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Coffee too hot? Or perhaps the dry cleaners lost a favorite pair of pants? Maybe, like one Colorado inmate who hurt himself rappelling down a jail wall claimed, sheriff's officials made escaping a little too easy.
Those are a few of the allegations in controversial lawsuits that have been filed recently.
Hundreds of lawsuits are filed every day in the United States, for claims ranging from legitimate to ridiculous. A survey of 34 state court systems found 433,000 new tort cases in 2006, down from 547,000 in 1997, according to the National Center for State Courts.
A woman famously sued McDonald's in the early 1990s after she spilled scalding coffee on her legs. A jury awarded her more than $2 million, which was reduced by a judge. A Michael Jordan look-alike sued Nike and Jordan for $862 million because he found it distressing to be mistaken for the basketball star. He dropped his suit after a wave of negative news articles.
"When people bring suits they often sue for the moon," says Phillip Howard, chairman of Common Good, a legal reform coalition. "Some people will bring suits over any accident or perceived slight and the broad effect of that is that people in society go through the day looking over their shoulders."
Here are a few of the more controversial recent lawsuits.
Darius Dugger wanted his sandwich without onions, pickles and tomatoes.
Dugger is seeking $100,000 in damages after a Burger King franchise allegedly messed up his order, making him sick, according to the Virginian Pilot newspaper.
Dugger claims he suffered a "severe allergic reaction" to the condiments, costing him thousands of dollars in medical bills and forcing him to miss work.
His "specific request for the omission of onions, pickles and tomatoes had not been complied with," the lawsuit claims, the paper reported.
Lawyers for Dugger and the Burger King franchise did not return calls for comment.
A similar lawsuit against McDonald's was recently dismissed. Jeromy Jackson sued the fast food chain for $10 million after he said he had a severe allergic reaction to the cheese on his quarter pounder, according to the Charleston Gazette.
He claimed he was assured his burger wouldn't have any cheese. In a lawsuit filed in 2007, he alleged he "was only moments from death" by the time he reached the hospital.
One of the most famous lawsuits, which became the poster child for those who advocate for reforms to lower jury verdicts, was a result of McDonald's coffee.
Stella Liebeck of Albuquerque, N.M., was severely burned by the chain's coffee in February 1992. Her lawyer argued that the hot coffee was unreasonably dangerous.
Liebeck, then 79 years old, had set a cup between her legs while sitting in a parked car. She spent a week in the hospital, and then returned a month later for skin grafts to heal the second- and third-degree burns, according to the Legal Times.
A jury awarded Liebeck more than $2 million. The judge reduced the total award to about $640,000. The two sides settled out of court for an undisclosed amount.
Former Washington, D.C., Administrative Judge Roy Pearson made headlines in 2007 when he sued a local dry cleaner, claiming it had lost a prized pair of pants he planned to wear on his first day on the bench in 2005. Pearson initially asked for $67 million but later reduced that to $54 million.


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Think you have the best chili recipe on campus? Cook a batch and bring it to Mac Activities for FIJI's Chili Cook-off for the USO on October 17th from 4 to 7pm. You will be competing in teams of 3-4 in order to be crowned, "Best chili in Ada". Is chili not your thing? The event will also include a hot dog eating contest and "Pie a FIJI Guy", where you can pie any brother of your choice at any time during the event. Sampling chili is not required; you only need to pay for the activities you'd like to participate in. All proceeds raised will go directly to the USO in order to support our troops. More information on the USO's efforts can be found here: http://www.uso.org/
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For these reasons and others like them, CCP seems to have topped out somewhere around half a million active subs at the game's high point. EVE is seen as unfriendly in some ways, but in actuality it's the friendliest MMO around if you're an imaginative sort with the desire to direct your own in-game destiny.
Could the tutorials be better? Sure. Could PvE missions be more engaging? Absolutely. Does either of these failings, or numerous others, detract from what is the genre's premier emergent experience?
How come, you ask? Because EVE, unlike the vast majority of its new-school MMO contemporaries, is truly a world. Technically, yes, it is a game, but it's also a love note to an era when MMORPGs were made for people who actually wanted to play them. EVE is a game that rewards patience, that demands -- dare I say it -- study and research, and it's the only MMO I know of where real-world truths like "you get out what you put in" actually apply.
And I absolutely adore that about New Eden.
The thing that frustrates me the most about my inability to convince friends to join up is that I know they would enjoy it. Like me, they are largely fed up with the casualification of gaming in general and with MMOs in particular. They don't subscribe to the asinine less-is-more theory (oh no, there are so many options! That's bad design!).
They're mostly roleplayers, and they hop from game to game searching in vain for a title where their actions matter and where they can build something that affects the game world. I have one friend, for example, who is obsessed with forming some sort of smuggling guild. She loves playing the rogue, loves trading, and loves making contacts both in and out of game.
She would die to have actual in-game trade routes governed by the laws of supply and demand, and she seeks this functionality out in every new MMO. When I tell her that EVE is the only game where she can actually smuggle (or run and develop actual trade routes), though, she frowns and says yeah that's great but I don't want to be a spaceship. Never mind that she's a 20-year roleplayer who excels at the imagination required by tabletop and text MUDs.
And that, in a nutshell, is EVE.
It has the most engaging gameplay in the genre -- if you're willing to put up with the concessions to popular convention necessary to provide that gameplay on a large scale. And if you're willing (or able) to make that gameplay for yourself.
Brendan Drain, Massively's resident EVE columnist, summed up the game better than I can in a recent edition of our weekly WRUP column. EVE is simply a set of tools, he said, and it is designed to provide players with many different ways to make their own fun.
That, above all else, is why I play EVE. In my estimation, there are too few toolsets like it, but toolsets like it are what MMORPGs do best.
One of the major misconceptions about EVE is that you have to be a richardhead to play it. Sure, the richardheads get all the gaming press because scams, scandals, and flamebaiting arrogance gets more page hits than anything else. New Eden has plenty of well-adjusted, helpful folk, though. In fact, I'm willing to bet that proportionally it has more of these types than does your average themepark. The harsh nature of the world demands cooperation, and people instinctively band together to both survive and figure things out. Spend some time in the English help channel if you don't believe me (or check out the EVE University and Red vs. Blue corps).
