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A Message from Westminster's President
Dear Westminster Parents and Families
It is always great fun to welcome new and returning students at the start of the fall semester. These interactions are particularly important at Westminster. Personal relationships mean so much to us. The relationships that develop among our students and particularly between our students and their faculty members who often become long-time mentors are, we believe, the key to truly transformative learning.
A colleague once remarked that the most valuable teaching moments were "van time," those moments spent with students heading to and from a field trip or conference where the personal roles we sometimes assume in a classroom setting break down and where we relate to each other as human beings filled with curiosities and aspirations. Students at Westminster can find these valuable moments everywhere, from field trips to community engagement. Of particular note are the many faculty, staff and students who have connected institutionally and very personally with the community of South Salt Lake, a "Promise" community just southwest of the campus. As that community's "promise partner" of the year in 2013, Westminster College has become a significant part of building the aspirations of young people who carry the hopes and dreams of their families for a better life in the future.
As parents of twin boys, now long out of college and doing quite well, Debi and I enjoy spending time with our Westminster students. It is most satisfying to attend a play, a concert, athletic contest or student presentation where we can see the results of the hard work put in by our students and faculty and where the passion and dedication of your children is so evident. We also enjoy rather frequent lunches and dinners with students, sometimes on campus and occasionally at the president's residence. But we also worry about them, as do you. Will they stay safe? Will they make the right decisions? Will they stand up to negative peer pressures and lead by their example? There are ample resources available to you and your student at Westminster to help in these decisions. I urge you to discuss these difficult challenges with your son or daughter and take advantage of our student and residence life staff members whose experience and training can contribute to your student's success.
We are in the midst of some major fall events. We just celebrated the 25th Anniversary of the Bill and Vieve Gore School of Business. It is an unusual privilege to have the Gore name (Gore-Tex, among many other discoveries and products) associated with our business school. We celebrated the Gore and Giovale family's generosity toward Westminster College and of the accomplishments of our faculty and alumni over the years. We follow that with our Alumni Reunion Weekend, a continuing celebration of our graduates and their successes. We have been focusing increasing efforts on expanding and solidifying the relationships between our alumni and our current students, building a lifelong network that can benefit all of our graduates and students.
There it is—that "relationship" word again. In a world that seems to become more impersonal every day, it's a word we cherish and consider the heart and soul of all that we do at Westminster.
Thank you for the privilege of working and learning with your students.
Brian Levin-Stankevich, President


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text: TabsArticle Panel on Plant Health EFSA Journal: EFSA Journal 2013;11(1):3069 [121 pp.]. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2013.3069 Panel members at the time of adoption: Richard Baker, Claude Bragard, Thierry Candresse, Gianni Gilioli, Jean-Claude Grégoire, Imre Holb, Michael John Jeger, Olia Evtimova Karadjova, Christer Magnusson, David Makowski, Charles Manceau, Maria Navajas, Trond Rafoss, Vittorio Rossi, Jan Schans, Gritta Schrader, Gregor Urek, Johan Coert van Lenteren, Irene Vloutoglou, Stephan Winter and Wopke van der Werf Acknowledgements: The Panel wishes to thank the Working Group on Annex IIAII and in particular the members of the Subgroup on Fungi: Erzsébet Dormannsné Simon, Kurt Heungens, Angelo Porta Puglia, Vittorio Rossi, Jan Schans and Irene Vloutoglou, for the preparatory work on this scientific opinion, and EFSA staff: Virág Kertész and Olaf Mosbach-Schulz, for the support provided to this scientific opinion Contact: firstname.lastname@example.com Type: Opinion of the Scientific Committee/Scientific Panel On request from: European Commission Question Number: EFSA-Q-2011-01188 Adopted: 31 décembre 2012 Published: 23 janvier 2013 Affiliation: European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Parma, Italy Send Print Cite Note: Download Article (1.99 MB) Abstract: The Panel on Plant Health conducted a pest risk assessment for Puccinia horiana Hennings (the causal agent of chrysanthemum white rust) for the EU territory, identified risk management options and evaluated their effectiveness. The assessment was conducted taking into account current EU legislation. The Panel also provided an opinion on the effectiveness of the present EU requirements against this organism, listed in Council Directive 2000/29/EC. Two major pathways for entry were identified: plant material of susceptible hosts for propagation purposes and cut flowers of Chrysanthemum × morifolium. The probability of further entry of the pest was considered unlikely, as the existing certification schemes for propagation material should reduce the risk of importing infected cuttings. For cut flowers, pest transfer to susceptible hosts is associated with the potentially incorrect disposal of cut flower waste within the vicinity of places of production, which is considered a rare event. The probability of establishment and further spread were both considered very likely. The current overall impact in the risk assessment area was considered minor, with medium uncertainty, mainly because standard protective actions are taken in most EU production areas. Risk reduction options to reduce the probability of entry and spread and mitigate the impact were analysed. Council Directive 2000/29/EC addresses mainly the sanitary status of the propagation material. The Directive cannot prevent the entry, establishment and spread, or mitigate the impact, of the pathogen. Were the current regulation to be removed, the frequency of introduction would probably increase. This poses a risk because, although the pest is widespread in the risk assessment area, not all Member States are infested and not all pest pathotypes are present. If a statutory certification system, with associated import requirements for propagation material of host plants, were introduced, this would include practically all prescriptions of the present regulation. © European Food Safety Authority, 2013 Summary: Following a request from the European Commission, the Panel on Plant Health was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on the pest risk of Puccinia horiana, for the EU territory, and to identify risk management options and evaluate their effectiveness in reducing the risk to plant health posed by the organism. In particular, the Panel was asked to provide an opinion on the effectiveness of the present EU requirements against this organism, which are laid down in Council Directive 2000/29/EC, in reducing the risk of introduction of this pest into, and its spread within, the EU territory. The Panel conducted the risk assessment following the general principles of the "Guidance on a harmonized framework for pest risk assessment and the identification and evaluation of pest risk management options" (EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH), 2010) and those of the "Guidance on methodology for evaluation of the effectiveness of options to reduce the risk of introduction and spread of organisms harmful to plant health in the EU territory (EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH), 2012). Given the fact that P. horiana (as well as all other harmful organisms listed in Annex IIAII of Directive 2000/29/EC) is already present in the EU territory and has been regulated in the EU for many years, the Panel conducted the risk assessment taking into account the current EU plant health legislation. After consideration of the evidence, the Panel reached the following conclusions: With regard to the assessment of the risk to plant health of Puccinia horiana for the EU territory: Entry—Under the current EU legislation, further entry of P. horiana into the risk assessment area is considered unlikely. Plant material of Chrysanthemum × morifolium cultivars for propagation purposes originating from infested areas may carry P. horiana as teliospores in pustules oras mycelium, both of which are capable of surviving transport and storage conditions and, to some extent, the existing pest management procedures. Nevertheless, the existing certification schemes for the production of propagation material should considerably reduce the risk of importing infected cuttings. Cut flowers of Chrysanthemum × morifolium originating in infested areas might carry the pathogen. However, pest transfer to a susceptible host is associated with the potentially incorrect disposal of cut flower waste within the vicinity of places of production. The Panel considers this to be a rare event. The level of uncertainty associated with entry is medium, as there is lack of data on whether all host plant cuttings imported into the risk assessment area from third countries are actually produced under a