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Police doing enough to catch rapists? ABC15 investigation finds untested DNA in thousands of cases
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Stacked in police warehouses across the Valley, there are thousands of rape cases with DNA samples that have never been tested.
Experts tell the ABC15 Investigators it's critical evidence that is being ignored by law enforcement, leaving suspected rapists on the street and victims without answers.
"I think you're looking at a jurisdiction that's not responding effectively to sexual assault," said Sarah Tofte, a national advocate with the Joyful Heart Foundation, who studies how police handle rape case evidence.
The ABC15 Investigators spent four months researching this story, sending out dozens of public records requests and reviewing hundreds of pages of documents, police reports and court records.
Beginning on Monday during ABC15 News at 10, we will specifically focus on whether or not police have tested evidence in what's called a "sexual assault evidence kit."
When victims report rapes or sexual assaults, they are given an exam and swabbed all over their body to collect a suspect's DNA left by semen, saliva or other bodily fluids.
The DNA evidence collected is stored in those kits,which are kept in freezers at Valley police storage facilities.
ABC15 Investigator Dave Biscobing has discovered there are thousands of sexual assault kits that have never been tested.
"An untested kit, for us, is about lost justice for rape victims," Tofte said.
DNA that is gathered and stored in sexual assault evidence kits can be entered into state and federal databases and matched directly to DNA profiles of convicted offenders and arrestees, including suspects in other rapes.
So if a kit isn't tested, police lose the chance to connect that DNA to other attacks, someone who's already been arrested or someone who will be arrested in the future.
During our series of reports, the Investigators confront top law enforcement officials with the numbers, share emotional stories from victims and their families, and show how a serial rapist could have been stopped earlier if DNA evidence had been tested.
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A busy finish to a 29-game summer season came to an end Monday for the Laguna Beach High boys' basketball team.
The Breakers, who competed in summer leagues at Dana Hills and Godinez, played their two final games Monday. They lost to Tustin but defeated Orange Coast League rival Coast Mesa.
Last weekend, Laguna competed at the Asics Double Pump Best of the West AAU Tournament. The Breakers took on four AAU teams: Superior Athletes Basketball Club, Chino Hills Big Ballers, Arizona Flight and Intermountain Basketball Club (IBC).
The tourney started July 16 and concluded Sunday at the American Sports Centers in Anaheim.
"It was about what I expected playing against AAU teams," Laguna Coach Bret Fleming said. "We were very competitive in a couple of the games and not so much in a couple of others. I do think we learned a lot about ourselves and how we need to play to be successful.
"We played 16 games in the last 15 days, which is exactly what this group needed, to play a lot of games and gain as much experience as possible.
"With only one returning player (Isaac Wulff) with any major minutes last year, we needed to see what it's going to take to be competitive. Graduating all five starters has definitely left a void, but we've got a good young group ready to take the challenge."
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Laguna Beach High basketball Coach Bret Fleming will run a Youth Basketball Camp next week at Thurston Middle School in Laguna Beach.
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Camp sign-up information can be obtained through the city of Laguna Beach Recreation Dept. (www.lagunabeachcity.net).
The Breakers took on Beckman and La Habra in recent summer game action.
In a home scrimmage with La Habra Monday, Zac Kovacic, Will McInerny, Anthony Norelli and Jeff Bruyjtens each had a hit and each pitched a scoreless inning.
"We had one bad inning against Beckman that really cost us, and in the La Habra game, we pitched, played defense and overall played a solid game," Laguna Coach Mike Bair said.
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i may just try this one instead - seems much more enjoyable!iamchanellehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-720533874747570790.post-36663262046990104142010-01-18T15:58:53.538-05:002010-01-18T15:58:53.538-05:00Hi! I've done this cleanse too, and seriously ...Hi! I've done this cleanse too, and seriously love it! I plan to do it again this spring. I also love desserts so yes, it is a great way to get the sugar out of my system without suffering. The cashew nut milk is awesome, I would drink it everyday if it were in the store!Kelsey B.http://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-720533874747570790.post-83798070649119538352010-01-18T09:29:01.058-05:002010-01-18T09:29:01.058-05:00i've heard about it but never tried it due to ...i've heard about it but never tried it due to the cost... have you just done one day or do you usually do it for longer?Shannonhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com


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ASUNCION, May 15 – Paraguay have been forced to name an injury-weakened side for their 2014 World Cup qualifier at Bolivia next month.
Benfica striker Oscar Cardozo, the joint leading scorer in the Portuguese league this season, was the most notable absentee along with Roque Santa Cruz.
Midfielders Edgar Barreto and Dario Veron and defender Antolin Alcaraz were also left out due to injury, while Borussia Dortmund striker Lucas Barrios and Juventus midfielder Marcelo Estigarribia were surprisingly overlooked by coach Francisco Arce (picture).
The coach said most of the squad would travel to La Paz on Thursday to adapt to the high altitude ahead of the June 9 tie.
The Hernando Siles stadium is the world's highest international venue at 3,600 metres above sea level and Arce said his team selection would depend on who adapted best to the unusual conditions.
Paraguay, World Cup quarter-finalists in South Africa two years ago, have made a sluggish start to the 2014 campaign with only four points from their opening four games and are seventh in the nine-team table.
However, they are only three points behind leading trio Uruguay, Argentina and Venezuela.
Bolivia prop up the table with only one point.
Goalkeepers: Justo Villar (Estudiantes), Diego Barreto (Cerro Porteno), Antony Silva (Deportes Tolima), Joel Silva (Guarani)
Defenders: Ricardo Mazzacote (Nacional-Asuncion), Tomas Bartomeus (Guarani), Aureliano Torres (Toluca), Elvis Marecos (Guarani), Paulo Da Silva (Real Zaragoza), Adalberto Roman (Palmeiras), Julio Manzur (Guaraní), Luis Cardozo (Cerro Porteno)
Midfielders: Jorge Nunez (Once Caldas), Hernan Perez (Villarreal), Marcos Riveros (Nacional-Asuncion), Fidencio Oviedo (Cerro Porteno), Cristian Riveros (Kayserispor), Eric Ramos (Rubio Nu), Jorge Mendoza (Guarani), Eduardo Aranda (Olimpia) Osvaldo Martínez (Atlante)
Forwards: Nelson Haedo (Rubin Kazan), Pablo Zeballos (Olimpia), Edgar Benitez (Cerro Porteno), Jose Ortigoza (Sol de America), Lorenzo Melgarejo (Pacos de Ferreira), Luis Caballero (Olimpia) (Reporting by Daniela Desantis) – Reuters


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Relative Standard Curve Method:
This method requires running a standard curve for both the gene of interest and the endogeneous control. The template for the standard curve can be any cDNA sample that expresses both the gene of interest and endogeneous control. It is important to note that the expression level of your sample should fall within the limits of your standard curve. In other words, if the sample CT value is outside of the standard curve, you should dilute your sample such that the CT value falls between the highest dilution and the lowest dilution of the standard curve.