Another misconception is that EVE is 100% PvP. Sure, PvP is a part of it, and even things like trading and manufacturing are basically more polite (or at least, more impersonal) forms of player competition. But you can go months without PvP if you wish, and no, I'm not just talking about grinding missions. My main has trained up all his astrometric skills to five, and he's got a spiffy covert ops boat that he uses to cruise around low- and null-sec, dodging red-equals-dead dingbats and uncovering dungeons stuffed with hackable containers, challenging NPC enemies, and the occasional rare blueprint.
The exploration gameplay highlighted in 2009's Apocrypha expansion opened up plenty of new solo-player opportunities, with the caveat of a tricky scanning system that takes a bit of trial-and-error and plenty of google-fu to fully grok.
This complexity turns people off, but in my opinion it's the price you pay for a more meaningful gameplay experience. Yeah, I spent a couple of weeks going in circles as I tried to teach myself how to scan down both player ships and some of the game's rarer complexes. But frankly that two weeks was orders of magnitude more enjoyable to me than spending a similar amount of time grinding faction for a "rare" armor piece in some other MMO.
Most of EVE's critics namecheck this complexity, and other supposed faults, when going through their list of things "wrong" with the game. The UI is horrible, they say. Is it really, though? Seeing as how absolutely everything on it has a highly detailed context menu, and 95% of its functionality can be accessed by a simple right-click, I wonder whether short attention spans are the culprit instead of subpar design. The UI is busy, I'll grant you that, (and font resizing would be swell), but tens of thousands of players make it work on a daily basis.
If it's difficult to review -- let alone fully experience -- a standard MMO in a few weeks' time, it's absolutely impossible to grasp most of EVE's gameplay in the same amount of time, which is why I don't put much stock in the opinions of people who label the game "spreadsheets in space" after a fortnight trial period (or even a six-month trial period, for that matter).
Finally, no Why I Play EVE article would be complete without a mention of CCP itself. The company is most definitely a boy's club, and it's made plenty of questionable PR and game design moves over the years. That said, it is one of the very few MMO outfits that is not afraid to experiment, and in my estimation, any sandbox fan who doesn't give EVE a few months' time is doing himself a great disservice.
You may not like aspects of EVE, but you have to admire what CCP is doing with both DUST 514 and its upcoming EVE-centric foray into the cloud and mobile spaces. Whereas most MMO devs are looking for ways to wring recurring revenue out of single-player game mechanics, CCP is looking to expand its already massive virtual world across multiple platforms. Yeah, the orbital bombardment from EVE to DUST at last week's Fanfest was underwhelming, but at least CCP has the cojones to give it a go. Would any other MMO firm have the guts to even attempt something like that, let alone pull it off?
I could go on, but I'm sure you get the idea by now. EVE, moreso than any other MMORPG, is truly what you make of it. If you go in expecting it to be this unwieldy mathematical monstrosity populated entirely by virginal griefers, then that's what it will be. If you approach it as a world of nearly endless possibility, and you can make friends easily (or bring some with you), you will likely have the time of your MMO life.
New Eden is like anything else worth having. It's not handed to you, and it demands a certain amount of effort that is unheard of in current-gen MMORPGs. It's all in there, though, and at this point, the only thing the game lacks is you.
There's an MMO born every day, and every game is someone's favorite. Why I Play is a column in which the Massively staff members kick back and reminisce about all their favorite MMOs. Whether it's the new hotness or an old fan favorite loaded with nostalgia, each title we cover here tugs at our heartstrings and keeps us coming back for more.


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NIU Law Launches Bold Matching Campaign
for Student Success
November 15, 2013
DeKalb, Ill. -- Dean Jennifer Rosato is pleased to announce that the College of Law has received a matching gift challenge from an anonymous donor to match up to $25,000 in new and increased gifts made by December 31, 2013. Donations raised in this campaign will be used for key efforts to increase student success.
Student success continues to be a priority of NIU College of Law and the University with the ultimate goal of enhancing their experiences, their preparedness, and their marketability. The following initiatives have been developed in order to continue creating opportunities for law students and alumni: paid summer internships, bar prep assistance, and post-graduate fellowships. Alumni support of these initiatives will have a substantial impact on the College of Law, improving the skills NIU Law students need to be excellent lawyers, and providing valuable opportunities for new graduates.
Summer Internship Initiative
Internships provide valuable law-related experience for NIU Law students, making them more prepared for practice, marketable and -- in many cases -- these positions turn into full-time employment after graduation. Because most internships are unpaid, students often have to forgo these positions to take a paying, non-legal job or take on additional debt to support themselves. Alumni contributions to the Internship Initiative would help with the goal of providing assistance to at least 25 students, each qualifying for up to $2,000 based on 300 hours of work during the summer.
Bar Prep Assistance
The bar exam is the final hurdle before a graduate can begin his or her one's career as a practicing lawyer. The first-time pass rate is important not only for NIU Law graduates, but also for the reputation of the law school given the importance of bar passage in both ranking and recruiting efforts. Due to the College of Law's small number of graduates, even a small increase in the number of successful bar-takers would have a significant impact on the overall pass rate. Alumni contributions to Bar Prep Assistance would help raise sufficient funds to offer four students a stipend of $5,000 for the summer bar review period, and allow them to devote their full efforts to prepare for the exam.
Post-Graduate Fellowships
Full-year, post-graduate fellowships directly enhance the career opportunities of NIU Law graduates by employing and mentoring young alumni in their first year of practice. The decline in employment opportunities for new graduates has increased interest in these fellowships, which are viewed as providing a viable alternative to traditional sources of employment. The College of Law is pleased to announce that the Illinois Bar Foundation has agreed to provide $25,000, which must be matched by NIU Law, to fund a post-graduate fellowship during 2014-2015. NIU Law is one of three law schools in the state given this opportunity. Alumni contributions would be used as a matching gift towards the Post-Graduate Fellowship and enhance students' opportunities beyond graduation.