sound certification scheme. Furthermore, no information is available on the probability of infected cut flowers or their waste coming into contact with susceptible hosts. Establishment—New establishment in areas where the pest was not previously present is very likely. The host plants are widespread in the risk assessment area in the open field, in gardens and in greenhouses. The host plants are susceptible as long as green leaves are present (young leaves are more susceptible than mature leaves). The environmental conditions are suitable for infection in most parts of the risk assessment area and at least for part of the host growing season. The pathogen has a reproductive strategy enabling it to reproduce effectively in new environments. Under optimal environmental conditions, a single introduced pustule may be sufficient for establishment. Fungicide-resistant strains also increase the potential for establishment. Exotic strains with unique pathotype profiles may have fewer avirulence genes and therefore may have a higher potential for establishment. Cultural practices and control measures currently applied in the risk assessment area may limit the impact but are not able to prevent the establishment of P. horiana. Climatic control measures (moisture reduction) are applicable and effective only in greenhouses. The proportion of commercial cultivars of chrysanthemum that are resistant to the pathogen is limited. No other obstacles to establishment occur. In addition, the pest has already been detected in most Member States in the risk assessment area where the host is present (AT, BE, BG, CZ, DE, DK, FR, GR, HU, IE, IT, LT, LV, NL, PL, PT, RO, SI, SE, SK, UK). The level of uncertainty associated with establishment is low, as information and data are overall sufficient, consistent and not conflicting; however, there is a lack of data on the survival of teliospores on undried leaves at low temperatures. Spread—Further spread to areas where the pest was not previously present is very likely. Climatic conditions are suitable for both sporulation of P. horiana and host infection over a wide chrysanthemum-growing area in the EU. The host plants are widespread in the risk assessment area and an important proportion of cultivars (estimated at 10–20 %) is not resistant. Spread by natural means cannot be effectively controlled, although the frequency of vital propagules of the pathogen reaching a susceptible host over a long distance by natural means is low. Outdoor crops (e.g., multiflora) with no climatic control are largely grown in the risk assessment area. There is an important trade in chrysanthemum commodities among and within Member States, and this, as well as other human activities, can help the pest overcome natural barriers (e.g., areas where susceptible hosts are not grown). The level of uncertainty associated with spread is low, as the available information and data are overall sufficient, consistent and not conflicting. However, there is lack of experimental data on the maximum distance over which the basidiospores are dispersed by air currents. Impact—The current overall impact in the risk assessment area is considered minor. In most EU production areas the pathogen is considered established, and standard protective action is taken in the form of regular protective fungicide treatments and reductions in leaf wetness period where possible. Major breeders also increasingly incorporate resistance genes and successfully self-regulate the production of cuttings. Therefore, a higher impact is expected only in the case in which a crop of a susceptible cultivar is grown in conditions in which leaf wetness period is not or cannot be controlled and where no protective fungicides are applied. Such cases are currently very rare but, if they occur, the impact can be locally severe, especially if cuttings did not undergo a certification scheme and were infected. The level of uncertainty associated with impact is medium. There is uncertainty about the future availability of effective fungicides, which could be reduced owing to legislative restraints, and about the level of fungicide resistance. Were the availability of fungicides to be reduced and fungicide resistance to increase, the control options would decrease and the impact rating would be higher. There is also uncertainty about the stability of the resistance genes currently used in the breeding programmes. If this resistance were to be overcome, for example after the introduction of virulent exotic pathotypes and recombination with established populations, the impact rating would be higher. With regard to risk reduction options, the Panel evaluated the phytosanitary measures formulated in Council Directive 2000/29/EC and identified additional risk reduction options where relevant. The present regulation effectively controls the main pathway for entry into and spread within the risk assessment area of the pathogen. The requirements are fulfilled mainly by producers growing chrysanthemum propagation material subject to certification schemes. No requirements are formulated to prevent entry and spread by pathways other than plants for planting or to mitigate the impact of P. horiana. Currently the pest is widespread in the risk assessment area, although not all EU Member States are infested and not all pathotypes of the pathogen are present. If a statutory certification system of source propagation material with associated import requirements for propagation material of host plants could be introduced, this would include practically all prescriptions of the present regulation. The Panel considers the following measures appropriate to substantially reduce the risk of entry of P. horiana into the risk assessment area by the movement of plants for planting (rooted or unrooted cuttings), and cut flowers: Measures to apply to consignments: Demanding phytosanitary certificates is a moderately effective and very highly feasible option, although one with medium uncertainty. Measures to apply to the growing crop: Cultural practices: climate control, avoiding leaf wetness, avoiding overhead irrigation, removal of infested plants and crop residues, spacing of plants, weed control. The effectiveness of these measures is high; in combination with fungicides, in a systems approach, it could be very high. The technical feasibility indoors is moderate, outdoors low. The level of uncertainty is low. Chemical treatments: the effectiveness of fungicide sprays is considered high; in a systems approach combined with other risk reduction options, it is considered very high. The technical feasibility is very high—chemical treatments are regularly carried out in places of production. The level of uncertainty is considered medium, because of the possible fungicide resistance. Using resistant cultivars: the effectiveness of this risk reduction option is considered high, with moderate technical feasibility and high uncertainty. Some pathotypes of the pest could overcome host resistance. Only 10–20 % of presently used cultivars are considered resistant. Breeding efforts against all known pathotypes have been initiated by major breeders. Certification system: in the case of production of cuttings, the effectiveness of a certification system is considered very high—because of the regular inspections and easily recognised symptoms. In the case of production of cut flowers, the effectiveness is high; because of the longer growing period, there is greater possibility for reinfestation by airborne spores. The technical feasibility is also considered very high. The uncertainty is medium, because the pathogen can spread via air. Pest freedom of the area and site of production: the effectiveness is high, in the case of regularly organised surveillance. According to the Panel this option is very highly feasible because regular inspections and surveillance should be part of the certification system. The level of uncertainty is low for pest freedom of the production site; however, the likelihood of an infected plant escaping detection in the area of production is higher than that at the site of production; thus the level of uncertainty for pest freedom of the area of production is medium. The pathogen P. horiana has been established in the risk assessment area but not in all countries and not all pathotypes. New establishment can be prevented only by preventing its entry. The measures cultural practices, chemical treatments, resistant cultivars, certification system, plant passports (equivalent to phytosanitary certificates) and pest freedom of the area of production and site of production, described under risk reduction options for entry, also apply to spread. The measures cultural practices, chemical treatments, resistant cultivars, certification system and pest freedom of the area of production and site of production, described under risk reduction options for entry, are also appropriate for reducing the impact of P. horiana on the production of plants for planting (rooted or unrooted cuttings) and also the production of cut flowers. Keywords: Chrysanthemum × morifolium, Chrysanthemum spp., European Union, risk reduction, white rust of chrysanthemum Print on demand Number of Pages: 121


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Tourist attractions Sens : Things to see and do
St Étienne Cathedral, Sens
Place de la République F - 89100 Sens
This is the first of France's big cathedrals (1130-1168). The west façade presents a statue of Saint Etienne, at the pier of the central doorway. The façade in the Flamboyant style at north transept is magnificent, built between 1503 and 513 by Marti..