Once you obtain the threshold cycle values (CT) for your real time experiment, the data can be exported to Microsoft Excel or any other spreadsheet. First, take the log of the concentration values (either natural log or log base 10). Then fit the data to a line using the linest function on Excel or any other method of your choice. Once you have the values for the slope, intercept, and r-squared, it is a good idea to check the efficiency of your primers via the following equation.
The next step is to transform your sample data into units
defined by your standard curve. In other words, you want to take
the CT data obtained from your samples and put them in terms
of your standard curve. To do this, use the following equation.
for natural logarithm,
The next step is to normalize everything to the endogeneous control (e.g. GAPDH). To do this, utilize the following equation.
where the error noted as the coefficient of variation (standard deviation normalized to the mean) is computed by equation 4a
Next, there are two approaches you can take. If expression ratio is desired, simply divide the sample signal that is normalized to the endogeneous control to your control sample signal that is normalized to the endogeneous control.
If percent regulation is desired, then normalize the difference of expression to the control sample.
where the error for both equation 5 and 6 noted as the coefficient of variation is computed by equation 6a
Sample Calculations for Relative Standard Curve Method:
Let us now assume that we have just preformed a real time experiment following the protocol listed under experimental design. In Figure 1, we obtain the following CT values for our experiment.
The first step is to find the values for the standard curve utilizing the linest function on excel.
Once the statistics for the standard curve are determined, utilize equations 2 or 3 to transform the sample data in terms of the standard curve. For example, HT29 x8 at 5ng of RNA per reaction, we have the following calculation to transform the CT value in terms of the standard curve for GAPDH.
Next, normalize your gene of interest with respect to your endogeneous control. Table 4 shows the gene of interest with respect to the endogeneous control.
Finally, the expression ratio is computed. Table 5 shows the expression ratio for the gene of interest. We can see from these data that our gene of interest is up regulated in HT29 x8 with respect to HT29 parent.


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Talking heads: Opportunity lies east but terrain is tricky, Financial Times Fund Management
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Talking head: Opportunity lies east
By Bruno Raschle
One of the consequences of the global downturn has been a financial power shift from west to east, away from Europe and the US, towards Asia, in particular China.
Western economies have no capital reserves, balance sheets that need restructuring and no outlook for income in the short term. The lack of available credit means financing for any kind of business is scarce and, as a consequence, the wests ability to continue to finance innovation at pre-credit crunch levels is suffering.
China, on the other hand, has seen a significant increase in the availability of credit financing for small and medium enterprises. New lending in China in June reached $224bn (£138bn, 154bn), bringing total lending in the first half of the year to more than $1,000bn, far outstripping the $717bn issued in all of last year.
This is partly due to the decisive stimulus packages the Chinese government put in place earlier this year, but also a continuation of the fiscal and monetary policies that have driven the transition of Chinas economy over the past 15 years.
This west-to-east power shift has opened up an array of opportunities for institutional investors looking to build exposure to Asia, and specifically China. Investing in China, however, comes with a unique set of challenges.
One of the biggest is an unwillingness to accept the different rules of engagement cultural, political or financial. Investors must be prepared to understand differences, and accept them.
For institutional investors able to see beyond this barrier, Chinas investment proposition is clear, but knowing how best to access the opportunities is often less so. Chinas public equity market has never been readily accessible to foreign investors, and still only a small percentage less than 6 per cent of public stock can be purchased by non-Chinese investors, while foreign ownership of Chinese companies remains at a low level.
There is another way. Through private equity foreign investors can participate in a broad cross section of Chinese equity, often at lower entry prices than public equity. This has driven the rapid development of the Chinese private equity market. The number of institutional quality private equity funds operating in the region has increased significantly, from barely a dozen 10 years ago to more than 50 today, and ongoing changes to the regulatory landscape have continued to make the asset class more accessible to outsiders. In addition, many of the products and business strategies being developed in China address consumer markets that are an order of magnitude larger than in the US or Europe, providing entrepreneurs, fund managers and investors with a more favourable risk/return profile than in western markets.
Chinas strategy of using private equity to spearhead its economic development has worked well so far attracting foreign direct investment into the country on a horizon-limited basis, while at the same time allowing the domestic private equity market to develop.
However, this rapid growth is as much a challenge as it is an opportunity for institutional investors. Private equity is more than ever a long-term game and holding periods are increasing. In the context of an environment of continuous and rapid change, manager selection and portfolio construction becomes more demanding.
Non-Chinese investors ability to evaluate the skill, experience and mindset of managers, and to identify best-in-class funds, requires a greater level of knowledge and market insight than in the western world.
Ultimately, investors who try to operate at arms length and are not strongly tied into the driving forces in the local political or business community cannot expect to fully understand the Chinese economy and will find it difficult to succeed.
Investors who believe in dynamic asset management and active management of their investments will find in China a welcoming environment for private equity investing.
Bruno Raschle is chief executive of Adveq, a private equity fund of funds


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Budget concerns arise as new biennium looms
Reports about the budget for the upcoming school year are starting to circulate with messages of both optimism and concern. The school, its staff and its programs are facing hurdles.
Recent concerns have crafted rumors of program cuts and faculty termination. As well, anxiety over whether federal issued grants will be renewed and the school's current debt have raised eyebrows over the newly proposed budget.
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First Year Automotive
Letters to the Editor
As part of our BA223 marketing course we were required to select a product, or service and promote it to the class in a five minute presentation. We wanted to choose something that was fun for us to do, and dynamically stimulating so that it would draw the rest of the class into our world. The world of skydiving!
We contacted Urban Moore at Eugene Skydivers and asked if we could come to Creswell to shoot our video, and make a couple of skydives. He agreed and at 9am on Sunday, May 17, 2015 our team of six arrived at the drop zone to make our jumps. Urban gave us our training, and then we had to wait until 11am for the clouds to clear before we could suit up and make the flight up to altitude. Aysha and Georgie were on the first load, they were both surprising calm, especially since this was Aysha's first skydive. Georgie has jumped several times before, so she would be shooting our still pictures and video.
What to do when the earth starts rumbling
Imagine driving across the Winchester Bridge, thinking about class, hoping you did the right homework and all of a sudden the bridge starts to rock, sway and shake. None of us expect a natural disaster, and few of us prepare for it. The signs of a serious, potentially dangerous earthquake, however, are everywhere.