"In my years as Dean of the College of Law, one theme resounds when I speak to our alumni," said Dean Rosato. "That theme centers on the fact that NIU Law is a special place where students are challenged to do their best in a supportive, collegial environment. Alumni participation in this challenge is another way to encourage our students and young alumni by offering financial support at a time when they most need it. Their success is our success."
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Below is the poem entitled lady death which was written by poet
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i imagine her with long sable hair
that drapes over her slender
shoulders like a long black boa.
her pearl white skin gleams like
the moon on a clear winter's night.
her lips are seductively quiet and
match the color of her slithering hair.
oh, her eyes, her deep grey eyes,
how enchanting they are.
just one glance at their majestic
sparkle has the power to entrance.
wrapped around her comely skin
is a black-laced garb that contours
around her goddess-like body
like the shade on a bright summer day.
on one fateful night, a night far from now,
she will quietly slip through my window
never making her presence known
like a shadow in the night.
she will walk over to my bed and
gently comb her soft pallid hands
through my hair, comforting my dreams
and deepening my slumber;
and, when the time comes and her silken
hands stop, she will lean down like an
angel and kiss me with her black lips.
with just a kiss, one soft, gentle kiss,
i will wake and behold her divinity,
she will take me by the hand and walk
me to the window where we will float
off into the night to never-never land.
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Dr. Zheng is interested in the development of advanced biotechnologies and bioprocesses for converting biomass into renewable biofuels and bio-based products while protecting the environment and conserving our natural resources. The biomass includes dedicated crops, algae, agricultural residuals, food processing wastes, and municipal solid waste. Dr. Zheng's research focus is on feedstock handling (e.g., storage and pretreatment) and bioprocess engineering to produce multiple biofuels (i.e., biogas, biodiesel, bioethanol, and liquid hydrocarbon) and bio-products (i.e., bio-based adhesive, unsaturated fatty acids, and film). In order to address the challenges of bioconversion of biomass, especially lignocellulosic biomass, Dr. Zheng is also interested in the integration of chemical catalysis with bioprocesses to improve the efficiency of biomass conversion and reduce the cost. His current research is in the areas of:
Zheng, Y., Lee, C., Yu, C.W., Cheng, Y.-S., Zhang, R.H., Jenkins, B., VanderGheynst, J., 2013. Dilute Acid Pretreatment and Fermentation of Sugar Beet Pulp to Ethanol. Applied Energy, 105: 1-7.
Zheng, Y., Lee, C., Yu, C.W., Cheng, Y.-S., Simmon, C., Zhang, R.H., Jenkins, B., VanderGheynst, J., 2012.Ensilage and bioconversion of grape pomace into fuel ethanol. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 60: 11128-11134.
Cheng, Y.S., Zheng, Y., Labavitch, J.M., VanderGheynst, J.S., 2013. Virus infection of Chlorella variabilis and enzymatic saccharification of algal biomass for bioethanol production. Bioresource Technology, 137: 326-331.
Williams, K., Zheng, Y., McGarvey, J., Fan, Z., Zhang, R.H., 2013. Characterization of Several Clostridia for Production of Ethanol and Volatile Fatty Acids from Plant-based Substrates. Internet Journal of Microbiology. (In press)
Zheng, Y., Cheng, Y.S., Yu, C.W., Zhang, R.H., Jenkins, B.M., VanderGheynst, J.S., 2012. Improving of the efficiency of enzyme utilization for sugar beet pulp hydrolysis. Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering, 35: 1531-1539.
Zheng, Y., Yates, M., Aung, H., Cheng, Y.S., Yu, C., Guo, H., Zhang, R., Vandergheynst, J., Jenkins, B.M., 2011. Influence of moisture content on microbial activity and silage quality during ensilage of food processing residues. Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering, 34: 987-995.
Zheng, Y., Lee, C., Yu, C.W., Cheng, Y., Simmons, C., Dooley, T., Zhang, R., Jenkins, B.M., 2012. Integrating Sugar Beet Pulp Storage, Hydrolysis and Fermentation for Fuel Ethanol Production. Applied Energy, 93: 168-175.
Cheng, Y.S., Zheng, Y., Labavitch, J., Vandergheynst, J., 2011. The impact of cell wall carbohydrate composition on the chitosan flocculation of Chlorella. Process Biochemistry, 46: 1927-1933.
Zheng, Y., Yu, C.W., Cheng, Y., Zhang, R.H., Jenkins, B., VanderGheynst, J., 2011. Effects of ensilage on storage and enzymatic degradability of sugar beet pulp. Bioresource Technology, 102: 1489-1495.
Cheng, Y., Zheng, Y., VanderGheynst, J. S., 2010. Rapid quantitative analysis of lipids using a colorimetric method in a microplate format. Lipid, 46, 95-103.
Cheng, Y., Zheng, Y., Yu, C. W., Jenkins, B. M., VanderGheynst, J. S., 2010. Evaluation of high solids alkaline pretreatment of rice straw. Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol. 162: 1768-1784.
Yu, C., Zheng, Y., Cheng, Y., VanderGheynst, J., Jenkins, B., Zhang, R., 2010. Solid-liquid extraction of alkali metals and organic compounds by leaching of food industry residues. Bioresour. Technol. 101: 4331-4336.
Zheng, Y., Pan, Z., Zhang, R.H., Jenkins, B., 2009. Kinetic modeling of enzymatic hydrolysis of pretreated Creeping Wild Ryegrass. Biotechnol. Bioeng., 102, 1558-1569.
Williams, K., Zheng, Y., McGarvey, J., Fan, Z., Zhang, R.H., 2012. Ethanol and volatile fatty acid production from lignocellulose by Clostridium cellulolyticum. ISRN Biotechnology. (Doi:10.5402/2013/137835)
Zheng, Y., Pan, Z., Zhang, R.H., Jenkins, B.M., Mashad, H., 2009. Anaerobic Digestion of Saline Creeping Ryegrass for Biogas Production and Pretreatment of Particleboard Materials. Bioresource Technology, 100, 1582-1588.
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ASABE CA/NV section graduate student competition award, first prize, 2007
DuPont Graduate Fellowship, 2003
IEEE senior member
Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society
Gamma Sigma Delta, Honor Society of Agriculture, honorary member
American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
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It states in the article that an agreement to change the contract WAS reached on December 20th and submitted to the state!