Sens Museum, Treasure and Palais Synodal
135 rue des Déportés-et-de-la-Résistance F - 89100 Sens
This group of museums is set in the old buildings of the old archbishopric and synodal palace with its beautiful shiny tiles restored by Viollet-le-Duc. The wings named Francis I and Henry II are dedicated to the history of Sens and the Sens people (..
Quartier de l'église St-Pierre-le-Rond
Rue de la République F - 89100 Sens
Rising on either side of the tower (1728), the facade of the church and that of the ancient Dieu hotel seem like a perfect match. The houses in the neighbouring streets maintain this feeling of harmony. Visit «Abraham's House» (16C) with its finely c..
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Mrs. Ybarra was born in Karnes City on Dec. 4, 1944, to Domingo and Clotilde V. Ybarra.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Jose Ybarra.
Survivors include two daughters, Esperanza "Hope" Tellez and Jessica Carabajal, both of Beeville; one son, Raynaldo "Ray" (Melisa) Ybarra of Beeville; two sisters, Margarita (Lupe) Arenas of Seguin and Anita Perez of Beeville; an uncle, Pablo Ybarra Sr.; 11 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Arrgumero Puga Jr., Michael Carabajal Jr., Jacob Ray Ybarra, Michael Luna, Alex Sanchez and Thomas Villarreal.
Visitation was held at 1 p.m. Thursday, July 3, at Treviño Funeral Home with a prayer service that evening at 7 o'clock.
A chapel service was conducted there at 10 a.m. on Friday, July 4, with Pastor Carl Pickett officiating. Burial followed at Our Lady of Victory #2.
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Princess V48By Capt. Richard Thiel
Considered Conservative
The Princess V48 shows that some builders still think about change carefully. And it seems to help them get it right the first time.
The folks at Princess Yachts are a pretty conservative lot. Look at their boats over the past decade and you'll see a consistency in both design and engineering that's rare in the boat business. You won't find this British builder making digressions into wild colors, radically shaped windows, or outrageous appendages, and the styling philosophy is such that this year's boat isn't rendered obsolete by that of next year.
A tradition of obstinate conservatism makes the new V48 stand apart on two counts. One, its hull and deck are laminated using resin infusion. Now you're probably saying, "So what? Other builders have been doing that for years." True, and the reason that Princess is towards the back of this queue is that it insisted on fine-tuning its version of the process before phasing it in as models came up for redesign. The first boat to get the full treatment was the V78, which was introduced four years ago. Each year since, every new Princess has been resin-infused, so naturally when it was decided to finally end the run of the iconic V45 (which never came to the United States), its replacement, the V48, was designed and engineered from the keel up to be built using that process.
Most builders will tell you that resin infusion is great because it saves a lot of weight, and some even offer specific figures. Princess is cagier—or rather more conservative. I couldn't get any of the engineers buzzing around the dock on test day to venture a guess at how much lighter this boat is than she would have been had she been laid up conventionally. In fact, they didn't seem to really care. All they wanted to talk about was how the process makes for a much cleaner factory and a much more solid boat.
I can't attest to the factory as my schedule didn't allow for a tour, but I can tell you that this boat is as solid as a brick. Out in the 3- and 4-footers that roiled the waters beyond the old World War II torpedo barrier in Plymouth Harbor—Princess's homeport—we repeatedly ran her up to full throttle (31.1 knots), and despite the jarring conditions, I heard not a creak or groan.
The sensation of a solid and secure ride was no doubt enhanced by the notably low sound levels—just 71 decibels at 3000 rpm (21.1 knots). Princess has a reputation for solid acoustical engineering, and its newest models set a new standard. Part of the reason why is no doubt the solidity that comes with resin infusion, but another part is because this builder traditionally invests heavily in sound attenuation materials and techniques—even when they aren't visually apparent. One example: Both saddle fuel tanks are wrapped in foil-lined acoustical insulation to preclude resonance, which, if left unattended, will migrate to the rest of the boat.
But the real news on this boat is IPS. From the numerous factory people I interviewed, both on and off the record, it seems clear that the decision-makers at Princess were wary about building a pod-drive boat. That's partly because Princess being Princess, they'd have to go about it their way, which means first building some prototypes, then engineering the V48 specifically for IPS—no sharing the hull with a stern drive or inboard. That's risky since it's possible that IPS won't fly with Princess customers who are—you guessed it—conservative. So it's really an open question as to how Princess's traditional audience will take to this model—especially since it is the only IPS boat in the line.
I was told that Viking Sport Cruisers, the Princess distributor for the Americas, lobbied for an IPS boat, and I'm guessing they're delighted by how it turned out. The extra room that comes courtesy of the engines being nearly up against the transom is bound to be popular with Americans who are all about space. And those who like to bring guests aboard, be they adults, children, or grandchildren, will love the nifty "scissors" V-berth: It can slide together to form one big bed for a couple or apart to create two single berths for the younger set. An en suite head with enclosed shower is the icing on the cake.
But the real impetus behind IPS in this boat is the full-beam amidships master stateroom. Don't let the placement of this cabin fool you. This is not one of those cuddys that require you to double over so you can climb into bed, or in which you bang your forehead if you sit up in bed too quickly. There is a lot of space here, plenty for most people to be able to move around freely without stooping, and thanks to large side windows, everything is bathed in light when you raise the standard blinds. And like the stateroom up forward, this one has en suite facilities complete with an enclosed shower.
Princess designers may be conservative but they're also shrewd. They made the cockpit U-shaped, with only one starboard walkway to the side decks and standard hydraulic swim platform instead of having port and starboard walkways. Yes, traffic flow is a bit more restricted this way, but in compensation you get seating for at least four more people. The cockpit is a very sociable area that works for dining, thanks to a hydraulic hi-lo table, and sunning, because it's not covered, although an extendable sunshade is standard.