Earthquakes are appearing all over the Northwest in sites with dormant volcanoes. On May 28, a swarm of earthquakes developed near a dormant butte, "Cerro Prieto," near San Diego. A 4.2 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Bandon reportedly shook the entire U.S. West Coast on May 22. A 4.8 magnitude earthquake on May 23 then hit Nevada near Las Vegas. On May 26, a 4.3 earthquake was felt near Ferndale, California as well as a 3.0 near Hamilton City, California. Undersea volcanic activity 300 miles off the coast of Oregon west of Cannon Beach is also concerning scientists. Along the Axial Seamount, a fresh fissure has formed, producing new undersea lava flows and seismic activity, according to earthquake authorities.
Making a moment a memory
Over 350 students will graduate this spring in the ceremony set for 6 p.m., June 12, at the Swanson Amphitheater.
Four student leaders shared some UCC memories and advice. Jennifer Abel is a peer tutor who is majoring in sociology. KC Perley is the PTK chapter president, a Leader of Promise and UCC Outstanding Student in Calculus. Ellis Poole was a former ASUCC Vice President. Scoot Nicholson was an All Oregon Academic Team winner and is a peer tutor for Anatomy and Physiology.


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The Baton Rouge Symphony Chorus is comprised of amateur singers who work collectively towards a professional standard of performance in a challenging and broad variety of choral musical masterpieces. To help in achieving that goal, these audition procedures have been adopted to aid in the selection of a body of singers who can produce that standard of excellence in the allotted rehearsal time.
Membership in the Baton Rouge Symphony Chorus is by audition only. The audition consists of four parts, lasts about ten minutes, and is done in the presence of the Chorusmaster and accompanist. The goal of the audition is to identify and ultimately plan for the greatest strengths of the singers and the chorus.
Scheduling an Audition:
Auditions are open by appointment. For more information and to schedule an audition, call Chorusmaster David Shaler, 924-6269, ext.233 or email email@example.com. Monday night rehearsals are at the LSU School of Music, beginning August 11, 2014.
The Audition:
Part 1. Each singer should come prepared to sing a piece of music no longer than 2-2.5 minutes in length. The piece may be a simple hymn or folk song or an accomplished aria (or portion of an aria). It should be chosen carefully to show the vocal strength(s) of the auditioning singer. It should demonstrate your vocal talent at its best. Please bring a copy of the music for the accompanist. It is not necessary for the song to be memorized.
Part 2. Each singer will be asked to sing some simple vocalises so that the range and timbre of the voice may be noted.
Part 3. Each candidate will be asked to sight-read a short piece of music with the assistance of the accompanist. The singer will read one part while all parts are played by the accompanist. Since the rehearsal time is limited, it is important that singers be able to produce rudimentary elements of music by sight and this part of the audition will help the Chorusmaster determine strengths of individual singers which may be used for the most advantageous placement for rehearsal and performance.
Part 4. Each singer will be asked to reproduce a series of pitches to determine tonal memory. This will aid in measuring the singer's ability to produce accurate pitch.
In addition to the obvious information provided to the Chorusmaster, the audition is intended to provide relevant information regarding pitch, intonation, expression, and the ability to blend.
The audition sheet (to be filled in by each singer) will highlight previous experience by each auditioning singer. In particular, the Chorusmaster will be examining the information for:


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Dr. Rybicki's concierge practice is grounded in the idea of a holistic approach to healthcare. Access and communication between the doctor and patient is constant, with care being administered proactively.
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November 10, 2011
By Stephanie Thara
The California State University is an advocate of former and current service members striving to gain a higher education. The system has a myriad of programs and services that guide veterans toward gaining a degree and aid them in integrating back into civilian life.
According to the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, approximately 800,000 veterans used the GI Bill to continue their education in 2010 – a 42 percent increase over the previous year. Every CSU campus has knowledgeable Veterans' Affairs coordinators that assist veterans in determining which tuition assistance program best suits them.
The CSU supports educational benefits available to veterans, dependents and active duty servicemembers such as the following:
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- Montgomery G.I. Bill Activated Reservists (reserve educational assistance) [Chapter 1607]
- Montgomery G.I. Bill Selected Reserve Educational Assistance Program (selected reservist) [Chapter 1606]
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- California Veterans Fee Waiver Program (Dependents of Veterans with a Service-Connected Disability)
The CSU is also a leader in implementing the statewide initiative Troops to College, which makes attaining college degrees for veterans and military families easier. Moreover, the CSU boasts programs catered toward veterans that supply certain industries with adept professionals, such as the Troops to Teachers Program and the CSU's Veterans Initiative in its Professional Science Master's (PSM) programs. The Troops to Teachers Program has helped about 11,000 military members transition to a career in public education in the last decade. Similarly, CSU's Veteran's Initiative in PSM programs builds upon the skills of military personnel and prepares them for employment in high demand science and technology positions in the civilian sector.
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Today, Zane Benefits, Inc. published new information on defined contribution health plans. Zane Benefits, which provides comprehensive and flexible alternatives to traditional employer sponsored health benefits, is the leader in health care reform, defined contribution and health reimbursement arrangements.
According to Zane Benefits' website, businesses have relied on group health insurance to offer employee health benefits. However with continual renewal increases and new ObamaCare regulations, businesses of all sizes are looking at new options for offering employee health benefits. Because of these factors, many business owners are adopting a new strategy -- defined contribution health plans.
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This article first appeared in the Spring 2002 GCBO newsletter under the title, Radar Ornithology and the Conservation of Migratory Birds.
By Dr. Sidney A. Gauthreaux, Jr.
My radar ornithology work began as part of my graduate research at Louisiana State University in the spring of 1965 using weather surveillance radars (WSR-57) at two sites on the central northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico-Lake Charles and New Orleans, Louisiana. While recording radar data, I made daytime visual observations with a vertical telescope. During night time, I watched birds passing in front of the disk of the moon when available-moon-watching-or through a narrow vertical light beam-ceilometer-when the moon was not available. This work showed that trans-Gulf migrations were regular events from the middle of March until the last part of May when winds aloft were favorable for crossing. In 1989, news of migrant songbird population declines stimulated me to return to this work to see if spring trans-Gulf flights showed similar declines. I analyzed trans-Gulf migration events using film archives from the Lake Charles WSR-57 for 1987-1989 and compared these results with those gathered earlier during my graduate research years, 1965-67. To my surprise, the number of flights detected by the Lake Charles radar during the 20-year time span had declined by almost 50 percent. This was additional evidence that all was not well with populations of migratory birds that cross the Gulf in spring.