I don't know what other districts you're referring to because the article also states that ALL 10 districts that were suppose to receive this grant failed to come up with an agreement. This was not offered to every district in the state. Furthermore, again, it says there was an agreement made and submitted on December 20th.
How can the state suspend funding to Syracuse when it is stated in the article that the district is in the process of implementing and has agreed to the terms!?
I am sure those furthest removed from the public school system will be the first to somehow blame this on the teachers! It is discouraging that so much hard work will be wasted because the state is not following through...this will equal more resources removed from those who need it most: our kids!
Abolish the State Ed Department!
Wow...slow news dya or what?! Seriously, who cares! Nice hair by the way mom :X
I can't believe people actually pay to see this guy...he had one or two barely decent songs before I was even born. I saw him over 10 years ago and he was old & sounded awful then...I can't imagine him now!
What a shock...Sparky was a great person. I'm glad she was able to experience her dream of owning her own restaurant. May she RIP.
I also agree, the title sounds way too morbid, please change it!
I hear of too many people who get really sick immediately AFTER getting the flu shot. No thanks, I'll risk it & get sick naturally if it's meant to be.
Beautiful story! Thanks for sharing PS & many more years of continued happiness to these two men.
It upsets me that a person with a "better than most" income who lives in a beautiful house near SU will brag about not having to pay tuition.
However, I think this is a great program and actually know of a few kids who are considered low-income that have taken advantage of the tuition & are doing well. Those are the people this should be helping, not families that can already afford it.
The location in which this happened is an odd intersection. Being on a curve, it is quite possible that the motorcycle was not seen...especially if speed happened to be a factor.
There are such things as accidents and this may very well have been one. No one should be jumping to conclusions at this point.
I want a bike, but I know too many people that were killed while riding for various reasons. With that said, I often see people on bikes driving foolishly...the same is true for bikers as is true for anyone else...share the road and watch for each other. I'm commenting in general, so relax, but think to how many times you've seen a biker go in and out of traffic because they are small enough to do so?
Sometimes the fault lies with the operator of the car/truck and others the fault is with the biker; and yes, sometimes there are real accidents. Don't jump to conclusions and point the finger of blame just yet.
If you can spell just fine, then perhaps you can look at your above post and learn how to spell the following word: definitely.
I was wondering why traffic was being diverted until I saw paramedics...and then I assumed it was a car accident. Authorities did a great job at dealing with this as I heard nothing (not even a gunshot) and they kept the fairly heavy traffic from the concert moving well. I can't imagine what it must be like to be around so many people having a good time (at the concert) while feeling low enough to actually take your own life. Hopefully this man finds peace and again, nice job to those who kept things going.
The answer seems obvious: kill all the birds!
(This is my attempt at sarcasm. As tragic as it is, a life was lost, but I do believe that everything happens for a reason and it just so happened that the people who die this way were meant to. Numerous people demand chemicals to be sprayed without considering the harmful impact this may have on the environment and their own future health...such as cancer.) It's sad that people jump to conclusions without considering all sides of an issue.
Another reason this story is NOT typical is the cost associated with adopting a child. Typically, it will cost a person $25,000-$40,000 to adopt a single child. Now multiply that by 5 to get a better idea of the money this couple put forward.
Off topic, but here it goes: it angers me that we have loving people like this couple who have to spend absurd amounts of money for a child. Yet, we see person after person having kids (sometimes multiple kids) and don't have to pay a dime. In fact, they get "rewarded" with more money by the state to supposedly help take care of their kids. Disgusting!
How about reworking the title to reflect proper use of language. Much attention is put on the lack of college-ready kids who are not prepared...based on the errors I often witness I see many are graduating college still not prepared to appropriately write newspaper articles. (Really....'A Oswego...')
They want answers as to what caused the deaths of those people, simple: Their own criminal activities that landed them in jail! These were not innocent people who died...if they didn't break the law then they wouldn't have been in the situation in the first place.
I hope this guy gets his way and can develop the area. For once we have a city resident who has a proven track record of developing successful properties. All too often we have developers from outside the city and sometimes even the state who are here and gone before they have to answer to any issues.
Doucette seems to be a great guy who cares about what happens in the city and has the means to continue accomplishing great things. Good news!
...and "these parents" need to stop having so many kids if they can't afford to take care of them! It is not the responsibility of everyone else to take care of many who choose to stay in a cycle of generational poverty! People are chooisng to NOT do better for themselves. Parent(s) have more and more kids because they know the government will give them more and more money. What we need are parental accountability AND WELFARE REFORM!
...and "these parents" need to stop having so many kids if they can't afford to take care of them! It is not the responsibility of everyone else to take care of many who choose to stay in a cycle of generational poverty! People are chooisng to NOT do better for themselves. Parent(s) have more and more kids because they know the government will give them more and more money. What we need are parental accountability AND WELFARE REFORM!
Do you have the wrong article? This name wasn't mentioned anywhere in the story? And what is this "truth" that you speak of?
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"The politicians are only out for themselves and no longer represent you..."
"I have one of those stick-on American flags you put in your car window that's been sitting on my table for months now. I don't think it's going on the car window anytime soon."
Shame on you for spreading hate!
FYI: the politicians who voted in favor of marriage equality do represent me and did the right thing by passing marriage equaltiy so I can legally marry my partner in our home state. And guess what...we are PROUD AMERICANS and proudly represent ourselves as thus as we are both college educated tax-payers and home owners...who also happen to fly a REAL FLAG in our front yard.
I realize it is not worth my time to try and change someones mind, so to you I simply say good luck being angry with whatever years you have left on this earth and may you find eventual peace.
Tom Steinfeld, congratulations to you and your partner and the many couples that can now move forward with official marriage ceremonies in New York!


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Now THAT's some funny s*$%. Dean Wormer would definitely not approve of that score.
Haha...I hear you, Wood. The thing is, I was really happy when Jordan fell to us at 24 and I thought we were getting a steal. A guy who could play the run and would still be good for 6-8 sacks per year. And, hey, maybe he still will be over time. I'm not giving up on him.... but just a little disappointed with his lack of QB pressure.