For a builder hardly known for winging it, the IPS-powered V48 is an uncharacteristic gamble. But this is a company that always hedges it bets, and I'm wagering when its conservative customers see that big master stateroom, they'll take a very liberal approach to this boat.
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Summer Tips: What to Know Before You Go!
June 2014
Congratulations, you've made it through the year! Here are some answers to some frequently asked questions:
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Rocker Jimmy Page spoke of how he was inspired by graduates at Berklee College of Music as he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the prestigious music school on Saturday.
The night before the Led Zeppelin star was given the degree during the school's commencement ceremony in Boston, Massachusetts, members of the 2014 graduating class participated in a concert celebrating Page's work and the music of fellow honorees, Jazz pianist Geri Allen, singer/songwriter Valerie Simpson and jazz trumpeter Thara Memory.
When the guitarist was due to give a speech at the ceremony, he stood in front of the crowd and admitted, "I've got something here which could be reasonably called a speech. After the experience of listening to the concert last night, this speech is rendered useless. So here I am; I'm a sort of busking musician trying to busk my speech!"
Throughout his fairly short talk, Page described his pre-Zeppelin days and confessed his background in music wasn't as extensive as the graduates in the audience.
He said, "I have to be perfectly honest with you all: I'm sort of self-taught. Not such a bad thing, because I learned from records and trying to interpret playing my guitar heroes from there."
Page added, "Music has so much power across so many avenues. To be in a position where you've done the thing that you're pretty much best at, which is making music, and bringing joy and pleasure to other people, it can't really be much better than that, can it? I pass that on to all of you."


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TENNIS.com is giving us a look into some of Jelena Jankovic's workouts with famed strength + conditioning coach Pat Etcheberry.
Though JJ's recent off-season training intensive has many wondering if she's been overcooked (hence the shaky results recently), it can never hurt to be in the best shape possible for the long tennis season. Plus, you can't argue with THAT bod. Damn.
But one question: did poor, neglected Right Side get as much workout as Left Side even though we can't see it? Maybe she's secretly lopsided. So many theories, so little time...
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Thursday, March 5, 2009
PHOTO OP: JJ + Lefty get a workout, Righty still flabby (maybe)
Labels: Jelena Jankovic, photo op, tennis, training
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Right side STILL missing!ReplyDelete
Vanity, thy name is JJ.
She irritates me so much, but she's got a great body. Missing right side and all.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 5, 2009 at 1:52 PM
Not many people can smile during a workout like this, though. Love her, right side or not.ReplyDelete
I suppose it's just a matter of the timing of the photo (maybe they are misleading?), but I've always been taught to keep your elbows at your ears (and no further forward) when doing any sort of crunches. That first picture on the ball just looks so wrong to me. It looks like she's cheating, which is just so wrong to even think with that body.ReplyDelete
I'm worried about Right Side - lonely in this big world. She needs some love and attention too (if she really exists that is.)ReplyDelete
*retains search party*
now onto the workout: natch, it would be really, really challenging to keep your elbows at your ears while doing crunches. i just tried it and damn that's tough!
Gosh, I feel like we should play "Where in the World is JJ's Right Side?"ReplyDelete
>>now onto the workout: natch, it would be really, really challenging to keep your elbows at your ears while doing crunches. i just tried it and damn that's tough!<<ReplyDelete
That's why you do it--because it's tough. I think there's some reasoning behind the muscles it works, too. I was taught that in my 20's, and I continue it to this day. Actually, I was yelled at in my 20's and told that only (deleted expletive)'s have to move their elbows! Talk about tough love.
Alright, carry on with your search! :D
- AnonymousMarch 5, 2009 at 3:49 PM
she only shows it europe, the only place where the tournaments count (according to her manager). they showed her right side on the cover of ACE tennis magazine (UK) last month. usually can find it at barnes and noble.ReplyDelete
Does this count?ReplyDelete
I think this will do it though:
anon 6:49 - LMAO are you serious?! You're telling me her right side is "reserved for Europe" so the rest of us only get to see her left side??ReplyDelete
*goes speechless*
- KristineMarch 5, 2009 at 6:31 PM
holy $h!t, no effin' right side. seriously, she's got some issues w/half of her body. i don't think it's farfetched to say that she probably requested to be taken from only the left side.ReplyDelete
Rich, you've posted about "no right side" before. and i only noticed when you mentioned it, which from what I remember was a couple weeks ago. Now I wonder how long this has been going on...
- AnonymousMarch 5, 2009 at 11:18 PM
sara, the 1st barely counts but the 2nd! OMgosh Britney!! thats a rihgt side if i ever saw one!!ReplyDelete
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Losing is a disease…as contagious as polio. The Royal Knights have lost six in a row and in mighty fine fashion. Let us review: Defense–missing cut off throws, most of the pitchers only have a vague notion of where first base is located, turning double plays is hit or miss, and center field is where our catchers think second base should be. Offense–had trouble hitting sinker ball pitchers, then flame throwers, then guys who throw 85 mph fastballs–even if they come in with a 7+ ERA. They made Sonnanstine look like The Ryan Express. Other teams were hitting .340!! Our starting pitching is not that bad, but our pen is turning out to be what everyone thought–our weak point, but now when the wheels are coming off everything else, well, it is debatable. Please do one thing fundamentally for a week! Every play, every at bat.


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BARNESVILLE - Twenty-nine area Division III wrestlers punched their tickets to Philo High School and district tournament action Saturday by placing in the top 4 of their respective weight classes during sectional action at Barnesville High School.
Ten of those grapplers stood atop the podium as the two-day event came to a close, with Martins Ferry and Shadyside each claiming a trio of titlists. Monroe Central had a pair, while Barnesville and St. Clairsville each had one.
Of those 29 heading to Philo next weekend, six are from Shadyside and another six from St. Clairsville. Martins Ferry qualified five, while Barnesville, Monroe Central and River all had three qualifiers. Beallsville, Bellaire and Union Local are each sending one.
Martins Ferry's champions included Theodore Zoumpolidis (106), Damon Outward (126) and Zac Coole (220). Bryce Coleman (138) finished runnerup, while Jonathan Bodkin (285) was third.
Zoumpolidis, the No. 2 seed who is 23-11, got a bit of revenge on Barnesville's Collin Wilson, the top seed, with a 5-3 decision. The Shamrocks grappler had won their OVAC match.
Outward, the Purple Riders' outstanding senior, improved to 41-5 with a 5-2 victory over Sandy Valley's Joe Newman. It was Outward's second sectional crown.