In the spring of 1992, the first new Doppler weather surveillance radar (WSR-88D) on the northern Gulf coast was sited south of Houston, Texas. Carroll Belser and I visited the station in early May of that year to see if the unit could detect migrating birds. We were elated over the results. Not only was the radar much more sensitive than the older WSR-57, but the Doppler capability provided information on the direction and speed of bird movements-all displayed in bright colorful images. With the WSR-88D we could not only potentially measure the quantity of migrating birds aloft in the reflectivity images, but could also determine their flight direction and speed using the velocity images. We cross-calibrated the new radar with the older WSR-57 at Galveston, Texas, so that we could use the new radar to continue monitoring the "health" of the trans-Gulf migration system. Within a few years, 10 WSR-88D stations were located on the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico from Brownsville, Texas, to Key West, Florida. We became heavily involved in research to calibrate the reflectivity images--determine the number of birds per unit area based on the level of radar return--and examine the patterns of migratory flights relative to weather conditions over the Gulf. The WSR-88D proved to be a great asset for the conservation of migratory birds.
After calibrating the WSR-88D we were able to measure the density of migrating birds aloft and use the speed of movement relative to the winds aloft to roughly determine the types of birds involved. Based on simultaneous visual observations, we documented that small songbirds flew considerably slower than shorebirds and waterfowl. This information revealed that not all the birds in a trans-Gulf flight are songbirds. A typical flight contains not only flocks of songbirds, but also flocks of herons, waterfowl, shorebirds, gallinules and allies, and occasionally raptors. By simultaneously monitoring all the WSR-88D radars along the northern Gulf coast we were also able to determine the spatial extent of trans-Gulf flights. While migrants can be detected arriving from Brownsville, Texas, to Mobile, Alabama, the Houston and Lake Charles radar stations record more arrivals than any other station on the northern Gulf coast. No wonder High Island and Sabine Woods on the upper Texas coast and the coastal woodlands in Cameron Parish in southwestern Louisiana are the "hottest" birding areas on the northern Gulf coast. These locations, as well as other important stopover areas farther inland, are readily detected using the Doppler weather radars.
One of the most exciting discoveries from our WSR-88D work is the detection of important migration stopover areas along the northern Gulf coast. Migrant birds take off 30 to 45 minutes after dark--an exodus event--and climb into the early evening sky. As they climb to altitudes sampled by the radar beam, they become "visible" as echoes in the radar image. For a brief period of time the locations of echoes from concentrations of migrants indicate the geographical locations of the stopover areas. The strength of the cluster of echoes indicates the density of birds and may indirectly indicate the quality of the habitat at the associated stopover area. Once images showing exodus events are summed over a season and imported as a data layer into a geographic information system, we use satellite imagery to determine the topography and type of habitat in stopover areas. Preliminary findings indicate floodplain forest and forested wetlands are important for stopover sites but pinelands are not. Coastal woodlands are important stopover areas during bad weather, but sites farther inland from the coastline where floodplain forest are present are perhaps even more important. The latter sites are used by migrants when the weather is favorable for migration and hence are likely to be preferred sites. While the coastal sites may be excellent for bird watchers, particularly during bad weather and subsequent migrant fallout, the floodplain and forested wetland sites farther inland are important for the birds. Protection of important inland stopover areas and coastal sites is equally critical.
We continue to download radar images from all 150 WSR-88D sites in the US at least every hour at the Clemson University Radar Ornithology Laboratory and are now developing national migration maps for each evening based on the radar images. These maps show the density and direction of peak migratory movements over the radar stations, and in time will allow us to determine if migratory flights are decreasing, stable, or increasing for different regions of the country. With this initiative in place we can continue to monitor the health of migration systems along the Gulf coast and throughout the US.
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Budget bill, including money to buy Jones County prison, passes House and goes to Senate
House members approved a budgetary bill that would put half a billion in public education, buy a never-used prison in Jones County and use money from a sacrosanct fund for wildfire support.
The $874.9 million supplemental appropriations bill approved Friday would set aside $19.5 million to buy the empty prison, put $500 million in public schools and pay off wildfire expenses with $174 million from the so-called Rainy Day Fund.
The bill also gives millions to help pay for veterans' scholarships at state colleges and to improve roads run ragged from use in energy producing areas.
The bill, HB 1025, passed with more than 120 votes and now goes to the Senate.
Supplemental appropriations bills cover unforeseen expenses from the last budgeting cycle.
"One of the key parts of this bill is to fund our wildfires," said chief House budget writer Rep. Jim Pitts, R-Waxahachie.
The state had made a deal with Jones County to build the prison, but inmate population went down and the state backed out. Now the county is left with the responsibility of paying off the debt.
The prison had cost more than $35 million, and the state has negotiated to buy the prison for $19.5 million, Rep. Susan King, R-Abilene, said. Jones County is in her district.
HB 1025 includes about $174 million from the Rainy Day Fund, properly known as the Economic Stabilization Fund and fueled with oil and gas taxes, which is set to have $11.8 billion by the end of 2015.
Using the Rainy Day Fund in that way required a two-thirds vote. Tapping into that fund has caused controversy among some lawmakers. Conservative legislators have wanted to hang onto the fund to keep the state's bond rating up, and to use the fund only for emergencies or one-time, capital expenses.
"Not only is there not an unforeseen shortfall in revenue, but we have the largest increase in revenue as far as you can remember," Rep. Van Taylor, R-Plano, told Pitts about his inclination against spending the Rainy Day Fund.
Members would have been able to vote against using the money without killing the rest of the bill.
The $500 million for public education would ease the $5.4 billion cuts to public education lawmakers did last session to handle a $27 billion shortfall.
The appropriations bill
also would pay $170 million for Medicaid, $30 million to help universities handle the cost of the Hazlewood Act, which gives free tuition to veterans and some family members, and $17 million for graduate medical education.
Rep. Larry Phillips, R-Sherman, and Rep. Jim Keffer, R-Granbury, added amendments to get $110 million left over from the Texas Department of Transportation to roads hurt by oil booms. Half of the money would go to state roads, and half to county roads.
It is estimated that the state needs to spend about $1 billion to repair roads in those oil boom regions.
"We need to make that immediate investment," Phillips said about the $110 million appropriation.
Lawmakers debated an amendment offered by Rep. David Simpson, R-Longview, to increase firefighter spending by an additional $10 million. To do so, the state would take $10 million from the schoolchildren feeding program, according to Simpson's amendment.
"I think we ought not leverage firefighters against hungry children," Rep. Helen Giddings, D-Dallas, said during her debate against the amendment.