But the thing that's starting to stand out to me is that it looks like Gallette can actually hold up against the run as well. He may only weigh 260 but it appears to be stout 260. Hell, DeMarcus Ware and Freeney don't weigh much more than that, and they can both play the run well. This guy really might turn out to be something special.
So, I'm assuming the starting 5 looks like this:
PG - Jack, SG - Gordon, SF - Ariza, PF - Landry, C - Okafor? With the following backups: PG - Willie Green? , SG - Belinelli, SF - Pondexter; PF - Aminu; C - Kaman?
That's serviceable I suppose but definitely lacks star power. Obviously they'll probably need a true back up point guard as I don't think Willie Green is really a point guard. Also, anyone know the status of Gray or Jason Smith?
@laughman, is that really the best you can do? PR1 dominated you with his comment. What's the matter - truth hurts? Reality is that if the fans reach a point that they're just not going to put up with the NBA's crap anymore (and it seems like many have already reached that point), then the NBA is done. No paying spectators = no league. And then all these guys who can't live off of 10 or 12 million per year will be in the real world washing cars, mowing lawns, or whatever it is that a high school diploma enables one to do.
But I am glad that you learned to spell "cracker" since your last post.
I agree, nmsaint. Hard to question any of Miles' decision with the way things have gone, but Miles seems to give Jefferson a much longer leash than he ever gave Lee. Lee had one bad game against a very good defense. I don't think that should, by itself, cost him the opportunity to take any meaningful snaps, which at this point, it appears that it has.
Completely agree with brieman. Only time will tell but I think it is obvious that the owners lost at the end of the day in terms of the new agreement if this sort of deal goes through. Clearly this "luxury tax" isn't that aversive or teams wouldn't be willing to exceed the salary cap without blinking an eye. The animals are now running the zoo and in 2 or 3 years, there will likely be 3 or 4 superpower teams with 3 all stars. The small markets might as well not even put a team on the court. I suspect I have watched my last NBA game...total joke. The NFL has it right. NBA is garbage.
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I'm not saying I agree with the decision, but as you point out, the emphasis at Tulane is, and always has been, education. That's first and football is second. That's why a Tulane diploma means a lot but their football team wins 2-4 games every year. At LSU, we can infer what each of us wants to in terms of the quality of education, but I think it's safe to say that there is a "higher" priority on football at LSU than there is at Tulane. No pun intended.
Have to respectfully disagree with sirvelvet. While I do think that Lee remains the better of the 2 QB's and has earned every right to shoulder the majority of the snaps, I think the 2 QB system seems to be working out and will give 'Bama something extra to prepare for. Plus, let's not forget that the game with Auburn was 7-3 and our offense had been quiet for about 8 minutes until JJ threw the TD pass to Randle. That seemed to open the flood gates and take some pressure off the Offense. Again, you will not find a bigger J.Lee fan than me, given all the kid has been through, but I have to say, I think that JJ is contributing well and will likely be needed to make a play with his legs at some point in the Bama game.
Some good comments, esp from MpDal and Coe. Brees is certainly not the problem and whoever thinks he is truly needs to get on some medication. Brees is asked to do too much, plain and simple. Now, for whatever reason, we sort of had to ask him to do too much against Tampa because we couldn't run the ball to save our lives. It's astounding that we have 2 pro bowl guards and Tampa's best DT (McCoy) was out, yet we could not open holes at all. Thus, we had to resort to the passing game. Running game needs some SERIOUS work - this one wasn't on the backs. It was on the line.
Defensively, where do you even begin? By my account, here is a summary of the defensive effort:
- Missed tackles by Greer and Harper that yielded extra yardage;
- A blown assignment in the secondary that allowed a receiver to score a TD with no Saints defender within 10 yards of him;
- A total of 0 sacks;
- A back-up, old running back who ran for over 100 yards and looked like Adrian Peterson at times;
I mean, what about this defense would scare anyone? They can't tackle, they can't get any pass rush unless the bring 7 or 8 guys, and they can't stop the run. It's really, really sad. I don't even know where you would begin fixing this problem.
This is a great question and one that I've been wondering ever since I saw this game on our schedule. From someone who was there, I can tell you that their behavior didn't just stop at profanities or insults. Several Who Dat fans endured snow balls being thrown at them with batteries inside of the snowballs. While I can't condone physical violence, I fully intend on heckling from start to finish. I want them to be uncomfortable, even miserable, to the point that they regret coming to the game. Again, reiterating, I would have no intention of starting a physical altercation as I think that crosses the line, and I hope that other Saints fans don't either, but I think it should be clear to them that the Dome is not a fun place to play for the opposing team or its fans.
Glad someone is telling it like it is and with both lines, I am at a loss to explain the poor play. If you look at what will presumably be our starting defensive line when Smith returns, ALL 4 players are former first rounders in Smith, Ellis, Rogers, and Jordan. I mean, on paper, these guys are talented or they would not have merited that sort of draft spot. So assuming they haven't just eaten their way out of shape, it comes down to one of two things in my opinion - effort or scheme. The only one who looks like he might have the propensity to take plays off is Rogers. That can, and should, be addressed immediately by the coaches. If, on the other hand, it's a scheme issue, that's a bigger problem.
On the offensive side, I think we have 2 tackles with very average ability. I was hoping Charles Brown would be able to come in and take the reigns at left tackle, but based on what I saw in preseason, he either was overhyped coming out of college, or is struggling to learn our system. Strief plays with effort, but is slow footed in pass protection. He will probably struggle against the elite left ends in this league. The interior of the line is the most frustrating to me. I have said going back to last year that Jahri Evans appears to be suffering from Charles Grant syndrome - i.e., get paid and then let your play rapidly decline. Don't know if others saw this during the game, but they flashed a stat that Jahri Evans was called for holding more times than any other linemen in the NFL last season. And this from a guy who went to the Pro Bowl and is the highest paid guard in the league. Nicks is in a contract year so you'd think that he'd be motivated if for no other reason than money. Kreutz is an undersized center whose best years are behind him.