Coole, another top-seeded senior, is 39-7 after defeating River's J.D. Doton, 4-1.
Coleman was pinned by Caldwell's top-seeded Kameron Rayner with 17 seconds left in their match, while Bodkin earned a 7-2 nod over Shadyside's Zach Meadows.
Shadyside's big three of Ian Baker (145), Alex Quinn (152) and Chase Kinemond (160) continued to breeze towards another trip to Columbus as they all brought home titles. Also moving on, in addition to Meadows, are Wyatt Skapik (106) and Brett Kahl (138), who both ended up fourth.
Baker, who is 38-2, decisioned Tusky Valley's Josh Wallace for his fourth sectional crown, while Quinn remained spotless in 37 matches with a 11-2 major decision over Monroe Central's Zac Potts, who finished eighth in the state a year ago. Kinemond completed the trifecta with a 5-0 blanking of St. Clairsville's Dalton Nolte.
Kinemond improved to 34-2.
The Tigers wound up fourth in the team standings with 142 points.
The Red Devils will take champion Corey Ernest (285), Alex Timko (113-4th), Justin Callarik (138-3rd), Seth Benge (170-2nd), Michael Furbee (195-3rd), along with the aforementioned Ernest and Nolte.
St. Clairsville had to wait the entire night to get a champion, as Ernest won by injury default over previously undefeated Joe Newsome of Tusky Valley. The St. Clairsville senior led 4-3 before Newsome gave up because of a shoulder injury.
Benge dropped a 10-0 major decision to Caldwell's Kale Rayner.
Of Monroe Central's three qualifiers, two were sectional champs, those being Rodney Richter (113) and Chase Carothers (132). The other is Potts.
Richter decisioned St. Clairsville's Alex Timko, 9-4, while Carothers rallied from behind to pin Union Local's Zac Sowers in 5:07. He trailed in the third period 6-5 before getting an escape, takedown and the fall.
Barnesville's Hobie Howiler dominated the 120 pound division as he improved to 38-5 in his freshman season with a 7-1 triumph over Sandy Valley's Evan Offenberger.
Other Shamrocks advancing include Wilson and Taylor Griffin, who was fourth at 132.
In addition to Doton, other Pilots advancing to Philo were Kole Smith (160) and Brett Rosen (195). Rosen was third and Smith fourth.
Beallsville and Bellaire each will send one grappler to Philo. The Blue Devils' rep will be Bruce Sefert (145-3rd), while the Big Reds' Nick Maffe (152-3rd) is also headed there.
Other champions included Sandy Valley's Sam Groff, who remained a perfect 49-0 at 182 pounds, and Tusky Valley's Thomas Watt (195).
Sandy Valley won the team title with 180.5 points. Tusky Valley (179) was second, Caldwell (146) third, Shadyside (142) fourth and St. Clairsville (135) fifth. Martins Ferry (125) finished sixth.
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RAYLAND - Steubenville won the Ohio Division II Eastern District Sectional Wrestling Tournament at Buckeye Local High School, scoring 288 points and advancing all 13 wrestlers to next week's district event at Heath High School.
Carrollton finished second (238.5), followed by Beaver Local (205), Buckeye Local (108.5) and Harrison Central (96.5). Edison and Indian Creek tied for ninth with 74 points.
Steubenville had seven winners in Tariq Wilson (106 pounds), Anthony Craig (126), Anthony Parada (132), Andrew O'Dell (160), Mark Cole (170), Charlie Keenan (182) and Greg Moray (220).
Buckeye Local had winners in Nate Kirk (138) and Josh Sokolowski (152).
The top four finishers in each weight class will advance to the district tournament.
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WELLSBURG - Parkersburg South had five champions en route to winning at Brooke High School.
Parkersburg, second in the standings, also had five champions.
Wheeling Park, John Marshall, Morgantown and Preston each had one champion.
Park qualified eight wrestlers for next week's state tournament, followed by John Marshall with seven and Brooke six.
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Region One
FAIRMONT - Oak Glen wrestling team will send nine wrestling to the state tournament beginning Thursday in Huntington with its performance Saturday at Woody Williams Armory at Fairmont Senior High School.
Three took individual championships in Danny Wyke (113), Kyle Mack (126) and Nick Tice (138).
Also heading to the state tournament are Josh Cornell (120, second), Avery Flowers (132, second), Brodie Bittinger (160, third), Ryan Debee (106, fourth), Patrick Arneault (145, fourth) and Noah Flowers (170, fourth).
Oak Glen had five wrestle above seed - Wyke, Flowers, Tice, Arneault and Flowers.
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Model A Build - Cable Ready Hot Rod Part 2Written by on October 3, 2006 Contributors: Tim Bernsau "Overhaulin" Takes on a Model A
Last month we looked behind the scenes of the "Overhaulin'" TV show as they got started on their very first early hot rod project. At first the task seemed like it would be easier than all the rest-heck, the car didn't even have a roof or fenders, how hard could it be? Well, it turns out it can be very hard when the whole team is used to primarily rebuilding musclecars and late-models. Everything would have to be researched for the very first time and a whole new set of suppliers would need to be found to deliver the parts required to rebuild their latest "victim."
Another major unplanned obstacle would be a body that required much more work than originally planned. The "Overhaulin'" crew found that under the black primer, nearly every panel had suffered some form of major abuse in the past that would require all hands on deck to pick a panel and get to repairing the Model A's metal. The chassis switch would be from a butchered and poorly engineered Model A chassis to a top-of-the-line '32 Ford unit from Total Cost Involved. The swap to the '32 unit would mean that the entire floor and the body mounts world need to be changed, but that really wasn't a problem since the floor in the body wasn't worth saving in the first place.
With the additional bodywork pushing them dangerously close to the due date, the team focused on the chassis and the Ford Y-block drivetrain, turning it all into a piece of rolling automotive art. From nose to tail, the entire car was nearly 100-percent replaced with new pieces put together in a very traditional style. Surprising to most was designer Chip Foose's choice of wheels-an original set of '36 Ford rims and hubcaps-since most of his creations receive a set of one-off rollers of his design. Here is where Chip's true talent shines through, as any choice toward wide rims in low-profile tires just would not have had the same effect as the skinny Ford 16-inch units wrapped in genuine Firestone bias-ply wide whites from Coker Tire.
When the final day came and the car was nowhere near close to being done, the crew faced something they had never dealt with before- a missed deadline. Not wanting to just slap it together before it met their high standards, the crew stretched the deadline and spent an extra day making it happen for pranked owner Matthew Wyatt. Knowing it would take a lot of extra days of his own to build the car, Matthew took the entire situation in stride and nearly passed out when the final version was unveiled to him and his family. Stay tuned for next month's issue when we will give you an up-close look at this overhauled wonder.