Rep. Naomi Gonzalez, D-El Paso, tearfully told representatives about her family's struggle with impoverished conditions and that the amendment would have affected her and her family's situation in the past.
Simpson's amendment didn't pass.
One amendment that did pass calls for taking $2 million from the governor's office budget to pay for disaster recovery efforts in West. The community is recovering from a devastating blast at a fertilizer plant last week.
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma City Thunder center Kendrick Perkins had surgery for a ligament tear in his left wrist.
Perkins was injured in the Western Conference finals against the San Antonio Spurs and played through the injury as the Thunder lost to the Miami Heat in the NBA Finals. The nine-year veteran is expected to be ready for next season.


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Texans expect Clowney to play next week despite ankle injury
When Texans outside linebacker Jadeveon Clowney was spotted in a walking boot on Friday, it was cause for concern: Clowney missed most of his rookie year with a knee injury, and the Texans would hate to lose the 2014 No. 1 overall pick for significant time again.
But Texans coach Bill O'Brien says the walking boot is not a sign of a serious injury, and the Texans expect Clowney to play next week.
"I just saw him just now before I walked in here, and he seemed to be doing well," O'Brien said, via ESPN. "I think you guys probably saw he had a boot on, but that's just precautionary. He likes to go play pick-up hoop and things like that. Going to try to avoid doing that this weekend."
Clowney has shown flashes of the raw talent that made him one of the most exciting defensive prospects ever to enter the draft, including a great tackle on Frank Gore on Thursday night. But he still hasn't recorded a single sack in his NFL career, which is a huge disappointment for a pass rusher drafted first overall. Perhaps he can do it next Sunday in Jacksonville.
Antonio Cromartie dubs Odell Beckham Jr. a "one-year wonder"
Later this year, Jets cornerback Antonio Cromartie will get a chance to battle Giants receiver Odell Beckham Jr. on the field. For now, Cromartie will have to settle for throwing darts at Beckham off it.
"Right now he's a one-year wonder," Cromartie said Friday on ESPN, via Ralph Vacchiano of the New York Daily News. "I'm just being honest. It's just one year. I need to see it on an every-game basis, not him getting penalties or something like that or sucker-punching somebody. I think it's all about how you carry yourself throughout your whole entire career."
Beckham can show Cromartie that the second-year player is something more than a one-year wonder when the Jets and Giants get together on December 6. Unless, of course, Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis exclusively covers Beckham.
"He's very young. Has he had production in 16 games? Yes, I give him the utmost [credit] for that," Cromartie said. "He's had the most production out of any receiver I've seen in [his first] 16 games since Randy Moss. But you have to do it week-in and week-out and depend on that person. No matter if you're getting double or triple-teamed. Randy Moss didn't complain when he [was] triple and double-teamed, and people went after him, also."
Beckham has had to adjust to teammates ribbing him and opponents targeting him. After scoring an average of one touchdown per game in his 12 appearances from 2014, Beckham has two touchdown receptions in four games this season.
Still, that gives him 14 touchdowns in 16 career games. Which is a strong start. By the time December 6 rolls around, it'll be interesting to see whether Beckham's production supports Cromartie's theory.
Trent Robinson not fined for hits on defenseless players
During Sunday's game against the Eagles, Washington lost 30 yards of field position on a pair of unnecessary roughness penalties called against defensive back Trent Robinson.
According to the NFL (and as Washington safety Dashon Goldson suggested during a recent appearance on PFT Live), Robinson was fined for neither hit.
The first foul, arising from a hit on Philadelphia receiver Jordan Matthews in the third quarter, appeared to be a shoulder-to-shoulder hit. The second foul, occurring on the first play of the fourth quarter, happened when Eagles tight end Zach Ertz caught a past and lowered his head into Robinson's chest.
The lack of fines suggests that the flags were thrown in error, which is more evidence that these fouls should be subject to replay review. With 15 yards given to the offense whenever one of these penalties is called, the defense should have a way to obtain a more deliberate review of what often occurs on a bang-bang basis.
Jarvis Landry fined for abusive language to official
Bills defensive end Jerry Hughes wasn't the only player from the AFC East who was fined for directing abusive language to an official. Per multiple reports, Dolphins receiver Jarvis Landry was fined, too.
The standard fine for a first offense under the 2015 fine schedule is $23,152. For a second offense committed this season, the amount doubles.
Landry drew a flag for unsportsmanlike conduct late in Miami's 27-14 loss to the Jets in London. The defeat sparked the termination of Dolphins coach Joe Philbin.
Seahawks decided to give Marshawn Lynch more time to heal
Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch will miss a second straight game with a hamstring strain. Coach Pete Carroll told reporters on Friday that Lynch possibly could have played.
"It's just two weeks now," Carroll said. "He's just getting over it. We've seen some guys around the league try to come back. He could try to come back and play, but we think he'd be vulnerable. He needs another weekend to get through it. Then by next week, by Wednesday or something, we think we can get him going again. He's just about over the hump. He's worked very diligently, like I've said, to get it done. So we just have to wait a couple more days."
Carroll makes a good point about the importance of resting a hamstring injury. The Bills rushed running back LeSean McCoy back too quickly, and now he's out for another month or so.
"You've just got to wait it out," Carroll said of Lynch. "He's very close, but we can't guarantee that he can make it through the game. That means we could get set back again, so we're just going to wait it out and see if we can get him right next week."
The Seahawks host the Panthers next Sunday. Seattle then has a Thursday night game against the 49ers in Santa Clara.
Without Lynch, it'll be Thomas Rawls and perhaps Fred Jackson carrying the load; Jackson is questionable for Sunday's game with an ankle injury.
Carroll also said that the Seahawks may add a running back before Sunday's game at Cincinnati. Rod Smith, and undrafted free agent from Ohio State, is on the practice squad. Also, the Seahawks worked out running back Cyrus Gray on Friday, per a league source.
Colts trumpet their ability to neutralize "Justin James" Watt
Texans defensive end J.J. Watt was frustrated after last night's loss to the Colts. He may be feeling a different emotion after seeing what the Colts had to say about his performance.
The Colts trumpeted via "daily notes" distributed to the media their ability to "neutralize" Watt, holding him to no sacks and no solo tackles for only the second time in his NFL career. Also, tight end Dwayne Allen has opted to refer to Watt by only his first and middle names.
"Justin James is arguably the greatest defensive player in this league and for him to have a quiet night, attributed [sic] to a short week and great coaching," Allen said. "He's definitely a guy we have to game plan for as a game wrecker. We tried our best to keep him from affecting plays."