Bottom line, there is talent on both sides of the line and either guys are dogging it, or the line coaches need to seriously re evaluate what blocking/rushing schemes they are running. Because the play in the trenches has been on decline since '09 and that's a very bad sign.
Handwerger's article is right on. Well written I think. Not necessarily time to panic but if Ellis truly thinks this isn't a big deal because it's only the first game, not sure that's the kind of guy I'd want on my team. As we have seen, in the NFL, when you only play 16 games, EVERY game counts. The first week can determine things like home field throughout the playoffs and Dome teams like the Saints don't want to have to go to Soldier or Lambeau in January. Again, not saying it's the end of the world, but the defense has to get better and quickly.
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That sums it up. Coudn't agree more. The game last night was lost in the trenches. People can say what they want about our corners and even linebackers in terms of coverage, and yes, Rogers is a very good quarterback. But in the NFL, when you give any quarterback 5 or 6 seconds to throw, he will pick you apart. No one on our D line wins one on one matchups when rushing the passer. Thus, we have to blitz and that leaves lots of open areas for crafty receivers to find and Rogers did not miss them. In terms of stopping the run, EXTREMELY disappointed with the efforts of Rogers and Franklin. If these guys came in thinking that this was their opportunity to win a ring because Drew would get them one, I have news for them - THEY HAVE TO DO THEIR PART. With that sort of effort, it's no wonder Shaun Rogers doesn't have a ring. I'm more surprised that he even has a job. On the offensive side of the ball, our O-line wasn't as bad as their counterparts, but I wouldn't say they were stellar. Our 3 interior linemen, all of whom have been to the Pro Bowl, got whooped by B.J. Raji repeatedly. I sort of give Strief a pass as he's a first year starter and was up against Matthews, but he struggled at times.
Until this team gets more physical, they will lose those short yardage situations every time. Put it this way - who honestly believes that if that had been Green Bay on our one yard line on the last play of the game and they hand off to Kuhn or Starks, that we would have stopped it?
Yeah, I don't think Reggie gets that one. Maybe play action to Ingram and send Sproles on a quick wheel route? But bottom line to me is that it wasn't the call but the execution. Have to be able to get 1 yard when you need it particularly when your interior 3 linemen have all been to the Pro Bowl.
Vast majority of these comments are right on, so I would hope that the Saints coaching staff is able to deduce the same things that we were. Basically, in my opinion, there are two ways of looking at this game. Glass half full and half empty. Here goes:
The positives: we lost to the world champs by 8 points on their field when they were hanging their banner and had all the adrenaline, energy, etc. in the world. Moreover, we lost by 8 points and had a chance to tie the game on the last play, despite failing to pick up two 4th and 1's, a critical turnover in our part of the field, and giving up a 108 yard kickoff return. Brees, for the most part, looked great and Sproles is a new dimension. Our offense put up a lot of yardage and points against a very good defense at their place. We should be able to score 28 - 35 points against anyone in this league.
The bad:
1) We lost at the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball. It's astounding that we have 2 All-Pro Guards and an All Pro Center, yet Raji manhandled all three of them. On critical short yardage plays, I simply don't trust our line to get a push, and at this point, I don't even trust Payton to make a sensible play call.
2) And the defensive line was even worse. They got shoved around and couldn't keep blockers off of our linebackers. And as far as the pass rush, it's more of the same. No defensive lineman can beat his blocker one on one to generate a pass rush. We must rely on the blitz, and when we do, a good QB like Rogers eats us alive. This is really disappointing when we brought in Rogers, Franklin, and Jordan to shore up these problems. It's early, but at this stage, I'd say there's no noticeable improvement in that area. Sedrick Ellis gives them next to nothing, and while he's not Jonathan Sullivan level of "bust", I think it's fair to say that he has not lived up to his billing as a 7th overall pick.
3) On the rare plays that they did keep blockers off of the LB's, the LB's get dragged for 3 yards before bringing the RB down to the ground. The linebackers are undersized and have no thump in their contact. They aren't devastating tacklers by any means. Running backs fall forward rather than backward when our linebackers hit them.
4) The secondary can't make open field tackles and there isn't a TE in this league who can't beat Roman Harper.
Overall, I think it's fair to say that opposing defenses aren't looking forward to playing us, but if I were an offensive coordinator preparing for the Saints' D, I'd be licking my chops.
Great points. I agree with all of them. Offense looked good with the exception of being able to pick up short yardage in critical times, which is a fairly critical deficiency. Sproles looked great. Drew was on target. Now for the bad - simply put, the defense is horrible. The linemen get devoured at the line of scrimmage in the run game, and can generate zero pass rush one on one. the linebackers get dragged an additional 2 yards after initial contact. the cornerbacks miss open field tackles regularly. Roman Harper still can't cover, and Patrick Robinson is horrible. Johnnie Patrick needs to heal quickly because there's a spot for him in the secondary right now if he'd like it. Simply astounding to me how the team cannot get any quality defensive linemen despite their attempts to do so. Unless that unit improves miraculously and quickly, every game this year will be a shoot out. Greg Williams will now have something else to think about besides the Seahawks game because this was no better. Only silver lining is that it was an ass whoopin by a better team.
Not tryin to hate, but I mean, is Arrington EVER healthy? The guy just made the 53 man roster finally and we have a game coming up in 3 days against the world champs. I would have to have something serious to not play in this game if I were him.
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Poor little failcon. Apparently the Saints' fans talks of roughing up Matt Cryan hurt his feelings. Meanwhile, his classy WR Roddy White was making comments about Katrina destroying our city....that is, until we shut him up on Monday night.
And if predictions are all you have to get excited about, maybe you should cheer for the Cubs as well. Every year is gonna be their year!!! Just ask their fans!! Until the halfway point of the season when it's the same ol' story. As others have pointed out, the only barometer that means anything in the NFL is Lombardi trophies, and last time I checked, that score was Saints 1, Failcants 0.
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Anna noted that because of the ocean's currents these chemicals could be found anywhere in the world — even in a place like the Magellan Strait in Chile, where the population is tiny. By studying the presence of the chemicals in different areas, the lab can help to map the plastic, where it comes from, and how the ocean's currents distribute it around the world. Anna has been on the Sea Dragon since it was docked in Periapolis in Uruguay, will continue with us to Valdivia, Chile, and will then return to Sweden with her refrigerator of plastic samples to analyze.
