zach Rainwater defeated Jake Garner 10-8 on Tuesday at No. 4 singles. Garner prevailed on his home court 10-8.
Avenging results didn't go all Southern Lee's way in the back-to-back matches. At No. 5 singles, Southern's Peyton Wolf won 10-7 against Kevin Griffin on Tuesday, only for Griffin to win a marathon of a singles match, 10-8, on Wednesday.
In doubles, in the No. 1 match, Lee and Will Erwin beat Foushee and Jay Randolph 8-5 at Overhills. Foushee and Randolph had little problem rolling to an 8-2 win the next day at Southern Lee.
"We're playing so much better than we did yesterday. It's good to see," Newman said in between encouraging his players to keep their hustle going during doubles matches.
The Jaguars and Cavaliers dealt with chilly, but mostly windy, conditions. The wind blew Gatorade bottles off of benches and across courts. Track suits, winter caps and sweatshirts were good ideas by the players. The gusts clearly changed play from one side of the court to the other, making simple things such as tosses for serves tricky.
Overhills trails perennial conference leader Union Pines by a game atop the CFVC standings. Undefeated Union Pines gave the Jaguars their only CFVC loss so far and gave the Cavs their only loss prior to facing Overhills.
Now likely too far out of reaching the top two in the conference, the Cavaliers are aiming for a wild card spot into states and having as many Cavs as possible make the individual regional tournament.
Southern Lee is off next week for Spring Break before hosting Union Pines on Tuesday, April 10, then Lee County on April 11.
Boys tennis
Overhills 7, Southern Lee 2
Singles - Jacob Lee (O) d. Luke Foushee 10-8, Jay Randolph (S) d. Will Erwin 10-1, Joe San Nicolas (O) d. Sevryn Schaller 10-0, Zach Rainwater (O) d. Jake Garner 10-8, Peyton Wolf (S) d. Kevin Griffin 10-7, Michael Abraham (O) d. Noe Mexicano 10-2
Doubles - Lee/Erwin (O) d. Foushee/Randolph 8-5, Rainwater/Griffin (O) d. Schaller/Garner 8-4, Nicolas/Abraham (O) d. Wolf/Ben Long 8-0
Overhills 5, Southern Lee 4
Singles - Foushee (S) d. Lee 10-8, Randolph (S) d. Erwin 10-1, Nicolas (O) d. Schaller 10-2, Garner (S) d. Rainwater 10-8, Griffin (O) d. Wolf 10-8, Abraham (O) d. Mexicano 10-1
Doubles - Foushee/Randolph (S) d. Lee/Erwin 8-2, Rainwater/Griffin (O) d. Schaller/Garner 8-5, Nicolas/Abraham (O) d. Wolf/Long 8-1


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Algeria's expenditure on imports of milk and dairy products amounted to $344.34 million during the first half of 2005 compared to $318.53 million in the equivalent period of 2004, reported the Algerian newspaper, Al-Khabar on Monday (August 8). In terms of quantity, Algeria imported 129,750 tons of milk and its products during the first half of 2005, compared to 344,343 tons in 2004. Most of these imports were composed of milk powder.
Algeria is considered among the largest milk consuming countries in the Arab Maghreb, since the demand for milk is estimated by more than 3 billion liters annually, i.e. more than 100 liters per capita each year. Local production covers less than 50% of the market needs.
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