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We left off last month as the body filler was just about to meet the massaged body panels. Besides the actual body shell, the only other sheetmetal that found its way back into the rebuild was this '32 Ford commercial grille shell.Skratch managed to keep a smile on his face, even as the crew began to work around the clock with the deadline drawing closer and closer.
A final fabrication step was opening up the hood for the trio of carb stacks to poke through. Chip trimmed the opening in the hood by hand with a steady hand and cut-off wheel.With the body finally in the paint booth, the team made final preparations before the paint was sprayed.After deciding to go with gloss Tuxedo black paint, Chip filled up his spray gun and laid on multiple coats of the shiny stuffExtra heavy-duty one-off adapters were whittled up by MHT Wheels to mate the late-model bolt pattern of the rearend to the "wide-five" pattern of the '36 Ford rims.The Magnaflow crew patiently waited their turn to install a complete custom exhaust system. A large-diameter, single-exhaust system will give the car a totally unique sound.
The fully dressed Ford Y-block engine is a thing of rare beauty in modern hot rodding. The new carburetor linkage was installed to operate the trio of rebuilt Holley 94 carburetors.It's nearly impossible to imagine this is the same car that first rolled in a week earlier. The checkered firewall was inspired by one of Chip's early childhood memories of his father's customized Ford.The guys were exhausted after a week of long days and nights, but they kept pushing on through to the end. You could feel the excitement as the interior panels went in the nearly complete car.The talented upholstery crew from Bill Dunn stitched up the seats a few feet away from the car and then dropped them right into place in the car.
Owner Matthew Wyatt saw the car for the very first time and was overwhelmed with the results. His first words: "It's a dream come true." A few minutes later it still had not sunk in. "It's not mine," he said. "I think I've died and gone to heaven."


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February 20, 2009
Friday, February 20, 2009
We're doomed, say scientists
Sometimes a boring story can become a lot more interesting if you do some skilled number juggling. This is what seems to have happened in an article in The Daily Telegraph, which claims that 90% of us carry a gene which increases the risk of high blood pressure by 18%. And high blood pressure is of course linked to dreaded killers like stroke and heart disease.
In his Understanding Uncertainty blog David Spiegelhalter traces the story back to a paper in Nature Genetics. The authors of the paper investigate three gene variants that can occur in the human genome. Two of them are rare, only about 10% of the population carry them, while the third is present in 90% of the population. The authors show that the gene variants are associated to proteins called natriuretic peptides, which are linked to blood pressure (this is the main point of the paper, since such a genetic connection had never before been found). The two rarer gene variants, according to the paper, reduce the risk of high blood pressure by 15%. The phrase "18% increased risk of high blood pressure" appears nowhere in the paper. Rather it's the result of some creative accounting on the part of someone operating in the media chain which links the actual paper to the final article in The Daily Telegraph. Here's how it's done:
Say that the risk of high blood pressure for someone carrying the more common gene variant is x. Now the 15% decrease associated to the two less common variants takes this down to 0.85x. To get back to x, we need to add 0.15x, and this is exactly 17.647% of 0.85x — hence the claim of an 18% increase in risk.
The calculation is undoubtedly correct, but it puts a spin on the story. Rather than taking the common case as a base line and talking about the risk reduction associated to the less common cases, it does things the other way around. This is in stark contrast to the paper's authors own turn of phrase, which links the rarer variants to risk reduction, but says that the common variant "was not significantly associated with either systolic or diastolic blood pressure." It's a bit like noting that some people live to 110 and then complaining that most of us die prematurely. "This is a masterful piece of re-framing of the evidence," says Spiegelhalter on his blog. "Not exactly wrong, but definitely changing the story. Just like a change from 98% to 96% in a survival rate seems a lot more innocuous than a doubling of the mortality rate from 2% to 4%."
If you'd like to find out more about risk and uncertainty, visit the Understanding Uncertainty website, or read Spiegelhalter's column in Plus.
To find out more about simple number smoke screens, read the Plus article The tiger that isn't.
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February 18, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
How many arms does a spiral galaxy have? Can you spot a galaxy with a "peanut" bulge? Or how about a galactic merger? You — yes, you — can answer these and other strange questions, along with other ordinary web users who, by working together, have proven to be just as good at galaxy-spotting as professional astronomers.
Find out how you can help classify the inhabitants of the Galaxy Zoo!
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February 18, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Finally, recognition for string theory
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Better than a celebrity endorsement, string theory now has a feline spokeskitten! (Thanks Oli for letting us know the good news!)
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News from the world of maths: Zero is the number of yearning... review of Strange Attractors: Poems of love and mathematics
February 17, 2009
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Zero is the number of yearning... review of Strange Attractors: Poems of love and mathematics
Zero is a number
— from "Five Poems about Zero" by Eryk Salvaggio
It's not often I get misty-eyed reading a book about mathematics, but that was just what happened when I read this, and several other poems, in the poetry collection Strange Attractors: Poems of love and mathematics.
The idea of a love poem is not new, love has inspired poets for millennia. But the combination of maths and love poetry might seem an odd mix. Despite loving maths myself, I was a little skeptical when I picked up this book, and thought it would be a tongue-in-cheek selection of witty but humorous poems about love using mathematical language and imagery. There are some funny poems giving a mathematical take on love, (I particularly liked "Valentine" by Michael Stueben), but what pleasantly surprised me was the large number of poems that seem to be really exploring human emotions.
I had no idea there would be so many poems suitable for such a collection, or that it would span so many centuries and include so many diverse contributors. The excerpt from King Solomon's "Song of songs" (which is thought to have been written about 765 BC) and Bhaskaracharya's "Lilavati" (a twelfth century Indian mathematician), the "Square Poem in Honor of Elizabeth I" (written by Henry Lok in 1597), as well as contemporary poets from nearly every continent, give the collection significant cultural depth (helpful appendices give brief biographies of both the contributors, and the mathematicians mentioned). It's a nice thought that mathematics, as well as love, is a ubiquitous experience for all of humanity.
The book is divided into three sections: romantic love, love of family and life, and love of mathematics. In the first two sections it is surprising just how powerful mathematics can be as a metaphor for our emotions and experiences. Some poems very effectively use mathematical imagery, such as the image of tangential curves ("kissing curves") in Ann Calandro's poem "Where the Kissing Never Stops":
They strive to make each other
The shape of her soul is a square.
The collection features some of the most famous love poems, such as Elizabeth Barrett Browning's measuring of love in her sonnet: "How do I love thee, let me count the ways...". One of the most interesting poems using counting is "Who Counts, Counts" by Stephanie Strickland, where the shifting status of relationships, and the bond of motherhood, was conveyed very simply by counting and recounting the people in a relationship.