Anna and I are on the same "watch" — there are two watches that switch off crewing the boat and we've been talking quite a bit. I'm excited for our upcoming sampling extravaganza.
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John Glen Coplea, Jr., 64 of Geff died at 10:41 PM, Tuesday, May 20, 2014 at Fairfield Memorial Hospital. He had been a Deputy for the Edwards County Sheriff's Dept, a printer for Airtex Products and Champion Labs, and had also worked at Frontier Community College. He was also a member of St. John's Episcopal Church in Albion.
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While some RHOA stars have been shading NeNe and wondering what else she has in the pot since both of her gigs on NBC's, The New Normal and Glee have been cut short, she's still making major moves.
This morning, it was announced on Good Morning America that the outspoken housewife will be joining the cast of Dancing With The Stars! In a few weeks, NeNe will be hitting the stage with Tony Dovolani as her partner, as she competes for the crown in the 18th season. You have to love how she keeps those checks coming!
According to reports, a standard contract includes a $125,000 sign on payment, $10,000 a week for the first few weeks, with contestants making upwards of $50,000 if they make it to the final rounds. Knowing NeNe and her business hustle, she's probably negotiated an even bigger contract!
In other news, during her downtime from filming, NeNe has been kicking it on set of a secret project with Naomi Campbell this week. The supermodel is currently rocking an afro as she promotes the new season of The Face.
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Carlos Slim Helu, the world's richest man, saw a hefty boost in his net worth over the last year. He is now worth $74 billion — $20.5 billion more than in 2010. He's not the only billionaire who's enjoyed multi-billion dollar gains over the last year. The top ten billionaire money gainers saw their net worth increase at least $8.2 billion over the last 12 months.
Following are the top 10 dollar gainers of the year. (For a gallery of the top 20 dollar gainers, click here.)
1. Carlos Helu Slim: Fortune is up $20.5 billion
Rank: 1; Net Worth: $74 billion
The world's richest person for a second year in a row, the Mexican telecom mogul is also the year's biggest gainer, having added $20.5 billion to his fortune. A 19% rise in the Mexican stock market, a stronger peso, and successful mining and real estate spinoffs from conglomerate Grupo Carso all contributed to the astonishing increase.
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Rank: 16; Net Worth: $23.3 billion
Shares of Adelson's Las Vegas Sands have surged more than 2,000% since their credit crisis nadir. "I'm too old to be a kid, so call me the 'comeback adolescent.'" His goal is to get Las Vegas Sands' market cap back to $52 billion and sees Asian casinos as the way to get there.
3. Bernard Arnault: Fortune is up $13.5 billion
Rank: 4; Net Worth: $41 billion
The Lord of Luxe easily retains title of richest European. Fortune surged by $13.5 billion as shares of his luxury good outfit, LVMH, rose by more than half over the past year thanks to strong demand for luxuries like Dom Perignon champagne, Cognac Hennessy, Tag Heuer watches and Louis Vuitton accessories, particularly in Asian markets like Shanghai and Ho Chi Minh City.
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Papyrus grecs et coptes de Baouît conservés au Musée du Louvre
Sarah J. Clackson and Alain Delattre. Papyrus grecs et coptes de Baouît conservés au Musée du Louvre. IFAO, 2014.
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The monastery of Bawit in Middle Egypt is one of the biggest and best-known Egyptian monasteries. Between 1901 and 1905, Jean Clédat led four archaeological campaigns on the site. The archaeologist found a large amount of papyri and ostraca (up to several hundreds). A corpus of ostraca was published in 1999 (MIFAO 111). The papyri, with a few exceptions, have remained unpublished. The present book offers the edition of a batch of papyri discovered by Clédat and now kept in the Louvre Museum. The 73 fragments contain Greek and Coptic texts, mainly administrative or private ones, including accounts and many letters. Most of the documents are small, but they help reconstructing the archives of Bawit and, more generally, give us information on the life in the monastery in the 7th and 8th centuries. A table is given in appendix, which lists all the published papyri and ostraca from Bawit (more than 700 documents).
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Circus brings fun to physics
Activities, demonstrations show physics in action at open house
By Parth Desai The fsunews.com Staff Writer October 19, 2009
The physics department at Florida State University hosted its biennial open house, known as the Flying Circus of Physics, on Saturday, Oct. 17. The event featured hands-on activities, scientific demonstrations, science videos and live presentations.
The open house tradition began in 1991 and typically hosts about 400 to 500 guests every other year.
Children and parents, some local and some from farther away, participated in the hands-on activities and interactive experiments. One experiment, which fascinated some onlookers, demonstrated how particles of light reflect off water.
"I'm kind of interested in how light moves," said Augusta Raa Middle School seventh grader Harrison Reid. "I like how the particles reflect off of things."
The wide variety of experiments there was something people of all ages could learn and enjoy. Some of the children at the event particularly enjoyed an experiment where a demonstrator manipulated the air content in a marshmallow, causing it to expand and contract.
"(My favorite experiment was) probably the marshmallows," said first grade student Robert Kustom. "Because they are big, and then they go little."
The event highlighted basic concepts of physics such as friction, torque and the conservation of energy in an accessible manner to better capture the interest of the young students. To educate students on basic principles of aerodynamics, volunteers facilitated a paper plane making and flying contest. Graduate students explained to the students why the plane held up in air.
"If you show them the math, they're not going to like it," said FSU physics graduate student and event volunteer Anthony Kuchera. "But if you show them the results, it's impressive."
One of the marquee exhibitions at the Flying Circus of Physics was a planetarium show called "Dawn of the Space Age," which honored the 40th anniversary since the first moon landing. The show detailed space exploration from the launch of the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, to modern times.
In a presentation titled "Physics of Sports," FSU physics professor David Lind demonstrated how fundamental principles of physics apply to a variety of sports.
He explained that a curveball pitch takes on a curvilinear path due to the effects of spin on fluid flow.
Also, Lind demonstrated how friction provided by the edges of skis is important for turning when skiing, while a lack of friction on the bottom of skis enables skiers to move forward at high speeds.