"Justin James" will next get a chance to affect plays on December 20, when the Texans travel to Indianapolis in the hopes of beating the Colts there for the first time in franchise history.
Week Five injury report roundup
Over the course of the week, there are a lot of posts about the most prominent injured players but we know that you might not see all of them and that some others may fall through the cracks. As a result, we'll comb through all the injury reports every Friday afternoon so that there's one stop for all the news from every team playing on Sunday. So, without further delay, the injury report roundup for Week Five of the 2015 season.
Redskins at Falcons
Four Redskins — cornerback Chris Culliver (knee), cornerback DeAngelo Hall (toe), wide receiver DeSean Jackson (hamstring), and tight end Jordan Reed (concussion, knee, ankle) — have been ruled out for this Sunday. Linebacker Perry Riley (calf) is questionable to return to the lineup. Running back Tevin Coleman (ribs) is probable to return for the Falcons, who ruled out linebacker Justin Durant (elbow). Wide receiver Julio Jones (toe, hamstring) is questionable, although there's been nothing to suggest he'll be anywhere but on the field come Sunday.
Browns at Ravens
Browns cornerback Joe Haden (ribs, finger) is questionable after unexpectedly missing last week's game and safety Tashaun Gipson (ankle) has been ruled out. Linebacker Craig Robertson (ankle) is out as well and running back Shaun Draughn (back) is doubtful. It doesn't look like Ravens wide receiver Steve Smith (back, doubtful) will play, which would leave him on the sideline with defensive end Chris Canty (calf), tight end Crockett Gillmore (calf) and wide receiver Breshad Perriman (knee). Tackle Eugene Monroe (concussion) is probable to play for the first time since the opener.
Seahawks at Bengals
It will be another week without running back Marshawn Lynch (hamstring) for the Seahawks, who also ruled out cornerbacks Tharold Simon (toe) and Marcus Burley (hand). Running back Fred Jackson (ankle) is questionable and Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said Friday that he's hopeful the veteran can play. The Bengals are healthy with three probables to go with the questionable defensive end Wallace Gilberry (calf) and safety George Iloka (ankle).
Rams at Packers
Rams linebacker Alec Ogletree (ankle) is going to be out for multiple weeks and safety Maurice Alexander (groin) is doubtful. The Packers look like they'll have tackle Bryan Bulaga (knee) in the lineup, although they listed him as questionable along with wide receiver Davante Adams (ankle), safety Morgan Burnett (calf) and cornerback Demetri Goodson (hamstring). Safety Sean Richardson (neck) is out and reportedly will miss the rest of the season.
Bears at Chiefs
The Bears will have plenty of decisions to make on Sunday. They listed 13 players as questionable, including quarterback Jay Cutler (hamstring), wide receiver Alshon Jeffery (hamstring) and linebacker Pernell McPhee (shoulder). They were a bit more definitive about safety Antrel Rolle (ankle, doubtful) and were willing to rule out tackle Jermon Bushrod (concussion). Tight end Travis Kelce (groin, thumb) is probable for the Chiefs, who won't have linebacker Josh Mauga (groin, Achilles).
Saints at Eagles
The Saints ruled out tackle Terron Armstead (knee) and punter Thomas Morstead (quadricep), but hope to have guard Jahri Evans (knee) back in the lineup after listing him as questionable. Eagles tackle Jason Peters (quadricep) is questionable, but said he expects to play. Linebacker Mychal Kendricks (hamstring) is out after getting hurt last week.
Jaguars at Buccaneers
Wide receiver Marqise Lee (hamstring), linebacker John Lotulelei (concussion) and running back Denard Robinson (knee) are all out for Jacksonville and tight end Julius Thomas (hand) is expected to join them after being listed as questionable. Defensive tackle Sen'Derrick Marks (knee) and linebacker Paul Posluszny (ankle) are also questionable. The Bucs don't expect to have cornerback Johnthan Banks (knee), tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins (shoulder), wide receiver Russell Shepard (hamstring) or center Evan Smith (ankle) after listing them as doubtful. Guard Logan Mankins (groin), defensive tackle Gerald McCoy (shoulder) and tight end Luke Stocker (hip) are all questionable.
Bills at Titans
Bills wide receiver Sammy Watkins (calf) is questionable after missing last week's game. Tight end MarQueis Gray (forearm), running back LeSean McCoy (hamstring), safety Bacarri Rambo (quadricep) and running back Karlos Williams (concussion) are all going to miss the game and safety Aaron Williams (neck) is probable to return to the lineup. Cornerback Jason McCourty (groin) should play for the first time this season, but the Titans will likely be without defensive tackle Sammie Hill (knee). Guard Chance Warmack (knee) is questionable.
Cardinals at Lions
Running back Andre Ellington (knee) is one of seven probable Cardinals, tight end Darren Fells (hip) and wide receiver J.J. Nelson (shoulder) are questionable and coach Bruce Arians said Friday he anticipates everyone being healthy enough to play. The Lions ruled out running back Joique Bell (ankle), tight end Eric Ebron (knee) and defensive tackle Haloti Ngata (calf) for this Sunday. Safety James Ihedigbo (quadricep) and guard Larry Warford (ankle) are questionable.
Patriots at Cowboys
The Patriots return from their bye in good shape. Cornerback Bradley Fletcher (hamstring) and defensive end Trey Flowers (knee, shoulder) are questionable and the rest of the injury report is made up of probable players. Cowboys linebacker Sean Lee (concussion) is probable to return, but wide receiver Dez Bryant (foot), wide receiver Brice Butler (hamstring) and defensive end Randy Gregory (ankle) are all out of the lineup.
Broncos at Raiders
Broncos tackle Ty Sambrailo (shoulder) will miss a second straight game and guard Evan Mathis (hamstring) is questionable to play. Wide receiver Cory Latimer (groin) has also been ruled out. The Raiders will play without defensive tackle Denico Autry (concussion), cornerback T.J. Carrie (chest), defensive tackle Justin Ellis (ankle) and running back Taiwan Jones (foot).
49ers at Giants
Word on Friday was that linebacker Ahmad Brooks will miss Sunday's game following the death of his sister, but the 49ers listed him as doubtful. Tight end Vernon Davis (knee) definitely won't play and tackle Joe Staley (knee) is questionable. The Giants ruled out defensive end Robert Ayers (hamstring), wide receiver Victor Cruz (calf), linebacker Devon Kennard (hamstring) and defensive end George Selvie (calf). Linebacker Jonathan Casillas (calf), cornerback Jayron Hosley (concussion) and cornerback Trumaine McBride (groin) are all questionable.