Some of the poems have a mathematical structure, one is even written in the form of a proof. In some poems mathematical concepts are used as metaphors, such as Robin Chapman's sad use of the non-associativity (f(x+y) not equally f(x) + f(y)) to describe a child's experience of divorce in "Nonlinear Function".
The final section, where poets (many mathematicians) write about their love of maths, also has many examples of strong expression, and strangely enough, many of these poems seem almost less mathematical than in the previous sections. It is nice to see the passion for the subject that so many mathematicians share expressed in this unusual and open-hearted way. I think one of the strengths of such a book is that not only can it show people who are looking for poems to express love, the beauty of the language of maths, but it also might help explain some of the deep emotions mathematicians feel for their subject. I also like the duality of combining maths and poetry: that as well as taking maths to poetry lovers, it will also expose mathematicians to poetry, and perhaps as the best artistic-scientific collaborations do, allow insight on both sides.
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February 16, 2009
Monday, February 16, 2009
Post-Valentine's mathematical love
We're not sure if they've got Internet access on cloud 9, but for all the loved-up Valentines out there, as well as for those who are wondering what has gone wrong, here are some mathematical musings on love...
And to make sure that your special someone doesn't forget you, how about a mathematical serenade...
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February 10, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
The agony and ecstasy of risk statistics
Last week the chairman of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs caused outrage by claiming that ecstasy was no more dangerous than horse riding. But what does "dangerous" really mean, and how is our perception of risk influenced by morality? David Spiegelhalter, Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk at the University of Cambridge, investigates in his guest column in the Times.
David Spiegelhalter runs the Understanding Uncertainty website, which explores matters of risks and uncertainty, and also has his very own column in Plus.
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(USA Today/AP) -- Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, still in serious condition with gunshot wounds, was arraigned in the hospital Monday on federal charges in connection with the Boston Marathon bombings that left 3 people dead and more than 180 injured.
Two U.S. officials tell the Associated Press that evidence suggests the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing were motivated by religion and worked alone. The anonymous officials said Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his late brother Tamerlan were Muslim but not tied to any Islamic terrorist group.
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Tsarnaev, 19, is specifically charged with one count of using and conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction, resulting in death and one count of malicious destruction of property using an explosive device resulting in death.
The charges carry the maximum penalty of death.
Among the most damning pieces of information in the 11-page criminal complaint against Tsarnaev, is surveillance camera footage that allegedly captures him slipping the backpack reportedly containing the explosive device off his back and placing it at the location where the second bomb exploded.
According to the complaint, the suspect may have taken a photograph of the backpack after dropping it to the ground and later was seen talking briefly on a cellphone before the first bomb detonated a short distance away.
As attention was drawn in the direction of the initial blast, the suspect appeared "calm'' and later walked away from the site where 10 seconds later the second bomb exploded.
Authorities have said that a pressure cooker packed with explosives was used in at least one of the two explosions at the finish line of the annual race in Boston's Copley Square last Monday.
The FBI searched Tsarnaev's dorm room Sunday at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth and seized BBs, a large pyrotechnic, and "a blackjack and a white hat of the same general appearance as those worn by Bomber Two at the Boston marathon on April 15."
The complaint also contains a chilling account from the victim of a late Thursday night carjacking in Cambridge, Mass., who said one of the Tsarnaev brothers approached the man's car and "tapped on the passenger-side window.'' When the window rolled down, the suspect opened the door and pointed a firearm at the driver.
"Did you hear about the Boston explosion?'' the suspect told the driver. "I did that.'' The suspect then allegedly removed the magazine from his gun to display a bullet and re-inserted it, saying: "I am serious.''
The gunman allegedly forced the owner to drive to a second location where the second suspect was picked up, jumping into the backseat. The gunman allegedly then took the wheel, moving the owner to the front passenger side of the car. While they were driving, the gunman demanded money, and the owner provided $45.
One of the suspects, according to owner, also demanded the victim to surrender his ATM card and password. When they stopped at a gas station and the two men left the vehicle, the "victim managed to escape.''
"Although our investigation is ongoing, today's charges bring a successful end to a tragic week for the city of Boston, and for our country," said Attorney General Eric Holder. "Our thoughts and prayers remain with each of the bombing victims and brave law enforcement professionals who lost their lives or suffered serious injuries as a result of this week's senseless violence ... We will hold those who are responsible for these heinous acts accountable to the fullest extent of the law."
Tsarnaev, suffering gunshot wounds to the head, neck, legs and hand, was unable to speak and was answering some of the investigators' questions in writing from his hospital bed at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
Tsarnaev, who became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2012, was arrested Friday night after an intense five-day manhunt that kept Boston-area residents in a tense lockdown.
The other suspect in last Monday's attacks, Dzhokhar's 26-year- brother Tamerlan, was killed during a confrontation with police Thursday evening as the pair of suspects were stopped while driving through Watertown in separate cars.
Tamerlan, a legal U.S. resident, suffered gunshot wounds and injuries from detonating a suicide-bomb vest, but may have succumbed to injuries received when Dzhohkar ran over his body as he fled the scene in a carjacked SUV.
If convicted of the most serious terrorist-related charges, Tsarnaev could face the death penalty under federal statutes, although his age could be a mitigating factor in final sentencing.
Investigators initially chose not to read Tsarnaev his Miranda rights against self-incrimination, opting instead for a rare public safety exception in questioning him. Such exceptions are permitted if there is a need to protect the public from immediate danger.
ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero says the exception applies only when there's a continued threat to public safety and is "not an open-ended exception" to the Miranda rule.
Otherwise, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said on Monday Boston bombing suspect Dzokhar Tsarnaev will not be tried as an enemy combatant.
"He will not be treated as an enemy combatant," Carney said. "We will prosecute this terrorist through civilian system of justice. Under U.S. law, United States citizens cannot be tried in military commissions. It is important to remember since 9/11, we have used the federal court system to convict and incarcerate hundreds of terrorists."
Carney noted that the federal courts have been used as the venues for the prosecution of Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistani-American citizen for the failed May 2010 Times Square car bombing and Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian man known as the "underwear bomber" who tried to blow up a Detroit-bound flight on Christmas Day 2009.
He added, "The system has repeatedly proven it can successfully handle the threat we continue to face."
The latest turn in this case comes on a day when U.S. lawmakers raised questions about whether authorities missed warning signs about the immigrant brothers - and as Boston regained a semblance of normalcy nearly a week after the horrific attack.
Reps. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, and Pete King, R-N.Y., said Sunday that they want federal officials to explain why the elder brother was not pursued further after he was questioned by authorities in 2011.
The Russian government had asked for an investigation of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who died in a shootout Friday, out of concern that he had ties to militant separatist groups in southern Russia.