"There's this perception that physics is hard and boring," said FSU physics professor Grigory Rogachev. "We definitely want to fight that perception and we want to inspire kids really to do physics — that's the major goal of this event."


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AU's athletic dept. could probably give more to the academic side too.
If they won more.
Since football foots most of the bills and all.
Know what I mean there, efhut?
FWIW, a lot of other public institutions of higher learning in the state also approved tuition hikes this week too.
Coach Saban did indeed say a commitment "should" be a a commitment.
But he also made it clear in that same interview that if a kid committed to Bama and kept looking, then the Tide would keep looking too, in case they needed to fill his slot if he defected later.
By the same token, Bama recruits the best players who have already committed elsewhere if they're still looking too.
"Also high on Lowe's list was Auburn, whose newly-opened $16.5 million, 92,000-square foot indoor practice facility puts them among the top five programs in the conference when it comes to football facilities."
If this proves to be a bad investment, they can always put in some shelves and open a Walmart.
AU = Long Snapper U. at this year's NFL combine.
An OT and a long snapper.
That was it.
Just sayin'.
Gotta feelin' Boston Eagle = finbarr.
Their posts are pretty much the same.
Bama's got the top rated kicker in the country coming this summer.
Why shouldn't he merit the best long snapper available?
Remember Nov. 5th of last year.
CNS ain't known for making the same mistake twice; if anything, he's known for trying to make damn sure it don't happen again.
EVERYTHING coach Saban and Bama do is news, Rowdy.
That's why you're here.
And maybe this is why the guy you're talking about decided to go to Michigan: Nation's top defensive end Jonathan Allen commits to Alabama, http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2012/05/jonathan_allen_commits_to_alabama.html
Just in case you missed the news.
HigherEdInst's first and only post.
But I'll go along with him.
If somebody on the UA faculty wins a Nobel Prize, what the heck, give 'em a plaque too.
So where are the sanctions, dummy?
In other words, why even bring it up?
Lotta tears and snot from the crop facility folk on this subject.
Always said part of Coach Saban's strategy was to spend the dark side into oblivion in a battle they can't win, kinda like President Ronald Reagan.
Like I said.
Gotta have more reason to take it down, mod, other than he's just whining.
Most of the posts I saw were making fun about AU's long snapper being their top rated player in the NFL draft.
We've got the top rated kicker coming this summer.
Why shouldn't he merit the best long snapper available?
Remember Nov. 5th of last year.
CNS ain't known for making the same mistake twice; if anything, he's known for trying to make damn sure it don't happen again.
If you stuck the Mona Lisa on thousands of calendars and coffee mugs, would the most famous painting of all-time still be "art?"
The 11th U.S. Circuit of Appeals apparently thinks so.
I happen to agree with the lower court's ruling.
If you can frame it and hang it on a wall, then call it "art" and let the free market system determine the work's true value.
But when you take the same likeness and put it on calendars and coffee mugs, then you're just pandering to the masses who can't afford "art."
It can be argued that the original paintings and even the numerous reprints have some artistic value, but when the same works are reproduced on calendars and coffee mugs, then you've cheapened the original "art" and you're just trying to make a quick buck.
Moore should be entitled to keep all of what he makes off the "art", but the universities should be entitled to a cut off of what he makes from the calendars, coffee mugs (T-shirts) etc.
You're a little off base there, Poke.
Not that I disagree with your "Buy American" take on the situation, but the point of the article is, "Don't shop in Mobile or Nashville."
As far as the commercial is concerned, it don't matter if you purchase a TV made in China, a beer made in Mexico or anything made in Alabama as long as you buy it close to home and keep the local sales tax revenue rolling in.
Gotta good feelin' about this kid.
He's a winner and so excited to be playin' for Bama.
And I hope it catches on like wildfire.
Welcome P-Mac.
It'll be what you choose to make of it.
Maurice + one more, now.
Maurice + one more, now.
Looks like this one is a washout for tonight.
And call me a dumazz for not knowing where these games are being played until I checked the forecast on weather radar.
Kinda sorta sounds familiar, don't it?
Bama going for another NC deep in the heart of the opponent's territory.
The rain will give Jackie Traina another day of rest.
Could be the difference.
I'm not arguing for or against doing away with divisions, but I would point out that not too many years ago, FL and TN were both consistently ranked in the Top 10 and the SEC-East appeared to be stacked, kinda like Bama and LSU in the SEC-West now.
These things seem to run in cycles and eventually work themselves out.
I done seed things like that too.
More beer & stuff usually makes it better.
Or worse.
Depends on who you're with.
And what you're doin'.
I guess.
FWIW, Tyndall AFB is right down the coast.
Yah think?
The crop facility is forever young.
That's fer dang sure.
Ain't it?
Mighty handy excuse fer goin' 8-5 all them years.
Ain't it?
Kinda surprised y'all didn't come up with it sooner.
Don'tcha know?


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Many of the several thousand GTC 2012 attendees began pouring in to the San Jose McEnery Convention Center early Monday morning to take advantage of a full day of pre-conference sessions, and start networking and sharing ideas with their peers. Over the days ahead, they'll fill downtown San Jose's hotels and restaurants with GPU-related buzz.
Early attendees are sitting in on round-table discussions on multi-display systems and GPU-based video processing, or attending GTC 2012 lecture sessions on topics from debugging GPU programs to optimizing GPU algorithms.
But the pace really kicks in on Tuesday, when NVIDIA CEO and co-founder Jen-Hsun Huang delivers big news during his highly anticipated keynote address. For those unable to attend GTC 2012 in person, we'll provide a livestream of the Jen-Hsun's GTC keynote here.
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Attendees will then choose from hundreds of sessions over the ensuing days, each with details of how GPU technology is advancing various industries and powering cutting-edge research.
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In Wednesday's keynote, Princeton's Iain Couzin will discuss his use of GPU technology to study collective behavior in the natural world. Couzin's research explores how individual behavior can produce dynamic collective behaviors, and shed light on how our brains work and what drives crowd behavior. It also highlights how GPU technology can have an unexpected impact.
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