Eric Ebron out for Lions on Sunday
As the Lions try to get their first win of the season, they'll have to do it without a key piece of their passing game. Tight end Eric Ebron is out for the game with a knee injury.
Ebron reportedly suffered no structural damage to his knee as a result of a Monday night injury in Seattle. Ebron did not practice at all this week.
Regarded as a disappointment during his rookie season, which included only 25 receptions for 248 yards and one touchdown, Ebron already has generated 15 catches for 179 yards and two touchdowns in four games this year.
The good news for the Lions is that tight end Brandon Pettigrew is on track to return to action. He injured a hamstring in Week One, and he hasn't played since then. Pettigrew is listed as probable for Sunday's game against the 3-1 Cardinals.
Prop rule comes from desire to "prevent things from escalating"
The Week Four games contained a pair of touchdown celebrations that included the use of the ball as a prop. One of them (Panthers cornerback Josh Norman pretending to ride a horse with the ball apparently serving as the horse) drew a flag. One of them (Rams receiver Stedman Bailey taking a nap with the ball as a pillow) didn't.
In the league's weekly officiating video, NFL V.P. of officiating Dean Blandino explained the purpose for the rule.
'This is a rule that was put in place to prevent things from escalating," Blandino said. "We had situations where players were using the ball as a prop. It was getting elaborate, it was getting extensive. And we were creating this animosity with the team that scored and then the team that got scored upon, and we were ending up with altercations, and this got out of control."
Norman's use of the ball as a prop definitely triggered animosity from the crowd in Tampa; at 8:16 of the video, a hand showing a middle finger to Norman appears in the foreground of the video.
Blandino acknowledged that Bailey's conduct, like Norman's, should have been penalized.
"We have continue to work to be consistent, in not just this area but every area, so we want both of these to be called," Blandino said. "We certainly don't want to take the fun out of the game. Players can celebrate, they can high five, they can fist bump, whatever it is. But they cannot use the football as a prop, they can't do anything that would be considered in poor taste, something that would be mimicking a violent gesture, whether that's a throat slash, whether that's . . . a six shooter. Using the ball as a prop is a foul, and officials are being directed to call it when they recognize it."
It's unclear why the officials didn't recognize Bailey using the ball as a prop. Then again, it's still unclear why the back judge in the Lions-Seahawks game didn't recognize the illegal bat that occurred right in front of him.
NFL fines Xavier Rhodes $17,363 for a horse collar tackle
Vikings cornerback Xavier Rhodes is lighter in the wallet after committing a horse collar tackle on Sunday.
Rhodes was fined $17,363 for the foul, the NFL has confirmed.
On the NFL fine schedule, horse collar tackles are considered in the second-tier of seriousness, along with roughing the passer and leg whips, all of which result in a $17,363 fine for a first offense. Less serious infractions like facemasking and chop blocks result in fines of $8,681, while more serious offenses like spearing, hitting a defenseless player and blindside blocks result in a fine of $23,152. Fines typically double for a second offense.
Rhodes also cost the Vikings 15 yards for the penalty, which he committed while tackling Broncos receiver Emmanuel Sanders.
Report: Sean Richardson out for season with neck injury
Packers safety Sean Richardson missed a lot of time after having fusion surgery to repair a herniated disk in his neck during the 2012 season and he reportedly suffered the same injury.
Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that Richardson will not play again this season and that his career may be at risk. Richardson missed the first 10 weeks of the 2013 season while recovering from the first neck surgery, but played down the stretch that year and saw action in all 16 games last season.
Richardson practiced on Wednesday and was listed as a limited participant in Thursday's session. Per Silverstein, he began experiencing pain on Thursday and went for an MRI.
The Packers have a lot of recent history with neck injuries bringing careers to a premature end. Tight end Jermichael Finley, safety Nick Collins and running back Johnathan Franklin all saw their playing days end after similar injuries.
Green Bay has only ruled Richardson out for this week at this point. They're also expected to be without safety Morgan Burnett, who is listed as questionable with a calf injury, when they face the Rams.
Saints left tackle Terron Armstead out, Andrus Peat to start
If the Saints are going to double their win total for the season, they're going to have to do it with a rookie at left tackle.
Terron Armstead is listed as out for Sunday's game against the Eagles with a knee injury picked up last week.
That leaves Drew Brees' blind side and recently sore shoulder in the hands of first-rounder Andrus Peat, who failed to win a starting job from either Armstead or Zach Strife in the preseason.
Guard Jahri Evans is listed as questionable, but worked on a limited basis Friday.
Vernon Davis will miss another game
The 49ers announced Friday that tight end Vernon Davis will miss a second straight game Sunday due to a knee injury.
Davis had been able to participate in practice on a limited basis earlier in the week, but he's been ruled out for Sunday night's game at the Giants. Garrett Celek was the primary tight end target with Davis out last week.
The team listed linebacker Ahmad Brooks as doubtful. His absence from practice this week has been listed as family leave following the death of his sister.
Aaron Lynch and Corey Lemonier will start at outside linebacker.
Starting tackle Joe Staley (knee) and backup wide receiver Quinton Patton (concussion) are listed as questionable.
Marshawn Lynch to miss second straight game
Marshawn Lynch returned to practice for the Seahawks on Thursday, but his hamstring isn't ready for him to return to game action when they face the Bengals on Sunday.
The Seahawks have ruled Lynch out for the second straight week, the first time that's ever happened during his time in Seattle. Thomas Rawls ran 17 times for 48 yards against the Lions last Monday and may be in for an even heavier workload this weekend.
Fred Jackson is listed as questionable with an ankle injury that has kept him out of practice for the last two days. The Seahawks had not completed Friday's practice before releasing their injury report, so there's no word on whether Jackson was able to do something during the final session of the week. Rawls is the only other running back on the 53-man roster with Rod Smith available from the practice squad if the Seahawks make a roster move.
Cornerbacks Tharold Simon and Marcus Burley are also out for Seattle while cornerback Tye Smith, defensive end Demarcus Dobbs and linebacker Kevin Pierre-Louis are all doubtful.
Julio Jones questionable, but expected to play against Washington
The Falcons might list Julio Jones as questionable, but there's no indication the Falcons are going to have to put their 4-0 record on the line without him.
According to Vaughn McClure of ESPN.com, Jones went through drills Friday and gave no indication he wouldn't be able to go against Washington.
He's been limited this week with toe and hamstring issues, though they don't think it's serious or related to previous issues.
The Falcons are also getting rookie running back Tevin Coleman back after a rib injury in Week Two, though it's unclear how often he'll get the ball behind Devonta Freeman, who leads the NFL with seven touchdowns.