McCaul and King noted in a letter to the heads of the FBI, Department of Homeland Security and the Office of the Director National Intelligence that the Boston bombings marks the fifth time in recent years that someone under FBI investigation has gone on to be involved in a terrorist attack. Other suspects that the FBI have questioned - but not detained - that have gone on to take part in violence include U.S.-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who would become al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula's chief propagandist, and Nidal Hasan, the U.S. Army major charged with killing 13 people in 2009 at Fort Hood in Texas.
"They raise the most serious questions about the efficacy of federal counterterrorism efforts," McCaul and King wrote.
In addition, Sen. Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, said Monday that a misspelling of Tamerlan Tsarnaev's name allowed his 2012 trip to Russia to go undetected by the FBI.
Graham said the suspect's six-month trip to Russia "never went into the system," despite warnings from Russia to the United that about Tsarnaev's radical Islamic leanings.
"He went over to Russia, but apparently when he got on the airplane, they misspelled his name, so it never went into the system that he actually went to Russia," Graham said during an appearance on Fox News, as quoted by Politico. Graham indicated that he got the information after speaking with FBI's assistant director.
Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and a former FBI agent, defended the bureau's work.
"They had information from a foreign intelligence service that they were concerned about his possible radicalization," he said on the NBC's Meet the Press. "The FBI did their due diligence and did a very thorough job of trying to run that down, and then asked for some more help from that intelligence service to try to get further clarification, and unfortunately that intelligence service stopped cooperating." Rogers did not identify the intelligence agency.
At no time prior to the bombing were Tamerlan Tsarnaev and his brother, Dzhokhar - among the thousands contained on government watch lists - seen as potential terror suspects.
Philip Mudd, a former FBI and CIA counterterrorism official, said the Boston attacks more closely resemble "Columbine than any connection to al-Qaeda."
Referring to the 1999 Colorado high school shooting that involved two young attackers, Mudd said the Boston case similarly involves attackers armed with commonly available weapons and explosives who worked in a "closed cluster" that is most difficult for law enforcement to penetrate in advance.
Though authorities continue to search for possible broader international connections, Mudd said key aspects of the operation - the acquisition of widely available materials, the absence of an apparent escape plan, little attempt to conceal themselves and the apparent lack of major funding - all point to a more self-contained plot.
"These guys didn't even bother to obscure their faces," Mudd said.
Authorities are also trying to figure how and when the suspects may have been radicalized. While family members have said Tamerlan Tsarnaev had trouble adjusting to life in the USA, his brother, by all accounts, was popular and acclimated in Boston.
The suspect's uncle, Ruslan Tsarni, recalled in an interview with WUSA-TV in Washington that he had a falling out with Tamerlan Tsarnaev in 2009 after the young man spoke about "not ... having a sense in life" and that he believed his actions should be dictated by "God's will."
The two brother's activity on the Internet also suggest they had developed an interest in radical Islamist figures some time ago.
In August 2012, soon after authorities believe he returned from a six-month visit to Russia, the elder Tsarnaev created a YouTube channel with links to a number of videos with ties to radical Islamist causes. One features the firebrand Australian cleric Feiz Mohammed.
A militant group in war-torn Chechnya - Mujahideen of the Caucasus Emirate Province of Dagestan - took the step of issuing a statement on Sunday to disassociate itself with the Boston bombing suspects.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was active on Twitter, where most of his postings appeared to be innocent messages to friends. But the SITE Intelligence group, which monitors Islamist websites, notes that he followed someone with the account "Al_firdausiA," which translates to "the highest level of Paradise, Allah willing." Among that user's tweets was a message encouraging readers to listen to an audio series by the late radical terrorist Awlaki.
Story by: Kevin Johnson and Doug Stanglin, USA TODAY
Contributing: Donna Leinwand Leger, USA TODAY, in Boston
Complaint against Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev


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(ELFIN'S END ZONE) -- Remember those Under Armour commercials in which then-Maryland football coach Ralph Friedgen bellowed, "We must protect this house!"
Unfortunately for Washington fans, if FedEx Field was a house, it would just about lead the NFL in break-ins.
The Redskins head into the home finale against Minnesota with five straight losses in Landover. With a defeat - the hapless Vikings are just 2-12 against everyone else on the road the last two years but they won here last November -- they'll move into a tie with the worst team in franchise history (1-12-1 in 1961) for the second-most consecutive failures after Norv Turner's winless first year at home (0-8 in 1994).
What make their inability to win at FedEx since Sept. 18 even more frustrating is that this is nothing new for the Redskins, who are now 4-11 at home under Mike Shanahan. However, it's not all about the coach who was a marvelous 83-29 at home during his 14 seasons in Denver.
Is FedEx, as wacky rumors suggest, built on a Native American burial ground and thus cursed until the team changes its name? That's far-fetched, but if Detroit beats visiting San Diego tomorrow, Washington will be the only NFC team which won't have enjoyed a winning record at home during any of the last four seasons.
All told, the Redskins are just 59-59-1 during their 15 seasons in Landover in contrast to their 75-40 record during the final 15 of their 36 seasons at RFK Stadium, a tenure that ended 15 years ago yesterday with a swansong smackdown of the despised Dallas Cowboys. Overall, Washington was 162-101-2 at RFK (formerly DC Stadium) despite a 12-23 mark during its first five seasons there.
Of course, none of the current Redskins played at RFK, but there are six on the active roster who were part of a winning campaign at FedEx and they know all too well how much their struggles there have hurt.
"If you can be great at home, you've got a chance (to make the playoffs) every year," said sixth-year safety Reed Doughty.
Indeed, it's no accident that the only seasons since 2003 in which the Redskins have been winners at home (6-2 in 2005 and 5-3 in 2007) are also the only seasons in which they've made the playoffs during that span.
And yet, Washington has been better on the road (7-8) than at home under Shanahan.
"When you go on the road, it's more of an us against them (mentality)," reasoned special teams captain Lorenzo Alexander, a fifth-year Redskin. "You're trying to shut the crowd up. There might be a little bit more of an emotional boost."
Really, 'Zo? More of an emotional boost than playing in front of some of the NFL's largest crowds for just about any home game?
"We'd like to establish a great home field advantage because we know we have a great fan base," said co-captain London Fletcher, who's also in his fifth Redskins season.
But when all but eight of your 31 rivals have done no worse than split their last two visits to your house, you don't have a home field advantage at all. In fact, the Redskins have a home field disadvantage.
Talk about not protecting your house.
WUSA-9's Redskins Insider, David Elfin, has covered sports since he was a junior at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School in 1975. He is the Washington representative on the Pro Football Hall of Fame selection committee and is the author of five books on the Redskins including the new "Washington Redskins: The Complete Illustrated History."