Josh Norman fined $8,681 for TD celebration
Panthers cornerback Josh Norman didn't expect to draw a penalty flag for riding the football like a horse after returning an interception for a touchdown last Sunday, but he should have been expecting a fine from the league once he did.
Norman got that fine, which Joseph Person of the Charlotte Observer reports is for $8,681. Norman said that he spoke to Hall of Fame linebacker and NFL/NFLPA fine appeal officer Derrick Brooks about the celebration before kickoff and that Brooks said Norman "was fine."
That may help him if he tries to appeal, unless a Three's Company-style misunderstanding resulted from Brooks telling Norman that he would be fined. It was still a good week for Norman, who followed up his NFC defensive player of the month honors for September by being named the conference's top defender of the week.
Person reports that defensive end Ryan Delaire was fined $8,681 as well for a late hit on Buccaneers running back Doug Martin during the Panthers victory.
Expensive week for Jerry Hughes
Not much went right for the Bills last Sunday vs. the Giants.
The expensive aftermath for Bills defensive end Jerry Hughes includes fines totaling more than $30,000.
Per Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, Hughes was fined $8,681 for unnecessary roughness and $23,152 for using abusive language towards an official. Fines stemming from the previous Sunday are generally delivered to players at the end of the week.
Hughes is a second-time offender on the abusive language front. He was fined $22,050 last November for a similar offense.
Brian Hoyer back in the saddle for Texans
It didn't happen in a room closed to all but Hard Knocks cameras this time, but Texans coach Bill O'Brien has again named Brian Hoyer the starting quarterback in Houston.
Hoyer relieved Ryan Mallett on Thursday night after Mallett came out of the game following a hit to the chest and piloted the Texans the rest of the way in the 27-20 loss to the Colts. Hoyer was 24-of-31 for 312 yards, two touchdowns to rookie Jaelen Strong and an ugly interception on the team's final offensive play, which was enough for O'Brien to put him back in the starting lineup against Jacksonville.
"We are moving on to Jacksonville. Brian Hoyer will start the game and we will go from there," O'Brien said.
The Texans have played both of their quarterbacks in three of their first five games this season, which suggests that this may not be the last change we see in 2015. Hoyer's play on Thursday night was the best work either has turned in during any of those appearances, which probably made for an easy short-term decision for O'Brien.
All of the shuffling means the long-term problem remains for Houston and an answer isn't likely to come until the offseason.
Chuck Pagano becomes a master of hyperbole
Hyperbole is a fact of life in football, and one coach has become the all-time greatest master of it in the history of the universe, known and unknown. (Sorry, when in Rome.)
Here's what Colts coach Chuck Pagano had to say about quarterback Matthew Hasselbeck after Thursday night's win over the Texans: "He was literally on his deathbed Monday and Tuesday and mustered up enough to come in on Wednesday and practice."
Yes, it's a figure of speech. And, no, literally apparently no longer literally means literally. Still, it seems a bit much to suggest that Hasselbeck pulled a Lazarus and not only rejoined the realm of the living but also quarterbacked an NFL team to a prime-time win.
It's not the first time that Pagano has gone a little far with his choice of words, apart from the whole "supremely confident" and "absolutely confident" fiasco of a week ago. Asked last Friday whether injured quarterback Andrew Luck is even in the state of Indiana, Pagano said, "That might be the craziest question that I've gotten in the history of football."
It wasn't all that crazy, given that Luck wasn't spotted at practice on Friday after being seen there on Wednesday and Thursday. The Colts had been sending out mixed signals about Luck's condition all week, and it was reasonable to wonder whether he was getting some sort of exotic treatment in New York or Mexico or wherever when he wasn't present on Friday.
Regardless, the pressure of coaching for his job seems to be getting to Pagano, literally and figuratively and in any other way possible.
Sean Lee cleared to return after last week's concussion
As rapidly as they've lost offensive pieces, the Cowboys are getting defenders back this week.
According to Drew Davison of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Cowboys linebacker Sean Lee has been cleared by the independent neurologist after last week's concussion, and will play Sunday against the Patriots.
He left last week's loss to the Saints in the first quarter, and was just the latest in a long line of injuries for Lee, who was coming back from last year's torn ACL.
"It's brutal," Lee said. "It's something that I've done too much. I need to be on the field more. I've found my way off the field too consistently and it's something that eats at you. At the same point, you have to move on from it and that's in the past.
"You can't allow that to affect weeks coming forward and especially this week. So, it's frustrating at the time, but you have to move on. And I'm healthy to go and excited to play."
You can't lump a brain injury in with knees and feet and other body parts, so this shouldn't further the perception that Lee's injury prone.
The Cowboys are also getting defensive end Greg Hardy and linebacker Rolando McClain back from suspensions, so they're getting closer to full strength at a time they'll need to be.


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Azizah Y. al-Hibri
Azizah Y. al-Hibri is a professor at the T. C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond. She is a former professor of Philosophy, founding editor of Hypatia: a Journal of Feminist Philosophy, and founder and president of KARAMAH: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights. A Fulbright scholar, she has written extensively on issues of Islam and democracy, Muslim women's rights, and human rights in Islam. She guest-edited a special volume on Islam for the Journal of Law and Religion. Her recent articles include "An Islamic Perspective on Domestic Violence" (Fordham International Law Journal, December 2003) and "Redefining Muslim Women's Roles in the Next Century" (Democracy and the Rule of Law, Congressional Quarterly, 2001). She was an advisor to the award-winning, PBS-broadcast documentary Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet (2002), produced by Unity Productions Foundation. She is currently completing a book on the Islamic marriage contract in American courts. Al-Hibri is a member of the advisory board of various organizations, including the PEW Forum on Religion in Public Life, the Pluralism Project Harvard University, and Religion and Ethics NewsWeekly (PBS). She is also a member of the Constitution Project's Liberty and Security Committee. In June 2011, al-Hibri was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve as a commissioner on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.[1]
She also wrote the third chapter of Transforming the Faiths of our Fathers: Women who Changed American Religion (2004), edited by Ann Braude.[2]
Al-Hibri is the grandchild of Sheik Toufik El Hibri who established the first scout movement in the Arab world.
- "Shattering the Stereotypes: Muslim Women Speak Out" (2005)
- ^ "President Obama Appoints Professor al-Hibri to U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom", USCIRF, June 8, 2011. Retrieved on January 16, 2015.
- ^ "Table of Contents: Transforming the faiths of our fathers :". Catalog.lib.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2015-04-14.
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- Homepage of Azizah Y. al-Hibri
- KARAMAH: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights
- Op-Ed: Obama's Bridge to Islam
- The Professor Who Sharia'ed Bill Clinton
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